AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of June 17, 2022 among CARPARTS.COM, INC. and The Other Loan Parties Party Hereto and The Lenders Party Hereto and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent
Exhibit 10.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of
June 17, 2022
among
XXXXXXXX.XXX, INC.
and
The Other Loan Parties Party Hereto
and
The Lenders Party Hereto
and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Sole Bookrunner and Sole Lead Arranger
ASSET BASED LENDING
TABLE OF CONTENTS29
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Article I
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Definitions
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Section 1.01.
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Defined Terms
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Section 1.02.
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Classification of Loans and Borrowings
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Section 1.03.
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Terms Generally
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Section 1.04.
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Accounting Terms; GAAP
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Section 1.05.
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Interest Rates; LIBOR Notifications
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Article II
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The Credits
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Section 2.01.
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Commitments
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Section 2.02.
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Loans and Borrowings
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Section 2.03.
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Requests for Revolving Borrowings
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Section 2.04.
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Protective Advances
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Section 2.05.
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Swingline Loans and Overadvances
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Section 2.06.
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Letters of Credit
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Section 2.07.
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Funding of Borrowings
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Section 2.08.
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Interest Elections
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Section 2.09.
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Termination of Commitments; Increase in Revolving Commitments
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Section 2.10.
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Repayment and Amortization of Loans; Evidence of Debt
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Section 2.11.
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Prepayment of Loans
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Section 2.12.
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Fees
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Section 2.13.
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Interest
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Section 2.14.
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Alternate Rate of Interest; Illegality
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Section 2.15.
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Increased Costs
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Section 2.16.
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Break Funding Payments
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Section 2.17.
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Taxes
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Section 2.18.
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Payments Generally; Allocation of Proceeds; Sharing of Set-offs
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Section 2.19.
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Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders
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Section 2.20.
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Defaulting Lenders
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Section 2.21.
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Returned Payments
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Section 2.22.
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Banking Services and Swap Agreements
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Article III
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Representations and Warranties
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Section 3.01.
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Organization; Powers
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Section 3.02.
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Authorization; Enforceability
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Section 3.03.
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Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts
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Section 3.04.
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Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change
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Section 3.05.
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Properties
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Section 3.06.
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Litigation and Environmental Matters
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Section 3.07.
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Compliance with Laws and Agreements
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Section 3.08.
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Investment Company Status
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Section 3.09.
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Taxes
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Section 3.10.
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ERISA
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Section 3.11.
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Disclosure
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Section 3.12.
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Material Agreements
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Section 3.13.
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Solvency
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Section 3.14.
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Insurance
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Section 3.15.
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Capitalization and Subsidiaries
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Section 3.16.
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Security Interest in Collateral
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Section 3.17.
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Employment Matters
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Section 3.18.
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Common Enterprise
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Section 3.19.
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Credit Card Agreements
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Section 3.20.
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Margin Regulations
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Section 3.21.
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Use of Proceeds
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Section 3.22.
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Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions
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Section 3.23.
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EEA Financial Institutions
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Section 3.24.
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Plan Assets; Prohibited Transactions
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Article IV
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Conditions
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Section 4.01.
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Effective Date
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Section 4.02.
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Each Credit Event
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Article V
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Affirmative Covenants
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Section 5.01.
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Financial Statements; Borrowing Base and Other Information
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Section 5.02.
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Notices of Material Events
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Section 5.03.
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Existence; Conduct of Business
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Section 5.04.
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Payment of Obligations
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Section 5.05.
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Maintenance of Properties
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Section 5.06.
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Books and Records; Inspection Rights
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Section 5.07.
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Compliance with Laws
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Section 5.08.
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Use of Proceeds
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Section 5.09.
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Insurance
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Section 5.10.
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Casualty and Condemnation
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Section 5.11.
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Appraisals
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Section 5.12.
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Depository Banks
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Section 5.13.
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Additional Collateral; Further Assurances
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Section 5.14.
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Credit Card Acknowledgements
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Section 5.15.
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Post-Closing Covenants
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Article VI
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Negative Covenants
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Section 6.01.
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Indebtedness
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Section 6.02.
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Liens
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Section 6.03.
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Fundamental Changes
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Section 6.04.
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Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions
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Section 6.05.
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Asset Sales
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Section 6.06.
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Sale and Leaseback Transactions
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Section 6.07.
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Swap Agreements
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Section 6.08.
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Restricted Payments; Certain Payments of Indebtedness
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Section 6.09.
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Transactions with Affiliates
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Section 6.10.
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Restrictive Agreements
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Section 6.11.
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Amendment of Material Documents
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Section 6.12.
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Credit Card Agreements
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Section 6.13.
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Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
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Article VII
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Events of Default
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Article VIII
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The Administrative Agent
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Section 8.01.
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Authorization and Action.
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Section 8.02.
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Administrative Agentβs Reliance, Indemnification, Etc.
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Section 8.03.
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Posting of Communications.
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Section 8.04.
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The Administrative Agent Individually
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Section 8.05.
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Successor Administrative Agent.
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Section 8.06.
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Acknowledgements of Lenders and Issuing Bank.
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Section 8.07.
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Collateral Matters.
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Section 8.08.
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Credit Bidding
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Section 8.09.
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Certain ERISA Matters.
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Section 8.10.
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Flood Laws
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Article IX
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Miscellaneous
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Section 9.01.
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Notices
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Section 9.02.
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Waivers; Amendments
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Section 9.03.
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Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver
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Section 9.04.
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Successors and Assigns
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Section 9.05.
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Survival
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Section 9.06.
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Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness
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Section 9.07.
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Severability
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Section 9.08.
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Right of Setoff
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Section 9.09.
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Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process
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Section 9.10.
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WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
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Section 9.11.
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Headings
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Section 9.12.
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Confidentiality
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Section 9.13.
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Several Obligations; Nonreliance; Violation of Law
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Section 9.14.
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USA PATRIOT Act
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Section 9.15.
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Disclosure
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Section 9.16.
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Appointment for Perfection
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Section 9.17.
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Interest Rate Limitation
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Section 9.18.
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Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions
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Section 9.19.
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No Fiduciary Duty, etc
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Section 9.20.
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Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs
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Article X
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Loan Guaranty
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Section 10.01.
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Guaranty
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Section 10.02.
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Guaranty of Payment
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Section 10.03.
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No Discharge or Diminishment of Loan Guaranty
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Section 10.04.
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Defenses Waived
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Section 10.05.
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Rights of Subrogation
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Section 10.06.
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Reinstatement; Stay of Acceleration
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Section 10.07.
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Information
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Section 10.08.
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Termination
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Section 10.09.
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Taxes
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Section 10.10.
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Maximum Liability
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Section 10.11.
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Contribution
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Section 10.12.
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Liability Cumulative
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Section 10.13.
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Keepwell.
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Article XI
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The Borrower Representative
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Section 11.01.
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Appointment; Nature of Relationship
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Section 11.02.
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Powers
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Section 11.03.
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Employment of Agents
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Section 11.04.
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Notices
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Section 11.05.
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Successor Borrower Representative
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Section 11.06.
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Execution of Loan Documents; Borrowing Base Certificate
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Section 11.07.
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Reporting
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SCHEDULES:
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Commitment Schedule
Schedule 2.06
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Existing Letters of Credit
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Schedule 3.05
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Properties
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Schedule 3.06
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Disclosed Matters
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Schedule 3.12
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Material Agreements
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Schedule 3.14
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Insurance
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Schedule 3.15
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Capitalization and Subsidiaries
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Schedule 3.19
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Credit Card Agreements
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Schedule 6.01
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Existing Indebtedness
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Schedule 6.02
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Existing Liens
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Schedule 6.04
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Existing Investments
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Schedule 6.10
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Existing Restrictions
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EXHIBITS:
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Exhibit A | -- | Form of Assignment and Assumption |
Exhibit B | -- | Form of Borrowing Base Certificate |
Exhibit C | -- | Form of Compliance Certificate |
Exhibit D | -- | Joinder Agreement |
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AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of June 17, 2022 (as it may be amended or modified from time to time, this βAgreementβ) among XXXXXXXX.XXX, INC., a Delaware corporation
(βCompanyβ), PARTSBIN, INC., a Delaware corporation (βPartsBinβ), LOCAL BODY SHOPS, INC., a Delaware corporation (βLocal Body Shopsβ), PRIVATE LABEL PARTS, INC., a Delaware corporation (βPrivate Label Partsβ),
WHITNEY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, INC., a Delaware corporation (βWhitney Autoβ), PARTSCO, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (βPartsCoβ, and together with the Company, PartsBin, Local Body Shops, Private Label Parts and Whitney
Auto, collectively, βBorrowersβ and each individually a βBorrowerβ), the other Loan Parties party hereto, the Lenders party hereto (collectively, βLendersβ), and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent for the
Lenders (in such capacity, the βAdministrative Agentβ).
Recitals
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WHEREAS, Borrowers (other than PartsCo), the Loan Parties party thereto, the Lenders party thereto, and Administrative Agent have previously entered into a Credit Agreement dated as of April
26, 2012 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the βOriginal Credit Agreementβ), pursuant to which the Lenders have made certain loans and financial accommodations available to Borrowers;
and
WHEREAS, Borrowers (other than PartsCo) and the other Loan Parties party to the Original Credit Agreement have requested that Administrative Agent and the Lenders party to the Original Credit
amend and restate the Original Credit Agreement, and Administrative Agent and the Lenders party to the Original Credit Agreement are willing to amend and restate the Original Credit Agreement, on the terms set forth herein and subject to the
satisfaction of the conditions to effectiveness hereof set forth herein.
NOW THEREFORE, for mutual consideration, the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Borrowers, the other Loan Parties, the Lenders party hereto and the Administrative Agent agree
that the Original Credit Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
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ARTICLE I
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Definitions
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SECTION 1.01.Β Β Β Β Β Β Defined Terms.Β As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:
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βABRβ, when used in reference to (a) a rate of interest, refers to the Alternate Base Rate, and (b) any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such
Borrowing, bear interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.
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βAccountβ has the meaning assigned to it in the Security Agreement.
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βAccount Debtorβ means any Person obligated on an Account.
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βAcquired Indebtednessβ means Indebtedness of a Person whose assets or Equity Interests are acquired by Company or any of its Subsidiaries in a
Permitted Acquisition; provided, however, that such Indebtedness (a) is either purchase money indebtedness or a Capital Lease Obligation with respect to Equipment or mortgage financing with respect to real property,
(b) was in existence prior to the date of such Permitted Acquisition, and (c) was not incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Permitted Acquisition.
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βAcquisitionβ means any transaction, or any series of related transactions, consummated on or after the date hereof, by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (i) acquires any
going business or all or substantially all of the assets of any firm, corporation or limited liability company, or division thereof, whether through purchase of assets, merger or otherwise or (ii) acquires all or substantially all of the
Equity Interests of any other Person.
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βAdjusted Daily Simple SOFRβ means an interest rate per annum equal to (a) the Daily Simple SOFR, plus (b) 0.10%; providedΒ that if the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR as so determined would be less than the Floor, such rate shall be deemed to be equal to the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement.
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βAdjusted Term SOFR Rateβ means for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annumΒ equal to (a) the Term SOFR Rate for such Interest Period, plus (b) 0.10%.
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βAdministrative Agentβ means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (or any of its designated branch offices or affiliates), in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder.
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βAdministrative Questionnaireβ means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
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βAffected Financial Institutionβ means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.
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βAffiliateβ means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common
Control with the Person specified.
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βAggregate Credit Exposureβ means, at any time, the aggregate Credit Exposure of all the Lenders.
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βAggregate Revolving Commitmentβ means, at any time, the aggregate of the Revolving Commitments of all of the Lenders, as increased or reduced from time to time pursuant to the terms
and conditions hereof.Β As of the Effective Date, the Aggregate Revolving Commitment is $75,000,000.
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βAggregate Revolving Exposureβ means, at any time, the aggregate Revolving Exposure of all the Lenders.
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βAlternate Base Rateβ means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the NYFRB Rate in effect on such day plus Β½ of 1%, and
(c) the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate for a one-month Interest Period as published two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such day plus 1%, provided that, for the purpose of this
definition, the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate for any day shall be based on the Term SOFR Reference Rate at approximately 5:00 a.m. Chicago time on such day (or any amended publication time for the Term SOFR Reference Rate, as specified by the CME
Term SOFR Administrator in the Term SOFR Reference Rate methodology).Β Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the NYFRB Rate or the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate shall be effective from and including the effective
date of such change in the Prime Rate, the NYFRB Rate or the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate, respectively.Β If the Alternate Base Rate is being used as an alternate rate of interest pursuant to Section 2.14 (for the avoidance of doubt, only until
the Benchmark Replacement has been determined pursuant to Section 2.14(b)), then the Alternate Base Rate shall be the greater of clause (a) and (b) above and shall be determined without reference to clause (c) above.Β For the avoidance of
doubt, if the Alternate Base Rate as determined pursuant to the foregoing would be less than 1.00%, such rate shall be deemed to be 1.00% for purposes of this Agreement.
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βAnti-Corruption Lawsβ means all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries from time to time concerning or relating to
bribery or corruption.
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βApplicable Partiesβ has the meaning assigned to it in Section 8.03(c).
βApplicable Percentageβ means, with respect to any Lender, (a) with respect to Revolving Loans, LC Exposure, Swingline Loans or Overadvances, a percentage equal to a fraction the
numerator of which is such Lenderβs Revolving Commitment and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Revolving Commitment or, if the Revolving Commitments have terminated orΒ expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based
upon such Lenderβs share of the Aggregate Revolving Exposures at that time), and (b) with respect to Protective Advances or with respect to the Aggregate Credit Exposure, a percentage based upon its share of the Aggregate Credit Exposure and
the unused Commitments; provided that, in accordance with Section 2.20, so long as any Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting Lenderβs Commitment shall be disregarded in the calculations under clauses (a) and (b)
above.
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βApplicable Commitment Fee Rateβ means, for any day, with respect to the commitment fees payable hereunder, as the case may be, the applicable rate per annum set forth below under the
caption βCommitment Fee Rateβ, based upon the Average Quarterly Availability during the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Company; provided that the βApplicable Commitment Fee Rateβ shall be the applicable rates per annum set
forth below in Category 1 during the period from the Effective Date to, and including, the last day of the fiscal quarter of the Company; ending on or about June 30, 2022:
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Average
Quarterly
Availability
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Commitment Fee Rate
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Category 1
> 50% of the Aggregate Revolving Commitment
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0.20%
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Category 2
< 50% of the Aggregate Revolving Commitment
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0.25%
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For purposes of the foregoing, each change in the Applicable Commitment Fee Rate resulting from a change in Average Quarterly Availability shall be effective during the period commencing on
and including the first day of each fiscal quarter ofΒ the Company and ending on the last day of such fiscal quarter, it being understood and agreed that, for purposes of determining the Applicable Commitment Fee Rate on the first day of any
fiscal quarter of the Company, the Average Quarterly Availability during the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Company shall be used.Β Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Average Quarterly Availability shall be deemed to be in Category
2 at the option of the Administrative Agent or at the request of the Required Lenders if the Borrowers fail to deliver any Borrowing Base Certificate or related information required to be delivered by them pursuant to Section 5.01, during the
period from the expiration of the time for delivery thereof until each such Borrowing Base Certificate and related information is so delivered.
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If at any time the Administrative Agent determines that any Borrowing Base Certificate or related information based on which Availability and/or such Average Quarterly Availability and the
corresponding Applicable Rate was determined, as applicable, was incorrect (whether based on a restatement, fraud or otherwise), (i) the Borrowers shall be required to retroactively pay any additional amount that the Borrowers would have been
required to pay if such Borrowing Base Certificate or related information based upon which Availability and/or such Average Quarterly Availability was determined had been accurate at the time it was delivered and (ii) the Administrative Agent
shall be required to reimburse the Borrowers for any additional amount that the Borrowers overpaid.
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βApplicable Rateβ means, for any day, with respect to any Loan, the applicable rate per annum set forth below under the caption βTerm Benchmark/RFR Spreadβ or βABR Spreadβ, based upon
the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, computed on a trailing three (3) month basis, as of the most recent determination date:
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Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio
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Term Benchmark/RFR
Spread
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ABR Spread
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Category 1
β₯ 1.75 to 1.0
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1.50%
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0.00%
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Category 2
β₯ 1.15 to 1.0Β but
< 1.75 to 1.0
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1.75%
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0.25%
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Category 3
< 1.15 to 1.0
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2.00%
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0.50 %
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For purposes of the foregoing, (a) the Applicable Rate shall be determined as of the end of each fiscal quarter of the Company based upon the Companyβs annual or quarterly consolidated
financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 and (b) each change in the Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be effective during the period commencing on and including the first
day of the month immediately following the date of delivery to the Administrative Agent of such consolidated financial statements indicating such change and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change,
provided that the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be deemed to be in Category 3 at the option of the Administrative Agent or at the request of the Required Lenders if the Borrowers fail to deliver the annual or quarterly consolidated
financial statements required to be delivered by it pursuant to Section 5.01, during the period from the expiration of the time for delivery thereof until such consolidated financial statements are delivered.
Β
If at any time the Administrative Agent determines that such financial statements upon which the Applicable Rate was determined were incorrect (whether based on a restatement, fraud or
otherwise), (i) the Borrowers shall be required to retroactively pay any additional amount that the Borrowers would have been required to pay if such financial statements had been accurate at the time they were delivered and (ii) the
Administrative Agent shall be required to reimburse the Borrowers for any additional amount that the Borrowers overpaid.
Β
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βApproved Electronic Platformβ has the meaning assigned to it in Section 8.03(a).
Β
βApproved Fundβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04.
Β
βArrangerβ means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. in its capacity as sole bookrunner and sole lead arranger hereunder.
Β
βAssignment and Assumptionβ means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 9.04),
and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit A or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
Β
βAvailabilityβ means, at any time, an amount equal to (a) the lesser of (i) the Aggregate Revolving Commitment, and (ii) the Borrowing Base minus
(b) the Aggregate Revolving Exposure (calculated, with respect to any Defaulting Lender, as if such Defaulting Lender had funded its Applicable Percentage of all outstanding Borrowings).
Β
βAvailability Periodβ means the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the earlier of the Maturity Date and the date of termination of the Commitments.
Β
βAvailable Revolving Commitmentβ means, at any time, the Aggregate Revolving Commitment minus the Aggregate Revolving Exposure
(calculated, with respect to any Defaulting Lender, as if such Defaulting Lender had funded its Applicable Percentage of all outstanding Borrowings).
Β
βAvailable Tenorβ means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark, as applicable, any tenor for such Benchmark (or component thereof) or payment
period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark (or component thereof), as applicable, that is or may be used for determining the length of an Interest Period for any term rate or otherwise, for determining any frequency of
making payments of interest calculated pursuant to this Agreement as of such date and not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any tenor for such Benchmark that is then-removed from the definition of βInterest Periodβ pursuant to clause (e)
of Section 2.14.
Β
βAverage Quarterly Availabilityβ means, for any fiscal quarter of the Company, an amount equal to the average daily Availability during such fiscal quarter, as determined by the
Administrative Agentβs system of records; provided, that in order to determine Availability on any day for purposes of this definition, the Borrowing Base for such day shall be determined by reference to the most recent Borrowing Base
Certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 5.01 as of such day.
βBail-In Actionβ means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected Financial Institution.
βBail-In Legislationβ means (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European
Union, the implementing law, regulation, rule or requirement for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom,Β 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).
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βBankerβs Acceptance Exposureβ means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate amount of all outstanding bankerβs acceptance Letters of Credit that have not yet been paid by the
Issuing Bank, plus (b) the aggregate amount of all LC Disbursements relating to bankerβs acceptance Letters of Credit that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrowers.Β The
Bankerβs Acceptance Exposure of any Revolving Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the aggregate Bankerβs Acceptance Exposure.
Β
Β βBanking Servicesβ means each and any of the following bank services provided to any Loan Party by JPMCB or any of its Affiliates:Β (a) credit cards for commercial customers
(including, without limitation, βcommercial credit cardsβ and purchasing cards), (b) stored value cards, (c) merchant processing services, and (d) treasury management services (including, without limitation, controlled disbursement, automated
clearinghouse transactions, return items, overdrafts and interstate depository network services).
Β
βBanking Services Obligationsβ of the Loan Parties means any and all obligations of the Loan Parties, whether absolute or contingent and howsoever and whensoever created, arising,
evidenced or acquired (including all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and substitutions therefor) in connection with Banking Services.
Β
βBanking Services Reservesβ means all Reserves which the Administrative Agent from time to time establishes in its Permitted Discretion for Banking Services then provided or
outstanding.
Β
βBankruptcy Eventβ means, with respect to any Person, such Person becomes the subject of aΒ Β bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee,
administrator, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business, appointed for it, or, in the good faith determination of the Administrative Agent, has taken any
action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any such proceeding or appointment, provided that a Bankruptcy EventΒ shall not result solely by virtue of any ownership interest, or the
acquisition of any ownership interest, in such Person by a Governmental Authority or instrumentality thereof, provided, further, that suchΒ ownership interest does not result in or provide such Person 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 Person (or such Governmental Authority or instrumentality), to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm
any contracts or agreements made by such Person.
Β
βBenchmarkβ means, initially, with respect to any Term Benchmark Loan, the Term SOFR Rate; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event and the related Benchmark Replacement Date have
occurred with respect to the Daily Simple SOFR or Term SOFR Rate, or the then-current Benchmark, then βBenchmarkβ means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate
pursuant to clause (b) of Section 2.14.
Β
βBenchmark Replacementβ means, for any Available Tenor, the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Administrative Agent for the applicable
Benchmark Replacement Date:
Β
(1)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR;
Β
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(2)Β Β Β the sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower Representative as the replacement for the
then-current Benchmark for the applicable Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or
(ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rateΒ as a replacementΒ for the then-current Benchmark forΒ Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time in the United States and (b) the
related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
Β
If the Benchmark Replacement as determined pursuant to clause (1) or (2)Β above would be less than the Floor, the Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
Β
βBenchmark Replacement Adjustmentβ means, with respect to any replacement of the then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for any applicable Interest Period and
Available Tenor for any setting of such Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement, the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by
the Administrative Agent and the Borrower Representative for the applicable Corresponding Tenor giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread
adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body on the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date and/or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market
convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for Dollar-denominated syndicated
credit facilities at such time.
Β
βBenchmark Replacement Conforming Changesβ means, with respect to any Benchmark Replacement and/or any Term Benchmark Loan, any technical, administrative or operational changes
(including changes to the definition of βAlternate Base Rate,β the definition of βBusiness Day,β the definition of βU.S. Government Securities Business Day,β the definition of βInterest Period,β timing and frequency of determining rates and
making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, length of lookback periods, the applicability of breakage provisions, and other technical, administrative or operational matters)
that the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of such Benchmark and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially
consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent determines that no market practice for the
administration of such Benchmark exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents).
Β
βBenchmark Replacement Dateβ means, with respect to any Benchmark, the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to such then-current Benchmark:
Β
(1) in the case of clause (1) or (2) of the definition of βBenchmark Transition Event,β the later of (a) the date of the public statement or publication of information
referenced therein and (b) the date on which the administrator of such Benchmark (or theΒ published component used in the calculation thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such
component thereof); or
Β
(2) in the case of clause (3) of the definition of βBenchmark Transition Event,β the first date on which such Benchmark (or the published component used in the
calculation thereof) has been determined and announced by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) to be no longer representative; provided, that such non-representativeness will be
determined by reference to the most recent statement or publication referenced in such clause (3) and even if any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) continues to be provided on such date.
Β
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For the avoidance of doubt, (i) if the event giving rise to the Benchmark Replacement Date occurs on the same day as, but earlier than, the Reference Time in respect of
any determination, the Benchmark Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred prior to the Reference Time for such determination and (ii) the βBenchmark Replacement Dateβ will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (1) or (2)
with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
Β
βBenchmark Transition Eventβ means, with respect to any Benchmark, the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to such then-current
Benchmark:
Β
(1) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or theΒ published component used in the calculation thereof)
announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof), permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no
successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof);
Β
(2) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or theΒ published component used in the
calculation thereof), the Federal Reserve Board, the NYFRB, the CME Term SOFR Administrator, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over
the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), in each case, which states that the administrator
of such Benchmark (or such component) has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) permanently or indefinitely; provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no
successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or
Β
(3) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the
calculation thereof)Β announcing that all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are no longer, or as of a specified future date will no longer be, representative.
Β
Β For the avoidance of doubt, a βBenchmark Transition Eventβ will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark if a public statement or publication of
information set forth above has occurred with respect to each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
Β
βBenchmark Unavailability Periodβ means, with respect to any Benchmark, the period (if any) (x) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date pursuant to clauses (1) or (2)
of that definition has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced such then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.14 and (y) ending at the time that a
Benchmark Replacement has replaced such then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 2.14.
Β
βBeneficial Ownership Certificationβ means a certification regarding beneficial ownership or control as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
Β
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βBeneficial Ownership Regulationβ means 31 C.F.R. Β§ 1010.230.
βBenefit Planβ means any of (a) an βemployee benefit planβ (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a βplanβ as defined in Section 4975 of the
Code to which Section 4975 of the Code applies, and (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of the Plan Asset Regulations or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such βemployee
benefit planβ or βplanβ.
βBHC Act Affiliateβ of a party means an βaffiliateβ (as such term is defined under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 1841(k)) of such party.
βBorrowerβ or βBorrowersβ has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.
Β
βBorrower Representativeβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.01.
Β
βBorrowingβ means (a) Revolving Loans of the same Type, made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of Term Benchmark Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is
in effect, (b) a Swingline Loan, (c) a Protective Advance and (d) an Overadvance.
Β
βBorrowing Baseβ means, at any time, the sum of (a) 100% of the Borrowersβ Eligible Pledged Cash, plus (b) 85% of the Borrowersβ
Eligible Accounts at such time, plus (c) 90% of the Borrowersβ Eligible Credit Card Receivables, plus (d) the lesser of (i) 65% of the
Borrowersβ Eligible Inventory, valued at the lower of cost or market value, determined on a first-in-first-out basis and (ii) the product of the NOLV Inventory Advance Rate multiplied by the Net
Orderly Liquidation Value percentage identified in the most recent inventory appraisal ordered by the Administrative Agent multiplied by the Borrowersβ Eligible Inventory, valued at the lower of cost
or market value, determined on a first-in-first-out basis, minus (e) Reserves.Β The calculations in clause (d) above may be determined on a combined basis for Eligible Inventory or on a
category by category basis for Eligible Inventory, as determined by Administrative Agent from time to time in its Permitted Discretion based on its review of any appraisal and/or field examination of such Inventory.Β The Administrative Agent
may, in its Permitted Discretion, reduce the advance rates set forth above, adjust Reserves or reduce one or more of the other elements used in computing the Borrowing Base.
Β
βBorrowing Base Certificateβ means a certificate, signed and certified as accurate and complete by a Financial Officer of a Borrower, in substantially the form of Exhibit B or
another form which is acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.
Β
βBorrowing Requestβ means a request by the Borrower Representative for a Revolving Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03.
Β
βBusiness Credit Card Indebtednessβ means Indebtedness incurred by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business under a commercial credit card program.
Β
Β βBusiness Dayβ means any day (other than a Saturday or a Sunday) on which banks are open for business in New York City or Chicago; provided that, in relation to RFR Loans and
any interest rate settings, fundings, disbursements, settlements or payments of any such RFR Loan, or any other dealings of such RFR Loan, any such day that is only an U.S. Government Securities Business Day.
Β
βCanadian Subsidiaryβ means Power Host, Inc., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada.
Β
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βCapital Expendituresβ means, without duplication, any cash expenditure for any purchase or other acquisition of any asset which would be required to be classified as a fixed or
capital asset on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries prepared in accordance with GAAP minus any software development costs to the extent deducted under the definition of EBITDA for such period; provided that Capital Expenditures shall not include expenditures made to fund Permitted Acquisitions.
Β
βCapital Lease Obligationsβ of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or
personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount
thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.
Β
βCertificate of Designationβ means that certain Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights of the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock to be filed with the Secretary of State
of the State of Delaware on or about March 25, 2013, in the form delivered to Administrative Agent prior to such date.
Β
βChange in Controlβ means (a) the acquisition of ownership, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, by any Person or group (within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder as in effect on the date hereof), of Equity Interests representing more than 40% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding
Equity Interests of the Company; (b) occupation of a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of directors of the Company by Persons who were neither (i) nominated or approved for consideration by the board of directors of
the Company nor (ii) appointed by directors so nominated or approved for consideration; (c) the acquisition of direct or indirect Control of the Company by any Person or group; (d) the Company shall cease to own, free and clear of all Liens
or other encumbrances 100% of the outstanding voting Equity Interests of each of the Loan Parties on a fully diluted basis, unless such cessation of ownership is the result of a transaction that is otherwise permitted by this Agreement; or
(e) a βChange of Controlβ as defined in the Certificate of Designation shall occur.
Β
Β βChange in Lawβ means (a) the adoption of any law, rule, regulation or treaty (including any rules or regulations issued under or implementing any existing law) after the Effective
Date, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the Effective Date or (c) compliance by any Lender or the Issuing Bank (or, for purposes of Section
2.15(b), by any lending office of such Lender or by such Lenderβs or the Issuing Bankβs holding company, if any) with any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or
issued after the Effective Date; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder, issued in
connection therewith or in implementation thereof, and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines and 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, shall in each case be deemed to be a βChange in Lawβ, regardless of the date enacted, adopted, issued or implemented.
Β
Β βClassβ, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans, Swingline Loans or Protective
Advances or Overadvances.
Β
βCME Term SOFR Administratorβ means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited as administrator of the forward-looking term SOFR (or a successor administrator).
Β
βCodeβ means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Β
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βCollateralβ means any and all property owned, leased or operated by a Person covered by the Collateral Documents and any and all other property of any Loan Party, now existing or
hereafter acquired, that may at any time be or become subject to a security interest or Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent, on behalf of itself and the Lenders and other holders of the Secured Obligations, to secure the Secured
Obligations.
Β
βCollateral Access Agreementβ has the meaning assigned to such term in the Security Agreement.
Β
βCollateral Deposit Accountβ has the meaning assigned to such term in the Security Agreement.
Β
βCollateral Documentsβ means, collectively, the Security Agreement, the Mortgages and any other documents pursuant to which a Person grants a Lien upon any real or personal property as
security for payment of the Secured Obligations.
Β
βCollateral Licenseβ means, any written inbound license or agreement under which a Loan Party is authorized to use intellectual property in connection with any manufacture, marketing, distribution or
disposition of Inventory.
Β
βCollection Accountβ has the meaning assigned to such term in the Security Agreement.
Β
βCommercial LC Exposureβ means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding commercial Letters of Credit plus
(b) the aggregate amount of all LC Disbursements relating to commercial Letters of Credit that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrowers.Β The Commercial LC Exposure of any Revolving Lender at any time shall be its
Applicable Percentage of the aggregate Commercial LC Exposure at such time.
Β
βCommitmentβ means, with respect to each Lender, the sum of such Lenderβs Revolving Commitment, together with the commitment of such Lender to acquire participations in Protective
Advances hereunder.Β The initial amount of each Lenderβs Commitment is set forth on the Commitment Schedule, or in the Assignment and Assumption or other documentation or record (as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(70) of the New York
Uniform Commercial Code) as provided in Section 9.04(b)(ii)(C), pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Commitment, as applicable.
Β
βCommitment Scheduleβ means the Schedule attached hereto identified as such.
Β
βCommodity Exchange Actβ means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. Β§ 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
βCommunicationsβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.03(c).
Β
βCompliance Certificateβ means a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower Representative in substantially the form of Exhibit C.
Β
βConnection Income Taxesβ means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.
Β
βControlβ means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise
voting power, by contract or otherwise.Β βControllingβ and βControlledβ have meanings correlative thereto.
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βControlled Disbursement Accountβ means any accounts of the Borrowers maintained with the Administrative Agent as a zero balance, cash management account pursuant to and under any
agreement between a Borrower and the Administrative Agent, as modified and amended from time to time, and through which all disbursements of a Borrower, any other Loan Party and any designated Subsidiary of a Borrower are made and settled on
a daily basis with no uninvested balance remaining overnight.
Β
βCorresponding Tenorβ with respect to any Available Tenor means, as applicable, either a tenor (including overnight) or an interest payment period having approximately the same length
(disregarding business day adjustment) as such Available Tenor.
Β
βCovenant Testing Trigger Periodβ means the period (a) commencing on any day that Excess Availability is less than 10% of the Aggregate Revolving Commitment for any three (3)
consecutive Business Days, and (b) continuing until Excess Availability has been greater than or equal to 10% of the Aggregate Revolving Commitment at all times for 45 consecutive calendar days.
Β
βCovered Entityβ means any of the following:
Β
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a βcovered entityβ as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. Β§ 252.82(b);
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(ii) |
a βcovered bankβ as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. Β§ 47.3(b); or
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(iii) |
a βcovered FSIβ as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. Β§ 382.2(b).
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Β
βCovered Partyβ has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.21.
Β
βCredit Card Accounts Receivableβ means any receivable or βpayment intangibleβ (as defined in the UCC) due to any Borrower from a credit card issuer in connection with purchases of
Inventory of such Borrower on credit, debit or charge cards issued by Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover and any other credit card issuers or providers that are reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
Β
βCredit Card Agreementsβ means each credit card agreement entered into by any Borrower with a credit card issuer and/or credit card processor governing the credit card processing
arrangements with such Borrower, as the same may be amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
Β
βCredit Card Acknowledgementsβ means each Credit Card Acknowledgement, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, executed by the applicable Borrower and
acknowledged by such Borrowerβs credit card issuers and/or credit card processors who are party to Credit Card Agreements, as the same may be amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
Β
βCredit Exposureβ means, as to any Lender at any time, the sum of (a) such Lenderβs Revolving Exposure at such time, plus (b) an amount
equal to its Applicable Percentage, if any, of the aggregate principal amount of Protective Advances outstanding at such time.
Β
βCredit Partyβ means the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender or any other Lender.
Β
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βCustomer Credit Liability Reservesβ means, at any time, the sum of (a) 50% of the aggregate remaining amount at such time of outstanding gift certificates and gift cards sold by the
Borrowers entitling the holder thereof to use all or a portion of the certificate or gift card to pay all or a portion of the purchase price of Inventory and (b) 100% of the aggregate amount at such time of outstanding customer deposits and
merchandise credits entitling the holder thereof to use all or a portion of such deposit or credit to pay all or a portion of the purchase price of Inventory.
Β
βDaily Simple SOFRβ means, for any day (a βSOFR Rate Dayβ), a rate per annum equal to SOFR for the day (such day βSOFR Determination Dateβ) that is five (5) U.S.
Government Securities Business Days prior to (i) if such SOFR Rate Day is a U.S. Government Securities Business Day, such SOFR Rate Day or (ii) if such SOFR Rate Day is not a U.S. Government Securities Business Day, the U.S. Government
Securities Business Day immediately preceding such SOFR Rate Day, in each case, as such SOFR is published by the SOFR Administrator on the SOFR Administratorβs Website.Β Any change in Daily Simple SOFR due to a change in SOFR shall be
effective from and including the effective date of such change in SOFR without notice to the Borrowers.
Β
βDefaultβ means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or which upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.
Β
βDefaulting Lenderβ means any Lender that (a) has failed, within two Business Days of the date required to be funded or paid, to (i) fund any portion of its Loans, (ii) fund any
portion of its participations in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans or (iii) pay over to any Credit Party any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder, unless, in the case of clause (i) above, such Lender notifies the Administrative
Agent in writing that such failure is the result of such Lenderβs good faith determination that a condition precedentΒ to funding (specifically identified and including the particular Default, if any) has not been satisfied, (b) has notified
any Borrower or any Credit Party in writing, or has made a public statement, to the effect that it does not intend or expect to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement (unless such writing or public statement indicates
that such position is based on such Lenderβs good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding a Loan under this Agreement (specifically identified and including the particular Default, if any) cannot be satisfied) or generally
under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within three Business Days after request by a Credit Party, acting in good faith, to provide a certification in writing from an authorized officer of such Lender
that it will comply with its obligations to fund prospective Loans and participations in then outstanding Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans under this Agreement, provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to
this clause (c) upon such Credit Partyβs receipt of such certification in form and substance satisfactory to it and the Administrative Agent, or (d) has become the subject of (i) a Bankruptcy Event or (ii) a Bail-In Action.
Β
βDefault Rightβ 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.
Β
βDeposit Accountβ has the meaning assigned to such term in the Security Agreement.
Β
βDeposit Account Control Agreementβ has the meaning assigned to such term in the Security Agreement.
Β
Β βDisclosed Mattersβ means the actions, suits and proceedings and the environmental matters disclosed in Schedule 3.06.
Β
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βDisqualified Equity Interestsβ shall mean any Equity Interest that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security or other Equity Interests into which it is convertible or for which
it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event or condition (a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (except as a result of a
change of control or asset sale so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control or asset sale event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Loans and all other Obligations that are
accrued and payable and the termination of the Commitments), (b) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests), in whole or in part, (c) provides for the scheduled payments of dividends
in cash, or (d) is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or any other Equity Interests that would constitute Disqualified Equity Interests, in each case, prior to the date that is 91 days after the Maturity Date.
Β
βDividing Personβ has the meaning assigned to it in the definition of βDivision.β
Β
βDivisionβ means the division of the assets, liabilities and/or obligations of a Person (the βDividing Personβ) among two or more Persons (whether pursuant to a βplan of divisionβ or
similar arrangement), which may or may not include the Dividing Person and pursuant to which the Dividing Person may or may not survive.
Β
βDivision Successorβ means 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.Β 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.
Β
βDocumentβ has the meaning assigned to such term in the Security Agreement.
Β
βDollarsβ or β$β refers to lawful money of the United States of America.
Β
βEBITDAβ means, for any period, Net Income for such period plus (a) without duplication and to the extent deducted in determining Net
Income for such period, the sum of (i) Interest Expense for such period, (ii) income tax expense for such period net of tax refunds, (iii) all amounts attributable to depreciation and amortization expense for such period, (iv) any
extraordinary non-cash charges for such period, and (v) any other non-cash charges for such period (but excluding any non-cash charge in respect of an item that was included in Net Income in a prior period and any non-cash charge that relates
to the write-down or write-off of inventory); minus (b) without duplication and to the extent included in Net Income, (i) any cash payments made during such period in respect of non-cash
charges described in clause (a)(v) taken in a prior period, (ii) any extraordinary gains and any non-cash items of income for such period, and (iii) any software development costs to the extent capitalized during such period, all calculated
for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
βECPβ means an βeligible contract participantβ as defined in Section 1(a)(18) of the Commodity Exchange Act or any regulations promulgated thereunder and the applicable rules issued by
the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and/or the SEC.
βEEA Financial Institutionβ means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution
Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an
institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
βEEA Member Countryβ means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
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βEEA Resolution Authorityβ means any public administrative authority or any Person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee)
having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
Β
βEffective Dateβ means June 17, 2022.
Β
βElectronic Signatureβ means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to, or associated with, a contract or other record and adopted by a Person with the intent to sign,
authenticate or accept such contract or record.
Β
βElectronic Systemβ means any electronic system, including e-mail, e-fax, web portal access for such Borrower and any other Internet or extranet-based site, whether such electronic
system is owned, operated or hosted by the Administrative Agent or any Issuing Bank and any of its respective Related Parties or any other Person, providing for access to data protected by passcodes or other security system.
Β
βEligible Accountsβ means, at any time, the Accounts of a Borrower which the Administrative Agent determines in its Permitted Discretion are eligible as the basis for the extension of
Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans and the issuance of Letters of Credit.Β Without limiting the Administrative Agentβs discretion provided herein, Eligible Accounts shall not include any Account of a Borrower:
Β
(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β which is not subject to a first priority perfected security interest in favor of the Administrative Agent;
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β which is subject to any Lien other than (i) a Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent and (ii) a Permitted Encumbrance which does not have priority over the
Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent;
Β
(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β with respect to which (i) the scheduled due date is more than 90 days after the date of the original invoice therefor, (ii) is unpaid more than 120 days after
the date of the original invoice therefor or more than 60 days after the original due date therefor, or (iii) which has been written off the books of such Borrower or otherwise designated as uncollectible;
Β
(d)Β Β Β Β Β which is owing by an Account Debtor for which more than 25% of the Accounts owing from such Account Debtor and its Affiliates are ineligible pursuant to clause
(c) above;
Β
(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β which is owing by an Account Debtor to the extent the aggregate amount of Accounts owing from such Account Debtor and its Affiliates to all Borrowers exceeds
20% of the aggregate amount of Eligible Accounts of all Borrowers;
Β
(f)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β with respect to which any covenant, representation or warranty contained in this Agreement or in the Security Agreement has been breached or is not true;
Β
(g)Β Β Β Β Β Β which (i) does not arise from the sale of goods or performance of services in the ordinary course of business, (ii) is not evidenced by an invoice or other
documentation satisfactory to the Administrative Agent which has been sent to the Account Debtor, (iii) represents a progress billing, (iv) is contingent upon such Borrowerβs completion of any further performance, (v) represents a sale on a
xxxx-and-hold, guaranteed sale, sale-and-return, sale on approval, consignment, cash-on-delivery or any other repurchase or return basis or (vi) relates to payments of interest;
Β
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(h)Β Β Β Β Β for which the goods giving rise to such Account have not been shipped to the Account Debtor or for which the services giving rise to such Account have not been
performed by such Borrower or if such Account was invoiced more than once;
Β
(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β with respect to which any check or other instrument of payment has been returned uncollected for any reason;
Β
(j)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β which is owed by an Account Debtor which has (i) applied for, suffered, or consented to the appointment of any receiver, custodian, trustee, or liquidator of
its assets, (ii) had possession of all or a material part of its property taken by any receiver, custodian, trustee or liquidator, (iii) filed, or had filed against it, any request or petition for liquidation, reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment of debts, adjudication as bankrupt, winding-up, or voluntary or involuntary case under any state or federal bankruptcy laws (other than post-petition accounts payable of an Account Debtor that is a debtor-in-possession under the
Bankruptcy Code and reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent), (iv) admitted in writing its inability, or is generally unable to, pay its debts as they become due, (v) become insolvent, or (vi) ceased operation of its business;
Β
(k)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β which is owed by any Account Debtor which has sold all or substantially all of its assets;
Β
(l)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β which is owed by an Account Debtor which (i) does not maintain its chief executive office in the U.S. or Canada or (ii) is not organized under applicable law of
the U.S., any state of the U.S., Canada, or any province of Canada unless, in either case, such Account is backed by a Letter of Credit acceptable to the Administrative Agent which is in the possession of, and is directly drawable by, the
Administrative Agent;
Β
(m)Β Β Β Β Β Β which is owed in any currency other than Dollars;
Β
(n)Β Β Β Β Β which is owed by (i) any government (or any department, agency, public corporation, or instrumentality thereof) of any country other than the U.S. unless such
Account is backed by a Letter of Credit acceptable to the Administrative Agent which is in the possession of, and is directly drawable by, the Administrative Agent, or (ii) any government of the U.S., or any department, agency, public
corporation, or instrumentality thereof, unless the Federal Assignment of Claims Act of 1940, as amended (31 U.S.C. Β§ 3727 etΒ seq. and 41 U.S.C. Β§ 15 etΒ seq.), and any other steps necessary to perfect the Lien of
the Administrative Agent in such Account have been complied with to the Administrative Agentβs satisfaction;
Β
(o)Β Β Β Β Β which is owed by any Affiliate of any Loan Party or any employee, officer, director, agent or stockholder of any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates;
Β
(p)Β Β Β Β Β Β which is owed by an Account Debtor or any Affiliate of such Account Debtor to which any Loan Party is indebted, but only to the extent of such indebtedness, or
is subject to any security, deposit, progress payment, retainage or other similar advance made by or for the benefit of an Account Debtor, in each case to the extent thereof;
Β
(q) Β Β Β Β Β which is subject to any counterclaim, deduction, defense, setoff or dispute but only to the extent of any such counterclaim, deduction, defense, setoff or
dispute;
Β
(r)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β which is evidenced by any promissory note, chattel paper or instrument;
Β
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(s)Β Β Β Β Β Β which is owed by an Account Debtor (i) located in any jurisdiction which requires filing of a βNotice of Business Activities Reportβ or other similar report in
order to permit such Borrower to seek judicial enforcement in such jurisdiction of payment of such Account, unless such Borrower has filed such report or qualified to do business in such jurisdiction or (ii) which is a Sanctioned Person;
Β
(t)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β with respect to which such Borrower has made any agreement with the Account Debtor for any reduction thereof, other than discounts and adjustments given in the
ordinary course of business, or any Account which was partially paid and such Borrower created a new receivable for the unpaid portion of such Account;
Β
(u)Β Β Β Β Β Β which does not comply in all material respects with the requirements of all applicable laws and regulations, whether Federal, state or local, including without
limitation the Federal Consumer Credit Protection Act, the Federal Truth in Lending Act and Regulation Z of the Federal Reserve Board;
Β
(v)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β which is for goods that have been sold under a purchase order or pursuant to the terms of a contract or other agreement or understanding (written or oral) that
indicates or purports that any Person other than such Borrower has or has had an ownership interest in such goods, or which indicates any party other than such Borrower as payee or remittance party;
Β
(w)Β Β Β Β Β which was created on cash on delivery terms;
Β
(x)Β Β Β Β Β Β which is a Credit Card Accounts Receivable; or
Β
(y)Β Β Β Β Β Β which the Administrative Agent determines in its Permitted Discretion may not be paid by reason of the Account Debtorβs inability to pay or which the
Administrative Agent otherwise determines is unacceptable in its Permitted Discretion.
Β
In the event that an Account of a Borrower which was previously an Eligible Account ceases to be an Eligible Account hereunder, such Borrower or the Borrower Representative shall notify the
Administrative Agent thereof on and at the time of submission to the Administrative Agent of the next Borrowing Base Certificate.Β In determining the amount of an Eligible Account of a Borrower, the face amount of an Account may, in the
Administrative Agentβs Permitted Discretion, be reduced by, without duplication, to the extent not reflected in such face amount, (i) the amount of all accrued and actual discounts, claims, credits or credits pending, promotional program
allowances, price adjustments, finance charges or other allowances (including any amount that such Borrower may be obligated to rebate to an Account Debtor pursuant to the terms of any agreement or understanding (written or oral)) and (ii)
the aggregate amount of all cash received in respect of such Account but not yet applied by such Borrower to reduce the amount of such Account.
Β
βEligible Credit Card Accounts Receivableβ means, at any time, the Credit Card Accounts Receivable of a Borrower which the Administrative Agent determines in its Permitted Discretion
are eligible as the basis for the extension of Revolving Loans, Swingline Loans and the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder.Β Without limiting the Administrative Agentβs discretion provided herein, Eligible Credit Card Accounts Receivable
shall not include any Credit Card Accounts Receivable of a Borrower:
Β
(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β which is not earned or does not represent the bona fide amount due to aΒ Borrower from a credit card processor and/or credit card issuer that originated in the
ordinary course of business of such Borrower;
Β
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β which is not owned by a Borrower;
Β
(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β in which the payee of such Credit Card Accounts Receivable is a Person other than a Borrower;
Β
(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β which does not constitute an Account;
Β
(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β unless otherwise agreed to by the Administrative Agent from time to time, which has been outstanding more than five (5) Business Days;
Β
(f)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β with respect to which the applicable credit card issuer or credit card processor has (i) applied for, suffered, or consented to the appointment of any receiver,
interim receiver, custodian, trustee, monitor, administrator, sequestrator or liquidator of its assets, (ii) has had possession of all or a material part of its property taken by any receiver, interim receiver, custodian, trustee, monitor,
administrator, sequestrator or liquidator, (iii) filed, or had filed against it, any request or petition for liquidation, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debts, adjudication as bankrupt, winding-up, or voluntary or involuntary case
under any state, provincial, territorial or federal bankruptcy laws, (iv) has admitted in writing its inability, or is generally unable to, pay its debts as they become due, (v) become insolvent or (vi) ceased operation of its business;
Β
(g)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β which is not a valid, legally enforceable obligation of the applicable credit card issuer with respect thereto;
Β
(h)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β which is not subject to a first priority perfected security interest in favor of the Administrative Agent;
Β
(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β which is subject to any Lien other than (i) a Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent and (ii) a Permitted Encumbrance which does not have priority over the
Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent;
Β
(j)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β with respect to which any covenant, representation, or warranty contained in this Agreement, in the Security Agreement or in the Credit Card Agreements
relating to such Credit Card Accounts Receivable has been breached or is not true;
Β
(k)Β Β Β Β Β Β which is subject to risk of set-off, recoupment, non-collection or not being processed due to unpaid and/or accrued credit card processor fee balances;
Β
(l)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β which is evidenced by βchattel paperβ or an βinstrumentβ of any kind unless such βchattel paperβ or βinstrumentβ is in the possession of the Administrative
Agent, and to the extent necessary or appropriate, endorsed to the Administrative Agent;
Β
(m)Β Β Β Β Β which the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion determines may not be paid by reason of the applicable credit card processorβs or credit card issuerβs
inability to pay or which the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion otherwise determines is unacceptable for any reason whatsoever;
Β
(n)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β which represents a deposit or partial payment in connection with the purchase of Inventory of a Borrower;
Β
(o)Β Β Β Β Β Β commencing thirty (30) days after the Effective Date, for which the Administrative Agent has not received a Credit Card Acknowledgement; or
Β
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(p)Β Β Β Β Β which does not meet such other usual and customary eligibility criteria for Credit Card Accounts Receivable as the Administrative Agent, in its Permitted
Discretion, may determine from time to time in its Permitted Discretion.
Β
In the event that any Credit Card Accounts Receivable of a Borrower which was previously an Eligible Credit Card Accounts Receivable ceases to be an Eligible Credit Card Accounts Receivable
hereunder, such Borrower or the Borrower Representative shall notify the Administrative Agent thereof on and at the time of submission to the Administrative Agent of the next Borrowing Base Certificate.Β In determining the amount of an
Eligible Credit Card Accounts Receivable, the face amount of a Credit Card Accounts Receivable may, in the Administrative Agentβs Permitted Discretion, be reduced by, without duplication, to the extent not reflected in such face amount, (i)
the amount of all customary fees and expenses in connection with any credit card arrangements and (ii) the aggregate amount of all cash received in respect of such Credit Card Accounts Receivable but not yet applied by the Borrowers to reduce
the amount of such Credit Card Accounts Receivable.
Β
βEligible Inventoryβ means, at any time, the Inventory of a Borrower which the Administrative Agent determines in its Permitted Discretion is eligible as the basis for the extension of
Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans and the issuance of Letters of Credit.Β Without limiting the Administrative Agentβs discretion provided herein, Eligible Inventory of a Borrower shall not include any Inventory:
Β
(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β which is not subject to a first priority perfected Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent;
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β which is subject to any Lien other than (i) a Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent and (ii) a Permitted Encumbrance which does not have priority over the
Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent;
Β
(c) Β Β Β Β Β which is, in the Administrative Agentβs Permitted Discretion, slow moving, obsolete, unmerchantable, defective, used, unfit for sale, not salable at prices
approximating at least the cost of such Inventory in the ordinary course of business or unacceptable due to age, type, category and/or quantity;
Β
(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β with respect to which any covenant, representation or warranty contained in this Agreement or in the Security Agreement has been breached or is not true and
which does not conform to all standards imposed by any Governmental Authority;
Β
(e)Β Β Β Β Β in which any Person other than such Borrower shall (i) have any direct or indirect ownership, interest or title to such Inventory or (ii) be indicated on any
purchase order or invoice with respect to such Inventory as having or purporting to have an interest therein;
Β
(f)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β which is not finished goods or which constitutes work-in-process, raw materials, spare or replacement parts, subassemblies, packaging and shipping material,
manufacturing supplies, samples, prototypes, displays or display items, xxxx-and-hold or ship-in-place goods, goods that are returned or marked for return, repossessed goods, defective or damaged goods, goods held on consignment, or goods
which are not of a type held for sale in the ordinary course of business;
Β
(g)Β Β Β Β Β Β which is not located in the U.S. or is in transit with a common carrier from vendors and suppliers, provided that, up to 30% of the Aggregate Revolving
Commitment of Inventory in transit from vendors and suppliers may be included as Eligible Inventory despite the foregoing provision of this clause (g) so long as
Β
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(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β the Administrative Agent shall have received (1) a true and correct copy of the xxxx of lading and other shipping documents for such Inventory and (2) evidence
of satisfactory casualty insurance naming the Administrative Agent as loss payee and otherwise covering such risks as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request,
Β
(ii) Β Β Β Β if the xxxx of lading is non-negotiable, the inventory must be in transit within the United States, and the Administrative Agent shall have received, if
requested, a duly executed Collateral Access Agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, from the applicable customs broker, freight forwarder or carrier for such Inventory,
Β
(iii)Β Β Β if the xxxx of lading is negotiable, the inventory must be in transit from outside the United States, and the Administrative Agent shall have received (1)
confirmation that the xxxx is issued in the name of such Borrower and consigned to the order of the Administrative Agent, and an acceptable agreement has been executed with such Borrowerβs customs broker, in which the customs broker agrees
that it holds the negotiable xxxx as agent for the Administrative Agent and has granted the Administrative Agent access to the Inventory, and (2) an estimate from such Borrower of the customs duties and customs fees associated with the
Inventory in order to establish an appropriate Reserve,
Β
(iv)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β the common carrier is not an Affiliate of the applicable vendor or supplier, and
Β
(v)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β the customs broker is not an Affiliate of any Borrower;
Β
provided, however, that for the first 45 days after the Effective Date, Inventory in transit from vendors and suppliers may be included as Eligible Inventory without meeting
the forgoing requirements contained in clauses (g)(i) through (g)(iii) above.
Β
(h)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β which is located in any location leased by such Borrower unless (i) the lessor has delivered to the Administrative Agent a Collateral Access Agreement or (ii) a
Reserve for rent, charges and other amounts due or to become due with respect to such facility has been established by the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion; provided that such Inventory may be included as Eligible
Inventory despite this clause (h), without any Reserve being established, until the 45th day after the Effective Date;
Β
Β (i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β which is located in any third party warehouse or is in the possession of a bailee (other than a third party processor) and is not evidenced by a Document
(other than bills of lading to the extent permitted pursuant to clause (g) above), unless (i) such warehouseman or bailee has delivered to the Administrative Agent a Collateral Access Agreement and such other documentation as the
Administrative Agent may require or (ii) an appropriate Reserve has been established by the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion; provided that such InventoryΒ may be included as Eligible Inventory despite this clause (i),
without any Reserve being established, until the 45th day after the Effective Date;
Β
(j)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β which is being processed offsite at a third party location or outside processor, or is in-transit to or from such third party location or outside processor;
Β
(k)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Intentionally Omitted;
Β
(l)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β which is the subject of a consignment by such Borrower as consignor;
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(m)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β which is perishable;
Β
(n)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β which contains or bears any intellectual property rights licensed to such Borrower unless the Administrative Agent is satisfied that it may sell or otherwise
dispose of such Inventory without (i) infringing the rights of such licensor, (ii) violating any contract with such licensor, or (iii) incurring any liability with respect to payment of royalties other than royalties incurred pursuant to
sale of such Inventory under the current licensing agreement;
Β
(o)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β which is not reflected in a current perpetual inventory report of such Borrower (unless such Inventory is reflected in a report to the Administrative Agent as
βin transitβ Inventory);
Β
(p)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β for which reclamation rights have been asserted by the seller;
Β
(q)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β which has been acquired from a Sanctioned Person; or
Β
(r)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β which the Administrative Agent otherwise determines is unacceptable in its Permitted Discretion.
Β
In the event that Inventory of a Borrower which was previously Eligible Inventory ceases to be Eligible Inventory hereunder, such Borrower or the Borrower Representative shall notify the
Administrative Agent thereof on and at the time of submission to the Administrative Agent of the next Borrowing Base Certificate.
Β
βEligible Pledged Cashβ means the cash maintained in a Deposit Account or Securities Account of any Borrower maintained at JPMCB, over which the Administrative Agent has exclusive
control for withdrawal purposes, and which is subject to a perfected first priority Lien to secure the Secured Obligations pursuant to agreements or other documentation in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
Β
βEnvironmental Lawsβ means all laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or binding agreements issued, promulgated or entered into
by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to (i) the environment, (ii) preservation or reclamation of natural resources, (iii) the management, Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Material or (iv) health and safety
matters.
Β
βEnvironmental Liabilityβ means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of
any Borrower or any Subsidiary directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) any violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c)
any exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed
with respect to any of the foregoing.
Β
βEquipmentβ has the meaning assigned to such term in the Security Agreement.
Β
βEquity Interestsβ means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity
ownership interests in a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any such equity interest.
Β
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βERISAβ means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Β
βERISA Affiliateβ means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with a Borrower, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or
Section 4001(14) of ERISA or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.
Β
βERISA Eventβ means (a) any βreportable eventβ, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30
day notice period is waived); (b) the failure to satisfy the βminimum funding standardβ (as defined in Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived; (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Code or Section
302(c) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan; (d) the incurrence by any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of
any Plan; (e) the receipt by any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; (f) the incurrence
by any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal of any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (g) the receipt by any Borrower or any ERISA
Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the imposition upon any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a
Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent, in critical status or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.
Β
βEU Bail-In Legislation Scheduleβ means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor Person), as in effect from time to time.
Β
βEvent of Defaultβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Article VII.
Β
βExcess Availabilityβ shall mean Availability minus the aggregate amount of all outstanding trade payables of the Borrowers which have been unpaid for more than 45 days after the due date therefor (other
than trade payables being contested or disputed by the Borrowers in good faith), as determined by the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion.
Β
βExcluded Swap Obligationβ means, with respect to any Loan Guarantor, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guarantee of such Loan Guarantor of, or
the grant by such Loan Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any Guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading
Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Loan Guarantorβs failure for any reason to constitute an ECP at the time the Guarantee of such Loan Guarantor or the grant of such security interest
becomes or would become effective with respect to such Swap Obligation.Β If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is
attributable to swaps for which such Guarantee or security interest is or becomes illegal.
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βExcluded Taxes means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient: (a) Taxes imposed on
or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed 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 a Loan, Letter of Credit or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan,
Letter of Credit or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrowers under Section 2.19(b)) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section
2.17, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lenderβs assignor immediately before such Lender acquired the applicable interest in a Loan, Letter of Credit or Commitment or to such Lender immediately before it
changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipientβs failure to comply with Section 2.17(f), and (d) any withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.
Β
βExisting Letter of Creditβ means each letter of credit issued prior to the Effective Date by a Person that shall be an Issuing Bank and listed on Schedule 2.06.
Β
βExtenuating Circumstanceβ means any period during which the Administrative Agent has determined in its sole discretion (a) that due to unforeseen and/or nonrecurring circumstances,
it is impractical and/or not feasible to submit or receive a Borrowing Request or Interest Election Request by email or fax or through Electronic System, and (b) to accept a Borrowing Request or Interest Election Request telephonically.
Β
βFATCAβ means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the Effective Date (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous
to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreement 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.
Β
βFCAβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.05.
Β
βFederal Funds Effective Rateβ means, for any day, the rate calculated by the NYFRB based on such dayβs federal funds transactions by depositary institutions, as determined in such
manner as shall be set forth on the NYFRBβs Website from time to time, and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as the effective federal funds rate, provided that, if the Federal Funds Effective Rate as so determined
would be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement.
Β
βFederal Reserve Boardβ means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.
Β
βFinancial Officerβ means the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller of a Borrower or any other Loan Party, as the case may be.
Β
βFixed Chargesβ means, for any period, without duplication, cash Interest Expense, plus prepayments and scheduled principal payments
on Indebtedness actually made, but excluding the Specified Repayment, plus expense for taxes paidΒ in cash, plus
dividends, distributions or payments on account of the redemption or repurchase of Equity Interests paid in cash, plus Capital Lease Obligation payments, plus
cash contributions to any Plan, minus cash contributions to any Plan which have already been subtracted from Net Income in accordance with GAAP when determining EBITDA, minus cash proceeds of employee benefit plans and management and board stock option plans in an aggregate amount not to exceed $500,000 in any twelve month period (to the extent not included in
Net Income for such period), all calculated for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
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Β βFixed Charge Coverage Ratioβ means, for any period, the ratio of (a) EBITDA minus the unfinanced portion of Capital Expenditures; to (b) Fixed Charges, all calculated for the
Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
Β
βFixturesβ has the meaning assigned to such term in the Security Agreement.
Β
βFlood Lawsβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.10.
Β
βFloorβ means the benchmark rate floor, if any, provided in this Agreement initially (as of the execution of this Agreement, the modification, amendment or renewal of this Agreement
or otherwise) with respect to the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate or the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR, as applicable.Β For the avoidance of doubt, the initial Floor for each of the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate or the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR shall be
zero.
Β
βForeign Lenderβ means (a) if the Borrower is a U.S. Person, a Lender that is not a U.S. Person, and (b) if the 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 the Borrower is resident for tax purposes.
Β
βFunding Accountsβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.01(h).
Β
βGAAPβ means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.
Β
βGovernmental Authorityβ means the government of the United States of America, any other nation or 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.
Β
βGuaranteeβ of or by any Person (the βguarantorβ) means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing
any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person (the βprimary obligorβ) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or
supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property, securities or
services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor
so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation or (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness or obligation; provided, that
the term Guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business.Β The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or
determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability (assuming such Person is required to
perform) in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith.
Β
βGuaranteed Obligationsβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.01.
Β
βHazardous MaterialsβΒ βHazardous Materialsβ means:Β (a) any substance, material, or waste that is included within the definitions of βhazardous substances,β βhazardous
materials,β βhazardous waste,β βtoxic substances,β βtoxic materials,β βtoxic waste,β or words of similar import in any Environmental Law; (b) those substances listed as hazardous substances by the United States Department of Transportation
(or any successor agency) (49 C.F.R. 172.101 and amendments thereto) or by the Environmental Protection Agency (or any successor agency) (40 C.F.R. Part 302 and amendments thereto); and (c) any substance, material, or waste that is
petroleum, petroleum-related, or a petroleum by-product, asbestos or asbestos-containing material, polychlorinated biphenyls, flammable, explosive, radioactive, freon gas, radon, or a pesticide, herbicide, or any other agricultural
chemical.
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βIndebtednessβ of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money or with respect to deposits or advances of any kind, (b) all
obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person upon which interest charges are customarily paid, (d) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other
title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such Person, (e) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding current accounts payable incurred in the ordinary
course of business), (f) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or
not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed, (g) all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others, (h) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (i) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account
party in respect of letters of credit and letters of guaranty, (j) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of bankersβ acceptances, (k) all obligations of such Person under any liquidated earn-out, and (l) any
other Off-Balance Sheet Liability of such Person.Β The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable
therefor as a result of such Personβs ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor.
Β
βIndemnified Taxesβ means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan
Document and (b) Other Taxes.
Β
βInterest Election Requestβ means a request by the Borrower Representative to convert or continue a Revolving Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.08.
Β
βInterest Expenseβ means, for any period, total interest expense (including that attributable to Capital Lease Obligations) of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such period with
respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries (including all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankersβ acceptances and net costs under Swap Agreements
in respect of interest rates to the extent such net costs are allocable to such period in accordance with GAAP), calculated on a consolidated basis for the Company and its Subsidiaries for such period in accordance with GAAP.
Β
βInterest Payment Dateβ means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan (other than a Swingline Loan), the first day of each calendar month and the Maturity Date, (b) with respect to any RFR
Loan, (1) each date that is on the numerically corresponding day in each calendar month that is one month after the Borrowing of such Loan (or, if there is no such numerically corresponding day in such month, then the last day of such
month) and (2) the Maturity Date, (c) with respect to any Term Benchmark Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part (and, in the case of a Term Benchmark Borrowing with an Interest
Period of more than three monthsβ duration, each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three monthsβ duration after the first day of such Interest Period) and the Maturity Date, and (d) with respect
to any Swingline Loan, the day that such Loan is required to be repaid and the Maturity Date.
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βInterest Periodβ means with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the
calendar month that is one, three or six monthsΒ thereafter (in each case, subject to the availability for the Benchmark applicable to the relevant Loan), as the Borrower Representative may elect; provided that (i) if any Interest
Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest
Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day, (ii) any Interest Period that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such
Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period, and (iii) no tenor that has been removed from this definition pursuant to Section 2.14(e) shall be available for specification in such
Borrowing Request or Interest Election Request.Β For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing is made and thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or
continuation of such Borrowing.
Β
βInventoryβ has the meaning assigned to such term in the Security Agreement.
Β
βIRSβ means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
Β
βIssuing Bankβ means JPMCB, in its capacity as the issuer of Letters of Credit, and its successors in such capacity as provided in Section 2.06(i).Β The Issuing Bank may, in
its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of the Issuing Bank, in which case the term βIssuing Bankβ shall include any such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate.
Β
βJoinder Agreementβ means a Joinder Agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit D.
Β
βJPMCBβ means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., a national banking association, in its individual capacity, and its successors.
βknowledgeβ means, with respect to any Loan Party, the knowledge of any director, officer, or any member of management of such Loan Party.
Β
βLC Collateral Accountβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.06(j).
Β
βLC Disbursementβ means a payment made by the Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit.
Β
βLC Exposureβ means, at any time, the sum of the Commercial LC Exposure, the Standby LC Exposure and the Bankerβs Acceptance Exposure.Β The LC Exposure of any Revolving Lender at any
time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the aggregate LC Exposure.
Β
βLender Parentβ means, with respect to any Lender, any Person as to which such Lender is, directly or indirectly, a subsidiary.
Β
βLender-Related Personβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.03(b).
Β
βLendersβ means the Persons listed on the Commitment Schedule and any other Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, other than
any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption.Β Unless the context otherwise requires, the term βLendersβ includes the Swingline Lender and the Issuing Bank.
Β
βLetter of Creditβ means any letter of credit or bankerβs acceptance issued pursuant to this Agreement and shall include each Existing Letter of Credit.
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βLetter of Credit Agreementβ has the meaning assigned to it in Section 2.06(b).
βLiabilitiesβ means any losses, claims (including intraparty claims), demands, damages or liabilities of any kind.
Β
βLienβ means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset, (b) the
interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset and (c)
in the case of securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of the Company or any third party with respect to such securities.
Β
βLoan Documentsβ means this Agreement, any promissory notes issued pursuant to this Agreement, any Letter of Credit Agreement, the Collateral Documents, the Loan Guaranty, each
Credit Card Acknowledgement and all other agreements, instruments, documents and certificates identified in Section 4.01 executed and delivered to, or in favor of, the Administrative Agent or any Lenders and including all other
pledges, powers of attorney, consents, assignments, contracts, notices, letter of credit agreements and all other written matter whether heretofore, now or hereafter executed by or on behalf of any Loan Party, or any employee of any Loan
Party, and delivered to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.Β Any reference in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to a Loan Document shall include all
appendices, exhibits or schedules thereto, and all amendments, restatements, supplements or other modifications thereto, and shall refer to this Agreement or such Loan Document as the same may be in effect at any and all times such
reference becomes operative.
Β
βLoan Guarantorβ means each Loan Party.
Β
βLoan Guarantyβ means Article X of this Agreement.
Β
βLoan Partiesβ means the Borrowers, the Borrowersβ domestic Subsidiaries and any other Person who becomes a party to this Agreement pursuant to a Joinder Agreement and their
successors and assigns.
Β
βLoansβ means the loans and advances made by the Lenders pursuant to this Agreement, including Swingline Loans, Overadvances and Protective Advances.
Β
βLobo Marketingβ means Lobo Marketing, Inc., a Texas corporation.
Β
βMargin Stockβ means margin stock within the meaning of Regulations T, U and X, as applicable.
Β
βMaterial Adverse Effectβ means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, operations, or financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b)
the ability of any Loan Party to perform any of its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, (c) the Collateral, or the Administrative Agentβs Liens (on behalf of itself and the Lenders and other holders of the Secured
Obligations) on the Collateral or the priority of such Liens, or (d) the rights of or benefits available to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Lenders under any of the Loan Documents.
Β
βMaterial Indebtednessβ means Indebtedness (other than the Loans and Letters of Credit), or obligations in respect of one or more Swap Agreements, of any one or more of the Company
and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $2,500,000.Β For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the βobligationsβ of any Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of any Swap Agreement at any time shall be the
maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that such Borrower or such Subsidiary would be required to pay if such Swap Agreement were terminated at such time.
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βMaturity Dateβ means June 17, 2027 or any earlier date on which the Commitments are reduced to zero or otherwise terminated pursuant to the terms hereof.
Β
βMaximum Liabilityβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.10.
Β
βMoodyβsβ means Xxxxxβx Investors Service, Inc.
Β
βMortgagesβ means any mortgage, deed of trust or other agreement which conveys or evidences a Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders and other holders of the Secured Obligations, on real property of a Loan Party, including any amendment, modification or supplement thereto.
Β
βMultiemployer Planβ means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
Β
βNet Incomeβ means, for any period, the consolidated net income (or loss) of the Company and its Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided
that there shall be excluded (a) the income (or deficit) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary or is merged into or consolidated with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (b) the income (or deficit) of any
Person (other than a Subsidiary) in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has an ownership interest, except to the extent that any such income is actually received by the Company or such Subsidiary in the form of dividends or similar
distributions and (c) the undistributed earnings of any Subsidiary to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Subsidiary is not at the time permitted by the terms of any contractual
obligation (other than under any Loan Document) or Requirement of Law applicable to such Subsidiary.
Β
βNet Orderly Liquidation Valueβ means, with respect to Inventory (or any category thereof), Equipment or intangibles of any Person, the orderly liquidation value thereof as
determined in a manner acceptable to the Administrative Agent by an appraiser acceptable to the Administrative Agent, net of all costs of liquidation thereof.
Β
βNet Proceedsβ means, with respect to any event, (a) the cash proceeds received in respect of such event including (i) any cash received in respect of any non-cash proceeds
(including any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or purchase price adjustment receivable or otherwise, but excluding any interest payments), but only as and when
received, (ii) in the case of a casualty, insurance proceeds and (iii) in the case of a condemnation or similar event, condemnation awards and similar payments, net of (b) the sum of (i) all reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses paid
to third parties (other than Affiliates) in connection with such event, (ii) in the case of a sale, transfer or other disposition of an asset (including pursuant to a sale and leaseback transaction or a casualty or a condemnation or similar
proceeding), the amount of all payments required to be made as a result of such event to repay Indebtedness (other than Loans) secured by such asset or otherwise subject to mandatory prepayment as a result of such event and (iii) the amount
of all taxes paid (or reasonably estimated to be payable) and the amount of any reserves established to fund contingent liabilities reasonably estimated to be payable, in each case during the year that such event occurred or the next
succeeding year and that are directly attributable to such event (as determined reasonably and in good faith by a Financial Officer).
Β
βNOLV Inventory Advance Rateβ means 90%.
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βNon-Approved Jurisdictionβ shall mean (a) any of the following jurisdictions: The Balkans,
Belarus, Burma, Columbia, Cote dβIvoire (Ivory Coast), Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Iran, Iraq, Liberia, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela, Yugoslavia and Zimbabwe, (b) any jurisdiction that is on OFACβs list of
targeted countries against which OFAC administers and enforces economic or trade sanctions, and (c) any other jurisdiction that the Administrative Agent, for policy or reasonable credit or legal determinations, otherwise does not approve.
Β
βNon-Consenting Lenderβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.02(d).
Β
βNon-Paying Guarantorβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.11.
Β
βNYFRBβ means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Β
βNYFRBβs Websiteβ means the website of the NYFRB at xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xxx, or any successor source.
Β
βNYFRB Rateβ means, for any day, the greater of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Overnight Bank Funding Rate in effect on such day(or for any
day that is not a Business Day, for the immediately preceding Business Day); provided that if none of such rates are published for any day that is a Business Day, the term βNYFRB Rateβ means the rate for a federal funds transaction
quoted at 11:00 a.m. on such day received by the Administrative Agent from a federal funds broker of recognized standing selected by it; provided, further, that if any of the aforesaid rates as so determined would be less
than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.
Β
βObligated Partyβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.02.
Β
βObligationsβ means all unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans, all LC Exposure, all accrued and unpaid fees and all expenses, reimbursements, indemnities
and other obligations of the Loan Parties to the Lenders or to any Lender, the Administrative Agent, theΒ Issuing Bank or any indemnified party arising under the Loan Documents.
Β
βOFACβ means The Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
Β
βOff-Balance Sheet Liabilityβ of a Person means (a) any repurchase obligation or liability of such Person with respect to accounts or notes receivable sold by such Person, (b) any
indebtedness, liability or obligation under any so-called βsynthetic leaseβ transaction entered into by such Person, or (c) any indebtedness, liability or obligation arising with respect to any other transaction which is the functional
equivalent of or takes the place of borrowing but which does not constitute a liability on the balance sheet of such Person (other than operating leases).
Β
βOther Connection Taxesβ means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such
Taxes (other than a connection 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, Letter of Credit, or any Loan Document).
Β
βOther Taxesβ means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution,
delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any 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 2.19).
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βOveradvanceβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(b).
Β
βOvernight Bank Funding Rateβ means, for any day, the rate comprised of both overnight federal funds and overnight eurodollar transactions denominated in Dollars by U.S.-managed
banking offices of depository institutions (as such composite rate shall be determined by the NYFRB as set forth on the NYFRBβs Website from time to time) and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as an overnight bank
funding rate.
Β
βPacific 3PLβ means Pacific 3PL, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
Β
βPaid in Fullβ or βPayment in Fullβ means, (a) the payment in full in cash of all outstanding Loans and LC Disbursements, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon,
(b) 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 Administrative Agent of a cash deposit, or at the
discretion of the Administrative Agent a backup standby letter of credit satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank, in an amount equal to 103% of the LC Exposure as of the date of such payment), (c) the payment in full
in cash of the accrued and unpaid fees, (d) the payment in full in cash of all reimbursable expenses and other Secured Obligations (other than Unliquidated Obligations for which no claim has been made and other obligations expressly stated
to survive such payment and termination of this Agreement), together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon, (e) the termination of all Commitments, and (f) the termination of the Swap Agreement Obligations and the Banking Services
Obligations or entering into other arrangements satisfactory to the Secured Parties counterparties thereto.
Β
βParentβ means, with respect to any Lender, the Person as to which such Lender is, directly or indirectly, a subsidiary.
Β
βParticipantβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(c).
Β
βParticipant Registerβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(c).
Β
βPaying Guarantorβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.11.
Β
βPBGCβ means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.
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βPermitted Acquisitionβ means any Acquisition in a transaction that satisfies each of the following requirements:Β (a) such Acquisition is not a hostile acquisition or contested by
the Person to be acquired; (b) (i) the assets being acquired (other than a de minimis amount of assets in relation to the Borrowersβ total assets), or the Person whose Equity Interests are being
acquired, are useful in or engaged in, as applicable, the business of the Borrowers or a business reasonably related thereto and (ii) the target of such Acquisition is engaged in the business of the type conducted by the Borrowers on the
date of execution of this Agreement and business, operations and activities reasonably related thereto or any business or activity that is reasonably similar thereto or a reasonable extension, development or expansion thereof or ancillary
thereto and businesses reasonably related thereto; (c) both before and after giving effect to such Acquisition, each of the representations and warranties in the Loan Documents is true and correct in all material respects (except that such
materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof), except to the extent any such representations and warranties are expressly
limited to a specific date, in which case, such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such specified date; (d) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from
the consummation of such Acquisition; (e) as soon as available, but not less than 20 days prior to such Acquisition, the Borrowers shall have provided Administrative Agent (i) notice of such Acquisition and (ii) a copy of all available
business and financial information reasonably requested by Administrative Agent including pro forma financial statements, statements of cash flow, financial covenant projections, and Availability projections; (f) not later than (i) 5
Business Days prior to the anticipated closing date of such Acquisition, the Borrowers shall have provided the Administrative Agent with the then current drafts of the acquisition agreement and other material documents relative to such
Acquisition, which agreement and documents must be reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent, and (ii) 2 Business Days prior to the anticipated closing date of such Acquisition, the Borrowers shall have provided the Administrative Agent
with the final copies of the acquisition agreement and other material documents relative to such Acquisition, which agreement and documents must be reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent; (g) immediately after giving effect to any
such Acquisition, the Borrowers shall have Excess Availability of at least 15% of the Aggregate Revolving Commitment; (h) the assets being acquired are not located within any Non-Approved Jurisdiction, or the Person whose Equity Interests
are being acquired is not organized in any Non-Approved Jurisdiction; and (i) immediately after giving effect to such Acquisition, the Borrowers shall have a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, recomputed on a trailing twelve (12) month pro forma
basis for the most recent month for which financial statements have been delivered, of no less than 1.1 to 1.00.Β In no event will assets acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition constitute assets eligible for inclusion in the Borrowing
Base prior to completion of a field examination and other due diligence acceptable to Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion.
Β
βPermitted Discretionβ means a determination made in good faith and in the exercise of reasonable (from the perspective of a secured asset-based lender) business judgment.
Β
βPermitted Encumbrancesβ means:
Β
(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Liens imposed by law for Taxes that are not yet due or are being contested in compliance with Section 5.04;
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β carriersβ, warehousemenβs, workersβ, mechanicsβ, materialmenβs, landlordsβ, repairmenβs and other like Liens imposed by law, arising in the ordinary course of
business and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than 30 days or are being contested in compliance with Section 5.04;
Β
(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in connection with workersβ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or
regulations;
Β
(d)Β Β Β Β Β deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, tenders, leases, statutory or regulatory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds
and other obligations of a like nature, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
Β
(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β judgment liens in respect of judgments that do not constitute an Event of Default under clause (k) of Article VIIΒ and
notices of lis pendens and associated rights related to litigation being contested in good faith;
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(f)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (i) easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances on real property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that
do not secure any monetary obligations and do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of any Borrower or any Subsidiary as presently conducted, (ii) building codes and other land use
laws regulating the use or occupancy of owned property or the activities conducted thereon which are imposed by any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over such owned property which are not violated by the current use or occupancy
of such owned property or the operation of the business of any Borrower and its Subsidiaries as presently conducted, and (iii) any other Lien or exception to coverage described in mortgagee policies of title insurance issued in favor of
and accepted by the Administrative Agent with respect to any owned property occupied by any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
Β
provided that the term βPermitted Encumbrancesβ shall not include any Lien securing Indebtedness, except with respect to clause (e) above.
Β
βPermitted Investmentsβ means:
Β
(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America (or by any agency
thereof to the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America), in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof;
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β investments in commercial paper maturing within 270 days from the date of acquisition thereof and having, at such date of acquisition, one of the two highest
credit ratings obtainable from S&P or from Moodyβs;
Β
(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β investments in certificates of deposit, bankerβs acceptances and time deposits maturing within 180 days from the date of acquisition thereof issued or
guaranteed by or placed with, and money market deposit accounts issued or offered by, any domestic office of any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof which has a combined capital and
surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000;
Β
(d)Β Β Β Β Β fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than 30 days for securities described in clause (a) above and entered into with a financial
institution satisfying the criteria described in clause (c) above; and
Β
(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β money market funds that (i) comply with the criteria set forth in Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, (ii)
are rated AA by S&P and Aa2 by Moodyβs and (iii) have portfolio assets of at least $5,000,000,000.
Β
βPermitted Lienβ mean any Lien permitted under Section 6.02.
Β
βPersonβ means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
Β
βPhilippines Subsidiaryβ means U.S. Auto Parts Network (Philippines) Corporation, a Philippines corporation.
Β
βPlanβ means any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA,
and in respect of which any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an βemployerβ as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
Β
βPlan Asset Regulationsβ means 29 CFR Β§ 2510.3-101 et seq., as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA, as amended from time to time.
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βPrepayment Eventβ means:
Β
(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any sale, transfer or other disposition (including pursuant to a sale and leaseback transaction) of any Collateral, other than dispositions described in Section
6.05(a), (b), (c), (d), (g) or (j); or
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β any casualty or other insured damage to, or any taking under power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding of, any Collateral; or
Β
(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β the issuance by the Company of any Equity Interests, or the receipt by the Company of any capital contribution,
Β
(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β the incurrence by any Loan Party of any Indebtedness, other than Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01.
Β
βPrime Rateβ means the rate of interest last quoted by The Wall Street Journal as the βPrime Rateβ in the U.S. or, if The Wall Street Journal ceases to quote such rate, the highest
per annum interest rate published by the Federal Reserve Board in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (Selected Interest Rates) as the βbank prime loanβ rate or, if such rate is no longer quoted therein, any similar rate quoted
therein (as determined by the Administrative Agent) or any similar release by the Federal Reserve Board (as determined by the Administrative Agent).Β Each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change
is publicly announced or quoted as being effective.
Β
βProceedingβ means any claim, litigation, investigation, action, suit, arbitration or administrative, judicial or regulatory action or proceeding in any jurisdiction.
Β
βProjectionsβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.01(e).
Β
βProtective Advanceβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.04.
Β
βPTEβ means a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.
Β
βQFCβ has the meaning assigned to the term βqualified financial contractβ in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 5390(c)(8)(D).
Β
βQFC Credit Supportβ has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.21.
Β
βQualified ECP Guarantorβ means, in respect of any Swap Obligation, each Loan Party that has total assets exceeding $10,000,000 at the time the relevant Loan Guaranty or grant of the
relevant security interest becomes or would become effective with respect to such Swap Obligation or such other person as constitutes an βeligible contract participantβ under the Commodity Exchange Act or any regulations promulgated
thereunder and can cause another person to qualify as an βeligible contract participantβ at such time by entering into a keepwell under Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
Β
βQualified Equity Interestβ means and refers to any Equity Interest that is not a Disqualified Equity Interest.
Β
βRecipientβ means, as applicable, (a) the Administrative Agent, (b) any Lender and (c) the Issuing Bank.
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βReference Timeβ with respect to any setting of the then-current Benchmark means (1) if such Benchmark is the Term SOFR Rate, 5:00 a.m. (Chicago time) on the day that is two (2)
Business Days preceding the date of such setting, or (2) if such Benchmark is not the Term SOFR Rate, the time determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.
Β
βRegisterβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04.
Β
βRelated Partiesβ means, with respect to any specified Person, such Personβs Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and such
Personβs Affiliates.
Β
βReleaseβ means any releasing, spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, migrating, disposing, or dumping of any substance
into the environment.
Β
βRelevant Governmental Bodyβ means the Federal Reserve Board and/or the NYFRB, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve Board and/or the NYFRB or, in
each case, any successor thereto.
Β
Β βReportβ means reports prepared by the Administrative Agent or another Person showing the results of appraisals, field examinations or audits pertaining to the assets of the Loan
Parties from information furnished by or on behalf of the Borrowers, after the Administrative Agent has exercised its rights of inspection pursuant to this Agreement, which Reports may be distributed to the Lenders by the Administrative
Agent.
Β
βReporting Trigger Periodβ means the period (a) commencing on any day that Excess Availability is less than 12% of the Aggregate Revolving Commitment for any three (3) consecutive
Business Days, and (b) continuing until Excess Availability has been greater than or equal to 12% of the Aggregate Revolving Commitment at all times for 45 consecutive calendar days.
Β
βRequired Lendersβ means, at any time, Lenders (other than Defaulting Lenders) having Credit Exposure and unused Commitments representing at least 66 2/3% of the sum of the Aggregate
Credit Exposure and unused Commitments; provided that, as long as there are only two Lenders, Required Lenders shall mean both Lenders.
Β
βRequirement of Lawβ means, as to any Person, the Certificate of Incorporation and ByβLaws or other organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any law, treaty, rule or
regulation or determination of an arbitrator 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.
Β
βReservesβ means any and all reserves which the Administrative Agent deems necessary, in its Permitted Discretion, to maintain (including, without limitation, reserves for accrued
and unpaid interest on the Secured Obligations, Banking Services Reserves, Customer Credit Liability Reserves, volatility reserves, reserves for rent at locations leased by any Loan Party and for consigneeβs, warehousemenβs and baileeβs
charges, reserves for dilution of Accounts, reserves for Inventory shrinkage, reserves for customs charges and shipping charges related to any Inventory in transit, reserves for Swap Obligations, reserves for contingent liabilities of any
Loan Party, reserves for uninsured losses of any Loan Party, reserves for uninsured, underinsured, un-indemnified or under-indemnified liabilities or potential liabilities with respect to any litigation and reserves for taxes, fees,
assessments, and other governmental charges) with respect to the Collateral or any Loan Party.
Β
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βResolution Authorityβ means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.
Β
βRestricted Paymentβ means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interests in the Company or any Subsidiary,
or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such Equity Interests in the
Company or any Subsidiary or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such Equity Interests in the Company or any Subsidiary.
Β
βRevolving Commitmentβ means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment, if any, of such Lender to make Revolving Loans and to acquire participations in Letters of Credit,
Overadvances and Swingline Loans hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum possible aggregate amount of such Lenderβs Revolving Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be reduced or increased from time to time pursuant
to (a) Section 2.09 and (b) assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04.Β The initial amount of each Lenderβs Revolving Commitment is set forth on the Commitment Schedule, or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which
such Lender shall have assumed its Revolving Commitment, as applicable.Β The initial aggregate amount of the Lendersβ Revolving Commitments as of the Effective Date is $75,000,000.
Β
βRevolving Exposureβ means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of (a) the outstanding principal amount of such Lenderβs Revolving Loans, LC Exposure and Swingline
Exposure, plus (b) an amount equal to its Applicable Percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Protective Advances outstanding, plus (c)
an amount equal to its Applicable Percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Overadvances outstanding.
Β
βRevolving Lenderβ means, as of any date of determination, a Lender with a Revolving Commitment or, if the Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired, a Lender with Revolving
Exposure.
Β
βRevolving Loanβ means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.02(a).
Β
βRFR Borrowingβ means, as to any Borrowing, the RFR Loans comprising such Borrowing.
Β
βRFR Loanβ means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR.
Β
βS&Pβ means Standard & Poorβs Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw Hill Companies, Inc.
Β
βSanctioned Countryβ means, at any time, a country, region or territory which is itself the subject or target of any Sanctions (at the time of this Agreement,
the so-called Donetsk Peopleβs Republic, the so-called Luhansk Peopleβs Republic, the Crimea Region of Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria).
Β
βSanctioned Personβ means, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or any European Union member state, Her Majestyβs
Treasury of the United Kingdom or other relevant sanctions authority, (b) any Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country, (c) any Person owned or controlled by any such
Person or Persons described in the foregoing clauses (a) or (b), or (d) any Person otherwise the subject of any Sanctions.
Β
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βSanctionsβ means all economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the U.S. government,
including those administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State, or (b) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any European Union member state,
Her Majestyβs Treasury of the United Kingdom or other relevant sanctions authority.
Β
βSecured Obligationsβ means all Obligations, together with all (i) Banking Services Obligations and (ii) Swap Obligations owing to one or more Lenders or their respective Affiliates;
provided, however, that the definition of βSecured Obligationsβ shall not create any guarantee by any Loan Guarantor of (or grant of security interest by any Loan Guarantor to support, as applicable) any Excluded Swap Obligations of
such Loan Guarantor for purposes of determining any obligations of any Loan Guarantor.
Β
βSecured Partiesβ means (a) the Administrative Agent, (b) the Lenders, (c) the Issuing Bank, (d) each provider of Banking Services, to the extent the Banking Services Obligations in
respect thereof constitute Secured Obligations, (e) each counterparty to any Swap Agreement, to the extent the obligations thereunder constitute Secured Obligations, (f) the beneficiaries of each indemnification obligation undertaken by any
Loan Party under any Loan Document, and (g) the successors and assigns of each of the foregoing.
βSecurities Accountβ has the meaning assigned to such term in the Security Agreement.
Β
βSecurity Agreementβ means that certain Amended and Restated Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of the Effective Date, between the Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent, for
the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and the other holders of the Secured Obligations, and any other pledge or security agreement entered into, after the Effective Date by any other Loan Party (as required by this
Agreement or any other Loan Document) or any other Person, as the same may be amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
Β
βSettlementβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(d).
Β
βSettlement Dateβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(d).
Β
βSOFRβ means a rate per annum equal to the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the SOFR Administrator.
Β
βSOFR Administratorβ means the NYFRB (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).
Β
βSOFR Administratorβs Websiteβ means the NYFRBβs website, currently at xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xxx, or any successor source for the secured overnight financing rate identified as such
by the SOFR Administrator from time to time.
Β
βSOFR Determination Dateβ has the meaning specified in the definition of βDaily Simple SOFRβ.
Β
βSOFR Rate Dayβ has the meaning specified in the definition of βDaily Simple SOFRβ.
Β
βStandby LC Exposureβ means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding standby Letters of Credit plus
(b) the aggregate amount of all LC Disbursements relating to standby Letters of Credit that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrowers.Β The Standby LC Exposure of any Revolving Lender at any time shall be its Applicable
Percentage of the aggregate Standby LC Exposure.
Β
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βStatementsβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.18(g).
Β
βSubordinated Indebtednessβ of a Person means any Indebtedness of such Person the payment of which is subordinated to payment of the Secured Obligations to the written satisfaction
of the Administrative Agent.
Β
βsubsidiaryβ means, with respect to any Person (the βparentβ) at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity the accounts of
which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parentβs consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as well as any other corporation, limited liability
company, partnership, association or other entity (a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of
the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held, or (b) that is, as of such date, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries
of the parent.
Β
βSubsidiaryβ means any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company or a Loan Party, as applicable.
Β
βSupported QFCβ has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.21.
Β
βSwap Agreementβ means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, spot, future, credit default or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by
reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any
combination of these transactions; provided that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Borrowers or the
Subsidiaries shall be a Swap Agreement.
Β
βSwap Agreement Obligationsβ means any and all obligations of the Loan Parties, whether absolute or contingent and howsoever and whensoever created, arising, evidenced or acquired
(including all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and substitutions therefor), under (a) any Swap Agreement permitted hereunder with a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, and (b) any cancellations, buy backs, reversals,
terminations or assignments of any Swap Agreement transaction permitted hereunder with a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender.
Β
βSwap Obligationβ means, with respect to any Guarantor, any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a βswapβ within the meaning of
section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act or any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder.
Β
βSwingline Exposureβ means, at any time, the sum of the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Swingline Loans.Β The Swingline Exposure of any Revolving Lender at any time shall
be its Applicable Percentage of the aggregate Swingline Exposure.
Β
βSwingline Lenderβ means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as lender of Swingline Loans hereunder.
Β
βSwingline Loanβ has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(a).
Β
βTaxesβ means any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), value added taxes, or any other goods and services, use
or sales taxes, assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
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βTerm Benchmarkβ when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by
reference to the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate.
Β
βTerm SOFR Determination Dayβ has the meaning assigned to it under the definition of Term SOFR Reference Rate.
Β
βTerm SOFR Rateβ means, with respect to any Term Benchmark Borrowing and for any tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period, the Term SOFR Reference Rate at approximately
5:00 a.m., Chicago time, two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the commencement of such tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period, as such rate is published by the CME Term SOFR Administrator.
Β
βTerm SOFR Reference Rateβ means, for any day and time (such day, the βTerm SOFR Determination Dayβ), and for any tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period, the rate per
annum determined by the Administrative Agent as the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR.Β If by 5:00 pm (New York City time) on such Term SOFR Determination Day, the βTerm SOFR Reference Rateβ for the applicable tenor has not been
published by the CME Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Rate has not occurred, then the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such Term SOFR Determination Day will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate
as published in respect of the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate was published by the CME Term SOFR Administrator, so long as such first preceding Business Day is not more than
five (5) Business Days prior to such Term SOFR Determination Day. βTransactionsβ means the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the borrowing of Loans and other credit
extensions, the use of the proceeds thereof and the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder.
Β
βTransactionsβ means the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrowers of this Agreement, the borrowing of Loans and other credit extensions, the use of the proceeds thereof
and the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder.
Β
βTypeβ, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to
the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate or the ABR.
Β
βUCCβ means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York or any other state the laws of which are required to be applied in connection with the
issue of perfection of security interests.
Β
βUK Financial Institutionsβ means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential
Regulation Authority) or any person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms,
and certain affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms.
Β
βUK Resolution Authorityβ means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.
Β
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βUnadjusted Benchmark Replacementβ means the applicable Benchmark Replacement excluding the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
Β
Β βUnliquidated Obligationsβ means, at any time, any Secured Obligations (or portion thereof) that are contingent in nature or unliquidated, including any Secured Obligation that is:Β
(i) an obligation to reimburse a bank for drawings not yet made under a letter of credit issued by it; (ii) any other obligation (including any guarantee) that is contingent in nature; or (iii) an obligation to provide collateral to secure
any of the foregoing types of obligations.
Β
βU.S. Personβ means a βUnited States personβ within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
Β
βU.S. Special Resolution Regimeβ has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.21.
Β
βUSA PATRIOT Actβ means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56
(signed into law October 26, 2001)).
Β
βWithdrawal Liabilityβ means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of
Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
Β
βWithholding Agentβ means the Borrower Representative and the Administrative Agent.
Β
βWrite-Down and Conversion Powersβ means, (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time
under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable
Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that
liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that
liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers.
Β
SECTION 1.02.Β Β Β Β Classification of Loans and Borrowings.Β For purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a βRevolving Loanβ) or by
Type (e.g., a βTerm Benchmark Loanβ or an βRFR Loanβ) or by Class and Type (e.g., a βTerm Benchmark Revolving Loanβ or an βRFR Revolving Loanβ).Β Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a
βRevolving Borrowingβ) or by Type (e.g., a βTerm Benchmark Borrowingβ or an βRFR Borrowing) or by Class and Type (e.g., a βTerm Benchmark Revolving Borrowingβ or an βRFR Revolving Borrowingβ).
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SECTION 1.03. Β Β Terms Generally.Β The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined.Β Whenever the context may require, any
pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms.Β The words βincludeβ, βincludesβ and βincludingβ shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase βwithout limitationβ.Β The word βlawβ shall be construed as
referring to all statutes, rules, regulations, codes and other laws (including official rulings and interpretations thereunder having the force of law or with which affected Persons customarily comply) and all judgments, orders and decrees
of all Governmental Authorities.Β The word βwillβ shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word βshallβ.Β Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other
document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, restatements,
supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any definition of or reference to any statute, rule or regulation shall be construed as referring thereto as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (including by
succession of comparable successor laws), (c) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Personβs successors and assigns (subject to any restrictions on assignments set forth herein) and, in the case of any
Governmental Authority, any other Governmental Authority that shall have succeeded to any or all functions thereof, (d) the words βhereinβ, βhereofβ and βhereunderβ, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement
in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (e) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement, (f)
any reference in any definition to the phrase βat any timeβ or βfor any periodβ shall refer to the same time or period for all calculations or determinations within such definition, and (g) the words βassetβ and βpropertyβ shall be
construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.
Β
SECTION 1.04.Β Β Β Β Β Accounting Terms; GAAP.
Β
(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided
that, if after the date hereof there occurs any change in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of any provision hereof and the Borrower Representative notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrowers request an amendment
to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of such changeΒ in GAAP or in the application thereof (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower Representative that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision
hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately
before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, all terms of an accounting or financial
nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made (i) without giving effect to any election under Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification
825β10β25 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any Indebtedness or other liabilities of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary at βfair valueβ, as defined
therein and (ii) without giving effect to any treatment of Indebtedness under Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification 470β20 or 2015-03 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting
Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any such Indebtedness in a reduced or bifurcated manner as described therein, and such Indebtedness shall at all times be valued at the full stated principal amount thereof.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 1.04(a) or in the definition of βCapital Lease Obligations,β any change in accounting for leases pursuant to GAAP
resulting from the adoption of Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) (βFAS 842β), to the extent such adoption would require treating any lease (or similar arrangement conveying the
right to use) as a capital lease where such lease (or similar arrangement) would not have been required to be so treated under GAAP as in effect on December 31, 2015, such lease shall not be considered a capital lease, and all calculations
and deliverables under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be made or delivered, as applicable, in accordance therewith.
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SECTION 1.05. Β Β Β Interest Rates; Benchmark Notifications.Β The interest rate on a Loan denominated in Dollars may be derived from an interest rate benchmark that may be
discontinued or is, or may in the future become, the subject of regulatory reform.Β Upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, Section 2.14(b) provides a mechanism for determining an alternative rate of interest.Β The
Administrative Agent does not warrant or accept any responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to, the administration, submission, performance or any other matter related to any interest rate used in this Agreement,
or with respect to any alternative or successor rate thereto, or replacement rate thereof, including without limitation, whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative, successor or replacement reference rate will be
similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, the existing interest rate being replaced or have the same volume or liquidity as did any existing interest rate prior to its discontinuance or unavailability.Β The
Administrative Agent and its affiliates and/or other related entities may engage in transactions that affect the calculation of any interest rate used in this Agreement or any alternative, successor or alternative rate (including any
Benchmark Replacement) and/or any relevant adjustments thereto, in each case, in a manner adverse to the Borrowers.Β The Administrative Agent may select information sources or services in its reasonable discretion to ascertain any interest
rate used in this Agreement, any component thereof, or rates referenced in the definition thereof, in each case pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability to the Borrowers, 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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SECTION 1.06.Β Β Β Status of Obligations. In the event that any Borrower or any other Loan Party shall at any time issue or have outstanding any Subordinated Indebtedness, such
Borrower shall take or cause such other Loan Party to take all such actions as shall be necessary to cause the Secured Obligations to constitute senior indebtedness (however denominated) in respect of such Subordinated Indebtedness and to
enable the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to have and exercise any payment blockage or other remedies available or potentially available to holders of senior indebtedness under the terms of such Subordinated Indebtedness.Β Without
limiting the foregoing, the Secured Obligations are hereby designated as βsenior indebtednessβ and as βdesignated senior indebtednessβ and words of similar import under and in respect of any indenture or other agreement or instrument under
which such Subordinated Indebtedness is outstanding and are further given all such other designations as shall be required under the terms of any such Subordinated Indebtedness in order that the Lenders may have and exercise any payment
blockage or other remedies available or potentially available to holders of senior indebtedness under the terms of such Subordinated Indebtedness.
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SECTION 1.07.Β Β Letters of Credit. Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the stated amount of such Letter of Credit
available to be drawn at such time; provided that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any Letter of Credit Agreement related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the available amount
thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the maximum amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum amount is available to be drawn at such time.Β For all
purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Article 29(a) of the Uniform Customs and Practice for
Documentary Credits, International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 600 (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the applicable time) or Rule 3.13 or Rule 3.14 of the International Standby Practices, International Chamber of
Commerce Publication No. 590 (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the applicable time) or similar terms of the Letter of Credit itself, or if compliant documents have been presented but not yet honored, such Letter of
Credit shall be deemed to be βoutstandingβ and βundrawnβ in the amount so remaining available to be paid, and the obligations of the Borrowers and each Lender shall remain in full force and effect until the Issuing Bank and the Lenders
shall have no further obligations to make any payments or disbursements under any circumstances with respect to any Letter of Credit.
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SECTION 1.08.Β Β Β Divisions. For all purposes under the Loan Documents, in connection with any Division or plan of division under Delaware law (or any comparable event under a
different jurisdictionβs laws): (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original
Person to the subsequent Person, and (b) if any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized and acquired on the first date of its existence by the holders of its Equity Interests at such time.
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ARTICLE II
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The Credits
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SECTION 2.01.Β Β Β Β Β Commitments.Β Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender agrees to make Revolving Loans to the Borrowers from time to time during the
Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in (i) such Lenderβs Revolving Exposure exceeding such Lenderβs Revolving Commitment or (ii) the Aggregate Revolving Exposure exceeding the lesser of (x) the
Aggregate Revolving Commitment and (y) the Borrowing Base, subject to the Administrative Agentβs authority, in its sole discretion, to make Protective Advances and Overadvances pursuant to the terms of Sections 2.04 and 2.05.Β Within the
foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrowers may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans.
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SECTION 2.02.Β Β Β Β Β Β Loans and Borrowings.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Each Loan (other than a Swingline Loan) shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans of the same Class and Type made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their
respective Commitments of the applicable Class.Β The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments of the Lenders are
several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lenderβs failure to make Loans as required.Β Any Protective Advance, any Overadvance and any Swingline Loan shall be made in accordance with the procedures set forth in Sections
2.04 and 2.05.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Subject to Section 2.4, each Revolving Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans or Term Benchmark Loans as the Borrower Representative may request in accordance
herewith. Each Swingline Loan shall be an ABR Loan.Β Each Lender at its option may make any Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan (and in the case of an Affiliate, the provisions of Sections
2.14, 2.15, 2.16 and 2.17 shall apply to such Affiliate to the same extent as to such Lender); provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrowers to repay such Loan in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement.
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Term Benchmark Revolving Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $250,000
and not less than $1,000,000.Β ABR Revolving Borrowings may be in any amount.Β Borrowings of more than one Type and Class may be outstanding at the same time; provided that there shall not at any time be more than a total of 5 Term
Benchmark Borrowings outstanding.
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(d)Β Β Β Β Β Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrower Representative shall not be entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Borrowing if the
Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Maturity Date.
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SECTION 2.03.Β Β Β Requests for Revolving Borrowings.Β To request a Revolving Borrowing, the Borrower Representative shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request either in
writing (delivered by hand or facsimile) by delivering a Borrowing Request signed by the Borrower Representative or through Electronic System if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the Administrative Agent (or if an Extenuating
Circumstance shall exist, by telephone) not later than (a) in the case of a Term Benchmark Borrowing, 10:00 a.m., Chicago time, three Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing or (b) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, noon,
Chicago time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing; provided that any such notice of an ABR Revolving Borrowing to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.06(e) may be given not later than 9:00
a.m., Chicago time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing.Β Each such Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and each such telephonic Borrowing Request, if permitted, shall be confirmed immediately upon the cessation of the Extenuating
Circumstance by hand delivery, facsimile or a communication through Electronic System to the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrower Representative.Β Each
such written (or if permitted, telephonic) Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
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(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β the name of the applicable Borrower(s);
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(ii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing and a breakdown of the separate wires comprising such Borrowing;
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(iii)Β Β Β Β Β the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
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(iv)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Term Benchmark Borrowing; and
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(v)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β in the case of a Term Benchmark Revolving Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the
definition of the term βInterest Period.β
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If no election as to the Type of Revolving Borrowing is specified, then the requested Revolving Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing.Β If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Term
Benchmark Borrowing, then the applicable Borrower(s) shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one monthβs duration.Β Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent
shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lenderβs Loan to be made as part of the requested Revolving Borrowing.
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SECTION 2.04.Β Β Β Protective Advances.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Subject to the limitations set forth below, the Administrative Agent is authorized by the Borrowers and the Lenders, from time to time in the Administrative Agentβs sole
discretion (but shall have absolutely no obligation to), to make Loans to the Borrowers, on behalf of all Lenders, which the Administrative Agent, in its Permitted Discretion, deems necessary or desirable (i) to preserve or protect the
Collateral, or any portion thereof, (ii) to enhance the likelihood of, or maximize the amount of, repayment of the Loans and other Obligations, or (iii) to pay any other amount chargeable to or required to be paid by the Borrowers pursuant
to the terms of this Agreement, including payments of reimbursable expenses (including costs, fees, and expenses as described in Section 9.03) and other sums payable under the Loan Documents (any of such Loans are herein referred to as βProtective
Advancesβ); provided that, the aggregate amount of Protective Advances outstanding at any time shall not at any time exceed 10% of the Aggregate Revolving Commitment; provided further that, the Aggregate Revolving
Exposure shall not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitment.Β Protective Advances may be made even if the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.02 have not been satisfied.Β The Protective Advances shall be secured by the Liens in
favor of the Administrative Agent in and to the Collateral and shall constitute Obligations hereunder.Β All Protective Advances shall be ABR Borrowings.Β The making of a Protective Advance on any one occasion shall not obligate the
Administrative Agent to make any Protective Advance on any other occasion.Β The Administrative Agentβs authorization to make Protective Advances may be revoked at any time by the Required Lenders.Β Any such revocation must be in writing and
shall become effective prospectively upon the Administrative Agentβs receipt thereof.Β At any time that there is sufficient Availability and the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.02 have been satisfied, the Administrative Agent
may request the Revolving Lenders to make a Revolving Loan to repay a Protective Advance.Β At any other time the Administrative Agent may require the Lenders to fund their risk participations described in Section 2.04(b).
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Upon the making of a Protective Advance by the Administrative AgentΒ (whether before or after the occurrence of a Default), each Lender
shall be deemed, without further action by any party hereto, to have unconditionally and irrevocably purchased from the Administrative Agent, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation in such Protective Advance
in proportion to its Applicable Percentage.Β From and after the date, if any, on which any Lender is required to fund its participation in any Protective Advance purchased hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute to
such Lender, such Lenderβs Applicable Percentage of all payments of principal and interest and all proceeds of Collateral received by the Administrative Agent in respect of such Protective Advance.
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SECTION 2.05.Β Β Β Β Swingline Loans and Overadvances.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β The Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender and the Revolving Lenders agree that in order to facilitate the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents,
promptly after the Borrower Representative requests an ABR Borrowing, the Swingline Lender may elect to have the terms of this Section 2.05(a) apply to such Borrowing Request by advancing, on behalf of the Revolving Lenders and in the
amount requested, same day funds to the Borrowers, on the applicable Borrowing date to the Funding Account(s) (each such Loan made solely by the Swingline Lender pursuant to this Section 2.05(a) is referred to in this Agreement as a βSwingline
Loanβ), with settlement among them as to the Swingline Loans to take place on a periodic basis as set forth in Section 2.05(d).Β Each Swingline Loan shall be subject to all the terms and conditions applicable to other ABR Loans funded
by the Revolving Lenders, except that all payments thereon shall be payable to the Swingline Lender solely for its own account.Β In addition, the Borrowers hereby authorize the Swingline Lender to, and the Swingline Lender shall, subject to
the terms and conditions set forth herein (but without any further written notice required), not later than 1:00 p.m., Chicago time, on each Business Day, make available to the Borrowers by means of a credit to the Funding Account(s), the
proceeds of a Swingline Loan to the extent necessary to pay items to be drawn on any Controlled Disbursement Account that Business Day; provided that, if on any Business Day there is insufficient borrowing capacity to permit the
Swingline Lender to make available to the Borrowers a Swingline Loan in the amount necessary to pay all items to be so drawn on any such Controlled Disbursement Account on such Business Day, then the Borrowers shall be deemed to have
requested an ABR Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.03 in the amount of such deficiency to be made on such Business Day.Β The aggregate amount of Swingline Loans outstanding at any time shall not exceed 10% of the Aggregate Revolving
Commitment.Β The Swingline Lender shall not make any Swingline Loan if the requested Swingline Loan exceeds Availability (before giving effect to such Swingline Loan).Β All Swingline Loans shall be ABR Borrowings.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Any provision of this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, at the request of the Borrower Representative, the Administrative Agent may in its sole discretion (but with
absolutely no obligation), on behalf of the Revolving Lenders, (x) make Revolving Loans to the Borrowers, in amounts that exceed Availability (any such excess Revolving Loans are herein referred to collectively as βOveradvancesβ) or
(y) deem the amount of Revolving Loans outstanding to the Borrowers that are in excess of Availability to be Overadvances; provided that, no Overadvance shall result in a Default due to Borrowersβ failure to comply with Section
2.01 for so long as such Overadvance remains outstanding in accordance with the terms of this paragraph, but solely with respect to the amount of such Overadvance.Β In addition, Overadvances may be made even if the condition precedent
set forth in Section 4.02(c) has not been satisfied.Β All Overadvances shall constitute ABR Borrowings.Β The making of an Overadvance on any one occasion shall not obligate the Administrative Agent to make any Overadvance on any other
occasion.Β The authority of the Administrative Agent to make Overadvances is limited to an aggregate amount not to exceed 10% of the Aggregate Revolving Commitment at any time, no Overadvance may remain outstanding for more than thirty days
and no Overadvance shall cause any Revolving Lenderβs Revolving Exposure to exceed its Revolving Commitment; provided that, the Required Lenders may at any time revoke the Administrative Agentβs authorization to make Overadvances.Β
Any such revocation must be in writing and shall become effective prospectively upon the Administrative Agentβs receipt thereof.
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Upon the making of a Swingline Loan or an OveradvanceΒ (whether before or after the occurrence of a Default and regardless of whether a
Settlement has been requested with respect to such Swingline Loan or Overadvance), each Revolving Lender shall be deemed, without further action by any party hereto, to have unconditionally and irrevocably purchased from the Swingline
Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation in such Swingline Loan or Overadvance in proportion to its Applicable Percentage of the Revolving Commitment.Β The
Swingline Lender or the Administrative Agent may, at any time, require the Revolving Lenders to fund their participations.Β From and after the date, if any, on which any Revolving Lender is required to fund its participation in any
Swingline Loan or Overadvance purchased hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute to such Lender, such Lenderβs Applicable Percentage of all payments of principal and interest and all proceeds of Collateral received by
the Administrative Agent in respect of such Loan.
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(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β The Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Swingline Lender, shall request settlement (a βSettlementβ) with the Revolving Lenders on at least a weekly basis or on any
date that the Administrative Agent elects, by notifying the Revolving Lenders of such requested Settlement by facsimile, telephone, or e-mail no later than 12:00 noon Chicago time on the date of such requested Settlement (the βSettlement
Dateβ).Β Each Revolving Lender (other than the Swingline Lender, in the case of the Swingline Loans) shall transfer the amount of such Revolving Lenderβs Applicable Percentage of the outstanding principal amount of the applicable Loan
with respect to which Settlement is requested to the Administrative Agent, to such account of the Administrative Agent as the Administrative Agent may designate, not later than 2:00 p.m., Chicago time, on such Settlement Date.Β Settlements
may occur during the existence of a Default and whether or not the applicable conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.02 have then been satisfied.Β Such amounts transferred to the Administrative Agent shall be applied against
the amounts of the Swingline Lenderβs Swingline Loans and, together with Swingline Lenderβs Applicable Percentage of such Swingline Loan, shall constitute Revolving Loans of such Revolving Lenders, respectively.Β If any such amount is not
transferred to the Administrative Agent by any Revolving Lender on such Settlement Date, the Swingline Lender shall be entitled to recover from suchΒ Lender on demand such amount, together with interest thereon, as specified in Section
2.07.
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SECTION 2.06. Β Β Β Letters of Credit.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β General.Β Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower Representative may request the issuance of Letters of Credit for its own account or for the
account of another Borrower, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank, at any time and from time to time during the Availability Period.Β In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and
conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any Letter of Credit Agreement, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control.Β Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Issuing Bank shall have no
obligation hereunder to issue, and shall not issue, any Letter of Credit (i) the proceeds of which would be made available to any Person (A) to fund any activity or business of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any country or territory
that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of any Sanctions or (B) in any manner that would result in a violation of any Sanctions by any party to this Agreement, (ii) if any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or
arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain the Issuing Bank from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any Requirement of Law relating to the Issuing Bank or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law)
from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over the Issuing Bank shall prohibit, or request that the Issuing Bank refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon
the Issuing Bank with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which the Issuing Bank is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Effective Date, or shall impose upon the Issuing
Bank any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Effective Date and which the Issuing Bank in good xxxxx xxxxx material to it, or (iii) if the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies
of the Issuing Bank applicable to letters of credit generally; provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines,
requirements or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith or in the implementation thereof, and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements 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 not to be in effect on the Effective Date for
purposes of clause (ii) above, regardless of the date enacted, adopted, issued or implemented.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal, Extension; Certain Conditions.Β To request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment, renewal or extension of an
outstanding Letter of Credit), the Borrower Representative shall deliver by hand or facsimile (or transmit through Electronic System, if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the Issuing Bank) to the Issuing Bank and the
Administrative Agent (prior to 9:00 am, Chicago time, at least three Business Days prior to the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension) a notice requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or identifying the Letter
of Credit to be amended, renewed or extended, and specifying the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (which shall be a Business Day), the date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire (which shall comply with paragraph (c)
of this Section), the amount of such Letter of Credit, the name and address of the beneficiary thereof and such other information as shall be necessary to prepare, amend, renew or extend such Letter of Credit.Β In addition, as a condition
to any such Letter of Credit issuance, the applicable Borrower shall have entered into a continuing agreement (or other letter of credit agreement) for the issuance of letters of credit and/or shall submit a letter of credit application in
each case, as required by the Issuing Bank and using such Issuing Bankβs standard form (each, a βLetter of Credit Agreementβ).Β A Letter of Credit shall be issued, amended, renewed or extended only if (and upon issuance, amendment,
renewal or extension of each Letter of Credit the Borrowers shall be deemed to represent and warrant that), after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (i) the LC Exposure shall not exceed $25,000,000 and (ii) the
Aggregate Revolving Exposures shall not exceed the lesser of (x) the Aggregate Revolving Commitment, and (y) the Borrowing Base.
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Expiration Date.Β Each Letter of Credit shall expire (or be subject to termination or non-renewal by notice from the Issuing Bank to the beneficiary thereof) at or prior
to the close of business on the earlier of (i) the date one year after the date of the issuance of such Letter of Credit (or, in the case of any renewal or extension thereof, including, without limitation, any automatic renewal provision,
one year after such renewal or extension) and (ii) the date that is five Business Days prior to the Maturity Date.
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(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Participations.Β By the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an amendment to a Letter of Credit increasing the amount thereof) and without any further action on the part of
the Issuing Bank or the Revolving Lenders, the Issuing Bank hereby grants to each Revolving Lender, and each Revolving Lender hereby acquires from the Issuing Bank, a participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such Lenderβs Applicable
Percentage of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit.Β In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Revolving Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administrative
Agent, for the account of the Issuing Bank, such Lenderβs Applicable Percentage of each LC Disbursement made by the Issuing Bank and not reimbursed by the Borrowers on the date due as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section, or of any
reimbursement payment required to be refunded to the Borrowers for any reason.Β Each Revolving Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations pursuant to this paragraph in respect of Letters of Credit is
absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the
Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.
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(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Reimbursement.Β If the Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit, the Borrowers shall reimburse such LC Disbursement by paying to the
Administrative Agent an amount equal to such LC Disbursement (i) not later than 11:00 a.m., Chicago time, on the date that such LC Disbursement is made, if the Borrower Representative shall have received notice of such LC Disbursement prior
to 9:00 a.m., Chicago time, on such date, or, (ii) if such notice has not been received by the Borrower Representative prior to such time on such date, then not later than 11:00 a.m., Chicago time, on (A) the Business Day that the Borrower
Representative receives such notice, if such notice is received prior to 9:00 a.m., Chicago time, on the day of receipt, or (B) the Business Day immediately following the day that the Borrower Representative receives such notice, if such
notice is not received prior to such time on the day of receipt; provided that the Borrowers may, subject to the conditions to borrowing set forth herein, request in accordance with Section 2.03 or 2.05 that such payment be financed
with an ABR Revolving Borrowing or Swingline Loan in an equivalent amount and, to the extent so financed, the Borrowersβ obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting ABR Revolving Borrowing or Swingline
Loan.Β If the Borrowers fail to make such payment when due, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Revolving Lender of the applicable LC Disbursement, the payment then due from the Borrowers in respect thereof and such Lenderβs
Applicable Percentage thereof.Β Promptly following receipt of such notice, each Revolving Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent its Applicable Percentage of the payment then due from the Borrowers, in the same manner as provided in
Section 2.07 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.07 shall apply, mutatisΒ mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Revolving Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the Issuing Bank
the amounts so received by it from the Revolving Lenders.Β Promptly following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any payment from the Borrowers pursuant to this paragraph, the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the
Issuing Bank or, to the extent that Revolving Lenders have made payments pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing Bank, then to such Lenders and the Issuing Bank as their interests may appear.Β Any payment made by a Revolving
Lender pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing Bank for any LC Disbursement (other than the funding of ABR Revolving Loans or a Swingline Loan as contemplated above) shall not constitute a Loan and shall not relieve the
Borrowers of their obligation to reimburse such LC Disbursement.
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(f)Β Β Β Β Β Β Obligations Absolute.Β The Borrowersβ joint and several obligation to reimburse LC Disbursements as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section shall be absolute,
unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any and all circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit,
any Letter of Credit Agreement or this Agreement, or any term or provision therein or herein, (ii) any draft or other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement
therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, (iii) payment by the Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit, or (iv) any other
event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this Section, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right of setoff against, the Borrowersβ
obligations hereunder.Β Neither the Administrative Agent, the Revolving Lenders nor the Issuing Bank, nor any of their Related Parties, shall have any liability or responsibility by reason of or in connection with the issuance or transfer
of any Letter of Credit or any payment or failure to make any payment thereunder (irrespective of any of the circumstances referred to in the preceding sentence), or any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in transmission or
delivery of any draft, notice or other communication under or relating to any Letter of Credit (including any document required to make a drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of technical terms or any consequence arising from
causes beyond the control of the Issuing Bank; provided that the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse the Issuing Bank from liability to the Borrowers to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to special, indirect,
consequential or punitive damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by the Borrowers to the extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by any Borrower that are caused by the Issuing Bankβs failure to exercise care when
determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof.Β The parties hereto expressly agree that, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Issuing
Bank (as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction), the Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have exercised care in each such determination.Β In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, the parties
agree that, with respect to documents presented which appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit, the Issuing Bank may, in its sole discretion, either accept and make payment upon such
documents without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of
such Letter of Credit.
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(g)Β Β Β Β Β Disbursement Procedures.Β The Issuing Bank shall, promptly following its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under a Letter
of Credit.Β The Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the applicable Borrower by telephone (confirmed by facsimile or through Electronic Systems) of such demand for payment and whether the Issuing Bank has made or
will make an LC Disbursement thereunder; provided that any failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the Borrowers of their obligation to reimburse the Issuing Bank and the Revolving Lenders with respect to
any such LC Disbursement.
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(h)Β Β Β Β Β Interim Interest.Β If the Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement, then, unless the Borrowers shall reimburse such LC Disbursement in full on the date such LC
Disbursement is made, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including the date such LC Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that the Borrowers reimburse such LC Disbursement, at the rate per annum
then applicable to ABR Revolving Loans; provided that, if the Borrowers fail to reimburse such LC Disbursement when due pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section, then Section 2.13(d) shall apply.Β Interest accrued pursuant to this
paragraph shall be for the account of the Issuing Bank, except that interest accrued on and after the date of payment by any Revolving Lender pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section to reimburse the Issuing Bank shall be for the account
of such Lender to the extent of such payment.
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(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Replacement of the Issuing Bank.Β The Issuing Bank may be replaced at any time by written agreement among the Borrower Representative, the Administrative Agent, the
replaced Issuing Bank and the successor Issuing Bank.Β The Administrative Agent shall notify the Revolving Lenders of any such replacement of the Issuing Bank.Β At the time any such replacement shall become effective, the Borrowers shall
pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the replaced Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.12(b).Β From and after the effective date of any such replacement, (i) the successor Issuing Bank shall have all the rights and obligations of
the Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit to be issued thereafter and (ii) references herein to the term βIssuing Bankβ shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous Issuing Bank, or to such
successor and all previous Issuing Banks, as the context shall require.Β After the replacement of the Issuing Bank hereunder, the replaced Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of
the Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such replacement, but shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit.
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(j)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Cash Collateralization.Β If any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, on the Business Day that the Borrower Representative receives notice from the
Administrative Agent or the RequiredΒ Lenders demanding the deposit of cash collateral pursuant to this paragraph, the Borrowers shall deposit in an account with the Administrative Agent, in the name of the Administrative Agent and for the
benefit of the Revolving Lenders (the βLC Collateral Accountβ), an amount in cash equal to 103% of the LC Exposure as of such date plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon; provided that the obligation to deposit such cash
collateral shall become effective immediately, and such deposit shall become immediately due and payable, without demand or other notice of any kind, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to any Borrower described in
clause (h) or (i) of Article VII.Β Such deposit shall be held by the Administrative Agent as collateral for the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations.Β The Administrative Agent shall have exclusive dominion and control,
including the exclusive right of withdrawal, over the LC Collateral Account and the Borrowers hereby grant the Administrative Agent a security interest in the LC Collateral Account.Β Other than any interest earned on the investment of such
deposits, which investments shall be made at the option and sole discretion of the Administrative Agent and at the Borrowersβ risk and expense, such deposits shall not bear interest.Β Interest or profits, if any, on such investments shall
accumulate in the LC Collateral Account.Β Moneys in the LC Collateral Account shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to reimburse the Issuing Bank for LC Disbursements for which it has not been reimbursed and, to the extent not so
applied, shall be held for the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the Borrowers for the LC Exposure at such time or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated, be applied to satisfy other Secured Obligations.Β If the
Borrowers are required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default, such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrowers within three Business
Days after all such Events of Default have been cured or waived as confirmed in writing by the Administrative Agent.
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(k)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β LC Exposure Determination.Β For all purposes of this Agreement, the amount of a Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any document related thereto,
provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof shall be deemed to be the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in
effect at the time of determination.
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SECTION 2.07.Β Β Β Funding of Borrowings.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by such Lender hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 1:00 p.m., Chicago time, to
the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders in an amount equal to such Lenderβs Applicable Percentage; provided that, Swingline Loans shall be made as provided in
Section 2.05.Β The Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the Borrower Representative by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to the Funding Account; provided that ABR Revolving Loans made to
finance the reimbursement of (i) an LC Disbursement as provided in Section 2.06(e) shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Issuing Bank and (ii) a Protective Advance or an Overadvance shall be retained by the Administrative
Agent.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative
Agent such Lenderβs share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make
available to the applicable Borrower a corresponding amount.Β In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrowers
severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the applicable Borrower to but excluding the
date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of such Lender, the greater of the NYFRB Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation or (ii) in
the case of the Borrowers, the interest rate applicable to ABR Loans.Β If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lenderβs Loan included in such Borrowing; provided, that any
interest received from a Borrower by the Administrative Agent during the period beginning when Administrative Agent funded the Borrowing until such Lender pays such amount shall be solely for the account of the Administrative Agent.
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SECTION 2.08. Β Β Β Interest Elections.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Each Revolving Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a Term Benchmark Revolving Borrowing, shall have an
initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request.Β Thereafter, the Borrower Representative may elect to convert such Borrowing to a different Type or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a Term Benchmark Revolving
Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section.Β The Borrower Representative may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be
allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing.Β This Section shall not apply to Swingline Borrowings, Overadvances or
Protective Advances, which may not be converted or continued.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β To make an election pursuant to this Section, the Borrower Representative shall notify the Administrative Agent of such election either in writing (delivered by hand or fax) by
delivering an Interest Election Request signed by the Borrower Representative or through Electronic System if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the Administrative Agent (or if an Extenuating Circumstance shall exist, by
telephone) by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if the Borrowers were requesting a Revolving Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election.Β Each
such Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and each such telephonic Interest Election Request, if permitted, shall be confirmed immediately upon the cessation of the Extenuating Circumstance by hand delivery, Electronic System or
facsimile to the Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrower Representative.
Β
(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Each written (or if permitted, telephonic) Interest Election Request (including requests submitted through Electronic System) shall specify the following information in
compliance with Section 2.02:
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(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β the name of the applicable Borrower and the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different options are being elected with respect
to different portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing);
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(ii)Β Β Β Β Β Β the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;
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(iii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Term Benchmark Borrowing; and
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(iv)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β if the resulting Borrowing is a Term Benchmark Borrowing, the Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which shall be a
period contemplated by the definition of the term βInterest Periodβ.
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If any such Interest Election Request requests a Term Benchmark Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then the Borrowers shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one monthβs
duration.
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(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such Lenderβs portion of each
resulting Revolving Borrowing.
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(e)Β Β Β Β Β If the Borrower Representative fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a Term Benchmark Revolving Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period
applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period such Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing.Β Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, so notifies the Borrower Representative, then, so long as an Event of Default is continuing (i) no outstanding Revolving Borrowing may be
converted to or continued as a Term Benchmark Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid, each Term Benchmark Revolving Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto.
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SECTION 2.09.Β Β Termination of Commitments; Increase in Revolving Commitments.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Unless previously terminated, all Commitments shall terminate on the Maturity Date.
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β The Borrowers may at any time terminate the Commitments upon (i) the payment in full of all outstanding Loans, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon and on any Letters
of Credit, (ii) the cancellation and return of all outstanding Letters of Credit (or alternatively, with respect to each such Letter of Credit, the furnishing to the Administrative Agent of a cash deposit (or at the discretion of the
Administrative Agent a backup standby letter of credit satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) equal to 103% of the LC Exposure as of such date), (iii) the payment in full of the accrued and unpaid fees, and
Β
(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β The Borrower Representative shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate the Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section at least three Business Days
prior to the effective date of such termination, specifying such election and the effective date thereof.Β Promptly following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof.Β Each notice
delivered by the Borrower Representative pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided that a notice of termination of the Commitments delivered by the Borrower Representative may state that such notice is conditioned upon
the effectiveness of another financing, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower Representative (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied.Β Any
termination of the Commitments shall be permanent.
Β
(d)Β Β Β Β Β The Borrowers shall have the right to increase the Revolving Commitments by obtaining additional Revolving Commitments, either from one or more of the Lenders or another lending
institution provided that (i) any such request for an increase shall be in a minimum amount of $5,000,000, (ii) the Borrower Representative, on behalf of the Borrowers, may make a maximum of five (5) such requests (and no more than
two (2) such requests in any twelve-month period), (iii) the Administrative Agent has approved the identity of any such new Lender, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, (iv) any such new Lender assumes all of the rights and
obligations of a βLenderβ hereunder, and (v) the procedure described in Section 2.09(e) have been satisfied.Β Nothing contained in this Section 2.09 shall constitute, or otherwise be deemed to be, a commitment on the part of any Lender to
increase its Commitment hereunder at any time.
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(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Any amendment hereto for such an increase or addition shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and shall only require the written signatures of the
Administrative Agent, the Borrowers and each Lender being added or increasing its Commitment, subject only to the approval of all Lenders if any such increase would cause the Revolving Commitments to exceed $150,000,000. As a condition
precedent to such an increase, the Borrowers shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of each Loan Party (in sufficient copies for each Lender) signed by an authorized officer of such Loan Party (i) certifying and attaching
the resolutions adopted by such Loan Party approving or consenting to such increase, and (ii) in the case of the Borrowers, certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained
in Article III and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects, 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 (except that such materiality qualifier, in each case, shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text
thereof), and (B) no Default exists.
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(f)Β Β Β Β Β On the effective date of any such increase or addition, (i) any Lender increasing (or, in the case of any newly added Lender, extending) its Revolving Commitment shall make
available to the Administrative Agent such amounts in immediately available funds as the Administrative Agent shall determine, for the benefit of the other Lenders, as being required in order to cause, after giving effect to such increase
or addition and the use of such amounts to make payments to such other Lenders, each Lenderβs portion of the outstanding Revolving Loans of all the Lenders to equal its revised Applicable Percentage of such outstanding Revolving Loans, and
the Administrative Agent shall make such other adjustments among the Lenders with respect to the Revolving Loans then outstanding and amounts of principal, interest, commitment fees and other amounts paid or payable with respect thereto as
shall be necessary, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, in order to effect such reallocation and (ii)Β the Borrowers shall be deemed to have repaid and reborrowed all outstanding Revolving Loans as of the date of any increase (or
addition) in the Revolving Commitments (with such reborrowing to consist of the Types of Revolving Loans, with related Interest Periods if applicable, specified in a notice delivered by the Borrower Representative, in accordance with the
requirements of Section 2.03).Β The deemed payments made pursuant to clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence shall be accompanied by payment of all accrued interest on the amount prepaid and, in respect of each Term Benchmark
Loan, shall be subject to indemnification by the Borrowers pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.16 if the deemed payment occurs other than on the last day of the related Interest Periods.Β Within a reasonable time after the effective
date of any increase or addition, the Administrative Agent shall, and is hereby authorized and directed to, revise the Commitment Schedule to reflect such increase or addition and shall distribute such revised Commitment Schedule to each of
the Lenders and the Borrower Representative, whereupon such revised Commitment Schedule shall replace the old Commitment Schedule and become part of this Agreement.
Β
SECTION 2.10.Β Β Β Β Β Repayment and Amortization of Loans; Evidence of Debt.
Β
(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β The Borrowers hereby unconditionally promise to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving
Loan on the Maturity Date, (ii) to the Administrative Agent the then unpaid amount of each Protective Advance on the earlier of the Maturity Date and demand by the Administrative Agent, and (iii) to the Administrative Agent the then unpaid
principal amount of each Overadvance on the earlier of the Maturity Date and demand by the Administrative Agent.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β At all times that full cash dominion is in effect pursuant to Section 7.3 of the Security Agreement, on each Business Day, the Administrative Agent shall apply all funds credited
to the Collection Account on such Business Day or the immediately preceding Business Day (at the discretion of the Administrative Agent, whether or not immediately available) first to prepay any Protective Advances and Overadvances
that may be outstanding, pro rata, and second to prepay the Revolving Loans (including Swingline Loans) and to cash collateralize outstanding LC Exposure.
Β
(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrowers to such Lender resulting from each Loan made
by such Lender, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.
Β
(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Class and Type thereof and the Interest Period
applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrowers to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder for the
account of the Lenders and each Lenderβs share thereof.
Β
(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (c) or (d) of this Section shall be primaΒ facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the
obligations recorded therein; provided that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrowers to repay the Loans in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
Β
(f)Β Β Β Β Β Β Any Lender may request that Loans made by it be evidenced by a promissory note.Β In such event, the Borrowers shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note
payable to the order of such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) and in a form approved by the Administrative Agent.Β Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest
thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 9.04) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the order of the payee named therein (or, if such promissory note is a registered note,
to such payee and its registered assigns).
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SECTION 2.11.Β Β Β Β Prepayment of Loans.
Β
(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β The Borrowers shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing in whole or in part, subject to prior notice in accordance with paragraph (f) of this
Section and, if applicable, payment of any break funding expenses under Section 2.16.
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Except for Overadvances permitted under Section 2.05, in the event and on such occasion that the Aggregate Revolving Exposure exceeds the lesser of (A) the Aggregate Revolving
Commitment and (B) the Borrowing Base, the Borrowers shall prepay the Revolving Loans, LC Exposure and/or Swingline Loans in an aggregate amount equal to such excess.
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β In the event and on each occasion that any Net Proceeds are received by or on behalf of any Loan Party in respect of any Prepayment Event, the Borrowers shall, promptly after
such Net Proceeds are received by any Loan Party, prepay the Obligations and cash collateralize the LC Exposure as set forth in Section 2.11(e) below in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of such Net Proceeds, provided that, in the
case of any event described in clause (a) or (b) of the definition of the term βPrepayment Eventβ, if the Borrower Representative shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer to the effect that the Loan
Parties intend to apply the Net Proceeds from such event (or a portion thereof specified in such certificate), within 180 days after receipt of such Net Proceeds, to acquire (or replace or rebuild) real property, equipment or other tangible
assets (excluding inventory) to be used in the business of the Loan Parties, and certifying that no Default has occurred and is continuing, then either (i) so long as full cash dominion is not in effect, no prepayment shall be required
pursuant to this paragraph in respect of the Net Proceeds specified in such certificate or (ii) if full cash dominion is in effect, then, if the Net Proceeds specified in such certificate are to be applied by (A) the Borrowers, such Net
Proceeds shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to reduce the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Loans (without a permanent reduction of the Revolving Commitment) and upon such application, the Administrative Agent shall
establish a Reserve against the Borrowing Base in an amount equal to the amount of such proceeds so applied and (B) any Loan Party that is not a Borrower, such Net Proceeds shall be deposited in a cash collateral account, and in the case of
either (A) or (B), thereafter, such funds shall be made available to the applicable Loan Party as follows:
Β
(1)Β Β Β Β Β the Borrower Representative shall request a Revolving Borrowing (specifying that the request is to use Net Proceeds pursuant to this Section) or the applicable
Loan Party shall request a release from the cash collateral account be made in the amount needed;
Β
(2)Β Β Β Β Β so long as the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 have been met, the Revolving Lenders shall make such Revolving Borrowing or the Administrative Agent shall
release funds from the cash collateral account; and
Β
(3)Β Β Β Β Β Β in the case of Net Proceeds applied against the Revolving Borrowing, the Reserve established with respect to such insurance proceeds shall be reduced by the
amount of such Revolving Borrowing;
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provided that to the extent of any such Net Proceeds therefrom that have not been so applied by the end of such 180βday period, at which time a prepayment shall be required in an amount equal to such
Net Proceeds that have not been so applied; provided, further that no Borrower or any other Loan Party shall be required to make any such prepayment (or deliver any notice, as applicable) until the aggregate amount of Net
Cash Proceeds received in any fiscal year of the Company exceeds $500,000; and provided, further that the Borrowers shall not be permitted to make elections to use Net Proceeds to acquire (or replace or rebuild) real
property, equipment or other tangible assets (excluding inventory) with respect to Net Proceeds in any fiscal year in an aggregate amount in excess of $2,000,000.
Β
(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β [Intentionally Deleted]
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(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β All such amounts pursuant to Section 2.11(c) shall be applied, first to prepay any Protective Advances and Overadvances that may be outstanding, pro rata, and second
to prepay the Revolving Loans (including Swingline Loans) without a corresponding reduction in the Revolving Commitments and to cash collateralize outstanding LC Exposure.
Β
(f)Β Β Β Β Β Β The Borrower Representative shall notify the AdministrativeΒ Agent (and, in the case of prepayment of a Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lender) by telephone (confirmed by facsimile)
or through Electronic System, if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the Administrative Agent, of any prepayment hereunder not later than 10:00 a.m., Chicago time, (A) in the case of prepayment of a Term Benchmark Revolving
Borrowing, three Business Days before the date of prepayment, or (B) in the case of prepayment of an ABR Revolving Borrowing, one Business Day before the date of prepayment.Β Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the
prepayment date and the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid; provided that, if a notice of prepayment is given in connection with a conditional notice of termination of the Commitments as contemplated
by Section 2.09, then such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such notice of termination is revoked in accordance with Section 2.09.Β Promptly following receipt of any such notice relating to a Revolving Borrowing, the Administrative
Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof.Β Each partial prepayment of any Revolving Borrowing shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Revolving Borrowing of the same Type as provided in
Section 2.02.Β Each prepayment of a Revolving Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Revolving Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing.Β Prepayments shall be accompanied by (i) accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.13 and
(ii) break funding payments pursuant to Section 2.16.
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SECTION 2.12.Β Β Β Fees.
Β
(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β The Borrowers agree to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender a commitment fee, which shall accrue at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Commitment
Fee Rate on the average daily amount of the Available Revolving Commitment of such Lender during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate.Β Commitment fees
accrued through and including the first day of each calendar month shall be payable in arrears on such day and on the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate, commencing on the first such date to occur after the date hereof; provided
that any commitment fees accruing after the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate shall be payable on demand.Β All commitment fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number
of days elapsed (including the first day and the last day of each period but excluding the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate).
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β The Borrowers agree to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender a participation fee with respect to its participations in Letters of Credit,
which shall accrue at the same Applicable Rate used to determine the interest rate applicable to Term Benchmark Revolving Loans on the average daily amount of such Lenderβs LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to
unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the later of the date on which such Lenderβs Revolving Commitment terminates and the date on which such Lender ceases to have any LC
Exposure, and (ii) to the Issuing Bank a fronting fee, which shall accrue at the rate of 0.125% per annum on the average daily amount of the LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during
the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the later of the date of termination of the Revolving Commitments and the date on which there ceases to be any LC Exposure, as well as the Issuing Bankβs standard fees with
respect to the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or processing of drawings thereunder.Β Participation fees and fronting fees accrued through and including the last day of each calendar month shall be payable
on the first day of each calendar month following such last day, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Effective Date; provided that all such fees shall be payable on the date on which the Revolving Commitments
terminate and any such fees accruing after the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate shall be payable on demand.Β Any other fees payable to the Issuing Bank pursuant to this paragraph shall be payable within 10 days after
demand.Β All participation fees and fronting fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 (or 366 days in a leap year) days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed.
Β
(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β The Borrowers agree to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon between the Borrowers and the
Administrative Agent.
Β
(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent (or to the Issuing Bank, in the case of fees payable to it)
for distribution, in the case of commitment fees and participation fees, to the Lenders.Β Fees paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances.
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SECTION 2.13. Β Β Β Interest.
Β
(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing (including each Swingline Loan) shall bear interest at the ABR plus the Applicable Rate.
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β The Loans comprising each Term Benchmark Borrowing shall bear interest at the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable
Rate.Β Each RFR Loan shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR plus the Applicable Rate.
Β
(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Each Protective Advance and each Overadvance shall bear interest at the ABR plus the Applicable Rate for Revolving Loans plus 2%.
Β
(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Notwithstanding the foregoing, during the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may, at their option, by notice to
the Borrower Representative (which notice may be revoked at the option of the Required Lenders notwithstanding any provision of Section 9.02 requiring the consent of βeach Lender affected therebyβ for reductions in interest rates), declare
that (i) all Loans shall bear interest at 2% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loans as provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Section or (ii) in the case of any other amount outstanding hereunder, such amount shall accrue at
2% plus the rate applicable to such fee or other obligation as provided hereunder.
Β
(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Accrued interest on each Loan (for ABR Loans, accrued through the last day of the prior calendar month) shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan
and upon termination of the Commitments; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (d) of this Section shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than a prepayment
of an ABR Revolving Loan prior to the end of the Availability Period), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any
Term Benchmark Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.
Β
(f)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Interest computed by reference to the Term SOFR Rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days.Β Interest computed by reference to the Alternate Base Rate at times
when the Alternate Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year).Β In each case interest shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first
day but excluding the last day).Β All interest hereunder on any Loan shall be computed on a daily basis based upon the outstanding principal amount of such Loan as of the applicable date of determination.Β The applicable Alternate Base
Rate, Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR, Daily Simple SOFR, Adjusted Term SOFR Rate or Term SOFR Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
Β
SECTION 2.14.Β Β Β Β Β Alternate Rate of Interest; Illegality.
Β
(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Subject to clauses (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) of this Section 2.14, if :
Β
(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) (A) prior to commencement of any Interest
Period for a Term Benchmark Borrowing, that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate or the Term SOFR Rate, as applicable (including, because the Term SOFR Reference Rate is not available or
published on a current basis) for such Interest PeriodΒ or (B) at any time, that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the applicable Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR or Daily Simple SOFR; or
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(ii)Β Β Β Β Β Β the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that (A) prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Term Benchmark Borrowing, the
Adjusted Term SOFR Rate for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (or Lender) of making or maintaining their Loans (or Loan) included in such Borrowing forΒ such Interest Period or (B) at any
time, the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (or Lender) of making or maintaining their Loans (or Loan) included in such Borrowing;
Β
then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrower Representative and the Lenders through Electronic System as provided in Section 9.01 as promptly as practicable thereafter and,
until (x) the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower Representative and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist with respect to the relevant Benchmark and (y) the Borrowers deliver a new Interest
Election Request in accordance with the terms of Section 2.08 or a new Borrowing Request in accordance with the terms of Section 2.03, any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any
Borrowing as, a Term Benchmark Borrowing and any Borrowing Request that requests a Term Benchmark Borrowing shall instead be deemed to be an Interest Election Request or a Borrowing Request, as applicable, for (x) an RFR Borrowing so long
as the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR is not also the subject of Section 2.14(a)(i) or (ii) above or (y) an ABR Borrowing if the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR also is the subject of Section 2.14(a)(i) or (ii) above; provided, that if the
circumstances giving rise to such notice affect only one Type of Borrowings, then all other Types of Borrowings shall be permitted.Β Furthermore, if any Term Benchmark Loan is outstanding on the date of the Borrower Representativeβs receipt
of the notice from the Administrative Agent referred to in this Section 2.14(a) with respect to a Relevant Rate applicable to such Term Benchmark Loan, then until (x) the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower Representative and the
Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist with respect to the relevant Benchmark and (y) the Borrowers deliver a new Interest Election Request in accordance with the terms of Section 2.08 or a new Borrowing
Request in accordance with the terms of Section 2.03, any Term Benchmark Loan shall on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Loan (or the next succeeding Business Day if such day is not a Business Day), be converted by the
Administrative Agent to, and shall constitute, (x) an RFR Borrowing so long as the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR is not also the subject of Section 2.14(a)(i) or (ii) above or (y) an ABR Loan if the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR also is the
subject of Section 2.14(a)(i) or (ii) above, on such day.
Β
(f)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document (and any Swap Agreement shall be deemed not to be a βLoan Documentβ for purposes of this Section
2.14), if a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred prior to the Reference Time in respect of any setting of the then-current Benchmark, then (x) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in
accordance with clause (1) of the definition of βBenchmark Replacementβ for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in respect of such
Benchmark setting and subsequent Benchmark settings without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document and (y) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with
clause (2) of the definition of βBenchmark Replacementβ for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in respect of any Benchmark setting
at or after 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the date notice of such Benchmark Replacement is provided to the Lenders without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this
Agreement or any other Loan Document so long as the Administrative Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such Benchmark Replacement from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders.
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(g)Β Β Β Β Β Β Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, the Administrative Agent will have the right to make Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes from
time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any
other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
Β
(h)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrower Representative and the Lenders of (i) any occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, (ii) the implementation of any
Benchmark Replacement, (iii) the effectiveness of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes, (iv) the removal or reinstatement of any tenor of a Benchmark pursuant to clause (e) below and (v) the commencement or conclusion of any
Benchmark Unavailability Period.Β Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Administrative Agent or, if applicable, any Lender (or group of Lenders) pursuant to this Section 2.14, including any determination with
respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action or any selection, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest
error and may be made in its or their sole discretion and without consent from any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Section 2.14.
Β
(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, at any time (including in connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement), (i) if the
then-current Benchmark is a term rate (including the Term SOFR Rate) and either (A) any tenor for such Benchmark is not displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the
Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion or (B) the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark has provided a public statement or publication of information announcing that any tenor for such Benchmark is or will
be no longer representative, then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of βInterest Periodβ for any Benchmark settings at or after such time to remove such unavailable or non-representative 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 (including a Benchmark Replacement) or (B) is not, or is no longer, subject to an announcement that it is or will
no longer be representative for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement), then the Administrative Agent may modify the definition of βInterest Periodβ for all Benchmark settings at or after such time to reinstate such previously
removed tenor.
Β
(j)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Upon the Borrower Representativeβs receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period, the Borrowers may revoke any request for a Term Benchmark
Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Term Benchmark Loans to be made, converted or continued during any Benchmark Unavailability Period and, failing that, the Borrowers will be deemed to have converted any such request for a Term
Benchmark Borrowing into a request for a Borrowing of or conversion to (A) an RFR Borrowing so long as the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR is not the subject of a Benchmark Transition Event or (B) an ABR Borrowing if the Adjusted Daily Simple
SOFR is the subject of a Benchmark Transition Event.Β During any Benchmark Unavailability Period or at any time that a tenor for the then-current Benchmark is not an Available Tenor, the component of ABR based upon the then-current
Benchmark or such tenor for such Benchmark, as applicable, will not be used in any determination of ABR . Furthermore, if any Term Benchmark Loan is outstanding on the date of the Borrower Representativeβs receipt of notice of the
commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period with respect to a Relevant Rate applicable to such Term Benchmark Loan, then until such time as a Benchmark Replacement is implemented pursuant to this Section 2.14, any Term Benchmark Loan
shall on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Loan (or the next succeeding Business Day if such day is not a Business Day), be converted by the Administrative Agent to, and shall constitute, (x) an RFR Loan so long as the
Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR is not the subject of a Benchmark Transition Event or (y) an ABR Loan if the Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR is the subject of a Benchmark Transition Event, on such day
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SECTION 2.15.Β Β Β Increased Costs.
Β
(k)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β If any Change in Law shall:
Β
(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, liquidity or similar requirement (including any compulsory loan requirement, insurance charge
or other assessment) against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate) or the Issuing Bank; or
Β
(ii)Β Β Β Β Β Β impose on any Lender or the Issuing Bank or the applicable offshore interbank market any other condition, cost or expense (other than Taxes) affecting this
Agreement or Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein; or
Β
(iii)Β Β Β Β Β Β 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;
Β
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender or such other Recipient of making, continuing, converting into or maintaining any Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to
make any such Loan) or to increase the cost to such Lender, the Issuing Bank or such other Recipient of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender,
the Issuing Bank or such other Recipient hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then the Borrowers will pay to such Lender, the Issuing Bank or such other Recipient, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as
will compensate such Lender, the Issuing Bank or such other Recipient, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
Β
(l)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β If any Lender or the Issuing Bank determines that any Change in Law regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on
such Lenderβs or the Issuing Bankβs capital or on the capital of such Lenderβs or the Issuing Bankβs holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitments of or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of
Credit or Swingline Loans held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by the Issuing Bank, to a level below that which such Lender or the Issuing Bank or such Lenderβs or the Issuing Bankβs holding company could have achieved but
for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lenderβs or the Issuing Bankβs policies and the policies of such Lenderβs or the Issuing Bankβs holding company with respect to capital adequacy and liquidity), then from time to time
the Borrowers will pay to such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank or such Lenderβs or the Issuing Bankβs holding company for any such
reduction suffered.
Β
(m)Β Β Β Β Β Β A certificate of a Lender or the Issuing Bank setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank or its holding company, as the case may
be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower Representative and shall be conclusive absent manifest error.Β The Borrowers shall pay such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the
amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) days after receipt thereof.
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(n)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or the Issuing Bank to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lenderβs or the Issuing
Bankβs right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrowers shall not be required to compensate a Lender or the Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than 270 days prior
to the date that such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, notifies the Borrower Representative of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lenderβs or the Issuing Bankβs intention to claim
compensation therefor; provided, further, that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 270-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of
retroactive effect thereof.
Β
SECTION 2.16.Β Β Β Β Break Funding Payments.Β With respect to Loans that are not RFR Loans, in the event of (i) the payment of any principal of any Term Benchmark Loan other than on
the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default or as a result of any prepayment pursuant to Section 2.11), (ii) the conversion of any Term Benchmark Loan other than on the last day of the
Interest Period applicable thereto, (iii) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Term Benchmark Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such notice may be revoked under
Section 2.09(d) and is revoked in accordance therewith), or (iv) the assignment of any Term Benchmark Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Borrower Representative pursuant
to Section 2.19 or 9.02(d), then, in any such event, the Borrowers shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event.Β A certifi-cate 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 Borrower Representative and shall be conclusive absent manifest error.Β The Borrowers shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten
(10) days after receipt thereof.
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β With respect to RFR Loans, in the event of (i) the payment of any principal of any RFR Loan other than on the Interest Payment Date applicable thereto (including as a result of
an Event of Default or an optional or mandatory prepayment of Loans), (ii) the failure to borrow or prepay any RFR Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such notice may be revoked under
Section 2.11 and is revoked in accordance therewith) or (iii) the assignment of any RFR Loan other than on the Interest Payment Date applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Borrowers pursuant to Section 2.18, then, in any such
event, the Borrowers shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event.Β 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 Borrower Representative and shall be conclusive absent manifest error.Β The Borrowers shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) days after receipt thereof.
Β
SECTION 2.17. Β Β Β Withholding of Taxes; Gross-Up.
Β
(o)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Payments Free of Taxes.Β Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding
for any Taxes, except as required by applicable law.Β 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 Loan 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 2.17), the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.
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(p)Β Β Β Β Β Β Payment of Other Taxes by the Loan Parties.Β The Loan Parties shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law, or at the option
of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for, Other Taxes.
Β
(q)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Evidence of Payment.Β As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by any Loan Party to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 2.17, such Loan
Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment, or other evidence of such payment
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
Β
(r)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Indemnification by the Loan Parties.Β The Loan Parties shall jointly and severally 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.Β A certificate as to the amount of
such payment or liability delivered to any Loan Party by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
Β
(s)Β Β Β Β Β Indemnification by the Lenders.Β Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified
Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that any Loan Party has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Loan Parties to do so), (ii) any Taxes
attributable to such Lenderβs failure to comply with the provisions of Section 9.04(c) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or
paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any 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.Β A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error.Β Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to
setoff and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to such Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under
this paragraph (e).
Β
(t)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Status of Lenders.
Β
(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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
Borrower Representative and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower Representative or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the
Borrower Representative or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding.Β In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Borrower Representative or the
Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower Representative or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent to
determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements.Β 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 Section 2.17(f)(ii)(A), (ii)(B) and (ii)(D) below) shall not be required if in the Lenderβs reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would
subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.
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(ii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that any Borrower is a U.S. Person,
Β
(A)Β Β Β Β Β Β any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Borrower Representative and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes
a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower Representative or the Administrative Agent), an executed copy of IRS Form Wβ9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S.
federal backup withholding tax;
Β
(B)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower Representative and the Administrative Agent (in such number
of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower Representative or the
Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:
Β
(1)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the U.S. is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any
Loan Document, an executed copy of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form Wβ8BENβE, as applicable, establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the βinterestβ article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect
to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document, IRS Form Wβ8BEN or IRS Form Wβ8BENβE, as applicable, establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the βbusiness profitsβ or βother
incomeβ article of such tax treaty;
Β
(2)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming that its extension of credit will generate U.S. effectively connected income, an executed copy of IRS Form Wβ8ECI;
Β
(3)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 in form and
substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a βbankβ within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a β10 percent shareholderβ of a Borrower within the meaning of Section
881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or a βcontrolled foreign corporationβ described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a βU.S. Tax Compliance Certificateβ) and (y) an executed copy of IRS Form W 8BEN or IRS Form Wβ8BENβE, as applicable; or
Β
(4)Β Β Β Β Β Β to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, an executed copy of IRS Form Wβ8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form Wβ8ECI, IRS Form Wβ8BEN or IRS Form
Wβ8BENβE, as applicable, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, IRS Form Wβ9, 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 in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;
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(C)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower Representative and the Administrative Agent (in such number
of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower Representative or the
Administrative Agent), executed copies of any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as
may be prescribed by applicable law to permit the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and
Β
(D)Β Β Β Β Β Β if a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply
with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower Representative and the Administrative Agent at the time or
times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower Representative or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the
Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower Representative or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to
determine that such Lender has complied with such Lenderβs obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment.Β Solely for purposes of this clause (D), βFATCAβ shall include any amendments made to
FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
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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
Borrower Representative and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.
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(u)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Treatment of Certain Refunds.Β If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has
been indemnified pursuant to this Section 2.17 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.17), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of
indemnity payments made under this Section 2.17 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).Β Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this paragraph (g) (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.Β Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
paragraph (g), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this paragraph (g) 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 giving rise to
such refund had never been paid.Β This paragraph (g) 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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(v)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Survival.Β Each partyβs obligations under this Section 2.17 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights
by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document (including the Payment in Full of the Secured Obligations).
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(w)Β Β Β Β Β Β Defined Terms.Β For purposes of this Section 2.17, the term βLenderβ includes the Issuing Bank and the term βapplicable lawβ includes FATCA.
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SECTION 2.18. Β Β Β Payments Generally; Allocation of Proceeds; Sharing of Set-offs.
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(a) Β Β Β Β The Borrowers shall make each payment required to be made by them hereunder (whether of principal, interest, fees or reimbursement of LC Disbursements, or of amounts payable
under Section 2.15, 2.16 or 2.17, or otherwise) prior to 2:00 p.m., Chicago time, on the date when due, in immediately available funds, without setβoff or counterclaim.Β Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the
discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon.Β All such payments shall be made to the Administrative Agent at its offices at 00
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, except payments to be made directly to the Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender as expressly provided herein
and except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto.Β The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for the account of any other Person
to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof.Β If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any
payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension.Β All payments hereunder shall be made in Dollars.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Any proceeds of Collateral received by the Administrative Agent (i) not constituting either (A) a specific payment of principal, interest, fees or other sum payable under the Loan
Documents (which shall be applied as specified by the Borrowers), (B) a mandatory prepayment (which shall be applied in accordance with Section 2.11) or (C) amounts to be applied from the Collection Account when full cash dominion is in
effect (which shall be applied in accordance with Section 2.10(b)) or (ii) after an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent so elects or the Required Lenders so direct, such funds shall be applied
ratably first, to pay any fees, indemnities, or expense reimbursements including amounts then due to the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank from the Borrowers (other than in connection with Banking Services or Swap
Obligations), second, to pay any fees or expense reimbursements then due to the Lenders from the Borrowers (other than in connection with Banking Services or Swap Obligations), third, to pay interest due in respect of the
Overadvances and Protective Advances, fourth, to pay the principal of the Overadvances and Protective Advances, fifth, to pay interest then due and payable on the Loans (other than the Overadvances and Protective Advances)
ratably, sixth, to prepay principal on the Loans (other than the Overadvances and Protective Advances) and unreimbursed LC Disbursements ratably, seventh, to pay an amount to the Administrative Agent equal to one hundred
three percent (103%) of the aggregate undrawn face amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit and the aggregate amount of any unpaid LC Disbursements, to be held as cash collateral for such Obligations, eighth, to payment of any
amounts owing with respect to Banking Services and Swap Obligations up to and including the amount most recently provided to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.22, and ninth, to the payment of any other Secured
Obligation due to the Administrative Agent or any Lender by the Borrowers. Notwithstanding the foregoing amounts received from any Loan Party shall not be applied to any Excluded Swap Obligation of such Loan Party.Β Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary contained in this Agreement, unless so directed by the Borrower Representative, or unless a Default is in existence, neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall apply any payment which it receives to any Term
Benchmark Loan of a Class, except (a) on the expiration date of the Interest Period applicable thereto or (b) in the event, and only to the extent, that there are no outstanding ABR Loans of the same Class and, in any such event, the
Borrowers shall pay the break funding payment required in accordance with Section 2.16.Β The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have the continuing and exclusive right to apply and reverse and reapply any and all such proceeds and
payments to any portion of the Secured Obligations.
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β At the election of the Administrative Agent, all payments of principal, interest, LC Disbursements, fees, premiums, reimbursable expenses (including, without limitation, all
reimbursement for fees and expenses pursuant to Section 9.03), and other sums payable under the Loan Documents, may be paid from the proceeds of Borrowings made hereunder whether made following a request by the Borrower Representative
pursuant to Section 2.03 or a deemed request as provided in this Section or may be deducted from any deposit account of any Borrower maintained with the Administrative Agent.Β The Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes (i) the
Administrative Agent to make a Borrowing for the purpose of paying each payment of principal, interest and fees as it becomes due hereunder or any other amount due under the Loan Documents and agrees that all such amounts charged shall
constitute Loans (including Swingline Loans and Overadvances, but such a Borrowing may only constitute a Protective Advance if it is to reimburse costs, fees and expenses as described in Section 9.03) and that all such Borrowings shall be
deemed to have been requested pursuant to Sections 2.03, 2.04 or 2.05, as applicable, and (ii) the Administrative Agent to charge any deposit account of any Borrower maintained with the Administrative Agent for each payment of principal,
interest and fees as it becomes due hereunder or any other amount due under the Loan Documents.
Β
(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β If, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setβoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal
of or interest on any of its Loans or participations in LC Disbursements resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and accrued interest
thereon than the proportion received by any other similarly situated Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans and participations in LC Disbursements of
other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by all such Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Loans and
participations in LC Disbursements; provided that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered,Β such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price
restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by the Borrowers pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement
or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or participations in LC Disbursements to any assignee or participant, other than to the Borrowers or any Subsidiary or
Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this paragraph shall apply).Β Each Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation
pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against such Borrower rights of set-off and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Borrower in the amount of such
participation.
Β
(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower Representative prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the
account of the Lenders or the Issuing Bank hereunder that the Borrowers will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrowers have made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon
such assumption, distribute to the Lenders or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount due.Β In such event, if the Borrowers have not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be,
severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or Issuing Bank with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but
excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the NYFRB Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
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(f)Β Β Β Β Β Β If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it hereunder, then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision
hereof), (i) apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lenderβs obligations hereunder until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid and/or (ii) hold any such
amounts in a segregated account as cash collateral for, and application to, any future funding obligations of such Lender hereunder; application of amounts pursuant to (i) and (ii) above shall be made in such order as may be determined by
the Administrative Agent in its discretion.
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(g)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β The Administrative Agent may from time to time provide the Borrowers with account statements or invoices with respect to any of the Secured Obligations (the βStatementsβ).Β
The Administrative Agent is under no duty or obligation to provide Statements, which, if provided, will be solely for the Borrowersβ convenience.Β Statements may contain estimates of the amounts owed during the relevant billing period,
whether of principal, interest, fees or other Secured Obligations.Β If the Borrowers pay the full amount indicated on a Statement on or before the due date indicated on such Statement, the Borrowers shall not be in default of payment with
respect to the billing period indicated on such Statement; provided, that acceptance by the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, of any payment that is less than the total amount actually due at that time (including but
not limited to any past due amounts) shall not constitute a waiver of the Administrative Agentβs or the Lendersβ right to receive payment in full at another time.
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SECTION 2.19.Β Β Β Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.
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(x)Β Β Β Β Β If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, or if the Borrowers are required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any
Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights
and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Sections 2.15 or 2.17,
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.Β The Borrowers hereby agree to pay all reasonable costs and expenses
incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, or if the Borrowers are required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any
Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17, or if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the Borrowers may, at their sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative
Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all its interests, rights (other than its existing rights to payments pursuant to Sections
2.15 or 2.17) and obligations under this Agreement and other Loan Documents to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that
(i) the Borrowers shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (and in circumstances where its consent would be required under Section 9.04, the Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender), which consent
shall not unreasonably be withheld, (ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees
and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrowers (in the case of all other amounts) and (iii) in the case of any such assignment
resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.15 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.17, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments.Β A Lender shall not be
required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrowers to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.Β Each party
hereto agrees that (x) an assignment required pursuant to this paragraph may be effected pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption executed by the Borrower Representative, the Administrative Agent and the assignee (or, to the extent
applicable, an agreement incorporating an Assignment and Assumption by reference pursuant to an Approved Electronic Platform as to which the Administrative Agent and such parties are participants), and (y) the Lender required to make such
assignment need not be a party thereto in order for such assignment to be effective and shall be deemed to have consented to and be bound by the terms thereof; provided that, following the effectiveness of any such assignment, the
other parties to such assignment agree to execute and deliver such documents necessary to evidence such assignment as reasonably requested by the applicable Lender, provided that any such documents shall be without recourse to or
warranty by the parties thereto.
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SECTION 2.20.Β Β Β Defaulting Lenders. Β Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall
apply for so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender:
Β
(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β fees shall cease to accrue on the unfunded portion of the Revolving Commitment of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.12(a);
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(b)Β Β Β Β any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at
maturity, pursuant to Section 2.18(b) or otherwise) or received by the Administrative Agent from a Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 9.08 shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative
Agent as follows:Β first, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the
Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender hereunder; third, to cash collateralize LC Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender in accordance with this Section; fourth, as the Borrower Representative may request (so long as no
Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; fifth, if so
determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower Representative, to be held in a deposit account and released pro rata in order to (x) satisfy such Defaulting Lenderβs potential future funding obligations with respect to Loans under
this Agreement and (y) cash collateralize future LC Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender with respect to future Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement, in accordance with this Section; sixth, to the payment of any
amounts owing to the Lenders, the Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, the Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender against such Defaulting Lender as a result of
such Defaulting Lenderβs breach of its obligations under this Agreement or under any other Loan Document; 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 Borrower against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lenderβs breach of its obligations under this Agreement or under any other Loan Document; and eighth,
to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans or LC Disbursements in respect of which such Defaulting
Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share, and (y) such Loans were made or the related Letters of Credit were issued at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be
applied solely to pay the Loans of, and LC Disbursements owed to, all non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of, or LC Disbursements owed to, such Defaulting Lender until such time as
all Loans and funded and unfunded participations in the Borrowersβ obligations corresponding to such Defaulting Lenderβs LC Exposure and Swingline Loans are held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the Commitments without giving
effect to clause (d) below.Β 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 Section shall
be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto;
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β such Defaulting Lender shall not have the right to vote on any issue on which voting is required (other than to the extent expressly provided in Section 9.02(b)) and the
Commitment and Revolving Exposure of such Defaulting Lender shall not be included in determining whether the Required Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder (including any consent to any amendment, waiver or other modification
pursuant to Section 9.02) or under any other Loan Document; provided that, except as otherwise provided in Section 9.02, this clause (c) shall not apply to the vote of a Defaulting Lender in the case of an amendment, waiver
or other modification requiring the consent of such Lender or each Lender directly affected thereby;
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(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β if any Swingline Exposure or LC Exposure exists at the time such Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender then:
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(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β all or any part of the Swingline Exposure and LC Exposure of such Defaulting Lender shall be reallocated among the non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with
their respective Applicable Percentages but only to the extent that such reallocation does not, as to any non-Defaulting Lender, cause such non-Defaulting Lenderβs Revolving Exposure to exceed its Revolving Commitment;
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(ii)Β Β Β Β Β if the reallocation described in clause (i) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Borrowers shall within one (1) Business Day following notice
by the Administrative Agent (x) first, prepay such Swingline Exposure and (y) second, cash collateralize, for the benefit of the Issuing Bank, the Borrowersβ obligations corresponding to such Defaulting Lenderβs LC Exposure
(after giving effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to clause (i) above) in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.06(j) for so long as such LC Exposure is outstanding;
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(iii)Β Β Β Β Β if the Borrowers cash collateralize any portion of such Defaulting Lenderβs LC Exposure pursuant to clause (ii) above, the Borrowers shall not be required to
pay any fees to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.12(b) with respect to such Defaulting Lenderβs LC Exposure during the period such Defaulting Lenderβs LC Exposure is cash collateralized;
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(iv)Β Β Β Β Β Β if the LC Exposure of the non-Defaulting Lenders is reallocated pursuant to clause (i) above, then the fees payable to the Lenders pursuant to Sections
2.12(a) and 2.12(b) shall be adjusted in accordance with such non-Defaulting Lendersβ Applicable Percentages; and
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(v)Β Β Β Β Β Β if all or any portion of such Defaulting Lenderβs LC Exposure is neither reallocated nor cash collateralized pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) above, then,
without prejudice to any rights or remedies of the Issuing Bank or any other Lender hereunder, all letter of credit fees payable under Section 2.12(b) with respect to such Defaulting Lenderβs LC Exposure shall be payable to the
Issuing Bank until and to the extent that such LC Exposure is reallocated and/or cash collateralized; and
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(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the Swingline Lender shall not be required to fund any Swingline Loan and the Issuing Bank shall not be required to issue, amend,
renew, extend or increase any Letter of Credit, unless it is satisfied that the related exposure and such Defaulting Lenderβs then outstanding LC Exposure will be 100% covered by the Commitments of the non-Defaulting Lenders and/or cash
collateral will be provided by the Borrowers in accordance with Section 2.20(d), and Swingline Exposure related to any such newly made Swingline Loan or LC Exposure related to any newly issued or increased Letter of Credit shall be
allocated among non-Defaulting Lenders in a manner consistent with Section 2.20(d)(i) (and such Defaulting Lender shall not participate therein).
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If (i) a Bankruptcy Event or a Bail-In Action with respect to a Lender Parent shall occur following the date hereof and for so long as such event shall continue or (ii) the Swingline Lender or the Issuing
Bank has a good faith belief that any Lender has defaulted in fulfilling its obligations under one or more other agreements in which such Lender commits to extend credit, the Swingline Lender shall not be required to fund any Swingline Loan
and the Issuing Bank shall not be required to issue, amend or increase any Letter of Credit, unless the Swingline Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, shall have entered into arrangements with the Borrowers or such Lender,
satisfactory to the Swingline Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, to defease any risk to it in respect of such Lender hereunder.
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In the event that each of the Administrative Agent, the Borrowers, the Swingline Lender and the Issuing Bank agrees that a Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied all matters that caused
such Lender to be a Defaulting Lender, then the Swingline Exposure and LC Exposure of the Lenders shall be readjusted to reflect the inclusion of such Lenderβs Revolving Commitment and on the date of such readjustment such Lender shall
purchase at par such of the Loans of the other Lenders (other than Swingline Loans) as the Administrative Agent shall determine may be necessary in order for such Lender to hold such Loans in accordance with its Applicable Percentage.
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SECTION 2.21. Β Β Returned Payments.Β If, after receipt of any payment which is applied to the payment of all or any part of the Obligations (including a payment effected through
exercise of a right of setoff), the Administrative Agent or any Lender is for any reason compelled to surrender such payment or proceeds to any Person because such payment or application of proceeds is invalidated, declared fraudulent, set
aside, determined to be void or voidable as a preference, impermissible setoff, or a diversion of trust funds, or for any other reason (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Administrative Agent or such Lender in its
discretion), then the Obligations or part thereof intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued and this Agreement shall continue in full force as if such payment or proceeds had not been received by the Administrative Agent or
such Lender.Β The provisions of this Section 2.21 shall be and remain effective notwithstanding any contrary action which may have been taken by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in reliance upon such payment or application of
proceeds.Β The provisions of this Section 2.21 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
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SECTION 2.22.Β Β Β Β Β Banking Services and Swap Agreements.Β Each Lender or Affiliate thereof providing Banking Services for, or having Swap Agreements with, any Loan Party shall
deliver to the Administrative Agent, promptly after entering into such Banking Services or Swap Agreements, written notice setting forth the aggregate amount of all Banking Services Obligations and Swap Agreement Obligations of such Loan
Party or Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof to such Lender or Affiliate (whether matured or unmatured, absolute or contingent).Β In furtherance of that requirement, each such Lender or Affiliate thereof shall furnish the Administrative Agent
following the end of each calendar month, a summary of the amounts due or to become due in respect of such Banking Services Obligations and Swap Agreement Obligations. The most recent information provided to the Administrative Agent shall
be used in determining the amounts to be applied in respect of such Banking Services Obligations and/or Swap Agreement Obligations pursuant to Section 2.18(b) and which tier of the waterfall, contained in Section 2.18(b), such
Banking Services Obligations and/or Swap Agreement Obligations will be placed.Β For the avoidance of doubt, so long as JPMCB or its Affiliate is the Administrative Agent, neither JPMCB nor any of its Affiliates providing Banking Services
for, or having Swap Agreements with, any Loan Party shall be required to provide any notice described in this Section 2.22 in respect of such Banking Services or Swap Agreements.
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ARTICLE III
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Representations and Warranties.
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Each Loan Party represents and warrants to the Lenders that:
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SECTION 3.01.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Organization; Powers.Β Each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
organization, has all requisite power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted and, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, is
qualified to do business in, and is in good standing in, every jurisdiction where such qualification is required.
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SECTION 3.02.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Authorization; Enforceability.Β The Transactions are within each Loan Partyβs organizational powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary organizational
actions and, if required, actions by equity holders.Β The Loan Documents to which each Loan Party is a party have been duly executed and delivered by such Loan Party and constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party,
enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditorsβ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in
a proceeding in equity or at law.
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SECTION 3.03.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts.Β The Transactions (a) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any
Governmental Authority, except such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect and except for filings necessary to perfect Liens created pursuant to the Loan Documents, (b) will not violate any Requirement of Law applicable to
any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, (c) will not violate or result in a default under any indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or the assets of any Loan Party or any of its
Subsidiaries, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, and (d) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of any Loan Party or any of its
Subsidiaries, except Liens created pursuant to the Loan Documents.
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SECTION 3.04.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β The Company has heretofore furnished to the Lenders (i) its consolidated balance sheet and statements of income, stockholders equity and cash flows as of and for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2021, reported on by RSM US LLP, independent public accountants, and (ii) its consolidated balance sheet as of the fiscal month ended April 30, 2022 certified by its Financial Officer.Β Such financial statements present fairly, in all
material respects, the financial position and results of operations and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of such dates and for such periods in accordance with GAAP, subject to normal yearβend audit adjustments (all of
which, when taken as a whole, would not be materially adverse) and the absence of footnotes in the case of the statements referred to in clause (ii) above.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β No event, change or condition has occurred that has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect, since December 31, 2021.
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SECTION 3.05.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Properties.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β As of the Effective Date, Schedule 3.05 sets forth the address of each parcel of real property that is owned or leased by each Loan Party.Β Each of such leases and subleases is
valid and enforceable in accordance with its terms and is in full force and effect, and to the knowledge of any Loan Party, no default by any party to any such lease or sublease exists.Β Each of the Loan Parties and its Subsidiaries has good and
indefeasible title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all of its real and personal property, free of all Liens other than those permitted by Section 6.02.
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries owns, or is licensed to use, all trademarks, tradenames, copyrights, patents and other intellectual property necessary to its business as currently
conducted, a correct and complete list of which, as of the Effective Date, is set forth on Schedule 3.05, and to the knowledge of each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries, the use thereof by each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries does not
infringe in any material respect upon the rights of any other Person, and each Loan Partyβs rights thereto are not subject to any Collateral License, other than Collateral Licenses set forth on Schedule 3.05, or disclosed to Administrative
Agent in writing no later than the next monthly Compliance Certificate from the date such Collateral License is entered into.
Β
SECTION 3.06.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Litigation and Environmental Matters.
Β
(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β There are no actions, suits or proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending against or, to the knowledge of any Loan Party, threatened in writing against
or affecting any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries (i) as to which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination and that could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect
(other than the Disclosed Matters) or (ii) that involve this Agreement or the Transactions.
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Except for the Disclosed Matters (i) no Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries has received written notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability or knows of any basis
for any Environmental Liability and (ii) and except with respect to any other matters that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, no Loan Party nor any of its Subsidiaries (1) has
failed to comply with any Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any Environmental Law or (2) has become subject to any Environmental Liability.
Β
(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Since the Effective Date, there has been no change in the status of the Disclosed Matters that, individually or in the aggregate, has resulted in, or could reasonably be expected to
result in, a Material Adverse Effect.
Β
SECTION 3.07.Β Β Β Β Β Β Compliance with Laws and Agreements.Β Each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries is in compliance with all Requirements of Law applicable to it or its property and all
indentures, agreements and other instruments binding upon it or its property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.Β No Default has occurred and
is continuing.
Β
SECTION 3.08.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Investment Company Status.Β No Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries is an βinvestment companyβ as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company
Act of 1940.
Β
SECTION 3.09.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Taxes.Β Each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries has timely filed or caused to be filed all Tax returns and reports required to have been filed and has paid or caused to
be paid all Taxes required to have been paid by it, except Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which such Loan Party or such Subsidiary, as applicable, has set aside on its books adequate reserves.Β No
tax liens have been filed and no claims have been asserted in writing by any Governmental Authority with respect to any such taxes.
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SECTION 3.10.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ERISA.Β No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that, when taken together with all other such ERISA Events for which liability is reasonably
expected to occur, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.Β The present value of all accumulated benefit obligations under each Plan (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 87) did not, as of the date of the most recent financial statements reflecting such amounts, exceed the fair market value of the assets of such Plan.
Β
SECTION 3.11.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Disclosure.Β (a) Each Loan party has disclosed to the Lenders all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which it or any of its Subsidiaries is
subject, and all other matters known to it, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.Β None of the reports, financial statements, certificates or other information furnished by or
on behalf of any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) contains any material misstatement
of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that, with respect to projected financial information, the Loan
Parties each represent only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time delivered and, if such projected financial information was delivered prior to the Effective Date, as of the
Effective Date.
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β As of the Effective Date, to the best knowledge of any Borrower, the information included in the Beneficial Ownership Certification, to the extent applicable, provided on or prior to
the Effective Date to any Lender in connection with this Agreement is true and correct in all respects.
Β
SECTION 3.12.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Material Agreements.Β All material agreements and contracts to which any Loan Party is a party or is bound as of the Effective Date are listed on Schedule 3.12.Β
No Loan Party is in default in the performance, observance or fulfillment of any of the obligations, covenants or conditions contained in (i) any material agreement to which it is a party or (ii) any agreement or instrument evidencing or governing
Indebtedness.
Β
SECTION 3.13.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Solvency.
Β
(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Immediately after the consummation of the Transactions to occur on the Effective Date, (i) the fair value of the assets of the Borrowers, on a consolidated basis, will exceed their
debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise; (ii) the present fair saleable value of the property of the Borrowers, on a consolidated basis, will be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of its
debts and other liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured; (iii) the Borrowers, on a consolidated basis, will be able to pay their debts and liabilities, subordinated,
contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured; and (iv) the Borrowers, on a consolidated basis, will not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged as such
businesses are now conducted and are proposed to be conducted after the Effective Date.
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Immediately after the consummation of the Transactions to occur on the Effective Date, (i) the fair value of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis,
will exceed their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise; (ii) the present fair saleable value of the property of the Company and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, will be greater than the amount that will be required
to pay the probable liability of their debts and other liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured; (iii) the Company and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, will be
able to pay their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured; and (iv) the Company and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, will not have unreasonably small capital
with which to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged as such businesses are now conducted and are proposed to be conducted after the Effective Date.
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β The Borrowers, taken as a whole, do not intend to, or believe they will, incur debts beyond their ability to pay such debts as they mature, taking into account the timing of and
amounts of cash to be received, and the timing of the amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of their Indebtedness.
Β
(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β The Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, do not intend to, or believe they will, incur debts beyond their ability to pay such debts as they mature, taking into account the
timing of and amounts of cash to be received, and the timing of the amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of their Indebtedness.
Β
SECTION 3.14.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Insurance.Β Schedule 3.14 sets forth a description of all insurance maintained by or on behalf of the Loan Parties and the Subsidiaries as of the Effective
Date.Β As of the Effective Date, all premiums in respect of such insurance have been paid.Β The Borrowers believe that the insurance maintained by or on behalf of the Company and its Subsidiaries is adequate.
Β
SECTION 3.15.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Capitalization and Subsidiaries.Β Schedule 3.15 (as such Schedule may be updated from time to time by written notice to Administrative Agent for transactions
not prohibited under the Loan Documents) sets forth (a) a correct and complete list of the name and relationship to the Company of each and all of the Companyβs Subsidiaries, (b) a true and complete listing of each class of each Borrowerβs
authorized Equity Interests, of which all of such issued shares are validly issued, outstanding, fully paid and non-assessable, and owned beneficially and of record by the Persons identified on Schedule 3.15, and (c) the type of entity of
the Company and each of its Subsidiaries.Β All of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests owned by any Loan Party has been (to the extent such concepts are relevant with respect to such ownership interests) duly authorized and issued and is
fully paid and nonβassessable.
Β
SECTION 3.16.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Security Interest in Collateral.Β The provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents create legal and valid Liens on all the Collateral in favor of the
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and such Liens constitute perfected and continuing Liens on the Collateral, securing the Secured Obligations, enforceable against the applicable Loan Party and all
third parties, and having priority over all other Liens on the Collateral except in the case of (a) Permitted Encumbrances, to the extent any such Permitted Encumbrances would have priority over the Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent
pursuant to any applicable law or agreement and (b) Liens perfected only by possession (including possession of any certificate of title) to the extent the Administrative Agent has not obtained or does not maintain possession of such Collateral.
Β
SECTION 3.17.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Employment Matters.Β As of the Effective Date, there are no strikes, lockouts or slowdowns against any Loan Party or any Subsidiary pending or, to the knowledge of the
Borrowers, threatened in writing.Β The hours worked by and payments made to employees of the Loan Parties and the Subsidiaries have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable Federal, state, local or foreign law
dealing with such matters.Β All payments due from any Loan Party or any Subsidiary, or for which any claim may be made against any Loan Party or any Subsidiary, on account of wages and employee health and welfare insurance and other benefits, have
been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of the Loan Party or such Subsidiary.
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SECTION 3.18.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Common Enterprise.Β The successful operation and condition of each of the Loan Parties is dependent on the continued successful performance of the functions of the
group of the Loan Parties as a whole and the successful operation of each of the Loan Parties is dependent on the successful performance and operation of each other Loan Party.Β Each Loan Party expects to derive benefit (and its board of directors
or other governing body has determined that it may reasonably be expected to derive benefit), directly and indirectly, from (i) successful operations of each of the other Loan Parties and (ii) the credit extended by the Lenders to the Borrowers
hereunder, both in their separate capacities and as members of the group of companies.Β Each Loan Party has determined that execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement and any other Loan Documents to be executed by such Loan Party is
within its purpose, in furtherance of its direct and/or indirect business interests, will be of direct and/or indirect benefit to such Loan Party, and is in its best interest.
Β
SECTION 3.19.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Credit Card Agreements.Β Schedule 3.19 (as updated from time to time as permitted by Section 5.14) sets forth a list of all credit card processing
arrangements and all Credit Card Agreements to which any Borrower is a party with respect to the payment to any Borrower of the proceeds of all credit card charges for sales by such Borrower in the United States of America. The Credit Card
Agreements listed on Schedule 3.19 (as updated from time to time as permitted by Section 5.14) constitute all of such agreements necessary for Borrowers to operate its business as presently conducted with respect to credit cards and debit
cards and each of the Credit Card Agreements constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Borrowers and to the best of each Borrowersβ knowledge, the other parties thereto, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms and is
in full force and effect.Β Except as could not reasonably (i) be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) result in the cessation of the transfer of payments under any Credit Card Agreement to the Collateral Deposit Account as required
under the Loan Documents, no default or event of default, or act, condition or event which after notice or passage of time or both, would constitute a default or an event of default under any of the Credit Card Agreements exists or has occurred.Β
The Borrowers and the other parties thereto have complied with all of the terms and conditions of the Credit Card Agreements to the extent necessary for such Borrowers to be entitled to receive all payments thereunder which constitute proceeds of
Eligible Credit Card Accounts Receivable.Β Borrowers have delivered, or caused to be delivered to Administrative Agent, true, correct and complete copies of all of the Credit Card Agreements.
Β
SECTION 3.20.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Margin Regulations.Β No Loan Party is engaged and will not engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying Margin
Stock, or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock, and no part of the proceeds of any Borrowing or Letter of Credit hereunder will be used to buy or carry any Margin Stock.Β Following the application of the proceeds
of each Borrowing or drawing under each Letter of Credit, not more than 25% of the value of the assets (either of any Loan Party only or of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis) will be Margin Stock.
Β
SECTION 3.21.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Use of Proceeds.Β The proceeds of the Loans have been used and will be used, whether directly or indirectly as set forth in Section 5.08.
Β
SECTION 3.22.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions.Β Each Loan Party has implemented and maintains in
effect policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by such Loan Party, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents, with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions, and such Loan Party, its
Subsidiaries and their respective officers and directors and, to the knowledge of such Loan Party, its employees and agents, are in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions in all material respects.Β None of (a) any Loan
Party, any Subsidiary, any of their respective directors or officers or employees, or (b) to the knowledge of any such Loan Party or Subsidiary, any agent of such Loan Party or any Subsidiary that will act in any capacity in connection with or
benefit from the credit facility established hereby, is a Sanctioned Person.Β No Borrowing or Letter of Credit, use of proceeds, or other transaction contemplated by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents will violate Anti-Corruption Laws or
applicable Sanctions.
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SECTION 3.23.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Affected Financial Institutions.Β No Loan Party is an Affected Financial Institution.
Β
SECTION 3.24.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Plan Assets; Prohibited Transactions. No Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries is an entity deemed to hold βplan assetsβ
(within the meaning of the Plan Asset Regulations), and neither the execution, delivery nor performance of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement, including the making of any Loan and the issuance of any Letter of Credit hereunder, will
give rise to a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.
Β
ARTICLE IV
Β
Conditions.
Β
SECTION 4.01.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Effective Date.Β The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans and of the Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit hereunder shall not become effective until the date on
which each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02):
Β
(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Credit Agreement and Loan Documents.Β The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received (i) from each party hereto either (A) a counterpart of this Agreement signed
on behalf of such party or (B) written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include facsimile or other electronic transmission of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that such party has signed a counterpart of this
Agreement and (ii) duly executed copies of the Loan Documents and such other certificates, documents, instruments and agreements as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents, including any promissory notes requested by a Lender pursuant to Section 2.10 payable to the order of each such requesting Lender and a written opinion of Xxxxxx &
Xxxxxxx LLP, addressed to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (together with a real estate related opinion to be delivered by Illinois local counsel to
the Loan Parties).
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Financial Statements and Projections.Β The Lenders shall have received (i) audited consolidated financial statements of the Company for the 2021 fiscal year, and (ii) unaudited
interim consolidated financial statements of the Company for each fiscal month and quarter ended after the date of the latest applicable financial statements delivered pursuant to clause (i) of this paragraph as to which such financial statements
are available, and such financial statements shall not, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent, reflect any material adverse change in the consolidated financial condition of the Company, as reflected in the audited, consolidated
financial statements described in clause (i) of this paragraph.
Β
(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Closing Certificates; Certified Certificate of Incorporation; Good Standing Certificates.Β The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a certificate of each Loan Party,
dated the Effective Date and executed by its Secretary or Assistant Secretary, which shall (A) certify the resolutions of its Board of Directors, members or other body authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to
which it is a party, (B) identify by name and title and bear the signatures of the Financial Officers and any other officers of such Loan Party authorized to sign the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and (C) contain appropriate attachments,
including the certificate or articles of incorporation or organization of each Loan Party certified by the relevant authority of the jurisdiction of organization of such Loan Party and a true and correct copy of its byβlaws or operating, management
or partnership agreement, and (ii) a long form good standing certificate for each Loan Party from its jurisdiction of organization.
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(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β No Default Certificate.Β The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, signed by a Financial Officer, Chief Executive Officer or President of each Borrower and
each other Loan Party, on the initial Borrowing date (i) stating that no Default has occurred and is continuing, (ii) stating that the representations and warranties contained in Article III are true and correct as of such date, and (iii)
certifying any other factual matters as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent.
Β
(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Fees.Β The Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall have received all fees required to be paid, and all expenses for which invoices have been presented (including the
reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel), on or before the Effective Date.Β All such amounts will be paid with proceeds of Loans made on the Effective Date and will be reflected in the funding instructions given by the Borrower Representative
to the Administrative Agent on or before the Effective Date.
Β
(f)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Lien Searches.Β The Administrative Agent shall have received the results of a recent lien search in each of the jurisdictions where assets of the Loan Parties are located, and
such search shall reveal no liens on any of the assets of the Loan Parties except for liens permitted by Section 6.02 or discharged on or prior to the Effective Date pursuant to a pay-off letter or other
documentation satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.Β
Β
(g)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Other Documents.Β The Administrative Agent shall have received such other documents as the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, any Lender or their respective counsel may have
reasonably requested.
Β
The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrowers and the Lenders of the Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding.
Β
SECTION 4.02.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Each Credit Event.Β The obligation of each Lender to make a Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing, and of the Issuing Bank to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter
of Credit, is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:
Β
(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β The representations and warranties of the Borrowers set forth in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not
be applicable to any representations and warranties that (i) already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof or (ii) are made on the Effective Date) on and as of the date of such Borrowing or the date of issuance, amendment,
renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, except to the extent any such representations and warranties are expressly limited to an earlier date, in which case, on and as of the date of such Borrowing or the date of issuance,
amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, such representations and warranties shall continue to be true and correct in all material respects as of such specified earlier date.
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing or the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, no Default shall have
occurred and be continuing.
Β (c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β After giving effect to any Borrowing or the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit, Availability is not less than zero.
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Each Borrowing and each issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrowers on the date thereof as to the matters specified in
paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section.
Β
Notwithstanding the failure to satisfy the conditions precedent set forth in paragraphs (a) or (b) of this Section, unless otherwise directed by the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, but shall have no
obligation to, continue to make Loans and the Issuing Bank may, but shall have no obligation to, issue or cause to be issued any Letter of Credit for the ratable account and risk of Lenders from time to time if the Administrative Agent believes
that making such Loans or issuing or causing to be issued any such Letter of Credit is in the best interests of the Lenders.
Β
ARTICLE V
Β
Affirmative Covenants.
Β
Until the Commitments have expired or terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit have expired or
terminated and all LC Disbursements have been reimbursed, each Loan Party executing this Agreement covenants and agrees, jointly and severally with all of the other Loan Parties, with the Lenders that:
Β
SECTION 5.01.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Financial Statements; Borrowing Base and Other Information.Β The Borrowers will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender:
Β
(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, its audited consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, stockholdersβ equity and cash flows as of
the end of and for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all reported on by independent public accountants of recognized national standing (without a βgoing concernβ or like
qualification or exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations
of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, accompanied by any management letter prepared by said accountants;
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β within 45 days after the end of each fiscal quarter and within 35 days after the end of each fiscal month of each fiscal year of the Company (other than any month ending at the end of
any fiscal quarter), its consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations and cash flows as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter or fiscal month, as the case may be, and the then elapsed portion of such fiscal year, setting
forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal year, all certified by one of the Financial Officers of the Borrower
Representative as presenting fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal
year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes;
Β
(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) or (b) above, a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower Representative in substantially the form of Exhibit
CΒ (i) certifying, in the case of the financial statements delivered under clause (b), as presenting fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes, (ii) certifying as to whether a Default has occurred and, if a Default has occurred, specifying the details
thereof and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto, (iii) setting forth reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating compliance with Section 6.13 and (iv) stating whether any change in GAAP or in the application thereof has
occurred since the date of the audited financial statements referred to in Section 3.04 and, if any such change has occurred, specifying the effect of such change on the financial statements accompanying such certificate;
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(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β [Intentionally Omitted];
Β
(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β as soon as available but in any event no later than the end of, and no later than 60 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, a copy of the plan and forecast (including a
projected consolidated balance sheet, availability forecast, income statement and cash flow statement) of the Company for each month of the upcoming fiscal year (the βProjectionsβ) in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
Β
(f)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β as soon as available but in any event within 20 days of the end of each calendar month (and for any week ending in a Reporting Trigger Period, within 3 Business Days of the end of each
such calendar week), and at such other times as may be requested by the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion, as of the period then ended, a Borrowing Base Certificate and supporting information in connection therewith, together with
any additional reports with respect to the Borrowing Base as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request;
Β
(g)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β as soon as available but in any event within 20 days of the end of each calendar month (and for any week ending in a Reporting Trigger Period, within 3 Business Days of the end of each
such calendar week), and at such other times as may be requested by the Administrative Agent in its Permitted Discretion, as of the period then ended, all delivered electronically in a text formatted file acceptable to the Administrative Agent;
Β
(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β a detailed aging of the Borrowersβ Accounts, including all invoices aged by invoice date and due date (with an explanation of the terms offered), prepared in a
manner reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, together with a summary specifying the name, address, and balance due for each Account Debtor;
Β
(ii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β a schedule detailing the Borrowersβ Inventory, in form satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (1) by location (showing Inventory in transit, any Inventory located
with a third party under any consignment, bailee arrangement, or warehouse agreement), by class (raw material, work-in-process and finished goods), by product type, and by volume on hand, which Inventory shall be valued at the lower of cost
(determined on a first-in, first-out basis) or market and adjusted for Reserves as the Administrative Agent has previously indicated to the Borrower Representative are deemed by the Administrative Agent to be appropriate, and (2) including a report
of any variances or other results of Inventory counts performed by the Borrowers since the last Inventory schedule (including information regarding sales or other reductions, additions, returns, credits issued by Borrowers and complaints and claims
made against the Borrowers); and
Β
(iii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β a worksheet of calculations prepared by the Borrowers to determine Eligible Pledged Cash, Eligible Accounts, Eligible Credit Card Accounts Receivable and Eligible
Inventory, such worksheets detailing the Credit Card Accounts Receivable, Accounts and Inventory excluded from Eligible Credit Card Accounts Receivable, Eligible Accounts and Eligible Inventory and the reason for such exclusion;
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(h)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β as soon as available but in any event within 35 days of the end of each calendar month and at such other times as may be requested by the Administrative Agent in its Permitted
Discretion, as of the month then ended, (i) a reconciliation of the Borrowersβ Accounts and Inventory between (A) the amounts shown in the Borrowersβ general ledger and financial statements and the reports delivered pursuant to clauses (g)(i) and
(g)(ii) above and (B) the amounts and dates shown in the reports delivered pursuant to clauses (g)(i) and (g)(ii) above and the Borrowing Base Certificate delivered pursuant to clause (f) above as of such date, (ii) a reconciliation of the loan
balance per the Borrowersβ general ledger to the loan balance under this Agreement and (iii) a schedule and aging of the Borrowersβ accounts payable, delivered electronically in a text formatted file acceptable to the Administrative Agent;
Β
(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β as soon as available but in any event within 45 days of the end of each calendar year, as of the year then ended, and at such other times as may be requested by the Administrative
Agent, an updated customer list for all trade Accounts (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include consumer Accounts) for each Borrower and its Subsidiaries, which list shall state the customerβs name, mailing address and phone number,
delivered electronically in a text formatted file acceptable to the Administrative Agent and certified as true and correct by a Financial Officer of the Borrower Representative;
Β
(j)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β promptly upon the Administrative Agentβs request in its Permitted Discretion:
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(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β copies of invoices in connection with the invoices issued by the Borrowers in connection with any Accounts, credit memos, shipping and delivery documents, and other
information related thereto;
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(ii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β copies of purchase orders, invoices, and shipping and delivery documents in connection with any Inventory or Equipment purchased by any Loan Party; and
Β
(iii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β a schedule detailing the balance of all intercompany accounts of the Loan Parties;
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(k)Β Β Β Β Β promptly upon the Administrative Agentβs request in its Permitted Discretion, as of the period then ended, the Borrowersβ sales journal, cash receipts journal (identifying trade and
non-trade cash receipts) and debit memo/credit memo journal;
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(l)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β promptly upon the Administrative Agentβs request in its Permitted Discretion, copies of all tax returns filed by any Loan Party with the United States Internal Revenue Service;
Β
(m)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β [reserved];
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(n)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β promptly upon the Administrative Agentβs request in its Permitted Discretion, a detailed listing of all intercompany loans made by the Borrowers during such calendar month;
Β
(o)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all periodic and other material reports, proxy statements and other materials filed by any Borrower or any Subsidiary with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any or all of the functions of said Commission, or with any national securities exchange, or distributed by any Borrower to its shareholders generally, as the case
may be;
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(p)Β Β Β Β Β Β promptly following any request therefor, (i) such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of any Borrower or any Subsidiary, or compliance
with the terms of this Agreement, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request, and (ii) information and documentation reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender for purposes of compliance with applicable
βknow your customerβ and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation; and
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(q)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β promptly after receipt thereof by any Borrower or any Subsidiary, copies of each notice or other correspondence received from the SEC (or comparable agency in any applicable non-U.S.
jurisdiction) concerning any investigation or possible investigation or other inquiry by the SEC or such other agency regarding financial or other operational results of any Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof.
Β
SECTION 5.02.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Notices of Material Events.Β The Borrowers will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender prompt (but in any event within any time period that may be
specified below) written notice of the following:
Β
(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β upon a Loan Party obtaining knowledge thereof, the occurrence of any Default;
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β receipt of any written notice of any governmental investigation or any litigation or proceeding commenced or threatened in writing against any Loan Party that (i) such Loan Party
reasonably expects to result in uninsured damages in excess of $1,000,000, (ii) such Loan Party reasonably expects to result in injunctive relief, (iii) is asserted or instituted against any Plan, its fiduciaries or its assets, (iv) alleges
criminal misconduct by any Loan Party, (v) alleges the violation of any law regarding, or seeks remedies in connection with, any Environmental Laws, (vi) contests any tax, fee, assessment, or other governmental charge in excess of $1,000,000, or
(vii) involves any material product recall;
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β upon a Loan Party obtaining knowledge thereof, any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) or claim made or asserted against any of the Collateral;
Β
(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any loss, damage, or destruction to the Collateral in the amount of $500,000 or more, whether or not covered by insurance;
Β
(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β within five Business Days of receipt thereof, any and all payment default notices and any material default notices received under or with respect to any leased location or public
warehouse where Collateral in excess of $250,000 is located;
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(f)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β [Intentionally Omitted];
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(g)Β Β Β Β Β within two Business Days after the occurrence thereof, any Loan Party entering into a Swap Agreement or an amendment thereto, together with copies of all agreements evidencing such Swap
Agreement or amendment;
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(h)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, alone or together with any other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in liability of the Borrowers and their
Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount exceeding $500,000;
Β
(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any other development that results in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect; and
Β
(j)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any change in the information provided in any Beneficial Ownership Certification delivered to such Lender that would result in a change to the list of beneficial owners identified in
such certification.
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Each notice delivered under this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a Financial Officer or other executive officer of the Borrower Representative setting forth the details of the event or development
requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.
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SECTION 5.03.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Existence; Conduct of Business.Β Each Loan Party will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, (a) (i) do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and
keep in full force and effect its legal existence and the rights, qualifications, licenses, permits, franchises, governmental authorizations, intellectual property rights, licenses and permits material to the conduct of its business, and (ii)
maintain all requisite authority to conduct its business in each jurisdiction in which its business is conducted, except where the failure to maintain such authority could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, provided
that the foregoing shall not prohibit any merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution permitted under Section 6.03, and (b) carry on and conduct its business in substantially the same manner and in substantially the same fields of enterprise
as it is presently conducted.
Β
SECTION 5.04.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Payment of Obligations.Β Each Loan Party will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, pay or discharge all Material Indebtedness and all other material liabilities and
obligations, including Taxes, before the same shall become delinquent or in default, except where (a) the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (b) such Loan Party or Subsidiary has set aside on its
books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP and (c) such liabilities would not result in aggregate liabilities in excess of $1,000,000 and none of the Collateral becomes subject to forfeiture or loss as a result of the
contest; provided, however, each Loan Party will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, remit withholding taxes and other payroll taxes to appropriate Governmental Authorities as and when claimed to be due, notwithstanding the
foregoing exceptions.
Β
SECTION 5.05.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Maintenance of Properties.Β Each Loan Party will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, keep and maintain all property owned or leased by any Loan Party material to the
conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted.
Β
SECTION 5.06.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Books and Records; Inspection Rights.Β Each Loan Party will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, (a) keep proper books of record and account in which full, true and
correct entries are made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities and (b) permit any representatives designated by the Administrative Agent or any Lender (including employees of the Administrative Agent, any
Lender or any consultants, accountants, lawyers and appraisers retained by the Administrative Agent), upon reasonable prior notice, to visit and inspect its properties, conduct at the Loan Partyβs premises, field examinations of the Loan Partyβs
assets, liabilities, books and records, including examining and making extracts from its books and records, environmental assessment reports and Phase I or Phase II studies, and to discuss its affairs, finances and condition with its officers and
independent accountants, all at such reasonable times and as often as reasonably requested; provided, however, that if no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, only one field examination per calendar year (excluding field
examinations with respect to Permitted Acquisitions conducted in such year) shall be at the sole expense of the Borrowers (or two field examinations per calendar year for any calendar year during which Excess Availability is less than 15% of the
Aggregate Revolving Commitment for 90 days of such calendar year.
Β
SECTION 5.07.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Compliance with Laws.Β Each Loan Party will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, comply with all Requirements of Law applicable to it or its property, except where the
failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Β
SECTION 5.08.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Use of Proceeds.Β (a) The proceeds of the Loans will be used only for financing working capital needs of the Borrowers in the ordinary course of business and to
refinance certain existing Indebtedness.Β No part of the proceeds of any Loan and no Letter of Credit will be used, whether directly or indirectly, for any purpose that entails a violation of any of the Regulations of the Federal Reserve Board,
including Regulations T, U and X.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β NoΒ Borrower will request any Borrowing or Letter of Credit, and no Borrower shall use, and each Borrower shall procure that its Subsidiaries and its and their respective directors,
officers, employees and agents shall not use, the proceeds of any Borrowing or Letter of Credit (i) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in
violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws, (ii) for the purpose of funding, financing or facilitating any activities, business or transaction of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country, except to the extent permitted for a Person
required to comply with Sanctions, or (iii) in any manner that would result in the violation of any Sanctions applicable to any party hereto.
Β
SECTION 5.09.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Insurance.Β Each Loan Party will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, maintain with financially sound and reputable carriers having a financial strength rating of at
least A- by A.M. Best Company (a) insurance in such amounts (with no greater risk retention) and against such risks (including loss or damage by fire and loss in transit; theft, burglary, pilferage, larceny, embezzlement, and other criminal
activities; business interruption; and general liability) and such other hazards, as is customarily maintained by companies of established repute engaged in the same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations and (b) all
insurance required pursuant to the Collateral Documents.Β The Borrowers will furnish to the Lenders, upon request of the Administrative Agent, information in reasonable detail as to the insurance so maintained.
Β
SECTION 5.10.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Casualty and Condemnation.Β The Borrowers will (a) furnish to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders prompt written notice of any casualty or other insured damage to
any material portion of the Collateral or the commencement of any action or proceeding for the taking of any material portion of the Collateral or interest therein under power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding and (b)
ensure that the Net Proceeds of any such event (whether in the form of insurance proceeds, condemnation awards or otherwise) are collected and applied in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement and the Collateral Documents.
Β
SECTION 5.11.Β Β Β Β Β Β Appraisals.Β At any time that the Administrative Agent requests, each Loan Party will provide the Administrative Agent with appraisals or updates thereof of their
Inventory from an appraiser selected and engaged by the Administrative Agent, and prepared on a basis satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, such appraisals and updates to include, without limitation, information required by applicable law and
regulations; provided, however, that if no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, only one such appraisal of Inventory per calendar year (excluding appraisals with respect to Permitted Acquisitions conducted in such year) shall be at the
sole expense of the Borrowers.
Β
SECTION 5.12.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Depository Banks.Β The Loan Parties will maintain the Administrative Agent as its principal depository bank for the maintenance of operating accounts for the conduct
of its business; provided that the Loan Parties shall be permitted to maintain such accounts with their existing depositary banks for a period of 30 days (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its sole discretion) after the
Effective Date.Β Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Loan Parties shall be permitted to maintain operating accounts at other banks in such locations where such Loan Party conducts business and where the Administrative Agent does not maintain a
branch office.
Β
SECTION 5.13.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Additional Collateral; Further Assurances.
Β
(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Subject to applicable law, each Borrower and each Subsidiary that is a Loan Party will cause each of its domestic Subsidiaries formed or acquired after the Effective Date in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement to become a Loan Party by executing a Joinder Agreement.Β In connection therewith, the Administrative Agent shall have received all documentation and other information regarding such newly formed or acquired
Subsidiaries as may be required to comply with the applicable βknow your customerβ rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act.Β Upon execution and delivery thereof, each such Person (i) shall automatically become a Loan Guarantor
hereunder and thereupon shall have all of the rights, benefits, duties, and obligations in such capacity under the Loan Documents and (ii) will grant Liens to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, in
any property of such Loan Party which constitutes Collateral, including any parcel of real property located in the U.S. owned by any Loan Party.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Each Borrower and each Subsidiary that is a Loan Party will cause (i) 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of each of its domestic Subsidiaries and (ii) 65% of the issued
and outstanding Equity Interests entitled to vote (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. Section 1.956-2(c)(2)) and 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests not entitled to vote (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. Section 1.956-2(c)(2) in
each foreign Subsidiary directly owned by such Borrower or any domestic Subsidiary to be subject at all times to a first priority, perfected Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Loan Documents or
other security documents as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request.
Β
(c)Β Β Β Β Β Without limiting the foregoing, each Loan Party will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, to the Administrative Agent such
documents, agreements and instruments, and will take or cause to be taken such further actions (including the filing and recording of financing statements, fixture filings, mortgages, deeds of trust and other documents and such other actions or
deliveries of the type required by Section 4.01, as applicable), which may be required by law or which the Administrative Agent may, from time to time, reasonably request to carry out the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents and to ensure perfection and priority of the Liens created or intended to be created by the Collateral Documents, all at the expense of the Loan Parties.
Β
(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β If any material assets (including any real property with a fair market value in excess of $1,000,000 or improvements thereto or any interest therein) are acquired by any Borrower or any
Subsidiary that is a Loan Party after the Effective Date (other than Excluded Collateral, the Excluded Accounts (as defined in the Security Agreement) and assets constituting Collateral under the Security Agreement that become subject to the Lien
in favor of the Security Agreement upon acquisition thereof), the Borrower Representative will (i) notify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders thereof and, if requested by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, cause such assets to
be subjected to a Lien securing the Secured Obligations and (ii) take, and cause each Subsidiary that is a Loan Party to take, such actions as shall be necessary or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to grant and perfect such Liens,
including actions described in paragraph (c) of this Section, all at the expense of the Loan Parties.
Β
SECTION 5.14.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Credit Card Acknowledgements.Β The Borrowers will maintain credit card processing arrangements and Credit Card Agreements with the credit card issuers and processors
identified on Schedule 3.19; provided, however, that, subject to the requirements set forth in Section 6.12, the Borrowers may amend Schedule 3.19 to remove any credit card issuer or processor or Credit Card
Agreement identified therein or to add additional credit card issuers and processors or Credit Card Agreements that are satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and subject to the requirements set forth in Section 6.12, the
Borrowers shall provide to the Administrative Agent a Credit Card Acknowledgement with respect thereto and a copy of the Credit Card Agreement governing with such new credit card issuer or processor.
Β
SECTION 5.15.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Post-Closing Covenants.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Not later than 30 days following the Effective Date (or such later date as agreed by Administrative Agent in its sole discretion), the Company shall execute and deliver to the
Administrative Agent, a new trademark security agreement for filing with the US Patent and Trademark Office, which trademark security agreement shall be in form and substance substantially similar in all material respects to the Trademark Security
Agreement executed by the Grantors (as defined in the Security Agreement) dated as of April 26, 2012 (the βExisting TSAβ) and otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, and which shall cover such trademarks of the Company
which are not covered by the Existing TSA, as determined by the Administrative Agent.
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ARTICLE VI
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Negative Covenants.
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Until the Commitments have expired or terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees, expenses and other amounts payable under any Loan Document have been paid in full and
all Letters of Credit have expired or terminated and all LC Disbursements have been reimbursed, each Loan Party executing this Agreement covenants and agrees, jointly and severally with all of the other Loan Parties, with the Lenders that:
Β
SECTION 6.01.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Indebtedness.Β No Loan Party will, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, create, incur or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except:
Β
(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β the Secured Obligations;
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Indebtedness existing on the Effective Date and set forth in Schedule 6.01 and extensions, renewals and replacements of any such Indebtedness in accordance with clause (f)
hereof;
Β
(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Indebtedness of any Borrower to any Subsidiary and of any Subsidiary to any Borrower or any otherΒ Subsidiary, provided that (i) (A) Indebtedness of any domestic Subsidiary that
is not a Borrower to any Borrower and (B) Indebtedness of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to any Borrower or any Subsidiary that is a Loan Party shall, in each case, be subject to Section 6.04 and (ii) Indebtedness of any Borrower
to any Subsidiary and Indebtedness of any Subsidiary that is aΒ Loan Party to any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party shall be subordinated to the Secured Obligations on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
Β
(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Guarantees by any Borrower of Indebtedness of any Subsidiary and by any Subsidiary of Indebtedness of any Borrower or any other Subsidiary, provided that (i) the Indebtedness so
Guaranteed is permitted by this Section 6.01, (ii) (A) Guarantees by any Borrower of Indebtedness of any domestic Subsidiary that is not a Borrower and (B) Guarantees by any Borrower or any Subsidiary that is a Loan Party of Indebtedness of
any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party shall, in each case, be subject to Section 6.04 and (iii) Guarantees permitted under this clause (d) shall be subordinated to the Secured Obligations of the applicable Subsidiary on the same terms as
the Indebtedness so Guaranteed is subordinated to the Secured Obligations;
Β
(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Indebtedness of any Borrower or any Subsidiary incurred to finance the acquisition, construction or improvement of any fixed or capital assets (whether or not constituting purchase money
Indebtedness), including Capital Lease Obligations and any Indebtedness assumed in connection with the acquisition of any such assets or secured by a Lien on any such assets prior to the acquisition thereof, and extensions, renewals and
replacements of any such Indebtedness in accordance with clause (f) hereof; provided that (i) such Indebtedness is incurred prior to or within 90 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement and (ii) the
aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness permitted by this clause (e) shall not exceed $15,000,000 at any time outstanding;
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(f)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Indebtedness which represents an extension, refinancing or renewal (such Indebtedness being referred to herein as the βRefinancing Indebtednessβ) of any of the Indebtedness described in
clauses (b), (e) and (s), hereof (such Indebtedness being so extended, refinanced or renewed being referred to herein as the βRefinanced Indebtednessβ); provided that, (i) such Refinancing Indebtedness does not
increase the principal amount or interest rate of the Refinanced Indebtedness, (ii) any Liens securing such Refinanced Indebtedness are not extended to any additional property of any Loan Party, (iii) no Loan Party that is not originally obligated
with respect to repayment of such Refinanced Indebtedness is required to become obligated with respect to such Refinancing Indebtedness, (iv) suchΒ Refinancing Indebtedness does not result in a shortening of the average weighted maturity of such
Refinanced Indebtedness, (v) the terms of such Refinancing Indebtedness are not materially less favorable to the obligor thereunder than the original terms of such Refinanced Indebtedness and (iv) if such Refinanced Indebtedness was subordinated in
right of payment to the Secured Obligations, then the terms and conditions of such Refinancing Indebtedness must include subordination terms and conditions that are at least as favorable to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as those that
were applicable to such Refinanced Indebtedness;
Β
(g)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Indebtedness owed to any Person providing workersβ compensation, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance, pursuant to reimbursement or
indemnification obligations to such Person, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business;
Β
(h)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Indebtedness of any Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of performance bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds, surety bonds and similar obligations, in each case provided in the ordinary
course of business;
Β
(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Acquired Indebtedness in an amount not to exceed $5,000,000 outstanding at any one time;
Β
(j)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Indebtedness in respect of netting services, overdraft protections, automatic clearinghouse arrangements, check endorsement guarantees, and otherwise in respect of cash management
services, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business;
Β
(k)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the financing of insurance premiums;
Β
(l)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Indebtedness in the form of contingent liabilities in respect of any indemnification obligation, adjustment of purchase price, non-compete, or similar obligation of the Company or the
applicable Subsidiary incurred in connection with the consummation of one or more Permitted Acquisitions;
Β
(m)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Business Credit Card Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not in excess of $10,000,000 at any time outstanding;
Β
(n)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Indebtedness of Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties in an aggregate principal amount not in excess of $1,250,000 at any time outstanding;
Β
(o)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Indebtedness under Swap Agreements permitted by Section 6.07;
Β
(p)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β unsecured Indebtedness of any Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of earn-outs owing to sellers of assets or Equity Interests to any Borrower or any Subsidiary that is incurred in
connection with the consummation of one or more Permitted Acquisitions so long as such unsecured Indebtedness is on terms and conditions acceptable to the Administrative Agent;
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(q)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β subject to an intercreditor agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, Indebtedness incurred to finance Inventory (other than Eligible Inventory) of the
Loan Parties in transit from outside the United States in an aggregate amount not to exceed $6,500,000 at any time outstanding;
Β
(r)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β the capitalized amount of the remaining lease or similar payments under the relevant lease or other applicable agreement or instrument that would appear on a balance sheet of such
Person as of such date in accordance with GAAP arising from the any sale and leaseback transaction that is permitted by Section 6.06 so long as the Administrative Agent receives a Collateral Access Agreement with respect to the property that is the
subject of such sale and leaseback transaction within 60 days after the consummation of such transaction (unless waived by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion); and
Β
(s)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β other Indebtedness in the form of Capital Lease Obligations or otherwise in support of the acquisition of fixed or capital assets so long as: (i) both before and after giving effect to
the incurrence of any such Indebtedness, no Event of Default exists and is continuing, (ii) immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, (A) the Borrowers shall have a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, recomputed on a trailing
twelve (12) month pro forma basis for the most recent month for which financial statements have been delivered (as if such Indebtedness was incurred at the beginning of such trailing twelve (12) month period), of no less than 1.20 to 1.0, and (B)
the Borrowers shall have Excess Availability of at least 20% of the Aggregate Revolving Commitment, and (iii) if such Indebtedness is secured by real property, and if required by the Administrative Agent, such Indebtedness is subject to an access
agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent.
Β
SECTION 6.02.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Liens.Β No Loan Party will, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any property or asset now owned or hereafter
acquired by it, or assign or sell any income or revenues (including accounts receivable) or rights in respect of any thereof, except:
Β
(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Liens created pursuant to any Loan Document;
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Permitted Encumbrances;
Β
(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any Lien on any property or asset of any Borrower or any Subsidiary existing on the Effective Date and set forth in Schedule 6.02; provided that (i) such Lien shall not
apply to any other property or asset of such Borrower or Subsidiary and (ii) such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the Effective Date, and extensions, renewals and replacements thereof that do not increase the
outstanding principal amount thereof;
Β
(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Liens on fixed or capital assets acquired, constructed or improved by any Borrower or any Subsidiary; provided that (i) such security interests secure Indebtedness permitted by
clause (e) of Section 6.01, (ii) such security interests and the Indebtedness secured thereby are incurred prior to or within 90 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement, (iii) the Indebtedness secured
thereby does not exceed 100% of the cost of acquiring, constructing or improving such fixed or capital assets and (iv) such security interests shall not apply to any other property or assets of such Borrower or Subsidiary or any other Borrower or
Subsidiary;
Β
(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any Lien existing on any property or asset (other than Accounts and Inventory) prior to the acquisition thereof by any Borrower or any Subsidiary or existing on any property or asset
(other than Accounts and Inventory) of any Person that becomes a Loan Party after the date hereof prior to the time such Person becomes a Loan Party; provided that (i) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such
acquisition or such Person becoming a Loan Party, as the case may be, (ii) such Lien shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Loan Party and (iii) such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the date of such
acquisition or the date such Person becomes a Loan Party, as the case may be, and extensions, renewals and replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof;
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(f)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Liens of a collecting bank arising in the ordinary course of business under Section 4β208 of the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the relevant jurisdiction covering only the items
being collected upon;
Β
(g)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Liens arising out of sale and leaseback transactions permitted by Section 6.06;
Β
(h)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Liens on Equipment and real property to secure Indebtedness permitted by clause (i) of Section 6.01;
Β
(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Liens granted by a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party in favor of any Borrower or another Loan Party in respect of Indebtedness owed by such Subsidiary;
Β
(j)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any Lien on assets of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party; provided that (A) such Lien shall not apply to any Collateral (including any Equity Interests in any Subsidiary
that constitute Collateral) or any other assets of any Loan Party and (B) such Lien secures Indebtedness permitted by clause (n) of Section 6.01;
Β
(k)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Liens solely on any xxxx xxxxxxx money deposits, escrow arrangements or similar arrangements made by the Company or any Subsidiary in connection with any letter of intent or purchase
agreement for a Permitted Acquisition;
Β
(l)Β Β Β Β Β Β Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01(k), provided that (i) such Liens are limited to securing only the unpaid premiums under the applicable insurance policy and (ii)
such Liens only encumber the proceeds of the applicable insurance policy;
Β
(m)Β Β Β Β Β Β rights of setoff or bankersβ Liens upon deposits in favor of banks or other depository institutions, solely to the extent incurred in connection with the maintenance of such Deposit
Account in the ordinary course of business;
Β
(n)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β subject to an intercreditor agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01(q), provided that such
Liens are limited to the Inventory (other than Eligible Inventory) of the Loan Parties in transit from outside the United States;
Β
(o)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Liens on fixed or capital assets securing Indebtedness permitted by clause (s) of Section 6.01; provided, (i) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed 100% of the cost
of acquiring, constructing or improving such fixed or capital assets and (ii) such security interests shall not apply to any other property or assets of such Borrower or Subsidiary or any other Borrower or Subsidiary; and
Β
(p)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β other Liens securing Indebtedness (other than constituting borrowed money) or any other obligations in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $625,000 at any time outstanding.
Β
Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Liens permitted pursuant to this Section 6.02 may at any time attach to any Loan Partyβs (1) Accounts, other than those permitted under clauses (a) of the definition
of Permitted Encumbrance and clauses (a) and (i) above and (2) Inventory, other than those permitted under clauses (a) and (b) of the definition of Permitted Encumbrance and clauses (a), (i), and (n) above.
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SECTION 6.03.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Fundamental Changes.
Β
(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β No Loan Party will, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, merge into or consolidate with any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it, or
liquidate or dissolve, except that, if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing (i) any Subsidiary of any Borrower may merge into a Borrower in a transaction in which
such Borrower is the surviving corporation, (ii) any Loan Party (other than a Borrower) may merge into any other Loan Party in a transaction in which the surviving entity is a Loan Party and (iii) anyΒ Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party may
liquidate or dissolve if the Borrower which owns such Subsidiary determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of such Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders; provided that any
such merger involving a Person that is not a wholly owned Subsidiary immediately prior to such merger shall not be permitted unless also permitted by Section 6.04.
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β No Loan Party will, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, consummate a Division as the Dividing Person, without the prior written consent of Administrative Agent.Β Without limiting the
foregoing, if any Loan Party that is a limited liability company consummates a Division (with or without the prior consent of Administrative Agent as required above), each Division Successor shall be required to comply with the obligations set
forth in Section 5.14 and the other further assurances obligations set forth in the Loan Documents and become a Loan Party under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
Β
(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β No Loan Party will, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, engage in any business other than businesses of the type conducted by the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries on the date hereof
and businesses reasonably related thereto and reasonable extensions thereof.
Β
SECTION 6.04.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions.Β No Loan Party will, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, form any subsidiary after the Effective Date, or
purchase, hold or acquireΒ anyΒ evidences of indebtedness or Equity Interest of, make or permit to exist any loans or advances to, Guarantee any obligations of, or make or permit to exist any investment or any other interest in, any other Person,
or purchase or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of transactions) any assets of any other Person constituting a business unit (whether through purchase of assets, merger or otherwise), except:
Β
(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Permitted Investments, subject to control agreements (if required by the terms of the Security Agreement) in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders or
otherwise subject to a perfected security interest in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders;
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Investments, loans and advances in existence on the Effective Date and described in Schedule 6.04;
Β
(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β investments by the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries in Equity Interests in their respective Subsidiaries, provided that (A) any such Equity Interests held by a Loan Party shall
be pledged pursuant to the Security Agreement (subject to the limitations applicable to common stock of a Foreign Subsidiary referred to in Section 5.13), (B) the aggregate amount of investments by (i) Borrowers in Subsidiaries that are not
Borrowers and (ii) Loan Parties in Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties (together, in each case, with outstanding intercompany loans permitted under clause (B) to the proviso to Section 6.04(d) and outstanding Guarantees permitted under
the proviso to Section 6.04(e)) shall not exceed $2,500,000 at any time outstanding (in each case determined without regard to any write-downs or write-offs) and (C) no such investments may be made while a Default is continuing or would
result therefrom;
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(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β loans or advances made by any Borrower to any Subsidiary and made by any
Subsidiary to any other Borrower or any other Subsidiary, provided that (A) any such loans and advances made by a Loan Party shall be evidenced by a
promissory note pledged pursuant to the Security Agreement, (B) the amount of such loans and advances made by (i) Borrowers to Subsidiaries that are not Borrowers and (ii) Loan Parties to Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties (together, in each
case, with outstanding investments permitted under clause (B) to the proviso to Section 6.04(c) and outstanding Guarantees permitted under the proviso to
Section 6.04(e)) shall not exceed $2,500,000 at any time outstanding (in each case determined without regard to any write-downs or write-offs) and (C) no
such loans or advances may be made while a Default is continuing or would result therefrom;
Β
(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Guarantees constituting Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01, provided that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness (i) of Subsidiaries (other than
Borrowers) that is Guaranteed by any Borrower and (ii) of Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties that is Guaranteed by any Loan Party (together, in each case, with outstanding investments permitted under clause (B) to the proviso to Section 6.04(c) and outstanding intercompany loans permitted under clause (B) to the proviso to Section 6.04(d)) shall not exceed $2,500,000 at any time outstanding (in each case determined without regard to any write-downs or write-offs);
Β
(f)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β loans or advances made by a Loan Party to its employees on an arms-length basis in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices for salary, travel and entertainment
expenses, commissions, relocation costs and similar purposes up to a maximum of $250,000 to any employee and up to a maximum of $500,000 in the aggregate at any one time outstanding;
Β
(g)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β subject to Sections 4.2(a) and 4.4 of the Security Agreement, notes payable, or stock or other securities issued by Account Debtors to a Loan Party pursuant to
negotiated agreements with respect to settlement of such Account Debtorβs Accounts in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practices;
Β
(h)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β investments in the form of Swap Agreements permitted by Section 6.07;
Β
(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Permitted Acquisitions;
Β
(j)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β investments received in connection with the dispositions of assets permitted by Section 6.05;
Β
(k)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β investments constituting deposits described in clauses (c) and (d) of the definition of the term βPermitted Encumbrancesβ;
Β
(l)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β investments in, or loans or advances to the Philippines Subsidiary in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,500,000 in any calendar month;
Β
(m)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β investments consisting of: (i) corporate bonds, including eurodollar issues of U.S. corporations and Dollar-denominated issues of foreign corporations rated A by S&P and A2 by
Moodyβs with a maturity of three years or less; (ii) short-term municipal notes rated MIG1 or SP-1 or better, tax-exempt commercial paper rated A-1/P-1 or better, and long-term municipal securities rated AAA; provided that municipal securities that
have been pre-refunded, defeased or escrowed to maturity (ETMs) with U.S. Treasury securities do not require an AAA rating; and (iii) bond mutual funds of nationally marketed firms and those in the top two rating categories of any nationally
recognized rating service with average effective duration of less than two years, at least 90% of the holdings of which are rated A or better; so long as: (A) the aggregate amount of all such investments under clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) does not
exceed $500,000 at any one time outstanding, and (B) no Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from any such investment;
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(n)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β investments in, or loans or advances to, Pacific 3PL solely for the purpose of allowing Pacific 3PL to make
payroll payments, workers compensation payments, and related expenses on account of employees of the Loan Parties who provide services to the Borrowers so long as such investments, loans and advances are made in the ordinary course of business
and consistent with past practices as of the Effective Date; and
Β
(o)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β other investments (other than an Acquisition), loans or advances so long as (i) no Default has occurred
and is continuing or would result from any such investment, (ii) both before and after giving effect to any such investment, the Borrowers shall have Excess Availability of at least 15% of the Aggregate Revolving Commitment, (iii) immediately
after giving effect to any such investment, the Borrowers shall have a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, recomputed on a trailing twelve (12) month pro forma basis for the most recent month for which financial statements have been delivered, of no
less than 1.1 to 1.0.
Β
SECTION 6.05.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Asset Sales.Β
No Loan Party will, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of any asset, including any Equity Interest owned by it, nor will any Borrower permit any Subsidiary to issue any additional Equity Interest in
such Subsidiary (other than to another Borrower or another Subsidiary in compliance with Section 6.04), except:Β Β
Β
(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β sales, transfers and dispositions of (i) inventory in the ordinary course of business and (ii) used, obsolete, unmerchantable, worn out or surplus equipment or property in the ordinary
course of business;
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β sales, transfers and dispositions of assets to any Borrower or any Subsidiary, provided that any such sales, transfers or dispositions which are not solely among Borrowers, solely among Loan Parties (other than Borrowers), or solely among Subsidiaries
which are not Loan Parties, shall be made in compliance with Section 6.09;
Β
(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β sales, transfers and dispositions of accounts receivable in connection with the compromise, settlement or collection thereof;
Β
(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β sales, transfers and dispositions of Permitted Investments and other investments permitted by clauseΒ (k) ofΒ Section 6.04;
Β
(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β sale and leaseback transactions permitted byΒ Section 6.06;
Β
(f)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β dispositions resulting from any casualty or other insured damage to, or any taking under power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding of, any property or asset of
any Borrower or any Subsidiary;
Β
(g)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β subject to the terms of Section 2.11(c), sales or other dispositions of property (other than Eligible Inventory) to the extent that (i) the property disposed of is exchanged
for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property and (ii) the proceeds of such sale or disposition are reasonably promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement property;
Β
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(h)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β sales or other dispositions of property acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition so long as (i) the consideration received for the assets to be so sold or disposed is at least
equal to the fair market value of such assets, (ii) the aggregate fair market value of all such property sold or disposed of under this clause (h) does not exceed $12,500,000 from the Effective Date, (iii) the assets to be so sold or disposed are
readily identifiable as assets acquired pursuant to the subject Permitted Acquisition, (iv) the assets to be so sold or disposed are not necessary or integral in connection with the business of any Borrower or any Subsidiary, (v) no Default has
occurred and is continuing or would result from any such sale or disposition, (vi) both before and after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, the Borrowers shall have Excess Availability of at least 20% of the Aggregate Revolving
Commitments, (vii) immediately after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, the Borrowers shall have a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, recomputed on a trailing twelve (12) month pro forma basis for the most recent month for which financial
statements have been delivered, of no less than 1.20 to 1.0, (viii) the Borrowers have provided the Administrative Agent with written confirmation, supported by reasonably detailed calculations, that on a pro
forma basis the Borrowers are projected to have a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio as of the end of each of the twelve months immediately following such sale or disposition, measured in each case on a trailing twelve (12) month basis, of no less than
1.20 to 1.0, and (ix) the Net Proceeds received for the assets to be sold or disposed of are applied to prepay the Obligations in accordance with Section 2.11(c).
Β
(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β sales of all of the Equity Interests in any Subsidiary (other than any Borrower or the Philippines Subsidiary) so long as (i) the consideration received for the Subsidiary to be so
sold is at least equal to the fair market value of the assets owned by such Subsidiary, (ii) the Subsidiary to be so sold is not necessary or integral in connection with the business of any Borrower or any other Subsidiary, (iii) no Default has
occurred and is continuing or would result from any such sale, (iv) both before and after giving effect to any such sale, the Borrowers shall have Excess Availability of at least 20% of the Aggregate Revolving Commitment, (v) immediately after
giving effect to any such sale, the Borrowers shall have a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, recomputed on a trailing twelve (12) month pro forma basis for the most recent month for which financial statements have been delivered, of no less than 1.20 to
1.0, (vi) the Borrowers have provided the Administrative Agent with written confirmation, supported by reasonably detailed calculations, that on a pro forma basis the Borrowers are projected to have a Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio as of the end of each of the twelve months immediately following such sale, measured in each case on a trailing twelve (12) month basis, of no less than 1.20 to 1.0, and (vii) the Net Proceeds received for the assets
to be sold or disposed of are applied to prepay the Obligations in accordance with Section 2.11(c); and
Β
(j)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β sales, transfers and other dispositions of assets (other than Equity Interests in a Subsidiary) that are not permitted by any other paragraph of this Section, provided that
the aggregate fair market value of all assets sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of in reliance upon this paragraph (l) shall not exceed $2,500,000 during any fiscal year of the Company; provided that all sales, transfers, leases and
other dispositions permitted hereby (other than those permitted by paragraphs (b) and (f) above) shall be made for fair market value and for at least 75% cash consideration.
Β
SECTION 6.06.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Sale and Leaseback Transactions.Β No Loan Party will, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, enter into any arrangement, directly or indirectly, whereby it shall sell
or transfer any property, real or personal, used or useful in its business, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such property or other property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes
as the property sold or transferred (such a transaction, a βsale and leasebackβ), except for (a) any such sale and leaseback of any fixed or capital assets by any Borrower or any Subsidiary that is made for cash consideration in an amount not less
than the fair value of such fixed or capital asset and is consummated within 90 days after such Borrower or such Subsidiary acquires or completes the construction of such fixed or capital asset, and (b) such other sale and leasebacks as are
consummated on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in their Permitted Discretion so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of consummation of such sale and leaseback or would
result therefrom.
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SECTION 6.07.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Swap Agreements.Β No Loan Party will, nor will it permit anyΒ Subsidiary to, enter into any Swap Agreement, except (a) Swap Agreements entered into to hedge or
mitigate risks to which any Borrower or any Subsidiary has actual exposure (other than those in respect of Equity Interests of any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries), and (b) Swap Agreements entered into in order to effectively cap, collar or
exchange interest rates (from fixed to floating rates, from one floating rate to another floating rate or otherwise) with respect to any interest-bearing liability or investment of any Borrower or any Subsidiary.
Β
SECTION 6.08.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Restricted Payments; Certain Payments of Indebtedness.
Β
(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β No Loan Party will, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, declare or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, or incur any obligation (contingent
or otherwise) to do so, except (i) each of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries may declare and pay, and agree to pay, dividends with respect to its common stock payable solely in additional shares of its common stock, and, with respect to its
preferred stock, payable solely in additional shares of such preferred stock or in shares of its common stock, (ii) the Borrowers may make, and agree to make, Restricted Payments, not exceeding $2,500,000 during any fiscal year of the Company,
pursuant to and in accordance with stock option plans or other benefit plans for management or employees of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries, (iii) the Borrowers may make, and agree to make, Restricted Payments on account of the purchase,
redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any Equity Interests in the Company or any Borrower or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any Equity Interests in the Company or any Borrower, not to exceed $10,000,000
during any calendar year, so long as (A) no Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from any such prepayment, and (B) either (1) both before and after giving effect to any such Restricted Payment, the Borrowers shall have Excess
Availability of at least 50% of the Aggregate Revolving Commitment or (2) (I) both before and after giving effect to any such Restricted Payment, the Borrowers the Borrowers shall have Excess Availability of at least 20% of the Aggregate Revolving
Commitment, and (II) immediately after giving effect to any such Restricted Payment, the Borrowers shall have a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, recomputed on a trailing twelve (12) month pro forma basis for the most recent month for which financial
statements have been delivered, of no less than 1.20 to 1.0, (iv) (A) any Borrower or Guarantor may make, and agree to make, Restricted Payments to a Borrower, (B) any Guarantor may make, and agree to make, Restricted Payments to another Guarantor
and (C) any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party may make, and agree to make, Restricted Payments to a Loan Party, and (v) any Loan Party or any Subsidiary may make, and agree to make, any other Restricted Payments (other than on account of the
purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any Equity Interests in the Company or any Subsidiary or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any Equity Interests in the Company or any Subsidiary), so long as
(A) no Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from any such prepayment, (B) both before and after giving effect to any such Restricted Payment, the Borrowers shall have Excess Availability of at least 20% of the Aggregate Revolving
Commitment, and (C) immediately after giving effect to any such Restricted Payment, the Borrowers shall have a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, recomputed on a trailing twelve (12) month pro forma basis for the most recent month for which financial
statements have been delivered, of no less than 1.20 to 1.0.
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β No Loan Party will, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, make or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other
property) of or in respect of principal of or interest on any Indebtedness, or any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption,
retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any Indebtedness, except:
Β
(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β payment of Indebtedness created under the Loan Documents;
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(ii)Β Β Β Β Β payment of regularly scheduled interest and principal payments as and when due in respect of any Indebtedness, other than payments in respect of the Subordinated
Indebtedness not expressly permitted by the subordination provisions thereof;
Β
(iii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β refinancings of Indebtedness to the extent permitted by Section 6.01;
Β
(iv)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β payment of secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness; and
Β
(v)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β optional prepayments of Indebtedness so long as (A) no Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from any such prepayment, (B) both before and after
giving effect to any such prepayment, the Borrowers shall have Excess Availability of at least 20% of the Aggregate Revolving Commitment, and (C) immediately after giving effect to any such Restricted Payment, the Borrowers shall have a Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio, recomputed on a trailing twelve (12) month pro forma basis for the most recent month for which financial statements have been delivered, of no less than 1.20 to 1.0.
Β
SECTION 6.09.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Transactions with Affiliates.Β No Loan Party will, nor will it permit any Subsidiary
to, sell, lease or otherwise transfer any property or assets to, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire any property or assets from, or otherwise engage in any other transactions with, any of its Affiliates, except (a) transactions that (i) are in
the ordinary course of business (ii) are at prices and on terms and conditions not less favorable to such Loan Party or such Subsidiary than could be obtained on an armβs-length basis from unrelated third parties, (b) transactions between or among
(i) any Borrower and any other Borrower not involving any other Affiliate, (ii) any Guarantor and any other Guarantor not involving any other Affiliate and (iii) any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party and any other Subsidiary that is not a Loan
Party, (c) any investment permitted by Sections 6.04(c) or 6.04(d),
(d) any Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01(c), (e) any Restricted Payment permitted by Section 6.08, (f) loans or advances to employees permitted under Section 6.04, (g) the payment of reasonable fees to
directors of any Borrower or any Subsidiary who are not employees of such Borrower or Subsidiary, and compensation and employee benefit arrangements paid to, and indemnities provided for the benefit of, directors, officers or employees of the
Borrowers or their Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, and (h) any issuances of securities or other payments, awards or grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment agreements, stock options and
stock ownership plans approved by a Borrowerβs board of directors.
Β
SECTION 6.10.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Restrictive Agreements.Β No Loan Party will, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to,
directly or indirectly, enter into, incur or permit to exist any agreement or other arrangement that prohibits, restricts or imposes any condition upon (a) the ability of such Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries to create, incur or permit to
exist any Lien upon any of its property or assets, or (b) the ability of any Subsidiary to pay dividends or other distributions with respect to any Equity Interests or to make or repay loans or advances to any Borrower or any other Subsidiary or to
Guarantee Indebtedness of any Borrower or any other Subsidiary; provided that (i) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions imposed by
law or by any Loan Document, (ii) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions existing on the date hereof identified on Schedule 6.10 (but
shall apply to any extension or renewal of, or any amendment or modification expanding the scope of, any such restriction or condition), (iii) the foregoing shall not apply to customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating
to the sale of a Subsidiary pending such sale, provided that such restrictions and conditions apply only to the Subsidiary that is to be sold and such sale
is permitted hereunder, (iv) clause (a) of the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions or conditions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement if such restrictions or conditions apply only to the
property or assets securing such Indebtedness and (v) clause (a) of the foregoing shall not apply to customary provisions in leases restricting the assignment thereof. Β Β
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SECTION 6.11.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Amendment of Material Documents.Β No Loan Party will, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, amend, modify or waive any of its rights under (a) any agreement relating
to any Subordinated Indebtedness or, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any other Indebtedness, or (b) its certificate of incorporation, by-laws, operating, management or partnership agreement or other organization documents, to
the extent any such amendment, modification or waiver would be adverse to the Lenders.
Β
SECTION 6.12.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Credit Card Agreements.Β Each Borrower shall (a) observe and perform all material terms, covenants, conditions and provisions of the Credit Card Agreements to which it
is a party to be observed and performed by it at the times set forth therein; (b) not do, permit, suffer or refrain from doing anything reasonably expected to result in a default under or breach of any of the terms of any of the Credit Card
Agreements to which it is a party and at all times maintain in full force and effect the Credit Card Agreements to which it is a party and not terminate, cancel, surrender, modify, amend, waive or release any of the Credit Card Agreements to which
it is a party, or consent to or permit to occur any of the foregoing; except, that, such Borrower may terminate or cancel any of the Credit Card Agreements to which it is a party in the ordinary course of the business of such Borrower; provided,
that, such Borrower shall give Administrative Agent not less than five (5) Business Days prior written notice of its intention to so terminate or cancel any of the Credit Card Agreements; (c) not enter into any new Credit Card Agreements
with any new credit card issuer unless Administrative Agent shall have received not less than five (5) Business Days prior written notice of the intention of such Borrower to enter into such agreement (together with such other information with
respect thereto as Administrative Agent may request) and such Borrower delivers, or causes to be delivered to Administrative Agent, a Credit Card Acknowledgment in favor of Administrative Agent; (d) give Administrative Agent immediate written
notice of any Credit Card Agreement entered into by such Borrower after the Effective Date, together with a true, correct and complete copy thereof and such other information with respect thereto as Administrative Agent may reasonably request; (e)
furnish to Administrative Agent, promptly upon the request of Administrative Agent, such information and evidence as Administrative Agent may require from time to time concerning the observance, performance and compliance by such Borrower or the
other party or parties thereto with the terms, covenants or provisions of the Credit Card Agreements; and (f) not modify any instructions given by Administrative Agent to any of Borrowersβ credit card processors and/or credit card issuers provided
for in any Credit Card Acknowledgement or otherwise direct the remittance of payments under any Credit Card Agreement to any account other than the Collateral Deposit Account.
Β
SECTION 6.13.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.Β Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a Covenant Testing Trigger Period, the Borrowers will not permit the Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio to be less than 1.0 to 1.0, when measured on a month-end basis as of (a) the last fiscal month immediately preceding the occurrence of such Covenant Testing Trigger Period for which financial statements have most recently been
delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(b), and (b) each fiscal month for which financial statements are delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(b) during such Covenant Testing Trigger Period.
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ARTICLE VII
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Events of Default.
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If any of the following events (βEvents of Defaultβ) shall occur:
Β
(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β the Borrowers shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan or any reimbursement obligation in respect of any LC Disbursement when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether
at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or otherwise;
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β the Borrowers shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in clause (a) of this Article) payable under this Agreement,
when and as the same shall become due and payable and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of three (3) days;
Β
(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary in, or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any
amendment or modification hereof or thereof or waiver hereunder or thereunder, or in any report, certificate, financial statement or other document furnished pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any
amendment or modification hereof or thereof or waiver hereunder or thereunder, shall prove to have been materially incorrect when made or deemed made;
Β
(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any Loan Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in (i)
Section 5.02(a), 5.03 (with respect to a Loan Partyβs existence) or 5.08 or in Article VI of this Agreement, or (ii) Article IV or Article VII of the Security Agreement;
Β
(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any Loan Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in any Loan
Document (other than those which constitute a default under another Section of this Article), and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of (i) 5 days after the earlier of any Loan Partyβs knowledge of such breach or notice thereof
from the Administrative Agent (which notice will be given at the request of any Lender) if such breach relates to terms or provisions of Section 5.01, 5.02 (other than Section 5.02(a)), 5.03 through 5.07, 5.09, 5.10 or 5.12 of this Agreement or
(ii) 30 days after the earlier of any Loan Partyβs knowledge of such breach or notice thereof from the Administrative Agent (which notice will be given at the request of any Lender) if such breach relates to terms or provisions of any other
Section of this Agreement or any other Loan Document;
Β
(f)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any Loan Party or any Subsidiary shall fail to make any payment (whether of principal or interest and regardless of amount) in respect of any Material Indebtedness, when and as the
same shall become due and payable;
Β
(g)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any event or condition occurs that results in any Material Indebtedness becoming due prior to its scheduled maturity or that enables or permits (with or without the giving of notice,
the lapse of time or both) the holder or holders of any Material Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to cause any Material Indebtedness to become due, or to require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance
thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity; provided that this clause (g) shall not apply to secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness;
Β
(h)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of a Loan Party or any
Subsidiary of any Loan Party or its debts, or of a substantial part of its assets, under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee,
custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party or for a substantial part of its assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 60 days or an
order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;
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(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any
Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described in clause (h)
of this Article, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for such Loan Party or Subsidiary of any Loan Party or for a substantial part of its assets, (iv) file
an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (vi) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;
Β
(j)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party shall become unable, admit in writing its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;
Β
(k)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (i) one or more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of $1,250,000 shall be rendered against any Loan Party, any Subsidiary of any Loan Party or any
combination thereof and the same shall remain undischarged for a period of 30 consecutive days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon any assets of
any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party to enforce any such judgment; or (ii) any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party shall fail within 30 days to discharge one or more non-monetary judgments or orders which, individually or
in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, which judgments or orders, in any such case, are not stayed on appeal or otherwise being appropriately contested in good faith by proper proceedings diligently
pursued;
Β
(l)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β an ERISA Event shall have occurred that, in the opinion of the Required Lenders, when taken together with all other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to
result in liability of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount exceeding $1,250,000 for all periods;
Β
(m)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β a Change in Control shall occur;
Β
(n)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β [Intentionally Omitted];
Β
(o)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β the Loan Guaranty shall fail to remain in full force or effect or any action shall be taken to discontinue or to assert the invalidity or unenforceability of the Loan Guaranty, or any
Loan Guarantor shall fail to comply with any of the terms or provisions of the Loan Guaranty to which it is a party, or any Loan Guarantor shall deny that it has any further liability under the Loan Guaranty to which it is a party, or shall give
notice to such effect;
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(p)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β except as permitted by the terms of any Collateral Document, (i) any Collateral Document shall for any reason fail to create a valid security interest in any Collateral purported to be
covered thereby, or (ii) any Lien securing any Secured Obligation shall cease to be a perfected, first priority Lien;
Β
(q)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any Collateral Document shall fail to remain in full force or effect or any action shall be taken to discontinue or to assert the invalidity or unenforceability of any Collateral
Document;
Β
(r)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any material provision of any Loan Document or any Credit Card Agreement for any reason ceases to be valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its terms (or any Loan Party
shall challenge the enforceability of any Loan Document or shall assert in writing, or engage in any action or inaction based on any such assertion, that any provision of any of the Loan Documents has ceased to be or otherwise is not valid, binding
and enforceable in accordance with its terms); or
Β
(s)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any Loan Party is criminally indicted or convicted under any law that may reasonably be expected to lead to a forfeiture of any property of such Loan Party having a fair market value
in excess of $500,000; or
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then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to the Borrowers described in clause (h) or (i) of this Article), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative
Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the Borrower Representative, take either or both of the following actions, at the same or different times:Β (i) terminate the Commitments, whereupon the Commitments shall
terminate immediately, and (ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part, in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due and payable), whereupon the
principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrowers accrued hereunder, shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest
or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrowers; and in case of any event with respect to the Borrowers described in clause (h) or (i) of this Article, the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal of
the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrowers accrued hereunder, shall automatically become due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind,
all of which are hereby waived by the Borrowers.Β Upon the occurrence and the continuance of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, exercise any rights and remedies provided to the
Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents or at law or equity, including all remedies provided under the UCC.
Β
ARTICLE VIII
Β
The Administrative Agent.
Β
SECTION 8.01.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Authorization and Action.
Β
(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Each Lender, on behalf of itself and any of its Affiliates that are Secured Parties and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the entity named as Administrative Agent in the
heading of this Agreement and its successors and assigns to serve as the administrative agent and collateral agent under the Loan Documents and each Lender and the Issuing Bank authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions as agent on
its behalf and to exercise such powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as are delegated to the Administrative Agent under such agreements and to exercise such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. In addition, to the extent
required under the laws of any jurisdiction other than within the United States, each Lender and the Issuing Bank hereby grants to the Administrative Agent any required powers of attorney to execute and enforce any Collateral Document governed by
the laws of such jurisdiction on such Lenderβs or the Issuing Bankβs behalf.Β Β Without limiting the foregoing, each Lender and the Issuing Bank hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to execute and deliver, and to perform its obligations under,
each of the Loan Documents to which the Administrative Agent is a party, and to exercise all rights, powers and remedies that the Administrative Agent may have under such Loan Documents.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β As to any matters not expressly provided for herein and in the other Loan Documents (including enforcement or collection), the Administrative Agent shall not be required to exercise any
discretion or take any action, but shall be required to act or to refrain from acting (and shall be fully protected in so acting or refraining from acting) upon the written instructions of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of
the Lenders as shall be necessary, pursuant to the terms in the Loan Documents), and, unless and until revoked in writing, such instructions shall be binding upon each Lender and the Issuing Bank; provided, however, that the
Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that (i) the Administrative Agent in good faith believes exposes it to liability unless the Administrative Agent receives an indemnification and is exculpated in a manner satisfactory to
it from the Lenders and the Issuing Bank with respect to such action or (ii) is contrary to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or applicable law, including any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any requirement of
law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any requirement of law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency
or reorganization or relief of debtors; provided, further, that the Administrative Agent may seek clarification or direction from the Required Lenders prior to the exercise of any such instructed action and may refrain from acting
until such clarification or direction has been provided. Except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information
relating to any Borrower, any other Loan Party, any Subsidiary or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. Nothing in this
Agreement shall require the Administrative Agent to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers if it shall have
reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
Β
(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β In performing its functions and duties hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent is acting solely on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank (except in
limited circumstances expressly provided for herein relating to the maintenance of the Register), and its duties are entirely mechanical and administrative in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:
Β
(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β the Administrative Agent does not assume and shall not be deemed to have assumed any obligation or duty or any other relationship as the agent, fiduciary or trustee
of or for any Lender, Issuing Bank, any other Secured Party or holder of any other obligation other than as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, regardless of whether a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing (and it is understood and agreed that the use of the term βagentβ (or any similar term) herein or in any other Loan Document with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary duty or other implied (or
express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law, and that such term is used as a matter of market custom and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties); additionally,
each Lender agrees that it will not assert any claim against the Administrative Agent based on an alleged breach of fiduciary duty by the Administrative Agent in connection with this Agreement and/or the transactions contemplated hereby; and
Β
(ii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall require the Administrative Agent to account to any Lender for any sum or the profit element of any sum
received by the Administrative Agent for its own account.
Β
(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β The Administrative Agent may perform any of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by
the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any of their respective duties and exercise their respective rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this
Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities pursuant to this Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible
for the negligence or misconduct of any sub agent except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and non-appealable judgment that the Administrative Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the
selection of such sub-agent.
Β
(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β No Arranger shall have obligations or duties whatsoever in such capacity under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and shall incur no liability hereunder or thereunder in such
capacity, but all such persons shall have the benefit of the indemnities provided for hereunder.
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(f)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β In case of the pendency of any proceeding with respect to any Loan Party under any federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in
effect, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or any reimbursement obligation in respect of any LC Disbursement shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective
of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on any Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered (but not obligated) by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
Β
(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans, LC Disbursements and all other Obligations that
are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent (including any claim under Sections 2.12, 2.13, 2.15, 2.17 and 9.03)
allowed in such judicial proceeding; and
Β
(ii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
Β
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender, the Issuing Bank and each other Secured Party to make
such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders, the Issuing Bank or the other Secured Parties, to pay to the Administrative Agent any
amount due to it, in its capacity as the Administrative Agent, under the Loan Documents (including under Section 9.03). Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on
behalf of any Lender or Issuing Bank any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or Issuing Bank or to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim
of any Lender or Issuing Bank in any such proceeding.
Β
(g)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, and, except solely to the extent of the Borrowersβ right to
consent pursuant to and subject to the conditions set forth in this Article, no Borrower nor any Subsidiary, or any of their respective Affiliates, shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary under any such provisions. Each Secured Party,
whether or not a party hereto, will be deemed, by its acceptance of the benefits of the Collateral and of the Guarantees of the Secured Obligations provided under the Loan Documents, to have agreed to the provisions of this Article.
Β
SECTION 8.02.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Administrative Agentβs Reliance, Indemnification, Etc.
Β
(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its Related Parties shall be (i) liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by such party, the Administrative Agent or any of its
Related Parties under or in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents (x) with the consent of or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the
Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith to be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in the Loan Documents) or (y) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct (such absence to be presumed unless otherwise
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgment) or (ii) responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by any Loan Party or any officer
thereof contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Administrative Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any
other Loan Document or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan Document (including, for the avoidance of doubt, in connection with the Administrative Agentβs reliance on
any Electronic Signature transmitted by telecopy, emailed pdf. or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page)Β or for any failure of any Loan Party to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any (i) notice of any of the events or circumstances set forth or described in Section 5.02 unless and until
written notice thereof stating that it is a βnotice under Section 5.02β in respect of this Agreement and identifying the specific clause under said Section is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower, or (ii) notice of any Default or Event
of Default unless and until written notice thereof (stating that it is a βnotice of Defaultβ or a βnotice of an Event of Defaultβ) is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower Representative, a Lender or the Issuing Bank.Β Further, the
Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other
document delivered thereunder or in connection therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document or the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, (iv)
the sufficiency, validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document,
other than to confirm receipt of items (which on their face purport to be such items) expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent or satisfaction of any condition that expressly refers to the matters described therein being
acceptable or satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, or (vi) the creation, perfection or priority of Liens on the Collateral
Β
(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Without limiting the foregoing, the Administrative Agent (i) may treat the payee of any promissory note as its holder until such promissory note has been assigned in accordance with
Section 9.04, (ii) may rely on the Register to the extent set forth in Section 9.04(b), (iii) may consult with legal counsel (including counsel to the Borrowers), independent public accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be
liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel, accountants or experts, (iv) makes no warranty or representation to any Lender or Issuing Bank and shall not be responsible to any
Lender or Issuing Bank for any statements, warranties or representations made by or on behalf of any Loan Party in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (v) in determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making
of a Loan, or the issuance of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or the Issuing Bank, may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or Issuing Bank unless the Administrative
Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or Issuing Bank sufficiently in advance of the making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit and (vi) shall be entitled to rely on, and shall incur no liability under
or in respect of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by acting upon, any notice, consent, certificate or other instrument or writing (which writing may be a fax, any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other
distribution) or any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be genuine and signed or sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper party or parties (whether or not such Person in fact meets the requirements set forth in
the Loan Documents for being the maker thereof).
Β
SECTION 8.03.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Posting of Communications.
Β
(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β The Borrowers agree that the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make any Communications available to the Lenders and the Issuing Bank by posting the Communications
on IntraLinksβ’, DebtDomain, SyndTrak, ClearPar or any other electronic system chosen by the Administrative Agent to be its electronic transmission system (the βApproved Electronic Platformβ).
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Although the Approved Electronic Platform and its primary web portal are secured with generally-applicable security procedures and policies implemented or modified by the Administrative
Agent from time to time (including, as of the Effective Date, a user ID/password authorization system) and the Approved Electronic Platform is secured through a per-deal authorization method whereby each user may access the Approved Electronic
Platform only on a deal-by-deal basis, each of the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and each Borrower acknowledges and agrees that the distribution of material through an electronic medium is not necessarily secure, that the Administrative Agent is not
responsible for approving or vetting the representatives or contacts of any Lender that are added to the Approved Electronic Platform, and that there may be confidentiality and other risks associated with such distribution. Each of the Lenders, the
Issuing Bank and each Borrower hereby approves distribution of the Communications through the Approved Electronic Platform and understands and assumes the risks of such distribution.
Β
(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM AND THE COMMUNICATIONS ARE PROVIDED βAS ISβ AND βAS AVAILABLEβ. THE APPLICABLE PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF
THE COMMUNICATIONS, OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM AND THE COMMUNICATIONS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY,
INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY THE APPLICABLE PARTIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS OR THE
APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ANY ARRANGER OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE RELATED PARTIES (COLLECTIVELY, βAPPLICABLE PARTIESβ) HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO ANY LOAN PARTY, ANY LENDER, THE ISSUING BANK OR ANY
OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FOR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOSSES OR EXPENSES (WHETHER IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF ANY LOAN PARTYβS OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENTβS
TRANSMISSION OF COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH THE INTERNET OR THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM.
Β
βCommunicationsβ means, collectively, any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material provided by or on behalf of any Loan Party pursuant to any Loan Document or
the transactions contemplated therein which is distributed by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or Issuing Bank by means of electronic communications pursuant to this Section, including through an Approved Electronic Platform.
(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Each Lender and the Issuing Bank agrees that notice to it (as provided in the next sentence) specifying that Communications have been posted to the Approved Electronic Platform shall
constitute effective delivery of the Communications to such Lender for purposes of the Loan Documents. Each Lender and the Issuing Bank agrees (i) to notify the Administrative Agent in writing (which could be in the form of electronic
communication) from time to time of such Lenderβs or Issuing Bankβs (as applicable) email address to which the foregoing notice may be sent by electronic transmission and (ii) that the foregoing notice may be sent to such email address.
Β
(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Each of the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and each Borrower agrees that the Administrative Agent may, but (except as may be required by applicable law) shall not be obligated to, store the
Communications on the Approved Electronic Platform in accordance with the Administrative Agentβs generally applicable document retention procedures and policies.
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(f)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Nothing herein shall prejudice the right of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Bank to give any notice or other communication pursuant to any Loan Document in any
other manner specified in such Loan Document.
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SECTION 8.04.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β The Administrative Agent Individually. With respect to its Commitment, Loans (including Swingline Loans) and Letters of Credit, the Person serving as the
Administrative Agent shall have and may exercise the same rights and powers hereunder and is subject to the same obligations and liabilities as and to the extent set forth herein for any other Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be. The
terms βIssuing Bankβ, βLendersβ, βRequired Lendersβ and any similar terms shall, unless the context clearly otherwise indicates, include the Administrative Agent in its individual capacity as a Lender, Issuing Bank or as one of the Required
Lenders, as applicable. The Person serving as the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any
kind of banking, trust or other business with, any Loan Party, any Subsidiary or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing as if such Person was not acting as the Administrative Agent and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders or the
Issuing Bank.
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SECTION 8.05.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Successor Administrative Agent.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β The Administrative Agent may resign at any time by giving 30 daysβ prior written notice thereof to the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower Representative, whether or not a
successor Administrative Agent has been appointed.Β Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, to appoint a successor Administrative Agent.Β If no successor Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed by the
Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agentβs giving of notice of resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a
successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York or an Affiliate of any such bank.Β In either case, such appointment shall be subject to the prior written approval of the Borrower Representative (which
approval may not be unreasonably withheld and shall not be required while an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing). Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Administrative Agent by a successor Administrative Agent, such successor
Administrative Agent shall succeed to and become vested with, all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent.Β Upon the acceptance of appointment as Administrative Agent by a successor Administrative Agent, the
retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.Β Prior to any retiring Administrative Agentβs resignation hereunder as Administrative Agent, the retiring
Administrative Agent shall take such action as may be reasonably necessary to assign to the successor Administrative Agent its rights as Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this Section, in the event no successor Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after
the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its intent to resign, the retiring Administrative Agent may give notice of the effectiveness of its resignation to the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrowers, whereupon, on the date of
effectiveness of such resignation stated in such notice, (i) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents; provided that, solely for purposes of
maintaining any security interest granted to the Administrative Agent under any Collateral Document for the benefit of the Secured Parties, the retiring Administrative Agent shall continue to be vested with such security interest as collateral
agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and continue to be entitled to the rights set forth in such Collateral Document and Loan Document, and, in the case of any Collateral in the possession of the Administrative Agent, shall continue to hold
such Collateral, in each case until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed and accepts such appointment in accordance with this Section (it being understood and agreed that the retiring Administrative Agent shall have no duty or
obligation to take any further action under any Collateral Document, including any action required to maintain the perfection of any such security interest), and (ii) the Required Lenders shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights,
powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent; provided that (A) all payments required to be made hereunder or under any other Loan Document to the Administrative Agent for the account of any Person other than the
Administrative Agent shall be made directly to such Person and (B) all notices and other communications required or contemplated to be given or made to the Administrative Agent shall directly be given or made to each Lender and the Issuing Bank.Β
Following the effectiveness of the Administrative Agentβs resignation from its capacity as such, the provisions of this Article, Section 2.17(d) and Section 9.03, as well as any exculpatory, reimbursement and indemnification provisions set forth in
any other Loan Document, shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its subβagents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring
Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent and in respect of the matters referred to in the proviso under clause (a) above.
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SECTION 8.06.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Acknowledgements of Lenders and Issuing Bank.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Each Lender and the Issuing Bank represents and warrants that (i) the Loan Documents set forth the terms of a commercial lending facility, (ii) it is engaged in making, acquiring or
holding commercial loans and in providing other facilities set forth herein as may be applicable to such Lender or Issuing Bank, in each case in the ordinary course of business, and not for the purpose of purchasing, acquiring or holding any other
type of financial instrument (and each Lender and each Issuing Bank agrees not to assert a claim in contravention of the foregoing),(iii) it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Arranger, or any other Lender or
the Issuing Bank, or any of the Related Parties of any of the foregoing, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement as a Lender, and to make,
acquire or hold Loans hereunder and (iv) 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 or such Issuing Bank, 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..Β Each Lender and each Issuing Bank also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Arranger or any other Lender or the Issuing Bank, or any of the Related Parties of any of
the foregoing, and based on such documents and information (which may contain material, non-public information within the meaning of the United States securities laws concerning the Borrowers and their Affiliates) as it shall from time to time deem
appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement on the Effective Date, or delivering its signature page to an Assignment and Assumption or any other Loan Document
pursuant to which it shall become a Lender hereunder, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, each Loan Document and each other document required to be delivered to, or be approved by or satisfactory to, the
Administrative Agent or the Lenders on the Effective Date or the effective date of any such Assignment and Assumption or any other Loan Document pursuant to which it shall have become a Lender hereunder.
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (i) Each Lender hereby agrees that (x) if the Administrative Agent notifies such Lender that the Administrative Agent has determined in its sole discretion that any funds received by
such Lender from the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates (whether as a payment, prepayment or repayment of principal, interest, fees or otherwise; individually and collectively, a βPaymentβ) were erroneously transmitted to such
Lender (whether or not known to such Lender), and demands the return of such Payment (or a portion thereof), such Lender shall promptly, but in no event later than one Business Day thereafter, return to the Administrative Agent the amount of any
such Payment (or portion thereof) as to which such a demand was made in same day funds, together with interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such Payment (or portion thereof) was received by such Lender to the date such
amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent at the greater of the NYFRB Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation from time to time in effect, and (y) to the extent
permitted by applicable law, such Lender shall not assert, and hereby waives, as to the Administrative Agent, any claim, counterclaim, defense or right of set-off or recoupment with respect to any demand, claim or counterclaim by the Administrative
Agent for the return of any Payments received, including without limitation any defense based on βdischarge for valueβ or any similar doctrine.Β A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender under this Section 8.06(c) shall be conclusive,
absent manifest error.
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(ii)Β Each Lender hereby further agrees that if it receives a Payment from the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates (x) that is in a different amount than, or on a
different date from, that specified in a notice of payment sent by the Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates) with respect to such Payment (a βPayment Noticeβ) or (y) that was not preceded or accompanied by a Payment Notice, it
shall be on notice, in each such case, that an error has been made with respect to such Payment.Β Each Lender agrees that, in each such case, or if it otherwise becomes aware a Payment (or portion thereof) may have been sent in error, such Lender
shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent of such occurrence and, upon demand from the Administrative Agent, it shall promptly, but in no event later than one (1) Business Day thereafter, return to the Administrative Agent the amount of any
such Payment (or portion thereof) as to which such a demand was made in same day funds, together with interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such Payment (or portion thereof) was received by such Lender to the date such
amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent at the greater of the NYFRB Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation from time to time in effect.
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(iii)Β Each Borrower and each other Loan Party hereby agrees that (x) in the event an erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) are not recovered from any Lender that has received
such Payment (or portion thereof) for any reason, the Administrative Agent shall be subrogated to all the rights of such Lender with respect to such amount and (y) an erroneous Payment shall not pay, prepay, repay, discharge or otherwise satisfy
any Obligations owed by any Borrower or any other Loan Party.
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(iv)Β Each partyβs obligations under this Section 8.06(c) shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any transfer of rights or obligations by, or
the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments or the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all Obligations under any Loan Document.
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(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Each Lender hereby agrees that (i) it has requested a copy of each Report prepared by or on behalf of the Administrative Agent; (ii) the Administrative Agent (A) makes no
representation or warranty, express or implied, as to the completeness or accuracy of any Report or any of the information contained therein or any inaccuracy or omission contained in or relating to a Report and (B) shall not be liable for any
information contained in any Report; (iii) the Reports are not comprehensive audits or examinations, and that any Person performing any field examination will inspect only specific information regarding the Loan Parties and will rely significantly
upon the Loan Partiesβ books and records, as well as on representations of the Loan Partiesβ personnel and that the Administrative Agent undertakes no obligation to update, correct or supplement the Reports; (iv) it will keep all Reports
confidential and strictly for its internal use, not share the Report with any Loan Party or any other Person except as otherwise permitted pursuant to this Agreement; and (v) without limiting the generality of any other indemnification provision
contained in this Agreement, (A) it will hold the Administrative Agent and any such other Person preparing a Report harmless from any action the indemnifying Lender may take or conclusion the indemnifying Lender may reach or draw from any Report in
connection with any extension of credit that the indemnifying Lender has made or may make to a Borrower, or the indemnifying Lenderβs participation in, or the indemnifying Lenderβs purchase of, a Loan or Loans; and (B) it will pay and protect, and
indemnify, defend, and hold the Administrative Agent and any such other Person preparing a Report harmless from and against, the claims, actions, proceedings, damages, costs, expenses, and other amounts (including reasonable attorneysβ fees)
incurred by the Administrative Agent or any such other Person as the direct or indirect result of any third parties who might obtain all or part of any Report through the indemnifying Lender.
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SECTION 8.07.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Collateral Matters.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Except with respect to the exercise of setoff rights in accordance with Section 9.08 or with respect to a Secured Partyβs right to file a proof of claim in an insolvency proceeding,
no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the Secured Obligations, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Loan Documents may be
exercised solely by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms thereof. In its capacity, the Administrative Agent is a βrepresentativeβ of the Secured Parties within the meaning of the term βsecured
partyβ as defined in the UCC. In the event that any Collateral is hereafter pledged by any Person as collateral security for the Secured Obligations, the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized, and hereby granted a power of attorney, to execute
and deliver on behalf of the Secured Parties any Loan Documents necessary or appropriate to grant and perfect a Lien on such Collateral in favor of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation thereof, no arrangements in respect of Banking Services the obligations under which constitute Secured Obligations and no Swap
Agreement the obligations under which constitute Secured Obligations, will create (or be deemed to create) in favor of any Secured Party that is a party thereto any rights in connection with the management or release of any Collateral or of the
obligations of any Loan Party under any Loan Document. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each Secured Party that is a party to any such arrangement in respect of Banking Services or Swap Agreement, as applicable, shall be deemed to have
appointed the Administrative Agent to serve as administrative agent and collateral agent under the Loan Documents and agreed to be bound by the Loan Documents as a Secured Party thereunder, subject to the limitations set forth in this paragraph.
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β The Secured Parties irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion, to subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by the
Administrative Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on such property that is permitted by Section 6.02(b). The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have a duty to ascertain or inquire into any representation or
warranty regarding the existence, value or collectability of the Collateral, the existence, priority or perfection of the Administrative Agentβs Lien thereon or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the
Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Lenders or any other Secured Party for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral.
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SECTION 8.08.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Credit Bidding. The Secured Parties hereby irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, at the direction of the Required Lenders, to credit bid all or any portion
of the Obligations (including by accepting some or all of the Collateral in satisfaction of some or all of the Obligations pursuant to a deed in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise) and in such manner purchase (either directly or through one or more
acquisition vehicles) all or any portion of the Collateral (a) at any sale thereof conducted under the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, including under Sections 363, 1123 or 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code, or any similar laws in any other
jurisdictions to which a Loan Party is subject, or (b) at any other sale, foreclosure or acceptance of collateral in lieu of debt conducted by (or with the consent or at the direction of) the Administrative Agent (whether by judicial action or
otherwise) in accordance with any applicable law. In connection with any such credit bid and purchase, the Obligations owed to the Secured Parties shall be entitled to be, and shall be, credit bid by the Administrative Agent at the direction of the
Required Lenders on a ratable basis (with Obligations with respect to contingent or unliquidated claims receiving contingent interests in the acquired assets on a ratable basis that shall vest upon the liquidation of such claims in an amount
proportional to the liquidated portion of the contingent claim amount used in allocating the contingent interests) for the asset or assets so purchased (or for the equity interests or debt instruments of the acquisition vehicle or vehicles that are
issued in connection with such purchase). In connection with any such bid (i) the Administrative Agent shall be authorized to form one or more acquisition vehicles and to assign any successful credit bid to such acquisition vehicle or vehicles,
(ii) each of the Secured Partiesβ ratable interests in the Obligations which were credit bid shall be deemed without any further action under this Agreement to be assigned to such vehicle or vehicles for the purpose of closing such sale, (iii) the
Administrative Agent shall be authorized to adopt documents providing for the governance of the acquisition vehicle or vehicles (provided that any actions by the Administrative Agent with respect to such acquisition vehicle or vehicles,
including any disposition of the assets or equity interests thereof, shall be governed, directly or indirectly, by, and the governing documents shall provide for, control by the vote of the Required Lenders or their permitted assignees under the
terms of this Agreement or the governing documents of the applicable acquisition vehicle or vehicles, as the case may be, irrespective of the termination of this Agreement and without giving effect to the limitations on actions by the Required
Lenders contained in Section 9.02 of this Agreement), (iv) the Administrative Agent on behalf of such acquisition vehicle or vehicles shall be authorized to issue to each of the Secured Parties, ratably on account of the relevant Obligations which
were credit bid, interests, whether as equity, partnership interests, limited partnership interests or membership interests, in any such acquisition vehicle and/or debt instruments issued by such acquisition vehicle, all without the need for any
Secured Party or acquisition vehicle to take any further action, and (v) to the extent that Obligations that are assigned to an acquisition vehicle are not used to acquire Collateral for any reason (as a result of another bid being higher or
better, because the amount of Obligations assigned to the acquisition vehicle exceeds the amount of Obligations credit bid by the acquisition vehicle or otherwise), such Obligations shall automatically be reassigned to the Secured Parties pro rata
with their original interest in such Obligations and the equity interests and/or debt instruments issued by any acquisition vehicle on account of such Obligations shall automatically be cancelled, without the need for any Secured Party or any
acquisition vehicle to take any further action.Β Notwithstanding that the ratable portion of the Obligations of each Secured Party are deemed assigned to the acquisition vehicle or vehicles as set forth in clause (ii) above, each Secured Party
shall execute such documents and provide such information regarding the Secured Party (and/or any designee of the Secured Party which will receive interests in or debt instruments issued by such acquisition vehicle) as the Administrative Agent may
reasonably request in connection with the formation of any acquisition vehicle, the formulation or submission of any credit bid or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by such credit bid.
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SECTION 8.09.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Certain ERISA Matters.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Each Lender (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the
date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent, and each Arranger and their respective Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of any Borrower or any other Loan
Party, that at least one of the following is and will be true:
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(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β such Lender is not using βplan assetsβ (within the meaning of the Plan Asset Regulations) of one or more Benefit Plans in connection with the Loans, the Letters of
Credit or the Commitments,
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(ii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β the transaction exemption set forth in one or more PTEs, such as PTE 84-14 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by independent qualified
professional asset managers), PTE 95-60 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company general accounts), PTE 90-1 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTE 91-38
(a class exemption for certain transactions involving bank collective investment funds) or PTE 96-23 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by in-house asset managers), is applicable with respect to such Lenderβs entrance into,
participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement,
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(iii)Β Β Β Β Β Β (A) such Lender is an investment fund managed by a βQualified Professional Asset Managerβ (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (B) such Qualified
Professional Asset Manager made the investment decision on behalf of such Lender to enter into, participate in, administer and perform the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, (C) the entrance into, participation in,
administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement satisfies the requirements of sub-sections (b) through (g) of Part I of PTE 84-14 and (D) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the
requirements of subsection (a) of Part I of PTE 84-14 are satisfied with respect to such Lenderβs entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, or
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(iv)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and such Lender.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β In addition, unless sub-clause (i) in the immediately preceding clause (a) is true with respect to a Lender or such Lender has provided another representation, warranty and covenant as
provided in sub-clause (iv) in the immediately preceding clause (a), such Lender further (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party
hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent, any Arranger, and their respective Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of any Borrower or any other
Loan Party, that none of the Administrative Agent, any Arranger, or any of their respective Affiliates is a fiduciary with respect to the Collateral or the assets of such Lender (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any
rights by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, any Loan Document or any documents related to hereto or thereto).
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β The Administrative Agent and any Arranger hereby informs the Lenders that each such Person is not undertaking to provide investment advice or to give advice in a fiduciary capacity, in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and that such Person has a financial interest in the transactions contemplated hereby in that such Person or an Affiliate thereof (i) may receive interest or other payments with respect to the
Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments, this Agreement and any other Loan Documents, (ii) may recognize a gain if it extended the Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Commitments for an amount less than the amount being paid for an interest
in the Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Commitments by such Lender or (iii) may receive fees or other payments in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, the Loan Documents or otherwise, including structuring fees, commitment fees,
arrangement fees, facility fees, upfront fees, underwriting fees, ticking fees, agency fees, administrative agent or collateral agent fees, utilization fees, minimum usage fees, letter of credit fees, fronting fees, deal-away or alternate
transaction fees, amendment fees, processing fees, term out premiums, bankerβs acceptance fees, breakage or other early termination fees or fees similar to the foregoing.
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SECTION 8.10.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Flood Laws.Β Β JPMCB has adopted internal policies and procedures that address requirements placed on federally regulated lenders under the National Flood Insurance
Reform Act of 1994 and related legislation (the βFlood Lawsβ). JPMCB, 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.Β However, JPMCB reminds each Lender and 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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ARTICLE IX
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Miscellaneous.
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SECTION 9.01. |
Notices.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone or Electronic Systems (and subject to paragraph (b) below), all notices and other
communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by facsimile, as follows:
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if to any Loan Party, to the Borrower Representative at:
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Xxxxxxxx.xxx, Inc.
0000 X. 000xx Xx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
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if to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. at:
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JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
0 Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention:Β Account Executive
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
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Xxxxxx, Xxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP
000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xx., Esq.
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
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if to any other Lender or Issuing Bank, to it at its address or facsimile number set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire.
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All such notices and other communications (A) sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received, (B) sent by facsimile shall be
deemed to have been given when sent, provided that if not given during normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next Business Day of the
recipient, or (C) delivered through Electronic Systems or Approved Electronic Platforms, as applicable, to the extent provided in paragraph (b) below shall be effective as provided in such paragraph.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Notices and other communications to the Borrower Representative, any other Loan Party, the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereunder may be delivered or furnished by using Electronic
Systems or Approved Electronic Platforms, as applicable, or pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall
not apply to notices pursuant to Article II or to compliance and no Default certificates delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(c) unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender.Β Each of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower Representative (on behalf of the Loan Parties) may,
in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by using Electronic Systems or Approved Electronic Platforms, as applicable, pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications. Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise proscribes, all such notices and other communications (i)
sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the senderβs receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the βreturn receipt requestedβ function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), provided that if not given during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of
business on the next Business Day for the recipient, and (ii) posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient, at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clauseΒ (i), of
notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor; provided that, for both clauses (i) and (ii)
above, if such notice, e-mail or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next Business Day of the recipient.
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Any party hereto may change its address or facsimile number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto.
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SECTION 9.02. |
Waivers; Amendments.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β No failure or delay by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver
thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or
power.Β The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders hereunder and under any other Loan Document are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have.Β No waiver of
any provision of any Loan Document or consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only
in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given.Β Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan or issuance of a Letter of Credit shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the
Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Bank may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Subject to Sections 2.09(f) and 2.14(c), (d) and (e) and Section 9.02(e) below, neither this Agreement nor any other Loan Document nor any provision hereof or thereof
may be waived, amended or modified except (i) in the case of this Agreement, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Borrowers and the Required Lenders or (ii) in the case of any other Loan Document, pursuant to an
agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Administrative Agent and the Loan Party or Loan Parties that are parties thereto, with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided that no such agreement shall (A) increase the
Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of such Lender (including any such Lender that is a Defaulting Lender), (B) reduce or forgive the principal amount of any Loan or LC Disbursement or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce
or forgive any interest or fees payable hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender (including any such Lender that is a Defaulting Lender) directly affected thereby (except that any amendment or modification of the financial covenants in
this Agreement (or defined terms used in the financial covenants in this Agreement) shall not constitute a reduction in the rate of interest or fees for purposes of this clause (B)), (C) postpone any scheduled date of payment of the principal
amount of any Loan or LC Disbursement, or any date for the payment of any interest, fees or other Obligations payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, or postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any
Commitment, without the written consent of each Lender (including any such Lender that is a Defaulting Lender) directly affected thereby, (D) change Section 2.09(c) or Section 2.18(b) or (d) in a manner that would alter the
ratable reduction of Commitments or the manner in which payments are shared, without the written consent of each Lender (other than any Defaulting Lender), (E) increase the advance rates set forth in the definition of Borrowing Base or add new
categories of eligible assets, without the written consent of each Revolving Lender (other than any Defaulting Lender), (F) change any of the provisions of this Section or the definition of βRequired Lendersβ or any other provision of any Loan
Document specifying the number or percentage of Lenders (or Lenders of any Class) required to waive, amend or modify any rights thereunder or make any determination or grant any consent thereunder, without the written consent of each Lender (other
than any Defaulting Lender) directly affected thereby, (G)Β release all or substantially all of the Guarantors from their respective obligations under the Loan Guaranty or Obligation Guaranty(except as otherwise permitted herein or in the other
Loan Documents), without the written consent of each Lender (other than any Defaulting Lender), (H) except as provided in clause (c) of this Section or in any Collateral Document, release all or substantially all of the Collateral without the
written consent of each Lender (other than any Defaulting Lender); or (I) change Section 2.20, without the consent of each Lender (other than any Defaulting Lender) provided, further, that no such agreement shall amend,
modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender or the Issuing Bank hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may
be (it being understood that any amendment to Section 2.20 shall require the consent of the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender and the Issuing Bank); provided, further, that no such agreement shall amend or modify
the provisions of Section 2.06 without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank.Β The Administrative Agent may also amend the Commitment Schedule to reflect assignments entered into pursuant to Section
9.04.Β Any amendment, waiver or other modification of this Agreement or any other Loan Document that by its terms affects the rights or duties under this Agreement of the Lenders of one or more Classes (but not the Lenders of any other
Class), may be effected by an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Borrower and the requisite number or percentage in interest of each affected Class of Lenders that would be required to consent thereto under this Section if such
Class of Lenders were the only Class of Lenders hereunder at the time.
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β The Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its sole discretion, to release any Liens granted to the Administrative
Agent by the Loan Parties on any Collateral (i) upon the Payment in Full of all Secured Obligations, and the cash collateralization of all Unliquidated Obligations in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (ii) constituting property
being sold or disposed of if the Loan Party disposing of such property certifies to the Administrative Agent that the sale or disposition is made in compliance with the terms of this Agreement (and the Administrative Agent may rely conclusively on
any such certificate, without further inquiry), and to the extent that the property being sold or disposed of constitutes 100% of the Equity Interests of a Subsidiary, the Administrative Agent is authorized to release any Loan Guaranty or
Obligation Guaranty provided by such Subsidiary, (iii) constituting property leased to a Loan Party under a lease which has expired or been terminated in a transaction permitted under this Agreement, or (iv) as required to effect any sale or other
disposition of such Collateral in connection with any exercise of remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Article VII.Β Except as provided in the preceding sentence, the Administrative Agent will not release any
Liens on Collateral without the prior written authorization of the Required Lenders; provided that the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion, release its Liens on Collateral valued in the aggregate not in excess of $2,000,000 during
any calendar year without the prior written authorization of the Required Lenders (it being agreed that the Administrative Agent may rely conclusively on one or more certificates of the Borrower as to the value of any Collateral to be so released,
without further inquiry).Β Any such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect, or impair the Obligations or any Liens (other than those expressly being released) upon (or obligations of the Loan Parties in respect of) all interests retained
by the Loan Parties, including the proceeds of any sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral.Β Any execution and delivery by the Administrative Agent of documents in connection with any such release shall be without
recourse to or warranty by the Administrative Agent
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(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β If, in connection with any proposed amendment, waiver or consent requiring the consent of βeach Lenderβ or βeach Lender affected thereby,β the consent of the Required Lenders is
obtained, but the consent of other necessary Lenders is not obtained (any such Lender whose consent is necessary but has not been obtained being referred to herein as a βNon-Consenting Lenderβ), then the Borrower may elect to replace a
Non-Consenting Lender as a Lender party to this Agreement, provided that, concurrently with such replacement, (i) another bank or other entity which is reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank
shall agree, as of such date, to purchase for cash the Loans and other Obligations due to the Non-Consenting Lender pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption and to become a Lender for all purposes under this Agreement and to assume all obligations
of the Non-Consenting Lender to be terminated as of such date and to comply with the requirements of clause (b) of Section 9.04, and (ii) the Borrower shall pay to such Non-Consenting Lender in same day funds on the day of such replacement
(1) all interest, fees and other amounts then accrued but unpaid to such Non-Consenting Lender by the Borrower hereunder to and including the date of termination, including without limitation payments due to such Non-Consenting Lender under Sections
2.15 and 2.17, and (2) an amount, if any, equal to the payment which would have been due to such Lender on the day of such replacement under Section 2.16 had the Loans of such Non-Consenting Lender been prepaid on such date
rather than sold to the replacement Lender.Β Each party hereto agrees that an assignment required pursuant to this paragraph may be effected pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the
assignee (or, to the extent applicable, an agreement incorporating an Assignment and Assumption by reference pursuant to an Approved Electronic Platform as to which the Administrative Agent and such parties are participants), and (b) the Lender
required to make such assignment need not be a party thereto in order for such assignment to be effective and shall be deemed to have consented to an be bound by the terms thereof; provided that, following the effectiveness of any such
assignment, the other parties to such assignment agree to execute and deliver such documents necessary to evidence such assignment as reasonably requested by the applicable Lender, provided that any such documents shall be without recourse
to or warranty by the parties thereto
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(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein the Administrative Agent may, with the consent of the Borrower only, amend, modify or supplement this Agreement or any of the other Loan
Documents to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency
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Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Expenses. The Loan Parties, jointly and severally, shall pay (i) all reasonable outβofβpocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates, including the
reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Administrative Agent, in connection with the syndication and distribution (including, without limitation, via the internet or through an Electronic System or Approved Electronic
Platform) of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation and administration of the Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions of the Loan Documents (whether or not the transactions contemplated
hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Issuing Bank in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and (iii)
all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender, including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender, in connection with the
enforcement, collection or protection of its rights in connection with the Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such out-ofβpocket
expenses incurred duringΒ any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit. Expenses being reimbursed by the Borrowers under this Section include, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, fees costs
and expenses incurred in connection with:
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(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β appraisals and insurance reviews;
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(ii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β field examinations and the preparation of Reports based on the fees charged by a third party retained by the Administrative Agent or the internally allocated fees
for each Person employed by the Administrative Agent with respect to each field examination;
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(iii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β background checks regarding senior management and/or key investors, as deemed necessary or appropriate in the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent;
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(iv)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Taxes, fees and other charges for (A) lien and title searches and title insurance and (B) recording the Mortgages, filing financing statements and continuations, and
other actions to perfect, protect, and continue the Administrative Agentβs Liens;
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(v)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β sums paid or incurred to take any action required of any Loan Party under the Loan Documents that such Loan Party fails to pay or take; and
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(vi)Β Β Β Β forwarding loan proceeds, collecting checks and other items of payment, and establishing and maintaining the accounts and lock boxes, and costs and expenses of
preserving and protecting the Collateral.
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All of the foregoingΒ fees, costs and expenses may be charged to the Borrowers as Revolving Loans or to another deposit account, all as described in Section 2.18(c).
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Limitation of Liability. To the extent permitted by applicable law (i) neither any Borrower nor any other Loan Party shall assert, and each Borrower and each other Loan Party
hereby waives, any claim against the Administrative Agent, the Arranger, the Issuing Bank and any Lender, and any Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called a βLender-Related Personβ) for any Liabilities
arising from the use by others of information or other materials (including, without limitation, any personal data) obtained through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems (including the Internet), and (ii) no
party hereto shall assert, and each such party hereby waives, any Liabilities against any other party hereto, 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 or thereby, the Transactions, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof; provided that,
nothing in this Section 9.03(b) shall relieve any Borrower or any other Loan Party of any obligation it may have to indemnify an Indemnitee, as provided in Section 9.03(c), against any special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages asserted
against such Indemnitee by a third party
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Indemnity.Β The Loan Parties, jointly and severally, shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Arranger, the Issuing Bank and each Lender, and each Related Party of any of
the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an βIndemniteeβ) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all Liabilities and related expenses, including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any
Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of the Loan Documents or any agreement or instrument contemplated thereby, (ii) the performance by the
parties hereto of their respective obligations thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions or any other transactions contemplated hereby, (iii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by the
Issuing Bank to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iv) any actual or alleged presence or Release of
Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by a Loan Party or a Subsidiary, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to a Loan Party or a Subsidiary, (v)Β the failure of a Loan Party to deliver to the Administrative
Agent the required receipts or other required documentary evidence with respect to a payment made by such Loan Party for Taxes pursuant to Section 2.17, or (vi) any actual or prospective Proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether
or not such Proceeding is brought by any Loan Party or their respective equity holders, Affiliates, creditors or any other third Person and whether based on contract, tort or any other theory 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 Liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealable judgment to have
resulted primarily from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee.Β This Section 9.03(c) shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses or damages arising from any non-Tax claim.
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(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Lender Reimbursement. Each Lender severally agrees to pay any amount required to be paid by any Loan Party under paragraphs (a), (b) or (c) of this Section 9.03 to the
Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender and each Issuing Bank, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each, an βAgent-Related Personβ) (to the extent not reimbursed by the Loan Parties and without limiting the obligation
of any Loan Party to do so), ratably according to their respective Applicable Percentage in effect on the date on which such payment is sought under this Section (or, if such payment is sought after the date upon which the Commitments shall have
terminated and the Loans shall have been paid in full, ratably in accordance with such Applicable Percentage immediately prior to such date), and agrees to indemnify and hold each Agent-Related Person harmless from and against any and all
Liabilities and related expenses, including the fees, charges and disbursements of any kind whatsoever that may at any time (whether before or after the payment of the Loans) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Agent-Related Person
in any way relating to or arising out of the Commitments, this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or
omitted by such Agent-Related Person under or in connection with any of the foregoing; provided that the unreimbursed expense or Liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against such Agent-Related Person
in its capacity as such; provided, further, that no Lender shall be liable for the payment of any portion of such Liabilities, costs, expenses or disbursements that are found by a final and non-appealable decision of a court of
competent jurisdiction to have resulted primarily from such Agent-Related Personβs gross negligence or willful misconduct.Β The agreements in this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement and Payment in Full of the Secured
Obligations.
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(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β All amounts due under this Section shall be payable promptly after written demand therefor.
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Successors and Assigns.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any
Affiliate of the Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), except that (i) no Borrower may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment
or transfer by any Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section.Β Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or
implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of the Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), Participants (to the
extent provided in paragraph (c) of this Section) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by
reason of this Agreement.
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(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under
this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) of:
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(A)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β the Borrower Representative, provided that the Borrower Representative shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto
by written notice to the Administrative Agent within 5 Business Days after having received notice thereof, and providedΒ further that no consent of the Borrower Representative shall be required for an assignment to a Lender, an
Affiliate of a Lender, an Approved Fund or, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any other assignee;
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the Administrative Agent; and
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the Issuing Bank; and
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the Swingline Lender.
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Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:
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(A)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, or an Approved Fund, or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning
Lenderβs Commitment or Loans of any Class, the amount of the Commitment or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the
Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $5,000,000 unless each of the Borrower Representative and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent, provided that no such consent of the Borrower Representative shall be required if an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing;
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(B)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lenderβs rights and obligations under this Agreement;
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(C)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent (x) an Assignment and Assumption or (y) to the extent applicable, an agreement
incorporating an Assignment and Assumption by reference pursuant to an Approved Electronic Platform as to which the Administrative Agent and the parties to the Assignment and Assumption are participants, together with a processing and recordation
fee of $3,500; and
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(D)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire in which the assignee designates one or more
credit contacts to whom all syndicate-level information (which may contain material non-public information about the Company, the other Loan Parties and their Related Parties or their respective securities) will be made available and who may
receive such information in accordance with the assigneeβs compliance procedures and applicable laws, including Federal and state securities laws.
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For the purposes of this Section 9.04(b), the term βApproved Fundβ has the following meaning:
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βApproved Fundβ means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary
course of its business and that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
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βIneligible Institutionβ means a (a) natural person, (b) a Defaulting Lender or its Lender Parent, (c)Β company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary
benefit of, a natural person or relative(s) thereof; provided that, with respect to clause (c), such company, investment vehicle or trust shall not constitute an Ineligible Institution if it (x) has not been established for the primary
purpose of acquiring any Loans or Commitments, (y) is managed by a professional advisor, who is not such natural person or a relative thereof, having significant experience in the business of making or purchasing commercial loans, and (z) has
assets greater than $25,000,000 and a significant part of its activities consist of making or purchasing commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business; provided that upon the occurrence and during
the continuance of an Event of Default, any Person (other than a Lender) shall be an Ineligible Institution if after giving effect to any proposed assignment to such Person, such Person would hold more than 25% of the then outstanding Revolving
Exposure or Commitments, as the case may be, (d) a Loan Party or a Subsidiary or other Affiliate of a Loan Party or (e) a Sanctioned Person.
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(iii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(iv) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and
Assumption the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall,
to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lenderβs rights and obligations under
this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03).Β Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does
not comply with this Section 9.04 shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section.
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(iv)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrowers, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and
Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitment of, and principal amount of the Loans and LC Disbursements owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to
time (the βRegisterβ).Β The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms
hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary.Β The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrowers, the Issuing Bank and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time
upon reasonable prior notice.
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(v)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Upon its receipt of (x)Β a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee or (y)Β to the extent applicable, an agreement
incorporating an Assignment and Assumption by reference pursuant to an Approved Electronic Platform as to which the Administrative Agent and the parties to the Assignment and Assumption are participants, the assigneeβs completed Administrative
Questionnaire (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b) of this Section, the
Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register; provided that if either the
assigning Lender or the assignee shall have failed to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.05, 2.06(d) or (e), 2.07(b), 2.18(d) or 9.03(c), the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to accept such Assignment and
Assumption and record the information therein in the Register unless and until such payment shall have been made in full, together with all accrued interest thereon.Β No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has
been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Any Lender may, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing
Bank or the Swingline Lender, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (a βParticipantβ) in all or a portion of such Lenderβs rights
and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans owing to it); provided that (A) such Lenderβs
obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged; (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations; and (C) the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and
the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lenderβs rights and obligations under this Agreement.Β Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall
provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided
that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in the first proviso to Section 9.02(b) that affects such Participant.Β The
Borrowers agree that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16 and 2.17 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements under Sections 2.17(f) and (g) (it being understood that the
documentation required under Section 2.17(f) shall be delivered to the participating Lender and the information and documentation required under Section 2.17(g) will be delivered to the Borrower Representative and the Administrative Agent)) to
the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section; provided that such
Participant (A) agrees to be subject to the provisions of Sections 2.18 and 2.19 as if it were an assignee under paragraph (b) of this Section; and (B) shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Sections 2.15 or 2.17, with respect
to any participation, than its participating Lender would have been entitled to receive, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable
participation.
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Each Lender that sells a participation agrees, at the Borrowersβ request and expense, to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrowers to effectuate the provisions of Section 2.19(b) with
respect to any Participant.Β To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.08 as though it were a Lender; provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.18(d) as though it were a
Lender.Β 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 Participantβs interest in the Loans or other obligations under this Agreement (the βParticipant Registerβ); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register to any
Person (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participantβs interest in any Commitments, Loans, Letters of Credit or its other obligations under this Agreement) 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.Β 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.Β For the avoidance of
doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.
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(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including without
limitation any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest
shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
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SECTION 9.05.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Survival.Β
All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Loan Parties in the Loan Documents and in the certificates or other instrumentsΒ delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be
considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the making of any Loans and issuance of any Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation made by any such
other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder,
and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement is outstanding and unpaid or any Letter of Credit is outstanding and so long
as the Commitments have not expired or terminated.Β The provisions of Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03 and Article VIII shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby,
the repayment of the Loans, the expiration or termination of the Letters of Credit and the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof.
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SECTION 9.06.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution.
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(y)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken
together shall constitute a single contract.Β This Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any separate letter agreements with respect to (i) fees payable to the Administrative Agent and (ii) increases or reductions of the Issuing Bank Sublimit of
the Issuing Bank constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof.Β Except as provided in
Section 4.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of
each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.
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(z)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of (x) this Agreement, (y) any other Loan Document and/or (z) any document, amendment, approval, consent, information, notice
(including, for the avoidance of doubt, any notice delivered pursuant to Section 9.01), certificate, request, statement, disclosure or authorization related to this Agreement, any other Loan Document and/or the transactions contemplated hereby
and/or thereby (each an βAncillary Documentβ) that is an Electronic Signature transmitted by telecopy, emailed pdf. or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page shall be effective as delivery of
a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement, such other Loan Document or such Ancillary Document, as applicable.Β The words βexecution,β βsigned,β βsignature,β βdelivery,β and words of like import in or relating to this Agreement, any other
Loan Document and/or any Ancillary Document shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in any electronic form (including deliveries by telecopy, emailed pdf. or any other electronic means that reproduces
an image of an actual executed signature page), each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case
may be; provided that nothing herein shall require the Administrative Agent to accept Electronic Signatures in any form or format without its prior written consent and pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided, further, without limiting the
foregoing, (i) to the extent the Administrative Agent has agreed to accept any Electronic Signature, the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders shall be entitled to rely on such Electronic Signature purportedly given by or on behalf of any
Borrower or any other Loan Party without further verification thereof and without any obligation to review the appearance or form of any such Electronic Signature and (ii) upon the request of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, any Electronic
Signature shall be promptly followed by a manually executed counterpart.Β Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Borrower and each Loan Party hereby (A) agrees that, for all purposes, including without limitation, in connection with
any workout, restructuring, enforcement of remedies, bankruptcy proceedings or litigation among the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Borrowers and the Loan Parties, Electronic Signatures transmitted by telecopy, emailed pdf. or any other
electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature page and/or any electronic images of this Agreement,Β any other Loan Document and/or any Ancillary Document shall have the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as
any paper original, (B) the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders may, at its option, create one or more copies of this Agreement, any other Loan Document and/or any Ancillary Document in the form of an imaged electronic record in any
format, which shall be deemed created in the ordinary course of such Personβs business, and destroy the original paper document (and all such electronic records shall be considered an original for all purposes and shall have the same legal effect,
validity and enforceability as a paper record), (C) waives any argument, defense or right to contest the legal effect, validity or enforceability of this Agreement, any other Loan Document and/or any Ancillary Document based solely on the lack of
paper original copies of this Agreement, such other Loan Document and/or such Ancillary Document, respectively, including with respect to any signature pages thereto and (D) waives any claim against any Lender-Related Person for any Liabilities
arising solely from the Administrative Agentβs and/or any Lenderβs reliance on or use of Electronic Signatures and/or transmissions by telecopy, emailed pdf. or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of an actual executed signature
page, including any Liabilities arising as a result of the failure of any Borrower and/or any Loan Party to use any available security measures in connection with the execution, delivery or transmission of any Electronic Signature.
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SECTION 9.07.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Severability.Β Any provision of any Loan Document held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the
extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions thereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not
invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.
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SECTION 9.08.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Right of Setoff.Β If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender, each Issuing Bank, and each of their respective Affiliates is hereby
authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held, and other obligations at any time owing, by
such Lender, such Issuing Bank or any such Affiliate, to or for the credit or the account of any Loan Party against any and all of the Secured Obligations owing to such Lender or such Issuing Bank or their respective Affiliates, irrespective of
whether or not such Lender, Issuing Bank or Affiliate shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such obligations of the Loan Parties may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch office or
Affiliate of such Lender or such Issuing Bank different from the branch office or Affiliate holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness; provided that in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of
setoff, (x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.20 and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender
from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks, and the Lenders, and (y) the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable
detail the Secured Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff.Β The applicable Lender, the Issuing Bank or such Affiliate shall notify the Borrower Representative and the Administrative Agent of such
setoff or application; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff or application under this Section.Β The rights of each Lender, each Issuing Bank and their respective Affiliates under this
Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender, such Issuing Bank or their respective Affiliates may have.
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SECTION 9.09.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β The Loan Documents (other than those containing a contrary express choice of law provision) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New
York, but giving effect to federal laws applicable to national banks.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Each of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that, notwithstanding the governing law provisions of any applicable Loan Document, any
claims brought against the Administrative Agent by any Secured Party relating to this Agreement, any other Loan Document, the Collateral or the consummation or administration of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be construed in
accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York.
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of any U.S. federal or New York state court
sitting in New York, New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to any Loan Documents, the transactions relating hereto or thereto, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment,
and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may (and any such claims, cross-claims or third party claims brought against the Administrative Agent or any of
its Related Parties may only) be heard and determined in such state court or, to the extent permitted by law, in such federal court.Β Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and
may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.Β Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender may
otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any Loan Party or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
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(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Each Loan Party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the
laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document in any court referred to in paragraph (c) of this Section.Β Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
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(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.01.Β Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document will
affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
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SECTION 9.10.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.Β EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL
PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY).Β EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT
NO REPRESENTATIVE OR OTHER AGENT (INCLUDING ANY ATTORNEY) OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND
THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
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SECTION 9.11.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Headings.Β Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not
affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
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SECTION 9.12.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Confidentiality.Β Each of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below),
except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its and its Affiliatesβ directors, officers, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be
informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any Governmental Authority (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of
Insurance Commissioners), (c) to the extent required by any Requirement of Law or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party to this Agreement, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other
Loan Document or any suit, 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 (x) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (y) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative
transaction relating to the Loan Parties and their obligations, (g) with the consent of the Borrower Representative, (h) to any Person providing a Guarantee of all or any portion of the Secured Obligations, 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 Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Borrowers.Β For the purposes
of this Section, βInformationβ means all information received from the Borrowers relating to the Borrowers or their business, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender on a
non-confidential basis prior to disclosure by the Borrowers and other than information pertaining to this Agreement provided by arrangers to data service providers, including league table providers, that serve the lending industry; provided, that in the case of information received from the Borrowers after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential.Β 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.
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EACH LENDER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT INFORMATION AS DEFINED IN SECTION 9.12 FURNISHED TO IT PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY INCLUDE MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION CONCERNING THE
BORROWERS, THE OTHER LOAN PARTIES ANDΒ THEIR RELATED PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SECURITIES, AND CONFIRMS THAT IT HAS DEVELOPED COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES REGARDING THE USE OF MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION AND THAT IT WILL HANDLE SUCH MATERIAL
NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW, INCLUDING FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
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ALL INFORMATION, INCLUDING REQUESTS FOR WAIVERS AND AMENDMENTS, FURNISHED BY THE BORROWERS OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT PURSUANT TO, OR IN THE COURSE OF ADMINISTERING, THIS
AGREEMENT WILL BE SYNDICATE-LEVEL INFORMATION, WHICH MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE BORROWERS, THE LOAN PARTIES AND THEIR RELATED PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SECURITIES.Β ACCORDINGLY, EACH LENDER REPRESENTS TO THE BORROWERS
AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT THAT IT HAS IDENTIFIED IN ITS ADMINISTRATIVE QUESTIONNAIRE A CREDIT CONTACT WHO MAY RECEIVE INFORMATION THAT MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW,
INCLUDING FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
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SECTION 9.13.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Several Obligations; Nonreliance; Violation of Law.Β The respective obligations of the Lenders hereunder are several and not joint and the failure of any Lender to
make any Loan or perform any of its obligations hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender from any of its obligations hereunder. Each Lender hereby represents that it is not relying on or looking to any margin stock (as defined in Regulation U)
for the repayment of the Borrowings provided for herein.Β Anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, neither the Issuing Bank nor any Lender shall be obligated to extend credit to the Borrowers in violation of any
Requirement of Law.
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SECTION 9.14.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β USA PATRIOT Act.Β Each Lender that is subject to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act hereby notifies each Loan Party that pursuant to the requirements of the USA
PATRIOT Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies such Loan Party, which information includes the name and address of such Loan Party and other information that will allow such Lender to identify such Loan Party
in accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act..
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SECTION 9.15.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Disclosure.Β Each Loan Party, each Lender and the Issuing Bank hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Administrative Agent and/or its Affiliates from time to time may
hold investments in, make other loans to or have other relationships with any of the Loan Parties and their respective Affiliates.
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SECTION 9.16.Β Β Β Β Β Β Appointment for Perfection.Β Each Lender hereby appoints each other Lender as its agent for the purpose of perfecting Liens, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent
and the Secured Parties, in assets which, in accordance with Article 9 of the UCC or any other applicable law can be perfected only by possession or control.Β Should any Lender (other than the Administrative Agent) obtain possession or control of
any such Collateral, such Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent thereof, and, promptly upon the Administrative Agentβs request therefor shall deliver such Collateral to the Administrative Agent or otherwise deal with such Collateral in
accordance with the Administrative Agentβs instructions.
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SECTION 9.17.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Interest Rate Limitation.Β Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Loan, together with all fees, charges
and other amounts which are treated as interest on such Loan under applicable law (collectively the βChargesβ), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the βMaximum Rateβ) which may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or
reserved by the Lender holding such Loan in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Loan hereunder, together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the
extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have been payable in respect of such Loan but were not payable as a result of the operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to such Lender in respect of
other Loans or periods shall be increased (but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the NYFRB Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.
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SECTION 9.18.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β No Fiduciary Duty, etc.Β (a) Each Borrower acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Subsidiariesβ understanding, that no Credit Party will have any obligations
except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents and each Credit Party is acting solely in the capacity of an armβs length contractual counterparty to each Borrower with respect to the Loan Documents and the
transactions contemplated herein andΒ therein and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, any Borrower or any other person.Β Each Borrower agrees that it will not assert any claim against any Credit Party based on an alleged
breach of fiduciary duty by such Credit Party in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.Β Additionally, each Borrower acknowledges and agrees that no Credit Party is advising any Borrower as to any legal, tax,
investment, accounting, regulatory or any other matters in any jurisdiction.Β Each Borrower shall consult with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the
transactions contemplated herein or in the other Loan Documents, and the Credit Parties shall have no responsibility or liability to any Borrower with respect thereto.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Each Borrower further acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Subsidiariesβ understanding, that each Credit Party, together with its Affiliates, is a full service securities or
banking firm engaged in securities trading and brokerage activities as well as providing investment banking and other financial services.Β In the ordinary course of business, any Credit Party may provide investment banking and other financial
services to, and/or acquire, hold or sell, for its own accounts and the accounts of customers, equity, debt and other securities and financial instruments (including bank loans and other obligations) of, any Borrower and other companies with which
any Borrower may have commercial or other relationships.Β With respect to any securities and/or financial instruments so held by any Credit Party or any of its customers, all rights in respect of such securities and financial instruments, including
any voting rights, will be exercised by the holder of the rights, in its sole discretion.
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β In addition, each Borrower acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Subsidiariesβ understanding, that each Credit Party and its affiliates may be providing debt financing, equity
capital or other services (including financial advisory services) to other companies in respect of which a Borrower may have conflicting interests regarding the transactions described herein and otherwise.Β No Credit Party will use confidential
information obtained from any Borrower by virtue of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents or its other relationships with such Borrower in connection with the performance by such Credit Party of services for other companies, and no
Credit Party will furnish any such information to other companies.Β Each Borrower also acknowledges that no Credit Party has any obligation to use in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, or to furnish to any
Borrower, confidential information obtained from other companies.
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SECTION 9.19.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Marketing Consent.Β Borrowers hereby authorize JPMCB and its affiliates (collectively, the βJPMCB Partiesβ), at their respective sole expense, and without any
prior approval by the Borrowers, to include any Borrowerβs name and logo in advertising, marketing, tombstones, case studies and training materials, and to give such other publicity to this Agreement as the JPMCB Parties may from time to time
determine in their sole discretion.Β The foregoing authorization shall remain in effect unless and until the Borrower Representative notifies JPMCB in writing that such authorization is revoked.
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SECTION 9.20.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions.Β 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 may be subject to the Write-Down and Conversion Powers ofΒ the applicable
Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:
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(aa)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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
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the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:
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Β Β a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;
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(ii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such Affected
Financial Institution, its parent entity, 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
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(iii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of the
applicableΒ Resolution Authority.
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SECTION 9.21.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs. To the extent that the Loan Documents provide support, through a guarantee or otherwise, for Swap Agreements or any other
agreement or instrument that is a QFC (such support βQFC Credit Supportβ and each such QFC a βSupported QFCβ), 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 βU.S. Special Resolution Regimesβ) in respect of
such Supported QFC and QFC Credit Support (with the provisions below applicable notwithstanding that the Loan Documents and any Supported QFC may in fact be stated to be governed by the laws of the State of New York and/or of the United States or
any other state of the United States):
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In the event a Covered Entity that is party to a Supported QFC (each, a βCovered Partyβ) 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.
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SECTION 9.22. |
Amendment and Restatement.
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β On the EffectiveΒ Date, the Original Credit Agreement shall be amended and restated in its entirety by this Agreement and (i) all references to the Original Credit Agreement in any
Loan Document other than this Agreement (including in any amendment, waiver or consent) shall be deemed to refer to the Original Credit Agreement as amended and restated hereby, (ii) all references to any section (or subsection) of the Original
Credit Agreement in any Loan Document (but not herein) shall be amended to be, mutatis mutandis, references to the corresponding provisions of this Agreement and (iii) except as the context otherwise provides, all references to this Agreement
herein (including for purposes of indemnification and reimbursement of fees) shall be deemed to be reference to the Original Credit Agreement as amended and restated hereby.Β This Agreement is not intended to constitute, and does not constitute, a
novation of the obligations and liabilities under the Original Credit Agreement (including the Obligations) or to evidence payment of all or any portion of such obligations and liabilities.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Effect on Original Credit Agreement and on the Obligations.Β On and after the Effective Date, (i) the Original Credit Agreement shall be of no further force and effect except
as amended and restated hereby and except to evidence (A) the incurrence by any Loan Party of the βObligationsβ under and as defined therein (whether or not such βObligationsβ are contingent as of the Effective Date), (B) the representations and
warranties made by any Loan Party prior to the Effective Date and (C) any action or omission performed or required to be performed pursuant to such Original Credit Agreement prior to the Effective Date (including any failure, prior to the Effective
Date, to comply with the covenants contained in such Original Credit Agreement) and (ii) the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Lenderβs rights and remedies under the Loan Documents, shall apply to all Obligations incurred under the
Original Credit Agreement, any Notes issued thereunder and any existing Letters of Credit.
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β No Implied Waivers.Β Except as expressly provided in any Loan Document, this Agreement (x) shall not cure any breach of the Original Credit Agreement or any βDefaultβ or βEvent
of Defaultβ thereunder existing prior to the date hereof and (y) is limited as written and is not a consent to any other modification of any term or condition of any Loan Document, each of which shall remain in full force and effect.
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(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Reaffirmation of Liens.Β Each of the Loan Parties reaffirms the Liens granted pursuant to the Loan Documents to the Lender, which Liens shall continue in full force and effect
during the term of this Agreement and any renewals or extensions thereof and shall continue to secure the Obligations, in all cases, subject to the terms and provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement.
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ARTICLE X
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Loan Guaranty.
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SECTION 10.01.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Guaranty.Β Each Loan Guarantor (other than those that have delivered a separate Guaranty) hereby agrees that it is jointly and severally liable for, and, as a primary
obligor and not merely as surety, absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees to the Secured Parties, the prompt payment when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, and at all times thereafter, of the Secured
Obligations and all costs and expenses including, without limitation, all court costs and attorneysβ and paralegalsβ fees (including allocated costs of in-house counsel and paralegals) and expenses paid or incurred by the Administrative Agent, the
Issuing Bank and the Lenders in endeavoring to collect all or any part of the Secured Obligations from, or in prosecuting any action against, any Borrower, any Loan Guarantor or any other guarantor of all or any part of the Secured Obligations
(such costs and expenses, together with the Secured Obligations, collectively the βGuaranteed Obligationsβ); provided, however, that the definition of βGuaranteed Obligationsβ shall not create any guarantee by any Loan Guarantor of (or grant of
security interest by any Loan Guarantor to support, as applicable) any Excluded Swap Obligations of such Loan Guarantor for purposes of determining any obligations of any Loan Guarantor).Β Each Loan Guarantor further agrees that the Guaranteed
Obligations may be extended or renewed in whole or in part without notice to or further assent from it, and that it remains bound upon its guarantee notwithstanding any such extension or renewal.Β All terms of this Loan Guaranty apply to and may be
enforced by or on behalf of any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of any Lender that extended any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations.
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SECTION 10.02.Β Β Β Β Β Guaranty of Payment. This Loan Guaranty is a guaranty of payment and not of collection.Β Each Loan Guarantor waives any right to require the Administrative Agent, the
Issuing Bank or any Lender to xxx any Borrower, any Loan Guarantor, any other guarantor of, or any other Person obligated for all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations (each, an βObligated Partyβ), or otherwise to enforce its payment
against any collateral securing all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations.
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No Discharge or Diminishment of Loan Guaranty.
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(cc)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Except as otherwise provided for herein, the obligations of each Loan Guarantor hereunder are unconditional and absolute and not subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or
termination for any reason (other than the Payment in Full of the Guaranteed Obligations), including:Β (i) any claim of waiver, release, extension, renewal, settlement, surrender, alteration, or compromise of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, by
operation of law or otherwise; (ii) any change in the corporate existence, structure or ownership of any Borrower or any other Obligated Party liable for any of the Guaranteed Obligations; (iii) any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other
similar proceeding affecting any Obligated Party, or their assets or any resulting release or discharge of any obligation of any Obligated Party; or (iv) the existence of any claim, setoff or other rights which any Loan Guarantor may have at any
time against any Obligated Party, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, any Lender, or any other Person, whether in connection herewith or in any unrelated transactions.
(dd)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β The obligations of each Loan Guarantor hereunder are not subject to any defense or setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, or termination whatsoever by reason of the invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability
of any of the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise, or any provision of applicable law or regulation purporting to prohibit payment by any Obligated Party, of the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof.
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(ee)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Further, the obligations of any Loan Guarantor hereunder are not discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by: (i) the failure of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender to assert any
claim or demand or to enforce any remedy with respect to all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations; (ii) any waiver or modification of or supplement to any provision of any agreement relating to the Guaranteed Obligations; (iii) any release,
non-perfection, or invalidity of any indirect or direct security for the obligations of any Borrower for all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations or any obligations of any other Obligated Party liable for any of the Guaranteed Obligations;
(iv) any action or failure to act by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender with respect to any collateral securing any part of the Guaranteed Obligations; or (v) any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the payment
or performance of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any other circumstance, act, omission or delay that might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of such Loan Guarantor or that would otherwise operate as a discharge of any Loan
Guarantor as a matter of law or equity (other than the Payment in Full of the Guaranteed Obligations).
SECTION 10.04.Β Β Β Β Β Defenses Waived. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Loan Guarantor hereby waives any defense based on or arising out of any defense of any Borrower
or any Loan Guarantor or the unenforceability of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations from any cause, or the cessation from any cause of the liability of any Borrower, any Loan Guarantor or any other Obligated Party, other than Payment in
Full of the Guaranteed Obligations. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Loan Guarantor irrevocably waives acceptance hereof, presentment, demand, protest and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any notice not provided for
herein, as well as any requirement that at any time any action be taken by any Person against any Obligated Party or any other Person.Β Each Loan Guarantor confirms that it is not a surety under any state law and shall not raise any such law as a
defense to its obligations hereunder.Β The Administrative Agent may, at its election, foreclose on any Collateral held by it by one or more judicial or nonjudicial sales, accept an assignment of any such Collateral in lieu of foreclosure or
otherwise act or fail to act with respect to any collateral securing all or a part of the Guaranteed Obligations, compromise or adjust any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, make any other accommodation with any Obligated Party or exercise any
other right or remedy available to it against any Obligated Party, without affecting or impairing in any way the liability of such Loan Guarantor under this Loan Guaranty except to the extent the Guaranteed Obligations have been Paid in Full.Β To
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Loan Guarantor waives any defense arising out of any such election even though that election may operate, pursuant to applicable law, to impair or extinguish any right of reimbursement or
subrogation or other right or remedy of any Loan Guarantor against any Obligated Party or any security.
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SECTION 10.05.Β Β Β Β Β Rights of Subrogation.Β No Loan Guarantor will assert any right, claim or cause of action, including, without limitation, a claim of subrogation, contribution or
indemnification that it has against any Obligated Party, or any collateral, until the Loan Parties and the Loan Guarantors have fully performed all their obligations to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders.
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SECTION 10.06.Β Β Β Β Β Β Reinstatement; Stay of Acceleration. If at any time any payment of any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations (including a payment effected through exercise of a right
of setoff) is rescinded, or must otherwise be restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of any Borrower or otherwise (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by a Secured Party in its discretion), each Loan
Guarantorβs obligations under this Loan Guaranty with respect to that payment shall be reinstated at such time as though the payment had not been made and whether or not the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders are in possession
of this Loan Guaranty.Β If acceleration of the time for payment of any of the Guaranteed Obligations is stayed upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of any Borrower, all such amounts otherwise subject to acceleration under the terms of
any agreement relating to the Guaranteed Obligations shall nonetheless be payable by the Loan Guarantors forthwith on demand by the Administrative Agent.
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SECTION 10.07.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Information. Each Loan Guarantor assumes all responsibility for being and keeping itself informed of the Borrowersβ financial condition and assets, and of all other
circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Guaranteed Obligations and the nature, scope and extent of the risks that each Loan Guarantor assumes and incurs under this Loan Guaranty, and agrees that none of the Administrative Agent,
the Issuing Bank or any Lender shall have any duty to advise any Loan Guarantor of information known to it regarding those circumstances or risks.
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SECTION 10.08.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Termination. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank may continue to make loans or extend credit to the Borrowers based on this Loan Guaranty until five (5) days
after it receives written notice of termination from any Loan Guarantor.Β Notwithstanding receipt of any such notice, each Loan Guarantor will continue to be liable to the Lenders for any Guaranteed Obligations created, assumed or committed to
prior to the fifth day after receipt of the notice, and all subsequent renewals, extensions, modifications and amendments with respect to, or substitutions for, all or any part of such Guaranteed Obligations.Β Nothing in this Section 10.08
shall be deemed to constitute a waiver of, or eliminate, limit, reduce or otherwise impair any rights or remedies the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have in respect of, any Default or Event of Default that shall exist under clause (o) of Article
VII hereof as a result of any such notice of termination.
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SECTION 10.09.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Taxes. Each payment of the Guaranteed Obligations will be made by each Loan Guarantor without withholding for any Taxes, unless such withholding is required by law.Β
If any Loan Guarantor determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it is so required to withhold Taxes, then such Loan Guarantor may so withhold and shall timely pay the full amount of withheld Taxes to the relevant Governmental
Authority in accordance with applicable law.Β If such Taxes are Indemnified Taxes, then the amount payable by such Loan Guarantor shall be increased as necessary so that, net of such withholding (including such withholding applicable to additional
amounts payable under this Section), the Administrative Agent, Lender or Issuing Bank (as the case may be) receives the amount it would have received had no such withholding been made.
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SECTION 10.10.Β Β Β Β Β Maximum Liability. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Loan Guaranty, the amount guaranteed by each Loan Guarantor hereunder shall be limited to the extent, if
any, required so that its obligations hereunder shall not be subject to avoidance under Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code or under any applicable state Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, Uniform Voidable
Transactions Act or similar statute or common law.Β In determining the limitations, if any, on the amount of any Loan Guarantorβs obligations hereunder pursuant to the preceding sentence, it is the intention of the parties hereto that any rights of
subrogation, indemnification or contribution which such Loan Guarantor may have under this Loan Guaranty, any other agreement or applicable law shall be taken into account.
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SECTION 10.11.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Contribution.
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(ff)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β To the extent that any Loan Guarantor shall make a payment under this Loan Guaranty (a βGuarantor Paymentβ) which, taking into account all other Guarantor Payments then
previously or concurrently made by any other Loan Guarantor, exceeds the amount which otherwise would have been paid by or attributable to such Loan Guarantor if each Loan Guarantor had paid the aggregate Guaranteed Obligations satisfied by such
Guarantor Payment in the same proportion as such Loan Guarantorβs βAllocable Amountβ (as defined below) (as determined immediately prior to such Guarantor Payment) bore to the aggregate Allocable Amounts of each of the Loan Guarantors as determined
immediately prior to the making of such Guarantor Payment, then, following indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Guarantor Payment, the Payment in Full of the Guaranteed Obligations and the termination of this Agreement, such Loan Guarantor
shall be entitled to receive contribution and indemnification payments from, and be reimbursed by, each other Loan Guarantor for the amount of such excess, pro rata based upon their respective Allocable Amounts in effect immediately prior to such
Guarantor Payment.
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(gg)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β As of any date of determination, the βAllocable Amountβ of any Loan Guarantor shall be equal to the excess of the fair saleable value of the property of such Loan Guarantor over the
total liabilities of such Loan Guarantor (including the maximum amount reasonably expected to become due in respect of contingent liabilities, calculated, without duplication, assuming each other Loan Guarantor that is also liable for such
contingent liability pays its ratable share thereof), giving effect to all payments made by other Loan Guarantors as of such date in a manner to maximize the amount of such contributions.
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(hh)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β This Section 10.11 is intended only to define the relative rights of the Loan Guarantors, and nothing set forth in this Section 10.11 is intended to or shall impair the
obligations of the Loan Guarantors, jointly and severally, to pay any amounts as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Loan Guaranty.
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(ii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β The parties hereto acknowledge that the rights of contribution and indemnification hereunder shall constitute assets of the Loan Guarantor or Loan Guarantors to which such contribution
and indemnification is owing.
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(jj)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β The rights of the indemnifying Loan Guarantors against other Loan Guarantors under this Section 10.11 shall be exercisable upon the Payment in Full of the Guaranteed Obligations
and the termination of this Agreement.
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SECTION 10.12.Β Β Β Β Β Β Liability Cumulative.Β The liability of each Loan Party as a Loan Guarantor under this Article X is in addition to and shall be cumulative with all liabilities
of each Loan Party to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party or in respect of any obligations or liabilities of the other Loan Parties,
without any limitation as to amount, unless the instrument or agreement evidencing or creating such other liability specifically provides to the contrary.
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SECTION 10.13.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Keepwell. Each Qualified ECP Guarantor hereby jointly and severally absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably undertakes to provide such funds or other support as
may be needed from time to time by each other Loan Party to honor all of its obligations under this Guarantee in respect of a Swap Obligation (provided, however, that each Qualified ECP Guarantor shall only be liable under this Section
10.13 for the maximum amount of such liability that can be hereby incurred without rendering its obligations under this Section 10.13 or otherwise under this Loan Guaranty voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent
conveyance or fraudulent transfer, and not for any greater amount).Β Except as otherwise provided herein, the obligations of each Qualified ECP Guarantor under this Section 10.13 shall remain in full force and effect until the termination
of all Swap Obligations.Β Each Qualified ECP Guarantor intends that this Section 10.13 constitute, and this Section 10.13 shall be deemed to constitute, a βkeepwell, support, or other agreementβ for the benefit of each other Loan
Party for all purposes of Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act..
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ARTICLE XI
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The Borrower Representative.
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SECTION 11.01.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Appointment; Nature of Relationship.Β The Company is hereby appointed by each of the Borrowers as its contractual representative (herein referred to as the βBorrower
Representativeβ hereunder and under each other Loan Document, and each of the Borrowers irrevocably authorizes the Borrower Representative to act as the contractual representative of such Borrower with the rights and duties expressly set
forth herein and in the other Loan Documents.Β The Borrower Representative agrees to act as such contractual representative upon the express conditions contained in this Article XI.Β Additionally, the Borrowers hereby appoint the Borrower
Representative as their agent to receive all of the proceeds of the Loans in the Funding Account(s), at which time the Borrower Representative shall promptly disburse such Loans to the appropriate Borrower(s), provided that, in the case of a
Revolving Loan, such amount shall not exceed Availability.Β The Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and their respective officers, directors, agents or employees, shall not be liable to the Borrower Representative or any Borrower for any action
taken or omitted to be taken by the Borrower Representative or the Borrowers pursuant to this Section 11.01.
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SECTION 11.02.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Powers.Β The Borrower Representative shall have and may exercise such powers under the Loan Documents as are specifically delegated to the Borrower Representative by
the terms of each thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.Β The Borrower Representative shall have no implied duties to the Borrowers, or any obligation to the Lenders to take any action thereunder except any action
specifically provided by the Loan Documents to be taken by the Borrower Representative.
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SECTION 11.03.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Employment of Agents.Β The Borrower Representative may execute any of its duties as the Borrower Representative hereunder and under any other Loan Document by or
through authorized officers.
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SECTION 11.04.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Notices.Β Each Borrower shall immediately notify the Borrower Representative of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default hereunder referring to this
Agreement describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a βnotice of defaultβ.Β In the event that the Borrower Representative receives such a notice, the Borrower Representative shall give prompt notice thereof to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders.Β Any notice provided to the Borrower Representative hereunder shall constitute notice to each Borrower on the date received by the Borrower Representative.
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SECTION 11.05.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Successor Borrower Representative.Β Upon the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower Representative may resign at any time, such resignation to
be effective upon the appointment of a successor Borrower Representative.Β The Administrative Agent shall give prompt written notice of such resignation to the Lenders.
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SECTION 11.06.Β Β Β Β Β Β Execution of Loan Documents; Borrowing Base Certificate.Β The Borrowers hereby empower and authorize the Borrower Representative, on behalf of the Borrowers, to execute
and deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders the Loan Documents and all related agreements, certificates, documents, or instruments as shall be necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of the Loan Documents, including, without
limitation, the Borrowing Base Certificates and the Compliance Certificates.Β Each Borrower agrees that any action taken by the Borrower Representative or the Borrowers in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, and
the exercise by the Borrower Representative of its powers set forth therein or herein, together with such other powers that are reasonably incidental thereto, shall be binding upon all of the Borrowers.
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SECTION 11.07.Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Reporting.Β Each Borrower hereby agrees that such Borrower shall furnish promptly after each fiscal month to the Borrower Representative a copy of its Borrowing Base
Certificate and any other certificate or report required hereunder or requested by the Borrower Representative on which the Borrower Representative shall rely to prepare the Borrowing Base Certificates and Compliance Certificate required pursuant
to the provisions of this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
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XXXXXXXX.XXX, INC., a Delaware corporation, as a Borrower
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Title: Chief Financial Officer
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PARTSBIN, INC., a Delaware corporation, as a
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By
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/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Title: Treasurer
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LOCAL BODY SHOPS, INC., a Delaware corporation,
Β as a Borrower
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By
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/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Title: Treasurer
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PRIVATE LABEL PARTS, INC., a Delaware
Β Β corporation, as a Borrower
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By
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/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Title: Treasurer
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WHITNEY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, INC., a Delaware
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By
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/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Title: Treasurer
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PARTSCO, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company,
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By
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/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Title: Treasurer
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LOBO MARKETING, INC., a Texas corporation
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/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Title: Treasurer
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PACIFIC 3PL, INC., a Delaware corporation
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By
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/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Title: Treasurer
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GO FIDO, INC., a Delaware corporation
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By
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/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Title: Treasurer
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AUTOMOTIVE SPECIALTY ACCESSORIES AND PARTS, INC., a Delaware corporation
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By
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/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Title: Treasurer
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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., individually as a Lender and as Administrative Agent, Issuing Bank and Swingline Lender
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/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
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Title: Authorized Officer
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COMMITMENT SCHEDULE
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Lender
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Revolving Commitment
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Commitment
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JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
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$75,000,000
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$75,000,000
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$75,000,000
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$75,000,000
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