The Borrower will not, and the Borrower will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, incur Indebtedness (as defined in the applicable Incorporated Parent Indenture or Incorporated Opco Indenture) by utilizing any Ratio Debt Basket.
Ratio Debt has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.01.
Permitted Ratio Debt means unsecured Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower in the form of one or more series of unsecured notes or loans; provided that (i) if constituting Subordinated Indebtedness, (A) such Indebtedness (including any Guarantee thereof) is subordinated to the Obligations on terms customary for high yield subordinated debt securities or otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (B) the Obligations at all times constitute “designated senior debt” (or comparable term) under the documents governing such Indebtedness, (ii) such Indebtedness does not mature or have scheduled amortization or payments of principal and is not subject to mandatory redemption, repurchase, prepayment or sinking fund obligation (except customary AHYDO Catch-Up Payments and customary asset sale or change of control provisions and customary acceleration rights after an event of default), in each case prior to the date that is 91 days after the then Latest Maturity Date, (iii) such Indebtedness is not at any time guaranteed by any Person that is not a Guarantor and (iv) the other terms of such Indebtedness (other than (1) provisions applicable only to periods after the Latest Maturity Date (as of the date of incurrence of the Permitted Ratio Debt) and (2) pricing, fees, rate floors, premiums, optional prepayment or redemption terms (which shall be determined by the Borrower)) are either (x) customary market terms for Indebtedness of such type at the time of incurrence (taken as a whole) (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) or (y) substantially identical to, or when taken as a whole, are not materially less favorable to the Loan Parties than the terms of the Facilities, in each case under this clause (iv)(y), unless the Lenders under the Credit Agreement (as of the date of incurrence of the Permitted Ratio Debt) receive the benefit of such more favorable terms through the then Latest Maturity Date (for the avoidance of doubt, it is understood that to the extent any financial maintenance covenant is added for the benefit of such Indebtedness, no consent shall be required from the Administrative Agent or any Lender to the extent that such financial maintenance covenant is also added for the benefit of the Facilities); provided that “Permitted Ratio Debt” may be incurred in the form of a customary “bridge” or other interim credit facility intended to be refinanced or replaced with long-term indebtedness (and such customary “bridge” or other interim credit facility shall be deemed to satisfy clause (ii) above so long as, subject to customary conditions the failure of which to be satisfied would otherwise result in an Event of Default, it would either be automatically converted into or required to be exchanged for permanent financing which satisfies the requirements of clause (ii), and for the avoidance of doubt, clauses (i), (iii), and (iv)).
Permitted Unsecured Refinancing Debt means Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness in the form of unsecured Indebtedness (including any Registered Equivalent Notes) incurred by the Borrower in the form of one or more series of senior unsecured notes or loans; provided that such Indebtedness (i) constitutes Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness and (ii) meets the Permitted Other Debt Conditions.
Specified Refinancing Debt has the meaning specified in Section 2.18(a).
Permitted Pari Passu Secured Refinancing Debt means any secured Indebtedness (including any Registered Equivalent Notes) incurred by a Borrower in the form of one or more series of senior secured notes; provided, that (a) such Indebtedness is secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis (but without regard to the control of remedies) with the Obligations and is not secured by any property or assets of Parent or Restricted Subsidiary other than the Collateral, (b) such Indebtedness is not at any time guaranteed by any Subsidiaries other than Subsidiaries that are Guarantors, (c) such Indebtedness, (i) unless incurred as a term loan under this Agreement, does not mature or have scheduled amortization or payments of principal (other than customary offers to repurchase upon a change of control, asset sale or event of loss and a customary acceleration right after an event of default) prior to the date that is the Latest Maturity Date at the time such Indebtedness is incurred or issued, and (ii) if incurred as a term loan under this Agreement, does not mature earlier than, or have a Weighted Average Life to Maturity shorter than, the applicable Refinanced Debt, (d) the security agreements relating to such Indebtedness (to the extent such Indebtedness is not incurred hereunder) are substantially the same as or more favorable to the Loan Parties than the Collateral Documents (with such differences as are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), (e) to the extent such Indebtedness is not incurred hereunder, a Representative acting on behalf of the holders of such Indebtedness shall have become party to or otherwise subject to the provisions of an Intercreditor Agreement with the Administrative Agent and (f) such Indebtedness, if consisting of Refinancing Notes, satisfies clause (d) of the definition of Permitted Other Debt Conditions. Permitted Pari Passu Secured Refinancing Debt will include any Registered Equivalent Notes issued in exchange therefor.
Second Lien Notes Documents means the Second Lien Notes, the Second Lien Notes Indenture, the Second Lien Notes Security Documents and all other documents executed and delivered with respect to the Second Lien Notes or Second Lien Notes Indenture, as in effect on the Effective Date and as the same may be amended, modified and/or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness means any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to extend, renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge other Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than intercompany Indebtedness); provided that:
Permitted Refinancing Debt means any Debt that Refinances any other Debt, including any successive Refinancings, so long as:
Second Priority Debt Documents means the Initial Second Priority Debt Documents and, with respect to any series, issue or class of Second Priority Debt, the promissory notes, indentures, Collateral Documents or other operative agreements evidencing or governing such Indebtedness, including the Second Priority Collateral Documents.
Consolidated First Lien Secured Debt means Consolidated Total Debt as of such date that is not Subordinated Indebtedness and is secured by a Lien on all of the Collateral that ranks on an equal priority basis (but without regard to the control of remedies) with Liens on all of the Collateral securing the Obligations.
Permitted Financial Indebtedness means Financial Indebtedness:
Refinancing Notes means any secured or unsecured notes or loans issued by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party (whether under an indenture, a credit agreement or otherwise) and the Indebtedness represented thereby; provided, that (a) (i) 100% of the Net Proceeds of such Refinancing Notes that are secured on a pari passu basis with the Term B-1 Loans are used to permanently reduce Loans and/or replace Commitments substantially simultaneously with the issuance thereof or (ii) 90% of the Net Proceeds of any other Refinancing Notes are used to permanently reduce Loans and/or replace Commitments substantially simultaneously with the issuance thereof; (b) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Refinancing Notes does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the aggregate portion of the Loans so reduced and/or Commitments so replaced (plus unpaid accrued interest and premium (including tender premiums) thereon and underwriting discounts, defeasance costs, fees, commissions and expenses); (c) the final maturity date of such Refinancing Notes is on or after the Term Facility Maturity Date or the Revolving Facility Maturity Date, as applicable, of the Term Loans so reduced or the Revolving Facility Commitments so replaced; (d) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Refinancing Notes is greater than or equal to the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Term Loans so reduced or the Revolving Facility Commitments so replaced, as applicable; (e) in the case of Refinancing Notes in the form of notes issued under an indenture, the terms thereof do not provide for any scheduled repayment, mandatory redemption or sinking fund obligations prior to the Term Facility Maturity Date of the Term Loans so reduced or the Revolving Facility Maturity Date of the Revolving Facility Commitments so replaced, as applicable (other than customary offers to repurchase or mandatory prepayment provisions upon a change of control, asset sale or event of loss and customary acceleration rights after an event of default); (f) the other terms of such Refinancing Notes (other than interest rates, fees, floors, funding discounts and redemption or prepayment premiums and other pricing terms), taken as a whole, are substantially similar to, or not materially less favorable to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries than the terms, taken as a whole, applicable to the Term B-1 Loans (except for covenants or other provisions applicable only to periods after the Latest Maturity Date in effect at the time such Refinancing Notes are issued), as determined by the Borrower in good faith (or, if more restrictive, the Loan Documents are amended to contain such more restrictive terms to the extent required to satisfy the foregoing standard); (g) there shall be no obligor in respect of such Refinancing Notes that is not a Loan Party; and (h) Refinancing Notes that are secured by Collateral shall be subject to the provisions of a Permitted Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement or a Permitted Junior Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable.
Refinancing Debt means Debt that refunds, refinances, renews, replaces or extends any Debt permitted to be Incurred by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, whether involving the same or any other lender or creditor or group of lenders or creditors, but only to the extent that
Permitted Unsecured Indebtedness Indebtedness of any Loan Party (a) that is not (and any Guarantees thereof by any Loan Party are not) secured by any collateral (including the Collateral), (b) that does not mature earlier than the date that is 91 days after the Latest Maturity Date then in effect at the time of incurrence thereof and has a weighted average life to maturity no shorter than the Facility of Term Loans with the Latest Maturity Date in effect at the time of incurrence of such Indebtedness, (c) that does not provide for any amortization, mandatory prepayment, redemption or repurchase (other than upon a change of control, fundamental change, customary asset sale or event of loss mandatory offers to purchase and customary acceleration rights after an event of default and, for the avoidance of doubt, rights to convert or exchange into Capital Stock of the Borrower in the case of convertible or exchangeable Indebtedness) prior to the date that is 91 days after the Latest Maturity Date then in effect at the time of incurrence thereof, (d) that contains covenants, events of default, guarantees and other terms that are customary for similar Indebtedness in light of then-prevailing market conditions (it being understood and agreed that such Indebtedness shall not include any financial maintenance covenants and that applicable negative covenants shall be incurrence-based to the extent customary for similar Indebtedness) and, when taken as a whole (other than interest rates, rate floors, fees and optional prepayment or redemption terms), are not more favorable to the lenders or investors providing such Permitted Unsecured Indebtedness, as the case may be, than those set forth in the Loan Documents are with respect to the Lenders (other than covenants or other provisions applicable only to periods after the Latest Maturity Date then in effect at the time of incurrence thereof); provided that a certificate of a Responsible Officer delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five Business Days prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness or the modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension thereof (or such shorter period of time as may reasonably be agreed by the Administrative Agent), together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such resulting Indebtedness or drafts of the material definitive documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirements shall be conclusive, and (e) that is not guaranteed by any Person other than on an unsecured basis by the Borrower and/or Restricted Subsidiaries that are Loan Parties.
Permitted Unsecured Debt means Indebtedness that is unsecured (or secured solely by liens permitted by Section 6.02(y)) incurred solely by the Borrowers (on a joint and several basis as between the Borrowers) (and which may be guaranteed by any Guarantor); provided, that (i) the Administrative Borrower shall be in Financial Covenant Compliance before and after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, (ii) such unsecured Indebtedness shall not be guaranteed by any Person that is not a Guarantor hereunder, (iii) such Indebtedness shall not mature and no installments of principal (other than, in any case, amortization at a rate of no more than 1% per annum) shall be due and payable on such Indebtedness prior to the Latest Maturity Date at the time such Indebtedness is incurred (except to the extent the proceeds of such Indebtedness are subject to an escrow or similar arrangement for the benefit of the holders of such Indebtedness as described in Section 6.02(y) and such proceeds are released to such holders in accordance with the terms thereof), (iv) such Indebtedness shall have no financial maintenance covenants that are more onerous to the Borrowers and the Guarantors than the financial maintenance covenants for the Credit Facilities provided for in this Agreement, (v) the definitive documentation for such Indebtedness shall not include other covenants, (excluding interest rate, original issue discounts, fees and prepayment premiums) taken as a whole, that are materially more onerous to the Borrowers and the Guarantors than the covenants for the Credit Facilities provided for in this Agreement, taken as a whole (it being agreed that customary “high yield” style covenants for a company of this type shall not be considered materially more onerous to the Borrowers and the Guarantors than the covenants for the Credit Facilities provided for in this Agreement, taken as a whole), and (vi) such Indebtedness shall have no mandatory prepayment or redemption provisions other than prepayments or redemptions (A) required as a result of a change in control or non-ordinary course asset sale or (B) from the proceeds of such Indebtedness that were subject to an escrow or similar arrangement for the benefit of the holders of such Indebtedness as described in Section 6.02(y) (it being understood that accrued interest and fees may be paid in connection with the mandatory prepayment or redemption of such Indebtedness).
Additional Indebtedness means any Additional Specified Indebtedness that (1) is secured by a Lien on Collateral and is permitted to be so secured by:
Consolidated First Lien Indebtedness means Consolidated Indebtedness that is secured by a first priority Lien (other than Permitted Liens) on assets of any Borrower or Restricted Subsidiary.
Second Lien Indebtedness means the Indebtedness of the Loan Parties owing to the Second Lien Agent and the Second Lien Lenders under the Second Lien Credit Agreement, which Indebtedness is on terms and conditions reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent.
Priority Indebtedness means (a) Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary (other than that described in Section 6.01(e)) secured by any Lien on any asset(s) of the Company or any Subsidiary and (b) Indebtedness of any Subsidiary, in each case owing to a Person other than the Company or any Subsidiary.
Refinanced Indebtedness shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness”.
Second Lien Notes has the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
Second Priority Debt means any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any other Grantor guaranteed by the Guarantors (and not guaranteed by any Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor), including the Initial Second Priority Debt, which Indebtedness and guarantees are secured by the Second Priority Collateral on a pari passu basis (but without regard to control of remedies, other than as provided by the terms of the applicable Second Priority Debt Documents) with any other Second Priority Debt Obligations and the applicable Second Priority Debt Documents which provide that such Indebtedness and guarantees are to be secured by such Second Priority Collateral on a subordinate basis to the Senior Debt Obligations (and which is not secured by Liens on any assets of the Borrower or any other Grantor other than the Second Priority Collateral or which are not included in the Senior Collateral); provided, however, that (i) such Indebtedness is permitted to be incurred, secured and guaranteed on such basis by each Senior Debt Document and Second Priority Debt Document and (ii) except in the case of the Initial Second Priority Debt hereunder, the Representative for the holders of such Indebtedness shall have become party to this Agreement pursuant to, and by satisfying the conditions set forth in, Section 8.09 hereof. Second Priority Debt shall include any Registered Equivalent Notes and Guarantees thereof by the Guarantors issued in exchange therefor.
Permitted Second Priority Refinancing Debt secured Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower in the form of one or more series of second lien secured notes or second lien secured loans; provided that (i) such Indebtedness is secured by the Collateral on a second lien, subordinated basis to the Obligations and is not secured by any property or assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries other than the Collateral, (ii) such Indebtedness constitutes Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of Term Loans, (iii) such Indebtedness does not mature or have scheduled amortization or payments of principal prior to the date that is 91 days after the Latest Maturity Date at the time such Indebtedness is incurred, (iv) the security agreements relating to such Indebtedness are substantially the same as the Security Documents (with such differences as are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; provided that such differences are not more favorable to the investors in such secured Indebtedness), (v) such Indebtedness is not also incurred by or guaranteed by any Subsidiaries of the Borrower other than the Subsidiary Guarantors and is not incurred by or guaranteed by any other Person, (vi) an agent or representative acting on behalf of the holders of such Indebtedness (a “Second Lien Agent”) shall have become party to an intercreditor agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (the “Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement”); provided that, if such Indebtedness is the initial Permitted Second Priority Refinancing Debt incurred by the Borrower, then the Borrower, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Administrative Agent and the Second Lien Agent for such Indebtedness shall have executed and delivered the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, (vii) the other terms and conditions of such secured Indebtedness are on the whole substantially identical to, or less favorable to the investors providing such secured Indebtedness, than those applicable to the Refinanced Debt (except for (x) pricing, fees, rate floors and prepayment or redemption premiums, which shall reflect market terms and conditions at the time of incurrence or issuance, (y) covenants or other provisions applicable only to periods after the date that is 91 days after the Latest Maturity Date that is in effect on the date such Indebtedness is issued, incurred or obtained and (z) differences that reflect the nature of such secured debt as fixed or floating rate securities), and (viii) a Responsible Officer shall have certified compliance with the foregoing requirements and that the incurrence of such Indebtedness complies with Section 6.2.
Senior Unsecured Indebtedness means Indebtedness that is not subordinated to any other Indebtedness and is not secured or supported by a guarantee, letter of credit or other form of credit enhancement.
Subordinated Debt Documents means any documents evidencing and/or securing Debt governed by a Subordination Agreement, all of which documents must be in form and substance acceptable to Agent in its sole discretion. As of the Closing Date, there are no Subordinated Debt Documents.
Permitted Refinancing means, with respect to any Person, any modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal, replacement or extension of any Indebtedness of such Person; provided that (a) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) thereof does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended except by an amount equal to unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon plus other reasonable amounts paid, and fees and expenses reasonably incurred, in connection with such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal, replacement or extension and by an amount equal to any existing commitments unutilized thereunder, (b) other than with respect to a Permitted Refinancing in respect of Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 7.03(e), such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal, replacement or extension has a final maturity date equal to or later than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended, (c) other than with respect to a Permitted Refinancing in respect of Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 7.03(e), at the time thereof, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (d) if such Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended is Junior Financing, (i) to the extent such Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal, replacement or extension is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations on terms at least as favorable to the Lenders as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended, (ii) such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal, replacement or extension is incurred by the Person who is the obligor of the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended and (iii) if the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended was subject to an Intercreditor Agreement, the holders of such modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended Indebtedness (if such Indebtedness is secured) or their representative on their behalf shall become party to such Intercreditor Agreement.