UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d)
of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 9, 2015
CEB Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 001-34849 | 52-2056410 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
1919 North Lynn Street, Arlington, Virginia | 22209 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrants telephone number, including area code: (571) 303-3000
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
¨ | Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
¨ | Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
¨ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
¨ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) |
Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
Amendment No. 4 to Credit Agreement
On June 9, 2015, CEB Inc. (CEB or the Company) together with certain of its domestic subsidiaries acting as guarantors (collectively, the Guarantors), entered into Amendment No. 4 (the Amendment) to the senior secured credit agreement (the Credit Agreement and as amended by the Amendment, the Amended Credit Agreement), dated as of July 2, 2012, as amended and restated on July 18, 2012, as further amended and restated on August 1, 2012, and as further amended on August 2, 2013, with Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer, and the lenders party thereto from time to time.
The Amendment (i) replaced existing term A-1 loans with new term A-2 loans (the New Term A-2 Loans) in an aggregate principal amount of $250 million, which was fully drawn on June 9, 2015 (the Closing Date), (ii) rolled over the existing revolving credit commitments into a like principal amount of revolving commitments (the New Revolving Commitments) in an aggregate principal amount of $200 million, none of which was drawn on the Closing Date, and (iii) increased the existing revolving commitments by an aggregate principal amount of $50 million, none of which was drawn on the Closing Date.
The maturity date of all New Term A-2 Loans is June 9, 2020. The principal amount of the New Term A-2 Loans amortizes in quarterly installments equal to (i) for the first two years after the closing of the Amendment, approximately 2% of the original principal amount of the New Term A-2 Loans and (ii) for the next three years thereafter, approximately 4% of the original principal amount of the New Term A-2 Loans, with the balance payable at maturity. The termination date of all revolving commitments under the Amended Credit Agreement, including the new New Revolving Commitments, is June 9, 2020. As of the Closing Date, the New Term A-2 Loans and the New Revolving Commitments will, at the option of the Company, bear interest at the Eurodollar Rate (as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement) plus 1.50% or the Base Rate (as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement) plus 0.50%, as applicable, with the possibility of adjustments to the applicable interest rates based on fluctuations in specified first lien net leverage ratios.
For additional information on the Credit Agreement as initially executed, please see the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company on July 3, 2012 and the copy of the original Credit Agreement (including the forms of all security documents) filed as Exhibit 10.1 thereto. For additional information on the first, second and third amendments, please see the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company on August 2, 2012, the copy of the amendments filed as Exhibits 10.2 and 10.3 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed by the Company on August 9, 2012, the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company on August 2, 2013 and the copy of the amendment filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed by the Company on August 8, 2013.
This description of the Amended Credit Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by the actual terms of the Amended Credit Agreement, a copy of which is incorporated by reference and attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1.
Notes
On June 9, 2015, the Company and the Guarantors entered into an Indenture (the Indenture) with Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, relating to the issuance of $250 million aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes due 2023 at an issue price of 100% (the Notes). The Notes are senior unsecured obligations of the Company and are guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by the Company and each Guarantor.
The Company effected the sale of the Notes in a private offering that is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), to qualified institutional buyers in accordance with Rule 144A and to persons outside of the United States pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act.
The terms of the Indenture, among other things, limit the ability of the Company and its restricted subsidiaries to (i) incur or guarantee additional indebtedness; (ii) create liens on assets securing indebtedness; (iii) declare or pay dividends, redeem stock or make other distributions to stockholders; (iv) make investments; (v) merge, amalgamate or consolidate, or sell, transfer, lease or dispose of substantially all of the Companys assets; (vi) enter into transactions with affiliates; (vii) sell or transfer certain assets; and (viii) agree to certain restrictions on the ability of restricted subsidiaries to make payments to us. These covenants are subject to a number of important qualifications, limitations and exceptions that are described in the Indenture.
The Indenture provides for customary events of default (subject in certain cases to customary grace and cure periods), which include payment defaults, a failure to pay certain judgments and certain events of bankruptcy and insolvency. These events of default are subject to a number of important qualifications, limitations and exceptions that are described in the Indenture.
This description of the Indenture is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by the actual terms of the Indenture, a copy of which is incorporated by reference and attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1.
The Company used the proceeds from the offering of the Notes, together with borrowings under the New Term A-2 Loans and cash on hand to prepay and terminate the Companys existing term A-1 loans and to pay related fees and expenses.
On June 9, 2015, the Company issued a press release announcing the closing of the Notes. A copy of that press release is furnished with this report as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The information included in Item 1.01 of this Current Report is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.
This current report on Form 8-K is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes or any other securities and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offering, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) | Exhibits |
Exhibit |
Description | |
4.1 | Indenture, dated June 9, 2015, by and among CEB Inc., each of the guarantors party thereto and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee. | |
10.1 | Amendment No. 4 to Credit Agreement, dated June 9, 2015, by and among CEB Inc., Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, collateral agent, swing line lender and l/c issuer, and the lenders party thereto. | |
99.1 | Press release dated June 9, 2015 |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
CEB INC. (Registrant) | ||||||
Date: June 10, 2015 | By: | /s/ Richard S. Lindahl | ||||
Richard S. Lindahl | ||||||
Chief Financial Officer |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit |
Description | |
4.1 | Indenture, dated June 9, 2015, by and among CEB Inc., each of the guarantors party thereto and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee. | |
10.1 | Amendment No. 4 to Credit Agreement, dated June 9, 2015, by and among CEB Inc., Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, collateral agent, swing line lender and l/c issuer, and the lenders party thereto. | |
99.1 | Press release dated June 9, 2015 |
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Exhibit 4.1
Execution Version
CEB INC., as Issuer
AND EACH OF THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO, as Guarantors
5.625% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2023
INDENTURE
Dated as of June 9, 2015
WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page | ||||||
ARTICLE 1 | ||||||
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE | ||||||
Section 1.01 | Definitions |
1 | ||||
Section 1.02 | Additional Definitions |
42 | ||||
Section 1.03 | Rules of Construction |
43 | ||||
ARTICLE 2 | ||||||
THE NOTES | ||||||
Section 2.01 | Amount of Notes |
44 | ||||
Section 2.02 | Form and Dating; Terms |
44 | ||||
Section 2.03 | Execution and Authentication |
45 | ||||
Section 2.04 | Registrar and Paying Agent |
46 | ||||
Section 2.05 | Paying Agent To Hold Money in Trust |
46 | ||||
Section 2.06 | Holder Lists |
47 | ||||
Section 2.07 | Transfer and Exchange |
47 | ||||
Section 2.08 | Replacement Notes |
56 | ||||
Section 2.09 | Outstanding Notes |
56 | ||||
Section 2.10 | Treasury Notes |
57 | ||||
Section 2.11 | Temporary Notes |
57 | ||||
Section 2.12 | Cancellation |
57 | ||||
Section 2.13 | Defaulted Interest |
57 | ||||
Section 2.14 | CUSIP Number |
58 | ||||
Section 2.15 | Deposit of Moneys |
58 | ||||
Section 2.16 | Computation of Interest |
58 | ||||
ARTICLE 3 | ||||||
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT | ||||||
Section 3.01 | Election To Redeem; Notices to Trustee |
58 | ||||
Section 3.02 | Selection by Trustee of Notes To Be Redeemed |
59 | ||||
Section 3.03 | Notice of Redemption |
59 | ||||
Section 3.04 | Effect of Notice of Redemption |
60 | ||||
Section 3.05 | Deposit of Redemption Price |
60 | ||||
Section 3.06 | Notes Redeemed in Part |
61 | ||||
Section 3.07 | Optional Redemption |
61 | ||||
Section 3.08 | Mandatory Redemption |
62 | ||||
ARTICLE 4 | ||||||
COVENANTS | ||||||
Section 4.01 | Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest |
62 | ||||
Section 4.02 | Maintenance of Office or Agency |
62 | ||||
Section 4.03 | Provision of Financial Information |
63 | ||||
Section 4.04 | Corporate Existence |
67 | ||||
Section 4.05 | Money for Notes Payments To Be Held in Trust |
67 | ||||
Section 4.06 | [Reserved] |
68 |
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Section 4.07 | Limitation on Restricted Payments |
68 | ||||
Section 4.08 | Limitation on Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries |
72 | ||||
Section 4.09 | Limitation on Incurrence of Debt |
75 | ||||
Section 4.10 | Limitation on Asset Sales |
76 | ||||
Section 4.11 | Limitation on Affiliate Transactions |
80 | ||||
Section 4.12 | Limitation on Liens |
82 | ||||
Section 4.13 | Purchase of Notes Upon a Change of Control Triggering Event |
82 | ||||
Section 4.14 | [Reserved] |
85 | ||||
Section 4.15 | Additional Note Guarantees |
85 | ||||
Section 4.16 | Limitations on Creation of Unrestricted Subsidiaries |
86 | ||||
Section 4.17 | Covenant Suspension Event |
86 | ||||
Section 4.18 | Compliance Certificate |
87 | ||||
Section 4.19 | Stay, Extension and Usury Laws |
87 | ||||
ARTICLE 5 | ||||||
SUCCESSORS | ||||||
Section 5.01 | Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets |
88 | ||||
ARTICLE 6 | ||||||
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES | ||||||
Section 6.01 | Events of Default |
90 | ||||
Section 6.02 | Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission |
92 | ||||
Section 6.03 | Other Remedies |
92 | ||||
Section 6.04 | Waiver of Past Defaults and Events of Default |
93 | ||||
Section 6.05 | Control by Majority |
93 | ||||
Section 6.06 | Limitation on Suits |
93 | ||||
Section 6.07 | Rights of Holders To Receive Payment |
94 | ||||
Section 6.08 | Collection Suit by Trustee |
94 | ||||
Section 6.09 | Trustee May File Proofs of Claim |
94 | ||||
Section 6.10 | Priorities |
95 | ||||
Section 6.11 | Undertaking for Costs |
95 | ||||
Section 6.12 | Delay or Omission Not Waiver |
95 | ||||
ARTICLE 7 | ||||||
TRUSTEE | ||||||
Section 7.01 | Duties of Trustee |
96 | ||||
Section 7.02 | Rights of Trustee |
97 | ||||
Section 7.03 | Individual Rights of Trustee |
99 | ||||
Section 7.04 | Trustees Disclaimer |
99 | ||||
Section 7.05 | Notice of Defaults |
99 | ||||
Section 7.06 | Compensation and Indemnity |
100 | ||||
Section 7.07 | Replacement of Trustee |
101 | ||||
Section 7.08 | Successor Trustee by Consolidation, Merger, etc. |
102 | ||||
Section 7.09 | Eligibility; Disqualification |
102 |
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ARTICLE 8 | ||||||
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER | ||||||
Section 8.01 | Without Consent of Holders |
102 | ||||
Section 8.02 | With Consent of Holders |
103 | ||||
Section 8.03 | Revocation and Effect of Consents |
105 | ||||
Section 8.04 | Notation on or Exchange of Notes |
105 | ||||
Section 8.05 | Trustee To Sign Amendments, etc. |
106 | ||||
ARTICLE 9 | ||||||
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE | ||||||
Section 9.01 | Satisfaction and Discharge of Liability on Notes; Defeasance |
106 | ||||
Section 9.02 | Conditions to Defeasance |
108 | ||||
Section 9.03 | Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations To Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions |
109 | ||||
Section 9.04 | Reinstatement |
109 | ||||
Section 9.05 | Moneys Held by Paying Agent |
110 | ||||
Section 9.06 | Moneys Held by Trustee |
110 | ||||
ARTICLE 10 | ||||||
GUARANTEES | ||||||
Section 10.01 | Guarantee |
110 | ||||
Section 10.02 | Severability |
112 | ||||
Section 10.03 | Limitation of Liability |
112 | ||||
Section 10.04 | Contribution |
112 | ||||
Section 10.05 | Subrogation |
113 | ||||
Section 10.06 | Reinstatement |
113 | ||||
Section 10.07 | Release of a Guarantor |
113 | ||||
Section 10.08 | Benefits Acknowledged |
113 | ||||
ARTICLE 11 | ||||||
MISCELLANEOUS | ||||||
Section 11.01 | Notices |
113 | ||||
Section 11.02 | Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent |
115 | ||||
Section 11.03 | Statements Required in Certificate and Opinion |
115 | ||||
Section 11.04 | Rules by Trustee and Agents |
116 | ||||
Section 11.05 | No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders |
116 | ||||
Section 11.06 | Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial |
116 | ||||
Section 11.07 | No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements |
116 | ||||
Section 11.08 | Successors |
116 | ||||
Section 11.09 | Separability |
117 | ||||
Section 11.10 | Counterpart Originals |
117 | ||||
Section 11.11 | Table of Contents, Headings, etc. |
117 |
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EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT A | FORM OF NOTE | |
EXHIBIT B | FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER | |
EXHIBIT C | FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE | |
EXHIBIT D | FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE |
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INDENTURE, dated as of June 9, 2015, among CEB Inc., a Delaware corporation, as issuer, the Subsidiaries of the Company listed on the signature page hereto and Wilmington Trust, National Association, a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, as trustee.
Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes.
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION
BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01 Definitions.
144A Global Note means a Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the Depositary or its nominee that will be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold in reliance on Rule 144A.
Acquired Debt means Debt (1) of a Person or any of its Subsidiaries existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, (2) assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from such Person, in each case whether or not Incurred by such Person in connection with such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary or such acquisition or (3) of a Person at the time such Person merges or amalgamates with or into or consolidates or otherwise combines with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary. Acquired Debt shall be deemed to have been Incurred, with respect to clause (1) of the preceding sentence, on the date such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, with respect to clause (2) of the preceding sentence, on the date of consummation of such acquisition of assets and, with respect to clause (3) of the preceding sentence, on the date of the relevant merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other combination.
Affiliate of any Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such Person. For the purposes of this definition, control when used with respect to any Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms controlling and controlled have meanings that correspond to the foregoing. For the avoidance of doubt, a Person shall not be deemed to be an Affiliate of another Person solely as a result of one Person sharing a common director with another Person or the director of one Person serving as a partner of another Person.
Agent means any Registrar, co-registrar or Paying Agent.
amend means amend, modify, supplement, restate or amend and restate, including successively; and amending and amended have correlative meanings.
Applicable Premium means, with respect to any Note on any applicable Redemption Date, the greater of:
(a) 1% of the then outstanding principal amount of the Note; and
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(b) the excess of:
(1) the present value at such Redemption Date of (A) the Redemption Price of the Note at June 15, 2018 (such Redemption Price being set forth in the table in clause (2) of Section 3.07(b) hereof) plus (B) all required interest payments due on the Note through June 15, 2018 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest), computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of such Redemption Date plus 50 basis points; over
(2) the then outstanding principal amount of the Note.
The Company shall calculate the Applicable Premium and the Trustee shall have no duty to calculate or verify the Companys calculations of the Applicable Premium.
Applicable Procedures means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global Note, the rules and procedures of the Depositary that apply to such transfer or exchange.
Asset Acquisition means:
(a) an Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in any other Person pursuant to which such Person shall become a Restricted Subsidiary, or shall be merged with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; or
(b) the acquisition by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the assets of any Person which constitute all or substantially all of the assets of such Person, any division or line of business of such Person or any other properties or assets of such Person other than in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice.
Asset Sale means:
(a) the sale, lease, conveyance, transfer or other disposition, whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, of property or assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (each referred to in this definition as a disposition); or
(b) the issuance or sale of Capital Interests in any Restricted Subsidiary, whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions (other than Preferred Interests in Restricted Subsidiaries issued in compliance with Section 4.09 hereof);
in each case, other than:
(1) any disposition of (a) cash, Eligible Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities or (b) obsolete or worn out equipment in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or any disposition of inventory or goods (or other assets) no longer used in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;
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(2) the disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in a manner permitted pursuant to Section 5.01 hereof or any disposition that constitutes a Change of Control pursuant to this Indenture;
(3) the disposition or lease of equipment related to information technology infrastructure located within the Companys or a Subsidiarys shared service centers or office locations, including assets related to electrical, fire protection, security, communications, servers, storage, backup and recovery functions, software applications and software licenses owned by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries on the Issue Date;
(4) the making of any Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment that is permitted to be made, and is made, under Section 4.07 hereof;
(5) any disposition of assets or issuance or sale of Capital Interests in any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in any transaction or series of related transactions with an aggregate Fair Market Value of less than $30.0 million;
(6) any disposition (including by liquidation) of property or assets or issuance of securities by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to the Company or by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to another Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;
(7) to the extent allowable under Section 1031 of the Code or any comparable or successor provision, any exchange of like property (excluding any boot thereon) for use in a Similar Business;
(8) the lease, assignment or sub-lease of any real or personal property in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;
(9) any issuance or sale of Capital Interests in, or Debt or other securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Company;
(10) disposition of obsolete, worn-out, uneconomic, damaged or surplus property, equipment or other assets or property, equipment or other assets that are no longer economically practical or commercially desirable to maintain or used or useful in the business of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, whether now or hereafter owned or leased or acquired in connection with an acquisition;
(11) foreclosures, condemnation or any similar action on assets or the granting of Liens not prohibited by this Indenture;
(12) the sale or discount of inventory, accounts receivable or notes receivable or the negotiated settlement of accounts receivable or notes receivable in each case in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or the conversion of accounts receivable to notes receivable;
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(13) any financing transaction with respect to property built or acquired by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date and asset securitizations permitted by this Indenture;
(14) any issuance or sale of Capital Interests in any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to any Person operating in a Similar Business for which such Restricted Subsidiary provides shared purchasing, billing, collection or similar services in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;
(15) any sale or lease of services or licensing of intellectual property in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;
(16) any Permitted Foreign Subsidiary Disposition;
(17) any surrender or waiver of contractual rights or the settlement, release, surrender or waiver of contractual, tort, litigation or other claims of any kind; or
(18) the unwinding of any Hedging Obligations, Swap Obligations or Treasury Management Services.
Average Life means, as of any date of determination, with respect to any Debt, the quotient obtained by dividing (a) the sum of the products of (1) the number of years from the date of determination to the dates of each successive scheduled principal payment (including any sinking fund or mandatory redemption payment requirements) of such Debt multiplied by (2) the amount of such principal payment by (b) the sum of all such principal payments.
Bankruptcy Law means Title 11, United States Code, or any similar U.S. Federal or state law or law of any other jurisdiction relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, winding-up, liquidation, reorganization or relief of debtors.
Board of Directors means (a) with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of such corporation or any duly authorized committee thereof; and (b) with respect to any other entity, the board of directors or similar body of the general partner or managers of such entity or any duly authorized committee thereof.
Business Day means each day which is not a Legal Holiday.
Capital Interests in any Person means any and all shares, interests (including Preferred Interests), participations or other equivalents of an equity interest (however designated) in such Person and any rights (other than Debt securities convertible into an equity interest), warrants, options or other instruments to acquire an equity interest in such Person.
Capital Lease Obligations means any obligation under a lease that is required to be capitalized for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP; and the amount of Debt represented by such obligation shall be the capitalized amount of such obligations determined in accordance with GAAP; and the Stated Maturity thereof shall be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under such lease prior to the first date upon which such lease may be terminated by the lessee without payment of a penalty.
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Change of Control means the occurrence of any of the following:
(a) the Company becomes aware of (by way of a report or any other filing pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, proxy, vote, written notice or otherwise) any person or group of related persons (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act as in effect on the Issue Date) is or becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 (without giving effect to the proviso in clause (1)(i) thereof) and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act as in effect on the Issue Date), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company; or
(b) the sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger, amalgamation, consolidation or other business combination transaction), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole to a Person, other than the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction will not be deemed to involve a Change of Control solely as a result of the Company becoming a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of a holding company if (A) the direct or indirect holders of the Voting Interests of such holding company immediately following that transaction are substantially the same as the holders of our Voting Interests immediately prior to that transaction and (B) immediately following that transaction no person (other than a holding company satisfying the requirements of this sentence) is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Interests of such holding company.
Change of Control Triggering Event means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Ratings Event.
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
Commission means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Common Interests of any Person means Capital Interests in such Person that do not rank prior, as to the payment of dividends or as to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of such Person, to Capital Interests of any other class in such Person.
Company means CEB Inc. and any successor thereto.
Company Order means a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by its chief executive officer, its president, any corporate executive vice president, its chief financial officer, its treasurer or any assistant treasurer, and delivered to the Trustee.
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Consolidated Cash Flow Available for Fixed Charges means, with respect to any Person for any period:
(a) Consolidated Net Income plus the sum of, without duplication, the amounts for such period, taken as a single accounting period, to the extent deducted (except in the case of clause (16)) (and not added back) in such period in computing Consolidated Net Income, of:
(1) Consolidated Non-cash Charges;
(2) Consolidated Fixed Charges;
(3) Consolidated Income Tax Expense;
(4) impairment charges, including the write-down of Investments;
(5) without duplication of any amounts added back pursuant to pro forma adjustments set forth in the definition of Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, (i) extraordinary, exceptional, unusual or nonrecurring gain, loss, charge or expense or (ii) any charges, expenses or reserves in respect of any restructuring, redundancy or severance expense or relocation costs, integration and facilities opening costs and other business optimization expenses (including related to new product introductions), restructuring charges, accruals or reserves (including restructuring and integration costs related to acquisitions after the Issue Date and adjustments to existing reserves), whether or not classified as restructuring expense on the consolidated financial statements, signing costs, retention or completion bonuses, transition costs, costs related to closure/consolidation of facilities, internal costs in respect of strategic initiatives and curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans (including any settlement of pension liabilities); provided that the aggregate amount added back pursuant subclause (ii) of this clause (5) for any period shall not exceed 25% of Consolidated Cash Flow Available for Fixed Charges, prior to giving effect to the add-back in this clause (5) for such period;
(6) any expenses or charges, or any amortization thereof, related to any equity offering, Permitted Investment or other Investment, recapitalization or Debt Incurrence permitted to be made under this Indenture (in each case whether or not consummated) or related to the Transaction;
(7) the amount of any interest expense attributable to minority equity interests of third parties in any non-wholly owned Subsidiary;
(8) any net loss from discontinued operations and the amount of extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual losses (other than losses in the ordinary course of business);
(9) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles, including any impact resulting from an election by the Company to apply IFRS at any time following the Issue Date;
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(10) any (i) non-cash compensation charge or expense arising from any grant of stock, stock options or other equity based awards and any non-cash deemed finance charges in respect of any pension liabilities or other provisions or on the re-evaluation of any benefit plan obligation and (ii) losses (or less gains) attributable to deferred compensation plans or trusts;
(11) all deferred financing costs written off and premiums paid or other expenses incurred directly in connection with any early extinguishment of Debt and any net loss (or less any net gain) from any write-off or forgiveness of Debt;
(12) any net realized gains (or less any net realized losses) in respect of Hedging Obligations or any ineffectiveness recognized in earnings related to qualifying hedge transactions or the fair value of changes therein recognized in earnings for derivatives that do not qualify as hedge transactions, in each case, in respect of Hedging Obligations;
(13) any foreign currency translation decreases or transaction losses in respect of Debt of any Person denominated in a currency other than the functional currency of such Person, including those related to currency remeasurements of Debt (including any net loss resulting from Hedging Obligations for currency exchange risk), and net of any non-operating foreign currency (gains) losses relating to remeasurements of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies;
(14) any net unrealized losses resulting from Hedging Obligations or embedded derivatives that require similar accounting treatment and the application of Topic 815 and Accounting Standards Codification Topic 825 and related pronouncements;
(15) any costs associated with the Transactions;
(16) the amount of run rate cost savings (including, without limitation, cost savings with respect to salary, benefit and other direct savings resulting from workforce reductions and facility, benefit and insurance savings), operating expense reductions, other operating improvements and initiatives and synergies (without duplication of any amounts added back pursuant to pro forma adjustments set forth in the definition of Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio) that are projected by the Company in good faith to result from actions either taken or initiated prior to or during such period within eighteen (18) months of the date of determination (which cost savings, operating expense reductions, operating improvements and initiatives and synergies will be added to Consolidated Cash Flow Available for Fixed Charges as so projected until fully realized and calculated on a pro forma basis as though such cost savings, operating expense reductions, operating improvements and initiatives and synergies had been realized on the first day of such period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such period from such actions; provided that all steps have been taken, or are reasonably expected to be taken, in good faith, for
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realizing such cost savings, operating expense reductions, operating improvements and initiatives and synergies and such cost savings, operating expense reductions, operating improvements and initiatives and synergies are reasonably identifiable and factually supportable (in the good faith determination of the Company); provided further that the aggregate amount added back pursuant to this clause (16) for any period shall not exceed 25% of Consolidated Cash Flow Available for Fixed Charges, prior to giving effect to the add-back in this clause (16) for such period;
(17) adjustments to deferred revenue required or permitted by GAAP and related authoritative pronouncements;
(18) any non-cash expenses, accruals or reserves related to adjustments to historical tax exposures and any deferred tax expense associated with tax deductions or net operating losses arising as a result of the Transactions, or the release of any valuation allowances related to such item; and
(19) any costs or expenses incurred by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement, any stock subscription or shareholder agreement, to the extent that such costs or expenses are funded with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of the Company or net cash proceeds of an issuance of Capital Interests of the Company (other than Redeemable Capital Interests); less
(b) to the extent included in such period in computing Consolidated Net Income (and without duplication),
(1) any net income from discontinued operations and any extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual gains (other than revenue in the ordinary course of business);
(2) any non-cash gains increasing Consolidated Net Income of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, excluding any non-cash gains to the extent they represent the reversal of an accrual or reserve for a potential cash item that reduced Consolidated Cash Flow Available for Fixed Charges in any prior period and any non-cash gains with respect to cash actually received in a prior period so long as such cash did not increase Consolidated Cash Flow Available for Fixed Charges in such prior period;
(3) any foreign currency translation increases or transaction gains in respect of Debt of any Person denominated in a currency other than the functional currency of such Person, including those related to currency remeasurements of Debt (including any net gain resulting from Hedging Obligations for currency exchange risk), and net of any non-operating foreign currency (gains) losses relating to remeasurements of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies; and
(4) any net unrealized gains resulting from Hedging Obligations or embedded derivatives that require similar accounting treatment and the application of Topic 815 and Accounting Standards Codification Topic 825 and related pronouncements.
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Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio means, with respect to any Person, the ratio of (i) the aggregate amount of Consolidated Cash Flow Available for Fixed Charges of such Person for the four full fiscal quarters, treated as one period, for which financial information in respect thereof is available immediately preceding the date of the transaction (the Transaction Date) giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (such four full fiscal quarter period being referred to herein as the Four Quarter Period) to (ii) the aggregate amount of Consolidated Fixed Charges of such Person for the Four Quarter Period immediately preceding the Transaction Date. In addition to and without limitation of the foregoing, for purposes of this definition, Consolidated Cash Flow Available for Fixed Charges and Consolidated Fixed Charges shall be calculated after giving effect (a) to the cost of any compensation, remuneration or other benefit paid or provided to any employee, consultant, Affiliate or equity owner of the entity involved in any Asset Acquisition to the extent such costs are eliminated or reduced (or public announcement has been made of the intent to eliminate or reduce such costs) prior to the date of such calculation and not replaced; and (b) on a pro forma basis for the period of such calculation, to any Asset Sales or other dispositions, Asset Acquisitions, Investments, mergers, consolidations and discontinued operations (as determined in accordance with GAAP), incurrence or repayment of Debt occurring during the Four Quarter Period or any time subsequent to the last day of the Four Quarter Period and on or prior to the Transaction Date, as if such Asset Sale or other disposition, Asset Acquisition (including the incurrence or assumption of any such Acquired Debt), Investment, merger, consolidation or disposed operation, incurrence or repayment of Debt occurred on the first day of the Four Quarter Period; provided, however, that for purposes of the pro forma calculation under Section 4.09, such calculation shall not give effect to any Debt Incurred on such determination date pursuant to the definition of Permitted Debt. For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to any event, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Company. Any such pro forma calculation may include adjustments appropriate, in the reasonable good faith determination of the Company, to reflect net costs and operating expense reductions and other operating improvements, integration, synergies or cost savings reasonably expected to result from such relevant pro forma event based on actions already taken or expected to be taken within 18 months and for which the full run-rate effect of such actions is expected to be realized within 18 months of such action; provided that no amounts shall be added to the extent duplicative of any amounts that are otherwise added back in computing Consolidated Cash Flow Available for Fixed Charges (or any other components thereof), whether through a pro forma adjustment or otherwise, with respect to such period.
Notwithstanding anything in this definition or anything else to the contrary, when calculating the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio, the Secured Debt Leverage Ratio or the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, as applicable, in each case in connection with a Limited Condition Acquisition, the date of determination of such ratio and of any default or event of default blocker shall, at the option of the Company, be the date the definitive agreements for such Limited Condition Acquisition are entered into and such ratios shall be
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calculated on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Limited Condition Acquisition and the other transactions to be entered into in connection therewith (including any incurrence of Debt and the use of proceeds thereof) as if they occurred at the beginning of the four-quarter reference period, and, for the avoidance of doubt, (x) if any such ratios are exceeded as a result of fluctuations in such ratio (including due to fluctuations in Consolidated Cash Flow Available for Fixed Charges of the Company or the target company) at or prior to the consummation of the relevant Limited Condition Acquisition, such ratios will not be deemed to have been exceeded as a result of such fluctuations solely for purposes of determining whether the Limited Condition Acquisition is permitted hereunder and (y) such ratios shall not be tested at the time of consummation of such Limited Condition Acquisition or related transactions; provided further, that if the Company elects to have such determinations occur at the time of entry into such definitive agreement, any such transaction shall be deemed to have occurred on the date the definitive agreements are entered and outstanding thereafter for purposes of subsequently calculating any ratios under this Indenture after the date of such agreement and before the consummation of such Limited Condition Acquisition and to the extent baskets were utilized in satisfying any covenants, such baskets shall be deemed utilized, but any calculation of Consolidated Total Assets or Consolidated Net Income for purposes of other incurrences of Debt or Liens or making of Restricted Payments (not related to such Limited Condition Acquisition) shall not reflect such Limited Condition Acquisition until it is closed.
Furthermore, in calculating Consolidated Fixed Charges for purposes of determining the denominator (but not the numerator) of the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio:
(a) interest on outstanding Debt determined on a fluctuating basis as of the Transaction Date and which will continue to be so determined thereafter shall be deemed to have accrued at a fixed rate per annum equal to the rate of interest on such Debt in effect on the Transaction Date; and
(b) if interest on any Debt actually incurred on the Transaction Date may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rates, then the interest rate in effect on the Transaction Date will be deemed to have been in effect during the Four Quarter Period.
Consolidated Fixed Charges means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum of, without duplication, the amounts for such period of:
(a) Consolidated Interest Expense; and
(b) the product of (1) all dividends and other distributions paid or accrued during such period in respect of Redeemable Capital Interests of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than dividends paid in Qualified Capital Interests), times (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is one minus the then current combined federal, state and local statutory tax rate of such Person, expressed as a decimal.
Consolidated Income Tax Expense means, with respect to any Person for any period, the provision for federal, state, local and foreign income taxes of such Person and its
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Restricted Subsidiaries for such period as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP paid or accrued during such period, including any penalties and interest related to such taxes or arising from any tax examinations, to the extent the same were deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income.
Consolidated Interest Expense means, with respect to any Person for any period, without duplication, the sum of:
(a) the total interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, including, without limitation:
(1) any amortization of Debt discount resulting from the issuance of Indebtedness at less than par;
(2) the net cost under any Hedging Obligation or Swap Contract in respect of interest rate protection (including any amortization of discounts but excluding any non-cash interest expense attributable to the movement in the mark to market valuation of any Hedging Obligations or Swap Contract pursuant to GAAP);
(3) the interest portion of any deferred payment obligation;
(4) all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit, bankers acceptances, financing activities or similar activities; and
(5) all accrued interest;
(b) the interest component of Capital Lease Obligations paid, accrued and/or scheduled to be paid or accrued by such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; and
(c) all capitalized interest of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period;
less interest income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period; provided, however, that Consolidated Interest Expense will exclude (1) the amortization or write off of Debt issuance costs and deferred financing fees, commissions, fees and expenses, (2) any expensing of interim loan bridge, commitment and other financing fees, (3) penalties and interest relating to taxes, (4) accretion or accrual of discounted liabilities other than Debt, (5) any expense resulting from the discounting of any Debt in connection with the application of purchase accounting in connection with any acquisition, and (6) interest expense attributable to a parent entity of such Person appearing upon the balance sheet of such Person solely by reason of push-down accounting under GAAP, to the extent not reducing consolidated interest expense in any prior period.
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For purposes of this definition, interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by such Person to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Net Income means, with respect to any Person, for any period, the consolidated net income (or loss) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period as determined in accordance with GAAP, adjusted, to the extent included in calculating such net income, by:
(a) excluding, without duplication
(1) all extraordinary gains or losses (net of fees and expenses relating to the transaction giving rise thereto), income, expenses or charges;
(2) the portion of net income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries allocable to minority interests in unconsolidated Persons or Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries to the extent that cash dividends or distributions have not actually been received by such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that for the avoidance of doubt, Consolidated Net Income shall be increased in amounts equal to the amounts of cash actually received;
(3) gains or losses in respect of any Asset Sales by such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries (net of fees and expenses relating to the transaction giving rise thereto), on an after-tax basis;
(4) the net income (loss) from any disposed or discontinued operations or any net gains or losses on disposed or discontinued operations, on an after-tax basis;
(5) solely for purposes of determining the amount available for Restricted Payments under Section 4.07(a)(3) hereof, the net income of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Guarantor) or such Person to the extent that the declaration of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of that income is not at the time permitted, directly or indirectly, by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulations applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders; provided that for the avoidance of doubt, Consolidated Net Income shall include amounts equal to the amounts of cash actually received;
(6) any gain or loss realized as a result of the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles;
(7) any fees and expenses paid in connection with the Transactions;
(8) non-cash compensation expense incurred with any issuance of equity interests to an employee of such Person or any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person;
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(9) any net after-tax gains or losses attributable to the early extinguishment or conversion of Debt;
(10) any non-cash impairment charges or asset write-off or write-down resulting from the application of Accounting Standards Codification 350, IntangiblesGoodwill and Other, Accounting Standards Codification 360, Property, Plant, and Equipment, and Accounting Standards Codification 805, Business Combinations;
(11) non-cash gains, losses, income and expenses resulting from fair value accounting required by Accounting Standards Codification 815, Derivatives and Hedging, or any related subsequent Statement of Financial Accounting Standards;
(12) accruals and reserves that are established within 12 months after the closing of any acquisition that are so required to be established as a result of such acquisition in accordance with GAAP;
(13) any fees, expenses, charges or Integration Costs incurred during such period, or any amortization thereof for such period, in connection with any acquisition, Investment, Asset Sale, disposition, Incurrence or repayment of Debt (including such fees, expenses or charges related to any Credit Facility), issuance of Capital Interests, refinancing transaction or amendment or modification of any Debt instrument, and including, in each case, any such transaction undertaken but not completed, and any charges or non-recurring merger or acquisition costs incurred during such period as a result of any such transaction, in each case whether or not successful;
(14) any accruals and reserves that are established for expenses and losses, in respect of equity-based awards compensation expense (provided that if any such non-cash charges represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall reduce Consolidated Net Income to such extent, and excluding amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period);
(15) any expenses, charges or losses that are covered by indemnification or other reimbursement provisions in connection with any Permitted Investment or any sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of assets permitted under this Indenture, to the extent actually reimbursed, or, so long as the Company has made a determination that a reasonable basis exists for indemnification or reimbursement and only to the extent that such amount is in fact indemnified or reimbursed within 365 days of such determination (with a deduction in the applicable future period for any amount so added back to the extent not so indemnified or reimbursed within such 365 days); and
(16) to the extent covered by insurance and actually reimbursed, or, so long as the Company has made a determination that there exists reasonable evidence that such amount will in fact be reimbursed by the insurer and only to
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the extent that such amount is in fact reimbursed within 365 days of the date of such determination (with a deduction in the applicable future period for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed within such 365 days), expenses, charges or losses with respect to liability or casualty events or business interruption; and
(b) including, without duplication, dividends and distributions from Joint Ventures actually received in cash by the Company.
Consolidated Non-cash Charges means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate depreciation, amortization (including amortization of goodwill, other intangibles, deferred financing fees, Debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses) and other non-cash expenses of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries reducing Consolidated Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (excluding any such charges constituting an extraordinary item or loss or any charge which requires an accrual of or a reserve for cash charges for any future period).
Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio means, with respect to any Person, the ratio of (i) the aggregate amount of all Debt for borrowed money and Capital Lease Obligations of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis (net of cash and Eligible Cash Equivalents held by them), in each case calculated at the end of the most recent fiscal period for which financial information in respect thereof is available immediately preceding the Transaction Date giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio to (ii) the aggregate amount of Consolidated Cash Flow Available for Fixed Charges of such Person for the Four Quarter Period immediately preceding the Transaction Date. In addition to and without limitation of the foregoing, for purposes of this definition, this ratio shall be calculated on a pro forma basis consistent with the pro forma adjustments set forth in the definition of Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio and any cash proceeds of any new Debt then being Incurred shall not be netted from the numerator of the ratio described in this definition.
Corporate Trust Office means the office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall principally be administered, which office at the date hereof is located at Wilmington Trust, National Association, 50 South Sixth Street, Suite 1290, Minneapolis, MN 55402, Attention: CEB, Inc. Notes Administrator, or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Trustee (or such other address as such successor Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company).
corporation includes corporations, associations, companies (including any limited liability company), business trusts and limited partnerships.
Credit Agreement means the Companys amended and restated Credit Agreement, as amended by Amendment No. 4 thereto entered into on and as of the Issue Date, by and among, inter alios, the Company, the guarantors party thereto and Bank of America, National Association, as administrative agent, collateral agent, swing line lender and letter of credit issuer and the lenders party thereto, together with all related notes, letters of credit,
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collateral documents, guarantees, and any other related agreements and instruments executed and delivered in connection therewith, in each case as amended, modified, supplemented, restated, refinanced, refunded or replaced in whole or in part from time to time including by or pursuant to any agreement or instrument that extends the maturity of any Debt thereunder, or increases the amount of available borrowings thereunder (provided that such increase in borrowings is permitted under clause (a) of the definition of the term Permitted Debt), or adds Subsidiaries of the Company as additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder, in each case with respect to such agreement or any successor or replacement agreement and whether by the same or any other agent, lender, group of lenders, purchasers or Debt holders.
Credit Facilities means, with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, one or more debt facilities, indentures or other arrangements (including the Credit Agreement or commercial paper facilities and overdraft facilities) with banks, other financial institutions or investors providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, notes, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to such institutions or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from such institutions against such receivables), letters of credit or other Debt, in each case, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced, restructured, refinanced, repaid, increased or extended in whole or in part from time to time (and whether in whole or in part and whether or not with the original administrative agent and lenders or another administrative agent or agents or other banks or institutions and whether provided under the original Credit Agreement or one or more other credit or other agreements, indentures, financing agreements or otherwise) and in each case including all agreements, instruments and documents executed and delivered pursuant to or in connection with the foregoing (including any notes and letters of credit issued pursuant thereto and any Guarantee and collateral agreement, patent and trademark security agreement, mortgages or letter of credit applications and other Guarantees, pledges, agreements, security agreements and collateral documents). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the term Credit Facility shall include any agreement or instrument (1) changing the maturity of any Debt Incurred thereunder or contemplated thereby, (2) adding Subsidiaries of the Company as additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder, (3) increasing the amount of Debt Incurred thereunder or available to be borrowed thereunder or (4) otherwise altering the terms and conditions thereof. Custodian means any receiver, interim receiver, receiver and manager, trustee, assignee, liquidator, custodian or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
Debt means at any time (without duplication), with respect to any Person, the following: (a) the principal of indebtedness of such Person for money borrowed; (b) the principal of obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, or other similar instruments; (c) all reimbursement obligations of such Person with respect to letters of credit (other than letters of credit that are secured by cash or Eligible Cash Equivalents), bankers acceptances or similar facilities (excluding obligations in respect of letters of credit or bankers acceptances issued in respect of trade payables) issued for the account of such Person; provided that such obligations shall not constitute Debt except to the extent drawn and not repaid within five Business Days; (d) all obligations of the Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property, all conditional sale obligations of the Person and all obligations of the Person under any title retention agreement (but excluding trade accounts payable) which purchase price is due more than one year after the date of placing such property in service or take final delivery and title thereto; (e) the maximum fixed redemption or repurchase price of Redeemable Capital
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Interests in such Person or with respect to any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person, any Preferred Interests, at the time of determination (but excluding, in each case, any accrued dividends); (f) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person; (g) any Swap Contracts and Hedging Obligations of such Person at the time of determination; and (h) all obligations of the types referred to in clauses (a) through (g) of this definition of another Person, the payment of which, in either case, (1) such Person has Guaranteed or (2) is secured by (or the holder of such Debt or the recipient of such dividends or other distributions has an existing right, whether contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien upon the property or other assets of such Person, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such Debt; solely with respect to any of the foregoing in clauses (a), (b), (d) and (f), if and to the extent such Debt would appear as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person, prepared in accordance with GAAP.
For purposes of the foregoing: (i) the maximum fixed redemption or repurchase price of any Redeemable Capital Interests or Preferred Interests that do not have a fixed redemption or repurchase price shall be calculated in accordance with the terms of such Redeemable Capital Interests or Preferred Interests as if such Redeemable Capital Interests or Preferred Interests were redeemed or repurchased on any date on which Debt shall be required to be determined pursuant to this Indenture; provided, however, that, if such Redeemable Capital Interests or Preferred Interests are not then permitted to be redeemed or repurchased, the redemption or repurchase price shall be the book value of such Redeemable Capital Interests or Preferred Interests; (ii) the amount outstanding at any time of any Debt issued with original issue discount is the principal amount of such Debt less the remaining unamortized portion of the original issue discount of such Debt at such time as determined in conformity with GAAP, but such Debt shall be deemed Incurred only as of the date of original issuance thereof; (iii) the amount of any Debt described in clause (g) above is the net amount payable (after giving effect to permitted set off) if such Swap Contracts or Hedging Obligations are terminated at that time due to default of such Person; (iv) the amount of any Debt described in clause (h)(1) above shall be the maximum liability under any such Guarantee; (v) the amount of any Debt described in clause (h)(2) above shall be the lesser of (x) the maximum amount of the obligations so secured and (y) the Fair Market Value of such property or other assets securing such debt; and (vi) interest, fees, premium, and expenses and additional payments, if any, will not constitute Debt.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in connection with the purchase by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any business, the term Debt will exclude (a) surety or performance bonds Incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice, including any related guarantees and indemnities and other similar instruments or agreements, (b) customary indemnification obligations, (c) post-closing payment adjustments to which the seller may become entitled to the extent such payment is determined by a final closing balance sheet or other financial statement or such payment is otherwise contingent; provided, however, that, at the time of closing, the amount of any such payment is not determinable and, to the extent such payment thereafter becomes fixed and finally determined, the amount is paid within 60 days thereafter, (d) any operating leases, and (e) debt of any Parent Entity appearing on the balance sheet of the Company solely by reason of push-down accounting under GAAP.
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The amount of Debt of any Person at any date shall be the outstanding balance at such date of all unconditional obligations as described above and the maximum liability, only upon the occurrence of the contingency giving rise to the obligations, of any contingent obligations at such date; provided, however, that in the case of Debt sold at a discount, the amount of such Debt at any time will be the accreted value thereof at such time.
Default means any event that is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default; provided that any Default that results solely from the taking of an action that would have been permitted but for the continuation of a previous Default will be deemed to be cured if such previous Default is cured prior to becoming an Event of Default.
Depositary means, with respect to the Notes issued in the form of one or more Global Notes, DTC or another Person designated as Depositary by the Company, which Person must be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act.
Designated Non-cash Consideration means the Fair Market Value of non-cash consideration received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Non-cash Consideration pursuant to an Officers Certificate, setting forth the basis of such valuation, executed by the principal financial officer of the Company, less the amount of cash or Eligible Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of or collection on such Designated Non-cash Consideration. A particular item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration will no longer be considered to be outstanding when and to the extent it has been paid, redeemed or otherwise retired or sold or otherwise disposed of in compliance with Section 4.10 hereof.
Designated Preferred Stock means, with respect to the Company, Preferred Interests (other than Redeemable Capital Interests) (a) that is issued for cash (other than to the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company or an employee stock ownership plan or trust established by the Company or any such Subsidiary for the benefit of their employees to the extent funded by the Company or such Subsidiary) and (b) that is designated as Designated Preferred Stock pursuant to an Officers Certificate of the Company at or prior to the issuance thereof, the net proceeds of which are excluded from the calculation set forth in Section 4.07(a)(3)(B) hereof.
Domestic Restricted Subsidiary means any Restricted Subsidiary that is formed or otherwise incorporated in the United States or a State thereof or the District of Columbia (other than a Restricted Subsidiary the parent or indirect parent of which is not formed or otherwise incorporated in the United States or a State thereof or the District of Columbia) or a Restricted Subsidiary that guarantees or otherwise provides direct credit support for any Debt of the Company.
DTC means The Depository Trust Company.
Eligible Bank means a bank or trust company (a) that is organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or Canada, or any state, territory, province or possession thereof, (b) that, as of the time of the making or acquisition of an Investment in such bank or trust company, has combined capital and surplus in excess of $500 million and (c) the senior Debt of which is rated at least A-2 by Moodys or at least A by S&P.
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Eligible Cash Equivalents means any of the following Investments: (a) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof) maturing not more than one year after the date of acquisition; (b) time deposits in and certificates of deposit of any Eligible Bank, provided that such Investments have a maturity date not more than two years after the date of acquisition and that the Average Life of all such Investments is one year or less from the respective dates of acquisition; (c) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than 180 days for underlying securities of the types described in clause (a) above entered into with any Eligible Bank; (d) direct obligations issued by any state of the United States or any political subdivision or public instrumentality thereof, provided that such Investments mature, or are subject to tender at the option of the holder thereof, within 365 days after the date of acquisition and, at the time of acquisition, have a rating of at least A from S&Ps or A-2 from Moodys (or an equivalent rating by any other nationally recognized rating agency); (e) commercial paper of any Person other than an Affiliate of the Company and other than structured investment vehicles, provided that such Investments have one of the two highest ratings obtainable from either S&Ps or Moodys and mature within 180 days after the date of acquisition; (f) overnight and demand deposits in and bankers acceptances of any Eligible Bank; (g) demand deposits in any bank or trust company to the extent insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation against the Bank Insurance Fund; (h) in the case of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a subsidiary formed or otherwise incorporated in the United States or a State thereof or the District of Columbia, demand deposits and time deposits that (1) are denominated in the currency of a country that is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development or the currency of the country in which such Restricted Subsidiary is organized or conducts business and (2) are consistent with the Companys investment policy as in effect from time to time, provided that, in the case of time deposits, such Investments have a maturity date not more than two years after the date of acquisition and that the Average Life of all such time deposits is one year or less from the respective dates of acquisition; (i) money market funds substantially all of the assets of which comprise Investments of the types described in clauses (a) through (g); and (j) instruments equivalent to those referred to in clauses (a) through (g) above or funds equivalent to those referred to in clause (i) above (in each case which may be held by the Company) denominated in U.S. Dollars, Pounds Sterling or Euros or any other comparable foreign currency and comparable in credit quality and tender to those referred to in such clauses and customarily used by corporations for cash management purposes in jurisdictions outside the United States to the extent reasonably required in connection with any business conducted by the Company or by any Restricted Subsidiary organized in such jurisdictions, all as determined in good faith by the Company.
Employee means any current or former officer, director, manager or employee, including independent contractors, limited partners or other Persons compensated by the Company or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice of the Company or any Subsidiary.
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Employee Loan means a loan, made in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice, from the Company to an Employee consistent with past practice.
Event of Default has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01 hereof.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor statute, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
Excluded Contribution means net proceeds or property or assets received by the Company as capital contributions to the equity (other than through the issuance of Redeemable Capital Interests or Designated Preferred Stock) of the Company after the Issue Date or from the issuance or sale (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary or an employee stock ownership plan or trust established by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company for the benefit of their employees to the extent funded by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary) of Capital Stock (other than Redeemable Capital Interests or Designated Preferred Stock) of the Company, in each case, to the extent designated as an Excluded Contribution pursuant to an Officers Certificate of the Company.
Fair Market Value means, with respect to the consideration received or paid in any transaction or series of transactions, the fair market value thereof as determined in good faith by the Company.
Foreign Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person, any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person that is not organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and any Restricted Subsidiary of such Foreign Subsidiary.
Foreign Subsidiary Employee Plan means any document or agreement of any Foreign Subsidiary (whether or not an Employee is a party thereto), as amended, waived, supplemented, renewed or otherwise modified from time to time pursuant to which an Employee provides or is obligated to provide services to or on behalf of such Foreign Subsidiary or any affiliate thereof; provided that the amounts payable to Employees pursuant to such plan are generally consistent with the amounts that would have been paid to Employees of such Foreign Subsidiary if such plan had not been adopted.
Four Quarter Period has the meaning set forth in the definition of Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect on the date of any calculation or determination required hereunder. Except as otherwise set forth in this Indenture, all ratios and calculations based on GAAP contained in this Indenture shall be computed in accordance with GAAP as in effect on the Issue Date. At any time after the Issue Date, the Company may elect to apply IFRS accounting principles in lieu of GAAP and, upon any such election, references herein to GAAP shall thereafter be construed to mean IFRS (except as otherwise provided in this Indenture), including as to the ability of the Company to make an election pursuant to the previous sentence; provided that any such election, once made, shall be irrevocable; provided, further, that any calculation or determination in this Indenture that require the application of GAAP for periods that include fiscal quarters ended
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prior to the Companys election to apply IFRS shall remain as previously calculated or determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, further again, that the Company may only make such election if it also elects to report any subsequent financial reports required to be made by the Company, including pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act and the covenants set forth under Reports, in IFRS. The Company shall give notice of any such election made in accordance with this definition to the Trustee and the Holders.
Global Note Legend means the legend set forth in Section 2.07(f)(2) hereof, which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under this Indenture.
Global Notes means, individually and collectively, each of the Restricted Global Notes and the Unrestricted Global Notes, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, that bears the Global Note Legend and that has the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached thereto, issued in accordance with Section 2.02, 2.07(b) or 2.07(d) hereof.
Guarantee means, as applied to any Debt of another Person, (a) a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the normal course of business), direct or indirect, in any manner, of any part or all of such Debt, (b) any direct or indirect obligation, contingent or otherwise, of a Person guaranteeing or having the effect of guaranteeing the Debt of any other Person in any manner and (c) an agreement of a Person, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, the practical effect of which is to assure in any way the payment (or payment of damages in the event of non-payment) of all or any part of such Debt of another Person (and Guaranteed and Guaranteeing shall have meanings that correspond to the foregoing).
Guarantor means any Person that executes a Note Guarantee in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and their respective successors until such Person is released from its guarantee.
Hedging Obligations of any Person means the obligations of such Person pursuant to any interest rate agreement, currency agreement or commodity agreement, excluding commodity agreements relating to raw materials used in the ordinary course of the Companys business.
Holder means a Person in whose name a Note is registered in the security register. In connection with Notes issued in global book- entry form, DTC shall be treated for all purposes as the only registered holder of such Notes.
IFRS means the international financial reporting standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board as in effect from time to time.
Incur means, with respect to any Debt or other obligation of any Person, to create, issue, incur (by conversion, exchange or otherwise), assume, enter into a Guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect of such Debt or other obligation or the recording, as required pursuant to GAAP or otherwise, of any such Debt or other obligation on the balance sheet of such Person; provided, however, that a change in GAAP or an interpretation thereunder that results in an obligation of such Person that exists at such time becoming Debt shall not be deemed an Incurrence of such Debt. Debt otherwise Incurred by a Person before it becomes a
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Subsidiary of the Company shall be deemed to be Incurred at the time at which such Person becomes a Subsidiary of the Company. Incurrence, Incurred, Incurrable and Incurring shall have meanings that correspond to the foregoing. A Guarantee by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of Debt Incurred by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, shall not be a separate Incurrence of Debt. For the avoidance of doubt, Debt of a Restricted Subsidiary which is assumed by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary shall not be deemed to be a separate Incurrence of Debt. In addition, the following shall not be deemed a separate Incurrence of Debt:
(a) amortization of debt discount or accretion of principal with respect to a non-interest bearing or other discount security;
(b) the payment of regularly scheduled interest in the form of additional Debt of the same instrument or the payment of regularly scheduled dividends on Capital Interests in the form of additional Capital Interests of the same class and with the same terms;
(c) the obligation to pay a premium in respect of Debt arising in connection with the issuance of a notice of redemption or making of a mandatory Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer for such Debt; and
(d) unrealized losses or charges in respect of Hedging Obligations.
Independent Financial Advisor means an investment banking or accounting firm of international standing or any third party appraiser of international standing; provided, however, that such firm or appraiser is not an Affiliate of the Company.
Indenture means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms.
Indirect Participant means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Note through a Participant.
Initial Notes means the $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the 5.625% Senior Notes due 2023 of the Company issued pursuant to this Indenture.
Interest Payment Date means June 15 or December 15 of each year, as applicable, commencing December 15, 2015.
Integration Costs means, with respect to any acquisition, all costs relating to the acquisition and integration of the acquired business or operations into the Company, including labor costs, legal fees, consulting fees, travel costs and any other expenses relating to the integration process.
Investment by any Person means any direct or indirect loan, advance (or other extension of credit) or capital contribution to (by means of any transfer of cash, Capital Interests or other property or assets to another Person or any other payments for property or services for the account or use of another Person) another Person, including, without limitation, the following: (a) the purchase or acquisition of any Capital Interest or other evidence of beneficial
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ownership in another Person; (b) the purchase, acquisition or Guarantee of the Debt of another Person; and (c) the purchase or acquisition of the business or assets of another Person substantially as an entirety, but shall exclude: (1) accounts receivable and other extensions of trade credit in accordance with the Companys customary practices; (2) the acquisition of property and assets from suppliers and other vendors in the normal course of business; and (3) prepaid expenses and workers compensation, utility, lease and similar deposits, and self insurance retentions or reserves in the normal course of business.
Investment Grade Rating means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moodys or BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, or an equivalent rating by any other Rating Agency.
Investment Grade Securities means:
(a) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (other than Eligible Cash Equivalents);
(b) debt securities or debt instruments with an Investment Grade Rating, but excluding any debt securities or instruments constituting loans or advances among the Company and its Subsidiaries;
(c) investments in any fund that invests exclusively in investments of the type described in clauses (a) and (b), which fund may also hold immaterial amounts of cash pending investment or distribution; and
(d) corresponding instruments in countries other than the United States customarily utilized for high quality investments.
Issue Date means June 9, 2015.
Joint Venture means any joint venture entity, whether a company, unincorporated firm, association, partnership or any other entity which, in each case, is not a Subsidiary of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries but in which the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has a direct or indirect equity or similar interest.
Legal Holiday means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions are not required to be open in the City of New York or in the Place of Payment.
Lien means, with respect to any property or other asset, any mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure Debt, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, security interest, lien (statutory or otherwise), charge, easement, encumbrance, preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever on or with respect to such property or other asset (including, without limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).
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Limited Condition Acquisition means any acquisition, including by means of a merger, amalgamation or consolidation, by the Company or one or more of its Restricted Subsidiaries, the consummation of which is not conditioned upon the availability of, or on obtaining, third party financing; provided that for purposes of determining compliance with Section 4.07 hereof, the Consolidated Net Income (and any other financial defined term derived therefrom) shall not include any Consolidated Net Income of or attributable to the target company or assets associated with any such Limited Condition Acquisition unless and until the closing of such Limited Condition Acquisition shall have actually occurred.
Maturity Date when used with respect to any Note, means the date on which the principal amount of such Note becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided.
Moodys means Moodys Investors Service, Inc. and any successor to its rating agency business.
Net Cash Proceeds, with respect to any issuance or sale of Capital Interest, means the cash proceeds of such issuance or sale net of attorneys fees, accountants fees, underwriters or placement agents fees, listing fees, discounts or commissions and brokerage, consultant and other fees and charges actually Incurred in connection with such issuance or sale and net of Taxes paid or reasonably estimated to be actually payable as a result of such issuance or sale (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any income, withholding and other Taxes payable as a result of the distribution of such proceeds to the Company and after taking into account any available tax credit or deductions and any tax sharing agreements, and including distributions for Related Taxes).
Net Proceeds means the aggregate cash proceeds received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale, including any cash received upon the sale or other disposition of any Designated Non-cash Consideration received in any Asset Sale received within 180 days of the initial closing of such Asset Sale, net of (i) the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale and the sale or disposition of such Designated Non-cash Consideration, including legal, accounting and investment banking fees, title and recording expenses and brokerage and sales commissions, any relocation expenses incurred as a result thereof, taxes paid or payable as a result thereof (after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements), (ii) amounts applied to the repayment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on senior Debt paid as a result of such transaction, (iii) any deduction of appropriate amounts to be provided by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as a reserve in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities associated with the asset disposed of in such transaction and retained by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries after such sale or other disposition thereof, including pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations associated with such transaction, (iv) all distributions and other payments required to be made to minority interest holders (other than any Parent Entity, the Company or any of its respective Subsidiaries) in Subsidiaries or joint ventures as a result of such Asset Sale, and (v) any funded escrow established pursuant to the documents evidencing any such sale or disposition to secure any indemnification obligations or adjustments to the purchase price associated with any such Asset Sale.
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Non-U.S. Person means a Person who is not a U.S. Person, as defined in Regulation S.
Note Guarantee means the Guarantee by any Guarantor of the Companys obligations under this Indenture.
Notes means 5.625% Senior Notes due 2023 of the Company.
obligations means any principal, premium, interest (including any interest accruing subsequent to the filing of a petition in bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding at the rate provided for in the documentation with respect thereto, whether or not such interest is an allowed claim under applicable state, federal or foreign law), penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements (including reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and bankers acceptances), damages and other liabilities, and guarantees of payment of such principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities, payable under the documentation governing any Debt.
Offering Memorandum means the offering memorandum of the Company, dated June 4, 2015, related to the offering of the Notes and related Note Guarantees.
Officers Certificate means a certificate signed by two officers of the Company or a Guarantor, as applicable, one of whom must be the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer or the principal accounting officer of the Company or such Guarantor, as applicable.
Opinion of Counsel means a written opinion from legal counsel who is acceptable to the Trustee and delivered to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company or the Trustee.
Parent Entity means any direct or indirect parent of the Company.
Parent Entity Expenses means:
(a) costs (including all professional fees and expenses) Incurred by any Parent Entity in connection with reporting obligations under or otherwise Incurred in connection with compliance with applicable laws, rules or regulations of any governmental, regulatory or self-regulatory body or stock exchange, this Indenture or any other agreement or instrument relating to the Notes, the Guarantees or any other Debt of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, including in respect of any reports filed or delivered with respect to the Securities Act, Exchange Act or the respective rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;
(b) customary indemnification obligations of any Parent Entity owing to directors, officers, employees or other Persons under its articles, charter, by-laws, partnership agreement or other organizational documents or pursuant to written agreements with any such Person to the extent relating to the Company and its Subsidiaries;
(c) obligations of any Parent Entity in respect of director and officer insurance (including premiums therefor) to the extent relating to the Company and its Subsidiaries;
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(d) (x) general corporate overhead expenses, including professional fees and expenses and (y) other operational expenses of any Parent Entity related to the ownership or operation of the business of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries;
(e) expenses Incurred by any Parent Entity in connection with any offering, sale, conversion or exchange of Capital Stock or Debt; and
(f) amounts to finance Investments that would otherwise be permitted to be made pursuant to Section 4.07 hereof if made by the Company; provided, that (1) such Restricted Payment shall be made substantially concurrently with the closing of such Investment, (2) such direct or indirect parent company shall, immediately following the closing thereof, cause (A) all property acquired (whether assets or Capital Stock) to be contributed to the capital of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or (B) the merger, consolidation or amalgamation of the Person formed or acquired into the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (in a manner not prohibited by Section 5.01 hereof) in order to consummate such Investment, (3) such direct or indirect parent company and its Affiliates (other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) receives no consideration or other payment in connection with such transaction except to the extent the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary could have given such consideration or made such payment in compliance with this Indenture and such consideration or other payment is included as a Restricted Payment under this Indenture, (4) any property received by the Company shall not increase amounts available for Restricted Payments pursuant Section 4.07(a)(3) hereof and (5) such Investment shall be deemed to be made by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to another provision of this covenant or pursuant to the definition of Permitted Investments.
Participant means, with respect to the Depositary, a Person who has an account with the Depositary.
Permitted Asset Swap means the purchase and sale or exchange (within a 180-day period) of Related Business Assets or a combination of Related Business Assets and cash or Eligible Cash Equivalents between the Company and/or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and another Person; provided that any cash or Eligible Cash Equivalents received must be applied in accordance with Section 4.10 hereof.
Permitted Debt means:
(a) Debt Incurred pursuant to any Credit Facilities in an aggregate principal amount at the time Incurred does not exceed an amount equal to the greater of (1) $750.0 million at any time outstanding, and (2) such amount that, at the time of Incurrence and after giving pro forma effect thereto (in the manner set forth in the definition of Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio), as would not cause the Secured Debt Leverage Ratio of the Company for the Four Quarter Period immediately preceding the date of such Incurrence to exceed 3.0 to 1.0 (provided that for purposes of determining the amount that may be Incurred under this clause (a)(2), all Debt then being Incurred pursuant to this clause (a)(2) shall be deemed to be included as Secured Debt in the definition of Secured Debt Leverage Ratio) plus, in the case of any refinancing of any Debt Incurred under this clause, the aggregate amount of fees, discounts, premiums and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with such refinancing;
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(b) Debt under the Notes issued on the Issue Date and contribution, indemnification and reimbursement obligations (including without limitation those to the Trustee) owed by the Company or any Guarantor to any of the other of them in respect of amounts paid or payable on such Notes;
(c) Guarantees of the Notes;
(d) Debt outstanding on the Issue Date (other than clauses (a), (b) or (c) above);
(e) Debt owed to and held by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;
(f) Guarantees Incurred by the Company of Debt of a Restricted Subsidiary otherwise permitted to be incurred under this Indenture;
(g) Guarantees by any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of Debt of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, including Guarantees by any Restricted Subsidiary of Debt under the Credit Agreement; provided that (1) such Debt is Permitted Debt or is otherwise Incurred in accordance with Section 4.09 hereof and (2) such Guarantees are subordinated to the Notes to the same extent as the Debt being guaranteed;
(h) Debt incurred in respect of workers compensation claims and self-insurance obligations, and, for the avoidance of doubt, indemnity, bid, performance, warranty, release, appeal, surety and similar bonds, letters of credit for operating purposes and completion guarantees provided or incurred (including Guarantees thereof) by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;
(i) Debt under Swap Contracts and Hedging Obligations (excluding Swap Contracts and Hedging Obligations entered into for speculative purposes);
(j) the Incurrence by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of Acquired Debt that was outstanding on the date that such Restricted Subsidiary was acquired, directly or indirectly, by the Company; provided that (1) such Restricted Subsidiary Incurred such Debt prior to the date that the Company directly or indirectly acquired such Restricted Subsidiary, (2) such Debt was not incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such acquisition other than in connection with the refinancing of existing indebtedness, and (3) the Companys Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio immediately following such acquisition and Incurrence would be not less than the Companys Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio immediately prior to such acquisition and Incurrence or the Company would be permitted to Incur at least $1.00 of additional Debt pursuant to Section 4.09(a) hereof;
(k) Debt Incurred by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary to finance an acquisition; provided that the Companys Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio immediately following such acquisition and Incurrence would be not less than the Companys Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio immediately prior to such acquisition and Incurrence or the Company would be permitted to Incur at least $1.00 of additional Debt pursuant to Section 4.09(a) hereof;
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(l) Debt owed by the Company to a Restricted Subsidiary or by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to another Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or the Company; provided that if for any reason such Debt ceases to be held by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, such Debt shall cease to be Permitted Debt and shall be deemed Incurred as Debt of the Company for purposes of this Indenture;
(m) Debt of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Capital Lease Obligations and Purchase Money Debt, provided that the aggregate principal amount of such Debt outstanding at any time may not exceed the greater of (i) $50.0 million and (ii) 3.75% of Total Assets;
(n) Debt arising from agreements of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary providing for indemnification, contribution, earnout, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the acquisition or disposition of any business, assets or Capital Interests of a Restricted Subsidiary otherwise permitted under this Indenture;
(o) the issuance by any of the Companys Restricted Subsidiaries to the Company or to any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of shares of Preferred Interests; provided, however, that:
(1) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Capital Interests that results in any such Preferred Interests being held by a Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary; and
(2) any sale or other transfer of any such Preferred Interests to a Person that is not either the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;
shall be deemed, in each case, to constitute an issuance of such Preferred Interests by such Restricted Subsidiary that was not permitted by this clause (o);
(p) Debt arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice; provided, however, that such Debt is extinguished within five Business Days of Incurrence;
(q) Debt of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries evidenced by promissory notes issued to former or current Employees (or their respective spouses) of the Company, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any Parent Entity to finance the purchase or redemption of Capital Interests in the Company or Parent Entity permitted by Section 4.07 hereof;
(r) Debt not otherwise permitted pursuant to this definition, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the greater of (i) $100.0 million and (ii) 7.5% of Total Assets at any time outstanding;
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(s) Refinancing Debt;
(t) Permitted Foreign Subsidiary Dispositions; and
(u) Debt in an aggregate outstanding principal amount which, when taken together with the principal amount of all other Debt Incurred pursuant to this clause and then outstanding, will not exceed 100% of the net cash proceeds received by the Company from the issuance or sale (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary) of its Capital Interests (other than Redeemable Capital Interests, Designated Preferred Stock or an Excluded Contribution) or otherwise contributed to the equity (other than through the issuance of Redeemable Capital Interests, Designated Preferred Stock or an Excluded Contribution) of the Company, in each case, subsequent to the Issue Date, and any Refinancing Debt in respect thereof; provided, however, that (i) any such net cash proceeds that are so received or contributed shall not increase the amount available for making Restricted Payments to the extent the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries Incur Debt in reliance thereon and (ii) any net cash proceeds that are so received or contributed shall be excluded for purposes of Incurring Debt pursuant to this clause to the extent such net cash proceeds or cash have been applied to make Restricted Payments.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Debt Incurred under clause (a) of this definition of Permitted Debt may not be refinanced as Refinancing Debt under clause (s) of this definition of Permitted Debt and instead such Refinancing Debt may be incurred under clause (a) of this definition and will be initially deemed outstanding and permitted under such clause (a).
Permitted Foreign Subsidiary Disposition means any issuance from time to time of Capital Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary to any Employee pursuant to a Foreign Subsidiary Employment Plan; provided that (a) after giving effect to such issuance such Foreign Subsidiary remains a Subsidiary of the Company, (b) such Capital Interests issued to Employees does not materially reduce the Companys Control of such Foreign Subsidiary and (c) the Capital Interests issued to such Employees does not materially reduce the economic interests of the Company in such Foreign Subsidiary.
Permitted Foreign Subsidiary Payment means any payment by a Foreign Subsidiary from time to time to any Employee pursuant to any Foreign Subsidiary Employee Plan which payment is (a) in the nature of, or in lieu of, compensation payable to Employees or (b) constitutes a redemption or repurchase of Capital Interests in a Foreign Subsidiary held by an Employee.
Permitted Investments means:
(a) Investments in existence on the Issue Date;
(b) Investments required pursuant to any agreement or obligation of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, in effect on the Issue Date, to make such Investments;
(c) Investments in cash and Eligible Cash Equivalents;
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(d) Investments in property and other assets, owned or used by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the normal course of business;
(e) Investments by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(f) Investments by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in a Person, if as a result of such Investment (1) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or (2) such Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated or wound-up into, the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(g) Swap Contracts and Hedging Obligations;
(h) receivables owing to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and advances to suppliers, in each case if created, acquired or made in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary trade terms;
(i) any Investments received in compromise or resolution of (1) obligations of trade creditors, suppliers or customers that were incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of any trade creditor, supplier or customer; or (2) litigation, arbitration or other disputes with Persons who are not Affiliates;
(j) Investments by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries not otherwise permitted under this definition, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $100.0 million at the time made;
(k) loans or advances to employees of the Company, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any Parent Entity made in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice evidenced by Employee Loans, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $20.0 million at any one time outstanding;
(l) Investments the payment for which consists solely of Capital Interests of the Company;
(m) payroll, travel and similar advances to cover matters that are expected at the time of such advances ultimately to be treated as expenses for accounting purposes and that are made in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;
(n) guarantees by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Debt of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Debt otherwise permitted by Section 4.09 hereof;
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(o) Investments in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice consisting of the licensing or contribution of intellectual property pursuant to joint marketing or other business arrangements with other Persons;
(p) Investments in Joint Ventures and Unrestricted Subsidiaries having an aggregate fair market value, when taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause that are at the time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (i) $100 million and (ii) 7.5% of Total Assets at the time of such Investment (with the fair market value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value);
(q) Investments in securities or other assets not constituting cash, Eligible Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities and received in connection with an Asset Sale made pursuant to Section 4.10 hereof or any other disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale;
(r) loans by a Foreign Subsidiary to any Employee pursuant to any Foreign Subsidiary Employee Plan in the nature of, or in lieu of, compensatory payments or bonus or incentive payments;
(s) Investments of a Restricted Subsidiary acquired after the Issue Date or of an entity merged or amalgamated into or consolidated with the Company or merged or amalgamated into or consolidated with a Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation; and
(t) Investments to the extent made using Qualified Capital Interests of the Company or any Parent Entity.
Permitted Liens means:
(a) Liens existing on the Issue Date;
(b) Liens in favor of the Company or the Guarantors;
(c) (1) Liens that secure Debt incurred pursuant to Credit Facilities (including in respect of Treasury Management Agreements) incurred pursuant to clause (a) of the definition of Permitted Debt and (2) any Hedging Obligations and Swap Contracts permitted hereunder;
(d) any Lien for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or levies not then due and payable (or which, if due and payable, are being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves are being maintained, to the extent required by GAAP);
(e) any warehousemens, materialmens, landlords or other similar Liens arising by law for sums not then due and payable (or which, if due and payable, are being contested in good faith and with respect to which adequate reserves are being maintained, to the extent required by GAAP);
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(f) survey exceptions, encumbrances, easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way, sewers, electric lines, telephone lines and other similar purposes, or zoning or other similar restrictions as to the use of real properties or Liens incidental to the conduct of the business of such Person or to the ownership of its properties which do not individually or in the aggregate materially adversely affect the value of the Company or materially impair the operation of the business of such Person;
(g) pledges or deposits (1) in connection with workers compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of statutory obligations or the requirements of any official body; (2) to secure the performance of tenders, bids, surety or performance bonds, leases, purchase, construction, sales or servicing contracts (including utility contracts) and other similar obligations Incurred in the normal course of business consistent with industry practice; (3) to obtain or secure obligations with respect to letters of credit, Guarantees, bonds or other sureties, assurances or indemnities given in connection with the activities described in clauses (a) and (b) above, in each case not Incurred or made in connection with the borrowing of money, the obtaining of advances or credit or the payment of the deferred purchase price of property or services or imposed by ERISA or the Code in connection with a plan (as defined in ERISA); or (4) arising in connection with any attachment unless such Liens shall not be satisfied or discharged or stayed pending appeal within 60 days after the entry thereof or the expiration of any such stay;
(h) Liens (including Liens securing Acquired Debt) on property or assets of a Person existing at the time such Person is acquired or merged with or into or consolidated with the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, or becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (and not created or Incurred in anticipation of such transaction other than in connection with the refinancing of indebtedness of such Person); provided that such Liens are not extended to the property and assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries other than the property or assets acquired (or under the written arrangements under which such Liens arose could secure such property or assets) (plus improvements, accessions, proceeds or dividends or distributions in connection with the original property or other assets;
(i) Liens securing Debt of a Restricted Subsidiary owed to and held by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof;
(j) for the avoidance of doubt, other Liens (not securing Debt) incidental to the conduct of the business of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, or the ownership of their assets which do not individually or in the aggregate materially adversely affect the value of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or materially impair the operation of the business of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(k) Liens to secure Refinancing Debt (or successive extensions, renewals, refinancings or refundings), in whole or in part, of any Debt secured by Liens referred to in clauses (a), (c), (h), (r), (x), (q), (aa) and (bb) hereof and this clause (k); provided that such Liens do not extend to any other property or assets that secured the Debt being refinanced (or
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under the written arrangements under which such Liens arose could secure such property or assets) (plus improvements, accessions, proceeds or dividends or distributions in connection with the original property or other assets);
(l) Liens in favor of customs or revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of custom duties in connection with the importation of goods incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;
(m) licenses or other agreements relating to intellectual property granted in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;
(n) Liens to secure Capital Lease Obligations and Purchase Money Debt permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (m) of the definition of Permitted Debt; provided that such Liens do not extend to or cover any assets other than such assets acquired or constructed after the Issue Date with the proceeds of such Capital Lease Obligations or Purchase Money Debt;
(o) Liens upon specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing such Persons obligation in respect of bankers acceptances or similar instruments issued or created in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment, or storage of such inventory or other goods;
(p) Liens securing Debt Incurred to finance the construction, purchase or lease of, or repairs, improvements or additions to, property, plant or equipment of such Person; provided, however, that the Lien may not extend to any property owned by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries at the time the Lien is Incurred (other than assets and property affixed or appurtenant thereto and any proceeds thereof), and the Debt (other than any interest thereon) secured by the Lien may not be Incurred more than 180 days after the later of the acquisition, completion of construction, repair, improvement, addition or commencement of full operation of the property subject to the Lien;
(q) Liens on property or shares of Capital Interests of another Person at the time such other Person becomes a Subsidiary of such Person (including Liens that secure Debt of such Subsidiary); provided, however, that (1) the Liens may not extend to any other property owned by such Person or any of its Subsidiaries (other than assets and property affixed or appurtenant thereto) and (2) such Liens are not created or incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person becoming such a Restricted Subsidiary other than in connection with the refinancing of indebtedness;
(r) Liens (1) that are contractual rights of set-off (A) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks not given in connection with the issuance of Debt, (B) relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations and other cash management activities incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice of the Company and or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or (C) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of the Company or any of its
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Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice and (2) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code on items in the course of collection, (i) encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice, and (ii) in favor of banking institutions arising as a matter of law or pursuant to customary account agreements encumbering deposits (including the right of set-off) and which are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry;
(s) Liens securing judgments for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default under Section 6.01(6) hereof so long as such Liens are adequately bonded and any appropriate legal proceedings that may have been duly initiated for the review of such judgment have not been finally terminated or the period within which such proceedings may be initiated has not expired;
(t) leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses which do not materially interfere with the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and do not secure any Debt;
(u) any interest of title of an owner of equipment or inventory on loan or consignment to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and Liens arising from Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings regarding operating leases entered into by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;
(v) deposits in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice to secure liability to insurance carriers;
(w) Liens, if any, securing the Notes and the Note Guarantees;
(x) Liens securing Hedging Obligations and Swap Contracts so long as any related Debt is permitted to be Incurred under this Indenture;
(y) options, put and call arrangements, rights of first refusal and similar rights relating to Investments in Joint Ventures, partnerships and the like permitted to be made under this Indenture;
(z) Liens pursuant to the terms and conditions of any contracts between the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and any U.S. or foreign governmental agency or authority;
(aa) Liens on assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries securing Debt that, at the time of Incurrence, would not cause the Secured Debt Leverage Ratio of the Company to exceed 4.0 to 1.0; and
(bb) Liens not otherwise permitted under this Indenture in an aggregate amount not to exceed $100.0 million at any time outstanding.
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In the event that a Permitted Lien meets the criteria of more than one of the types of Permitted Liens (at the time of incurrence or at a later date), the Company in its sole discretion may divide, classify or from time to time reclassify all or any portion of such Permitted Lien in any manner that complies with this covenant and such Permitted Lien shall be treated as having been made pursuant only to the clause or clauses of the definition of Permitted Lien to which such Permitted Lien has been classified or reclassified.
Permitted Tax Distribution means:
(a) if and for so long as the Company is a member of a group filing a consolidated or combined tax return with any Parent Entity, any dividends or other distributions to fund any income Taxes for which such Parent Entity is liable up to an amount not to exceed with respect to such Taxes the amount of any such Taxes that the Company and its Subsidiaries would have been required to pay on a separate company basis or on a consolidated basis if the Company, and its Subsidiaries had paid Tax on a consolidated, combined, group, affiliated or unitary basis on behalf of an affiliated group consisting only of the Company and its Subsidiaries; and
(b) for any taxable year (or portion thereof) ending after the Issue Date for which the Company is treated as a disregarded entity, partnership, or other flow-through entity for federal, state, provincial, territorial, and/or local income Tax purposes, the payment of dividends or other distributions to the Companys direct owner(s) to fund the income Tax liability of such owner(s) (or, if a direct owner is a disregarded entity, partnership or other flow-through entity for federal, state, provincial, territorial and/or local income Tax purposes, of the indirect owner(s)) for such taxable year (or portion thereof) attributable to the operations and activities of the Company and its direct and indirect Subsidiaries, in an aggregate amount not to exceed the actual amount, in the aggregate, of income Tax payable by such owner(s) for such taxable year that is attributable to the ownership interests of such owner(s) in the Company.
Person means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, Joint Venture, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
Physical Notes means certificated Notes registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 2.07(c) hereof, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto, except that such Note shall not bear the Global Note Legend and shall not have the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached thereto.
Place of Payment, when used with respect to the Notes, means the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Notes are payable as specified as contemplated by Section 4.02 hereof.
Preferred Interests, as applied to the Capital Interests in any Person, means Capital Interests in such Person of any class or classes (however designated) that rank prior, as to the payment of dividends or as to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of such Person, to shares of Common Interests in such Person.
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Private Placement Legend means the legend set forth in Section 2.07(f)(1) hereof to be placed on all Notes issued under this Indenture, except where otherwise permitted by the provisions of this Indenture.
Property means any right or interest in or to property of any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, including, without limitation, Capital Interests.
Purchase Money Debt means Debt:
(a) Incurred to finance the purchase or construction (including additions and improvements thereto) of any assets (other than Capital Interests) of such Person or any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person; and
(b) that is secured by a Lien on such assets where the lenders sole security is to the assets so purchased or constructed; and in either case that does not exceed 100% of the cost and to the extent the purchase or construction prices for such assets are or should be included in addition to property, plant or equipment in accordance with GAAP.
Qualified Capital Interests in any Person means a class of Capital Interests other than Redeemable Capital Interests.
Qualified Equity Offering means (x) a sale of Capital Interests of the Company (other than Redeemable Capital Stock, Designated Preferred Stock or Capital Stock issued to any Subsidiary of the Company) other than offerings registered on Form S-8 (or any successor form) under the Securities Act or any similar offering in other jurisdictions, or (y) the sale of Capital Interests or other securities by a Parent Entity (other than Redeemable Capital Stock, Designated Preferred Stock or Capital Stock issued to the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Company), the proceeds of which are contributed to the equity (other than through an Excluded Contribution of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
Qualified Institutional Buyer or QIB shall have the meaning specified in Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.
Rating Agency means (a) each of Moodys and S&P and (b) if Moodys or S&P ceases to rate the Notes for reasons outside of the Companys control, a nationally recognized statistical rating organization as defined in Section 3 of the Exchange Act selected by the Company or any parent of the Company as a replacement agency for Moodys or S&P, as the case may be.
Ratings Decline Period means the period that (a) begins on the earlier of (1) the date of the first public announcement of the occurrence of a transaction that, if consummated, would constitute a Change of Control and (2) the occurrence of such Change of Control and (b) ends 90 days following consummation of such Change of Control; provided that such period shall be extended for so long as the rating of the Company, as noted by the applicable Rating Agency, is under publicly announced consideration for downgrade by the applicable Rating Agency.
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Ratings Event means either (a) the failure of the Company (or the successor entity) to obtain and maintain an Investment Grade Rating with respect to its corporate family rating (or equivalent term) from at least two Rating Agencies during the applicable Ratings Decline Period, including, without limitation, the withdrawal of the corporate family rating (or equivalent term) of the Company (or the successor entity) during the Ratings Decline Period by one or more Rating Agencies; or (b) the downgrade by one or more gradations (including gradations within ratings categories as well as between rating categories) of the corporate family rating (or equivalent term) of the Company (or any successor entity) by one or more Rating Agencies to any rating lower than an Investment Grade Rating (unless the applicable Rating Agency shall have put forth a written statement to the effect that such downgrade is not attributable in whole or in part to the applicable Change of Control) during the Ratings Decline Period, or the withdrawal of the corporate family rating (or equivalent term) of the Company (or the successor entity) during the Ratings Decline Period by one or more Rating Agencies.
Redeemable Capital Interests in any Person means any equity security of such Person that by its terms (or by terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or otherwise (including the passage of time or the happening of an event), is required to be redeemed, is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof in whole or in part (including by operation of a sinking fund), or is convertible or exchangeable for Debt of such Person at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, at any time prior to the date that is 91 days after the Stated Maturity of the Notes; provided that only the portion of such equity security which is required to be redeemed, is so convertible or exchangeable or is so redeemable at the option of the holder thereof before such date will be deemed to be Redeemable Capital Interests. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any equity security that would constitute Redeemable Capital Interests solely because the holders of the equity security have the right to require the Company to repurchase such equity security upon the occurrence of a change of control or an asset sale will not constitute Redeemable Capital Interests if the terms of such equity security provide that the Company may not repurchase or redeem any such equity security pursuant to such provisions unless such repurchase or redemption complies with Section 4.07 hereof. The amount of Redeemable Capital Interests deemed to be outstanding at any time for purposes of this Indenture will be the maximum amount that the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may become obligated to pay upon the maturity of, or pursuant to any mandatory redemption provisions of, such Redeemable Capital Interests or portion thereof, exclusive of accrued dividends.
Redemption Date, when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed pursuant to Article 3 of this Indenture, means the date fixed for such redemption pursuant to the terms of such Article 3.
Redemption Price, when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
Refinancing Debt means Debt that refunds, refinances, renews, replaces, extends or defeases 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:
(a) such Refinancing Debt is subordinated to the Notes or any Note Guarantee thereof to at least the same extent as the Debt being refunded, refinanced, renewed, replaced, extended or defeased, if such Debt was subordinated to the Notes or any Note Guarantee thereof;
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(b) the Refinancing Debt is scheduled to mature either (1) no earlier than the Debt being refunded, refinanced or extended or (2) at least 91 days after the date the Notes are no longer outstanding;
(c) the Refinancing Debt has an Average Life at the time such Refinancing Debt is Incurred that is equal to or greater than the Average Life of the Debt being refunded, refinanced, renewed, replaced, extended or defeased; and
(d) such Refinancing Debt is in an aggregate principal amount that is less than or equal to the sum of (1) the aggregate principal or accreted amount (in the case of any Debt issued with original issue discount, as such) then outstanding under the Debt being refunded, refinanced, renewed, replaced or extended, (2) the amount of accrued and unpaid interest, if any, and premiums owed, if any, not in excess of preexisting prepayment provisions on such Debt being refunded, refinanced, renewed, replaced or extended and (3) the amount of fees, expenses, premiums and costs related to the Incurrence of such Refinancing Debt including on the Debt being refinanced.
Related Business Assets means assets (other than cash or Eligible Cash Equivalents) used or useful in the business of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that any assets received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in exchange for assets transferred by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries will not be deemed to be Related Business Assets if they consist of securities of a Person, unless upon receipt of the securities of such Person, such Person would become a Restricted Subsidiary.
Related Taxes means any Taxes, including sales, use, transfer, rental, ad valorem, value added, stamp, property, consumption, franchise, license, capital, registration, business, customs, net worth, gross receipts, excise, occupancy, intangibles or similar Taxes and other fees and expenses (other than (x) Taxes measured by income and (y) withholding Taxes), required to be paid (provided such Taxes are in fact paid) by any Parent Entity by virtue of its:
(a) being organized or having Capital Stock outstanding (but not by virtue of owning stock or other equity interests of any corporation or other entity other than, directly or indirectly, the Company or any of the Companys Subsidiaries) or to otherwise maintain its existence or good standing under applicable law;
(b) being a holding company parent, directly or indirectly, of the Company or any Subsidiaries of the Company;
(c) receiving dividends from or other distributions in respect of the Capital Stock of, directly or indirectly, the Company or any Subsidiaries of the Company; or
(d) having made any payment in respect to any of the items for which the Company is permitted to make payments to any Parent Entity pursuant to Section 4.10 hereof;
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but only, in the case of each of the above, to the extent attributable to such Parent Entitys direct or indirect ownership of the Company or any Subsidiaries.
Regulation S means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.
Regulation S Global Note means a Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the Depositary or its nominee that will be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold in reliance on Rule 903.
Responsible Officer means, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer of the Trustee within the corporate trust department of the Trustee located at the Corporate Trust Office who has direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture and, for the purposes of Section 7.01(c)(2) hereof and the second sentence of Section 7.05 hereof shall also mean any other officer of the Trustee to whom any corporate trust matter relating to this Indenture is referred because of such officers knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
Restricted Global Note means a Global Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.
Restricted Payment is defined to mean any of the following:
(a) any dividend or other distribution declared and paid on the Capital Interests in the Company or on the Capital Interests in any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that are held by, or declared and paid to, any Person other than the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company, other than
(1) dividends, distributions or payments made solely in Qualified Capital Interests in the Company;
(2) dividends or distributions payable to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (and, in the case of any such Restricted Subsidiary making such dividend or distribution, to holders of its Capital Interests other than the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary on no more than a pro rata basis per class of equity interest); and
(3) dividends, distributions or payments made to any Parent Entity to fund payments in respect of Debt guaranteed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, so long as (i) such Guarantee was incurred in compliance with this Indenture and (ii) any such dividend, distribution or payment actually made is treated as an interest expense in the period in which it is made and is included in the definition of Consolidated Interest Expense;
(b) any payment made by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire any Capital Interests in the Company (including the conversion into, or exchange for, Debt, of any Capital Interests) other than any such Capital Interests owned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (other than a payment made solely in Qualified Capital Interests in the Company);
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(c) any payment made by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a payment made solely in Qualified Capital Interests in the Company) to redeem, repurchase, defease (including in substance or legal defeasance) or otherwise acquire or retire for value (including pursuant to mandatory repurchase covenants), prior to any scheduled maturity, scheduled sinking fund or mandatory redemption payment, Debt of the Company or any Guarantor that is subordinate in right of payment to the Notes or Note Guarantees (excluding any Debt owed to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries); except payments of principal and interest in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case, within one year of the due date thereof;
(d) any Investment by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in any Person, other than a Permitted Investment; and
(e) any designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
Restricted Period, with respect to any Notes, means the period of 40 consecutive days beginning on and including the later of (a) the day on which such Notes are first offered to persons other than distributors (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act) in reliance on Regulation S, notice of which day shall be promptly given by the Company to the Trustee, and (b) the Issue Date.
Restricted Physical Note means a Physical Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.
Restricted Subsidiary means any Subsidiary (including any Foreign Subsidiary) that has not been designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with this Indenture.
Rule 144 means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.
Rule 144A means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.
Rule 405 means Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act.
Rule 903 means Rule 903 promulgated under the Securities Act.
Rule 904 means Rule 904 promulgated under the Securities Act.
S&P means Standard & Poors, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and any successor to its rating agency business.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder.
Secured Debt means any Debt for borrowed money and Capital Lease Obligations secured by a Lien.
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Secured Debt Leverage Ratio means, with respect to any Person, the ratio of (i) the aggregate amount of all Secured Debt of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis (net of cash and Eligible Cash Equivalents held by them), in each case calculated at the end of the most recent fiscal period for which financial information in respect thereof is available immediately preceding the Transaction Date giving rise to the need to calculate the Secured Debt Leverage Ratio to (ii) the aggregate amount of Consolidated Cash Flow Available for Fixed Charges of such Person for the Four Quarter Period immediately preceding the Transaction Date. In addition to and without limitation of the foregoing, for purposes of this definition, this ratio shall be calculated on a pro forma basis consistent with the pro forma adjustments set forth in the definition of Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio and any cash proceeds of any new Debt then being Incurred shall not be netted from the numerator of the ratio described in this definition.
Significant Subsidiary has the meaning set forth in Rule 1 -02 of Regulation S-X promulgated under the Securities Act, but shall not include any Unrestricted Subsidiary.
Similar Business means any business conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the Issue Date or any business that is similar, reasonably related, incidental or ancillary thereto.
Stated Maturity, when used with respect to (a) any Note or any installment of interest thereon, means the date specified in such Note as the fixed date on which the principal amount of such Note or such installment of interest is due and payable and (b) any other Debt or any installment of interest thereon, means the date specified in the instrument governing such Debt as the fixed date on which the principal of such Debt or such installment of interest is due and payable.
Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, limited or general partnership, limited liability company, trust, association or other business entity of which an aggregate of at least a majority of the outstanding Capital Interests therein is, at the time, directly or indirectly, owned by such Person and/or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.
Supplemental Indenture means a supplemental indenture substantially in the form attached as Exhibit D hereto.
Swap Contract means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing, whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a Master Agreement), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.
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Taxes means all present and future taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges, duties and withholdings and any charges of a similar nature (including interest, penalties and other liabilities with respect thereto) that are imposed by any government or other taxing authority.
Total Assets means, as of any date, the total assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, as shown on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries that is internally available, with such pro forma adjustments as are consistent with the pro forma adjustments set forth in the definition of Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio and as are determined in good faith by the Company.
Transaction Date has the meaning set forth in the definition of Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.
Transactions means (a) the offering, sale and issuance of the Notes, (b) the entering into of the new Credit Agreement and the replacement of the Companys existing credit facilities, (c) the repayment of all outstanding Debt and accrued interest under the Companys existing credit facilities and (d) the payment of all fees and expenses related thereto.
Treasury Management Agreements means any and all agreements governing the provision of treasury or cash management services, including overnight drafts, credit cards, debit cards and p-cards (including purchasing cards and commercial cards), deposit accounts, funds transfer, automated clearinghouse, zero balance accounts, returned check concentration, controlled disbursement, lockbox, account reconciliation and reporting and trade finance services and other agreements related to treasury or cash management services.
Treasury Rate means with respect to the Notes, as of the applicable Redemption Date, the yield to maturity as of such Redemption Date of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) that has become publicly available at least two Business Days prior to such Redemption Date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from such Redemption Date to June 15, 2018; provided, however, that if the period from such Redemption Date to June 15, 2018 is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used.
Trustee means Wilmington Trust, National Association, a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, until a successor replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving hereunder.
Uniform Commercial Code means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York; provided, however, that at any time, if by reason of mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the perfection or priority of a collateral agents
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security interest in any item or portion of the collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the term Uniform Commercial Code shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect, at such time, in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection or priority and for purposes of definitions relating to such provisions.
Unrestricted Global Note means a permanent Global Note, substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto, that bears the Global Note Legend and that has the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached thereto, and that is deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary, representing Notes that do not bear the Private Placement Legend.
Unrestricted Physical Note means one or more Physical Notes that do not bear and are not required to bear the Private Placement Legend.
Unrestricted Subsidiary means:
(a) any Subsidiary designated as such by an Officers Certificate as set forth below where neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (1) Guarantees any Debt of such Subsidiary or any Subsidiary of such Subsidiary (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument evidencing such Debt) or (2) is directly or indirectly liable for any Debt of such Subsidiary or any Subsidiary of such Subsidiary (except in each case of an Investment permitted by this Indenture); and
(b) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
U.S. Government Obligations means direct non-callable obligations of, or guaranteed by, the United States of America for the payment of which guarantee or obligations the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged.
U.S. Person means a U.S. Person as defined in Rule 902(k) promulgated under the Securities Act.
Voting Interests means, with respect to any Person, securities of any class or classes of Capital Interests in such Person, taking into account the voting power of such securities, entitling the holders thereof generally to vote on the election of members of the Board of Directors or comparable body of such Person.
Section 1.02 Additional Definitions.
Other capitalized terms defined elsewhere in this Indenture and not defined in this Article 1 shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in this Indenture in the sections set forth below.
Acceptable Commitment | Section 4.10(b)(2) | |
Additional Notes | Section 2.01 | |
Affiliate Transaction | Section 4.11(a) | |
Asset Sale Offer | Section 4.10(c) |
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Change of Control Expiration Date | Section 4.13(b) | |
Change of Control Offer | Section 4.13(a) | |
Change of Control Payment Date | Section 4.13(b) | |
Change of Control Purchase Amount | Section 4.13(b)(3) | |
Change of Control Purchase Price | Section 4.13(b)(4) | |
Covenant Defeasance | Section 9.01(c) | |
Covenant Suspension Event | Section 4.17 | |
Discharge | Section 9.01(a)(1)(B) | |
Excess Proceeds | Section 4.10(c) | |
Legal Defeasance | Section 9.01(b) | |
Paying Agent | Section 2.04 | |
Registrar | Section 2.04 | |
Reversion Date | Section 4.17(b) | |
Suspended Covenants | Section 4.17(a) | |
Suspension Period | Section 4.17(c) | |
Surviving Entity | Section 5.01(a)(1)(B) |
Section 1.03 Rules of Construction.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) a term has the meaning assigned to it herein, whether defined expressly or by reference;
(2) unless otherwise specified herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted, all accounting determinations hereunder shall be made, and all financial statements required to be delivered hereunder shall be prepared, in accordance with GAAP;
(3) or is not exclusive and including means including, without limitation;
(4) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;
(5) will shall be interpreted to express a command;
(6) words used herein implying any gender shall apply to both genders;
(7) herein, hereof, hereunder and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subsection;
(8) $, U.S. Dollars and United States Dollars each refer to United States dollars, or such other money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts;
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(9) references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act will be deemed to include substitute, replacement of successor sections or rules adopted by the Commission from time to time; and
(10) references to Sections, Articles or Exhibits are references to Sections, Articles or Exhibits of or to this Indenture unless context otherwise requires.
ARTICLE 2
THE NOTES
Section 2.01 Amount of Notes.
The Trustee shall initially authenticate and deliver the Notes for original issue on the Issue Date in an aggregate principal amount of $250,000,000 of the Notes upon a written order of the Company in the form of a Company Order. In addition, at any time and from time to time, the Trustee shall upon a written order of the Company in the form of a Company Order authenticate and deliver any additional Notes (Additional Notes) in unlimited aggregate principal amount (so long as permitted by the terms of this Indenture, including, without limitation, Section 4.09 hereof). Each such written order shall specify the amount of Notes to be authenticated, the date on which the Notes are to be authenticated and, in the case of any issuance of Additional Notes pursuant to Section 2.02 hereof, shall certify that such issuance is in compliance with Section 4.09 hereof. All the Notes issued under this Indenture shall be consolidated with and form a single class with the Notes and shall have the same terms as to status waivers, amendments, offers to purchase, redemptions or otherwise as the Notes.
Notwithstanding anything else in this Indenture to the contrary, at the Companys option, Additional Notes may be issued with the same CUSIP number or different CUSIP numbers.
Section 2.02 Form and Dating; Terms.
(a) The Notes and the Trustees certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rules or usage. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall be in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
(b) Notes issued in global form shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (including the Global Note Legend thereon and the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached thereto). Notes issued in definitive form shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (but without the Global Note Legend thereon and without the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached thereto). Each Global Note shall represent such of the outstanding Notes as shall be specified in the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached thereto and each shall provide that it shall represent up to the aggregate principal amount of Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as applicable, to reflect exchanges and redemptions and transfers of interests. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any
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increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the Depositary, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.07 hereof.
(c) The aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture shall govern and be controlling.
The Notes shall be subject to repurchase by the Company pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer as provided in Section 4.10 hereof or a Change of Control Offer as provided in Section 4.13 hereof. The Notes shall not be redeemable, other than as provided in Article 3.
Additional Notes ranking pari passu with the Notes may be created and issued from time to time by the Company without notice to or consent of the Holders and shall be consolidated with and form a single class with the Notes and shall have the same terms as to status, waivers, amendments, offers to purchase, redemption or otherwise as the Notes; provided that the Companys ability to issue Additional Notes shall be subject to the Companys compliance with Section 4.09 hereof. Additional Notes shall have substantially identical terms as the Initial Notes, other than with respect to the date of issuance and issue price; provided, however, that no Additional Notes may be issued at a price that would cause such Additional Notes to not be fungible for U.S. federal income tax purposes with any other Notes issued under this Indenture unless identified by a different CUSIP number. Any Additional Notes shall be issued pursuant to an indenture supplemental to this Indenture.
Section 2.03 Execution and Authentication.
The Notes shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, President, any Vice President or Treasurer. The signature of any of these officers on the Notes may be manual or facsimile.
If an officer whose signature is on a Note was an officer at the time of such execution but no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note, the Note shall be valid nevertheless.
No Note shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Note a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate upon any Note shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Note has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Note shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such Note to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 2.12 hereof, for all purposes of this Indenture such Note shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
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The Notes shall be issuable only in fully registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.
Section 2.04 Registrar and Paying Agent.
The Company shall maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (the Registrar), and an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (the Paying Agent) and an office or agency where notices and demands to or upon the Company, if any, in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may have one or more additional Paying Agents. The term Paying Agent includes any additional Paying Agent.
The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Agent that is not a party to this Indenture. The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such Agent. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any such Agent. If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar or Paying Agent, or fails to give the foregoing notice, the Trustee shall act as such and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation in accordance with Section 7.06 hereof. Upon an Event of Default under Section 6.01(7) or (8), the Trustee shall automatically become the Paying Agent.
The Company initially appoints DTC to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.
The Company initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar, Paying Agent and Agent for service of notices and demands in connection with the Notes and this Indenture, and the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as the office or agency of the Company for such purposes, and the Company may change the Paying Agent without prior notice to the Holders. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent.
Section 2.05 Paying Agent To Hold Money in Trust.
Each Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes (whether such money has been paid to it by the Company or any other obligor on the Notes), and the Company and the Paying Agent shall notify the Trustee in writing of any default by the Company (or any other obligor on the Notes) in making any such payment. Money held in trust by the Paying Agent need not be segregated except as required by law and in no event shall the Paying Agent be liable for any interest on any money received by it hereunder; provided that if the Company or an Affiliate thereof acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate the money held by it as Paying Agent and hold such money in a separate trust fund. The Company at any time may require the Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and account for any funds disbursed, and the Trustee may at any time during the continuance of any Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(1) or (2) hereof, upon written request to the Paying Agent, require the Paying Agent to pay forthwith all money so held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed. Upon making such payment, the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for the money delivered to the Trustee.
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Section 2.06 Holder Lists.
The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of the Holders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee at least five Business Days before each Interest Payment Date, and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders as of the June 1 or December 1, as applicable, immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date or such other date as the Trustee requests.
Section 2.07 Transfer and Exchange.
(a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. Except as otherwise set forth in this Section 2.07, a Global Note may be transferred, in whole and not in part, only by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. A beneficial interest in a Global Note may not be exchanged for a Physical Note unless (1) the Depositary (A) notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Note or (B) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 120 days, (2) subject to the procedures of the Depositary, the Company, at its option, notifies the Trustee in writing that the Company elects to cause the issuance of the Physical Notes, or (3) upon request of the Trustee or Holders of a majority of the principal amount of outstanding Notes, if there shall have occurred and be continuing a Default with respect to the Notes. Upon the occurrence of any of the preceding events in (1), (2) or (3) above, Physical Notes delivered in exchange for any Global Note or beneficial interests therein will be registered in the names, and issued in any approved denominations, requested by or on behalf of the Depositary (in accordance with its customary procedures). Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.08 and 2.11 hereof. Every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.07 or Section 2.08 or 2.11 hereof, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Note, except for Physical Notes issued subsequent to any of the preceding events in (1), (2) or (3) above and pursuant to Section 2.07(c) hereof. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as provided in this Section 2.07(a); provided, however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.07(b) or (c) hereof.
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(b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes shall be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act. Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also shall require compliance with either subparagraph (1) or (2) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:
(1) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note. Beneficial interests in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Note in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Private Placement Legend; provided, however, that prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global Note may not be made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person. The Restricted Period shall be terminated upon the receipt by the Trustee of an Officers Certificate certifying that the Restricted Period may be terminated in accordance with Regulation S. Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.07(b)(1).
(2) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 2.07(b)(1) hereof, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar either (A) (i) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (ii) instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase or (B) (i) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a Physical Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (ii) instructions given by the Depositary to the Registrar containing information regarding the Person in whose name such Physical Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in (i) above; provided that in no event shall Physical Notes be issued upon the transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global Note prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period. The Restricted Period shall be terminated upon the receipt by the Trustee of an Officers Certificate certifying that the Restricted Period may be terminated in accordance with Regulation S. Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust or cause to be adjusted the principal amount of the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to Section 2.07(g) hereof.
(3) Transfer of Beneficial Interests to Another Restricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to a Person
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who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Note if the transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.07(b)(2) hereof and the Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof; or
(B) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof.
Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note.
(c) Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for Physical Notes.
(1) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Restricted Physical Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Physical Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Physical Note, then, upon the occurrence of any of the events in paragraph (1), (2) or (3) of Section 2.07(a) hereof and receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:
(A) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Physical Note, a certificate from such holder substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(a) thereof;
(B) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(C) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;
(D) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;
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(E) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or
(F) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof,
the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.07(g) hereof, and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and mail to the Person designated in the instructions a Physical Note in the applicable principal amount. Any Physical Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.07(c) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall mail such Physical Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Physical Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.07(c)(1) shall bear the Private Placement Legend and shall be subject to all restrictions on transfer contained therein.
(2) Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Physical Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Physical Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Physical Note, then, upon the occurrence of any of the events in subsection (1), (2) or (3) of Section 2.07(a) hereof and satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.07(b)(2) hereof, the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.07(g) hereof, and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and mail to the Person designated in the instructions an Unrestricted Physical Note in the applicable principal amount. Any Unrestricted Physical Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.07(c)(3) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from or through the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall mail such Unrestricted Physical Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Unrestricted Physical Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.07(c)(3) shall not bear the Private Placement Legend.
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(d) Transfer and Exchange of Physical Notes for Beneficial Interests.
(1) Restricted Physical Notes to Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes. If any Holder of a Restricted Physical Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note or to transfer such Restricted Physical Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:
(A) if the Holder of such Restricted Physical Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(b) thereof;
(B) if such Restricted Physical Note is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(C) if such Restricted Physical Note is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;
(D) if such Restricted Physical Note is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;
(E) if such Restricted Physical Note is being transferred to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or
(F) if such Restricted Physical Note is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof,
the Trustee shall cancel the Restricted Physical Note, increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of, in the case of clause (A) above, the applicable Restricted Global Note, in the case of clause (B) above, the applicable 144A Global Note, and in the case of clause (C) above, the applicable Regulation S Global Note.
(2) Unrestricted Physical Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of an Unrestricted Physical Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Physical Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee shall cancel the applicable Unrestricted Physical Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted Global Notes.
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If any such exchange or transfer from a Unrestricted Physical Note to a beneficial interest is effected pursuant to subparagraph (2)(B), (2)(D) or (3) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of a Company Order in accordance with Sections 2.01 and 2.03 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of Unrestricted Physical Notes so transferred.
(e) Transfer and Exchange of Physical Notes for Physical Notes. Upon request by a Holder of Physical Notes and such Holders compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.07(e), the Registrar shall register the transfer or exchange of Physical Notes. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder shall present or surrender to the Registrar the Physical Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer substantially in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto, duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. In addition, the requesting Holder shall provide any additional certifications, documents and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this Section 2.07(e):
(1) Restricted Physical Notes to Restricted Physical Notes. Any Restricted Physical Note may be transferred to and registered in the name of Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Physical Note if the Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the transfer will be made to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, then the transferor must deliver a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(B) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904 then the transferor must deliver a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof; or
(C) if the transfer will be made pursuant to any other exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable.
(2) Unrestricted Physical Notes to Unrestricted Physical Notes. A Holder of Unrestricted Physical Notes may transfer such Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Physical Note. Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Unrestricted Physical Notes pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.
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(f) Legends. The following legends shall appear on the face of all Global Notes and Physical Notes issued under this Indenture unless specifically stated otherwise in the applicable provisions of this Indenture:
(1) Private Placement Legend.
(A) Except as permitted by subparagraph (B) below, each Global Note and each Physical Note (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution therefor) shall bear the legend in substantially the following form:
THE SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) EVIDENCED HEREBY WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), AND THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED, ASSIGNED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER. THE HOLDER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT (A) SUCH SECURITY MAY BE RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY (1)(a) IN THE UNITED STATES TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT), PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A FOREIGN PERSON IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY IF THE COMPANY SO REQUESTS), (c) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE) OR (d) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY IF THE COMPANY SO REQUESTS), (2) TO THE COMPANY OR (3) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER FROM IT OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN CLAUSE (a) ABOVE.
(B) [Reserved].
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(2) Global Note Legend. Each Global Note shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:
THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITARY. THIS NOTE IS NOT EXCHANGEABLE FOR NOTES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (A NEW YORK CORPORATION) (DTC) TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
(g) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes. At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Physical Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note shall be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.12 hereof. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Physical Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note shall be reduced accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global Note shall be increased accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.
(h) General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.
(1) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and Physical Notes upon receipt of a Company Order in accordance with Sections 2.01 and 2.03 hereof or at the Registrars request.
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(2) No service charge shall be made to a holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Physical Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.08, 2.11, 3.06, 4.10, 4.13 and 8.04 hereof).
(3) Neither the Registrar nor the Company shall be required to register the transfer of or exchange any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.
(4) All Global Notes and Physical Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Physical Notes shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Global Notes or Physical Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
(5) The Company shall not be required (A) to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange any Notes during a period beginning at the opening of business 30 days before the day of any selection of Notes for redemption under Section 3.02 hereof and ending at the close of business on the day of selection, (B) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part or (C) to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a record date and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date.
(6) Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the Trustee, any Agent and the Company may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, any Agent or the Company shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(7) Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note at the office or agency of the Company designated pursuant to Section 4.02 hereof, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and mail, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more replacement Notes of any authorized denomination or denominations of a like aggregate principal amount.
(8) At the option of the Holder, Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of any authorized denomination or denominations of a like aggregate principal amount upon surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at such office or agency; provided that such exchange is made in accordance with Section 2.03 hereof.
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Whenever any Global Notes or Physical Notes are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and mail, the replacement Global Notes and Physical Notes which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.03 hereof.
(9) All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.07 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile.
(10) The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer that may be imposed under this Indenture with respect to the Notes pursuant to the terms hereof or under applicable law, other than to require delivery of such certificates, documentation or other evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by, this Indenture or the terms of the Notes. None of the Trustee, Registrar or Paying Agent shall have any responsibility for any actions taken or not taken by the Depositary.
Section 2.08 Replacement Notes.
If a mutilated Note is surrendered to the Registrar or the Trustee, or if the Holder of a Note claims that the Note has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Note if the Holder of such Note furnishes to the Company and the Trustee evidence reasonably acceptable to them of the ownership and the destruction, loss or theft of such Note and if the requirements of Section 8-405 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code as in effect on the date of this Indenture are met. If required by the Trustee or the Company, an indemnity bond shall be posted, sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee to protect it and in the judgment of the Company to protect the Company, the Trustee or any Paying Agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if such Note is replaced. The Company may charge such Holder for the Companys reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in replacing such Note and the Trustee may charge the Company for the Trustees expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys fees and disbursements) in replacing such Note. Every replacement Note shall constitute a contractual obligation of the Company.
Section 2.09 Outstanding Notes.
The Notes outstanding at any time are all Notes that have been authenticated by the Trustee except for (a) those canceled by it, (b) those delivered to it for cancellation, (c) to the extent set forth in Sections 9.01 and 9.02 hereof, on or after the date on which the conditions set forth in Section 9.01 or 9.02 hereof have been satisfied, those Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered by the Trustee hereunder and (d) those described in this Section 2.09 as not outstanding. Subject to Section 2.10 hereof, a Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or one of its Affiliates holds the Note.
If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.08 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Note is held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Note is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company.
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If the Paying Agent holds, in its capacity as such, on any Maturity Date, money sufficient to pay all accrued interest and principal with respect to the Notes payable on that date and is not prohibited from paying such money to the Holders thereof pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, then on and after that date such Notes cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue.
Section 2.10 Treasury Notes.
In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have concurred in any declaration of acceleration or notice of default or direction, waiver or consent or any amendment, modification or other change to this Indenture, Notes owned by the Company or any other Affiliate of the Company shall be disregarded as though they were not outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent or any amendment, modification or other change to this Indenture, only Notes as to which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actually received an Officers Certificate stating that such Notes are so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned which have been pledged in good faith shall not be disregarded if the pledgee established to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgees right so to act with respect to the Notes and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor on the Notes or any of their respective Affiliates.
Section 2.11 Temporary Notes.
Until definitive Notes are prepared and ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form of definitive Notes but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Notes. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes. Until such exchange, temporary Notes shall be entitled to the same rights, benefits and privileges as definitive Notes.
Section 2.12 Cancellation.
The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee shall cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and dispose of such Notes in accordance with its internal policies and customary procedures (subject to the record retention requirements of the Exchange Act). Upon written request, the Trustee shall deliver evidence of such canceled Notes to the Company. The Company may not reissue or resell, or issue new Notes to replace Notes that the Company has redeemed or paid, or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (other than in accordance with this Indenture).
Section 2.13 Defaulted Interest.
If the Company defaults on a payment of interest on the Notes, when the same becomes due and payable and such nonpayment continues for a period of 30 days, it shall pay the defaulted interest, plus (to the extent permitted by law) any interest payable on the defaulted
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interest, in accordance with the terms hereof, to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date, which date shall be at least five Business Days prior to the payment date. At least 10 days before such special record date, the Company shall mail to each Holder a notice that states the special record date, the payment date and the amount of defaulted interest, and interest payable on defaulted interest, if any, to be paid. The Company may make payment of any defaulted interest in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements (if applicable) of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed and, upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after written notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this sentence, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Section 2.14 CUSIP Number.
The Company in issuing the Notes may use a CUSIP, ISIN or other similar number, and if so, such CUSIP, ISIN or other similar number shall be included in notices of redemption or exchange as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP, ISIN or other similar number printed in the notice or on the Notes, and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any such CUSIP, ISIN or other similar number used by the Company in connection with the issuance of the Notes and of any change in the CUSIP, ISIN or other similar number.
Section 2.15 Deposit of Moneys.
Prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on each Interest Payment Date and Maturity Date, the Company shall have deposited with the Paying Agent in immediately available funds money sufficient to make cash payments, if any, due on such Interest Payment Date or Maturity Date, as the case may be. The principal and interest on a Global Note shall be payable by the Trustee to the Depositary of such Global Note or its nominee, as the case may be, as the sole registered owner and the sole Holder of the Notes represented thereby. The principal and interest on Physical Notes shall be payable, either in person or by mail, at the office of the Paying Agent.
Section 2.16 Computation of Interest
Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
Section 3.01 Election To Redeem; Notices to Trustee
If the Company elects to redeem Notes, pursuant to this Article 3, at least 30 days prior to the Redemption Date but not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, the Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the Redemption Date and the principal amount of such Notes to be redeemed and the Redemption Price, and deliver to the Trustee, no later than
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two Business Days prior to the Redemption Date, an Officers Certificate stating that such redemption will comply with the conditions contained this Article 3. Notice given to the Trustee pursuant to this Section 3.01 may, at the Companys discretion, be subject to the satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent.
Section 3.02 Selection by Trustee of Notes To Be Redeemed.
If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee will select the Notes or portions thereof in authorized denominations to be redeemed by lot, pro rata or by any other method customarily authorized by the clearing systems (subject to DTC procedures). No Notes of $2,000 or less shall be redeemed in part and no redemption shall result in a Holder holding a Note of less than $2,000.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of the Notes selected for redemption and, in the case of any partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. For all purposes of this Indenture unless the context otherwise requires, provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption.
Section 3.03 Notice of Redemption.
Notices of redemption shall be sent electronically to DTC, in the case of Global Notes, or shall be mailed by first-class mail, in the case of Physical Notes (and, to the extent permitted by applicable procedures or regulations, electronically) upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at its registered address, except that redemption notices may be sent more than 60 days prior to a Redemption Date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture pursuant to Article 9 hereof.
The notice shall identify the Notes to be redeemed (including the CUSIP numbers thereof) and shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date;
(2) the Redemption Price;
(3) if any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the portion of the principal amount of such Note to be redeemed and that, after the Redemption Date and upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion will be issued;
(4) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(5) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the Redemption Price;
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(6) that unless the Company defaults in making the redemption payment, interest on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the Redemption Date;
(7) if such notice is conditioned upon the occurrence of one or more conditions precedent, the nature of such conditions precedent;
(8) the aggregate principal amount of Notes that are being redeemed;
(9) the paragraph of the Notes and/or Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the Notes called for redemption are being redeemed; and
(10) that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number, ISIN number or other similar number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes.
At the Companys written request made at least five Business Days prior to the date on which notice is to be given to Holders, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Companys name and at the Companys sole expense.
Notice given to the Holders pursuant to this Section 3.03 may, at the Companys discretion, be subject to the satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent. If such redemption is subject to satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, such notice shall describe each such condition, and if applicable, shall state that, in the Companys discretion, the Redemption Date may be delayed until such time as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied, or such redemption may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied by the Redemption Date, or by the Redemption Date as so delayed.
Section 3.04 Effect of Notice of Redemption.
Once the notice of redemption described in Section 3.03 hereof is mailed or given electronically in the manner provided in Section 3.03 hereof, Notes called for redemption become irrevocably due and payable on the Redemption Date and at the Redemption Price plus interest accrued to the Redemption Date. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such Notes shall be paid at the Redemption Price plus interest accrued to, but not including, the Redemption Date; provided that (a) if the Redemption Date is after a regular record date and on or prior to the Interest Payment Date, the accrued interest shall be payable to the Holder of the redeemed Notes registered on the relevant record date; and (b) if a Redemption Date is a Legal Holiday, payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and no interest shall accrue for the period from such Redemption Date to such succeeding Business Day. Such notice, if mailed or given electronically in the manner provided in Section 3.03 hereof, shall be conclusively presumed to have been given whether or not the Holder receives such notice.
Section 3.05 Deposit of Redemption Price.
On or prior to 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on each Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent in immediately available funds money sufficient
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to pay the Redemption Price of, and accrued interest on, all Notes to be redeemed on that date other than Notes or portions thereof called for redemption on that date which have been delivered by the Company to the Trustee for cancellation.
On and after any Redemption Date, if money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and accrued interest on, Notes called for redemption shall have been made available in accordance with the immediately preceding paragraph, the Notes called for redemption will cease to accrue interest and the only right of the Holders of such Notes will be to receive payment of the Redemption Price of, and, subject to Section 3.04(a) hereof, accrued and unpaid interest on, such Notes to, but not including, the Redemption Date. If any Note surrendered for redemption shall not be so paid, interest will be paid, from the Redemption Date until such redemption payment is made, on the unpaid principal of the Note and any interest not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate and in the manner provided in the Notes.
Section 3.06 Notes Redeemed in Part.
In the case of Physical Notes redeemed in part, a new Note in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the original Note will be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon surrender for cancellation of the original Note. In the case of Global Notes redeemed in part, the outstanding balance of any such Global Note shall be adjusted by the Trustee to reflect such redemption. On and after the Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on Notes or portions of them called for redemption, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the redemption price.
Section 3.07 Optional Redemption.
(a) The Notes may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at any time prior to June 15, 2018, at the option of the Company upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior notice mailed by first-class mail to each Holders registered address or sent in accordance with the procedures of DTC for Global Notes, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to but not including, the applicable Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date that is on or prior to the Redemption Date).
(b) In addition, the Notes may be redeemed, at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, at any time on or after June 15, 2018, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days notice at the following Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount to be redeemed) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant regular record date to receive interest due on an Interest Payment Date that is on or prior to the Redemption Date), if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning on June 15 of each of the years indicated below:
Year |
Redemption Price |
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2018 |
104.219 | % | ||
2019 |
102.813 | % | ||
2020 |
101.406 | % | ||
2021 and thereafter |
100.000 | % |
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(c) In addition to the optional redemption provisions of the Notes described in clauses (a) and (b) of this Section 3.07, prior to June 15, 2018, the Company may, with the net proceeds of one or more Qualified Equity Offerings, redeem up to 40% of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes (including Additional Notes) at a Redemption Price equal to 105.625% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but not including, the Redemption Date; provided that at least 50% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes originally issued under this Indenture (including Additional Notes) remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of any such redemption (excluding Notes held by the Company or its Subsidiaries) and that any such redemption occurs within 90 days following the closing of any such Qualified Equity Offering.
(d) Any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.07 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.
Section 3.08 Mandatory Redemption.
The Company is not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.
ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS
Section 4.01 Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.
The Company covenants and agrees that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Notes in accordance with the terms of the Notes and this Indenture.
Section 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for Notes an office or agency where Notes may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or
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rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in each Place of Payment for Notes for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.
Section 4.03 Provision of Financial Information.
(a) Notwithstanding that the Company may not be subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or otherwise reporting on an annual and quarterly basis on forms provided for such annual and quarterly reporting pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC, from and after the Issue Date, the Company will furnish to the Trustee and the Holders, within the time periods specified below:
(1) within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, all financial information that would be required to be contained in an annual report on Form 10-K, or any successor or comparable form, filed with the SEC, including a Managements discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations and a report on the annual financial statements by the Companys independent registered public accounting firm; provided, that if at the end of any applicable fiscal year there are any Unrestricted Subsidiaries, the Company shall also furnish a reasonably detailed presentation, either on the face of the annual financial statements delivered pursuant to this clause (1) or in the footnotes thereto, and in the management discussion and analysis, of the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries separate from the financial condition and results of operations of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries;
(2) within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year, all financial information that would be required to be contained in a quarterly report on Form 10-Q, or any successor or comparable form, file with the SEC; and
(3) promptly after the occurrence of any of the following events, all current reports that would be required to be filed with the SEC on Form 8-K or any successor or comparable form (if the Company had been a reporting company under Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) for any of the following events; provided, that the foregoing shall not obligate the Company to (i) make available any information otherwise required to be included on a Form 8-K regarding the occurrence of any such event if the Company determines in its good faith judgment that such event that would otherwise be required to be disclosed is not material to the Holders of the Notes or the business, assets, operations, financial positions or prospects of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole or (ii) make available copies of any agreements, financial statements or other items that would be required to be filed as exhibits to a current report on Form 8-K except for (x) material Debt and (y) historical and pro forma financial statements to the extent reasonably available:
(A) the entry into or termination of material agreements;
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(B) significant acquisitions or dispositions;
(C) the sale of equity securities;
(D) bankruptcy;
(E) cross-default under direct material financial obligations;
(F) a change in the Companys certifying independent auditor;
(G) the appointment or departure of directors or executive officers;
(H) non-reliance on previously issued financial statements; and
(I) change of control transactions,
in each case, in a manner that complies in all material respects with the requirements specified in such form, except as described above or below; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to (i) comply with Regulation G under the Exchange Act or Item 10(e) of Regulation S-K with respect to any non-GAAP financial information contained therein or (ii) provide the type of information contemplated by Rule 3-10 of Regulation S-X with respect to separate financial statements for Guarantors or any financial statements for unconsolidated subsidiaries or 50% or less owned persons contemplated by Rule 3-09 of Regulation S-X or any schedules required by Regulation S-X, or in each case any successor provisions. In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will not be required to (i) comply with Sections 302, 906 or 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, or (ii) otherwise furnish any information, certificates or reports required by Items 307 or 308 of Regulation S-K. To the extent any such information is not so filed or furnished, as applicable, within the time periods specified above and such information is subsequently filed or furnished, as applicable, the Company will be deemed to have satisfied its obligations with respect thereto at such time and any Default with respect thereto shall be deemed to have been cured; provided that such cure shall not otherwise affect the rights of the Holders under Section 6.01 hereof if Holders of at least 30% in principal amount of the total outstanding Notes have declared the principal, premium, if any, interest and any other monetary obligations on all the outstanding Notes to be due and payable immediately and such declaration shall not have been rescinded or cancelled prior to such cure. In addition, to the extent not satisfied by the foregoing, the Company will agree that, for so long as any Notes are outstanding, it will furnish to Holders and to securities analysts and prospective investors, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the U.S. Securities Act.
(b) Substantially concurrently with the furnishing or making such information available to the Trustee pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph, the Company shall
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also post copies of such information required by the immediately preceding paragraph on a website (which may be nonpublic and may be maintained by the Company or a third party) to which access will be given to Holders, prospective investors in the Notes (which prospective investors shall be limited to qualified institutional buyers within the meaning of Rule 144A of the U.S. Securities Act or non-U.S. persons (as defined in Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act) that certify their status as such to the reasonable satisfaction of the Company), and securities analysts and market making financial institutions that are reasonably satisfactory to the Company.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the sole remedy for an Event of Default relating to the failure to comply with this Section 4.03, will for the 180 days after the occurrence of such an Event of Default consist exclusively, to the extent permitted by applicable law, of the right to receive additional interest on the principal amount of the Notes at a rate equal to 0.50% per annum. This additional interest will be payable in the same manner and subject to the same terms as other interest payable under this Indenture. This additional interest will accrue on all outstanding Notes from and including the date on which an Event of Default relating to a failure to comply with the reporting obligations described above under this covenant first occurs to, but excluding, the 180th day thereafter (or such earlier date on which the Event of Default relating to such failure to comply with this covenant is cured or waived). If the Event of Default resulting from such failure to comply with the reporting obligations is continuing on such 180th day, such additional interest will cease to accrue and the Notes will be subject to the other remedies provided under Section 6.01 hereof.
(d) The Company may satisfy its obligations under this Section 4.03 with respect to financial information relating to the Company by furnishing financial information relating to a Parent Entity; provided that the same is accompanied by consolidating information that explains in reasonable detail the differences between the information relating to such Parent Entity, on the one hand, and the information relating to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a standalone basis, on the other hand. For the avoidance of doubt, the consolidating information referred to in the proviso in the preceding sentence need not be audited.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth above in this Section 4.03, if the Company is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or otherwise reporting on an annual and quarterly basis on forms provided for such annual and quarterly reporting pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC, from and after the Issue Date, and so long as any Notes are outstanding, the Company will furnish to the Trustee and the Holders, or file electronically with the Commission through the Commissions Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (or any successor system), within the time periods specified in the Commissions rules and regulations::
(1) all quarterly and annual financial information that would be required to be contained in a filing with the Commission on Forms 10-K and 10-Q if the Company were required to file such Forms, including a Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and, with respect to the annual information only, a report on the annual financial statements by the Companys certified independent accountants; provided, that if
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at the end of any applicable fiscal year there are any Unrestricted Subsidiaries, the Company shall also furnish a reasonably detailed presentation, either on the face of the annual financial statements delivered pursuant to this clause (1) or in the footnotes thereto, and in the management discussion and analysis, of the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries separate from the financial condition and results of operations of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries;
(2) all current reports that would be required to be filed with the Commission on Form 8-K if the Company were required to file such reports;
(3) whether or not required by the Commission, the Company will file a copy of all of the information and reports referred to in clauses (1) and (2) of Section 4.03(e) hereof with the Commission for public availability within the time periods specified in the Commissions rules and regulations (unless the Commission will not accept such a filing) or otherwise make such information available to prospective investors; and
(4) to the extent not satisfied by the foregoing, the Company will furnish to Holders and to securities analysts and prospective investors, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the U.S. Securities Act.
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth above in this Section 4.03, if the Company or any Parent Entity of the Company has furnished the Holders and filed with the Commission through the Commissions Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (or any successor system), within the respective time periods specified above, the reports described in the preceding paragraphs with respect to the Company or any Parent Entity, the Company shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions of this covenant; provided that, if the financial information so furnished relates to any Parent Entity, the same is accompanied by consolidating information, that explains in reasonable detail (including selected quantitative metrics) the differences between the information relating to such Parent Entity or Parent Entities, on the one hand, and the information relating to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a standalone basis, on the other hand. For the avoidance of doubt, the consolidating information referred to in the proviso in the preceding sentence need not be audited.
(g) Delivery under this Section 4.03 of reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustees receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Companys compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers Certificates).
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Section 4.04 Corporate Existence.
Subject to Article 5 hereof and the ability to convert into an entity that is a Person described in Section 5.01(a)(1)(B) hereof, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence as a corporation.
Section 4.05 Money for Notes Payments To Be Held in Trust.
(a) If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to the Notes, it will, on or before each Maturity Date or Interest Payment Date on any of the Notes, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of its action or failure so to act.
(b) Whenever the Company shall have a Paying Agent for the Notes, it will, prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on each Maturity Date or Interest Payment Date on the Notes, deposit with the Paying Agent in immediately available funds a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal, premium or interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of its action or failure so to act.
(c) The Company will cause the Paying Agent, other than the Trustee, to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which the Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section 4.05, that the Paying Agent will:
(1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Notes in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;
(2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Notes) in the making of any payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest on the Notes; and
(3) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by the Paying Agent.
(d) The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct the Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or the Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or the Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by the Paying Agent to the Trustee, the Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.
(e) Subject to applicable abandoned property law, any money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the
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principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Notes and remaining unclaimed for three years after such principal (and premium, if any) or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Order, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or the Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or the Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation in New York, New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.
Section 4.06 [Reserved].
Section 4.07 Limitation on Restricted Payments.
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, make any Restricted Payment unless, at the time of and after giving effect to the proposed Restricted Payment:
(1) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or will occur as a consequence thereof;
(2) after giving effect to such Restricted Payment on a pro forma basis, the Company would be permitted to Incur at least $1.00 of additional Debt pursuant to Section 4.09(a) hereof; and
(3) after giving effect to such Restricted Payment on a pro forma basis, the aggregate amount expended or declared for all Restricted Payments made on or after the Issue Date (excluding Restricted Payments made pursuant to clauses (2) through (18) of Section 4.07(b) hereof shall not exceed the sum (without duplication) of:
(A) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income (or, if Consolidated Net Income shall be a deficit, minus 100% of such deficit) of the Company accrued on a cumulative basis during the period (taken as one accounting period) from April 1, 2015 and ending on the last day of the fiscal quarter for which financial statements are available immediately preceding the date of such proposed Restricted Payment, plus
(B) 100% of the aggregate net proceeds (including the Fair Market Value of property other than cash) received by the Company subsequent to the Issue Date either (1) as a contribution to its common equity capital (other than through an Excluded Contribution) or (2) from the issuance and sale (other than to a Subsidiary) of its Qualified Capital Interests, including Qualified Capital Interests issued upon the conversion of Debt
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or Redeemable Capital Interests of the Company, and from the exercise of options, warrants or other rights to purchase such Qualified Capital Interests (other than, in each case, Capital Interests or Debt sold to a Subsidiary of the Company), plus
(C) 100% of the net reduction in Investments (other than Permitted Investments), subsequent to the Issue Date, in any Person, resulting from (1) payments of interest on Debt, dividends, repayments of loans or advances, or any sale or disposition of such Investments (but only to the extent such items are not included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income), in each case to the Company or any Subsidiary from any Person, or (2) the redesignation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, not to exceed in the case of any Person the amount of Investments previously made by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in such Person subsequent to the Issue Date.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 4.07(a) hereof, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may take the following actions, provided that, in the case of clauses (10) and (12) of this Section 4.07(b), immediately after giving effect to such action, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing:
(1) the payment of any dividend on Capital Interests in the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or the consummation or any redemption within 60 days after declaration of such dividend or the giving of the redemption notice, as the case may be, if at the date of such declaration or giving of the redemption notice payment was permitted by Section 4.07(a) hereof;
(2) the purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement of any Qualified Capital Interests of the Company by conversion into, or by or in exchange for, Qualified Capital Interests, or out of net cash proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) of other Qualified Capital Interests of the Company;
(3) the purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or acquisition or retirement for value of any Debt of the Company or a Guarantor that is subordinate in right of payment to the Notes or the applicable Note Guarantee out of the net cash proceeds of a substantially concurrent issue and sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company) of (A) Qualified Capital Interests of the Company or (B) new subordinated Debt of the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, Incurred in accordance with this Indenture, so long as such new subordinated Debt constitutes Refinancing Debt of the subordinated Debt being purchased, repurchased, redeemed, defeased, acquired or retired subordinated Debt;
(4) the purchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition for value of Capital Interests in the Company or any Parent Entity held by Employees of the Company, and of its Subsidiaries or any Parent Entity (or their estates or beneficiaries under their estates) upon death, disability, retirement or termination
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of employment or alteration of employment status or pursuant to the terms of any agreement under which such Capital Interests were issued; provided that the aggregate cash consideration paid for such purchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition of such Capital Interests does not exceed $40.0 million in any calendar year; provided, however, that such amount in any calendar year may be increased by an amount not to exceed (A) the cash proceeds received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries from the sale of Qualified Capital Interests of the Company or any Parent Entity to Employees of the Company, and its Subsidiaries, or any Parent Entity that occurs after the Issue Date; provided, however, that the amount of such cash proceeds utilized for any such repurchase, retirement, other acquisition or dividend will not increase the amount available for Restricted Payments under Section 4.07(a)(3) hereof; plus (B) the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date (provided, however, that the Company may elect to apply all or any portion of the aggregate increase contemplated by the proviso of this clause (4) in any calendar year and, to the extent any payment described under this clause (4) is made by delivery of Debt and not in cash, such payment shall be deemed to occur only when, and to the extent, the obligor on such Debt makes payments with respect to such Debt);
(5) the repurchase of Capital Interests deemed to occur upon (A) the exercise of stock options, warrants or other convertible or exchangeable securities or (B) the withholding of a portion of such Capital Interests to pay for the taxes payable by such Person on account of such grant or award;
(6) the extension of credit that constitutes intercompany Debt, the Incurrence of which was permitted pursuant to Section 4.09 hereof;
(7) cash payment, in lieu of issuance of fractional shares in connection with the exercise of warrants, options or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for the Capital Interests of the Company, any Parent Entity or a Restricted Subsidiary, or in connection with any merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other combination involving the Company;
(8) the declaration and payment of dividends, capital distributions or payments to holders of any class or series of Redeemable Capital Interests of the Company, any Parent Entity or any Restricted Subsidiary issued or Incurred in compliance with Section 4.09 hereof to the extent such dividends, capital distributions or payments are included in the definition of Consolidated Fixed Charges;
(9) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any subordinated Debt in accordance with provisions substantially similar to those described in Sections 4.10 and 4.13 hereof; provided that the Company shall have first complied with Sections 4.10 and 4.13 hereof and all Notes tendered by Holders in connection with any Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer, as applicable, have been repurchased, redeemed or acquired for value prior to repurchasing, redeeming or otherwise acquiring or retiring for value any such subordinated Debt;
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(10) the making of any Restricted Payments if, at the time of the making of such payments, and after giving effect thereto (including, without limitation, the Incurrence of any Debt to finance such payment), the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio of the Company would not exceed 3.50 to 1.00;
(11) any payments made by the Company in connection with the consummation of the Transactions;
(12) the making of any other Restricted Payments not in excess of $100.0 million in the aggregate outstanding at any time made;
(13) [reserved];
(14) the declaration and payment by the Company of dividends on the common stock or common equity interests of the Company in an amount not to exceed in any fiscal year the amount per share of dividends on the common stock or common equity interests of the Company paid by the Company in the prior fiscal year, in each case to pay regular quarterly cash dividends to stockholders of the Company in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;
(15) from time to time any Foreign Subsidiary may make any Permitted Foreign Subsidiary Payment and may enter into any Foreign Subsidiary Employee Plan with any Employee;
(16) dividends, loans, advances or distributions to any Parent Entity or other payments by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in amounts equal to the aggregate of (without duplication) Permitted Tax Distributions and the amounts required for any Parent Entity to pay any Parent Entity Expenses or any Related Taxes;
(17) Restricted Payments that are made with Excluded Contributions; and
(18) (i) the declaration and payment of dividends on Designated Preferred Stock of the Company issued after the Issue Date; and (ii) the declaration and payment of dividends to any Parent Entity, the proceeds of which will be used to fund the payment of dividends to holders of Designated Preferred Stock of such Parent Entity issued after the Issue Date; provided, however, that, in the case of clause (ii), the amount of all dividends declared or paid pursuant to this clause shall not exceed the aggregate amount contributed in cash to the equity (other than through the issuance of Redeemable Capital Interests or an Excluded Contribution) of the Company, from the issuance or sale of such Designated Preferred Stock; provided further, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), that at the date of issuance of such Designated Preferred Stock, after giving effect to such payment on a pro forma basis, the Company would be permitted to Incur at least $1.00 of additional Debt pursuant to the provisions in Section 4.09(a) hereof.
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(c) If the Company makes a Restricted Payment which, at the time of the making of such Restricted Payment, in the good faith determination of the Company, would be permitted under the requirements of this Indenture, such Restricted Payment shall be deemed to have been made in compliance with this Indenture notwithstanding any subsequent adjustment made in good faith to the Companys financial statements affecting its Consolidated Net Income.
(d) For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.07, in the event that a payment or other action meets the criteria of more than one of the exceptions described in Section 4.07(b) hereof, or is permitted to be made pursuant to Section 4.07(a) (including by virtue of qualifying as a Permitted Investment), the Company will be permitted to classify such payment or other action on the date of its occurrence in any manner that complies with this Section 4.07. Payments or other actions permitted by this Section 4.07 need not be permitted solely by reference to one provision permitting such payment or other action but may be permitted in part by one such provision and in part by one or more other provisions of this covenant permitting such payment or other action (including pursuant to any section of the definition of Permitted Investment).
(e) If any Person in which an Investment is made, which Investment constitutes a Restricted Payment when made, thereafter becomes a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with this Indenture, all such Investments previously made in such Person shall no longer be counted as Restricted Payments for purposes of calculating the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments pursuant to Section 4.07(a)(3) hereof, in each case to the extent such Investments would otherwise be so counted.
(f) For purposes of this Section 4.07, if a particular Restricted Payment involves a non-cash payment, including a distribution of assets, then such Restricted Payment shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the cash portion of such Restricted Payment, if any, plus an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of the non-cash portion of such Restricted Payment.
Section 4.08 Limitation on Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (that is not a Guarantor) to, directly or indirectly, cause or suffer to exist or become effective or enter into any encumbrance or restriction (other than pursuant to this Indenture or any law, rule, regulation or order) on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to (1) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital Interests owned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or pay any Debt or other obligation owed to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, (2) make loans or advances to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or (3) sell, lease or transfer any of its property or assets to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
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(b) Section 4.08(a) hereof shall not apply to the following encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:
(1) any encumbrance or restriction in existence on the Issue Date, including those required by the Credit Agreement and any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements, refinancings thereof, provided that the amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacement or refinancings, in the good faith judgment of the Company, are no more restrictive, taken as a whole, with respect to such dividend or other payment restrictions than those contained in these agreements on the Issue Date or refinancings thereof;
(2) any encumbrance or restriction pursuant to an agreement relating to an acquisition of property, so long as the encumbrances or restrictions in any such agreement relate solely to the property so acquired (and are not or were not created in anticipation of or in connection with the acquisition thereof, other than in connection with the refinancing of Debt related to the acquired property);
(3) any encumbrance or restriction which exists with respect to a Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or merges with or into a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company on or after the Issue Date, which is in existence at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, but not created in connection with or in anticipation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary (other than in connection with the refinancing of Debt at such Person), and which is not applicable to any Person or the property or assets of any Person other than such Person or the property or assets of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary;
(4) any encumbrance or restriction pursuant to an agreement effecting a permitted renewal, refunding, replacement, refinancing or extension of Debt issued pursuant to an agreement containing any encumbrance or restriction referred to in the foregoing clauses (1) through (3) of this Section 4.08(b), so long as the encumbrances and restrictions contained in any such refinancing agreement are no less favorable in any material respect to the Holders than the encumbrances and restrictions contained in the agreements governing the Debt being renewed, refunded, replaced, refinanced or extended in the good faith judgment of the Company;
(5) customary provisions restricting subletting or assignment of any lease, contract, or license of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or provisions in agreements that restrict the assignment of such agreement or any rights thereunder;
(6) any encumbrance or restriction by reason of applicable law, rule, regulation or order;
(7) any encumbrance or restriction under this Indenture, the Notes and the Note Guarantees;
(8) any encumbrance or restriction on the sale of assets or Capital Interests, including, without limitation, any agreement for the sale or other disposition of a Subsidiary that restricts distributions by that Subsidiary, pending its sale or other disposition;
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(9) restrictions on cash and other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;
(10) customary provisions with respect to the disposition or distribution of assets or property in Joint Venture agreements, partnership agreements, asset sale agreements, stock sale agreements, sale leaseback agreements and other similar agreements;
(11) any instrument or agreement governing Debt or Capital Interests of a Person acquired by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as in effect at the time of such acquisition (except to the extent such Debt or Capital Interests was incurred in connection with or in contemplation of such acquisition other than in connection with the refinancing of existing indebtedness), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person, or the property or assets of the Person, so acquired, provided that, in the case of Debt, such Debt was permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be incurred;
(12) purchase money obligations (including Capital Lease Obligations) for property acquired in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice that impose restrictions on that property so acquired of the nature described in clause (3) of Section 4.08(a) hereof;
(13) any encumbrance or restriction existing by reason of any Liens otherwise permitted to be incurred under this Indenture, including the provisions of Section 4.12 hereof that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets subject to such Liens; and
(14) any other instrument or agreement governing Debt (1) entered into after the Issue Date that contains encumbrances and restrictions that are not materially more restrictive with respect to any Restricted Subsidiary than those in effect on the Issue Date with respect to that Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to agreements in effect on the Issue Date or (2) either (a) the Company determines, in good faith, at the time of entry into such agreement or instrument that such encumbrance or restrictions will not adversely affect, in any material respect, the Companys ability to make principal or interest payments on the Notes or (b) such encumbrance or restriction applies only during the continuance of a default relating to such agreement or instrument.
(c) Nothing contained in this Section 4.08 shall prevent the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from (1) creating, incurring, assuming or suffering to exist any Liens otherwise permitted pursuant to Section 4.12 hereof or (2) restricting the sale or other disposition of property or assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that secure Debt of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries Incurred in accordance with Sections 4.09 and 4.12 hereof.
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Section 4.09 Limitation on Incurrence of Debt.
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, Incur any Debt (including Acquired Debt); provided that the Company and any Restricted Subsidiary may Incur Debt (including Acquired Debt) if, immediately after giving effect to the Incurrence of such Debt and the receipt and application of the proceeds therefrom, the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, determined on a pro forma basis as if any such Debt (including any other Debt being Incurred contemporaneously), and any other Debt Incurred since the beginning of the relevant Four Quarter Period, had been Incurred and the proceeds thereof had been applied at the beginning of the Four Quarter Period, and any other Debt repaid since the beginning of the Four Quarter Period had been repaid at the beginning of the Four Quarter Period, would be greater than 2.0:1.0; provided that the aggregate principal amount of Debt (including Acquired Debt) permitted to be Incurred pursuant to this paragraph by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors may not exceed the greater of (i) $75.0 million and (ii) 5.0% of Total Assets at any time outstanding.
(b) If, during the Four Quarter Period or subsequent thereto and on or prior to the date of determination, the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall have engaged or shall engage in any Asset Sale or other disposition, Asset Acquisition, Investments, mergers, consolidations, discontinued operations (as determined in accordance with GAAP) or incurrence or retirement of Debt or shall have designated any Restricted Subsidiary to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary, Consolidated Cash Flow Available for Fixed Charges and Consolidated Interest Expense for the Four Quarter Period shall be calculated on a pro forma basis giving effect to such Asset Sale or other disposition, Asset Acquisition, Investments, mergers, consolidations, discontinued operations, incurrence or retirement of Debt, or designation, as the case may be, and the application of any proceeds therefrom as if such Asset Sale or other disposition, Asset Acquisition, Investments, mergers, consolidations, discontinued operations, or incurrence or retirement of Debt or designation had occurred on the first day of the Four Quarter Period.
(c) If the Debt which is the subject of a determination under this provision is Acquired Debt, or Debt Incurred in connection with the concurrent acquisition of any Person, business, property or assets, or Debt of an Unrestricted Subsidiary being designated as a Restricted Subsidiary, then such ratio shall be determined by giving effect (on a pro forma basis, as if the transaction had occurred at the beginning of the Four Quarter Period) to (1) the Incurrence of such Acquired Debt or such other Debt by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and (2) the inclusion, in the Companys Consolidated Cash Flow Available for Fixed Charges, of the Consolidated Cash Flow Available for Fixed Charges of the acquired Person, business, property or assets or redesignated Subsidiary.
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4.09(a) hereof, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may Incur Permitted Debt.
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(e) For purposes of determining any particular amount of Debt under this Section 4.09, (1) Debt Incurred and outstanding under the Credit Agreement on the Issue Date shall at all times be treated as Incurred pursuant to clause (a) of the definition of Permitted Debt, and (2) Guarantees or obligations with respect to letters of credit in each case supporting Debt otherwise included in the determination of such particular amount shall not be included. For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.09, in the event that an item of Debt meets the criteria of more than one of the types of Debt described above, including categories of Permitted Debt and under Section 4.09(a) hereof, the Company, in its sole discretion, may classify, and from time to time may reclassify, all or any portion of such item of Debt in any manner such that the item of Debt would be permitted to be incurred at the time of such classification or reclassification, as applicable.
(f) The accrual of interest, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount or accreted value, the accretion of dividends, and the payment of interest on Debt in the form of additional Debt or payment of dividends on Capital Interests in the form of additional shares of Capital Interests with the same terms will not be deemed to be an Incurrence of Debt or issuance of Capital Interests for purposes of this Section 4.09.
(g) For purposes of determining compliance with any U.S. dollar-denominated restriction on the incurrence of Debt, the U.S. dollar- equivalent principal amount of Debt denominated in a foreign currency shall be utilized, calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Debt was incurred. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 4.09, the maximum amount of Debt that the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may incur pursuant to this Section 4.09 shall not be deemed to be exceeded solely as a result of fluctuations in exchange rates or currency values.
(h) The Company and any Guarantor will not Incur any Debt that pursuant to its terms is subordinate or junior in right of payment to any Debt unless such Debt is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes and the Note Guarantees to the same extent; provided that Debt will not be considered subordinate or junior in right of payment to any other Debt solely by virtue of being unsecured or secured to a greater or lesser extent or with greater or lower priority or by virtue of structural subordination.
Section 4.10 Limitation on Asset Sales.
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate, directly or indirectly, an Asset Sale, unless:
(1) the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market Value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of; and
(2) except in the case of a Permitted Asset Swap, at least 75% of the consideration therefor, together with all Asset Sales since the Issue Date (on a cumulative basis) received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, is in the form of cash or Eligible Cash Equivalents; provided that the amount of:
(A) any liabilities (as reflected in the Companys or such Restricted Subsidiarys most recent balance sheet or in the footnotes thereto, or if Incurred or accrued subsequent to the date of such balance sheet, such liabilities that would have been shown on the Companys or such Restricted Subsidiarys balance sheet or in the footnotes thereto if such Incurrence or accrual had taken place on the date of such balance sheet, as determined by the Company) of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes, that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets and for which the Company and all of its Restricted Subsidiaries have been validly released by all creditors in writing,
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(B) any securities, notes or other obligations or assets received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash (to the extent of the cash received) within 180 days following the closing of such Asset Sale, and
(C) any Designated Non-cash Consideration received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary in such Asset Sale having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Designated Non-cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (C) that is at that time outstanding, no greater than the greater of (i) $40.0 million and (ii) 3% of Total Assets at the time of the receipt of such Designated Non-cash Consideration, with the Fair Market Value of each item of Designated Non-cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value, shall be deemed to be cash for purposes of this provision and for no other purpose.
(b) Within 450 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds of any Asset Sale, the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, at its option, may apply the Net Proceeds from such Asset Sale:
(1) to reduce:
(A) obligations under the Credit Agreement, or under any other Debt which is secured Debt permitted by this Indenture (and, to the extent the obligations being reduced constitute revolving credit obligations, to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto); or
(B) Debt of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, other than Debt owed to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary (or any affiliate thereof); or
(2) to make any combination of (A) an Investment in any one or more businesses; provided that if such business is not a Restricted Subsidiary such Investment is in the form of the acquisition of Capital Interests and results in the
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Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, owning an amount of the Capital Interests of such business such that it constitutes a Restricted Subsidiary, (B) an Investment in properties, (C) capital expenditures or (D) acquisitions of other assets, in the case of each of (A) through (D), that are used or useful in a Similar Business or replace the businesses, properties and/or assets that are the subject of such Asset Sale; provided that, in the case of this clause (b) of Section 4.10, a binding commitment shall be treated as a permitted application of the Net Proceeds from the date of such commitment so long as the Company or such other Restricted Subsidiary enters into such commitment with the good faith expectation that such Net Proceeds will be applied to satisfy such commitment within 180 days of such commitment (an Acceptable Commitment); provided further, that if any Acceptable Commitment is later cancelled or terminated for any reason before such Net Proceeds are applied, then, to the extent the 450-day period referred to in the first sentence of this paragraph has lapsed, such Net Proceeds shall constitute Excess Proceeds (as defined in clause (c) of this Section 4.10).
(c) Any Net Proceeds from Asset Sales that are not invested or applied as provided and within the time period described in clause (b) of this Section 4.10 (or such earlier date as the Company may elect) will be deemed to constitute Excess Proceeds. When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $25.0 million, the Company shall make an offer to all Holders of the Notes, and, if required or permitted by the terms of senior Debt, to the holders of such senior Debt (an Asset Sale Offer), to purchase the maximum aggregate principal amount of the Notes and such senior Debt that is a minimum of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, to the date fixed for the closing of such offer, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Indenture. The Company will commence an Asset Sale Offer with respect to Excess Proceeds within ten Business Days after the date that Excess Proceeds exceed $25.0 million by giving the notice required pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, with a copy to the Trustee.
(d) To the extent that the aggregate amount of Notes and any other senior Debt tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds, the Company may use any remaining Excess Proceeds for general corporate purposes, subject to other covenants contained in this Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes or the senior Debt surrendered by such holders thereof exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes (subject to procedures of DTC, in the case of global notes) and the agent for such other senior Debt, as applicable, shall select such other senior Debt to be purchased by lot, pro rata or by any other method customarily authorized by clearing systems (so long as authorized denomination results therefrom) based on the accreted value or principal amount of the Notes or such other senior Debt tendered. Upon completion of any such Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero. Additionally, the Company may, at its option, make an Asset Sale Offer using proceeds from any Asset Sale at any time after consummation of such Asset Sale; provided that such Asset Sale Offer shall be in an aggregate amount of not less than $10.0 million. Upon consummation of such Asset Sale Offer, any Net Proceeds not required to be used to purchase Notes or such other senior Debt shall not be deemed Excess Proceeds.
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(e) Pending the final application of any Net Proceeds pursuant to this Section 4.10, the holder of such Net Proceeds may apply such Net Proceeds temporarily to reduce Debt outstanding under a revolving credit facility or otherwise invest such Net Proceeds in any manner not prohibited by this Indenture.
(f) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this covenant, (i) to the extent that any of or all the Net Proceeds of any Asset Sale by a Foreign Subsidiary (a Foreign Disposition) is (x) prohibited or delayed by applicable local law, (y) restricted by applicable organizational documents or any agreement or (z) subject to other onerous organizational or administrative impediments from being repatriated to the United States, the portion of such Net Proceeds so affected will not be required to be applied in compliance with this covenant so long, but only so long, as the applicable local law, documents or agreements will not permit repatriation to the United States (the Company hereby agreeing to use reasonable efforts (as determined in the Companys reasonable business judgment) to otherwise cause the applicable Foreign Subsidiary to, within one year following the date on which the respective payment would otherwise have been required, promptly take all actions reasonably required by the applicable local law, applicable organizational impediments or other impediment to permit such repatriation), and if within one year following the date on which the respective payment would otherwise have been required, such repatriation of any of such affected Net Proceeds is permitted under the applicable local law, applicable organizational impediment or other impediment, such repatriated Net Proceeds will be promptly (and in any event not later than five (5) Business Days after such repatriation could be made) applied (net of additional Taxes payable or reasonably reserved against as a result thereof) (whether or not repatriation actually occurs) in compliance with this covenant and (ii) to the extent that the Company has reasonably determined in good faith that repatriation of any of or all the Net Proceeds of any Foreign Disposition would have an adverse Tax consequence (which for the avoidance of doubt, includes, but is not limited to, any prepayment whereby doing so the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary or any of their respective Affiliates and/or equity owners would incur a tax liability, including a taxable dividend, deemed dividend pursuant to Code Section 956 or a withholding tax), the Net Proceeds so affected will not be required to be applied in compliance with this covenant. The non-application of any prepayment amounts as a consequence of the foregoing provisions will not, for the avoidance of doubt, constitute a Default or an Event of Default.
(g) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in connection with any tender offer for the Notes, including a Change of Control Offer or an Asset Sale Offer, if Holders of not less than 90% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes validly tender and do not withdraw such Notes in such tender offer and the Company, or any third party making a such tender offer in lieu of the Company, purchases all of the Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn by such Holders, the Company or such third party will have the right upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior notice, given not more than 30 days following such purchase date, to redeem all Notes that remain outstanding following such purchase at a redemption price equal to the price offered to each other Holder in such tender offer plus, to the extent not included in the tender offer payment, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon, to, but not including, the date of such redemption.
(h) To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions herein, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations described herein by virtue thereof.
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Section 4.11 Limitation on Affiliate Transactions.
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of the Company (each, an Affiliate Transaction) involving consideration in excess of $2.0 million, unless:
(1) the Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are no less favorable to the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that would reasonably have been expected to have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person; and
(2) the Company delivers to the Trustee, with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $25.0 million, a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company set forth in an Officers Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with this Section 4.11 and that such Affiliate Transaction has been approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors of the Company.
(b) The following items will not be deemed to be Affiliate Transactions and, therefore, will not be subject to the provisions of clause (a) of this Section 4.11:
(1) any employment or other compensation arrangement or agreement, employee or compensation benefit plan, officer or director indemnification agreement or any similar arrangement entered into by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice and payments pursuant thereto (including Employee Loans);
(2) transactions between or among the Company and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(3) transactions with a Person (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Company) that is an Affiliate of the Company solely because the Company owns, directly or through a Restricted Subsidiary, a Capital Interest in, or controls, such Person;
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(4) payment of directors fees to Persons who are not otherwise Affiliates of the Company and the payment of customary indemnification to directors, officers, employees and agents of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(5) any issuance of Capital Interests (other than Redeemable Capital Interests);
(6) transactions in which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, delivers to the Trustee a letter from an Independent Financial Advisor stating that such transaction is fair to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point of view or meets the requirements of clause (1) of the preceding paragraph;
(7) the existence of, or the performance by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of its obligations under the terms of, any equityholders agreement (including any registration rights agreement or purchase agreements related thereto) to which it is party as of the Issue Date and any similar agreement that it may enter into thereafter; provided, however, that the existence of, or the performance by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of its obligations under any future amendment to the equityholders agreement or under any similar agreement entered into after the Issue Date will only be permitted under this clause to the extent that the terms of any such amendment or new agreement are not otherwise disadvantageous to the Holders in any material respects;
(8) any (x) purchases of any class of Debt from, or lending of any class of Debt to, the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries so long as such purchase or loan investment in such Debt is being offered by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary generally to other investors who are not Affiliates of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary on the same or favorable terms and at least a majority of the principal amount of such Debt is purchased or otherwise invested in by Persons who are not Affiliates of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and (y) repurchases, redemptions or other payments or retirements for value by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to Affiliates of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary of Debt of any class held by any Affiliate of the Company contemplated in the foregoing clause (x) so long as such repurchase, redemption or other payment or retirement for value is made in accordance with the terms of such Debt;
(9) [reserved];
(10) Restricted Payments that do not violate the provisions of Section 4.07 hereof and the definition of Permitted Investment;
(11) the grant of stock options, restricted stock, stock appreciation rights, phantom stock awards or similar rights or equity interests to directors, officers, employees and consultants that are approved by the Board of Directors of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;
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(12) the existence of, or the performance by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries under the terms of, any agreement or instrument as in effect on the Issue Date or any amendment thereto (so long as any such agreement or instrument together with all amendments thereto, taken as a whole, or any extensions or replacements thereof, is not more disadvantageous to the Holders in any material respect than the original agreement or instrument as in effect on the Issue Date) or any transaction contemplated thereby;
(13) contributions to the capital of Subsidiaries to the extent necessary to comply with laws or regulations mandating solvency or minimum capitalization;
(14) any contribution to the capital of the Company;
(15) any transaction between any Foreign Subsidiary and any Employee pursuant to any Foreign Subsidiary Employee Plan; and
(16) payments by the Company and any Parent Entity and their Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to any tax sharing agreements or other equity agreements in respect of Related Taxes among the Company and any such Parent Entity and their Restricted Subsidiaries on customary terms to the extent attributable to the ownership or operation of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
Section 4.12 Limitation on Liens.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Guarantor, directly or indirectly, to enter into, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Liens of any kind (other than Permitted Liens), on or with respect to any of its property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired or any interest therein or any income or profits therefrom, which Liens secure Debt, without securing the Notes and all other amounts due under this Indenture equally and ratably with (or prior to) the Debt secured by such Lien until such time as such Debt is no longer secured by such Lien; provided that if the Debt so secured is subordinated by its terms to the Notes or a Note Guarantee, the Lien securing such Debt will also be so subordinated by its terms to the Notes and the Note Guarantees at least to the same extent.
Section 4.13 Purchase of Notes Upon a Change of Control Triggering Event.
(a) If a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs with respect to the Indenture and Notes, unless the Company has previously or concurrently sent a redemption notice with respect to all the outstanding Notes pursuant to Section 3.07 hereof, the Company will make a written offer to purchase all of the Notes pursuant to the offer described below (the Change of Control Offer) at a Change of Control Purchase Price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, to the date of purchase, subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date that is on or prior to the purchase date.
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(b) The Change of Control Offer will be sent by the Company, in the case of Global Notes, through the facilities of DTC, and, in the case of Physical Notes, by first class mail, postage prepaid, to each Holder at his address appearing in the security register on the date of the Change of Control Offer, offering to purchase up to the aggregate principal amount of Notes set forth in such Change of Control Offer at the purchase price set forth in such Change of Control Offer (as determined pursuant to this Indenture). Unless otherwise required by applicable law, the Change of Control Offer shall specify an expiration date (the Change of Control Expiration Date) which shall be, subject to any contrary requirements of applicable law, not less than 30 days or more than 60 days after the date of mailing of such Change of Control Offer and a settlement date (the Change of Control Payment Date) for purchase of Notes within five Business Days after the Expiration Date. The Company shall notify the Trustee at least 30 days (or such shorter period as is acceptable to the Trustee) prior to the delivery, in the case of Global Notes, through the facilities of DTC, and, in the case of Physical Notes, prior to the mailing of the Change of Control Offer of the Companys obligation to make a Change of Control Offer, and the Change of Control Offer shall be sent electronically or mailed by the Company or, at the Companys request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company. The Change of Control Offer shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Change of Control Offer. The Change of Control Offer shall also state:
(1) the Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the Change of Control Offer is being made;
(2) the Change of Control Expiration Date and the Change of Control Payment Date;
(3) the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes offered to be purchased pursuant to the Change of Control Offer (the Change of Control Purchase Amount);
(4) the purchase price to be paid by the Company for each $2,000 principal amount of Notes (and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) accepted for payment (as specified pursuant to this Indenture) (the Change of Control Purchase Price);
(5) that the Holder may tender all or any portion of the Notes registered in the name of such Holder and that any portion of a Note tendered must be tendered in a minimum principal amount of $2,000 (and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof);
(6) the place or places where Notes are to be surrendered for tender pursuant to the Change of Control Offer, if applicable;
(7) that, unless the Company defaults in making such purchase, any Note accepted for purchase pursuant to the Change of Control Offer will cease to accrue interest on and after the Change of Control Purchase Date, but that any Note not tendered or tendered but not purchased by the Company pursuant to the Change of Control Offer will continue to accrue interest at the same rate;
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(8) that, on the Change of Control Purchase Date, the Change of Control Purchase Price will become due and payable upon each Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;
(9) that each Holder electing to tender a Note pursuant to the Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender such Note or cause such Note to be surrendered at the place or places set forth in the Change of Control Offer prior to 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the Change of Control Expiration Date (such Note being, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing);
(10) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw all or any portion of Notes tendered if the Company (or its paying agent) receives, not later than 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the Change of Control Expiration Date, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the aggregate principal amount of the Notes the Holder tendered, the certificate numbers of the Notes the Holder tendered and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing all or a portion of his tender;
(11) that if Notes having an aggregate principal amount less than or equal to the Change of Control Purchase Amount are duly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to the Change of Control Offer, the Company shall purchase all such Notes; and
(12) if applicable, that, in the case of any Holder whose Note is purchased only in part, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate, upon receipt of a Company Order, and deliver to the Holder of such Note without service charge, a new Note or Notes, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in the aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unpurchased portion of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes so tendered.
(c) A Change of Control Offer shall be deemed to have been made by the Company with respect to the Notes if (1) within 60 days following the date of the consummation of a transaction or series of transactions that constitutes a Change of Control Triggering Event, the Company commences a Change of Control Offer for all outstanding Notes at the Change of Control Purchase Price (provided that the running of such 60-day period shall be suspended, for up to a maximum of 30 days, during any period when the commencement of such Change of Control Offer is delayed or suspended by reason of any courts or governmental authoritys review of or ruling on any materials being employed by the Company to effect such Change of Control Offer, so long as the Company has used and continues to use its commercially reasonable efforts to make and conclude such Change of Control Offer promptly) and (2) all Notes properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer are purchased on the terms of such Change of Control Offer.
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(d) To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Indenture, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations described in this Indenture by virtue thereof.
(e) The Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer with respect to the Notes upon a Change of Control Triggering Event if (1) a third party makes such Change of Control Offer contemporaneously with or upon a Change of Control Triggering Event in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements of this Indenture and purchases all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer or (2) a notice of redemption has been given pursuant to Section 3.07 hereof.
(f) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company will, to the extent permitted by law:
(1) accept for payment all Notes issued by it or portions thereof properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;
(2) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the aggregate Change of Control Purchase Price in respect of all Notes or portions thereof so tendered; and
(3) deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee for cancellation of the Notes so accepted together with an Officers Certificate to the Trustee stating that such Notes or portions thereof have been tendered to and purchased by the Company.
Section 4.14 [Reserved].
Section 4.15 Additional Note Guarantees.
The Company will cause each of its wholly-owned Domestic Restricted Subsidiaries that guarantees any Debt under the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Facility of the Company or any Guarantor, to execute and deliver a Supplemental Indenture to this Indenture within 30 days of its guarantee of such other Debt (and, in the case of a Guarantee of any such other Debt which is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, to expressly subordinate such Guarantee of such other Debt in right of payment to such Note Guarantee substantially to the same extent) providing a Note Guarantee, unless (x) any such guarantee of any Restricted Subsidiary existed at the time such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary and was not incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary other than in connection with any refinancing of indebtedness or (y) in the event the Note Guarantee by such Restricted Subsidiary would not be permitted under applicable law. If any Guarantor ceases to guarantee the obligations of the Company or any Guarantor under the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Facility, such Guarantors obligations under the Note Guarantees will be released automatically, except in each case, a release as a result of the
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repayment in full of the Debt specified in clause (i) or (ii) (it being understood that a release subject to a contingent reinstatement is still considered a release, and if any such Debt of such Guarantor under the Credit Agreement or any Other Guarantee is so reinstated, such Note Guarantee shall also be reinstated).
Section 4.16 Limitations on Creation of Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
(a) The Company may designate any Subsidiary of the Company to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary as provided below, in which event such Subsidiary and each other Person that is then or thereafter becomes a Subsidiary of such Subsidiary will be deemed to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
(b) The Company may designate any Subsidiary to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary owns any Capital Interests of, or owns or holds any Lien on any property of, any other Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, provided that either:
(1) the Subsidiary to be so designated has Total Assets of $1,000 or less; or
(2) the Company could make a Restricted Payment at the time of designation in an amount equal to the greater of the Fair Market Value or book value of such Subsidiary pursuant to Section 4.07 hereof and such amount is thereafter treated as a Restricted Payment for the purpose of calculating the amount available for Restricted Payments thereunder.
(c) An Unrestricted Subsidiary may be designated as a Restricted Subsidiary if (1) all the Debt of such Unrestricted Subsidiary could be Incurred under Section 4.09 hereof and (2) all the Liens on the property and assets of such Unrestricted Subsidiary could be incurred pursuant to Section 4.12 hereof.
Section 4.17 Covenant Suspension Event
(a) If on any date following the Issue Date (i) the Notes have Investment Grade Ratings from both Rating Agencies, and (ii) no Default has occurred and is continuing under this Indenture (the occurrence of the events described in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) being collectively referred to as a Covenant Suspension Event) and continuing until any Reversion Date (as defined below), the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries will not be subject to Sections 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10 and 4.11 hereof (collectively, the Suspended Covenants).
(b) In the event that the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries are not subject to the Suspended Covenants under this Indenture for any period of time as a result of the foregoing, and on any subsequent date (the Reversion Date) one or both of the Rating Agencies withdraw their Investment Grade Rating or downgrade the rating assigned to the Notes below an Investment Grade Rating, then the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries will thereafter again be subject to the Suspended Covenants under this Indenture with respect to future events.
(c) The period of time between (and including) the date of the Covenant Suspension Event and the Reversion Date (but excluding the Reversion Date) is referred to in
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this description as the Suspension Period. In the event of any such reinstatement, no action taken or omitted to be taken by the Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries prior to such reinstatement will give rise to a Default or Event of Default under this Indenture with respect to the Notes; provided that (1) with respect to Restricted Payments made on or after the Reversion Date, the amount of Restricted Payments made will be calculated as though Section 4.07 had been in effect prior to, but not during the Suspension Period, (2) all Debt Incurred during the Suspension Period will be classified to have been incurred or issued pursuant to clause (b) of the definition of Permitted Debt, (3) no Subsidiaries shall be designated as Unrestricted Subsidiaries during any Suspension Period, (4) any Affiliate Transaction entered into after the Reversion Date pursuant to an agreement entered into during any Suspension Period shall be deemed to be permitted pursuant to Section 4.11(b)(12) hereof and (5) any encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to take any action described in Section 4.08 that becomes effective during any Suspension Period shall be deemed to be permitted pursuant to Section 4.08(b)(1) hereof.
(d) Notwithstanding that the Suspended Covenants may be reinstated after the Reversion Date, (1) no Default or Event of Default will be deemed to exist or have occurred as a result of any failure by the Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to comply with the Suspended Covenants during any Suspension Period (or, upon termination of the Suspension Period, as a result of any action taken or event that occurred during the Suspension Period), and (2) following a Reversion Date the Issuer and each Restricted Subsidiary will be permitted, without causing a Default or Event of Default, to honor, comply with or otherwise perform any contractual commitments or obligations arising during any Suspension Period and to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby.
(e) The Company shall provide written notice to the Trustee and the Holders upon the occurrence of a Covenant Suspension Event or a Reversion Date. The Trustee shall have no duty to monitor the ratings of the Notes, shall not be deemed to have any knowledge of the ratings of the Notes and shall have no duty to notify Holders of the occurrence of any Covenant Suspension Event or Reversion Date.
Section 4.18 Compliance Certificate.
So long as any of the Notes are outstanding, the Company will deliver to the Trustee, within ten Business Days after the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer, the principal accounting officer, any corporate executive vice president or the treasurer of the Company becomes aware that a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, an Officers Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
Section 4.19 Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.
Each of the Company and each of the Guarantors covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and each of the Company and each of the Guarantors (to the extent that it may
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lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.
ARTICLE 5
SUCCESSORS
Section 5.01 Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets.
(a) The Company will not in any transaction or series of transactions, consolidate with or merge into any other Person (other than a merger of a Subsidiary into the Company in which the Company is the continuing Person or the merger of a Restricted Subsidiary into or with another Restricted Subsidiary or another Person that as a result of such transaction becomes or merges into a Restricted Subsidiary), or sell, assign, convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any other Person, unless:
(1) either:
(A) the Company shall be the continuing Person; or
(B) the Person (if other than the Company) formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged, or the Person that acquires, by sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition, all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company (such Person, the Surviving Entity), (i) shall be a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or similar entity organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States, any political subdivision thereof or any state thereof or the District of Columbia, Canada, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, any member of the European Union, or any state, province or division of any of the foregoing countries and (ii) shall expressly assume, by a supplemental indenture, the due and punctual payment of all amounts due in respect of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on all the Notes and the performance of the covenants and obligations of the Company under this Indenture; provided that at any time the Company or its successor is not a corporation, there shall be a co-issuer of the Notes that is a corporation;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction or series of transactions on a pro forma basis (including, without limitation, any Debt Incurred or anticipated to be Incurred in connection with or in respect of such transaction or series of transactions), no (x) Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom and (y) either (I) the applicable Surviving Entity would be able to Incur at least $1.00 of Debt pursuant to Section 4.09(a) hereof or (II) the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio immediately following such transaction or series of transactions would be not less than the Companys Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio immediately prior to such transaction or series of transactions; and
(3) the Company delivers, or causes to be delivered, to the Trustee, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, assignment, transfer, lease or other disposition complies with the requirements of this Indenture and that such supplemental indenture constitutes the valid and binding obligation of the Surviving Entity subject to customary exceptions.
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(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, failure to satisfy the requirements of clause (2) of Section 5.01(a) hereof will not prohibit:
(1) a merger between the Company and a Restricted Subsidiary that is a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company or a sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to a Restricted Subsidiary that is a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company; or
(2) a merger between the Company and an Affiliate incorporated solely for the purpose of converting the Company into a corporation organized under the laws of the United States or any political subdivision or state thereof; so long as, in each case, the amount of Debt of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries is not increased thereby.
(c) For all purposes of this Indenture and the Notes, Subsidiaries of any Surviving Entity will, upon such transaction or series of transactions, become Restricted Subsidiaries or Unrestricted Subsidiaries as provided pursuant to this Indenture and all Debt, and all Liens on property or assets, of the Surviving Entity and its Subsidiaries that was not Debt, or were not Liens on property or assets, of the Company and its Subsidiaries immediately prior to such transaction or series of transactions shall be deemed to have been Incurred upon such transaction or series of transactions.
(d) Upon any transaction or series of transactions that are of the type described in, and are effected in accordance with, conditions described in clauses (a), (b) and (c) of this Section 5.01, the Surviving Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company, under this Indenture with the same effect as if such Surviving Entity had been named as the Company therein; and when a surviving Person duly assumes all of the obligations and covenants of the Company pursuant to this Indenture and the Notes, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all such obligations.
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ARTICLE 6
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 6.01 Events of Default.
Each of the following is an Event of Default under this Indenture:
(1) default in the payment in respect of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Note when due and payable (whether at Stated Maturity or upon repurchase, acceleration, optional redemption or otherwise);
(2) default in the payment of any interest upon any Note when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days;
(3) except as permitted by this Indenture, any Note Guarantee of any Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) shall for any reason cease to be, or it shall be asserted by any Guarantor or the Company not to be, in full force and effect and enforceable in accordance with its terms;
(4) default in the performance, or breach, of any other covenant or agreement of the Company or any Guarantor in this Indenture (other than a covenant or agreement a default in whose performance or whose breach is specifically dealt with in clauses (1), (2), or (3) of this Section 6.01), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 60 days after written notice thereof (or 90 days in the case of such a default or breach under Section 4.03 hereof) has been given to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 30% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes;
(5) a default or defaults under any bonds, debentures, notes or other evidences of Debt (other than the Notes) by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) having, individually or in the aggregate, a principal or similar amount outstanding of at least $50.0 million, whether such Debt now exists or shall hereafter be created, which default or defaults shall have resulted in the acceleration of the maturity of such Debt prior to its express maturity or shall constitute a failure to pay at least $50.0 million of such Debt when due and payable after the expiration of any applicable grace period with respect thereto;
(6) the entry against the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary of a final judgment or final judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of $50.0 million, by a court or courts of competent jurisdiction, which judgments remain undischarged, unwaived, unstayed, unbonded or unsatisfied for a period of 60 consecutive days;
(7) the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary):
(A) commences a voluntary insolvency proceeding;
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(B) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary insolvency proceeding or consents to its dissolution or winding-up;
(C) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for any substantial part of its property;
(D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors;
(E) generally is not paying its debts as they become due; or
(F) takes any comparable action under any foreign laws relating to insolvency;
provided, however, for the avoidance of doubt, that the dissolution or liquidation of any Restricted Subsidiary the Company or into another Restricted Subsidiary, other than as part of a credit reorganization, shall not constitute an Event of Default under this Section 6.01(7); and
(8) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:
(A) is for relief against the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) in an involuntary insolvency proceeding;
(B) appoints a Custodian of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) or for any substantial part of their property;
(C) orders the winding-up, liquidation or dissolution of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary);
(D) orders the presentation of any plan or arrangement, compromise or reorganization of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary); or
(E) grants any similar relief under any foreign laws;
and in each such case the order or decree remains undischarged, unstayed and in effect for 60 days.
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The foregoing will constitute Events of Default whatever the reason for any such Event of Default and whether it is voluntary or involuntary or is effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body.
Section 6.02 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission.
(a) If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in clause (7) or (8) of Section 6.01 hereof with respect to the Company) occurs and is continuing, then and in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 30% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes may, subject to Section 4.03(c) hereof, declare the principal of the Notes and any accrued interest on the Notes to be due and payable immediately by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders); provided, however, that after such acceleration, but before a judgment or decree based on acceleration, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes may rescind and annul such acceleration if (1) the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree and (2) all Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of accelerated principal of or interest on the Notes, have been cured or waived as provided in this Indenture. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereto.
(b) In the event of a declaration of acceleration of the Notes solely because an Event of Default described in clause (5) of Section 6.01 hereof has occurred and is continuing, the declaration of acceleration of the Notes shall be automatically rescinded and annulled if the event of default or payment default triggering such Event of Default pursuant to clause (5) of Section 6.01 hereof shall be remedied or cured by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company or waived by the holders of the relevant Debt within 20 Business Days after the declaration of acceleration with respect thereto and if the rescission and annulment of the acceleration of the Notes would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Trustee for the payment of amounts due on the Notes.
(c) If an Event of Default specified in clause (7) or (8) of Section 6.01 hereof occurs with respect to the Company, the principal of and any accrued interest on the Notes then outstanding shall ipso facto become immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.
Section 6.03 Other Remedies.
(a) If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee is authorized to pursue any available remedy by proceeding at law or in equity to collect the payment of principal of, or premium, if any, and interest on the Notes, as the case may be, or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture and may take any necessary action requested of it as Trustee to settle, compromise, adjust or otherwise conclude any proceedings to which it is a party.
(b) The Trustee is authorized to maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. Any such
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proceeding instituted by the Trustee may be brought in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the compensation, expenses, disbursements of the Trustee and its counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes in respect of which such judgment has been recovered. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. No remedy is exclusive of any other remedy. All available remedies are cumulative, to the extent permitted by law. Any costs, including attorneys fees and expenses, associated with actions taken by the Trustee under this Section 6.03 shall be reimbursed to the Trustee by the Company.
Section 6.04 Waiver of Past Defaults and Events of Default.
The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes may on behalf of the Holders of all the Notes waive any past Default under this Indenture and its consequences, except a Default:
(1) in any payment in respect of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Notes (including any Note which is required to have been purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer which has been made by the Company); or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision of this Indenture which under this Indenture cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each outstanding Note affected.
Section 6.05 Control by Majority.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes will have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, subject to receipt by the Trustee of security and indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or that the Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders of Notes or that may involve the Trustee in personal liability.
Section 6.06 Limitation on Suits.
No Holder of any Note will have any right to institute any proceeding with respect to this Indenture or for any remedy hereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default and unless also the Holders of at least 30% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes shall have made written request to the Trustee, and provided indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee, to institute such proceeding as Trustee, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes a direction inconsistent with such request and shall have failed to institute such proceeding within 60 days. Such limitations do not apply,
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however, to a suit instituted by a Holder of a Note directly (as opposed to through the Trustee) for enforcement of payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on such Note on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Note.
Section 6.07 Rights of Holders To Receive Payment.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder of a Note to receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on such Note (including in connection with an offer to purchase) or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment, on or after the due date expressed in the Notes shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.
Section 6.08 Collection Suit by Trustee.
If an Event of Default specified in clause (1) or (2) of Section 6.01 hereof occurs and is continuing, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company (or any other obligor on the Notes) for the whole amount of unpaid principal and accrued interest remaining unpaid.
Section 6.09 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
The Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.06 hereof) and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company (or any other obligor upon the Notes), its creditors or its property and, unless prohibited by law, shall be entitled and empowered to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same after deduction of its charges and expenses to the extent that any such charges and expenses are not paid out of the estate in any such proceedings and any custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.06 hereof. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.06 hereof out of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceedings. All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Notes may be prosecuted and enforced by the
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Trustee without the possession of any of the Notes thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
Section 6.10 Priorities.
Any money or property collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article 6, and any money or other property distributable in respect of the Companys obligations under this Indenture after an Event of Default shall be applied in the following order:
FIRST: to the Trustee (including any predecessor Trustee) for amounts due under Section 7.06 hereof;
SECOND: to Holders for amounts due and unpaid on the affected Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest as to each, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the affected Notes; and
THIRD: to the Company.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to this Section 6.10.
Section 6.11 Undertaking for Costs.
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07 hereof or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding.
Section 6.12 Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Notes to exercise any right or remedy occurring upon an Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article 6 or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.
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ARTICLE 7
TRUSTEE
Section 7.01 Duties of Trustee.
(a) If an Event of Default actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee will exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it under this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of its own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(1) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(2) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture but, in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts, statements, opinions or conclusions stated therein).
(c) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(1) this paragraph does not limit the effect of clause (b) or (d) of this Section 7.01;
(2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes, determined as provided herein, relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture with respect to the Notes.
(d) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any liability. The Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights and powers under this Indenture at the request of any Holders, unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to it against any cost, loss, liability or expense.
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(e) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 7.01.
(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest or earnings on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by the law.
(g) The Trustee shall not be responsible for the application of any money by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee.
Section 7.02 Rights of Trustee.
Subject to Section 7.01 hereof:
(a) The Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document (whether in its original or facsimile form) believed in good faith by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.
(b) Any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Order and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a board resolution.
(c) Whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, conclusively rely upon an Officers Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both.
(d) The Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through attorneys or agents and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent appointed with due care by it hereunder.
(e) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered, or omitted to be taken in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.
(f) The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection, and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.
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(g) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, losses, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction and then only to the extent required by the terms of this Indenture.
(h) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.
(i) The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records, and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney at the sole cost of the Company and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation.
(j) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice or be charged with knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of such Default or Event of Default from the Company or any Holder is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Notes and this Indenture.
(k) The Trustee may request that the Company deliver an Officers Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officers Certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sign an Officers Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded.
(l) Anything in this Indenture notwithstanding, in no event shall the Trustee be liable for special, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit), even if the Trustee has been advised as to the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.
(m) The Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Indenture arising out of or caused, directly or indirectly, by circumstances beyond its control, including, without limitation, any provision of any law or regulation or any act of any governmental authority; natural catastrophes or other acts of God; earthquakes; fire; flood; terrorism; wars and other military disturbances; sabotage; epidemics; riots; interruptions; loss or malfunctions of utilities, computer (hardware or software) or communication services; accidents; labor disputes; acts of civil or military authority and governmental action.
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(n) The permissive right of the Trustee to take or refrain from taking action hereunder shall not be construed as a duty.
(o) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officers Certificate or Opinion of Counsel; provided, that the Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct.
Section 7.03 Individual Rights of Trustee.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may make loans to, accept deposits from, perform services for or otherwise deal with the Company or any Affiliate thereof with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.
Any Agent may do the same with like rights. The Trustee is also subject to Section 7.09 hereof.
Section 7.04 Trustees Disclaimer.
The recitals contained herein and in the Notes, except the Trustees certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representations as to the validity, sufficiency or adequacy of this Indenture or of the Notes. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of Notes or the proceeds thereof. The Trustee shall not be responsible to make any calculation with respect to any matter under this Indenture. The Trustee shall have no duty to monitor or investigate the Companys compliance with or the breach of, or cause to be performed or observed, any representation, warranty or covenant made in this Indenture.
Section 7.05 Notice of Defaults.
Within 90 days after the occurrence thereof, and if actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall give to the Holders of the Notes a notice of each Default or Event of Default with respect to the Notes known to the Trustee, by transmitting such notice to Holders at their addresses as the same shall then appear on the register of the Notes kept by the Registrar, unless such Default shall have been cured or waived before the giving of such notice and a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge of such cure or waiver. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any of the Notes when and as the same shall become payable, or to make any payments pursuant to a redemption or repurchase of the Notes pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture), the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the Trustee in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of Holders.
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Section 7.06 Compensation and Indemnity.
(a) The Company shall pay to the Trustee and Agents from time to time such compensation for their services hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust) as shall be agreed upon in writing. The Company shall reimburse the Trustee and Agents upon request for all disbursements, expenses and advances incurred or made by them in connection with the Trustees duties under this Indenture, including the compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustees agents and external counsel, except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its willful misconduct or gross negligence.
(b) The Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, shall fully indemnify each of the Trustee and their officers, directors, agents and employees and any predecessor Trustee for, and hold each of them harmless against, any and all loss, damage, claim, liability or expense, including, without limitation, attorneys fees and expenses incurred by each of them in connection with the acceptance or performance of its duties under this Indenture including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Company, the Guarantors or any Holder or any other Person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder (including, without limitation, settlement costs). The Trustee or Agent shall notify the Company in writing promptly of any claim of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge asserted against the Trustee or Agent for which it may seek indemnity; provided that the failure by the Trustee or Agent to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company or the Guarantors of their obligations hereunder. The Trustee may have separate counsel with respect to the defense of any such claim and the Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel; provided, however, that the Company and the Guarantors shall not be required to pay such fees and expenses if they assume the Trustees defense and, in the Trustees reasonable judgment, there is no conflict of interest between (1) the Company and the Guarantors, as applicable, and (2) the Trustee in connection with such defense or potential harm to the Trustees business.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company need not reimburse the Trustee for any expense or indemnify it against any loss or liability to have been incurred by the Trustee through its own willful misconduct or gross negligence.
(d) To secure the payment obligations of the Company in this Section 7.06, the Trustee shall have a Lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee and such money or property held in trust to pay principal of and interest on particular Notes. Such Lien will survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
(e) The obligations of the Company under this Section 7.06 to compensate and indemnify the Trustee, Agents and each predecessor Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee, Agents and each predecessor Trustee for expenses, disbursements and advances shall be the liability of the Company and the Lien provided for under this Section 7.06 and shall survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee and the satisfaction, discharge or other termination of this Indenture for any reason, including any termination or rejection hereof under any Bankruptcy Law.
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(f) In addition to, but without prejudice to its other rights under this Indenture, when the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in clause (7) or (8) of Section 6.01 hereof occurs, the expenses (including the reasonable charges and expenses of its agents and counsel) and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
(g) For purposes of this Section 7.06, the term Trustee shall include any predecessor Trustee; provided, however, that the negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith of any Trustee hereunder shall not affect the rights of any other Trustee hereunder.
Section 7.07 Replacement of Trustee.
(a) A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee will become effective only upon the successor Trustees acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 7.07.
(b) The Trustee may resign, and be discharged from the trust hereby created, at any time by so notifying the Company in writing no later than 15 Business Days prior to the date of the proposed resignation. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee by notifying the Company and the removed Trustee in writing and may appoint a successor Trustee with the Companys written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Company may remove the Trustee at its election if:
(1) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.09 hereof;
(2) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under Bankruptcy Law;
(3) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or
(4) the Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.
(c) If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee.
(d) If a successor Trustee does not take office within 30 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may petition at the expense of the Company any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(e) If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.09 hereof, any Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
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Trustee shall, subject to the Lien and its rights under Section 7.06 hereof, transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. A successor Trustee shall send notice of its succession to each Holder. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.07, the Lien and Companys obligations under Section 7.06 hereof shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.
Section 7.08 Successor Trustee by Consolidation, Merger, etc.
Any Person into which the Trustee or any successor to it in the trusts created by this Indenture shall be merged or converted, or any Person with which it or any successor to it shall be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee or any such successor to it shall be a party, or any Person to which the Trustee or any successor to it shall sell or otherwise transfer all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor Trustee under this Indenture without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto; provided that such Person shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article 7. In case at the time such successor to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture with respect to the Notes, any of such Notes shall have been authenticated but not delivered by the Trustee then in office, any successor to such Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee, and deliver such Notes so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Notes shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Notes either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor Trustee; provided, however, that the right to adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee or authenticate Notes in the name of any predecessor Trustee shall apply only to its successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation.
Section 7.09 Eligibility; Disqualification.
There will at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a Person (1) organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any state thereof, (2) authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trustee power, and (3) subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities. The Trustee (together with its corporate parent) shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $100.0 million as set forth in the most recent applicable published annual report of condition.
ARTICLE 8
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
Section 8.01 Without Consent of Holders.
Without the consent of any Holders, at any time and from time to time, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may enter into one or more indentures supplemental to this Indenture and the Note Guarantees for any of the following purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company in this Indenture and the Note Guarantees and in the Notes;
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(2) to secure the Notes, to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders, or to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Company in this Indenture;
(3) to add additional Events of Default;
(4) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of the Physical Notes;
(5) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment under this Indenture by a successor Trustee;
(6) to provide for or confirm the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;
(7) to add a Guarantor or to release a Guarantor in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, only the Company, such additional Guarantor and the Trustee need to execute such Supplemental Indenture;
(8) to cure or reform any ambiguity, defect, omission, mistake, manifest error or inconsistency or to conform this Indenture or the Notes to any provision of the Description of Notes set forth in the Offering Memorandum;
(9) to comply with any requirement of the Commission with respect to the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act; or
(10) to provide additional rights or benefits to the Holders or to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder.
Upon the written request of the Company and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 8.05 hereof, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of such supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture affects the Trustees own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture, in which case the Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such supplemental indenture.
Section 8.02 With Consent of Holders.
(a) With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental to this Indenture for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture, the Note Guarantees or the Notes or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Notes under this Indenture, including the definitions therein; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each outstanding Note affected thereby:
(1) change the Stated Maturity of any Note or of any installment of interest on any Note, or reduce the amount payable in respect of the principal thereof or the rate of interest thereon or any premium payable thereon, subject to clause (3) immediately below, or reduce the amount that would be due and payable on acceleration of the maturity thereof, or change the Place of Payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any Note or any premium or interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof, or change the date on which any Notes may be subject to redemption or reduce the Redemption Price therefor;
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(2) reduce the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Notes, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this Indenture;
(3) modify the obligations of the Company to make a Change of Control Offer or an Asset Sale Offer upon a Change of Control Triggering Event or Asset Sale, as the case may be, if such modification is effected after the occurrence of such event;
(4) modify or change any provision of this Indenture affecting the ranking of the Notes or any Note Guarantee in a manner adverse to the Holders of the Notes; or
(5) modify any of the provisions of this Indenture described in this Section 8.02(a) or provisions relating to waiver of defaults or certain covenants, except to increase any such percentage required for such actions or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each outstanding Note affected thereby.
(b) The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes may on behalf of the Holders of all the Notes waive any past Default under this Indenture and its consequences, except the consent of the Holder of each outstanding Note affected thereby shall be required to waive a default:
(1) in any payment in respect of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Notes (including any Note which is required to have been purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer which has been made by the Company); or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision of this Indenture which under this Indenture cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each outstanding Note affected.
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(c) It is not necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section 8.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, supplement or waiver, but it is sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.
(d) After an amendment that requires the consent of the Holders becomes effective, the Company shall send to each registered Holder at such Holders address appearing in the security register a notice briefly describing such amendment. However, the failure to give such notice to all Holders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of the amendment.
(e) Upon the written request of the Company and upon the receipt by the Trustee of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent of the Holders as aforesaid and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 8.05 hereof, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of such supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture affects the Trustees own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture, in which case the Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such supplemental indenture.
Section 8.03 Revocation and Effect of Consents.
(a) After an amendment, supplement, waiver or other action becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a Note is a continuing consent conclusive and binding upon such Holder and every subsequent Holder of the same Note or portion thereof, and of any Note issued upon the transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in place thereof, even if notation of the consent is not made on any such Note. However, any such Holder of a Note or subsequent Holder of a Note may revoke the consent as to its Note if the Trustee receives written notice of revocation before the date the amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective. An amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective with respect to the Notes in accordance with its terms and thereafter binds every Holder of Notes.
(b) The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to consent to any amendment, supplement, or waiver. If a record date is fixed, then, notwithstanding clause (a) of this Section 8.03, those Persons who were Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only such Persons, shall be entitled to consent to such amendment, supplement, or waiver or to revoke any consent previously given, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 90 days after such record date unless the consent of the requisite number of Holders has been obtained.
Section 8.04 Notation on or Exchange of Notes.
If an amendment, supplement, or waiver changes the terms a Note, the Trustee (in accordance with the specific written direction of the Company) shall request the Holder of the Note (in accordance with the specific written direction of the Company) to deliver it to the Trustee. In such case, the Trustee shall place an appropriate notation on the Note about the changed terms and return it to the Holder. Alternatively, if the Company or the Trustee so determines, the Company in exchange for the Note shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate,
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upon receipt of a Company Order, a new Note that reflects the changed terms. Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note shall not affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.
Section 8.05 Trustee To Sign Amendments, etc.
The Trustee shall sign any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to this Article 8 if the amendment, supplement or waiver does not affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. If it does affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee, the Trustee may, but need not, sign such amendment, supplement or waiver. In signing or refusing to sign such amendment, supplement or waiver the Trustee shall be entitled to receive and, subject to Section 7.01 hereof, shall be fully protected in relying upon an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating, in addition to the matters required by Section 11.02 hereof, that such amendment, supplement or waiver is authorized or permitted by this Indenture.
ARTICLE 9
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE
Section 9.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of Liability on Notes; Defeasance.
(a) The Company may terminate its obligations and the obligations of the Guarantors with respect to the Notes and the related Note Guarantees under this Indenture, except for those which expressly survive by the terms of this Indenture, when:
(1) either:
(A) all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, or
(B) all such Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (i) have become due and payable or (ii) will become due and payable within one year or are to be called for redemption within one year (a Discharge) under irrevocable arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company, and the Company has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee funds in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on the Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal of, premium, if any, and interest to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums then due and payable under the Notes and this Indenture;
(3) with respect to clause (1)(B) of this Section 9.01(a), the Company has delivered irrevocable written instructions to the Trustee under this Indenture to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the Notes at maturity or on the Redemption Date, as the case may be; and
(4) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent under this Indenture relating to the Discharge have been complied with.
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(b) The Company may elect, at its option, to have its obligations and the obligations of the Guarantors discharged with respect to the outstanding Notes and the related Note Guarantees (Legal Defeasance). Legal Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by the outstanding Notes (and the Guarantors will be released from their obligations with respect to the related Guarantees to such Notes), except for:
(1) the rights of Holders of such Notes to receive payments in respect of the principal of and any premium and interest on such Notes when payments are due;
(2) the Companys obligations with respect to such Notes concerning issuing temporary Notes under Section 2.11 hereof, registration of Notes under Section 2.04 hereof, mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes under Section 2.08 hereof, and the maintenance of an office or agency for payment under Section 2.04 hereof and money for security payments held in trust under Section 2.05 hereof;
(3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee and the Companys and Guarantors obligations with respect thereto; and
(4) clauses (a) and (b) of this Section 9.01.
(c) In addition, the Company may elect, at its option, to have its obligations and the obligations of the Guarantors released with respect to Sections 4.03, 4.07 through 4.16, 4.18 and 5.01 hereof (Covenant Defeasance). In the event Covenant Defeasance occurs, Sections 6.01(3), (4), (5), and (6) hereof will no longer constitute Event of Defaults with respect to the Notes and the Guarantors will be released from their obligations with respect to the related Guarantees to such Notes.
(d) If the Company exercises its Legal Defeasance option, payment of the Notes may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default with respect thereto.
(e) Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein and upon request of and at the expense of the Company, the Trustee shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of those obligations that the Company terminates.
(f) Notwithstanding clauses (a) and (b) of this Section 9.01, the Companys obligations in Sections 2.04, 2.06, 2.07, 2.08, 7.06, 9.03, 9.05 and 9.06 hereof and the rights and immunities of the Trustee under this Indenture shall survive until such time as the Notes have been paid in full. Thereafter, the Companys obligations in Sections 7.06, 9.03, 9.05 and 9.06 hereof and the rights and immunities of the Trustee under this Indenture shall survive.
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Section 9.02 Conditions to Defeasance
In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance with respect to the outstanding Notes:
(a) the Company must irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to the benefits of the Holders of such Notes: (1) money in an amount, or (2) U.S. Government Obligations, which through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than the due date of any payment, money in an amount or (3) a combination thereof, in each case sufficient without reinvestment, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee to pay and discharge, the entire indebtedness in respect of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on such Notes on the Stated Maturity thereof or (if the Company has made irrevocable arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company) the Redemption Date thereof, as the case may be, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and the Notes;
(b) in the case of Legal Defeasance, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (1) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (2) since the date of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable United States federal income tax law, in either case (1) or (2) to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of the Notes will not recognize gain or loss for United States federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit and Legal Defeasance to be effected with respect to such Notes and will be subject to United States federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit and Legal Defeasance were not to occur;
(c) in the case of Covenant Defeasance, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of such outstanding Notes will not recognize gain or loss for United States federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit and Covenant Defeasance to be effected with respect to such Notes and will be subject to United States federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit and Covenant Defeasance were not to occur;
(d) no Default or Event of Default with respect to the outstanding Notes shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such deposit after giving effect thereto;
(e) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or material instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound; and
(f) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent with respect to such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Opinion of Counsel required by clause (b) of this Section 9.02 with respect to a Legal Defeasance need not to be delivered if all Notes not previously delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (x) have become due and payable, or (y) will become due and payable within one year at Stated Maturity or are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company.
Section 9.03 Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations To Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.
(a) All money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee pursuant to clause (a) of Section 9.02 hereof in respect of the outstanding Notes shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent, to the Holders of such Notes, of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
(b) The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to clause (a) of Section 9.02 hereof or the principal, premium, if any, and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding Notes; it being understood that the Trustee shall bear no responsibility for any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is payable by or on behalf of the Holders.
(c) Anything in this Article 9 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon a written request of the Company any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in clause (a) of Section 9.02 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
Section 9.04 Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Section 9.01 hereof by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Companys obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article 9 until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Section 9.01 hereof; provided that if the Company has made any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or accrued interest on any Notes because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money or U.S. Government Obligations held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
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Section 9.05 Moneys Held by Paying Agent.
In connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, all moneys then held by any Paying Agent under the provisions of this Indenture shall, upon written demand of the Company, be paid to the Trustee, or if sufficient moneys have been deposited pursuant to clause (a) of Section 9.02 hereof, to the Company upon a written request of the Company, and thereupon the Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such moneys.
Section 9.06 Moneys Held by Trustee
Any moneys deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent or then held by the Company in trust for the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on any Note that are not applied but remain unclaimed by the Holder of such Note for two years after the date upon which the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on such Note shall have respectively become due and payable shall be repaid to the Company upon a written request of the Company, or if such moneys are then held by the Company in trust, such moneys shall be released from such trust; and the Holder of such Note entitled to receive such payment shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for the payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or the Paying Agent with respect to such trust money shall thereupon cease; provided that the Trustee or the Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may, at the expense of the Company either mail to each Holder affected, at the address shown in the register of the Notes maintained by the Registrar pursuant to Section 2.04 hereof, or cause to be published once a week for two successive weeks, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published each Business Day and of general circulation in the City of New York, New York, a notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such mailing or publication, any unclaimed balance of such moneys then remaining will be repaid to the Company. After payment to the Company or the release of any money held in trust by the Company, Holders entitled to the money must look only to the Company for payment as general creditors unless applicable abandoned property law designates another Person.
ARTICLE 10
GUARANTEES
Section 10.01 Guarantee.
(a) Each Guarantor, hereby jointly and severally, absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees the Notes and obligations of the Company hereunder and thereunder, and guarantees to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, and to the Trustee on behalf of such Holder, that (1) the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Notes will be paid in full when due, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise (including, without limitation, the amount that would become due but for the operation of any automatic stay provision of any Bankruptcy Law), together with interest on the overdue principal, if any, and interest on any overdue interest, to the extent lawful, and all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder will be paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and
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thereof; and (2) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or of any such other obligations, the same will be paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, subject, however, in the case of clauses (1) and (2) above, to the limitations set forth in Section 10.03 hereof.
Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of Notes or amendment with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, any release of any other Guarantor, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a Guarantor.
(b) Each Guarantor hereby waives (to the extent permitted by law) the benefits of diligence, presentment, demand for payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company or any other Person, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenants that the Note Guarantee of such Guarantor shall not be discharged as to the Notes, except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Notes, this Indenture and such Note Guarantee. Each Guarantor acknowledges that the Note Guarantee is a guarantee of payment and not of collection. Each of the Guarantors hereby agrees that, in the event of a default in payment of principal (or premium, if any) or interest on any Note, whether at its Stated Maturity, by acceleration, purchase or otherwise, legal proceedings may be instituted by the Trustee on behalf of, or by, the Holder of such Note, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Indenture, directly against each of the Guarantors to enforce such Guarantors Note Guarantee without first proceeding against the Company or any other Guarantor. Each Guarantor agrees that if, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee or any of the Holders are prevented by applicable law from exercising their respective rights to accelerate the maturity of the Notes, to collect interest on the Notes, or to enforce or exercise any other right or remedy with respect to the Notes, such Guarantor will pay to the Trustee for the account of the Holders, upon demand therefor, the amount that would otherwise have been due and payable had such rights and remedies been permitted to be exercised by the Trustee or any of the Holders.
(c) If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Company or any Guarantor, or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to either the Company or any Guarantor, any amount paid by any of them to the Trustee or such Holder, the Note Guarantee of each of the Guarantors, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between each Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (x) subject to this Article 10, the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 hereof for the purposes of the Note Guarantee of such Guarantor, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (y) in the event of any acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article 6 hereof, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by each Guarantor for the purpose of the Note Guarantee of such Guarantor.
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(d) Each Note Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or against the Company for liquidation or reorganization, should the Company become insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of creditors or should a receiver or trustee be appointed for all or any significant part of the Companys assets, and shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment and performance of the Notes are, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by any obligee on the Notes, whether as a voidable preference, fraudulent transfer or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had not been made. In the event that any payment, or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the Notes shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.
Section 10.02 Severability.
In case any provision of any Note Guarantee shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 10.03 Limitation of Liability.
Each Guarantor and by its acceptance hereof each Holder confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the guarantee by each such Guarantor pursuant to its Note Guarantee not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of the Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law or the provisions of its local law relating to fraudulent transfer or conveyance. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Holders and each such Guarantor hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of such Guarantor under its Note Guarantee shall be limited to the maximum amount that will not, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor and after giving effect to any collections from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under its Note Guarantee or pursuant to this Article 10, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Note Guarantee constituting such fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
Section 10.04 Contribution.
In order to provide for just and equitable contribution among the Guarantors, the Guarantors agree, inter se, that in the event any payment or distribution is made by any Guarantor under a Note Guarantee, such Guarantor will be entitled to a contribution from any other Guarantor in a pro rata amount based on the net assets of each Guarantor determined in accordance with GAAP.
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Section 10.05 Subrogation.
Each Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of Holders against the Company in respect of any amounts paid by any Guarantor pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.01 hereof; provided, however, that if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, no Guarantor shall be entitled to enforce or receive any payments arising out of, or based upon, such right of subrogation until all amounts then due and payable by the Company under this Indenture or the Notes shall have been paid in full.
Section 10.06 Reinstatement.
Each Guarantor hereby agrees (and each Person who becomes a Guarantor shall agree) that the Note Guarantee provided for in Section 10.01 hereof shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time, payment, or any part thereof, of any obligations or interest thereon is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by a Holder to the Company upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of the Company or any Guarantor.
Section 10.07 Release of a Guarantor
In the event of a sale or other transfer or disposition of all of the Capital Interests in any Guarantor to any Person that is not the Company or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries in compliance with the terms of this Indenture, or in the event all or substantially all the assets or Capital Interests of a Guarantor are sold or otherwise transferred, by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise, to a Person that is not the Company or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries in compliance with the terms of this Indenture, then such Guarantor (or the Person concurrently acquiring such assets of such Guarantor) shall be deemed automatically and unconditionally released and discharged of any obligations under its Note Guarantee, without any further action on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.
Section 10.08 Benefits Acknowledged
Each Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by this Indenture and that its respective Note Guarantee and waiver pursuant to its respective Note Guarantee is knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.
ARTICLE 11
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 11.01 Notices.
Except for notice or communications to Holders, any notice or communication shall be given in writing and is duly given when received if delivered in person, when receipt is acknowledged if sent by facsimile or electronic mail in .pdf format, on the next Business Day if timely delivered by a nationally recognized courier service that guarantees overnight delivery or two Business Days after deposit if mailed by first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:
If to the Company and/or any Guarantor:
CEB Inc.
1919 North Lynn Street
Arlington, Virginia 22209
Attention: Richard S. Lindahl
Telephone: 571-303-4014
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With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
601 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Attention: Christian O. Nagler, Esq.
Telephone: 212-446-4660
If to the Trustee:
Wilmington Trust, National Association
50 South Sixth Street, Suite 1290
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
Attention: CEB Inc. Notes Administrator
Telephone: 612-217-5644
Such notices or communications shall be effective when actually received and shall be sufficiently given if so given within the time prescribed in this Indenture.
The Company, and Guarantor or the Trustee by written notice to the others may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
The Trustee shall have the right, but shall not be required, to rely upon and comply with instructions and directions sent by email, facsimile and other similar unsecured electronic methods by persons believed by the Trustee to be authorized to give instructions and directions on behalf of the Company. The Trustee shall have no duty or obligation to verify or confirm that the person who sent such instructions or directions is, in fact, a person authorized to give instructions on behalf of the Company; and the Trustee shall have no liability for any losses, liabilities, costs or expenses incurred or sustained by the Company as a result of such reliance upon or compliance with such instructions or directions; provided that such reliance was in good faith. The Company agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and all the risk of interception and misuse by third parties.
Unless otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, any notice or communication mailed to a Holder shall be mailed to him by first- class mail, postage prepaid, at his address shown on the register kept by the Registrar.
Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders. If a notice or communication to a Holder is mailed in the manner provided above, it shall be deemed duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.
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If the Company mails a notice or communication to Holders, it will mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Indenture, as long as the Notes are in the form of a Global Note, notice to the Holders shall be made electronically in accordance with procedures of the Depositary and shall be sufficiently given if so made in accordance with such procedures.
Section 11.02 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.
Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture (other than the authentication and delivery of the Initial Notes), if so requested by the Trustee, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:
(1) an Officers Certificate in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which must include the statements set forth in Section 11.03 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and
(2) an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which must include the statements set forth in Section 11.03 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.
Section 11.03 Statements Required in Certificate and Opinion.
Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture must include:
(1) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been satisfied; and
(4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been satisfied.
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Section 11.04 Rules by Trustee and Agents.
The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.
Section 11.05 No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders.
No director, manager, officer, employee, stockholder, member, general or limited partner or incorporator, or equivalent of any of the foregoing, past, present or future, of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as such or in such capacity, shall have any personal liability for any obligations of the Company under the Notes, any Note Guarantee or this Indenture by reason of his, her or its status as such director, manager, officer, employee, stockholder, member, general or limited partner, incorporator or equivalent of any of the foregoing. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes and Note Guarantees.
Section 11.06 Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial.
THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WILL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND THE NOTE GUARANTEES.
EACH PARTY HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS INDENTURE.
Section 11.07 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.
This Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company or its Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.
Section 11.08 Successors.
All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Notes will bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture will bind its successors. All agreements of each Guarantor in this Indenture will bind its successors, except as otherwise provided in Section 10.07 hereof.
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Section 11.09 Separability.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 11.10 Counterpart Originals.
The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy will be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. The exchange of copies of this Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.
Section 11.11 Table of Contents, Headings, etc.
The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and Headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Indenture and will in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
[Signatures on following page]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
COMPANY: | ||
CEB INC., as Issuer | ||
By: | /s/ Richard Lindahl | |
Name: | Richard Lindahl | |
Title: | CFO |
GUARANTORS: | ||
CEB INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Pamela Auerbach | |
Name: | Pamela Auerbach | |
Title: | Secretary | |
SHL US INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Joyce Liu | |
Name: | Joyce Liu | |
Title: | Secretary | |
KNOWLEDGEADVISORS INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Joyce Liu | |
Name: | Joyce Liu | |
Title: | Secretary | |
PERSONNEL DECISIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTES, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Laurie Zelesnikar | |
Name: | Laurie Zelesnikar | |
Title: | Secretary |
TRUSTEE: | ||
WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | ||
By: | /s/ Hallie E. Field | |
Name: | Hallie E. Field | |
Title: | Banking Officer |
EXHIBIT A
[Face of Note]
[Insert the Global Note Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]
[Insert the Private Placement Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]
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CUSIP No.
ISIN No.
[RULE 144A] [REGULATION S] [GLOBAL] NOTE
5.625% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2023.
No. | $ |
CEB INC.,
a Delaware corporation (the Company)
promises to pay to [CEDE & CO. or registered assigns]1 [ ]2, the principal sum [of United States Dollars, as may be increased or decreased as set forth on the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached hereto]1 [of United States Dollars]2 on December 15, 2023.
Interest Payment Dates: June 15 and December 15.
Record Dates: June 1 and December 1.
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note contained herein, which will for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
1 | If the Note is issued in global form. |
2 | If the Note is issued in certificated form. |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be signed manually or by facsimile by one of its duly authorized officers.
CEB INC. | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
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Certificate of Authentication
This is one of the 5.625% Senior Notes due 2023 referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | ||
as Trustee | ||
By: |
| |
Authorized Signatory |
Dated:
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[FORM OF REVERSE OF NOTE]
CEB INC.
5.625% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2023
1. Interest. CEB INC., a Delaware corporation, as issuer (the Company), promises to pay, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment, interest on the principal amount set forth on the face hereof at a rate of 5.625% per annum. Interest shall be payable in arrears on each June 15 and December 15 (each an Interest Payment Date). Interest on the 5.625% Senior Notes due 2023 (the Notes) will accrue from and including the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from and including June 9, 2015 to but excluding the date on which interest is paid; provided that the first Interest Payment Date shall be December 15, 2015. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal and on overdue interest (to the full extent permitted by law) at the rate borne by the Notes.
2. Method of Payment. The Company will pay interest to those persons who were holders of record on the June 1 and December 1, as the case may be, immediately preceding each Interest Payment Date. Principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes will be payable, and the Notes will be exchangeable and transferable, at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purposes, which, initially, will be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee located in the United States; provided, however, that payment of interest with respect to the Notes may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the Person entitled thereto as shown on the security register or in accordance with the procedures of DTC for global book-entry Notes.
3. Paying Agent and Registrar. Initially, Wilmington Trust, National Association (the Trustee) will act as a Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to the Holders. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
4. Indenture. The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of June 9, 2015 (the Indenture) among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture for a statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling. Capitalized and certain other terms used and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Indenture.
5. Make-Whole Redemption of Notes. The Notes may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at any time prior to June 15, 2018, at the option of the Company upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior notice mailed by first-class mail to each Holders registered address or sent in accordance with the procedures of DTC for Global Notes, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the applicable Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date that is on or prior to the Redemption Date).
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6. Optional Redemption. In addition, the Notes may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at any time on or after June 15, 2018, at the option of the Company upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days notice at the following Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount to be redeemed) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant regular record date to receive interest due on an Interest Payment Date that is on or prior to the Redemption Date), if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning on June 15 of each of the years indicated below:
Year |
Redemption Price | |||
2018 |
104.219 | % | ||
2019 |
102.813 | % | ||
2020 |
101.406 | % | ||
2021 and thereafter |
100.000 | % |
Applicable Premium means, with respect to any Note on any applicable Redemption Date, the greater of:
(1) 1% of the then outstanding principal amount of the Note; and
(2) the excess of:
(A) the present value at such Redemption Date of (i) the Redemption Price of the Note at June 15, 2018 (such Redemption Price being set forth in the table above) plus (ii) all required interest payments due on the Note through June 15, 2018 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest), computed using a discount rate equal to the applicable Treasury Rate as of such Redemption Date plus 50 basis points; over
(B) the then outstanding principal amount of the Note.
The Company shall calculate the Applicable Premium and the Trustee shall have no duty to calculate or verify the Companys calculations of the Applicable Premium.
Treasury Rate means, as of the applicable Redemption Date, the yield to maturity as of such Redemption Date of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) that has become publicly available at least two Business Days prior to such Redemption Date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from such Redemption Date to June 15, 2018; provided, however, that if the period from such Redemption Date to June 15, 2018 is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used.
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7. Redemption of Notes with Net Proceeds of Qualified Equity Offerings. Prior to June 15, 2018, the Company may, with the net proceeds of one or more Qualified Equity Offerings, redeem up to 40% of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes (including Additional Notes) at a Redemption Price equal to 105.625% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but not including, the Redemption Date; provided that at least 50% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes originally issued under the Indenture (including Additional Notes) remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of any such redemption (excluding Notes held by the Company or its Subsidiaries) and that any such redemption occurs within 90 days following the closing of any such Qualified Equity Offering.
8. Redemption Procedures. If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee will select the Notes or portions thereof in authorized denominations to be redeemed by lot, pro rata or by any other method customarily authorized by the clearing systems (subject to DTC procedures). No Notes of $2,000 or less shall be redeemed in part and no redemption shall result in a Holder holding a Note of less than $2,000. For all purposes of the Indenture unless the context otherwise requires, provisions of the Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption.
9. Notice of Redemption. Notices of redemption shall be sent electronically to DTC, in the case of Global Notes, or shall be mailed by first-class mail, in the case of Physical Notes (and, to the extent permitted by applicable procedures or regulations, electronically) upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at its registered address. If any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to that Note shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
10. Denominations, Transfer, Exchange. The Notes shall be issuable only in fully registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
11. Persons Deemed Owners. The Depositary may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner of a Global Note for all purposes whatsoever.
12. Unclaimed Money. If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee or Paying Agent will pay the money back to the Company at its request or, if such money is then held by the Company in trust, such money shall be released from such trust. After that, Holders entitled to the money must look only to the Company for payment as general creditors unless applicable abandoned property law designates another Person.
13. Amendment, Supplement, Waiver, Etc. Without the consent of any Holders, at any time and from time to time, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may enter into one or more Indentures supplemental to the Indenture and the Note Guarantees to, among other things, cure or reform any ambiguity, defect, omission, mistake, manifest error or inconsistency or to conform the Indenture or the Notes to any provision of the Description of
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Notes contained in the Offering Memorandum and to provide additional rights or benefits to the Holders or to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder. With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental to the Indenture to make other amendments or modifications, subject to certain exceptions requiring the consent of the Holder of each outstanding Note affected thereby.
14. Purchase of Notes Upon a Change of Control Triggering Event. If a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs, unless the Company has previously or concurrently given a redemption notice with respect to all the outstanding Notes pursuant to Section 3.07 of the Indenture, the Company will make a written offer to purchase all of the Notes pursuant to a Change of Control Offer at a Change of Control Purchase Price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of purchase, subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date that is on or prior to the date of purchase.
15. Successor Entity. When a successor entity duly assumes all of the obligations and covenants of the Company pursuant to the Indenture and the Notes, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor entity shall be relieved of all such obligations.
16. Defaults and Remedies. Events of Default are set forth in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations in the Indenture, if an Event of Default with respect to the Notes (other than an Event of Default described in clause (7) or (8) of Section 6.01 of the Indenture with respect to the Company) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 30% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes may declare to be immediately due and payable the principal of the Notes and any accrued interest on the Notes to be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default described in clause (7) or (8) of Section 6.01 of the Indenture occurs with respect to the Company, the principal amount of and any accrued interest on the Notes then outstanding shall ipso facto become immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder. The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under the Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders, unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note (including payments pursuant to a redemption or repurchase of the Notes pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture), the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as the Trustee in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of Holders.
17. Trustee Dealings with Company. The Trustee or its Affiliates in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may make loans to, accept deposits from, perform services for or otherwise deal with the Company or any Affiliate thereof with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.
18. No Recourse Against Others. No director, manager, officer, employee, stockholder, member, general or limited partner, incorporator or equivalent of any of the foregoing, past, present or future, of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as such or in such capacity, shall have any personal liability for any obligations of the Company under the Notes,
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any Note Guarantee or the Indenture by reason of his, her or its status as such director, manager, officer, employee, stockholder, member, general or limited partner, incorporator or equivalent of any of the foregoing. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes and Note Guarantees.
19. Discharge. The Companys obligations pursuant to the Indenture will be discharged, except for obligations pursuant to certain sections thereof, subject to the terms of the Indenture, upon the payment or cancellation of all the Notes or upon the irrevocable deposit with the Trustee of funds in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on the Notes, not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal of, premium, if any, and interest to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date.
20. Guarantees. The Companys obligations under the Notes are jointly and severally, fully and unconditionally guaranteed, to the extent set forth in the Indenture, by each of the Guarantors.
21. Covenant Suspension Event. In the event of the occurrence of a Covenant Suspension Event, and continuing until any Reversion Date, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries will no longer be subject to Sections 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10 and 4.11 of the Indenture with respect to the Notes.
22. Authentication. This Note shall not be valid until the Trustee manually signs the certificate of authentication on this Note.
23. Governing Law. THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WILL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS NOTE.
24. Abbreviations. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TENANT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to:
CEB Inc.
1919 North Lynn Street
Arlington, Virginia 22209
Facsimile: 571-303-5823
Attention: Richard S. Lindahl
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ASSIGNMENT
I or we assign and transfer this Note to:
(Insert assignees social security or tax I.D. number)
(Print or type name, address and zip code of assignee)
and irrevocably appoint:
as Agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The Agent may substitute another to act for him.
Date: |
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Your Signature: |
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(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note) |
Signature Guarantee: |
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SIGNATURE GUARANTEE
Signatures must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP) or such other signature guarantee program as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.10 (Asset Sale) or Section 4.13 (Change of Control Triggering Event) of the Indenture, check the appropriate box below:
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Asset Sale | Change of Control Triggering Event |
If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.13 of the Indenture, state the principal amount (in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000) in excess thereof:
$
Date: |
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Your Signature: |
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(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of the Note) |
Signature Guarantee*: |
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* | Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized Signature Guaranty Medallion Program or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee |
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[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL NOTES]
SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE
The initial outstanding principal amount of this Global Note is $ . The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for interest in another Global Note or for a Physical Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global or Physical Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:
Date of Exchange |
Amount of decrease in Principal Amount of this Global Note |
Amount of increase in Principal Amount of this Global Note |
Principal Amount of this Global Note following such decrease or increase |
Signature of authorized signatory of Trustee or Notes Custodian | ||||
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
CEB Inc.
1919 North Lynn Street
Arlington, Virginia 22209
Facsimile: 571-303-5823
Attention: Richard S. Lindahl
Wilmington Trust, National Association
50 South Sixth Street, Suite 1290
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
Attention: CEB Inc. Notes Administrator
Re: | 5.625% Senior Notes due 2023 |
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of June 9, 2015 (the Indenture), among CEB Inc., the Guarantors named therein and the Trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
(the Transferor) owns and proposes to transfer the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified in Annex A hereto, in the principal amount of $ in such Note[s] or interests (the Transfer), to (the Transferee), as further specified in Annex A hereto. In connection with the Transfer, the Transferor hereby certifies that:
[CHECK ALL THAT APPLY]
1. [ ] CHECK IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN THE 144A GLOBAL NOTE OR A PHYSICAL NOTE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144A under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that the beneficial interest or Physical Note is being transferred to a Person that the Transferor reasonably believes is purchasing the beneficial interest or Physical Note for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which such Person exercises sole investment discretion, and such Person and each such account is a qualified institutional buyer within the meaning of Rule 144A in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and such Transfer is in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
2. [ ] CHECK IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN THE REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE OR A PHYSICAL NOTE PURSUANT TO REGULATION S. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that (i) the Transfer is not being made to a person in the United States and (x) at the time the buy order was originated, the Transferee was outside the United States or such Transferor and any Person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes that the
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Transferee was outside the United States or (y) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither such Transferor nor any Person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was prearranged with a buyer in the United States, (ii) no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (iii) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act and (iv) if the proposed transfer is being made prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, the transfer is not being made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person. The Restricted Period shall be terminated upon the receipt by the Trustee of an Officers Certificate certifying that the Restricted Period may be terminated in accordance with Regulation S. Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Physical Note will be subject to the restrictions on Transfer enumerated in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
3. [ ] CHECK AND COMPLETE IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN THE RESTRICTED PHYSICAL NOTE PURSUANT TO ANY PROVISION OF THE SECURITIES ACT OTHER THAN RULE 144A OR REGULATION S. The Transfer is being effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to beneficial interests in Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Physical Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States, and accordingly the Transferor hereby further certifies that (check one):
(a) | [ ] such Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act; |
or
(b) | [ ] such Transfer is being effected to the Company or a subsidiary thereof; |
or
(c) | [ ] such Transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and in compliance with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act. |
4. [ ] CHECK IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE OR OF AN UNRESTRICTED PHYSICAL NOTE.
(a) | [ ] CHECK IF TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO RULE 144. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain |
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compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Physical Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Physical Notes and in the Indenture. |
(b) | [ ] CHECK IF TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO REGULATION S. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Physical Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Physical Notes and in the Indenture. |
(c) | [ ] CHECK IF TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO OTHER EXEMPTION. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904 and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Physical Note will not be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes or Restricted Physical Notes and in the Indenture. |
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This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company.
[Insert Name of Transferor] | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
Dated:
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TO BE COMPLETED BY TRANSFEROR IF (a) ABOVE IS CHECKED
The transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and, accordingly, the transferor hereby further certifies that the beneficial interest or certificated Note is being transferred to a Person that the transferor reasonably believed and believes is purchasing the beneficial interest or certificated Note for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which such Person exercises sole investment discretion, and such Person and each such account is a qualified institutional buyer within the meaning of Rule 144A in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and such transfer is in compliance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or certificated Note will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated on the Rule 144A Notes and/or the certificated Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
Dated: |
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NOTICE: To be executed by an executive officer |
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ANNEX A TO CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
1. | The Transferor owns and proposes to transfer the following: |
[CHECK ONE OF (a) OR (b)]
(a) | [ ] a beneficial interest in the: |
(i) | [ ] 144A Global Note (CUSIP [ ]), or |
(ii) | [ ] Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP [ ]), or |
(b) | [ ] a Restricted Physical Note. |
2. | After the Transfer the Transferee will hold: |
[CHECK ONE]
(a) | [ ] a beneficial interest in the: |
(i) | [ ] 144A Global Note (CUSIP [ ]), or |
(ii) | [ ] Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP [ ]), or |
(iii) | [ ] Unrestricted Global Note (CUSIP [ ]); or |
(b) | [ ] a Restricted Definitive Note; or |
(c) | [ ] an Unrestricted Definitive Note, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture. |
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE
CEB Inc.
1919 North Lynn Street
Arlington, Virginia 22209
Facsimile: 571-303-5823
Attention: Richard S. Lindahl
Wilmington Trust, National Association
50 South Sixth Street, Suite 1290
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
Attention: CEB Inc. Notes Administrator
Re: 5.625% Senior Notes due 2023
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of June 9, 2015 (the Indenture), among CEB Inc., the Guarantors named therein and the Trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
(the Owner) owns and proposes to exchange the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified herein, in the principal amount of $ in such Note[s] or interests (the Exchange). In connection with the Exchange, the Owner hereby certifies that:
1) EXCHANGE OF RESTRICTED PHYSICAL NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE FOR UNRESTRICTED PHYSICAL NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE
a) [ ] CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE TO BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE. In connection with the Exchange of the Owners beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note in an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owners own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
b) [ ] CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE TO UNRESTRICTED PHYSICAL NOTE. In connection with the Exchange of the Owners beneficial
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interest in a Restricted Global Note for an Unrestricted Physical Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Physical Note is being acquired for the Owners own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Physical Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
c) [ ] CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM RESTRICTED PHYSICAL NOTE TO BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE. In connection with the Owners Exchange of a Restricted Physical Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owners own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Physical Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
d) [ ] CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM RESTRICTED PHYSICAL NOTE TO UNRESTRICTED PHYSICAL NOTE. In connection with the Owners Exchange of a Restricted Physical Note for an Unrestricted Physical Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Unrestricted Physical Note is being acquired for the Owners own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Physical Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Unrestricted Physical Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
2) EXCHANGE OF RESTRICTED PHYSICAL NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES FOR RESTRICTED PHYSICAL NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES
a) [ ] CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE TO RESTRICTED PHYSICAL NOTE. In connection with the Exchange of the Owners beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a Restricted Physical Note with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies that the Restricted Physical Note is being acquired for the Owners own account without transfer. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the
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Indenture, the Restricted Physical Note issued will continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Physical Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
b) [ ] CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM RESTRICTED PHYSICAL NOTE TO BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE. In connection with the Exchange of the Owners Restricted Physical Note for a beneficial interest in the [CHECK ONE] [ ] 144A Global Note [ ] Regulation S Global Note, with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owners own account without transfer and (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the beneficial interest issued will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the relevant Restricted Global Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company and are dated
[Insert Name of Transferor] | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
Dated:
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TO BE COMPLETED BY TRANSFEROR IF (a) ABOVE IS CHECKED
The transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and, accordingly, the transferor hereby further certifies that (i) the transfer is not being made to a person in the United States and (x) at the time the buy order was originated, the transferee was outside the United States or such transferor and any Person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes that the transferee was outside the United States or (y) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither such transferor nor any Person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was prearranged with a buyer in the United States, (ii) no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (iii) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act and (iv) if the proposed transfer is being made prior to the expiration of the restricted period under Regulation S, the transfer is not being made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person. Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or certificated Note will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated on the Regulation S Notes and/or the certificated Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
Dated: |
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NOTICE: To be executed by an executive officer |
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EXHIBIT D
[FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
TO BE DELIVERED BY SUBSEQUENT GUARANTORS]
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this Supplemental Indenture), dated as of , among (the Guaranteeing Subsidiary), a subsidiary of CEB Inc., a Delaware corporation (or its permitted successor) (the Company), the Company and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (the Trustee).
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (the Indenture), dated as of June 9, 2015 providing for the issuance of 5.625% Senior Notes due 2023 (the Notes);
WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall agree to guarantee the Notes on the terms and conditions set forth herein (the Note Guarantee); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 8.01 of the Indenture, the parties hereto are authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture without the consent of Holders.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:
1. CAPITALIZED TERMS. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
2. AGREEMENT TO GUARANTEE. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby agrees to provide an unconditional Guarantee on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Guarantee and in the Indenture including but not limited to Article 10 thereof.
3. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. No director, manager, officer, employee, stockholder, member, general or limited partner, incorporator or equivalent of any of the foregoing, past, present or future, of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as such or in such capacity, shall have any personal liability for any obligations of the Company under the Notes, any Note Guarantee or the Indenture by reason of his, her or its status as such director, manager, officer, employee, stockholder, member, general or limited partner, incorporator or equivalent of any of the foregoing. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes and Note Guarantees.
4. NEW YORK LAW TO GOVERN. THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WILL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE.
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5. COUNTERPARTS. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. The exchange of copies of this Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Supplemental Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.
6. EFFECT OF HEADINGS. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
7. THE TRUSTEE. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Guaranteeing Subsidiary and the Company.
8. RATIFICATION OF INDENTURE; SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES PART OF INDENTURE. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every holder of Notes heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of the date first above written.
Dated:
[GUARANTEEING SUBSIDIARY] | ||
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CEB INC. | ||
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Title: | ||
WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee | ||
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Exhibit 10.1
EXECUTION VERSION
AMENDMENT NO. 4
This AMENDMENT NO. 4, dated as of June 9, 2015 (this Amendment), among CEB INC. (f/k/a The Corporate Executive Board Company), a Delaware corporation (the Borrower), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer, each of the Lenders that is a signatory to the Consents (as defined below) hereto, the Additional Term A-2 Lenders (as defined in Exhibit A hereto) party hereto (if any), the Additional Revolving Lenders (as defined below) party hereto, and the Incremental Tranche A-1 Revolving Lenders (as defined below) party hereto, amends that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of July 2, 2012, as amended and restated on July 18, 2012, as further amended and restated on August 1, 2012 and as further amended on August 2, 2013 (the Credit Agreement), among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Swing Line Lender, the L/C Issuer, the lenders from time to time party thereto (collectively, the Lenders and individually, a Lender) and the other parties thereto. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Credit Agreement.
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, Section 2.14 of the Credit Agreement provides that the Borrower may from time to time obtain (x) Refinancing Term Loans and Refinancing Revolving Commitments, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in Section 2.14, to permit the refinancing of all or any portion of any Class of Term Loans and Revolving Credit Loans (or unused Revolving Credit Commitments) outstanding under the Credit Agreement and (y) Incremental Revolving Commitments by, among other things, entering into one or more Incremental Facility Amendments;
WHEREAS, Section 10.01 of the Credit Agreement provides that the Loan Parties may amend the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document with the consent of the Required Lenders or Lenders, as applicable;
WHEREAS, on the date hereof, the Borrower, the Guarantors, the Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender, L/C Issuer, the Collateral Agent, the Lenders party hereto, the Additional Term A-2 Lenders (if any), the Incremental Tranche A-1 Revolving Lenders and the Additional Revolving Lenders desire to enter into this Amendment to amend the Credit Agreement referenced in the introductory paragraph hereto to, among other things, refinance (x) the Term A-1 Loans outstanding thereunder on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date with Refinancing Term Loans having identical terms and the same rights and obligations under the Loan Documents as the Term A-1 Loans except as expressly set forth herein and in the Amended Credit Agreement (as defined below), in each case as set forth in the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents (such refinancing term loans, the Term A-2 Loans) and (y) the Revolving Credit Commitments outstanding thereunder on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date with Refinancing Revolving Commitments having identical terms and the same rights and obligations under the Loan Documents as, and in the same aggregate principal amount as, the Revolving Credit Commitments except as expressly set forth herein and the Amended Credit Agreement, in each case as set forth in the Amended Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents (such refinancing revolving credit commitments, the Tranche A-1 Revolving Commitments), in each case except as such terms are amended hereby;
WHEREAS, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. will act as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners under the Amended Credit Agreement and this Amendment (in such capacities, the Arrangers);
WHEREAS, upon the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date (as defined below), each Term A-1 Lender that shall have executed and delivered a signature page to this Amendment (a Consent) under
the Cashless Settlement Option (each, a Cashless Option Term A-1 Lender) shall be deemed to have exchanged all (or such lesser amount as the Arrangers, together with the Administrative Agent, may allocate) of its Term A-1 Loans under the Credit Agreement (which existing Term A-1 Loans shall thereafter no longer be deemed to be outstanding) for Term A-2 Loans under the Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment (the Amended Credit Agreement), in the same aggregate principal amount as such Lenders Term A-1 Loans under the Credit Agreement (or such lesser amount as the Arrangers together with the Administrative Agent may allocate; any such principal amount of Term A-1 Loans not allocated for such exchange to Term A-2 Loans, the Non-Allocated Term A-1 Loans), and each such Cashless Option Term A-1 Lender shall thereafter be a Term A-2 Lender under the Amended Credit Agreement;
WHEREAS, upon the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date, (x) each Term A-1 Lender that shall not have executed a Consent hereto shall have its Term A-1 Loans outstanding immediately prior to the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date repaid in full, and the Borrower shall pay to each such Term A-1 Lender all accrued and unpaid interest on, and premiums and fees related to, such Term A-1 Lenders Term A-1 Loans to, but not including, the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date and (y) each Cashless Option Term A-1 Lender with Non-Allocated Term A-1 Loans shall have its Non-Allocated Term A-1 Loans outstanding immediately prior to the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date repaid in full, and the Borrower shall pay to each such Term A-1 Lender all accrued and unpaid interest on, and premiums and fees related to, such Term A-1 Lenders Non-Allocated Term A-1 Loans to, but not including, the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date;
WHEREAS, the Additional Term A-2 Lender (if any) has agreed to make Refinancing Term Loans to the Borrower on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date in an amount equal to $250,000,000 minus the aggregate principal amount of Term A-1 Loans held by the Cashless Option Term A-1 Lenders that do not constitute Non-Allocated Term A-1 Loans (the Rollover Refinancing Term A-2 Loans) (such Refinancing Term Loans, the Refinancing Term A-2 Loans),
WHEREAS, each Revolving Credit Lender that executes and delivers a Consent (each, a Consenting Revolving Lender) agrees upon effectiveness of this Amendment to have its existing Revolving Credit Commitment rolled over into a like principal amount of a Tranche A-1 Revolving Commitment (the Rollover Tranche A-1 Revolving Commitments), effective as of the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date;
WHEREAS, upon the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date, at the Borrowers option, the Borrower may (x) terminate the Revolving Credit Commitments outstanding immediately prior to the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date of each Revolving Credit Lender that shall not have executed a Consent hereto, in which case, the Borrower shall pay to each such Revolving Credit Lender all accrued fees related to such Revolving Credit Lenders Revolving Credit Commitments to, but not including, the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date and (y) enter into new Tranche A-1 Revolving Commitments (Additional Tranche A-1 Revolving Commitments) as set forth on Schedule 2.01(c) to the Amended Credit Agreement to replace such terminated Revolving Credit Commitments (any Lender providing such Additional Tranche A-1 Revolving Commitments, an Additional Revolving Lender);
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested Incremental Revolving Commitments as set forth on Schedule 2.01(c) to the Amended Credit Agreement in an aggregate principal amount equal to $50,000,000 (such Incremental Revolving Commitments made on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date, the Incremental Tranche A-1 Revolving Commitments); and
WHEREAS, each Person identified on Exhibit B hereto under the caption Incremental Tranche A-1 Revolving Credit Commitments (each, an Incremental Tranche A-1 Revolving Lender,
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and collectively, the Incremental Tranche A-1 Revolving Lenders) has agreed (on a several and not a joint basis), on the terms and subject to the conditions of this Amendment, to provide Incremental Tranche A-1 Revolving Commitments in the amount set forth opposite such Incremental Tranche A-1 Revolving Lenders name on Exhibit B hereto;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of all of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Amendments. The Credit Agreement is, effective as of the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date, hereby amended to:
(a) delete the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the
following example: stricken text) and to add the double-underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: double-underlined text) as set
forth in the Amended Credit Agreement attached as Exhibit A hereto; and
(b) replace Schedule 2.01(a) thereto with Schedule 2.01(a) attached as Exhibit B hereto;
(c) replace Schedule 2.01(c) thereto with Schedule 2.01(c) attached as Exhibit C hereto;
(d) replace Schedule 7.01(b) with Schedule 7.01(b) attached as Exhibit D hereto;
(e) replace Schedule 7.02(t) thereto with Schedule 7.02(t) attached as Exhibit E hereto; and
(f) replace Schedule 7.03(c) thereto with Schedule 7.03(c) attached as Exhibit F hereto; and
(g) add a new Exhibit C-5 thereto as set forth in Exhibit G hereto.
SECTION 2. Lenders.
(a) On the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Amended Credit Agreement:
(i) | each Cashless Option Term A-1 Lender party hereto hereby agrees to convert all (or such lesser amount as the Arrangers, together with the Administrative Agent, may allocate) of its Term A-1 Loans into Term A-2 Loans pursuant to Section 2.01(g) of the Amended Credit Agreement; and |
(ii) | each Revolving Credit Lender that executes and delivers a Consent hereby agrees to roll over its existing Revolving Credit Commitment into a like principal amount of a Tranche A-1 Revolving Commitment (and, in the case of any Revolving Credit Loan that is outstanding on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date, such Revolving Credit Loan shall be cashlessly repaid with the proceeds of a new Revolving Credit Loan in equal amount made under the Tranche A-1 Revolving Commitment) and hereby agrees to the termination of all Revolving Credit Commitments that were outstanding on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date prior to giving effect to this Amendment and waives any notice requirement under Section 2.06(a) in connection therewith on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date. |
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Such parties shall, effective on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date, automatically become parties to the Amended Credit Agreement as a Lender. Each Lender under the Credit Agreement that executes and delivers a Consent agrees that to the extent its Term A-1 Loans or Revolving Credit Loans, as applicable, under the Credit Agreement are being repaid on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date it waives any amounts it may be entitled to under Section 3.05 of the Credit Agreement in connection with such repayment. The Lenders hereby waive any notice requirement under Section 2.05(a) of the Credit Agreement in connection with the prepayment of the Term A-1 Loans on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date.
(b) On the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Amended Credit Agreement, each Incremental Tranche A-1 Revolving Lender hereby agrees that, on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date, the Incremental Tranche A-1 Revolving Commitments of such Incremental Tranche A-1 Revolving Lender shall become effective and the Revolving Credit Commitments shall be deemed increased by the amount of the Incremental Tranche A-1 Revolving Commitments of such Incremental Tranche A-1 Revolving Lenders in the amounts set forth under the caption Incremental Tranche A-1 Revolving Credit Commitments on Exhibit B hereto.
SECTION 3. Conditions to Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become effective as of the first date (such date being referred to as the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date, which date is June 9, 2015) when each of the following conditions shall have been satisfied:
(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received this Amendment, duly executed and delivered by (A) the Borrower, (B) the Guarantors, (C) the Cashless Option Term A-1 Lenders, (D) the Revolving Credit Lenders electing to roll over their Revolving Credit Commitments into Tranche A-1 Revolving Commitments, (E) the Additional Term A-2 Lender (if any), (F) the Additional Revolving Lender), (G) the Incremental Tranche A-1 Revolving Lenders, (H) the Administrative Agent, (I) the L/C Issuer, (J) Swing Line Lender and (K) the Collateral Agent.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received a Committed Loan Notice prior to the requested date of the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received, on behalf of itself, the Collateral Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders, an opinion from Kirkland & Ellis LLP, special counsel to the Borrower, dated as of the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date and addressed to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) certificates of good standing (to the extent such concept exists) from the applicable secretary of state of the state of organization of each Loan Party, certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or other certificates of Responsible Officers of each Loan Party as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible Officer thereof authorized to act as a Responsible Officer in connection with this Amendment, and (ii) a certificate, dated as of the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date, signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, confirming satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Sections 3(f) and (g).
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(e) Payment of all reasonable fees and expenses due to the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers, in each case required to be paid on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date. Substantially simultaneously with effectiveness, (i) the Term A-1 Lenders (including all Cashless Option Term A-1 Lenders but excluding the Additional Term A-2 Lender (if any) in its capacity as such) under the existing Credit Agreement shall have been paid (other than the principal amount of Rollover Refinancing Term A-2 Loans) all accrued principal and interest on their Term A-1 Loans to, but not including, the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date and (ii) the Revolving Credit Lenders under the existing Credit Agreement shall have been paid all accrued fees on their Revolving Credit Commitments to, but not including, the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date.
(f) The representations and warranties of the Borrower and each other Loan Party set forth in Article V of the Amended Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document or which are set forth in any document furnished at any time under or in connection therewith, shall be true and correct in all respects or, in the case of such representations and warranties which are not otherwise subject to a materiality qualification in accordance with its terms, shall be correct in all material respects, in each case on and as of the date hereof, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date.
(g) As of the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date and after giving effect to this Amendment, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred or be continuing or result from the application of proceeds thereof.
(h) The Administrative Agent shall have received a Note executed by the Borrower for each Lender that requests such a Note at least two Business Days prior to the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date.
(i) The Administrative Agent shall have received, for the account of:
(i) | Additional Term A-2 Lenders (if any), upfront fees in an amount equal to 0.25% of their respective Additional Term A-2 Commitment (as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement) |
(ii) | Cashless Option Term A-1 Lenders providing Rollover Term A-2 Loans, upfront fees in an amount equal to 0.10% of the portion of the final allocated commitment of each Cashless Option Term A-1 Lender that constitute Rollover Term A-2 Loans, |
(iii) | (y) Incremental Tranche A-1 Revolving Lenders providing Incremental Tranche A-1 Revolving Commitments and (x) Additional Revolving Lenders (if any) providing Additional Tranche A-1 Revolving Commitments, upfront fees in an amount equal to 0.25% of the final allocated commitment of each Lender holding Incremental Tranche A-1 Revolving Commitments and/or Additional Tranche A-1 Revolving Commitments, immediately after giving effect to Amendment No. 4, and |
(iv) | Consenting Revolving Lenders providing Rollover Tranche A-1 Revolving Commitments, upfront fees in an amount equal to 0.10% of the portion of the final allocated commitment of each Consenting Revolving Lender that constitute Rollover Tranche A-1 Revolving Commitments. |
(j) The Administrative Agent shall have received lien searches, including tax, judgment, bankruptcy and pending lawsuit searches or equivalent reports or searches, each of a recent
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date listing all effective financing statements, lien notices or comparable documents that name any Loan Party as debtor and that are filed in those state and county jurisdictions in which any Loan Party is organized or maintains its principal place of business.
(k) Subject to Section 11, the Administrative Agent shall have received Schedules I and II to the Security Agreement, updated to reflect Pledged Equity/Pledged Debt and Perfection Information (each as defined in the Security Agreement), respectively, as of the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date.
(l) All know your customer information reasonably requested by any Lender shall have been delivered to such Lender by the Borrower, to the extent stipulated by the Administrative Agent at least 3 Business Days before the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date.
SECTION 4. Representations and Warranties. On and as of the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date, after giving effect to this Amendment, each Loan Party represents and warrants as to itself as follows:
(a) The execution, delivery and performance by such Loan Party of this Amendment is within such Loan Partys corporate or other powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action, and do not and will not (i) contravene the terms of any of such Persons Organization Documents, (ii) conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien under (other than under the Loan Documents), or require any payment to be made under (A) any Contractual Obligation to which such Person is a party or affecting such Person or the properties of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries or (B) any material order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which such Person or its property is subject; or (c) violate any material Law; except with respect to any conflict, breach or contravention or payment (but not creation of Liens) referred to in clause (ii)(A), to the extent that such conflict, breach, contravention or payment could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) No approval, consent, exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is necessary or required in connection with (a) the execution, delivery or performance by, or enforcement against, any Loan Party of this Amendment, except for (i) the approvals, consents, exemptions, authorizations, actions, notices and filings which have been duly obtained, taken, given or made and are in full force and effect and (ii) those approvals, consents, exemptions, authorizations or other actions, notices or filings, the failure of which to obtain or make could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Such Loan Party has and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries has all requisite power and authority and all requisite governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Amendment and to consummate the transactions contemplated herein, except to the extent that failure to do so could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5. Reference to and Effect on the Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents.
(a) On and after the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date, each reference in the Credit Agreement to this Agreement, hereunder, hereof or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment No. 4 (i.e., the Amended Credit Agreement).
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(b) The Credit Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents, as specifically amended by this Amendment (i.e., the Amended Credit Agreement), are and shall continue to be in full force and effect and are hereby in all respects ratified and confirmed. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Documents and all of the Collateral described therein do and shall continue to secure the payment of all Obligations of the Loan Parties under the Loan Documents, in each case, as amended by this Amendment, and all guarantees and grants of security interests, as applicable, are hereby reaffirmed by each applicable Loan Party.
(c) The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not, except as expressly provided herein, operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of any Lender or the Administrative Agent under any of the Loan Documents, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of any of the Loan Documents. On and after the effectiveness of this Amendment, this Amendment shall for all purposes constitute a Loan Document.
(d) Each Additional Term A-2 Lender (if any), each Additional Revolving Lender and each Incremental Tranche A-1 Revolving Lender shall be a Lender for purposes of the Loan Documents.
(e) On and after the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date, the Refinancing Term A-2 Loans made under Section 2.01(g) of the Amended Credit Agreement shall constitute Refinancing Term Loans for purposes of the Loan Documents (and the Term A-2 Loans shall also constitute Term Loans for purposes of the Loan Documents). The Tranche A-1 Revolving Commitments shall constitute Refinancing Revolving Commitments (and the Tranche A-1 Revolving Commitments shall also constitute Revolving Credit Commitments for purposes of the Loan Documents).
(f) On and after the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date, the Incremental Tranche A-1 Revolving Commitments shall constitute Incremental Revolving Commitments for purposes of the Loan Documents (and the Incremental Tranche A-1 Revolving Commitments shall also constitute Revolving Credit Commitments for purposes of the Loan Documents).
SECTION 6. Execution in Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery by telecopier of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Amendment shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Amendment. The Arrangers may also require that any such documents and signatures delivered by telecopier be confirmed by a manually signed original thereof; provided that the failure to request or deliver the same shall not limit the effectiveness of any document or signature delivered by telecopier.
SECTION 7. Acknowledgement and Reaffirmation of Borrower and Guarantors. The Borrower and the Guarantors acknowledge and consent to all terms and conditions of this Amendment and agree that this Amendment and all documents executed in connection herewith do not operate to reduce or discharge the Borrowers or the Guarantors obligations under the Loan Documents, except as explicitly provided for herein. Each of the Borrower and the Guarantors hereby ratifies and confirms its obligations under the Amended Credit Agreement if a party thereto and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party, including after giving effect to the amendments and transactions contemplated by this Amendment, and including, without limitation, in the case of each of the Guarantors, its guarantee of the Obligations and its grant of security interest in the Collateral (as defined in any Collateral Document) to secure the Obligations (including, in each case, including any Obligations resulting from the Term A-2 Loans, the Tranche A-1 Revolving Commitments and the Incremental Tranche A-1 Revolving Commitments).
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SECTION 8. Liens Unimpaired. After giving effect to this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby, neither the modification of the Credit Agreement effected pursuant to this Amendment nor the execution, delivery, performance or effectiveness of this Amendment (i) impairs the validity, effectiveness or priority of the Liens granted pursuant to any Loan Document, and such Liens continue unimpaired with the same priority to secure repayment of all Obligations, whether heretofore or hereafter incurred; or (ii) requires that any new filings be made or other action taken to perfect or to maintain the perfection of such Liens.
SECTION 9. Governing Law; Waivers.
THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AMENDMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS AMENDMENT OR IN ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT ANY AGENT, ANY LENDER OR THE L/C ISSUER MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AMENDMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AGAINST THE BORROWER OR ANY OTHER LOAN PARTY OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.
EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AMENDMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED TO IN THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING PARAGRAPH OF THIS SECTION. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT.
EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 10.02 OF THE AMENDED CREDIT AGREEMENT. NOTHING IN THIS AMENDMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
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EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AMENDMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AMENDMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
SECTION 10. Non-Grandfathered Obligations under FATCA. Solely for purposes of determining withholding taxes imposed under FATCA, from and after the date of this Amendment, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall treat (and the Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to treat) the Amended Credit Agreement and all Loans made thereunder (including any Term A-2 Loans and any Revolving Credit Loans) as not qualifying as a grandfathered obligations within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Sections 1.1471-2(b)(2) and 1.1471-2T(b)(2)(i).
SECTION 11. Post-Closing Covenant. Within 90 days after the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received an updated Schedule A (Intellectual Property) to Schedule II to the Security Agreement and shall have received any Intellectual Property Security Agreement Supplements (as defined in the Security Agreement) that the Administrative Agent may request based thereon.
[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written.
CEB INC., as Borrower | ||
By: | /s/ Thomas L. Monahan, III | |
Name: | Thomas L. Monahan, III | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
CEB INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC., | ||
By: | /s/ Thomas L. Monahan, III | |
Name: | Thomas L. Monahan, III | |
Title: | President | |
PERSONNEL DECISIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTES, INC., as a Guarantor | ||
By: | /s/ Laurie Zelesnikar | |
Name: | Laurie Zelesnikar | |
Title: | Secretary | |
SHL US INC. | ||
KNOWLEDGEADVISORS, INC., each as a Guarantor | ||
By: | /s/ Warren Thune | |
Name: | Warren Thune | |
Title: | President |
[CEB - Amendment No. 4]
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., | ||
as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, | ||
Issuing Bank and Swing Line Lender | ||
By: | /s/ Monica Sevila | |
Name: | Monica Sevila | |
Title: | Senior Vice President |
[CEB - Amendment No. 4]
CONSENT TO AMENDMENT NO. 4
CONSENT (this Consent) to Amendment No. 4 (Amendment) to the Credit Agreement, dated as of July 2, 2012, as amended and restated on July 18, 2012, as further amended and restated on August 1, 2012 and as further amended on August 2, 2013 (the Credit Agreement), among CEB INC. (f/k/a The Corporate Executive Board Company), a Delaware corporation (the Borrower), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the Administrative Agent), Collateral Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer and each of the Lenders that is a signatory thereto. Capitalized terms used in this Consent but not defined in this Consent have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Amendment.
|
Existing Term A-1 Lenders. The undersigned Term A-1 Lender hereby irrevocably and unconditionally approves the Amendment and consents:
Cashless Settlement Option
x to convert 100% of the outstanding principal amount of the Term A-1 Loans under the Credit Agreement held by such Lender (or such lesser amount allocated to such Lender by the Administrative Agent) into Term A-2 Loans under the Amended Credit Agreement in a like principal amount. In the event a lesser amount is allocated, the difference between the current amount and the allocated amount will be repaid on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date.
|
Existing Revolving Credit Lenders
x The undersigned Revolving Credit Lender hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consents to the Amendment and agrees to convert 100% of its Revolving Credit Commitments (or such lesser amount allocated to such Lender by the Administrative Agent) into Tranche A-1 Revolving Commitments.
|
[CEB - Amendment No. 4]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Consent to be executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer as of the date first written above.
Bank of America, N.A. |
, | |||
as a Lender (type name of the legal entity) | ||||
By: | /s/ Christine C. Ezdell |
|||
Name: | Christine C. Ezdell | |||
Title: | Portfolio Management Officer | |||
If a second signature is necessary: | ||||
By: |
|
|||
Name: | ||||
Title: |
For each Term A-1 Lender:
[CEB - Amendment No. 4]
CONSENT TO AMENDMENT NO. 4
CONSENT (this Consent) to Amendment No. 4 (Amendment) to the Credit Agreement, dated as of July 2, 2012, as amended and restated on July 18, 2012, as further amended and restated on August 1, 2012 and as further amended on August 2, 2013 (the Credit Agreement), among CEB INC. (f/k/a The Corporate Executive Board Company), a Delaware corporation (the Borrower), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the Administrative Agent), Collateral Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer and each of the Lenders that is a signatory thereto. Capitalized terms used in this Consent but not defined in this Consent have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Amendment.
|
Existing Term A-1 Lenders. The undersigned Term A-1 Lender hereby irrevocably and unconditionally approves the Amendment and consents:
Cashless Settlement Option
x to convert 100% of the outstanding principal amount of the Term A-1 Loans under the Credit Agreement held by such Lender (or such lesser amount allocated to such Lender by the Administrative Agent) into Term A-2 Loans under the Amended Credit Agreement in a like principal amount. In the event a lesser amount is allocated, the difference between the current amount and the allocated amount will be repaid on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date.
|
Existing Revolving Credit Lenders
x The undersigned Revolving Credit Lender hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consents to the Amendment and agrees to convert 100% of its Revolving Credit Commitments (or such lesser amount allocated to such Lender by the Administrative Agent) into Tranche A-1 Revolving Commitments.
|
[CEB - Amendment No. 4]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Consent to be executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer as of the date first written above.
SunTrust Bank |
, | |||
as a Lender | ||||
By: | /s/ Hays Wood |
|||
Name: | Hays Wood | |||
Title: | Vice President |
For each Term A-1 Lender:
[CEB - Amendment No. 4]
CONSENT TO AMENDMENT NO. 4
CONSENT (this Consent) to Amendment No. 4 (Amendment) to the Credit Agreement, dated as of July 2, 2012, as amended and restated on July 18, 2012, as further amended and restated on August 1, 2012 and as further amended on August 2, 2013 (the Credit Agreement), among CEB INC. (f/k/a The Corporate Executive Board Company), a Delaware corporation (the Borrower), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the Administrative Agent), Collateral Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer and each of the Lenders that is a signatory thereto. Capitalized terms used in this Consent but not defined in this Consent have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Amendment.
|
Existing Term A-1 Lenders. The undersigned Term A-1 Lender hereby irrevocably and unconditionally approves the Amendment and consents:
Cashless Settlement Option
x to convert 100% of the outstanding principal amount of the Term A-1 Loans under the Credit Agreement held by such Lender (or such lesser amount allocated to such Lender by the Administrative Agent) into Term A-2 Loans under the Amended Credit Agreement in a like principal amount. In the event a lesser amount is allocated, the difference between the current amount and the allocated amount will be repaid on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date.
|
Existing Revolving Credit Lenders
x The undersigned Revolving Credit Lender hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consents to the Amendment and agrees to convert 100% of its Revolving Credit Commitments (or such lesser amount allocated to such Lender by the Administrative Agent) into Tranche A-1 Revolving Commitments.
|
[CEB - Amendment No. 4]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Consent to be executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer as of the date first written above.
|
, | |||
as a Lender HSBC Bank USA N.A. | ||||
By: | /s/ Peter Martin |
|||
Name: | Peter Martin | |||
Title: | VP |
For each Term A-1 Lender:
[CEB - Amendment No. 4]
CONSENT TO AMENDMENT NO. 4
CONSENT (this Consent) to Amendment No. 4 (Amendment) to the Credit Agreement, dated as of July 2, 2012, as amended and restated on July 18, 2012, as further amended and restated on August 1, 2012 and as further amended on August 2, 2013 (the Credit Agreement), among CEB INC. (f/k/a The Corporate Executive Board Company), a Delaware corporation (the Borrower), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the Administrative Agent), Collateral Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer and each of the Lenders that is a signatory thereto. Capitalized terms used in this Consent but not defined in this Consent have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Amendment.
|
Existing Term A-1 Lenders. The undersigned Term A-1 Lender hereby irrevocably and unconditionally approves the Amendment and consents:
Cashless Settlement Option
x to convert 100% of the outstanding principal amount of the Term A-1 Loans under the Credit Agreement held by such Lender (or such lesser amount allocated to such Lender by the Administrative Agent) into Term A-2 Loans under the Amended Credit Agreement in a like principal amount. In the event a lesser amount is allocated, the difference between the current amount and the allocated amount will be repaid on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date.
|
Existing Revolving Credit Lenders
x The undersigned Revolving Credit Lender hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consents to the Amendment and agrees to convert 100% of its Revolving Credit Commitments (or such lesser amount allocated to such Lender by the Administrative Agent) into Tranche A-1 Revolving Commitments.
|
[CEB - Amendment No. 4]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Consent to be executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer as of the date first written above.
Fifth Third Bank |
, | |||
as a Lender (type name of the legal entity) | ||||
By: | /s/ Susan A. Waters |
|||
Name: | Susan A. Waters | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
If a second signature is necessary: | ||||
By: |
|
|||
Name: | ||||
Title: |
For each Term A-1 Lender:
[CEB - Amendment No. 4]
CONSENT TO AMENDMENT NO. 4
CONSENT (this Consent) to Amendment No. 4 (Amendment) to the Credit Agreement, dated as of July 2, 2012, as amended and restated on July 18, 2012, as further amended and restated on August 1, 2012 and as further amended on August 2, 2013 (the Credit Agreement), among CEB INC. (f/k/a The Corporate Executive Board Company), a Delaware corporation (the Borrower), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the Administrative Agent), Collateral Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer and each of the Lenders that is a signatory thereto. Capitalized terms used in this Consent but not defined in this Consent have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Amendment.
|
Existing Term A-1 Lenders. The undersigned Term A-1 Lender hereby irrevocably and unconditionally approves the Amendment and consents:
Cashless Settlement Option
x to convert 100% of the outstanding principal amount of the Term A-1 Loans under the Credit Agreement held by such Lender (or such lesser amount allocated to such Lender by the Administrative Agent) into Term A-2 Loans under the Amended Credit Agreement in a like principal amount. In the event a lesser amount is allocated, the difference between the current amount and the allocated amount will be repaid on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date.
|
Existing Revolving Credit Lenders
x The undersigned Revolving Credit Lender hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consents to the Amendment and agrees to convert 100% of its Revolving Credit Commitments (or such lesser amount allocated to such Lender by the Administrative Agent) into Tranche A-1 Revolving Commitments.
|
[CEB - Amendment No. 4]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Consent to be executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer as of the date first written above.
Regions Bank |
, | |||
as a Lender (type name of the legal entity) | ||||
By: | /s/ Bruce Rudolph |
|||
Name: | Bruce Rudolph | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
If a second signature is necessary: | ||||
By: |
|
|||
Name: | ||||
Title: |
For each Term A-1 Lender:
[CEB - Amendment No. 4]
CONSENT TO AMENDMENT NO. 4
CONSENT (this Consent) to Amendment No. 4 (Amendment) to the Credit Agreement, dated as of July 2, 2012, as amended and restated on July 18, 2012, as further amended and restated on August 1, 2012 and as further amended on August 2, 2013 (the Credit Agreement), among CEB INC. (f/k/a The Corporate Executive Board Company), a Delaware corporation (the Borrower), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the Administrative Agent), Collateral Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer and each of the Lenders that is a signatory thereto. Capitalized terms used in this Consent but not defined in this Consent have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Amendment.
|
Existing Term A-1 Lenders. The undersigned Term A-1 Lender hereby irrevocably and unconditionally approves the Amendment and consents:
Cashless Settlement Option
x to convert 100% of the outstanding principal amount of the Term A-1 Loans under the Credit Agreement held by such Lender (or such lesser amount allocated to such Lender by the Administrative Agent) into Term A-2 Loans under the Amended Credit Agreement in a like principal amount. In the event a lesser amount is allocated, the difference between the current amount and the allocated amount will be repaid on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date.
|
Existing Revolving Credit Lenders
x The undersigned Revolving Credit Lender hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consents to the Amendment and agrees to convert 100% of its Revolving Credit Commitments (or such lesser amount allocated to such Lender by the Administrative Agent) into Tranche A-1 Revolving Commitments.
|
[CEB - Amendment No. 4]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Consent to be executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer as of the date first written above.
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as a Lender | ||
By: | /s/ James A. Knight | |
Name: | James A. Knight | |
Title: | Vice President |
For each Term A-1 Lender:
[CEB - Amendment No. 4]
CONSENT TO AMENDMENT NO. 4
CONSENT (this Consent) to Amendment No. 4 (Amendment) to the Credit Agreement, dated as of July 2, 2012, as amended and restated on July 18, 2012, as further amended and restated on August 1, 2012 and as further amended on August 2, 2013 (the Credit Agreement), among CEB INC. (f/k/a The Corporate Executive Board Company), a Delaware corporation (the Borrower), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the Administrative Agent), Collateral Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer and each of the Lenders that is a signatory thereto. Capitalized terms used in this Consent but not defined in this Consent have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Amendment.
|
Existing Term A-1 Lenders. The undersigned Term A-1 Lender hereby irrevocably and unconditionally approves the Amendment and consents:
Cashless Settlement Option
x to convert 100% of the outstanding principal amount of the Term A-1 Loans under the Credit Agreement held by such Lender (or such lesser amount allocated to such Lender by the Administrative Agent) into Term A-2 Loans under the Amended Credit Agreement in a like principal amount. In the event a lesser amount is allocated, the difference between the current amount and the allocated amount will be repaid on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date.
|
Existing Revolving Credit Lenders
x The undersigned Revolving Credit Lender hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consents to the Amendment and agrees to convert 100% of its Revolving Credit Commitments (or such lesser amount allocated to such Lender by the Administrative Agent) into Tranche A-1 Revolving Commitments.
|
[CEB - Amendment No. 4]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Consent to be executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer as of the date first written above.
Capital One National Association |
, | |||
as a Lender (type name of the legal entity) | ||||
By: | /s/ Joseph C. Costa |
|||
Name: | Joseph C. Costa | |||
Title: | Senior Vice President | |||
If a second signature is necessary: | ||||
By: |
|
|||
Name: | ||||
Title: |
For each Term A-1 Lender:
[CEB - Amendment No. 4]
CONSENT TO AMENDMENT NO. 4
CONSENT (this Consent) to Amendment No. 4 (Amendment) to the Credit Agreement, dated as of July 2, 2012, as amended and restated on July 18, 2012, as further amended and restated on August 1, 2012 and as further amended on August 2, 2013 (the Credit Agreement), among CEB INC. (f/k/a The Corporate Executive Board Company), a Delaware corporation (the Borrower), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the Administrative Agent), Collateral Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer and each of the Lenders that is a signatory thereto. Capitalized terms used in this Consent but not defined in this Consent have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Amendment.
|
Existing Term A-1 Lenders. The undersigned Term A-1 Lender hereby irrevocably and unconditionally approves the Amendment and consents:
Cashless Settlement Option
x to convert 100% of the outstanding principal amount of the Term A-1 Loans under the Credit Agreement held by such Lender (or such lesser amount allocated to such Lender by the Administrative Agent) into Term A-2 Loans under the Amended Credit Agreement in a like principal amount. In the event a lesser amount is allocated, the difference between the current amount and the allocated amount will be repaid on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date.
|
Existing Revolving Credit Lenders
x The undersigned Revolving Credit Lender hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consents to the Amendment and agrees to convert 100% of its Revolving Credit Commitments (or such lesser amount allocated to such Lender by the Administrative Agent) into Tranche A-1 Revolving Commitments.
|
[CEB - Amendment No. 4]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Consent to be executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer as of the date first written above.
Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania |
, | |||
as a Lender (type name of the legal entity) | ||||
By: | /s/ Leslie D. Broderick |
|||
Name: | Leslie D. Broderick | |||
Title: | SVP | |||
If a second signature is necessary: | ||||
By: |
|
|||
Name: | ||||
Title: |
For each Term A-1 Lender:
[CEB - Amendment No. 4]
CONSENT TO AMENDMENT NO. 4
CONSENT (this Consent) to Amendment No. 4 (Amendment) to the Credit Agreement, dated as of July 2, 2012, as amended and restated on July 18, 2012, as further amended and restated on August 1, 2012 and as further amended on August 2, 2013 (the Credit Agreement), among CEB INC. (f/k/a The Corporate Executive Board Company), a Delaware corporation (the Borrower), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the Administrative Agent), Collateral Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer and each of the Lenders that is a signatory thereto. Capitalized terms used in this Consent but not defined in this Consent have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Amendment.
|
Existing Term A-1 Lenders. The undersigned Term A-1 Lender hereby irrevocably and unconditionally approves the Amendment and consents:
Cashless Settlement Option
x to convert 100% of the outstanding principal amount of the Term A-1 Loans under the Credit Agreement held by such Lender (or such lesser amount allocated to such Lender by the Administrative Agent) into Term A-2 Loans under the Amended Credit Agreement in a like principal amount. In the event a lesser amount is allocated, the difference between the current amount and the allocated amount will be repaid on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date.
|
Existing Revolving Credit Lenders
x The undersigned Revolving Credit Lender hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consents to the Amendment and agrees to convert 100% of its Revolving Credit Commitments (or such lesser amount allocated to such Lender by the Administrative Agent) into Tranche A-1 Revolving Commitments.
|
[CEB - Amendment No. 4]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Consent to be executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer as of the date first written above.
HSBC Bank Plc |
, | |||
as a Lender (type name of the legal entity) | ||||
By: | /s/ S. A. Addio |
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Name: | S. A. Addio | |||
Title: | Director International Subsidiary Banking | |||
If a second signature is necessary: | ||||
By: |
|
|||
Name: | ||||
Title: |
For each Term A-1 Lender:
[CEB - Amendment No. 4]
EXHIBIT A
Conformed Credit Agreement
[See attached].
[CEB - Amendment No. 4]
EXHIBIT A
ADDED TEXT SHOWN UNDERSCORED
DELETED TEXT SHOWN STRIKETHROUGH
EXHIBIT A
CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of July 2, 2012
as amended and restated on July 18, 2012,
as further amended and restated on August 1, 2012
as2012,
as amended by Amendment No. 3 on August 2, 2013,
as further amended by Amendment
No. 34 on August 2, 2013June 9, 2015
among
CEB INC.
(F/K/A THE CORPORATE EXECUTIVE BOARD COMPANY),
as the Borrower,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer,
and
THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO
Arranged By:
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
and
BARCLAYS BANK PLC,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners,
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED,
HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
SUNTRUST ROBINSON HUMPHREY, INC.,
as Amendment No. 34
Arrangers and Bookrunners
HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
SUNTRUST BANK,
as Amendment No. 4 Co-Syndication Agents
FIFTH THIRD BANK,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
REGIONS BANK,
SUNTRUST BANK
as Syndication Agents
and
CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
RBS CITIZENS, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, and
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Co-Documentation Agents
and
FIFTH THIRD BANK,
REGIONS BANK,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
CITIZENS BANK, N.A.,
as Amendment No. 4 Co-Documentation Agents
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Table of Contents
Page
ARTICLE I
Definitions and Accounting Terms
SECTION 1.01 |
Defined Terms | 1 | ||||
SECTION 1.02 |
Other Interpretive Provisions | |||||
SECTION 1.03 |
Accounting Terms | |||||
SECTION 1.04 |
Rounding | |||||
SECTION 1.05 |
References to Agreements, Laws, Etc. | |||||
SECTION 1.06 |
Times of Day | |||||
SECTION 1.07 |
Timing of Payment or Performance | |||||
SECTION 1.08 |
Currency Equivalents Generally | |||||
SECTION 1.09 |
Letter of Credit Amounts | |||||
SECTION 1.10 |
Additional Alternative Currencies. | |||||
ARTICLE II | ||||||
The Commitments and Credit Extensions | ||||||
SECTION 2.01 |
The Loans | |||||
SECTION 2.02 |
Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans | |||||
SECTION 2.03 |
Letters of Credit | |||||
SECTION 2.04 |
Swing Line Loans | |||||
SECTION 2.05 |
Prepayments | |||||
SECTION 2.06 |
Termination or Reduction of Commitments | |||||
SECTION 2.07 |
Repayment of Loans | |||||
SECTION 2.08 |
Interest | |||||
SECTION 2.09 |
Fees | |||||
SECTION 2.10 |
Computation of Interest and Fees | |||||
SECTION 2.11 |
Evidence of Indebtedness | |||||
SECTION 2.12 |
Payments Generally | |||||
SECTION 2.13 |
Sharing of Payments | |||||
SECTION 2.14 |
Incremental Credit Extensions | |||||
SECTION 2.15 |
Extensions of Term Loans and Revolving Credit Commitments | |||||
SECTION 2.16 |
Defaulting Lenders | |||||
SECTION 2.17 |
Cash Collateral. | |||||
ARTICLE III | ||||||
Taxes, Increased Costs Protection and Illegality | ||||||
SECTION 3.01 |
Taxes | |||||
SECTION 3.02 |
Illegality | |||||
SECTION 3.03 |
Inability to Determine Rates | |||||
SECTION 3.04 |
Increased Cost and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy; Reserves on Eurocurrency Rate Loans | |||||
SECTION 3.05 |
Funding Losses | |||||
SECTION 3.06 |
Matters Applicable to All Requests for Compensation | |||||
SECTION 3.07 |
Replacement of Lenders under Certain Circumstances | |||||
SECTION 3.08 |
Survival |
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ARTICLE IV | ||||||
Conditions Precedent to Credit Extensions | ||||||
SECTION 4.01 |
Conditions of Initial Credit Extension | |||||
SECTION 4.02 |
Conditions to All Credit Extensions After the Closing Date | |||||
SECTION 4.03 |
Certain Funds | |||||
ARTICLE V | ||||||
Representations and Warranties | ||||||
SECTION 5.01 |
Existence, Qualification and Power; Compliance with Laws | |||||
SECTION 5.02 |
Authorization; No Contravention | |||||
SECTION 5.03 |
Governmental Authorization; Other Consents | |||||
SECTION 5.04 |
Binding Effect | |||||
SECTION 5.05 |
Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect | |||||
SECTION 5.06 |
Litigation | |||||
SECTION 5.07 |
Ownership of Property; Liens | |||||
SECTION 5.08 |
Environmental Compliance | |||||
SECTION 5.09 |
Taxes | |||||
SECTION 5.10 |
Compliance with ERISA | |||||
SECTION 5.11 |
Subsidiaries; Equity Interests | |||||
SECTION 5.12 |
Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act | |||||
SECTION 5.13 |
Disclosure | |||||
SECTION 5.14 |
Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc. | |||||
SECTION 5.15 |
Solvency | |||||
SECTION 5.16 |
Collateral Documents | |||||
SECTION 5.17 |
Use of Proceeds | |||||
SECTION 5.18 |
Senior Indebtedness | |||||
SECTION 5.19 |
Anti-Money Laundering and Economic Sanctions Laws. | |||||
SECTION 5.20 |
Anti-Corruption Laws | 98 | ||||
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ARTICLE VI | ||||||
Affirmative Covenants | ||||||
SECTION 6.01 |
Financial Statements | |||||
SECTION 6.02 |
Certificates; Other Information | |||||
SECTION 6.03 |
Notices | |||||
SECTION 6.04 |
[Reserved] | |||||
SECTION 6.05 |
Maintenance of Existence | |||||
SECTION 6.06 |
Maintenance of Properties | |||||
SECTION 6.07 |
Maintenance of Insurance | |||||
SECTION 6.08 |
Compliance with Laws | |||||
SECTION 6.09 |
Books and Records | |||||
SECTION 6.10 |
Inspection Rights | |||||
SECTION 6.11 |
Covenant to Guarantee Obligations and Give Security | |||||
SECTION 6.12 |
Use of Proceeds. | |||||
SECTION 6.13 |
Further Assurances and Post-Closing Conditions | |||||
SECTION 6.14 |
Designation of Subsidiaries | |||||
SECTION 6.15 |
Payment of Taxes | |||||
SECTION 6.16 |
Anti-Corruption Laws | 105 | ||||
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ARTICLE VII | ||||||
Negative Covenants | ||||||
SECTION 7.01 |
Liens | |||||
SECTION 7.02 |
Investments | |||||
SECTION 7.03 |
Indebtedness | |||||
SECTION 7.04 |
Fundamental Changes | |||||
SECTION 7.05 |
Dispositions | |||||
SECTION 7.06 |
Restricted Payments | |||||
SECTION 7.07 |
Amendment of Acquisition Documents | |||||
SECTION 7.08 |
Transactions with Affiliates | |||||
SECTION 7.09 |
Prepayments, Etc., of Indebtedness. | |||||
SECTION 7.10 |
Financial Covenant | |||||
SECTION 7.11 |
Nature of Business | |||||
SECTION 7.12 |
Burdensome Agreements | |||||
SECTION 7.13 |
Fiscal Year | |||||
SECTION 7.14 |
Sanctions | 124 | ||||
|
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SECTION 7.15 |
Anti-Corruption Laws | 124 | ||||
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ARTICLE VIII | ||||||
Events of Default and Remedies | ||||||
SECTION 8.01 |
Events of Default | |||||
SECTION 8.02 |
Remedies Upon Event of Default | |||||
SECTION 8.03 |
Exclusion of Immaterial Subsidiaries | |||||
SECTION 8.04 |
Application of Funds | |||||
ARTICLE IX | ||||||
Administrative Agent and Other Agents | ||||||
SECTION 9.01 |
Appointment and Authorization of Agents | |||||
SECTION 9.02 |
Delegation of Duties | |||||
SECTION 9.03 |
Liability of Agents | |||||
SECTION 9.04 |
Reliance by Agents | |||||
SECTION 9.05 |
Notice of Default | |||||
SECTION 9.06 |
Credit Decision; Disclosure of Information by Agents | |||||
SECTION 9.07 |
[Reserved.] | |||||
SECTION 9.08 |
Agents in their Individual Capacities | |||||
SECTION 9.09 |
Successor Agents | |||||
SECTION 9.10 |
Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim |
131 | ||||
SECTION 9.11 |
Collateral and Guaranty Matters | |||||
SECTION 9.12 |
Other Agents; Arrangers and Managers | |||||
SECTION 9.13 |
Appointment of Supplemental Administrative Agents | |||||
SECTION 9.14 |
Withholding Tax | |||||
SECTION 9.15 |
Cash Management Obligations and Secured Hedge Agreements. | |||||
ARTICLE X | ||||||
Miscellaneous | ||||||
SECTION 10.01 |
Amendments, Etc. | |||||
SECTION 10.02 |
Notices and Other Communications; Facsimile Copies |
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SECTION 10.03 |
No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies | |||||
SECTION 10.04 |
Attorney Costs and Expenses | |||||
SECTION 10.05 |
Indemnification | |||||
SECTION 10.06 |
Payments Set Aside | |||||
SECTION 10.07 |
Successors and Assigns | |||||
SECTION 10.08 |
Confidentiality | |||||
SECTION 10.09 |
Setoff | |||||
SECTION 10.10 |
Counterparts | |||||
SECTION 10.11 |
Integration | |||||
SECTION 10.12 |
Survival of Representations and Warranties | |||||
SECTION 10.13 |
Severability | |||||
SECTION 10.14 |
GOVERNING LAW; Jurisdiction, Etc. | |||||
SECTION 10.15 |
WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY | |||||
SECTION 10.16 |
Binding Effect | |||||
SECTION 10.17 |
Judgment Currency | |||||
SECTION 10.18 |
Lender Action | |||||
SECTION 10.19 |
USA PATRIOT Act | |||||
SECTION 10.20 |
No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility | |||||
SECTION 10.21 |
Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents | 148 | ||||
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SCHEDULES1
1.01A | | Mandatory Cost Formulae | ||
1.01B | | Unrestricted Subsidiaries | ||
1.01C | | Guarantors | ||
1.01D | | Immaterial Subsidiaries | ||
2.01(a) | | Term A | ||
2.01(b) | | |||
2.01(c) | | Revolving Credit Commitment | ||
2.01(d) | | Additional Term A-1 Commitment | ||
2.03(a) | | Existing Letters of Credit | ||
5.06 | | Litigation | ||
5.11 | | Subsidiaries and Other Equity Investments | ||
7.01(b) | | Existing Liens | ||
7.02(g) | | Existing Investments | ||
7.02(t) | | Amendment No. | ||
7.03(c) | | Surviving Indebtedness | ||
7.08 | | Transactions with Affiliates | ||
10.02 | | Administrative Agents Office, Certain Addresses for Notices |
EXHIBITS2
Form of
A | | Committed Loan Notice | ||
B | | Swing Line Loan Notice | ||
C-1 | | Term A Note | ||
C-2 | | [ | ||
C-3 | | Revolving Credit Note | ||
C-4 | | Term A-1 Note |
1 | Schedules (other than Schedule 2.01(a), 2.01(c), 7.01(b), 7.02(t) and 7.03(c)) are not being amended. |
2 | No Exhibits are being amended. A new Exhibit C- |
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C-5 | | Term A-2 Note | ||||
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D | | Compliance Certificate | ||||
E | | Assignment and Assumption | ||||
F | | Guaranty | ||||
G | | Security Agreement | ||||
H | | [Reserved] | ||||
I | | [Reserved] | ||||
J | | [Reserved] | ||||
K | | Discounted Prepayment Option Notice | ||||
L | | Lender Participation Notice | ||||
M | | Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice | ||||
N | | United States Tax Compliance Certificate |
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
This CREDIT AGREEMENT (Agreement) is entered into as of July 2, 2012, as amended and restated on July 18, 2012
and further amended and restated on August 1, 2012, among2012 and as further amended on August 2, 2013 and June 9, 2015, among CEB INC. (F/K/A THE CORPORATE
EXECUTIVE BOARD COMPANY), a Delaware corporation (the Borrower), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. (Bank of America), as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent,
Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer and each lender from time to time party hereto (collectively, the Lenders and individually, a Lender). This Agreement is
the Amended Credit Agreement referred to in Amendment No. 4.
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS
1. The Borrower intends to acquire (the SHL Acquisition), through its subsidiary, The Corporate Executive Board Company (UK) Limited, a company registered in England and Wales under number 04917634, all of the outstanding issued shares in the capital, and assets comprising the business, of SHL Group Holdings 1 Limited and SHL Group Holdings 3 Limited (the Companies). To effect the SHL Acquisition the Borrower will consummate the transactions pursuant to the Acquisition Documents (as this and other capitalized terms used in these Preliminary Statements are defined in Section 1.01 below).
2. The Borrower requested on the Closing Date that simultaneously with the consummation of the SHL Acquisition, the Lenders extend credit to the Borrower in the form of (i) Term B Loans in an initial aggregate principal amount equal to $250,000,000, (ii) Term A Loans in an initial aggregate principal amount equal to $275,000,000 and (iii) Revolving Credit Commitments in an initial aggregate principal amount of $100,000,000 (as increased through and including Amendment No. 4, the Revolving Credit Facility). The Revolving Credit Facility may include one or more Swing Line Loans and one or more Letters of Credit from time to time.
3. The proceeds of the Term B Loans, the Term A Loans and the Initial Revolving Borrowing, together with cash of the Borrower, will be used to finance the SHL Acquisition and the Transaction Expenses and, to consummate the Refinancing. The proceeds of Revolving Credit Loans made after the Closing Date and Letters of Credit will be used for working capital and other general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including Capital Expenditures and the financing of Permitted Acquisitions. Swing Line Loans will be used for general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
4. The applicable Lenders have indicated their willingness to lend, and the L/C Issuer has indicated its willingness to issue Letters of Credit, in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions and Accounting Terms
SECTION 1.01 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
Acceptable Discount has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(d)(iii).
Acceptance Date has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(d)(ii).
Accounting Changes has the meaning specified in Section 1.03(d).
Acquired EBITDA means, with respect to any Acquired Entity or Business or any Converted Restricted Subsidiary for any
period, the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA (determined using the definition of Consolidated EBITDA and the other defined terms used therein as if references to the Borrower and
theits
Restricted Subsidiaries therein were to such Acquired Entity or Business and its Subsidiaries or Converted Restricted Subsidiary and its Subsidiaries, as the case may be) of such Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary, as determined on a consolidated basis for such Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary.
Acquired Entity or Business has the meaning specified in the definition of the term Consolidated EBITDA.
Acquisition Agreement means the agreement relating to the sale and purchase of the entire issued share capital of SHL Group Holdings 1 Limited and certain shares in SHL Group Holdings 3 Limited, between the sellers party thereto, The Corporate Executive Board Company (UK) Limited, the Borrower and VSS Communications Partners IV, L.P., dated as of July 2, 2012, as may be amended, modified, waived or otherwise changed in accordance with Section 7.07.
Acquisition Documents means the Acquisition Agreement, the Warranty Deed and any other documents ancillary thereto or designated as Acquisition Documents by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.
Additional Lender has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(c).
Additional Term A-1 Commitment means, as to any Person, such Persons obligation to make on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date (i) a Term A-1 Loan pursuant to Section 2.01(d)(y) and (ii) a Term A-1 Loan pursuant to Section 2.01(e)(y), in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Persons name on Schedule 2.01(d) under the caption Additional Term A-1 Commitment or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Person becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement. The initial aggregate amount of the Additional Term A-1 Commitments is $241,874,090.92.
Additional Term A-1 Lender means, at any time, any Person that has an Additional Term A-1 Commitment or an Additional Term A-1 Loan.
Additional Term A-1 Loan means a Loan made pursuant to
SectionsSection 2.01(d)(y) or (e)(y).
Additional Tranche A-1 Revolving Commitment shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Amendment No. 4.
Additional Term A-2 Commitment means, as to any Person, such Persons obligation to make on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date a Term A-2 Loan pursuant to Section 2.01(g)(y) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Persons name under the caption Additional Term A-2 Commitment or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Person becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement. The initial aggregate amount of the Additional Term A-2 Commitments is $0.
Additional Term A-2 Lender means, at any time, any Person that has an Additional Term A-2 Commitment or an Additional Term A-2 Loan.
Additional Term A-2 Loan means a Loan made pursuant to Sections 2.01(g)(y). For the avoidance of doubt, the aggregate principal amount of the Additional Term A-2 Loans is $0.
Administrative Agent means, subject to Section 9.13, Bank of America, in its capacity as administrative agent under the Loan Documents, or any successor administrative agent appointed in accordance with Section 9.09.
Administrative Agents Office means, with respect to any currency, the Administrative Agents address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 10.02 with respect to such currency, or such other address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Lenders.
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Administrative Questionnaire means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
Affiliate means, with respect to any Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified. Control means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. Controlling and Controlled have meanings correlative thereto.
Agents means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, and the Supplemental Administrative Agents (if any).
Aggregate Commitments means the Commitments of all the Lenders.
Agreement meanshas the meaning specified in the
introductory paragraph to this Credit Agreement.
Agreement Currency has the meaning specified in Section 10.17.
AHYDO Payment means any payment with respect to any Indebtedness that is required by the terms of such Indebtedness to be paid on the last day of any accrual period that ends after the fifth anniversary of the date of incurrence thereof to avoid such Indebtedness being characterized as an applicable high yield discount obligation under Section 163 of the Code.
Alternative Currency means each of Euro, British Pounds Sterling and Canadian Dollars and each other lawful currency (other than Dollars) that is approved by the Administrative Agent and each Revolving Credit Lender in accordance with Section 1.10.
Alternative Incremental Facilities Debt has the meaning specified in Section 7.03(bb).
Alternative L/C Currency means Euro, British Pounds Sterling, Canadian Dollars, Australian Dollars and Singapore Dollars and each other lawful currency (other than Dollars) that is approved by the Administrative Agent and each relevant L/C Issuer in accordance with Section 1.10.
Amendment No. 3 means Amendment No. 3 to this Agreement, dated as of August 2, 2013, by and among Borrower, the Guarantors party thereto, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Swing Line Lender, the L/C Issuer, the Lenders party thereto, the Additional Term A-1 Lenders and the Revolving Credit Lenders party thereto.
Amendment No. 4 means Amendment No. 4 to this Agreement, dated as of June 9, 2015, by and among Borrower, the Guarantors, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Swing Line Lender, the L/C Issuer, the Cashless Option Term A-1 Lenders and the Revolving Credit Lenders party thereto.
Amendment No. 3 Arrangers means each of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, HSBC Bank USA, N.A. and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., in its capacity as Joint Bookrunner and Joint Lead Arranger under Amendment No. 3.
Amendment No. 4 Arrangers means each of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, HSBC Bank USA, N.A. and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., in its capacity as Joint Bookrunner and Joint Lead Arranger under Amendment No. 4.
Amendment No. 3 Effective Date means August 2, 2013, the date on which the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4 of Amendment No. 3 were satisfied.
Amendment No. 4 Effective Date means June 9, 2015, the date on which the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 of Amendment No. 4 were satisfied.
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Anti-Money Laundering Laws means any and all laws, judgments, orders, executive orders, decrees, ordinances, rules, regulations, statutes, case law or treaties applicable to a Loan Party or its Subsidiaries, related to terrorism financing or money laundering including any applicable provision of Title III of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act (USA PATRIOT Act) of 2001 (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56) and The Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act (also known as the Bank Secrecy Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 5311-5330 and 12 U.S.C. §§ 1818(s), 1820(b) and 1951-1959).
Applicable Discount has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(d)(iii).
Applicable Lending Office means for any Lender, such Lenders office, branch or affiliate designated for Eurocurrency Rate Loans, Base Rate Loans, L/C Advances, Swing Line Loans or Letters of Credit, as applicable, as notified to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower or as otherwise specified in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender became a party hereto, any of which offices may, subject to Section 3.01(e) and Section 3.02, be changed by such Lender upon ten (10) days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower; provided that, for the purposes of the definition of Excluded Taxes and Section 3.01, any such change shall be deemed an assignment made pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption. Unless the context otherwise requires, each reference to a Lender shall include its Applicable Lending Office.
Applicable
Rate means a percentage per annum equal to: (i) until delivery of financial statements and a related Compliance Certificate for the first full fiscal quarter commencing on or after the Amendment
No. 34 Effective Date pursuant to Sections 6.01 and 6.02, (A) for Eurocurrency Rate Loans that are Revolving Credit Loans or Term
A-12 Loans, 2.251.50%, (B) for Base Rate Loans that are Revolving Credit Loans or Term
A-12 Loans, 1.250.50% and (C) for Letter of Credit Fees,
2.251.50% per annum and (ii) thereafter, in connection with Revolving Credit Loans, Term
A-12 Loans and Letter of Credit Fees, the percentages per annum set forth in the table below, based upon the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio as set forth in
the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.02(a):
Applicable Rate
Pricing |
Leverage Ratio |
Letter of Credit Fees | Base Rate for Revolving Loans and Term A- |
Eurocurrency Rate for Revolving Loans and Term A- Loans |
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>2.75:1.00 | 2.00 | % | 1.00 | % | 2.00 | % | |||||||
II |
<2.75:1.00 but >1.75:1.00 |
1.75 | % | 0.75 | % | 1.75 | % | |||||||
III |
<1.75:1.00 but > 1.00:1.00 |
1.50 | % | 0.50 | % | 1.50 | % | |||||||
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Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio
shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 6.02(a); provided, however, that if a Compliance Certificate is not delivered when
due in accordance with such Section, then, upon the request of the Required Lenders, Pricing Level I shall apply as of the first Business Day after the date on which such Compliance Certificate was required to have been delivered and shall remain in
effect until the first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered in accordance with Section 6.02(a).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above in this definition or elsewhere in this Agreement, if it is subsequently determined
that the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio set forth in any Compliance Certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent is inaccurate for any reason and the result thereof is that the Lenders received
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interest or fees for any period based on an Applicable Rate that is less than that which would have been applicable had the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio been accurately
determined, then, for all purposes of this Agreement, the Applicable Rate for any day occurring within the period covered by such Compliance Certificate shall retroactively be deemed to be the relevant percentage as based upon the
accurately determined First Lien Net Leverage Ratio for such period, and any shortfall in the interest or fees theretofore paid by the Borrower for the relevant period pursuant to Section 2.09 and
Section 2.10 as a result of the miscalculation of the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio shall be deemed to be (and shall be) due and payable under the relevant provisions of Section 2.09 or
Section 2.10, as applicable, at the time the interest or fees for such period were required to be paid pursuant to said Section (and shall remain due and payable until paid in full, together with all amounts owing under
Section 2.09 (other than Section 2.09(b)), in accordance with the terms of this Agreement); provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as an Event of Default described in Section 8.01(f) has not
occurred with respect to the Borrower, such shortfall shall be due and payable five (5) Business Days following the determination described above.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Applicable Rate in respect of any tranche of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments or any Extended Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans made pursuant to any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments shall be the applicable percentages per annum set forth in the relevant Extension Offer.
Applicable Time means, with respect to any borrowings and payments in any Alternative Currency or Alternative L/C Currency, the local time in the place of settlement for such Alternative Currency or Alternative L/C Currency, as applicable, as may be determined by the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to be necessary for timely settlement on the relevant date in accordance with normal banking procedures in the place of payment.
Appropriate Lender means, at any time, (a) with respect to Loans of any Class, the Lenders of such Class, (b) with respect to any Letters of Credit, (i) the relevant L/C Issuer and (ii) the Revolving Credit Lenders and (c) with respect to the Swing Line Facility, (i) the Swing Line Lender and (ii) if any Swing Line Loans are outstanding pursuant to Section 2.04(a), the Revolving Credit Lenders.
Approved Foreign Bank has the meaning specified in the definition of Cash Equivalents.
Approved Fund means, with respect to any Lender, any Fund that is administered, advised or managed by (a) such Lender, (b) an Affiliate of such Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers, advises or manages such Lender.
Assignees has the meaning specified in Section 10.07(b)(i).
Assignment and Assumption means an Assignment and Assumption substantially in the form of Exhibit E.
Attorney Costs means and includes all reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of any law firm or other external legal counsel.
Attributable Indebtedness means, on any date, in respect of any Capitalized Lease, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP.
Audited Financial Statements means the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal years, including the notes thereto.
Auto-Renewal Letter of Credit has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(b)(iii).
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Available Amount means, at any time (the Available Amount Reference Time), an amount (which shall not be less than zero) equal to the sum of:
(a)
$75,000,000100,000,000 (which amount shall not be reduced by any amounts used under the Available Amount prior to the Amendment
No. 34 Effective Date); plus
(b) (x) the cumulative amount of Excess Cash Flow
(as defined in this Agreement immediately prior to the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date) of the Borrower and
theits Restricted Subsidiaries for all full fiscal years completed after the Closing Date (commencing with the
first full fiscal year ending after the Closing Date) and prior to the Available Amount Reference Time,through the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date minus (y) the
portion of such Excess Cash Flow that has been (or is required to be)(as defined in this Agreement immediately prior to the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date) that was
applied after the Closing Date and prior to the Available Amount Reference Time to the prepayment of Term Loans in accordance with Section 2.05(b)(iAmendment No. 4
Effective Date toward either (A) the making of mandatory prepayments under this Agreement or (B) the usage of the Available Amount in reliance on clause (b) of the definition of Available Amount (as defined in this Agreement
immediately prior to the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date); plus
(c) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income (or, if Consolidated Net Income shall be a deficit, minus 100% of such deficit) of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries accrued on a cumulative basis during the period (taken as one accounting period) from the first day of the fiscal quarter in which the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date occurs and ending on the last day of the fiscal quarter in respect of which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b); plus
(d) the amount of any capital contributions or Net Cash Proceeds
from any Permitted Equity Issuance (or issuance of debt securities following the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date that have been converted into or exchanged for Qualified Equity
Interests) ( of the Borrower) (other than other than Excluded Contributions and Designated Preferred Stock and other than any capital contributions or equity or debt
issuances to the extent utilized in connection with other transactions permitted pursuant to Section 7.02, 7.06 or 7.09), in each case received or made
by the Borrower during the period from and including the Business Day immediately following the ClosingAmendment No. 4 Effective Date through and including
the Available Amount Reference Time; plus
(de) the aggregate amount of Retained Declined
Proceeds retained by the Borrower during the period from the Business Day immediately following the ClosingAmendment No. 4 Effective Date through the Available Amount
Reference Time; plus
(ef) to the
extent not already included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and theits Restricted Subsidiaries, the aggregate amount of all cash dividends and
other cash distributions received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during the period from the Business Day immediately following the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date through
the Available Amount Reference Time from Investments made using the Available Amount pursuant to Section 7.02(n) in an aggregate amount not to exceed the amount by which the Available Amount was reduced when making such Investments;
plus
(fg) to the extent not
(i) already included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and theits Restricted Subsidiaries or (ii) used to prepay Term Loans or
otherwise applied in accordance with Section 2.05(b)(ii) or Section 2.05(b)(vi) or (iii) constituting Retained Declined Proceeds, the aggregate amount of all Net Cash Proceeds received by the Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary during the period from the Business Day immediately following the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date through the Available Amount Reference Time in connection with the sale,
transfer or other disposition of Investments made using the Available Amount pursuant to Section 7.02(n) in an aggregate amount not to exceed the amount by which the Available Amount was reduced when making such Investments; plus
(gh) in the event any Unrestricted Subsidiary
has been re-designated as a Restricted Subsidiary or has been merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys its assets to, or is
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liquidated into, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, in each case following the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date the fair
market value of the Investments of the Borrower and theits Restricted Subsidiaries in such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation, combination or
transfer (or of the assets transferred or conveyed, as applicable), in each case to the extent such Investments correspond to the designation of a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 6.14 and were originally made
using the Available Amount pursuant to Section 7.02(n) in an aggregate amount not to exceed the amount by which the Available Amount was reduced when making such Investments, minus
(hi) the aggregate amount of (i) any
Discounted Voluntary Prepayments made pursuant to Section 2.05, (ii) any Investments made pursuant to Section 7.02(n), (iiiii) any
Restricted Payments made pursuant to Section 7.06(k) and (iviii) any payments made pursuant to
Section 7.09(a)(iii)(y), in each case, during the period from the Business Day immediately following the Amendment
No. 4 Effective Date through the Available Amount Reference Time (and, for purposes of this clause (hi), without taking account of the intended usage
of the Available Amount at such Available Amount Reference Time);
provided, that the amounts specified in clauses (a) and
(bc) shall only be available if the Borrower is in compliance with the Financial Covenant for the Test Period most recently ended prior to such Available
Amount Reference Time, determined on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to any Specified Transaction in connection with the intended usage of the Available Amount at such Available Amount Reference
Time; provided further that in the case of clause (a), if a Material Acquisition has occurred after the last day of the fiscal quarter for which pro forma compliance with the Financial Covenant
is calculated and on or prior to such date, then any related increase of the Financial Covenant level that may then be applicable under Section 7.10(y) shall be given effect for purposes of determining such pro forma compliance.
Bank of America has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
Bankruptcy Code means Title 11 of the United State Code, as amended, or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.
Bankruptcy Event means, with respect to any Person, such Person or its parent entity becomes the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the 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 Event 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 such 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 or its parent entity.
Barclays means Barclays Bank PLC.
Base Rate means , for any day, a
fluctuating rate of interest per annum, for any day, equal to the highest of:
(a) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by Bank of America as its prime rate;
(b) 1⁄2 of
1% per annum above the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.50%; and
(c) the Eurocurrency Rate for an Interest Period of one (1) month plus
1%plus 1%; and if the Base Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed zero for purposes of this Agreement.
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The prime rate is a rate set by Bank of America based upon various factors including Bank of Americas costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate. Any change in such prime rate announced by Bank of America shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change.
Base Rate Loan means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the Base Rate.
Borrower has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
Borrower Materials has the meaning specified in Section 6.02.
Borrowing means a Revolving Credit Borrowing, a Swing Line Borrowing or a Term Borrowing, as the context may require.
British Pounds Sterling and £ mean the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.
Business Day means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, the state where the Administrative Agents Office with respect to Obligations denominated in Dollars is located and:
(a) if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in Dollars, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in Dollars in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, or any other dealings in Dollars to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, means any such day on which dealings in deposits in Dollars are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market;
(b) if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in Euro, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in Euro in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, or any other dealings in Euro to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, means a TARGET Day;
(c) if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in a currency other than Dollars or Euro, means any such day on which dealings in deposits in the relevant currency are conducted by and between banks in the London or other applicable offshore interbank market for such currency; and
(d) if such day relates to any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in a currency other than Dollars or Euro in respect of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in a currency other than Dollars or Euro, or any other dealings in any currency other than Dollars or Euro to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan (other than any interest rate settings), means any such day on which banks are open for foreign exchange business in the principal financial center of the country of such currency.
Canadian Dollars means the lawful currency of Canada.
Capital Expenditures means, for any period, the aggregate of, without duplication, (a) all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities) by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period that, in conformity with GAAP, are or are required to be included as additions during such period to property, plant or equipment reflected in the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries and (b) Capitalized Lease Obligations incurred by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period.
Capitalized Lease Obligation means, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a Capitalized Lease that would at such time be required to be capitalized and reflected as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) prepared in accordance with GAAP.
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Capitalized Leases means all leases that are required to be, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as capitalized leases; provided that for all purposes hereunder the amount of obligations under any Capitalized Lease shall be the amount thereof accounted for as a liability in accordance with GAAP; provided further that all obligations of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries that are or would be characterized as an operating lease as determined in accordance with GAAP as in effect on the Closing Date (whether or not such operating lease was in effect on such date) shall continue to be accounted for as an operating lease (and not as a Capitalized Lease) for purpose of this Agreement regardless of any change in GAAP following the Closing Date that would otherwise require such obligation to be recharacterized as a Capitalized Lease.
Cash Collateralize means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, any relevant L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender (as applicable) and the Revolving Credit Lenders, as collateral for L/C Obligations, Swing Line Obligations, or obligations of Revolving Credit Lenders to fund participations in respect of either thereof (as the context may require), cash or deposit account balances or, if the relevant L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender benefiting from such collateral shall agree in its sole discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to (a) the Administrative Agent and (b) such L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender (as applicable). Cash Collateral shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and shall include the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support.
Cash Equivalents means any of the following types of Investments, to the extent owned by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, whether denominated in Dollars or an Alternative Currency:
(1) Dollars or any Alternative Currency;
(2) securities issued or directly and fully and unconditionally guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality of the foregoing the securities of which are unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation of such government with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;
(3) certificates of deposit, time deposits and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition, with any domestic or foreign commercial bank having capital and surplus of not less than $500,000,000 in the case of U.S. banks and $100,000,000 (or the Dollar Equivalent as of the date of determination) in the case of non-U.S. banks;
(4) repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (2), (3) and (7) of this definition entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (3) above;
(5) commercial paper rated at least P-1 by Moodys or at least A-1 by S&P, and in each case maturing within 24 months after the date of creation thereof and Indebtedness or preferred stock issued by Persons with a rating of A or higher from S&P or A2 or higher from Moodys, with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;
(6) marketable short-term money market and similar securities having a rating of at least P-1 or A-1 from either Moodys or S&P, respectively (or, if at any time neither Moodys nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized statistical rating agency selected by the Borrower) and in each case maturing within 24 months after the date of creation or acquisition thereof;
(7) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof having an Investment Grade Rating from Moodys or S&P with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;
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(8) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any foreign government or any political subdivision or public instrumentality thereof, in each case having an Investment Grade Rating from Moodys or S&P with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;
(9) Investments with average maturities of 12 months or less from the date of acquisition in money market funds rated within the top three ratings category by S&P or Moodys;
(10) with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary:
(i) obligations of the national government of the country in which such Foreign Subsidiary maintains its chief executive office and principal place of business provided such country is a member of the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development, in each case maturing within one year after the date of investment therein, (ii) certificates of deposit of, bankers acceptances of, or time deposits with, any commercial bank which is organized and existing under
the laws of the country in which such Foreign Subsidiary maintains its chief executive office and principal place of business provided such country is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and whose short-term
commercial paper rating from S&P is at least A-1 or the equivalent thereof or from Moodys is at least P-1 or the equivalent thereof (any such bank being an Approved Foreign Bank), and in each case
with maturities of not more than 270 days from the date of acquisition and (iii) the equivalent of demand deposit accounts which are maintained with an Approved Foreign Bank; and
(11) Cash Equivalents of the types described in clauses (1) through (10) above denominated in Dollars or, solely to the extent held in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes, any Alternative Currency; and
(12) investment funds investing 90% of
theirsubstantially all of assets in securitiesof which comprise investments of the types described in
clauses (1) through (1011) above.
Cash Management Bank means any Lender, any Agent, any Lead Arranger or any Affiliate of the foregoing providing treasury, depository, credit or debit card, purchasing card and/or cash management services to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or conducting any automated clearing house transfers of funds.
Cash Management Obligations means obligations owed by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to any Cash Management Bank in respect of any overdraft and related liabilities arising from treasury, depository, credit or debit card, purchasing card or cash management services or any automated clearing house transfers of funds.
Cashless Option Term A Lender means each Term A Lender that executed and delivered a Consent (as defined in Amendment No. 3) to Amendment No. 3 under the Cashless Settlement Option thereto.
Cashless Option Term A-1 Lender means each Term A-1 Lender that executed and delivered a Consent (as defined in Amendment No. 4) to Amendment No. 4 under the Cashless Settlement Option thereto.
Cashless Option Term B Lender means each Term B Lender that executed and delivered a Consent (as defined in Amendment No. 3) to Amendment No. 3 under the Cashless Settlement Option thereto.
Casualty Event means any event that gives rise to the receipt by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of any insurance proceeds or condemnation awards in respect of any equipment, fixed assets or real property (including any improvements thereon) to replace or repair such equipment, fixed assets or real property.
CEB Revolver means that certain credit agreement dated as of March 16, 2011, by and among the Borrower, the guarantors from time to time party thereto, the lenders from time to time party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, swing line lender and letters of credit issuer, as amended, modified or waived.
Certain Funds Covenant means, solely in relation to the Borrower, the covenants set forth in Sections 6.05, 7.01, 7.02, 7.03, 7.06, 7.07 and 7.08.
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Certain Funds Default means any continuing Event of Default arising under Sections 8.01(a), 8.01(b) (only in relation to a breach of a Certain Funds Covenant), 8.01(c) (only in relation to a breach of a Certain Funds Covenant), 8.01(d) (only in relation to a breach of a Certain Funds Representation), 8.01(f), 8.01(g), 8.01(j) and 8.01(k), in each case relating solely to the Borrower.
Certain Funds Period means the period from and including the date of this Agreement to and including the earlier of (and including): (i) 11:59 pm on the Closing Date; and (ii) the Termination Date.
Certain Funds Representations means, solely in relation to the Borrower, the representations and warranties set forth in Sections 5.01(a)-(c) (inclusive), 5.02, 5.03, 5.04, 5.07(b), 5.12 and 5.19.
CFC means a controlled foreign corporation within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code.
Change in Law means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a Change in Law, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
Change of Control means the earlier to occur of:
(a) any person or group (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, but
excluding any employee benefit plan of such person or its Subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan) becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in
Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act except that a person or group shall be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all Equity Interests that such person or group has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable
immediately or only after the passage of time (such right, an option right)), directly or indirectly, of more than thirty- five percent (35%) of the then outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower entitled to vote
for members of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of the Borrower on a fully diluted basis (and taking into account all such securities that such person or group has the right
to acquire pursuant to any option right) other than in connection with any transaction or series of transactions in which the Borrower shall become the Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of a Person of which no person or group, as noted above, holds more than
35% of the Equity Interests entitled to vote for members of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of such Person on a fully diluted basis (and taking into account all such securities that such person or group has the right to
acquire pursuant to any option right); or
(b) during any period of 12 consecutive months, a majority of the
members of the board of directors or other equivalent governing body of the Borrower cease to be composed of individuals (i) who were members of that board or equivalent governing body on the first day of such period, (ii) whose election
or nomination to that board or equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clause (i) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body or
(iii) whose election or nomination to that board or other equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of
that board or equivalent governing body (excluding, in the case of both clause (ii) and clause (iii), any individual whose initial nomination for, or assumption of office as, a member of that board or equivalent governing body occurs as a
result of an actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents for the election or removal of one or more directors by any person or group other than a solicitation for the election of one or more directors by or on behalf of the board of
directors).the occurrence of a Change of Control (or similar event, however denominated), as defined under any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 7.03(v), (w),
(x) or (bb), to the extent such Indebtedness exceeds the Threshold Amount.
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Class (a) when used with respect to Lenders, refers to whether such Lenders are Revolving Credit Lenders or Term Lenders, (b) when used with respect to Commitments, refers to whether such Commitments are Revolving Credit Commitments, Term A Commitments, Additional Term A-1 Commitments, Additional Term A-2 Commitments, Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, an Incremental Revolving Commitment, or Commitments in respect of any Incremental Term Loans and (c) when used with respect to Loans or a Borrowing, refers to whether such Loans, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Credit Loans, Term A Loans, Term A-1 Loans, Term A-2 Loans, Extended Term Loans or Incremental Term Loans. Incremental Term Loans and Extended Term Loans that have different terms and conditions (together with the Commitments in respect thereof) shall be construed to be in different Classes.
Clean-Up Period has the meaning specified in Section 8.01.
Closing Date means the date on or prior to the Termination Date that all the conditions precedent in Section 4.01 are satisfied in accordance with their terms or waived in accordance with Section 10.01 and the SHL Acquisition is consummated.
Code means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
Collateral means all the Collateral as defined in the Collateral Documents and shall include the Mortgaged Properties.
Collateral Agent means Bank of America, in its capacity as collateral agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor collateral agent appointed in accordance with Section 9.09.
Collateral and Guarantee Requirement means, at any time on and after the Closing Date, the requirement that:
(a) the Collateral Agent shall have received each Collateral Document required to be delivered on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 4.01 or pursuant to Section 6.11 or Section 6.13 at such time, duly executed by each Loan Party thereto;
(b) all Obligations shall have been unconditionally guaranteed (the Guaranties) by each Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Excluded Subsidiary), including as of the Closing Date those that are listed on Schedule 1.01C hereto (each, a Guarantor);
(c) the Obligations and the Guaranties shall have been secured pursuant to the Security Agreement by a first-priority security
interest in all the Equity Interests (other than (i) Equity Interests of De Minimis Foreign Subsidiaries, (ii) any Equity Interest of any Subsidiary acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition financed with Indebtedness incurred pursuant
to Section 7.03(h) if such Equity Interests are pledged as security for such Indebtedness and if and for so long as the terms of such Indebtedness prohibit the creation of any other Lien on such Equity Interests and
(iii) Equity Interests of any JV Entity if and for so long as the terms of any Contractual Obligation existing on the Closing Date prohibit the creation of any other Lien on such Equity Interests (or with respect to any JV
Entity acquired after the Closing Date, as of the date of such acquisition; provided such Contractual Obligation was not entered into in connection with or anticipation of such
acquisition)), (iii) Equity Interests of any Restricted
Subsidiary with respect to which the Administrative Agent and the Borrower have determined in their reasonable judgment and agreed in writing that the costs of providing a pledge of such
Equity Interests or perfection thereof is excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Secured Parties therefrom, and (iv) Equity Interests of any captive insurance companies, not-for-profit Subsidiaries or special purpose entities
and JV Entities (to the extent that a pledge of such Equity Interests is prohibited by the terms of the organizational documents of the applicable such JV Entity)) of any Restricted Subsidiary held directly by the Borrower or any
Guarantor in any Restricted Subsidiary (limited, in the case of Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary not otherwise excluded from this clause (c), to 65% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of each
such Foreign Subsidiary);
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(d) except to the extent otherwise provided hereunder or under any Collateral Document, the Obligations and the Guaranties shall have been secured by a perfected security interest (other than in the case of mortgages, to the extent such security interest may be perfected by delivering certificated securities, filing personal property financing statements or making any necessary filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or United States Copyright Office) in, and mortgages on, substantially all tangible and intangible assets of the Borrower and each Guarantor (including, without limitation, accounts receivable, inventory, equipment, investment property, intellectual property, other general intangibles (including contract rights), intercompany notes, owned (but not leased) real property and proceeds of the foregoing), in each case, with the priority required by the Collateral Documents; provided that security interests in real property shall be limited to the Mortgaged Properties;
(e) none of the Collateral shall be subject to any Liens other than Liens permitted by Section 7.01; and
(f) the Collateral Agent shall have received (i) counterparts of a Mortgage with respect to each Material Real Property required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.11 and Section 6.13 (the Mortgaged Properties) duly executed and delivered by the record owner of such property, (ii) a title insurance policy for such property or the equivalent or other form (if applicable) available in each applicable jurisdiction (the Mortgage Policies) insuring the Lien of each such Mortgage in an amount not to exceed the fair market value of each such Material Real Property (as reasonably determined by the Borrower) as a valid Lien on the property described therein, free of any other Liens except as expressly permitted by Section 7.01, together with such endorsements, coinsurance and reinsurance as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, (iii) a completed Life of Loan Federal Emergency Management Agency Standard Flood Hazard Determination with respect to each Mortgaged Property (together with a notice about special flood hazard area status and flood disaster assistance duly executed by the Borrower and each Loan Party relating thereto) and if any improvements on any Mortgaged Property is located in an area designated as a special flood hazard area, evidence of such flood insurance as may be required under Section 6.07 and (iv) such existing surveys, existing abstracts, existing appraisals, legal opinions and other documents as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request with respect to any such Mortgaged Property.
The foregoing definition shall not require the creation or perfection of pledges of or security interests in, or the obtaining of title insurance or surveys with respect to, particular assets if and for so long as the Administrative Agent and the Borrower agree in writing that the cost of creating or perfecting such pledges or security interests in such assets or obtaining title insurance or surveys in respect of such assets shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom.
The Administrative Agent may grant extensions of time for creation or the perfection of security interests in or the obtaining of title insurance and surveys with respect to particular assets (including extensions beyond the Closing Date for the perfection of security interests in the assets of the Loan Parties on such date) where it reasonably determines, in consultation with the Borrower, that creation or perfection cannot be accomplished without undue effort or expense by the time or times at which it would otherwise be required by this Agreement or the Collateral Documents.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this definition or anything in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to the contrary, (a) with respect to leases of real property entered into by any Loan Party, such Loan Party shall not be required to take any action with respect to creation or perfection of security interests with respect to such leases; (b) Liens and the Guaranties required to be granted from time to time pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement shall be subject to exceptions and limitations set forth in the Collateral Documents and, to the extent appropriate in the applicable jurisdiction, as agreed in writing between the Administrative Agent and the Borrower; (c) the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement shall not apply to any of the following assets: (i) any fee-owned real property that is not a Material Real Property or that is located in a jurisdiction other than the United States and any leasehold interests in real property, (ii) motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title to the extent a Lien thereon cannot be perfected by the filing of a UCC financing statement (or equivalent), letter of
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credit rights and commercial tort claims, (iii) assets for which a pledge thereof or a security interest therein is prohibited by applicable Laws, (iv) any lease, license or other agreements or any property subject to a purchase money security interest, Capitalized Lease Obligation or similar arrangements, in each case to the extent permitted under the Loan Documents, to the extent that a pledge thereof or a security interest therein would violate or invalidate such lease, license or agreement, purchase money, Capitalized Lease or similar arrangement, or create a right of termination in favor of any other party thereto (other than a Borrower or a Guarantor) after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment clauses of the Uniform Commercial Code and applicable Laws, other than the proceeds and receivables thereof the assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under applicable Laws notwithstanding such prohibition, (v) any Equity Interest of any Subsidiary the pledge of which is prohibited by applicable law or which would require governmental consent, approval, license or authorization unless such consent, approval, license or authorization has been received, (vi) any intent-to-use trademark application prior to the filing and acceptance of a verified statement of use or amendment to allege use with respect thereto to the extent, if any, that, and solely during the period, if any, in which the grant, attachment or assignment (apart from the business or that portion of the business to which it relates) of a security interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability of such intent-to-use trademark application under the federal laws of the United States and (vii) any assets to the extent a security interest in such assets would result in material adverse tax consequences as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with (but without the consent of) the Administrative Agent; (d) no control agreements shall be required with respect to any deposit account or securities account; (e) no landlord waivers, estoppels or collateral access letters shall be required; and (f) no action shall be required with respect to any Intellectual Property (as defined in the Security Agreement) that is governed solely by the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States.
Collateral Documents means, collectively, the Security Agreement, the Mortgages, each of the mortgages, collateral assignments, Security Agreement Supplements, security agreements, pledge agreements, intellectual property security agreements or other similar agreements delivered to the Collateral Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Section 4.01(f), Section 6.11 or Section 6.13, the Guaranty and each of the other agreements, instruments or documents that creates or purports to create a Lien or Guaranty in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
Commitment means a Term A Commitment, an Additional Term A-1 Commitment, an Additional Term A-2 Commitment, a Revolving Credit Commitment, an Extended Revolving Credit Commitment or commitment in respect of any Incremental Term Loans or any combination thereof, as the context may require.
Commitment Fee has the meaning provided in Section 2.09(a).
Commitment Letter means the amended and restated commitment letter dated June 29, 2012, among the Borrower, Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Barclays, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Committed Loan Notice means a notice of (a) a Term Borrowing, (b) a Revolving Credit Borrowing, (c) a
conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, or (d) a continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, pursuant to Section 2.02(a), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit
A or such other form as may be approved by the Administrative Agent (including any form on an electronic platform or electronic transmission system as shall be approved by the
Administrative Agent), appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.
Commodity Exchange Act means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
Companies has the meaning specified in the Preliminary Statements to this Agreement.
Compliance Certificate means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D.
Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense means, for any period, the total amount of depreciation and amortization expense, including the amortization of deferred financing fees or costs, capital expenditures and the amortization of original issue discount resulting from the issuance of Indebtedness at less than par, of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis and otherwise as determined in accordance with GAAP.
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Consolidated EBITDA means, for any
Periodperiod, the Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period:
(a) increased (without duplication) by the following:
(i) provision for taxesTaxes based on income or
profits or capital, including, without limitation, state, franchise and similar taxesTaxes and foreign withholding
taxesTaxes of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries paid or accrued during such period (including penalties
and interest relating to any such Taxes or arising from any Tax examinations), in each case deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus
(ii) Consolidated Interest Expense of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period (including (x) net losses or any obligations under any Swap Contracts or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk and (y) costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities); plus
(iii) Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period to the extent the same were deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus
(iv) any expenses or
charges related to any equity offering, Investment, acquisition, disposition or recapitalization permitted hereunder or the incurrence of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred hereunder (including a refinancing thereof) (in each
cashcase, whether or not successful), including (A) such fees, expenses or charges related to the offering of
the Senior Unsecured Notes, the Loans and any other credit facilities and (B) any amendment or other modification of the Senior Unsecured Notes, the Loans and any other credit
facility or issuance of Indebtedness, in each case, deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus
(v) the amount of any restructuring charge or reserve, integration cost or other business optimization expense or cost
associated with establishing new facilities that is deducted (and not added back) in such period in computing Consolidated Net Income, including any one-time costs incurred in connection with acquisitions (including the SHL Acquisition) on and after
the Closing Date, and costs related to the closure and/or consolidation of facilities; provided that the aggregate amount added back pursuant to this clause (v), clause (vii) below and any increase to Consolidated EBITDA as
a result of clause (b) of the Pro FormForma Adjustment attributable to business optimization expenses
(other than as a result of an actual increase in revenues or an actual reduction in costs) for any period shall not exceed (on a Pro Forma Basis) 25% of Consolidated EBITDA for such period; plus
(vi) any other non-cash charges, write-downs, expenses, losses or items reducing Consolidated Net Income for such period
including any impairment charges or the impact of purchase accounting, and amortization of goodwill and other intangibles (excluding any such non-cash charge, write-down or
item to the extent it represents an accrual or reserve for a cash expenditure for a future period); plus
(vii) the amount of run-rate cost savings and synergies projected by the Borrower in good faith and certified by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower in writing to the Administrative Agent to result from actions either taken or initiated prior to or during such period (which cost savings and synergies shall be subject only to certification by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower and shall be calculated on a pro forma basis as though such cost savings and synergies had been realized on the first day of such period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized or expected to be realized prior to or during such period from such actions; provided that (A) a
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Responsible Officer of the Borrower shall have certified to the Administrative Agent that (x) such cost savings or synergies are
reasonably identifiable, reasonably attributable to the actions specified and reasonably anticipated to result from such actions and (y) such actions have been taken or initiated and the benefits resulting therefrom are anticipated by the
Borrower to be realized within twelveeighteen (1218) months, (B) no cost savings
shall be added pursuant to this clause (vii) to the extent duplicative of any expenses or charges relating to such cost savings that are included in clause (v) above with respect to such period and (C) the aggregate
amount added back pursuant to clause (v) above, this clause (vii) and any increase to Consolidated EBITDA as a result of clause (b) of the Pro
FormForma Adjustment attributable to business optimization expenses (other than as a result of an actual increase in revenues or an actual reduction in costs) for any
period shall not exceed (I) (on a Pro Forma Basis) 25% of Consolidated EBITDA for such period; plus
(viii) any costs or expense incurred by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement, to the extent that such cost or expenses are funded with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of the Borrower or Net Cash Proceeds of an issuance of Equity Interests of the Borrower (other than Disqualified Equity Interests); plus
(ix) cash receipts (or any netting arrangements resulting in reduced cash expenditures) not representing Consolidated EBITDA or Consolidated Net Income in any period to the extent non-cash gains relating to such income were deducted in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to paragraph (b) below for any previous period and not added back; plus
(x) any net loss included in the consolidated financial statements due to the application of Financial Accounting Standards No. 160 Non-controlling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements (FAS 160); plus
(xi) realized foreign exchange losses resulting from the impact of foreign currency changes on the valuation of assets
or liabilities on the balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries; and
(xi) [reserved];
(xii) net realizedunrealized gains and losses from
Swap Contracts or embedded derivatives that require similar accounting treatment and the application of Accounting Standard Codification Topic 815 and Accounting Standards Codification Topic
825 and related pronouncements;
(xiii) the amount of any interest expense attributable to minority equity interests of third parties in any non-wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary;
(xiv) any foreign currency translation decreases or transaction losses in respect of Indebtedness of Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary denominated in a currency other than the functional currency of Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, including those related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness (including any net loss resulting from any interest rate agreement, currency agreement or commodity agreement (but excluding commodity agreements relating to raw materials used in the ordinary course of the Borrowers business) for currency exchange risk), and net of any non-operating foreign currency losses relating to remeasurement of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies; and
(b) decreased (without duplication) by the sum of: (i) non-cash gains increasing Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, excluding any non-cash gains to the extent they represent the reversal of an accrual or reserve for a potential cash item that reduced Consolidated EBITDA in any prior period and any non-cash gains with respect to cash actually received in a
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prior period so long as such cash did not increase Consolidated EBITDA in such prior period; plus (ii) realized foreign exchange income or gains resulting from the impact of foreign currency changes on the valuation of assets or liabilities on the balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries; plus (iii) any net realized income or gains from any obligations under any Swap Contracts or embedded derivatives that require similar accounting treatment and the application of Accounting Standard Codification Topic 815 and related pronouncements; plus (iv) any net income included in the consolidated financial statements due to the application of FAS 160; plus (v) any foreign currency translation increases or transaction gains in respect of Indebtedness of Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary denominated in a currency other than the functional currency of Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, including those related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness (including any net gain resulting from any interest rate agreement, currency agreement or commodity agreement (but excluding commodity agreements relating to raw materials used in the ordinary course of the Borrowers business) for currency exchange risk), and net of any non-operating foreign currency gains relating to remeasurement of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies;
(c) increased or decreased (without duplication) by, as applicable, any adjustments resulting for the application of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 460 or any comparable regulation; and
(d) increased or decreased (to the extent not already included in determining Consolidated EBITDA) by any Pro Forma Adjustment.
There shall be included in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period, without duplication, (A) the Acquired EBITDA of any Person, property, business or asset acquired by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during such period (but not the Acquired EBITDA of any related Person, property, business or assets to the extent not so acquired) (including the Companies), to the extent not subsequently sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each such Person, property, business or asset acquired and not subsequently so disposed of, an Acquired Entity or Business), and the Acquired EBITDA of any Unrestricted Subsidiary that is converted into a Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each a Converted Restricted Subsidiary), based on the actual Acquired EBITDA of such Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such acquisition) and (B) an adjustment in respect of each Acquired Entity or Business equal to the amount of the Pro Forma Adjustment with respect to such Acquired Entity or Business for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such acquisition) as specified in a certificate executed by a Responsible Officer and delivered to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent. For purposes of determining the Net Leverage Ratio and the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio, there shall be excluded in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period the Disposed EBITDA of any Person, property, business or asset (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary) sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of, closed or classified as discontinued operations by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each such Person, property, business or asset so sold or disposed of, a Sold Entity or Business) and the Disposed EBITDA of any Restricted Subsidiary that is converted into an Unrestricted Subsidiary during such period (each a Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary), based on the actual Disposed EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such sale, transfer or disposition).
Consolidated Interest Expense means, for any period, without duplication, the sum of:
(1) consolidated interest expense of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent such expense
was deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income (including (a) amortization of original issue discount resulting from the issuance of Indebtedness at less than par, (b) all commissions, discounts and other fees and
charges owed with respect to letters of credit or bankers acceptances, (c) non-cash interest payments (but excluding any non-cash interest expense attributable to the movement in the mark
-to -market valuation of any obligations under any Swap Contracts or other derivative instruments pursuant to
GAAP), (d) the interest component of Capitalized Lease Obligations, and (e) net payments, if any, pursuant to interest rate obligations under any Swap Contracts with respect to Indebtedness; plus
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(2) consolidated capitalized interest of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued; less
(3) interest income for such period.
For purposes of this definition, interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by the Borrower to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Net Debt means, as of any date of determination, (a) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on such date, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (but excluding the effects of any discounting of Indebtedness resulting from the application of purchase accounting in connection with the Transaction or any Permitted Acquisition), consisting of Indebtedness for borrowed money, obligations in respect of Capitalized Leases and debt obligations evidenced by promissory notes or similar instruments minus (b) up to $150 million of unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents (in each case, free and clear of all Liens, other than Liens granted under the Loan Documents and any nonconsensual Lien that is permitted under the Loan Documents) included in the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date, which aggregate amount of unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents shall be determined without giving pro forma effect to the proceeds of Indebtedness incurred or proposed to be incurred on such date; provided that Consolidated Net Debt shall not include (x) Letters of Credit, except to the extent of drawn but unreimbursed amounts thereunder and (y) obligations under Swap Contracts not entered into for speculative purposes.
Consolidated Net Income means, for any period, the consolidated
net income (loss) of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis on the basis of GAAP; provided,
however, that there will not be included in such Consolidated Net Income:
(a) adjusted, to the extent included in calculating such net income, by excluding, without duplication:
(1) subject to the limitations contained in clause (3) below, any net income (loss) of any Person if such Person is not a Restricted Subsidiary, except that the Borrowers equity in the net income of any such Person for such period will be included in such Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount of cash or Cash Equivalents actually distributed or that (as reasonably determined by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower) could have been distributed by such Person during such period to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend or other distribution or return on investment (subject, in the case of a dividend or other distribution or return on investment to a Restricted Subsidiary, to the limitations contained in clause (2) below);
(2) solely for the purpose of determining the Available Amount, any net income (loss) of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than Guarantors) if such Subsidiary is subject to restrictions, directly or indirectly, on the payment of dividends or the making of distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, to the Borrower or a Guarantor by operation of the terms of such Restricted Subsidiarys charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute or governmental rule or regulation applicable to such Restricted Subsidiary or its shareholders (other than (a) restrictions that have been waived or otherwise released and (b) restrictions pursuant to the Loan Documents or the Senior Unsecured Notes Indenture, except that the Borrowers equity in the net income of any such Restricted Subsidiary for such period will be included in such Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount of cash or Cash Equivalents actually distributed or that could have been distributed by such Restricted Subsidiary during such period to the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend or other distribution (subject, in the case of a dividend to another Restricted Subsidiary, to the limitation contained in this clause);
(3) any net gain (or loss) realized upon the sale or other disposition of any asset or disposed operations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiaries (including pursuant to any sale/leaseback transaction) which is not sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business (as determined in good faith by a Responsible Officer or the board of directors of the Borrower);
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(4) any extraordinary, exceptional, unusual or nonrecurring gain, loss, charge or expense or any charges, expenses or reserves in respect of any restructuring, redundancy or severance expense;
(5) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles;
(6) any (i) non-cash compensation charge or expense arising
from any grant of stock, stock options, stock appreciation rights or other equity based awards and any non-cash deemed finance charges in respect of any pension liabilities or other provisions
and, (ii) income (loss) attributable to deferred compensation plans or trusts and (iii) any non-cash accruals and
reserves that are established for expenses and losses, in respect of equity-based awards compensation expense (provided that if any such non-cash charges represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, the cash payment
in respect thereof in such future period shall reduce Consolidated Net Income to such extent, and excluding amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period);
(7) all deferred financing costs written off and premiums paid or other expenses incurred directly in connection with any early extinguishment of Indebtedness and any net gain (loss) from any write-off or forgiveness of Indebtedness;
(8) any
unrealized gains or losses in respect of any obligations under any Swap Contracts or any ineffectiveness recognized in earnings related to qualifying hedge transactions or the fair value of changes therein recognized in earnings for derivatives that
do not qualify as hedge transactions, in each case, in respect of any obligations under any Swap Contracts;[reserved];
(9) any unrealized foreign currency translation gains or losses in respect of Indebtedness of any the Borrower or any
Restricted Subsidiary denominated in a currency other than the functional currency of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and any unrealized foreign exchange gains or losses relating to translation of assets and liabilities denominated in
foreign currencies;
(10) any unrealized foreign currency translation or transaction gains or losses in
respect of Indebtedness or other obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;(11) any purchase accounting effects including, but not limited
to, adjustments to inventory, property and equipment, software and other intangible assets and deferred revenue in component amounts required or permitted by GAAP and related authoritative pronouncements (including the effects of such adjustments
pushed down to the Borrower and theits Restricted Subsidiaries), as a result of any consummated acquisition, or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof
(including any write-off of in process research and development);
(1210) any goodwill or other intangible asset
impairment charge or write-off;
(1311) (A)
any after-taxTax effect of income (loss) from the early extinguishment or cancellation of Indebtedness or any obligations under any Swap Contracts or other derivative
instruments and (B) non-cash gains, losses, income and expenses resulting from fair value accounting required by Accounting Standards Codification 815, Derivatives and Hedging, or any
related subsequent Statement of Financial Accounting Standards;
(1412) accruals and reserves that are established
within twelve months after the Closing Date or any other acquisition that are so required to be established as a result of the Transaction
or such acquisition in accordance with GAAP;
(1513) fees, costs and expenses (including audit
fees) related to or incurred in connection with the Transactions; and the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date Transactions;
(1614) any net unrealized gains and losses
resulting from Swap Contracts or embedded derivatives that require similar accounting treatment and the application of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 815 and related pronouncements;
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(b) including, without duplication, dividends and distributions from any JV Entity actually received in cash by the Borrower in such period.
In addition, to
the extent not already included in the Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, Consolidated Net Income shall include (i) any expenses and charges that
are reimbursed by indemnification or other reimbursement provisions in connection with any investment or any sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of assets permitted hereunder, to
the extent actually reimbursed, or, so long as the Borrower has made a determination that a reasonable basis exists for indemnification or reimbursement and only to the extent that such amount is in fact indemnified or reimbursed within 365 days of
such determination (with a deduction in the applicable future period for any amount so added back to the extent not so indemnified or reimbursed within such 365 days) and (ii) to the extent covered by insurance and actually reimbursed, or,
so long as the Borrower has made a determination that there exists reasonable evidence that such amount will in fact be reimbursed by the insurer and only to the extent that such amount is (A) not denied by the applicable carrier in
writing within 180 days and (B) in fact reimbursed within 365 days of the date of such evidencedetermination (with a deduction for any amount so added back to
the extent not so reimbursed within such 365 days), expenses with respect to liability or casualty events or business interruption.
Consolidated Working Capital means, at any date, the excess of (a) the sum
of (i) all amounts (other than cash and Cash Equivalents) that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption total current assets (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its
Restricted Subsidiaries at such date and (ii) long-term accounts receivable over (b) the sum of (i) all amounts that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption total current liabilities (or any like
caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on such date and (iii) long-term deferred revenue, but excluding, without duplication, (a) the current portion of any Funded Debt, (b) all
Indebtedness consisting of Revolving Credit Loans, Swing Line Loans and L/C Obligations to the extent otherwise included therein, (c) the current portion of interest, (d) the current portion of current and deferred income taxes,
(e) the current portion of any Capitalized Lease Obligations, (f) deferred revenue arising from cash receipts that are earmarked for specific projects, (g) the current portion of deferred acquisition costs and (h) current accrued
costs associated with any restructuring or business optimization (including accrued severance and accrued facility closure costs).
Contract Consideration has the meaning specified in the definition of
Excess Cash Flow.
Contractual Obligation means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.
Control has the meaning specified in the definition of Affiliate.
Converted Restricted Subsidiary has the meaning specified in the definition of Consolidated EBITDA.
Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary has the meaning specified in the definition of Consolidated EBITDA.
Credit Extension means each of the following: (a) a Borrowing and (b) an L/C Credit Extension.
Debtor Relief Laws means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.
Declined Proceeds has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b)(v).
Default means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that, with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.
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Default Rate means an interest rate equal to (a) the Base Rate plus (b) the Applicable Rate applicable to Base Rate Loans plus (c) 2.0% per annum; provided that with respect to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the Default Rate shall be an interest rate equal to the interest rate (including any Applicable Rate) otherwise applicable to such Loan plus 2.0% per annum, in each case, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.
Defaulting Lender means, subject to Section 2.16(b), any Lender that (a) has failed to perform any of its funding obligations hereunder, including in respect of its Loans or participations in respect of Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans, within three Business Days of the date required to be funded by it hereunder, (b) has notified the Borrower, or the Administrative Agent or any Lender that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations or has made a public statement to that effect with respect to its funding obligations hereunder or under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within three Business Days after request by the Administrative Agent, to confirm in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that it will comply with its funding obligations, or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or a custodian appointed for it, or (iii) taken any action in furtherance of, or indicated its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority.
Designated Jurisdiction means any country or territory to the extent that such country or territory is the subject of any Sanction.
De Minimis Foreign Subsidiary means, at any date of determination, any Foreign Subsidiary the Equity Interests of which would otherwise be required to be pledged pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement and which does not have either (a) net sales that are, when combined with all other De Minimis Foreign Subsidiaries, greater than five percent (5.0%) of the net sales of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the most recent fiscal quarter end for which the Borrower has delivered financial statements pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b) or (b) assets with a book value that, when combined with all other De Minimis Foreign Subsidiaries, greater than five percent (5.0%) of the book value of Total Assets as of the most recent fiscal quarter end for which the Borrower has delivered financial statements pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b).
Designated Non-Cash Consideration means the fair market value of non-cash consideration received by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with a Disposition pursuant to Section 7.05(m) that is designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, setting forth the basis of such valuation (which amount will be reduced by the fair market value of the portion of the non-cash consideration converted to cash within 180 days following the consummation of the applicable Disposition).
Designated Preferred Stock means Preferred Equity of the Borrower (other than Disqualified Equity Interests and Excluded Contributions) (a) that is issued for cash (other than to the Borrower or a Subsidiary of the Borrower or an employee stock ownership plan or trust established by the Borrower or any such Subsidiary for the benefit of their employees to the extent funded by the Borrower or such Subsidiary) and (b) that is designated as Designated Preferred Stock pursuant to a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower at or prior to the issuance thereof. A particular item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration will no longer be considered to be outstanding when and to the extent it has been paid, redeemed or otherwise retired or sold or otherwise disposed of pursuant to Section 7.05.
Discount Range has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(d)(ii).
Discounted Prepayment Option Notice has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(d)(ii).
Discounted Voluntary Prepayment has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(d)(i).
Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(d)(v).
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Disposed EBITDA means, with respect to any Sold Entity or Business or any Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business or such Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary, all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Sold Entity or Business or such Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary.
Disposition or Dispose means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition (including any Sale Leaseback and any issuance or sale of Equity Interests of a Restricted Subsidiary) of any property by any Person, including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith; provided that Disposition and Dispose shall not be deemed to include any issuance by the Borrower of any of its Equity Interests to another Person.
Disqualified Equity Interests means any Equity Interest which, 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 under the Loan Documents that are accrued and payable and the termination of the Commitments and all outstanding Letters of Credit), (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 ninety-one (91) days after the Maturity Date of the Term Loans.
Disqualified Lenders means (i) such Persons that were
specified in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Lead Arrangers on June 28, 2012 as being Disqualified Lenders. , (ii) competitors of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries that have been specified in writing to the Administrative Agent from time to time by the Borrower and (iii) any Affiliates of Persons referred to in clause (i) or (ii) (other than, in the case of clause
(ii) of this definition, Affiliates that are bona fide debt funds or other financial institutions or investors that invest in loans or commitments therefor in the ordinary course of business) that are (x) identified in writing from time to
time to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or (y) clearly identifiable as Affiliates of the relevant competitor on the basis of such Affiliates name. The list of Disqualified Lenders shall be made available to all Lenders.
Dollar and $ mean lawful money of the United States.
Dollar Equivalent means, at any time, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, such amount, and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in any Alternative Currency or Alternative L/C Currency, the equivalent amount thereof in Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent or an L/C Issuer, as the case may be, at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation Date) for the purchase of Dollars with such Alternative Currency or Alternative L/C Currency.
Domestic Subsidiary means any Subsidiary (other than a Domestic Subsidiary Holding Company) that is organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia.
Domestic Subsidiary Holding Company means
any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and that has no material assets other than equity interests
in(or equity interests and Indebtedness) of one or more Foreign Subsidiaries that are CFCs.
ECF Percentage has the meaning specified in Section
2.05(b)(i).
Economic Sanctions Laws means any and all laws, judgments, orders, executive orders, decrees, ordinances, rules, regulations, statutes, case law or treaties applicable to a Loan Party or its Subsidiaries relating to economic sanctions and terrorism financing administered by OFAC, including any applicable provisions of the Trading with the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. App. §§ 5(b) and 16, as amended), the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, (50 U.S.C. §§ 1701-1706, as amended) and Executive Order 13224 (effective September 24, 2001), as amended.
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Effective Date means July 2, 2012.
Eligible Assignee means any Assignee permitted by and consented to in accordance with Section 10.07(b).
Embargoed Person means any party that is publicly identified on the most current list of Specially Designated
Nationals and Blocked Persons published by the U.S. Treasury Departments Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)., HMTs Consolidated List
of Financial Sanctions Targets and the Investment Ban List, or any similar list enforced by any other relevant sanctions authority.
EMU means the economic and monetary union in accordance with the Treaty of Rome 1957, as amended by the Single European
Act 1986, the Maastricht Treaty of 1992 and the Amsterdam Treaty of 1998.Employee means any current or former officer, director, manager or employee, including independent
contractors, limited partners or other Persons compensated by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice.
EMU Legislation means the legislative measures of the European Council for the introduction of, changeover to or operation of a single or unified European currency.
Environment means ambient air, indoor air, surface water, groundwater, drinking water, soil, surface and subsurface strata, and natural resources such as wetlands, flora and fauna.
Environmental Laws means any and all Laws relating to pollution, the protection of the environment, natural resources or to the generation, transport, storage, use, treatment, Release or threat of Release of any Hazardous Materials or, to the extent relating to exposure to Hazardous Materials, human health.
Environmental Liability means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities) of any Loan Party or any of its respective Subsidiaries directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage or treatment of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure of any Person 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.
Equity Interests means, with respect to any Person, all of the shares, interests, rights, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests or units in) such Person and all of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase, acquisition or exchange from such Person of any of the foregoing (including through convertible securities).
ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
ERISA Affiliate means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that is under common control with any Loan Party and is treated as a single employer within the meaning of Section 414 of the Code or Section 4001 of ERISA.
ERISA Event means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) a withdrawal by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a failure to satisfy the minimum funding standard under Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA with respect to a Pension Plan, whether or not waived, or a failure to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (d) a complete or partial withdrawal by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan, notification of any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate concerning the imposition of withdrawal liability or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is insolvent or is in reorganization within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA or that is in endangered or critical status, within the meaning of Section 305 of ERISA; (e) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a Plan amendment as a termination
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under Section 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (f) an event or condition which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (g) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate; (h) a determination that any Pension Plan is, or is expected to be, in at-risk status (within the meaning of Section 303(i)(4)(A) of ERISA or Section 430(i)(4)(A) of the Code); or (i) the occurrence of a non-exempt prohibited transaction with respect to any Pension Plan maintained or contributed to by any Loan Party (within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code or Section 406 of ERISA) which could result in liability to any Loan Party.
Euro, EUR and mean lawful money of the Participating Member States introduced in accordance with EMU Legislation.
Eurocurrency Rate means, for any Interest Period (i) with
respect to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the rate per annum equal to the British Bankers Association LIBORLondon Interbank Offered Rate (BBA
LIBOR) or a comparable or successor rate, which rate is approved by the Administrative Agent, as published by Reuters (or other commercially available source providing
such quotations of BBA LIBOR as designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the
commencement of such Interest Period, for deposits in the relevant currency (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period or
(ii) with respect to any Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in Canadian Dollars, the rate per annum equal to the Canadian Dealer Offered Rate (CDOR), or a comparable or successor rate which rate is approved by the Administrative
Agent, as published on the applicable Reuters screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) at or about 10:00 a.m. (Toronto, Ontario time) on
the first day of such Interest Period (or such other day as is generally treated as the rate fixing day by market practice in such interbank market, as determined by the Administrative Agent) (or if such day is not a Business Day, then on the
immediately preceding Business Day with a term equivalent to such Interest Period; and if such Eurocurrency Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement. If such rate is not available at such
time for any reason, then the Eurocurrency Rate for such Interest Period shall be the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate at which deposits in the relevant currency for delivery on the first day of such
Interest Period in Same Day Funds in the approximate amount of the Eurocurrency Rate Loan being made, continued or converted by Bank of America and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by Bank of Americas London
Branch (or other Bank of America branch or Affiliate) to major banks in the London or other offshore interbank market for such currency at their request at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the commencement of such
Interest Period.
Eurocurrency Rate Loan means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the Eurocurrency Rate. Eurocurrency Rate Loans may be denominated in Dollars or in an Alternative Currency. All Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency must be Eurocurrency Rate Loans.
Event of Default has the meaning specified in Section 8.01.
Excess Cash Flow means, for any period, an amount equal to the excess of:
(a) the sum, without duplication, of:
(i) Consolidated Net Income for such period;
(ii) an amount equal to the amount of all non-cash charges (including depreciation and amortization) to the extent
deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income;
(iii) decreases in Consolidated Working Capital for
such period (other than any such decreases arising from acquisitions by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries completed during such period or the application of purchase accounting); and
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(iv) an amount equal to the aggregate net non-cash loss on Dispositions
by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (other than Dispositions in the ordinary course of business) to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income; over
(b) the sum, without duplication, of:
(i) an amount equal to the amount of all non-cash credits included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income and cash
charges included in clauses (1) through (5) of the definition of Consolidated Net Income;
(ii) without duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to clause (xi) below in prior fiscal
years, the amount of Capital Expenditures made in cash during such period, to the extent that such Capital Expenditures or acquisitions were financed with internally generated cash flow of the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(iii) the aggregate amount of all principal payments of Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries
(including (A) the principal component of payments in respect of Capitalized Leases and (B) the amount of repayments of Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.07(a) and (b) and any
mandatory prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.05(b) to the extent required due to a Disposition that resulted in an increase to such Consolidated Net Income and not in excess of the amount of such increase but
excluding (X) all other prepayments of Term Loans, (Y) all prepayments under the Revolving Credit Facility and (Z) all prepayments in respect of any other revolving credit facility, except, in the case of clause
(Z), to the extent there is an equivalent permanent reduction in commitments thereunder) made during such period, except to the extent financed with the proceeds of incurrence or issuance of other Indebtedness of the Borrower or its
Restricted Subsidiaries or with the proceeds from the issuance of Equity Interests;
(iv) an amount equal
to the aggregate net non-cash gain on Dispositions by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (other than Dispositions in the ordinary course of business) to the extent included in arriving at such Consolidated Net
Income;
(v) increases in Consolidated Working Capital for such period (other than any such increases
arising from acquisitions by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries completed during such period or the application of purchase accounting);
(vi) cash payments by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in respect of long-term
liabilities of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries other than Indebtedness;
(vii) the amount of
Investments made pursuant to Sections 7.02(j) or (t) during such period to the extent that such Investments were financed with internally generated cash flow of the Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries;
(viii) the amount of Investments made pursuant to Sections 7.02(n),
the amount of Restricted Payments paid during such period pursuant to Section 7.06(k) and the amount of payments made during such period pursuant to Section 7.09(a)(iii), in each case during
such period to the extent that such Investments and payments were financed with internally generated cash flow of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that the aggregate amount of all deductions from Excess
Cash Flow pursuant to this clause (viii) since the Effective Date shall not exceed $75,000,000;
(ix)
the aggregate amount of any premium, make-whole or penalty payments actually paid in cash by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period that are required to be made in connection with any prepayment of Indebtedness;
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(x) the aggregate amount of expenditures actually made by the Borrower
and its Restricted Subsidiaries in cash during such period (including expenditures for the payment of financing fees) to the extent that such expenditures are not expensed during such period;
(xi) without duplication of amounts deducted from Excess Cash Flow in prior periods, the aggregate consideration
required to be paid in cash by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to binding contracts (the Contract Consideration) entered into prior to or during such period relating to Investments
(including earnouts) made pursuant to Sections 7.02(j), (n) or (t) or Capital Expenditures, in each case to be consummated or made during the period of four
consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower following the end of such period to the extent intended to be financed with internally generated cash flow of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that to the
extent the aggregate amount utilized to finance such Investments or Capital Expenditures during such period of four consecutive fiscal quarters is less than the Contract Consideration, the amount of such shortfall, less the amount financed other
than through internally generated cash flow of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, shall be added to the calculation of Excess Cash Flow at the end of such period of four consecutive fiscal quarters; and
(xii) the amount of cash taxes paid or tax reserves set aside or payable (without duplication) in such period to the
extent they exceed the amount of tax expense deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Excluded Contribution means Net Cash Proceeds or cash capital contributions to the common equity (other than through the issuance of Disqualified Equity Interests or Designated Preferred Stock) of the Borrower after the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date or from the issuance or sale (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary or an employee stock ownership plan or trust established by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower for the benefit of their employees to the extent funded by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary) of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests or Designated Preferred Stock) of the Borrower, in each case, to the extent designated as an Excluded Contribution pursuant to an certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower upon the issuance thereof.
Excluded Subsidiary means (a) any Subsidiary
that is prohibited by applicable Law or by any Contractual Obligation existing on the Closing Date (or, with respect to Subsidiaries acquired after the Closing Date, as of the date of such acquisition; provided that such Contractual
Obligation was not entered into in connection with or anticipation of such acquisition) from guaranteeing the Facilities or which would require (including regulatory) consent, approval, license or authorization from any Governmental Authority to
provide a Guaranty unless such consent, approval, license or authorization has been received, (b) any Foreign Subsidiary, (c) any Domestic Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary that is a CFC,
(d) any Domestic Subsidiary Holding Company, (e) any Restricted Subsidiary acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition financed with secured Indebtedness incurred pursuant to
Section 7.03(h) and each Restricted Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary thereof that guarantees such Indebtedness in each case to the extent such secured Indebtedness prohibits such Subsidiary from becoming a Guarantor; provided that
each such Restricted Subsidiary shall cease to be an Excluded Subsidiary under this clause (de) if such secured Indebtedness is repaid or becomes
unsecured, if such Restricted Subsidiary ceases to guarantee such secured Indebtedness or such prohibition no longer exists, as applicable; (ef) any Immaterial Subsidiary,
(fg) any not-for-profit Subsidiary, (gh) any captive insurance Subsidiary,
(hi) any Unrestricted Subsidiary, and (ij) any other Subsidiary with respect to which, in the
reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent (confirmed in writing by notice to the Borrower), the cost or other consequences (including any adverse tax consequences) of providing a Guaranty shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be
obtained by the Lenders therefrom.
Excluded Swap Obligation means, with respect to any Guarantor, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guaranty of such Guarantor of, or the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any Guaranty thereof) is or becomes illegal or unlawful under or otherwise violates 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 Guarantors failure for any reason to constitute an eligible contract participant as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder
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at the time the Guaranty of such Guarantor, or the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest, would otherwise have become effective with respect to such Swap Obligation but for such Guarantors failure to constitute an eligible contract participant at such time. 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 Guaranty or security interest is or becomes illegal or unlawful 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).
Excluded Taxes means, (a) with respect to each Agent and each Lender,
taxes (including any additions to tax, penalties and interest)Taxes imposed on its overall net income or net profits (including any franchise taxes imposed in lieu
thereof or branch profits Taxes) by any jurisdiction as a result of such Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, being resident or being deemed to be resident, being organized,
maintaining an Applicable Lending Office, or carrying on business or being deemed to carry on business in such jurisdiction (other than any business or deemed business arising solely from any Loan Documents or any transactions contemplated thereby),
(b) any U.S. federal withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to a Lender under the law in effect at the time such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement; provided that this clause (b) shall not apply to the
extent that (x) the indemnity payments or additional amounts any Lender would be entitled to receive (without regard to this clause (b)) do not exceed the indemnity payment or additional amounts that the Lenders assignor (if any)
was entitled to receive immediately prior to such assignment or (y) such Tax is imposed on a Lender in connection with an interest or participation in any Loan or other obligations that such Lender acquired pursuant to Section 3.07,
(c) any withholding tax resulting from a failure of a Lender to comply with Section 3.01(f) or a failure of the Agent to comply with Section 3.01(g), and (d) any U.S. federal withholding
taxTax imposed pursuant to current Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the Amendment
No. 4 Effective Date (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with) or, any current or
future regulations with respect thereto or official administrative interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code, as of the Amendment
No. 4 Effective Date (or any amended or successor version described above) and any applicable intergovernmental agreement with respect thereto and applicable official implementing guidance thereunder.
Existing Indebtedness means Indebtedness for borrowed money of each of the Companies, the Borrower and their respective Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding immediately prior to the Closing Date.
Existing Letters of Credit has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(a).
Extended Revolving Credit Commitment has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(a).
Extended Term Loans has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(a).
Extending Revolving Credit Lender has the meaning specified in Section
2.15(a).
Extending Term Lender has the meaning specified in
Section 2.15(a).
Extension has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(a).
Extension Offer has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(a).
Facility means the Term A Loans, the Term A-1 Loans, the Term A-2 Loans or the Revolving Credit Facility, as the context may require.
FATCA means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code and any current or future regulations with respect thereto or official administrative interpretations thereof, any current or future regulations with respect thereto or official administrative interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code, and any applicable intergovernmental agreement with respect thereto and applicable official implementing guidance thereunder.
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fair market value means, with respect to the consideration received or paid in any transaction or series of transactions, the fair market value thereof as determined in good faith by the Borrower.
Federal Funds Rate means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) charged to Bank of America on such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent.
Fee Letter means the amended and restated fee letter dated June 29, 2012 (or as of such date), as further amended and restated on July 18, 2012, among the Borrower, Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Barclays, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Financial Covenant means the covenant set forth in Section 7.10.
First Lien Net Leverage Ratio means, with respect to any Test Period, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Net Debt (other than any portion of Consolidated Net Debt that is unsecured or is secured solely by a Lien that is expressly subordinated to the Liens securing the Obligations pursuant to an Intercreditor Agreement) as of the last day of such Test Period to (b) Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for such Test Period.
Flood Insurance Laws means, collectively, (i) the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (ii) the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statue thereto, (iii) the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto and (iv) the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto.
Foreign Casualty Event has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b)(vi).
Foreign Disposition has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b)(vi).
Foreign Plan means any employee benefit plan, program, policy, arrangement or agreement maintained or contributed to or by, or entered into with, any Loan Party or any Subsidiary with respect to employees outside the United States.
Foreign Subsidiary means any direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower which is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
Foreign Subsidiary Employee Plan means any document or agreement of any Foreign Subsidiary (whether or not an employee is party thereto), as amended, waived, supplemented, renewed or otherwise modified from time to time pursuant to which an employee provides or is obligated to provide services to or on behalf of such Foreign Subsidiary or any affiliate thereof; provided that the amounts payable to employees pursuant to such plan are generally consistent with the amounts that would have been paid to employees of such Foreign Subsidiary if such plan had not been adopted.
FRB means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.
Fronting Exposure means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, (a) with respect to an L/C Issuer, such Defaulting Lenders Pro Rata Share of the outstanding L/C Obligations owing to such L/C Issuer other than L/C Obligations as to which such Defaulting Lenders participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof, and (b) with respect to the Swing Line Lender, such Defaulting Lenders Pro Rata Share of Swing Line Loans other than Swing Line Loans as to which such Defaulting Lenders participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof.
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Fronting Fee has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(h).
Fund means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities.
Funded Debt means all Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for borrowed money that matures more than one year from the date of its creation or matures within one year from such date that is renewable or extendable, at the option of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, to a date more than one year from such date or arises under a revolving credit or similar agreement that obligates the lender or lenders to extend credit during a period of more than one year from such date, including Indebtedness in respect of the Loans.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, as in effect from time to time; provided that (A) if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the Closing Date in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower 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, (B) at any time after the Closing Date, the Borrower may elect, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, to apply IFRS accounting principles in lieu of GAAP and, upon any such election, references herein to GAAP shall thereafter be construed to mean IFRS (except as otherwise provided herein), including as to the ability of the Borrower to make an election pursuant to clause (A) of this proviso, (C) any election made pursuant to clause (B) of this proviso, once made, shall be irrevocable, (D) any calculation or determination in this Agreement that requires the application of GAAP for periods that include fiscal quarters ended prior to the Borrowers election to apply IFRS shall remain as previously calculated or determined in accordance with GAAP and (E) the Borrower may only make an election pursuant to clause (B) of this proviso if it also elects to report any subsequent financial reports required to be made by the Borrower, including pursuant to Sections 6.01(a) and (b), in IFRS.
Governmental Authority means any nation or government, any state, provincial, territorial or other political subdivision thereof, any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, administrative tribunal, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.
Granting Lender has the meaning specified in Section 10.07(h).
Guarantee Obligations means, as to any Person, without duplication, (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other monetary obligation payable or performable by another Person (the primary obligor) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of the payment or performance of such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b) any Lien on any assets of such Person securing any Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation is assumed by such Person (or any right, contingent or otherwise, of any holder of such Indebtedness to obtain any such Lien); provided that the term Guarantee Obligations shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit, in either case in the ordinary course of business, or customary and reasonable indemnity obligations in effect on the Closing Date or entered into in connection with any acquisition or disposition of assets permitted under this Agreement (other
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than such obligations with respect to Indebtedness). The amount of any Guarantee Obligation 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 Obligation is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith; provided, further that Guarantee Obligations shall exclude any Excluded Swap Obligations.
Guaranties has the meaning specified in the definition of Collateral and Guarantee Requirement.
Guarantors has the meaning specified in the definition of Collateral and Guarantee Requirement.
Guaranty means, collectively, (a) the Guaranty substantially in the form of Exhibit F and (b) each other guaranty and guaranty supplement delivered pursuant to Section 6.11.
Hazardous Materials means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes, and all other chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any applicable Environmental Law, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas and toxic mold.
Hedge Bank means any Person that is a Lender, an Agent, a Lead Arranger or an Affiliate of the foregoing at the time it enters into a Secured Hedge Agreement or on the Effective Date is party to a Swap Contract with a Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary permitted under Section 7.03(g) on the Effective Date, in its capacity as a party thereto.
Honor Date has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(c)(i).
Immaterial Subsidiary means, at any date of determination, each Subsidiary of the Borrower that has been designated by the Borrower in writing to the Administrative Agent as an Immaterial Subsidiary for purposes of this Agreement (and not redesignated as a Material Subsidiary as provided below); provided that (a) for purposes of this Agreement, at no time shall (i) the total assets of all Immaterial Subsidiaries (other than Foreign Subsidiaries and Unrestricted Subsidiaries) in the aggregate at the last day of the most recent Test Period equal or exceed 5% of the Total Assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at such date or (ii) the gross revenues for such Test Period of all Immaterial Subsidiaries (other than Foreign Subsidiaries and Unrestricted Subsidiaries) in the aggregate equal or exceed 5% of the consolidated gross revenues of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP, (b) the Borrower shall not designate any new Immaterial Subsidiary if such designation would not comply with the provisions set forth in clause (a) above, and (c) if the total assets or gross revenues of all Subsidiaries so designated by the Borrower as Immaterial Subsidiaries (and not redesignated as Material Subsidiaries) shall at any time exceed the limits set forth in clause (a) above, then all such Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be Material Subsidiaries unless and until the Borrower shall redesignate one or more Immaterial Subsidiaries as Material Subsidiaries, in each case in a written notice to the Administrative Agent, and, as a result thereof, the total assets and gross revenues of all Subsidiaries still designated as Immaterial Subsidiaries in the aggregate do not exceed such limits; and provided further that the Borrower may designate and re-designate a Subsidiary as an Immaterial Subsidiary at any time, subject to the terms set forth in this definition. Each Immaterial Subsidiary of the Borrower as of the Effective Date is set forth on Schedule 1.01D hereto.
IFRS means International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted in the European Union.
Incremental Facilities has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(a).
Incremental Facility Amendment has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(c).
Incremental Facility Closing Date has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(c).
Incremental Revolving Commitments has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(a).
Incremental Revolving Facilities has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(a).
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Incremental Revolving Lender has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(c).
Incremental Term Loans has the meaning specified in . Section
2.14(a)
Incremental Term A-1 Loans means the Incremental Term Loans made by the Additional Term A-1 Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(e)(y).
Incremental Term Loan Increases has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(a).
Incremental Term Loans has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(a).
Incremental Tranche A Revolving Commitments means each Incremental Revolving Commitment that is held by a Revolving Credit Lender on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date. The aggregate Incremental Tranche A Revolving Commitments of all Revolving Credit Lenders shall be $100,000,000 on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date.
Incremental Term Loan Increases has
the meaning specified in Section 2.14(a).Tranche A-1 Revolving Commitments means each Incremental Revolving Commitment
that is held by a Lender on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date. The aggregate Incremental Tranche A-1 Revolving Commitments of all Revolving Credit Lenders shall be $50,000,000 on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date.
incur means, with respect to any Indebtedness or other obligation of any Person, to create, issue, incur (by conversion, exchange or otherwise), assume, enter into a Guarantee Obligation or otherwise become liable in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation or the recording, as required pursuant to GAAP or otherwise, of any such Indebtedness or other obligation on the balance sheet of such Person; provided, however, that a change in GAAP or an interpretation thereunder that results in an obligation of such Person that exists at such time becoming Indebtedness shall not be deemed an incurrence of such Indebtedness. Indebtedness otherwise incurred by a Person before it becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower shall be deemed to be incurred at the time at which such Person becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower. incurrence, incurred, incurrable and incurring shall have meanings that correspond to the foregoing. A Guarantee Obligation by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, shall not be separate incurrence of Indebtedness. For the avoidance of doubt, Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary which is assumed by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary shall not be deemed to be a separate incurrence of Indebtedness by such Restricted Subsidiary that has not assumed such Indebtedness. In addition, the following shall not be deemed a separate incurrence of Indebtedness:
(a) amortization of debt discount or accretion of principal with respect to a non-interest bearing or other discount security;
(b) the payment of regularly scheduled interest in the form of additional Indebtedness of the same instrument or the payment of regularly scheduled dividends on Equity Interests in the form of additional Equity Interests of the same class with the same terms;
(c) the obligation to pay a premium in respect of Indebtedness used to prepay Term Loans or otherwise applied in accordance with Section 2.05(b); and
(d) unrealized losses or changes in connection with Indebtedness in respect of Swap
Contracts. Incremental Term
Loans has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(a).
Indebtedness means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:
(a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money and all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments;
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(b) the maximum amount (after giving effect to any prior drawings or reductions which may have been reimbursed) of all letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds, performance bonds and similar instruments issued or created by or for the account of such Person;
(c) net obligations of such Person under any Swap Contract;
(d) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than (i) trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business and (ii) any earn-out obligation until such obligation becomes a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP and if not paid after becoming due and payable);
(e) indebtedness (excluding prepaid interest thereon) secured by a Lien on property owned or being purchased by such Person (including indebtedness arising under conditional sales or other title retention agreements and mortgage, industrial revenue bond, industrial development bond and similar financings), whether or not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or is limited in recourse;
(f) all Attributable Indebtedness;
(g) all obligations of such Person in respect of any Disqualified Equity Interests; and
(h) all Guarantee Obligations of such Person in respect of any of the foregoing.
For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall (A) include the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company or similar organization under the laws of the jurisdiction of such joint venture) in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, except to the extent such Persons liability for such Indebtedness is otherwise limited and only to the extent such Indebtedness would be included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Debt (without giving effect to clause (b) thereof) and (B) in the case of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, exclude all intercompany Indebtedness having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any roll-over or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any net obligation under any Swap Contract on any date shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination Value thereof as of such date. The amount of Indebtedness of any Person for purposes of clause (e) shall be deemed to be equal to the lesser of (i) the aggregate unpaid amount of such Indebtedness and (ii) the fair market value of the property encumbered thereby as determined by such Person in good faith.
Indemnified Liabilities has the meaning specified in Section
10.05.
Indemnified Taxes means all Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
Indemnitees has the meaning specified in Section 10.05.
Information has the meaning specified in Section 10.08.
Initial Lenders means each of Bank of America and Barclays.
Initial Revolving Borrowing means one or more borrowings of Revolving Credit Loans or issuances or deemed issuances of Letters of Credit on the Closing Date as specified in Section 2.01(c) and Section 2.03(a)(i).
Intercreditor Agreement means an intercreditor agreement by and among the Collateral Agent and the collateral agents or other representatives for the holders of Indebtedness secured by Liens on the Collateral that are intended to rank junior to the Liens securing the Obligations and that are otherwise Liens permitted pursuant to Section 7.01, providing that all proceeds of Collateral shall first be applied to repay the Obligations in full prior to being applied to any obligations under the Indebtedness secured by such junior Liens and that until the termination of the Commitments and the repayment in full (or Cash Collateralization of Letters of Credit) of all Obligations
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(other than contingent obligations not then due and payable), the Collateral Agent shall have the sole right to exercise remedies against the Collateral (subject to customary exceptions and the expiration of any standstill provisions) and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.
Interest Payment Date means (a) as to any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period
applicable to such Loan and the Maturity Date of the Facility under which such Loan was made; provided that if any Interest Period for a Eurocurrency Rate Loan exceeds three months, the respective dates that fall every three months after the
beginning of such Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment Dates; and (b) as to any Base Rate Loan (including a Swing Line Loan), the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and the Maturity Date of the Facility
under which such Loan was made; provided, that the Amendment No. 34 Effective Date shall constitute an Interest Payment Date with respect to accrued and unpaid
interest up to but excluding the Amendment No. 34 Effective Date for the Term A Loans and the Term B Loans (including the Rollover Term A Loans and Rollover
Term B Loans).
Interest Period means, as to each Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the period commencing on the date such Eurocurrency Rate Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a Eurocurrency Rate Loan and ending on the date one, two, three or six months (or twelve months if consented to by all the Appropriate Lenders) thereafter, as selected by the Borrower in its Committed Loan Notice; provided that:
(i) any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day;
(ii) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; and
(iii) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date of the Facility under which such Loan was made.
Investment means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of Equity Interests or debt or other securities of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee Obligation with respect to any Obligation of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or equity participation or interest in, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person (excluding, in the case of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, intercompany loans, advances, or Indebtedness having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any roll-over or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business) or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the property and assets or business of another Person or assets constituting a business unit, line of business or division of such Person. For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment.
For purposes of clarification, any transfer pricing arrangements among the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the provision and extension of customary services by Foreign Subsidiaries in the normal course of business of the Borrower and its Domestic Subsidiaries, consistent with the past practices of the Borrower and its Domestic Subsidiaries, and any payments by the Borrower and its Domestic Subsidiaries to Foreign Subsidiaries thereunder shall not be deemed an Investment by the Borrower or its Domestic Subsidiaries in such Foreign Subsidiaries.
Investment Grade Rating means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moodys and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, or an equivalent rating by Fitch, Inc.
Investment Grade Securities means:
(a) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (other than Cash Equivalents);
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(b) debt securities or debt instruments with an Investment Grade Rating, but excluding any debt securities or instruments constituting loans or advances among the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;
(c) investments in any fund that invests exclusively in investments of the type described in clauses (a) and (b) which fund may also hold immaterial amounts of cash pending investment or distribution; and
(d) corresponding instruments in countries other than the United States customarily utilized for high quality investments.
IP Rights has the meaning specified in Section 5.14.
JV
Entity means (a) any joint venture and (b) any non-Wholly-Owned, whether a company, unincorporated firm, association, partnership or any
other entity which, in each case, is not a Subsidiary of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries but in which the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiaries has a direct or indirect
equity or similar interest.
Judgment Currency has the meaning specified in Section 10.17.
Laws means, collectively, all international, foreign, federal, state, provincial and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority.
L/C Advance means, with respect to each Revolving Credit Lender, such Lenders funding of its participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its Pro Rata Share. All L/C Advances shall be denominated in Dollars.
L/C Borrowing means an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the applicable Honor Date or refinanced as a Revolving Credit Borrowing. All L/C Borrowings shall be denominated in Dollars.
L/C Credit Extension means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the renewal or increase of the amount thereof.
L/C Issuer means (i) Bank of America or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, and (ii) any other Lender (or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates) that becomes an L/C Issuer in accordance with Section 2.03(j) or Section 10.07(j); in the case of each of clause (i) or (ii) above, in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, or any successor issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder.
L/C Obligation means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate maximum amount then available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts in respect of Letters of Credit, including all L/C Borrowings. For purposes of computing the amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.09.
Lead Arrangers means Bank of America and Barclays in their capacity as Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners under this Agreement.
Lender has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement and, as the context requires, includes an L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender, and their respective successors and assigns as permitted hereunder, each of which is referred to herein as a Lender.
Lender Participation Notice has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(d)(iii).
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Letter of Credit means any standby letter of credit issued hereunder. Letters of Credit may be issued in Dollars or in an Alternative L/C Currency.
Letter of Credit Application means an application and agreement for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use by the relevant L/C Issuer.
Letter of Credit Expiration Date means the day that is five (5) Business Days prior to the scheduled Maturity Date then in effect for the Revolving Credit Facility (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day).
Letter of Credit Fee has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(g).
Letter of Credit Sublimit means an amount equal to the lesser of (a) $25,000,000 and (b) the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments.
Lien means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, deemed trust, or preference, priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement in the nature of a security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any easement, right of way or other encumbrance on title to real property, and any Capitalized Lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).
Loan means an extension of credit by a Lender to the Borrower under Article II in the form of a Term Loan, a Revolving Credit Loan or a Swing Line Loan (including any Incremental Term Loans or loans made pursuant to any Incremental Revolving Commitment).
Loan Documents means, collectively, this Agreement, the Notes, the Collateral Documents, the Fee Letter, any Intercreditor Agreement and each Letter of Credit Application, in each case as amended from time to time (it being understood that no Secured Hedge Agreement shall be a Loan Document).
Loan Parties means, collectively, the Borrower and each Guarantor.
Mandatory Cost means, with respect to any period, the percentage rate per annum determined in accordance with Schedule 1.01A.
Master Agreement has the meaning specified in the definition of Swap Contract.
Material Adverse Effect means (a) a material adverse effect on the business, operations, assets, liabilities (actual or contingent) or financial condition of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) a material adverse effect on the ability of the Loan Parties (taken as a whole) to perform their respective payment obligations under any Loan Document to which any of the Loan Parties is a party or (c) a material adverse effect on the rights and remedies of the Lenders or the Agents under any Loan Document.
Material Acquisition means any acquisition of property or series of related acquisitions of property by Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary that (a) constitutes assets comprising all or substantially all of an operating unit of a business or constitutes all or substantially all of the common stock of a Person (other than in each case assets or stock of Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary) and (b) involves the payment of consideration by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries and any assumption of liabilities and Indebtedness by Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in excess of 15% of Total Assets without giving Pro Forma Effect to such acquisition; provided that, for purposes of Section 7.10 there shall not be more than two Material Acquisitions in the aggregate following the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date.
Material Real Property means any real property with a fair market value in excess of $10,000,000 owned by any Loan Party.
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Material Subsidiary means, at any date of determination, each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not an Immaterial Subsidiary (but including, in any case, any Subsidiary that has been designated as a Material Subsidiary as provided in, or has been designated as an Immaterial Subsidiary in a manner that does not comply with, the definition of Immaterial Subsidiary).
Maturity Date means (a) with respect to the Revolving
Credit Facility, the sixthfifth anniversary of the ClosingAmendment No. 4 Effective Date,
and (b) with respect to Term A-12 Loans, the sixthfifth anniversary of the
ClosingAmendment No. 4 Effective Date; provided that if either such day is not a Business Day, the Maturity Date shall be the Business Day immediately preceding
such day.
Minimum Extension Condition has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(b).
Minimum Tranche Amount has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(b).
Moodys means Moodys Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.
Mortgage means, collectively, the deeds of trust, trust deeds, deeds of hypothecation and mortgages creating and evidencing a Lien on a Mortgaged Property made by the Loan Parties in favor or for the benefit of the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, and any other mortgages executed and delivered pursuant to Section 6.11 and Section 6.13.
Mortgage Policies has the meaning specified in paragraph (f) of the definition of Collateral and Guarantee Requirement.
Mortgaged Properties has the meaning specified in paragraph (f) of the definition of Collateral and Guarantee Requirement.
Multiemployer Plan means any employee benefit plan of the type described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the immediately preceding six (6) years, has made or been obligated to make contributions.
Net Cash Proceeds means:
(a) with respect to the Disposition of any asset by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or any Casualty Event, the
excess, if any, of (i) the sum of cash and Cash Equivalents received in connection with such Disposition or Casualty Event within 365 days of the initial closing of such Disposition or
Casualty Event (including any cash or Cash Equivalents received by way of deferred payment pursuant to, or by monetization of, a note receivable or otherwise, but only as and when so received and, with respect to any Casualty Event, any insurance
proceeds or condemnation awards in respect of such Casualty Event actually received by or paid to or for the account of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary) over (ii) the sum of (A) the principal amount, premium or penalty, if
any, interest and other amounts on any Indebtedness that is secured by the asset subject to such Disposition or Casualty Event and that is required to be repaid (and is timely repaid) in connection with such Disposition or Casualty Event (other than
Indebtedness under the Loan Documents), (B) the out-of-pocket fees and expenses (including attorneys fees, investment banking fees, survey costs, title insurance premiums, and related search and recording charges, transfer
taxesTaxes, deed or mortgage recording taxesTaxes, other customary expenses and brokerage,
consultant and other customary fees) actually incurred by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such Disposition or Casualty Event,
(C) taxesTaxes paid or reasonably estimated to be actually payable in connection therewith, and (D) any reserve for adjustment in respect of
(x) the sale price of such asset or assets established in accordance with GAAP and (y) any liabilities associated with such asset or assets and retained by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary after such sale or other disposition
thereof, including pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or with respect to any indemnification obligations associated with such
transaction (E) all distributions and other payments required to be made to minority interest holders (other than the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) in Restricted Subsidiaries or
joint ventures as a result of such Disposition and (F) any funded
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escrow established pursuant to the documents evidencing any such sale or disposition to secure any indemnification obligations or
adjustments to the purchase price associated with any such Disposition, it being understood that Net Cash Proceeds shall include (i) any cash or Cash Equivalents received upon the Disposition of any non-cash
consideration by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in any such Disposition and (ii) upon the reversal (without the satisfaction of any applicable liabilities in cash in a corresponding amount) of any reserve described in clause
(D) above or if such liabilities have not been satisfied in cash and such reserve is not reversed within 365 days after such Disposition or Casualty Event, the amount of such reserve;
provided that (x) no net cash proceeds calculated in accordance with the foregoing realized in a single transaction or series of related transactions shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds
unless such net cash proceeds shall exceed $1,500,000 and (y) no such net cash proceeds shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds under this clause (a) in any fiscal year until the aggregate amount of all such net cash proceeds in such
fiscal year for all Dispositions shall exceed $5,000,000 (and thereafter only net cash proceeds in excess of such amount shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds under this clause (a));
(b) with respect to the incurrence or issuance of any Indebtedness by the Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary or any issuance of Equity Interests by Borrower or any capital contribution to Borrower, the excess, if any, of (x) the sum of the cash received in connection with such
incurrence or, issuance or contribution over (y) the investment banking fees, underwriting discounts,
commissions, costs and other out-of-pocket expenses and other customary expenses incurred by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such incurrence
or, issuance or contribution; and
(c) with respect to any Permitted Equity Issuance by the Borrower, the amount of cash from such Permitted Equity Issuance contributed to the capital of the Borrower.
Net Leverage Ratio means, with respect to any Test Period, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Net Debt as of the last day of such Test Period to (b) Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for such Test Period.
Non-Consenting Lender has the meaning specified in Section 3.07(d).
Non-Loan Party means any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Loan Party.
Nonrenewal Notice Date has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(b)(iii).
Note means a Term A Note, a Term A-1 Note, Term A-2 Note or a
Revolving Credit Note as the context may require.Notice of Reinvestment Election has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b)(ii)(B).
Obligations means all (x) advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Loan Party or other Subsidiary arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Loan Party or any other Subsidiary of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding, (y) obligations of any Loan Party or any other Subsidiary arising under any Secured Hedge Agreement (excluding any Excluded Swap Obligations), and (z) Cash Management Obligations. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Obligations of the Loan Parties under the Loan Documents (and of any of their Subsidiaries to the extent they have obligations under the Loan Documents) include (a) the obligation (including guarantee obligations) to pay principal, interest, Letter of Credit commissions, reimbursement obligations, charges, expenses, fees, Attorney Costs, indemnities and other amounts payable by any Loan Party or any other Subsidiary under any Loan Document and (b) the obligation of any Loan Party or any other Subsidiary to reimburse any amount in respect of any of the foregoing that any Lender, in its sole discretion, may elect to pay or advance on behalf of such Loan Party or such Subsidiary. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Obligations shall in no event include any Excluded Swap Obligations.
OFAC has the meaning set forth in the definition of Embargoed Person.
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Offered Loans has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(d)(iii).
Organization Documents means (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws; (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement; and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, declaration, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.
Other Taxes means all present or future stamp, court or documentary Taxes and any other excise, property, intangible, mortgage recording or similar Taxes which arise from any payment made under any Loan Document or from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, excluding, in each case, any such Taxes resulting from an Assignment and Assumption or transfer or assignment to or designation of a new Applicable Lending Office or other office for receiving payments under any Loan Document (Assignment Taxes), but only to the extent such Assignment Taxes (i) are imposed as a result of a present or former connection between the applicable Lender and the taxing jurisdiction (other than any connection arising solely from any Loan Documents or any transactions contemplated thereby) and (ii) do not result from an assignment, change of Applicable Lending Office, etc., requested by the Borrower.
Outstanding Amount means (a) with respect to the Term Loans, Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans on any date, the Dollar Equivalent amount of the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Term Loans, Revolving Credit Loans (including any refinancing of outstanding Unreimbursed Amounts under Letters of Credit or L/C Credit Extensions as a Revolving Credit Borrowing) and Swing Line Loans, as the case may be, occurring on such date; and (b) with respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the Dollar Equivalent amount of the aggregate outstanding amount thereof on such date after giving effect to any related L/C Credit Extension occurring on such date and any other changes thereto as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements of outstanding Unreimbursed Amounts under related Letters of Credit (including any refinancing of outstanding Unreimbursed Amounts under related Letters of Credit or related L/C Credit Extensions as a Revolving Credit Borrowing) or any reductions in the maximum amount available for drawing under related Letters of Credit taking effect on such date.
Overnight Rate means, for any day, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, the greater of (i) the Federal Funds Rate and (ii) an overnight rate determined by the Administrative Agent, the relevant L/C Issuer, or the Swing Line Lender, as the case may be, in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in an Alternative Currency or Alternative L/C Currency, the rate of interest per annum at which overnight deposits in the applicable Alternative Currency or Alternative L/C Currency, in an amount approximately equal to the amount with respect to which such rate is being determined, would be offered for such day by a branch or Affiliate of Bank of America or the relevant L/C Issuer in the applicable offshore interbank market for such currency to major banks in such interbank market.
Participant has the meaning specified in Section 10.07(e).
Participant Register has the meaning specified in Section 10.07(e).
Participating Member State means each state so described in any EMU Legislation.
PBGC means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Pension Plan means any employee pension benefit plan (as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA) other than a Multiemployer Plan, that is subject to Title IV of ERISA and is sponsored or maintained by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate or to which any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate contributes or has an obligation to contribute, or in the case of a multiple employer or other plan described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA, has made contributions at any time during the immediately preceding six (6) years.
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Permitted Acquisition has the meaning specified in Section 7.02(j).
Permitted Equity Issuance means any sale or issuance of any Qualified Equity Interests of the Borrower to the extent permitted (or not prohibited) hereunder.
Permitted Foreign Subsidiary Disposition means any issuance from time to time of Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary to an Employee pursuant to a Foreign Subsidiary Employee Plan; provided that (a) after giving effect to such issuance such Foreign Subsidiary remains a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower, (b) such Equity Interests issued to Employees does not materially reduce the Borrowers Control of such Foreign Subsidiary and (c) the Equity Interests issued to such Employees does not materially reduce the economic interests of the Borrower in such Foreign Subsidiary; provided further that the fair market value of all such Equity Interests so issued per fiscal year of the Borrower shall not exceed $10,000,000.
Permitted Foreign Subsidiary Payment means any payment by a Foreign Subsidiary from time to time to any Employee pursuant to any Foreign Subsidiary Employee Plan which payment is (a) in the nature of, or in lieu of, compensation payable to Employees or (b) constitutes a redemption or repurchase of Equity Interests in a Foreign Subsidiary held by an Employee.
Permitted Refinancing means, with respect to any Person,
any modification (other than a release of such Person), refinancing, refunding, renewal 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 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 or extension and by an amount equal to any existing commitments unutilized thereunder, and as otherwise permitted under Section 7.03,
(b) such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal 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 or extended, (c) at the time thereof, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (d) to the extent such Indebtedness being so modified, refinanced,
refunded, renewed or extended is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal 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 so modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended, unless otherwise permitted under this
Agreement and (e) the terms and conditions (including, if applicable, as to collateral but excluding as to subordination, interest rate and redemption premium) of any such modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended Indebtedness,
taken as a whole, are not materially less favorable to the Loan Parties or the Lenders than the terms and conditions of the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended (provided that a certificate of a Responsible
Officer delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five (5) Business Days prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of
the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement, shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing
requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within such five Business Day period that it disagrees with such determination (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees)), and (f) such
modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension is incurred by the Person who is the obligor of the Indebtedness being so modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended or, in
the case of the Indebtedness being so modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extend is an obligation of a Loan Party, another Loan Party.
Permitted Sale Leaseback means any Sale Leaseback consummated by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Closing Date; provided that any such Sale Leaseback not between (a) a Loan Party and another Loan Party or (b) a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party and another Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party must be, in each case, consummated for fair value as determined at the time of consummation in good faith by (i) the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) in the case of any Sale Leaseback (or series of related Sales Leasebacks) the aggregate proceeds of which exceed $5,000,000, the board of directors of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary (which such determination may take into account any retained interest or other Investment of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with, and any other material economic terms of, such Sale Leaseback).
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Person means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
Plan means any employee benefit plan (as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) other than a Foreign Plan, established or maintained by any Loan Party or, with respect to any such plan that is subject to Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA, any ERISA Affiliate.
Platform has the meaning specified in Section 6.02.
Post-Acquisition Period means, with respect to any Specified Transaction, the period beginning on the date such Specified Transaction is consummated and ending on the last day of the fourth full consecutive fiscal quarter immediately following the date on which such Specified Transaction is consummated.
Preferred Equity means, as applied to the Equity Interests in any Person, Equity Interests in such Person or any class or classes (however designated) that rank prior, as to the payment of dividends or as to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of such Person, to shares of common stock in such Person.
Pro Forma Adjustment means, for any Test Period that includes all or any
part of a fiscal quarter included in any Post-Acquisition Period (or, with respect to the SHL Acquisition, the twelve (12) months following the Closing Date), with respect to the Acquired EBITDA of the applicable Acquired Entity or Business or
Converted Restricted Subsidiary or the Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower, (a) the pro forma increase or decrease in such Acquired EBITDA or such Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, that is factually supportable and is expected to have a
continuing impact, in each case as determined on a basis consistent with Article 11 of Regulation S-X of the Securities Act, as interpreted by the Securities and Exchange Commission and (b) additional good faith pro forma adjustments arising
out of cost savings initiatives attributable to such transaction and additional costs associated with the combination of the operations of such Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary with the operations of the Borrower and
its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case being given pro forma effect, that (i) have been realized or (ii) will be implemented within the relevant Post-Acquisition Period and are supportable and quantifiable and expected to be realized
within the succeeding twelve (12) months and, in each case, including, but not limited to, (w) reduction in personnel expenses, (x) reduction of costs related to administrative functions, (y) reductions of costs related to leased
or owned properties and (z) reductions from the consolidation of operations and streamlining of corporate overhead) taking into account, for purposes of determining such compliance, the historical financial statements of the Acquired Entity or
Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary and the consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, assuming such Permitted Acquisition or Disposition, and all other Permitted Acquisitions or Dispositions that have been
consummated during the period, and any Indebtedness or other liabilities repaid in connection therewith had been consummated and incurred or repaid at the beginning of such period (and assuming that such Indebtedness to be incurred bears interest
during any portion of the applicable measurement period prior to the relevant acquisition at the interest rate which is or would be in effect with respect to such Indebtedness as at the relevant date of determination); provided that, so long
as such actions are taken during such Post-Acquisition Period or such costs are incurred during such Post-Acquisition Period, as applicable, for purposes of projecting such pro forma increase or decrease to such Acquired EBITDA or such
Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, it may be assumed that such cost savings will be realizable during the entirety of such Test Period, or such additional costs, as applicable, will be incurred during the entirety of such Test Period;
provided further that (i) the aggregate amount added back to Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to clause (v) and clause (vii) of the definition there
ofthereof and any increase in Consolidated EBITDA as a result of such Pro Forma Adjustment attributable to business optimization expenses (other than as a result of an actual
increase in revenuesrevenue or an actual reduction in costs) pursuant to this clause (b) shall not exceed 25% of total Consolidated EBITDA on a Pro Forma Basis for
such Test Period and (ii) any such pro forma increase or decrease in Consolidated EBITDA shall be without duplication of cost savings or additional costs already included in such Consolidated EBITDA.
Pro Forma Balance Sheet has the meaning specified in Section 5.05(b).
Pro Forma Basis and Pro Forma Effect mean, with respect to compliance with any test hereunder for an applicable period of measurement, that (A) to the extent applicable, the Pro Forma Adjustment shall have been made and (B) all Specified Transactions and the following transactions in connection therewith shall be deemed to
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have occurred as of the first day of the applicable period of measurement (as of the last date in the case of a balance sheet item) in such test: (a) income statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the property or Person subject to such Specified Transaction, (i) in the case of a Disposition of all or substantially all Equity Interests in any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any division, product line, or facility used for operations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, shall be excluded, and (ii) in the case of a Permitted Acquisition or Investment described in the definition of Specified Transaction, shall be included, (b) any retirement of Indebtedness, and (c) any Indebtedness incurred or assumed by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection therewith and if such Indebtedness has a floating or formula rate, shall have an implied rate of interest for the applicable period for purposes of this definition determined by utilizing the rate which is or would be in effect with respect to such Indebtedness as at the relevant date of determination; provided that, without limiting the application of the Pro Forma Adjustment pursuant to (A) above, the foregoing pro forma adjustments may be applied to any such test solely to the extent that such adjustments are consistent with the definition of Consolidated EBITDA and give effect to events (including operating expense reductions) that are (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) (i) (x) directly attributable to such transaction, (y) expected to have a continuing impact on the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries and (z) factually supportable or (ii) otherwise consistent with the definition of Pro Forma Adjustment.
Pro Forma Financial Statements has the meaning specified in Section 5.05(b).
Pro Rata Share means, with respect to each Lender at any time a fraction (expressed as a percentage, carried out to the ninth decimal place), the numerator of which is the amount of the Commitments (or Loans, in the case of Term Loans) of such Lender under the applicable Facility or Facilities at such time and the denominator of which is the amount of the Aggregate Commitments (or aggregate Loans, in the case of Term Loans) under the applicable Facility or Facilities at such time; provided that if the Revolving Credit Commitments have been terminated, then the Pro Rata Share of each Lender shall be determined based on the Pro Rata Share of such Lender immediately prior to such termination and after giving effect to any subsequent assignments made pursuant to the terms hereof.
Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(d)(ii).
Qualified ECP Guarantor means, in respect of any Swap Obligation, each Loan Party that has total assets exceeding $10,000,000 at the time the relevant guarantee or grant of the relevant security interest becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation or such other person as constitutes an eligible contract participant under the Commodity Exchange Act or any regulations promulgated thereunder and can cause another person to qualify as an eligible contract participant at such time by entering into a keepwell under Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
Qualified Equity Interests means any Equity Interests that are not Disqualified Equity Interests.
Qualifying Lenders has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(d)(iv).
Qualifying Loans has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(d)(iv).
Refinancing means the repayment, repurchase or other discharge of all Existing Indebtedness other than Surviving Indebtedness.
Refinancing Revolving Commitments means Incremental Revolving Commitments and Incremental Revolving Facilities that are designated by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower as Refinancing Revolving Commitments in a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date of incurrence.
Refinancing Term Loans means Incremental Term Loans and Incremental Term Loan Increases that are designated by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower as Refinancing Term Loans in a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date of incurrence.
Refinancing Term A-1 Loans has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(d).
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RegisterRefinancing Term A-2 Loans has the
meaning specified in Section 2.01(g).
Register has the meaning specified in Section 10.07(d).
Rejection Notice has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b)(v).
Related Indemnified Person means, with respect to any Indemnitee, (1) any controlling person or controlled affiliate of such Indemnitee and (2) the respective directors, officers or employees of such Indemnitee or any of its controlling persons or controlled affiliates and (3) the respective agents, advisors or representatives of such Indemnitee or any of its controlling persons or controlled affiliates, in the case of this clause (3) acting on behalf of such Indemnitee, controlling person or such controlled affiliate; provided that each reference to a controlled affiliate or controlling person in this definition pertains to a controlled affiliate or controlling person involved in any one of the Transaction.
Related Parties means, with respect to any Person, such Persons Affiliates, and the partners, directors, officers, employees, counsel, agents, trustees, controlling persons, advisors and other representatives of such Person and of such Persons Affiliates.
Release means any release, spill, emission, discharge, deposit, disposal, leaking, pumping, pouring, dumping, emptying, injection or leaching into the Environment or into, from or through any building, structure or facility.
Reorganization means a reorganization related to tax reorganization of Borrower and its Subsidiaries (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) so long as such restructuring does not materially impair the security interests of the Lenders and is otherwise not materially adverse to the Lenders and after giving effect to such restructuring, the Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries otherwise comply with Sections 6.11 and 6.13.
Reportable Event means, with respect to any Plan, any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, other than events for which the thirty (30) day notice period has been waived.
Request for Credit Extension means (a) with respect to a Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans, a Committed Loan Notice, (b) with respect to an L/C Credit Extension, a Letter of Credit Application, and (c) with respect to a Swing Line Loan, a Swing Line Loan Notice.
Required Lenders means, as of any date of
determination, Lenders having more than 50% of the sum of the (a) Total Outstandings (with the aggregate outstanding amount of each Lenders risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans being deemed
held by such Lender for purposes of this definition), (b) aggregate unused Additional Term A-12 Commitments, and (c) aggregate unused Revolving Credit
Commitments; provided that the unused Additional Term A-12 Commitment and unused Revolving Credit Commitment of, and the portion of the Total Outstandings held or
deemed held by any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.
Required
Revolving Credit Lenders means, as of any date of determination, at least two Lenders having more than 50.050% in the aggregate of (a) the Revolving Credit
Commitments or (b) after the termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments, the Revolving Credit Exposure; provided that the Revolving Credit Commitment and the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for
the purposes of making a determination of Required Revolving Credit Lenders.
Responsible Officer means the chief executive officer, president, vice president, chief financial officer, treasurer or assistant treasurer or other similar officer of a Loan Party and, as to any document delivered on the Effective Date or the Closing Date, any secretary or assistant secretary of a Loan Party, and solely for purposes of notices given pursuant to Article II, any other officer or employee of the applicable Loan Party so designated by any of the foregoing officers in a notice to the Administrative Agent or any other officer or employee of the applicable Loan Party designated in or pursuant to an agreement between the applicable Loan Party and the Administrative
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Agent. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.
Restricted Payment means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interest in the Borrower or any Restricted 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, defeasance, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such Equity Interest, or on account of any return of capital to the holders of Equity Interests of the Borrower.
Restricted Subsidiary means any Subsidiary of the Borrower other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
Retained Declined Proceeds has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b)(v).
Revaluation Date means (a) with respect to any Loan, each of the following: (i) each date of a Borrowing of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency, (ii) each date of a continuation of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency pursuant to Section 2.02, and (iii) such additional dates as the Administrative Agent shall determine or the Required Lenders shall require; and (b) with respect to any Letter of Credit, each of the following: (i) each date of issuance of a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative L/C Currency, (ii) each date of an amendment of any such Letter of Credit having the effect of increasing the amount thereof (solely with respect to the increased amount), (iii) each date of any payment by an L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative L/C Currency and (iv) such additional dates as the Administrative Agent or any L/C Issuer shall determine or the Required Lenders shall require.
Revolving Credit Borrowing means a borrowing consisting of Revolving Credit Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Revolving Credit Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(c).
Revolving Credit Commitment means, as to each Revolving Credit Lender,
its obligation to (a) make Revolving Credit Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(c) or Section 2.03, as
applicable, (b) purchase participations in L/C Obligations in respect of Letters of Credit and (c) purchase participations in Swing Line Loans, in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth
opposite such Lenders name on Schedule 2.01(c) under the caption Tranche A-1 Revolving Credit
Commitment or Incremental Tranche A-1 Revolving Credit Commitment, as applicable, or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender
becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement. The aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments of all Revolving Credit Lenders shall be
$200,000,000250,000,000 on the Amendment No. 34 Effective Date, as such amount may be
adjusted from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. FromFor the avoidance of doubt, from and after the Amendment
No. 34 Effective Date, any(i) the Tranche A Revolving Commitments and
IncrementalCredit Commitments shall be terminated and (ii) the Tranche A-1 Revolving Commitments shall
be Commitments shall constitute the Revolving Credit Commitments for all purposes of this Agreement.
Revolving Credit Exposure means, as to each Revolving Credit Lender at any time, the sum of (a) the outstanding principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans held by such Revolving Credit Lender (or its Applicable Lending Office), (b) such Revolving Credit Lenders Pro Rata Share of the L/C Obligations and (c) such Revolving Credit Lenders Pro Rata Share of the Swing Line Obligations.
Revolving Credit Facility has the meaning specified in the Preliminary Statements to this Agreement.
Revolving Credit Lender means, at any time, any Lender that has a Revolving Credit Commitment or that holds Revolving Credit Loans at such time.
Revolving Credit Loan has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(c).
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Revolving Credit Note means a promissory note of the Borrower payable to any Revolving Credit Lender or its registered assigns, in substantially the form of Exhibit C-3 hereto, evidencing the aggregate Indebtedness of the Borrower to such Revolving Credit Lender resulting from the Revolving Credit Loans made by such Revolving Credit Lender.
Rollover Term A Loan means each Term A Loan held by a Cashless Option Term A Lender on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date immediately prior to the effectiveness of Amendment No. 3 (or, if less, the amount notified to such Lender by the Administrative Agent prior to the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date).
Rollover Term A-1 Loan means each Term A-1 Loan held by a Cashless Option Term A-1 Lender on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date immediately prior to the effectiveness of Amendment No. 4 (or, if less, the amount notified to such Lender by the Administrative Agent prior to the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date).
Rollover Term B Loan means each Term B Loan held by a Cashless Option Term B Lender on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date immediately prior to the effectiveness of Amendment No. 3 (or, if less, the amount notified to such Lender by the Administrative Agent prior to the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date).
S&P means Standard & Poors Ratings Services, a Standard & Poors Financial Services LLC business, and any successor thereto.
Sale Leaseback means any transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (a) sells, transfers or otherwise disposes of any property, real or personal, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and (b) as part of such transaction, thereafter rents or leases such property or other property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold, transferred or disposed.
Same Day Funds means (a) with respect to disbursements and payments in Dollars, immediately available funds, and (b) with respect to disbursements and payments in an Alternative Currency, same day or other funds as may be determined by the Administrative Agent or any L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to be customary in the place of disbursement or payment for the settlement of international banking transactions in the relevant Alternative Currency.
Sanction(s) means any sanctions administered or enforced by the United States Government (including without limitation, OFAC), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majestys Treasury (HMT) or other relevant sanctions authority.
SEC means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.
Secured Hedge Agreement means any Swap Contract permitted under Section 7.03(g) that is entered into by and between any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Hedge Bank.
Secured Parties means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Lenders, the Hedge Banks, the Cash Management Banks, the Supplemental Administrative Agent and each co-agent or sub-agent appointed by the Administrative Agent from time to time pursuant to Section 9.01(c).
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933.
Security Agreement means, collectively, (a) the Security Agreement executed by certain Loan Parties substantially in the form of Exhibit G and (b) each Security Agreement Supplement executed and delivered pursuant to Section 6.11.
Security Agreement Supplement has the meaning specified in the Security Agreement.
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Senior Unsecured Notes means up to $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.625% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2023 issued by the Borrower pursuant to the Senior Unsecured Notes Indenture.
Senior Unsecured Notes Indenture means the Indenture dated June 9, 2015, among the Borrower and the trustee.
SHL Acquisition has the meaning specified in the Preliminary Statements to this Agreement.
Sold Entity or Business has the meaning specified in the definition of the term Consolidated EBITDA.
Solvent and Solvency mean, with respect to any Person on any date of determination, that on such date (i) the fair value of the property (for the avoidance of doubt, calculated to include goodwill and other intangibles) of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Person, (ii) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (iii) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Persons ability to pay such debts and liabilities as they mature and (iv) such Person is not engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for which such Persons property would constitute an unreasonably small capital; the amount of contingent liabilities at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in the light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.
SPC has the meaning specified in Section 10.07(h).
Special Notice Currency means at any time an Alternative Currency, other than the currency of a country that is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development at such time located in North America or Europe.
Specified Transaction means any Investment (including the SHL Acquisition), Disposition, incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness, Restricted Payment, Subsidiary designation (as a Restricted Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary), discontinuance of operations, the incurrence of Incremental Term Loans or Incremental Revolving Commitments, or any other event that by the terms of this Agreement requires such test to be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis or after giving Pro Forma Effect; provided that any increase in the Revolving Credit Commitment, for purposes of this Specified Transaction definition, shall be deemed to be fully drawn; provided, further, that any such Specified Transaction having an aggregate value of less than $5,000,000 shall not be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis or after giving Pro Forma Effect.
Spot Rate for a currency means the rate determined by the Administrative Agent or any L/C Issuer, as applicable, to be the rate quoted by the Person acting in such capacity as the spot rate for the purchase by such Person of such currency with another currency through its principal foreign exchange trading office at approximately 11:00 a.m. on the date two Business Days prior to the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made; provided that the Administrative Agent or such L/C Issuer may obtain such spot rate from another financial institution designated by the Administrative Agent or such L/C Issuer if the Person acting in such capacity does not have as of the date of determination a spot buying rate for any such currency; provided, further, that an L/C Issuer may use such spot rate quoted on the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made in the case of any Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative L/C Currency.
Structure Memorandum shall mean the structure memorandum prepared by Ernst & Young entitled: Orange Acquisition Structure dated June 28, 2012 as may be updated or amended by the Borrower at any time following the Effective Date until the Closing Date with the consent of the Administrative Agent (acting reasonably).
Subordinated Debt means Indebtedness incurred by a Loan Party that is subordinated in right of payment to the prior payment of all Obligations of such Loan Party under the Loan Documents.
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Subordinated Debt Documents means any agreement, indenture and instrument pursuant to which any Subordinated Debt is issued, in each case as amended to the extent permitted under the Loan Documents.
Subsidiary of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares of securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a Subsidiary or to Subsidiaries shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
Subsidiary Guarantor means, collectively, the Subsidiaries of the Borrower that are Guarantors.
Supplemental Administrative Agent has the meaning specified in Section 9.13(a) and Supplemental Administrative Agents shall have the corresponding meaning.
Surviving Indebtedness has the meaning specified in Section 7.03(c).
Swap Contract means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a Master Agreement), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.
Swap Obligation means, with respect to any Guarantor, any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a swap within the meaning of Section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
Swap Termination Value means, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the mark to market value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined by the Hedge Bank (or the Borrower, if no Hedge Bank is party to such Swap Contract) in accordance with the terms thereof and in accordance with customary methods for calculating mark-to-market values under similar arrangements by the Hedge Bank (or the Borrower, if no Hedge Bank is party to such Swap Contract).
Swing Line Borrowing means a borrowing of a Swing Line Loan pursuant to Section 2.04.
Swing Line Facility means the revolving credit facility made available by the Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.04.
Swing Line Lender means Bank of America, in its capacity as provider of Swing Line Loans, or any successor swing line lender hereunder.
Swing Line Loan has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(a).
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Swing Line Loan Notice means a notice of a Swing Line Borrowing pursuant to
Section 2.04(b), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B or such other form as approved by the Administrative Agent (including
any form on an electronic platform or electronic transmission system as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent), appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.
Swing Line Obligations means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate principal amount of all Swing Line Loans outstanding.
Swing Line Sublimit means an amount equal to the lesser of (a) $15,000,000 and (b) the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments. The Swing Line Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Revolving Credit Commitments.
Syndication Agents means Fifth Third Bank, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Regions Bank and Suntrust Bank, in their capacities as co-Syndication Agents under this Agreement.
TARGET Day means any day on which the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET) payment system (or, if such payment system ceases to be operative, such other payment system (if any) determined by the Administrative Agent to be a suitable replacement) is open for the settlement of payments in Euro.
Taxes means all present or future taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions, assessments, fees, withholdings or similar charges, and all liabilities (including additions to tax, penalties and interest) with respect thereto.
Term A Borrowing means a borrowing consisting of Term A Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Term A Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(a).
Term A-1 Borrowing means a borrowing consisting of Term A-1 Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Term A-1 Lenders pursuant to Sections 2.01(d) and (e).
Term A-2 Borrowing means a borrowing consisting of Term A-2 Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Term A-2 Lenders pursuant to Sections 2.01(g).
Term A Commitment means, as to each Term A Lender, its obligation to make a Term A Loan to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(a) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lenders name on Schedule 2.01(a) (prior to the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date) under the caption Term A Commitment or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Term A Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement. The initial aggregate amount of the Term A Commitments is $275,000,000.
Term A Lender means, at any time, any Lender that has a Term A Commitment or a Term A Loan at such time.
Term A-1 Lender means, at any time, any Lender that has an Additional Term A-1 Commitment or a Term A-1 Loan at such time.
Term A-2 Lender means, at any time, any Lender that has a Term A-2 Loan or Additional Term A-2 Commitment at such time.
Term A Loan means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.01(a).
Term A-1 Loan means a Loan made pursuant to Sections 2.01(d) or (e).
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Term A-2 Loan means a Loan made (or converted) pursuant to Sections 2.01(g).
Term A Note means a promissory note of the Borrower payable to any Term A Lender or its registered assigns, in substantially the form of Exhibit C-1 hereto, evidencing the aggregate Indebtedness of the Borrower to such Term A Lender resulting from the Term A Loans made by such Term A Lender.
Term A-1 Note means a promissory note of the Borrower payable to any Term A-1 Lender or its registered assigns, in substantially the form of Exhibit C-4 hereto, evidencing the aggregate Indebtedness of the Borrower to such Term A-1 Lender resulting from the Term A-1 Loans made by such Term A-1 Lender.
Term A-2 Note means a promissory note of the Borrower payable to any Term A-2 Lender or its registered assigns, in substantially the form of Exhibit C-5 hereto, evidencing the aggregate Indebtedness of the Borrower to such Term A-2 Lender resulting from the Term A-2 Loans made by such Term A-2 Lender.
Term B Commitment means, as to each Term B Lender, its obligation to make a Term B Loan to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(b) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lenders name on Schedule 2.01(b) under the caption Term B Commitment or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Term B Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement. The initial aggregate amount of the Term B Commitments was $250,000,000.
Term B Lender means, at any time, any Lender that has a Term B Commitment or a Term B Loan at such time.
Term B Loan means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.01(b). For the avoidance of doubt, the Term B Loans outstanding immediately prior to the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date will be extinguished in their entirety by either (i) the Borrowers repayment of the aggregate principal amount of all Term B Loans that are not Rollover Term B Loans or (ii) the Cashless Option Term B Lenders cashlessly rolling their Term B Loans into Term A-1 Loans, in each case, on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date.
Term Borrowing means a Term A Borrowing, a Term A-1 Borrowing, a Term A-2 Borrowing, a Term B Borrowing or a borrowing in respect of Incremental Term Loans, as the context requires.
Term Lender means, at any time, any lender that has a Term A Commitment, a Term A Loan, an Additional Term A-1 Commitment, a Term A-1 Loan, an Additional Term A-2 Commitment, a Term A-2 Loan or an Incremental Term Loan at such time.
Term Loan means a Term A Loan, a Term A-1 Loan, an Incremental Term Loan or an Extended Term Loan, as the context requires.
Termination Date means the date that is the earliest of (i) the termination of the Acquisition Agreement in accordance with its terms, (ii) September 30, 2012 (as such longstop date may be extended from time to time with the consent of the Initial Lenders), (iii) the date on which the Borrower notifies the Lead Arrangers that it has conclusively withdrawn or terminated its bid for the Companies, and (iv) the date upon which the Borrower notifies the Lead Arrangers that its offer for the Companies has been conclusively rejected or the Borrower is conclusively excluded or rejected from the sale process by the vendors or the vendors terminate the sale process.
Test Period means, at any date of determination, the most recently completed four consecutive fiscal quarters of the
Borrower ending on or prior to such date for which financial statements are internally available and such financial statements have been or are required to be delivered pursuant to
Section 6.01(a) or (b)made available to the Lenders.
Threshold Amount means $15,000,000.40,000,000.
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Total Assets means the total assets of the Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, as shown on the most recent balance sheet of the Borrower delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b) or, for the period prior to the time any such statements are so delivered pursuant
to Section 6.01(a) or (b), the pro forma financial statements of the Borrower giving effect to the TransactionTransactions.
Total Outstandings means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Loans and all L/C Obligations.
Total Revolving Outstandings means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Revolving Credit Loans, all Swing Line Loans and all L/C Obligations.
Tranche A Revolving Commitment means each Refinancing Revolving Commitment that is held by a Revolving Credit Lender on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date. The aggregate Tranche A Revolving Commitments of all Revolving Credit Lenders shall be $100,000,000 on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date.
Tranche A-1 Revolving Commitment means, as to any Person, (i) the Additional Tranche A-1 Revolving Commitment listed opposite such Persons name on Schedule 2.01(c) plus (ii) the Incremental Tranche A-1 Revolving Commitment listed opposite such Persons name on Schedule 2.01(c). The aggregate Tranche A-1 Revolving Commitments of all Revolving Credit Lenders shall be $250,000,000 on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date.
Transaction means, collectively, (a) the SHL Acquisition, (b) the funding of the Term Loans and the Initial Revolving Borrowing on the Closing Date, (c) the Refinancing, (d) the consummation of any other transactions in connection with the foregoing and (e) the payment of the fees and expenses incurred in connection with any of the foregoing.
Transaction Expenses means any fees or expenses incurred or paid by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with the Transaction, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
Type means, with respect to a Loan, its character as a Base Rate Loan or a Eurocurrency Rate Loan.
Unaudited Financial Statements means the unaudited balance sheets and related statements of income and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for each fiscal quarter ended after the most recent fiscal year covered by the Audited Financial Statements and at least forty-five (45) days before the Closing Date.
Uniform Commercial Code or UCC means the Uniform Commercial Code as the same may from time to time be in effect in the State of New York or the Uniform Commercial Code (or similar code or statute) of another jurisdiction, to the extent it may be required to apply to any item or items of Collateral.
United States and U.S. mean the United States of America.
Unreimbursed Amount has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(c)(i).
Unrestricted Subsidiary means (i) each Subsidiary of the Borrower listed on Schedule 1.01B, (ii) any Subsidiary of the Borrower designated by the board of directors of the Borrower as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 6.14 subsequent to the Closing Date and (iii) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
USA PATRIOT Act means The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Title III of Pub. L. No. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), as amended or modified from time to time.
Warranty Deed means the warranty deed relating to the SHL Acquisition, dated as of July 2, 2012, as may be amended, modified, waived or otherwise changed in accordance with Section 7.07.
Weighted Average Life to Maturity means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing: (i) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of each then remaining
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installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment by (ii) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.
Wholly-Owned means, with respect to a Subsidiary of a Person, a Subsidiary of such Person all of the outstanding Equity
Interests of which (other than (x) directors qualifying shares, (y) shares issued to foreign nationals to the extent required by applicable Law and (z) other de
minimusminimis share issuances required by local Law) are owned by such Person and/or by one or more wholly-owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
Withdrawal Liability means the liability of 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.
SECTION 1.02 Other Interpretive Provisions. With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document:
(a) The meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the defined terms.
(b) (i) The words herein, hereto, hereof and hereunder and words of similar import when used in any Loan Document shall refer to such Loan Document as a whole and not to any particular provision thereof.
(i) Article, Section, Exhibit and Schedule references are to the Loan Document in which such reference appears.
(ii) The term including is by way of example and not limitation.
(iii) The term documents includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form.
(c) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word from means from and including; the words to and until each mean to but excluding; and the word through means to and including.
(d) Section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
(e) If, for purposes of determining the permissibility of an transaction (including without limitation the incurrence of Indebtedness or the making of a Restricted Payment, Investment or prepayment of Indebtedness), compliance with Section 7.10 must be tested in respect of any period ending prior to September 30, 2015, the covenant in Section 7.10 shall be deemed to be applicable for such purposes and the ratio levels that would be applicable for such purposes shall be the ratio levels applicable to any period on or after September 30, 2015 under Section 7.10.
SECTION 1.03 Accounting Terms.
(a) All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the Audited Financial Statements, except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, for purposes of determining compliance
with any test contained in this Agreement with respect to any period during which any Specified Transaction occurs, the Net Leverage Ratio and, the First
Lien Net Leverage Ratio, and Total Assets shall be calculated with respect to such period and such Specified Transaction on a Pro Forma Basis.
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(c) Where reference is made to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis or similar language, such consolidation shall not include any Subsidiaries of the Borrower other than Restricted Subsidiaries.
(d) In the event that the Borrower elects to prepare its financial statements in accordance with IFRS and such election results in a change in
the method of calculation of financial covenants, standards or terms (collectively, the Accounting Changes) in this Agreement, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent agree to enter into good faith negotiations in order to amend
such provisions of this Agreement (including the levels applicable herein to any computation of the Net Leverage Ratio, and the First Lien Net Leverage
Ratio, and Total Assets) so as to reflect equitably the Accounting Changes with the desired result that the criteria for evaluating the Borrowers financial condition shall be
substantially the same after such change as if such change had not been made. Until such time as such an amendment shall have been executed and delivered by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, all financial covenants,
standards and terms in this Agreement shall continue to be calculated or construed in accordance with GAAP (as determined in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower) (it being agreed that the reconciliation between GAAP and IFRS used in
such determination shall be made available to Lenders) as if such change had not occurred
SECTION 1.04 Rounding. Any financial ratios required to be satisfied in order for a specific action to be permitted under this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).
SECTION 1.05 References to Agreements, Laws, Etc. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (a) references to Organization Documents, agreements (including the Loan Documents) and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent that such amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications are permitted by any Loan Document; and (b) references to any Law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such Law.
SECTION 1.06 Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).
SECTION 1.07 Timing of Payment or Performance. When the payment of any obligation or the performance of any covenant, duty or obligation is stated to be due or performance required on a day which is not a Business Day, the date of such payment (other than as described in the definition of Interest Period) or performance shall extend to the immediately succeeding Business Day.
SECTION 1.08 Currency Equivalents Generally.
(i) Any amount specified in this Agreement (other than in Article II, Article IX and Article X or as set forth in paragraph (ii) or (iii) of this Section) or any of the other Loan Documents to be in Dollars shall also include the Dollar Equivalent of such amount in any currency other than Dollars. The Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer, as applicable, shall determine the Spot Rates as of each Revaluation Date to be used for calculating such Dollar Equivalent amounts of Credit Extensions and Outstanding Amounts denominated in Euro or an Alternative L/C Currency. Such Spot Rates shall become effective as of such Revaluation Date and shall be the Spot Rates employed in converting any amounts between the applicable currencies until the next Revaluation Date to occur. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining compliance with Sections 7.01, 7.02 and 7.03 with respect to any amount of Indebtedness or Investment in a currency other than Dollars, no Default shall be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of changes in rates of exchange occurring after the time such Indebtedness or Investment is incurred; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.08 shall otherwise apply to such Sections, including with respect to determining whether any Indebtedness or Investment may be incurred at any time under such Sections.
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(ii) For purposes of determining compliance under Article VII, any amount in a currency other than Dollars will be converted to Dollars in a manner consistent with that used in calculating net income in the Borrowers annual financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a); provided, however, that the foregoing shall not be deemed to apply to the determination of any amount of Indebtedness.
(iii) Wherever in this Agreement in connection
with the issuance, amendment or extension of a Letter of Credit, an amount, such as a required minimum or multiple amount, is expressed in Dollars, but such Letter of Credit is denominated in an Alternative L/C Currency, such amount shall be the
relevant Alternative L/C Currency Equivalent of such Dollar amount (rounded to the nearest unit of such Alternative L/C Currency, with 0.5 of a unit being rounded upward), as determined by the applicable L/C Issuer.
SECTION 1.09 Letter of Credit Amounts. Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the Dollar Equivalent of the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided, however, that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any Letter of Credit Application related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the Dollar Equivalent of 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 such time. 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 any reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be outstanding in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.
SECTION 1.10 Additional Alternative Currencies.
(a) The Borrower may from time to time request that Revolving Credit Loans be made in a currency other than those specifically listed in the definition of Alternative Currency and/or Letters of Credit be issued in a currency other than those specifically listed in the definition of Alternative L/C Currency; provided in each case that such requested currency is a lawful currency (other than Dollars) that is readily available and freely transferable and convertible into Dollars. In the case of any such request with respect to the making of Revolving Credit Loans, such request shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent and the Revolving Credit Lenders; and in the case of any such request with respect to the issuance of Letters of Credit, such request shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent and the applicable L/C Issuer.
(b) Any such request shall be made to the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m., 20 Business Days prior to the date of the desired Credit Extension (or such other time or date as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent and, in the case of any such request pertaining to Letters of Credit, the L/C Issuers, in its or their sole discretion). In the case of any such request pertaining to Revolving Credit Loans, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Credit Lender thereof; and in the case of any such request pertaining to Letters of Credit, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the L/C Issuers thereof. Each Revolving Credit Lender (in the case of any such request pertaining to Revolving Credit Loans) or each L/C Issuer (in the case of a request pertaining to Letters of Credit) shall notify the Administrative Agent, not later than 11:00 a.m., ten Business Days after receipt of such request whether it consents, in its sole discretion, to the making of Revolving Credit Loans or the issuance of Letters of Credit, as the case may be, in such requested currency.
(c) Any failure by a Revolving Credit Lender or any L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to respond to such request within
the time period specified in the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be a refusal by such Revolving Credit Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to permit Revolving Credit Loans to be made or Letters of Credit to be issued in such
requested currency. If the Administrative Agent and all the Revolving Credit Lenders consent to making Revolving Credit Loans in such requested currency, the Administrative Agent shall so notify the Borrower and such currency shall thereupon be
deemed for all purposes to be an Alternative Currency hereunder for purposes of any Committed Borrowings of Revolving Credit LoansBorrowing; and if the
Administrative Agent and an L/C Issuer consent to the issuance of Letters of Credit in such requested currency, the Administrative Agent shall so notify the Borrower and such currency shall thereupon be deemed for all purposes to be an Alternative
L/C Currency hereunder for purposes of any Letter of Credit issuances. If the Administrative Agent shall fail to obtain consent to any request for an additional currency under this Section 1.10, the Administrative Agent shall promptly so
notify the Borrower. Any specified currency of an Existing Letter of Credit that is neither Dollars nor one of the Alternative L/C Currencies specifically listed in the definition of Alternative L/C Currency shall be deemed an
Alternative L/C Currency with respect to such Existing Letter of Credit only.
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ARTICLE II
The Commitments and Credit Extensions
SECTION 2.01 The Loans.
(a) The Term A Borrowings. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Term A Lender severally made to the Borrower a single loan denominated in Dollars in a principal amount equal to such Term A Lenders Term A Commitment on the Closing Date. Amounts borrowed under this Section 2.01(a) and repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Term A Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Rate Loans, as further provided herein.
(b) The Term B Borrowings. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Term B Lender severally made to the Borrower a single loan denominated in Dollars in a principal amount equal to such Term B Lenders Term B Commitment on the Closing Date. Amounts borrowed under this Section 2.01(b) and that were repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed.
(c) The Revolving Credit Borrowings. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Revolving Credit Lender severally agrees to make (or cause its Applicable Lending Office to make) loans denominated in Dollars or in one or more Alternative Currencies (each such loan, a Revolving Credit Loan) from time to time, on any Business Day on and after the Closing Date until the Maturity Date with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of such Lenders Revolving Credit Commitment; provided that (i) after giving effect to any such Revolving Credit Borrowing, the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Credit Loans of any Lender, plus such Lenders Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus such Lenders Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Lenders Revolving Credit Commitment and (ii) not more than $30,000,000 plus the outstanding amount of L/C Obligations at such time shall be utilized on the Closing Date. Within the limits of each Lenders Revolving Credit Commitment, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.01(c), prepay under Section 2.05, and reborrow under this Section 2.01(c). Revolving Credit Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Rate Loans, as further provided herein.
(d) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in Amendment No. 3, each Cashless Option Term A Lender and the Additional
Term A-1 Lenders agree to makemade Refinancing Term Loans to the Borrower on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date (which shall
replacereplaced the Term A Loans existing prior to such date and beare considered Term A-1 Loans for
all purposes hereunder) (such loans, the Refinancing Term A-1 Loans), in an amount equal to (x) its Cashless Settlement Option allocation in accordance with Amendment No. 3, in the case of each Cashless
Option Term A Lender and (y) $269,625,000 minus the aggregate Cashless Settlement Option allocations in accordance with Amendment No. 3 (such amount being $62,749,090.92), in the case of the Additional Term A-1 Lenders.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Cashless Option Term A Lender shallwas not be required to deliver any additional amounts on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date but
shall makemade Term A-1 Loans cashlessly with the proceeds of the repayment of all (or such lesser amount as the Amendment No. 3 Arrangers together with the
Administrative Agent may allocateallocated) of its Term A Loans in accordance with Amendment No. 3. Amounts borrowed under this Section 2.01(d) and repaid
or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Term A-1 Loans may bewere Base Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Rate Loans, as further provided herein.
(e) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in Amendment No. 3, (x) each Cashless Option Term B Lender
agrees to makemade Term A-1 Loans to the Borrower on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date (which shall
replacereplaced the Term B Loans existing prior to such date and shallare be considered Term A-1 Loans
for all purposes hereunder), in an amount equal to its Cashless Settlement Option allocation in accordance with Amendment No. 3, and (y) the Additional Term A-1 Lenders agree to
makemade Incremental Term A-1 Loans to the Borrower on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date (the proceeds of which shall
bewere used to repay
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Term B Loans that were not replaced pursuant to clause (x) above and be considered Term A-1 Loans for all purposes hereunder), in an amount equal to $253,750,000 minus the aggregate
Cashless Settlement Option allocations in accordance with Amendment No. 3 (such amount being $179,125,000.00). Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Cashless Option Term B Lender
shallwas not be required to deliver any additional amounts on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date but shall
makemade Term A-1 Loans cashlessly with the proceeds of the repayment of all (or such lesser amount as the Amendment No. 3 Arrangers together with the Administrative Agent
may allocateallocated) of its Term B Loans in accordance with Amendment No. 3. Amounts borrowed under this Section 2.01(e) and repaid or prepaid may not be
reborrowed.
(f) The initial Interest Periods for all Eurocurrency Rate Term A-1 Loans made on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date
pursuant to Section 2.01(d) and (e) shall bewere the same Interest Periods applicable to the Eurocurrency Rate Term A Loans immediately prior to the Amendment
No. 3 Effective Date. On and after Amendment No. 3 Effective Date, all Term A-1 Loans made pursuant to Sections 2.01(d) and 2.01(e) shall rank pari passu in right of payment and security with, and, except as provided herein, have
the same rights and benefits as, the Term A Loans outstanding immediately prior to Amendment No. 3 Effective Date under the Loan Documents.
(g) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in Amendment No. 4, each Cashless Option Term A-1 Lender and the Additional Term A-2 Lenders agree to make Refinancing Term Loans to the Borrower on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date (which shall replace the Term A-1 Loans existing prior to such date and be considered Term A-2 Loans for all purposes hereunder) (such loans, the Refinancing Term A-2 Loans), in an amount equal to (x) its Cashless Settlement Option allocation in accordance with Amendment No. 4, in the case of each Cashless Option Term A Lender and (y) $250,000,000 minus the aggregate Cashless Settlement Option allocations in accordance with Amendment No. 4 (such aggregate amount of allocations being $250,000,000), in the case of the Additional Term A-2 Lenders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Cashless Option Term A-1 Lender shall not be required to deliver any additional amounts on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date but shall make Term A-2 Loans cashlessly with the proceeds of the repayment of all (or such lesser amount as the Amendment No. 4 Arrangers together with the Administrative Agent may allocate) of its Term A Loans in accordance with Amendment No. 4. Amounts borrowed under this Section 2.01(g) and repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Term A-2 Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Rate Loans, as further provided herein.
(h) The initial Interest Periods for all Eurocurrency Rate Term A-2 Loans made on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date pursuant to Section 2.01(g) shall be the same Interest Periods applicable to the Eurocurrency Rate Term A-1 Loans immediately prior to the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date. On and after Amendment No. 4 Effective Date, all Term A-2 Loans made pursuant to Section 2.01(g) shall rank pari passu in right of payment and security with, and, except as provided herein, have the same rights and benefits as, the Term A-1 Loans outstanding immediately prior to Amendment No. 4 Effective Date under the Loan Documents.
SECTION 2.02 Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans.
(a) Each Term Borrowing, each Revolving Credit Borrowing, each conversion of Loans from one
Type to the other, and each continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be made upon the Borrowers irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone. Each such
notice(A) telephone or (B) a Committed Loan Notice; provided that any telephonic notice must be confirmed immediately
by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a Committed Loan Notice. Each such Committed Loan Notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 noon (i) three
(3) Business Days prior to the requested date of any Borrowing or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Dollars or any conversion of Base Rate Loans to Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Dollars, (ii) four
(4) Business Days (or five Business Days in the case of a Special Notice Currency) prior to the requested date of any Borrowing or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies and (iii) on the requested
date of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans or any conversion of Eurocurrency Rate Loans to Base Rate Loans. Each telephonic notice by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.02(a) must be confirmed promptly by delivery to
the Administrative Agent of a written Committed Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower; provided, however, that if the Borrower wishes to request Eurocurrency
Rate Loans having an Interest Period other than one, two, three or six months in duration as provided in the definition of Interest Period, the applicable notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 noon
(i) four Business Days prior to the requested date of
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such Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Dollars, or (ii) five Business Days (or six Business days in the case of a Special Notice Currency) prior
to the requested date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies, whereupon the Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to the Appropriate Lenders of such request and
determine whether the requested Interest Period is acceptable to all of them. Not later than 12:00 noon, (i) three Business Days before the requested date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in
Dollars, or (ii) four Business Days (or five Business days in the case of a Special Notice Currency) prior to the requested date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies, the
Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower (which notice may be by telephone) whether or not the requested Interest Period has been consented to by all the Lenders. Each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans
shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof. Except as provided in Section 2.03(c) and Section 2.04(c), each Borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be in a
principal amount of $100,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof. Each Committed Loan Notice (whether telephonic or written) shall specify (i) whether the Borrower is requesting a Term Borrowing, a Revolving
Credit Borrowing, a conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, or a continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, (ii) the requested date of the Borrowing, conversion or continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a Business Day),
(iii) the principal amount of Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued, (iv) the Type of Loans to be borrowed or to which existing Loans are to be converted, (v) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with respect
thereto and (vi) the currency of the Loans to be borrowed. If the Borrower fails to specify a Type of Loan in a Committed Loan Notice or fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the applicable Loans shall be
made as, or converted to, Base Rate Loans; provided, however, that in the case of a failure to timely request a continuation of Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency, such Loans shall be continued as Eurocurrency Rate Loans in
their original currency with an Interest Period of one month. Any such automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable Eurocurrency Rate Loans. If the
Borrower requests a Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans in any such Committed Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one (1) month. For
the avoidance of doubt, the Borrower and Lenders acknowledge and agree that any conversion or continuation of an existing Loan shall be deemed to be a continuation of that Loan with a converted interest rate methodology and not a new Loan. No
Revolving Credit Loan may be converted into or continued as a Revolving Credit Loan denominated in a different currency, but instead must be prepaid in the original currency of such Revolving Credit Loan and reborrowed in the other currency.
(b) Following receipt of a Committed Loan Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the amount (and currency) of its Pro Rata Share of the applicable Class of Loans, and if no timely notice of a conversion or continuation is provided by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the details of any automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans or continuation described in Section 2.02(a). In the case of each Borrowing, each Appropriate Lender shall make (or cause its Applicable Lending Office to make) the amount of its Loan available to the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds at the Administrative Agents Office for the applicable currency not later than 12:00 noon in the case of any Loan denominated in Dollars (or 2:00 p.m. in the case of a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans denominated in Dollars where the notice has been provided to the Administrative Agent on the Business Day of the Borrowing), and not later than the Applicable Time specified by the Administrative Agent in the case of any Revolving Credit Loan in an Alternative Currency, in each case on the Business Day specified in the applicable Committed Loan Notice. Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (and, if such Borrowing is the initial Credit Extension, Section 4.01), the Administrative Agent shall make all funds so received available to the Borrower in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent either by (i) crediting the account of the Borrower on the books of the Administrative Agent with the amount of such funds or (ii) wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to (and reasonably acceptable to) the Administrative Agent by the Borrower; provided that if, on the date the Committed Loan Notice with respect to such Borrowing denominated in Dollars is given by the Borrower, there are Swing Line Loans or L/C Borrowings outstanding, then the proceeds of such Borrowing shall be applied first, to the payment in full of any such L/C Borrowings, second, to the payment in full of any such Swing Line Loans, and third, to the Borrower as provided above.
(c) Except as otherwise provided herein, a Eurocurrency Rate Loan may be continued or converted only on the last day of an Interest Period for such Eurocurrency Rate Loan unless the Borrower pays the amount
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due, if any, under Section 3.05 in connection therewith. During the existence of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may require that no Loans may be converted to or continued as Eurocurrency Rate Loans (whether in Dollars or any Alternative Currency) without the consent of the Required Lenders, and the Required Lenders may demand that any or all of the then outstanding Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency be prepaid, or redenominated into Dollars in the amount of the Dollar Equivalent thereof, on the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the interest rate applicable to any Interest Period for Eurocurrency Rate Loans upon determination of such interest rate. The determination of the Eurocurrency Rate by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. At any time Base Rate Loans are outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of any change in Bank of Americas prime rate used in determining the Base Rate promptly following the public announcement of such change.
(e) Anything in subsections (a) to (d) above to the contrary notwithstanding, after giving effect to all Term Borrowings and Revolving Credit Borrowings, all conversions of Term Loans and Revolving Credit Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Term Loans and Revolving Credit Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than ten (10) Interest Periods in effect for Term Borrowings and Revolving Credit Borrowings.
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any Lender may exchange, continue or rollover all of the portion of its Loans in connection with any refinancing, extension, loan modification or similar transaction permitted by the terms of this Agreement, pursuant to a cashless settlement mechanism approved by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, and such Lender.
SECTION 2.03 Letters of Credit .
(a) The Letter of Credit Commitments.
(i) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (1) each L/C Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the other Revolving Credit Lenders set forth in this Section 2.03, (x) from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, to issue Letters of Credit in Dollars or in one or more Alternative L/C currencies for the account of the Borrower (provided that any Letter of Credit may be for the benefit of any Subsidiary of the Borrower) and to amend or renew Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with Section 2.03(b), and (y) to honor drawings under the Letters of Credit and (2) the Revolving Credit Lenders severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued pursuant to this Section 2.03; provided that no L/C Issuer shall be obligated to make any L/C Credit Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit, and no Lender shall be obligated to participate in any Letter of Credit if after giving effect to such L/C Credit Extension, (x) the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Lender would exceed such Lenders Revolving Credit Commitment, or (y) the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations would exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit. Each request by the Borrower for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a representation by the Borrower that the L/C Credit Extension so requested complies with the conditions set forth in the proviso to the preceding sentence. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Borrowers ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly the Borrower may, during the foregoing period, obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed. It is hereby acknowledged and agreed that each of the letters of credit described in Schedule 2.03(a) (the Existing Letters of Credit) shall constitute a Letter of Credit for all purposes of this Agreement and shall be deemed issued under this Agreement on the Closing Date and shall be subject to and governed by the terms and conditions of this Agreement. All Letters of Credit outstanding under the Revolving Credit Commitments immediately prior to the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date shall be deemed to be Letters of Credit issued under the Tranche A Revolving Commitments and Incremental Tranche A Revolving Commitments. All Letters of Credit outstanding under the Tranche A Revolving Commitments immediately prior to the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date shall be deemed to be Letters of Credit issued under the Tranche A-1 Revolving Commitments and Incremental Tranche A-1 Revolving Commitments.
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(ii) An L/C Issuer shall not issue any Letter of Credit if:
(A) subject to Section 2.03(b)(iii), the expiry date of the requested Letter of Credit would occur more than twelve months after the date of issuance or last renewal, unless the Required Revolving Credit Lenders have approved such expiry date; or
(B) subject to Section 2.03(b)(iii), the expiry date of the requested Letter of Credit would occur after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, unless (x) all the Revolving Credit Lenders and such L/C Issuer have approved such expiry date or (y) the Borrower has entered into arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the relevant L/C Issuer to Cash Collateralize the Outstanding Amount of such L/C Obligations or backstop such Letter of Credit on the later of (I) the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit and (II) the 30th day prior to the Letter of Credit Expiration Date).
(iii) An L/C Issuer shall not be under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if:
(A) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain such L/C Issuer from issuing the Letter of Credit, or any Law applicable to such L/C Issuer or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over such L/C Issuer shall prohibit, or request that such L/C Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or the Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon such L/C Issuer with respect to the Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which such L/C Issuer is not otherwise compensated for hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon such L/C Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which such L/C Issuer is not otherwise compensated for hereunder and in good faith deems material to it;
(B) the issuance of the Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of such L/C Issuer applicable to letters of credit generally;
(C) except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and such L/C Issuer, the Letter of Credit is in an initial stated amount less than $25,000;
(D) the Letter of Credit is to be denominated in a currency other than Dollars or an Alternative L/C Currency;
(E) such L/C Issuer does not as of the issuance date of such requested Letter of Credit issue Letters of Credit in the requested currency;
(F) any Revolving Credit Lender is at that time a Defaulting Lender, unless such L/C Issuer has entered into arrangements, including the delivery of Cash Collateral, with the Borrower or such Lender to eliminate the L/C Issuers Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.16(a)(iv)) with respect to the Defaulting Lender arising from either the Letter of Credit then proposed to be issued or that Letter of Credit and all other L/C Obligations as to which such L/C Issuer has Fronting Exposure, as it may elect in its sole discretion; or
(G) the Letter of Credit contains any provisions for automatic reinstatement of the stated amount after any drawing thereunder.
(iv) An L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A) such L/C Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue the Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of the Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to the Letter of Credit.
(v) An L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the Revolving Credit Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and such L/C Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Administrative Agent in Article IX with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered
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by such L/C Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and the Letter of Credit Application pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term Administrative Agent as used in Article IX included such L/C Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to such L/C Issuer.
(b) Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit; Auto Renewal Letters of Credit.
(i) Each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the request of the Borrower delivered to an L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit Application, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. Such Letter of Credit Application must be received by the relevant L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. at least two (2) Business Days prior to the proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may be; or, in each case, such later date and time as the relevant L/C Issuer may agree in a particular instance in its sole discretion. In the case of a request for an initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the relevant L/C Issuer: (a) the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (b) the amount and currency thereof; (c) the expiry date thereof; (d) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (e) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (f) the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; and (g) such other matters as the relevant L/C Issuer may reasonably request. In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the relevant L/C Issuer (1) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (2) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (3) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (4) such other matters as the relevant L/C Issuer may reasonably request.
(ii) Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the relevant L/C Issuer will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Application from the Borrower and, if not, such L/C Issuer will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Unless the relevant L/C Issuer has received written notice from the Administrative Agent, any Revolving Credit Lender or any Loan Party, at least one (1) Business Day prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment of the applicable Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions contained in Article IV shall not have been satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, such L/C Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the Borrower (and, if requested, on behalf of a Subsidiary) or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case, in accordance with such L/Cs Issuers usual and customary business policies. Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, acquire from the relevant L/C Issuer a risk participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the product of such Revolving Credit Lenders Pro Rata Share times the amount of such Letter of Credit.
(iii) If the Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, the relevant L/C Issuer shall agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic renewal provisions (each, an Auto-Renewal Letter of Credit); provided that any such Auto-Renewal Letter of Credit must permit the relevant L/C Issuer to prevent any such renewal at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a day (the Nonrenewal Notice Date) in each such twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued. Unless otherwise directed by the relevant L/C Issuer, the Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to the relevant L/C Issuer for any such renewal. Once an Auto-Renewal Letter of Credit has been issued, the applicable Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the relevant L/C Issuer to permit the renewal of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the Letter of Credit Expiration Date (unless the Borrower has entered into arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the relevant L/C Issuer to Cash Collateralize the Outstanding Amount of such L/C Obligations or backstop such Letter of Credit on the later of (I) the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit and (II) the 30th day prior to the Letter of Credit Expiration Date); provided that the relevant L/C Issuer shall not permit any such renewal if (A) the relevant L/C Issuer has determined that it would not be permitted or would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its renewed form under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of Sections 2.03(a)(ii) or (iii) or otherwise), or (B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone, followed promptly in writing, or in writing) on or before the day that is five (5) Business Days before the Nonrenewal Notice Date from the Administrative Agent or any Revolving Credit Lender, as applicable, or the Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.02 is not then satisfied.
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(iv) Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, the relevant L/C Issuer will also deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.
(c) Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations.
(i) Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing under such Letter of Credit, the relevant L/C Issuer shall notify promptly the Borrower and the Administrative Agent thereof. In the case of a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative L/C Currency, the Borrower shall reimburse the relevant L/C Issuer in such Alternative L/C Currency, unless (A) the relevant L/C Issuer (at its option) shall have specified in such notice that it will require reimbursement in Dollars, or (B) in the absence of any such requirement for reimbursement in Dollars, the Borrower shall have notified the relevant L/C Issuer promptly following receipt of the notice of drawing that the Borrower will reimburse the relevant L/C Issuer in Dollars. In the case of any such reimbursement in Dollars of a drawing under a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative L/C Currency, the relevant L/C Issuer shall notify the Borrower of the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of the drawing promptly following the determination thereof. On the Business Day immediately following the Business Day on which the Borrower shall have received notice of any payment by an L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit (or, if the Borrower shall have received such notice later than 1:00 p.m. (or the Applicable Time in the case of any payment by the relevant L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit to be reimbursed in an Alternative L/C Currency) on any Business Day, on the second succeeding Business Day) (each such date, an Honor Date), the Borrower shall reimburse such L/C Issuer through the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing and in the applicable currency by 1:00 p.m. (or the Applicable Time in the case of any payment by the relevant L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit to be reimbursed in an Alternative L/C Currency) on such Business Day. If the Borrower fails to so reimburse such L/C Issuer by such time, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Appropriate Lender of the Honor Date, the amount of the unreimbursed drawing (expressed in Dollars in the amount of the Dollar Equivalent thereof in the case of a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative L/C Currency) (the Unreimbursed Amount), and the amount of such Appropriate Lenders Pro Rata Share thereof. In such event, the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Revolving Credit Borrowing of Base Rate Loans to be disbursed on the Honor Date in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified in Section 2.02 for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans but subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the Revolving Credit Commitments of the Appropriate Lenders, and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.02(b). Any notice given by an L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.03(c)(i) may be given by telephone if immediately confirmed in writing; provided that the lack of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice.
(ii) Each Revolving Credit Lender (including any such Lender acting as an L/C Issuer) shall upon any notice pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) make funds available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the relevant L/C Issuer, in Dollars, at the Administrative Agents Office for Dollar denominated payments in an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of any Unreimbursed Amount in respect of a Letter of Credit not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in such notice by the Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions of Section 2.03(c)(iii), each Revolving Credit Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to the Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the relevant L/C Issuer.
(iii) With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount in respect of a Letter of Credit that is not fully refinanced by a Revolving Credit Borrowing of Base Rate Loans because the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 cannot be satisfied or for any other reason, the Borrower shall be deemed to have incurred from the relevant L/C Issuer an L/C Borrowing in the amount of the Unreimbursed Amount that is not so refinanced, which L/C Borrowing shall be due and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at the Default Rate. In such event, each Revolving Credit Lenders payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the relevant L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(ii) shall be deemed payment in respect of its participation in such L/C Borrowing and shall constitute an L/C Advance from such Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation under this Section 2.03.
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(iv) Until each Revolving Credit Lender funds its Revolving Credit Loan or L/C Advance pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) to reimburse the relevant L/C Issuer for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of such Lenders Pro Rata Share of such amount shall be solely for the account of the relevant L/C Issuer.
(v) Each Revolving Credit Lenders obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans or L/C Advances to reimburse an L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, as contemplated by this Section 2.03(c), shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against the relevant L/C Issuer, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default; or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided that each Revolving Credit Lenders obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans (but not L/C Advances) pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than delivery by the Borrower of a Committed Loan Notice). No such making of an L/C Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the relevant L/C Issuer for the amount of any payment made by such L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided herein.
(vi) If any Revolving Credit Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the relevant L/C Issuer any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03(c) by the time specified in Section 2.03(c)(ii), such L/C Issuer shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to such L/C Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate then in effect, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by such L/C Issuer in connection with the foregoing. If such Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Lenders Loan included in the relevant Borrowing or L/C Advance in respect of the relevant L/C Borrowing, as the case may be. A certificate of the relevant L/C Issuer submitted to any Revolving Credit Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this Section 2.03(c)(vi) shall be conclusive absent demonstrable error.
(d) Repayment of Participations.
(i) If, at any time after an L/C Issuer has made a payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any Revolving Credit Lender such Lenders L/C Advance in respect of such payment in accordance with this Section 2.03(d), the Administrative Agent receives for the account of such L/C Issuer any payment in respect of the related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon (whether directly from the Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of Cash Collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), the Administrative Agent will distribute to each Revolving Credit Lender its Pro Rata Share thereof (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lenders L/C Advance was outstanding) in Dollars and in the same funds as those received by the Administrative Agent.
(ii) If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of an L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(d)(i) is required to be returned under any of the circumstances described in Section 10.06 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by such L/C Issuer in its discretion), each Revolving Credit Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such L/C Issuer its Pro Rata Share thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned by such Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate. The obligations of the Revolving Credit Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
(e) Obligations Absolute. The obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the relevant L/C Issuer for each drawing under each Letter of Credit issued by it and to repay each L/C Borrowing shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including the following:
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Agreement, any Loan Document or any other agreement or instrument relating to any of the foregoing;
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(ii) the existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or other right that the Borrower or any Subsidiary may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), the relevant L/C Issuer or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;
(iii) any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under such Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under such Letter of Credit;
(iv) any payment by the relevant L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; or any payment made by the relevant L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law;
(v) any exchange, release or nonperfection of any Collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver of or consent to departure from the Guaranty or any other guaranty, for all or any of the Obligations of any Loan Party in respect of such Letter of Credit;
(vi) any adverse change in the relevant exchange rates or in the availability of the relevant Alternative L/C Currency to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or in the relevant currency markets generally; or
(vii) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Borrower or any Subsidiary;
provided that the foregoing shall not excuse any L/C Issuer from liability to the Borrower to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to consequential damages, claims in respect of which are waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable Law) suffered by the Borrower that are caused by such L/C Issuers gross negligence or willful misconduct (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable decision) when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof. The Borrower shall promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and each amendment thereto that is delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of noncompliance with the Borrowers instructions or other irregularity, the Borrower will promptly notify the applicable L/C Issuer. The Borrower shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against the relevant L/C Issuer and its correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.
(f) Role of L/C Issuers. Each Lender and the Borrower agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, the relevant L/C Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document. None of the L/C Issuers, the Agents, any of their respective Related Parties, nor any of the respective correspondents, participants or assignees of any L/C Issuer shall be liable to any Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Lenders or the Required Lenders, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable decision); or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Letter of Credit Application. The Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude the Borrowers pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of the L/C Issuers, the Agents, any of their respective Related Parties, nor any of the respective correspondents, participants or assignees of any L/C Issuer, shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in clauses (i) through (vii) of Section 2.03(e); provided that anything in such clauses to the contrary
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notwithstanding, the Borrower may have a claim against an L/C Issuer, and such L/C Issuer may be liable to the Borrower, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by the Borrower caused by such L/C Issuers willful misconduct or gross negligence or such L/C Issuers willful or grossly negligent failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit (in each case as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable decision). In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, each L/C Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and no L/C Issuer shall be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason.
(g) Letter of Credit Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender in accordance with its Pro Rata Share, in Dollars, a Letter of Credit fee (the Letter of Credit Fee) for each Letter of Credit issued pursuant to this Agreement equal to the product of (i) Applicable Rate for Letter of Credit fees and (ii) the Dollar Equivalent of the daily maximum amount then available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit; provided, however, any Letter of Credit Fees otherwise payable for the account of a Defaulting Lender with respect to any Letter of Credit as to which such Defaulting Lender has not provided Cash Collateral satisfactory to the relevant L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.17 shall be payable, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable Law, to the other Lenders in accordance with the upward adjustments in their respective Pro Rata Share allocable to such Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 2.16(a)(iv), with the balance of such fee, if any, payable to such L/C Issuer for its own account. Such Letter of Credit Fee shall be computed on a quarterly basis in arrears. For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.09. Such Letter of Credit Fee shall be due and payable on the first Business Day after the end of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand. If there is any change in the Applicable Rate during any quarter, the daily maximum amount of each Letter of Credit shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Rate separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Rate was in effect.
(h) Fronting Fee and Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to L/C Issuers. The Borrower shall pay directly to each L/C Issuer for its own account, in Dollars, a fronting fee (a Fronting Fee) with respect to each Letter of Credit issued by it equal to 0.125% per annum of the Dollar Equivalent of the daily maximum amount then available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.09. Such fronting fees shall be computed on a quarterly basis in arrears. Such fronting fees shall be due and payable on the first Business Day after the end of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand. In addition, the Borrower shall pay directly to each L/C Issuer for its own account the customary issuance, presentation, amendment and other processing fees, and other standard costs and charges, of such L/C Issuer relating to letters of credit as from time to time in effect. Such customary fees and standard costs and charges are due and payable within ten (10) Business Days of demand and are nonrefundable.
(i) Conflict with Letter of Credit Application. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary in any Letter of Credit Application, in the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Letter of Credit Application, the terms hereof shall control.
(j) Addition of an L/C Issuer. A Revolving Credit Lender (or any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates) may become an additional L/C Issuer hereunder pursuant to a written agreement among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and such Revolving Credit Lender. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Revolving Credit Lenders of any such additional L/C Issuer.
(k) Provisions Related to Extended Revolving Credit Commitments. If the maturity date in respect of any tranche of Revolving Credit Commitments occurs prior to the expiration of any Letter of Credit, then (i) if one or more other tranches of Revolving Credit Commitments in respect of which the maturity date shall not have occurred are then in effect, such Letters of Credit shall automatically be deemed to have been issued (including for
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purposes of the obligations of the Revolving Credit Lenders to purchase participations therein and to make Revolving Credit Loans and payments in respect thereof pursuant to Section 2.03(d)) under (and ratably participated in by Lenders pursuant to) the Revolving Credit Commitments in respect of such non-terminating tranches up to an aggregate amount not to exceed the aggregate principal amount of the unutilized Revolving Credit Commitments thereunder at such time (it being understood that no partial face amount of any Letter of Credit may be so reallocated) and (ii) to the extent not reallocated pursuant to immediately preceding clause (i), the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize any such Letter of Credit in accordance with Section 2.17. If, for any reason, such Cash Collateral is not provided or the reallocation does not occur, the Revolving Credit Lenders under the maturing tranche shall continue to be responsible for their participating interests in the Letters of Credit. Except to the extent of reallocations of participations pursuant to clause (i) of the second preceding sentence, the occurrence of a maturity date with respect to a given tranche of Revolving Credit Commitments shall have no effect upon (and shall not diminish) the percentage participations of the Revolving Credit Lenders in any Letter of Credit issued before such maturity date. Commencing with the maturity date of any tranche of Revolving Credit Commitments, the sublimit for Letters of Credit shall be agreed with the Lenders under the extended tranches.
(l) Applicability of ISP. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by an L/C Issuer and the Borrower, when a Letter of Credit is issued (including any such agreement applicable to an Existing Letter of Credit), the rules of the ISP shall apply to such Letter of Credit.
(m) Letters of Credit Issued for Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is for the account of, a Subsidiary, the Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer hereunder for any and all drawings under such Letter of Credit. The Borrower hereby acknowledges that the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of Subsidiaries inures to the benefit of the Borrower, and that the Borrowers business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of such Subsidiaries.
SECTION 2.04 Swing Line Loans.
(a) The Swing Line. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swing Line Lender agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the other Lenders set forth in this Section 2.04, to make loans in Dollars (each such loan, a Swing Line Loan) to the Borrower from time to time on any Business Day (other than the Closing Date) until the Business Day prior to the Maturity Date with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of the Swing Line Sublimit, notwithstanding the fact that such Swing Line Loans, when aggregated with the Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of Revolving Credit Loans and L/C Obligations of the Lender acting as Swing Line Lender, may exceed the amount of such Lenders Revolving Credit Commitment; provided that after giving effect to any Swing Line Loan, the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Credit Loans of any Lender, plus such Lenders Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus such Lenders Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Lenders Revolving Credit Commitment then in effect; provided further that the Borrower shall not use the proceeds of any Swing Line Loan to refinance any outstanding Swing Line Loan. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.04, prepay under Section 2.05, and reborrow under this Section 2.04. Each Swing Line Loan shall be a Base Rate Loan. Immediately upon the making of a Swing Line Loan, each Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Swing Line Lender a risk participation in such Swing Line Loan in an amount equal to the product of such Lenders Pro Rata Share times the amount of such Swing Line Loan.
(b) Borrowing Procedures. Each Swing Line Borrowing shall be made upon the Borrowers irrevocable notice to the Swing Line Lender
and the Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone. Each such notice(A) telephone or (B) by a Swing Line Loan Notice; provided that any telephonic notice must
be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent of a Swing Line Loan Notice. Each such Swing Line Loan Notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m.
on the requested borrowing date, and shall specify (i) the amount to be borrowed, which shall be a minimum of $100,000 (and any amount in excess thereof shall be an integral multiple of $25,000), and (ii) the requested borrowing date,
which shall be a Business Day. Each such telephonic notice must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Swing Line Lender of a written Swing Line Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by
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a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. Promptly after receipt by the Swing Line Lender of any telephonic Swing Line Loan Notice, the Swing Line Lender will
confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has also received such Swing Line Loan Notice and, if not, the Swing Line Lender will notify the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) of
the contents thereof. Unless the Swing Line Lender has received notice (by telephone or in writing) from the Administrative Agent (including at the request of any Revolving Credit Lender) prior to 2:00 p.m. on the date of the proposed Swing Line
Borrowing (A) directing the Swing Line Lender not to make such Swing Line Loan as a result of the limitations set forth in the first proviso to the first sentence of Section 2.04(a), or (B) that one or more of the applicable
conditions specified in Section 4.02 is not then satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Swing Line Lender will, not later than 3:00 p.m. on the borrowing date specified in such Swing Line Loan Notice, make the
amount of its Swing Line Loan available to the Borrower.
(c) Refinancing of Swing Line Loans.
(i) The Swing Line Lender at any time in its sole and absolute discretion may request, on behalf of the Borrower (which hereby irrevocably authorizes the Swing Line Lender to so request on its behalf), that each Revolving Credit Lender make a Base Rate Loan in an amount equal to such Lenders Pro Rata Share of the amount of Swing Line Loans then outstanding. Such request shall be made in writing (which written request shall be deemed to be a Committed Loan Notice for purposes hereof) and in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.02, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified therein for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the unutilized portion of the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 4.02. The Swing Line Lender shall furnish the Borrower with a copy of the applicable Committed Loan Notice promptly after delivering such notice to the Administrative Agent. Each Revolving Credit Lender shall make an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of the amount specified in such Committed Loan Notice available to the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds (and the Administrative Agent may apply Cash Collateral available with respect to the applicable Swing Line Loan) for the account of the Swing Line Lender at the Administrative Agents Office for Dollar denominated payments not later than 1:00 p.m. on the day specified in such Committed Loan Notice, whereupon, subject to Section 2.04(c)(ii), each Revolving Credit Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to the Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the Swing Line Lender.
(ii) If for any reason any Swing Line Loan cannot be refinanced by such a Revolving Credit Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.04(c)(i), the request for Base Rate Loans submitted by the Swing Line Lender as set forth herein shall be deemed to be a request by the Swing Line Lender that each of the Revolving Credit Lenders fund its risk participation in the relevant Swing Line Loan and each Revolving Credit Lenders payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.04(c)(i) shall be deemed payment in respect of such participation.
(iii) If any Revolving Credit Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.04(c) by the time specified in Section 2.04(c)(i), the Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the Swing Line Lender at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Swing Line Lender in connection with the foregoing. If such Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Lenders Loan included in the relevant Borrowing or funded participation in the relevant Swing Line Loan, as the case may be. A certificate of the Swing Line Lender submitted to any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (iii) shall be conclusive absent demonstrable error.
(iv) Each Revolving Credit Lenders obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans or to purchase and fund risk participations in Swing Line Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against the Swing Line Lender, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided that each Revolving Credit Lenders obligation to make Revolving
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Credit Loans (but not to purchase and fund risk participations in Swing Line Loans) pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.02. No such funding of risk participations shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrower to repay Swing Line Loans, together with interest as provided herein.
(d) Repayment of Participations.
(i) At any time after any Revolving Credit Lender has purchased and funded a risk participation in a Swing Line Loan, if the Swing Line Lender receives any payment on account of such Swing Line Loan, the Swing Line Lender will distribute to such Lender its Pro Rata Share of such payment (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lenders risk participation was funded) in the same funds as those received by the Swing Line Lender.
(ii) If any payment received by the Swing Line Lender in respect of principal or interest on any Swing Line Loan is required to be returned by the Swing Line Lender under any of the circumstances described in Section 10.06 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Swing Line Lender in its discretion), each Revolving Credit Lender shall pay to the Swing Line Lender its Pro Rata Share thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned, at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate. The Administrative Agent will make such demand upon the request of the Swing Line Lender. The obligations of the Revolving Credit Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
(e) Interest for Account of Swing Line Lender. The Swing Line Lender shall be responsible for invoicing the Borrower for interest on the Swing Line Loans. Until each Revolving Credit Lender funds its Base Rate Loan or risk participation pursuant to this Section 2.04 to refinance such Lenders Pro Rata Share of any Swing Line Loan, interest in respect of such Pro Rata Share shall be solely for the account of the Swing Line Lender.
(f) Payments Directly to Swing Line Lender. The Borrower shall make all payments of principal and interest in respect of the Swing Line Loans directly to the Swing Line Lender.
(g) Provisions Related to Extended Revolving Credit Commitments. If the maturity date shall have occurred in respect of any tranche of Revolving Credit Commitments at a time when another tranche or tranches of Revolving Credit Commitments is or are in effect with a longer maturity date, then on the earliest occurring maturity date all then outstanding Swing Line Loans shall be repaid in full on such date (and there shall be no adjustment to the participations in such Swing Line Loans as a result of the occurrence of such maturity date); provided, however, that if on the occurrence of such earliest maturity date (after giving effect to any repayments of Revolving Credit Loans and any reallocation of Letter of Credit participations as contemplated in Section 2.03(k)), there shall exist sufficient unutilized Extended Revolving Credit Commitments so that the respective outstanding Swing Line Loans could be incurred pursuant the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments which will remain in effect after the occurrence of such maturity date, then there shall be an automatic adjustment on such date of the participations in such Swing Line Loans and same shall be deemed to have been incurred solely pursuant to the relevant Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, and such Swing Line Loans shall not be so required to be repaid in full on such earliest maturity date.
SECTION 2.05 Prepayments.
(a) Optional Prepayments. (i) The Borrower may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, at any time or from time to time voluntarily prepay Term Loans and Revolving Credit Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty (except as set forth below); provided that (1) such notice must be in a form acceptable to the Administrative Agent and be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. (A) three (3) Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Dollars, (B) four Business Days (or five, in the case of prepayment of Loans denominated in Special Notice Currencies) prior to any date of prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies, and (C) on the date of prepayment of Base Rate Loans; (2) any prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof; and (3) any prepayment of Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $100,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof or, in each case, the entire principal
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amount thereof then outstanding. Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment and the Class(es) and Type(s) of Loans to be prepaid. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Appropriate Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of the amount of such Lenders Pro Rata Share of such prepayment. If such notice is given by the Borrower, the Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein. Any prepayment of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan shall be accompanied by all accrued interest thereon, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05. Each prepayment of the Loans pursuant to this Section 2.05(a) shall be applied to the installments thereof as directed by the Borrower (it being understood and agreed that if the Borrower does not so direct at the time of such prepayment, such prepayment shall be applied against the scheduled repayments of Term Loans under Section 2.07(a) and (b) in direct order of maturity) and shall be paid to the Appropriate Lenders in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares.
(ii) The Borrower may, upon notice to the Swing Line Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at any time or from time to time, voluntarily prepay Swing Line Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided that (1) such notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. on the date of the prepayment, and (2) any such prepayment shall be in a minimum principal amount of $100,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof or, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding. Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment. If such notice is given by the Borrower, the Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein.
(iii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Borrower may rescind any notice of prepayment under Section 2.05(a) if such prepayment would have resulted from a refinancing of all of the Facilities, which refinancing shall not be consummated or shall otherwise be delayed.
(b) Mandatory Prepayments.
(i) Within five (5) Business Days after the date financial statements are required to be delivered pursuant to
Section 6.01(a) and the related Compliance Certificate has been delivered pursuant to Section 6.02(a), the Borrower shall cause to be prepaid an aggregate principal
amount of Term Loans equal to (A) 50% (such percentage as it may be reduced as described below, the ECF Percentage) of Excess Cash Flow, if any, for the fiscal year covered by such financial
statements (commencing with the first full fiscal year ending after the Closing Date), minus (B) the sum of (i) all voluntary prepayments (other than Discounted Voluntary Prepayments) of Term Loans during such fiscal year and (ii) all
voluntary prepayments of Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans during such fiscal year to the extent the Revolving Credit Commitments are permanently reduced by the amount of such payments, in the case of each of the immediately preceding
clauses (i) and (ii), to the extent such prepayments are not funded with the proceeds of Indebtedness; provided that
(x) the ECF Percentage shall be 25% if the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio for the fiscal year covered by such financial statements was less than or equal to 2.5:1.0 and greater than 2.0:1.0 and (y) the ECF Percentage shall be 0% if the
First Lien Net Leverage Ratio for the fiscal year covered by such financial statements was less than or equal to 2.0:1.0.[Reserved].
(ii) (A) Subject to Section 2.05(b)(ii)(B), if (x) the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary Disposes of any property or
assets (other than any Disposition of any property or assets permitted by Section 7.05(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (j), (k), (n),
(o) or, (p)), (q), (r), (s), (t) and (u), (v), (w) or (x) or
(y) any Casualty Event occurs, which in the aggregate results in the realization or receipt by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary of Net Cash Proceeds, the Borrower shall make a prepayment, in accordance with
Section 2.05(b)(ii)(C), of an aggregate principal amount of Term Loans equal to 100% of all such Net Cash Proceeds realized or received; provided that no such prepayment shall be required pursuant to this
Section 2.05(b)(ii)(A) with respect to such portion of such Net Cash Proceeds that the Borrower shall have, on or prior to such date, given written notice to the Administrative Agent of its
intentintends to reinvest in accordance with Section 2.05(b)(ii)(B) (which notice may only be provided if no Event of Default has occurred and is then
continuing).
(B) With respect to any Net Cash Proceeds realized or received with respect to any Disposition (other than any
Disposition specifically excluded from the application of Section 2.05(b)(ii)(A)) or any Casualty Event, at the option of the Borrower (as evidenced in a written notice of reinvestment election (a Notice of
Reinvestment
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, the Borrower may reinvest all or any portion of such Net Cash Proceeds in assets useful for its business (other than working capital) and in any Permitted Acquisition
within the later of (x) twelve (12) months following receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds or (y) if the Borrower enters into a legally binding commitment to reinvest such Net Cash Proceeds within twelve (12) months following
receipt thereof, one hundred and twenty (120) days of the date of such legally binding commitment; provided that (i) so long as an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Borrower shall not be permitted to make
any such reinvestments (other than pursuant to a legally binding commitment that the Borrower entered into at a time when no Event of Default is continuing) and (ii) if any Net Cash Proceeds are not so reinvested by the deadline specified in
clause (x) or (y) above, as applicable, or if any such Net Cash Proceeds are no longer intended toElection) delivered to the Administrative Agent within ten (10) Business Days after the date of realization or receipt of such Net Cash
Proceeds) be or cannot be so reinvested at any time after delivery of a Notice of Reinvestment
Election, an amount equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds shall be applied, in accordance with Section 2.05(b)(ii)(C), to the prepayment of the Term Loans as set forth in this Section 2.05.
(C) On each occasion that the Borrower must make a prepayment of the Term Loans pursuant to this Section 2.05(b)(ii), the Borrower shall, within five (5) Business Days after the date of realization or receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds (or, in the case of prepayments required pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(ii)(B), within five (5) Business Days of the deadline specified in clause (x) or (y) thereof, as applicable, or of the date the Borrower reasonably determines that such Net Cash Proceeds are no longer intended to be or cannot be so reinvested, as the case may be), make a prepayment, in accordance with Section 2.05(b)(v) below, of the principal amount of Term Loans in an amount equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds realized or received.
(iii) If the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary incurs or issues any (x) Refinancing Term Loans, (y) Indebtedness pursuant to Section 7.03(x)(i) or (z) Indebtedness not expressly permitted to be incurred or issued pursuant to Section 7.03, the Borrower shall (a) designate such Term Loans to be prepaid (other than in the case of a prepayment pursuant to clause (z)) and (b) cause to be prepaid an aggregate principal amount of Term Loans equal to 100% of all Net Cash Proceeds received therefrom on or prior to the date which is five (5) Business Days after the receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds. If the Borrower obtains any Refinancing Revolving Commitments, the Borrower shall, concurrently with the receipt thereof, terminate Revolving Credit Commitments in an equivalent amount pursuant to Section 2.06.
(iv) (X) Each prepayment of any Term Loans being prepaid pursuant to this Section 2.05(b)
shall be applied first, to the installments thereof pro rata in direct order of maturity for the next eight scheduled payments pursuant to Section 2.07(b) following the applicable prepayment event and second, to the
remaining installments thereof pro rata; (Y) each such prepayment (other than any prepayment pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(iii)(x) or (y)) shall be applied to Term
A-12 Loans on a pro rata basis and each prepayment pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(iii)(x) or (y) shall be applied as directed by the Borrower; and
(Z) each such prepayment shall be paid to the Lenders receiving such prepayment in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares subject to clause (v) of this Section 2.05(b).
(v) The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent in writing of any mandatory prepayment of Term Loans required to be made pursuant to
clauses (i), ii)(, and (iii) of this Section 2.05(b) at least five (5) Business Days prior to 1:00
p.m. on the date of such prepayment. Each such notice shall specify the date of such prepayment and provide a reasonably detailed calculation of the amount of such prepayment. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Appropriate Lender of
the contents of the Borrowers prepayment notice and of such Appropriate Lenders Pro Rata Share of the prepayment. Each Appropriate Lender may reject all or a portion of its Pro Rata Share of any mandatory prepayment (such declined
amounts, the Declined Proceeds) of Term Loans required to be made pursuant to clauses, (ii) (i), and
(iii)(z) (but not clauses (iii)(x) or (iii)(y)) of this Section 2.05(b) by providing written notice (each, a Rejection Notice) to the Administrative Agent
and the Borrower no later than 5:00 p.m. three (3) Business Days after the date of such Lenders receipt of notice from the Administrative Agent regarding such prepayment. Each Rejection Notice from a given Lender shall specify the
principal amount of the mandatory prepayment of Term Loans to be rejected by such Lender. If a Lender fails to deliver a Rejection Notice to the Administrative Agent within the time frame specified above or such Rejection Notice fails to specify the
principal amount of the Term Loans to be rejected, any such failure will be deemed an acceptance of the total amount of such mandatory repayment of Term Loans. Any Declined Proceeds shall be retained by the Borrower (Retained Declined
Proceeds).
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(vi) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 2.05(b),
(A) to the extent that any of or all the Net Cash Proceeds of any Disposition by a Foreign Subsidiary giving rise to a
prepayment pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(ii) (a Foreign Disposition), or the Net Cash Proceeds of any Casualty Event from a Foreign Subsidiary (a
Foreign Casualty Event), or Excess Cash Flow (x) is prohibited or delayed by applicable local
law, or (y) restricted by applicable organizational documents of such Foreign Subsidiary from being repatriated to the United States, the portion of such Net Cash Proceeds or
Excess Cash Flow so affected will not be required to be applied to repay Term Loans at the times provided in Section 2.05(b)(i), or the Borrower shall not be required to make a prepayment at the
time provided in Section 2.05(b)(ii), as the case may be with respect to the Net Cash Proceeds so affected. Instead, such amounts may be retained by the
applicable Foreign Subsidiary so long, but only so long, as the applicable local law, or documents will not permit repatriation to the United States (the Borrower hereby agreeing to
use reasonable efforts (as determined in the Borrowers good faith reasonable business judgment) to otherwise cause the applicable Foreign Subsidiary to
within one year following the date on which the respective payment would otherwise have been required, promptly take all commercially reasonable actions
reasonably required by the applicable local law, or organizational documents to permit such repatriation), and
onceif within one year following the date on which the respective payment would otherwise have been required, such repatriation of any of such affected Net
Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow is permitted under the applicable local law, such repatriation will be promptly effected and such repatriated Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow will be promptly (and in any
event not later than threefive (35) Business Days after such repatriation) applied (net of
additional taxes payable or reserved against as a result thereof) (whether or not repatriation actually occurs) to the repayment of the Term Loans pursuant to this
Section 2.05(b) to the extent provided herein, and
(B) to the extent that the Borrower has determined in good
faith that repatriation of any of or all the Net Cash Proceeds of any Foreign Disposition, any or Foreign Casualty Event or Excess Cash Flow would have any
adverse tax cost consequence with respect to such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow, the Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so affected may be retained by the applicable Foreign Subsidiary; provided
that, in the case of this clause (B), on or before the date on which any Net Cash Proceeds so retained would otherwise have been required to be applied to reinvestments or prepayments pursuant to this Section 2.05(b) (or
twelve months after such Excess Cash Flow would have been so required to be applied to such prepayments pursuant to this , (x) the Borrower shall apply an amount equal to such Net Cash
Proceeds Section 2.05(b))or Excess Cash Flow to such reinvestments or prepayments as if such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow had been received by the Borrower rather than such Foreign Subsidiary, less the amount of additional
taxes that could have been payable or reserved against if such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow had been repatriated (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) (or, if less, the Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash
Flow that would be calculated if received by such Foreign Subsidiary) or (y) such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow shall be applied by such Foreign Subsidiary to the repayment of Indebtedness of such Foreign
Subsidiary.
(i) If for any reason the Total Revolving Outstandings at any time exceed the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect, the Borrower shall immediately prepay Revolving Credit Loans and/or Swing Line Loans and/or Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations in an aggregate amount equal to such excess; provided, however, that the Borrower shall not be required to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations pursuant to this Section 2.05(vii) unless, after the prepayment in full of the Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans, the Total Revolving Outstandings exceed the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect. All amounts required to be paid pursuant to this Section 2.05(vii) shall be applied first, ratably to the L/C Borrowings and the Swing Line Loans, second, ratably to the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans, and third, to Cash Collateralize the remaining L/C Obligations. Within the parameters of the applications set forth in the foregoing sentence, such prepayments shall be applied first to Base Rate Loans and then to Eurocurrency Rate Loans in direct order of Interest Period maturities. No prepayment under this Section 2.05(vii) shall result in a mandatory reduction of Revolving Credit Commitments.
(c) Interest, Funding Losses, Etc. All prepayments under this Section 2.05 shall be accompanied by all accrued interest thereon, together with, in the case of any such prepayment of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan on a date other than the last day of an Interest Period therefor, any amounts owing in respect of such Eurocurrency Rate Loan pursuant to Section 3.05.
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Notwithstanding any of the other provisions of this Section 2.05, so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, if any prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Loans is required to be made under this Section 2.05, prior to the last day of the Interest Period therefor, in lieu of making any payment pursuant to this Section 2.05 in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan prior to the last day of the Interest Period therefor, the Borrower may, in its sole discretion, deposit with the Administrative Agent the amount of any such prepayment otherwise required to be made hereunder until the last day of such Interest Period, at which time the Administrative Agent shall be authorized (without any further action by or notice to or from the Borrower or any other Loan Party) to apply such amount to the prepayment of such Loans in accordance with this Section 2.05. Such deposit shall constitute cash collateral for the Eurocurrency Rate Loans to be so prepaid; provided that the Borrower may at any time direct that such deposit be applied to make the applicable payment required pursuant to this Section 2.05.
(d) Discounted Voluntary Prepayments.
(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement (including Section 2.13) or any
other Loan Document, the Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay Term Loans to the Lenders thereof at a discount to the par value of such Loans and on a non pro rata basis (each, a Discounted Voluntary
Prepayment) pursuant to the procedures described in this Section 2.05(d); provided that (A) no proceeds from Revolving Credit Loans shall be used to consummate any such Discounted Voluntary Prepayment, (B) any
Discounted Voluntary Prepayment shall be offered to all Term Lenders on a pro rata basis, (C) the amount of such Discounted Voluntary Prepayments shall not exceed the Available Amount at such time, (D) at the time the
Borrower makes a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment, and after giving Pro Forma Effect thereto, the Borrower is in compliance with the Financial Covenant for the Test Period most recently ended prior to such time,
(ED) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from such Discounted Voluntary Prepayment and
(FD) the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent, together with each Discounted Prepayment Option Notice, a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower
(1) stating that each of the conditions to such Discounted Voluntary Prepayment contained in this Section 2.05(d) has been satisfied, (2) in the case of any such Discounted Voluntary Prepayment in an amount in excess of
$15,000,000, demonstrating the calculation of the Available Amount, together with all relevant financial information reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, (3) stating that it does not possess
material non public information with respect to itself and its Restricted Subsidiaries for purposes of United States federal securities laws that has not been disclosed to the Lenders (other than Lenders who have elected not to receive such
information) and (4 and (2) specifying the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans to be prepaid pursuant to such Discounted Voluntary Prepayment.
(ii) To the extent the Borrower seeks to make a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment, the Borrower will provide written notice to the Administrative Agent substantially in the form of Exhibit K hereto (each, a Discounted Prepayment Option Notice) that the Borrower desires to prepay Term Loans in an aggregate principal amount specified therein by the Borrower (each, a Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount), in each case at a discount to the par value of such Loans as specified below. The Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount of any Loans shall not be less than $10,000,000. The Discounted Prepayment Option Notice shall further specify with respect to the proposed Discounted Voluntary Prepayment (A) the Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount for Loans to be prepaid, (B) a discount range (which may be a single percentage) selected by the Borrower with respect to such proposed Discounted Voluntary Prepayment equal to a percentage of par of the principal amount of the Loans to be prepaid (the Discount Range), and (C) the date by which Lenders are required to indicate their election to participate in such proposed Discounted Voluntary Prepayment, which shall be at least five Business Days following the date of the Discounted Prepayment Option Notice (the Acceptance Date).
(iii) Upon receipt of a Discounted Prepayment Option Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each applicable Lender thereof. On or prior to the Acceptance Date, each such Lender may specify by written notice substantially in the form of Exhibit L hereto (each, a Lender Participation Notice) to the Administrative Agent (A) a maximum discount to par (the Acceptable Discount) within the Discount Range (for example, a Lender specifying a discount to par of 20% would accept a purchase price of 80% of the par value of the Loans to be prepaid) and (B) a maximum principal amount (subject to rounding requirements specified by the Administrative Agent) of the Loans to be prepaid held by such Lender with respect to which such Lender is willing to permit a
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Discounted Voluntary Prepayment at the Acceptable Discount (Offered Loans). Based on the Acceptable Discounts and principal amounts of the Loans to be prepaid specified by the Lenders in the applicable Lender Participation Notice, the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Borrower, shall determine the applicable discount for such Loans to be prepaid (the Applicable Discount), which Applicable Discount shall be (A) the percentage specified by the Borrower if the Borrower has selected a single percentage pursuant to Section 2.05(d)(ii)) for the Discounted Voluntary Prepayment or (B) otherwise, the highest Acceptable Discount at which the Borrower can pay the Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount in full (determined by adding the principal amounts of Offered Loans commencing with the Offered Loans with the highest Acceptable Discount); provided, however, that in the event that such Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount cannot be repaid in full at any Acceptable Discount, the Applicable Discount shall be the lowest Acceptable Discount specified by the Lenders that is within the Discount Range. The Applicable Discount shall be applicable for all Lenders who have offered to participate in the Discounted Voluntary Prepayment and have Qualifying Loans. Any Lender with outstanding Loans to be prepaid whose Lender Participation Notice is not received by the Administrative Agent by the Acceptance Date shall be deemed to have declined to accept a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment of any of its Loans at any discount to their par value within the Applicable Discount.
(iv) The Borrower shall make a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment by prepaying those Loans to be prepaid (or the respective portions thereof) offered by the Lenders (Qualifying Lenders) that specify an Acceptable Discount that is equal to or greater than the Applicable Discount (Qualifying Loans) at the Applicable Discount; provided that if the aggregate proceeds required to prepay all Qualifying Loans (disregarding any interest payable at such time) would exceed the amount of aggregate proceeds required to prepay the Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount, such amounts in each case calculated by applying the Applicable Discount, the Borrower shall prepay such Qualifying Loans ratably among the Qualifying Lenders based on their respective principal amounts of such Qualifying Loans (subject to rounding requirements specified by the Administrative Agent). If the aggregate proceeds required to prepay all Qualifying Loans (disregarding any interest payable at such time) would be less than the amount of aggregate proceeds required to prepay the Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount, such amounts in each case calculated by applying the Applicable Discount, the Borrower shall prepay all Qualifying Loans.
(v) Subject to satisfaction of the conditions in Section 2.05(d)(i), each Discounted Voluntary Prepayment shall be made within five (5) Business Days of the Acceptance Date (or such later date as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably agree, given the time required to calculate the Applicable Discount and determine the amount and holders of Qualifying Loans), without premium or penalty (but subject to Section 3.05), upon irrevocable notice substantially in the form of Exhibit M hereto (each a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice), delivered to the Administrative Agent no later than 1:00 p.m., three (3) Business Days prior to the date of such Discounted Voluntary Prepayment, which notice shall specify the date and amount of the Discounted Voluntary Prepayment and the Applicable Discount determined by the Administrative Agent. Upon receipt of any Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender thereof. If any Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice is given, subject to satisfaction of the conditions in Section 2.05(d)(i), the amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable to the applicable Lenders, subject to the Applicable Discount on the applicable Loans, on the date specified therein together with accrued interest (on the par principal amount) to but not including such date on the amount prepaid. Upon consummation of each Discounted Voluntary Prepayment, any such Term Loans so prepaid shall be immediately cancelled and the par principal amount of such Term Loans so prepaid shall be applied ratably to reduce the remaining installments of such Class of Term Loans (as applicable).
(vi) To the extent not expressly provided for herein, each Discounted Voluntary Prepayment shall be consummated pursuant to reasonable procedures (including as to timing, rounding, minimum amounts, Type and Interest Periods and calculation of Applicable Discount in accordance with Section 2.05(d)(iii) above) established by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.
(vii) Prior to the delivery of a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice, (A) upon written notice to the Administrative Agent, the Borrower may withdraw or modify its offer to make a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment pursuant to any Discounted Prepayment Option Notice and (B) no Lender may withdraw its offer to participate in a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment pursuant to any Lender Participation Notice unless the terms of such proposed Discounted Voluntary Prepayment have been modified by the Borrower after the date of such Lender Participation Notice.
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(viii) Nothing in this Section 2.05(d) shall require the Borrower to undertake any Discounted Voluntary Prepayment.
SECTION 2.06 Termination or Reduction of Commitments.
(a) Optional. The Borrower may, upon written notice to the Administrative Agent, terminate the unused Commitments of any Class, or from time to time permanently reduce the unused Commitments of any Class; provided that (i) any such notice shall be received by the Administrative Agent three (3) Business Days prior to the date of termination or reduction, (ii) any such partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount of $1,000,000 or any whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof and (iii) if, after giving effect to any reduction of the Commitments, the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit exceeds the amount of the Revolving Credit Facility, such sublimit shall be automatically reduced by the amount of such excess. The amount of any such Commitment reduction shall not be applied to the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit unless otherwise specified by the Borrower. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower may rescind or postpone any notice of termination of the Commitments if such termination would have resulted from a refinancing of all of the Facilities, which refinancing shall not be consummated or otherwise shall be delayed.
(b) Mandatory. The Term A Commitment of each Term A Lender shall be automatically and permanently reduced to $0 upon the making of such Term A Lenders Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.01(a). The Term B Commitment of each Term B Lender was automatically and permanently reduced to $0 on the Closing Date upon the making of such Term B Lenders Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.01(b). The Additional Term A-1 Commitments of the Additional Term A-1 Lenders shall be automatically and permanently reduced to $0 upon the making of the Additional Term A-1 Lenders Term A-1 Loans pursuant to Sections 2.01(d) and (e). The Revolving Credit Commitments (other than any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments) shall terminate on the applicable Maturity Date. The Additional Term A-2 Commitments of the Additional Term A-2 Lenders shall be automatically and permanently reduced to $0 upon the making of the Additional Term A-2 Lenders Term A-2 Loans pursuant to Section 2.01(g). The Extended Revolving Credit Commitments shall terminate on the respective maturity dates applicable thereto. The outstanding Commitments of each Lender shall automatically and permanently terminate on the Termination Date if the Closing Date has not occurred on or prior to such Termination Date.
(c)
Application of Commitment Reductions; Payment of Fees. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Lenders of any termination or reduction of unused portions of the Letter of Credit Sublimit, or the Swing Line Sublimit or the unused
Commitments of any Class under this Section 2.06. Upon any reduction of unused Commitments of any Class, the Commitment of each Lender of such Class shall be reduced by such Lenders Pro Rata Share of the amount by which such
Commitments are reduced (other than the termination of the Commitment of any Lender as provided in Section 3.07). All Commitment Fees accrued until the effective date of any termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments shall be paid
on the effective date of such termination..
SECTION 2.07 Repayment of Loans.
(a) Term A-12 Loans. Subject to adjustment as
a result of the application of prepayments in accordance with Section 2.05, in each case, solely to the extent of any such amounts applied to the prepayment of the Term Loans, the Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the
ratable account of the Term A-12 Lenders on each date set forth below in the principal amount of Term
A-12 Loans set forth below opposite such date:
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December 31, 2018 |
$ | 2,500,000 | ||
March 31, 2019 |
$ | 2,500,000 | ||
June 30, 2019 |
$ | 2,500,000 | ||
September 30, 2019 |
$ | 2,500,000 | ||
December 30, 2019 |
$ | 2,500,000 | ||
March 30, 2020 |
$ | 2,500,000 | ||
Maturity Date with respect to Term A- |
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The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Term A Lenders that are not Cashless Option Term A Lenders, the aggregate principal amount of all Term A Loans that are not Rollover Term A Loans on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date, with a like amount of the gross proceeds of Term A-1 Loans made by the Additional Term A-1 Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(d)(y), concurrently with receipt thereof.
The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Term A-1 Lenders that are not Cashless Option Term A-1 Lenders, the aggregate principal amount of all Term A-1 Loans that are not Rollover Term A-1 Loans on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date with the net proceeds of the Senior Unsecured Notes plus cash on hand.
(b) Term B Loans.
The Borrower shall repayrepaid to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Term B Lenders that are not Cashless Option Term B Lenders, the aggregate
principal amount of all Term B Loans that are not Rollover Term B Loans on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date, with a like amount of the gross proceeds of Term A-1 Loans made by the Additional Term A-1 Lenders pursuant to
Section 2.01(e)(y), concurrently with receipt thereof.
(c) Revolving Credit Loans. The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Appropriate Lenders on the Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit Facility the aggregate principal amount of all of its Revolving Credit Loans outstanding on such date.
(d) Swing Line Loans. The Borrower shall repay its Swing Line Loans on the earlier to occur of (i) the date ten (10) Business Days after such Loan is made and (ii) the Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit Facility.
SECTION 2.08 Interest.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.08(b), (i) each Eurocurrency Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to the Eurocurrency Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Rate plus (in the case of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan of any Lender which is lent from an Applicable Lending Office in the United Kingdom or a Participating Member State) the Mandatory Cost; (ii) each Base Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate; and (iii) each Swing Line Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the relevant Applicable Rate for Revolving Credit Loans.
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(b) The Borrower shall pay interest on past due amounts hereunder at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws. Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including interest on past due interest) shall be due and payable upon demand.
(c) Interest on each Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date applicable thereto and at such other times as may be specified herein. Interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before and after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law.
SECTION 2.09 Fees. In addition to certain fees described in Sections 2.03(g) and (h):
(a) Commitment Fee. Until delivery of financial statements and a related Compliance Certificate for the first full
fiscal quarter commencing on or after the Amendment No. 34 Effective Date pursuant to Section 6.01, the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for
the account of each Revolving Credit Lender in accordance with its Pro Rata Share, a commitment fee (the Commitment Fee) in Dollars, equal to
0.3750.350% per annum on the actual daily amount by which the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment exceeds the sum of (A) the Outstanding Amount of Revolving
Credit Loans and (B) the Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations (disregarding for the purposes of such calculation, the Outstanding Amount of any Swing Line
AdvancesObligations), and thereafter, the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender in accordance with its Pro Rata
Share, the Commitment Fee in an amount equal to (i) 0.3750.350% per annum if the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio for any fiscal quarter (as
evidenced by financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.01 and covering such period) is greater than 2.002.75:1.00,
(ii) 0.300.300% per annum if the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio for any fiscal quarter (as evidenced by financial statements delivered pursuant to
Section 6.01 and covering such period) shall be less than or equal to 2.002.75:1.00 but greater than 1.50:1.00
and1.75:1.00, (iii) 0.25% per annum if the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio for any fiscal quarter (as evidenced by financial statements delivered pursuant
to Section 6.01 and covering such period) shall be less than or equal to 1.501.75:1.00 but greater than 1.00:1.00 and (iv) 0.20% per annum if the Net
Leverage Ratio for any fiscal quarter (as evidenced by the financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.01 and covering such period) shall be less than or equal to 1.00:1.00. The Commitment Fee shall accrue at all times from the
Closing Date until the Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit Facility, including at any time during which one or more of the conditions in Article IV is not met, and shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of
each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the Closing Date, and on the Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit Facility. The Commitment Fee shall be calculated quarterly in arrears.
(b) Other Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Agents and the Lenders for their own respective accounts such fees as shall have been separately agreed upon in writing in the amounts and at the times so specified. Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever (except as expressly agreed between the Borrower and the applicable Agent or Lender).
SECTION 2.10 Computation of Interest and Fees. All computations of interest for Base Rate Loans shall
be made on the basis of a year of three hundred and sixty-five (365) days or three hundred and sixty-six (366) days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed. All other computations of fees and interest shall be made on the basis of a
three hundred and sixty (360) day year and actual days elapsed or, in the case of interest in respect of CommittedRevolving Credit Loans denominated in Alternative
Currencies as to which market practice differs from the foregoing, in accordance with such market practice. Interest shall accrue on each Loan for the day on which such Loan is made, and shall not accrue on such Loan, or any portion thereof, for the
day on which such Loan or such portion is paid; provided that any such Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject to Section 2.12(a), bear interest for one (1) day. Each determination by the
Administrative Agent of an interest rate or fee hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
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SECTION 2.11 Evidence of Indebtedness.
(a) The Credit Extensions made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by such Lender and evidenced by one or more entries in the Register maintained by the Administrative Agent, acting solely for purposes of Treasury Regulation Section 5f.103-1(c), as agent for the Borrower, in each case in the ordinary course of business. The accounts or records maintained by the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be prima facie evidence absent manifest error of the amount of the Credit Extensions made by the Lenders to the Borrower and the interest and payments thereon. Any failure to so record or any error in doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrower hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Obligations. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by any Lender and the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of demonstrable error. Upon the request of any Lender made through the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender (through the Administrative Agent) a Note payable to such Lender, which shall evidence such Lenders Loans in addition to such accounts or records. Each Lender may attach schedules to its Note and endorse thereon the date, Type (if applicable), amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.
(b) In addition to the accounts and records referred to in Section 2.11(a), each Lender and the Administrative Agent shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice accounts or records and, in the case of the Administrative Agent, entries in the Register, evidencing the purchases and sales by such Lender of participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by the Administrative Agent and the accounts and records of any Lender in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of demonstrable error.
(c) Entries made in good faith by the Administrative Agent in the Register pursuant to Section 2.11(a) and (b), and by each Lender in its account or accounts pursuant to Section 2.11(a) and (b), shall be prima facie evidence of the amount of principal and interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to, in the case of the Register, each Lender and, in the case of such account or accounts, such Lender, under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, absent manifest error; provided that the failure of the Administrative Agent or such Lender to make an entry, or any finding that an entry is incorrect, in the Register or such account or accounts shall not limit or otherwise affect the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
SECTION 2.12 Payments Generally.
(a) All payments to be made by the Borrower shall be made without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff.
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein and except with respect to principal of and interest on Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency, all payments by the Borrower hereunder shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of
the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the applicable Administrative Agents Office in Dollars and in Same Day Funds not later than 2:00 p.m. on the date specified herein. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all
payments by the Borrower hereunder with respect to principal and interest on Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the
applicable Administrative Agents Office in such Alternative Currency and in Same Day Funds not later than the Applicable Time specified by the Administrative Agent on the dates specified herein. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Administrative Agent may require that any payments due under this Agreement be made in the United States. If, for any reason, the Borrower is prohibited by any Law from making any required payment hereunder in an Alternative Currency,
the Borrower shall make such payment in Dollars in the Dollar Equivalent of the Alternative Currency payment amount. The Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to each Lender its Applicable
PercentagePro Rata Share (or other applicable share as provided herein) of such payment in like funds as received by wire transfer to such Lenders Applicable Lending Office.
All payments received by the Administrative Agent (i) after 2:00 p.m., in the case of payments in Dollars, or (ii) after the Applicable Time specified by the Administrative Agent in the case of payments in an Alternative Currency, shall in
each case be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue. If any payment to be made by the Borrower shall come due on a day other than a Business Day, payment shall be made on the
next following Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be.
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(b) If any payment to be made by the Borrower shall come due on a day other than a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next following Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be; provided that, if such extension would cause payment of interest on or principal of Eurocurrency Rate Loans to be made in the next succeeding calendar month, such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day.
(c) (i) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing of Eurocurrency Rate Loans (or, in the case of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, prior to 12:00 noon on the date of such Borrowing) that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lenders share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with Section 2.02 (or, in the case of a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, that such Lender has made such share available in accordance with and at the time required by Section 2.02) and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. 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 Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount in Same Day Funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (A) in the case of a payment to be made by such Lender, the Overnight Rate, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Administrative Agent in connection with the foregoing, and (B) in the case of a payment to be made by the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to Base Rate Loans. If the Borrower and such Lender shall pay such interest to the Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the Borrower the amount of such interest paid by the Borrower for such period. If such Lender pays its share of the applicable Borrowing to the Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lenders Loan included in such Borrowing. Any payment by the Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim the Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the Administrative Agent.
(ii) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the time at which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or the relevant L/C Issuer hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Appropriate Lenders or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Appropriate Lenders or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or such L/C Issuer, in Same Day Funds 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 Overnight Rate.
A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender or the Borrower with respect to any amount owing under this Section 2.12(c) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
(d) If any Lender makes available to the Administrative Agent funds for any Loan to be made by such Lender as provided in the foregoing provisions of this Article II, and such funds are not made available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent because the conditions to the applicable Credit Extension set forth in Article IV are not satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof, the Administrative Agent shall return such funds (in like funds as received from such Lender) to such Lender, without interest.
(e) The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make Term Loans and Revolving Credit Loans, to fund participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans and to make payments pursuant to Section 10.05(b) are several and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan, to fund any such participation or to make any payment under Section 10.05(b) on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its Loan, to purchase its participation or to make its payment under Section 10.05(b).
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(f) Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner.
(g) Whenever any payment received by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents is insufficient to pay in full all amounts due and payable to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under or in respect of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents on any date, such payment shall be distributed by the Administrative Agent and applied by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in the order of priority set forth in Section 8.04. If the Administrative Agent receives funds for application to the Obligations of the Loan Parties under or in respect of the Loan Documents under circumstances for which the Loan Documents do not specify the manner in which such funds are to be applied, the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, elect to distribute such funds to each of the Lenders in accordance with such Lenders Pro Rata Share of the sum of (a) the Outstanding Amount of all Loans outstanding at such time and (b) the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations outstanding at such time, in repayment or prepayment of such of the outstanding Loans or other Obligations then owing to such Lender.
SECTION 2.13 Sharing of Payments. If, other than as expressly provided elsewhere herein, any Lender shall obtain on account of the Loans made by it, or the participations in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans held by it, any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right of setoff, or otherwise) in excess of its ratable share (or other share contemplated hereunder) thereof, such Lender shall immediately (a) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase from the other Lenders such participations in the Loans made by them and/or such subparticipations in the participations in L/C Obligations or Swing Line Loans held by them, as the case may be, as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess payment in respect of such Loans or such participations, as the case may be, pro rata with each of them; provided that (x) if all or any portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from the purchasing Lender under any of the circumstances described in Section 10.06 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the purchasing Lender in its discretion), such purchase shall to that extent be rescinded and each other Lender shall repay to the purchasing Lender the purchase price paid therefor, together with an amount equal to such paying Lenders ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such paying Lenders required repayment to (ii) the total amount so recovered from the purchasing Lender) of any interest or other amount paid or payable by the purchasing Lender in respect of the total amount so recovered, without further interest thereon and (y) the provisions of this Section 2.13 shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by the Borrower 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 L/C Obligations to any assignee or participant. The Borrower agrees that any Lender so purchasing a participation from another Lender may, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, exercise all its rights of payment (including the right of setoff, but subject to Section 10.09) with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were the direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation. The Administrative Agent will keep records (which shall be conclusive and binding in the absence of demonstrable error) of participations purchased under this Section 2.13 and will in each case notify the Lenders following any such purchases or repayments. Each Lender that purchases a participation pursuant to this Section 2.13 shall from and after such purchase have the right to give all notices, requests, demands, directions and other communications under this Agreement with respect to the portion of the Obligations purchased to the same extent as though the purchasing Lender were the original owner of the Obligations purchased.
SECTION 2.14 Incremental Credit Extensions.
(a) At any time and from time to time, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may, by notice to the Administrative
Agent (whereupon the Administrative Agent shall promptly deliver a copy to each of the Lenders), request to add one or more additional tranches of term loans (the Incremental Term Loans), one or more increases in any Class of Term
Loans or Incremental Term Loans (the Incremental Term Loan Increases), one or more additional revolving credit facility tranches (the Incremental Revolving Facilities) or one or more increases in the Revolving
Credit Commitments (the Incremental Revolving Commitments; together with the Incremental Term Loans, the Incremental Term Loan Increases and the Incremental Revolving Facilities, the Incremental
Facilities); . Notwithstanding anything to contrary herein, the aggregate principal amount of all Incremental Facilities provided that at the time of each such request and upon the effectiveness of each Incremental Facility Amendment no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or shall result
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incurred after the Amendment No. 34 Effective Date (other than Refinancing Term Loans and Refinancing Revolving
Commitments) (determined as the time of incurrence), together with the aggregate principal amount of all Alternative Incremental Facilities Debt, shall not exceed the greater of
(i) the sum of (x) $200,000,000250,000,000 plus (y) the amount of any voluntary prepayments of the Term Loans and voluntary permanent
reductions of the Revolving Credit Commitments effected after the Amendment No. 34 Effective Date (it being understood that any prepayment of Term Loans with the
proceeds of substantially concurrent borrowings of new Loans hereunder or any reduction of Revolving Credit Commitments in connection with a substantially concurrent issuance of new revolving commitments hereunder shall not increase the calculation
of the amount under this clause (y)) andplus (iiz) an
additional unlimited amount of Incremental Facilities and Alternative Incremental Facilities Debt so long as, after giving Pro
Forma Effect thereto (assuming that any such Incremental Revolving Facilities or Incremental Revolving Commitments are drawn in full and excluding the cash proceeds of such Incremental Facility) and after giving effect to any Specified Transaction
consummated in connection therewith and all other appropriate Pro Forma Adjustments, the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio does not exceed the applicable ratio for such test period set forth below
underratio for the most recently ended fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b) set forth in clause
(x) (whether or not clause (y) of Section 7.10 would otherwise apply in determining such ratio) of Section 7.10 (and references therein to Net Leverage Ratio shall be deemed to be First Lien Net
Leverage Ratio for this purpose).
(b) The Incremental Facilities are subject to the following terms and conditions:
(i) each Incremental Facility shall have the same guarantees as, and be secured on a pari passu basis by the same Collateral securing, the Obligations hereunder;
(ii) no existing Lender will be required to participate in any such Incremental Facility without its consent;
(iii) no Default or Event of Default would exist after giving effect thereto;
(iv) the maturity date of any Incremental Term Loans shall be no earlier than the Maturity Date of the Term
A-12 Loans, and the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Incremental Term Loans shall be not shorter than the then remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the
Term A-12 Loans;
(v) [reserved];
(vi) in the case of (A) Incremental Revolving Commitments, the maturity date of such Incremental Revolving Commitments shall be the same as the Maturity Date of the Revolving Credit Facility, such Incremental Revolving Commitments shall require no scheduled amortization or mandatory commitment reduction prior to the Maturity Date of the Revolving Credit Facility and the Incremental Revolving Commitments shall be on the exact same terms and pursuant to the exact same documentation applicable to the Revolving Credit Facility and (B) Incremental Term Loan Increases, the maturity date of such Incremental Term Loan Increases shall be the same as the Maturity Date of the applicable Class of Term Loans or Incremental Term Loans, such Incremental Term Loan Increases shall require no scheduled amortization or mandatory commitment reduction prior to the Maturity Date of the applicable Class of Term Loans or Incremental Term Loans and such Incremental Term Loan Increases shall be on the exact same terms and pursuant to the exact same documentation applicable to the applicable Class of Term Loans or Incremental Term Loans;
(vii) in the case of an Incremental Revolving Facility, the maturity date of such Incremental Revolving Facility shall be no earlier than the Maturity Date of the Revolving Credit Facility, such Incremental Revolving Facility shall require no scheduled amortization or mandatory commitment reduction prior to the Maturity Date of the Revolving Credit Facility, the Incremental Revolving Facility shall be on substantially the same terms and pursuant to substantially the same documentation applicable to the Revolving Credit Facility, and borrowings and repayments under the Incremental Revolving Facility shall be made on a pro rata basis with the Revolving Credit Facility;
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(viii) the interest rate margins and (subject to clauses (iv),
(v) and (vii), as appropriate) amortization schedule applicable to any Incremental Term Loans or Incremental Revolving Facilities shall be determined by the Borrower and the lenders thereunder; provided that in the event that
the interest rate margins for any Incremental Term Loans (other than Incremental Term Loans which do not have an annual amortization greater than 1% of the original aggregate principal amount of such Incremental Term Loans) or any
Incremental Revolving Facility (in each case, other than Refinancing Term Loans and Refinancing Revolving Commitments), are higher than the interest rate margins for the Term
A-12 Loans or the Revolving Credit Facility, as applicable, by more than (in any case) 50 basis points, then the interest rate margins for the Term
A-12 Loans or Revolving Credit Facility, as the case may be, shall be increased to the extent necessary so that such interest rate margins are equal to the interest rate
margins for such Incremental Term Loans or Incremental Revolving Facility, as the case may be, minus 50 basis points; provided, further, that, in determining the interest rate margins applicable to the Incremental Term
Loans and the Term A-12 Loans or the Incremental Revolving Facility and the Revolving Credit Facility, (x) customary arrangement or commitment fees payable to the Lead
Arrangers (or their affiliates) in connection with the Term A-12 Loans or the Revolving Credit Facility or to one or more arrangers (or their affiliates) of any Incremental
Term Loans or Incremental Revolving Facility shall be excluded, (y) original issue discount (OID) and upfront fees paid to the lenders thereunder shall be included (with OID being equated to interest based on assumed
four-year life to maturity or, if shorter, the actual weighted average life to maturity) and (z) if the Incremental Term Loans or the Incremental Revolving Facilities include an interest rate floor greater than the applicable interest rate
floor under the Term A-12 Loans or the Revolving Credit Facility, such differential between interest rate floors shall be equated to the applicable interest rate margin for
purposes of determining whether an increase to the interest rate margin under the Facilities shall be required, but only to the extent an increase in the interest rate floor in the Term
A-12 Loans or the Revolving Credit Facility, as applicable, would cause an increase in the interest rate then in effect thereunder, and in such case the interest rate floor
(but not the interest rate margin) applicable to the Term A-12 Loans or the Revolving Credit Facility, as applicable, shall be increased to the extent of such differential
between interest rate floors;
(ix) any Incremental Term Loans, for purposes of prepayments, shall be treated substantially
the same as (or no more favorably than) the Term A-12 Loans;
(x) [reserved];
(xi) any Incremental Term Loans or any Incremental Revolving Facility shall be on terms and pursuant to documentation to be
determined; provided that, to the extent such terms and documentation are not consistent with the Term A-12 Loans or the Revolving Credit Facility, as the case may
be (except to the extent permitted by clause (iv), (v), (vii), (viii), or (ix), or (x) above), they shall be reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; provided, further, that, in the case of any Refinancing Term Loans and Refinancing Revolving Commitments with terms approved by the Administrative Agent pursuant to this clause (xi),
(A) the terms and conditions of such Refinancing Term Loans and Refinancing Revolving Commitments (excluding pricing and optional prepayment or redemption terms) reflect market terms on the date of incurrence and (B) such Refinancing Term
Loans or Refinancing Revolving Commitments shall not contain covenants (including financial maintenance covenants), taken as a whole, that are materially tighter than (or in addition to) those contained in this Agreement; provided,
however, that a certificate of a Responsible Officer delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five (5) Business Days prior to the incurrence of such Refinancing Term Loans or Refinancing Revolving Commitments, as the case may be,
together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Refinancing Term Loans or Refinancing Revolving Commitments, as the case may be, or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower
has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement, shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within
such five Business Day period that it disagrees with such determination (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees); and
(xii) each Incremental Facility shall be in an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and be in an aggregate principal amount that is not less than $50,000,000 in the case of any Incremental Term Loans or Incremental Term Loan Increases or $25,000,000 in the case of any Incremental Revolving Facilities or Incremental Revolving Commitments; provided that such amount may be less than the applicable minimum amount if such amount represents all the remaining availability hereunder as set forth above.
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(c) Each notice from the Borrower pursuant to this Section shall set forth the requested amount
and proposed terms of the relevant Incremental Term Loans, Incremental Term Loan Increases, Incremental Revolving Facilities and/or Incremental Revolving Commitments. Any additional bank, financial institution, existing Lender or other Person that
elects to provide the applicable Incremental Facility shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (any such bank, financial institution, existing Lender or other Person being called an Additional
Lender) and, if not already a Lender, shall become a Lender under this Agreement pursuant to an amendment (an Incremental Facility Amendment) to this Agreement and, as appropriate, the other Loan Documents, executed by
the Borrower, such Additional Lender and the Administrative Agent. No Incremental Facility Amendment shall require the consent of any Lenders other than the Additional Lenders with respect to such Incremental Facility Amendment. Commitments in
respect of any Incremental Facilities shall become Commitments under this Agreement. An Incremental Facility Amendment may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to any Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in
the opinion of the Administrative Agent, to effect the provisions of this Section 2.14. The effectiveness of any Incremental Facility Amendment shall, unless otherwise agreed to by the Administrative Agent and the Additional Lenders, be
subject to the satisfaction on the date thereof (each, an Incremental Facility Closing Date) of each of the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (it being understood that (x) all references to the date of
such Credit Extension in Section 4.02 shall be deemed to refer to the Incremental Facility Closing Date and (y) the Incremental Closing Facility Closing Date shall be deemed to be the initial Credit Extension
for purposes of Section 4.02(a) and (z) to the extent the proceeds of any Incremental Facility (other than Incremental Revolving Commitments) are being used to finance a
Permitted Acquisition or other permitted Investment and the lenders under such Incremental Facility agree, the conditions in Section 4.02 may be subject to customary
SunGard limitations (or, for an acquisition of a foreign entity, certain funds limitations)). The proceeds of any Incremental Term Loans and Incremental Term Loan Increases will be used only for general corporate purposes
(including Permitted Acquisitions). Upon each increase in the Incremental Revolving Commitments pursuant to this Section, each Revolving Credit Lender immediately prior to such increase
will automatically and without further act be deemed to have assigned to each Lender providing a portion of the Incremental Revolving Commitment (each a Incremental Revolving Lender) in respect of such increase, and each such
Incremental Revolving Lender will automatically and without further act be deemed to have assumed, a portion of such Revolving Credit Lenders participations hereunder in outstanding Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans such that, after
giving effect to each such deemed assignment and assumption of participations, the percentage of the aggregate outstanding (i) participations hereunder in Letters of Credit and (ii) participations hereunder in Swing Line Loans held by each
Revolving Credit Lender (including each such Incremental Revolving Lender) will equal the percentage of the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments of all Revolving Credit Lenders represented by such Revolving Credit Lenders Revolving
Commitment. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby agree that the minimum borrowing, pro rata borrowing and pro rata payment requirements contained elsewhere in this Agreement shall not apply to the transactions
effected pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence.
SECTION 2.15 Extensions of Term Loans and Revolving Credit Commitments.
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, pursuant to one or more offers (each, an Extension Offer) made from time to time by the Borrower to all Lenders of any tranche of Term Loans with a like maturity date or Revolving Credit Commitments with a like maturity date, in each case on a pro rata basis (based on the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the respective Term Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments with a like maturity date, as the case may be) and on the same terms to each such Lender, the Borrower is hereby permitted to consummate from time to time transactions with individual Lenders that accept the terms contained in such Extension Offers to extend the maturity date of each such Lenders relevant tranche of Term Loans and/or Revolving Credit Commitments and otherwise modify the terms of such Term Loans and/or Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to the terms of the relevant Extension Offer (including, without limitation, by increasing the interest rate or fees payable in respect of such Term Loans and/or Revolving Credit Commitments (and related outstandings) and/or modifying the amortization schedule in respect of such Lenders Term Loans) (each, an Extension, and each group of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, in each case as so extended, as well as the original Term Loans and the original Revolving Credit Commitments (in each case not so extended), being a tranche; any Extended Term Loans (as defined below) shall constitute a separate tranche of
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Term Loans from the tranche of Term Loans from which they were converted, and any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments (as defined below) shall constitute a separate tranche of Revolving Credit
Commitments from the tranche of Revolving Credit Commitments from which they were converted), so long as the following terms are satisfied: (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time the offering
document in respect of an Extension Offer is delivered to the Lenders, (ii) except as to interest rates, fees and final maturity (which shall be determined by the Borrower and set forth in the relevant Extension Offer), the Revolving Credit
Commitment of any Revolving Credit Lender that agrees to an extension with respect to such Revolving Credit Commitment (an extended pursuant to an Extension (an
Extended Revolving Credit Commitment), and the related outstandings, shall be a Revolving Credit Commitment (or related outstandings, as the case may be) with the same terms as the original Revolving Credit Commitments (and
related outstandings); provided that (x) subject to the provisions of Sections 2.03(k) and 2.04(g) to the extent dealing with Swing Line Loans and Letters of Credit which mature or expire after a maturity date when there
exist Extended Revolving Credit Commitments with a longer maturity date, all Swing Line Loans and Letters of Credit shall be participated in on a pro rata basis by all Lenders with Revolving Credit Commitments in accordance with their Pro Rata Share
of the Revolving Credit Commitments (and except as provided in Sections 2.03(k) and 2.04(g), without giving effect to changes thereto on an earlier maturity date with respect to Swing Line Loans and Letters of Credit theretofore
incurred or issued) and all borrowings under Revolving Credit Commitments and repayments thereunder shall be made on a pro rata basis (except for (A) payments of interest and fees at different rates on Extended Revolving Credit Commitments (and
related outstandings) and (B) repayments required upon the maturity date of the non-extending Revolving Credit Commitments) and (y) at no time shall there be Revolving Credit Commitments hereunder (including Extended Revolving Credit
Commitments and any original Revolving Credit Commitments) which have more than three different maturity dates, (iii) except as to interest rates, fees, amortization, final maturity date, premium, required prepayment dates and participation in
prepayments (which shall, subject to immediately succeeding clauses (iv), (v) and (vi), be determined between the Borrower and set forth in the relevant Extension Offer), the Term Loans of any Term Lender that agrees to an
extension with respect to such Term LoansExtending Revolving Credit Lender) (an extended pursuant to any Extension (Extended Term Loans) shall have the same terms as the tranche of Term
Loans subject to such Extension Offer, (iv) the final maturity date of any Extended Term Loans (other than any Extended Term Loans that are Term A-Extending Term Lender)12 Loans) shall be
no earlier than the then latest maturity date hereunder and the amortization schedule applicable to Term A-12 Loans pursuant to Section 2.07(b) for periods
prior to the Maturity Date for Term Loans may not be increased, (v) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any Extended Term Loans (other than Extended Term Loans that are Term
A-12 Loans) shall be no shorter than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Term Loans extended thereby, (vi) any Extended Term Loans may participate
on a pro rata basis or a less than pro rata basis (but not greater than a pro rata basis) in any voluntary or mandatory repayments or prepayments hereunder, in each case as specified in the respective Extension Offer, (vii) if the aggregate
principal amount of Term Loans (calculated on the face amount thereof) or Revolving Credit Commitments, as the case may be, in respect of which Term Lenders or Revolving Credit Lenders, as the case may be, shall have accepted the relevant Extension
Offer shall exceed the maximum aggregate principal amount of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments, as the case may be, offered to be extended by the Borrower pursuant to such Extension Offer, then the Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans, as
the case may be, of such Term Lenders or Revolving Credit Lenders, as the case may be, shall be extended ratably up to such maximum amount based on the respective principal amounts (but not to exceed actual holdings of record) with respect to which
such Term Lenders or Revolving Credit Lenders, as the case may be, have accepted such Extension Offer, (viii) all documentation in respect of such Extension shall be consistent with the foregoing, (ix) any applicable Minimum Extension
Condition shall be satisfied unless waived by the Borrower and (x) the Minimum Tranche Amount shall be satisfied unless waived by the Administrative Agent.
(b) With respect to all Extensions consummated by the Borrower pursuant to this Section, (i) such Extensions shall not constitute voluntary or mandatory payments or prepayments for purposes of Section 2.05 and (ii) no Extension Offer is required to be in any minimum amount or any minimum increment; provided that (x) the Borrower may at its election specify as a condition (a Minimum Extension Condition) to consummating any such Extension that a minimum amount (to be determined and specified in the relevant Extension Offer in the Borrowers sole discretion and may be waived by the Borrower) of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments (as applicable) of any or all applicable tranches be tendered and (y) no tranche of Extended Term Loans shall be in an amount of less than $25,000,000 (the Minimum Tranche Amount), unless such Minimum Tranche Amount is waived by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby consent to the transactions contemplated by this Section (including, for the avoidance of doubt, payment of any interest, fees or premium in
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respect of any Extended Term Loans and/or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments on the such terms as may be set forth in the relevant Extension Offer) and hereby waive the requirements of any provision of this Agreement (including, without limitation, Sections 2.05, 2.12 and 2.13) or any other Loan Document that may otherwise prohibit any such Extension or any other transaction contemplated by this Section.
(c) No consent of any Lender or the Administrative Agent shall be required to effectuate any Extension, other than (A) the consent of each Lender agreeing to such Extension with respect to one or more of its Term Loans and/or Revolving Credit Commitments (or a portion thereof) and (B) with respect to any Extension of the Revolving Credit Commitments, the consent of the L/C Issuer, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. All Extended Term Loans, Extended Revolving Credit Commitments and all obligations in respect thereof shall be Obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents that are secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis with all other applicable Obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. The Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent to enter into amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the Borrower as may be necessary in order to establish new tranches or sub-tranches in respect of Revolving Credit Commitments or Term Loans so extended and such technical amendments as may be necessary or appropriate in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in connection with the establishment of such new tranches or sub-tranches, in each case on terms consistent with this Section. Without limiting the foregoing, in connection with any Extensions the respective Loan Parties shall (at their expense) amend (and the Administrative Agent is hereby directed to amend) any Mortgage that has a maturity date prior to the then latest maturity date so that such maturity date is extended to the then latest maturity date (or such later date as may be advised by local counsel to the Administrative Agent).
(d) In connection with any Extension, the Borrower shall provide the Administrative Agent at least five (5) Business Days (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent) prior written notice thereof, and shall agree to such procedures (including, without limitation, regarding timing, rounding and other adjustments and to ensure reasonable administrative management of the credit facilities hereunder after such Extension), if any, as may be established by, or acceptable to, the Administrative Agent, in each case acting reasonably to accomplish the purposes of this Section.
SECTION 2.16 Defaulting Lenders.
(a) Adjustments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as that Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable Law:
(i) Waivers and Amendments. That Defaulting Lenders right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in Section 10.01.
(ii) Reallocation of Payments. Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of that Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Article VIII or otherwise, and including any amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by that Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 10.09), shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to any applicable L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender hereunder; third, if so determined by the Administrative Agent or requested by any relevant L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, to be held as Cash Collateral for future funding obligations of that Defaulting Lender of any participation in any Swing Line Loan or Letter of Credit, to the extent such funding obligations have not been reallocated pursuant to Section 2.16(a)(iv) or Cash Collateralized pursuant to Section 2.17; fourth, as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which that 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, to be held in a non-interest bearing deposit account and released in order to satisfy obligations of that Defaulting Lender to fund Loans under this Agreement; sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders, the L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender as a result of any judgment of a court
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of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, any L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lenders breach of its obligations under this Agreement; seventh, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lenders breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and eighth, to that 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 L/C Borrowings in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share and (y) such Loans or L/C Borrowings were made 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 L/C Borrowings owed to, all non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of, or L/C Borrowings owed to, that Defaulting Lender. 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 2.16(a)(ii) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by that Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.
(iii) Certain Fees. That Defaulting Lender (x) shall not be entitled to receive any commitment fee pursuant to Section 2.09(a) for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and the Borrower shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender) and (y) shall be limited in its right to receive Letter of Credit Fees as provided in Section 2.03(c).
(iv) Reallocation of Pro Rata Shares to Reduce Fronting Exposure. During any period in which there is a Defaulting
Lender, for purposes of computing the amount of the obligation of each non-Defaulting Lender to acquire, refinance or fund participations in Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans pursuant to Sections 2.03 and 2.04, the Pro Rata
Share of each non-Defaulting Lender shall be computed without giving effect to the Commitment of that Defaulting Lender; provided, that, (i) each such reallocation shall be given effect only if, at the date the applicable
Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, no Event of Default exists; and (ii) the aggregate obligation of each non-Defaulting Lender to acquire, refinance or fund participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans shall not exceed the
positive difference, if any, of (1) the Commitment of that non-Defaulting Lender minus (2) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Credit Loans of that Lender.
(b) Defaulting Lender Cure. If the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and each relevant L/C Issuer agree in writing in their sole discretion that a Defaulting Lender should no longer be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any Cash Collateral), that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans to be held on a pro rata basis by the Lenders in accordance with their Pro Rata Share (without giving effect to Section 2.16(a)(iv)), whereupon that Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided, further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lenders having been a Defaulting Lender.
SECTION 2.17 Cash Collateral.
(a) Certain Credit Support Events. Upon the request of the Administrative Agent or the relevant L/C Issuer if, as of the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, any L/C Obligation for any reason remains outstanding, the Borrower shall, in each case, immediately Cash Collateralize the then Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations. In addition, if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower at any time that the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations at such time exceeds 105% of the Letter of Credit Sublimit then in effect, then, within two Business Days after receipt of such notice, the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations in an amount equal to the amount by which the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations exceeds the Letter of Credit Sublimit. At any
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time that there shall exist a Defaulting Lender, promptly upon the request of the Administrative Agent, an L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to cover all Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.16(a)(iv)) and any Cash Collateral provided by the Defaulting Lender). If at any time the Administrative Agent determines that any funds held as Cash Collateral are subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Administrative Agent or that the total amount of such funds is less than the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, the Borrower will, forthwith upon demand by the Administrative Agent, pay to the Administrative Agent, as additional funds to be deposited as Cash Collateral, an amount equal to the excess of (x) such aggregate Outstanding Amount over (y) the total amount of funds, if any, then held as Cash Collateral that the Administrative Agent determines to be free and clear of any such right and claim. Upon the drawing of any Letter of Credit for which funds are on deposit as Cash Collateral, such funds shall be applied, to the extent permitted under applicable Laws, to reimburse the relevant L/C Issuer.
(b) Grant of Security Interest. All Cash Collateral (other than credit support not constituting funds subject to deposit) shall be maintained in blocked deposit accounts at Bank of America and may be invested in readily available Cash Equivalents at its sole discretion. The Borrower, and to the extent provided by any Lender, such Lender, hereby grants to (and subjects to the control of) the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the relevant L/C Issuers and the Lenders (including the Swing Line Lender), and agrees to maintain, a first priority security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein, and all other property so provided as collateral pursuant hereto, and in all proceeds of the foregoing, all as security for the obligations to which such Cash Collateral may be applied pursuant to Section 2.17(c). If at any time the Administrative Agent determines that Cash Collateral is subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Administrative Agent as herein provided, or that the total amount of such Cash Collateral is less than the applicable Fronting Exposure and other obligations secured thereby, the Borrower or the relevant Defaulting Lender will, promptly upon demand by the Administrative Agent, pay or provide to the Administrative Agent additional Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to eliminate such deficiency.
(c) Application. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Cash Collateral provided under any of this Section 2.17 or Sections 2.04, 2.05, 2.06 or 8.02 in respect of Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans shall be held and applied to the satisfaction of the specific L/C Obligations, Swing Line Loans, obligations to fund participations therein (including, as to Cash Collateral provided by a Defaulting Lender, any interest accrued on such obligation) and other obligations for which the Cash Collateral was so provided, prior to any other application of such property as may be provided for herein.
(d) Release. Cash Collateral (or the appropriate portion thereof) provided to reduce Fronting Exposure or other obligations shall be released promptly following (i) the elimination of the applicable Fronting Exposure or other obligations giving rise thereto (including by the termination of Defaulting Lender status of the applicable Lender) or (ii) the Administrative Agents good faith determination that there exists excess Cash Collateral; provided, however, (x) that Cash Collateral furnished by or on behalf of a Loan Party shall not be released during the continuance of a Default or Event of Default (and following application as provided in this Section 2.17 may be otherwise applied in accordance with Section 8.04), and (y) the Person providing Cash Collateral and the L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as applicable, may agree that Cash Collateral shall not be released but instead held to support future anticipated Fronting Exposure or other obligations. To the extent that the amount of any Cash Collateral exceeds the aggregate amount of Fronting Exposure or other obligations giving rise thereto plus costs incidental thereto, and so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the excess shall be refunded to the Person that provided such Cash Collateral.
ARTICLE III
Taxes, Increased Costs Protection and Illegality
SECTION 3.01 Taxes.
(a) Except as provided in this Section 3.01, any and all payments by or on behalf of the Borrower (the term Borrower under this Article III being deemed to include any Subsidiary for whose account a Letter of Credit is issued) or any Guarantor to or for the account of any Agent or any Lender under any Loan Document shall
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be made free and clear of and without deduction for any Taxes. If any applicable withholding agent shall be required by any Laws to deduct any Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable under any Loan Document to any Agent or any Lender, (i) if such Taxes are Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, the sum payable by the Borrower or applicable Guarantor shall be increased as necessary so that after all required deductions have been made (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 3.01), each of such Agent and such Lender receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) such applicable withholding agent shall make such deductions, (iii) such applicable withholding agent shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant taxation authority or other authority in accordance with applicable Laws, and (iv) within thirty (30) days after the date of such payment by such applicable withholding agent (or, if receipts or evidence are not available within thirty (30) days, as soon as possible thereafter), such applicable withholding agent shall furnish to Borrower and such Agent or Lender (as the case may be) the original or a facsimile copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof to the extent such a receipt is issued therefor, or other written proof of payment thereof that is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(b) In addition, the Borrower agrees to pay all Other Taxes.
(c) Without duplication of any amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.01(a) or Section 3.01(b), the Borrower agrees to indemnify each Agent and each Lender for (i) the full amount of Indemnified Taxes and Other Taxes (including any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this Section 3.01) payable by such Agent and such Lender and (ii) any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, in each case whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. Such Agent or Lender, as the case may be, will, at the Borrowers request, provide the Borrower with a written statement thereof setting forth in reasonable detail the basis and calculation of such amounts. Payment under this Section 3.01(c) shall be made within ten (10) days after the date such Lender or such Agent makes a demand therefor.
(d) If any Lender or Agent determines, in its reasonable discretion, that it has received a refund in respect of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes as to which indemnification or additional amounts have been paid to it by the Borrower or any Guarantor pursuant to this Section 3.01, it shall promptly remit such refund as soon as practicable after it is determined that such refund pertains to Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Borrower or any Guarantor under this Section 3.01 with respect to the Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund plus any interest included in such refund by the relevant taxing authority attributable thereto) to the Borrower, net of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including any Taxes) of the Lender or Agent, as the case may be and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant taxing authority with respect to such refund); provided that the Borrower, upon the request of the Lender or Agent, as the case may be, agrees promptly to return such refund to such party in the event such party is required to repay such refund to the relevant taxing authority. Such Lender or Agent, as the case may be, shall, at the Borrowers request, provide the Borrower with a copy of any notice of assessment or other evidence of the requirement to repay such refund received from the relevant taxing authority (provided that such Lender or Agent may delete any information therein that such Lender or Agent deems confidential). Nothing herein contained shall interfere with the right of a Lender or Agent to arrange its tax affairs in whatever manner it thinks fit nor oblige any Lender or Agent to claim any tax refund or to make available its tax returns or disclose any information relating to its tax affairs or any computations in respect thereof or require any Lender or Agent to do anything that would prejudice its ability to benefit from any other refunds, credits, reliefs, remissions or repayments to which it may be entitled.
(e) Each Lender agrees that, upon the occurrence of any event giving rise to the operation of Section 3.01(a) or (c) with respect to such Lender it will, if requested by the Borrower, use commercially reasonable efforts (subject to legal and regulatory restrictions) to designate another Applicable Lending Office for any Loan or Letter of Credit affected by such event; provided that such efforts are made on terms that, in the judgment of such Lender, cause such Lender and its Applicable Lending Office(s) to suffer no material economic, legal or regulatory disadvantage, and provided further that nothing in this Section 3.01(e) shall affect or postpone any of the Obligations of the Borrower or the rights of such Lender pursuant to Section 3.01(a) or (c).
(f) Each Lender shall, at such times as are reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, provide the Borrower and
the Administrative Agent with any documentation prescribed by lawLaw, or
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reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, certifying as to any entitlement of such Lender to an exemption from, or reduction in, any withholding Tax with respect to any payments to be made to such Lender under any Loan Document. Each such Lender shall, whenever a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders such documentation (including any documentation specifically referenced below) expired, obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, deliver promptly to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent updated or other appropriate documentation (including any new documentation reasonably requested by the applicable withholding agent) or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its inability to do so.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:
(i) Each Lender that is a United States person (as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or before the date on which it becomes a party to this Agreement two properly completed and duly signed original copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (or any successor form) certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding;
(ii) Each Lender that is not a United States person (as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or before the date on which it becomes a party to this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter when required by law or upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent) whichever of the following is applicable:
(A) two duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E (or any successor forms) claiming eligibility for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States of America is a party,
(B) two duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or any successor forms),
(C) in the case of a Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) or the Code, (x) a certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit N (any such certificate a United States Tax Compliance Certificate), or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent, to the effect that such Lender is not (A) a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (B) a 10 percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code or (C) a controlled foreign corporation described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code, and that no payments in connection with the Loan Documents are effectively connected with such Lenders conduct of a U.S. trade or business and (y) two duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E (or any successor forms),
(D) to the extent a Lender is not the beneficial owner (for example, where the Lender is a partnership, or is a Lender that has
granted a participation), Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY (or any successor forms) of the Lender, accompanied by a Form W-8ECI, W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, United States Tax Compliance
Certificate, Form W-9, Form W-8IMY (or other successor forms) or any other required information from each beneficial owner, as applicable (provided that, if the Lender is a partnership (and not a participating Lender) and one or more
beneficial owners are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, the United States Tax Compliance Certificate may be provided by such Lender on behalf of such beneficial owner(s)), or
(E) any other documentation prescribed by applicable requirements of U.S. federal income tax law (including
FATCA) as a basis for claiming any applicable exemption from or reduction in U.S. federal withholding tax duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable requirements of law or reasonably
requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to permit the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; or
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(F) 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 and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by Law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower 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 or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine whether such Lender has complied with such Lenders obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this clause (f), a Lender shall not be required to deliver any form that such Lender is not legally eligible to deliver.
(iii) Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to deliver to the Loan Parties and to any successor Administrative Agent any documentation provided by such Lender to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 3.02(f).
(g) The Administrative Agent shall provide the Borrower with two duly completed original copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 certifying it is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding, and shall update such forms periodically upon the reasonable request of the Borrower.
(h) For the avoidance of doubt, the term Lender shall, for purposes of this Section 3.01, include any L/C Issuer and any Swing Line Lender.
SECTION 3.02 Illegality.
(a) If any Lender determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority that is a court, statutory board or
commission has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its Applicable Lending Office to perform any of its obligations hereunder or make, maintain or fund Eurocurrency Rate
Loans,or charge interest with respect to any Credit Extension or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurocurrency Rate as contemplated by this Agreement, then, on
notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower through the Administrative Agent, in respect of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, (A) any obligation of such Lender to makeissue,
make, maintain, fund or charge interest with respect to any such Credit Extension or continue Eurocurrency Rate Loans or to convert Base Rate Loans to Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be suspended until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent
and the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist, (B) upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower shall upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay in the case of
Eurocurrency Rate Loans, such Eurocurrency Rate Loans that have become unlawful or, if applicable, convert all Eurocurrency Rate Loans of such Lender to Base Rate Loans, either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may
lawfully continue to maintain such Eurocurrency Rate Loans to such day, or promptly, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Eurocurrency Rate Loans, (C) upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay
accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted and all amounts due, if any, in connection with such prepayment or conversion under Section 3.05. Each Lender agrees to designate a different Applicable Lending Office if such
designation will avoid the need for any such notice and will not, in the good faith judgment of such Lender, otherwise be materially disadvantageous to such Lender.
(b) If any provision of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents would obligate the Borrower to make any payment of interest with respect to any of the Revolving Credit Exposure or other amount payable to the Administrative Agent or any Revolving Credit Lender in an amount or calculated at a rate which would be prohibited by any Law then, notwithstanding such provision, such amount or rates shall be deemed to have been adjusted with retroactive effect to the maximum amount or rate of interest, as the case may be,
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as would not be so prohibited by any applicable law or so result in a receipt by the Administrative Agent or such Revolving Credit Lender of interest with respect to its Revolving Credit Exposure at a criminal rate, such adjustment to be effected, to the extent necessary, as follows:
(i) first, by reducing the amount or rates of interest required to be paid to the Administrative Agent or the affected Revolving Credit Lender under Section 2.08; and
(ii) thereafter, by reducing any fees, commissions, premiums and other amounts required to be paid to the Administrative Agent or the affected Revolving Credit Lender which would constitute interest with respect to the Revolving Credit Exposure for purposes of any applicable law.
SECTION 3.03 Inability to Determine Rates. If the Required Lenders determine that for any reason adequate and reasonable means do not exist for determining the Eurocurrency Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurocurrency Rate Loan, or that the Eurocurrency Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurocurrency Rate Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding such Loan, or that Dollar deposits are not being offered to banks in the London interbank eurodollar market for the applicable amount and the Interest Period of such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower and each Lender. Thereafter, the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be suspended until the Administrative Agent (upon the instruction of the Required Lenders) revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein.
SECTION 3.04 Increased Cost and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy; Reserves on Eurocurrency Rate Loans.
(a) If any Lender determines that as a result of any Change in Law or such Lenders compliance therewith, there shall be any increase in the cost to such Lender of agreeing to make or making, funding or maintaining any Loan (other than a Base Rate Loan) or issuing or participating in Letters of Credit, or a reduction in the amount received or receivable by such Lender in connection with any of the foregoing (excluding for purposes of this Section 3.04(a) any such increased costs or reduction in amount resulting from (i) Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes indemnifiable by Section 3.01, (ii) Excluded Taxes, or (iii) reserve requirements contemplated by Section 3.04(c)), then from time to time within fifteen (15) days after demand by such Lender setting forth in reasonable detail such increased costs (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent given in accordance with Section 3.06), the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amounts as will compensate such Lender for such increased cost or reduction.
(b) If any Lender determines that the introduction of any Law regarding capital adequacy or liquidity or any change therein or in the interpretation thereof, in each case after the Effective Date, or compliance by such Lender (or its Applicable Lending Office) therewith, has the effect of reducing the rate of return on the capital of such Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender as a consequence of such Lenders obligations hereunder (taking into consideration its policies with respect to capital adequacy or liquidity and such Lenders desired return on capital), then from time to time upon demand of such Lender setting forth in reasonable detail the charge and the calculation of such reduced rate of return (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent given in accordance with Section 3.06), the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amounts as will compensate such Lender for such reduction within fifteen (15) days after receipt of such demand.
(c) The Borrower shall pay to each Lender, (i) as long as such Lender shall be required to maintain reserves with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency funds or deposits, additional interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Eurocurrency Rate Loan equal to the actual costs of such reserves allocated to such Loan by such Lender (as determined by such Lender in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive in the absence of demonstrable error), and (ii) as long as such Lender shall be required to comply with any reserve ratio requirement or analogous requirement of any other central banking or financial regulatory authority imposed in respect of the maintenance of the Commitments or the funding of the Eurocurrency Rate Loans, such additional costs (expressed as a percentage per annum and rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest five decimal places) equal to the actual costs allocated to such Commitment or Loan by such Lender (as determined by such Lender in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive absent demonstrable error) which in each case shall be due and payable on each date on which interest is payable on such Loan; provided that the Borrower shall have received at least fifteen (15) days prior notice (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of such additional interest or cost from such Lender. If a Lender fails to give notice fifteen (15) days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date, such additional interest or cost shall be due and payable fifteen (15) days after receipt of such notice.
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(d) Subject to Section 3.06(b), failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section 3.04 shall not constitute a waiver of such Lenders right to demand such compensation.
(e) If any Lender requests compensation under this Section 3.04, then such Lender will, if requested by the Borrower, use commercially reasonable efforts to designate another Applicable Lending Office for any Loan or Letter of Credit affected by such event; provided that such efforts are made on terms that, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, cause such Lender and its Applicable Lending Office(s) to suffer no material economic, legal or regulatory disadvantage; and provided further that nothing in this Section 3.04(e) shall affect or postpone any of the Obligations of the Borrower or the rights of such Lender pursuant to Section 3.04(a), (b), (c) or (d).
SECTION 3.05 Funding Losses. Upon demand of any Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) from time to time, the Borrower shall promptly compensate such Lender for and hold such Lender harmless from any loss, cost or expense incurred by it as a result of:
(a) any continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of any Eurocurrency Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan; or
(b) any failure by the Borrower (for a reason other than the failure of such Lender to make a Loan) to prepay, borrow, continue or convert any Loan (other than a Base Rate Loan) on the date or in the amount notified by the Borrower;
including any loss or expense (excluding loss of anticipated profits or any LIBOR floor) arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained.
For purposes of calculating amounts payable by the Borrower to the Lenders under this Section 3.05, each Lender shall be deemed to have funded each Eurocurrency Rate Loan made by it at the Eurocurrency Rate for such Loan by a matching deposit or other borrowing in the London interbank eurodollar market for a comparable amount and for a comparable period, whether or not such Eurocurrency Rate Loan was in fact so funded.
SECTION 3.06 Matters Applicable to All Requests for Compensation.
(a) Any Agent or any Lender claiming compensation under this Article III shall deliver a certificate to the Borrower setting forth the additional amount or amounts to be paid to it hereunder which shall be conclusive in the absence of demonstrable error. In determining such amount, such Agent or such Lender may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods.
(b) With respect to any Lenders claim for compensation under Section 3.01, Section 3.02, Section 3.03 or Section 3.04, the Borrower shall not be required to compensate such Lender for any amount incurred more than one hundred and eighty (180) days prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower of the event that gives rise to such claim; provided that, if the circumstance giving rise to such claim is retroactive, then such 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof. If any Lender requests compensation by the Borrower under Section 3.04, the Borrower may, by notice to such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), suspend the obligation of such Lender to make or continue Eurocurrency Rate Loans from one Interest Period to another, or to convert Base Rate Loans into Eurocurrency Rate Loans, until the event or condition giving rise to such request ceases to be in effect (in which case the provisions of Section 3.06(c) shall be applicable); provided that such suspension shall not affect the right of such Lender to receive the compensation so requested.
(c) If the obligation of any Lender to make or continue any Eurocurrency Rate Loan from one Interest Period to another, or to convert Base Rate Loans into Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be suspended pursuant to Section 3.06(b) hereof, such Lenders Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be automatically converted into Base Rate
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Loans on the last day(s) of the then current Interest Period(s) for such Eurocurrency Rate Loans (or, in the case of an immediate conversion required by Section 3.02, on such earlier date as required by Law) and, unless and until such Lender gives notice as provided below that the circumstances specified in Section 3.01, Section 3.02, Section 3.03 or Section 3.04 hereof that gave rise to such conversion no longer exist:
(i) to the extent that such Lenders Eurocurrency Rate Loans have been so converted, all payments and prepayments of principal that would otherwise be applied to such Lenders Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be applied instead to its Base Rate Loans; and
(ii) all Loans that would otherwise be made or continued from one Interest Period to another by such Lender as Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be made or continued instead as Base Rate Loans, and all Base Rate Loans of such Lender that would otherwise be converted into Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall remain as Base Rate Loans.
(d) If any Lender gives notice to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) that the circumstances specified in Section 3.01, Section 3.02, Section 3.03 or Section 3.04 hereof that gave rise to the conversion of such Lenders Eurocurrency Rate Loans pursuant to this Section 3.06 no longer exist (which such Lender agrees to do promptly upon such circumstances ceasing to exist) at a time when Eurocurrency Rate Loans made by other Lenders are outstanding, such Lenders Base Rate Loans shall be automatically converted to Eurocurrency Rate Loans, on the first day(s) of the next succeeding Interest Period(s) for such outstanding Eurocurrency Rate Loans, to the extent necessary so that, after giving effect thereto, all Loans held by the Lenders holding Eurocurrency Rate Loans and by such Lender are held pro rata (as to principal amounts, interest rate basis, and Interest Periods) in accordance with their respective Commitments.
SECTION 3.07 Replacement of Lenders under Certain Circumstances.
(a) If at any time (i) any Lender requests reimbursement for amounts owing pursuant to Section 3.01 or Section 3.04 as a result of any condition described in such Sections or any Lender ceases to make Eurocurrency Rate Loans as a result of any condition described in Section 3.02 or Section 3.04, (ii) any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender or (iii) any Lender becomes a Non-Consenting Lender, then the Borrower may, on prior written notice to the Administrative Agent and such Lender, replace such Lender by requiring such Lender to (and such Lender shall be obligated to) assign pursuant to Section 10.07(b) (with the assignment fee to be paid by the Borrower in such instance) all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (or, with respect to clause (iii) above, all of its rights and obligations with respect to the Class of Loans or Commitments that is the subject of the related consent, waiver or amendment) to one or more Eligible Assignees; provided that neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation to the Borrower to find a replacement Lender or other such Person; and provided further that (A) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 3.04 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 3.01, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments and (B) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a Lender becoming a Non-Consenting Lender, the applicable Eligible Assignees shall have agreed to the applicable departure, waiver or amendment of the Loan Documents.
(b) Any Lender being replaced pursuant to Section 3.07(a) above shall (i) execute and deliver an Assignment and Assumption with respect to such Lenders Commitment and outstanding Loans and participations in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans, as applicable, provided that the failure of any such Lender to execute an Assignment and Assumption shall not render such assignment invalid and such assignment shall be recorded in the Register and (ii) deliver Notes, if any, evidencing such Loans to the Borrower or Administrative Agent. Pursuant to such Assignment and Assumption, (A) the assignee Lender shall acquire all or a portion, as the case may be, of the assigning Lenders Commitment and outstanding Loans and participations in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans, as applicable, (B) all obligations of the Borrower owing to the assigning Lender relating to the Loans and participations so assigned shall be paid in full by the assignee Lender to such assigning Lender concurrently with such assignment and assumption, and any amounts owing to the assigning Lender (other than a Defaulting Lender) under Section 2.05(a)(ii) and Section 3.05 as a consequence of such assignment shall have been paid by the Borrower to the assigning Lender and (C) upon such payment and, if so requested by the assignee Lender, the assignor Lender shall deliver to the assignee Lender the appropriate Note or Notes executed by the Borrower, the assignee Lender shall become a Lender hereunder and the assigning Lender shall cease to constitute a Lender hereunder with respect to such assigned Loans, Commitments and participations, except with respect to indemnification provisions under this Agreement, which shall survive as to such assigning Lender.
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(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above, any Lender that acts as an L/C Issuer may not be replaced hereunder at any time that it has any Letter of Credit outstanding hereunder unless arrangements reasonably satisfactory to such L/C Issuer (including the furnishing of a back-up standby letter of credit in form and substance, and issued by an issuer reasonably satisfactory to such L/C Issuer, or the depositing of cash collateral into a cash collateral account in amounts and pursuant to arrangements reasonably satisfactory to such L/C Issuer) have been made with respect to each such outstanding Letter of Credit and the Lender that acts as the Administrative Agent may not be replaced hereunder except in accordance with the terms of Section 9.09.
(d) In the event that (i) the Borrower or the Administrative Agent has requested that the Lenders consent to a departure or waiver of any provisions of the Loan Documents or agree to any amendment thereto, (ii) the consent, waiver or amendment in question requires the agreement of all affected Lenders in accordance with the terms of Section 10.01 or all the Lenders with respect to a certain Class of the Loans and (iii) the Required Lenders have agreed to such consent, waiver or amendment, then any Lender who does not agree to such consent, waiver or amendment shall be deemed a Non-Consenting Lender.
SECTION 3.08 Survival. All of the Borrowers obligations under this Article III shall survive termination of the Aggregate Commitments and repayment of all other Obligations hereunder.
ARTICLE IV
Conditions Precedent to Credit Extensions
SECTION 4.01 Conditions of Initial Credit Extension. The obligation of each Lender to make Loans, and the obligation of the L/C Issuer to issue Letters of Credit, on the Closing Date, is subject at the time of the making of such Loans or the issuance of such Letters of Credit to the satisfaction of the following conditions on or before such date:
(a) Credit Agreement. This Agreement shall have been duly executed and delivered by each party to this Agreement and the exhibits and schedules hereto shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Initial Lenders.
(b) Acquisition Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received a certified copy of the Acquisition Documents duly executed by the parties thereto (together with all exhibits and schedules thereto), and each of which shall be in full force and effect.
(c) Organization Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a copy of the Organization Documents, including all amendments thereto, of the Borrower, certified, if applicable, as of a recent date by the Secretary of State or other competent authority of the state of its organization, if applicable, or similar Governmental Authority, and a certificate as to the good standing or comparable certificate under applicable law (where relevant) of the Borrower as of a recent date from the Effective Date, from such Secretary of State, similar Governmental Authority or other competent authority and (ii) a certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary or comparable officer under applicable law or director of the Borrower dated the Effective Date and certifying (where relevant) (A) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of the Organization Documents of the Borrower as in effect on the Effective Date, (B) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of resolutions duly adopted by the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) of the Borrower authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which such Person is a party and, the borrowings hereunder, and that such resolutions have not been modified, rescinded or amended and are in full force and effect, (C) that the Organization Documents of the Borrower have not been amended since the date of the last amendment shown on such certificate, (D) as to (if applicable) the incumbency and specimen signature of each officer executing any Loan Document on behalf of the Borrower and countersigned by another officer as to the incumbency and specimen signature of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary or comparable officer under applicable law executing the certificate pursuant to clause (ii) above and (E) such other matters that are customarily included in a certificate of this nature in the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization.
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(d) USA PATRIOT Act. The Lenders shall have received all documentation and other information required by regulatory authorities with respect to the Borrower reasonably requested by the Lenders under applicable know your customer and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including without limitation the USA PATRIOT Act, to the extent stipulated by the Administrative Agent at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Effective Date.
(e) Legal Opinions. The Administrative Agent shall have received, on behalf of itself, the Collateral Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuers, an opinion of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, special counsel for the Borrower, addressed to the L/C Issuers, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders and capable of being relied upon by any persons who become Lenders pursuant to the primary syndication of the Facilities, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and customary for senior secured credit facilities in transactions of this kind.
(f) Guaranty and Security Agreement. Each of the Guaranty and the Security Agreement shall have been duly executed and delivered by each party thereto and the Borrower shall have delivered or caused to have been delivered (i) Uniform Commercial Code financing statements identifying the Borrower and all Guarantors as debtors, (ii) stock certificates of the Borrowers Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries that are Domestic Subsidiaries and that are required to be pledged pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, together with undated stock powers duly executed in blank and (iii) instruments evidencing the pledged debt required to be delivered to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of the Security Agreement, together with undated instruments of transfer duly executed in blank.
(g) SHL Acquisition. The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from an authorized officer of the Borrower confirming that concurrently with the funding of the Loans, the SHL Acquisition shall have been consummated in accordance with the terms of the Acquisition Agreement (other than payment of the purchase price under the Acquisition Agreement which will be satisfied immediately following utilization of the Loans) and the Acquisition Documents shall not have been altered, amended or otherwise changed or supplemented or any provision or condition therein waived, and the Borrower shall not have consented to any action that would require the consent of the Borrower under the Acquisition Documents if such alteration, amendment, change, supplement, waiver or consent would be adverse to the interests of the Lenders in any material respect, in each case without the consent of the Required Lenders.
(h) Refinancing. Concurrently with the funding of the Loans or immediately after the consummation of the SHL Acquisition, all obligations of (i) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries under the CEB Revolver and (ii) the Companies and their respective Subsidiaries under (x) two loan notes in favor of HgCapital 5 (Nominees) Limited, (y) that certain senior facilities agreement dated 13 September 2006 (as amended prior to the Effective Date and including related interest rate hedging arrangements) and (z) that certain mezzanine facilities agreement dated 13 September 2006 (as amended prior to the Effective Date and including related interest rate hedging arrangements) shall have been paid in full, and all commitments, security interests and guaranties in connection therewith other than as expressly permitted by this Agreement shall have been terminated and released, all to the reasonable satisfaction of the Lead Arrangers. After giving effect to the consummation of the Transactions, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including the Companies and their respective Subsidiaries) shall have no outstanding preferred equity, indebtedness or Guaranties (other than ordinary course trade payables), except for indebtedness (i) incurred pursuant to the Loans and (ii) expressly permitted by this Agreement and (in the case of the Companies and their respective Subsidiaries) the Acquisition Agreement.
(i) Fees, Etc. Concurrently with the funding of the Loans, the Administrative Agent shall have received evidence of payment of all fees, reasonable costs and expenses (including, without limitation, legal fees and expenses that have been invoiced at least three (3) days before the Closing Date have been or will be paid) and other compensation contemplated hereby or by any other Loan Document on or prior to the Closing Date to the Administrative Agent, the Lead Arrangers and the Lenders
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(j) Officers Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate signed by a duly authorized officer of the Borrower confirming, as of the Closing Date, the satisfaction of the conditions specified in Section 4.01(g) and Section 4.03(a)(i) and (ii), and as to compliance with and the absence of a default under the Certain Funds Provisions
(k) Request for Credit Extension. The Administrative Agent and, if applicable, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender shall have received a Committed Loan Notice or Letter of Credit Application, as applicable, relating to the initial Credit Extension.
At any time after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent will, if so requested by the Borrower, deliver to the Borrower a certificate confirming satisfaction of such conditions precedent set out in this Section 4.01 as have been satisfied as of the date of such certificate or, in so far as documentary conditions precedent are concerned, as are in an agreed form as of the date of such certificate such that that the applicable condition precedent would be satisfied if such document were delivered on the Closing Date in such agreed form, in each case in the sole determination of the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 4.02 Conditions to All Credit Extensions After the Closing Date. Following the Closing Date, the obligation of each Lender to
honor any Request for Credit Extension (other than a(x) a Committed Loan Notice requesting only a conversion of Loans to the other Type or a continuation of Eurocurrency
Rate Loans or (y) an Incremental Facility (other than to the extent comprising of Incremental Revolving Commitments) incurred to finance a Permitted Acquisition or other permitted
Investment, in which case the relevant conditions precedent shall be specified in the applicable Incremental Facility Amendment in accordance with Section 2.14) is subject to the following conditions precedent:
(a) Representations. The representations and warranties of each Loan Party contained in Article V or any other Loan Document, or which are contained in any document furnished at any time under or in connection herewith and therewith, shall be true and correct in all respects or, in the case of such representations and warranties which are not otherwise subject to a materiality qualification in accordance with its terms, shall be correct in all material respects, in each case on and as of the date of such Credit Extension, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date.
(b) No Default. No Default shall exist or would result from such proposed Credit Extension or from the application of the proceeds thereof.
(c) Request for Credit Extension. The Administrative Agent and, if applicable, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender shall have received a Request for Credit Extension in accordance with the requirements hereof. Each Request for Credit Extension (other than a Loan Notice requesting only a conversion of Loans to the other Type or a continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans) submitted by the Borrower shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty that the conditions specified in Sections 4.02(a) and (b) have been satisfied on and as of the date of the applicable Credit Extension.
(d) Alternative Currencies. In the case of a Credit Extension to be denominated in an Alternative Currency, there shall not have occurred any change in national or international financial, political or economic conditions or currency exchange rates or exchange controls which in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent, the Required Revolving Credit Lenders (in the case of any Loans to be denominated in an Alternative Currency) or the L/C Issuer (in the case of any Letter of Credit to be denominated in an Alternative Currency) would make it impracticable for such Credit Extension to be denominated in the relevant Alternative Currency.
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SECTION 4.03 Certain Funds.
(a) Subject to Section 4.01 and notwithstanding the conditions of Section 4.02 and any other provision of any Loan Document to the contrary, during the Certain Funds Period, each Lender will only be obliged to make its initial Credit Extension hereunder if:
(i) no Certain Funds Default is continuing or would result from the making of the Loans;
(ii) all Certain Funds Representations of the Borrower are true in all respects or in the case of such representations and warranties which are not otherwise subject to a materiality threshold or qualification in accordance with its terms, are correct in all material respects; and
(iii) it is not unlawful for a Lender to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement.
(b) During the Certain Funds Period (save in circumstances where, pursuant to Section 4.03(a) above, a Lender is not obliged to make its initial Credit Extension), none of the Lenders shall be entitled to:
(i) cancel any of its Commitments hereunder to the extent to do so would prevent or limit the making of any Loans during the Certain Funds Period;
(ii) rescind, terminate or cancel this Agreement or any of the Commitments hereunder or exercise any similar right or remedy or make or enforce any claim under or in respect of the Loan Documents it may have to the extent to do so would prevent or limit the making of making of any Loans during the Certain Funds Period;
(iii) refuse to participate in the making of any Loans during the Certain Funds Period;
(iv) exercise any right of set-off or counterclaim or similar right or remedy which it may exercise in respect of a Loan to the extent to do so would prevent or limit the making of any Loans during the Certain Funds Period; or
(v) cancel, accelerate or cause repayment or prepayment of any amounts owing hereunder or under any other Loan Document to the extent to do so would prevent or limit the making of any Loans during the Certain Funds Period;
provided that immediately upon the end of the Certain Funds Period subject to the express provisions of the Loan Documents all rights, remedies and entitlements shall be available to the Administrative Agent or Lenders notwithstanding that such rights, remedies and entitlements may not have been used or been available for use during the Certain Funds Period.
ARTICLE V
Representations and Warranties
The Borrower represents and warrants to the Agents and the Lenders that:
SECTION 5.01 Existence, Qualification and Power; Compliance with Laws. Each Loan Party and each other Restricted Subsidiary (a) is a Person duly incorporated, organized or formed, and validly existing and (to the extent applicable in the relevant jurisdiction) in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, except, in the case of any Restricted Subsidiaries, where the failure of such Restricted Subsidiaries to be in good standing could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (b) has all requisite power and authority to (i) own or lease its assets and carry on its business and (ii) execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, (c) (to the extent applicable in the relevant jurisdiction) is duly qualified and in good standing under the Laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, (d) is in compliance with all Laws, orders, writs, injunctions and orders and (e) has all requisite governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals to operate its business as currently conducted; except in each case referred to in clause (c), (d) or (e), to the extent that failure to do so could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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SECTION 5.02 Authorization; No Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each Loan Document to which such Person is a party, and the consummation of the Transaction, are within such Loan Partys corporate or other powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action, and do not and will not (a) contravene the terms of any of such Persons Organization Documents, (b) conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien under (other than under the Loan Documents), or require any payment to be made under (i) any Contractual Obligation to which such Person is a party or affecting such Person or the properties of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) any material order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which such Person or its property is subject; or (c) violate any material Law; except with respect to any conflict, breach or contravention or payment (but not creation of Liens) referred to in clause (b)(i), to the extent that such conflict, breach, contravention or payment could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.03 Governmental Authorization; Other Consents. No approval, consent, exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is necessary or required in connection with (a) the execution, delivery or performance by, or enforcement against, any Loan Party of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or for the consummation of the Transaction, (b) as of the Closing Date, the grant by any Loan Party of the Liens granted by it pursuant to the Collateral Documents, (c) as of the Closing Date, the perfection or maintenance of the Liens created under the Collateral Documents (including the priority thereof), (d) approvals, consents, exceptions, authorization, action, notice or filing under securities laws or (e) the exercise by the Administrative Agent or any Lender of its rights under the Loan Documents or the remedies in respect of the Collateral pursuant to the Collateral Documents, except for (i) filings necessary to perfect the Liens on the Collateral granted by the Loan Parties in favor of the Secured Parties from and after the Closing Date, (ii) the approvals, consents, exemptions, authorizations, actions, notices and filings which have been duly obtained, taken, given or made and are in full force and effect and (iii) those approvals, consents, exemptions, authorizations or other actions, notices or filings, the failure of which to obtain or make could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.04 Binding Effect. This Agreement and each other Loan Document has been duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party that is party thereto. This Agreement and each other Loan Document constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable against each Loan Party that is party thereto in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by Debtor Relief Laws and by general principles of equity.
SECTION 5.05 Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect.
(a) The Audited Financial Statements and Unaudited Financial Statements fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods covered thereby.
(b) The unaudited pro forma consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at December 31, 2011 (including the notes thereto) (the Pro Forma Balance Sheet) and the unaudited pro forma consolidated statement of income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the 12 month period ending on December 31, 2011 (together with the Pro Forma Balance Sheet, the Pro Forma Financial Statements), copies of which have heretofore been furnished to the Administrative Agent, have been prepared giving effect (as if such events had occurred on such date or at the beginning of such periods, as the case may be) to the Transaction. The Pro Forma Financial Statements have been prepared in good faith, based on assumptions believed by the Borrower to be reasonable as of the date of delivery thereof, and present fairly in all material respects on a pro forma basis the estimated financial position of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at December 31, 2011 and their estimated results of operations for the periods covered thereby, assuming that the events specified in the preceding sentence had actually occurred at such date or at the beginning of the periods covered thereby.
(c)
Since the Closing Date,December 31, 2014, there has been no event or circumstance, either individually or in the aggregate, that has had or could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
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Each Lender and the Administrative Agent hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may be required to restate historical financial statements as the result of the implementation of changes in GAAP or the interpretation thereof, and that such restatements will not result in a Default under the Loan Documents (including any effect on any conditions required to be satisfied on the Closing Date) to the extent that the restatements do not reveal any material omission, misstatement or other material inaccuracy in the reported information from actual results for any relevant prior period.
SECTION 5.06 Litigation. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.06, there are no actions, suits, proceedings, claims or disputes pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened in writing or contemplated, at law, in equity, in arbitration or before any Governmental Authority, by or against the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or against any of their properties or revenues that either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.07 Ownership of Property; Liens.
(a) Each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries has good and valid title in fee simple to, or valid leasehold interests in, or easements or other limited property interests in, all property necessary in the ordinary conduct of its business, free and clear of all Liens except for minor defects in title that do not materially interfere with its ability to conduct its business or to utilize such assets for their intended purposes and Liens permitted under the Loan Documents and except, in each case, where the failure to have such title or other interest could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) As of the Closing Date, conditional upon, and having given effect to, the initial Credit Extensions being advanced in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Borrower will be the direct or indirect owner of the entire issued Equity Interests of the Companies and will have good and marketable title to such Equity Interests subject to such Equity Interests being registered in the register of shareholders of the Companies, which registration will be made as soon as possible after the Closing Date.
SECTION 5.08 Environmental Compliance.
(a) There are no pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened claims, actions, suits, notices of violation, notices of potential responsibility or proceedings by or against the Borrower or any Subsidiary alleging potential liability or responsibility for violation of, or otherwise relating to, any applicable Environmental Law that could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Except as could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there is no asbestos or asbestos-containing material on any property currently owned or operated by any Loan Party or any other Subsidiary; and (ii) there has been no Release of Hazardous Materials by any of the Loan Parties or any other Subsidiary at, on, under or from any location in a manner which would reasonably be expected to give rise to liability under applicable Environmental Laws.
(c) Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is undertaking, or has completed, either individually or together with other persons, any investigation or response action relating to any actual or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials at any location, either voluntarily or pursuant to the order of any Governmental Authority or the requirements of any applicable Environmental Law except for such investigation or response action that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) All Hazardous Materials transported from any property currently or, to the knowledge of the Borrower or their Subsidiaries, formerly owned or operated by any Loan Party or any other Subsidiary for off-site disposal have been disposed of in a manner which would not reasonably be expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect.
(e) Except as could not reasonably be expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect, none of the Loan Parties nor any other Subsidiary has contractually assumed any liability or obligation under or relating to any applicable Environmental Law.
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(f) Except as could not reasonably be expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect, the Loan Parties and each other Subsidiary and their respective businesses, operations and properties are and have been in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws.
SECTION 5.09 Taxes. The Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary have timely filed all federal, provincial, state, municipal, foreign
and other tax returns and reports required to be filed, and have timely paid all federal, provincial, state, municipal, foreign and other taxes, assessments, fees and other governmental
chargesTaxes levied or imposed upon them or their properties, income or assets or otherwise due and payable (including in their capacity as a withholding agent), except those which
are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP and, except for failures to file or pay as could not, either individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. There are no Tax audits, deficiencies, assessments or other claims with respect to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that could, either individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.10 Compliance with ERISA.
(a) Except as could not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, each Plan is in compliance in with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other federal or state Laws.
(b) (i) No ERISA Event or similar event with respect to a Foreign Plan has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; (ii) neither any Loan Party nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability (and no event has occurred which, with the giving of notice under Section 4219 of ERISA, would result in such liability) under Section 4201 et seq. or 4243 of ERISA with respect to a Multiemployer Plan; and (iii) neither any Loan Party nor any ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a transaction that could be subject to Section 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA, except, with respect to each of the foregoing clauses of this Section 5.10, as could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.11 Subsidiaries; Equity Interests. As of the Closing Date, neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party has any Subsidiaries other than those specifically disclosed in Schedule 5.11, and all of the outstanding Equity Interests in the Borrower and its Subsidiaries have been validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and all Equity Interests owned by any Loan Party are owned free and clear of all Liens except (i) those created under the Collateral Documents and (ii) any nonconsensual Lien that is permitted under Section 7.01. As of the Closing Date, Schedule 5.11 sets forth the name and jurisdiction of organization of each Subsidiary, (b) sets forth the ownership interest of the Borrower and any of their Subsidiaries in each of their Subsidiaries, including the percentage of such ownership and (c) identifies each Person the Equity Interests of which are required to be pledged on the Closing Date pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement.
SECTION 5.12 Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act.
(a) No Loan Party is engaged nor will it engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U issued by the FRB), or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock, and no proceeds of any Borrowings or drawings under any Letter of Credit will be used for any purpose that violates Regulation U or Regulation X of the FRB.
(b) None of the Borrower or any Subsidiary is or is required to be registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
SECTION 5.13 Disclosure. No report, financial statement, certificate or other written information furnished by or on behalf of any Loan Party to any Agent, any Lead Arranger or any Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder or any other Loan Document (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) when taken as a whole contains when furnished any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements
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therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not materially misleading; provided that, with respect to projected financial information, the Borrower represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time of preparation; it being understood that such projections may vary from actual results and that such variances may be material.
SECTION 5.14 Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc. Each of the Loan Parties and the other Restricted Subsidiaries own, license or possess the legal right to use, all of the trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, domain names, patents, patent rights, technology, software, know how, database rights, design rights and other intellectual property rights (collectively, IP Rights) that are reasonably necessary for the operation of their respective businesses as currently conducted. To the knowledge of the Borrower, no such IP Rights infringe upon any rights held by any Person except for such infringements, individually or in the aggregate, which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No claim or litigation regarding any such IP Rights, is pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against any Loan Party or Subsidiary, which, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.15 Solvency. On the Closing Date after giving effect to the Transaction, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, are Solvent.
SECTION 5.16 Collateral Documents. The Collateral Documents are effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties legal, valid and enforceable Liens on, and security interests in, the Collateral and, (i) when all appropriate filings or recordings are made in the appropriate offices as may be required under applicable Laws (which filings or recordings shall be made to the extent required by any Collateral Document) and (ii) upon the taking of possession or control by the Collateral Agent of such Collateral with respect to which a security interest may be perfected only by possession or control (which possession or control shall be given to the Collateral Agent to the extent required by any Collateral Document), such Collateral Document will constitute fully perfected Liens on (to the extent that perfection can be achieved under applicable Law by making such filings or recordings or taking such possession or control), and security interests in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in such Collateral, in each case subject to no Liens other than the applicable Liens permitted under the Loan Documents.
SECTION 5.17 Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Term Loans and the Revolving Credit Loans shall be used in a manner consistent with the uses set forth in the Preliminary Statements to this Agreement. The proceeds of (x) the Refinancing Term A-1 Loans funded on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date pursuant to Section 2.01(d) shall be used to refinance the Term A Loans outstanding immediately prior to the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date and (y) the Incremental Term A-1 Loans funded on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date pursuant to Section 2.01(e) shall be used to refinance the Term B Loans outstanding immediately prior to the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date and to pay fees and expenses in connection with the transaction contemplated by Amendment No. 3. The proceeds of the Refinancing Term A-2 Loans funded (or converted from Term A-1 Loans) on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date pursuant to Section 2.01(g) shall be used to refinance the Term A-1 Loans outstanding immediately prior to the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date and to pay fees and expenses in connection with the transaction contemplated by Amendment No. 4.
SECTION 5.18 Senior Indebtedness. The Obligations constitute Senior Indebtedness (or similar term) of the Borrower under its Subordinated Debt Documents (if any).
SECTION 5.19 Anti-Money Laundering and Economic Sanctions
Laws..
(a) No Loan Party, none of its Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of senior management of each Loan Party, none of the respective officers or directors of such Loan Party or such Subsidiary (i) has violated or is in violation of any applicable Anti-Money Laundering Law or (ii) has engaged or engages in any transaction, investment, undertaking or activity that conceals the identity, source or destination of the proceeds from any category of offenses designated in any applicable law, regulation or other binding measure implementing the Forty Recommendations and Nine Special Recommendations published by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Developments Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering.
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(b) No Loan Party, none of its Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of senior management of each Loan Party, none of the respective officers or directors of such Loan Party or such Subsidiary that is acting or benefiting in any capacity in connection with the Loans is, or is owned or controlled by any individual or entity that is, (i) currently the subject or target of any Sanctions, (ii) an Embargoed Person or (iii) located, organized or resident in a Designated Jurisdiction.
(c) Except as otherwise authorized by OFAC, no Loan Party, none of its Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of senior management of each Loan Party and none of the respective officers, directors, brokers or agents of such Loan Party or such Subsidiary acting or benefiting in any capacity in connection with the Loans conducts any business or engages in making or receiving any contribution of funds, goods or services to or for the benefit of any Embargoed Person.
SECTION 5.20 Anti-Corruption Laws. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries have conducted their businesses in compliance with the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the UK Bribery Act 2010, and other similar anti-corruption legislation in other jurisdictions, and have instituted and maintained policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws.
ARTICLE VI
Affirmative Covenants
So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other Obligation hereunder which is accrued and payable shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding, the Borrower shall, and shall (except in the case of the covenants set forth in Section 6.01, Section 6.02 and Section 6.03) cause each Restricted Subsidiary to:
SECTION 6.01 Financial Statements. Deliver to the Administrative Agent for prompt further distribution to each Lender:
(a) as soon as available, but in any event within
ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations,
stockholders equity and cash flows for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP, audited and accompanied by a
report and opinion of an independent registered public accounting firm of nationally recognized standing, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and shall not be subject to any going
concern or like qualification or exception or any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit;
(b) as soon as available, but in any event, within forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the
first three (3) fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower (commencing with the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2012), a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal quarter, and the
related (i) consolidated statements of income or operations for such fiscal quarter and for the portion of the fiscal year then ended and (ii) consolidated statements of cash flows for the portion of the fiscal year then ended, setting
forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding fiscal quarter of the previous fiscal year and the corresponding portion of the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and certified by a Responsible Officer of the
Borrower as fairly presenting in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, stockholders equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal year-end adjustments
and the absence of footnotes; and
(c) simultaneously with the delivery of each set of consolidated financial statements referred to in Sections 6.01(a) and (b) above the related consolidating financial statements reflecting the adjustments necessary to eliminate the accounts of Unrestricted Subsidiaries (if any) from such consolidated financial statements.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 6.01 may be satisfied with respect to financial information of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries by furnishing (A) the Borrowers Form 10-K or 10-Q, as applicable, filed with the SEC or (B) following an election by the Borrower pursuant to the definition of GAAP, the applicable financial statements determined in accordance with IFRS; provided that, with respect to each of clauses (A) and (B), to the extent such information is in lieu of information required to be provided under Section 6.01(a), such materials are accompanied by a report and opinion an independent registered public accounting firm of nationally recognized standing, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards.
SECTION 6.02 Certificates; Other Information. Deliver to the Administrative Agent for prompt further distribution to each Lender:
(a) no later than five (5) days after the
delivery of thedate on which financial statements referred to inare required to be delivered
under Sections 6.01(a) and (b) (commencing with the financial statements for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2012), a duly completed Compliance Certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, including
(i) a description of each event, condition or circumstance during the last fiscal quarter covered by such Compliance Certificate requiring a prepayment under Section 2.05(b), (ii) a list that identifies each Domestic Subsidiary
that is an Excluded Subsidiary solely by reason of clause (e) of the definition thereof as of the date of delivery of such Compliance Certificate or a confirmation that there is no change in such information since the later of the
Closing Date or the date of the last such list, (iii) if during the last fiscal quarter covered by such Compliance Certificate the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall have made any Discounted Voluntary Prepayment pursuant to
Section 2.05, any Investment pursuant to Section 7.02(n), any Restricted Payment pursuant to Section 7.06(k) or any payment made pursuant to Section 7.09(a)(iii), a reasonably detailed calculation
(including all relevant financial information reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent) of the Available Amount as of the end of such fiscal quarter and (iv) such other information required by the Compliance Certificate;
(b) promptly after the same are publicly available, copies of all annual, regular, periodic and special reports and registration statements which the Borrower files with the SEC or with any Governmental Authority that may be substituted therefor (other than amendments to any registration statement (to the extent such registration statement, in the form it became effective, is delivered), exhibits to any registration statement and, if applicable, any registration statement on Form S-8) and in any case not otherwise required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant hereto;
(c) promptly after the furnishing thereof, copies of any material requests or material notices received by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries (other than in the ordinary course of business) that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(d) together with the delivery of the financial statements pursuant to Section 6.01(a) and each Compliance Certificate pursuant to Section 6.02(a) (commencing with the financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012), a report setting forth the information required by Section 3.03(c) of the Security Agreement or confirming that there has been no change in such information since the Closing Date or the date of the last annual Compliance Certificate;
(e) promptly, such additional information regarding the business, legal, financial or corporate affairs of any Loan Party or any Material Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of the Loan Documents, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender through the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request; and
(a) promptly, a copy of any document relating to any of the matters referred to in Section 7.07(a).
Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Sections 6.01(a) and (b) or Sections 6.02(b) and (c) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Borrowers website on the Internet at the website address
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listed on Schedule 10.02; or (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Borrowers behalf on IntraLinks/IntraAgency or another relevant website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent); provided that: (i) upon written request by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the Administrative Agent for further distribution to each Lender until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Administrative Agent and (ii) the Borrower shall notify (which may be by facsimile or electronic mail) the Administrative Agent of the posting of any such documents and provide to the Administrative Agent by electronic mail electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower shall deliver originally executed Compliance Certificates to the Administrative Agent (in addition to the electronic copies pursuant to the foregoing). Each Lender shall be solely responsible for timely accessing posted documents or requesting delivery of paper copies of such documents from the Administrative Agent and maintaining its copies of such documents.
The
Borrower hereby acknowledges that (a) the Administrative Agent and/or the Lead Arrangers will make available to the Lenders and the L/C Issuers materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Borrower hereunder (collectively,
Borrower Materials) by posting the Borrower Materials on IntraLinks or anothera substantially similar electronic
transmission system (the Platform) and (b) certain of the Lenders (each a Public Lender) may have personnel who do not wish to receive material
non-public information with respect to the Borrower or its Affiliates, or the respective securities of any of the foregoing, and who may be engaged in investment and other market-related activities with respect to such Persons securities. The
Borrower hereby agrees that so long as the Borrower is the issuer of any outstanding debt or equity securities that are registered or issued pursuant to a private offering or is actively contemplating issuing any such securities (w) all
Borrower Materials that are to be made available to Public Lenders shall be clearly and conspicuously marked PUBLIC which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word PUBLIC shall appear prominently on the first page thereof;
(x) by marking Borrower Materials PUBLIC, the Borrower shall be deemed to have authorized the Administrative Agent, the Lead Arrangers, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as not containing any material
non-public information with respect to the Borrower or its securities for purposes of United States federal and state securities laws (provided, however, that to the extent such Borrower Materials constitute Information, they shall be
treated as set forth in Section 10.08); (y) all Borrower Materials marked PUBLIC are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated as Public Side Information; and (z) the
Administrative Agent and the Lead Arrangers shall be entitled to treat any Borrower Materials that are not marked PUBLIC as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform not designated Public Side Information.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower shall be under no obligation to mark any Borrower Materials PUBLIC.
SECTION 6.03 Notices. Promptly after a Responsible Officer obtains actual knowledge thereof, notify the Administrative Agent:
(a) of the occurrence of any Default, which notice shall specify the nature thereof, the period of existence thereof and what action the Borrower proposes to take with respect thereto;
(b) any litigation or governmental proceeding (including, without limitation, pursuant to any applicable Environmental Laws) pending against the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to be determined adversely and, if so determined, to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(c) of the occurrence of any ERISA Event or similar event with respect to a Foreign Plan that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and
(a) if the Acquisition Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms.
SECTION 6.04 [Reserved].
SECTION 6.05 Maintenance of Existence. (a) Preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect its legal existence under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and (b) take all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges (including its good standing), permits, licenses and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business, except in the case of clauses (a) (other than with respect to the Borrower) and (b), (i) to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) pursuant to a transaction permitted by Section 7.04 or Section 7.05.
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SECTION 6.06 Maintenance of Properties. (a) Except if the failure to do so could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) maintain, preserve and protect all of its material tangible properties and equipment necessary in the operation of its business in good working order, repair and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted and casualty or condemnation excepted, and (ii) make all necessary renewals, replacements, modifications, improvements, upgrades, extensions and additions thereof or thereto in accordance with prudent industry practice; and (b) as soon as possible after the Closing Date, register The Corporate Executive Board Company (UK) Limited in the register of members of the Companies in accordance with applicable Law.
SECTION 6.07 Maintenance of Insurance. Maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance with respect to its properties and business against loss or damage of the kinds customarily insured against by Persons engaged in the same or similar business, of such types and in such amounts (after giving effect to any self-insurance reasonable and customary for similarly situated Persons engaged in the same or similar businesses as the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries) as are customarily carried under similar circumstances by such other Persons. If any portion of any Mortgaged Property is at any time located in an area identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (or any successor agency) as a special flood hazard area with respect to which flood insurance has been made available under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (as now or hereafter in effect or successor act thereto), then, to the extent required by applicable Laws, the Borrower shall, or shall cause each Loan Party to, (i) maintain, or cause to be maintained, with a financially sound and reputable insurer, flood insurance in an amount reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and otherwise sufficient to comply with all applicable rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the Flood Insurance Laws and (ii) deliver to the Administrative Agent evidence of such compliance in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 6.08 Compliance with Laws. Comply in all respects with the requirements of all Laws and all orders, writs, injunctions, decrees and judgments applicable to it or to its business or property (including without limitation Environmental Laws, ERISA and the USA PATRIOT Act), except if the failure to comply therewith could not, individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 6.09 Books and Records. Maintain proper books of record and account, in which entries that are full, true and correct in all material respects and are in conformity with GAAP consistently applied shall be made of all material financial transactions and matters involving the assets and business of the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may be.
SECTION 6.10 Inspection Rights. Permit representatives and independent contractors of the Administrative Agent and each Lender to visit and inspect any of its properties and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with its directors, officers, and independent public accountants, all at the reasonable expense of the Borrower and at such reasonable times during normal business hours and as often as may be reasonably desired, upon reasonable advance notice to the Borrower; provided that, excluding any such visits and inspections during the continuation of an Event of Default, only the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders may exercise rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under this Section 6.10 and the Administrative Agent shall not exercise such rights more often than two (2) time during any calendar year absent the existence of an Event of Default and only one (1) such time shall be at the Borrowers expense; provided further that when an Event of Default exists, the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or any of their respective representatives or independent contractors) may do any of the foregoing at the expense of the Borrower at any time during normal business hours and upon reasonable advance notice. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall give the Borrower the opportunity to participate in any discussions with the Borrowers independent public accountants. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 6.10, none of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary will be required to disclose or permit the inspection or discussion of, any document, information or other matter (i) that constitutes non-financial trade secrets or non-financial proprietary information, (ii) in respect of which disclosure to the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or their respective representatives or contractors) is prohibited by Law or any binding agreement or (iii) that is subject to attorney client or similar privilege or constitutes attorney work product.
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SECTION 6.11 Covenant to Guarantee Obligations and Give Security. From and after the Closing Date, subject to Section 6.13, at the Borrowers expense, take all action necessary or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to ensure that the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement continues to be satisfied, including:
(a) upon the formation or acquisition of any new direct or indirect Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary (in each case, other than an Excluded Subsidiary) by any Loan Party, the designation in accordance with Section 6.14 of any existing direct or indirect Wholly-Owned Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, or any Immaterial Subsidiary becoming a Material Subsidiary or any Excluded Subsidiary otherwise ceasing to be an Excluded Subsidiary:
(i) within forty-five (45) days after such formation, acquisition, designation or occurrence or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion (but not prior to the Closing Date):
(A) cause each such Restricted Subsidiary that is required to become a Guarantor under the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to furnish to the Administrative Agent a description of the Material Real Properties owned by such Restricted Subsidiary in detail reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(B) cause each such Restricted Subsidiary that is required to become a
Guarantor pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent (as appropriate) the Guaranty (or supplement thereto), Mortgages, pledges, assignments, Security Agreement
Supplements and other security agreements and documents or joinders or supplements thereto (including without limitation, with respect to Mortgages, the documents listed in Section 6.13(b)), to the extent required by the Collateral and
Guarantee Requirement, the SecurityCollateral Documents or as otherwise reasonably requested by and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent and the Collateral Agent (consistent with the Mortgages, Security Agreement and other Collateral Documents in effect on the Closing Date), in each case granting Liens required by the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement;
(C) cause each such Restricted Subsidiary that is required to become a Guarantor pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to deliver any and all certificates representing Equity Interests (to the extent certificated) that are required to be pledged pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, accompanied by undated stock powers or other appropriate instruments of transfer executed in blank (or any other documents customary under local law) and instruments evidencing the Indebtedness held by such Restricted Subsidiary and required to be pledged pursuant to the Collateral Documents, indorsed in blank to the Collateral Agent; and
(D) take and cause such Restricted Subsidiary and each direct or indirect parent of such Restricted Subsidiary that is required to become a Guarantor pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to take whatever action (including the recording of Mortgages, the filing of financing statements and delivery of stock and membership interest certificates) may be necessary in the reasonable opinion of the Collateral Agent to vest in the Collateral Agent (or in any representative of the Collateral Agent designated by it) valid and perfected Liens required by the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, enforceable against all third parties in accordance with their terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by Debtor Relief Laws and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in equity or at law); and
(ii) as promptly as practicable after the request therefor by the Collateral Agent, deliver to the Collateral Agent with respect to each Material Real Property, any existing title reports, title insurance policies and surveys or environmental assessment reports.
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(b) after the Closing Date, promptly after the acquisition of any Material Real Property (other than leasehold interests and other than any Material Real Property subject to a Lien permitted pursuant to Section 7.01(i) or (o)) by any Loan Party (or promptly after the date that any Material Real Property of any Loan Party is no longer subject to a Lien permitted pursuant to Section 7.01(i) or (o)), if such Material Real Property shall not already be subject to a perfected Lien pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, the Borrower shall give notice thereof to the Administrative Agent and promptly thereafter shall cause such real property to be subjected to a Lien to the extent required by the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement and will take, or cause the relevant Loan Party to take, such actions as shall be necessary or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent to grant and perfect or record such Lien, including, as applicable, the actions referred to in Section 6.13(b) and shall, within sixty (60) days after the request therefor by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its sole discretion), deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent a signed copy of an opinion of local counsel for such Loan Party (or any local counsel for the Administrative Agent if customary in such jurisdiction) in the jurisdiction of such Material Real Property, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties and reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 6.12 Use of Proceeds.
(a) Use the proceeds of the Term Loans to fund the (i) payment of the purchase price of the SHL Acquisition; (ii) payment of the
fees, costs, expenses, stamp, registration and other TaxTaxes incurred by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the SHL Acquisition, the Acquisition
Agreement or the Loan Documents; and (iii) Refinancing and paying any breakage costs, redemption premiums and other fees, costs and expenses payable in connection with such Refinancing and/or the SHL Acquisition.
(b) Use the proceeds of the Credit Extensions under the Revolving Credit Facility to finance general corporate and working capital purposes of the Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries (including Investments, Capital Expenditures and Restricted Payments permitted hereunder), the payment of fees, costs and expenses related to or arising in connection with the SHL Acquisition and the funding of any original issue discount in accordance with the terms set forth herein; provided that in no event shall the proceeds of the Credit Extensions be used in contravention of any Law (including any Economic Sanctions Law) or of any Loan Document.
SECTION 6.13 Further Assurances and Post-Closing Conditions.
(a) Promptly upon reasonable request by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent (i) correct any material defect or error that may be discovered in the execution, acknowledgment, filing or recordation of any Collateral Document or other filing, document or instrument relating to any Collateral, and (ii) do, execute, acknowledge, deliver, record, re-record, file, re-file, register and re-register any and all such further acts, deeds, certificates, assurances and other instruments as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent may reasonably request from time to time in order to carry out more effectively the purposes of this Agreement and the Collateral Documents.
(b) After the Closing Date, in the case of any Material Real Property (other than leasehold interests and other than any Material Real Property, and for so long as such Material Real Property, is subject to a Lien permitted pursuant to Section 7.01(i) or (o)), provide the Collateral Agent with Mortgages and otherwise satisfy the applicable Collateral and Guarantee Requirements with respect to such owned real property within forty-five (45) days (or such longer period as the Collateral Agent may agree in its sole discretion) of the acquisition of such real property (or the date on which such Material Real Property is no longer subject to a Lien permitted pursuant to Section 7.01(i) or (o)) in each case together with:
(i) evidence that counterparts of the Mortgages have been duly executed, acknowledged and delivered and are in form suitable for filing or recording in all filing or recording offices that the Collateral Agent may deem reasonably necessary or desirable in order to create a valid and subsisting perfected Lien on the property and/or rights described therein in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and that all filing and recording taxes and fees have been paid or otherwise provided for in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent;
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(ii) Mortgage Policies in form and substance, with endorsements and in amounts, reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent (not to exceed the value of the real properties covered thereby), issued, coinsured and reinsured by title insurers reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent, insuring the Mortgages to be valid subsisting Liens on the property described therein, free and clear of all defects and encumbrances, subject only to Liens permitted by Section 7.01, and providing for such other affirmative insurance (including endorsements for future advances under the Loan Documents) and such coinsurance and direct access reinsurance as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request;
(iii) opinions of local counsel for the Loan Parties (or any local counsel for the Administrative Agent if customary in such jurisdiction) in states or provinces in which the real properties are located, with respect to the enforceability and perfection of the Mortgages and any related fixture filings in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent; and
(iv) such other evidence that all other actions that the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent may reasonably deem necessary or desirable in order to create valid and subsisting Liens on the property described in the Mortgages has been taken.
(c) Within ten (10) Business Days of the Closing Date (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its sole discretion) provide the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent with the following and otherwise satisfy the applicable Collateral and Guarantee Requirements that were not satisfied on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 4.01:
(i) stock certificates of the Borrowers and each Guarantors Restricted Subsidiaries required to be pledged pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement (other than to the extent not previously delivered), together with undated duly executed stock powers in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent executed in blank;
(ii) from each Guarantor (A) a copy of the Organization Documents, including all amendments thereto, of such Guarantor, certified, if applicable, as of a recent date by the Secretary of State or other competent authority of the state of its organization, if applicable, or similar Governmental Authority, and a certificate as to the good standing or comparable certificate under applicable law (where relevant) of such Guarantor as of a recent date from the Effective Date, from such Secretary of State, similar Governmental Authority or other competent authority and (B) a certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary or comparable officer under applicable law or director of such Guarantor dated the Closing Date and certifying (where relevant) (I) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of the Organization Documents of such Guarantor as in effect on the Closing Date, (II) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of resolutions duly adopted by the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) of such Guarantor authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which such Person is a party and, the borrowings hereunder, and that such resolutions have not been modified, rescinded or amended and are in full force and effect, (III) that the Organization Documents of such Guarantor have not been amended since the date of the last amendment shown on such certificate, (IV) as to (if applicable) the incumbency and specimen signature of each officer executing any Loan Document on behalf of such Guarantor and countersigned by another officer as to the incumbency and specimen signature of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary or comparable officer under applicable law executing the certificate pursuant to clause (B) above and (V) such other matters that are customarily included in a certificate of this nature in the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization.
(iii) evidence that the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent has been named as loss payee and additional insured under each general liability and property (excluding business interruption insurance), as applicable, insurance policy of the Loan Parties; and
(iv) copies of a recent Lien, bankruptcy, judgment, copyright, patent and trademark search in each jurisdiction reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent with respect to the Loan Parties.
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SECTION 6.14 Designation of Subsidiaries.
(a) Subject to Section 6.14(b) below, the board of directors of the Borrower may at any time designate any
Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary. The designation of any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall constitute an Investment by the Borrower therein at the
date of designation in an amount equal to the fair market value of the Borrowers investment therein. The designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary shall constitute the incurrence at the time of designation of any
Indebtedness or Liens of such Subsidiary existing at such time.
(b) The Borrower may not (x) designate any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or (y) designate an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, in each case unless:
(i) no Default or Event of Default exists or would result therefrom; and
(ii) in the case of clause (x) only, (A) the Subsidiary to be so designated does
not (directly, or indirectly through its Subsidiaries) own any Equity Interests or Indebtedness of, or own or hold any Lien on any property of, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, and (B) neither the Borrower nor
any Restricted Subsidiary shall at any time be directly or indirectly liable for any Indebtedness that provides that the holder thereof may (with the passage of time or notice or both) declare a default thereon or cause the payment thereof to be
accelerated or payable prior to its stated maturity upon the occurrence of a default with respect to any Indebtedness, Lien or other obligation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary (including any right to take enforcement action against such Unrestricted
Subsidiary); and.
(iii) the Borrower shall be
in compliance (on a Pro Forma Basis) with the Financial Covenant as of the end of the most recent Test Period (as if such designation had occurred on the first day of such Test Period).
SECTION 6.15 Payment of Taxes. The Borrower will pay and discharge, and will cause each of the Restricted Subsidiaries to pay and
discharge, all taxes, assessments and governmental charges or leviesTaxes imposed upon it or upon its income or profits, or upon any properties belonging to it, in each
case on a timely basis, and all lawful claims which, if unpaid, may reasonably be expected to become a lien or charge upon any properties of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries not otherwise permitted under this Agreement;
provided that neither the Borrower nor any of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall be required to pay any such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim which is being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings if it has maintained adequate
reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP or which would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, constitute a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 6.16 Anti-Corruption Laws. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries have conducted their businesses in compliance with the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the UK Bribery Act 2010, and other similar anti-corruption legislation in other jurisdictions, and have instituted and maintained policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws.
ARTICLE VII
Negative Covenants
So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other Obligation hereunder which is accrued and payable shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding, the Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
SECTION 7.01 Liens. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property, assets or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than the following:
(a) Liens pursuant to any Loan Document;
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(b) Liens existing on the
ClosingAmendment No. 4 Effective Date and set forth on Schedule 7.01(b) (other than Liens securing obligations
in an aggregate value not in excess of $10,000,000);
(c) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental
chargesTaxes which are not overdue for a period of more than thirty (30) days or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted,
if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person to the extent required in accordance with GAAP;
(d) statutory or common law Liens of landlords, carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen, repairmen, construction contractors or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business which secure amounts not overdue for a period of more than sixty (60) days or if more than sixty (60) days overdue, are unfiled (or if filed have been discharged or stayed) and no other action has been taken to enforce such Lien or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person to the extent required in accordance with GAAP;
(e) (i) pledges or deposits in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation and (ii) pledges and deposits in the ordinary course of business securing liability for reimbursement or indemnification obligations of (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees for the benefit of) insurance carriers providing property, casualty or liability insurance to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(f) deposits to secure the performance and payment of bids, trade contracts, governmental contracts and leases (other than Indebtedness for borrowed money), statutory obligations, surety, stay, customs and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature (including those to secure health, safety and environmental obligations) incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(g) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions, encroachments, protrusions and other similar encumbrances and minor title defects affecting real property which, in the aggregate, do not in any case materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and any exception on the title polices issued in connection with the Mortgaged Property;
(h) Liens securing judgments for the payment of money (or appeal or surety bonds relating to such judgments) not constituting an Event of Default under Section 8.01(h);
(i) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.03(f); provided that (i) such Liens attach concurrently with or within two hundred and seventy (270) days after the acquisition, construction, repair, replacement or improvement (as applicable) of the property subject to such Liens, (ii) such Liens do not at any time encumber any property other than the property financed by such Indebtedness, replacements thereof and additions and accessions to such property and the proceeds and the products thereof and customary security deposits, and (iii) with respect to Capitalized Leases, such Liens do not at any time extend to or cover any assets (except for additions and accessions to such assets, replacements and products thereof and customary security deposits) other than the assets subject to such Capitalized Leases; provided that individual financings of equipment provided by one lender may be cross-collateralized to other financings of equipment provided by such lender;
(j) leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses and Liens on the property covered thereby, in each case (other than in the case of leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses or Liens with respect to intellectual property), granted to others in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice which do not (i) interfere, individually or in the aggregate, in any material respect with the business of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, taken as a whole, or (ii) secure any Indebtedness;
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(k) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;
(l) Liens (i) of a collection bank (including those arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code) on the items in the course of collection, (ii) in favor of a banking or other financial institution arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits or other funds maintained with a financial institution (including the right of set off) and which are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry;
(m) Liens (i) on cash advances in favor of the seller of any property to be acquired in an Investment permitted pursuant to Section 7.02(j) or (n) to be applied against the purchase price for such Investment and (ii) consisting of an agreement to Dispose of any property in a Disposition permitted (or that us required to be permitted as a condition to closing such Disposition) under Section 7.05 (other than Section 7.05(e)), in each case, solely to the extent such Investment or Disposition, as the case may be, would have been permitted on the date of the creation of such Lien;
(n) Liens in favor of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.03(e) (provided that, solely with respect to Indebtedness required to be Subordinated Debt under Section 7.03(e), such Lien shall be expressly subordinated to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations to the same extent);
(o) Liens existing
on property at the time of its acquisition or existing on the property of any Person at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (other than by designation as a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 6.14), in each case
after the date hereof (excluding the Companies and their Subsidiaries); provided that (i) such Lien was not created in contemplation of such acquisition or such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) such Lien does not extend
to or cover any other assets or property (other than the proceeds or products thereof and other than after-acquired property subjected to a Lien securing Indebtedness and other obligations incurred prior to such time and which Indebtedness and other
obligations are permitted hereunder that require, pursuant to their terms at such time, a pledge of after-acquired property, it being understood that such requirement shall not be permitted to apply to any property to which such requirement would
not have applied but for such acquisition), and (iii) the Indebtedness secured thereby is permitted under Section 7.03(f) or (h); provided the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness that is
incurred pursuant to Section 7.03(h) that is secured by Liens pursuant to this Section 7.01(o) (including any modification, replacement, renewal or extension
of any such Lien pursuant to Section 7.01(w)) shall not exceed $15,000,000 at any one time outstanding;
(p) any interest or title of a lessor or sublessor under leases or subleases entered into by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;
(q) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for sale of goods entered into by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;
(r) Liens that are contractual rights of set-off (i) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks or other financial institutions not given in connection with the incurrence of Indebtedness, (ii) relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice of the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries or (iii) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;
(s) Liens arising from precautionary Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings;
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(t) Liens on insurance policies and the proceeds thereof securing the financing of the premiums with respect thereto;
(u) any zoning or similar law or right reserved to or vested in any Governmental Authority to control or regulate the use of any real property that does not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(v) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and the proceeds thereof securing such Persons obligations in respect of documentary letters of credit issued for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or goods;
(w) the modification, replacement, renewal or extension of any Lien permitted by clauses (b),
(i) and, (o), (r), or (bb) of this Section 7.01; provided that
(i) the Lien does not extend to any additional property other than (A) after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into the property covered by such Lien, and (B) proceeds and products thereof; and (ii) the renewal,
extension or refinancing of the obligations secured or benefited by such Liens is permitted by Section 7.03;
(x) ground leases in respect of real property on which facilities owned or leased by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries are located;
(y) Liens on property of a Non-Loan Party securing Indebtedness of such Non-Loan Party permitted to be incurred by Section 7.03;
(z) Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted hereunder;
(aa) prior to the Closing Date (i) Liens in connection with the CEB Revolver and (ii) any renewals, refinancing, exchanges, refunding or extension thereof;
(bb) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 7.03(m); and
(cc) other Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to
exceed $20,000,000.50,000,000;
(dd) for the avoidance of doubt, other Liens (except Liens securing Indebtedness for borrowed money) incidental to the conduct of the business of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, or incidental to the ownership of their assets which do not individually or in the aggregate materially adversely affect the value of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or materially impair the operation of the business of the Borrower of its Restricted Subsidiaries; and
(ee) Lien securing Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 7.03(x) or (bb); provided that such Liens (x) only are on assets that constitute Collateral and (y) are subject to an intercreditor agreement with the Administrative Agent in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 7.02 Investments. Make any Investments, except:
(a) Investments by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in assets that were Cash Equivalents when such Investment was made;
(b) loans or advances to officers, directors, partners and employees of the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries (i) for reasonable and customary business-related travel, entertainment, relocation and analogous ordinary business purposes and (ii) for purposes not described in the foregoing clauses (i) in an aggregate principal amount outstanding under this clause (b)(ii) not to exceed $2,500,000;
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(c) asset purchases (including purchases of inventory, supplies and materials) and the licensing or contribution of intellectual property pursuant to joint marketing or other arrangements with other Persons, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(d) Investments (i) by any Loan Party in any other Loan Party, (ii) by any Subsidiary in any Loan Party,
(iii) by any Non-Loan Party in any other Non-Loan Party, (iv) by a Loan Party in a Non-Loan Party to the extent such Investment is made to fund all or any portion of (and up to an amount not exceeding) an Investment by such Non-Loan Party
in reliance on and in accordance with Section 7.02(j), (n), (s) (t) or (tz),
and (v) by any Loan Party in any Non-Loan Party; provided that the aggregate amount of such Investments in Non-Loan Parties pursuant to clause (v), as valued at cost at the time each such Investment is made and including all
related commitments for future Investments, shall not exceed (A) the greater of (x) $50,000,00075,000,000 and
(y) 4.06.0% of Total Assets (measured at the time of the making of such Investment) plus (B) an amount equal to any distributions, returns of capital or
sale proceeds actually received by Loan Parties in cash in respect of any Investments under clause (v) (which amount shall not exceed the amount of such Investment valued at cost at the time such Investment was made);
(e) Investments consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or notes receivable arising from the grant of trade credit in the ordinary course of business, and Investments received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors and other credits to suppliers in the ordinary course of business;
(f) Investments consisting of Liens, Indebtedness, fundamental changes, Dispositions and Restricted Payments permitted under Section 7.01, Section 7.03 (other than Section 7.03(e)), Section 7.04 (other than Section 7.04(e)), Section 7.05 (other than Sections 7.05(d)(ii), (e) and (p)) and Section 7.06 (other than Section 7.06(d)), respectively; provided, however, that no Investments may be made solely pursuant to this Section 7.02(f);
(g) Investments existing on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 7.02(g) and Investments consisting of any modification, replacement, renewal, reinvestment or extension of any Investment existing on the Closing Date; provided that the amount of any Investment permitted pursuant to this Section 7.02(g) is not increased from the amount of such Investment on the Closing Date except pursuant to the terms of such Investment as of the Closing Date or as otherwise permitted by this Section 7.02;
(h) Investments in Swap Contracts permitted under Section 7.03(g);
(i) promissory notes and other noncash consideration received in connection with Dispositions permitted by Section 7.05 (other than Sections 7.05(d)(ii), (e) and (p));
(j) the purchase or
other acquisition of property and assets or businesses of any Person or of assets constituting a business unit, a line of business or division of such Person, or Equity Interests in a Person that, upon the consummation thereof, will be a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Borrower (including as a result of a merger or consolidation) (each, a Permitted Acquisition); provided that (i) immediately before and immediately after giving Pro Forma Effect to
any such purchase or other acquisition (including a Material Acquisition), no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
(iii) after giving Pro Forma Effect to any such purchase or other acquisition and the incurrence of any Indebtedness in connection therewith, the Borrower shall be in
compliance with the Financial Covenant as of the end of the most recent Test Period, (iii (provided that if a Material Acquisition has occurred after the last day of the fiscal
quarter for which pro forma compliance with the Financial Covenant is calculated and on or prior to such date, then any related increase of the Financial Covenant level that may then be applicable under Section 7.10(y) shall be given effect for
purposes of determining such pro forma compliance), (ii) after giving effect to such acquisition, the Borrower shall be in compliance with Section 6.11 and Section 6.13 (within the time period specified therein), to
the extent applicable, and (iviii) the aggregate purchase consideration paid by Loan Parties for the acquisition of Persons that do not become
Guarantors and assets acquired by Non-Loan Parties shall not exceed $250,000,000375,000,000;
(k) the Transaction;
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(l) Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of endorsements for collection or deposit and customary trade arrangements with customers consistent with past practices;
(m) Investments (including debt obligations and Equity Interests) received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of suppliers and customers or in settlement of delinquent obligations of, or other disputes with, customers and suppliers arising in the ordinary course of business or upon the foreclosure with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment;
(n) Investments as valued at cost at the time each such Investment is made and including all related commitments for future
Investments, in an amount not exceeding the Available Amount; provided that (x) at the time of any such Investment, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom and
(y) in the case of any such Investment in an amount in excess of $15,000,000, the Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Responsible Officer, together with all relevant financial information reasonably requested
by the Administrative Agent, demonstrating the calculation of the Available Amount;
(o) advances of payroll payments to employees in the ordinary course of business;
(p) Investments held by SHL and its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date;
(q) Investments held by a Restricted Subsidiary acquired after the Closing Date or of a corporation merged into the Borrower or merged or consolidated with a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section 7.04 after the Closing Date to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition, merger or consolidation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger or consolidation;
(r) Guarantee Obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of leases (other than Capitalized Leases) or of other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness;
(s) Investments to the extent that payment for such Investments is made solely with Qualified Equity Interests of the Borrower;
(t) other Investments (i) (x) made (or made pursuant to
commitments or agreements made) prior to the Amendment No. 34 Effective Date pursuant to this clause (t) as in effect prior to the Amendment
No. 34 Effective Date, as set forth on Schedule 7.02(t) (other than Investments, commitments and
agreements having an aggregate value not in excess of $10,000,000) and (y) Investments consisting of any modification, replacement, renewal, reinvestment or extension of any Investment made pursuant to Section 7.02(t)(i)(x);
provided that the amount of any Investment permitted pursuant to this Section 7.02(t)(i)(y) is not increased from the amount of such Investment on the Amendment
No. 34 Effective Date except pursuant to the terms of such Investment as of the Amendment
No. 34 Effective Date or as otherwise permitted by this Section 7.02 and (ii) made after the Amendment
No. 34 Effective Date in an aggregate amount, as valued at cost at the time each such Investment is made and including all related commitments for future Investments,
not to exceed $50,000,000,75,000,000, plus an amount equal to any distributions, returns of capital or sale proceeds actually received by Loan Parties in cash in
respect of any Investments made under this clause (t) (which amount shall not exceed the amount of such Investment valued at cost at the time such Investment was made);
(u) prior to the Closing Date, loans, advances and transfers of property to any Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower;
(v) Guarantee Obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with the provision of credit card payment processing services;
(w) contributions to a rabbi trust for the benefit of employees or other grantor trust
subject to claims of creditors in the case of a bankruptcy of the Borrower; and
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(x) Investments to finance the SHL Acquisition and any Investments arising from any step or transaction referred to in the Structure Memorandum to implement the SHL Acquisition and Refinancing;
(y) receivables owing to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and advances to suppliers, in each case, if created, acquired or made in the ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary trade terms;
(z) any other Investment provided that, after giving Pro Forma Effect to such Investment made pursuant to this clause (z), the Net Leverage Ratio shall not exceed 3.50:1.00 as of the end of the most recent Test Period and no Event of Default under Section 8.01(a), (f) or (g) shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom;
(aa) Investments in JV Entities in an aggregate amount at any time outstanding not to exceed the greater of (i) $100 million and (ii) 7.5% of Total Assets; and
(bb) Investments as may be necessary (as reasonably determined by the Borrower) to effectuate a Reorganization; and
(cc) to the excluded such Excluded Contributions have not been used and are not then being used to make Restricted Payments pursuant to Section 7.06(o) or any payments pursuant to Section 7.09(a)(v), Investments made with Excluded Contributions.
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 7.02, in the event that an Investment meets the criteria of more
than one of the categories of Investments described in clauses (a) through (xcc) above, the Borrower may, in its sole discretion, divide, classify
and, except with respect to any Investment made under Section 7.02(n) or (z), reclassify such Investment (or any portion thereof) in one or more of the above clauses.
The accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value and the payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness shall not be deemed to be an Investment for purposes of this Section 7.02.
SECTION 7.03 Indebtedness. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except:
(a) Indebtedness of the Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries under the Loan Documents;
(b) any Indebtedness arising from any step or transaction set out in the Structure Memorandum to implement the SHL Acquisition and Refinancing;
(c) Indebtedness existing on the
ClosingAmendment No. 4 Effective Date and listed on Schedule 7.03(c) (the Surviving
Indebtedness) (other than Indebtedness having an aggregate principal amount not in excess of $10,000,000) and any Permitted Refinancing thereof;
(d) Guarantee Obligations of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary otherwise permitted hereunder (except that an Immaterial Subsidiary may not, by virtue of this Section 7.03(d), guarantee Indebtedness that such Immaterial Subsidiary could not otherwise incur under this Section 7.03); provided that, if the Indebtedness being guaranteed is subordinated to the Obligations, such Guarantee Obligation shall be subordinated to the Guaranty of the Obligations on terms at least as favorable to the Lenders as those contained in the subordination of such Indebtedness;
(e) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary to the extent constituting an Investment permitted by Section 7.02 (other than Section 7.02(f)); provided that all such Indebtedness incurred following the Closing Date of any Loan Party owed to any Person that is not a Loan Party shall be subject to the subordination terms set forth in Section 5.02 of the Security Agreement;
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(f) (i) Attributable Indebtedness and other Indebtedness (including
Capitalized Leases) financing the acquisition, construction, repair, replacement or improvement of fixed or capital assets (provided that such Indebtedness is incurred concurrently with or within two hundred seventy (270) days after the
applicable acquisition, construction, repair, replacement or improvement), (ii) Attributable Indebtedness arising out of Permitted Sale Leasebacks, provided that the aggregate principal
amount of Indebtedness under clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 7.03(f) does not exceed $40,000,000, and (iii) any Indebtedness incurred to refinance the
Indebtedness set forth in the immediately preceding clauses (i) and (ii) so long as the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) thereof does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of
the Indebtedness so refinanced 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 refinancing and by an amount equal to any
existing commitments unutilized thereunder, and as otherwise permitted under Section 7.03; provided that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness under this
Section 7.03(f) does not exceed the greater of (a) $20,000,000 and (b) 1.6% of Total Assets (measured at the time of the incurrence of such Indebtedness);
(g) Indebtedness in respect of Swap Contracts designed to hedge against interest rates, foreign exchange rates or commodities pricing risks and not for speculative purposes;
(h) (A) Indebtedness assumed in connection with any Permitted Acquisition;
provided that (i) such Indebtedness was not incurred in contemplation of such Permitted Acquisition, (ii) after giving Pro Forma Effect to any such Permitted Acquisition and the assumption of such Indebtedness and any related
Specified Transaction, the Net Leverage Ratio as of the end of the most recent Test Period shall be at least 0.25:1.0 lowernot be higher than the applicable Financial
Covenant level as of the end of the most recent Test Period, (iii) the only obligors with respect to any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (h) shall be those Persons who were obligors of such Indebtedness prior to such
Permitted Acquisition (or in the case of a purchase of assets, the purchaser of such assets), and (iv) both immediately prior and after giving effect thereto no
Default or Event of Default shall exist or result therefrom and (v) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness that is incurred by Non-Loan Parties pursuant to this Section 7.03(h) shall
not exceed $10,000,000 at any one time outstanding; and (B) any Permitted Refinancing thereof;
(i) Indebtedness representing deferred compensation to employees of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;
(j) Indebtedness to current or former officers, directors, partners, managers, consultants and employees, their respective
estates, spouses or former spouses to finance the purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of the Borrower permitted by Section 7.06 in an aggregate amount not to exceed
$2,500,00010,000,000 at any one time outstanding;
(k) Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in a Permitted Acquisition, any other Investment expressly permitted hereunder or any Disposition, in each case to the extent constituting indemnification or contribution obligations or obligations in respect of purchase price (including earn-outs) or other similar adjustments;
(l) Indebtedness consisting of obligations of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries under deferred compensation or other similar arrangements incurred by such Person in connection with the Transaction and Permitted Acquisitions or any other Investment expressly permitted hereunder;
(m) Cash Management Obligations and other Indebtedness in respect of netting services, automatic clearinghouse arrangements,
overdraft protections and similar arrangements in each case in connection with deposit accounts incurred in the ordinary course;
(n) Indebtedness consisting of (i) the financing of insurance premiums or (ii) take or pay obligations contained in supply arrangements, in each case, in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;
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(o) Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees, bankers acceptances, warehouse receipts or similar instruments issued or created in the ordinary course of business, including in respect of workers compensation claims, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement-type obligations regarding workers compensation claims;
(p) obligations in respect of performance, bid, appeal and surety bonds and performance and completion bonds and guarantees and similar obligations provided by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments related thereto, in each case in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;
(q) Indebtedness supported by a Letter of Credit in a principal amount not to exceed the face amount of such Letter of Credit;
(r) other unsecured Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in an
aggregate amount not to exceed $10,000,000 at any one time outstanding; provided that the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may incur unlimited additional unsecured Indebtedness,
so long as the Borrower is in compliance with the Financial Covenant as of the most recent Test Period (calculated on a Pro
Forma Basis after giving effect to the incurrence of such indebtedness and any related Specified Transaction); provided, further, that (i) the aggregate principal
amount of such Indebtedness incurred by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors shall not exceed $10,000,000 at any one time outstanding, (ii) such Indebtedness has a final maturity date equal to or later than 91 days after 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 Term A-1 Loans, (iii) the terms and conditions of such Indebtedness (excluding pricing and optional prepayment
or redemption terms) reflect market terms on the date of issuance; provided that such Indebtedness shall not contain covenants (including financial maintenance covenants), taken as a whole, that are
materially tighter (or in addition to), with respect to the borrower of such Indebtedness and its Restricted Subsidiaries, than those contained in this Agreement with respect to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (except for covenants
applicable only to the period after the Maturity Date of the Term A-1 Loans); provided that a certificate of a Responsible Officer delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five (5) Business Days
prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good
faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement, shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within such five Business Day
period that it disagrees with such determination (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees);[Reserved]
(s) Indebtedness incurred by a Non-Loan Party Subsidiary, and guarantees thereof by Non-Loan Party
SubsidiariesParties, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $25,000,000 at any one time outstanding;
(t) prior to the Closing Date, Indebtedness under the CEB Revolver;
(u) additional Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed
$15,000,000the greater of, at any one time outstanding determined at the time of incurrence thereof,
(A) $50,000,000 or (B) 5.0% of Total Assets;
(v)
[Reserved];Indebtedness of the Borrower in respect of the Senior Unsecured Notes (and Guarantee Obligations thereof by the Guarantors) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed
$250,000,000 and any Permitted Refinancing thereof;
(w) (A) unsecured Indebtedness incurred to
finance a Permitted Acquisition; provided that (i) immediately before and immediately after giving Pro Forma Effect to any such Permitted Acquisition, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (ii) after giving Pro Forma
Effect to any such Permitted Acquisition and the incurrence of such Indebtedness and any related Specified Transaction, the Net Leverage Ratio as of the end of the most recent Test Period shall be at least 0.25:1.0
lowerno higher than the
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applicable Financial Covenant level as of the end of the most recent Test Period set forth in clause (x) of
Section 7.10 (whether or not clause (y) of Section 7.10 would otherwise apply in determining such ratio) , (iii) such Indebtedness 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 Term A-12 Loans, (iv) the terms and conditions of such
Indebtedness (excluding pricing and optional prepayment or redemption terms) reflect market terms on the date of issuance; provided that such Indebtedness shall not contain covenants (including financial maintenance covenants), taken as a
whole, that are materially tighter (or in addition to), with respect to the borrower of such Indebtedness and its Restricted Subsidiaries, than those contained in this Agreement with respect to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (except
for covenants applicable only to the period after the Maturity Date of the Term A-12 Loans) (provided that a certificate of a Responsible Officer delivered to the
Administrative Agent at least five (5) Business Days prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating
thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement, shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement unless the Administrative
Agent notifies the Borrower within such five Business Day period that it disagrees with such determination (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees)) and (v) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness that is
incurred or guaranteed by Non-Loan Parties pursuant to this Section 7.03(w) shall not exceed
$10,000,00050,000,000 at any one time outstanding; and (B) any Permitted Refinancing thereof;
(x)(x) (i) Indebtedness (in the form of
senior secured, junior lien secured, senior unsecured, senior subordinated or subordinated notes or loans) incurred by the
Borrower to the extent that 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds therefrom are, immediately after the receipt thereof, applied solely to the prepayment of Term Loans in accordance with Section 2.05(b)(iii); provided that (A) such
Indebtedness shall not mature earlier than the Maturity Date with respect to the relevant tranche of Term Loans being refinanced, (B) as of the date of the incurrence of such Indebtedness, the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such
Indebtedness shall not be shorter than that of the then remaining Term Loans being refinanced, (C) no Restricted Subsidiary is a borrower or guarantor with respect to such Indebtedness
unless such Restricted Subsidiary is a Subsidiary Guarantor which shall have previously or substantially concurrently Guarantied the Obligations, (D) the other terms and conditions of such Indebtedness (excluding pricing and optional prepayment
or redemption terms or covenants or other provisions applicable only to periods after the maturity date of the Term Loans being refinanced) reflect market terms on the date of issuance;
provided that such Indebtedness shall not contain covenants (including financial maintenance covenants), taken as a whole, that are materially tighter than (or in addition to) those contained in this Agreement (except for covenants applicable
only to the period after the Maturity Date of the Term A-1 Loans2 Loans or to the extent such covenants (and any related equity cure) are added for the benefit of the Term A-2
Loans and the Revolving Credit Commitments); provided that a certificate of a Responsible Officer delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five (5) Business Days prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a
reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing
requirement, shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within such five Business Day period that it disagrees with such determination
(including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees) and (E) the Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Responsible Officer, together with all relevant financial information reasonably
requested by the Administrative Agent, including reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating compliance with clauses (A), (B), (C) and (D) and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing thereof;
(y)(y) Guarantee Obligations of the Borrower or
any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with the provision of credit card payment processing services; and
(a) all premiums (if any), interest (including post-petition interest), fees, expenses, charges and additional or contingent interest on obligations described in clauses (a) through (y) above and (bb) and (cc) below;
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(b) [Reserved];
(c) (i) Indebtedness (in the form of senior secured, senior unsecured and junior lien secured notes or loans) incurred by the Borrower to the extent that the Borrower shall have been permitted to incur such Indebtedness pursuant to, and such Indebtedness shall be deemed to be incurred in reliance on, Section 2.14; provided that (A) such Indebtedness shall not mature earlier than the Maturity Date applicable to the Term A-2 Loans, (B) as of the date of the incurrence of such Indebtedness, the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Indebtedness shall not be shorter than that of the Term A-2 Loans, (C) no Restricted Subsidiary is a borrower or guarantor with respect to such Indebtedness unless such Restricted Subsidiary is a Subsidiary Guarantor which shall have previously or substantially concurrently guaranteed the Obligations, (D) if such Indebtedness is in the form of a term loan facility or revolving credit facility of the Loan Parties and is secured by a Lien on the Collateral that is pari passu with the Lien securing the Obligations, the terms set forth in the provisio to Section 2.14(b)(viii) shall have been complied with as if such Indebtedness was considered an Incremental Term Loan or Incremental Revolving Facility, as the case may be, (E) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or shall result therefrom, (F) to the extent such Indebtedness is being incurred in reliance on Section 2.14(a)(z) and constitutes Indebtedness that is not secured by Collateral on a pari passu basis with the Term A-2 Loans, then the parenthetical phrase (and references therein to Net Leverage Ratio shall be deemed to be First Lien Net Leverage Ratio for this purpose) set forth in Section 2.14(a)(z) shall be disregarded in making any determinations pursuant to Section 2.14(a)(z) with respect to the permissibility of the incurrence of such Indebtedness, (G) such Indebtedness shall not contain covenants (including financial maintenance covenants), taken as a whole, that are materially tighter than (or in addition to) those contained herein (except for covenants applicable only to the period after the Maturity Date of the Term A-2 Loans or to the extent such covenants (and any related equity cure) are added for the benefit of the Term A-2 Loans); provided that a certificate of a Responsible Officer delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five (5) Business Days prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement, shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within such five Business Day period that it disagrees with such determination (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees and (H) the Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, together with all relevant financial information reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent (such Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (bb) being referred to as Alternative Incremental Facilities Debt) and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing of the Indebtedness referred to in clause (i) of this clause (bb); and
(d) Indebtedness in an aggregate outstanding principal amount which, when taken together with the principal amount of all other Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause and then outstanding, will not exceed 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds received by the Borrower from the issuance or sale (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary) of its Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests, Designated Preferred Stock or an Excluded Contribution) or otherwise contributed to the common equity (other than through the issuance of Disqualified Equity Interests, Designated Preferred Stock or an Excluded Contribution or from a Restricted Subsidiary) of the Borrower, in each case, subsequent to the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date, and any Permitted Refinancing thereof; provided, however, that (i) any such Net Cash Proceeds that are so received or contributed shall not increase the amount available for making Restricted Payments, Investments or prepayments of Indebtedness, to the extent the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries incur Indebtedness in reliance on such Net Cash Proceeds pursuant to this Section 7.03(cc) and (ii) any Net Cash Proceeds that are so received or contributed shall be excluded for purposes of incurring Indebtedness pursuant to this clause to the extent such Net Cash Proceeds or cash have been applied to make Restricted Payments, Investments or prepayments of Indebtedness; provided that the maturity date of such Indebtedness so incurred pursuant to this clause (cc) shall be no earlier than the Maturity Date of the Term A-2 Loans, and the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Indebtedness so incurred pursuant to this clause (cc) shall be not shorter than the then remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Term A-2 Loans.
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For purposes of determining compliance with any restriction on the incurrence of Indebtedness, the principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness was incurred, in the case of term debt, or first committed, in the case of revolving credit debt; provided that if such Indebtedness is incurred to extend, replace, refund, refinance, renew or defease other Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency, and such extension, replacement, refunding, refinancing, renewal or defeasance would cause the applicable restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such extension, replacement, refunding, refinancing, renewal or defeasance, such restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of such Indebtedness being extended, replaced, refunded, refinanced, renewed or defeased.
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 7.03, in the event that an item of Indebtedness meets the criteria of
more than one of the categories of Indebtedness described in clauses (a) through (ycc) above, the Borrower may, in its sole discretion, divide,
classify and reclassify or later divide, classify or reclassify such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) in one or more of the above clauses; provided that all Indebtedness outstanding under the Loan Documents will be deemed to have
been incurred in reliance only on the exception in clause (a) of this Section 7.03.
The accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value and the payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness shall not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness for purposes of this Section 7.03.
SECTION 7.04 Fundamental Changes. Merge, dissolve, liquidate, consolidate with or into another Person, or Dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to or in favor of any Person, except that:
(a) any Restricted Subsidiary may merge with (i) the Borrower (including a merger the purpose of which is to reorganize the Borrower in a new State within the United States or the District of Columbia); provided that the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving Person, or (ii) any one or more other Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that when any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Loan Party is merging with another Restricted Subsidiary, a Loan Party shall be the continuing or surviving Person;
(b) (i) any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party may merge or consolidate with or into any other Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party, (ii) (A) any Subsidiary may liquidate or dissolve, or (B) any Restricted Subsidiary may change its legal form, in each case, if in either case, the Borrower determines in good faith that such action is in the best interests of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders and (iii) the Borrower may change its legal form if it determines in good faith that such action is in the best interests of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, and the Administrative Agent reasonably determines it is not disadvantageous to the Lenders;
(c) any
Restricted Subsidiary may Dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that if the transferor in such a transaction is a Loan Party, then (i) the
transferee must be a Loan Party or, (ii) to the extent constituting an Investment, such Investment must be a permitted Investment in or Indebtedness of a Restricted
Subsidiary which is not a Loan Party in accordance with Section 7.02 (other than Section 7.02(f)) and Section 7.03, respectively;
(d) so long as no Default exists or would result therefrom, the Borrower may merge with any other Person; provided that the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving corporation;
(e) so long as no Default exists or would result therefrom, any Restricted Subsidiary may merge with any other Person in order to effect an Investment permitted pursuant to Section 7.02 (other than Section 7.02(f); provided that the continuing or surviving Person shall be a Restricted Subsidiary, which together with each of its Restricted Subsidiaries, shall have complied with the requirements of Section 6.11;
(f) the SHL Acquisition may be consummated;
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(g) so long as no Default exists or would result therefrom, a merger,
dissolution, liquidation, consolidation or Disposition, the purpose of which is to effect a Disposition permitted pursuant to Section 7.05 (other than Section 7.05(e)), may be effected; and
(h) any merger, dissolution, liquidation, consolidation with or into another Person, or Disposition arising from any step or transaction set out in the Structure Memorandum to implement the SHL Acquisition and Refinancing; and
(i) any such merger, liquidation, consolidation or Disposition as may be necessary (as reasonably determined by the Borrower) to effect a Reorganization may be consummated.
SECTION 7.05 Dispositions. Make any Disposition, except:
(a) Dispositions of obsolete, worn
-out, uneconomic, damaged or surplus property, equipment or other assets
that are no longer economically practical or commercially desirable to maintain or used or useful in the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, whether now owned or hereafter
owned or leased or acquired, in the ordinary course of business and Dispositions of property no longer in connection
with an acquisition or used or useful in the conduct of the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(b) Dispositions of inventory and immaterial assets in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice (including allowing any patent issuances, registrations or any patent applications or applications for registration of any immaterial IP Rights to lapse or go abandoned in the ordinary course of business);
(c) Dispositions of property to the extent that (i) such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property that is promptly purchased or (ii) the proceeds of such Disposition are promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement property (which replacement property is actually promptly purchased);
(d) Dispositions of property to the Borrower or a Restricted
Subsidiary; provided that if the transferor of such property is a Loan Party (i) the transferee thereof must be a Loan Party or (ii) to the extent such transaction constitutes an Investment, such transaction is permitted under
Section 7.02 (other than Section 7.02(f));
(e) Dispositions permitted by Section 7.02 (other than Section 7.02(f)), Section 7.04 (other than Section 7.04(g)) and Section 7.06 and Liens permitted by Section 7.01 (other than Section 7.01(m));
(f) Dispositions in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice of Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities;
(g) leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses, in each case in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice and which do not materially interfere with the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(h) transfers of property subject to Casualty Events upon receipt of the Net Cash Proceeds of such Casualty Event;
(i) Dispositions of Investments in joint ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to customary buy/sell arrangements between, the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture arrangements and similar binding arrangements;
(j) Dispositions of inventory, accounts receivable or notes receivables, in each case in the ordinary course of business in connection with the collection or compromise thereof;
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(k) the unwinding of any Swap Contract pursuant to its terms;
(l) Permitted Sale Leasebacks;
(m) Dispositions not otherwise permitted pursuant to this Section 7.05; provided that (i) such
Disposition shall be for fair market value as reasonably determined by the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary in good faith based on sales of similar assets, if available, (ii) the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary
complies with the applicable provisions of Section 2.05, and (iii) with respect to any Disposition pursuant to this clause (m) for a purchase price in excess of $5,000,000, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary shall
receive not less than 75% of such consideration in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents; provided, however, that for the purposes of this clause (iii), (A) any liabilities (as shown on the most recent balance sheet of the
Borrower provided hereunder or in the footnotes thereto) of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations under the Loan Documents, that are assumed by
the transferee with respect to the applicable Disposition and for which the Borrower and all of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall have been validly released by all applicable creditors in writing, shall be deemed to be cash, (B) any securities
received by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash or Cash Equivalents (to the extent of the cash or Cash Equivalents received) within 180 days
following the closing of the applicable Disposition, shall be deemed to be cash and (C) any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such Disposition having an aggregate fair market
value, taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (m) that is at that time outstanding, not in excess of
$10,000,00025,000,000 at the time of the receipt of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration, with the fair market value of each item of Designated Non-Cash
Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value, shall be deemed to be cash;
(n) the abandonment or other Disposition of intellectual property which are reasonably determined by the Borrower, in good faith, to be no longer economical, negligible, obsolete or otherwise not material to its business;
(o) any sale, lease, assignment transfer or disposition arising from any step or transaction set out in the Structure Memorandum to implement the SHL Acquisition and Refinancing;
(p) any forgiveness, writeoff or writedown of any intercompany obligations; provided that any forgiveness of obligations
owing by a Non-Loan Party shall not result in additional ability to make Investments in Non-Loan Parties in the amount of such forgiven obligations; and
(a) Dispositions not otherwise permittedany
Disposition in any transaction or series of related transactions of assets with an aggregate fair market value of less than $15,000,000; provided that the aggregate fair market value of all assets that are the subject of Dispositions made
pursuant to this Section 7.05 in an aggregate amount not toclause (q) shall not exceed
$5,000,000.50,000,000 since the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date;
(b) Dispositions or leases of equipment related to information technology infrastructure located within the Borrowers or a Subsidiarys shared service centers or office locations, including assets related to electrical, fire protection, security, communications, servers, storage, backup and recovery functions, software applications and software licenses owned by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary on the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date;
(c) any issuances of Equity Interest in, or Indebtedness or other securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
(d) foreclosures, condemnation or any similar action on assets or the granting of Liens pursuant to Section 7.02;
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(e) any Permitted Foreign Subsidiary Disposition;
(f) any surrender or waiver of contractual rights or the settlement, release, surrender or waiver of contractual, tort, litigation or other claims of any kind;
(g) the unwinding of any Cash Management Obligations, Swap Obligations, or treasury management services; and
(h) Dispositions as may be necessary (as reasonably determined by the Borrower) to effectuate a Reorganization.
To the extent any Collateral is Disposed of as expressly permitted by this Section 7.05 to any Person other than the Borrower or any Guarantor, such Collateral shall be sold free and clear of the Liens created by the Loan Documents and, if requested by the Administrative Agent, upon the certification by the Borrower that such Disposition is expressly permitted by this Agreement, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, shall be authorized to take and shall take any actions deemed appropriate in order to effect the foregoing.
SECTION 7.06 Restricted Payments. Declare or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, except:
(a) each Restricted Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to the Borrower and to other Restricted Subsidiaries (and, in the case of a Restricted Payment by a non-wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary, to the Borrower and any other Restricted Subsidiary and to each other owner of Equity Interests of such Restricted Subsidiary based on their relative ownership interests of the relevant class of Equity Interests);
(b) (i) the Borrower may redeem in whole or in part any of
itspurchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement of any Qualified Equity Interests for another class of its Equity Interests or rights to
acquire its Equity Interests or withof the Borrower by conversion into, or by or in exchange for, Qualified Equity Interests of the Borrower, or out of net cash proceeds
fromof the substantially concurrent equity contributions or issuances of new Equity Interestssale
(other than to a Subsidiary of the Borrower) of other Qualified Equity Interests (other than Designated Preferred Stock and Excluded Contributions) of the Borrower; provided that any terms and provisions material to the interests of the
Lenders, when taken as a whole, contained in such other class of Equity Interests are at least as advantageous to the Lenders as those contained in the Equity Interests redeemed thereby and (ii) the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary may
declare and make dividend payments or other distributions payable solely in the Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests not otherwise permitted by Section 7.03) of such Person;
(c) Restricted Payments made on the Closing Date to consummate the Transaction;
(d) to the extent constituting Restricted Payments, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may enter into and consummate transactions expressly permitted by any provision of Section 7.02 (other than Section 7.02(f)) or Section 7.04;
(e) repurchases of Equity Interests in the ordinary course of business in the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary
deemed to occur upon (A) exercise of stock options or warrants if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options or
warrants or (B) the withholding of a portion of such Equity Interests to pay for the Taxes payable by such Person on account of such grant or award;
(f) the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may, in good faith, pay for the repurchase, retirement or other acquisition or
retirement for value of Equity Interests of it held by any future, present or former employee, director, officer or consultant (or any Affiliates, spouses, former spouses, other immediate family members, successors, executors, administrators, heirs,
legatees or distributees of any of the foregoing) of the Borrower or, any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to any employee, management or director equity
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plan, employee, management or director stock option plan or any other employee, management or director benefit plan or any agreement (including any stock subscription or shareholder agreement)
with any employee, director, officer or consultant of the Borrower or any Subsidiary; provided that such payments do not to exceed $5,000,000 in any fiscal year; provided that
any unused portion of the preceding basket for any calendar year may be carried forward to succeeding calendar years, so long as the aggregate amount of all Restricted Payments made pursuant to this
Section 7.06(f) in any calendar year (after giving effect to such carry forward) shall not exceed $10,000,00015,000,000
in any calendar year; provided further that cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries from members of management of the Borrower or any of the Borrowers Restricted Subsidiaries in
connection with a repurchase of Equity Interests of any of the Borrower will not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this covenant or any other provision of this Agreement;
(g) netting of shares under stock option plans to settle option price payments owed to employees and officers of the Borrower with respect thereto, and netting of shares to settle such employees and officers federal, state and income tax liabilities (if any) related to restricted stock units and similar stock based awards thereunder;
(h) the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may pay any dividend or distribution within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof, if at the date of declaration such payment would have complied with the provisions of this Agreement;
(i) the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may (a) pay cash in lieu of fractional Equity Interests in connection with any dividend, split or combination thereof or any Permitted Acquisition and (b) honor any conversion request by a holder of convertible Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and make cash payments in lieu of fractional shares in connection with any such conversion and may make payments on convertible Indebtedness in accordance with its terms;
(j) the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary may declare and
make dividend payments to or other distributions payable in Qualified Equity Interests of such Personthe Borrower;
(k) the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may make additional Restricted Payments in an amount not to exceed the Available
Amount; provided that (x) at the time of any such Restricted Payment, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom and (y) in the case of any such Restricted Payment in an amount in
excess of $15,000,000, the Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Responsible Officer, together with all relevant financial information reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, demonstrating the calculation of
the Available Amount; and
(l) the declaration and payment by the Borrower of dividends on the common
stock or common equity interests of the Borrower in an amount not to exceed in any fiscal year the greater of (x) the aggregate amount of dividends on the common stock or common equity interests of the Borrower paid by the
Borrower in the prior fiscal year and (y) at the time of any such declaration by the Borrower, an amount equal to 40% of the Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower for the Test Period most recently ended; provided that
no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of the declaration of any such Restricted Payment.;
(m) any Restricted Payment provided that, after giving Pro Forma Effect to such Restricted Payment made pursuant to this clause (m), the Net Leverage Ratio shall not exceed 3.50:1.00 as of the end of the most recent Test Period, provided that no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of the declaration of such Restricted Payment (or would result therefrom);
(n) the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may make any Permitted Foreign Subsidiary Payments and may enter into any Foreign Subsidiary Employee Plan with any Employee;
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(o) to the extent such Excluded Contributions have not been used and are not then being used to make Investments pursuant to Section 7.02(cc) or any payments pursuant to Section 7.09(a)(v), Restricted Payments made with Excluded Contributions; and
(p) the declaration and payment of dividends on Designated Preferred Stock of the Borrower issued after the Amendment No. 4 Effective Date in an aggregate amount for all such dividends paid pursuant to this Section 7.06(p) not to exceed the net cash proceeds received by the Borrower from the issuance of such Designated Preferred Stock; provided that, in the case of any such payment, immediately preceding the date of issuance of such Designated Preferred Stock, after giving effect to such payment on a Pro Forma Basis, the Borrower would be permitted to incur $1 of Incremental Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.14(a)(z).
SECTION 7.07 Amendment of Acquisition Documents. Amend, modify waive or change any provision of any Acquisition Document except in writing and in a way that could not reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the interests of the Lenders.
SECTION 7.08 Transactions with Affiliates. Enter into any transaction of any kind with any Affiliate of the
Borrower, involving consideration in excess of $5,000,000, whether or not in the ordinary course of business, other than:
(a) transactions between or among the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or any entity that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such transaction;
(b) transactions on terms not less favorable to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary as would be obtainable by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary at the time in a comparable arms-length transaction with a Person other than an Affiliate;
(c) the Transaction and the payment of fees and expenses related to the Transaction;
(d) equity issuances, repurchases, redemptions, retirements or other acquisitions or retirements of Equity Interests by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary permitted under Section 7.06;
(e) loans, Investments and other transactions by and among the Borrower and/or one or more Subsidiaries and joint ventures to the extent permitted under this Article VII;
(f) employment and severance arrangements between the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and their respective officers and employees in the ordinary course of business as determined in good faith by the board of directors or senior management of the relevant Person and transactions pursuant to stock option plans and employee benefit plans and arrangements;
(g) the payment of customary fees and reasonable out of pocket costs to, and indemnities provided on behalf of, directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(h) transactions pursuant to permitted agreements in existence on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 7.08 or any amendment thereto to the extent such an amendment is not adverse to the Lenders in any material respect;
(i)
dividendsRestricted Payments permitted under Section 7.06; and
(a) the issuance of Equity Interests of the Borrower, including the issuance of such Equity Interests to any officer, director,
employee or consultant of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.; and
(b) any transaction between any Foreign Subsidiary and any Employee pursuant to any Foreign Subsidiary Employee Plan.
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SECTION 7.09 Prepayments, Etc., of Indebtedness.
(a) Prepay, redeem, purchase, defease or otherwise satisfy prior to the scheduled maturity thereof in any manner (X) Indebtedness incurred
pursuant to Sections 7.03(r), (w) or (x)v), (w), (x) or (bb), in each case to the extent it is unsecured or junior lien secured and exceeds the Threshold
Amount or (Y) any Subordinated Debt (it being understood that payments of regularly scheduled interest and mandatory prepayments (including AHYDO Payments) under Indebtedness
incurred pursuant to Sections 7.03(r)v), (w), (wx) or
(xbb) or such Subordinated Debt Documents shall be permitted), except for (i) the refinancing thereof with the Net Cash Proceeds of any Indebtedness (to
the extent such Indebtedness constitutes a Permitted Refinancing), (ii) the conversion thereof to Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of the Borrower
and, (iii) prepayments, redemptions, purchases, defeasances and other payments thereof prior to their scheduled maturity in an aggregate amount not to
exceed (x) $50,000,000 plus (y) the Available Amount; provided that (x) at the time of any such payment, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or
would result therefrom and (y) in the case of any such payment in an amount in excess of $15,000,000, the Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Responsible Officer, together with all relevant financial
information reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, demonstrating the calculation of the Available Amount Amount,
(iv) prepayments, redemptions, purchases, defeasances and other payments thereof prior to their scheduled maturity (provided that, at the time of such prepayments, redemptions,
purchases, defeasances or other payments (x) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (y) the Net Leverage Ratio of the Borrower as of the end of the most recently ended Test Period, on a Pro Forma Basis, would be
no greater than 3.50:1.00 and (v) to the extent such Excluded Contributions have not been used and are not then being used to make Investments pursuant to Section 7.02(cc) or Restricted Payments pursuant to Section 7.06(o), other
prepayments, redemptions, purchases, defeasances and other payments thereof prior to their scheduled maturity made with Excluded Contributions.
(b) Amend, modify or change in any manner materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders any term or condition of the Subordinated Debt Documents without the consent of the Required Lenders (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
SECTION 7.10 Financial Covenant.
Permit the Net Leverage Ratio for any Test Period set forth below, as of the last day of such Test Period, to be
greater than the ratio set forth opposite such Test Period below:(commencing September 30, 2015) as of the last day of any fiscal quarter (commencing September 30, 2015) for
which financial statements have been delivered or are required to be delivered under Section 6.01(a) or (b) to be greater than (x) 4.00:1.00, or (y) for any fiscal quarter ending after the consummation of any Material Acquisition
and ending on the fourth fiscal quarter end following such Material Acquisition, 4.50:1.00.
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SECTION 7.11 Nature of Business. Engage in any material line of business substantially different from those lines of business conducted by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the Effective Date or any business reasonably related or ancillary thereto.
SECTION 7.12 Burdensome Agreements. Enter into, or permit to exist, any Contractual Obligation (other than, prior to the Closing Date,
the CEB Revolver) that encumbers or restricts the ability of (u) any Restricted Subsidiary to make Restricted Payments to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to make
Restricted Payments to any Loan Partythat is a Guarantor, (w) any Restricted Subsidiary to make loans or advances to any Loan
Partythe Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor, (x) any Restricted Subsidiary to transfer any of its property to any Loan Party,
(y) the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor, (y) any Loan Party to pledge its property pursuant to the Loan Documents or any renewals, refinancings,
exchanges, refundings or extension thereof or (z) any Loan Party to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of their respective properties or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, for the benefit of the Secured
Parties with respect to the Obligations under the Loan Documents, or any renewals, refinancings, exchanges, refundings or extension thereof, except in respect of any of the matters referred to in clauses (u) through (z) above:
(i) restrictions and conditions imposed by law or any Loan Document;
(ii) restrictions and conditions existing on the Closing Date or to any extension, renewal, amendment, modification or replacement thereof, except to the extent any such amendment, modification or replacement expands the scope of any such restriction or condition;
(iii) customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to the sale of a Subsidiary or any assets pending such sale; provided that such restrictions and conditions apply only to the Subsidiary or assets that is or are to be sold and such sale is permitted hereunder;
(iv) customary provisions in leases, licenses and other contracts restricting the assignment thereof;
(v) restrictions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement to the extent such restriction applies only to the property securing such Indebtedness;
(vi) restrictions or conditions set forth in any agreement in effect at any time any Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (but not any modification or amendment expanding the scope of any such restriction or condition); provided that such agreement was not entered into in contemplation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary and the restriction or condition set forth in such agreement does not apply to the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary;
(vii) restrictions or conditions in any Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 7.03 to the extent such restrictions or conditions are no more restrictive than the restrictions and conditions in the Loan Documents or, in the case of Subordinated Debt, are market terms at the time of issuance (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) or, in the case of Indebtedness of any Non-Loan Party, are imposed solely on such Non-Loan Party and its Subsidiaries and are market terms at the time of issuance (as determined by the Borrower in good faith); provided that any such restrictions or conditions permit compliance with the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement and Section 6.11;
(viii) restrictions on cash or other deposits imposed by agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(ix)
encumbrances and restrictions under the Organization Documents of JV Entities; and
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(x) encumbrances and restrictions imposed by the Acquisition
Agreement.;
(xi) restrictions and conditions existing on the issuance date of the Senior Unsecured Notes or to any extension, renewal, amendment, modification or replacement thereof, except to the extent any such amendment, modification or replacement, in good faith judgment of the Borrower, expands the scope of any such restriction or condition; and
(xii) encumbrances and restrictions under the Senior Unsecured Notes Indenture, the Senior Unsecured Notes (and Guarantee Obligations thereof by the Guarantors).
SECTION 7.13 Fiscal Year. Make any change to its fiscal year.
SECTION 7.14 Sanctions. Directly or indirectly use the proceeds of any Credit Extension, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other individual or entity, to fund any activities of or business with any individual or entity, or in any Designated Jurisdiction, that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of Sanctions, or in any other manner that will result in a violation by any individual or entity (including any individual or entity participating in the transaction, whether as Lender, Lead Arranger, Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer, Swing Line Lender, or otherwise) of Sanctions.
SECTION 7.15 Anti-Corruption Laws. Directly or indirectly use the proceeds of any Credit Extension for any purpose which would breach the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the UK Bribery Act 2010, and other similar anti-corruption legislation in other jurisdictions.
ARTICLE VIII
Events of Default and Remedies
SECTION 8.01 Events of Default. Any of the following events referred to in any of clauses (a) through (k) inclusive of this Section 8.01 shall constitute an Event of Default:
(a) Non-Payment. Any Loan Party fails to pay (i) when and as required to be paid herein, any amount of principal of any Loan or (ii) within five (5) Business Days after the same becomes due, any interest on any Loan or any other amount payable hereunder or with respect to any other Loan Document; or
(b) Specific Covenants. The Borrower fails to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in any of Section 6.03(a) or Section 6.05 (a) (solely with respect to the Borrower), Section 6.12, Section 6.14 or Article VII; or
(c) Other Defaults. Any Loan Party fails to perform or observe any other covenant or agreement (not specified in Section 8.01(a) or (b) above) contained in any Loan Document on its part to be performed or observed and such failure continues for thirty (30) days after receipt by the Borrower of written notice thereof by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders; or
(d) Representations and Warranties. Any representation, warranty, certification or statement of fact made or deemed made by or on behalf of any Loan Party herein, in any other Loan Document, or in any document required to be delivered in connection herewith or therewith shall be incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made or deemed made and such incorrect or misleading representation, warranty, certification or statement of fact, if capable of being cured, remains so incorrect or misleading for thirty (30) days after receipt by the Borrower of written notice thereof by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders; or
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(e) Cross-Default. Any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary (A) fails to make any payment beyond the applicable grace period with respect thereto, if any (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand, or otherwise) in respect of any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness hereunder) having an aggregate principal amount of not less than the Threshold Amount, or (B) fails to observe or perform any other agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness, or any other event occurs (other than, with respect to Indebtedness consisting of Swap Contracts, termination events or equivalent events pursuant to the terms of such Swap Contracts), the effect of which default or other event is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries) to cause, after giving effect to any grace period, with the giving of notice if required, all such Indebtedness to become due or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem all such Indebtedness to be made, prior to its stated maturity; provided that this clause (e)(B) 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, if such sale or transfer is permitted hereunder and under the documents providing for such Indebtedness; provided, further, that such failure is unremedied and is not waived by the holders of such Indebtedness; or
(f) Insolvency Proceedings, Etc. Any Loan Party or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries institutes or consents to the institution of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or applies for or consents to the appointment of any receiver, interim receiver, receiver and manager, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator, administrator, administrative receiver or similar officer for it or for all or any material part of its property; or any receiver, interim receiver, receiver and manager, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator, administrator, administrative receiver or similar officer is appointed without the application or consent of such Person and the appointment continues undischarged or unstayed for sixty (60) calendar days; or any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law relating to any such Person or to all or any material part of its property is instituted without the consent of such Person and continues undismissed or unstayed for sixty (60) calendar days; or an order for relief is entered in any such proceeding; or
(g) Inability to Pay Debts; Attachment. (i) Any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary becomes unable or admits in writing its inability or fails generally to pay its debts as they become due, or (ii) any writ or warrant of attachment or execution or similar process is issued or levied against all or any material part of the property of the Loan Parties, taken as a whole, and is not released, vacated or fully bonded within sixty (60) days after its issue or levy; or
(h) Judgments. There is entered against any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary a final judgment or order for the payment of money in an aggregate amount exceeding the Threshold Amount (to the extent not covered by independent third-party insurance) and such judgment or order shall not have been satisfied, vacated, discharged or stayed or bonded pending an appeal for a period of sixty (60) consecutive days; or
(i) ERISA. (i) An ERISA Event occurs with respect to a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan which has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in liability of any Loan Party or ERISA Affiliate under Title IV of ERISA in an aggregate amount which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate fails to pay when due, after the expiration of any applicable grace period, any installment payment with respect to its Withdrawal Liability under Section 4201 of ERISA under a Multiemployer Plan in an aggregate amount which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate shall have been notified by the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan that such Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization or is being terminated, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA, and as a result of such reorganization or termination the aggregate annual contributions of the Loan Parties and the ERISA Affiliates to all Multiemployer Plans that are then in reorganization or being terminated have been or will be increased over the amounts contributed to such Multiemployer Plans for the plan years of such Multiemployer Plans immediately preceding the plan year in which such reorganization or termination occurs by an aggregate amount which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; or (iv) a termination, withdrawal or noncompliance with applicable law or plan terms or termination, withdrawal or other event similar to an ERISA Event occurs with respect to a Foreign Plan that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; or
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(j) Invalidity of Loan Documents. Any material provision of this Agreement or any Collateral Document, at any time after its execution and delivery and for any reason other than as expressly permitted hereunder or thereunder (including as a result of a transaction permitted under Section 7.04 or Section 7.05) or solely as a result of acts or omissions by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or the satisfaction in full of all the Obligations, ceases to be in full force and effect; or any Collateral Document ceases to create a valid and perfected first priority lien on the Collateral covered thereby (to the extent required hereby or thereby); or any Loan Party contests in writing the validity or enforceability of any material provision of this Agreement or any Collateral Document; or any Loan Party denies in writing that it has any or further liability or obligation under this Agreement or any Collateral Document (other than as a result of repayment in full of the Obligations and termination of the Aggregate Commitments), or purports in writing to revoke or rescind this Agreement or any Collateral Document; or
(k) Change of Control. There occurs any Change of Control.
For the period (the Clean-Up Period) commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the date falling 90 days after the Closing Date, (i) the breach of any representation or warranty; (ii) the breach of any covenant; or (iii) the occurrence of any Event of Default (other than an Event of Default under Section 8.01(a), (f) or (g) that has occurred and is continuing at such time) will be deemed not to be a breach of a representation or warranty or a breach of a covenant or an Event of Default (as the case may be) if it would have been (but for this provision) a breach of a representation or warranty or a breach of a covenant or an Event of Default only by reason of circumstances relating exclusively to the Companies or any of their subsidiaries; provided, however, that such breach or Event of Default (A) has not had, and could not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect; (B) was not procured or approved by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Companies or any of their respective subsidiaries); and (C) is capable of being remedied during the Clean-Up Period and reasonable steps are being taken to remedy it (it being understood that untrue disclosure or financial statements cannot be cured by amending, supplementing or restating such disclosure or financial statements).
SECTION 8.02 Remedies Upon Event of Default.
If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing following the Certain Funds Period (or during the Certain Funds Period but only in relation to a Certain Funds Default) the Administrative Agent may and, at the request of the Required Lenders, shall take any or all of the following actions:
(i) declare the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions to be terminated, whereupon such commitments and obligation shall be terminated;
(ii) declare the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans, all interest accrued and unpaid thereon, and all other amounts owing or payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document to be immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower;
(iii) require that the Borrower Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations (in an amount equal to the then Outstanding Amount thereof); and
(iv) exercise on behalf of itself and the Lenders all rights and remedies available to it and the Lenders under the Loan Documents or applicable Law;
provided that upon the occurrence of an Event of Default under Section 8.01(f) with respect to the Borrower, the obligation of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions shall automatically terminate, the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans and all interest and other amounts as aforesaid shall automatically become due and payable, and the obligation of the Borrower to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations as aforesaid shall automatically become effective, in each case without further act of the Administrative Agent or any Lender.
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SECTION 8.03 Exclusion of Immaterial Subsidiaries. Solely for the purpose of determining
whether a Default has occurred under clause (f) or (g) of Section 8.01, any reference in any such clause to any Restricted Subsidiary or Loan Party shall be deemed not to include any Subsidiary that is an
Immaterial Subsidiary or at such time could, upon designation by the Borrower, become an Immaterial Subsidiary affected by any event or circumstances referred to in any such clause unless the Consolidated EBITDA of such Subsidiary together with the
Consolidated EBITDA of all other Subsidiaries affected by such event or circumstance referred to in such clause (in each case determined using the definition of Consolidated EBITDA and the other defined terms used therein as if
references to the Borrower and theits Restricted Subsidiaries therein were to such Subsidiary and its Subsidiaries), shall exceed 5% of the Consolidated EBITDA of the
Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries.
SECTION 8.04 Application of Funds. If the circumstances described in Section 2.12(g) have occurred, or after the exercise of remedies provided for in Section 8.02 (or after the Loans have automatically become immediately due and payable and the L/C Obligations have automatically been required to be Cash Collateralized as set forth in the proviso to Section 8.02), including in any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, any amounts received on account of the Obligations shall be applied by the Administrative Agent in the following order:
First, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts (other than principal and interest, but including Attorney Costs payable under Section 10.04 and amounts payable under Article III) payable to each Agent in its capacity as such;
Second, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal and interest) payable to the Lenders (including Attorney Costs payable under Section 10.04 and amounts payable under Article III), ratably among them in proportion to the amounts described in this clause Second payable to them;
Third, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid interest (including, but not limited to, post-petition interest), ratably among the Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Third payable to them;
Fourth, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid principal, Unreimbursed Amounts or face amounts of the Loans, L/C Borrowings and Swap Termination Value under Secured Hedge Agreements and Cash Management Obligations, ratably among the Secured Parties in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fourth held by them;
Fifth, to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuers, to Cash Collateralize that portion of L/C Obligations comprised of the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit;
Sixth, to the payment of all other Obligations of the Loan Parties that are due and payable to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties on such date, ratably based upon the respective aggregate amounts of all such Obligations owing to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties on such date; and
Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations (other than contingent indemnity obligations) have been paid in full, to the Borrower or as otherwise required by Law;
provided, however, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Document in no circumstances shall proceeds of any Collateral constituting an asset of a Loan Party that is not a Qualified ECP Guarantor be applied towards the payment of any Obligations constituting Swap Obligations, but appropriate adjustments shall be made with respect to payments from other Loan Parties to preserve the allocation to Obligations otherwise set forth above in this Section.
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Subject to Section 2.03(c), amounts used to Cash Collateralize the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit pursuant to clause Fifth above shall be applied to satisfy drawings under such Letters of Credit as they occur. If any amount remains on deposit as Cash Collateral after all Letters of Credit have either been fully drawn or expired, such remaining amount shall be applied to the other Obligations, if any, in the order set forth above and, if no Obligations remain outstanding, to the Borrower.
ARTICLE IX
Administrative Agent and Other Agents
SECTION 9.01 Appointment and Authorization of Agents.
(a) Each of the Lenders and each L/C Issuer hereby irrevocably appoints Bank of America to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuers, and neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere herein or in any other Loan Document, the Administrative Agent shall have no duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, nor shall the Administrative Agent have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender or participant, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against the Administrative Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term agent herein and in the other Loan Documents with reference to any Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable Law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties.
(b) Each L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and each such L/C Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (i) provided to the Agents in this Article IX with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by such L/C Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and the applications and agreements for letters of credit pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term Agent as used in this Article IX and in the definition of Related Parties included such L/C Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and (ii) as additionally provided herein with respect to such L/C Issuer.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall also act as the collateral agent under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Hedge Bank and a potential Cash Management Bank) and each L/C Issuer hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and such L/C Issuer for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as collateral agent and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.02 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Collateral Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent), shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Article IX (including Section 9.07) and Article X, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the collateral agent under the Loan Documents) as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto.
(d) The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent and the term Lender or Lenders shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.
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SECTION 9.02 Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all 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 and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or 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 in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent.
SECTION 9.03 Liability of Agents.
(a) The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent:
(i) shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing;
(ii) shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents); provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law; and
(iii) shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Sections 10.01 and 8.02) or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct (in each case, as determined in a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction). The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until notice describing such Default is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower, a Lender or an L/C Issuer.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible to any Lender for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien purported to be created by the Collateral Documents, (v) the value or the sufficiency of any Collateral, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.
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SECTION 9.04 Reliance by Agents.
(a) Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. Each Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of 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 relevant L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or the L/C Issuer unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or the L/C Issuer prior to the making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit. Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.
(b) For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in Section 4.01, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto.
SECTION 9.05 Notice of Default. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default, except with respect to defaults in the payment of principal, interest and fees required to be paid to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders, unless the Administrative Agent shall have received written notice from a Lender or the Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default and stating that such notice is a notice of default. The Administrative Agent will notify the Lenders of its receipt of any such notice. The Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to any Event of Default as may be directed by the Required Lenders in accordance with Article VIII; provided that unless and until the Administrative Agent has received any such direction, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Event of Default as it shall deem advisable or in the best interest of the Lenders.
SECTION 9.06 Credit Decision; Disclosure of Information by Agents. Each Lender and each L/C Issuer acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender and each L/C Issuer also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information 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. Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by any Agent herein, such Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition or creditworthiness of any of the Loan Parties or any of their respective Affiliates which may come into the possession of any Agent or their respective Related Parties.
SECTION 9.07 [Reserved.]
SECTION 9.08 Agents in their Individual Capacities. Bank of America and its Affiliates may make loans to, issue letters of credit for the account of, accept deposits from, acquire Equity Interests in and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting or other business with each of the Loan Parties and their respective Affiliates as though Bank of America were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without notice to or consent of the Lenders. The Lenders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, Bank of America or its Affiliates may receive information regarding any Loan Party or any Affiliate of a Loan Party (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Loan Party or such Affiliate) and acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall be under no obligation to provide such information to them. With
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respect to its Loans, Bank of America shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement as any other Lender and may exercise such rights and powers as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and the terms Lender and Lenders include Bank of America in its individual capacity.
SECTION 9.09 Successor Agents. The Administrative Agent may resign, upon 30 days prior notice to the Lenders, each L/C Issuer and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States, which appointment of a successor agent shall require the consent of the Borrower (except during the existence of an Event of Default under Section 8.01(f) or (g)), which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may on behalf of the Lenders and the L/C Issuers (without the consent of any of the Lenders or the L/C Issuers but with the consent of the Borrower (except during the existence of an Event of Default under Section 8.01(f) or (g)), which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), appoint a successor Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above; provided that in no event shall any such successor Administrative Agent be a Defaulting Lender; provided, further, that if the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders that no qualifying Person has accepted such appointment, then such resignation shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice and (i) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (except that in the case of any collateral security held by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders or any L/C Issuer under any of the Loan Documents, the retiring Administrative Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed); (ii) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender and the L/C Issuer directly, until such time as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above in this Section and (iii) the Borrower and the Lenders agree that in no event shall the retiring Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent or any of their respective Affiliates or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents advisors or representatives have any liability to the Loan Parties, any Lender or any other Person or entity for damages of any kind, including, without limitation, direct or indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the failure of a successor Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent to be appointed and to accept such appointment. Upon the acceptance of a successors appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired) Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this Section 9.09). The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the retiring Administrative Agents resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article IX and Sections 10.04 and 10.05 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent.
SECTION 9.10 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim; Credit Bidding. In case of the pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or any other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or L/C Obligation 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 the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans, L/C Obligations 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 and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders and the Administrative Agent under Section 2.04(e) and (f), Section 2.09 and Section 10.04) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and
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(b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and
any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender 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, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Agents and their respective agents and counsel, and any other amounts due to the Administrative Agent under Section 2.09 and Section 10.04.
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 any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such proceeding.
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 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 of the United States, including under Sections 363, 1123 or 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, or any similar Laws in any other jurisdictions to which a Loan Party is subject, (b) at any other sale or 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 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 would 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) in the asset or assets so purchased (or in the Equity Interests or debt instruments of the acquisition vehicle or vehicles that are used to consummate such purchase). In connection with any such bid (i) the Administrative Agent shall be authorized to form one or more acquisition vehicles to make a bid, (ii) 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 the vote of the Required Lenders, irrespective of the termination of this Agreement and without giving effect to the limitations on actions by the Required Lenders contained in clauses (a) through (g) of Section 10.01 of this Agreement, (iii) the Administrative Agent shall be authorized to assign the relevant Obligations to any such acquisition vehicle pro rata by the Lenders, as a result of which each of the Lenders shall be deemed to have received a pro rata portion of any Equity Interests and/or debt instruments issued by such an acquisition vehicle on account of the assignment of the Obligations to be credit bid, all without the need for any Secured Party or acquisition vehicle to take any further action, and (iv) 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 debt credit bid by the acquisition vehicle or otherwise), such Obligations shall automatically be reassigned to the Lenders pro rata and the Equity Interests and/or debt instruments issued by any acquisition vehicle on account of the Obligations that had been assigned to the acquisition vehicle shall automatically be cancelled, without the need for any Secured Party or any acquisition vehicle to take any further action.
SECTION 9.11 Collateral and Guaranty Matters. The Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Cash Management Bank and a potential Hedge Bank) irrevocably agree:
(a) that any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document shall be automatically released (i) upon termination of the Aggregate Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than (x) obligations under Secured Hedge Agreements not yet due and payable, (y) Cash Management Obligations not yet due and payable and (z) contingent indemnification obligations not yet accrued and payable), the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit and any other obligation (including a guarantee that is contingent in nature), (ii) at the time the property subject to such Lien is transferred or to be transferred as part of or in connection with any
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transfer permitted hereunder or under any other Loan Document to any Person other than the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that are Guarantors, (iii) subject to Section 10.01, if the release of such Lien is approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders, (iv) if the property subject to such Lien is owned by a Guarantor, upon release of such Guarantor from its obligations under its Guaranty pursuant to clause (c) or (d) below, or (v) if the property subject to such Lien becomes subject to the exclusions set forth in the last paragraph of the definition of Collateral and Guarantee Requirement pursuant to a transaction not prohibited by this Agreement;
(b) to release or subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on such property that is permitted by Section 7.01(i) and (o);
(c) that any Subsidiary Guarantor shall be automatically released from its obligations under the Guaranty if such Person ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of a transaction or designation permitted hereunder; and
(d) if any Subsidiary Guarantor shall cease to be a Material Subsidiary (as certified in writing by a Responsible Officer), (i) such Subsidiary shall be automatically released from its obligations under the Guaranty and (ii) any Liens granted by such Subsidiary or Liens on the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary shall be automatically released.
Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agents authority to release or subordinate its interest in particular types or items of property, or to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty pursuant to this Section 9.11. In each case as specified in this Section 9.11, the Administrative Agent will promptly (and each Lender irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent to), at the Borrowers expense, execute and deliver to the applicable Loan Party such documents as such Loan Party may reasonably request to evidence the release or subordination of such item of Collateral from the assignment and security interest granted under the Collateral Documents, or to evidence the release of such Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents and this Section 9.11.
SECTION 9.12 Other Agents; Arrangers and Managers. None of the Lenders or other Persons identified on the facing page or signature pages of this Agreement as a syndication agent, co-arranger or co-documentation agent shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such or in its capacity, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender hereunder. Without limiting the foregoing, none of the Lenders or other Persons so identified shall have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender acknowledges that it has not relied, and will not rely, on any of the Lenders or other Persons so identified in deciding to enter into this Agreement or in taking or not taking action hereunder.
SECTION 9.13 Appointment of Supplemental Administrative Agents.
(a) It is the purpose of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents that there shall be no violation of any Law of any jurisdiction denying or restricting the right of banking corporations or associations to transact business as agent or trustee in such jurisdiction. It is recognized that in case of litigation under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, and in particular in case of the enforcement of any of the Loan Documents, or in case the Administrative Agent deems that by reason of any present or future Law of any jurisdiction it may not exercise any of the rights, powers or remedies granted herein or in any of the other Loan Documents or take any other action which may be desirable or necessary in connection therewith, the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized to appoint an additional individual or institution selected by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion as a separate trustee, co-trustee, administrative agent, collateral agent, administrative sub-agent or administrative co-agent (any such additional individual or institution being referred to herein individually as a Supplemental Administrative Agent and, collectively, as Supplemental Administrative Agents).
(b) In the event that the Administrative Agent appoints a Supplemental Administrative Agent with respect to any Collateral, (i) each and every right, power, privilege or duty expressed or intended by this Agreement
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or any of the other Loan Documents to be exercised by or vested in or conveyed to the Administrative Agent with respect to such Collateral shall be exercisable by and vest in such Supplemental Administrative Agent to the extent, and only to the extent, necessary to enable such Supplemental Administrative Agent to exercise such rights, powers and privileges with respect to such Collateral and to perform such duties with respect to such Collateral, and every covenant and obligation contained in the Loan Documents and necessary to the exercise or performance thereof by such Supplemental Administrative Agent shall run to and be enforceable by either the Administrative Agent or such Supplemental Administrative Agent, and (ii) the provisions of this Article IX and of Section 10.04 and Section 10.05 that refer to the Administrative Agent shall inure to the benefit of such Supplemental Administrative Agent and all references therein to the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to be references to the Administrative Agent and/or such Supplemental Administrative Agent, as the context may require.
(c) Should any instrument in writing from any Loan Party be required by any Supplemental Administrative Agent so appointed by the Administrative Agent for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to him or it such rights, powers, privileges and duties, the Borrower shall, or shall cause such Loan Party to, execute, acknowledge and deliver any and all such instruments promptly upon request by the Administrative Agent. In case any Supplemental Administrative Agent, or a successor thereto, shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of such Supplemental Administrative Agent, to the extent permitted by Law, shall vest in and be exercised by the Administrative Agent until the appointment of a new Supplemental Administrative Agent.
SECTION 9.14 Withholding Tax. To the extent required by any applicable Law, the Administrative Agent may deduct or withhold from any payment to any Lender an amount equivalent to any applicable withholding Tax. If the Internal Revenue Service or any other Governmental Authority asserts a claim that the Administrative Agent did not properly withhold Tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender for any reason (including because the appropriate form was not delivered or was not properly executed or because such Lender failed to notify the Administrative Agent of a change in circumstance that rendered the exemption from, or reduction of, withholding Tax ineffective), such Lender shall indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent fully for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by the Administrative Agent as Tax or otherwise, including any penalties, additions to Tax or interest and together with all expenses (including legal expenses, allocated internal costs and out-of-pocket expenses) incurred, whether or not such Tax was correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any amount due the Administrative Agent under this Section 9.14. The agreements in this Section 9.14 shall survive the resignation and/or replacement of the Administrative Agent, any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of this Agreement and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other obligations. For the avoidance of doubt, (1) the term Lender shall, for purposes of this Section 9.14, include any L/C Issuer and any Swing Line Lender and (2) this Section 9.14 shall not limit or expand the obligations of the Borrower or any Guarantor under Section 3.01 or any other provision of this Agreement.
SECTION 9.15 Cash Management Obligations and Secured Hedge Agreements. No Cash Management Bank or Hedge Bank that obtains the benefits of Section 8.04, the Guaranty or any Collateral by virtue of the provisions hereof or of the Guaranty or any Collateral Document shall have any right to notice of any action or to consent to, direct or object to any action hereunder or under any other Loan Document or otherwise in respect of the Collateral (including the release or impairment of any Collateral) other than in its capacity as a Lender and, in such case, only to the extent expressly provided in the Loan Documents. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article IX to the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to verify the payment of, or that other satisfactory arrangements have been made with respect to, Cash Management Obligations and Obligations arising under Secured Hedge Agreements unless the Administrative Agent has received written notice of such Obligations, together with such supporting documentation as the Administrative Agent may request, from the applicable Cash Management Bank or Hedge Bank, as the case may be.
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ARTICLE X
Miscellaneous
SECTION 10.01 Amendments, Etc.
Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, no amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) (a) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender
without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby (it being understood that a waiver of any condition precedent set forth in Section 4.02 or the waiver of any Default, mandatory prepayment or mandatory reduction of the
Commitments shall not constitute an extension or increase of any Commitment of any Lender);
(b) (b) postpone any date scheduled for, or reduce the
amount of, any payment of principal or interest under Section 2.07 or Section 2.08 without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby, it being understood that the waiver of (or amendment to the terms of)
any mandatory prepayment of the Term Loans shall not constitute a postponement of any date scheduled for the payment of principal or interest;
(c) (c) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest
specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iii) of the second proviso to this Section 10.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent
of each Lender directly affected thereby, it being understood that any change to the definition of First Lien Net Leverage Ratio or in the component definitions thereof shall not constitute a reduction in the rate of interest; provided that
only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary to amend the definition of Default Rate or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest at the Default Rate;
(d) (d) change any provision of this
Section 10.01, the definition of Required Lenders, Required Revolving Credit Lenders or Pro Rata Share or Section 2.05(b)(iv)(Y), Section 2.05(d)(iv) (with respect to the
requirement to make ratable payments), Section 2.06(c), Section 2.13 or Section 8.04 without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby;
(e) (e) release all or substantially all of the Collateral
in any transaction or series of related transactions, without the written consent of each Lender; provided that any transaction permitted under Section 7.04 or Section 7.05 shall not be subject to this
clause (e) to the extent such transaction does not result in the release of all or substantially all of the Collateral;
(f) (f) release all or substantially all of the Guaranties
in any transaction or series of related transactions, without the written consent of each Lender; provided that any transaction permitted under Section 7.04 or Section 7.05 shall not be subject to this
clause (f) to the extent such transaction does not result in the release of all or substantially all of the Guaranties; or
(g) in the case of the initial Credit Extension, waive any condition set forth in Section 4.01 (other than Section 4.01(i), which waiver is subject to clause (c) above) or Section 4.03(a) or, in the case of any subsequent Credit Extension, Section 4.02, without the written consent of each Lender;
and provided further that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by each L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, change any provision of Section 1.10 or affect the rights or duties of an L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Letter of Credit Application relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement;
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(iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of, or any fees or other amounts payable to, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; (iv) Section 10.07(h) may not be amended, waived or otherwise modified without the consent of each Granting Lender all or any part of whose Loans are being funded by an SPC at the time of such amendment, waiver or other modification; and (v) any amendment or waiver that by its terms affects the rights or duties of Lenders holding Loans or Commitments of a particular Class (but not the Lenders holding Loans or Commitments of any other Class) will require only the requisite percentage in interest of the affected Class of Lenders that would be required to consent thereto if such Class of Lenders were the only Class of Lenders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) the Letter of Credit Sublimit may be increased with the consent of the Required Revolving Credit Lenders, each L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent, (y) the Swing Line Sublimit may be increased with the consent of the Required Revolving Credit Lenders, the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent and (z) this Agreement may be amended (or amended and restated) with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (a) to add one or more additional credit facilities to this Agreement and to permit the extensions of credit from time to time outstanding thereunder and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof to share ratably in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the Term Loans, the Revolving Credit Loans, the Incremental Term Loans, if any, and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof and (b) to include appropriately the Lenders holding such credit facilities in any determination of the Required Lenders.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 10.01, (i) the Borrower and the Administrative Agent may, without the input or consent of the Lenders, effect amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Administrative Agent to effect the provisions of Sections 2.14 and 2.15; (ii) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto; (iii) the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized by the Lenders to approve the forms of Collateral Documents as contemplated herein, and to enter into any Loan Documents in such forms as approved by it on or prior to the Closing Date (and thereafter as contemplated by the provisions of this Credit Agreement); (iv) the Administrative Agent shall be permitted to agree to the form of, and approve such modifications to, the Schedules hereto on or prior to the Closing Date as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; (v) the Borrower and the Administrative Agent may (and the Borrower, solely to the extent required pursuant to the Fee Letter, shall), without the input or consent of the Lenders, effect amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate in the opinion of the Lead Arrangers in connection with the syndication of the Facilities that are consistent with the market flex provisions of the Fee Letter as in effect on the Effective Date or, with the consent of the Borrower, otherwise not materially adverse to the Lenders (or one or more Facilities thereof); (vi) if the Administrative Agent and the Borrower have jointly identified an obvious error or any error or omission of a technical nature, in each case, in any Loan Document, then the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall be permitted to amend such provision without the input or consent of the Lenders and (vii) any guarantees, collateral security documents, Intercreditor Agreements and related documents executed by the Borrower or any Subsidiaries in connection with this Agreement may be in a form reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and may be, together with this Agreement, amended, supplemented and waived with the consent of the Administrative Agent at the request of the Borrower without the need to obtain the consent of any other Lender if such amendment, supplement or waiver is delivered in order (a) to comply with local Law or advice of local counsel, (b) to cure ambiguities, omissions, mistakes or defects or (c) to cause such guarantee, collateral security document or other document to be consistent with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
SECTION 10.02 Notices and Other Communications; Facsimile Copies.
(a) Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and except as provided in subsection (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 telecopier as follows, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:
(i) if to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, an L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, to the address, telecopier number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on Schedule 10.02; and
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(ii) if to any other Lender, to the address, telecopier number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire (including, as appropriate, notices delivered solely to the Person designated by a Lender on its Administrative Questionnaire then in effect for the delivery of notices that may contain material non-public information relating to the Borrower).
Notices and other communications sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices and other communications sent by telecopier shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient). Notices and other communications delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in Section 10.02(b) shall be effective as provided in such Section 10.02(b).
(b) Electronic Communications. Notices and other communications to the Lenders and any L/C Issuer hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail, FpML messaging and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender or any L/C Issuer pursuant to Article II if such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as applicable, has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication. The Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications 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 prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the senders receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the return receipt requested function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement); provided that if such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient, and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor.
(c) The Platform. THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED AS IS AND AS AVAILABLE. THE AGENT PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE BORROWER MATERIALS. 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 ANY AGENT PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM. In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the Agent Parties) have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender, any L/C Issuer or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the Borrowers or the Administrative Agents transmission of Borrower Materials or notices through the Platform, any other electronic platform or electronic messaging service, or through the Internet, except to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent Party; provided, however, that in no event shall any Agent Party have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender, any L/C Issuer or any other Person for indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages).
(d) Change of Address, Etc. Each of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender may change its address, telecopier or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. Each other Lender may change its address, telecopier or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, each L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender. In addition, each Lender agrees to notify the Administrative Agent from time to time to ensure that the Administrative Agent has on record (i) an effective address, contact name, telephone number, telecopier number and electronic mail address to which notices and other communications may be sent and (ii) accurate wire instructions for such Lender.
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(e) Reliance by Administrative Agent, L/C Issuers and Lenders. The Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices (including telephonic notices, Committed Loan Notices and Swing Line Loan Notices) purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower even if (i) such notices were not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any other form of notice specified herein, or (ii) the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof. The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each L/C Issuer, each Lender and the Related Parties of each of them from all losses, costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from the reliance in good faith by such Person on each notice purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower. All telephonic notices to and other telephonic communications with the Administrative Agent may be recorded by the Administrative Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.
(f) Notice to other Loan Parties. The Borrower agrees that notices to be given to any other Loan Party under this Agreement or any other Loan Document may be given to the Borrower in accordance with the provisions of this Section 10.02 with the same effect as if given to such other Loan Party in accordance with the terms hereunder or thereunder.
SECTION 10.03 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure by any Lender, any L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent to exercise, and no delay by any such Person in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided, and provided under each other Loan Document, are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, the authority to enforce rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Loan Documents against the Loan Parties or any of them shall be vested exclusively in, and all actions and proceedings at law in connection with such enforcement shall be instituted and maintained exclusively by, the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 8.02 for the benefit of all the Lenders and each L/C Issuer; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit (a) any Lender from exercising setoff rights in accordance with Section 10.09 (subject to the terms of Section 2.13), or (b) any Lender from filing proofs of claim or appearing and filing pleadings on its own behalf during the pendency of a proceeding relative to any Loan Party under any Debtor Relief Law; and provided, further, that if at any time there is no Person acting as Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, then the Required Lenders shall have the rights otherwise ascribed to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 8.02.
SECTION 10.04 Attorney Costs and Expenses. The Borrower agrees to pay or reimburse (a) the Administrative Agent, the Lead Arrangers and the Syndication Agents for all reasonable and documented or invoiced out-of-pocket costs and expenses associated with the syndication of the Term Loans and Revolving Credit Loans (including reasonable and documented out of pocket travel expenses) and the preparation and negotiation of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents entered into on or about, or prior to, the Closing Date (whether or not the transactions contemplated thereby are consummated), including all Attorney Costs of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP (and any other counsel retained with the Borrowers consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and in each case subject, if the Closing Date does not occur, to the amount separately agreed between such counsel and the Borrower) and, if necessary, one local and foreign counsel in each relevant jurisdiction, (b) the Agents and the Lenders for all reasonable and documented or invoiced out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement of any rights or remedies under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents (including all costs and expenses incurred in connection with any workout in respect of the Loans, all such costs and expenses incurred during any legal proceeding, including any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, and including all Attorney Costs of one counsel to the Agents and the Lenders and, if necessary, one local and foreign counsel in each relevant jurisdiction and, in the event of a potential conflict of interest where the Lender affected by such conflict informs the Borrower of such conflict, such additional counsels as are reasonably required, and (c) the Agents for all reasonable and documented or invoiced out-of-pocket costs and expenses associated with the administration, amendment, modification, waiver and/or enforcement of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including all Attorney Costs of one counsel to the Agents and, if necessary, one local and foreign counsel in each relevant jurisdiction. The foregoing costs and expenses shall include all reasonable search, filing, recording and title insurance charges and fees related thereto, and other reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by
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any Agent. The agreements in this Section 10.04 shall survive the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and repayment of all other Obligations. All amounts due under this Section 10.04 shall be paid within ten (10) Business Days of receipt by the Borrower of an invoice relating thereto setting forth such expenses in reasonable detail. If any Loan Party fails to pay when due any costs, expenses or other amounts payable by it hereunder or under any Loan Document, such amount may be paid on behalf of such Loan Party by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.
SECTION 10.05 Indemnification. (a) Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, the Borrower shall
indemnify and hold harmless each L/C Issuer, each Agent, each Lender, each Lead Arranger, the Syndication Agents and each Related Party of the foregoing (collectively, the Indemnitees) from and against any and all losses,
liabilities, damages, claims, and reasonable and documented or invoiced out-of-pocket fees and expenses, joint or several (including reasonable Attorney Costs of one counsel for all Indemnitees and, if necessary, one firm of local counsel in each
appropriate jurisdiction (which may include a single special counsel acting in multiple jurisdictions) for all Indemnitees (and, in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest, where the Indemnitee affected by such conflict informs the
Borrower of such conflict and thereafter retains its own counsel, of another firm of counsel for such affected Indemnitee)) of any such Indemnitee of any kind or nature whatsoever which may at any time be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against
any such Indemnitee in any way relating to or arising out of or in connection with (a) the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance or administration of any Loan Document or any other agreement, letter or instrument delivered in connection
with the transactions contemplated thereby or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, (b) any Commitment, Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by an L/C Issuer
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), (c) any actual or alleged presence or Release or threat of Release
of Hazardous Materials on, at, under or from any property currently or formerly owned or operated by the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other Loan Party, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other
Loan Party, or (d) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory (regardless of whether such Indemnitees is a party thereto and
whether or not such proceedings are brought by the Borrower, its equity holders, its Affiliates, creditors or any other third person) (including any investigation of, preparation for, or defense of any pending or threatened claim, investigation,
litigation or proceeding) (all the foregoing, collectively, the Indemnified Liabilities), in all cases, whether or not caused by or arising, in whole or in part, out of the negligence of the Indemnitee; provided
that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, demands, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulted from (x) the
gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or of its Related Indemnified Persons (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable decision), (y) a material breach of the Loan Documents
by such Indemnitee or one of its Affiliates (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable decision) or (z) disputes to the extent such disputes do not arise from any act or omission of the Borrower or any of
its Affiliates and that is brought by an Indemnitee against any other Indemnitee (other than claims against an Indemnitee acting is its capacity as an L/C Issuer, Agent, Lead Arranger, Syndication Agents or similar role under the Loan Documents). No
Indemnitee shall be liable for any damages arising from the use or misuse by others of any information or other materials obtained through IntraLinks or other similar information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement, nor shall any
Indemnitee or any Loan Party have any liability for any special, punitive, indirect or consequential damages relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or arising out of its activities in connection herewith or therewith (whether before
or after the Closing Date); provided that the foregoing shall not limit the Borrowers indemnity and reimbursement obligations to the extent set forth in Section 10.04 and Section 10.05(a). In the case of an
investigation, litigation or other proceeding to which the indemnity in this Section 10.05 applies, such indemnity shall be effective whether or not such investigation, litigation or proceeding is brought by any Loan Party, its
directors, partners, stockholders or creditors or an Indemnitee or any other Person, whether or not any Indemnitee is otherwise a party thereto and whether or not any of the transactions contemplated hereunder or under any of the other Loan
Documents is consummated. All amounts due under this Section 10.05 shall be paid within ten (10) Business Days after demand therefor; provided, however, that such Indemnitee shall promptly refund such amount to the
extent that there is a final judicial or arbitral determination that such Indemnitee was not entitled to indemnification or contribution rights with respect to such payment pursuant to the express terms of this Section 10.05. The
agreements in this Section 10.05 shall survive the resignation of any Agent, the replacement of any Lender, the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other Obligations. For the
avoidance of doubt, this Section 10.05 shall not apply to Taxes other than Taxes that represent liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, etc., with respect to a non-Tax claim.
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(a) To the extent that the Borrower for any reason fails to indefeasibly pay any amount required under Section 10.04 or Section 10.05(a) to be paid by it to any Agent (or any sub-agent thereof), any L/C Issuer or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to such Agent (or any such sub-agent), such L/C Issuer or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lenders Pro Rata Share (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount; provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against such Agent (or any such sub-agent) or such L/C Issuer in its capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for such Agent (or any such sub-agent) or L/C Issuer in connection with such capacity. The obligations of the Lenders under this subsection (b) are subject to the provisions of Section 2.12(e).
SECTION 10.06 Payments Set Aside. To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of the Borrower is made to any Agent or any Lender, or any Agent or any Lender exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by such Agent or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred, and (b) each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share of any amount so recovered from or repaid by any Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate, in the applicable currency of such payment.
SECTION 10.07 Successors and Assigns.
(a) 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, except that, except as otherwise provided herein (including without limitation as permitted under Section 7.04), the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder
without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, and each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder
except (i) to an Eligible Assignee, (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.07(e), (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of
Section 10.07(g) or (iv) to an SPC in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.07(h) (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void). 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, Participants to the extent provided in Section 10.07(e) and, to the extent expressly
contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, each L/C Issuer and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign to one or more assignees (Assignees) all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans (including for purposes of this Section 10.07(b), participations in L/C Obligations and in Swing Line Loans) at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of:
(A) the Borrower; provided that, no consent of the Borrower shall be required for an assignment of any (x) Term
Loan to any other Lender, any Affiliate of a Lender or any Approved Fund or, if an Event of Default under Section 8.01(a), (f) or (g) has occurred and is continuing, any Assignee or (y) Revolving Credit
FacilityCommitment or Revolving Credit Loan to any Revolving Credit Lender, any Affiliate of a Revolving Credit Lender or, if an Event of Default under
Section 8.01(a), (f) or (g) has occurred and is continuing, any Assignee; provided, however, that (I) the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object
thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within ten (10) Business Days after having
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received notice thereof and (II) during the thirty (30) day period following the Closing Date, the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to an assignment to any Lender if such Lender was previously identified in the initial allocations of the Loans provided by the Lead Arrangers to the Borrower and reviewed and approved by the Borrower (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) in writing on or prior to the Closing Date;
(B) the Administrative Agent; provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment of (i) all or any portion of a Term Loan to another Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or (ii) all or any portion of a Revolving Credit Commitment or Revolving Credit Loan to a Revolving Credit Lender or an Affiliate of a Revolving Credit Lender;
(C) in the case of any assignment of any of the Revolving Credit Facility, each L/C Issuer at the time of such assignment; provided that no consent of such L/C Issuers shall be required for any assignment of all or any portion of a Revolving Credit Commitment or Revolving Credit Loan to a Revolving Credit Lender or an Affiliate of a Revolving Credit Lender; and
(D) in the case of any assignment of any of the Revolving Credit Facility, the Swing Line Lender; provided that no consent of the Swing Line Lender shall be required for any assignment of all or any portion of a Revolving Credit Commitment or Revolving Credit Loan to a Revolving Credit Lender or an Affiliate of a Revolving Credit Lender.
(ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:
(A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lenders 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 (in the case of the Revolving Credit Facility) or $1,000,000 (in the case of a Term Loan) unless the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consents; provided that (1) no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default under Section 8.01(a), (f) or (g) has occurred and is continuing and (2) such amounts shall be aggregated in respect of each Lender and its Affiliates or Approved Funds, if any;
(B) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption;
(C) the Assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire and any documentation required by Section 3.01(f);
(A) no such assignment shall be made (I) to the Borrower or any of the Borrowers Affiliates or Subsidiaries except
in accordance with Section 2.05(d), or (II) to any Defaulting Lender or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Person who, upon becoming a Lender hereunder, would constitute any of the foregoing Persons described in this clause (B), or
(C) to a natural personPerson (or a holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of a natural Person);
(B) unless the Borrower has agreed otherwise in writing (I) no Initial Lender shall be relieved, released or novated from
its obligations hereunder (including its obligation to fund on the FundingClosing Date) in connection with any syndication, assignment or participation of the Commitments
until after the FundingClosing Date has occurred, and, in any event, no Initial Lender shall assign prior to the
FundingClosing Date more than 49% of any Class of its Commitments; and (II) each Initial Lender shall retain exclusive control over all rights and obligations with respect
to its Commitments, including all rights with respect to consents, modifications, supplements, waivers and amendments, until the initial funding of the Loans on the Closing Date has occurred; and
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(C) during the thirty (30) day period following the Closing Date,
the Assignee shall not be a Disqualified Lender.the Assignee shall not then be a Disqualified Lender unless the Borrower has consented to such assignment to such entity, in which case
such entity will not be considered a Disqualified Lender for the purpose of such assignment; provided that any assignment to Person that is then a Disqualified Lender shall be rendered invalid and such assignment shall automatically and without
further action be deemed to have been made pursuant to Section 10.07(e) (except that, for the avoidance of doubt, inclusion on the list of Disqualified Lenders shall not apply retroactively to disqualify any Persons that have previously
acquired an assignment or participation in a Loan or Commitment if such Person was not included on the list of Disqualified Lenders at the time of such assignment or participation). Any assignment in violation of this clause (F) shall not be
void, but the other provisions of this clause (F) shall apply.
This clause (b) shall not prohibit any Lender from assigning all or a portion of its rights and obligations among separate Facilities on a non-pro rata basis.
(c) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.07(d) and receipt by the Administrative Agent from the parties to each assignment of a processing and recordation fee of $3,500 (provided that (i) such fee shall not apply to assignments by the Initial Lenders, or any of their respective Affiliates and (ii) the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment), from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the Eligible Assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement 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 Lenders 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 3.01, 3.04, 3.05, 10.04 and 10.05 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment). Upon request, and the surrender by the assigning Lender of its Note (if any), the Borrower (at its expense) shall execute and deliver a Note to the assignee Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this clause (c) 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 Section 10.07(e). For greater certainty, any assignment by a Lender pursuant to this Section 10.07 shall not in any way constitute or be deemed to constitute a novation, discharge, recession, extinguishment or substitution of the existing Indebtedness and any Indebtedness so assigned shall continue to be the same obligation and not a new obligations.
(d) The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower (and such agency being solely for
taxTax purposes), shall maintain at the Administrative Agents Office 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 Commitments of, and principal amounts (and related interest amounts) of the Loans and L/C Obligations owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the
Register). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent 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. In addition, the Administrative Agent shall maintain on the Register information regarding the designation, and revocation of designation, of
any Lender as a Defaulting Lender. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower, any Agent and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(e) Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any
Person (other than a natural person orPerson, or a holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of a natural Person, a
Defaulting Lender or the Borrower or any of the Borrowers Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a Participant) in all or a portion of such Lenders rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion
of its Commitment and/or the Loans (including such Lenders participations in L/C Obligations and/or Swing Line Loans) owing to it); provided that (i) such Lenders obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged,
(ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrower, the Agents, the L/C Issuers and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with
such Lender in connection with such Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant
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to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to approve any amendment,
modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, waiver or
other modification described in Section 10.01(a), (b), (c), (e) or (f) that directly affects such Participant. Subject to
Section 10.07(f), the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04
and 3.05 (through the applicable Lender), subject to the requirements and limitations of such Sections (including Sections 3.01(e) and (f),
provided that any documentation required to be provided by any Participant pursuant to Section 3.01(e) shall be provided solely to the applicable Lender) and Sections 3.06 and
3.07, to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to Section 10.07(b). To the extent permitted by applicable Law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of
Section 10.09 as though it were a Lender; provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.13 as though it were a Lender. Any Lender that sells participations shall, acting solely for this purpose as a
non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower (and such agency being solely for taxTax purposes), maintain a register on which it enters the name and the address of each Participant
and the principal amounts (and related interest amounts) of each Participants participation interest in the Commitments and/or Loans (or other rights or obligations) held by it (the Participant Register). The entries in the
Participant Register shall be conclusive, absent demonstrable error, and such Lender shall treat each person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation interest as the owner thereof for all purposes
notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. 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 Participants
interest in any commitments, loans, or its other obligations under this Agreement) except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish in connection with a Tax audit or other Tax proceeding 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.
(f) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 3.01, 3.04 or 3.05 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrowers prior written consent or except to the extent such entitlement to a greater payment results from a Change in Law after the Participant became a Participant.
(g) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including under its Note, if any) to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
(h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Lender (a Granting Lender) may grant to a special purpose funding vehicle identified as such in writing from time to time by the Granting Lender to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (an SPC) the option to provide all or any part of any Loan that such Granting Lender would otherwise be obligated to make pursuant to this Agreement; provided that (i) nothing herein shall constitute a commitment by any SPC to fund any Loan and (ii) if an SPC elects not to exercise such option or otherwise fails to make all or any part of such Loan, the Granting Lender shall be obligated to make such Loan pursuant to the terms hereof. Each party hereto hereby agrees that (i) an SPC shall be entitled to the benefit of Sections 3.01, 3.04 and 3.05, subject to the requirements and limitations of such Sections (including Sections 3.01(e) and (f), provided that any documentation required to be provided by any SPC pursuant to Section 3.01(e) shall be provided solely to the applicable Granting Lender) and Sections 3.06 and 3.07, to the same extent as if such SPC were a Lender, but neither the grant to any SPC nor the exercise by any SPC of such option shall increase the costs or expenses or otherwise increase or change the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement (including its obligations under Section 3.01, 3.04 or 3.05) except to the extent any entitlement to greater amounts results from a Change in Law after the grant to the SPC occurred, (ii) no SPC shall be liable for any indemnity or similar payment obligation under this Agreement for which a Lender would be liable and such liability shall remain with the Granting Lender, and (iii) the Granting Lender shall for all purposes, including the approval of any amendment, waiver or other modification of any provision of any Loan Document, remain the lender of record hereunder. The making of a Loan by an SPC hereunder shall utilize the Commitment of the Granting Lender to the same extent, and as if, such Loan were made by such Granting Lender. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
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contained herein, any SPC may (i) with notice to, but without prior consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, assign all or any portion of its right to receive payment with respect to any Loan to the Granting Lender and (ii) disclose on a confidential basis any non-public information relating to its funding of Loans to any rating agency, commercial paper dealer or provider of any surety or Guarantee Obligation or credit or liquidity enhancement to such SPC.
(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, (1) any Lender may in accordance with applicable Law create a security interest in all or any portion of the Loans owing to it and the Note, if any, held by it and (2) any Lender that is a Fund may create a security interest in all or any portion of the Loans owing to it and the Note, if any, held by it to the trustee for holders of obligations owed, or securities issued, by such Fund as security for such obligations or securities; provided that unless and until such trustee actually becomes a Lender in compliance with the other provisions of this Section 10.07, (i) no such pledge shall release the pledging Lender from any of its obligations under the Loan Documents and (ii) such trustee shall not be entitled to exercise any of the rights of a Lender under the Loan Documents even though such trustee may have acquired ownership rights with respect to the pledged interest through foreclosure or otherwise.
(j) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender may, upon thirty (30) days notice to the Borrower and the Lenders, resign as an L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, respectively; provided that on or prior to the expiration of such 30-day period with respect to such resignation, the relevant L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender shall have identified, in consultation with the Borrower, a successor L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender willing to accept its appointment as successor L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as applicable. In the event of any such resignation of an L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, the Borrower shall be entitled to appoint from among the Lenders willing to accept such appointment a successor L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender hereunder; provided that no failure by the Borrower to appoint any such successor shall affect the resignation of the relevant L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, as the case may be. If an L/C Issuer resigns as an L/C Issuer, it shall retain all the rights and obligations of an L/C Issuer hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as an L/C Issuer and all L/C Obligations with respect thereto (including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or fund risk participations in Unreimbursed Amounts pursuant to Section 2.03(c)). If the Swing Line Lender resigns as Swing Line Lender, it shall retain all the rights of the Swing Line Lender provided for hereunder with respect to Swing Line Loans made by it and outstanding as of the effective date of such resignation, including the right to require the Lenders to make, Base Rate Loans or fund risk participations in outstanding Swing Line Loans pursuant to Section 2.04(c).
(k) The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible or have any liability for, or have any duty to ascertain, inquire into, monitor or enforce, compliance with the provisions hereof relating to Disqualified Lenders. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall not (x) be obligated to ascertain, monitor or inquire as to whether any Lender or prospective Lender is a Disqualified Lender or (y) have any liability with respect to or arising out of any assignment of Loans, or disclosure of confidential information, to any Disqualified Lender.
SECTION 10.08 Confidentiality. Each of the Agents and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information and to not use or disclose such information, except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and its and its Affiliates respective partners, directors, officers, employees, trustees, investment advisors, professionals and other experts and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors and representatives (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) pursuant to the order of any court or administrative agency or in any pending legal, judicial or administrative proceeding, or otherwise as required by applicable Law, rule or regulation or compulsory legal process based on the advice of counsel (in which case such Agent or Lender agrees (except with respect to any audit or examination conducted by bank accountants or any self-regulatory authority or Governmental Authority exercising examination or regulatory authority), to the extent practicable and not prohibited by applicable law, rule or regulation, to inform the Borrower promptly thereof prior to disclosure), (c) upon the request or demand of any regulatory authority having or purporting to have jurisdiction over such Agent or Lender or any of their respective Affiliates (in which case such Agent or Lender agrees (except with respect to any audit or examination conducted by bank accountants or any self-regulatory authority or Governmental Authority exercising examination or regulatory authority), to the extent practicable and not prohibited
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by applicable law, rule or regulation, to inform you promptly thereof prior to disclosure), to the extent practicable and not prohibited by applicable law, to inform you promptly thereof prior to disclosure); (d) to any other party to this Agreement; (e) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section 10.08 (or as may otherwise be reasonably acceptable to the Borrower), to any pledgee referred to in Section 10.07(g) or Section 10.07(i), counterparty to a Swap Contract, Eligible Assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective Eligible Assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement; (f) with the written consent of the Borrower; (g) to the extent such Information(x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section 10.08 or (y) is or was received by any Agent or any Lender or any of their respective Affiliates from a third party that is not, to such partys knowledge, subject to contractual or fiduciary confidentiality obligations owning to the Borrower, (h) to the extent such information is independently developed by such Agent or Lender or any of their respective Affiliates; (i) to any Governmental Authority or examiner regulating any Lender; (j) to any rating agency when required by it (it being understood that, prior to any such disclosure, such rating agency shall undertake to preserve the confidentiality of any Information relating to the Loan Parties received by it from such Lender); or (k) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder. In addition, the Agents and the Lenders may disclose the existence of this Agreement and information about this Agreement to market data collectors, similar service providers to the lending industry, and service providers to the Agents and the Lenders in connection with the administration and management of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the Commitments, and the Credit Extensions. For the purposes of this Section 10.08, Information means all information received from any Loan Party or its Affiliates or its Affiliates directors, officers, employees, trustees, investment advisors or agents, relating to the Borrower or any of their subsidiaries or their business, other than any such information that is publicly available to any Agent or any Lender prior to disclosure by any Loan Party other than as a result of a breach of this Section 10.08, including, without limitation, information delivered pursuant to Section 6.01, 6.02 or 6.03 hereof.
SECTION 10.09 Setoff. In addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by Law, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, each Lender and its Affiliates and each L/C Issuer and its Affiliates is authorized at any time and from time to time, without prior notice to the Borrower or any other Loan Party, any such notice being waived by the Borrower (on its own behalf and on behalf of each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) (excluding any such deposits held in payroll, trust or Tax withholding accounts) at any time held by, and other Indebtedness at any time owing by, such Lender and its Affiliates or such L/C Issuer and its Affiliates, as the case may be, to or for the credit or the account of the respective Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries against any and all Obligations owing to such Lender and its Affiliates or such L/C Issuer and its Affiliates hereunder or under any other Loan Document, now or hereafter existing, irrespective of whether or not such Agent or such Lender or Affiliate shall have made demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such Obligations may be contingent or unmatured or denominated in a currency different from that of the applicable deposit or 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 2.17 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 and the Lenders, and (y) the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no Lender or its Affiliates and no L/C Issuer or its Affiliates shall have a right to set off and apply any deposits held or other Indebtedness owning by such Lender or its Affiliates or such L/C Issuer or its Affiliates, as the case may be, to or for the credit or the account of any Subsidiary of a Loan Party which is not a United States person within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code unless such Subsidiary is not a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower. Each Lender and L/C Issuer agrees promptly to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent after any such set off and application made by such Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application. The rights of the Administrative Agent, each Lender and each L/C Issuer under this Section 10.09 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that the Administrative Agent, such Lender and such L/C Issuer may have.
SECTION 10.10 Counterparts. This Agreement and each other Loan Document may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and
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the same instrument. Delivery by telecopier of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement and each other Loan Document shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Agreement and such other Loan Document. The Agents may also require that any such documents and signatures delivered by telecopier be confirmed by a manually signed original thereof; provided that the failure to request or deliver the same shall not limit the effectiveness of any document or signature delivered by telecopier.
SECTION 10.11 Integration. This Agreement, together with the other Loan Documents, comprises the complete and integrated agreement of the parties on the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersedes all prior agreements, written or oral, on such subject matter. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and those of any other Loan Document, the provisions of this Agreement shall control; provided that (i) the inclusion of supplemental rights or remedies in favor of the Agents or the Lenders in any other Loan Document shall not be deemed a conflict with this Agreement and (ii) the Commitment Letter shall continue to be in full force and effect to the extent set forth in Section 9 thereof. Each Loan Document was drafted with the joint participation of the respective parties thereto and shall be construed neither against nor in favor of any party, but rather in accordance with the fair meaning thereof.
SECTION 10.12 Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan Document or other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof. Such representations and warranties have been or will be relied upon by each Agent and each Lender, regardless of any investigation made by any Agent or any Lender or on their behalf and notwithstanding that any Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default at the time of any Credit Extension, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Loan or any other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding.
SECTION 10.13 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby. The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION 10.14 GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION, ETC..
(a) GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND EACH OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED THEREIN).
(b) JURISDICTION. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT ANY AGENT, ANY LENDER OR THE L/C ISSUER MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AGAINST THE BORROWER OR ANY OTHER LOAN PARTY OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.
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(c) WAIVER OF VENUE. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SECTION. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT.
(d) SERVICE OF PROCESS. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 10.02. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
SECTION 10.15 WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
SECTION 10.16 Binding Effect. This Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall have been notified by each Lender, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer that each such Lender, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer has executed it and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Borrower, each Agent and each Lender and their respective successors and assigns, except that the Borrower shall not have the right to assign its rights hereunder or any interest herein without the prior written consent of the Lenders except as permitted by Section 7.04.
SECTION 10.17 Judgment Currency. If, for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court, it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder or any other Loan Document in one currency into another currency, the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent could purchase the first currency with such other currency on the Business Day preceding that on which final judgment is given. The obligation of the Borrower in respect of any such sum due from it to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders hereunder or under the other Loan Documents shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the Judgment Currency) other than that in which such sum is denominated in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement (the Agreement Currency), be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any sum adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency, the Administrative Agent may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase the Agreement Currency with the Judgment Currency. If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to the Administrative Agent from the Borrower in the Agreement Currency, the Borrower agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the Administrative Agent or the Person to whom such obligation was owing against such loss. If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is greater than the sum originally due to the Administrative Agent in such currency, the Administrative Agent agrees to return the amount of any excess to the Borrower (or to any other Person who may be entitled thereto under applicable Law).
SECTION 10.18 Lender Action. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy against any Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents or the Secured Hedge Agreements (including the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any bankers lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral or any other property of any such Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. The provision of this Section 10.18 are for the sole benefit of the Lenders and shall not afford any right to, or constitute a defense available to, any Loan Party.
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SECTION 10.19 USA PATRIOT Act. Each Lender hereby notifies the Borrower that, pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Loan Party, which information includes the name and address of each Loan Party and other information that will allow such Lender to identify each Loan Party in accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act. The Borrower shall, promptly following a request by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, provide all documentation and other information that the Administrative Agent or such Lender requests in order to comply with its ongoing obligations under applicable know your customer and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act.
SECTION 10.20 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility. In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document), the Borrower acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Subsidiaries understanding, that: (i) the arranging and other services regarding this Agreement provided by the Administrative Agent and the Lead Arrangers are arms-length commercial transactions between the Borrower its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and the Lead Arrangers, on the other hand, (ii) in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto, the Agents, the Lead Arrangers and their respective Subsidiaries (as the case may be) are acting solely as a principal and not as agents or fiduciaries of the Borrower, its Subsidiaries or any other person, (iii) the Agents, the Lead Arrangers and their respective Subsidiaries (as the case may be) have not assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility or any other obligation in favor of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether the Agents, the Lead Arrangers or any of their respective Subsidiaries have advised or are currently advising the Borrower or its Subsidiaries on other matters) except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the Commitment Letter and (iv) you have consulted your own legal and financial advisors to the extent you deemed appropriate. The Borrower further acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Subsidiaries understanding, that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are responsible for making their own independent judgment with respect to such transactions and the process leading thereto. The Borrower agrees, and acknowledges its Subsidiaries understanding, that they will not claim that the Agents, the Lead Arrangers or their respective Subsidiaries, as the case may be, have rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owe a fiduciary or similar duty to the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.
SECTION 10.21 Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents. The words execute, execution, signed, signature, and words of like import in or related to any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including without limitation Assignment and Assumptions, amendments or other modifications, Committed Loan Notices, Swing Line Loan Notices, waivers and consents) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, the electronic matching of assignment terms and contract formations on electronic platforms approved by the Administrative Agent, or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act; provided that notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary the Administrative Agent is under no obligation to agree to accept electronic signatures in any form or in any format unless expressly agreed to by the Administrative Agent pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided, further, without limiting the foregoing, upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, any electronic signature shall be promptly followed by such manually executed counterpart.
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EXHIBIT B
Schedule 2.01(a)
Term A-2 Loans
Lender |
Additional Term A-2 Commitments |
Total Term A-2 Loans |
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Bank of America, N.A. |
$ | 0 | $ | 48,000,000.00 | ||||
SunTrust Bank |
$ | 0 | $ | 37,750,000.00 | ||||
HSBC Bank USA N.A. |
$ | 0 | $ | 29,383,512.43 | ||||
Fifth Third Bank |
$ | 0 | $ | 30,000,000.00 | ||||
Regions Bank |
$ | 0 | $ | 30,000,000.00 | ||||
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. |
$ | 0 | $ | 26,500,000.00 | ||||
Capital One National Association |
$ | 0 | $ | 20,000,000.00 | ||||
Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania |
$ | 0 | $ | 20,000,000.00 | ||||
HSBC Bank plc |
$ | 0 | $ | 8,366,487.57 | ||||
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Total |
$ | 0 | $ | 250,000,000.00 |
EXHIBIT C
Schedule 2.01(c)
Revolving Credit Commitment
Lender |
Tranche A-1 Revolving Commitment1 |
Incremental Tranche A-1 Revolving Commitment |
Total Revolving Credit Commitments |
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Bank of America, N.A. |
$ | 41,600,000.00 | $ | 10,400,000.00 | $ | 52,000,000.00 | ||||||
SunTrust Bank |
$ | 33,800,000.00 | $ | 8,450,000.00 | $ | 42,250,000.00 | ||||||
HSBC Bank USA N.A. |
$ | 27,106,809.94 | $ | 6,776,702.48 | $ | 33,883,512.42 | ||||||
Fifth Third Bank |
$ | 24,000,000.00 | $ | 6,000,000.00 | $ | 30,000,000.00 | ||||||
Regions Bank |
$ | 24,000,000.00 | $ | 6,000,000.00 | $ | 30,000,000.00 | ||||||
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. |
$ | 10,800,000.00 | $ | 2,700,000.00 | $ | 13,500,000.00 | ||||||
Capital One National Association |
$ | 16,000,000.00 | $ | 4,000,000.00 | $ | 20,000,000.00 | ||||||
Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania |
$ | 16,000,000.00 | $ | 4,000,000.00 | $ | 20,000,000.00 | ||||||
HSBC Bank plc |
$ | 6,693,190.06 | $ | 1,673,297.52 | $ | 8,366,487.58 | ||||||
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Total |
$ | 200,000,000.00 | $ | 50,000,000.00 | $ | 250,000,000.00 |
1 | Also referred to as Additional Tranche A-1 Revolving Commitments in Amendment No. 4. |
EXHIBIT D
Schedule 7.01(b)
Existing Liens
Debtor |
Jurisdiction | Type of filing found |
Secured Party | Collateral | Original File Date |
File Number | ||||||
Valtera Corporation |
IL SOS | UCC-1 | Dell Financial Services L.L.C. |
Equipment pursuant to lease |
07/15/2010 | 15437669 | ||||||
Valtera Corporation |
IL SOS | UCC-1 | Canon Financial Services |
Equipment | 09/27/2011 | 16636975 | ||||||
Valtera Corporation |
IL SOS | UCC-1 | Canon Financial Services |
Equipment | 01/06/2012 | 16923249 | ||||||
The Corporate Executive Board Company |
DE SOS | UCC-1 | PNC Equipment Finance, LLC |
Equipment | 03/15/2012 | 2012 1008814 | ||||||
The Corporate Executive Board Company |
DE SOS | UCC-1 | Office Depot, Inc. |
Equipment | 06/24/2014 | 2014 2486876 | ||||||
The Corporate Executive Board Company |
DE SOS | UCC-1 | Banc of America Leasing & Capital, LLC |
Equipment | 08/13/2014 | 2014 3253580 | ||||||
Personnel Decisions Research Institutes, Inc. |
MN SOS | UCC-1 | Greatamerica Leasing Corporation |
Equipment | 11/10/2010 | 201022111087 | ||||||
SHL US Inc. |
Fulton County, Georgia |
Tax | The State of Georgia and Fulton County |
Tax Lien - 2014 |
02/09/2015 | BK 3259 PG 687 |
EXHIBIT E
Schedule 7.02(t)
Amendment No. 4 Effective Date Investments
Name of Investment |
Amount Invested as of 3/31/15 |
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1. | PayScale |
$ | 8,700,517 | |||
2. | Legal On Ramp |
$ | 1,250,000 | |||
3. | Corp U |
$ | 7,300,000 | |||
4. | Corp U Note |
$ | 2,768,757 | |||
5. | TAS - CEB |
$ | 2,019,097 | |||
6. | TAS - SHL |
$ | 4,639,344 | |||
7. | 9Lenses |
$ | 1,588,946 | |||
8. | Hi Q Labs, Inc. |
$ | 2,000,000 | 2 |
2 | Note: Amount is as of June 8, 2015. |
EXHIBIT F
Schedule 7.03(c)
Surviving Indebtedness
None.
EXHIBIT G
Exhibit C-5
[Form of ] Term A-2 Note
$ | Dated , 20 |
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, CEB Inc. (f/k/a The Corporate Executive Board Company), a Delaware corporation (the Borrower), HEREBY PROMISES TO PAY or its registered assigns (the Lender) for the account of its Applicable Lending Office (as defined in the Credit Agreement referred to below; terms defined therein, unless otherwise defined herein, being used herein as therein defined) the principal amount of the Term A-2 Loan on the dates and in the amounts specified in the Credit Agreement owing to the Lender by the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement dated as of July 2, 2012 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement) among the Borrower, the Lender and certain other Lenders from time to time party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer for the Lender and for such other Lenders and the other agents party thereto.
The Borrower promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of the Term A-2 Loan from the date of such Term A-2 Loan until such principal amount is paid in full, at such interest rates, and payable at such times, as are specified in the Credit Agreement.
Both principal and interest are payable in lawful money of the United States of America to Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, at such office and in the manner specified in the Credit Agreement. The Term A-2 Loan owing to the Lender by the Borrower and the maturity thereof, and all payments made on account of principal thereof, shall be recorded by the Lender and, prior to any transfer hereof, endorsed on the grid attached hereto, which is part of this Promissory Note; provided, however, that the failure of the Lender to make any such recordation or endorsement shall not affect the Obligations of the Borrower under this Promissory Note.
This Promissory Note is one of the Notes referred to in, and is entitled to the benefits of, the Credit Agreement. The Credit Agreement, among other things, (i) provides for the making of the Term A-2 Loan by the Lender to the Borrower in an amount not to exceed the U.S. dollar amount first above mentioned, the indebtedness of the Borrower resulting from such Term A-2 Loan being evidenced by this Promissory Note, and (ii) contains provisions for acceleration of the maturity hereof upon the happening of certain stated events and also for prepayments on account of principal hereof prior to the maturity hereof upon the terms and conditions therein specified. The Obligations of the Borrower under this Promissory Note and the other Loan Documents, and the Obligations of the other Loan Parties under the Loan Documents, are secured by the Collateral as provided in the Loan Documents.
The Borrower, for itself, its successors and assigns, hereby waives diligence, presentment, protest and demand and notice of protest, demand, dishonor and non-payment of this Promissory Note.
This Note may not be transferred or assigned by the Lender to any Person EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT. The rights evidenced by this Note to receive principal and interest may only be transferred if the transfer is registered on a record of
ownership and the transferee is identified as the owner of an interest in the obligation pursuant to SECTION 10.07 OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT. This Note may not at any time be endorsed to, or to the order of, bearer.
This Promissory Note shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
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ADVANCES AND PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL
Date |
Amount of Advance |
Amount of Principal Paid or Prepaid |
Unpaid Principal Balance |
Notation Made By | ||||
Exhibit 99.1
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Leslie Tullio
(571) 303-5689
ltullio@executiveboard.com
CEB INC. ANNOUNCES CLOSING OF SENIOR NOTES OFFERING AND AMENDED CREDIT FACILITY
ARLINGTON, Va. June 9, 2015 CEB Inc. (NYSE: CEB) today announced the closing of $250 million in aggregate principal amount of 5.625% senior notes due 2023 (the Notes) in a private placement transaction pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act). CEB has also completed the amendment of its credit facilities to, among other things, reduce pricing, increase the size of its revolving credit facility, and extend the final maturity of its credit facilities to 2020 (the Amended Credit Facilities).
CEB used the net proceeds from the offering of the Notes, together with the proceeds of new term loans under the Amended Credit Facilities, and cash on hand, to repay $504.5 million principal of term loans outstanding. Following consummation of the offering of the Notes, the closing of the Amended Credit Facilities and the use of proceeds therefrom, CEB has approximately $500.3 million of indebtedness outstanding.
This news release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of, these securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction.
The notes are being offered and sold to qualified institutional buyers in the United States in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act and to non-U.S. persons in offshore transactions outside the United States in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act. The notes have not been registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws, and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to U.S. persons absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements using words such as estimates, expects, anticipates, projects, plans, intends, believes, forecasts, and variations of such words or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. In addition, all statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements. You are hereby cautioned that these statements are based upon our expectations at the time we make them and may be affected by important factors including, among others, the factors set forth below and in our filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and consequently, actual operations and results may differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Our expectations, beliefs and projections are expressed in good faith and we believe there is a reasonable basis
for them. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by forward-looking statements include, among others, our dependence on renewals of our membership-based services, the sale of additional programs to existing members and our ability to attract new members, our potential failure to adapt to changing member needs and demands, our potential failure to develop and sell, or expand sales markets for our SHL Talent Measurement tools and services, our potential inability to attract and retain a significant number of highly skilled employees or successfully manage succession planning issues, fluctuations in operating results, our potential inability to protect our intellectual property rights, our potential inability to adequately maintain and protect our information technology infrastructure and our member and client data, potential confusion about our rebranding, including our integration of the SHL Talent Measurement brand, our potential exposure to loss of revenue resulting from our unconditional service guarantee, exposure to litigation related to our content, various factors that could affect our estimated income tax rate or our ability to use our existing deferred tax assets, changes in estimates, assumptions or revenue recognition policies used to prepare our consolidated financial statements, including those related to testing for potential goodwill impairment, our potential inability to make, integrate and maintain acquisitions and investments, the amount and timing of the benefits expected from acquisitions and investments, the risk that we will be required to recognize additional impairments to the carrying value of the significant goodwill and amortizable intangible asset amounts included in our balance sheet as a result of our acquisitions, which would require us to record charges that would reduce our reported results, our potential inability to effectively manage the risks associated with the indebtedness we incurred and the senior secured credit facilities we entered into in connection with our acquisition of SHL or any additional indebtedness we may incur in the future, our potential inability to effectively manage the risks associated with our international operations, including the risk of foreign currency exchange fluctuations, our potential inability to effectively anticipate, plan for and respond to changing economic and financial market conditions, especially in light of ongoing uncertainty in the worldwide economy, the US economy, and possible volatility of our stock price. Various important factors that could cause our actual results to differ from our expected or historical results are discussed more fully in the Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and Risk Factors sections of our filings with the SEC, including, but not limited to, our 2014 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 27, 2015. The forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of June 9, 2015, and we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
About CEB
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