0001193125-11-098083.txt : 20110916 0001193125-11-098083.hdr.sgml : 20110916 20110414170658 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-11-098083 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 39 FILED AS OF DATE: 20110414 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110802 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EVERTEC, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001517783 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: FUNCTIONS RELATED TO DEPOSITORY BANKING, NEC [6099] IRS NUMBER: 660449729 STATE OF INCORPORATION: PR FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-173504 FILM NUMBER: 11760239 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: CUPEY CENTER BUILDING STREET 2: ROAD 176, KM 1.3 CITY: RIO PIEDRAS STATE: PR ZIP: 00926 BUSINESS PHONE: 787.759.9999 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: PO BOX 364527 CITY: SAN JUAN STATE: PR ZIP: 00936-4527 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ATH Costa Rica, S.A. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001517784 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: G2 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-173504-08 FILM NUMBER: 11760247 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: BARRIO TOURNON STREET 2: DIAGONAL AL PERIODICO LA REPUBLICA CITY: SAN JOSE STATE: G2 ZIP: 00000 BUSINESS PHONE: 506.2211.4500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: BARRIO TOURNON STREET 2: DIAGONAL AL PERIODICO LA REPUBLICA CITY: SAN JOSE STATE: G2 ZIP: 00000 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ATH Panama, S.A. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001517785 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: R1 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-173504-07 FILM NUMBER: 11760246 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: TORRE DE LAS AMERICAS STREET 2: APTO/LOCAL TORRE B, PISO 6, OFICINA604 CITY: DISTRITO PANAMA STATE: R1 ZIP: 00000 BUSINESS PHONE: 507.216.9200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: TORRE DE LAS AMERICAS STREET 2: APTO/LOCAL TORRE B, PISO 6, OFICINA604 CITY: DISTRITO PANAMA STATE: R1 ZIP: 00000 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EVERTEC Dominicana, S.A. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001517786 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: G8 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-173504-06 FILM NUMBER: 11760245 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: CALLE MAX HENRIQUEZ URENA #6 STREET 2: EDIFICIO CARDNET, PISO 5, ENSANCHE NACO CITY: SANTO DOMINGO STATE: G8 ZIP: 00000 BUSINESS PHONE: 809.683.3125 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: CALLE MAX HENRIQUEZ URENA #6 STREET 2: EDIFICIO CARDNET, PISO 5, ENSANCHE NACO CITY: SANTO DOMINGO STATE: G8 ZIP: 00000 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Sense Software International Corp. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001517787 IRS NUMBER: 660551170 STATE OF INCORPORATION: PR FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-173504-05 FILM NUMBER: 11760244 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: CUPEY CENTER BUILDING STREET 2: ROAD 176, KM 1.3 CITY: RIO PIEDRAS STATE: PR ZIP: 00926 BUSINESS PHONE: 787.282.8047 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: PO BOX 364527 CITY: SAN JUAN STATE: PR ZIP: 00936-4527 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Tarjetas Inteligentes Internacionales, S.A. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001517788 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: G2 FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-173504-04 FILM NUMBER: 11760243 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: BARRIO TOURNON STREET 2: DIAGONAL AL PERIODICO LA REPUBLICA CITY: SAN JOSE STATE: G2 ZIP: 00000 BUSINESS PHONE: 506.2211.4500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: BARRIO TOURNON STREET 2: DIAGONAL AL PERIODICO LA REPUBLICA CITY: SAN JOSE STATE: G2 ZIP: 00000 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EVERTEC Mexico Servicios de Procesamiento, S.A. de C.V. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001517789 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: O5 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-173504-03 FILM NUMBER: 11760242 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: AVE INSURGENTES SUR #600 DESPACHO 101 STREET 2: COL DELVALLE DEL. BENITO JUAREZ CP 03100 CITY: MEXICO DF STATE: O5 ZIP: 00000 BUSINESS PHONE: 52.55.5669.0603 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: AVE INSURGENTES SUR #600 DESPACHO 101 STREET 2: COL DELVALLE DEL. BENITO JUAREZ CP 03100 CITY: MEXICO DF STATE: O5 ZIP: 00000 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: T.I.I. Smart Solutions Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001517844 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: D8 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-173504-01 FILM NUMBER: 11760240 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: BARRIO TOURNON STREET 2: DIAGONAL AL PERIODICO LA REPUBLICA CITY: SAN JOSE STATE: G2 ZIP: 00000 BUSINESS PHONE: 506.2211.4500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: BARRIO TOURNON STREET 2: DIAGONAL AL PERIODICO LA REPUBLICA CITY: SAN JOSE STATE: G2 ZIP: 00000 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TII Smart Solutions, Sociedad Anonima CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001517846 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: J8 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-173504-02 FILM NUMBER: 11760241 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: AVE REFORMA 7-62 EDIFICIO ARISTOSREFORMA STREET 2: ZONA 9, OFICINA 404 CITY: CIUDAD DE GUATEMALA STATE: J8 ZIP: 00000 BUSINESS PHONE: 502.2362.9404 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: AVE REFORMA 7-62 EDIFICIO ARISTOSREFORMA STREET 2: ZONA 9, OFICINA 404 CITY: CIUDAD DE GUATEMALA STATE: J8 ZIP: 00000 S-4 1 ds4.htm FORM S-4 Form S-4
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 14, 2011

Registration No. 333-                    

 

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-4

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

EVERTEC, INC.

and the Guarantors listed on Schedule A hereto

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Puerto Rico   7374   66-0449729

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(Primary Standard Industrial

Classification Code Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

Cupey Center Building

Road 176, Kilometer 1.3

San Juan, Puerto Rico 00926

(787) 759-9999

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrants’ principal executive offices)

 

 

Luisa Wert Serrano, Esq.

EVERTEC, Inc.

Cupey Center Building

Road 176, Kilometer 1.3

San Juan, Puerto Rico 00926

(787) 759-9999

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

With a copy to:

Rosa A. Testani, Esq.

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

One Bryant Park

New York, NY 10036

(212) 872-8115

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale of the securities to the public: As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.

If the securities being registered on this Form are being offered in connection with the formation of a holding company and there is compliance with General Instruction G, check the following box.  ¨

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ¨

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.:

 

Large Accelerated filer   ¨    Accelerated filer   ¨
Non-accelerated filer   x  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    Smaller reporting company   ¨

 

* If applicable, place an X in the box to designate the appropriate rule provision relied upon in conducting this transaction:

Exchange Act Rule 13e-4(i) (Cross-Border Issuer Tender Offer)  ¨

Exchange Act Rule 14d-1(d) (Cross Border Third-Party Tender Offer)  ¨

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

Title of each class of

securities to be registered

 

Amount

to be

registered

 

Proposed

maximum

offering price
per note

 

Proposed

maximum

aggregate

offering price

 

Amount of

registration fee

11% Senior Notes due 2018

  $220,000,000   100%(1)   $220,000,000(2)   $25,542

Guarantees of 11% Senior Notes due 2018

              (3)
 
 

 

(1) The proposed maximum offering price per note is based on the book value of the notes as of April 14, 2011, in the absence of a public market for the notes, in accordance with Rule 457(f)(2) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).
(2) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457 promulgated under the Securities Act.
(3) Pursuant to Rule 457(n), no additional registration fee is payable with respect to the guarantees.

 

 

The registrants hereby amend this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrants shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

 

 

 


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SCHEDULE A

The primary standard industrial classification code number for the issuer and each of the guarantors listed below is 7374. The names of the guarantors, the states or jurisdictions of incorporation or organization for each guarantor, the I.R.S. employer identification number, if applicable, and the address of the principal executive office for each guarantor is listed below.

 

Exact name of additional registrant as
specified in its charter

   State or other
jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization
   IRS employer
identification no.
  

Address, including zip code,

and telephone number,

including area code, of
registrant’s principal executive
offices

ATH Costa Rica, S.A.

   Costa Rica    N/A   

Barrio Tournón

Diagonal al Periódico La República,

San José, Costa Rica

(506) 2211 4500

ATH Panama, S.A.

   Panama    N/A   

Corregimiento de Bella Vista, Urb. Punta

Edificio Torres las Américas

Apto./Local Torre B. Piso 6

Oficina604

Distrito de Panamá

Provincia de Panamá

(507) 216 9200

EVERTEC Dominicana, S.A.

   Dominican
Republic
   N/A   

Calle Max Henriquez Ureña #6

Edificio CardNET, Piso 5 Ensanche Naco, Santo Domingo

Dominican Republic

(809) 683 3125

EVERTEC Mexico Servicios de Procesamiento, S.A. de C.V.

   Mexico    N/A   

Avenida Insurgentes Sur #600 Despacho 101, Colonia del Valle

Delegación Benito Juárez, CP, 03100

México DF

52 (55) 5669 0603

Sense Software International Corp.

   Puerto Rico    66-0551170   

Cupey Center Building

Road 176, Kilometer 1.3

Río Piedras, Puerto Rico

(787) 282-8047

T.I.I. Smart Solutions Inc.

   British Virgin
Islands
   N/A   

Barrio Tournón Diagonal al Periódico La República,

San José, Costa Rica

(506) 2211 4500

Tarjetas Inteligentes Internacionales, S.A

   Costa Rica    N/A   

Barrio Tournón Diagonal al Periódico La República,

San José, Costa Rica

(506) 2211 4500

TII Smart Solutions, Sociedad Anonima

   Guatemala    N/A   

Avenida Reforma 7-62

Edificio Aristos Reforma

Zona 9 Office 404,

Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala

(502) 2362 9404


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The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not complete the Exchange Offer and issue these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer is not permitted.

 

Subject to completion, dated April 14, 2011

LOGO

EVERTEC, Inc.

Offer to Exchange

$220,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 11% Senior Notes due 2018 which have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 for $220,000,000 aggregate principal amount of outstanding 11% Senior Notes due 2018.

We hereby offer, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this prospectus and the accompanying letter of transmittal (which together constitute the “exchange offer”), to exchange up to $220,000,000 aggregate principal amount of our registered 11% Senior Notes due 2018, which we refer to as the exchange notes, for a like principal amount of our outstanding 11% Senior Notes due 2018, which we refer to as the old notes. We refer to the old notes and the exchange notes collectively as the notes. The terms of the exchange notes are identical to the terms of the old notes in all material respects, except for the elimination of some transfer restrictions, registration rights and additional interest provisions relating to the old notes.

The exchange notes will bear interest at a rate of 11% per annum. Interest on the exchange notes, like the old notes, will be payable semiannually, in cash in arrears, on April 1 and October 1. The exchange notes will mature on October 1, 2018. We may redeem some or all of the exchange notes, in whole or in part, at any time on or after October 1, 2014 on the redemption dates and at the redemption prices set forth in this prospectus. We may also redeem some or all of the notes prior to October 1, 2014 at 100% of their principal amount, together with any accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date, plus a “make whole” premium. We may redeem up to 35% of the notes before October 1, 2013 with the net cash proceeds from certain equity offerings. In addition, we may be required to make an offer purchase the exchange notes upon the sale of certain assets and upon a change of control.

The exchange notes, like the old notes, will be our senior unsecured obligations and will rank equally with all of our existing and future senior obligations, and senior to our subordinated indebtedness. The exchange notes, like the old notes, will be effectively subordinated to our existing and future secured indebtedness, including our indebtedness under our senior secured credit facilities, to the extent of the value of assets securing such indebtedness. The exchange notes, like the old notes, will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior basis by each current and future wholly-owned restricted subsidiary that guarantees our senior secured credit facilities.

We will exchange any and all old notes that are validly tendered and not validly withdrawn prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on                     , 2011, unless extended.

We have not applied, and do not intend to apply, for listing the notes on any national securities exchange or automated quotation system.

Each broker-dealer that receives exchange notes for its own account pursuant to the exchange offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such exchange notes. The letter of transmittal states that by so acknowledging and delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of exchange notes received in exchange for old notes where such old notes were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. We have agreed that, for a period of 180 days after the date of this prospectus, we will make this prospectus available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. See “Plan of Distribution.”

You should carefully consider the risk factors beginning on page 24 of this prospectus before participating in this exchange offer.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

The date of this prospectus is                    , 2011.


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SUMMARY

     1   

RISK FACTORS

     24   

THE EXCHANGE OFFER

     43   

USE OF PROCEEDS

     53   

CAPITALIZATION

     54   

UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

     55   

SELECTED HISTORICAL CONSOLIDATED AND COMBINED FINANCIAL DATA

     60   

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

     62   

BUSINESS

     80   

MANAGEMENT

     93   

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

     109   

CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

     111   

DESCRIPTION OF OTHER INDEBTEDNESS

     126   

DESCRIPTION OF NOTES

     129   

EXCHANGE OFFER; REGISTRATION RIGHTS

     191   

BOOK ENTRY, DELIVERY AND FORM

     192   

CERTAIN UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES

     194   

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

     195   

LEGAL MATTERS

     196   

EXPERTS

     196   

INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

     F-1   

 

 

You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus. We have not authorized any person to provide you with any information or represent anything about us or this exchange offer that is not contained in this prospectus. If given or made, any such other information or representation should not be relied upon as having been authorized by us. We are not making an offer in any jurisdiction where an offer or sale is not permitted. The information contained in this prospectus is current only as of its date.

Until                     , 2011 (90 days after the date of this prospectus), all dealers effecting transactions in the exchange notes, whether or not participating in the exchange offer, may be required to deliver a prospectus.


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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This prospectus contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “believes,” “expects,” “may,” “estimates,” “will,” “should,” “plans” or “anticipates” or the negative thereof or other variations thereon or comparable terminology, or by discussions of strategy. Readers are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and may involve significant risks and uncertainties, and that actual results may vary materially from those in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors. Among the factors that significantly impact our business and could impact our business in the future are:

 

   

our high level of indebtedness and restrictions contained in our debt agreements, including our senior secured credit facilities and the indenture governing the notes, as well as debt that could be incurred in the future;

 

   

our ability to generate sufficient cash to service our indebtedness and to generate future profits;

 

   

our reliance on our relationship with Popular for a significant portion of our revenues and with Banco Popular to grow our Merchant Acquiring business;

 

   

our ability to renew our client contracts on terms favorable to us;

 

   

our dependence on our processing systems, technology infrastructure, security systems and fraudulent payment detection systems, as well as on our personnel and certain third parties with whom we do business;

 

   

our ability to develop, install and adopt new software, technology and computing systems;

 

   

a decreased client base due to consolidations and failures in the financial services industry;

 

   

the credit risk of our merchant clients, for which we may also be liable;

 

   

the continuing market position of the ATH network despite competition and potential shifts in consumer payment preferences;

 

   

our dependence on credit card associations, including any adverse changes in credit card association or network rules or fees;

 

   

changes in the regulatory environment and changes in international, legal, political, administrative or economic conditions;

 

   

the geographical concentration of our business in Puerto Rico;

 

   

operating an international business in multiple regions with potential political and economic instability, including Latin America;

 

   

our ability to execute our geographic expansion and acquisition strategies;

 

   

our ability to protect our intellectual property rights against infringement and to defend ourselves against claims of infringement brought by third parties;

 

   

our ability to recruit and retain the qualified personnel necessary to operate our business;

 

   

our ability to comply with federal, state and local regulatory requirements;

 

   

evolving industry standards and adverse changes in global economic, political and other conditions;

 

   

our separation from Popular, transition to an independent company and ability to operate as a stand-alone entity; and

 

   

other factors discussed in this prospectus, including in the section entitled “Risk Factors.”

 

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These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those suggested by the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements should, therefore, be considered in light of various factors, including those set forth in this prospectus under “Risk Factors,” in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and elsewhere in this prospectus. In light of such risks and uncertainties, we caution you not to rely on these forward-looking statements in deciding whether to participate in this exchange offer. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this prospectus, and we do not undertake any obligation to publicly release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this prospectus or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

INDUSTRY AND MARKET DATA

This prospectus includes industry data that we obtained from periodic industry publications, including the Nilson Report and Gartner Dataquest Market Statistics. Industry publications generally state that the information contained therein has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable. We have not independently verified any of the data from third-party sources nor have we ascertained the underlying economic assumptions relied upon therein.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

We will be required to file annual and quarterly reports and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) after the registration statement described below is declared effective by the SEC. You may read and copy any reports, statements and other information that we file with the SEC at the SEC’s public reference room located at 100 F Street, N.E. Room 1580, Washington, D.C. 20549. You may request copies of the documents, upon payment of a duplicating fee, by writing the Public Reference Section of the SEC. Please call 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference rooms. Our filings with the SEC are also available to the public from commercial document retrieval services and at the web site maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov.

We have filed a registration statement on Form S-4 to register with the SEC the exchange notes to be issued in exchange for the old notes and guarantees thereof. This prospectus is part of that registration statement. As allowed by the SEC’s rules, this prospectus does not contain all of the information you can find in the registration statement or the exhibits to the registration statement. You should note that where we summarize in the prospectus the material terms of any contract, agreement or other document filed as an exhibit to the registration statement, the summary information provided in the prospectus is less complete than the actual contract, agreement or document. You should refer to the exhibits filed to the registration statement for copies of the actual contract, agreement or document.

NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, financial information for 2010 on a full year basis and gross revenues, as presented in this prospectus, are supplemental measures of our performance that are not required by, or presented in accordance with, accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”). They are not measurements of our financial performance under GAAP and should not be considered as alternatives to total revenues, net income or any other performance measures derived in accordance with GAAP or as alternatives to cash flows from operating activities as measures of our liquidity.

We define “EBITDA” as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. We define “Adjusted EBITDA” as EBITDA as further adjusted to exclude unusual items and other adjustments as described under “Summary—Summary Historical and Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated and Combined Financial Data.”

 

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We caution investors that amounts presented in accordance with our definitions of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to similar measures disclosed by other issuers, because not all issuers and analysts calculate EBITDA or Adjusted EBITDA in the same manner. We present EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA because we consider them important supplemental measures of our performance and believe they are frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties in the evaluation of companies in our industry. In addition, our presentation of Adjusted EBITDA is consistent with the equivalent measurements that are contained in our senior secured credit facilities and the indenture governing the notes in testing our compliance with covenants therein such as debt incurrence. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA have several limitations that are discussed under “Summary—Summary Historical and Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated and Combined Financial Data,” where we also include a quantitative reconciliation of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA to the most directly comparable GAAP financial performance measure, which is net income. In addition, in evaluating EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA, you should be aware that in the future we may incur expenses such as those excluded in calculating them. Further, our presentation of these measures should not be construed as an inference that our future operating results will not be affected by unusual or nonrecurring items.

We define financial information for 2010 “on a full year basis,” which is presented under “Summary-Summary Historical and Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated and Combined Financial Data,” as the aggregation of our financial information for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 (the Predecessor period) and our financial information for the three months ended December 31, 2010 (the Successor period). This aggregation is not in conformity with GAAP, since the results are not comparable on a period-to-period basis or to other issuers due to the new basis of accounting established at the consummation of the Merger, which affected certain line items on the financial statements. However, we believe that this approach is beneficial to the reader since it provides an easier-to-read discussion of the results of operations and provides the reader with information from which to analyze our financial results on a twelve months basis that is consistent with the manner in which management reviews and analyzes results of operations.

We define “gross revenues” as total revenues including interchange fees (related to our Merchant Acquiring business) from our merchant customers that we collect on behalf of, and remit entirely to, the issuing bank of cards whose transactions we process. “Total revenues” is calculated and presented in the historical financial statements of EVERTEC net of these fees. Therefore, gross revenues is a supplemental measure of our performance that is not in accordance with GAAP. In addition, gross revenues for the year ended December 31, 2010 are presented on a full year basis as defined above. We caution investors that amounts presented in accordance with our definition of gross revenues may not be comparable to similar measures disclosed by other issuers, because not all issuers and analysts calculate gross revenues in the same manner. We present gross revenues because we consider it an important supplemental measure of our performance to compare ourselves to competitors and the industry and to monitor margins. We also believe it is frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties in the evaluation of companies in our industry. Gross revenues has several limitations that are discussed under “Summary—Summary Historical and Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated and Combined Financial Data,” where we also include a quantitative reconciliation of gross revenues to the most directly comparable GAAP financial performance measure, which is total revenues.

On a full year basis, total revenues amounted to $271 million, $267 million and $285 million, and gross revenues amounted to $354 million, $344 million $372 million, for 2008, 2009 and 2010, respectively. On a full year basis, revenue by reportable segment as a percentage of total revenues for the year ended December 31, 2010 amounted to 27% for Transaction Processing, 19% for Merchant Acquiring, and 54% for Business Solutions. On a full year basis, revenue by reportable segment as a percentage of gross revenues for the year ended December 31, 2010 amounted to 21% for Transaction Processing, 38% for Merchant Acquiring, and 41% for Business Solutions. In 2010, on a full year basis, services provided to Popular represented 51% of total revenues and 39% of gross revenues. On a full year basis our services to Popular for core bank processing and related services accounted for 35%, 34% and 34% of our total revenues, and 27%, 26% and 26% of our gross revenues for the year ended December 31, 2008, 2009 and 2010, respectively.

 

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SUMMARY

This summary highlights key aspects of the information contained elsewhere in this prospectus and may not contain all of the information you should consider before making an investment decision. You should read this summary together with the entire prospectus, including the information presented under the heading “Risk Factors” and the more detailed information in the unaudited pro forma consolidated financial statements, the historical financial statements, and related notes appearing elsewhere in this prospectus. For a more complete description of our business, see the “Business” section in this prospectus.

Popular, Inc. (“Popular”) and EVERTEC, Inc., formerly Popular’s wholly-owned subsidiary, entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of June 30, 2010 and amended such agreement on August 5, 2010, August 8, 2010, September 15, 2010 and September 30, 2010 (as amended, the “Merger Agreement”) with two newly formed subsidiaries of a fund managed by an affiliate of Apollo Global Management, LLC (together with its subsidiaries, “Apollo”), AP Carib Holdings, Ltd. (“AP Carib”) and Carib Acquisition, Inc. (“Merger Sub”). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub merged with and into EVERTEC (the “Merger”), with EVERTEC continuing as the surviving corporation. Following the effective time of the Merger, AP Carib and Popular contributed their respective shares of EVERTEC capital stock to Carib Holdings, Inc. (“Holdings”) in exchange for shares of Holdings voting capital stock. Following that contribution, EVERTEC became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Holdings, with AP Carib and Popular owning approximately 51% and 49%, respectively, of the outstanding voting capital stock of Holdings. Except as otherwise indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, (a) the terms “EVERTEC, Inc.,” “EVERTEC,” “we,” “us,” “our,” “our company” and the “Company” refer to EVERTEC, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries after giving effect to the Merger and the related financing transactions and (b) the term “issuer” refers to EVERTEC, Inc. (excluding its subsidiaries) after giving effect to the Merger and the related financing transactions. Financial information and other data identified in this prospectus as “pro forma” give effect to the Transactions (as defined below in “—The Transactions”) as if they had occurred at the beginning of the applicable period for statement of income purposes.

Company Overview

We are a diversified processing business, offering transaction processing, payment processing, merchant acquiring and other related services in Puerto Rico and certain countries within the Caribbean and Central and Latin America. We own and operate the ATH network, the leading debit payment and automatic teller machine (“ATM”) network in Puerto Rico. The ATH network processed over 582 million transactions in 2010. Over 70% of all ATM transactions and over 80% of all debit transactions in Puerto Rico are processed over the ATH network. Our products and services include point-of-sale (“POS”) processing, network and switch services, automated teller machine driving services, core bank processing, business process outsourcing solutions, technology infrastructure management, financial services applications and merchant acquiring services. Our Merchant Acquiring business is the largest merchant acquirer in Puerto Rico, and the fifth largest in Latin America, providing an end-to-end electronic payment offering to over 16,000 merchants.

Through this combination of complementary and market-leading businesses, as well as our ongoing relationship with Banco Popular de Puerto Rico (“Banco Popular”), the largest bank in Puerto Rico and a subsidiary of Popular, we believe that our business has a unique position in the Caribbean market with significant expansion opportunities in the Latin American region.

Prior to the Transactions, we were 100% owned by Popular, the largest financial institution based in Puerto Rico, and operated substantially as an independent entity within Popular. Upon the consummation of the Merger, Apollo became our majority owner while Popular continues to own approximately 49% of our voting equity. For further discussion of our ongoing relationship with Popular, refer to the “—Key Relationship with Popular” section of this prospectus.

 

 

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We generated total revenues, gross revenues (as defined in Note 3 to “—Summary Historical and Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated and Combined Financial Data”) and Adjusted EBITDA (as defined in Note 4 to “—Summary Historical and Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated and Combined Financial Data”) of $285 million, $372 million and $127 million, respectively, on a full year basis, for the year ended December 31, 2010.

Our Reportable Segments

Our business is organized based on the type of services we provide and the customer segments that we serve. While we often provide multiple services to various customers, we generally view our business as operating in three distinct reportable segments: Transaction Processing, Merchant Acquiring and Business Solutions.

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* See “—Summary Historical and Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated and Combined Financial Data” for a reconciliation of total revenues to gross revenues and “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for information regarding non-GAAP measures. In connection with the Merger, we realigned our segment reporting structure reclassifying item processing and cash processing businesses previously included in the Transaction Processing segment to the Business Solutions segment. The information included herein reflects our new segment structure.

Transaction Processing. We provide an innovative and diversified suite of payment products and services. We own and operate the ATH network, the leading debit payment and ATM network in Puerto Rico, which carries the most widely recognized financial services brand in Puerto Rico. Additionally, we provide card processing, payment processing and electronic benefit transfer (“EBT”) services. We have long-standing customer relationships across a wide spectrum of financial institutions in the Caribbean and Central and Latin America. Further, we benefit from a long-term agreement with the government of Puerto Rico for providing all electronic benefit transfer services in Puerto Rico. On a full year basis our Transaction Processing segment accounted for $78 million of total revenues and $78 million of gross revenues for the year ended December 31, 2010.

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British Virgin Islands. It is the #1 merchant acquirer for every card brand in Puerto Rico. Additionally, it ranks as a top five acquirer across Latin America as a whole. Our Merchant Acquiring business processes transactions from approximately 28,000 POS devices at 27,000 merchant locations.

Our Merchant Acquiring business provides services and tools that allow merchants to accept electronic methods of payment such as debit, credit, prepaid and EBT cards carrying the ATH, Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express brands. Our full suite of merchant support services includes, but is not limited to, terminal sales and deployment, front-end authorization processing, settlement and funding processing and customer support. In 2010, on a full year basis, our Merchant Acquiring business processed over 266 million transactions with total volume of over $10.4 billion, and generated $55 million of total revenues and $141 million of gross revenues.

Business Solutions. We provide our customers with a full suite of business process management solutions in various product areas such as core bank processing, network hosting and management, information technology professional services, business process outsourcing, item processing, cash processing, and printing and distribution. One of our key strategic priorities is to continue to penetrate our broad financial institution customer base via offering incremental business solutions products and services to clients that currently perform similar functions in-house. In addition, we are the only provider of cash processing services in Puerto Rico that consolidates and delivers excess cash to the U.S. Federal Reserve. On a full year basis, our Business Solutions segment accounted for $153 million of total revenues and $153 million of gross revenues for the year ended December 31, 2010.

Industry Trends

Shift to Electronic Payments: The ongoing migration from cash and paper methods of payment to electronic payments continues to benefit the payment processing industry globally. This migration is driven by numerous factors including customer convenience, marketing efforts by financial institutions, card issuer rewards and the development of new forms of payment. Further, this increased penetration of electronic payments has been a driver for many merchants, which have not historically accepted electronic methods of payment, to offer acceptance of such methods in order to increase customer traffic and drive sales. According to the December 2010 issue of the Nilson Report, electronic payment dollar volume in 2009 accounted for $4.5 trillion in purchases in the U.S., which represented 58% of the total payment dollar volume in that year, and is projected to grow to 72% by 2015. We believe that the penetration of electronic payments in the markets where we principally operate is significantly lower relative to the U.S. market and that this ongoing shift will continue to generate substantial growth opportunities for our business.

Fast Growing Caribbean and Latin American Financial Services and Payments Markets: Currently, adoption of banking products, including electronic payments, in the Caribbean and Latin American region is lower relative to mature U.S. and European markets. For example, it is estimated by industry research that 36% of households in Puerto Rico do not utilize banking products. We believe that the unbanked and underbanked population in our markets will continue to shrink, and therefore drive incremental penetration and growth of electronic payments in Puerto Rico and other Latin American regions. The November 2010 issue of the Nilson Report estimated that credit, debit, and prepaid card transactions at merchants worldwide totaled approximately $8 trillion in 2009, an increase of 7.9% from 2008; for the same period, card purchase transactions in Latin America grew by 13.1%. Further, the Nilson Report projects that overall card purchase transactions in the Latin American region will grow by 450% between 2003 and 2013. We believe that these unique characteristics of our markets and our leadership positions across multiple products should continue to drive growth and profitability in our transaction-related businesses.

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significant channel proliferation and increasing regulation that could potentially curb profitability. We believe that these challenges are particularly relevant to medium or small size institutions in the Latin American markets in which we operate. Many of these institutions have traditionally fulfilled their information technology needs through legacy computer systems, operated by the institution itself. Legacy systems are generally highly proprietary, inflexible and costly to operate and maintain. We believe the trend to outsource in-house technology systems and processes by financial institutions will continue. According to estimates published by Gartner Dataquest Market Statistics in March 2010, banks in Latin America are forecast to have $20 billion of annual information technology expenditures by 2014. We believe that our technology and business outsourcing solutions cater to the evolving needs of the financial institution customer base we target, by providing integrated, open, flexible, customer-centric and efficient information technology products and services.

Changing Regulatory Environment: The regulatory environment for financial institutions is changing. The full impact of these changes will take months if not years to fully assess, but they will also likely create new revenue opportunities for technology and processing providers. The recently enacted Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (the “Dodd-Frank Act”) and the CARD Act of 2009 are principally intended to limit risk-taking activities by banks as well as provide certain protections to individual consumers. For example, the Dodd-Frank Act, which was enacted in July 2010 mandates the establishment of a federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and gives power to the Federal Reserve to regulate debit interchange fees charged by the issuing banks. These and other provisions of the enacted legislation do not directly impact our business. However, we believe that these regulatory changes could create ample opportunities for differentiated technology providers to work with financial institution clients on identifying new fee revenue opportunities and implementing the necessary technology to generate such revenue streams. In addition, regulation of the electronic payment card industry, including regulations applicable to us and our customers, has increased significantly in recent years. There is also increasing scrutiny by the U.S. Congress in the manner in which payment card networks and card issuers set various transaction fees from which some of our customers derive significant revenue. For example, as currently drafted, the Dodd-Frank Act incorporates the Durbin Amendment that, among other things, places certain restrictions on the interchange transaction fees that a card issuer or payment card network can charge for an electronic debit transaction and also places various exclusivity prohibitions and routing restrictions on such transactions.

Industry Innovation: The electronic payments industry experiences ongoing technology innovation. Emerging payment technologies such as prepaid cards, contactless payments, payroll cards, mobile commerce, online “wallets” and innovative POS devices facilitate the shift away from cash and paper methods of payment. The increasing demand for new and flexible payment options catering to a wider range of consumer segments is driving growth in the electronic payment processing industry. As an example, due to the advancement and integration of stored value technologies, unbanked and underbanked consumers are increasingly utilizing prepaid debit cards as a means to conduct purchases, access funds through ATMs, set up online bill payment and conveniently transfer money to other consumers.

Competitive Strengths

Most recognized regional financial services brand with leading market position: We own and operate the ATH network, Puerto Rico’s most widely recognized financial services brand. The ATH network processed over 582 million transactions in 2010, making ATH branded products the most frequently used electronic method of payment in Puerto Rico, exceeding the total volume of Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover, combined. Our Merchant Acquiring business, which acts as the primary merchant acquirer for ATH branded cards, is the leading merchant acquirer in Puerto Rico and the fifth largest in the Latin American region, serving over 16,000 merchant clients. Through this combination of uniquely complementary and market-leading businesses, we are well positioned to take advantage of favorable industry dynamics and enhance our market position throughout the Caribbean and Central and Latin American region.

 

 

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Stable and recurring core revenue stream: We maintain a stable and predictable core revenue profile as a majority of our revenue is recurring in nature. The Transaction Processing and Merchant Acquiring segments as well as the core bank processing services and certain other services within our Businesses Solutions segment, which together accounted for 74% of our total revenues and 80% of our gross revenues on a full year basis in 2010, generate recurring revenue streams. These businesses have high customer retention due to the mission-critical and embedded nature of the services they provide, the high switching costs associated with these services and due to our leading position in these respective markets. Additionally, on a full year basis approximately 34% of our total revenues and 26% of our gross revenues for the year ended December 31, 2010 was generated by core banking and related services provided to Popular, which are governed by a 15-year Master Services Agreement (as described below). For further discussion of our ongoing relationship with Popular, refer to the “—Key Relationship with Popular” section of this prospectus. As a result of the critical and embedded nature of the services provided as well as our strategic focus on client retention, we have been able to deliver an industry-leading client retention rate, as over 90% of our customers in the Transaction Processing and Business Solutions segments in 2009 continued to be customers in 2010.

Highly scalable and leveragable platform: Our highly scalable technology platform can support significant expansion with low incremental costs. We have spent approximately $83 million from 2008 to 2010 on technology investments in order to build ample capacity in our platforms and maintain state of the art technology. We are able to achieve attractive economies of scale with flexible product development capabilities. Further, we have a proven ability to seamlessly leverage our existing platforms to develop new products and services and expand in new markets, with approximately 1,800 employees in 8 countries throughout the Caribbean and Central and Latin America. In the last four years, we have expanded our Transaction Processing businesses to Panama, Honduras, Mexico and Guatemala.

Favorable cash flow conversion characteristics: Our business is technology driven in nature and allows for significant scalability as our volumes and revenues grow. As a result of high operating margins, limited maintenance and growth capital expenditure requirements, and minimal working capital needs, we have been able to deliver strong cash flows and a consistently high cash flow conversion rate during the past three years.

15-year, exclusive Master Services Agreement and equity alignment with Popular: Popular is the leading financial institution in Puerto Rico with $39 billion in assets and $27 billion in deposits as of December 31, 2010. While it continues to be our largest client, the revenues from our provision of core bank processing and related services to Popular have declined from 35% of total revenues in 2007 to 34% in 2010 and 28% of gross revenues in 2007 to 26% in 2010 on a full year basis, as we have expanded our external client base, product offerings and geographic footprint. We provide a number of critical transaction processing and business solutions products and services to Popular and benefit from the bank’s distribution network and continued support, further strengthened by our ongoing equity alignment. We and Popular have entered into a 15-year Master Services Agreement. According to the terms of the Master Services Agreement, Popular is obligated to continue to utilize our services on an exclusive basis and on commercial terms consistent with the terms of our historical relationship. For further discussion of our ongoing relationship with Popular, refer to the “—Key Relationship with Popular” section of this prospectus.

Experienced management team with strong track record: We maintain a dedicated, multi-disciplinary and highly motivated senior management team that has served us for an average of 20 years. The current management team built and led our business through its transformation from a bank-owned operation to the leading financial technology franchise in the region, and has a proven track record of delivering growth and building strong brand recognition in both positive and negative economic environments. In addition, certain members of our management team have invested in non-voting common stock of Holdings in connection with the Merger.

 

 

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Our Strategy

We intend to pursue the following business strategies:

Expand in the Latin American region

We are expanding our business geographically in the Latin American region. We believe that we have an inherent competitive advantage relative to U.S. competitors based on our ability to locally leverage our infrastructure as well as our first-hand knowledge of Latin American markets and culture. We believe that significant growth opportunities exist in a number of large markets in which we are not currently present, such as Argentina, Chile, Peru and Colombia. In addition to entering new markets, we continually introduce and offer new products and services to customers in existing markets, such as Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama and the Dominican Republic. We continually evaluate our strategic plans for geographic expansion. As a result, in each year from 2007 to 2009, we either entered a new market or significantly expanded our presence in international markets that we had previously entered. For example, in 2007, we opened our Panama office; in 2008, we established our Mexican operations; and from 2008 to 2009, we were able to triple the number of customers we serve in our Mexican and Panamanian markets.

Leverage the ATH network

We own and operate the leading debit payment and ATM network in Puerto Rico, the ATH network. Further, we believe that ATH is the most widely recognized financial services brand in Puerto Rico. The strength of this brand, coupled with the technology platform that it provides in Puerto Rico, has led most financial institutions to choose ATH as one of the preferred networks associated with the cards that they issue to their customers. As a result, we believe that we are uniquely positioned to develop new products and services to take advantage of our access to Puerto Rico’s entire cardholder base as well as our real-time, data-based knowledge of consumer spending behaviors. As an example, we are in the final stages of developing a person-to-person mobile transfer payment service, which will enable any ATH cardholder, regardless of his or her issuing bank, to conveniently transfer funds to another ATH cardholder online or via a mobile phone. We intend to introduce this service in the near future along with other value-added services that leverage the capabilities and popularity of the ATH network.

Develop and offer new products to our merchant customer base

Our Merchant Acquiring business is Puerto Rico’s largest merchant acquirer, providing an end-to-end electronic payment offering to over 16,000 merchants across Puerto Rico and the U.S. and British Virgin Islands. We plan to continue leveraging this broad customer base by developing and offering additional products and services to cross sell along with our core merchant offerings. Historically, we have been successful in introducing and marketing new products such as cell phone top up services, remote payment capture services, card-not-present processing and online acquiring services. We intend to continue to focus on these and other cross sell opportunities in order to take advantage of our leadership position in the merchant acquiring industry.

Further improve and increase operating efficiency and scale

We are focused on delivering revenue growth along with improving profitability. As a function of our strategy to actively manage our cost base and due to the inherently scalable nature of our business, we have been able to improve our Adjusted EBITDA margin in the past three years. We are committed to continue identifying areas where we can optimize our business from a cost perspective. As a result of this strategy as well as our new ownership structure following the Transactions, we believe that our business will be more efficiently run and that our profitability metrics will improve.

 

 

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Selectively Acquire Complementary Businesses

Historically, we have selectively acquired complementary businesses that allowed us to expand geographically and to broaden our product offering. For example, we acquired ScanData Puerto Rico, in order to expand our banking services offering; we acquired TII Smart Solutions, which allowed us to offer ATM and POS driving services in Central America; and we acquired Sense Software, which enabled us to expand our services offering for small and medium size companies. As our business grows and we expand geographically, we intend to continue to evaluate selected acquisition opportunities in order to complement our current product offering.

 

 

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The Transactions

Popular and EVERTEC entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of June 30, 2010 and amended such agreement on August 5, 2010, August 8, 2010, September 15, 2010 and September 30, 2010 with two newly formed subsidiaries of Apollo, AP Carib and Merger Sub. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub merged with and into EVERTEC, with EVERTEC continuing as the surviving corporation.

In connection with the Merger, on June 30, 2010, Popular and its subsidiaries Banco Popular, Popular International Bank Inc. (“PIBI”) and EVERTEC completed an internal reorganization, as described under “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions—Internal Reorganization.” The historical assets and liabilities of the Venezuela operations were not acquired in the Merger, and are presented in the historical financial statements of EVERTEC as discontinued operations. See “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions—Related Party Transactions in Connection with the Closing of the Merger.” In addition, all or a portion of Popular’s investments in Consorcio de Tarjetas Dominicanas, S.A. (“CONTADO”) and Servicios Financieros, S.A de C.V. (“Serfinsa”) that are reflected in the historical financial statements of EVERTEC were not acquired before the closing of the Merger. See “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions—Internal Reorganization.”

Following the effective time of the Merger, AP Carib and Popular contributed their respective shares of EVERTEC capital stock to Holdings in exchange for shares of Holdings capital stock (which we refer to as the “Contributed Equity” with respect to AP Carib, the “Popular Rolled Equity” with respect to Popular, and together, the “Equity Investment”). Following that contribution, EVERTEC became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Holdings, with AP Carib and Popular owning approximately 51% and 49%, respectively, of the outstanding voting capital stock of Holdings, subject to pro rata dilution to the extent that non-voting stock or other securities convertible into non-voting stock and/or derivative securities whose value is derived from such capital stock or non-voting stock have been issued to EVERTEC management. The operation of Holdings is governed by a Stockholder Agreement entered into among Popular, AP Carib and Holdings. For a description of the Stockholder Agreement and various other agreements entered into in connection with the Merger, see “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions.”

As used in this prospectus, the term “Transactions” refers to, collectively, (1) the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement (including the Internal Reorganization described under “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions—Internal Reorganization” and the acquisition of all or a portion of the investments in CONTADO and Serfinsa after the closing of the Merger), (2) the Equity Investment, (3) the initial borrowing by us of $355.0 million under our senior secured credit facilities, (4) the offering and the sale of the old notes and (5) the payment of fees and expenses related to the Transactions.

The following table sets forth the sources and uses of the funds for the Transactions at September 30, 2010.

 

(Dollar amounts in thousands)                   

Sources of funds:

         

Uses of funds:

      

Senior secured credit facilities:

        

Senior secured revolving credit
facility (1)

   $ —         Purchase of EVERTEC equity interests,   

Senior secured term loan facility (2)

     355,000       related intangible assets and related payments (5)    $ 689,398   

Old Notes

     220,000       Popular Rolled Equity (3)      176,562   

Popular Rolled Equity (3)

     176,562       Transaction fees and expenses (6)      69,371   

Contributed Equity (4)

     183,769         
                    

Total Sources

   $ 935,331      

Total Uses

   $ 935,331   
                    

 

 

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(1) We entered into a $50.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility, which was undrawn at the closing of the Transactions on September 30, 2010. See “Description of Other Indebtedness—Senior Secured Credit Facilities.”
(2) Does not give effect to original issue discount.
(3) Represents the fair value of Popular’s approximately 49% indirect voting ownership interest in EVERTEC after the Transactions, but before transaction fees.
(4) Represents amounts contributed to EVERTEC by funds affiliated with and controlled by Apollo. In addition, does not reflect any investment by members of our management team in non-voting common stock of Holdings which occurred following the completion of the Transactions. See “Management.” For more information regarding the equity ownership of EVERTEC, see “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management.”
(5) Represents the aggregate consideration for Apollo’s approximately 51% indirect voting ownership interest in EVERTEC and related intangible assets, and includes the $568.1 million closing payment to Popular (excluding a working capital adjustment), the $45.0 million intellectual property purchase price to Popular, and the $56.0 million dividend declared in connection with the Merger paid by EVERTEC to Popular that was not funded from EVERTEC’s balance sheet. This aggregate consideration includes $17.1 million related to a partial payment for CONTADO and Serfinsa equity investments and a $20.2 million holdback amount related to the CONTADO and Serfinsa equity investments. Assumes the acquisition of all or portion of the investments in CONTADO and Serfinsa after closing of the Merger. See Note (1) to our unaudited pro forma consolidated balance sheet included elsewhere in this prospectus for a description of the CONTADO and Serfinsa adjustments. See also “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions—Internal Reorganization—Master Reorganization Agreement” for information regarding the acquisition of CONTADO equity interests that closed on March 31, 2011.
(6) Reflects the fees and expenses associated with the Transactions, including placement and other financing fees such as the original issue discount on the senior secured credit facilities and other transaction costs relating to the Merger.

For a more complete description of the Transactions, see “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions,” “Description of Notes” and “Description of Other Indebtedness.”

The Refinancing

On March 3, 2011, we entered into a credit agreement amendment relating to our senior secured credit facilities (the “Refinancing”) to, among other things, reduce the interest rate payable on loans under the senior secured credit facilities, increase the amount of the incremental facility available to us, and to modify certain restrictive covenants to provide us generally with greater flexibility. For a more complete description of our senior secured credit facilities, as amended, see “Description of Other Indebtedness—Senior Secured Credit Facilities.”

 

 

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Ownership and Corporate Structure

The following chart summarizes our corporate organization and the arrangement of our current indebtedness within our organization at December 31, 2010. The ownership statistics reflected on this chart exclude the dilutive effect of non-voting equity securities granted to management and employees.

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(1) Guarantor of the senior secured credit facilities.
(2) All of the equity of EVERTEC and its subsidiaries has been pledged as security for the senior secured credit facilities, subject to certain exceptions.
(3) Guarantor of the notes and the senior secured credit facilities.
(4) All of our wholly-owned subsidiaries guarantee the notes and the senior secured credit facilities other than EVERTEC Latinoamerica, S.A., a Costa Rican entity of which EVERTEC owns 99.97% (“EVERTEC/Latam”), and three inactive Costa Rican subsidiaries that are in the process of liquidation. As of or for the three months ended December 31, 2010, our non-guarantor subsidiaries accounted for approximately $3.5 million, or 5% of our total revenues, approximately $0.7 million, or 2% of our EBITDA, and approximately $63 million, or 6% of our total assets. As of or for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, our non-guarantor subsidiaries accounted for approximately $9.2 million, or 4% of our total revenues and approximately $0.9 million, or 1%, of our EBITDA.

Our Equity Sponsors

Apollo: Affiliates of Apollo acquired an approximately 51% indirect ownership interest in us as part of the Transactions. Apollo is a leading global alternative asset manager with offices in New York, Los Angeles, London, Frankfurt, Luxembourg, Singapore, Mumbai and Hong Kong. As of December 31, 2010, Apollo had $67.6 billion of assets under management in its private equity, capital markets and real estate businesses invested across a core group of nine industries where Apollo has considerable knowledge.

 

 

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Popular: Popular retained an approximately 49% indirect ownership interest in us as part of the Transactions. Founded in 1893, Popular, Inc. (NASDAQ: BPOP) is the No. 1 bank holding company by both assets and deposits based in Puerto Rico, and, as of December 31, 2010, ranks 38th by assets among U.S. bank holding companies. In the United States, Popular has established a community-banking franchise providing a broad range of financial services and products with branches in New York, New Jersey, Illinois, Florida and California. In 2010, Popular raised $1.1 billion in proceeds from a public equity offering, and successfully completed an FDIC-assisted acquisition of Westernbank Puerto Rico.

Key Relationship with Popular

Prior to the Merger, we were 100% owned by Popular, the largest financial institution based in Puerto Rico, and operated as a substantially independent entity within Popular. After the consummation of the Merger, Popular continues to indirectly own approximately 49% of our voting equity capital. Popular is our largest customer. See “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Business—We expect to derive a significant portion of our revenue from Popular.”

We entered into a 15-year Master Services Agreement, as well as several other related agreements, with Popular upon consummation of the Merger. Under the terms of the Master Services Agreement, Popular agreed to continue to utilize our services on an ongoing exclusive basis, for the duration of the agreement, on commercial terms consistent with the terms of our historical relationship. Additionally, Popular granted us a right of first refusal on the development of certain new financial technology products and services for the duration of the Master Services Agreement. For more information on the Master Services Agreement and other related agreements, see “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions—Related Party Transactions in Connection with the Closing of the Merger.”

Corporate History

EVERTEC was formerly known as GM Group, Inc. a Puerto Rico corporation organized in 1988 and that Popular purchased in 1999. In 2004, an affiliate of Popular transferred to us certain of its data processing assets and operations and our corporate name was then changed to EVERTEC, Inc. Our principal executive offices are located at Cupey Center Building, Road 176, Kilometer 1.3, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00926 and our telephone number is (787) 759-9999. Our website address is www.evertecinc.com. We make our website content available for information purposes only. We do not incorporate the information on our website into this prospectus, and you should not consider it part of this prospectus. You should not rely upon the information on our website for investment purposes.

 

 

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Summary of the Terms of the Exchange Offer

In connection with the issuance of the old notes, we entered into a registration rights agreement with the initial purchasers of the old notes. Under that agreement, we agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause a registration statement related to the exchange of old notes for exchange notes to become effective under the Securities Act and to consummate the exchange offer on or prior to the 366th day after September 30, 2010.

The registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part was filed in compliance with our obligations under this registration rights agreement.

You are entitled to exchange in this exchange offer your old notes for exchange notes which are identical in all material respects to the old notes except that:

 

   

the exchange notes have been registered under the Securities Act and will be freely tradable by persons who are not affiliated with us;

 

   

the exchange notes are not entitled to registration rights which are applicable to the old notes under the registration rights agreements; and

 

   

our obligation to pay additional interest on the old notes as described in the registration rights agreements does not apply to the exchange notes.

For purposes of this and other sections in this prospectus, we refer to the old notes and the exchange notes together as the “notes.”

 

Senior Notes

We are offering to exchange up to $220,000,000 aggregate principal amount of our 11% Senior Notes due 2018 which have been registered under the Securities Act for up to $220,000,000 aggregate principal amount of our old notes which were issued on September 30, 2010. Old notes may be exchanged only in initial minimum denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.

 

Resales

Based on interpretations by the staff of the SEC set forth in no-action letters issued to third parties, we believe that the exchange notes issued pursuant to this exchange offer in exchange for old notes may be offered for resale, resold and otherwise transferred by you (unless you are our “affiliate” within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act) without compliance with the registration provisions of the Securities Act, provided that you

 

   

are acquiring the exchange notes in the ordinary course of business, and

 

   

have not engaged in, do not intend to engage in, and have no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in, a distribution of the exchange notes.

 

  Each participating broker-dealer that receives exchange notes for its own account pursuant to this exchange offer in exchange for the old notes that were acquired as a result of market-making or other trading activity must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of the exchange notes. See “Plan of Distribution.”

 

 

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  Any holder of notes who

 

   

is our affiliate,

 

   

does not acquire the exchange notes in the ordinary course of business, or

 

   

tenders in this exchange offer with the intention to participate, or for the purpose of participating, in a distribution of exchange notes,

 

  cannot rely on the position of the staff of the SEC expressed in Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation, Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated or similar no-action letters and, in the absence of an exemption, must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with the resale of the exchange notes.

 

Expiration; Withdrawal of Tenders

This exchange offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on                    , 2011, or such later date and time to which we extend it. We do not currently intend to extend the expiration date. A tender of old notes pursuant to this exchange offer may be withdrawn at any time prior to the expiration date. Any old notes not accepted for exchange for any reason will be returned without expense to the tendering holder after the expiration or termination of this exchange offer.

 

Delivery of the Exchange Notes

The exchange notes issued pursuant to this exchange offer will be delivered to the holders who tender old notes promptly following the expiration date.

 

Conditions to this Exchange Offer

This exchange offer is subject to customer conditions, some of which we may waive. See “The Exchange Offer—Certain Conditions to this Exchange Offer.”

 

Procedures for Tendering Old Notes

If you wish to accept this exchange offer, you must complete, sign and date the accompanying letter of transmittal, or a copy of the letter of transmittal, according to the instructions contained in this prospectus and the letter of transmittal. You must also mail or otherwise deliver the letter of transmittal, or the copy, together with the old notes and any other required documents, to the exchange agent at the address set forth on the cover of the letter of transmittal. If you hold old notes through The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) and wish to participate in this exchange offer, you must comply with the Automated Tender Offer Program procedures of DTC, by which you will agree to be bound by the letter of transmittal.

 

  By signing or agreeing to be bound by the letter of transmittal, you will represent to us that, among other things:

 

   

Any exchange notes that you will receive will be acquired in the ordinary course of your business;

 

 

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You have no arrangement or understanding with any person or entity to participate in the distribution of the exchange notes;

 

   

If you are a broker-dealer that will receive exchange notes for your own account in exchange for old notes that were acquired as a result of market-making activities, that you will deliver a prospectus, as required by law, in connection with any resale of such exchange notes; and

 

   

You are not our “affiliate” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

 

Guaranteed Delivery Procedures

If you wish to tender your old notes and your old notes are not immediately available or you cannot deliver your old notes, the letter of transmittal or any other documents required by the letter of transmittal or if you cannot comply with the applicable procedures under DTC’s Automated Tender Offer Program prior to the expiration date, you must tender your old notes according to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in this prospectus under “The Exchange Offer—Guaranteed Delivery Procedures.”

 

Effect on Holders of Old Notes

As a result of the making of, and upon acceptance for exchange of all validly tendered old notes pursuant to the terms of, this exchange offer, we will have fulfilled a covenant contained in the registration rights agreements and, accordingly, additional interest on the old notes, if any, shall no longer accrue and we will no longer be obligated to pay additional interest as described in the registration rights agreements. If you are a holder of old notes and do not tender your old notes in this exchange offer, you will continue to hold such old notes and you will be entitled to all the rights and limitations applicable to the old notes in the indenture, except for any rights under the registration rights agreement that by their terms terminate upon the consummation of this exchange offer.

 

Consequences of Failure to Exchange

All untendered old notes will continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer provided for in the old notes and in the indentures governing the old notes. In general, the old notes may not be offered or sold unless registered under the Securities Act, except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. Other than in connection with this exchange offer, or as otherwise required under certain limited circumstances pursuant to the terms of the registration rights agreements, we do not currently anticipate that we will register the old notes under the Securities Act.

 

Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations

The exchange of old notes for exchange notes in this exchange offer should not be a taxable event for U.S. federal income tax purposes. See “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations.”

 

 

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Use of Proceeds

We will not receive any cash proceeds from the issuance of the exchange notes in this exchange offer.

 

Exchange Agent

Wilmington Trust FSB is the exchange agent for this exchange offer. The address and telephone number of the exchange agent are set forth in the section captioned “The Exchange Offer—Exchange Agent.”

 

 

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Summary of the Terms of the Exchange Notes

The summary below describes the principal terms of the exchange notes. Certain of the terms and conditions described below are subject to important limitations and exceptions. The “Description of Notes” section of this prospectus contains a more detailed description of the terms and conditions of the notes. In this section, the “Company” refers to EVERTEC, Inc. and not any of its subsidiaries.

 

Issuer

EVERTEC, Inc.

 

Exchange Notes Offered

$220,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 11% senior notes due 2018.

 

Maturity Date

The exchange notes will mature on October 1, 2018.

 

Interest

Interest on the exchange notes will accrue at a rate of 11% per annum and will be payable semi-annually in cash in arrears on April 1 and October 1 of each year.

 

  Holders of old notes whose old notes are accepted for exchange in the exchange offer will be deemed to have waived the right to receive any payment in respect of interest on the old notes accrued from April 1, 2011 to the date of issuance of the exchange notes. Consequently, holders who exchange their old notes for exchange notes will receive the same interest payment on October 1, 2011 (the first interest payment date with respect to the old notes and the exchange notes following consummation of the exchange offer) that they would have received if they had not accepted the exchange offer.

 

Guarantees

The exchange notes, like the old notes, will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior basis by our existing and future wholly-owned restricted subsidiaries that guarantee our senior secured credit facilities.

 

Ranking

The exchange notes, like the old notes, and the guarantees will be the Company’s and the guarantors’ general senior obligations and will:

 

   

rank equally in right of payment to all of the Company’s and the guarantors’ existing and future senior indebtedness;

 

   

rank senior in right of payment to any of the Company’s and the guarantors’ future indebtedness that is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the notes and the guarantees;

 

   

be effectively subordinated to the Company’s and the guarantors’ secured indebtedness, including indebtedness under our senior secured credit facilities, to the extent of the value of the collateral securing such indebtedness; and

 

   

be structurally subordinated to all of the existing and future liabilities, including trade payables, of our subsidiaries that do not guarantee the notes.

 

 

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  At December 31, 2010, the Company and the guarantors had approximately $342.2 million of secured indebtedness outstanding, net of discounts, and an additional $50.0 million of unused commitments available to be borrowed under our senior secured credit facilities.

 

  At December 31, 2010, our non-guarantor subsidiaries had approximately $10.9 million of liabilities, including trade payables, but excluding intercompany obligations.

 

Optional Redemption

On or after October 1, 2014, we may redeem some or all of the notes at any time at the redemption prices described in the section “Description of Notes—Optional Redemption.” Prior to such date, we may redeem some or all of the notes at a redemption price of 100% of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date, plus a “make-whole” premium. In addition, we may redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the notes before October 1, 2013 with the proceeds of certain equity offerings at a redemption price of 111% of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date.

 

Change of Control

If we experience certain kinds of changes of control, we must offer to purchase the notes at 101% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest. For more details, see the section “Description of Notes” under the heading “Change of Control.”

 

Mandatory Offer to Repurchase Following Certain Asset Sales

If we sell certain assets, we must offer to repurchase the notes at the prices listed under “Description of Notes—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Asset Sales.”

 

Certain Covenants

The indenture contains covenants that limit, among other things, our ability and the ability of some of our subsidiaries to:

 

   

incur additional debt;

 

   

declare or pay dividends, redeem stock or make other distributions to stockholders;

 

   

make investments;

 

   

create liens or use assets as security in other transactions;

 

   

enter into sale and leaseback transactions;

 

   

merge or consolidate, or sell, transfer, lease or dispose of substantially all of our assets;

 

   

enter into transactions with affiliates; and

 

   

sell or transfer certain assets.

 

  These covenants are subject to a number of important qualifications and limitations. See “Description of Notes—Certain Covenants.”

 

 

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Tax Redemption

If certain changes in the law of any relevant Tax Jurisdiction (as defined in “Description of Notes—Additional Amounts”) become effective that would impose withholding taxes or other deductions on the payments on the notes by the Issuer, the Issuer may redeem the notes in whole, but not in part, at any time, at a redemption price of 100% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date and all Additional Amounts (as defined in “Description of Notes”), if any, which otherwise would be payable. See “Description of Notes—Redemption for Changes in Taxes.”

You should refer to the section entitled “Risk Factors” for an explanation of certain risks of investing in the notes.

 

 

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Summary Historical and Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated and Combined Financial Data

The summary historical consolidated financial data as of December 31, 2010 and for the three months ended December 31, 2010 have been derived from the audited consolidated financial statements of EVERTEC, Inc. (Successor), appearing elsewhere in this prospectus. The summary historical combined financial data as of December 31, 2009 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, and the years ended December 31, 2009, and 2008 have been derived from the audited combined financial statements of EVERTEC Business Group (Predecessor), appearing elsewhere in this prospectus. The summary historical combined financial data as of December 31, 2008 have been derived from the unaudited combined financial statements of EVERTEC Business Group (Predecessor), not included in this prospectus. Additionally, the summary historical combined financial data as of December 31, 2008, December 31, 2009 and September 30, 2010, and for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2009 and the nine months ended September 30, 2010, excludes the results of the Venezuela discontinued operations, which were not acquired as part of the Transactions.

The summary unaudited pro forma consolidated financial data as of and for the year ended December 31, 2010 have been prepared to give effect to the Transactions, as if they had occurred on January 1, 2010 in the case of the summary unaudited pro forma consolidated statement of income data and other financial data, and on December 31, 2010 in the case of the summary unaudited pro forma consolidated balance sheet data. The pro forma adjustments are based upon available information and certain assumptions that we believe are reasonable. The summary unaudited pro forma consolidated financial data are for informational purposes only and do not purport to represent what our results of operations or financial position actually would have been if the Transactions had occurred at any date, and such data do not purport to project the results of operations for any future period.

The acquisition of EVERTEC was accounted for as a business combination using the purchase method of accounting, which established a new accounting basis at EVERTEC for all assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on estimated fair values. The fair values assigned to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed are subject to refinement for up to one year after the closing date of the acquisition as new information relative to the closing date fair value becomes available, and thus the recognized goodwill may increase or decrease. Completion of the Company’s internal review of such work is expected to be finalized during fiscal 2011.

The summary historical and unaudited pro forma consolidated and combined financial data should be read in conjunction with “Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated Financial Information,” “Selected Historical Consolidated and Combined Financial Data,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and the consolidated and combined financial statements and related notes of EVERTEC appearing elsewhere in this prospectus.

 

 

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SUMMARY HISTORICAL AND UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONSOLIDATED AND COMBINED FINANCIAL DATA

 

    Predecessor           Successor     Full Year (1)        
(Dollar amounts in thousands)   Year Ended
December 31,
2008
    Year Ended
December 31,
2009
    Nine months
ended
September 30,
2010
          Three
months
ended
December 31,
2010
    Year Ended
December 31,
2010
    Unaudited
Pro Forma
Year Ended
December 31,
2010
 

Statements of Income Data:

               

Total revenues

  $ 271,213      $ 267,393      $ 208,322          $ 77,075      $ 285,397      $ 287,342   

Operating costs and expenses:

               

Cost of revenues (excluding depreciation and amortization)

    154,522        141,164        106,548            36,505        143,053        143,870   

Selling, general and administrative expenses (excluding depreciation and amortization)

    27,643        25,639        27,000            8,392        35,392        37,743   

Depreciation and amortization

    30,389        24,500        19,425            17,722        37,147        67,476   
                                                   

Income from operations

    58,659        76,090        55,349            14,456        69,805        38,253   
                                                   

Other income (expense):

               

Interest income

    1,283        1,048        360            118        478        118   

Interest expense (2)

    (170     (91     (70         (13,436     (13,506     (53,513

Earnings of equity method investments

    4,229        3,508        2,270            —          2,270        2,238   

Other income (expense)

    9,449        7,942        2,276            (1,316     960        960   
                                                   

Total other income (expense)

    14,791        12,407        4,836            (14,634     (9,798     (50,197
                                                   

Income (loss) before income taxes

    73,450        88,497        60,185            (178     60,007        (11,944

Income tax expense (benefit)

    23,914        30,659        23,017            (1,361     21,656        (7,844
                                                   

Net income (loss) from continuing operations

  $ 49,536      $ 57,838      $ 37,168          $ 1,183      $ 38,351      $ (4,100
                                                   

Other Financial Data:

               

Gross revenues (3)

  $ 353,956      $ 344,135      $ 269,232          $ 102,474      $ 371,706      $ 373,651   

EBITDA (4)

    102,726        112,040        79,320            30,862        110,182        108,927   

Adjusted EBITDA (4)

    105,532        117,575        92,290            34,924        127,214        127,214   

Cash interest expense (2) (5)

    170        91        70            12,861        12,931        50,928   

Net debt to Adjusted EBITDA (4) (9)

                4.0x        4.1x   

Capital expenditures

  $ 19,337      $ 22,701      $ 30,468          $ 10,541      $ 41,009     

Net cash provided by operating activities from continuing operations

    68,775        65,464        63,702            18,096        81,798     

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities from continuing operations

    (37,442     (2,692     16,153            (496,098     (479,945  

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities from continuing operations

    (17,571     (77,710     (65,796         505,142        439,346     

Balance Sheet Data (at period end):

               

Cash (6)

  $ 24,734      $ 11,891            $ 55,699      $ 55,699      $ 44,554   

Working capital (7)

    94,220        82,272              59,610        59,610        43,495   

Total assets

    260,906        243,445              1,082,056        1,082,056        1,079,144   

Total debt (8)

    2,802        1,413              562,173        562,173        560,578   

Total net debt (9)

    —          —                506,474        506,474        516,024   

Total equity

    228,469        211,475              326,524        326,524        325,207   

 

(1)

We define financial information for 2010 “on a full year basis” as the aggregation of our financial information for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 (the Predecessor period) and our financial information for the three months ended December 31, 2010 (the Successor period). This aggregation is not in conformity with GAAP, since the results are

 

 

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not comparable on a period-to-period basis or to other issuers due to the new basis of accounting established at the consummation of the Merger, which affected certain line items on the financial statements. However, we believe that this approach is beneficial to the reader since it provides an easier-to-read discussion of the results of operations and provides the reader with information from which to analyze our financial results on a twelve months basis that is consistent with the manner that management reviews and analyzes results of operations.

 

(2) On March 3, 2011, we entered into a credit agreement amendment relating to our senior secured credit facilities to, among other things, reduce the interest rate payable under the senior secured credit facilities. Giving effect to the Refinancing, pro forma interest expense and pro forma cash interest expense on a full year basis in 2010 would have been $48.9 million and $46.2 million, respectively.

 

(3) Gross revenues is a supplemental measure of our performance that is not required by, or presented in accordance with GAAP. It is not a measurement of our financial performance under GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to our total revenues or any other performance measures derived in accordance with GAAP.

We define “gross revenues” as total revenues including interchange fees (related to our Merchant Acquiring business) from our merchant customers that we collect on behalf of, and remit entirely to, the issuing bank of cards whose transactions we process. Total revenues is calculated and presented in the historical financial statements of EVERTEC net of these fees. Therefore, gross revenues is a supplemental measure of our performance that is not in accordance with GAAP. In addition, gross revenues for the year ended December 31, 2010 are presented on a full year basis as defined above. We caution investors that amounts presented in accordance with our definition of gross revenues may not be comparable to similar measures disclosed by other issuers, because not all issuers and analysts calculate gross revenues in the same manner. We present gross revenues because we consider it an important supplemental measure of our performance to compare ourselves to competitors and the industry and to monitor margins. We also believe it is frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties in the evaluation of companies in our industry.

A reconciliation of total revenues to gross revenues of the continuing operations is provided below.

 

    Predecessor           Successor     Full Year*  
    Year ended
December 31, 2008
    Year ended
December 31, 2009
    Nine
months ended
September 30, 2010
          Three months ended
December 31, 2010
    Year ended
December 31, 2010
 
(Dollar amounts in thousands)   Amount     % of
  Total  
    Amount     % of
  Total  
    Amount     % of
  Total  
          Amount     % of
  Total  
    Amount     % of
  Total  
 

Revenues:

                       

Transaction Processing

  $ 71,574        26   $ 74,686        28   $ 56,777        27       $ 21,034        27   $ 77,811        27

Merchant Acquiring

    47,782        18     48,744        18     39,761        19         14,789        19     54,550        19

Business Solutions

    151,857        56     143,963        54     111,784        54         41,252        54     153,036        54
                                                                                   

Total revenues

  $ 271,213        100   $ 267,393        100   $ 208,322        100       $ 77,075        100   $ 285,397        100

Plus: Interchange fees in Merchant Acquiring

    82,743          76,742          60,910              25,399          86,309     
                                                     

Total gross revenues

  $ 353,956        $ 344,135        $ 269,232            $ 102,474        $ 371,706     
                                                     

Gross revenues:

                       

Transaction Processing

  $ 71,574        20   $ 74,686        22   $ 56,777        21       $ 21,034        21   $ 77,811        21

Merchant Acquiring

    130,525        37     125,486        36     100,671        37         40,188        39     140,859        38

Business Solutions

    151,857        43     143,963        42     111,784        42         41,252        40     153,036        41
                                                                                   

Total gross revenues

  $ 353,956        100   $ 344,135        100   $ 269,232        100       $ 102,474        100   $ 371,706        100
                                                                                   

 

* See Note (1) of “—Summary Historical and Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated and Combined Financial Data”

 

(4) EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are supplemental measures of our performance that are not required by, or presented in accordance with, GAAP. They are not measurements of our financial performance under GAAP and should not be considered as alternatives to net income or any other performance measures derived in accordance with GAAP or as alternatives to cash flows from operating activities as measures of our liquidity.

We define “EBITDA” as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. We define “Adjusted EBITDA” as EBITDA as further adjusted to exclude unusual items and other adjustments described below.

 

 

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We caution investors that amounts presented in accordance with our definitions of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to similar measures disclosed by other issuers, because not all issuers and analysts calculate EBITDA or Adjusted EBITDA in the same manner. We present EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA because we consider them important supplemental measures of our performance and believe they are frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties in the evaluation of companies in our industry. In addition, our presentation of Adjusted EBITDA is consistent with the equivalent measurements that are contained in our senior secured credit facilities and the indenture governing the notes in testing our compliance with covenants therein such as debt incurrence. In addition, in evaluating EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA, you should be aware that in the future we may incur expenses such as those excluded in calculating them. Further, our presentation of these measures should not be construed as an inference that our future operating results will not be affected by unusual or nonrecurring items.

Some of the limitations of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are as follows: (i) they do not reflect cash outlays for capital expenditures or future contractual commitments; (ii) they do not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, working capital; (iii) they do not reflect interest expense, or the cash requirements necessary to service interest, or principal payments, on indebtedness; (iv) they do not reflect income tax expense or the cash necessary to pay income taxes; (v) although depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized will often have to be replaced in the future, and EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect cash requirements for such replacements; and (vi) other companies, including other companies in our industry, may not use EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA or may calculate EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA differently than as presented in this prospectus, limiting their usefulness as a comparative measure.

A reconciliation of net income to EBITDA or Adjusted EBITDA is provided below.

 

    Predecessor           Successor     Full Year     Pro forma  
(Dollar amounts in thousands)   Years ended
December 31,
2008
    Years ended
December 31,
2009
    Nine months
ended
September 30,
2010
          Three months
ended
December 31,
2010
    2010     Year ended
December 31,
2010
 

Net income (loss) from continuing operations

  $ 49,536      $ 57,838      $ 37,168          $ 1,183      $ 38,351      $ (4,100

Income tax expense (benefit)

    23,914        30,659        23,017            (1,361     21,656        (7,844

Interest expense (income)

    (1,113     (957     (290         13,318        13,028        53,395   

Depreciation & amortization

    30,389        24,500        19,425            17,722        37,147        67,476   
                                                   

EBITDA

    102,726        112,040        79,320            30,862        110,182        108,927   

Standalone Cost Savings (a)

    5,922        6,411        4,930            36        4,966        4,966   

Disposals (b)

    (11,099     (9,440     (3,916         60        (3,856     (3,856

Equity Income (c)

    (115     47        (852         1,514        662        694   

Compensation and benefits (d)

    287        (629     6,976            (408     6,568        6,568   

Run-rate & other (e)

    (89     1,246        565            2,265        2,830        2,830   

Management fees (f)

    —          —          —              —          —          2,351   

Westernbank EBITDA (g)

    7,900        7,900        5,267            —          5,267        5,267   

Purchase Accounting (h)

    —          —          —              595        595        (533
                                                   

Adjusted EBITDA

  $ 105,532      $ 117,575      $ 92,290          $ 34,924      $ 127,214      $ 127,214   
                                                   

 

  (a) Represents stand-alone savings for costs historically allocated to EVERTEC by Popular, which will not continue post closing other than temporary transition service costs, net of estimated stand-alone costs. The allocations were primarily based on a percentage of revenues or costs (and not based on actual costs incurred) and related to corporate functions such as accounting, tax, treasury, payroll and benefits, risk management, institutional marketing, legal, public relations and compliance. The allocations were $9.3 million, $9.8 million and $7.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2009, and the nine months ended September 30, 2010, respectively, which are partially offset by estimated annual stand-alone costs of $3.4 million, $3.4 million and $2.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2009, and the nine months ended September 30, 2010, respectively. Our estimated stand-alone costs are based on assumptions and estimates that we believe are reasonable, but such assumptions and estimates may prove to be inaccurate over time. See “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to Our Separation from Popular.” During a transition period of one year after the closing of the Merger, we will receive certain services from Popular and its affiliates pursuant to a transition services agreement, at prices that we believe approximate our stand-alone costs. See “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions.”

 

  (b)

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interest in Inmediata Health Group, Corp.) and removal of the gain on sale of this transaction, (iii) removal of gain on sale in April 2010 of the Company’s equity interest in Inmediata Health Group, Corp., and removal of the related equity income, (iv) allocations previously charged to the discontinued Venezuela operations and (v) write-off of certain investment securities in the three months ended December 31, 2010.

 

  (c) Relates to the removal of historical non-cash equity in earnings of investments reported in Net Income from EVERTEC’s 53.97% equity ownership in CONTADO and 31.11% equity ownership in Serfinsa, net of cash dividends received from CONTADO. The equity income adjustments include cash dividends from CONTADO of $2.4 million, $1.9 million and $1.5 million for the years ended 2008, 2009 and 2010, respectively. On March 31, 2011, after a final agreement was reached between Popular and the other shareholders of CONTADO, Popular transferred to EVERTEC 19.99% of the equity interest in CONTADO. As a result, the percentage share of cash dividends from CONTADO will be reduced to 19.99% going forward. See “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions—Internal Reorganization—Master Reorganization Agreement.”

 

  (d) Predominantly relates to non-recurring bonuses and payroll tax impact of awards given to certain EVERTEC employees in connection with the Merger, partially offset by estimated costs for the anticipated reinstatement of the employer’s matching contribution to defined contribution pre-tax savings plan which was suspended in March 2009. Other adjustments relate to: (i) estimated incremental cost previously impacted by the Troubled Asset Relief Program (“TARP”) restrictions, (ii) elimination of severance expense in 2009, (iii) employee benefit cost savings, and (iv) add back of non-cash equity based compensation.

 

  (e) Relates to the following items: (i) transition fees to support additional requirements of a stand-alone entity, (ii) salaries and benefits cost savings on positions vacated in 2009 and not replaced, and (iii) non-recurring additional property taxes assessed by the government.

 

  (f) Represents the pro forma annual management fee for the equity sponsors. See “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions—Related Party Transactions in Connection with the Closing of the Merger—Consulting Agreements.”

 

  (g) Represents an estimated adjustment for additional EBITDA to be earned from EVERTEC’s processing of Westernbank volumes. The estimate was arrived at using the pricing schedule in the Master Services Agreement as well as management’s estimated related costs of the contribution of additional business volume. Westernbank’s Puerto Rican operations were acquired by Banco Popular on April 30, 2010, and EVERTEC did not see the impact of these additional volumes and associated revenues until the third quarter of 2010. The estimate of current Westernbank EBITDA has been added to previous periods for comparative purposes, and reflects estimated, rather than observed, impact. See “—Our Equity Sponsors” and “—Key Relationship with Popular” and “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Separation from Popular—The historical and pro forma financial information presented in this prospectus may not be representative of our results as a consolidated, stand-alone company and may not be a reliable indicator of our future results. In addition, we may not achieve all of the expected benefits from the items reflected in the adjustments included in Adjusted EBITDA as presented in this prospectus.”

 

  (h) Represents elimination of the effects of purchase accounting in connection with (i) certain customer service and software related arrangements where EVERTEC receives subsidies from Popular; and (ii) EVERTEC’s rights and obligations to buy equity interests in CONTADO and Serfinsa.

 

(5) Represents cash interest expense related to our indebtedness (including fees payable on our senior secured revolving credit facility). Pro forma cash interest expense was calculated based on the current interest rates at December 31, 2010.

 

(6) Excludes restricted cash of $2.7 million, $3.7 million, $3.1 million and $5.6 million as of December 31, 2008, December 31, 2009, September 30, 2010, and December 31, 2010, respectively.

 

(7) Working capital is defined as the excess of current assets over current liabilities.

 

(8) Represents our long-term debt, including the current portion thereof.

 

(9) Total net debt is defined as total debt less cash.

 

 

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RISK FACTORS

Investing in the notes involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties described below, as well as other information contained in this prospectus, before participating in this exchange offer. If any of the following risks actually occur, our business, financial condition, operating results or cash flow could be materially and adversely affected. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or not believed by us to be material may also negatively impact us.

Risks Related to Our Indebtedness

Our substantial leverage could adversely affect our ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, limit our ability to react to changes in the economy or our industry, expose us to interest rate risk to the extent of our variable rate debt and prevent us from meeting our obligations under the notes.

We are highly leveraged. As of December 31, 2010, the total principal amount of our indebtedness, net of discounts, was approximately $562.2 million.

Our high degree of leverage could have important consequences for you, including:

 

   

increasing our vulnerability to adverse economic, industry or competitive developments;

 

   

requiring a substantial portion of cash flow from operations to be dedicated to the payment of principal and interest on our indebtedness, therefore reducing our ability to use our cash flow for other purposes, including for our operations, capital expenditures and future business opportunities;

 

   

exposing us to the risk of increased interest rates because certain of our borrowings, including borrowings under our senior secured credit facilities, will be at variable rates of interest;

 

   

making it more difficult for us to satisfy our obligations with respect to our indebtedness, including the notes, and any failure to comply with the obligations of any of our debt instruments, including restrictive covenants and borrowing conditions, could result in an event of default under the indenture governing the notes and the agreements governing such other indebtedness;

 

   

restricting us from making strategic acquisitions or causing us to make non-strategic divestitures;

 

   

limiting our ability to obtain additional debt or equity financing for working capital, capital expenditures, business development, debt service requirements, acquisitions and general corporate or other purposes; and

 

   

limiting our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business or market conditions and placing us at a competitive disadvantage compared to our competitors who are less highly leveraged and who therefore, may be able to take advantage of opportunities that our leverage prevents us from exploiting.

Our pro forma cash interest expense, net for the year ended December 31, 2010, after giving effect to the Transactions, including the effect of (i) the transfer from Popular to EVERTEC of a 19.99% equity interest in CONTADO, which transfer closed on March 31, 2011, and (ii) the assumed transfer from Popular to EVERTEC of a 31.11% equity interest in Serfinsa, respectively, would have been $50.9 million. Our interest expense could increase if interest rates increase because the entire amount of the indebtedness under our senior secured credit facilities bears interest at a variable rate. At December 31, 2010 we had approximately $342.2 million aggregate principal amount of variable rate indebtedness, net of discounts, under our senior secured credit facilities. A 100 basis point increase in the applicable margins over our floor(s) on our debt balances outstanding as of December 31, 2010, under our senior secured credit facilities would increase our annual interest expense by approximately $3.5 million.

 

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Despite our high indebtedness level, we and our subsidiaries still may be able to incur significant additional amounts of debt, which could further exacerbate the risks associated with our substantial indebtedness.

We and our subsidiaries may be able to incur substantial additional indebtedness in the future, some of which may be secured. Although the indenture governing the notes and our senior secured credit facilities contain restrictions on the incurrence of additional indebtedness, these restrictions are subject to a number of significant qualifications and exceptions, and under certain circumstances, the amount of indebtedness, including secured indebtedness, that could be incurred in compliance with these restrictions could be substantial.

In addition to the $50.0 million which is available to us for borrowing under the revolving credit facility the terms of the senior secured credit facilities will enable us to increase the amount available under the term loan and/or revolving credit facilities if we are able to obtain loan commitments from banks and satisfy certain other conditions. If new debt is added to our and our subsidiaries’ existing debt levels, the related risks that we face would increase. In addition, the indenture governing the notes will not prevent us from incurring obligations that do not constitute indebtedness under the indenture. See “Description of Other Indebtedness—Senior Secured Credit Facilities” and “Description of Notes.”

Our debt agreements contain restrictions that will limit our flexibility in operating our business.

The indenture governing the notes and the agreement governing our senior secured credit facilities contain, and any future indebtedness we incur may contain, various covenants that limit our ability to engage in specified types of transactions. These covenants limit our and our restricted subsidiaries’ ability to, among other things:

 

   

incur additional indebtedness or issue certain preferred shares;

 

   

pay dividends on, repurchase or make distributions in respect of our capital stock or make other restricted payments;

 

   

make certain investments;

 

   

sell certain assets;

 

   

create liens;

 

   

consolidate, merge, sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of our assets;

 

   

enter into certain transactions with our affiliates; and

 

   

designate our subsidiaries as unrestricted subsidiaries.

As a result of these covenants, we are limited in the manner in which we conduct our business and we may be unable to engage in favorable business activities or finance future operations or capital needs. In addition, the covenants in our senior secured credit facilities require us to maintain a maximum senior secured leverage ratio and also limit our capital expenditures. A breach of any of these covenants could result in a default under one or more of these agreements, including as a result of cross default provisions and, in the case of the revolving credit facility, permit the lenders to cease making loans to us. Upon the occurrence of an event of default under our senior secured credit facilities, the lenders could elect to declare all amounts outstanding under our senior secured credit facilities to be immediately due and payable and terminate all commitments to extend further credit. Such actions by those lenders could cause cross defaults under our other indebtedness. If we were unable to repay those amounts, the lenders under our senior secured credit facilities could proceed against the collateral granted to them to secure that indebtedness. We have pledged a significant portion of our assets as collateral under our senior secured credit facilities. If the lenders under the senior secured credit facilities accelerate the repayment of borrowings, the proceeds from the sale or foreclosure upon such assets will first be used to repay debt under our senior secured credit facilities and we may not have sufficient assets to repay our unsecured indebtedness thereafter, including the notes. See “Description of Other Indebtedness—Senior Secured Credit Facilities.”

 

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Risks Related to Our Business

We expect to derive a significant portion of our revenue from Popular.

Our services to Popular account for a significant portion of our revenues, and we expect that our services to Popular will continue to represent a significant portion of our revenues for the foreseeable future. In 2010, on a full year basis, our services to Popular for core bank processing and related services accounted for approximately 34% of our total revenues and 26% of our gross revenues and our services to Popular overall accounted for approximately 51% of our total revenues and 39% of our gross revenues. Any failure by Popular to perform under the Master Services Agreement or our other material agreements with Popular could significantly reduce our revenues. See “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions.”

In 2010, our next largest customer represented 9% of our total net revenues and 7% of our gross revenues on a full year basis.

We depend, in part, on our merchant relationships and our alliance with Banco Popular, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Popular, to grow our Merchant Acquiring business. If we are unable to maintain these relationships and this alliance, our business may be adversely affected.

Growth in our Merchant Acquiring business is derived primarily from acquiring new merchant relationships, new and enhanced product and service offerings, cross selling products and services into existing relationships, the shift of consumer spending to increased usage of electronic forms of payment, and the strength of our relationship with Banco Popular. A substantial portion of our business is generated from our ISO Agreement with Banco Popular. See “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions—Related Party Transactions in Connection with the Closing of the Merger—Independent Sales Organization Sponsorship and Service Agreement.” Banco Popular acts as a merchant referral source and provides sponsorship into the ATH, Visa and MasterCard networks for merchants, as well as card association sponsorship, clearing and settlement services. We provide transaction processing and related functions. Both alliance partners may provide management, sales, marketing, and other administrative services. We rely on the continuing growth of our merchant relationships, our alliance with Banco Popular and other distribution channels. There can be no guarantee that this growth will continue and the loss or deterioration of these relationships could negatively impact our business and result in a reduction of our revenue and profit.

If we are unable to renew client contracts at favorable terms, we could lose clients and our results of operations and financial condition may be adversely affected.

Failure to achieve favorable renewals of client contracts could negatively impact our business. Our contracts with private clients generally run for a period of three to five years and provide for termination fees upon early termination. Our government contracts generally run for one year without automatic renewal periods. Our standard merchant contract has an initial term of one year, with automatic one-year renewal periods. At the end of the contract term, clients have the opportunity to renegotiate their contracts with us and to consider whether to engage one of our competitors to provide products and services. If we are not successful in achieving high renewal rates and contract terms that are favorable to us, our results of operations and financial condition may be adversely affected.

We rely on our systems, employees and certain counterparties, and certain failures could materially adversely affect our operations.

Our businesses are dependent on our ability to process, record and monitor a large number of transactions. If any of our financial, accounting, or other data processing systems or applications fail or have other significant shortcomings or limitations, we could be materially adversely affected. We are similarly dependent on our employees. We could be materially adversely affected if one of our employees causes a significant operational breakdown or failure, either as a result of human error or where an individual purposefully sabotages or

 

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fraudulently manipulates our operations or systems. Third parties with which we do business could also be sources of operational risk to us, including relating to breakdowns or failures of such parties’ own systems or employees. Any of these occurrences could diminish our ability to operate one or more of our businesses, or result in potential liability to clients, reputational damage and regulatory intervention, any of which could materially adversely affect us.

We may be subject to disruptions of our operating systems arising from events that are wholly or partially beyond our control, which may include, for example, computer viruses or electrical or telecommunications outages, natural disasters, disease pandemics or other unanticipated damage to property or physical assets. Such disruptions may give rise to losses in service to customers and loss or liability to us. In addition, there is the risk that our controls and procedures as well as business continuity and data security systems prove to be inadequate. Any such failure could affect our operations and could materially adversely affect our results of operations by requiring us to expend significant resources to correct the defect, as well as by exposing us to litigation, regulatory fines or penalties or losses not covered by insurance.

Security breaches or our own failure to comply with privacy regulations and industry security requirements imposed on providers of services to financial institutions and card processing services could harm our business by disrupting our delivery of services and damaging our reputation.

As part of our business, we electronically receive, process, store and transmit sensitive business information of our customers. In addition, we collect personal consumer data, such as names and addresses, social security numbers, driver’s license numbers, cardholder data and payment history records. The uninterrupted operation of our information systems and the confidentiality of the customer/consumer information that resides on such systems are critical to the successful operations of our business. Despite the safeguards we have in place, unauthorized access to our computer systems or databases could result in the theft or publication of confidential information, the deletion or modification of records or could otherwise cause interruptions in our operations. These risks are increased when we transmit information over the Internet. Our visibility in the global payments industry may attract hackers to conduct attacks on our systems that could compromise the security of our data or could cause interruptions in the operations of our businesses and subject us to increased costs, litigation and other liabilities. There is also a possibility of mishandling or misuse, for example, if such information were erroneously provided to parties who are not permitted to have the information, either by fault of our systems, employees acting contrary to our policies, or counterparties, or where such information is intercepted or otherwise improperly taken by third parties. An information breach in the system and loss of confidential information such as credit card numbers and related information could have a longer and more significant impact on the business operations than a hardware failure and could result in claims against us for misuse of personal information, such as identity theft.

Additionally, as a provider of services to financial institutions and card processing services, we are subject directly (or indirectly through our clients) to the same laws, regulations, industry standards and limitations on disclosure of the information we receive from our customers as apply to the customers themselves. If we fail to comply with these regulations, standards and limitations, we could be exposed to suits for breach of contract, governmental proceedings, or prohibitions on card processing services. In addition, as more restrictive privacy laws, rules or industry security requirements are adopted in the future on the federal or local level or by a specific industry body, the change could have an adverse impact on us through increased costs or restrictions on business processes. We may be required to expend significant capital and other resources to comply with mandatory privacy and security standards required by law, industry standard, or contracts.

Any inability to prevent security or privacy breaches or failure to comply with privacy regulations and industry security requirements could cause our existing customers to lose confidence in our systems and terminate their agreements with us, and could inhibit our ability to attract new customers, damage our reputation and/or adversely impact our relationship with administrative agencies.

 

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We may experience breakdowns in our processing systems that could damage customer relations and expose us to liability.

We depend heavily on the reliability of our processing systems in our core businesses. A system outage or data loss, regardless of reason, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Not only would we suffer damage to our reputation in the event of a system outage or data loss, but we may also be liable to third parties. Some of our contractual agreements with financial institutions require the crediting of certain fees if our systems do not meet certain specified service levels. To successfully operate our business, we must be able to protect our processing and other systems from interruption, including from events that may be beyond our control. Events that could cause system interruptions include, but are not limited to, fire, natural disasters, telecommunications failure, computer viruses, terrorist acts and war. Although we have taken steps to protect against data loss and system failures, there is still risk that we may lose critical data or experience system failures. We perform the vast majority of disaster recovery operations ourselves, though we utilize select third parties for some aspects of recovery. To the extent we outsource our disaster recovery, we are at risk of the vendor’s unresponsiveness in the event of breakdowns in our systems. Furthermore, our property and business interruption insurance may not be adequate to compensate us for all losses or failures that may occur.

Lack of system integrity, fraudulent payments or credit quality related to funds settlement could result in a financial loss.

We settle funds on behalf of financial institutions, other businesses and consumers and receive funds from clients, card issuers, payment networks and consumers on a daily basis for a variety of transaction types. Transactions facilitated by us include debit card, credit card, electronic bill payment transactions, ACH payments and check clearing that supports consumers, financial institutions and other businesses. These payment activities rely upon the technology infrastructure that facilitates the verification of activity with counterparties, the facilitation of the payment and, in some cases, the detection or prevention of fraudulent payments. If the continuity of operations, integrity of processing, or ability to detect or prevent fraudulent payments were compromised this could result in a financial loss to us.

We may experience defects, development delays, installation difficulties, system failure, or other service disruptions with respect to our technology solutions, which would harm our business and reputation and expose us to potential liability.

Many of our services are based on sophisticated software, technology and computing systems, and we may encounter delays when developing new technology solutions and services. Further, the technology solutions underlying our services have occasionally contained and may in the future contain undetected errors or defects when first introduced or when new versions are released. In addition, we may experience difficulties in installing or integrating our technologies on platforms used by our customers. Finally, our systems and operations could be exposed to damage or interruption from fire, natural disaster, power loss, telecommunications failure, unauthorized entry and computer viruses. Defects in our technology solutions, errors or delays in the processing of electronic transactions, or other difficulties could result in: (1) interruption of business operations; (2) delay in market acceptance; (3) additional development and remediation costs; (4) diversion of technical and other resources; (5) loss of customers; (6) negative publicity; or (7) exposure to liability claims.

Any one or more of the foregoing could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

The ability to adopt technology to changing industry and customer needs or trends may affect our competitiveness or demand for our products, which may adversely affect our operating results.

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uses. We must anticipate and respond to these industry and customer changes in order to remain competitive within our relative markets. For example, the ability to adopt technological advancements surrounding POS technology available to merchants could have an impact on our Merchant Acquiring business. Our inability to respond to new competitors and technological advancements could impact all of our businesses.

Consolidations in the banking and financial services industry could adversely affect our revenues by eliminating existing or potential clients and making us more dependent on a more limited number of clients.

In recent years, there have been a number of mergers and consolidations in the banking and financial services industry. Mergers and consolidations of financial institutions reduce the number of our clients and potential clients, which could adversely affect our revenues. Further, if our clients fail or merge with or are acquired by other entities that are not our clients, or that use fewer of our services, they may discontinue or reduce their use of our services. It is also possible that the larger banks or financial institutions resulting from mergers or consolidations would have greater leverage in negotiating terms with us or could decide to perform in-house some or all of the services which we currently provide or could provide. Any of these developments could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We are subject to the credit risk that our merchants will be unable to satisfy obligations for which we may also be liable.

We are subject to the credit risk of our merchants being unable to satisfy obligations for which we also may be liable. For example, as the merchant acquirer, we are contingently liable for transactions originally acquired by us that are disputed by the card holder and charged back to the merchants. If we or Banco Popular are unable to collect this amount from the merchant, due to the merchant’s insolvency or other reasons, we will bear the loss for the amount of the refund paid to the cardholder. Notwithstanding our adherence to industry standards with regards to the acceptance of new merchants and certain steps to screen for credit risk, it is possible that a default on such obligations by one or more of our merchants could have a material adverse effect on our business.

Increased competition or changes in consumer spending or payment preferences could adversely affect our business.

A decline in the market for our services, either as a result of increased competition, a decrease in consumer spending or a shift in consumer payment preferences, could have a material adverse effect on our business. We may face increased competition in the future as new companies enter the market and existing competitors expand their services. Some of these competitors could have greater overall financial, technical and marketing resources than us, which could enhance their ability to finance acquisitions, fund internal growth and respond more quickly to professional and technological changes. Some competitors could have or may develop a lower cost structure. New competitors or alliances among competitors could emerge, resulting in a loss of business for us and a corresponding decline in revenues and profit margin. Further, if consumer confidence decreases in a way that adversely affects consumer spending, we could experience a reduction in the volume of transactions we process. In addition, if we fail to respond to changes in technology or consumer payment preferences, we could lose business to competitors.

Changes in credit card association or other network rules or standards could adversely affect our business.

In order to provide our transaction processing services, we, Banco Popular, and several of our subsidiaries are registered with or certified by Visa and MasterCard and other networks as members or service providers for member institutions. As such, we and many of our customers are subject to card association and network rules that could subject us or our customers to a variety of fines or penalties that may be levied by the card associations or networks for certain acts or omissions by us, acquirer customers, processing customers and merchants. Visa, MasterCard and other networks, some of which are our competitors, set the standards with respect to which we must comply. The termination of Banco Popular’s or our subsidiaries’ member registration or our subsidiaries’

 

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status as a certified service provider, or any changes in card association or other network rules or standards, including interpretation and implementation of the rules or standards, that increase the cost of doing business or limit our ability to provide transaction processing services to or through our customers, could have an adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition.

Changes in interchange fees or other fees charged by card associations and debit networks could increase our costs or otherwise adversely affect our business.

From time to time, card associations and debit networks change interchange, processing and other fees, which could impact our Transaction Processing and Merchant Acquiring businesses. It is possible that competitive pressures will result in our Transaction Processing or Merchant Acquiring businesses absorbing a portion of such increases in the future, which would increase our operating costs, reduce our profit margin and adversely affect our business, operating results and financial condition.

Our revenues from the sale of services to merchants that accept Visa cards and MasterCard cards are dependent upon our continued Visa and MasterCard registration and financial institution sponsorship.

In order to provide our Visa and MasterCard transaction processing services, we must be registered as a merchant processor of MasterCard and Visa. These designations are dependent upon our being sponsored by member clearing banks of both organizations. If our sponsor banks should stop providing sponsorship for us, we would need to find another financial institution to provide those services or we would need to establish our own wholly-owned financial institution in such region that could serve as a sponsor, either of which could prove to be difficult and/or more expensive. If we are unable to find a replacement financial institution to provide sponsorship (whether through a third party or through the establishment of our own wholly-owned financial institution) we may no longer be able to provide processing services to the affected customers which would negatively impact our revenues and earnings.

Changes in laws, regulations and enforcement activities may adversely affect the products, services and markets in which we operate.

We and our customers are subject to Federal and state laws, rules and regulations that affect the electronic payments industry in the countries in which our services are used. In particular, our customers are subject to numerous regulations applicable to banks, financial institutions, processors and card issuers in the United States and abroad, and, consequently, we are at times affected by such laws, rules and regulations. Failure to comply may result in the suspension or revocation of licenses or registrations, the limitation, suspension or termination of service, and/or the imposition of civil and criminal penalties, including fines which could have an adverse effect on our financial condition. In addition, even an inadvertent failure by us to comply with laws and regulations, as well as rapidly evolving social expectations of corporate fairness, could damage our reputation or brands.

In addition, regulation of the electronic payment card industry, including regulations applicable to us and our customers, has increased significantly in recent years. There is also increasing scrutiny by the U.S. Congress in the manner in which payment card networks and card issuers set various transaction fees, from which some of our customers derive significant revenue. For example, in July 2010, the Dodd-Frank Act was signed into law in the United States. As currently drafted, Section 1075 of the Dodd-Frank Act (commonly referred to as the “Durbin Amendment”), among other things, places certain restrictions on the interchange transaction fees that a card issuer or payment card network can charge for an electronic debit transaction and also places various exclusivity prohibitions and routing restrictions on such transactions. The financial impact of the Dodd-Frank Act is difficult to estimate as the rules have not yet been finalized, but could be materially adverse to our business. See “Business—Government Regulation and Payment Network Rules—Regulatory Reform and Other Legislative Initiatives.”

 

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Further changes to laws, rules and regulations, or interpretation or enforcement thereof, could have a negative financial effect on us. We have structured our business in accordance with existing tax laws and interpretations of such laws. Changes in tax laws or their interpretations could decrease the value of revenues we receive and the amount of our cash flow and have a material adverse impact on our business.

Our business concentration in Puerto Rico imposes risks.

During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2010 (on a full year basis), 2009 and 2008, approximately 88%, 89% and 89%, respectively, of our total revenues were generated from our operations in Puerto Rico. In addition, some of our total revenues generated from our operations outside Puerto Rico are dependent upon our operations in Puerto Rico. Because we conduct our operations in a geographically concentrated area, our financial condition and results of operations are highly dependent on the economic and general conditions of Puerto Rico. Since 2006, the Puerto Rico economy has been experiencing recessionary conditions. Continuing economic decline or other adverse political developments, natural disasters (including hurricanes), and other events could affect among other things, our customer base, our cost of operations, our ability to provide services and our physical locations, property and equipment and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

There are risks associated with our presence in international markets, including political or economic instability.

Our financial performance may be significantly affected by general economic, political and social conditions in the emerging markets where we operate. Many countries in Latin America have suffered significant economic, political and social crises in the past, and these events may occur again in the future. Instability in Latin America has been caused by many different factors, including:

 

   

significant governmental influence over local economies;

 

   

substantial fluctuations in economic growth;

 

   

high levels of inflation;

 

   

exchange controls or restrictions on expatriation of earnings;

 

   

high domestic interest rates; wage and price controls;

 

   

changes in governmental economic or tax policies;

 

   

imposition of trade barriers;

 

   

unexpected changes in regulation which may restrict the movement of funds or result in the deprivation of contract rights or the taking of property without fair compensation; and

 

   

overall political, social and economic instability.

Adverse economic, political and social conditions in the Latin America markets where we operate may create uncertainty regarding our operating environment, which could have a material adverse effect on our company.

Our business in countries outside the United States and transactions with foreign governments increase our compliance risks.

Our operations outside the United States could expose us to trade and economic sanctions or other restrictions imposed by the United States or other local governments or organizations. The U.S. Departments of the Treasury and Justice (“Treasury”), the SEC and other federal agencies and authorities have a broad range of civil and criminal penalties they may seek to impose against corporations and individuals for violations of economic sanctions laws, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) and other federal statutes. Under

 

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economic sanctions laws, the Treasury may seek to impose modifications to business practices, including cessation of business activities involving sanctioned countries, and modifications to compliance programs, which may increase compliance costs. In addition, we are also subject to compliance with local government regulations. If any of the risks described above materialize, it could adversely impact our business, operating results and financial condition.

These regulations also prohibit improper payments or offers of payments to foreign governments and their officials and political parties by the United States and other business entities for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business. We have operations and deal with government entities and financial institutions in countries known to experience corruption, particularly certain emerging countries in Latin America, and further international expansion may involve more of these countries. Our activities in these countries create the risk of unauthorized payments or offers of payments by one of our employees or consultants that could be in violation of various laws including the FCPA, even though these parties are not always subject to our control. Our existing safeguards and any future improvements may prove to be less than effective, and our employees or consultants may engage in conduct for which we may be held responsible. Violations of the FCPA may result in severe criminal or civil sanctions, and we may be subject to other liabilities, which could negatively affect our business, operating results and financial condition.

We are also subject to the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) administered by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security which regulates the export, reexport and retransfer abroad of items made or originating in the United States as well as the transfer of U.S.-origin technology abroad. We are developing a comprehensive export controls compliance program designed to ensure that any goods or technology exported by the company have been properly classified under the EAR and exported in compliance with the requirements of the EAR. However, there can be no assurance that we have not violated the EAR in past transactions or that our new policies and procedures will prevent us from violating the EAR in every transaction in which we engage. Any such violations could result in fines, penalties or other sanctions being imposed on us, which could negatively affect our business, operating results and financial condition.

We and our subsidiaries conduct business with financial institutions and/or card payment networks operating in countries whose nationals, including some of our customers’ customers, engage in transactions in countries that are the targets of U.S. economic sanctions and embargoes. If we are found to have failed to comply with applicable U.S. sanctions laws and regulations in these instances, we and our subsidiaries could be exposed to fines, sanctions and other penalties or other governmental investigations.

We and our subsidiaries conduct business with financial institutions and/or card payment networks operating in countries whose nationals, including some of our customers’ customers, engage in transactions in countries that are the target of U.S. economic sanctions and embargoes, including Cuba. As a U.S.-based entity, we and our subsidiaries are obligated to comply with the economic sanctions regulations administered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”). These regulations prohibit U.S.-based entities from entering into or facilitating unlicensed transactions with, for the benefit of, or in some cases involving the property and property interests of, persons, governments, or countries designated by the U.S. government under one or more sanctions regimes. Failure to comply with these sanctions and embargoes may result in material fines, sanctions or other penalties being imposed on us. In addition, various state and municipal governments, universities and other investors maintain prohibitions or restrictions on investments in companies that do business involving sanctioned countries or entities.

For these reasons, we have established risk-based policies and procedures designed to assist the Company and its personnel in complying with applicable U.S. laws and regulations. These policies and procedures include the use of software to screen transactions we process for evidence of sanctioned-country and persons involvement. Consistent with a risk-based approach and the difficulties of identifying all transactions of our customers’ customers that may involve a sanctioned country, there can be no assurance that our policies and procedures will prevent us from violating applicable U.S. laws and regulations in every transaction in which we engage, and such violations could adversely affect our reputation, business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

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Because we process transactions on behalf of the aforementioned financial institutions through the aforementioned payment networks, we have processed a limited number of transactions potentially involving sanctioned countries and there can be no assurances that, in the future, we will not inadvertently process such transactions. Due to a variety of factors, including technical failures and limitations of our transaction screening process, conflicts between U.S. and local laws, political or other concerns in certain countries in which we and our subsidiaries operate, and/or failures in our ability effectively to control employees operating in certain non-U.S. subsidiaries, we have not rejected every transaction originating from or otherwise involving sanctioned countries, or persons and there can be no assurances that, in the future, we will not inadvertently fail to reject such transactions.

On June 25, 2010, EVERTEC discovered potential violations of the Cuban Assets Control Regulations (“CACR”), which are administered by OFAC, which occurred due to an oversight in the activation of screening parameters for two customers located in Haiti and Belize. Upon discovery of these potential violations, EVERTEC initiated an internal review and submitted an initial notice of voluntary self-disclosure to OFAC on July 1, 2010. OFAC responded to this initial report with requests for additional information. EVERTEC provided the information requested on September 24, 2010 in its final notice of voluntary self-disclosure, which also included information on the remedial measures and new and enhanced internal controls adopted by EVERTEC to avoid this situation in the future. These potential violations involved a small number of processed transactions from Cuba compared to the overall number of transactions processed for these customers during the two-month period in which the screening failures occurred. Nevertheless, should OFAC determine that these activities constituted violations of U.S. sanctions regulations, civil penalties and/or criminal fines, could be assessed against EVERTEC. We cannot predict the timing or ultimate outcome of the OFAC review, the total costs to be incurred in response to this review, the potential impact on our personnel, the effect of implementing any further measures that may be necessary to ensure full compliance with U.S. sanctions regulations, or to what extent, if at all, we could be subject to penalties or other governmental investigations.

Separately, on September 15, 2010, EVERTEC submitted an initial notice of voluntary self-disclosure to OFAC regarding certain activities of its former Venezuelan subsidiary, EVERTEC de Venezuela, C.A. (“EVERTEC Venezuela”) (which ceased being a subsidiary of EVERTEC after the closing of the Merger) and one of EVERTEC’s Costa Rican subsidiaries (which continues to be a subsidiary of EVERTEC after the closing of the Merger). This initial self-disclosure informed OFAC that these subsidiaries appeared to have been involved in processing Cuba-related credit card transactions that EVERTEC and the subsidiaries believed they could not reject under governing local law and policies, but which nevertheless may not be consistent with the CACR. Regarding EVERTEC and its former Venezuelan subsidiary, we stated that the rejection of credit card transactions involving Cuba for financial institutions operating in Venezuela began in November 8, 2007 and ceased completely on September 4, 2010. EVERTEC’s Costa Rican subsidiary began rejecting all Cuba-related credit card transactions processed for financial institutions operating in Costa Rica in January 2009. In addition, it was also disclosed that EVERTEC’s Costa Rican subsidiary’s switch had served as a conduit through which information about Cuban-related debit card transactions was transmitted to credit card associations and issuer banks, which made the decisions to approve or reject the transactions.

On November 15, 2010, EVERTEC submitted its final notice of voluntary self-disclosure on these transactions to OFAC. The final report indicated the measures that we had taken to determine the amount of the credit transactions relating to Cuba that had not been rejected between 2008 and 2010. In addition, we confirmed that EVERTEC terminated the routing of the Cuban-related debit card transaction information on September 30, 2010. While the credit and debit card transactions at issue represent a small proportion of the overall number of transactions processed for these financial institutions, the transactions occurred over an extended period of time. Should OFAC determine that EVERTEC’s processing activities constituted violations of the CACR, civil or criminal penalties could be assessed against EVERTEC and/or its subsidiaries. We cannot predict the timing, total costs or ultimate outcome of any OFAC review, the cost or effect of implementing any further measures that may be necessary to ensure full compliance with U.S. sanctions regulations or to what extent, if at all, we could be subject to penalties or governmental investigations.

 

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Popular agreed to specific indemnification obligations with respect to all of the matters described above and certain other matters, in each case, subject to the terms and conditions contained in the Merger Agreement. However, we cannot assure you that we will be able to fully collect any claims made with respect to such indemnities or that Popular will satisfy its indemnification obligations to us. See “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions—Related Party Transactions in Connection with the Closing of the Merger—Merger Agreement.”

Our business may be adversely affected by changes in currency rates.

We are subject to risks related to the changes in currency rates as a result of our investments in foreign operations and from revenues generated in Latin American currencies other than the U.S. dollar. Approximately, 9% of our total revenues in 2010 (excluding total revenues of EVERTEC Venezuela) were generated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. Revenues and profits generated by international operations will increase or decrease compared to prior periods as a result of changes in foreign currency exchange rates. Furthermore, we may become subject to exchange control regulations that might restrict or prohibit the conversion of our other revenue currencies into U.S. dollars. The U.S. dollar value of our net investments in foreign operations, the periodic conversion of foreign-denominated earnings to the U.S. dollar (our reporting currency), our results of operations and, in some cases, cash flows, could be adversely affected in a material manner by movements in foreign currency exchange rates. These risks could cause a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our expansion and selective acquisition strategy exposes us to risks, including the risk that we may not be able to successfully integrate acquired businesses.

As part of our growth strategy, we evaluate opportunities for acquiring complementary businesses that may supplement our internal growth. However, there can be no assurance that we will be able to identify and purchase suitable operations. In addition, the success of any acquisition depends in part on our ability to integrate the acquired company, which may involve unforeseen difficulties and may require a disproportionate amount of our management’s attention and our financial and other resources. Although we conduct due diligence investigations prior to each acquisition, there can be no assurance that we will discover all operational deficiencies or material liabilities of an acquired business for which we may be responsible as a successor owner or operator. The failure to successfully integrate these acquired businesses or to discover such liabilities could adversely affect our operating results.

Failure to protect our intellectual property rights and defend ourselves from potential patent infringement claims may diminish our competitive advantages or restrict us from delivering our services.

Our trademarks, proprietary software, and other intellectual property, including technology/software licenses, are important to our future success. For example, the ATH trademark and trade name is widely recognized in the Caribbean and Latin America and associated with quality and reliable service. Therefore, such marks represent substantial good will and are important to our business. Limitations or restrictions on our ability to use such marks or a diminution in the perceived quality associated therewith could have an adverse impact on the growth of our businesses. We also rely on proprietary software and technology, including third party software that is used under licenses. It is possible that others will independently develop the same or similar software or technology, which would permit them to compete with us more efficiently. Furthermore, if any of the third party software or technology licenses are terminated, not properly assigned to us, or otherwise determined to be unenforceable, then we would have to obtain a comparable license, which may involve increased license fees and other costs.

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unauthorized use of our proprietary rights is often very difficult, and therefore, we are unable to guarantee that the steps we have taken will prevent misappropriation of our proprietary software/technology or that the agreements entered into for that purpose will be effective or enforceable in all instances. Misappropriation of our intellectual property or potential litigation concerning such matters could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition. Our registrations and/or applications for trademarks, copyrights, and patents could be challenged, invalidated or circumvented by others and may not be of sufficient scope or strength to provide us with maximum protection or meaningful advantage. If we are unable to maintain the proprietary nature of our software or technologies, we could lose competitive advantages and our businesses may be materially adversely affected. Furthermore, the laws of certain foreign countries in which we do business or contemplate doing business in the future may not protect intellectual property rights to the same extent as do the laws of the United States. Adverse determinations in judicial or administrative proceedings could prevent us from selling our services and products, or prevent us from preventing others from selling competing services, and may result in a material adverse affect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

If our applications or services are found to infringe the proprietary rights of others, we may be required to change our business practices and may also become subject to significant costs and monetary penalties.

As our information technology applications and services develop, we are increasingly subject to potential claims for intellectual property infringement, for example, patent or copyright infringement. Any such claims, even if lacking merit, could: (1) be expensive and time-consuming to defend; (2) cause us to cease making, licensing or using software or applications that incorporate the challenged intellectual property; (3) require us to redesign our software or applications, if feasible; (4) divert management’s attention and resources; and (5) require us to enter into royalty or licensing agreements in order to obtain the right to use necessary technologies. Unfavorable resolution of these claims could result in us being restricted from delivering the related service and products, liable for damages, or otherwise result in a settlement that could be material to us.

The ability to recruit, retain and develop qualified personnel is critical to our success and growth.

All of our businesses function at the intersection of rapidly changing technological, social, economic and regulatory developments that requires a wide ranging set of expertise and intellectual capital. For us to successfully compete and grow, we must retain, recruit and develop the necessary personnel who can provide the needed expertise across the entire spectrum of our intellectual capital needs. In addition, we must develop our personnel to provide succession plans capable of maintaining continuity in the midst of the inevitable unpredictability of human capital. However, the market for qualified personnel is competitive and we may not succeed in recruiting additional personnel or may fail to effectively replace current personnel who depart with qualified or effective successors. Our effort to retain and develop personnel may also result in significant additional expenses, which could adversely affect our profitability. We cannot assure you that key personnel, including executive officers, will continue to be employed or that we will be able to attract and retain qualified personnel in the future. Failure to retain or attract key personnel could have a material adverse effect on us.

Failure to comply with state and federal antitrust requirements could adversely affect our business.

Due to our ownership of the ATH network and our Merchant Acquiring and Transaction Processing business in Puerto Rico, we are involved in a significant percentage of the debit and credit card transactions conducted in Puerto Rico each day. Regulatory scrutiny of, or regulatory enforcement action in connection with, compliance with state and federal antitrust requirements could have a material adverse effect on our reputation and business.

 

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The market for our electronic commerce services is evolving and may not continue to develop or grow rapidly enough for us to maintain and increase our profitability.

If the number of electronic commerce transactions does not continue to grow or if consumers or businesses do not continue to adopt our services, it could have a material adverse effect on the profitability of our business, financial condition and results of operations. We believe future growth in the electronic commerce market will be driven by the cost, ease-of-use, and quality of products and services offered to consumers and businesses. In order to consistently increase and maintain our profitability, consumers and businesses must continue to adopt our services.

Risks Related to Our Separation from Popular

The historical and pro forma financial information for certain periods presented in this prospectus may not be representative of our results as a consolidated, stand-alone company and may not be a reliable indicator of our future results. In addition, we may not achieve all of the expected benefits from the items reflected in the adjustments included in Adjusted EBITDA as presented in this prospectus.

The historical financial statements of EVERTEC for certain periods included in this prospectus were prepared on a “carved-out” basis from Popular’s consolidated financial statements and do not reflect our operations as a separate stand-alone entity for such periods. Because our businesses were either wholly-owned subsidiaries of Popular, or were operated as divisions of wholly-owned subsidiaries of Popular, the historical financial statements for certain periods include assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses directly attributable to our operations and allocations to us of certain corporate expenses of Popular. These expenses for corporate services, which include expenses for accounting, tax, treasury, payroll and benefits administration, risk management, legal, public relations and compliance, have been allocated to us on the basis that management considers to reflect most fairly or reasonably the utilization of the services provided to or the benefit obtained by businesses comprising our company. However, the historical financial statements do not necessarily reflect what our financial position and results of operations would have been if we had been operated as a stand-alone entity during such periods, and may not be indicative of future results of operations or financial position. See “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions—Related Party Transactions in Connection with the Closing of the Merger—Transition Services Agreement” for further detail on the transition services provided by Popular.

The pro forma financial information included in this prospectus is derived from the historical financial statements of EVERTEC and is based on certain assumptions and estimates. This pro forma information may not necessarily reflect what our results of operations, financial position and cash flows would have been had the Transactions occurred during the periods presented or what our results of operations, financial position and cash flows will be in the future. The pro forma Adjusted EBITDA information contained in this prospectus is based on an anticipated cost structure and projected cost savings and other benefits that our management believes are reasonable. For example, in calculating the Adjusted EBITDA we have added the benefits we expect to receive under the Master Services Agreement as a result of Popular’s acquisition of Westernbank as if the Master Services Agreement and the acquisition of Westernbank had occurred at the beginning of the period for which we are presenting Adjusted EBITDA. We cannot assure you that the anticipated cost savings or other benefits will be achieved or that our actual cost structure will be consistent with our anticipated cost structure. If our cost savings or the impact of other benefits are less than our estimates or our cost savings initiatives adversely affect our operations or cost more or take longer to implement than we project, our results will be less than we anticipate and the savings or other benefits we projected in computing pro forma Adjusted EBITDA may not be fully realized.

We may be unable to make, on a timely or cost-effective basis, the changes necessary to operate as an independent company, and we may experience increased costs as a result of the Transactions.

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unable to replace in a timely manner or on comparable terms the services or other assistance that Popular previously provided or is providing under the transition services agreement or the other commercial service agreements we have entered into with Popular. Also, upon the expiration of the transition services agreement or other agreements, many of the services that are covered in these agreements will be provided internally or by unaffiliated third parties, and we may in some instances incur higher costs to obtain these services than we incurred under the agreements with Popular. In addition, if Popular does not continue to perform effectively the transition and other services that are called for under the transition services agreement and other commercial agreements, we may not be able to operate our business effectively and our business may be materially adversely affected. See “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions” for further detail on the transition services agreement and other agreements with Popular.

In addition, there may be an adverse operational impact on our business as a result of the significant management time and internal resources that will need to be dedicated to developing our internal support functions and stand-alone operations during the initial years following the Merger. Such management time and internal resources would otherwise be available for other business initiatives and opportunities. When we begin to operate these functions independently, if we have not developed adequate systems and business functions, or obtained them from other providers, we may not be able to operate our company effectively and our profitability may decline.

Our designated executive team has not previously worked to lead an independent company.

While our executive officers have significant industry experience, significant experience managing business units and significant experience working together to manage our business while it was owned by Popular, they have only recently begun to manage our business as an independent, stand-alone company. Our success will depend, in part, on the ability of our executives to work effectively to manage our business in this new environment.

Risks Related to the Notes

We may not be able to generate sufficient cash to service all of our indebtedness, including the notes, and may be forced to take other actions to satisfy our obligations under our indebtedness, which may not be successful.

Our ability to make scheduled payments on or to refinance our debt obligations depends on our financial condition and operating performance, which is subject to prevailing economic and competitive conditions and to certain financial, business and other factors beyond our control. We may not be able to maintain a level of cash flows from operating activities sufficient to permit us to pay the principal, premium, if any, and interest on our indebtedness, including the notes.

If our cash flows and capital resources are insufficient to fund our debt service obligations, we may be forced to reduce or delay investments and capital expenditures, or to sell assets, seek additional capital or restructure or refinance our indebtedness, including the notes. Our ability to restructure or refinance our debt will depend on the condition of the capital markets and our financial condition at such time. Any refinancing of our debt could be at higher interest rates and may require us to comply with more onerous covenants, which could further restrict our business operations. The terms of existing or future debt instruments and the indenture governing the notes may restrict us from adopting some of these alternatives. In addition, any failure to make payments of interest and principal on our outstanding indebtedness on a timely basis would likely result in a reduction of our credit rating, which could harm our ability to incur additional indebtedness. These alternative measures may not be successful and may not permit us to meet our scheduled debt service obligations.

Your right to receive payments on the notes is effectively junior to the right of lenders who have a security interest in our assets to the extent of the value of those assets.

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guarantee of the senior secured credit facilities are secured by a security interest in substantially all of our and the guarantors’ assets. Accordingly, the notes are effectively junior to all of our and our guarantors’ obligations under the senior secured credit facilities to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness. If we are declared bankrupt or insolvent, or if we default under our senior secured credit facilities, the lenders could declare all of the funds borrowed thereunder, together with accrued interest, immediately due and payable. If we were unable to repay such indebtedness, the lenders could foreclose on the pledged assets to the exclusion of holders of the notes, even if an event of default exists under the indenture governing the notes at such time. In any such event, because the notes are not secured by any of our assets or the equity interests in subsidiary guarantors, it is possible that there would be no assets remaining from which your claims could be satisfied or, if any assets remained, they might be insufficient to satisfy your claims in full. See “Description of Other Indebtedness.”

As of December 30, 2010, we had approximately $354.1 million of secured indebtedness, which consists solely of indebtedness under our senior secured credit facilities. We also had an additional $50.0 million available for borrowing under the revolving credit facility. The indenture governing the notes permits us, our subsidiary guarantors and our restricted subsidiaries to incur substantial additional indebtedness in the future, including secured indebtedness.

Claims of noteholders will be structurally subordinated to claims of creditors of our subsidiaries that do not guarantee the notes.

The notes are not guaranteed by certain of our subsidiaries. Accordingly, claims of holders of the notes are structurally subordinated to the claims of creditors of these non-guarantor subsidiaries, including trade creditors. All obligations of these subsidiaries will have to be satisfied before any of the assets of such subsidiaries would be available for distribution, upon liquidation or otherwise, to us or creditors of us, including the holders of the notes.

All of our wholly-owned subsidiaries have guaranteed the notes and the senior secured credit facilities other than EVERTEC/Latam and three inactive Costa Rican subsidiaries that are in the process of liquidation. As of or for the three months ended December 31, 2010, our non-guarantor subsidiaries accounted for approximately $4 million, or 5% of our total revenues, approximately $0.7 million, or 2% of our EBITDA, and approximately $63 million, or 6% of our total assets. As of or for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, our non-guarantor subsidiaries accounted for approximately $9 million, or 4% of our total revenues, approximately $0.9 million, or 1% of our EBITDA.

Repayment of our debt, including the notes, is partially dependent on cash flow generated by our subsidiaries.

Repayment of our indebtedness, including the notes, is partially dependent on the generation of cash flow by our subsidiaries and their ability to make such cash available to us, by dividend, debt repayment or otherwise. Unless they are guarantors of the notes, our subsidiaries do not have any obligation to pay amounts due on the notes or to make funds available for that purpose. Our subsidiaries may not be able to, or may not be permitted to, make distributions to enable us to make payments in respect of our indebtedness, including the notes. Each subsidiary is a distinct legal entity and, under certain circumstances, legal and contractual restrictions may limit our ability to obtain cash from our subsidiaries. While the indenture governing the notes limits the ability of our subsidiaries to incur consensual restrictions on their ability to pay dividends or make other intercompany payments to us, these limitations are subject to certain qualifications and exceptions. In the event that we do not receive distributions from our subsidiaries, we may be unable to make required principal and interest payments on our indebtedness, including the notes.

 

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If we default on our obligations to pay our other indebtedness, we may not be able to make payments on the notes.

Any default under the agreements governing our indebtedness, including a default under the senior secured credit facilities, that is not waived by the required lenders of such indebtedness, and the remedies sought by the holders of such indebtedness, could make us unable to pay principal, premium, if any, and interest on the notes and substantially decrease the market value of the notes. If we are unable to generate sufficient cash flow and are otherwise unable to obtain funds necessary to meet required payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest on our indebtedness, or if we otherwise fail to comply with the various covenants, including financial and operating covenants in the instruments governing our indebtedness (including covenants in our senior secured credit facilities), we could be in default under the terms of the agreements governing such indebtedness. In the event of such default,

 

   

the holders of such indebtedness could elect to declare all the funds borrowed thereunder to be due and payable, together with accrued and unpaid interest;

 

   

the lenders under our senior secured credit facilities could elect to terminate their revolving commitments thereunder, cease making further loans and institute foreclosure proceedings against our assets; and

 

   

we could be forced into bankruptcy or liquidation.

If our operating performance declines, we may in the future need to obtain waivers from the required lenders under our senior secured credit facilities or any other indebtedness to avoid being in default. If we breach our covenants under our senior secured credit facilities or any other indebtedness and seek a waiver, we may not be able to obtain a waiver from the required lenders. If this occurs, we would be in default under our senior secured credit facilities or any other indebtedness, the lenders could exercise their rights, as described above, and we could be forced into bankruptcy or liquidation.

We may not be able to repurchase the notes upon a change of control.

Upon the occurrence of specific kinds of change of control events, we will be required to offer to repurchase all outstanding notes at 101% of their principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest. The source of funds for any such purchase of the notes will be our available cash or cash generated from our subsidiaries’ operations or other sources, including borrowings, sales of assets or sales of equity. We may not be able to repurchase the notes upon a change of control because we may not have sufficient financial resources to purchase all of the notes that are tendered upon a change of control and we may be required to secure third party financing to do so. We may not be able to obtain this financing on commercially reasonable terms, on acceptable terms to us, or at all. Further, we will be contractually restricted under the terms of our senior secured credit facilities from repurchasing all of the notes tendered by holders upon a change of control. Accordingly, we may not be able to satisfy our obligations to purchase the notes unless we are able to refinance or obtain waivers under our senior secured credit facilities. Our failure to repurchase the notes upon a change of control would cause a default under the indenture governing the notes and a cross default under the senior secured credit facilities. The senior secured credit facilities also provide that a change of control will be a default that permits lenders to accelerate the maturity of borrowings thereunder. Any of our future debt agreements may contain similar provisions.

The change of control provisions in the indenture governing the notes may not protect you in the event we consummate a reorganization, restructuring, merger or other similar transaction, unless such transaction constitutes a change of control under the indenture. Such a transaction may not involve a change in voting power or beneficial ownership or, even if it does, may not involve a change in the magnitude required under the definition of change of control in the indenture to trigger our obligation to repurchase the notes. Except as otherwise described above, the indenture does not contain provisions that permit the holders of the notes to require us to repurchase or redeem the notes in the event of a reorganization, restructuring, merger or other

 

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similar transaction. If an event occurs that does not constitute a “change of control” under the indenture, we will not be required to make an offer to repurchase the notes and you may be required to continue to hold your notes despite the event. See “Description of Other Indebtedness” and “Description of Notes—Change of Control.”

Federal and state fraudulent transfer laws may permit a court to void the notes and the guarantees, subordinate claims in respect of the notes and the guarantees and require noteholders to return payments received and, if that occurs, you may not receive any payments on the notes.

Federal and state fraudulent transfer and conveyance statutes may apply to the issuance of the notes and the incurrence of any guarantees of the notes, including the guarantee by the guarantors entered into upon issuance of the notes and subsidiary guarantees (if any) that may be entered into thereafter under the terms of the indenture governing the notes. Under federal bankruptcy law and comparable provisions of state fraudulent transfer or conveyance laws, which may vary from state to state, the notes or guarantees could be voided as a fraudulent transfer or conveyance if (1) we or any of the guarantors, as applicable, issued the notes or incurred the guarantees with the intent of hindering, delaying or defrauding creditors or (2) we or any of the guarantors, as applicable, received less than reasonably equivalent value or fair consideration in return for either issuing the notes or incurring the guarantees and, in the case of (2) only, one of the following is also true at the time thereof:

 

   

we or any of the guarantors, as applicable, were insolvent or rendered insolvent by reason of the issuance of the notes or the incurrence of the guarantees;

 

   

the issuance of the notes or the incurrence of the guarantees left us or any of the guarantors, as applicable, with an unreasonably small amount of capital to carry on the business;

 

   

we or any of the guarantors intended to, or believed that we or such guarantor would, incur debts beyond our or such guarantor’s ability to pay such debts as they mature; or

 

   

we or any of the guarantors was a defendant in an action for money damages, or had a judgment for money damages docketed against us or such guarantor if, in either case, after final judgment, the judgment is unsatisfied.

A court would likely find that we or a guarantor did not receive reasonably equivalent value or fair consideration for the notes or such guarantee if we or such guarantor did not substantially benefit directly or indirectly from the issuance of the notes or the applicable guarantee. As a general matter, value is given for a transfer or an obligation if, in exchange for the transfer or obligation, property is transferred or an antecedent debt is secured or satisfied. A debtor will generally not be considered to have received value in connection with a debt offering if the debtor uses the proceeds of that offering to make a dividend payment or otherwise retire or redeem equity securities issued by the debtor.

We cannot be certain as to the standards a court would use to determine whether or not we or the guarantors were solvent at the relevant time or, regardless of the standard that a court uses, that the issuance of the guarantees would not be further subordinated to our or any of our guarantors’ other debt. Generally, however, an entity would be considered insolvent if, at the time it incurred indebtedness:

 

   

the sum of its debts, including contingent liabilities, was greater than the fair saleable value of all its assets; or

 

   

the present fair saleable value of its assets was less than the amount that would be required to pay its probable liability on its existing debts, including contingent liabilities, as they become absolute and mature; or

 

   

it could not pay its debts as they become due.

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event of a finding that a fraudulent transfer or conveyance occurred, you may not receive any repayment on the notes. Further, the voidance of the notes could result in an event of default with respect to our and our subsidiaries’ other debt that could result in acceleration of such debt.

Although each guarantee entered into by a subsidiary contains a provision intended to limit that guarantor’s liability to the maximum amount that it could incur without causing the incurrence of obligations under its guarantee to be a fraudulent transfer, this provision may not be effective to protect those guarantees from being voided under fraudulent transfer law, or may reduce that guarantor’s obligation to an amount that effectively makes its guarantee worthless. In a recent Florida bankruptcy case, this kind of provision was found to be ineffective to protect the guarantees.

You may be adversely affected if you fail to exchange old notes.

We will only issue exchange notes in exchange for old notes that are timely received by the exchange agent, together with all required documents, including a properly completed and signed letter of transmittal. Therefore, you should allow sufficient time to ensure timely delivery of the old notes and you should carefully follow the instructions on how to tender your old notes. Neither we nor the exchange agent are required to tell you of any defects or irregularities with respect to your tender of the old notes. If you are eligible to participate in this exchange offer and do not tender your old notes or if we do not accept your old notes because you did not tender your old notes properly, then, after we consummate this exchange offer, you will continue to hold old notes that are subject to the existing transfer restrictions and will no longer have any registration rights or be entitled to any additional interest with respect to the old notes. In addition:

 

   

if you tender your old notes for the purpose of participating in a distribution of the exchange notes, you will be required to comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of the exchange notes; and

 

   

if you are a broker-dealer that receives exchange notes for your own account in exchange for old notes that you acquired as a result of market-making activities or any other trading activities, you will be required to acknowledge that you will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of those exchange notes.

We have agreed that, for a period of 180 days after the date of this prospectus, we will make this prospectus available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any resales of the exchange notes.

After this exchange offer is consummated, if you continue to hold any old notes, you may have difficulty selling them because there will be fewer old notes outstanding.

Your ability to transfer the notes may be limited by the absence of an active trading market, and there is no assurance that any active trading market will develop for the notes.

The exchange notes are a new issue of securities of the same class as the old notes for which there is no established public market. We do not intend to have the exchange notes listed on a national securities exchange or included in any automated quotation system.

The initial purchasers of the old notes have advised us that they intend to make a market in the notes as permitted by applicable laws and regulations; however, the initial purchasers are not obligated to make a market in any of the notes and they may discontinue their market making activities at any time without notice. Therefore, an active market for any of the notes may not develop or, if developed, it may not continue. The liquidity of any market for the notes will depend upon the number of holders of the notes, our performance, the market for similar securities, the interest of securities dealers in making a market in the notes and other factors. A liquid trading market may not develop for the notes. If a market develops, the notes could trade at prices that may be lower than the initial offering price of the notes. If an active market does not develop or is not maintained, the price and liquidity of the notes may be adversely affected.

 

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Historically, the market for non-investment grade debt has been subject to disruptions that have caused substantial volatility in the prices of securities similar to the notes. The market, if any, for any of the notes may not be free from similar disruptions; any such disruptions may adversely affect the prices at which you may sell your notes. In addition, subsequent to their initial issuance, the notes may trade at a discount from their initial offering price, depending upon prevailing interest rates, the market for similar notes, our performance and other factors.

The interests of our shareholders may not be aligned with ours or those of holders of notes.

Affiliates of Apollo collectively beneficially own approximately 51.0% of our outstanding voting common stock and Popular beneficially owns approximately 49.0% of our outstanding voting common stock. As a result, subject to the Stockholder Agreement described in this prospectus, Apollo and Popular are in a position to control all matters affecting us, including decisions regarding extraordinary business transactions, fundamental corporate transactions, appointment of members to our management, election of directors and our corporate and management policies. The interests of Apollo and/or Popular could conflict with your interests. For example, if we encounter financial difficulties or are unable to pay our debts as they mature, the interests of Apollo and/or Popular might conflict with your interests as a holder of the notes. Apollo and/or Popular may also have an interest in pursuing acquisitions, divestitures, financings or other transactions that, in their judgment, could enhance their respective equity investments, even though such transactions might involve risks to you as a holder of the notes. See “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions” and “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management.”

Furthermore, Popular operates in the financial services industry and Apollo is in the business of making investments in companies and one or more of them may from time to time acquire and hold interests in businesses that compete directly or indirectly with us, as well as businesses that represent major customers of our business. Apollo and/or Popular may also pursue acquisition opportunities that may be complementary to our business, and as a result, those acquisition opportunities may not be available to us.

The market value of the notes may be subject to substantial volatility.

Historically, the market for high-yield debt has been subject to disruptions that have caused substantial volatility in the prices of securities similar to the notes. We cannot assure you that the market, if any, for either series of the notes will be free from similar disruptions or that any such disruptions will not adversely affect the prices at which you may sell your notes. As has recently been evident in connection with the recent turmoil in global financial markets, the entire high-yield debt market can experience sudden and sharp price swings, which can be exacerbated by factors such as (1) large or sustained sales by major investors in high-yield debt, (2) a default by a high profile issuer or (3) simply a change in investors’ psychology regarding high-yield debt. A real or perceived economic downturn or higher interest rates could cause a decline in the market value of the notes. Moreover, if one of the major rating agencies lowers its credit rating on us or either series of the notes, the market value of such series of notes will likely decline. Therefore, we cannot assure you that you will be able to sell your notes at a particular time or, in the event you are able to sell your notes, that the price that you receive when you sell will be favorable.

If the notes are rated investment grade at any time by both Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service and Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., most of the restrictive covenants contained in the indenture governing the notes will be suspended.

If, at any time, the credit rating on the notes, as determined by both Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service or Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., equals or exceeds BBB- and Baa3, respectively, or any equivalent replacement ratings, and no default has occurred and is then continuing under the indenture, we will not be subject to most of the restrictive covenants and certain events of default contained in the indenture governing the notes. As a result, you may have less credit protection than you will at the time the notes are issued. In the event that one or both of the ratings later drops below investment grade, we will thereafter again be subject to such restrictive covenants and events of default.

 

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THE EXCHANGE OFFER

Purpose and Effect of this Exchange Offer

In connection with the issuance of the old notes, we and the guarantors of the old notes entered into a registration rights agreement with the initial purchasers of the old notes. Under that agreement, we agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause a registration statement related to the exchange of old notes for exchange notes to be declared effective under the Securities Act and to consummate an exchange offer on or prior to the 366th day after September 30, 2010.

The registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part was filed in compliance with our obligations under this registration rights agreement. The exchange notes will have terms substantially identical to the old notes except the exchange notes will not contain terms with respect to transfer restrictions and registration rights and we will not be obligated to pay additional interest as described in the registration rights agreements.

Under the circumstances set forth below, we will use our commercially reasonable efforts to cause the SEC to declare effective a shelf registration statement with respect to the resale of the old notes and to keep the shelf registration statement effective for a period of one year or such until such time as all of the old notes have been sold thereunder. These circumstances include:

 

   

because of any change in current law or SEC policy, we are not permitted to effect this exchange offer;

 

   

this exchange offer is not consummated within 366 days after September 30, 2010; or

 

   

any holder of old notes who is not able to participate in this exchange offer so requests in writing on or before the 20th business day after the consummation of this exchange offer.

Each holder of old notes that wishes to exchange such old notes for transferable exchange notes in this exchange offer will be required to make the following representations:

 

   

that any exchange notes to be received by it will be acquired in the ordinary course of its business;

 

   

that at the time of the commencement of the registered exchange offer it had no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution (within the meaning of Securities Act) of exchange notes in violation of the Securities Act;

 

   

that it is not an “affiliate,” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, of ours, or if it is an affiliate of ours, that it will comply with the applicable registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act;

 

   

if such holder is not a broker-dealer, that it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, the distribution of exchange notes; and

 

   

if such holder is a broker-dealer, that it will receive exchange notes for its own account in exchange for old notes that were acquired as a result of market-making or other trading activities and that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such exchange notes.

Resale of Exchange Notes

Based on interpretations of the SEC staff set forth in no action letters issued to unrelated third parties, we believe that exchange notes issued under this exchange offer in exchange for old notes may be offered for resale, resold and otherwise transferred by any exchange note holder without compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery provisions of the Securities Act, if:

 

   

such holder is not an “affiliate” of ours within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act;

 

   

such exchange notes are acquired in the ordinary course of the holder’s business; and

 

   

the holder does not intend to participate in the distribution of such exchange notes.

 

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Any holder who tenders in this exchange offer with the intention of participating in any manner in a distribution of the exchange notes:

 

   

cannot rely on the position of the staff of the SEC set forth in “Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation” or similar interpretive letters; and

 

   

must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with a secondary resale transaction.

This prospectus may be used for an offer to resell, for the resale or for other retransfer of exchange notes only as specifically set forth in this prospectus. With regard to broker-dealers, only broker-dealers that acquired the old notes as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities may participate in this exchange offer. Each broker-dealer that receives exchange notes for its own account in exchange for old notes, where such old notes were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of the exchange notes. The notes may not be sold under state securities laws unless the shares have been registered or qualified for sale in the applicable state or an exemption from registration or qualification requirement is available. Except as required by the registration rights agreement, we do not intend to register resales of the old notes under the Securities Act. Please read the section captioned “Plan of Distribution” for more details regarding these procedures for the transfer of exchange notes.

Terms of this Exchange Offer

Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this prospectus and in the letter of transmittal, we will accept for exchange any old notes properly tendered and not withdrawn prior to the expiration date. We will issue a like principal amount of exchange notes in exchange for the principal amount of old notes surrendered under this exchange offer.

The form and terms of the exchange notes will be substantially identical to the form and terms of the old notes except the exchange notes will be registered under the Securities Act, will not bear legends restricting their transfer and we will not be obligated to pay additional interest as described in the registration rights agreement. The exchange notes will evidence the same debt as the old notes. The exchange notes will be issued under and entitled to the benefits of the same indenture that authorized the issuance of the old notes. Consequently, the old notes and the exchange notes will be treated as a single class of debt securities under the indenture.

This exchange offer is not conditioned upon any minimum aggregate principal amount of old notes being tendered for exchange.

As of the date of this prospectus, $220.0 million aggregate principal amount of the old notes are outstanding. This prospectus and the letter of transmittal are being sent to all registered holders of old notes. There will be no fixed record date for determining registered holders of old notes entitled to participate in this exchange offer.

We intend to conduct this exchange offer in accordance with the provisions of the registration rights agreement, the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC. Old notes that are not tendered for exchange in this exchange offer will remain outstanding and continue to accrue interest and will be entitled to the rights and benefits such holders have under the applicable indenture relating to the old notes.

We will be deemed to have accepted for exchange properly tendered old notes when we have given oral or written notice of the acceptance to the exchange agent. The exchange agent will act as agent for the tendering holders for the purposes of receiving the exchange notes from us and delivering exchange notes to such holders.

 

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Subject to the terms of the registration rights agreements, we expressly reserve the right to amend or terminate this exchange offer, and not to accept for exchange any old notes not previously accepted for exchange, upon the occurrence of any of the conditions specified below under the caption “—Certain Conditions to this Exchange Offer.”

Holders who tender old notes in this exchange offer will not be required to pay brokerage commissions or fees, or, subject to the instructions in the letter of transmittal, transfer taxes with respect to the exchange of old notes. We will pay all charges and expenses, other than those transfer taxes described below, in connection with this exchange offer. It is important that you read the section labeled “—Fees and Expenses” below for more details regarding fees and expenses incurred in this exchange offer.

Expiration Date; Extensions; Amendments

This exchange offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time on                     , 2011, unless in our sole discretion, we extend it. The exchange notes issued pursuant to this exchange offer will be delivered promptly following the expiration date to the holders who validly tender their old notes.

In order to extend this exchange offer, we will notify the exchange agent orally or in writing of any extension. We will notify in writing or by public announcement the registered holders of old notes of the extension no later than 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the business day after the previously scheduled expiration date.

We reserve the right, in our sole discretion:

 

   

to delay accepting for exchange any old notes, to extend this exchange offer or to terminate this exchange offer and to refuse to accept old notes not previously accepted if any of the conditions set forth below under “—Certain Conditions to this Exchange Offer” have not been satisfied, by giving oral or written notice of such delay, extension or termination to the exchange agent; or

 

   

subject to the terms of the registration rights agreement, to amend the terms of this exchange offer in any manner.

Any such delay in acceptance, extension, termination or amendment will be followed as promptly as practicable by oral or written notice or public announcement thereof to the registered holders of old notes. If we amend this exchange offer in a manner that we determine to constitute a material change, including the waiver of a material condition, we will promptly disclose such amendment in a manner reasonably calculated to inform the holders of old notes of such amendment and will extend this exchange offer to the extent required by law, if necessary. Generally we must keep this exchange offer open for at least five business days after a material change. Pursuant to Rule 14e-1(b) under the Exchange Act, if we increase or decrease the percentage of old notes being sought, we will extend this exchange offer for at least ten business days from the date that notice of such increase or decrease is first published, sent or given by us to holders of the old notes. We currently do not intend to decrease the percentage of old notes being sought.

Without limiting the manner in which we may choose to make public announcements of any delay in acceptance, extension, termination or amendment of this exchange offer, we shall have no obligation to publish, advertise, or otherwise communicate any such public announcement, other than by issuing a timely press release to a financial news service.

 

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Certain Conditions to this Exchange Offer

Despite any other term of this exchange offer, we will not be required to accept for exchange, or exchange any exchange notes for, any old notes, and we may terminate this exchange offer as provided in this prospectus before accepting any old notes for exchange if in our reasonable judgment:

 

   

the exchange notes to be received will not be tradable by the holder without restriction under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act and without material restrictions under the blue sky or securities laws of substantially all of the states of the United States;

 

   

this exchange offer, or the making of any exchange by a holder of old notes, would violate applicable law or any applicable interpretation of the staff of the SEC; or

 

   

any action or proceeding has been instituted or threatened in any court or by or before any governmental agency with respect to this exchange offer that, in our judgment, would reasonably be expected to impair our ability to proceed with this exchange offer.

In addition, we will not be obligated to accept for exchange the old notes of any holder that prior to the expiration of the exchange offer has not made:

 

   

the representations described under “—Purpose and Effect of this Exchange Offer,” “—Procedures for Tendering” and “Plan of Distribution,” and

 

   

such other representations as may be reasonably necessary under applicable SEC rules, regulations or interpretations to make available to us an appropriate form for registration of the exchange notes under the Securities Act.

We expressly reserve the right, at any time or at various times on or prior to the scheduled expiration date of the exchange offer, to extend the period of time during which this exchange offer is open. Consequently, we may delay acceptance of any old notes by giving oral or written notice of such extension of the expiration date to the registered holders of the old notes in accordance with the notice procedures described in the following paragraph. During any such extensions, all old notes previously tendered will remain subject to this exchange offer, and we may accept them for exchange unless they have been previously withdrawn. We will return any old notes that we do not accept for exchange for any reason without expense to their tendering holder promptly after the expiration or termination of this exchange offer.

We expressly reserve the right to amend or terminate this exchange offer on or prior to the scheduled expiration date of the exchange offer, and to reject for exchange any old notes not previously accepted for exchange, upon the occurrence of any of the conditions of this exchange offer specified above. We will give oral or written notice or public announcement of any extension, amendment, non-acceptance or termination to the registered holders of the old notes as promptly as practicable. In the case of any extension, such notice will be issued no later than 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the business day after the previously scheduled expiration date.

These conditions are for our sole benefit and we may, in our sole discretion, assert them regardless of the circumstances that may give rise to them or waive them in whole or in part at any time or at various times except that all conditions to this exchange offer, other than those described in the first sentence of this section, must be satisfied or waived by us at or before the expiration of this exchange offer. If we waive any of these conditions to the exchange offer, we expect that such waiver will apply equally to all holders of the old notes tendered in the exchange offer. If we fail to exercise any of the foregoing rights, that failure in itself will not constitute a waiver of such right. Each such right will be deemed an ongoing right that we may assert at any time or at various times except that all conditions to this exchange offer, other than those described in the first sentence of this section, must be satisfied or waived by us at or before the expiration of this exchange offer. There are no dissenter or appraisal rights under applicable law or the indenture relating to this exchange offer.

 

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In addition, we will not accept for exchange any old notes tendered, and will not issue exchange notes in exchange for any such old notes, if at such time any stop order will be threatened or in effect with respect to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part or the qualification of the indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.

Procedures for Tendering

Only a holder of old notes may tender such old notes in this exchange offer. To tender in this exchange offer, a holder must:

 

   

complete, sign and date the letter of transmittal, or a facsimile of the letter of transmittal; have the signature on the letter of transmittal guaranteed if the letter of transmittal so requires; and mail or deliver such letter of transmittal or facsimile to the exchange agent prior to the expiration date; or

 

   

comply with DTC’s Automated Tender Offer Program procedures described below.

In addition, either:

 

   

the exchange agent must receive old notes along with the letter of transmittal; or

 

   

the exchange agent must receive, prior to the expiration date, a timely confirmation of book-entry transfer of such old notes into the exchange agent’s account at DTC according to the procedures for book-entry transfer described below or a properly transmitted agent’s message; or

 

   

the holder must comply with the guaranteed delivery procedures described below.

To be tendered effectively, the exchange agent must receive any physical delivery of the letter of transmittal and other required documents at the address set forth below under “—Exchange Agent” prior to the expiration date.

The tender by a holder that is not withdrawn prior to the expiration date will constitute an agreement between such holder and us in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this prospectus and in the letter of transmittal.

The method of delivery of old notes, the letter of transmittal and all other required documents to the exchange agent is at the holder’s election and risk. Rather than mail these items, we recommend that holders use an overnight or hand delivery service. In all cases, holders should allow sufficient time to assure delivery to the exchange agent before the expiration date. Holders should not send us the letter of transmittal or old notes. Holders may request their respective brokers, dealers, commercial banks, trust companies or other nominees to effect the above transactions for them.

Any beneficial owner whose old notes are registered in the name of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee and who wishes to tender should contact the registered holder promptly and instruct it to tender on the owners’ behalf. If such beneficial owner wishes to tender on its own behalf, it must, prior to completing and executing the letter of transmittal and delivering its old notes, either:

 

   

make appropriate arrangements to register ownership of the old notes in such owner’s name; or

 

   

obtain a properly completed bond power from the registered holder of old notes.

The transfer of registered ownership may take considerable time and may not be completed prior to the expiration date.

Signatures on a letter of transmittal or a notice of withdrawal described below must be guaranteed by a member firm of a registered national securities exchange or of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., a commercial bank or trust company having an office or correspondent in the United States or another

 

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“eligible institution” within the meaning of Rule 17Ad-15 under the Exchange Act, unless the old notes tendered pursuant thereto are tendered:

 

   

by a registered holder who has not completed the box entitled “Special Issuance Instructions” or “Special Delivery Instructions” on the letter of transmittal; or

 

   

for the account of an eligible institution.

If the letter of transmittal is signed by a person other than the registered holder of any old notes listed on the old notes, such old notes must be endorsed or accompanied by a properly completed bond power. The bond power must be signed by the registered holder as the registered holder’s name appears on the old notes and an eligible institution must guarantee the signature on the bond power.

If the letter of transmittal or any old notes or bond powers are signed by trustees, executors, administrators, guardians, attorneys-in-fact, officers of corporations or others acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, such persons should so indicate when signing. Unless waived by us, they should also submit evidence satisfactory to us of their authority to deliver the letter of transmittal.

Any financial institution that is a participant in DTC’s system may use DTC’s Automated Tender Offer Program to tender. Participants in the program may, instead of physically completing and signing the letter of transmittal and delivering it to the exchange agent, transmit their acceptance of this exchange offer electronically. They may do so by causing DTC to transfer the old notes to the exchange agent in accordance with its procedures for transfer. DTC will then send an agent’s message to the exchange agent. The term “agent’s message” means a message transmitted by DTC, received by the exchange agent and forming part of the book-entry confirmation, to the effect that:

 

   

DTC has received an express acknowledgment from a participant in its Automated Tender Offer Program that it is tendering old notes that are the subject of such book-entry confirmation;

 

   

such participant has received and agrees to be bound by the terms of the letter of transmittal (or, in the case of an agent’s message relating to guaranteed delivery, that such participant has received and agrees to be bound by the applicable notice of guaranteed delivery); and

 

   

the agreement may be enforced against such participant.

We will determine in our sole discretion all questions as to the validity, form, eligibility (including time of receipt), acceptance of tendered old notes and withdrawal of tendered old notes. Our determination will be final and binding. We reserve the absolute right to reject any old notes not properly tendered or any old notes the acceptance of which would, in the opinion of our counsel, be unlawful. We also reserve the right to waive any defects, irregularities or conditions of tender as to particular old notes. Our interpretation of the terms and conditions of this exchange offer (including the instructions in the letter of transmittal) will be final and binding on all parties. Unless waived, any defects or irregularities in connection with tenders of old notes must be cured within such time as we shall determine. Although we intend to notify holders of defects or irregularities with respect to tenders of old notes, neither we, the exchange agent nor any other person will incur any liability for failure to give such notification. Tenders of old notes will not be deemed made until such defects or irregularities have been cured or waived. Any old notes received by the exchange agent that are not properly tendered and as to which the defects or irregularities have not been cured or waived will be returned to the exchange agent without cost to the tendering holder, unless otherwise provided in the letter of transmittal, promptly following the expiration date.

In all cases, we will issue exchange notes for old notes that we have accepted for exchange under this exchange offer only after the exchange agent timely receives:

 

   

old notes or a timely book-entry confirmation of such old notes into the exchange agent’s account at DTC; and

 

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a properly completed and duly executed letter of transmittal and all other required documents or a properly transmitted agent’s message.

By signing the letter of transmittal, each tendering holder of old notes will represent that, among other things:

 

   

any exchange notes that the holder receives will be acquired in the ordinary course of its business;

 

   

the holder has no arrangement or understanding with any person or entity to participate in the distribution of the exchange notes;

 

   

if the holder is not a broker-dealer, that it is not engaged in and does not intend to engage in the distribution of the exchange notes;

 

   

if the holder is a broker-dealer that will receive exchange notes for its own account in exchange for old notes that were acquired as a result of market-making activities, that it will deliver a prospectus, as required by law, in connection with any resale of such exchange notes; and

 

   

the holder is not an “affiliate,” as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act, of us.

Book-Entry Transfer

The exchange agent will make a request to establish an account with respect to the old notes at DTC for purposes of this exchange offer promptly after the date of this prospectus; and any financial institution participating in DTC’s system may make book-entry delivery of old notes by causing DTC to transfer such old notes into the exchange agent’s account at DTC in accordance with DTC’s procedures for transfer. Holders of old notes who are unable to deliver confirmation of the book-entry tender of their old notes into the exchange agent’s account at DTC or all other documents of transmittal to the exchange agent on or prior to the expiration date must tender their old notes according to the guaranteed delivery procedures described below.

Guaranteed Delivery Procedures

Holders wishing to tender their old notes but whose old notes are not immediately available or who cannot deliver their old notes, the letter of transmittal or any other required documents to the exchange agent or comply with the applicable procedures under DTC’s Automated Tender Offer Program prior to the expiration date may tender if:

 

   

the tender is made through an eligible institution;

 

   

prior to the expiration date, the exchange agent receives from such eligible institution either a properly completed and duly executed notice of guaranteed delivery by facsimile transmission, mail or hand delivery or a properly transmitted agent’s message and notice of guaranteed delivery:

 

   

setting forth the name and address of the holder, the registered number(s) of such old notes and the principal amount of old notes tendered;

 

   

stating that the tender is being made thereby; and

 

   

guaranteeing that, within three (3) New York Stock Exchange trading days after the expiration date, the letter of transmittal or facsimile thereof together with the old notes or a book-entry confirmation, and any other documents required by the letter of transmittal will be deposited by the eligible institution with the exchange agent; and

 

   

the exchange agent receives such properly completed and executed letter of transmittal or facsimile thereof, as well as all tendered old notes in proper form for transfer or a book-entry confirmation, and all other documents required by the letter of transmittal, within three (3) New York Stock Exchange trading days after the expiration date.

 

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Upon request to the exchange agent, a notice of guaranteed delivery will be sent to holders who wish to tender their old notes according to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth above.

Withdrawal of Tenders

Except as otherwise provided in this prospectus, holders of old notes may withdraw their tenders at any time prior to the expiration date.

For a withdrawal to be effective:

 

   

the exchange agent must receive a written notice, which notice may be by telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter of withdrawal at one of the addresses set forth below under “—Exchange Agent”; or

 

   

holders must comply with the appropriate procedures of DTC’s Automated Tender Offer Program system.

Any such notice of withdrawal must:

 

   

specify the name of the person who tendered the old notes to be withdrawn;

 

   

identify the old notes to be withdrawn, including the principal amount of such old notes; and

 

   

where certificates for old notes have been transmitted, specify the name in which such old notes were registered, if different from that of the withdrawing holder.

If certificates for old notes have been delivered or otherwise identified to the exchange agent, then, prior to the release of such certificates, the withdrawing holder must also submit:

 

   

the serial numbers of the particular certificates to be withdrawn; and

 

   

a signed notice of withdrawal with signatures guaranteed by an eligible institution unless such holder is an eligible institution.

If old notes have been tendered pursuant to the procedure for book-entry transfer described above, any notice of withdrawal must specify the name and number of the account at DTC to be credited with the withdrawn old notes and otherwise comply with the procedures of such facility. We will determine all questions as to the validity, form and eligibility, including time of receipt, of such notices, and our determination shall be final and binding on all parties. We will deem any old notes so withdrawn not to have been validly tendered for exchange for purposes of this exchange offer. Any old notes that have been tendered for exchange but that are not exchanged for any reason will be returned to their holder without cost to the holder (or, in the case of old notes tendered by book-entry transfer into the exchange agent’s account at DTC according to the procedures described above, such old notes will be credited to an account maintained with DTC for old notes) as soon as practicable after withdrawal, rejection of tender or termination of this exchange offer. Properly withdrawn old notes may be retendered by following one of the procedures described under “—Procedures for Tendering” above at any time on or prior to the expiration date.

 

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Exchange Agent

Wilmington Trust FSB has been appointed as exchange agent for this exchange offer. You should direct questions and requests for assistance, requests for additional copies of this prospectus or of the letter of transmittal and requests for the notice of guaranteed delivery to the exchange agent addressed as follows:

By Mail, Hand or Overnight Delivery:

Wilmington Trust FSB

c/o Wilmington Trust Company

Corporate Capital Markets

Rodney Square North

1100 North Market Street

Wilmington, Delaware 19890-1626

By Facsimile:

(302) 636-4139

For Information or Confirmation by Telephone:

Sam Hamed

(302) 636-6181

Delivery of the letter of transmittal to an address other than as set forth above or transmission via facsimile other than as set forth above does not constitute a valid delivery of such letter of transmittal.

Fees and Expenses

We will bear the expenses of soliciting tenders. The principal solicitation is being made by mail; however, we may make additional solicitations by telegraph, telephone or in person by our officers and regular employees and those of our affiliates.

We have not retained any dealer-manager in connection with this exchange offer and will not make any payments to broker-dealers or others soliciting acceptances of this exchange offer. We will, however, pay the exchange agent reasonable and customary fees for its services and reimburse it for its related reasonable out-of-pocket expenses.

Our expenses in connection with this exchange offer include:

 

   

SEC registration fees;

 

   

fees and expenses of the exchange agent and trustee;

 

   

accounting and legal fees and printing costs; and

 

   

related fees and expenses.

Transfer Taxes

We will pay all transfer taxes, if any, applicable to the exchange of old notes under this exchange offer. The tendering holder, however, will be required to pay any transfer taxes, whether imposed on the registered holder or any other person, if:

 

   

certificates representing old notes for principal amounts not tendered or accepted for exchange are to be delivered to, or are to be issued in the name of, any person other than the registered holder of old notes tendered;

 

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tendered old notes are registered in the name of any person other than the person signing the letter of transmittal; or

 

   

a transfer tax is imposed for any reason other than the exchange of old notes under this exchange offer.

If satisfactory evidence of payment of such taxes is not submitted with the letter of transmittal, the amount of such transfer taxes will be billed to that tendering holder.

Holders who tender their old notes for exchange will not be required to pay any transfer taxes. However, holders who instruct us to register exchange notes in the name of, or request that old notes not tendered or not accepted in this exchange offer be returned to, a person other than the registered tendering holder will be required to pay any applicable transfer tax.

Consequences of Failure to Exchange

Holders of old notes who do not exchange their old notes for exchange notes under this exchange offer will remain subject to the restrictions on transfer of such old notes:

 

   

as set forth in the legend printed on the notes as a consequence of the issuance of the old notes pursuant to the exemptions from, or in transactions not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws; and

 

   

otherwise as set forth in the offering memorandum distributed in connection with the private offering of the old notes.

In general, you may not offer or sell the old notes unless they are registered under the Securities Act, or if the offer or sale is exempt from registration under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. Except as required by the registration rights agreement, we do not intend to register resales of the old notes under the Securities Act. Based on interpretations of the SEC staff, exchange notes issued pursuant to this exchange offer may be offered for resale, resold or otherwise transferred by their holders, other than any such holder that is our “affiliate” within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act, without compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery provisions of the Securities Act, provided that the holders acquired the exchange notes in the ordinary course of the holders’ business and the holders have no arrangement or understanding with respect to the distribution of the exchange notes to be acquired in this exchange offer. Any holder who tenders in this exchange offer for the purpose of participating in a distribution of the exchange notes:

 

   

could not rely on the applicable interpretations of the SEC; and

 

   

must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with a secondary resale transaction.

Accounting Treatment

We will record the exchange notes in our accounting records at the same carrying value as the old notes, as reflected in our accounting records on the date of exchange. Accordingly, we will not recognize any gain or loss for accounting purposes in connection with this exchange offer. The expenses of the exchange offer will be charged to expense.

Other

Participation in this exchange offer is voluntary, and you should carefully consider whether to accept. You are urged to consult your financial and tax advisors in making your own decision on what action to take.

We may in the future seek to acquire untendered old notes in the open market or privately negotiated transactions, through subsequent exchange offers or otherwise. We have no present plans to acquire any old notes that are not tendered in this exchange offer or to file a registration statement to permit resales of any untendered old notes.

 

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USE OF PROCEEDS

We will not receive any cash proceeds from the issuance of the exchange notes. In consideration for issuing the exchange notes contemplated in this prospectus, we will receive in exchange old notes in like principal amount, which will be canceled and as such will not result in any increase in our indebtedness. See “Summary—The Transactions” for a description of the sources and uses of funds for the Transactions, which includes the issuance of the old notes.

 

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CAPITALIZATION

The following table sets forth our cash and capitalization as of December 31, 2010, both on a historical basis and on a pro forma basis after giving effect to (i) the transfer from Popular to EVERTEC of a 19.99% equity interest in CONTADO, which transfer closed on March 31, 2011, and (ii) the assumed transfer from Popular to EVERTEC of a 31.11% equity interest in Serfinsa in connection with the Merger.

You should read this table in conjunction with our consolidated and combined financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus, as well as the sections “Summary—Summary Historical and Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated and Combined Financial Data,” “Use of Proceeds,” “Selected Historical Consolidated and Combined Financial Data,” “Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated Financial Information” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”

 

(Dollar amounts in thousands)    Actual      Pro Forma  

Cash (1)

   $ 55,699       $ 44,554   
                 

Debt:

     

Senior secured credit facilities

     

Senior secured revolving credit facility (2)

   $ —         $ —     

Senior secured term loan facility, net of discounts (1)(3)

     342,173         340,578   

Notes

     220,000         220,000   
                 

Total debt, including current portion

     562,173         560,578   

Total equity

     326,524         325,207   
                 

Total capitalization

   $ 888,697       $ 885,785   
                 

 

(1) The pro forma cash balance reflects (a) the transfer from Popular to EVERTEC of a 19.99% equity interest in CONTADO, which transfer closed on March 31, 2011, and (b) the assumed transfer from Popular to EVERTEC of a 31.11% equity interest in Serfinsa, respectively, representing the net effect of (i) a cash payment by EVERTEC to Popular of $20.3 million held back at the time of the Merger, (ii) cash receipt of $10.8 million, which represented 50% of the after tax proceeds received by Popular from the sale of the 33.98% equity interest in CONTADO not transferred to EVERTEC and (iii) the repayment of our senior secured term loan of $1.7 million, which repayment was required under the terms of our senior secured credit facilities.

 

(2) In connection with the Transactions, we entered into a $50.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility, none of which was drawn at December 31, 2010.

 

(3) On an actual basis, the aggregate principal amount of $355.0 million of the senior secured term loan was reduced by the discount of $11.9 million and the repayment of $0.9 million as of December 31, 2010. Pro forma balance reflects (a) the repayment of $1.7 million of our senior secured term loan from the proceeds described in note (1) above, and (b) an increase of $0.1 million related to the elimination of the pro rata portion of the debt discount.

 

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UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

The following unaudited pro forma consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2010 and the unaudited pro forma consolidated statement of income for the year ended December 31, 2010 are based on the historical consolidated and combined financial statements of EVERTEC appearing elsewhere in this prospectus and give effect to (i) the transfer from Popular to EVERTEC of a 19.99% equity interest in CONTADO, which transfer closed on March 31, 2011, and (ii) the assumed transfer from Popular to EVERTEC of 31.11% equity interest in Serfinsa, respectively, in connection with the Merger as if they had occurred on December 31, 2010 for purposes of the unaudited pro forma consolidated balance sheet and (i) the Transactions and (ii) the acquisition of the 19.99% CONTADO equity investment and the proposed acquisition of the 31.11% Serfinsa equity investment as if they had occurred on January 1, 2010 for purposes of the unaudited pro forma consolidated statement of income.

Pro forma adjustments primarily reflect the following:

 

   

As discussed more fully in “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions—Related Party Transactions in Connection with the Closing of the Merger—The Merger Agreement” and “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions—Internal Reorganization—Master Reorganization Agreement,” (i) the removal from the historical financial statements of the earnings of equity method investments in CONTADO and Serfinsa, which were not acquired by EVERTEC as of the closing of the Merger, (ii) the transfer from Popular to EVERTEC of a 19.99% equity interest in CONTADO, (iii) the assumed transfer from Popular to EVERTEC of a 31.11% equity interest in Serfinsa and (iv) the settlement of the CONTADO and Serfinsa related derivative assets;

 

   

Changes in depreciation and amortization expense resulting from fair value adjustments to net tangible assets and amortizable intangible assets;

 

   

Changes in interest expense and debt issuance costs resulting from indebtedness incurred in connection with the Transactions; and

 

   

The effect of the above adjustments on deferred tax assets and liabilities and income tax expense.

The acquisition of EVERTEC was accounted for as a business combination using the purchase method of accounting, which established a new accounting basis at EVERTEC for all assets acquired and liabilities assumed, based on fair value. The fair values assigned to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed are subject to refinement for up to one year after the closing date of the acquisition as new information relative to closing date fair value becomes available, and thus the recognized goodwill may increase or decrease. Completion of the Company’s internal review of such work is expected to be finalized during fiscal 2011.

The Predecessor period financial statements of EVERTEC include expenses allocated by Popular based on a percentage of revenues or costs (and not based on actual costs incurred), which will not continue post closing. The allocated expenses are related to certain corporate functions such as accounting, tax, treasury, payroll and benefits, risk management, institutional marketing, legal, public relations and compliance. The expenses for these corporate allocations are included in operating cost and expenses on the historical combined statement of operations of EVERTEC, and amounted to $7.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. These historical allocations are not representative of expenses that we will incur as a stand-alone entity. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Result of Operations—Basis of Presentation.” However, no adjustment has been reflected in the accompanying unaudited pro forma consolidated financial information for any differences between the estimated costs to be incurred as a stand-alone entity and the historically allocated costs to EVERTEC, although these adjustments are included in our calculation of Adjusted EBITDA. See “Summary—Summary Historical and Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated and Combined Financial Data.”

The unaudited pro forma adjustments are based upon available information and certain assumptions that we believe are reasonable. The unaudited pro forma consolidated financial information is presented for information

 

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purposes only and is not intended to represent or be indicative of the actual consolidated results of operations or financial position that we would have reported had the Transactions and the acquisition of a 19.99% CONTADO equity interest and the proposed acquisition of a 31.11% Serfinsa equity interest been completed as of the dates and for the periods presented, and should not be taken as representative of our consolidated results of operations or financial condition following the completion of these events. The unaudited pro forma consolidated financial information should be read in conjunction with other information contained in “Summary—The Transactions,” “Description of other Indebtedness—Senior Secured Credit Facilities,” “Selected Historical Consolidated and Combined Financial Data,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Result of Operations,” “Description of Other Indebtedness” and the historical consolidated and combined financial statements and related notes of EVERTEC included elsewhere in this prospectus.

EVERTEC, Inc.

Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated Balance Sheet

As of December 31, 2010

 

(Dollar amounts in thousands)    Historical
EVERTEC, Inc.
    Acquisition of
CONTADO
and Serfinsa
Adjustments (1)
    Pro Forma  

Assets

      

Current Assets:

      

Cash

   $ 55,699      $ (11,145 )(2)    $ 44,554   

Restricted cash

     5,600        —          5,600   

Accounts receivables, net

     62,578        —          62,578   

Prepaid expenses and other assets

     16,611        (4,970 )(3)      11,641   

Deferred project costs

     918        —          918   
                        

Total current assets

     141,406        (16,115     125,291   

Investments in equity investees

     —          13,266 (4)      13,266   

Property and equipment, net

     43,689        —          43,689   

Goodwill

     376,381        —          376,381   

Other intangible assets, net

     490,616        —          490,616   

Other long-term assets

     29,964        (63 )(2)      29,901   
                        

Total assets

   $ 1,082,056      $ (2,912 )    $ 1,079,144   
                        

Liabilities and stockholder’s equity

      

Current Liabilities:

      

Accrued liabilities

   $ 40,951      $ —        $ 40,951   

Accounts payable

     17,707        —          17,707   

Unearned income

     316        —          316   

Income tax payable

     3,251        —          3,251   

Current portion of long-term debt

     3,550        —          3,550   

Deferred tax liability, net

     16,021        —          16,021   
                        

Total current liabilities

     81,796        —          81,796   

Long-term debt

     558,623        (1,595 )(2)      557,028   

Long-term deferred tax liability, net

     112,885        —          112,885   

Other long-term liabilities

     2,228        —          2,228   
                        

Total liabilities

     755,532        (1,595 )       753,937   

Commitments and contingencies

      

Stockholder’s equity

      

Successor:

      

Preferred stock (Par value $1.00; 0.5 million shares authorized; none issued)

     —          —          —     

Commom stock (Par value $1.00; 2.5 million shares authorized; 100 shares issued and outstanding)

     —          —          —     

Additional paid-in capital

     325,483        —          325,483   

Retained earnings

     1,183        (1,317 )(2)(3)      (134

Accumulated other comprehensive income

     (142     —          (142
                        

Total stockholder’s equity

     326,524        (1,317 )       325,207   
                        
      

Total liabilities and stockholder’s equity

   $ 1,082,056      $ (2,912   $ 1,079,144   
                        

 

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Notes to unaudited pro forma consolidated balance sheet

 

(1) Represents the effects of (i) the transfer from Popular to EVERTEC of a 19.99% equity interest in CONTADO, which transfer closed on March 31, 2011, and (ii) the assumed transfer from Popular to EVERTEC of a 31.11% equity interest in Serfinsa, in connection with the Merger.

At the closing of the Merger, we agreed to acquire up to a 53.97% and up to a 31.11% equity interest in CONTADO and Serfinsa, respectively, subject to final negotiations between Popular and the other shareholders of CONTADO and Serfinsa, pursuant to certain rights of first refusal agreements amongst those parties. As part of this agreement, we held back $20.3 million of purchase consideration at the time of the Merger.

On March 31, 2011, after a final agreement was reached between Popular and the other shareholders of CONTADO, (i) Popular transferred to EVERTEC 19.99% of the equity interest in CONTADO, (ii) Popular paid to EVERTEC $10.8 million, which represented 50% of the after tax proceeds received by Popular from the sale of the 33.98% equity interest not transferred to EVERTEC, and (iii) EVERTEC transferred to Popular $20 million held back at the closing of the Merger.

In connection with the up to 31.11% equity interest in Serfinsa, a $0.3 million holdback amount at the closing of the Merger will be paid by us to Popular in the case of either: (i) a transfer by Popular to us of any of the 31.11% equity interest in Serfinsa, or (ii) if Popular sells all of the equity interest to the other Serfinsa shareholders. Additionally, a payment in the amount of 50% of any after tax sales proceeds from the sale of all or any portion of the 31.11% Serfinsa equity interests to the other Serfinsa shareholders by Popular will be made to EVERTEC. In the event that Popular or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates retain the 31.11% equity interest at the end of the twelve-month period following the date of the Merger, Popular will pay us $0.1 million and we will retain the $0.3 million holdback amount.

Any dividends declared or paid by CONTADO and Serfinsa, following the closing of the Merger until the acquisition of any of the equity interests by EVERTEC, will be paid to EVERTEC by Popular for all of the 53.97% and 31.11% equity interests of CONTADO and Serfinsa, respectively.

See “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions—Related Party Transactions in Connection with the Closing of the Merger—Merger Agreement,” “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions—Internal Reorganization—Master Reorganization Agreement” and Note (2) to the unaudited pro forma consolidated balance sheet.

In connection with the above arrangements, EVERTEC recognized on its historical December 31, 2010 balance sheet derivative assets representing EVERTEC’s rights and obligations to buy equity interests of CONTADO and Serfinsa at an agreed-upon price and EVERTEC’s rights to receive dividends from CONTADO and Serfinsa, which will be settled upon EVERTEC’s acquisition of the equity interests.

 

(2) In connection with (a) the transfer from Popular to EVERTEC of a 19.99% equity interest in CONTADO, which transfer closed on March 31, 2011, and (b) the assumed transfer from Popular to EVERTEC of a 31.11% equity interest in Serfinsa, respectively, represents the net effect of: (i) a cash payment by EVERTEC to Popular of $20.3 million held back at the time of the Merger, (ii) cash receipt of $10.8 million, which represented 50% of the after tax proceeds received by Popular from the sale of the 33.98% equity interest in CONTADO not transferred to EVERTEC, and (iii) the repayment of our senior secured term loan of $1.7 million, which repayment was required under the terms of our senior secured credit facilities. As a result of the repayment, a pro-rata portion of the debt issuance costs of $0.1 million and debt discount of $0.1 million will be eliminated. See Note (1) to the unaudited pro forma consolidated balance sheet.

 

(3) Represents derivative assets of $5.0 million, relating to CONTADO and Serfinsa, and the loss from the settlement of derivatives of $1.2 million.

 

(4) Represents (a) the transfer from Popular to EVERTEC of a 19.99% equity interest in CONTADO, which transfer closed on March 31, 2011 and (b) the assumed transfer from Popular to EVERTEC of a 31.11% equity interest in Serfinsa, respectively.

 

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EVERTEC, Inc.

Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated Statement of Income

For the Year Ended December 31, 2010

 

(Dollar amounts in thousands)   Historical EVERTEC, Inc.     Finance and
Purchase
Accounting
Adjustments
    Pro Forma
before the
Acquisition of
CONTADO
and Serfinsa
    Acquisition of
CONTADO
and Serfinsa
Adjustments
    Pro Forma  
  Predecessor           Successor          
  Nine months ended
September 30, 2010
          Three months ended
December 31, 2010
         
             

Transaction processing

  $ 56,777          $ 21,034      $ —        $ 77,811      $ —        $ 77,811   

Merchant acquiring, net

    39,761            14,789        1,945 (1)      56,495        —          56,495   

Business solutions

    111,784            41,252        —          153,036        —          153,036   
                                                   

Total revenues

    208,322            77,075        1,945        287,342        —          287,342   
                                                   

Operating costs and expenses

               

Cost of revenues (excluding depreciation and amortization)

    106,548            36,505        817 (2)      143,870        —          143,870   

Selling, general and administrative expenses (excluding depreciation and amortization)

    27,000            8,392        2,351 (3)      37,743        —          37,743   

Depreciation and amortization

    19,425            17,722        30,329 (2)(4)      67,476        —          67,476   
                                                   

Total operating costs and expenses

    152,973            62,619        33,497        249,089        —          249,089   
                                                   

Income from operations

    55,349            14,456        (31,552     38,253        —          38,253   

Non-operating income (expenses)

               

Interest income

    360            118        (360 )(5)      118        —          118   

Interest expense

    (70         (13,436     (40,138 )(6)      (53,644     131 (8)      (53,513

Earnings (losses) of equity method investments

    2,270            —          (852 )(7)      1,418        820 (9)      2,238   

Other income (expense)

    2,276            (1,316     —          960        —          960   
                                                   

Total non-operating income (expenses)

    4,836            (14,634     (41,350     (51,148     951        (50,197
                                                   

Income (loss) before income taxes

    60,185            (178     (72,902     (12,895     951        (11,944

Income tax expense (benefit)

    23,017            (1,361     (29,890 )(10)      (8,234     390 (10)      (7,844
                                                   

Net income (loss) from continuing operations

  $ 37,168          $ 1,183      $ (43,012   $ (4,661   $ 561      $ (4,100
                                                 

Notes to unaudited pro forma consolidated statement of income

 

(1) Reflects the increase of revenues by $4.6 million as a result of amortization of contingent liabilities recognized in the Merger, representing EVERTEC’s obligation to provide services to certain customers on unfavorable terms, partially offset by the adjustments of $2.7 million relating to the indemnification assets recognized in the Merger, representing EVERTEC’s rights to subsidies from Popular in connection with these services.

 

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(2) Represents additional software maintenance costs and amortization of software license fees, reflected in cost of revenues of $0.8 million and depreciation and amortization of $ 0.3 million, relating to the software acquired from Popular in the Merger. The additional software related costs paid by EVERTEC will be fully reimbursed by Popular, which will reduce EVERTEC’s indemnification assets recognized in the Merger. See Note (1) of the Notes to Consolidated (Successor) and Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements.

 

(3) Represents pro forma annual management fees for the equity sponsors. See “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions—Related Party Transactions in Connection with the Closing of the Merger—Consulting Agreements.”

 

(4) Reflects incremental depreciation and amortization resulting from the fair value adjustments and revised estimated useful lives assigned to property and equipment and intangible assets.

 

(5) Reflects the removal of interest income as all interest bearing money market investments and short-term loans due from affiliate were not acquired in the Merger.

 

(6) Represents incremental interest expense related to the additional indebtedness (including fees payable on our senior secured revolving credit facility), incurred in connection with the Merger, based on the current interest rates at December 31, 2010. The adjustment assumes amortization of debt issuance costs and discounts based on the effective interest method over the respective maturities of the indebtedness. A change of 12.5 basis points in interest rates above our floors on our senior secured term loan facility would change pro forma interest expense by $0.4 million for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010.

 

(7) Represents the elimination of the operating results of the equity in earnings of CONTADO and Serfinsa, which were not acquired before the closing of the Merger.

 

(8) Reflect the reduction of interest expense as a result of repaying the portion of our senior secured term loan. See Note (2) to the unaudited pro forma consolidated balance sheet.

 

(9) Reflects the equity in income and the related tax effect of (a) the transfer from Popular to EVERTEC of a 19.99% equity interest in CONTADO, which transfer closed on March 31, 2011 and (b) the assumed transfer from Popular to EVERTEC of a 31.11% equity interest in Serfinsa. See “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions—Related Party Transactions in Connection with the Closing of the Merger—Merger Agreement,” “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions—Internal Reorganization—Master Reorganization Agreement” and Note (1) to the unaudited pro forma consolidated balance sheet.

 

(10) Reflects the estimated tax effects resulting from the pro forma adjustments at statutory tax rates in effect as of December 31, 2010.

 

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SELECTED HISTORICAL CONSOLIDATED AND COMBINED FINANCIAL DATA

The following table sets forth our selected historical consolidated and combined financial data as of the dates and for the periods indicated. The selected historical consolidated financial data as of December 31, 2010, and for the three months ended December 31, 2010 have been derived from the audited consolidated financial statements of EVERTEC, Inc. (Successor), appearing elsewhere in this prospectus. The selected historical combined financial data as of December 31, 2009, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 have been derived from the audited combined financial statements of EVERTEC Business Group (Predecessor), appearing elsewhere in this prospectus. The selected historical combined financial data as of December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006 and for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 have been derived from the unaudited combined financial statements of EVERTEC Business Group (Predecessor), not included in this prospectus.

The results of operations for any period are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for any future period and the historical consolidated and combined financial data presented below and elsewhere in this prospectus does not necessarily reflect what our financial position and results of operations would have been had we operated as a separate stand-alone entity during the Predecessor period. The selected historical consolidated and combined financial data set forth below should be read in conjunction with, and are qualified by reference to, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and the consolidated and combined financial statements and related notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this prospectus.

 

    Successor           Predecessor  
    Three months ended
December 31,
          Nine months ended
September 30,
    Years ended December 31,  
    2010           2010     2009     2008     2007     2006  
(Dollar amounts in thousands)                                          

Statements of Income Data:

               

Revenues

               

Transaction processing

  $ 21,034          $ 56,777      $ 74,686      $ 71,574      $ 68,259      $ 66,394   

Merchant aquiring, net

    14,789            39,761        48,744        47,782        38,533        37,240   

Business solutions

    41,252            111,784        143,963        151,857        146,585        139,281   
                                                   

Total revenues

  $ 77,075          $ 208,322      $ 267,393      $ 271,213      $ 253,377      $ 242,915   
                                                   

Operating costs and expenses

               

Cost of revenues (excluding depreciation and amortization)

  $ 36,505          $ 106,548      $ 141,164      $ 154,522      $ 152,552      $ 142,815   

Selling, general and administrative expenses (excluding depreciation and amortization)

    8,392            27,000        25,639        27,643        24,419        25,836   

Depreciation and amortization

    17,722            19,425        24,500        30,389        32,112        32,816   

Income from operations

    14,456            55,349        76,090        58,659        44,294        41,448   

Interest income

    118            360        1,048        1,283        1,239        485   

Interest expense

    (13,436         (70     (91     (170     (376     (741

Earnings of equity method investments

    —              2,270        3,508        4,229        2,799        2,926   

Other (expense) income

    (1,316         2,276        7,942        9,449        (36     890   

(Loss) income before income taxes

    (178         60,185        88,497        73,450        47,920        45,008   

Income tax (benefit) expense

    (1,361         23,017        30,659        23,914        17,707        17,039   

Net income from continuing operations

    1,183            37,168        57,838        49,536        30,213        27,969   

Net income from discontinued operations

    —              117        1,813        3,673        5,452        1,885   

Net income

    1,183            37,285        59,651        53,209        35,665        29,854   

Balance Sheet Data:

               

Cash

  $ 55,699            $ 11,891      $ 24,734      $ 8,670      $ 22,855   

Working capital (1)

    59,610              82,272        94,220        54,717        51,197   

Total assets

    1,082,056              243,445        260,906        226,946        220,234   

Total long term liabilities

    673,736              481        1,969        1,791        3,599   

Total equity

    326,524              211,475        228,469        192,725        187,950   

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges (2)

    —              26.4        32.3        26.5        17.0        13.6   

 

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(1) Working capital is defined as the excess of current assets over current liabilities.

 

(2) For purposes of computing the ratio of earnings to fixed charges, earnings consist of (i) income before income taxes, excluding earnings from equity method investments, (ii) dividends from equity method investments, and (iii) fixed charges. Fixed charges consist of interest expense and a portion of rental expense that management believes is representative of the interest component of rental expense. Our earnings were insufficient to cover fixed charges by $0.2 million for the three month period ended December 31, 2010.

 

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF

FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following Management’s Discussion and Analysis (“MD&A”) covers: (i) the results of operations of the Predecessor and Successor for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008, including significant changes in the Successor period; and (ii) the financial condition of the Successor as of December 31, 2010. The discussions that follow pertain to the continuing operations, unless otherwise indicated. See Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated (Successor) and Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements. You should read the following discussion and analysis in conjunction with the financial statements and related notes appearing elsewhere herein. This MD&A contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results may differ from those indicated in the forward-looking statements. See “Forward-Looking Statements” for a discussion of the risks, uncertainties and assumptions associated with these statements.

Overview

We are a diversified processing business, offering transaction processing, payment processing, merchant acquiring, and other services, in Puerto Rico and certain countries within the Caribbean and Central and Latin America. Our business segments are based on the products we offer and markets we serve. While we often provide multiple services to various customers, we generally view our business as operating in three reportable segments: Transaction Processing, Merchant Acquiring and Business Solutions. Further discussion of our operating results and our results by reportable segments are presented in this MD&A.

The Transaction Processing segment includes diversified payment products and services including the ATH network and processing services, card processing, payment processing and electronic benefit transfer (“EBT”) services. We own and operate the leading debit payment and ATM network in Puerto Rico. The ATH network processed over 582 million transactions in 2010. Over 70% of all ATM transactions and over 80% of all debit transactions in Puerto Rico are processed over the ATH network.

The Merchant Acquiring segment provides an end-to-end electronic payment offering to more than 16,000 merchants in Puerto Rico and the U.S. and British Virgin Islands. This segment provides services and tools that allow merchants to accept electronic methods of payment such as debit, credit, prepaid and EBT cards carrying the ATH, Visa, MasterCard and American Express brands. Services include terminal sales and deployment, front-end authorization processing, settlement and funding processing and customer support.

The Business Solutions segment offers a full suite of business process management solutions, which include core banking processing, cash processing, item processing, network hosting and management, business process outsourcing, information technology (“IT”) professional services, business process outsourcing, item processing, cash processing and printing and distribution.

As discussed in Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated (Successor) and Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements, EVERTEC was acquired on September 30, 2010. The acquisition was accounted for as a business combination using the purchase method of accounting, which resulted in a new basis of accounting for our assets and liabilities in the Successor period. Additionally, in connection with the Merger, EVERTEC incurred indebtedness in the amount of $575.0 million. See “—Liquidity and Capital Resources” below for more information. The Predecessor period does not reflect the impact of the Merger.

Basis of Presentation

Prior to September 30, 2010, we did not operate as a stand-alone business, but instead as separate divisions of Popular. Our historical consolidated and combined financial information included in this prospectus may not necessarily reflect what our financial position, results of operations and cash flows would have been if we had been a separate, stand-alone entity during such periods, or our future results of operations, financial position and cash flows.

 

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For example, our historical consolidated and combined financial statements in this prospectus include expenses for certain corporate services provided to us by Popular. These costs are primarily related to corporate functions such as accounting, tax, treasury, payroll and benefits administration, risk management, legal, public relations and compliance. The expenses of the corporate services provided to us by Popular have historically been charged and allocated to us primarily based on a percentage of revenues. Expenses for such corporate services included in our “Selling, general and administrative expenses” totaled $7.5 million and $9.8 million and $9.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively. Following the consummation of the Merger, there is a period of transition during which some of these services will continue to be provided by Popular, pursuant to a transition services agreement.

We believe the cost of obtaining the services required to operate as a stand-alone entity as compared to what we have historically been charged by Popular will be less than the corporate service costs charged and allocated by Popular described above. Following the transition period, we expect to obtain the services historically provided by Popular from our internal operations or third party service providers.

Results of Operations

The following tables set forth certain historical consolidated and combined financial information for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008. The following tables and discussion should be read in conjunction with the information contained in our historical consolidated or combined financial statements and the notes thereto included elsewhere in this prospectus. However, our historical results of operations set forth below and elsewhere in this prospectus may not necessarily reflect what would have occurred if we had been a separate, stand-alone entity during the periods presented or what will occur in the future.

2010 Compared to 2009

Our results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2010 consist of the results of operations of our Predecessor for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, and the results of operations for the Successor for the three months ended December 31, 2010. Only the results of operations of our Successor reflect the purchase accounting related to the Merger. This approach is not consistent with GAAP, since the results are not comparable on a period-to-period basis or to other issuers due to the new basis of accounting established at consummation of the Merger. However, we believe that this approach is beneficial to the reader by providing an easier-to-read discussion of the results of operations and provide the reader with information from which to analyze our financial results that is consistent with the manner that management reviews and analyzes results of operations.

The following tables present the components of our consolidated and combined statements of income for the Successor and Predecessor, and the change in those amounts on a full year basis for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009.

Revenues

 

    Successor           Predecessor     Full Year     Predecessor              
(Dollar amounts in thousands)   Three months ended
December 31, 2010
          Nine months ended
September 30, 2010
    Year ended
December 31,  2010
    Year ended
December 31, 2009
    Increase
(Decrease)
 

Transaction processing

  $ 21,034          $ 56,777      $ 77,811      $ 74,686      $ 3,125        4

Merchant acquiring, net

    14,789            39,761        54,550        48,744        5,806        12

Business solutions

    41,252            111,784        153,036        143,963        9,073        6
                                                   

Total revenues

  $ 77,075          $ 208,322      $ 285,397      $ 267,393      $ 18,004        7
                                                   

 

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Total revenues for the year ended December 31, 2010 increased by $18.0 million, or 7%, as compared to the same period in 2009.

The Transaction Processing segment revenues increased by $3.1 million, or 4%, primarily due to higher volumes and revenue generated from new service offerings.

The Merchant Acquiring segment net revenues increased by $5.8 million, or 12%, mainly due to higher transaction volumes, new customer additions (including new customers added as a result of Popular’s acquisition of Westernbank), and selected price increases.

The Business Solutions segment revenues increased by $9.1 million, or 6%, when compared to the previous year, mostly due to higher volumes and new services provided to certain clients. This segment also benefitted from additional volume generated from the Westernbank acquisition by Popular, and the conversion of its applications to those of Popular at the end of August 2010.

Operating costs and expenses

 

    Successor           Predecessor     Full Year     Predecessor              
(Dollar amounts in thousands)   Three months ended
December 31, 2010
          Nine months ended
September 30, 2010
    Year ended
December 31, 2010
    Year ended
December 31, 2009
    Increase
(Decrease)
 

Cost of revenues (excluding depreciation

               

and amortization)

  $ 36,505          $ 106,548      $ 143,053      $ 141,164      $ 1,889        1

Selling, general and administrative expenses

               

(excluding depreciation and amortization)

    8,392            27,000        35,392        25,639        9,753        38

Depreciation and amortization

    17,722            19,425        37,147        24,500        12,647        52
                                                   

Total operating costs and expenses

  $ 62,619          $ 152,973      $ 215,592      $ 191,303      $ 24,289        13
                                                   

Cost of revenues for the year ended December 31, 2010 increased by $1.9 million, or 1%, when compared to the same period in 2009 to support the 7% growth in total revenues. Gross margin percentage for the year ended December 31, 2010, improved to 49.9% from 47.2% for the same period in 2009. The improvement in margin was mostly driven by our ability to support incremental business volume with low incremental costs due to our highly scalable technology platform.

Selling, general and administrative expenses for the year ended December 31, 2010 increased by $9.8 million, or 38%, when compared to the same period in 2009. The increase was primarily associated with the Merger, related to non-recurring compensation bonuses (including payroll taxes) in the amount of $7.8 million and higher professional fees of $1.8 million, mainly audit and consulting fees to support additional requirements related to the transition to a stand-alone entity. Also, real property taxes for the period ended December 31, 2010, included additional one-time charges of approximately $0.8 million due to the assessment by the Puerto Rico Government of taxes related to prior years as a result of property not previously levied. These increases were partly offset by lower expenses related to the elimination of corporate expenses and overhead allocations of $2.3 million due to lower stand-alone costs when compared to those allocated from Popular prior to September 30, 2010.

Depreciation and amortization expense for the year ended December 31, 2010 increased by $12.6 million, or 52%, when compared to the same period in 2009. The increase is primarily the result of additional depreciation

 

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and amortization expenses of $10.0 million related to the purchase price allocation adjustments to reflect the fair market value and revised useful life assigned to property and equipment and intangible assets in connection with the Merger. The remainder of the increase is the result of higher depreciation and amortization expense for 2010 associated with the amortization of additional investments in communications and electronic equipment and software.

Total operating costs and expenses increased by $24.3 million, or 13%, for the year ended December 31, 2010, when compared to the same period in 2009. Without the aforementioned non-recurring expenses of approximately $9.6 million related to the Merger and the effect of purchase method of accounting depreciation and amortization adjustments of $10.0 million, total operating costs and expenses would have increased by $4.7 million, or 2%, when compared to the year ended December 31, 2009.

Income from operations by reportable segments

The following table presents the income from operations of the reportable segments.

 

    Successor           Predecessor     Full Year     Predecessor              
(Dollar amounts in thousands)   Three months ended
  December 31, 2010  
          Nine months ended
September 30, 2010
    Year ended
December 31, 2010
    Year ended
December 31, 2009
    Increase (Decrease)  

Segment income from operations

               

Transaction processing

  $ 12,088          $ 28,086      $ 40,174      $ 37,878      $ 2,296        6

Merchant acquiring

    5,959            17,647        23,606        18,454        5,152        28

Business Solutions

    9,561            18,337        27,898        21,477        6,421        30

Intercompany eliminations and merger related items (1)

    (13,152         (8,721     (21,873     (1,719     (20,154     1172
                                                   

Income from operations

  $ 14,456          $ 55,349      $ 69,805      $ 76,090      $ (6,285     -8
                                                   

 

(1) Represents the reclassification of a portion of revenue for services provided by the Transaction Processing segment to an equity method investee, and in fiscal 2010 (Predecessor and Successor) Merger related costs such as non-recurring transaction bonuses, transition costs, and incremental depreciation and amortization from purchase accounting adjustments.

Transaction Processing

The Transaction Processing segment income from operations was $40.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2010, compared to $37.9 million for the same period in 2009. The increase of $2.3 million, or 6%, was primarily the result of higher revenues of $3.1 million driven by transaction volume growth and new services provided with low incremental costs.

Merchant Acquiring

The Merchant Acquiring segment income from operations was $23.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2010, compared to $18.5 million for the same period in 2009. The increase of $5.2 million, or 28%, was primarily driven by a $5.8 million increase in revenues related to increases in transaction volumes, new customer additions, and selected price increases, while maintaining a low cost structure.

 

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Business Solutions

The Business Solutions segment income from operations was $27.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2010, compared to $21.5 million for the same period in 2009. The increase of $6.4 million, or 30%, was mostly the result of the increase in revenues of $9.1 million related to higher volume and new services provided, and the additional volume generated from the Westernbank acquisition by Popular, which was absorbed by our technology infrastructure with very low incremental costs.

Our business segments are technology driven in nature and allows for significant scalability as volumes and revenue grow.

See Note 21 of the Notes to Consolidated (Successor) and Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements for additional information on the Company’s reportable segments and for a reconciliation of the income from operations of the segments to the consolidated and combined net income from continuing operations.

Non-operating income (expenses)

 

    Successor           Predecessor     Full Year     Predecessor              
(Dollar amounts in thousands)   Three months ended
December 31, 2010
          Nine months ended
September 30, 2010
    Year ended
December 31, 2010
    Year ended
December 31, 2009
    Increase (Decrease)  

Non-operating income (expenses)

               

Interest income

  $ 118          $ 360      $ 478      $ 1,048      $ (570     -54

Interest expense

    (13,436         (70     (13,506     (91     (13,415     14742

Earnings (losses) of equity method investments

    —              2,270        2,270        3,508        (1,238     -35

Other income

    (1,316         2,276        960        7,942        (6,982     -88
                                                   

Total non-operating income (expenses)

  $ (14,634       $ 4,836      $ (9,798   $ 12,407      $ (22,205     -179
                                                   

Non-operating income (expenses) for the year ended December 31, 2010 totaled $(9.8) million in net expenses, compared to a net operating income of $12.4 million for the same period in 2009, a negative variance of $22.2 million. The increase in interest expense of $13.4 million is related to the senior secured credit facilities and the notes incurred in connection with the Merger. The decrease in other income is primarily due to a pre-tax gain of approximately $7.9 million in 2009 resulting from partial redemption of Visa stock, and an unrealized net loss of $1.2 million arising from the change in the fair value of financial instruments in 2010. This decrease was partially offset by a pre-tax gain of $2.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2010, related to the sale of a 19.99% equity ownership in Inmediata Health Group Corp (a medical transaction processing company).

Income tax expense

 

    Successor           Predecessor     Full Year     Predecessor              
(Dollar amounts in thousands)   Three months ended
December 31, 2010
          Nine months ended
September 30, 2010
    Year ended
December 31, 2010
    Year ended
December 31,  2009
    Increase (Decrease)  

Income tax expense

  $ (1,361       $ 23,017      $ 21,656      $ 30,659      $ (9,003     -29
                                                   

Income tax expense for the year ended December 31, 2010 decreased by $9.0 million, or 29%, as compared to the same period on 2009. The decrease is primarily due to lower income before taxes in 2010 of approximately $28.5 million, partially offset by a non-taxable income of $7.9 million from the Visa stock partial redemption during 2009.

 

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Significant changes in the three months ended December 31, 2010 (Successor)

Because the fundamental operations of the Company did not change as a result of the Merger, there were no significant changes in the underlying trends affecting the Company’s results of operations during the Successor period from October 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010, except for the following:

 

  (1) Selling, general and administrative expenses included incremental expenses of approximately $1.8 million in transaction and stand-alone transition costs for consulting and audit services. Furthermore, corporate service costs charged by Popular were reduced by approximately $2.3 million as a result of the consummation of the Merger.

 

  (2) Depreciation and amortization expense included approximately $10.0 million of incremental expense resulting from fair value adjustments related to purchase price allocation under the purchase method of accounting amounting to $0.4 million, and $9.6 million for the Company’s property, plant and equipment, and intangible assets, respectively. See Notes 2, 7, 8 and 9 of the Notes to Consolidated (Successor) and Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements for additional information regarding EVERTEC purchase price allocations and recognition of intangible assets in connection with the Merger.

 

  (3) Interest expense included incremental interest expense of approximately $13.4 million resulting from the increase in the long-term debt balance. In connection with the Merger, the Company entered into a senior secured term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of $355 million and issued $220 million of senior notes. Refer to “Liquidity and Capital Resources” section of this MD&A and Note 10 of the Notes to Consolidated (Successor) and Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements for more information.

The significant reduction in earnings from continuing operations in the successor period of 2010 reflected the significant increases in interest expenses, and depreciation and amortization expenses following the completion of the Merger, as discussed above.

2009 Compared to 2008

The following table presents the components of the combined statements of income of the Predecessor for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the change in those amounts from period to period.

Revenues

 

     Predecessor      Increase (Decrease)  
     Year ended December 31,     
(Dollar amounts in thousands)    2009      2008     

Transaction processing

   $ 74,686       $ 71,574       $ 3,112        4

Merchant acquiring, net

     48,744         47,782         962        2

Business solutions

     143,963         151,857         (7,894     -5
                                  

Total revenues

   $ 267,393       $ 271,213       $ (3,820     -1
                                  

Total revenues for the year ended December 31, 2009 decreased by $3.8 million, or 1%, when compared to the same period in 2008.

The Transaction Processing segment revenues increased by $3.1 million, or 4%, mostly due to higher transaction volumes.

The Merchant Acquiring segment, net revenues increased by $1.0 million, or 2%, mostly due growth in transaction volumes, new customers additions, and selected price increases. The increase was partially offset by higher card association fees.

 

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The Business Solutions segment revenues decreased by $7.9 million, or 5%, primarily due to a decrease in the revenues from IT professional services and lower volumes in our network hosting and management business. These decreases were primarily related to cost control initiatives, and project delays instituted by certain clients in reaction to the difficult economic environment at the time. The decrease experienced in these lines of business was partially offset by an increase in volume in the processing of core bank applications.

Operating costs and expenses

 

     Predecessor               
     Year ended December 31,               
(Dollar amounts in thousands)    2009      2008      Increase (Decrease)  

Cost of revenues (excluding depreciation and amortization)

   $ 141,164       $ 154,522       $ (13,358     -9

Selling, general and administrative expenses (excluding depreciation and amortization)

     25,639         27,643         (2,004     -7

Depreciation and amortization

     24,500         30,389         (5,889     -19
                                  

Total operating costs and expenses

   $ 191,303       $ 212,554       $ (21,251     -10
                                  

Total operating costs and expenses decreased by $21.3 million or 10%, for the year ended December 31, 2009, when compared to the same period in 2008, mostly due to certain cost control initiatives implemented in 2009, which impacted most operating expense categories.

Costs of revenues decreased by $13.4 million or 9%, for the year ended December 31, 2009, when compared to the same period in 2008, primarily due to a decrease in personnel costs, professional fees, and other operating expenses. The decrease in personnel costs was primarily due to headcount reduction, achieved through normal attrition of employees in Puerto Rico throughout 2009 who were not replaced. The gross margin percentage for the year ended December 31, 2009 improved to 47.2% compared to 43.0% for the same period in 2008 as the cost of revenues declined at a higher pace (9%) than the decrease in revenues (1%). The improvement in margin was mostly driven by our ability to effectively support our business volume with a reduced cost structure.

Selling, general and administrative expenses for the year ended December 31, 2009 decreased by $2.0 million or 7%, when compared to the same period in 2008. The decrease was mostly due to cost control initiatives implemented during 2009, which resulted in reductions across all categories.

Depreciation and amortization expense for the year ended December 31, 2009 decreased by $5.9 million or 19%, when compared to the same period in 2008. In late 2008 and early 2009, many data processing and electronic equipment reached the end of their depreciation period causing the reduction in this expense category.

Income from operations by reportable segments

 

     Predecessor               
     Year ended December 31,               
(Dollar amounts in thousands)        2009             2008         Increase (Decrease)  

Segment income from operations

         

Transaction processing

   $ 37,878      $ 32,642      $ 5,236         16

Merchant acquiring

     18,454        17,628        826         5

Business Solutions

     21,477        10,142        11,335         112

Intercompany eliminations and merger related items (1)

     (1,719     (1,753     34         -2
                                 

Income from operations

   $ 76,090      $ 58,659      $ 17,431         30
                                 

 

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(1) Represents the reclassification of a portion of revenue for services provided by the Transaction Processing segment to an equity method investee, and in fiscal 2010 (Predecessor and Successor) Merger related costs such as non-recurring transaction bonuses, transition costs, and incremental depreciation and amortization from purchase accounting adjustments.

Transaction Processing

The Transaction Processing segment income from operations was $37.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2009, compared to $32.6 million for the same period in 2008. The increase of $5.2 million, or 16%, was, primarily a result of a revenue increase of $3.1 million combined with a reduction of total operating costs and expenses.

Merchant Acquiring

The Merchant Acquiring segment income from operations was $18.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2009, compared to $17.6 million for the same period in 2008. The increase of $0.8 million, or 5%, was primarily attributed to a revenue increase of $1.0 million due to higher transaction volumes, and new customer additions.

Business Solutions

The Business Solutions segment income from operations was $21.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2009, compared to $10.1 million for the same period in 2008. The increase of $11.3 million, or 112%, was primarily driven by lower operating costs and expenses for the segment of $19.2 million, partly offset by lower revenues of $7.9 million. In response to the lower level of revenue activity in this segment and uncertain economic environment at the time, we successfully implemented certain cost efficiency initiatives, including headcount reductions and enhanced cost control in other areas which benefitted income from operations. Additionally, we downsized our ticket processing business and sold our health care business which had been incurring losses. Operating costs and expenses also decreased as certain software licenses and equipment had reached the end of their depreciation lives.

See Note 21 of the Notes to Consolidated (Successor) and Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements for additional information of the Company’s reportable segments and for a reconciliation of the income from operations of the segments to the consolidated and combined net income.

Non-operating income (expenses)

 

     Predecessor              
     Year ended December 31,              
(Dollar amounts in thousands)        2009             2008         Increase (Decrease)  

Non-operating income (expenses)

        

Interest income

   $ 1,048      $ 1,283      $ (235     -18

Interest expense

     (91     (170     79        -46

Earnings (losses) of equity method investments

     3,508        4,229        (721     -17

Other income

     7,942        9,449        (1,507     -16
                                

Total non-operating income (expenses)

   $ 12,407      $ 14,791      $ (2,384     -16
                                

Non-operating income for the year ended December 31, 2009 decreased $2.4 million when compared to the same period in 2008. The most significant contributor to the decrease was the $1.5 million decrease in other income. The decrease was primarily due to the realization of higher pre-tax gains in 2008 related the partial sale of VISA stock and certain assets and liabilities of our health division in that year compared to 2009.

 

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Income tax expense

 

     Predecessor                
     Year ended December 31,                
(Dollar amounts in thousands)        2009              2008          Increase (Decrease)  

Income tax expense

   $ 30,659       $ 23,914       $ 6,745         28
                                   

Income tax expense for the year ended December 31, 2009 increased by $6.7 million, or 28%, as compared to the same period in 2008. This increase was primarily due to higher income before taxes of $15.0 million combined with an increase in the statutory tax rate in Puerto Rico. The statutory tax rate in Puerto Rico was increased from 39% to 41% in 2009 by a temporary additional tax imposition, which contributed to the increase in the effective tax rate for 2009.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

For periods prior to the Merger, the Company’s principal source of liquidity was cash generated from operations, while our primary liquidity requirements were the funding of capital expenditures and working capital needs. Following the Merger, we expect to fund our operations through a combination of internally generated cash from operations and from borrowings under our revolving credit facility, as required. Our primary use of cash will be operating expenses, working capital requirements, capital expenditures and debt service obligations as they become due.

Based on our current level of operations, we believe our cash flows from operations and available borrowing under our senior secured revolving credit facility will be adequate to meet our liquidity needs for at least the next twelve months. However, our ability to fund future operating expenses and capital expenditures and our ability to make scheduled payments of interest, to pay principal or refinance our indebtedness and to satisfy any other of our present or future debt obligations will depend on our future operating performance which will be affected by general economic, financial and other factors beyond our control.

Comparison of the year ended December 31, 2010 (on a full year basis) and 2009

 

    Successor           Predecessor     Full Year     Predecessor  
(Dollar amounts in thousands)   Three months ended
December 31, 2010
          Nine months ended
September 30, 2010
    Year ended
December 31,  2010
    Year ended
December 31, 2009
 

Cash flows from continuing operations

           

Cash flows from operating activities

  $ 18,096          $ 63,702      $ 81,798      $ 65,464   

Cash provided by (used) in investing activities

    (496,098         16,153        (479,945     (2,692

Cash provided (used) in financing activities

    505,142            (65,796     439,346        (77,710
                                   

Net increase (decrease) in cash from continuing operations

    27,140            14,059        41,199        (14,938

Cash provided by discontinued operations

    —              2,478        2,478        2,095   
                                   

Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

  $ 27,140          $ 16,537      $ 43,677      $ (12,843
                                   

Continuing Operations—Operating activities

Net cash provided by operating activities was $81.8 million for the combined predecessor and successor period during the year ended December 31, 2010, compared to $65.5 million for same period in 2009. This increase in operating cash flow primarily reflected a decrease in working capital, partially offset by lower earnings from operations, mostly related to transaction costs and higher interest expense.

 

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Continuing Operations—Investing activities

Net cash used in investing activities was $480.0 million for the combined predecessor and successor period during the year ended December 31, 2010, compared to $2.7 million of cash used in investing activities for the same period in 2009. This increase in outflows is principally related to purchase price for EVERTEC and related intangibles, and transaction costs in connection with the Merger.

Continuing Operations—Financing activities

Net cash provided in financing activities was $439.3 million for the combined predecessor and successor period during the year ended December 31, 2010, compared to cash flows used in financing activities of $77.7 million for the same period in 2009. The increase in cash flow from financing activities is primarily related to $575.0 million of proceeds from the issuance of new debt related to the Merger, partly offset by dividends paid to Popular in the amount of $55.7 million, and $17.1 million of capitalized debt issuance costs each related to the Merger.

Comparison of the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 (Predecessor)

 

     Predecessor  
     Year ended December 31,  
(Dollar amounts in thousands)          2009                 2008        

Cash flows from continuing operations

    

Cash flows from operating activities

   $ 65,464      $ 68,775   

Cash provided by (used) in investing activities

     (2,692     (37,442

Cash provided (used) in financing activities

     (77,710     (17,571
                

Net increase (decrease) in cash from continuing operations

     (14,938     13,762   

Cash provided by discontinued operations

     2,095        2,302   
                

Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

   $ (12,843   $ 16,064   
                

Continuing Operations—Operating activities

Cash provided by operating activities was $65.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2009, compared to $68.8 million for same period in 2008. This increase in operating cash flow was primarily due higher earnings from operations.

Continuing Operations—Investing activities

Cash used in investing activities was $2.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2009, compared to $37.4 million of cash used in investing activities for the same period in 2008. This change was primarily due to the repayment of certain short-term loans made to Popular, partially offset by an increase in capital expenditures primarily related to the upgrade of IT infrastructure.

Continuing Operations—Financing activities

Cash used in financing activities was $77.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2009, compared to cash flows used in financing activities of $17.6 million for the same period in 2008. The increase in cash used from financing activities during 2009 was primarily attributable to the payment of a cash dividend to Popular of $62.5 million.

 

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Financial Obligations

Senior Secured Credit Facilities

In connection with the Merger on September 30, 2010, we entered into senior secured credit facilities consisting of (1) a $355.0 million term loan facility, and (2) a $50.0 million revolving credit facility. As of September 30, 2010, the Company borrowed the full amount of the term loan, and the revolving credit facility was undrawn. The senior secured revolving credit facility includes borrowing capacity available for letters of credit and for short-term borrowings referred to as the swing line borrowings. All obligations under the senior secured credit facilities are unconditionally guaranteed by Carib Holdings, Inc. and, subject to certain exceptions, each of our existing and future wholly-owned subsidiaries. All obligations under the senior secured credit facilities, and the guarantees of those obligations, are secured by substantially all of our assets and the assets of the guarantors, subject to certain exceptions. Borrowings under the senior secured term loan facility and the revolving credit facility bear interest, at our option, at a rate equal to a margin over either (a) a base rate or (b) a LIBOR rate. The senior secured credit facilities are subject to amortization and prepayment requirements and contain customary representations and warranties, covenants, events of default and other provisions described under “Description of Other Indebtedness.” (See Note 10 of the Notes to Consolidated (Successor) and Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements for details.)

Senior Notes

In connection with the Merger on September 30, 2010, we issued $220.0 million of senior unsecured notes. Our existing and future wholly-owned subsidiaries that guarantee our obligations under the senior secured credit facilities also guarantee the notes. The notes bear interest at a fixed rate of 11.0% per annum. For a description of the terms of the notes, see “Description of Notes” See also Note 10 of the Notes to Consolidated (Successor) and Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements.

Covenant Compliance

Our senior secured credit facilities and the indenture that governs the notes contain various restrictive covenants. Our secured credit facilities require us to maintain on a quarterly basis a specified maximum senior secured leverage ratio. The senior secured leverage ratio as defined in our credit facility (total first lien senior secured debt, as defined, to Adjusted EBITDA) must be less than 3.60 to 1.0 at March 31, 2011. In addition, our senior secured credit facility, among other things, restricts our ability to incur indebtedness or liens, make investments, declare or pay any dividends to our parent and from prepaying indebtedness that is junior to such debt. The indenture governing the notes, among other things: (a) limit our ability and the ability of our subsidiaries to incur additional indebtedness, issue certain preferred shares, incur liens, pay dividends or make certain other restricted payments and enter into certain transactions with affiliates; (b) limit our ability to enter into agreements that would restrict the ability of our subsidiaries to pay dividends or make certain payments to us; and (c) place restrictions on our ability and the ability of our subsidiaries to merge or consolidate with any other person or sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of our assets. However, all of the covenants in these agreements are subject to significant exceptions. As of December 31, 2010, the Company was in compliance with the applicable restrictive covenants under its debt agreements and expects to be in compliance over the next twelve months.

We have the ability to incur additional debt, subject to limitations imposed by our senior secured credit facilities and the indenture governing our notes. Under our indenture governing the notes, in addition to specified permitted indebtedness, we will be able to incur additional indebtedness as long as on a pro forma basis our fixed charge coverage ratio (the ratio of Adjusted EBITDA to fixed charges, as defined) is at least 2.0 to 1.0. In this prospectus, we refer to the term “Adjusted EBITDA” to mean EBITDA as so defined and calculated for purposes of determining compliance with the senior secured leverage ratio based on the financial information for the last twelve months at the end of each quarter.

 

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Net Income Reconciliation to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA

We define “EBITDA” as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. We define “Adjusted EBITDA” as EBITDA as further adjusted to exclude unusual items and other adjustments described below. We present EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA because we consider them important supplemental measures of our performance and believe they are frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties in the evaluation of companies in our industry. In addition, our presentation of Adjusted EBITDA is consistent with the equivalent measurements that are contained in the documents governing our indebtedness. In addition, in evaluating EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA, you should be aware that in the future we may incur expenses such as those excluded in calculating them. Further, our presentation of these measures should not be construed as an inference that our future operating results will not be affected by unusual or nonrecurring items.

Some of the limitations of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are as follows:

 

   

they do not reflect cash outlays for capital expenditures or future contractual commitments;

 

   

they do not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, working capital;

 

   

they do not reflect interest expense, or the cash requirements necessary to service interest, or principal payments, on indebtedness;

 

   

they do not reflect income tax expense or the cash necessary to pay income taxes;

 

   

although depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized will often have to be replaced in the future, and EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect cash requirements for such replacements; and

 

   

other companies, including other companies in our industry, may not use EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA or may calculate EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA differently than as presented in this prospectus, limiting their usefulness as a comparative measure.

Adjusted EBITDA is not a measurement of liquidity or financial performance under GAAP. You should not consider Adjusted EBITDA as an alternative to cash flows from operating activities determined in accordance with GAAP, as an indicator of cash flows, as a measure of liquidity or as an alternative to operating or net income determined in accordance with GAAP.

A reconciliation of net income to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA is provided below:

 

     Successor            Predecessor     Full Year  
(Dollar amounts in thousands)    Three months ended
December 31, 2010
           Nine months ended
September 30, 2010
    2010  

Net income from continuing operations

   $ 1,183           $ 37,168      $ 38,351   

Income tax expense (benefit)

     (1,361          23,017        21,656   

Interest expense (income)

     13,318             (290     13,028   

Depreciation & amortization

     17,722             19,425        37,147   
                             

EBITDA

     30,862             79,320        110,182   
 

Standalone Cost Savings (a)

     36             4,930        4,966   

Disposals (b)

     60             (3,916     (3,856

Equity Income (c)

     1,514             (852     662   

Compensation and benefits (d)

     (408          6,976        6,568   

Run-rate & other (e)

     2,265             565        2,830   

Westernbank EBITDA (f)

     —               5,267        5,267   

Purchase Accounting (g)

     595             —          595   
                             

Adjusted EBITDA

   $ 34,924           $ 92,290      $ 127,214   
                             

 

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(a) Represents stand-alone savings for costs historically allocated to EVERTEC by Popular, which will not continue post closing, other than temporary transition costs, net of estimated stand-alone costs. The allocations were primarily based on a percentage of revenues or costs (and not based on actual costs incurred) and related to corporate functions such as accounting, tax, treasury, payroll and benefits, risk management, institutional marketing, legal, public relations and compliance. For the nine months ended September 30, 2010, the allocations were $7.5 million which are partially offset by estimated annual stand-alone costs of $2.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. Our estimated stand-alone costs are based on assumptions and estimates that we believe are reasonable, but such assumptions and estimates may prove to be inaccurate over time. See “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to Our Separation from Popular.” During a transition period of one year after the closing of the Merger, we will receive certain services from Popular and its affiliates pursuant to a transition services agreement, at prices that we believe approximate our stand-alone costs. See “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions.”

 

(b) Relates to (i) removal of gain on sale in April 2010 of the Company’s equity interest in Inmediata Health Group Corp., and removal of the related equity income, (ii) allocations previously charged to the discontinued Venezuela operations and (iii) write-off of certain investment securities in the three months ended December 31, 2010.

 

(c) Relates to the removal of historical non-cash equity in earnings of investments reported in Net Income from EVERTEC’s 53.97% equity ownership in CONTADO and 31.11% equity ownership in Serfinsa, net of cash dividends received from CONTADO. The equity income adjustments include cash dividends from CONTADO of $1.5 million for the three months ended December 31, 2010. On March 31, 2011, after a final agreement was reached between Popular and the other shareholders of CONTADO, Popular transferred to EVERTEC 19.99% of the equity interest in CONTADO. As a result, the percentage share of cash dividends from CONTADO will be reduced to 19.99% going forward. See “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions—Internal Reorganization—Master Reorganization Agreement.

 

(d) Predominantly relates to non-recurring bonuses and payroll tax impact of awards given to certain EVERTEC employees in connection with the Merger, partially offset by estimated costs for the anticipated reinstatement of the employer’s matching contribution to defined contribution pre-tax savings plan which was suspended in March 2009. Other adjustments relate to: (i) estimated incremental cost previously impacted by the Troubled Asset Relief Program (“TARP”) restrictions, (ii) employee benefit cost savings, and (iii) add back of non-cash equity based compensation.

 

(e) Relates to the following items: (i) transition fees to support additional requirements of a stand-alone entity and (ii) non-recurring additional property taxes assessed by the government.

 

(f) Represents an estimated adjustment for additional EBITDA to be earned from EVERTEC’s processing of Westernbank volumes. The estimate was arrived at using the pricing schedule in the Master Services Agreement as well as management’s estimated related costs of the contribution of additional business volume. Westernbank’s Puerto Rican operations were acquired by Banco Popular on April 30, 2010, and EVERTEC did not see the impact of these additional volumes and associated revenues until the third quarter of 2010. The estimate of current Westernbank EBITDA has been added to previous periods for comparative purposes, and reflects estimated, rather than observed, impact. See “Summary—Our Equity Sponsors” and “Summary—Key Relationship with Popular” and “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Separation from Popular—The historical and pro forma financial information presented in this prospectus may not be representative of our results as a consolidated, stand-alone company and may not be a reliable indicator of our future results. In addition, we may not achieve all of the expected benefits from the items reflected in the adjustments included in Adjusted EBITDA as presented in this prospectus.”

 

(g) Represents elimination of the effects of purchase accounting in connection with (i) certain customer service and software related arrangements where EVERTEC receives subsidies from Popular; and (ii) EVERTEC’s rights and obligations to buy equity interests in CONTADO and Serfinsa.

 

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Contractual Obligations

The following table sets forth our contractual obligations requiring the use of cash as of December 31, 2010.

 

     Payment due by periods  
(Dollar amounts in thousands)    Total      less than 1
year
     1-3 years      3-5 years      After 5 years  

Long-term debt (1)(2)

   $ 908,095       $ 52,820       $ 104,894       $ 103,806       $ 646,575   

Operating leases (3)

     18,575         4,520         8,738         5,317         —     
                                            

Total

   $ 926,670       $ 57,340       $ 113,632       $ 109,123       $ 646,575   
                                            

 

(1) Long-term debt includes the payments of interest as of December 31, 2010 and aggregate principal amount of our senior secured term loan facility and the notes, as well as commitments fees related to the unused portion of the senior secured revolving credit facility, as required under the terms of the long-term debt agreements.

 

(2) On March 3, 2011, we entered into a credit agreement amendment concerning our senior secured credit facilities to, among other things, reduce the interest rate payable on loans under the senior secured credit facilities. As a result of the Refinancing, ongoing cash payment in connection with the long-term debt will be as follows: $877.7 million in total, $46.8 million (less than 1 year), $94.5 million (1-3 years), $93.6 million (3-5 years) and $642.8 million (after 5 years).

 

(3) The amounts reported above as operating lease obligations include lease payments for the facilities currently in use. See Note 20 of the Notes to Consolidated (Successor) and Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements for additional information regarding operating lease obligations

Off Balance Sheet Arrangements

Currently, we do not have any off balance sheet arrangements.

Seasonality

EVERTEC’s business generally experiences increased activity during the traditional holiday shopping periods and around other nationally recognized holidays.

Effect of Inflation

While inflationary increases in certain inputs costs, such as occupancy, labor and benefits, and general administrative costs, have an impact on our operating results, inflation has had minimal net impact on our operating results during the last three years, except for our operation in Venezuela which was not acquired as part of the Merger, as overall inflation has been offset by increased selling process and cost reduction actions. We cannot assure you, however, that we will not be affected by general inflation in the future.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

We are exposed to market risks arising from our normal business activities. These market risks principally involve the possibility of change in interest rates that will adversely affect the value of our financial assets and liabilities or future cash flows and earnings. Market risk is the potential loss arising from adverse changes in market rates and prices.

Interest rate risks

We issued fixed and floating-rate debt to finance the Merger which is subject to the fluctuations in interest rates in respect of our floating-rate debt. Borrowings under our new senior credit facilities accrue interest at variable rates but are subject to floors or minimum rates. A 100 basis point increase in the applicable margins over our floor(s) on our debt balances outstanding as of December 31, 2010, under our term senior credit facilities would increase our annual interest expense by approximately $3.5 million.

 

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Foreign exchange risk

We conduct business in certain countries in Latin America. Although not significant, some of this business is conducted in the countries’ local currencies. The resulting foreign currency translation adjustments, from operations for which the functional currency is other than the U.S. dollar, are reported in accumulated other comprehensive loss in the combined statement of condition, except for highly inflationary environments in which the effects would be included in other operating income in the combined statements of operations.

Our Venezuela business was not acquired as part of the Merger. Therefore, we do not anticipate any impact from Venezuela on our results of operations going forward.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Our principal accounting policies are described under Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated (Successor) and Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements (Unaudited). The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of some assets and liabilities, and in some instances, the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.

Several of the estimates and assumptions required relate to matters that are inherently uncertain as they pertain to future events. However, events that are outside of our control cannot be predicted and, as such, they cannot be contemplated in evaluating such estimates and assumptions. If there is a significant unfavorable change to current conditions, it could result in a material adverse impact to our results of operations, financial position and liquidity.

Revenue and expense recognition

Revenue from information processing and other services is recognized at the time services are rendered, while rental and maintenance service revenue is recognized ratably over the corresponding contractual periods. Software and hardware sales revenues and related costs are recognized at the time software and equipment is installed or delivered depending on contractual terms. Revenue from contracts to create data processing centers and the related cost is recognized as project phases are completed and accepted. Merchant business revenues, primarily comprised of fees charged to the merchant, are presented net of interchange and assessments charged by the credit and debit card associations and are recognized at the time of sale. Operating expenses are recognized as incurred. Project expenses are deferred and recognized when the related income is earned.

Software and maintenance contracts

Software and maintenance contracts are recorded at cost. Amortization of software and maintenance contracts is computed using the straight-line method and expensed over their estimated useful lives which range from 1 to 5 years. Capitalized software includes purchased software and capitalized application development costs associated with internally-developed software. Amortization of software packages is included in Depreciation and amortization in the combined statements of income.

Property and equipment and impairment of long-lived assets

Property and equipment are stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization. Depreciation of property and equipment is computed using the straight-line method and expensed over their estimated useful lives. Amortization of leasehold improvements is computed over the terms of the respective leases or the estimated useful lives of the improvements, whichever is shorter. Costs of maintenance and repairs which do not improve or extend the life of the respective assets are expensed as incurred.

Long-lived assets to be held and used, and long-lived assets to be disposed of, are evaluated for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable.

 

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Goodwill and other intangible assets

Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price and related costs over the value assigned to net assets acquired. Goodwill is not amortized, but is tested for impairment at least annually using a two-step process at each reporting unit level. The first step of the goodwill impairment test, used to identify potential impairment, compares the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount, including goodwill. If needed, the second step consists of comparing the implied fair value of the reporting unit goodwill with the carrying amount of that goodwill.

Other intangible assets deemed to have an indefinite life are not amortized but are tested for impairment using a one-step process which compares the fair value with the carrying amount of the asset. Other identifiable intangible assets with a definitive useful life are amortized using the straight-line method, which range from 5 to 10 years. These intangibles are evaluated periodically for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable.

Allowance for doubtful accounts

An allowance for doubtful accounts is provided based on the estimated uncollectible amounts of the receivables. The estimate is primarily based on a review of the current status of specific accounts receivable. Receivables are considered past due if full payment is not received by the contractual date. Past due accounts are generally written off against the allowance for doubtful accounts only after all collection attempts have been exhausted.

Foreign currency translation

Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated to U.S. dollars using prevailing rates of exchange at the end of the period. Revenues, expenses, gains and losses are translated using weighted average rates for the period. The resulting foreign currency translation adjustment from operations for which the functional currency is other than the U.S. dollar is reported in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), except for highly inflationary environments for which the effects are included in other operating expenses.

Income Tax

All entities included in the combined financial statements of EVERTEC, Inc., except for the merchant acquiring business and TicketPop business of Banco Popular whose operations are included in the Banco Popular tax returns prior to their transfer to EVERTEC, are legal entities which file separate income tax returns. For the merchant acquiring business and TicketPop Business, a proportionate share of income tax expense based upon reported taxable income using the statutory tax rates in Puerto Rico has been recorded in the combined financial statements as required under the separate return method to allocate the intercorporate tax for a carve-out. No temporary differences that give rise to any deferred tax asset or liability resulted as part of this allocation.

The tax consequences of differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their reported amounts are recognized in the consolidated and combined financial statements. Certain revenues and expenses are reported for tax purposes in different periods from those in which they are reported in the financial statements. Deferred taxes are provided on these temporary differences based on enacted tax laws. A deferred tax valuation allowance is established if it is considered more likely than not that all or a portion of the deferred tax asset will not be realized.

Positions taken in our tax returns may be subject to challenge by the taxing authorities upon examination. Uncertain tax positions are initially recognized in the financial statements when it is more likely than not the position will be sustained upon examination by the tax authorities. Such tax positions are both initially and subsequently measured as the largest amount of tax benefit that is greater than 50% likely of being realized upon

 

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settlement with the tax authority, assuming full knowledge of the position and all relevant facts. Interest on income tax uncertainties is classified within income tax expense in the statement of income; while the penalties, if any, are accounted for as operating costs and expenses.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Accounting Standards Update No. 2009-13 (“ASU No. 2009-13”) and No. 2009-14(“ASU No. 2009-14”), Revenue Recognition (Topic 605): Multiple-Deliverable Revenue Arrangements. ASU No. 2009-13 addresses certain aspects of the accounting by a vendor for arrangements under which it will perform multiple revenue-generating activities. Specifically, this Subtopic addresses how to determine whether an arrangement involving multiple deliverables contains more than one unit of accounting, and how arrangement consideration should be measured and allocated to the separate units of accounting in the arrangement. Many entities offer multiple solutions to their customers’ needs. Those solutions may involve the delivery or performance of multiple products, services, or rights to use assets, and performance may occur at different times or over different periods of time. In some cases, the arrangements include initial installation, initiation, or activation services and involve consideration in the form of a fixed fee or a fixed fee coupled with a continuing payment stream. The continuing payment stream generally corresponds to the continuing performance, and the amount of the payments may be fixed, variable based on future performance or a combination of fixed and variable payment amounts. To meet their customers’ needs, vendors often provide multiple products, services, rights to use assets, or any combination thereof. These vendors transfer the deliverables to the customer and performance may occur at different times or over different periods of time, and the customer’s payments for these deliverables may be fixed, variable, or a combination of fixed and variable.

ASU No. 2009-14 modifies the scope of software revenue recognition to exclude (a) non-software components of tangible products and (b) software components of tangible products that are sold, licensed, or leased with tangible products when the software components and non-software components of the tangible product function together to deliver the tangible product’s essential functionality.

These accounting standards should be applied on a prospective basis for revenue arrangements entered into or materially modified in fiscal years beginning on or after June 15, 2010, unless the vendor elects to adopt the pending content on a retroactive basis. The Company prospectively adopted ASU No. 2009-13 and ASU No. 2009-14 on January 1, 2011. The Company estimates the impact to be immaterial.

Milestone Method (ASC Subtopic 2010-17) ASU No. 2010-17. In April 2010, the FASB issued guidance on the criteria that should be met for determining whether the milestone method of revenue recognition for research or development transactions is appropriate. A company may recognize consideration that is contingent upon achievement of a milestone in its entirety as revenue in the period in which the milestone is achieved only if the milestone meets all criteria to be considered substantive. This guidance is prospectively applied to milestones achieved in fiscal years beginning on or after June 15, 2010 and earlier adoption is permitted. Management evaluated the impact of this update and determined that the update will not have a significant effect on the consolidated financial statements.

Accounting Standards Update No. 2010-20 (“ASU No. 2010-20”) “Disclosure about the Credit Quality of Financing Receivables and Allowance for Credit Losses.” ASU 2010-20 introduces new disclosure requirements to provide greater transparency about an entity’s allowance for credit losses and the credit quality of its financing receivables. To achieve this objective, an entity is required to provide disclosures about the allowance for the credit losses such as allowance roll-forward and disclosures specific to the finance receivables on a disaggregated basis, defined as “portfolio segments” and “classes.” This guidance covers all finance receivable, defined as a contractual right to receive money, on demand or on fixed or determinable dates, that is recognized as an asset in the creditor’s balance sheet with certain scope exceptions such as a short-term trade accounts receivables. The disclosures to be presented as of the balance sheet date were effective for fiscal years and interim periods ending after December 15, 2010. The disclosures of reporting period activity are effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2010.

 

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Accounting Standards Update No. 2010-28 (“ASU No. 2010-28”) “When to Perform Step 2 of the Goodwill Impairment Test for Reporting Units with Zero or Negative Carrying Amounts.” In December 2010, the FASB issued guidance on the when to perform step 2 of the goodwill impairment test for reporting unites with zero or negative carrying amounts. A company with reporting units that have carrying amounts that are zero or negative is required to assess whether it is more likely than not that the reporting units’ goodwill is impaired. If a company determines that it is more likely than not that the goodwill of one or more of its reporting units is impaired, the entity should perform step 2 of the goodwill impairment test for those reporting unit(s). Any resulting goodwill impairment should be recorded as a cumulative-effect adjustment to beginning retained earnings in the period of adoption. Any goodwill impairments occurring after the initial adoption of the amendments should be included in earnings. The update is effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2010. Management evaluated the impact of this update and determined that the update will not have a significant effect on the consolidated financial statements.

Accounting Standards Update No. 2010-29 (“ASU No. 2010-29”) “Disclosure of Supplementary Pro Forma Information for Business Combinations.” In December 2010, the FASB issued guidance on the interpretation of the pro forma revenue and earnings disclosure requirements for business combinations. ASU No. 2010-29 requires a company to disclose pro forma information for business combinations that occurred in the current reporting period. The disclosures include pro forma revenue and earnings of the combined entity for the current reporting period as though the acquisition date for all business combinations that occurred during the year had been as of the beginning of the annual reporting period. If comparative financial statements are presented, the pro forma revenue and earnings of the combined entity for the comparable prior reporting period should be reported as though the acquisition date for all business combinations that occurred during the current year had been as of the beginning of the comparable prior annual reporting period. The update is effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2010. Management evaluated the impact of this update and determined that the update will not have a significant effect on the consolidated financial statements.

 

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BUSINESS

Company Overview

We are a diversified processing business, offering transaction processing, payment processing, merchant acquiring and other related services in Puerto Rico and certain countries within the Caribbean and Central and Latin America. We own and operate the ATH network, the leading debit payment and ATM network in Puerto Rico. The ATH network processed over 582 million transactions in 2010. Over 70% of all ATM transactions and over 80% of all debit transactions in Puerto Rico are processed over the ATH network. Our products and services include POS processing, network and switch services, automated teller machine driving services, core bank processing, business process outsourcing solutions, technology infrastructure management, financial services applications and merchant acquiring services. Our Merchant Acquiring business is the largest merchant acquirer in Puerto Rico, and the fifth largest in Latin America, providing an end-to-end electronic payment offering to over 16,000 merchants.

Through this combination of complementary and market-leading businesses, as well as our ongoing relationship with Banco Popular, the largest bank in Puerto Rico and a subsidiary of Popular, we believe that our business has a unique position in the Caribbean market with significant expansion opportunities in the Latin American region.

Prior to the Transactions, we were 100% owned by Popular, the largest financial institution based in Puerto Rico, and operated substantially as an independent entity within Popular. Upon the consummation of the Merger, Apollo became our majority owner while Popular continues to own approximately 49% of our voting equity. For further discussion of our ongoing relationship with Popular, refer to the “Summary—Key Relationship with Popular” section of this prospectus.

We generated total revenues, gross revenues (as defined in Note 2 to “Summary—Summary Historical and Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated and Combined Financial Data”) and Adjusted EBITDA (as defined in Note 3 to “Summary—Summary of Historical and Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated and Combined Financial Data”) of $285 million, $372 million and $127 million, respectively, on a full year basis for the year ended December 31, 2010.

Our Reportable Segments

Our business is organized based on the type of services we provide and the customer segments that we serve. While we often provide multiple services to various customers, we generally view our business as operating in three distinct segments: Transaction Processing, Merchant Acquiring and Business Solutions.

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  * See “Summary—Summary Historical and Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated and Combined Financial Data” for a reconciliation of total revenues to gross revenues and “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for information regarding non-GAAP measures, we realigned our segment reporting structure reclassifying item processing and cash processing businesses previously included in the Transaction Processing segment to the Business Solutions segment. The information included herein reflects our new segment structure.

Transaction Processing. We provide an innovative and diversified suite of payment products and services. We own and operate the ATH network, the leading debit payment and ATM network in Puerto Rico, which carries the most widely recognized financial services brand in Puerto Rico. Additionally, we provide card processing, payment processing and electronic benefit transfer (“EBT”) services. We have long-standing customer relationships across a wide spectrum of financial institutions in the Caribbean and Central and Latin America. Further, we benefit from a long-term agreement with the government of Puerto Rico for providing all electronic benefit transfer services in Puerto Rico. On a full year basis our Transaction Processing segment accounted for $78 million of total revenues and $78 million of gross revenues for the year ended December 31, 2010.

Merchant Acquiring. Our Merchant Acquiring business is the largest merchant acquirer in Puerto Rico, providing an end-to-end electronic payment offering to over 16,000 merchants in Puerto Rico and the U.S. and British Virgin Islands. It is the #1 merchant acquirer for every card brand in Puerto Rico. Additionally, it ranks as a top five acquirer across Latin America as a whole. Our Merchant Acquiring business segment processes transactions from approximately 28,000 POS devices at 27,000 merchant locations.

Our Merchant Acquiring segment provides services and tools that allow merchants to accept electronic methods of payment such as debit, credit, prepaid and EBT cards carrying the ATH, Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express brands. Our full suite of merchant support services includes, but is not limited to, terminal sales and deployment, front-end authorization processing, settlement and funding processing and customer support In 2010, our Merchant Acquiring business processed over 266 million transactions with total volume of over $10.4 billion. On a full year basis our Merchant Acquiring segment generated $55 million of total revenues and $141 million of gross revenues for the year ended December 31, 2010.

Business Solutions. We provide our customers with a full suite of business process management solutions in various product areas such as core bank processing, network hosting and management, information technology professional services, business process outsourcing, item processing, cash processing, and printing and distribution. One of our key strategic priorities is to continue to penetrate our broad financial institution customer base via offering incremental business solutions products and services to clients that currently perform similar functions in-house. In addition, we are the only provider of cash processing services in Puerto Rico that consolidates and delivers excess cash to the U.S. Federal Reserve. On a full year basis our Business Solutions segment accounted for $153 million of total revenues and $153 million of gross revenues for the year ended December 31, 2010

Industry Trends

Shift to Electronic Payments: The ongoing migration from cash and paper methods of payment to electronic payments continues to benefit the payment processing industry globally. This migration is driven by numerous factors including customer convenience, marketing efforts by financial institutions, card issuer rewards and the development of new forms of payment. Further, this increased penetration of electronic payments has been a driver for many merchants, which have not historically accepted electronic methods of payment, to offer acceptance of such methods in order to increase customer traffic and drive sales. According to the December 2010 issue of the Nilson Report, electronic payment dollar volume in 2009 accounted for $4.5 trillion in purchases in the U.S., which represented 58% of the total payment dollar volume in that year, and is projected to grow to 72% by 2015. We believe that the penetration of electronic payments in the markets where we

 

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principally operate is significantly lower relative to the U.S. market and that this ongoing shift will continue to generate substantial growth opportunities for our business.

Fast Growing Caribbean and Latin American Financial Services and Payments Markets: Currently, adoption of banking products, including electronic payments, in the Caribbean and Latin American region is lower relative to mature U.S. and European markets. For example, it is estimated by industry research that 36% of households in Puerto Rico do not utilize banking products. We believe that the unbanked and underbanked population in our markets will continue to shrink, and therefore drive incremental penetration and growth of electronic payments in Puerto Rico and other Latin American regions. The November 2010 issue of the Nilson `Report estimated that credit, debit, and prepaid card transactions at merchants worldwide totaled approximately $8 trillion in 2009, an increase of 7.9% from 2008; for the same period, card purchase transactions in Latin America grew by 13.1%. Further, the Nilson Report projects that overall card purchase transactions in the Latin American region will grow 450% between 2003 to 2013. We believe that these unique characteristics of our markets and our leadership positions across multiple products should continue to drive growth and profitability in our transaction-related businesses.

Ongoing Technology Outsourcing Trends: Financial institutions globally are facing unique challenges including the entrance of non-traditional competitors, the compression of margins on traditional products, significant channel proliferation and increasing regulation that could potentially curb profitability. We believe that these challenges are particularly relevant to medium or small size institutions in the Latin American markets in which we operate. Many of these institutions have traditionally fulfilled their information technology needs through legacy computer systems, operated by the institution itself. Legacy systems are generally highly proprietary, inflexible and costly to operate and maintain. We believe the trend to outsource in-house technology systems and processes by financial institutions will continue. According to estimates published by Gartner Dataquest Market Statistics in March 2010, banks in Latin America are forecast to have $20 billion of annual information technology expenditures by 2014. We believe that our technology and business outsourcing solutions cater to the evolving needs of the financial institution customer base we target, by providing integrated, open, flexible, customer-centric and efficient information technology products and services.

Changing Regulatory Environment: The regulatory environment for financial institutions is changing. The full impact of these changes will take months if not years to fully assess, but they will also likely create new revenue opportunities for technology and processing providers. The recently enacted Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (the “Dodd-Frank Act”) and the CARD Act of 2009 are principally intended to limit risk-taking activities by banks as well as provide certain protections to individual consumers. For example, the Dodd-Frank Act, which was enacted in July 2010 mandates the establishment of a federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and gives power to the Federal Reserve to regulate debit interchange fees charged by the issuing banks. These and other provisions of the enacted legislation do not directly impact our business. However, we believe that these regulatory changes could create ample opportunities for differentiated technology providers to work with financial institution clients on identifying new fee revenue opportunities and implementing the necessary technology to generate such revenue streams. In addition, regulation of the electronic payment card industry, including regulations applicable to us and our customers, has increased significantly in recent years. There is also increasing scrutiny by the U.S. Congress in the manner in which payment card networks and card issuers set various transaction fees from which some of our customers derive significant revenue. For example, as currently drafted, the Dodd-Frank Act incorporates the Durbin Amendment that, among other things, places certain restrictions on the interchange transaction fees that a card issuer or payment card network can charge for an electronic debit transaction and also places various exclusivity prohibitions and routing restrictions on such transactions.

Industry Innovation: The electronic payments industry experiences ongoing technology innovation. Emerging payment technologies such as prepaid cards, contactless payments, payroll cards, mobile commerce, online “wallets” and innovative POS devices facilitate the shift away from cash and paper methods of payment. The increasing demand for new and flexible payment options catering to a wider range of consumer segments is

 

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driving growth in the electronic payment processing industry. As an example, due to the advancement and integration of stored value technologies, unbanked and underbanked consumers are increasingly utilizing prepaid debit cards as a means to conduct purchases, access funds through ATMs, set up online bill payment and conveniently transfer money to other consumers.

Competitive Strengths

Most recognized regional financial services brand with leading market position: We own and operate the ATH network, Puerto Rico’s most widely recognized financial services brand. The ATH network processed over 582 million transactions in 2010, making ATH branded products the most frequently used electronic method of payment in Puerto Rico, exceeding the total volume of Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover, combined. Our Merchant Acquiring business, which acts as the primary merchant acquirer for ATH branded cards, is the leading merchant acquirer in Puerto Rico and the fifth largest in the Latin American region, serving over 16,000 merchant clients. Through this combination of uniquely complementary and market-leading businesses, we are well positioned to take advantage of favorable industry dynamics and enhance our market position throughout the Caribbean and Central and Latin American region.

Stable and recurring core revenue stream: We maintain a stable and predictable core revenue profile as a majority of our revenue is recurring in nature. In 2010 the Transaction Processing and Merchant Acquiring segments as well as the core bank processing services and certain other services within our Businesses Solutions segment, which together accounted for 74% of our total revenues and 80% of our gross revenues on a full year basis, generate recurring revenue streams. These businesses have high customer retention due to the mission-critical and embedded nature of the services they provide, the high switching costs associated with these services and due to our leading position in these respective markets. Additionally, on a full year basis approximately 34% of our total revenues and 26% of our gross revenues for the year ended December 31, 2010 was generated by core banking and related services provided to Popular, which are governed by a 15-year Master Services Agreement (as described below). For further discussion of our ongoing relationship with Popular, refer to the “Summary—Key Relationship with Popular” section of this prospectus. As a result of the critical and embedded nature of the services provided as well as our strategic focus on client retention, we have been able to deliver an industry-leading client retention rate, as over 90% of our customers in the Transaction Processing and Business Solutions segments in 2009 continued to be customers in 2010.

Highly scalable and leveragable platform: Our highly scalable technology platform can support significant expansion with low incremental costs. We have spent approximately $84 million from 2008 to 2010 on technology investments in order to build ample capacity in our platforms and maintain state of the art technology. We are able to achieve attractive economies of scale with flexible product development capabilities. Further, we have a proven ability to seamlessly leverage our existing platforms to develop new products and services and expand in new markets, with approximately 1,800 employees in 8 countries throughout the Caribbean and Central and Latin America. In the last four years, we have expanded our Transaction Processing businesses to Panama, Honduras, Mexico and Guatemala.

Favorable cash flow conversion characteristics: Our business is technology driven in nature and allows for significant scalability as our volumes and revenues grow. As a result of high operating margins, limited maintenance and growth capital expenditure requirements, and minimal working capital needs, we have been able to deliver strong cash flows and a consistently high cash flow conversion rate during the past three years

15-year, exclusive Master Services Agreement and equity alignment with Popular: Popular is the leading financial institution in Puerto Rico with $39 billion in assets and $27 billion in deposits as of December 31, 2010. While it continues to be our largest client, the revenues from our provision of core bank processing and related services to Popular have declined from 35% of total revenues in 2007 to 34% in 2010 and 28% of gross revenues in 2007 to 26% in 2010, on a full year basis, as we have expanded our external client base, product offerings and geographic footprint. We provide a number of critical transaction processing and business solutions products and services to Popular and benefit from the bank’s distribution network and continued support, further strengthened

 

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by our ongoing equity alignment. We and Popular have entered into a 15-year Master Services Agreement. According to the terms of the Master Services Agreement, Popular is obligated to continue to utilize our services on an exclusive basis and on commercial terms consistent with the terms of our historical relationship. For further discussion of our ongoing relationship with Popular, refer to the “Summary—Key Relationship with Popular” section of this prospectus.

Experienced management team with strong track record: We maintain a dedicated, multi-disciplinary and highly motivated senior management team that has served us for an average of 19 years. The current management team built and led our business through its transformation from a bank-owned operation to the leading financial technology franchise in the region, and has a proven track record of delivering growth and building strong brand recognition in both positive and negative economic environments. In addition, certain members of our management team have invested in non-voting common stock of Holdings in connection with the Merger.

Our Strategy

We intend to pursue the following business strategies:

Expand in the Latin American region

We are expanding our business geographically in the Latin American region. We believe that we have an inherent competitive advantage relative to U.S. competitors based on our ability to locally leverage our infrastructure as well as our first-hand knowledge of Latin American markets and culture. We believe that significant growth opportunities exist in a number of large markets in which we are not currently present, such as Argentina, Chile, Peru and Colombia. In addition to entering new markets, we continually introduce and offer new products and services to customers in existing markets, such as Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama and the Dominican Republic. We continually evaluate our strategic plans for geographic expansion. As a result, in each year from 2007 to 2009, we either entered a new market or significantly expanded our presence in international markets that we had previously entered. For example, in 2007, we opened our Panama office; in 2008, we established our Mexican operations; and from 2008 to 2009, we were able to triple the number of customers we serve in our Mexican and Panamanian markets.

Leverage the ATH network

We own and operate the leading debit payment and ATM network in Puerto Rico, the ATH network. Further, we believe that ATH is the most widely recognized financial services brand in Puerto Rico. The strength of this brand, coupled with the technology platform that it provides in Puerto Rico, has led most financial institutions to choose ATH as one of the preferred networks associated with the cards that they issue to their customers. As a result, we believe that we are uniquely positioned to develop new products and services to take advantage of our access to Puerto Rico’s entire cardholder base as well as our real-time, data-based knowledge of consumer spending behaviors. As an example, we are in the final stages of developing a person-to-person mobile transfer payment service, which will enable any ATH cardholder, regardless of his or her issuing bank, to conveniently transfer funds to another ATH cardholder online or via a mobile phone. We intend to introduce this service in the near future along with other value-added services that leverage the capabilities and popularity of the ATH network.

Develop and offer new products to our merchant customer base

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and marketing new products such as cell phone top up services, remote payment capture services, card-not-present processing and online acquiring services. We intend to continue to focus on these and other cross sell opportunities in order to take advantage of our leadership position in the merchant acquiring industry.

Further improve and increase operating efficiency and scale

We are focused on delivering revenue growth along with improving profitability. As a function of our strategy to actively manage our cost base and due to the inherently scalable nature of our business, we have been able to improve Adjusted EBITDA margins in the past three years. We are committed to continue identifying areas where we can optimize our business from a cost perspective. As a result of this strategy as well as our new ownership structure following the Transactions, we believe that our business will be more efficiently run and that our profitability metrics will improve.

Selectively Acquire Complementary Businesses

Historically, we have selectively acquired complementary businesses that allowed us to expand geographically and to broaden our product offering. For example, we acquired ScanData Puerto Rico, in order to expand our banking services offering; we acquired TII Smart Solutions, which allowed us to offer ATM and POS driving services in Central America; and we acquired Sense Software, which enabled us to expand our services offering for small and medium size companies. As our business grows and we expand geographically, we intend to continue to evaluate selected acquisition opportunities in order to complement our current product offering.

Our Services and Products

Transaction Processing

ATH Network and Processing Services

We own and operate the ATH network, which is a combination of devices, communications and application systems that facilitate the processing of ATM and POS transactions. The ATH network is an extensive network of ATMs and POS terminals in the Caribbean and a primary network of electronic transactions in Puerto Rico, the U.S. and British Virgin Islands, the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, and El Salvador.

Our processing services include providing gateway access to the ATH network, Visa/Plus, MasterCard/Cirrus, American Express, Discover, NYCE and QUEST/EBT. In addition, the processing services we provide to participating financial institutions include: ATH card/debit card issuance; authorization, processing, management and recording of ATM and POS transactions; ATM management and monitoring; POS management and driving services; POS integrated cash register management; and extended POS service for customers’ merchants and authorization services.

Card Processing

Our card processing service offers primary application software modules for card issuing, credit and debit card processing, authorization and settlement, loyalty programs and fraud monitoring and control. We also provide highly customizable systems to manage customer billing and collections and establish key monitoring criteria such as billing cycles or unpaid balances.

Payment Processing

We provide a full product suite of payment and billing solutions for merchants, businesses and financial institutions in Puerto Rico. We provide customized solutions including electronic check processing, personalized websites, integration with financial institution’s websites, online billing, online or batch authorization of funds, lockbox services and electronic business data delivery.

 

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Electronic Benefits Transfer

We have been the exclusive provider of EBT services to the Puerto Rican government since 1998, processing approximately $1.5 billion in annual volume. Our EBT application allows certain agencies to deliver government benefits to participants through a magnetic card system and serves over 700,000 active participants. Our EBT platform includes call centers with dedicated bilingual personnel, a team of accounting professionals for the settlement and reconciliation of transactions, training for employees of the government agencies related to this service, a web-based administration terminal and website access for obtaining balance and transaction information.

Merchant Acquiring

Our Merchant Acquiring business provides services and tools that allow merchants to accept electronic methods of payment such as debit, credit and prepaid cards carrying the ATH, Visa, MasterCard and American Express brands. Our full suite of merchant support services includes, but is not limited to, terminal sales and deployment, front-end authorization processing, settlement and funding processing and customer support. We have a direct sales force of approximately 17 representatives and utilize alliances with Banco Popular in order to attract merchants. Revenues generated from the Merchant Acquiring business include discount fees and membership fees charged to merchants, debit network fees and rental income from POS devices and other equipment. Expenses incurred by the Merchant Acquiring business include interchange, network fees and royalties, transaction processing and normal overhead expenses.

The term “merchant” commonly refers to any organization that accepts credit or debit cards for the payment of goods and services. Merchant acquirers help in signing up merchants to accept credit/debit cards.

Merchant acquirers provide the following services and products:

 

   

Support services and tools to merchants including, but not limited to, terminal sales and deployment, front-end authorization processing, settlement and funding processing and customer support.

 

   

Set-up and training to facilitate the exchange of information and funds between merchants and cardholders’ financial institutions.

 

   

Support merchants’ ability to accept certain forms of electronic payments such as credit, debit and prepaid cards, electronic checks and government benefit payments.

 

   

Act as intermediary between the merchant, the credit and debit networks and the financial institutions that issue cards.

Acquirers earn a gross discount which is a certain percentage of the sales amount. Most of the gross discount is remitted to the card network and ultimately to the card issuer as interchange income. Merchant acquirers keep the net acquiring revenue (gross discount less interchange and payment network fees). This net revenue is primarily priced as a percentage of transaction value or as a specified fee per transaction or per service rendered. Merchant acquirers also charge merchants for other services that are unrelated to the number of transactions or the transaction value.

Merchant acquirers sign up and acquire merchants through a variety of ways, including direct sales force, independent sales organizations and referrals from banks. We acquire merchants through our direct sales forces and through referrals from Popular.

Business Solutions

Core Bank Processing

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principal systems that enable a bank to operate and include systems that process customer deposit and loan accounts, an institution’s general ledgers, central information files and other financial information. These solutions also include extensive security, report generation and other features that financial institutions need to process transactions for their depositors and other customers, as well as to meet their regulatory compliance requirements and their own management information needs. Our core bank processing platform is the principal technology platform that runs Popular’s banking operations in Puerto Rico and the U.S. and British Virgin Islands. We use proprietary technology as a platform for a number of critical services such as online payment systems, deposit systems, credit card processing, electronic billing, and image and workflow management and project management.

Item Processing

Our item processing service is offered in Puerto Rico and allows customers to update their systems and realize banking transactions in an electronic format by receiving, capturing, and preparing images and data of transactions. We employ state of the art systems for the digitization of transactions and images on paper to record data and transmit these records to the customer in a format that meets the customer’s system requirements. Services include check imaging, data entry, processing, archiving, image access and check processing in compliance with Check21 standards.

Cash Processing

We provide end-to-end cash processing for merchants and financial institutions, allowing our customers to manage a larger volume of transactions and anticipate and react faster to changes by reducing manual processing and cash inventory. We are the only provider of cash processing services in Puerto Rico that consolidates and delivers excess cash to the U.S. Federal Reserve. Our services include processing of commercial deposits received by armored truck night deposits at branches, cash and coin distribution, processing of cash requests received by either the Voice Response Unit or the Internet, consolidation and delivery of excess cash to the U.S. Federal Reserve in Puerto Rico, delivery of counterfeit bills to the Secret Service with required forms, monthly reports of client charges, and daily delivery of electronic reports for transactions over $10,000 in compliance with U.S. Bank Secrecy law.

Network Hosting and Management

We operate and install mission-critical transaction networks for financial institutions in Puerto Rico. Our network hosting and management services include: collocation and hosting solutions for network infrastructures at our facilities; automated monitoring services; design, implementation, and maintenance of call centers; interactive voice response solutions; predictive dialers; unified messaging; and design, installation, maintenance, and diagnostics on LAN and WAN network equipment, operations systems, and applications such as Microsoft Exchange, MS-SQL, MS-SMS, and MS-MOM.

IT Professional Services

We provide customizable information technology solutions, utilizing the technology of key business partners including Microsoft, Oracle, Avaya and Cisco to provide a variety of professional services including information technology strategic planning, business process management, system development, application integration, content management, information technology infrastructure services, database management, software installation and maintenance and project management.

Business Process Outsourcing

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systems, personal and business loan systems, electronic billing, electronic ticketing, finance and human resources systems, image and workflow management, project management and business architecture. We also market our own fully-developed solutions for deposit systems, internet banking, payment kiosks, electronic ticketing systems, banking distribution channels integration and payment integration systems. In addition, we administer and provide child support services via an outsourcing venture with the Puerto Rican government marketed as PRACSES.

Fulfillment

We are one of the largest processors of correspondence for financial institutions, government agencies, telecommunications companies and medical insurance companies in the Caribbean, printing more than 12 million pages and delivering approximately 4 million pieces monthly. Our fulfillment service provides technical and operational resources for producing and distributing variable print documents such as statements, bills, checks and benefit summaries. We also offer storage and management of promotional flyers and inserts.

Intellectual Property

We own numerous registrations for several trademarks in different jurisdictions and own or have licenses to use certain software and technology, which are critical to our business and future success. For example, we own the ATH and EVERTEC trademarks, which are associated by the public, financial institutions and merchants with high quality and reliable electronic commerce, payments, and debit network solutions and services. Such goodwill allows us to be competitive, retain our customers, and expand our business. Further, we also use a combination of proprietary software, including software that we own and technology and software licensed from Popular and other third parties to operate our business and deliver secure and reliable products and services to our customers.

We protect our intellectual property rights by securing trademark and copyright registrations as well as applying for patents in the relevant jurisdictions. We also protect proprietary know-how and trade secrets through company confidentiality policies, licenses, programs, and contractual agreements.

For a description of our arrangements with Popular regarding intellectual property, see “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions.”

Competition

Our primary competitors include internal technology departments within financial institutions and retailers, data processing or software development departments of large companies or large computer manufacturers, third-party payment processors, independent computer services firms, companies that develop and deploy software applications, companies that provide customized development, implementation and support services and companies that market software for the financial services industry. Some of these competitors possess substantially greater financial, sales and marketing resources than we do. Competitive factors impacting the success of our services include the quality of the technology-based application or service, application features and functions, ease of delivery and integration, ability of the provider to maintain, enhance, and support the applications or services, and price. We believe that we compete favorably in each of these categories. In addition, we believe that our relationship with Banco Popular, large market share and financial institution industry expertise, combined with our ability to offer multiple applications, services and integrated solutions to individual customers, enhances our competitiveness against companies with more limited offerings. Major industry players include First Data Corporation, Fidelity National Information Services, Inc., Fiserv, Inc., Total System Services, Inc. and Global Payments Inc., all of which provide competing transaction processing services. In the business outsourcing market, we also compete with Microsoft Corporation, Avaya Inc. and International Business Machines Corporation. Competitors in the merchant acquiring market include First Data Corporation, Global Payments Inc., Elavon Inc., Sage Payment Solutions and all local banks.

 

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Insurance

We maintain general liability and product liability, property, worker’s compensation, director and officer and other insurance in amounts and on terms that we believe are customary for companies similarly situated. In addition, we maintain excess insurance where we reasonably believe it is cost effective.

Employees

We employ approximately 1,800 employees in 8 countries throughout the Caribbean and Central and Latin America. None of our employees are subject to collective bargaining agreements, and we consider our relationships with our employees to be good. We have not experienced any work stoppages.

Government Regulation and Payment Network Rules

Oversight by the Federal Reserve

Popular is a bank holding company that has elected to be treated as a financial holding company under the provisions of the Graham-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999. Because of Popular’s indirect ownership interest in us, we are subject to oversight by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve Board”) and our activities are subject to several related significant restrictions.

Transactions with Affiliates

There are various restrictions on our ability to borrow from, and engage in certain other transactions with, Popular’s bank subsidiaries, Banco Popular and Banco Popular, North America (“BPNA”). In general, Sections 23A and 23B of the Federal Reserve Act and the Federal Reserve Board’s Regulation W require that any “covered transaction” that we enter into with Banco Popular or BPNA (or any of their respective subsidiaries), as the case may be, must be secured by designated amounts of specified collateral and must be limited to 10% of Banco Popular’s or BPNA’s, as the case may be, capital stock and surplus. In addition, all “covered transactions” between Banco Popular or BPNA, on the one hand, and Popular and all of its subsidiaries and affiliates (which for these purposes includes EVERTEC) on the other hand, must be limited to 20% of Banco Popular’s or BPNA’s, as the case may be, capital stock and surplus. “Covered transactions” are defined by statute to include a loan or extension of credit, as well as a purchase of securities issued by an affiliate, a purchase of assets (unless otherwise exempted by the Federal Reserve Board) from the affiliate, the acceptance of securities issued by the affiliate as collateral for a loan, and the issuance of a guarantee, acceptance or letter of credit on behalf of an affiliate.

In addition, Section 23B and Regulation W require all transactions between us and either Banco Popular or BPNA be on terms and conditions, including credit standards, that are substantially the same or at least as favorable to Banco Popular or BPNA, as the case may be, as those prevailing at the time for comparable transactions involving other non-affiliated companies or, in the absence of comparable transactions, on terms and conditions, including credit standards, that in good faith would be offered by Banco Popular or BPNA to, or would apply to, non-affiliated companies.

Permissible Activities

As a result of Popular’s ownership interest in us, we are considered to be a foreign subsidiary of a bank holding company under the Federal Reserve Board’s regulations. Consequently, we rely on the authority granted under the Federal Reserve Board’s Regulation K to conduct our data processing, management consulting and related activities outside the United States. Furthermore, before our predecessor was acquired by Popular, it was engaged in certain activities that are not otherwise permissible for a foreign subsidiary under the banking regulations. We continue to engage in such activities pursuant to authority under the Federal Reserve Board’s Regulation K, which allows a bank holding company to retain, in the context of an acquisition of a going concern, such otherwise impermissible activities if they account for not more than 5% of either the consolidated assets or consolidated revenues of the acquired organization.

 

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Regulatory Reform and Other Legislative Initiatives

The payment card industry recently has come under increased scrutiny from lawmakers and regulators. In July 2010, the Dodd-Frank Act was signed into law in the United States. The Dodd-Frank Act sets forth significant structural and other changes to the regulation of the financial services industry and establishes a new agency, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, to regulate consumer financial products and services (including many offered by us and by our customers). In addition, the Durbin Amendment imposes new restrictions on card networks and debit card issuers. More specifically, the Durbin Amendment provides that interchange transaction fees that a card issuer may receive or charge for an electronic debit transaction must be “reasonable and proportional” to the cost incurred by the card issuer in processing the transaction. If the Durbin Amendment goes into effect as enacted, the Dodd Frank Act requires the Federal Reserve Board to prescribe final regulations by April 2011 to (a) establish standards for determining whether the amount of any debit interchange transaction fee is reasonable and proportional, taking into consideration fraud prevention costs, and (b) prescribe regulations to ensure that network fees, such as the switch fees assessed by our ATH network, are not used, directly or indirectly, to compensate card issuers with respect to electronic debit transactions or to circumvent or evade the restrictions that interchange transaction fees be reasonable and proportional. Interim rules published by the Federal Reserve Board in December, 2010 have sought to set such fees, establishing a “safe harbor” and a “cap” for debit interchange. However, such rule is not in final form, and as of the date of this filing, there are at least two pending bills in Congress that would seek to delay implementation of the Durbin Amendment.

In addition to requiring the implementation of “reasonable and proportional” debit interchange fees, the Durbin Amendment also prohibits card issuers and payment card networks from entering into exclusivity arrangements for debit card processing and restricts card issuers and payment networks from inhibiting the ability of merchants to direct the routing of debit card transactions over networks of their choice. The Durbin Amendment also allows merchants to set minimum dollar amounts (currently, not to exceed $10) for the use of a credit card and provide discounts to consumers who pay with various payment methods, such as cash (which two practices previously violated applicable payment card network rules).

The impact of the Dodd-Frank Act (and more specifically, the Durbin Amendment) on us is difficult to estimate, in part because regulations are not finalized. In addition to the Dodd-Frank Act, from time to time, various legislative and regulatory initiatives are introduced in Congress and state legislatures, as well as by regulatory agencies. Such initiatives may include proposals to diminish the powers of bank holding companies and their affiliates. Such legislation could change banking statutes and our operating environment in substantial and unpredictable ways. If enacted, such legislation could increase the cost of doing business or limit permissible activities. We cannot predict whether any such legislation will be enacted, and, if enacted, the effect that it, or any implementing regulations, would have on our financial condition or results of operations.

Other Government Regulations

In addition to oversight by the Federal Reserve Board, our services are subject to a broad range of complex federal, state, Puerto Rico and foreign regulation, including privacy laws, international trade regulations, the Bank Secrecy Act, anti-money laundering laws, the U.S. Internal Revenue Code, the Puerto Rico Internal Revenue Code of 1994, as amended (the “PR Code”), the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and other Puerto Rico laws and regulations. Failure of our services to comply with applicable laws and regulations could result in restrictions on our ability to provide them, as well as the imposition of civil fines and/or criminal penalties. The principal areas of regulation (in addition to oversight by the Federal Reserve Board) that impact our business are described below.

Privacy

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Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. These regulations place restrictions on the use of non-public personal information. All financial institutions must disclose detailed privacy policies to their customers and offer them the opportunity to direct the financial institution not to share information with third parties. The regulations, however, permit financial institutions to share information with non-affiliated parties who perform services for the financial institutions. These laws also impose requirements for safeguarding personal information through the issuance of data security standards or guidelines. Certain state laws impose similar privacy obligations, as well as, in certain circumstances, obligations to provide notification to affected individuals, states officers and consumer reporting agencies, as well as businesses and governmental agencies that own data, of security breaches of computer databases that contain personal information. In addition, State and Federal government agencies have been contemplating or developing new initiatives to safeguard privacy and enhance data security. As a provider of services to financial institutions, we are required to comply with the privacy regulations and are bound by the same limitations on disclosure of the information received from our customers as apply to the financial institutions themselves. See “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Business—Security breaches or our own failure to comply with privacy regulations and industry security requirements imposed on providers of services to financial institutions and card processing services could harm our business by disrupting our delivery of services and damaging our reputation.”

Anti-Money Laundering and Office of Foreign Assets Control Regulation

Because of Popular’s indirect ownership interest in EVERTEC and because we provide data processing services to both foreign and domestic financial institutions, we are required to comply with certain anti-money laundering and terrorist financing laws and economic sanctions imposed on designated foreign countries, nationals and others. Specifically, we must adhere to the requirements of the Bank Secrecy Act regarding processing and facilitation of financial transactions. Furthermore, as a data processing company that provides services to foreign parties and facilitates financial transactions between foreign parties, we are obligated to screen all transactions for compliance with the sanctions programs administered by OFAC. These regulations prohibit us from entering into or facilitating a transaction that involves persons, governments, or countries designated by the U.S. Government under one or more sanctions regimes.

A major focus of governmental policy in recent years has been aimed at combating money laundering and terrorist financing. Preventing and detecting money laundering, and other related suspicious activities at their earliest stages warrants careful monitoring. The Bank Secrecy Act, along with a number of other anti money laundering laws, imposes various reporting and record-keeping requirements concerning currency and other types of monetary instruments. Actions, such as structuring transactions to avoid Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money laundering law reporting requirements, failing to prepare or file required reports, preparing inaccurate reports, money laundering, attempted money laundering, and advising customers in any of these activities are violations or potential violations of law. These laws and regulations impose obligations to maintain appropriate policies, procedures and controls to detect, prevent and report money laundering and terrorist financing and to verify the identity of their customers. Failure to maintain and implement adequate programs to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, or to comply with all of the relevant laws or regulations, could have serious legal and reputational consequences for us.

The United States has imposed economic sanctions that affect transactions with designated foreign countries, nationals and others. The OFAC-administered sanctions targeting countries take many different forms. Generally, however, they contain one or more of the following elements: (1) restrictions on trade with or investment in a sanctioned country, including prohibitions against direct or indirect imports of goods or services from and exports to a sanctioned country and prohibitions on “U.S. persons” engaging in financial transactions relating to making investments in, or providing investment-related advice or assistance to, a sanctioned country; and (2) a blocking of assets in which the government or specially designated nationals of the sanctioned country have an interest, by prohibiting transfers of property subject to U.S. jurisdiction (including property in the possession or control of U.S. persons). Blocked assets (e.g., property and bank deposits) cannot be paid out, withdrawn, set off or transferred in any manner without a license from OFAC. Failure to comply with these sanctions could have serious legal and reputational consequences.

 

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FCPA and Other

As a data processing company that services both foreign and domestic clients, our business activities in foreign countries, and in particular our transactions with foreign governmental entities, subject us to the anti-bribery provisions of the FCPA. Pursuant to applicable anti-bribery laws, our transactions with foreign government officials and political candidates are restricted. Finally, in the course of business with foreign clients and subsidiaries, we export certain software and hardware that is controlled by the Export Administration Regulations from the United States to the foreign parties. Together, these regulations place restrictions on who we can transact with, what transactions may be facilitated, how we may operate in foreign jurisdictions, and what we may export to foreign countries.

Association and Network Rules

We and certain of our subsidiaries are members of or certified processors for several card associations and payment networks, including the ATH network, MasterCard, Visa, American Express, Discover and numerous debit and electronic benefits transaction networks in connection with the services we provide to our customers. As such, we are subject to applicable card association and network rules, which could subject us to a variety of fines or penalties that may be levied by the card associations or networks for certain acts and/or omissions by us, our sponsorees, acquirer customers, processing customers and/or merchants. We are also subject to network operating rules promulgated by the National Automated Clearing House Association relating to payment transactions processed by us using the Automated Clearing House Network and to various government laws regarding such operations, including laws pertaining to EBT.

Legal Proceedings

From time to time, we are subject to litigation and arbitration in the ordinary course of business. We are not party to any material litigation or arbitration and are not currently aware of any pending or threatened material litigation at this time.

Property

We own one property in Costa Rica, in the province of San Jose, which is used by our Costa Rican subsidiary for its Transaction Processing business. We also lease space in 12 other locations across the Caribbean and Central and Latin America, including our headquarters in San Juan, Puerto Rico and various data centers and office facilities to meet our sales and operating needs. We believe that our properties are in good operating condition and adequately serve our current business operations. We also anticipate that suitable additional or alternative space, including those under lease options, will be available at commercially reasonable terms for future expansion.

 

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MANAGEMENT

Executive Officers and Directors

The following table sets forth information regarding the individuals who serve as our executive officers and directors. The respective age of each individual in the table is as of December 31, 2010.

 

Name

   Age     

Position

Félix M. Villamil

     48       Chief Executive Officer, President and Director

Luis O. Abreu

     49       Chief Financial Officer

Carlos J. Ramírez

     49       Executive Vice President, Head of Transaction Processing & Business Solutions

Luis G. Alvarado

     47       Senior Vice President, Head of Sales for Latin America

James González

     43       Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Strategy

Jorge R. Hernández

     45       Senior Vice President, Head of the ATH Network

Mike Vizcarrondo

     37       Senior Vice President, Head of the Merchant Acquiring Business

Marc E. Becker

     38       Chairman of the Board and Director

Jorge Junquera

     62       Director

Nathaniel J. Lipman

     46       Director

Matthew H. Nord

     31       Director

Richard L. Carrión Rexach

     58       Director

Néstor Obie Rivera

     64       Director

Scott I. Ross

     31       Director

Thomas M. White

     53       Director

Félix M. Villamil has been our Chief Executive Officer since the consummation of the Merger. Mr. Villamil has been our President and a director since 2004. Mr. Villamil served as Executive Vice President of Popular (Nasdaq: BPOP) from 2002 to 2004. From 1990 to 2004, Mr. Villamil was employed by Banco Popular. From 1990 to 1995, he served as Vice President–Assistant General Auditor. From 1995 to 1997, Mr. Villamil served as Senior Vice President and General Auditor. From 1997 to 2001, Mr. Villamil served as Senior Vice President–Credit Risk Management Division. Mr. Villamil served as Senior Vice President–Retail Banking Group from 2001 to 2002. Before his employment with Banco Popular, Mr. Villamil served as Vice President–General Auditor for Banco de Ponce from 1989 to 1990. Mr. Villamil began his career as Audit Manager, primarily in the financial institutions segment, for KPMG LLP from 1984 to 1989. Mr. Villamil has been a Certified Public Accountant since 1985. Mr. Villamil has significant experience in the banking and processing business.

Luis O. Abreu has been our Chief Financial Officer since 2004 (except for a brief period from December 1, 2009 to July 1, 2010 when he served as Senior Vice President–Corporate Credit Risk Management for Popular). From 2000 to 2004, Mr. Abreu served as Senior Vice President–Operational Financial Support and from 1995 to 2000, he served as Vice President–Comptroller’s Division for Banco Popular. Mr. Abreu served as Comptroller for Popular Auto from 1992 to 1995 and as Assistant Vice President–Comptroller’s Division at Banco Popular from 1990 to 1992. Prior to that, Mr. Abreu was Assistant Vice President–Financial Planning Division for Banco de Ponce from 1987 to 1990 and a Senior Auditor at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP from 1982 to 1987. Mr. Abreu has been a registered certified public accountant since 1984.

Carlos J. Ramírez has been our Executive Vice President, Head of Transaction Processing & Business Solutions since 2004. From 1997 to 2004, Mr. Ramírez served as Senior Executive Vice President of Business Development for GM Group, Inc. Puerto Rico. From 1990 to 1997, Mr. Ramírez served as Senior Executive Vice President for GM Group, Inc. International Division. From 1984 to 1990, Mr. Ramírez served as Sales Manager for Multiple Computer Services and he served as Systems Engineer from 1983 to 1984.

 

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Luis G. Alvarado has been our Senior Vice President, Head of Sales for Latin America since 2006. He also serves as President of Serfinsa S.A. de C.V., a position he has held since 2008. Mr. Alvarado served as General Manager of ATH Costa Rica, S.A. from 2000 to 2006 and served as Operations Manager from 1997 to 2000. Prior to joining ATH Costa Rica, S.A., Mr. Alvarado served as Regional Analysis and Programming Chief for Credomatic Costa Rica from 1989 to 1997. Prior to that, he served as 4GL’s Support for UNISYS, CA from 1988 to 1989. From 1987 to 1988, Mr. Alvarado was Development Manager for GB/SYS, S.A. and from 1987 to 1987 he was Assistant of the Operation Department at Instituto Tecnológico of Costa Rica. Mr. Alvarado began his career as a Programmer for Cooperativa Victoria R. L. CR from 1986 to 1987.

James González has been our Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Strategy since November 2010. Prior to joining EVERTEC, Mr. Gonzalez served as Senior Director from 2008 to 2010 and as Director from 2005 to 2008 of Strategy and Corporate Development for Hewlett-Packard Company. Mr. Gonzalez was also a Senior Analyst and then an Associate and then Manager of Corporate Development for Hewlett-Packard Company from 1995 to 2001. From 2001 to 2005, Mr. Gonzalez served as Manager of Business Development and then as Assistant Treasurer and Director of Business Development for Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Mr. Gonzalez began his career at Arthur Andersen LLP , where he was a member of the audit staff from 1990 to 1992, and an Audit Senior in 1993. Mr. Gonzalez has been a registered certified public accountant since 1990.

Jorge R. Hernández has been our Senior Vice President, Head of the ATH Network since 2004. Prior to joining EVERTEC, Mr. Hernández served as Senior Executive Vice President and Manager–ATH/EBT Division of the GM Group, Inc. From 1988 to 2000, Mr. Hernández was employed by Banco Popular of Puerto Rico. Mr. Hernández first joined Banco Popular as a part of the Branch Management Associates Program in 1988. From 1988 to 1992 he served as Project Manager–Marketing Division. From 1992 to 1994, Mr. Hernández served as Project Manager–Telepago Popular. From 1994 to 1998, Mr. Hernández was Assistant Vice President and Manager–Projects Administration Department, Electronic Banking Division. Mr. Hernández served as Vice President and Manager–ATH Network & Operations Department, Electronic Banking Division from 1988 to 1999. Mr. Hernández served as Vice President and Manager–Electronic Banking Division from 1999 to 2000. Mr. Hernández began his career as an Account Executive–Direct Marketing Group at Badillo Saatchi & Saatchi from 1987 to 1988.

Mike Vizcarrondo has been our Senior Vice President, Head of the Merchant Acquiring Business since the consummation of the Merger. Prior to the Merger, Mr. Vizcarrondo has served in that capacity for Banco Popular since 2006. From 2000 to 2006, Mr. Vizcarrondo served as Vice President–Corporate Banking for Banco Popular. From 1996 to 2000, Mr. Vizcarrondo served as Portfolio Manager–Treasury Division for Banco Popular. Mr. Vizcarrondo is the nephew of Mr. Carrión, who is a member of our board of directors since the consummation of the Merger.

Marc E. Becker has been Chairman of our board of directors since the consummation of the Merger. Mr. Becker is a partner of Apollo. He has been employed with Apollo since 1996 and has served as an officer of certain affiliates of Apollo since 1999. Prior to that time, Mr. Becker was employed by Smith Barney Inc. within its Investment Banking division. Mr. Becker serves on several boards of directors, including Affinion Group Holdings, Inc., since October 2005, Quality Distribution, Inc., Realogy Corporation and SOURCECORP Incorporated. During the past five years, Mr. Becker also served as a director of Countrywide plc (from May 2007 to May 2009), National Financial Partners (from May 2007 to January 2009) and Metals USA Inc. (from November 2005 to December 2007). Mr. Becker has significant experience in making and managing private equity investments on behalf of Apollo and over 15 years experience in financing, analyzing and investing in public and private companies.

Jorge Junquera has been a member of our board of directors since the consummation of the Merger. Mr. Junquera has been Senior Executive Vice President of Popular since 1997. Mr. Junquera has been Chief Financial Officer of Popular and Banco Popular and Supervisor of the Financial Management Group of Popular since 1996. Mr. Junquera has also served as President and Director of Popular International Bank, Inc., a direct

 

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wholly-owned subsidiary of Popular, since 1996. Mr. Junquera has also been President of Banco Popular, National Association since 2001. Mr. Junquera served as Director of Banco Popular until 2000. He again undertook the role of Director from 2001 to the present. He has also served as a Director of Popular North America, Inc. since 1996 and of other indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries of Popular. Mr. Junquera has significant experience managing financial institutions and serving on boards of directors.

Nathaniel J. Lipman has been a member of our board of directors since the consummation of the Merger. Mr. Lipman has served as the Chief Executive Officer and a director of Affinion Group Holdings, Inc. since October 17, 2005. Mr. Lipman has also served as the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Affinion Group, Inc. since October 17, 2005. Mr. Lipman served as the President of Affinion Group Holdings, Inc. from October 17, 2005 to January 14, 2011, the President of Affinion Group, Inc. from October 17, 2005 to January 13, 2010. He was formerly the President and Chief Executive Officer of Trilegiant, Inc. starting in August 2002 and President and Chief Executive Officer of Cendant Marketing Group starting in January 2004. From September 2001 until August 2002, he was Senior Executive Vice President of Business Development and Marketing of Trilegiant. He served as Executive Vice President of Business Development for Cendant Membership Services from March 2000 to August 2001. He joined the Alliance Marketing Division of Cendant in June 1999 as Senior Vice President, Business Development and Strategic Planning. Mr. Lipman was previously Senior Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and Strategic Planning, for Planet Hollywood International, Inc., from 1996 until April 1999. Prior to his tenure at Planet Hollywood, Mr. Lipman was Senior Vice President and General Counsel of House of Blues Entertainment, Inc. and Senior Corporate Counsel at The Walt Disney Company. Mr. Lipman has over 15 years of experience managing and serving on the boards of various corporations.

Matthew H. Nord has been a member of our board of directors since the consummation of the Merger. Mr. Nord is a principal of Apollo, where he has been employed since 2003. Prior to that time, Mr. Nord was a member of the Investment Banking division of Salomon Smith Barney Inc. Mr. Nord serves on several boards of directors, including Affinion Group Holdings, Inc. since October 2006, SOURCECORP Incorporated, Hughes Telematics, Inc. and Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation. During the past five years, Mr. Nord has also served as a director of Mobile Satellite Ventures, a subsidiary of Skyterra Communications, Inc. (from September 2006 to April 2008). Mr. Nord has significant experience in making and managing private equity investments on behalf of Apollo and over nine years experience in financing, analyzing and investing in public and private companies.

Richard L. Carrión Rexach has been a member of our board of directors since the consummation of the Merger. Mr. Carrión has been Chairman of the Board of Popular since 1993, Chief Executive Officer since 1994 and President from 1991 to January 2009 and from May 2010 to the present. Mr. Carrión has been Chairman of Banco Popular since 1993 and Chief Executive Officer since 1989. Mr. Carrión has been President of Banco Popular from May 2010 to present and from 1985 to 2004. Mr. Carrión is also Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Popular North America, Inc. and other direct and indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries of Popular. Mr. Carrión has also been a director of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York since January 2008; Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Fundación Banco Popular, Inc. since 1982; and Chairman and Director of Banco Popular Foundation, Inc. since 2005. Mr. Carrión has also been a Member of the Board of Directors of Verizon Communications, Inc. since 1995; and former member of the Board of Directors of Wyeth. Mr. Carrión’s 35 years of banking experience and 26 years at the head of Popular has given him a significant level of knowledge of the Puerto Rico financial system. Mr. Carrión is the uncle of Mr. Vizcarrondo, who has been our Senior Vice President, Head of the Merchant Acquiring Business since the consummation of the Merger.

Néstor Obie Rivera has been a member of our board of directors since the consummation of the Merger. Mr. Rivera has been Executive Vice President of Banco Popular, in charge of the Retail Banking and Operations Group since April 2004 which includes the Regions and Branches in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, TeleBanco, Internet and ATH, and Savings Products Before assuming this position, Mr. Rivera served as Senior Vice-President in charge of the Individual Banking Division from 1988 to 2004. Prior to 1988, Mr. Rivera served

 

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as Director of the Banco Popular Human Resources division since 1986. Previous to assuming this position, Mr. Rivera served as manager of the Salary Administration Department since 1970. Before joining Banco Popular, Mr. Rivera served in the United States Air Force, Air National Guard and US Air Force Reserve. Mr. Rivera has significant experience managing financial institutions.

Scott I. Ross has been a member of our board of directors since the consummation of the Merger. Mr. Ross is a principal of Apollo. Mr. Ross joined Apollo and has been employed by Apollo since 2004 (except for the period from August 2008 until September 2009 when he was employed by Shumway Capital Partners). Prior to 2004, Mr. Ross was a member of the Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities Division and then a member of the Merchant Banking Division of Goldman, Sachs & Co. Mr. Ross has significant experience in making and managing private equity investments on behalf of Apollo and over eight years experience in financing, analyzing and investing in public and private companies.

Thomas M. White has been a member of our board of directors since March 2011. Mr. White joined Apollo in May 2007 as an Operating Partner in the distribution and transportation industries. From November 2009 to November 2010, he served as interim Chief Financial Officer of SkyLink Aviation, Inc., an Apollo owned transportation and logistics entity based in Toronto. From April 2009 to July 2009, Mr. White served as interim Chief Financial Officer of CEVA Group, plc, an Apollo owned global logistics and supply chain company based in the Netherlands. From 2002 to 2007, Mr. White was the Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Hub Group, Inc., a NASDAQ listed company providing transportation management, intermodal, truck brokerage and logistics services. Prior to joining Hub Group, Mr. White was a senior audit partner with Arthur Andersen, which he joined in 1979. Mr. White currently serves on the board of directors of Quality Distribution Inc., SkyLink Aviation Inc., CEVA Group plc, and Landauer, Inc. Mr. White served on the board of directors of FTD, Inc. Mr. White is a CPA. With his experience as a Chief Financial Officer, as a senior audit partner at Arthur Andersen, and service on other audit committees, including that of a public company, as well as his educational background, Mr. White brings an understanding of financial statements, financial reporting and internal controls, to our board.

Board Composition

Our board of directors is composed of nine directors, all of whom are named in this prospectus. Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Stockholder Agreement described elsewhere in this prospectus, so long as AP Carib, together with its affiliates, owns at least 25% of our outstanding voting common stock, AP Carib will generally have the right to nominate five directors, and so long as Popular, together with its affiliates, owns at least 25% of our outstanding voting common stock, Popular will generally have the right to nominate three directors, subject to certain adjustments if Popular and its affiliates beneficially own voting common stock of Holdings representing at least 10% more than the amount of voting common stock of Holdings beneficially owned by AP Carib and its affiliates at such time. Pursuant to the Stockholder Agreement, Messrs. Becker, Lipman, Nord, Ross and White were nominated by Apollo, and Messrs. Carrión, Junquera and Rivera were nominated by Popular. Pursuant to the Stockholder Agreement, our Chief Executive Officer also serves as a director.

Our board of directors has established an Audit Committee and a Compensation Committee. In addition, the board of our parent company, Holdings, also has a Compensation Committee that administers plans in which our directors, officers and employees participate.

Compensation Committee

The Compensation Committees both at the Holdings and EVERTEC levels consist of at least three board members, one of which is appointed as chairman. The committees must meet at least once a year. The Holdings Compensation Committee is created for the primary purpose of making decisions related to the equity-based compensation of EVERTEC employees and directors. This is because the stock option plan that the board of directors has adopted provides for equity awards in the form of derivates of Holdings stock. The responsibilities

 

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of the Holdings Compensation Committee include: reviewing the CEO’s equity based compensation; administering all equity based compensation plans; in consultation with the EVERTEC Compensation Committee, approving all equity-based compensation for other officers and directors; and, in consultation with the EVERTEC Compensation Committee, adopt, modify, or terminate the equity-based compensation plans.

The EVERTEC Compensation Committee is similar in composition to the Holdings Compensation Committee but its primary responsibilities include: recommending to the EVERTEC Board, the Company’s compensation policy; reviewing and approving the CEO’s performance goals and objectives and making decisions regarding his non-equity based compensation; recommending to the Holdings Compensation Committee any equity- based compensation; approving non- equity based compensation for other executives; and reviewing the disclosures in the compensation and discussion analysis contained in public disclosures and if required by SEC rules, preparing an annual compensation report for inclusion in the annual report on Form10-K.

The three board members that form the compensation committees are: for Apollo, Messrs. Becker, chairperson, and Ross and, for Popular, Mr. Rivera.

Audit Committee

The Audit Committees for Holdings and EVERTEC also consists of at least three board members which must meet at least 4 times a year, including once every fiscal year. The responsibilities of the Holdings Audit Committee include overseeing the following the integrity of Holding’s financial statements; its independent auditor’s qualifications, independence and performance; the performance of Holding’s internal audit function; and Holding’s compliance with laws and regulations. The EVERTEC Audit Committee has similar responsibilities regarding EVERTEC’s financial statements and compliance requirements. However, since EVERTEC will be converting its debt into publicly traded security, its audit committee must also oversee the financial disclosure requirements of annual and quarterly Form 10-K and 10-Q filings. The three board members that form the audit committees are: for Apollo, Messrs. Ross, chairperson, and Nord and, for Popular, Mr. Junquera.

Executive Compensation

The information in this Executive Compensation section reflects the compensation structure and policies of the Company as of December 31, 2010, unless otherwise noted.

 

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COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

Overview of Executive Compensation

Following the Merger, we have developed stand-alone compensation programs for our executives, including our named executive officers (“NEOs”). These programs were designed to retain our executives, while also motivating them to achieve specific objectives and aligning their interests with our shareholders.

This Compensation Discussion and Analysis describes our compensation objectives, practices and decisions for the post-Merger period from October 1, 2010 through December 31, 2010 with respect to the following NEOs:

 

NAME   TITLE

Mr. Félix Villamil

  President and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”)

Mr. Luis O. Abreu

  Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”)

Mr. Carlos Ramírez

  Executive Vice President, Head of Transaction Processing & Business Solutions

Mr. Luis G. Alvarado

  Senior Vice President, Head of Sales for Latin America

Mr. Jorge R. Hernández

  Senior Vice President, Head of the ATH Network

Compensation for our NEOs is designed to provide rewards commensurate with each NEO’s contribution to our short and long-term business goals and objectives. In general, our executive compensation strategy is designed to achieve the following objectives:

 

   

Attract and retain highly qualified executives.

 

   

Provide executives with compensation that is competitive within the markets in which we operate.

 

   

Establish compensation packages that take into consideration the executive’s role, qualifications, experience, responsibilities, leadership potential, individual goals and performance.

 

   

Align executive compensation to support our objectives.

Our compensation program for our NEOs consists of the following key elements:

 

   

Base salary.

 

   

Short-term cash incentives based on performance.

 

   

Long-term equity incentives also based on performance.

 

   

Other benefits and perquisites.

Role of Compensation Committees

From October 1, 2010 through December 31, 2010 compensation-related decisions with respect to our NEOs were made by the EVERTEC and Holdings boards of directors, including our board’s approval of the October 1, 2010 employment agreements between EVERTEC and Messrs. Villamil, Abreu, Ramirez, Alvarado and Hernández, discussed in further detail in the narrative following the “Summary Compensation” Table; and the approval by the Holdings board of the Carib Holdings, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan on December 8, 2010. The compensation committee of EVERTEC (the “EVERTEC Committee”) and the compensation committee of Holdings (the “Holdings Committee”) were established by the respective boards of directors on February 1, 2011. These compensation committees have the following responsibilities:

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Committee with respect to the equity-based compensation for our executive officers and directors. The EVERTEC Committee is also charged with overseeing the risk assessment of our compensation arrangements applicable to our executive officers and other employees, and reviewing and considering the relationship between risk management policies and practices, and compensation.

The Holdings Committee is responsible for the decisions related to the equity-based compensation of our CEO and other executive officers as well as the administration of Holdings’ equity-based compensation plans, in which our NEOs may participate.

Our CEO is not permitted to attend any meeting of the EVERTEC Committee or the Holdings Committee where the CEO’s performance or compensation is discussed, unless specifically invited by the committee. We expect both compensation committees, which at present are composed of the same individuals, to meet jointly and as often as necessary, but at least once each year. Although the Holdings Committee and the EVERTEC Committee are primarily responsible for analyzing the compensation programs and making recommendations to our board of directors, both committees have the authority to hire a compensation consultant to assist them in fulfilling their duties.

Executive Compensation Program

In 2011, the EVERTEC and Holdings Committees will conduct a comprehensive review of the compensation philosophy and objectives, and will make any changes they consider appropriate following, as applicable, the general compensation practices in the processing industry and the prevailing economic scenarios in the countries in which we do business.

Elements of Compensation

Base Salary

In connection with the Merger and in order to retain our key executives, on October 1, 2010 we entered into five-year employment agreements with Messrs. Villamil, Abreu, Ramírez, Alvarado and Hernández, as well as other business-line executives. Pursuant to their respective employment agreements, Messrs. Villamil, Abreu, Ramírez, Alvarado and Hernández are paid annual base salaries as follows:

 

     Base Salary  

Félix M. Villamil, President & CEO

   $ 500,000   

Luis O. Abreu, CFO

   $ 165,000   

Carlos J. Ramírez, Executive Vice President

   $ 235,000   

Luis G. Alvarado, Senior Vice President

   $ 190,000   

Jorge R. Hernández, Senior Vice President

   $ 190,000   

Annual base salary for our NEOs is subject to annual review by our board of directors or the EVERTEC Committee for possible increase at the board’s sole discretion.

Performance-Based Incentive Compensation

Merger Bonus

Our NEOs, other than Mr. Villamil, received a Merger Bonus on October 15, 2010. The total amount of Merger Bonus received by each of our NEOs was as follows:

 

NEO    Merger Bonus Payment  

Félix M. Villamil, President & CEO

   $ 0   

Luis O. Abreu, CFO

   $ 538,817   

Carlos J. Ramírez, Executive Vice President

   $ 820,829   

Luis G. Alvarado, Senior Vice President

   $ 767,954   

Jorge R. Hernández, Senior Vice President

   $ 687,452   

 

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The Merger Bonus was a special payment made to our senior executives in consideration for the successful completion of the Merger and in recognition of the individual’s contribution in the Merger process. The amount awarded to each individual was determined by multiplying by 2.25, the individual’s total cash compensation received in 2009, which consisted of base salary, statutory Christmas bonus and short-term cash incentive bonus.

Due to restrictions imposed on Popular under the United States Treasury Department’s Capital Purchase Program (“CPP”) under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, Mr. Villamil did not receive the Merger Bonus in 2010. However, his Employment Agreement provides that he is entitled to receive a retention bonus payment of $75,000 at the end of each of the first full twelve calendar quarters after October 1, 2010, or $900,000 in total. The first retention bonus payment was made on January 21, 2011. Mr. Villamil’s receipt of the additional retention bonus payments is contingent upon his continued employment with us.

Annual Bonus

We did not establish bonus metrics or goals for the post-Merger period following the Merger. Instead, our board of directors, in consultation with our management, determined to pay annual bonuses to our NEOs based on a subjective assessment of each NEOs contribution to our business in 2010. The following are the bonus amounts paid to each NEO:

 

NEO    2010 Annual Bonus  

Félix M. Villamil, President & CEO

   $ 196,875   

Luis O. Abreu, CFO

   $ 46,761   

Carlos J. Ramírez, Executive Vice President

   $ 92,689   

Luis G. Alvarado, Senior Vice President

   $ 57,000   

Jorge R. Hernández, Senior Vice President

   $ 75,411   

For 2011 and thereafter, the EVERTEC Committee will establish the budget and performance parameters for the bonus plan for each of our fiscal years pursuant to which each NEO will be eligible to receive an annual cash incentive bonus equivalent to a percentage of his or her base salary, as described below in the narrative under “Employment Agreements” following the “Summary Compensation” Table.

Holdings 2010 Equity Incentive Plan

On September 30, 2010, the Holdings board of directors adopted the Carib Holdings, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Equity Incentive Plan” or “Plan”). The purpose of the Equity Incentive Plan is to provide a means through which Holdings and its subsidiaries may attract and retain key personnel and whereby its directors, officers, employees, consultants and advisors can acquire and maintain an equity interest in Holdings or be paid incentive compensation, thereby strengthening their commitment to the welfare of Holdings and its subsidiaries and aligning their interests with those of Holdings’ shareholders. Holdings reserved 2,921,604 shares of its Class B Non-Voting Common Stock for issuance upon exercise and grants of stock options, restricted stock and other equity awards under the Equity Incentive Plan. The Holdings board of directors was in charge of administering the Equity Incentive Plan until February 1, 2011 when it delegated this responsibility to the Holdings Committee.

On December 8, 2010 the Holdings board of directors approved a resolution authorizing the grant of stock options, restricted stock and other equity awards under the Equity Incentive Plan to our senior executives, key employees and directors, including our NEOs. Pursuant to the December 8, 2010 board authorization, on February, 11, 2011, Holdings entered into stock option agreements with our NEOs and other senior executives.

Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the applicable stock option agreement and the Equity Incentive Plan, Holdings grants Plan participants the right to purchase shares of Holdings Class B Non-Voting Common Stock in three tranches. The Plan participant will become vested in their options as follows: (1) Tranche A options will vest in five equal installments, the first of which vests on September 30, 2011 and thereafter on September 30 of each year for the next four years until September 30, 2015, (2) Tranche B options

 

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will vest at such time as the Investor Internal Rate of Return equals or exceeds 25% based on cash proceeds received by the Investor, and (3) Tranche C options will vest at such time as the Investor Internal Rate of Return equals or exceeds 30%; provided, that, the participant is then employed by us or an affiliate.

For purposes of these vesting provisions, the Investor is Apollo Investment Fund VII, L.P., and the Investor Internal Rate of Return, or IRR, is the rate of return measured in cash and any securities received by the Investor as a return on its investment in the common stock of Holdings.

The stock options granted to our NEOs on February 11, 2011 are as follows:

 

EMPLOYEE

   TOTAL
OPTIONS
     TRANCHE
A
     TRANCHE
B
     TRANCHE
C
     % OF
OPTION POOL
 

Félix M. Villamil, President & CEO

     584,320         194,774         194,773         194,773         20.00

Luis O. Abreu, CFO

     175,296         58,432         58,432         58,432         6.00

Carlos J. Ramírez, Executive Vice President

     233,728         77,910         77,909         77,909         8.00

Luis G. Alvarado, Senior Vice President

     175,296         58,432         58,432         58,432         6.00

Jorge Hernandez, Senior Vice President

     175,296         58,432         58,432         58,432         6.00

Other Participants

     1,280,634         446,362         446,355         446,349         43.83

Undistributed Option Pool

     297,034         —           —           —           10.17

Total Options Available under the Plan

     2,921,604                  100.00

On February 11, 2011, pursuant to his employment agreement, Holdings entered into a restricted stock agreement with Mr. Villamil whereby Holdings will grant Mr. Villamil 80,000 shares of its Class B Non-Voting Common Stock over a vesting period of four years in substantially equal bi-weekly installments on each of EVERTEC’s normal payroll dates beginning on March 4, 2011. The restricted stock is not granted under the Equity Incentive Plan but is subject to the terms of the Plan. Except for Mr. Villamil, we do not contemplate granting restricted stock to our employees. In general, we view options as the appropriate means of providing incentive to employees to promote our growth in a manner that is aligned with our investors. In the case of Mr. Villamil, we wanted to deliver greater value, due in part to the CPP-restrictions to which he was subject as an executive of Popular, and to provide a retention incentive.

Other Compensation

Statutory Cash Bonus Payment

Each of our NEOs, including Mr. Villamil, received in 2010 the payment of a Christmas bonus. As a general rule, Puerto Rico law requires that employers pay employees that worked more than 700 hours in a year, an amount which cannot be less than $600.00 as a Christmas bonus, which must be paid on or before December 15. In 2010 our policy was to pay a Christmas bonus to employees in Puerto Rico in an amount equivalent to half a month payment of the employee’s base salary. In Costa Rica, where Mr. Alvarado works, the law requires an amount equivalent to one month of total earnings to be paid as a Christmas bonus. In 2010, the Christmas bonus payment was made on December 3. The amount paid to each of our NEOs was as follows:

 

NEO    Christmas Bonus Payment  

Félix M. Villamil, President & CEO

   $ 17,375.00   

Luis O. Abreu, CFO

   $ 6,875.00   

Carlos J. Ramírez, Executive Vice President

   $ 9,791.60   

Luis G. Alvarado, Senior Vice President

   $ 15,783.00   

Jorge R. Hernández, Senior Vice President

   $ 7,916.60   

Benefits and Perquisites

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and long-term disability insurance, and life insurance, among others. In addition, our senior executives, including our NEOs, are eligible for certain perquisites, which do not constitute a significant portion of their total compensation package. During 2010, these additional perquisites included the use of Company-owned automobiles, periodic comprehensive medical examinations and a limited number of personal tickets to events sponsored by EVERTEC. For 2011, we anticipate that we will maintain the same perquisites and benefits for senior executives, including our NEOs. Such benefits will be periodically reviewed based on market trends and regulatory developments.

Forgivable Loan for Félix M. Villamil

We signed with Mr. Villamil a Promissory Note and Forgivable Loan, and Stock Pledge Agreement on September 29, 2010 pursuant to which we made a loan for $340,000 to Mr. Villamil. We forgave the principal and interest under the Promissory Note in twelve substantially equal bi-weekly installments on each payroll date commencing on October 29, 2010, pursuant to the terms of this agreement. Of this amount, $170,000 was forgiven during 2010, which was included as part of his compensation for the year, and the remainder was forgiven by March 7, 2011.

Stock Ownership and Retention

Pursuant to their employment agreements, as part of the Merger, our senior executives, except for Mr. Villamil, invested part of the after-tax proceeds of the Merger Bonus each of them received in Class B Non-Voting Common Stock of Holdings so that our senior executives would have a meaningful economic stake in the value of EVERTEC. Mr. Villamil did not receive a Merger Bonus due to the CPP restrictions and thus, did not purchase stock, although he will receive company stock pursuant to the restricted stock agreement discussed above. Messrs. Abreu, Alvarado and Hernández each invested 50% of their after-tax proceeds of the Merger Bonus in Class B Non-Voting Common Stock. Mr. Ramírez invested $185,000, which is less than 50% of the after tax proceeds of the Merger Bonus that he received, due to personal circumstances. Mr. Villamil did not make any other investment in Class B Non-Voting Common Stock because we believe he will have sufficient share ownership due to his grant of restricted stock.

Each of Messrs. Abreu, Alvarado, Hernández and Ramírez signed a subscription agreement and purchased the Class B Non-Voting Stock on February 11, 2011. Pursuant to their subscription agreements, our NEOs are not permitted to sell, transfer, pledge, or otherwise dispose of or assign the shares acquired except in accordance with applicable law and the terms of the Stockholder Agreement, which permits a transfer of Class B Non-Voting Stock in connection with a public sale or a transfer of Holdings shares as permitted by the Stockholder Agreement.

 

SUBSCRIBING MANAGEMENT HOLDER

   SUBSCRIBED
FOR SHARES
     AGGREGATE
CONSIDERATION PAID
 

Félix M. Villamil, President & CEO

     0         0   

Luis O. Abreu, CFO

     16,500       $ 165,000   

Carlos J. Ramírez, Executive Vice President

     18,500       $ 185,000   

Luis G. Alvarado, Senior Vice President

     27,300       $ 273,000   

Jorge R. Hernández, Senior Vice President

     20,500       $ 205,000   

Tax Deductibility of Executive Compensation

The EVERTEC Committee and Holdings Committee intend to have applicable compensation payable for NEOs residing in Puerto Rico, to be deductible for Puerto Rican income tax purposes, unless there are valid compensatory reasons for paying non-deductible amounts in order to ensure competitive levels of total compensation.

Compensation Risk Assessment

At this time, no compensation risk assessment has yet been made. Existing employment and compensation arrangements were put in place in the context of the Merger without giving consideration to risk.

 

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Summary Compensation Table

The following table summarizes the total compensation of each of our NEOs for services rendered during the post-Merger period from October 1 through December 31, 2010.

 

SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE  

Name and
Principal Position

  Year     Salary     Bonus
(1)
    Stock
Awards
    Option
Awards
    Non-Equity
Incentive
Plan
Compensation
(2)
    Change in
Pension Value
and
Nonqualified
Deferred
Compensation
Earnings
    All Other
Compensation
(3)
    Total  

Félix M. Villamil
President & CEO

    2010        125,000        17,375        —          —          196,875        —          185,920        525,170   

Luis O. Abreu
CFO

    2010        41,250        545,692        —          —          46,761        —            633,703   

Carlos Ramírez
Executive Vice President

    2010        58,750        830,621        —          —          92,689        —            982,060   

Luis G. Alvarado
Senior Vice President

    2010        47,500        783,737        —          —          57,000        —          10,774        899,011   

Jorge R. Hernández
Senior Vice President

    2010        47,500        695,369        —          —          75,411        —            818,280   

 

(1) Includes a Christmas Bonus equal to 4.17% of base pay in accordance with general practice applicable to EVERTEC employees working in Puerto Rico, which was paid on December 3, 2010. For Mr. Alvarado, who works in Costa Rica, the Christmas Bonus equals one month of total earnings. Also includes a Merger Bonus awarded due to the completion of the Merger (except for Mr. Villamil), which was paid on October 15, 2010.

 

(2) Amounts include performance incentives earned in respect of 2010 and paid in April 2011.

 

(3) Amounts for Messrs. Villamil and Alvarado include annual car-value depreciation on accounting books for year-ended 2010. Mr. Villamil’s amount also includes $170,000 in principal and interest under a forgivable loan that was forgiven in the fourth quarter of 2010 (pursuant to Mr. Villamil’s Employment Agreement).

Employment Agreements

We entered into employment agreements with Messrs. Villamil, Abreu, Ramírez, Alvarado and Hernández on October 1, 2010, each with a term ending on October 1, 2015.

Félix M. Villamil. The terms of Mr. Villamil’s employment agreement provide for, among other things, (1) an annual base salary of $500,000; (2) an annual bonus with a target of up to 100% of Mr. Villamil’s annual base salary with 50% contingent on EVERTEC’s attainment of our annual budget as established by our board of directors and 50% contingent on the achievement of qualitative and quantitative performance goals established by our board of directors; and (3) quarterly retention bonuses of $75,000 for each of the 12 quarters from October 1, 2010 until October 1, 2013, contingent on Mr. Villamil’s continuing employment with us. Mr. Villamil is eligible to participate in our retirement and other employee benefit plans and policies that we make generally available to our other executives, except severance plans or policies, and is entitled to directors and officers insurance coverage.

Luis O. Abreu. The terms of Mr. Abreu’s employment agreement provide for, among other things, (1) an annual base salary of $165,000; and (2) an annual bonus with a target of up to 70% of Mr. Abreu’s annual base salary, consisting of a bonus of 30% of base salary contingent on EVERTEC’s attainment of our annual budget as established by our board of directors and a bonus of 40% of base salary contingent on

 

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the achievement of qualitative and quantitative performance goals established by our board of directors. Mr. Abreu is eligible to participate in our retirement and other employee benefit plans and policies that we make generally available to our other executives, except severance plans or policies, and is entitled to directors and officers insurance coverage.

Carlos J. Ramírez. The terms of Mr. Ramírez’s employment agreement provide for, among other things, (1) an annual base salary of $235,000; and (2) an annual bonus with a target of up to 75% of Mr. Ramírez’s annual base salary, consisting of a bonus of 30% of base salary contingent on EVERTEC’s attainment of our annual budget as established by our board of directors, a bonus of 25% of base salary contingent on the achievement of financial performance of the business lines he has in charge and 20% qualitative and quantitative performance goals established by our board of directors. Mr. Ramírez is eligible to participate in our retirement and other employee benefit plans and policies that we make generally available to our other executives, except severance plans or policies, and is entitled to directors and officers insurance coverage.

Luis G. Alvarado. The terms of Mr. Alvarado’s employment agreement provide for, among other things, (1) an annual base salary of $190,000; and (2) an annual bonus with a target of up to 70% of Mr. Alvarado’s annual base salary, consisting of a bonus of 30% of base salary contingent on EVERTEC’s attainment of our annual budget as established by our board of directors, a bonus of 20% of base salary contingent on the achievement of financial performance of the business line he has in charge and 20% qualitative and quantitative performance goals established by our board of directors. Mr. Alvarado is eligible to participate in our retirement and other employee benefit plans and policies that we make generally available to our other executives, except severance plans or policies, and is entitled to directors and officers insurance coverage.

Jorge R. Hernández. The terms of Mr. Hernández’s employment agreement provide for, among other things, (1) an annual base salary of $190,000; and (2) an annual bonus with a target of up to 70% of Mr. Hernandez’s annual base salary, consisting of a bonus of 30% of base salary contingent on EVERTEC’s attainment of our annual budget as established by our board of directors and a bonus of 40% of base salary contingent on the achievement of qualitative and quantitative performance goals established by our board of directors. Mr. Hernandez is eligible to participate in our retirement and other employee benefit plans and policies that we make generally available to our other executives, except severance plans or policies, and is entitled to directors and officers insurance coverage.

Grants of Plan-Based Awards

We did not grant awards to our NEOs under any equity or non-equity incentive plan during the post-Merger period from October 1, 2010 through December 31, 2010. See “—Executive Compensation Program—Elements of Compensation—Performance-Based Incentive Compensation—Holdings 2010 Equity Incentive Plan” for a discussion of equity-based awards granted to our NEOs in 2011.

Outstanding Equity Awards at 2010 Fiscal Year End

There were no outstanding equity awards held by any of our NEOs as of December 31, 2010.

Option Exercises and Stock Vested

No stock options were exercised and no stock awards vested during the post-Merger period from October 1, 2010 through December 31, 2010.

Pension Benefits and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation

We do not provide defined benefit pension benefits or non-qualified deferred compensation.

 

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Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control

We do not have change-in-control agreements with our CEO or other NEOs. Nevertheless, Mr. Villamil’s restricted stock agreement provides that in the event of a change in control of EVERTEC, all restricted shares that are not vested become fully vested and non-forfeitable. For purposes of Mr. Villamil’s restricted stock agreement, a “change in control” is deemed to occur upon (1) the consummation of a sale of Holdings; or (2) any transaction or series of related transactions in which Apollo Investment Fund VII, L.P., or any other investment fund or vehicle managed by Apollo or any of its affiliates, successors or assigns, sells at least 50% of the common shares of Holdings directly or indirectly acquired by it, and at least 50% of the aggregate of all investments in shares of any Holdings capital stock made by such Apollo entity on or after September 30, 2010, but excluding any common shares purchased on any securities exchange or national market system after an initial public offering or any investment originally made in a person other than Holdings or one of its subsidiaries. However, any acquisition by Apollo Investment Fund VII, L.P., or any other investment fund or vehicle managed by Apollo or any of its affiliates, successors or assigns, or by Popular, Holdings, or any affiliate of any of them, will not be deemed to result in a change in control.

Potential Payments Upon Termination of Employment

Upon termination of employment for any reason, including death or disability, each of Messrs. Villamil, Abreu, Ramírez, Hernández and Alvarado will be entitled to receive his accrued but unpaid salary, any unpaid bonus earned for any fiscal year ended before the date of termination, and unpaid expense reimbursements, and any vested payments or benefits to which he may be entitled under our benefit plans or applicable law. We refer to the NEOs entitlements in the preceding sentence collectively as our “Accrued Obligations.”

Upon termination by us without “cause” or resignation for “good reason” (both as defined below), in addition to the Accrued Obligations, Messrs. Villamil, Abreu, Ramírez, Hernández and Alvarado will be entitled to receive a lump sum severance payment pursuant to Puerto Rico’s Law 80 severance formula in force at signage date, excluding for such purposes Mr. Villamil’s retention bonuses and restricted stock.

If Mr. Villamil, Abreu, Ramírez, Hernández or Alvarado is terminated by us without cause or he resigns for good reason after September 30 of any year, he will also be entitled to receive a prorated amount of his annual bonus for that year based on the number of days elapsed, referred to as a “Prorated Bonus.” If employment is terminated due to our non-extension of the employment agreement, the executive will be entitled to receive the Accrued Obligations, his Prorated Bonus, and a continuation of his base salary for six months. The executive must sign a separation agreement and general release of claims against us and our affiliates as a condition to his entitlement to receive any severance payment or salary continuation from us under his employment agreement.

Mr. Villamil will also be entitled upon termination of employment for any reason, other than by us for cause or his resignation without good reason, to a lump sum payment of any unpaid retention bonuses and all of his restricted stock will become fully vested and non-forfeitable.

Messrs. Villamil’s, Abreu’s, Ramírez’s, Hernández’s and Alvarado’s employment agreements also restrict them from (i) competing with us for twelve months following termination, (ii) soliciting any of our employees, customers or other business relations for twelve months following termination, and (iii) disparaging us at any time following termination.

The NEO employment agreements define “cause” as any of the following:

 

   

commission of a felony or a crime of moral turpitude;

 

   

engaging in conduct that constitutes fraud or embezzlement;

 

   

engaging in conduct that constitutes gross negligence or willful gross misconduct that results or could reasonably be expected to result in harm to our business or reputation;

 

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breach of any material terms of employment, including the NEO’s employment agreement, which results or could reasonably be expected to result in harm to our business or reputation, if not cured (if curable) by the NEO within 15 days following his receipt of written notice from us; or

 

   

continued willful failure to substantially perform the duties of his position, if not cured (if curable) by the executive within 15 days following the receipt of written notice from us.

For purposes of his employment agreement the NEO has “good reason” to terminate his employment if, without written consent, any of the following events occurs that are not cured by us within 30 days of written notice specifying the occurrence of such event, which notice must be given by the NEO to us within 30 days following his knowledge of the occurrence of the good reason event:

 

   

a material failure of us to fulfill our obligations under the employment agreement;

 

   

a material and adverse change to, or a material reduction of, the NEO’s duties and responsibilities to us;

 

   

a material reduction in his base salary and target annual bonus (not including any reduction related to a broader compensation reduction that is not limited to the NEO specifically and that is no more than 10% in the aggregate);

 

   

the relocation of the NEO’s primary office to a location more than 25 miles from the prior location that materially increases his commute to work; or

 

   

the failure of any successor to all or substantially all of EVERTEC’s assets to assume the NEO’s employment agreement.

Regardless of the circumstances pursuant to which NEOs terminate their employment with us, they are entitled to receive certain amounts earned during their employment.

 

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The following table details the compensation that each NEO would have been entitled to receive upon termination of employment, assuming termination of employment as of December 31, 2010.

 

POST-TERMINATION COMPENSATION TABLE AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2010  

Name

   Severance
Payment ($)
     Other Cash
Payments ($)(3)
     Accelerated Vesting
of Outstanding
Restricted Stock
Awards ($)
     Accelerated
Vesting of
Outstanding
Option Awards
($)
 

Félix M. Villamil

President & CEO

           

Resignation without Good

Reason / Termination with Cause

   $ —         $ —         $ —         $ —     

Resignation with Good Reason/ Termination without Cause (1)

   $ 855,769       $ 1,096,875       $ 800,000       $ —     

Death or Disability (2)

   $ —         $ 900,000       $ 800,000       $ —     

Luis O. Abreu

CFO

           

Resignation without Good

Reason / Termination with Cause

   $ —         $ —         $ —         $ —     

Resignation with Good Reason/ Termination without Cause (1)

   $ 301,443       $ 46,761       $ —         $ —     

Death or Disability

   $ —         $ —         $ —         $ —     

Carlos Ramirez

Executive Vice President

           

Resignation without Good

Reason / Termination with Cause

   $ —         $ —         $ —         $ —     

Resignation with Good Reason / Termination without Cause (1)

   $ 483,558       $ 92,689       $ —         $ —     

Death or Disability

   $ —         $ —         $ —         $ —     

Luis G. Alvarado

Senior Vice President

           

Resignation without Good

Reason / Termination with Cause

   $ —         $ —         $ —         $ —     

Resignation with Good Reason / Termination without Cause (1)

   $ 237,500       $ 57,000       $ —         $ —     

Death or Disability

   $ —         $ —         $ —         $ —     

Jorge R. Hernández

Senior Vice President

           

Resignation without Good Reason / Termination with Cause

   $ —         $ —         $ —         $ —     

Resignation with Good Reason / Termination without Cause (1)

   $ 347,116       $ 75,411       $ —         $ —     

Death or Disability

   $ —         $ —         $ —         $ —     

 

(1) Severance Payment amounts calculated under Puerto Rico’s Law 80. Payment is part of the NEO’s employment contract.

 

(2) If Mr. Villamil’s employment termination is due to death or disability, he is entitled to receive a lump sum amount equal to the sum of any unpaid retention bonus amounts. His employment agreement establishes a quarterly retention bonus of $75,000 payable on the payroll date for the first full payroll cycle following the end of each of the first twelve full calendar quarters. In addition, Mr. Villamil restricted stock will become fully vested and non-forfeitable. The sum is equal to 80,000 shares with a value of $10 per share.

 

(3) Other Cash Payment amounts include the equivalent of the annual bonus that the NEO would have been entitled to receive in respect of 2010 based on the subsequent determination of our board of directors. For Mr. Villamil this amount also includes a lump sum payment of his unpaid retention bonuses under his employment agreement.

 

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Director Compensation in Fiscal Year 2010

As of December 31, 2010, none of our directors received from us any payment of fees or other compensation for their service as such. See “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions—Related Party Transactions After the Closing of the Merger” for compensation paid to certain of our directors in 2011.

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

From October 1, 2010 through December 31, 2010 compensation-related decisions with respect to our NEOs were made by the EVERTEC and Holdings boards of directors, the members of which include Messrs. Becker, Nord and Ross, each of whom is a principal and officer of certain affiliates of Apollo, which acquired an approximately 51% indirect ownership interest in us as part of the Transactions. Other than Mr. Villamil, our President and CEO, none of our directors has ever been one of our officers or employees. During 2010 none of our directors had any relationship that requires disclosure in this prospectus as a transaction with a related person. During 2010, none of our executive officers served as a member of the compensation committee of another entity, any of whose executive officers served on our board of directors, and none of our executive officers served as a director of another entity, any of whose executive officers served on our board of directors.

 

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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

All of our issued and outstanding voting common stock is owned by Holdings.

Pursuant to Holdings’ amended and restated certificate of incorporation, Holdings has two classes of common stock, Class A Common Stock, which has voting rights and Class B Non-Voting Common Stock, which does not have voting rights, each with a par value of $0.01 per share. The following table sets forth information regarding the beneficial ownership of the common stock of Holdings as of March 31, 2011, by (1) each person known by us to beneficially own more than 5% of the Class A Common Stock of Holdings, (2) each of our named executive officers, (3) each member of our board of directors and (4) all of our executive officers and members of our board of directors as a group. As of March 31, 2011, there were 36,300,286 shares of common stock of Holdings outstanding, consisting of 36,033,124 shares of Class A Common Stock and 267,162 shares of Class B Non-Voting Common Stock.

The amounts and percentages of common stock beneficially owned are reported on the basis of regulations of the SEC governing the determination of beneficial ownership of securities. Under the rules of the SEC, a person is deemed to be a “beneficial owner” of a security if that person has or shares “voting power,” which includes the power to vote or to direct the voting of such security, or “investment power,” which includes the power to dispose of or to direct the disposition of such security. A person is also deemed to be a beneficial owner of any securities of which that person has a right to acquire beneficial ownership within 60 days. Under these rules, more than one person may be deemed a beneficial owner of the same securities and a person may be deemed a beneficial owner of securities as to which he has no economic interest.

Except as indicated by footnote, the persons named in the table below have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of common stock of Holdings shown as beneficially owned by them.

 

Name of Beneficial Owner

   Shares Beneficially
Owned
 
   Shares      Percentage of
Class
 

Class A Common Stock

     

Apollo Management Holdings L.P. (a)

     18,376,893         51

Popular, Inc. (b)

     17,656,231         49

Class B Non-Voting Common Stock

     

Félix M. Villamil (c)

     1,562         *   

Luis O. Abreu (d)

     16,500         6.18

Carlos Ramírez (e)

     18,500         6.92

Luis G. Alvarado (f)

     27,300         10.22

Jorge R. Hernández (g)

     20,500         7.67

Marc E. Becker (h)

     —           —     

Jorge Junquera (h)

     —           —     

Nathaniel J. Lipman (i)

     —           —     

Matthew H. Nord (h)

     —           —     

Richard L. Carrión Rexach (j)

     —           —     

Néstor Obie Rivera (j)

     —           —     

Scott I. Ross (h)

     —           —     

Thomas M. White (k)

     25,000         9.36

Directors and executive officers as a group (15 persons)

     123,762         46.32

 

(*) Less than one percent.

 

(a)

Represents 18,376,893 shares of Class A Common Stock owned of record by AP Carib. AIF VII Euro Holdings, L.P. (“Euro Holdings”) is the sole shareholder of AP Carib. Apollo Management VII, L.P. (“Management VII”) is the sole director of AP Carib and the manager of Euro Holdings. AIF VII

 

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Management, LLC (“AIF VII”) is the general partner of Management VII. Apollo Management, L.P. (“Apollo Management”) is the sole member and manager of AIF VII, and Apollo Management GP, LLC (“Management GP”) is the general partner of Apollo Management. Apollo Management Holdings, L.P. (“Management Holdings”) is the sole member and manager of Management GP, and Apollo Management Holdings GP, LLC (“Management Holdings GP”) is the general partner of Management Holdings. Apollo Advisors VII (EH), L.P. (“Advisors VII (EH)”) is the general partner of Euro Holdings and Apollo Advisors VII (EH-GP) Ltd. (“Advisors VII (EH-GP)”) is the general partner of Advisors VII (EH). Apollo Principal Holdings III, L.P. (“Principal III”) is the sole shareholder of Advisors VII (EH-GP) and Apollo Principal Holdings III GP, Ltd. (“Principal III GP”) is the general partner of Principal III.

AP Carib, Euro Holdings, Management VII, AIF VII, Apollo Management, Management GP, Management Holdings, Management Holdings GP, Advisors VII (EH), Advisors VII (EH-GP), Principal III and Principal III GP (collectively, the “Apollo Entities”) are all affiliates of Apollo. Each of the Apollo Entities disclaim beneficial ownership of all shares of the Class A Common Stock or our common stock held of record or beneficially owned by any of the Apollo Entities, except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein. The address of each of AP Carib, Euro Holdings, Advisors VII (EH), Advisors VII (EH-GP), Principal III and Principal III GP is c/o Walkers Corporate Services Limited, P.O. Box 908-GT, Walker House, 87 Mary Street, George Town, Grand Cayman, KY1-9005. The address of each of Management VII, AIF VII, Apollo Management, Management GP, Management Holdings and Management Holdings GP is c/o Apollo Management, L.P., 9 West 57th St., 43rd Floor, New York, New York 10019.

 

(b) Represents 17,656,231 shares of Class A Common Stock owned of record by Popular. Popular disclaims beneficial ownership of all shares of our common stock held of record or beneficially owned by it except to the extent of its pecuniary interest therein. The address of Popular is 209 Muñoz Rivera Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico 00918.
(c) Does not include 78,438 shares of restricted Class B Non-Voting Common Stock which will be granted to Mr. Villamil pursuant to his employment agreement and a restricted stock agreement entered into with Holdings. Also does not include 584,320 shares of Class B Non-Voting Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of Tranche A, Tranche B and Tranche C options.
(d) Does not include 175,296 shares of Class B Non-Voting Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of Tranche A, Tranche B and Tranche C options that remain subject to vesting.
(e) Does not include 233,728 shares of Class B Non-Voting Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of Tranche A, Tranche B and Tranche C options that remain subject to vesting.
(f) Does not include 175,296 shares of Class B Non-Voting Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of Tranche A, Tranche B and Tranche C options that remain subject to vesting.
(g) Does not include 175,296 shares of Class B Non-Voting Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of Tranche A, Tranche B and Tranche C options that remain subject to vesting.
(h) Messrs. Becker, Nord and Ross are each principals and officers of certain affiliates of Apollo. Although each of Messrs. Becker, Nord and Ross, may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of shares beneficially owned by Apollo, each of them disclaims beneficial ownership of any such shares.
(i) Does not include 5,000 shares of Class B Non-Voting Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of options that remain subject to vesting.
(j) Messrs. Carrión, Junquera and Rivera are each officers and/or directors of Popular. Although each of Messrs. Carrión, Junquera and Rivera may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of shares beneficially owned by Popular, each of them disclaims beneficial ownership of any such shares.
(k) Consists of 25,000 shares of Class B Non-Voting Common Stock held by Thomas M. White 2006 Trust, over which Mr. White has voting and investment power. Does not include 45,000 shares of Class B Non-Voting Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of options held by Thomas M. White 2006 Trust that remain subject to vesting.

 

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CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Internal Reorganization

Prior to entering into the Merger Agreement, Popular and its subsidiaries Banco Popular, PIBI and EVERTEC substantially completed an internal reorganization in which, among other things, interests in certain foreign subsidiaries, and certain intellectual property assets related to our business and Banco Popular’s merchant acquiring business and TicketPop business were consolidated into EVERTEC (the “Internal Reorganization”). The Internal Reorganization was principally governed by the terms of a Master Reorganization Agreement and a Business Transfer Agreement.

Master Reorganization Agreement

On May 17, 2010, Popular and its subsidiaries Banco Popular, PIBI and EVERTEC entered into an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated as of May 17, 2010 and subsequently amended such agreement pursuant to the First Amendment to the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated as of June 30, 2010 and the Second Amendment to the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated as of September 15, 2010 (as amended, the “Master Reorganization Agreement”).

Under the terms of the Master Reorganization Agreement, Popular and its applicable subsidiaries agreed that Banco Popular and EVERTEC would enter into the Business Transfer Agreement and the BPPR IP Transfer Agreement (each as described below), and that PIBI would transfer to Popular and Popular would thereafter transfer to us certain equity interests in subsidiaries and joint ventures organized outside Puerto Rico that are related to the business operated by us and held directly or indirectly by PIBI. The equity interests in the non-Puerto Rican subsidiaries contemplated to be transferred directly or indirectly to us pursuant to the Master Reorganization include:

 

   

All of the outstanding equity interests in (1) ATH Costa Rica, S.A, (2) ATH Panama, S.A., (3) T.I.I. Smart Solutions Inc., (4) Tarjetas Inteligentes Internacionales, S.A. (“Tarjetas Inteligentes”) and (5) TII Smart Solutions, Sociedad Anónima;

 

   

99.97% of the outstanding equity interests in EVERTEC/Latam; and

 

   

All of the outstanding equity interests in EVERTEC Mexico Servicios de Procesamiento, S.A. de C.V. (“EVERTEC Mexico”) other than the indirect interest held by certain minority holders of EVERTEC/Latam as a result of EVERTEC/Latam’s continued 0.01% ownership in EVERTEC Mexico.

On June 30, 2010, substantially all of the transfers contemplated by the Master Reorganization Agreement were completed, other than the transfer of PIBI’s holding in EVERTEC/Latam and PIBI’s equity interests in the following joint ventures:

 

   

PIBI’s 53.97% equity interest in CONTADO, a merchant acquirer and ATM network in the Dominican Republic; and

 

   

PIBI’s 31.11% equity interest in Serfinsa, an ATM network in El Salvador.

On September 8, 2010, the transfer of PIBI’s entire equity interest in EVERTEC/Latam to EVERTEC was completed. In a separate transaction not contemplated by the Master Reorganization Agreement, EVERTEC/Latam transferred its equity interest in EVERTEC/Mexico to Tarjetas Inteligentes on August 23, 2010.

In accordance with the terms of the Master Reorganization Agreement and the Merger Agreement, until September 30, 2011, PIBI and Popular are required to transfer the equity interests in CONTADO and Serfinsa to us, in each case subject to compliance with the applicable rights of first refusal.

 

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The transfer by PIBI to Popular and the subsequent transfer by Popular to us of PIBI’s equity interests in CONTADO and Serfinsa are subject to compliance with certain rights of first refusal granted in favor of the other shareholders in those entities. Under the terms of the Master Reorganization Agreement, PIBI is required to promptly transfer to Popular and Popular is required immediately thereafter to transfer to us each of the aforementioned equity interests that are not transferred to the other shareholders pursuant to the rights of first refusal triggered by such proposed transactions after satisfying the requirements of such rights of first refusal. However, the Master Reorganization Agreement further provides that to the extent any such transfers are not completed by the closing of the Merger, PIBI and Popular would continue to pursue such transfer in accordance with the terms provided in the Merger Agreement.

On March 31, 2011, after a final agreement was reached between Popular and the other shareholders of CONTADO, (i) Popular transferred to EVERTEC19.99% of the equity interest in CONTADO, (ii) Popular paid to EVERTEC $10.8 million, which represented 50% of the after tax proceeds received by Popular from the sale of the 33.98% equity interest not trasnferred to EVERTEC, and (iii) EVERTEC transferred to Popular the $20 million held back at the closing of the Merger. To date, the process for completion of the potential transfer of Serfinsa pursuant to the rights of first refusal has not been completed by Popular, PIBI and the corresponding shareholders. See “—Related Party Transactions in Connection with Closing of the Merger—Merger Agreement” for a summary of the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement related to the ongoing obligations with respect to the CONTADO and Serfinsa equity interests following the closing of the Merger.

Business Transfer Agreement

Banco Popular’s merchant acquiring business and TicketPop divisions were transferred to us on June 30, 2010 as part of a tax-free reorganization pursuant to the Merchant and TicketPop Business Transfer and Reorganization Agreement between us and Banco Popular, dated as of June 30, 2010 and subsequently amended on September 15, 2010 (as amended, the “Business Transfer Agreement”). Under the terms of the Business Transfer Agreement, Banco Popular agreed to sell to us the right to conduct Banco Popular’s merchant acquiring business (subject to the terms of the Interim ISO Agreement described below) and the business of Banco Popular’s TicketPop division and, subject to certain exceptions, all of Banco Popular’s right title and interest in all of its assets primarily related to, primarily used or primarily held for use in such businesses, in exchange for our assumption of certain specified liabilities primarily related to such businesses. In addition, Banco Popular transferred to us certain Banco Popular employees engaged in customer claim receipt services for our Merchant Acquiring business.

We and Banco Popular agreed to allocate certain tax liabilities and benefits related to the transferred assets with respect to taxable periods ending at or prior to June 30, 2010 to Banco Popular, and following such time to us, subject to a pro rata apportionment of such tax liabilities for taxable periods that include time periods that straddle such date.

BPPR IP Transfer Agreement

On June 30, 2010, we and Banco Popular entered into the BPPR IP Transfer Agreement dated June 30, 2010, which was subsequently amended on September 15, 2010 (as amended, the “BPPR IP Transfer Agreement”) pursuant to which Banco Popular transferred to us certain intellectual property, including software and trade secrets. In addition, Banco Popular agreed to grant to us a perpetual, fully paid up, irrevocable, royalty free, non-exclusive license to use certain trade secrets and know-how related to the use of such transferred intellectual property.

 

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Related Party Transactions in Connection with the Closing of the Merger

Merger Agreement

The following is a summary of certain provisions of the Merger Agreement. The description of the Merger Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the Merger Agreement, a copy of which is filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus form a part.

Popular and EVERTEC, its wholly-owned subsidiary, entered into the Merger Agreement dated as of June 30, 2010 with AP Carib and Merger Sub, two newly formed subsidiaries of a fund managed by an affiliate of Apollo. The Merger Agreement was subsequently amended on August 5, 2010, August 8, 2010 and September 15, 2010 and September 30, 2010. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement and subject to the terms and conditions therein, Holdings acquired EVERTEC by merging Merger Sub with and into EVERTEC, with EVERTEC continuing as the surviving corporation of the Merger. Following the effective time of the Merger, AP Carib and Popular contributed their respective shares of EVERTEC capital stock to Holdings in exchange for shares of Holdings capital stock. Following that contribution, EVERTEC became an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Holdings, with AP Carib and Popular initially owning 51.0% and 49.0%, respectively, of the outstanding capital stock of Holdings, and the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub ceased.

The Merger was financed with the proceeds of the old notes, the proceeds of our senior secured term loan facility and an approximately $185.4 million equity investment in AP Carib by investment funds affiliated with, or co-investment vehicles managed by, Apollo, which were then further contributed to Merger Sub.

The Merger Agreement contains various covenants and customary representations and warranties of the parties thereto that are subject, in some cases, to specified exceptions and qualifications, including the occurrence of a material adverse effect. In addition to customary covenants for an agreement of this nature, Popular and AP Carib have provided certain non-compete covenants and Popular has provided certain non-solicitation covenants in favor of EVERTEC.

Popular has agreed, subject to the limitations contained in the Merger Agreement, to indemnify AP Carib and its affiliates and certain related parties for breaches of representations, warranties and covenants made by Popular, as well as for certain other specified matters. AP Carib and EVERTEC have agreed, subject to the limitations contained in the Merger Agreement, to indemnify Popular and its affiliates and certain related parties for breaches of representations, warranties and covenants made by AP Carib and EVERTEC. Generally, the indemnification obligations of each party with respect to claims for breaches of representations and warranties (1) survive until April 1, 2012, subject to certain exceptions providing for longer or indefinite survival periods, (2) are not effective until the aggregate amount of losses suffered by the indemnified parties exceeds $5.0 million and (3) are limited to $100.0 million of recovery. In addition, EVERTEC has agreed, subject to the limitations contained in the Merger Agreement, to indemnify Popular and its affiliates and certain related parties for breaches of certain EVERTEC’s post-closing covenants, EVERTEC and its subsidiaries liabilities and certain losses arising from EVERTEC’s assets and employees.

In addition, the Merger Agreement and the Master Reorganization Agreement further provide that if either of the aforementioned transfers of PIBI’s equity interests in CONTADO or Serfinsa was not completed prior to the consummation of the Merger, PIBI and Popular are required for a period of twelve months following the Merger to sell each of such equity interests to EVERTEC, subject to complying with the applicable rights of first refusal. If during such twelve-month period, PIBI or any of its affiliates sells any of the equity interests in CONTADO or Serfinsa to the third party shareholders, Popular is obligated to pay 50% of the after tax proceeds of such transaction to Holdings and PIBI is required to sell the remainder of the equity interest in the applicable entity to us. If PIBI transfers any equity interest in CONTADO or Serfinsa, respectively, during the twelve month period or sells all of either such equity interest to the other shareholders of such entities, EVERTEC is required to make a cash payment to PIBI in the amount of $20.0 million in the case of such transfer or sale relating to the

 

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CONTADO equity interest and a cash payment of $250,000 in the case of such transfer or sale relating to the Serfinsa equity interest, as applicable. In the event that PIBI or any of its affiliates retains all of either such equity interest at the end of the twelve month period following the Merger, Popular is required to make a payment to Holdings in the amount of $17.0 million with respect to the CONTADO equity interest and $120,000 with respect to the Serfinsa equity interest, as applicable, and would have no further obligation to transfer any such equity interest to us. In addition, Popular is required to pay to Holdings an amount equal to the after tax proceeds of any dividends received by PIBI or any of its affiliates with respect to any dividends declared or paid to PIBI or any of its affiliates with respect to any equity interest in CONTADO or Serfinsa retained by any such party during the twelve month period following the Merger. Any payments received by Holdings in conjunction with the foregoing are required to be contributed by Holdings to EVERTEC.

In addition to the Merger Agreement the parties entered into of a number of ancillary agreements, including those described below.

Letter Agreements Related to Performance Bonds and Letters of Credit

In accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, on November 5, 2010 EVERTEC and Popular entered into a reimbursement agreement pursuant to which EVERTEC agreed, among other things, to mirror Popular’s obligations to the insurance companies under any indemnity or similar agreement related to certain performance bonds. The mirror obligation includes reimbursement by EVERTEC of premiums and related charges paid by Popular for certain losses related to EVERTEC’s failure to perform or otherwise satisfy its obligations with respect to certain letters of credit and similar instruments. Such reimbursement agreement contains terms and conditions substantially similar to those described above with respect to the performance bonds.

IP Purchase and Sale Agreement

Popular and EVERTEC also entered into an IP Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2010, pursuant to which Popular agreed to, and to cause certain of its subsidiaries to, sell to EVERTEC certain intellectual property, including the trademarks relating to the ATH brand, in exchange for $45 million in cash. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by the IP Purchase and Sale Agreement were effective immediately following the effective time of the Merger. In addition, Popular agreed to grant to EVERTEC a perpetual, fully paid up, irrevocable, royalty free, non-exclusive license to use certain trade secrets and know-how related to the use of the aforementioned transferred intellectual property.

Master Services Agreement

We historically provided various processing and information technology services to Popular and its subsidiaries pursuant to a master services agreement among us, Popular and certain of Popular’s subsidiaries.

At the closing of the Merger, we amended and restated the current master services agreement. Under the amended and restated master services agreement (the “Master Services Agreement”), Popular and Banco Popular agreed to, and caused their respective subsidiaries to, receive the services covered by the Master Services Agreement, including certain changes, modifications, enhancements or upgrades to such covered services, on an exclusive basis from us. In exchange for the services, Popular, Banco Popular and their respective subsidiaries initially pay amounts that are set forth in a price list incorporated into the current master services agreement, which is generally based on the historical pricing practices among the parties. The parties agreed to review the service fees on an ongoing basis and may change such fees upon mutual agreement. Following the second anniversary of the date of the Master Services Agreement, such service fees will be adjusted annually to reflect changes in the consumer price index, provided that any such fee adjustment may not exceed 5% per year.

 

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In addition, Popular, Banco Popular and their respective subsidiaries agreed to grant us a right of first refusal to (1) provide our services to support Popular, Banco Popular and their respective subsidiaries’ implementation of any development, maintenance, enhancement or modification of any services provided by us under the Master Services Agreement; (2) create or offer certain new services or products that Popular, Banco Popular or one of their respective subsidiaries determine to offer to their customers or (3) provide certain core bank processing and credit card processing services that are currently provided by third parties to certain subsidiaries of Popular, if Popular and Banco Popular and their respective subsidiaries determine to extend or renew these services, which are currently provided by third parties. We agreed to grant Popular, Banco Popular and their respective subsidiaries a right of first refusal to purchase any new service or product created or developed by us internally or by a third party, unless the service or product was created or developed by, or at the specific request of, a client other than Popular, Banco Popular and their respective subsidiaries.

We agreed under the Master Services Agreement that we will not compete with Popular, Banco Popular and their respective subsidiaries in offering, providing or marketing certain payment processing services that are currently offered by Popular, Banco Popular and their respective subsidiaries to certain identified customers of Popular, Banco Popular and their respective subsidiaries. Popular, Banco Popular and their subsidiaries agreed not to hire or solicit any of our employees, subject to customary carve-outs. The Master Services Agreement also contained a non-circumvention covenant, which is intended to prohibit us on the one hand, and Popular, Banco Popular and their subsidiaries on the other hand, from engaging in certain actions designed or intended to divert customers from the other.

Except for cases of our gross negligence or willful misconduct, our liability for breach under the Master Services Agreement is limited to the amount paid for such services under the Master Services Agreement. Under certain circumstances, breaches with respect to certain services result only in service credits accruing to Popular, Banco Popular and their respective subsidiaries in lieu of the payment of monetary damages.

The Master Services Agreement provides for a 15 year term which commenced upon the closing of the Merger (subject to our option to extend such term by an additional three years upon a change of control of Popular or Banco Popular). After the initial term, the Master Services Agreement will renew automatically for successive 3 year periods, unless a party gives written notice of non-renewal to the other parties not less than 1 year prior to the relevant renewal date. The Master Services Agreement provides for termination by a party (1) for the other party’s breach of the agreement that results in a material adverse effect on the terminating party that continues for more than 90 days, (2) for a failure by the other party to pay any properly submitted invoice for a material amount in the aggregate that is undisputed for a period of more than 60 days, or (3) for a prohibited assignment of the Master Services Agreement by the other party. In addition, Popular and Banco Popular are permitted to terminate the Master Services Agreement up to 30 days following the occurrence of a change of control of EVERTEC, unless (1) the acquirer is identified to Popular and Banco Popular at least 30 business days prior to the proposed change of control, (2) neither the acquirer nor any of its affiliates is engaged, directly or indirectly, in the banking, securities, insurance or lending business, from which they derive aggregate annual revenues from Puerto Rico in excess of $50 million unless none of them has a physical presence in Puerto Rico that is used to conduct any such business, (3) we (or our successor, as applicable) will be solvent after the proposed change of control and (4) following the change of control, we (or our successor, as applicable) will be capable of providing the services under the Master Services Agreement at the level of service that is required under the Master Services Agreement.

We agreed to provide certain transition assistance to Popular, Banco Popular and their respective subsidiaries in connection with (1) the termination of the Master Services Agreement, (2) the termination of a particular service provided by us under the Master Services Agreement or (3) a release event under the Technology Agreement (as described below).

For the year ended December 31, 2010, we recorded revenue of approximately $146 million by Popular, Banco Popular and their respective subsidiaries under the Master Services Agreement.

 

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Technology Agreement

At the closing of the Merger, we and Popular entered into a Technology Agreement, pursuant to which we deposited certain proprietary software, technology and other assets into escrow. According to the Technology Agreement we must continue to make deposits on a semi-annual basis during the term of the Master Services Agreement and the term of any transition period under the Master Services Agreement. As specified in the Technology Agreement, Popular has the right and option, upon the occurrence of certain release events, to obtain the release of part, and upon the occurrence of other release events, all of the materials deposited into escrow. Upon the occurrence of any release event, Popular will also have the option to elect to exercise its rights under a license granted by us to Popular to use and otherwise exploit all or any part of the released materials for the term (perpetual or term-limited) specified by Popular. We and Popular will negotiate the fair market value of the rights elected by Popular upon the release of the escrow.

Popular is permitted to terminate the Technology Agreement up to 30 days following the occurrence a change of control of EVERTEC, unless the acquirer (1) is identified to Popular at least 30 business days prior to the proposed change of control, (2) neither the acquirer nor any of its affiliates is engaged, directly or indirectly, in the banking, securities, insurance or lending business, from which they derive aggregate annual revenues from Puerto Rico in excess of $50 million unless none of them has a physical presence in Puerto Rico that is used to conduct any such business, (3) EVERTEC (or its successor, as applicable) will be “solvent” (as that term is defined in the Technology Agreement) after the proposed change of control and (4) following the change of control, EVERTEC (or its successor, as applicable) will be capable of performing the obligations and duties of EVERTEC under the Technology Agreement.

ATH Network Participation Agreement

We historically gave Banco Popular access to the ATH network pursuant to an ATH network participation agreement between us and Banco Popular. At the closing of the Merger, we amended and restated the current ATH network participation agreement (as amended and restated, the “ATH Network Participation Agreement”). Under the ATH Network Participation Agreement, we (1) give Banco Popular access to the ATH network by providing various services, including by connecting Banco Popular’s ATMs to the ATH network, monitoring Banco Popular’s ATMs, agreeing to forward transactions from connected terminals to the participant of the ATH network and settling transactions among ATH network participants from all POS and ATM terminals on a daily basis (collectively, the “ATH Network Services”) and (2) grant to Banco Popular a non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited, royalty free license to use the ATH logo and the ATH word mark and any other trademarks or service marks used by us in connection with the ATH network (collectively, the “ATH Mark”) within the U.S. territories, Puerto Rico, and any other country where the ATH Mark is registered or subject to registration.

The ATH Network Participation Agreement provides for a 15 year term which commenced upon the closing of the Merger (subject to our option to extend such term by an additional three years upon a change of control of Banco Popular). After the initial term, the ATH Network Participation Agreement will renew automatically for successive 3 year periods, unless a party gives written notice to the other party not less than 1 year prior to the relevant renewal date. The ATH Network Participation Agreement provides for termination (1) by us if Banco Popular commits a material breach, which includes, but is not limited to (a) any activities or actions of Banco Popular which reflect adversely on our business reputation, any participant in the ATH network or the ATH network or (b) any breach of the license described above, (2) by Banco Popular, if we commit a breach or series of breaches that results in a material adverse effect on Banco Popular or (3) by either party (a) for a failure by the other party to pay any properly submitted invoice for a material amount in the aggregate that is undisputed for a period of more than 60 days, or (b) for a prohibited assignment of the ATH Network Participation Agreement by the other party. In addition, Banco Popular is permitted to terminate the ATH Network Participation Agreement up to 30 days following the occurrence a change of control of EVERTEC, unless (1) the acquirer is identified to

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of its affiliates is engaged, directly or indirectly, in the banking, securities, insurance or lending business, from which they derive aggregate annual revenues from Puerto Rico in excess of $50 million unless none of them has a physical presence in Puerto Rico that is used to conduct any such business, (3) EVERTEC (or its successor, as applicable) will be “solvent” (as that term is defined in the Amended and Restated ATH Network Participation Agreement) after the proposed change of control and (4) following the change of control, EVERTEC (or its successor, as applicable) will be capable of performing the obligations and duties of EVERTEC under the ATH Network Participation Agreement.

Banco Popular also agreed to grant us a right of first refusal with respect to any development, maintenance or other technology project related to the ATH Network Services and will agree to exclusively use us to provide the ATH Network Services throughout the term of the ATH Network Participation Agreement.

For the year ended December 31, 2010, we recorded revenue of approximately $25 million by Banco Popular under the ATH Network Participation Agreement.

ATH Support Agreement

We and Banco Popular entered into the ATH Support Agreement at the closing of the Merger pursuant to which Banco Popular agreed to support the ATH brand by (1) supporting, promoting and marketing the ATH network and brand and debit cards bearing the symbol of the ATH network, either exclusively or with the symbol of another credit card association and (2) issuing in each successive twelve month period at least a set minimum number of debit cards exclusively bearing the symbol of the ATH network (“ATH Debit Cards”). Banco Popular is not responsible for any failure to issue at least the required minimum number of ATH Debit Cards under the ATH Support Agreement during any twelve month period if as a result of factors outside of Banco Popular’s control there is a change in demand for debit cards (including a reduction in the demand for ATH Debit Cards ), an increase in demand for debit cards bearing the symbol of the ATH network and the symbol of another credit card association (“Dual Branded Debit Cards”) or the development of new payment technologies in the market that result in a decrease in demand for debit cards (including a reduction in demand for ATH Debit Cards). Banco Popular also agreed not to, and will not create incentives for its or its affiliates’ personnel to, promote, support or market (1) debit cards other than ATH Debit Cards or Dual Branded Debit Cards or (2) credit cards in a manner targeted to negatively impact the issuance of ATH Debit Cards and Dual Branded Debit Cards. The ATH Support Agreement terminates upon the earlier of 15 years after the date of the closing of the Merger or the termination of the Master Services Agreement.

Banco Popular agreed that, during the term of the ATH Support Agreement, it may not directly or indirectly enter into any agreement with another card association to issue Dual Branded Debit Cards without our prior written consent. Under the ATH Support Agreement, if Banco Popular desires to enter into such an agreement, it will consult with us and provide documentation and other support requested by us to demonstrate that Banco Popular’s entry into the agreement will have a direct economic benefit to us. We will then be required to make a good faith determination based on such documentation and support whether to consent to Banco Popular’s entry into the agreement.

Banco Popular is permitted to terminate the ATH Support Agreement up to 30 days following the occurrence a change of control of EVERTEC, unless (1) the acquirer is identified to Banco Popular at least 30 business days prior to the proposed change of control, (2) neither the acquirer nor any of its affiliates is engaged, directly or indirectly, in the banking, securities, insurance or lending business, from which they derive aggregate annual revenues from Puerto Rico in excess of $50 million unless none of them has a physical presence in Puerto Rico that is used to conduct any such business, (3) EVERTEC (or its successor, as applicable) will be “solvent” (as that term is defined in the Amended and Restated ATH Support Agreement) after the proposed change of control and (4) following the change of control, EVERTEC (or its successor, as applicable) will be capable of performing the obligations and duties of EVERTEC under the ATH Support Agreement.

 

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Independent Sales Organization Sponsorship and Service Agreement

At the closing of the Merger, we amended and restated an interim ISO Agreement previously entered into with Banco Popular (as amended and restated, the “ISO Agreement”). Under the ISO Agreement, Banco Popular sponsors us as an independent sales organization with respect to certain credit card associations and we provide various services including, among other things, the payment and transaction processing services to merchants (“Merchant Services”), the signing up and underwriting of merchants to accept such Merchant Services and the sale of various products related to the Merchant Services. This agreement also provides that the parties will establish the fees to be paid by EVERTEC to Banco Popular for the fraud monitoring services provided by Banco Popular. The term of the ISO Agreement will continue until December 31, 2025 and thereafter will be automatically renewed for successive three year periods unless written notice of non-renewal is given at least one year in advance by either party.

Pursuant to the ISO Agreement, Banco Popular is the acquiring member with respect to the credit card associations covered by the ISO Agreement for anyone in Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands. However, if Banco Popular is unable (for any reason other than a merchants’ refusal to enter into a merchant agreement with Banco Popular through no fault of Banco Popular) or unwilling to act as the acquiring member for any merchant, we may enter into an agreement with another financial institution to serve as the sponsoring bank with respect to such person. However, in order to use another financial institution as the sponsoring bank with respect to any merchant, we must make a good faith determination that the provision of Merchant Services to the merchant does not pose an unreasonable financial, regulatory or reputational risk to us or Banco Popular.

Additionally, pursuant to the ISO Agreement, Banco Popular agreed to exclusively refer to us any merchant that inquires about, requests or otherwise evidences interest in the Merchant Services. Banco Popular will receive a referral fee for each merchant referred that subsequently agrees to receive Merchant Services from us. We also agreed under the ISO Agreement to refer to Banco Popular any merchant doing business in Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands that inquires about, requests or otherwise evidences interest in banking services or products. Banco Popular also agreed to make monthly payments to EVERTEC as a means of subsidizing certain Merchant Services provided by EVERTEC on less than favorable terms in connection with two existing customer relationships that are favorable to Popular and its affiliates as a whole. These subsidies were historically reflected in an agreement between the Merchant Acquiring business and Banco Popular. The monthly payments with respect to one customer will continue until the earlier of February 29, 2012 and the date on which the underlying customer contract expires or is terminated. The monthly payments with respect to a second customer will continue until either Banco Popular or EVERTEC gives 30 days prior written notice to the other party of its desire to terminate the arrangement.

During the term of the ISO Agreement and for one year following the termination of the ISO Agreement for any reason, Banco Popular may not and may not cause any independent sales organization sponsored by Banco Popular to solicit any merchant receiving Merchant Services from us to receive such services instead from another independent sales organization. This non-solicitation restriction does not apply, however, to (1) any banking customer of Banco Popular to which we are unable or unwilling to provide Merchant Services and (2) to any merchant with respect to the solicitation by Banco Popular to provide banking services and products.

Banco Popular is permitted to terminate the ISO Agreement up to 30 days following the occurrence of a change of control of EVERTEC, unless (1) the acquirer is identified to Banco Popular at least 30 business days prior to the proposed change of control, (2) neither the acquirer nor any of its affiliates is engaged, directly or indirectly, in the banking, securities, insurance or lending business, from which they derive aggregate annual revenues from Puerto Rico in excess of $50 million unless none of them has a physical presence in Puerto Rico that is used to conduct any such business, (3) EVERTEC (or its successor, as applicable) will be “solvent” (as that term is defined in the ISO Agreement) after the proposed change of control and (4) following the change of control, EVERTEC (or its successor, as applicable) will be capable of performing the obligations and duties of EVERTEC under the ISO Agreement.

 

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Cash Depot Subcontract

We provide certain cash depot services to depository institutions in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands (the “Cash Depot Services” on behalf of a certain quasi-government organization. We provide the Cash Depot Services as a subcontractor of Banco Popular pursuant to a subcontract between us and Banco Popular. Banco Popular holds the prime contract with the quasi-government organization (the “Cash Depot Agreement”).

The subcontract is effective for so long as the Cash Depot Agreement is in effect. Under the terms of the subcontract, either party may terminate the subcontract prior to the expiration of the subcontract by giving the other party advance notice. However, under the Merger Agreement, Popular agreed that until the termination of the ISO Agreement, the Master Services Agreement or the assignment of the Cash Depot Agreement, Popular will cause Banco Popular to not terminate the Cash Depot Agreement or take any action what would deprive us of the economic benefit that it derives from the Cash Depot Agreement.

In addition, the quasi-government organization that is a party to the Cash Depot Agreement may terminate the Cash Depot Agreement and thereby cause the termination of the subcontract upon the occurrence of certain triggering events, one of which is a material change in the ownership, management and/or operations of Banco Popular and/or EVERTEC. The quasi-government organization that is a party to the Cash Depot Agreement has agreed to waive the triggering event that would have arisen in connection with the Transactions.

For the year ended December 31, 2010, we recorded revenue of approximately $1.6 million under this subcontract.

TicketPop Services Agreement

At the closing of the Merger, we amended an interim TicketPop Services Agreement previously entered into with Banco Popular (as amended, the “TicketPop Services Agreement”). Under the TicketPop Services Agreement, customers that purchase event tickets through the TicketPop internet-based ticket sales and processing that is operated by us are able to obtain printed tickets and make payment for such tickets from Banco Popular tellers and dispensing machines located at certain Banco Popular branches (“Outlet Services”). In addition, Banco Popular makes available its “Telebanco” call and phone assistance center to receive and attend to telephone calls related to TicketPop (“Call Center Services”).

The term of the TicketPop Services Agreement continues until five years following the closing of the Merger and thereafter will be automatically renewed for successive one year periods unless written notice of non-renewal is given at least 30 days in advance by either party. The TicketPop Services Agreement provides for termination by (1) us at any time upon giving at least 30 days advance written notice and (2) Banco Popular in the event we (a) commit a material breach of the TicketPop Services Agreement and fail to cure such breach and/or (b) fail to pay a material amount of undisputed invoiced amounts. In addition, Banco Popular is permitted to terminate the Ticketpop Services Agreement up to 30 days following the occurrence a change of control of EVERTEC, unless (1) the acquirer is identified to Banco Popular at least 30 business days prior to the proposed change of control, (2) neither the acquirer nor any of its affiliates is engaged, directly or indirectly, in the banking, securities, insurance or lending business, from which they derive aggregate annual revenues from Puerto Rico in excess of $50 million unless none of them has a physical presence in Puerto Rico that is used to conduct any such business, (3) EVERTEC (or its successor, as applicable) will be “solvent” (as that term is defined in the Ticketpop Services Agreement) after the proposed change of control and (4) following the change of control, EVERTEC (or its successor, as applicable) will be capable of performing the obligations and duties of EVERTEC under the Ticketpop Services Agreement.

On February 3, 2011, we notified Banco Popular of our intent to terminate the portion of the Ticketpop Services Agreement related to Outlet Services because on even date, we entered into a new agreement with an unaffiliated third party to provide these services.

 

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For the year ended December 31, 2010, we paid approximately $0.4 million to Banco Popular under the TicketPop Services Agreement.

Transition Services Agreement

In connection with the Merger, we entered into a transition services agreement with Popular pursuant to which Popular, or an affiliate of Popular, provides certain services to us for different periods of time generally not exceeding 12 months from the closing of the Merger. These services include access and use of SAP and Hyperion systems and other information technology services, access to the employee activity center in the Cupey Center, payroll accounting and processing, comptroller function services. Some of the services were historically provided by third-party vendors who have agreed to continue to provide such services for the duration of the transition. Popular agreed to use its reasonable best efforts to obtain consents of such third-party vendors to provide such services for the agreed-upon duration, or obtain substantially similar services from other sources on substantially similar terms and conditions. Popular bears the cost of obtaining such consents. Popular also provides certain transition support to us in connection with the termination of the transition services agreement. For the year ended December 31, 2010, we paid approximately $78,124 to Popular under the Transition Services Agreement.

Stockholder Agreement

In connection with the Merger, Holdings entered into a Stockholder Agreement with Popular, AP Carib and the other stockholders of Holdings which, among other things, set forth certain rights and restrictions with respect to the common stock of Holdings.

Director Nomination Rights

The board of directors of Holdings is comprised of five directors nominated by AP Carib, three directors nominated by Popular and the chief executive officer of Holdings. Except as described below, AP Carib will have the right to nominate five members and Popular will have the right to nominate three members of the board of directors of Holdings, in each case for so long as AP Carib or Popular, as the case may be, beneficially owns, together with its affiliates, 25% or more of the then outstanding common stock of Holdings. In addition, for so long as AP Carib or Popular, as the case may be, beneficially owns, together with its affiliates, 10% or more and less than 25% of the then outstanding common stock of Holdings, it will have the right to nominate two members of the board of directors of Holdings (the “10% board right”). Similarly, for so long as AP Carib or Popular, as the case may be, beneficially owns, together with its affiliates, 5% or more and less than 10% of the then outstanding common stock of Holdings, it will have the right to nominate two members of the board of directors of Holdings (the “5% board right”).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at any time Popular beneficially owns, together with its affiliates, common stock of Holdings representing 10% more than the amount of common stock of Holdings beneficially owned by AP Carib and its affiliates at such time (the “first board trigger date”), each of AP Carib and Popular will have the right to nominate four members of the board of directors of Holdings, in each case for so long as it beneficially owns, together with its affiliates, 25% or more of the then outstanding common stock of Holdings. Furthermore, on the second anniversary of the first board trigger date (or, if the first board trigger date occurs prior to the initial public offering of Holdings and if Popular and its affiliates beneficially own common stock of Holdings representing at least 10% more than the amount of common stock of Holdings beneficially owned by AP Carib and its affiliates prior to such initial public offering, the second anniversary of such initial public offering of Holdings, if earlier), Popular will have the right to nominate five members and AP Carib will have the right to nominate three members of the board of directors of Holdings, in each case for so long as it beneficially owns, together with its affiliates, 25% or more of the then outstanding common stock of Holdings. If at any time following the first board trigger date AP Carib beneficially owns, together with its affiliates, more common stock of Holdings than the amount of common stock of Holdings beneficially owned by Popular and its affiliates at such time, the director nomination rights will be as set forth in the immediately preceding paragraph.

 

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Except for certain exceptions described in the Stockholder Agreement, directors may only by removed and replaced by the stockholder having the right to nominate such director. The Stockholder Agreement also provides that Holdings will at all times cause the board of directors of EVERTEC to be comprised of the same individuals as the board of directors of Holdings.

Additional Stockholder Rights

Each of AP Carib and Popular has the right, for so long as it holds 20% or more of the outstanding common stock of Holdings, to approve certain corporate actions before Holdings may take such actions. Among the corporate actions requiring AP Carib’s and Popular’s prior approval are: (1) amending the organizational documents of Holdings or any of its subsidiaries; (2) issuing equity of Holdings or any of its subsidiaries, subject to certain exceptions; (3) acquiring or disposing of significant assets; (4) incurring debt for borrowed money under certain circumstances; (5) entering into or amending certain significant contracts; (6) entering into certain related party transactions; (7) materially changing the terms and conditions of the management long-term compensation plan; (8) causing an initial public offering of Holdings or any of its subsidiaries prior to the second anniversary of the date of the Stockholder Agreement; and (9) causing a change of control of Holdings prior to 30 months after the date of the Stockholder Agreement. These consent rights described in this paragraph may be assigned to a complete rights transferee (as defined below).

In addition, each of AP Carib and Popular has the right, for so long as it beneficially owns, together with its affiliates, 10% or more of the then outstanding common stock of Holdings, to approve (i) any issuance of preferred stock of Holdings or any of its subsidiaries and (ii) any transfer of equity in EVERTEC, in each case subject to certain exceptions.

The Stockholder Agreement also grants AP Carib, Popular and certain of their transferees preemptive rights if Holdings proposes to issue any equity securities or debt securities or incur any indebtedness, in each case subject to certain exceptions. AP Carib, Popular and certain of their transferees are also entitled to information rights and inspection rights, in each case for so long as it satisfies certain ownership thresholds set forth in the Stockholder Agreement.

In addition, the Stockholder Agreement grants certain demand registration rights to AP Carib, Popular and certain of their transferees and piggyback registration rights to each stockholder, subject to customary cutbacks. Under the Stockholder Agreement, Holdings will agree to assume certain fees and expenses associated with registration. The Stockholder Agreement contains customary provisions with respect to registration proceedings, underwritten offerings, and indemnity and contribution rights.

Transfer Restrictions

Except with respect to certain permitted transfers, holders of the common stock of Holdings must comply with certain transfer restrictions set forth in the Stockholder Agreement, including (1) a period of up to 30 months during which shares cannot be transferred; (2) a prohibition on transferring shares to any person engaged, directly or indirectly, in the banking, securities, insurance or lending business from which they derive aggregate annual revenues in Puerto Rico in excess of $50 million (unless such transfer has been approved by AP Carib, Popular and certain of their transferees); (3) a right of first offer in favor of each stockholder that holds 5.0% or more of the outstanding common stock of Holdings; (4) tag-along rights in favor of all holders in connection with certain sales; and (5) a drag-along right in favor AP Carib.

Additional Restrictions

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approval from, or provide notice to, any bank regulatory authority. This covenant will remain in effect for so long as the activities and investments of Holdings and its subsidiaries are subject to restrictions under the BHC Act because of Popular’s and/or its affiliates’ ownership of common stock of Holdings.

The Stockholder Agreement also provides that the adoption of any stockholder rights plan, rights agreement or other form of “poison pill” which is designed to or has the effect of making an acquisition of large holdings of the common stock of Holdings more difficult or expensive must be approved by a majority of the board of directors of Holdings and at least one director nominated by each of AP Carib and Popular (or certain of their respective transferees) in each case for so long as AP Carib or Popular, as the case may be (or certain of their respective transferees) beneficially owns, together with its affiliates, 5% or more of the outstanding common stock of Holdings.

Certain Provisions Particular to Management Holders

Holdings has the right to purchase all of the common stock of Holdings (and options and warrants exercisable for common stock of Holdings) beneficially owned by any stockholder of Holdings who is employed by or who serves as a consultant or director to Holdings or any of its subsidiaries upon such stockholder (1) ceasing to be employed by Holdings or any of its subsidiaries for any reason or (2) experiencing a bankruptcy event. Holdings must exercise this repurchase right within twelve months following the date on which such stockholder ceases to provide services to Holdings or its subsidiaries. Holdings may designate this repurchase right to AP Carib, Popular or any complete rights transferee.

On February 11, 2011 AP Carib and Popular amended the Stockholder Agreement to provide that each such stockholder is also subject to certain non-solicitation and non-competition restrictions which remain in effect until the stockholder ceases to be employed by Holdings or any of its subsidiaries.

Under the Stockholder Agreement, the restrictions described in the paragraph above do not apply to AP Carib, Popular or any of their respective affiliates.

Assignment of Rights

The rights granted to each of AP Carib and Popular under the Stockholder Agreement (including the director nomination rights, rights to consent to certain actions, tag-along rights, preemptive rights, registration rights, information rights and inspection rights described above) can be assigned in whole to any person to whom AP Carib or Popular, as the case may be, transfers 80% of more of the shares of common stock of Holdings held by it and its affiliates as of the date of the Stockholder Agreement (a “complete rights transferee”). Such complete rights transferee can in turn assign such rights to any person to whom it transfers 100% of the shares of common stock of Holdings acquired by it in connection with the assignment pursuant to which it became a complete rights transferee. In addition, subject to certain limitations set forth in the Stockholder Agreement, AP Carib, Popular and their respective complete rights transferees may assign the 10% board right, 5% board right and up to two long form demand registration rights to any person to whom AP Carib or Popular, as the case may be, transfers 20% of more of the shares of common stock of Holdings held by AP Carib or Popular as of the date of the Stockholder Agreement. Such transferee can in turn assign such rights to any person to whom it transfers 100% of the shares of common stock of Holdings acquired by it in connection with the assignment in part to pursuant to which it became a partial rights transferee. Such transferees are also entitled to certain other rights set forth in the Stockholder Agreement (including the tag-along rights, preemptive rights, registration rights, information rights and inspection rights described above) upon becoming a party thereto.

Amended Leases

In connection with the Merger, we and Banco Popular entered into the Third Amendment to the Master Lease Agreement governing the premises leased by us at the Cupey Center for use as its headquarters. As

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additional five-year terms. The annual rent under the lease is approximately $5.3 million (including estimated operating expenses). We have a right of first refusal over substantially all of the leased premises in the event that Banco Popular desires to sell the property.

We and Banco Popular also entered into the Third Amendment to the Sublease Agreement governing the premises subleased by us at the Tres Monjitas property for use as a backup data site. As amended, the initial term of the sublease expires on October 13, 2011, but can be renewed at our option for up to three additional one-year terms. The annual rent under the sublease is approximately $576,000.

Consulting Agreements

In connection with the Merger, Holdings and EVERTEC entered into consulting agreements with each of Apollo and Popular (each, a “Holdings consultant”) pursuant to which Holdings and EVERTEC receive certain advisory services from each Holdings consultant. Each consulting agreement terminates on the earlier of (1) the twelfth anniversary of the date of the consulting agreement, (2) the time at which the applicable Holdings consultant and its affiliates beneficially own equity interests in both Holdings and EVERTEC, in each case in an aggregate amount less than 5% of the then outstanding equity interests of such entity and (3) such earlier date as is mutually agreed upon by Holdings, EVERTEC and the applicable Holdings Consultant. As consideration for agreeing to render the services set forth in the consulting agreement, Holdings will pay (1) an annual fee to Apollo equal to the product of 0.51 multiplied by the greater of (a) $2 million and (b) 2% of the combined EBITDA of EVERTEC and its subsidiaries for the immediately preceding year, and (2) an annual fee to Popular equal to the product of 0.49 multiplied by the greater of (a) $2 million and (b) 2% of the combined EBITDA of EVERTEC and its subsidiaries for the immediately preceding year. In addition, upon the consummation of the Merger Holdings paid an aggregate transaction fee of $18 million to the Holdings consultants, 51% of which is payable to Apollo and 49% of which is payable to Popular, which was the entire amount paid to the Holdings consultants for the year ended December 31, 2010.

Venezuela Reorganization Agreement

We entered into an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (the “Venezuela Reorganization Agreement”) with Popular, PIBI and EVERTEC Venezuela pursuant to which we transferred all the issued and outstanding common stock in EVERTEC Venezuela to PIBI shortly prior to the closing of the Merger. As a result of this transfer, EVERTEC Venezuela became a wholly-owned subsidiary of PIBI. Under the terms of the Venezuela Reorganization Agreement, we also assigned to EVERTEC Venezuela (1) certain service agreements under which we provide various processing and back-office services to financial institutions that are located, or engage in activities, in Venezuela, and (2) receivables arising under the assigned service agreements as well as other receivables related to our Venezuelan operations. In connection with these transfers, EVERTEC Venezuela assumed all obligations and liabilities related to, resulting, in connection with, and/or arising out of the assigned service agreements.

In the event we are unable to assign one or more service agreement to EVERTEC Venezuela because we are unable to obtain the required third party consents or approvals, then we are obligated to hold the claims and benefits arising under such service agreements in trust for the benefit of PIBI and EVERTEC Venezuela until the earlier of (1) the date that we obtain the required consents or approvals and (2) the date that the Venezuela TSA (as defined below) expires or is terminated.

Venezuela Transition Services Agreement

In connection with the transfer of EVERTEC Venezuela and the assignment of all the assets and liabilities related to the EVERTEC Venezuela business, we entered into a transition services agreement with Popular and EVERTEC Venezuela (the “Venezuela Transition Services Agreement”) pursuant to which we will provide certain services to EVERTEC Venezuela for approximately 12 months from the closing of the Merger. These

 

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services include the operation of certain transaction authorization and credit card processing applications on behalf of EVERTEC Venezuela and certain information technology professional services, including maintenance services, relating to various accounting and back-office applications. Popular and EVERTEC Venezuela are responsible for obtaining any consents or licenses that we may need in order to provide the transition services. In addition, under the terms of the Venezuela Transition Services Agreement, we may terminate the agreement or cease providing any service if (1) upon a change of control of EVERTEC Venezuela, the acquirer, or resulting entity, is not reasonably acceptable to us or (2) EVERTEC Venezuela, Popular or any of their affiliates, (a) violate certain international trade laws or (b) engage in any conduct, or otherwise use the transition services in a manner that we reasonably believe would cause us, Holdings, any holder of any equity interest in Holdings or any of their affiliates to violate any applicable law or any agreement or undertaking to which EVERTEC, Holdings or any of their affiliates is a party or is bound. For the year ended December 31, 2010, we were paid approximately $468,000 by Popular, under the Venezuela Transition Services Agreement.

Virgin Islands Services Agreement

We entered into a Virgin Islands Services Agreement whereby Banco Popular provides our Merchant Acquiring business with the services that are provided by the Virgin Islands employees that Banco Popular did not transfer to us under the Business Transfer Agreement. The term of the Virgin Islands Services Agreement continues until three years following the closing of the Merger and thereafter will be automatically renewed for successive one year periods unless written notice of non-renewal is given at least 30 days in advance by either party. The Virgin Islands Services Agreement provides for termination by (1) us at any time upon giving at least 30 days advance written notice and (2) Banco Popular in the event we fail to pay a material undisputed invoiced amounts. In addition, Banco Popular is permitted to terminate the Virgin Islands Services Agreement up to 30 days following the occurrence a change of control of EVERTEC, unless (1) the acquirer is identified to Banco Popular at least 30 business days prior to the proposed change of control, (2) neither the acquirer nor any of its affiliates is engaged, directly or indirectly, in the banking, securities, insurance or lending business, from which they derive aggregate annual revenues from Puerto Rico in excess of $50 million unless none of them has a physical presence in Puerto Rico that is used to conduct any such business, (3) EVERTEC (or its successor, as applicable) will be “solvent” (as that term is defined in the Virgin Islands Services Agreement) after the proposed change of control and (4) following the change of control, EVERTEC (or its successor, as applicable) will be capable of performing the obligations and duties of EVERTEC under the Virgin Islands Services Agreement. For the year ended December 31, 2010, we paid approximately $0.1 million to Banco Popular under the Virgin Island Services Agreement.

Related Party Transactions Prior to the Closing of the Merger

Prior to the closing of the Merger, Popular engaged in numerous transactions with EVERTEC, its wholly-owned subsidiary, that are similar to the arrangements to entered into at the closing of the Merger. See the audited consolidated and combined financial statements of EVERTEC and related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus.

Related Party Transactions After the Closing of the Merger

Director Arrangements

It is our Board’s policy that any director who is not also an employee of either (i) us or any of our subsidiaries, (ii) Popular or (iii) Apollo will receive annual compensation in the amount of $45,000 payable in equal quarterly installments, plus $2,000 for each regular or special meeting of our board of directors or board committee that they attend in person, plus an additional $1,000 for each regular or special meeting of our board of directors or board committee that they attend by teleconference. In addition, on April 5, 2011, Thomas White and Nathaniel Lipman received options to purchase 45,000 and 5,000 shares, respectively, of Class B Non-Voting Common Stock of Holdings. The options issued to Messrs. Lipman and White were granted outside

 

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of the Plan. Mr. Lipman’s options will vest one year after the grant date as long as he is then providing services to us or our affiliates. Mr. White’s options are divided evenly among Tranche A options and Tranche B options. The Tranche A options will vest in equal installments on each of the first five anniversaries of the grant date and the Tranche B options will vest at such time as Apollo’s Internal Rate of Return (as defined in the Plan) equals or exceeds 20% based on cash proceeds received by Apollo, in each case as long as Mr. White is providing services to us or our affiliates at such time. Also on April 5, 2011, Mr. White entered into a subscription agreement to purchase 25,000 shares of Class B Non-Voting Common Stock of Holdings for a purchase price of $250,000.

Review, Approval or Ratification of Transactions with Related Persons

Pursuant to its written charter, our Audit Committee must review and, subject to certain exceptions, approve or recommend to the board for approval, all related-party transactions, which include any related party transactions that we would be required to disclose pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC. For a discussion of the composition and responsibilities of our audit committee see “Management—Board Composition—Audit Committee.” In determining whether to approve a related party transaction, the audit committee will consider a number of factors including whether the related party transaction complies with the restrictions set forth in our debt agreements and the Stockholder Agreement and is on terms and conditions no less favorable to us than may reasonably be expected in arm’s-length transactions with unrelated parties.

Director Independence

We are not a listed issuer whose securities are listed on a national securities exchange or in an inter dealer quotation system which has requirements that a majority of the board of directors be independent. However, if we were a listed issuer whose securities were traded on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) and subject to such requirements, we would be entitled to rely on the controlled company exception contained in Section 303A of the NYSE Listed Company Manual for exception from the independence requirements related to the majority of our Board of Directors and for the independence requirements related to our Compensation Committee. Pursuant to section 303A of the NYSE Listed Company Manual, a company of which more than 50% of the voting power is held by an individual, a group or another company is exempt from the requirements that its board of directors consist of a majority of independent directors and that the compensation committee and nominating committee of such company be comprised solely of independent directors. At December 31, 2010, Apollo beneficially owns 51% of the voting power of the Company which would qualify the Company as a controlled company eligible for exemption under the rule.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF OTHER INDEBTEDNESS

Senior Secured Credit Facilities

General

In connection with the closing of the Merger, we entered into a credit agreement concerning our senior secured credit facilities, dated as of September 30, 2010, consisting of a $355.0 million term loan facility and a $50.0 million revolving credit facility with Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent, and the lenders party thereto. Banc of America Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. act as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners for the senior secured credit facilities. On March 3, 2011, we entered into an amendment to our credit agreement. The key terms of our senior secured credit facilities, as amended, are described below. Such description is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the credit agreement, security agreements, and amendments thereto, copies of which have been filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.

Our senior secured credit facilities provide for a six year, $355.0 million term loan facility. We used borrowings under our term loan facility to finance a portion of the Merger, including, without limitation, payment of fees and expenses contemplated thereby.

Our senior secured credit facilities provide for a five year, $50.0 million revolving credit facility, which includes:

 

   

a letter of credit subfacility; and

 

   

a swingline loan subfacility.

We may use our revolving credit facility for general corporate purposes, including, without limitation, effecting permitted acquisitions and investments. Our senior secured credit facilities also permit us to obtain, subject to certain conditions, the greater of (a) $125.0 million and (b) the maximum principal amount of debt that would not cause our first lien leverage ratio to exceed 3.25 to 1.00 of additional credit facilities without the consent of the existing lenders under our senior secured credit facilities.

Scheduled Amortization Payments and Mandatory Prepayments

Our term loan facility provides for quarterly amortization payments totaling 1% per annum of the original principal amount of our term loan facility, with the balance payable on the final maturity date.

Mandatory prepayment obligations under our term loan facility include, subject to exceptions:

 

   

100% of the net cash proceeds of asset sales, dispositions and casualty or insurance proceeds, subject to certain exceptions and customary reinvestment provisions;

 

   

50% of our excess cash flow, with such percentage subject to reduction to 25% or 0% based on achievement of specified first lien secured leverage ratios; and

 

   

100% of the net cash proceeds received from issuances of certain debt incurred after the closing of the Merger.

Voluntary Prepayments and Reduction and Termination of Commitments

The terms of our senior secured credit facilities allow us to prepay loans and permanently reduce the loan commitments under our senior secured credit facilities at any time, subject to the payment of customary LIBOR breakage costs, if any, provided that, in connection with certain refinancings on or prior to the six month anniversary of the closing date of the credit agreement amendments, a prepayment premium of 1% will be required.

 

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Interest, Applicable Margins and Fees

The interest rates with respect to loans to us under our term loan facility are based on, at our option, (a) (x) the greater of adjusted LIBOR and 1.50% plus (y) an interest margin of 4.0% or (b) (x) the greater of the higher of the Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 0.5% and Bank of America, N.A.’s prime rate (“ABR”) and 2.50% plus (y) an interest margin of 3.0%. The interest rates with respect to loans to us under our revolving credit facility are based on, at our option, (a)(x) the greater of adjusted LIBOR and 1.50% plus (y) an interest margin of 3.75% or (b)(x) the greater of ABR and 2.50% plus (y) an interest margin of 2.75%. The interest margins under our senior secured credit facilities are subject to reduction based on achievement of specified first lien secured leverage ratios. Our revolving credit facility requires us to pay the respective participating lenders a quarterly commitment fee initially equal to 0.75% per annum of the actual daily amount of undrawn commitments under the revolving credit facility during the preceding quarter, subject to reduction based on achievement of specified first lien secured leverage ratios.

Guarantees and Collateral

Our obligations under our senior secured credit facilities and under any cash management, interest rate protection or other hedging arrangements entered into with a lender or any affiliate thereof is guaranteed by Holdings and each of our existing and subsequently acquired or organized wholly-owned subsidiaries, subject to certain exceptions.

Subject to certain exceptions, our senior secured credit facilities are secured to the extent legally permissible by substantially all of the assets of (1) Holdings, including a perfected pledge of all of our capital stock and (2) us and the subsidiary guarantors, including but not limited to: (a) a pledge of substantially all capital stock held by us or any guarantor and (b) a perfected security interest in substantially all tangible and intangible assets of us and each guarantor.

Covenants

Our senior secured credit facilities contain financial, affirmative and negative covenants that we believe are usual and customary for a senior secured credit agreement. The negative covenants in the senior secured credit facilities include, among other things, limitations (subject to exceptions) on our ability to:

 

   

declare dividends and make other distributions;

 

   

redeem or repurchase our capital stock;

 

   

grant liens;

 

   

make loans or investments (including acquisitions);

 

   

merge or enter into acquisitions;

 

   

sell our assets;

 

   

enter into any sale or lease-back transactions;

 

   

incur additional indebtedness;

 

   

prepay, redeem or repurchase certain of our indebtedness;

 

   

modify the terms of certain debt;

 

   

restrict dividends from our subsidiaries;

 

   

change our business or business of our subsidiaries;

 

   

enter into transactions with our affiliates; and

 

   

make capital expenditures.

 

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In addition, our senior secured credit facilities require us to maintain a maximum first lien senior secured leverage ratio.

Events of Default

The events of default under our senior secured credit facilities include, without limitation, nonpayment, material misrepresentation, breach of covenants, insolvency, bankruptcy, certain judgments, change of control (as defined in the credit agreement governing our senior secured credit facilities) and cross-events of default on material indebtedness.

Other

ATH Costa Rica, S.A. has a credit facility with Banco Popular for approximately $2.9 million, under which a letter of credit of a similar amount was issued in favor of Visa International. In addition, our Costa Rican subsidiaries have local lines of credit with Banco LAFISE of approximately $2.4 million in the aggregate.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF NOTES

General

On September 30, 2010, EVERTEC, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, issued $220.0 million of 11% Senior Notes due 2018 under an indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of September 30, 2010 by and among EVERTEC, the Note Guarantors and Wilmington Trust FSB, as Trustee. In this “Description of Notes,” the terms “Issuer” or “EVERTEC” refer only to EVERTEC, Inc. and not any of its Subsidiaries, and the term “Notes” refers to the old notes and the exchange notes.

The exchange notes will be issued under the Indenture, a copy of which has been filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. The terms of the exchange notes are identical in all material respects to the old notes, except the exchange notes will not contain transfer restrictions and holders of exchange notes will no longer have any registration rights and we will not be obligated to pay additional interest as described in the registration rights agreements. Wilmington Trust FSB, as trustee of the old notes, will authenticate and deliver exchange notes for original issue only in exchange for a like principal amount of old notes. Any old notes that remain outstanding after the consummation of this exchange offer, together with the exchange notes, will be treated as a single class of securities under the indenture. Accordingly, all references in this section to specified percentages in aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes shall be deemed to mean, at any time after this exchange offer is consummated, such percentage in aggregate principal amount of the old notes and the exchange notes outstanding.

The following summary of certain provisions of the Indenture and the Notes does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, all the provisions of those agreements, including the definitions of certain terms therein and those terms made a part thereof by the TIA. We urge that you carefully read the Indenture and the TIA because the Indenture and the TIA govern your rights as holders of the old notes and/or exchange notes, not this description. Capitalized terms used in this “Description of Notes” section and not otherwise defined have the meanings set forth in the section “—Certain Definitions.”

The Issuer issued Notes with an initial aggregate principal amount of $220.0 million. Following the Issue Date, the Issuer may issue additional Notes from time to time. Any offering of additional Notes is subject to the covenant described below under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock.” The Notes and any additional Notes subsequently issued under the Indenture may, at our election, be treated as a single class for all purposes under the Indenture, including, without limitation, waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase; provided that if any additional Notes are not fungible with the Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the additional Notes will have a separate CUSIP number. Unless the context otherwise requires, for all purposes of the Indenture and this “Description of Notes,” references to the Notes include any additional Notes actually issued.

Principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes will be payable, and the Notes may be exchanged or transferred, at the office or agency designated by the Issuer (which initially shall be the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee).

The Notes will be issued only in fully registered form, without coupons, in minimum denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. No service charge will be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes, but the Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or other similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

Terms of the Notes

The Notes are senior obligations of the Issuer and will mature on October 1, 2018. Each Note bears interest at a rate of 11% per annum from the Issue Date or from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or provided for, payable semiannually to holders of record at the close of business on March 15 or September 15 immediately preceding the interest payment date on April 1 and October 1 of each year.

 

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Additional interest is payable with respect to the Notes in certain circumstances if the Issuer does not consummate the exchange offer (or shelf registration, if applicable) as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement and as further described under “Exchange Offer; Registration Rights.”

Optional Redemption

On or after October 1, 2014 the Issuer may redeem the Notes at its option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice mailed by first-class mail to each holder’s registered address or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), at the following redemption prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount), plus accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest, if any, to the 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), if redeemed during the 12-month period commencing on October 1 of the years set forth below:

Period

 

Period

   Redemption
Price
 

2014

     105.500

2015

     102.750

2016 and thereafter

     100.000

In addition, prior to October 1, 2014 the Issuer may redeem the Notes at its option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice mailed by first-class mail to each holder’s registered address or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of DTC, 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 and additional interest, if any, to, 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).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time and from time to time on or prior to October 1, 2013 the Issuer may redeem in the aggregate up to 35% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes (calculated after giving effect to any issuance of additional Notes) with the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings (1) by EVERTEC or (2) by any direct or indirect parent of EVERTEC to the extent the net cash proceeds thereof are contributed to the common equity capital of EVERTEC or are used to purchase Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of EVERTEC, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount thereof) of 111%, plus accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest, if any, to the 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); provided, however, that at least 50% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes (calculated after giving effect to any issuance of additional Notes) must remain outstanding after each such redemption; provided, further, that such redemption shall occur within 90 days after the date on which any such Equity Offering is consummated upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice mailed to each holder of Notes being redeemed and otherwise in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture.

Notice of any redemption of Notes (including, but not limited to, with the net cash proceeds of an Equity Offering) may be given prior to the completion thereof, and any such redemption or notice may, at the Issuer’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent (including, but not limited to, completion of any related Equity Offering).

Selection

In the case of any partial redemption, selection of Notes for redemption will be made by the Trustee in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which such Notes are listed, or if such Notes are not so listed, on a pro rata basis to the extent practicable or by lot or by such other

 

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method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate (and in such manner as complies with applicable legal requirements); provided that no Notes of $2,000 (and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) or less shall be redeemed in part. If any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption relating to such Note shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. A new Note in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued in the name of the holder thereof upon cancellation of the original Note. On and after the redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for redemption so long as the Issuer has deposited with the Paying Agent funds sufficient to pay the principal of, premium, if any, plus accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest (if any) on, the Notes to be redeemed.

Mandatory Redemption; Offers to Purchase; Open Market Purchases

The Issuer is not required to make any mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes. However, under certain circumstances, the Issuer may be required to offer to purchase Notes as described under the captions “—Change of Control” and “—Certain Covenants—Asset Sales.” Subject to applicable federal and state securities laws, the Issuer or its affiliates may at any time and from time to time purchase Notes or our other indebtedness. Any such purchases may be made through open market or privately negotiated transactions with third parties or pursuant to one or more tender or exchange offers or otherwise, upon such terms and at such prices as well as with such consideration as the Issuer or any such affiliates may determine.

Additional Amounts

All payments made by the Issuer under or with respect to the Notes or any of the Note Guarantors on its Note Guarantee will be made free and clear of and without withholding or deduction for, or on account of, any present or future tax, duty, levy, impost, assessment or other governmental charge (including penalties, interest and other liabilities related thereto) (collectively, “Taxes”) unless the withholding or deduction of such Taxes is then required by law. If any deduction or withholding for, or on account of, any Taxes imposed or levied by or on behalf of (1) any jurisdiction in which the Issuer or any Note Guarantor is then incorporated, or resident or doing business for tax purposes or any department or political subdivision thereof or therein or (2) any jurisdiction from or through which payment is made or any department or political subdivision thereof or therein (each, a “Tax Jurisdiction”) will at any time be required to be made from any payments made by the Issuer under or with respect to the Notes or any of the Note Guarantors with respect to any Note Guarantee, including payments of principal, redemption price, purchase price, interest or premium, the Issuer or the relevant Note Guarantor, as applicable, will pay such additional amounts (the “Additional Amounts”) as may be necessary in order that the net amounts received in respect of such payments by each holder after such withholding or deduction (including any such deduction or withholding from such Additional Amounts) will equal the respective amounts which would have been received in respect of such payments in the absence of such withholding or deduction; provided, however, that no Additional Amounts will be payable with respect to:

 

  (1) any Taxes, to the extent such Taxes would not have been imposed but for the existence of any present or former connection between the holder or the beneficial owner of the Notes and the relevant Tax Jurisdiction (other than solely from the mere acquisition, ownership, holding or disposition of such Note, the enforcement of rights under such Note or under a Note Guarantee and/or the receipt of any payments in respect of such Note or a Note Guarantee);

 

  (2) any Taxes, to the extent such Taxes would not have been imposed but for the failure of the holder or the beneficial owner of the Notes, following the Issuer’s written request to the holder, at least 30 days before any such withholding or deduction would be payable, to comply with any certification, identification, information or other reporting requirements, whether required by statute, treaty, regulation or administrative practice of a Tax Jurisdiction, as a precondition to exemption from, or reduction in the rate of deduction or withholding of, Taxes imposed by the Tax Jurisdiction (including, without limitation, a certification that the holder or beneficial owner is not resident in the Tax Jurisdiction), but in each case, only to the extent the holder or the beneficial owner is legally entitled to provide such certification or documentation;

 

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  (3) any Taxes, to the extent such Taxes were imposed as a result of the presentation of a Note for payment (where presentation is required) more than 30 days after the relevant payment is first made available for payment to the holder (except to the extent that the holder would have been entitled to Additional Amounts had the Note been presented on the last day of such 30 day period);

 

  (4) any estate, inheritance, gift, transfer, personal property or similar tax or assessment;

 

  (5) any Taxes payable otherwise than by deduction or withholding from payments made under or with respect to any Note or Note Guarantee; or

 

  (6) any combination of the above items.

In addition to the foregoing, the Issuer and the Note Guarantors will also pay and indemnify the holder for any present or future stamp, issue, registration, transfer, court or documentary taxes, or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies (including penalties, interest and other liabilities related thereto) which are levied by any Tax Jurisdiction on the execution, delivery, issuance, or registration of any of the Notes, the Indenture, any Note Guarantee, or any other document or instrument referred to therein, or the receipt of any payments with respect to, or enforcement of, the Notes or any Note Guarantee (such sum being recoverable from the Issuer as a liquidated sum payable as a debt).

If the Issuer or any Note Guarantor, as the case may be, becomes aware that it will be obligated to pay Additional Amounts with respect to any payment under or with respect to the Notes or any Note Guarantee, the Issuer or the relevant Note Guarantor, as the case may be, will deliver to the Trustee on a date which is at least 30 days prior to the date of that payment (unless the obligation to pay Additional Amounts arises after the 30th day prior to that payment date, in which case the Issuer or the relevant Note Guarantor shall notify the Trustee promptly thereafter) notice stating the fact that Additional Amounts will be payable and the amount estimated to be so payable. The notice must also set forth any other information reasonably necessary to enable the Paying Agents to pay Additional Amounts to holders on the relevant payment date. The Issuer or the relevant Note Guarantor will provide the Trustee with documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee evidencing the payment of Additional Amounts.

The Issuer or the relevant Note Guarantor will make all withholdings and deductions (within the time period and in the minimum amount) required by law and will remit the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Tax authority in accordance with applicable law. The Issuer or the relevant Note Guarantor will use its reasonable efforts to obtain Tax receipts from each Tax authority evidencing the payment of any Taxes so deducted or withheld. The Issuer or the relevant Note Guarantor will furnish to the Trustee (or to a holder upon request), within a reasonable time after the date the payment of any Taxes so deducted or withheld is made, certified copies of Tax receipts evidencing payment by the Issuer or a Note Guarantor, as the case may be, or if, notwithstanding such entity’s efforts to obtain receipts, receipts are not obtained, other evidence of payments (reasonably satisfactory to Trustee) by such entity.

Whenever in the Indenture or in this “Description of Notes” there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of amounts based upon the principal amount of the Notes or of principal, interest or of any other amount payable under, or with respect to, any of the Notes or any Note Guarantee, such mention shall be deemed to include the payment of Additional Amounts, if applicable.

The above obligations will survive any termination, defeasance or discharge of the Indenture and will apply, mutatis mutandis, to any jurisdiction in which any successor Person to the Issuer or any Note Guarantor is incorporated, or resident or doing business for tax purposes or any jurisdiction from or through which such Person makes any payment on the Notes (or any Note Guarantee) and any department or political subdivision thereof or therein.

 

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Redemption for Changes in Taxes

The Issuer may redeem the Notes, in whole but not in part, at its discretion at any time upon giving not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior written notice to the holders, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date and all Additional Amounts (if any) which otherwise would be payable, if on the next date on which any amount would be payable in respect of the Notes, the Issuer would be required to pay Additional Amounts, and the Issuer cannot avoid any such payment obligation by taking reasonable measures available to it, as a result of:

 

  (1) any amendment to, or change in, the laws or any regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder of a relevant Tax Jurisdiction which is announced and becomes effective after the date of the Offering Memorandum (or, if the applicable Tax Jurisdiction became a Tax Jurisdiction on a date after the date of the Offering Memorandum, such later date); or

 

  (2) any amendment to, or change in, an official interpretation or application regarding such laws, regulations or rulings, including by virtue of a holding, judgment or order by a court of competent jurisdiction which is announced and becomes effective after the date of the Offering Memorandum (or, if the applicable Tax Jurisdiction became a Tax Jurisdiction on a date after the date of the Offering Memorandum, such later date).

The Issuer will not give any such notice of redemption earlier than 90 days prior to the earliest date on which the Issuer would be obligated to make such payment or withholding if a payment in respect of the Notes were then due, and, at the time such notice is given, the obligation to pay Additional Amounts must remain in effect.

Ranking

The indebtedness evidenced by the Notes is senior unsecured Indebtedness of the Issuer, equal in right of payment to all existing and future Pari Passu Indebtedness of the Issuer, effectively subordinated to all Secured Indebtedness of the Issuer to the extent of the value of the assets securing such Indebtedness and senior in right of payment to all existing and future Subordinated Indebtedness of the Issuer.

The indebtedness evidenced by the Note Guarantees is senior unsecured Indebtedness of the applicable Note Guarantor, equal in right of payment to all existing and future Pari Passu Indebtedness of such Note Guarantor, effectively subordinated to all Secured Indebtedness of such Note Guarantor to the extent of the value of the assets securing such Indebtedness and senior in right of payment to all existing and future Subordinated Indebtedness of such Note Guarantor.

At December 31, 2010,

 

  (1) the Issuer and its Subsidiaries had $354.1 million of Secured Indebtedness outstanding. In addition, the Issuer and its Subsidiaries had approximately $50.0 million of availability under our revolving credit facility;

 

  (2) the Issuer and its Subsidiaries had $220.0 million of senior unsecured Indebtedness outstanding, consisting of the Notes; and

 

  (3) the Issuer and its Subsidiaries had no Subordinated Indebtedness outstanding.

Although the Indenture limits the Incurrence of Indebtedness and the issuance of Disqualified Stock by the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries and the issuance of Preferred Stock by the Restricted Subsidiaries of the Issuer that are not Note Guarantors, such limitation is subject to a number of significant qualifications and exceptions. Under certain circumstances, the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries may be able to Incur substantial amounts of Indebtedness. Such Indebtedness may be Secured Indebtedness. See “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock” and “—Certain Covenants—Liens.”

 

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A significant portion of the operations of the Issuer is conducted through its Subsidiaries. Unless a Subsidiary is a Note Guarantor, claims of creditors of such Subsidiary, including trade creditors, and claims of preferred stockholders (if any) of such Subsidiary generally will have priority with respect to the assets and earnings of such Subsidiary over the claims of creditors of the Issuer, including holders of the Notes. The Notes, therefore, are structurally subordinated to claims of creditors (including trade creditors) and preferred stockholders (if any) of Subsidiaries of the Issuer that are not Note Guarantors. As of the date of this prospectus, all of the Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of the Issuer are Note Guarantors other than EVERTEC Latinoamerica, S.A., a Costa Rican entity, and three inactive Costa Rican subsidiaries that are in the process of liquidation: TII Smart Solutions, S.A., Payment Technologies, S.A. and Technological Ventures, S.A. As of or for the year ended December 31, 2010 (on a full year basis), our Wholly Owned Subsidiaries that are not Note Guarantors accounted for approximately $12.7 million, or 4%, of our total revenues, approximately $1.6 million, or 1%, of our EBITDA, and approximately $63 million, or 6%, of our total assets.

Note Guarantees

Each of the Issuer’s direct and indirect Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries that are guarantors under the Credit Agreement jointly and severally irrevocably and unconditionally guarantee on a senior basis the performance and punctual payment when due, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, of all obligations of the Issuer under the Indenture and the Notes, whether for payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest or additional interest on the Notes, expenses, indemnification or otherwise (all such obligations guaranteed by such Note Guarantors being herein called the “Guaranteed Obligations”). Such Note Guarantors agreed to pay, in addition to the amount stated above, any and all expenses (including reasonable counsel fees and expenses) incurred by the Trustee or the holders in enforcing any rights under the Note Guarantees.

Each Note Guarantee is limited to an amount not to exceed the maximum amount that can be guaranteed by the applicable Note Guarantor without rendering the Note Guarantee, as it relates to such Note Guarantor, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally. However, in a recent Florida bankruptcy case, this kind of provision was found to be ineffective to protect the guarantees. See “Risk Factors—Risks Related to the Notes.” After the Issue Date, the Issuer will cause each Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary (unless such Subsidiary is a Receivables Subsidiary) that guarantees certain Indebtedness of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or issues shares of Disqualified Stock to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary will guarantee payment of the Notes on the same unsecured senior basis. See “—Certain Covenants—Future Note Guarantors.”

Each Note Guarantee is a continuing guarantee and shall:

 

  (1) remain in full force and effect until payment in full of all the Guaranteed Obligations;

 

  (2) subject to the next paragraph, be binding upon each such Note Guarantor and its successors; and

 

  (3) inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Trustee, the holders and their successors, transferees and assigns.

A Restricted Subsidiary’s Note Guarantee will be automatically released upon:

 

  (1) the sale, disposition, exchange or other transfer (including through merger, consolidation, amalgamation or otherwise) of the Capital Stock (including any sale, disposition or other transfer following which the applicable Note Guarantor is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary), or all or substantially all the assets, of the applicable Note Guarantor if such sale, disposition, exchange or other transfer is made in a manner not in violation of the Indenture;

 

  (2) the designation of such Note Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the covenant described under “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Restricted Payments” and the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary”;

 

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  (3) the release or discharge of the guarantee by such Note Guarantor of the Credit Agreement or other Indebtedness which resulted in the obligation to guarantee the Notes; and

 

  (4) the Issuer’s exercise of its legal defeasance option or covenant defeasance option as described under “—Defeasance” or if the Issuer’s obligations under the Indenture are discharged in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.

A Restricted Subsidiary’s Note Guarantee also will be automatically released upon the applicable Subsidiary ceasing to be a Subsidiary as a result of any foreclosure of any pledge or security interest securing Indebtedness or other exercise of remedies in respect thereof.

Change of Control

Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each holder will have the right to require the Issuer to repurchase all or any part of such holder’s Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date), except to the extent the Issuer has previously or concurrently elected to redeem Notes as described under “—Optional Redemption.”

In the event that at the time of such Change of Control the terms of the Bank Indebtedness restrict or prohibit the repurchase of Notes pursuant to this covenant, then prior to the mailing of the notice to holders provided for in the immediately following paragraph but in any event within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Issuer shall:

 

  (1) repay in full all Bank Indebtedness or, if doing so will allow the purchase of Notes, offer to repay in full all Bank Indebtedness and repay the Bank Indebtedness of each lender and/or noteholder who has accepted such offer; or

 

  (2) obtain the requisite consent under the agreements governing the Bank Indebtedness to permit the repurchase of the Notes as provided for in the immediately following paragraph.

See “Risk Factors—Risks Related to the Notes—We may not be able to repurchase the notes upon a change of control.”

Within 30 days following any Change of Control, except to the extent that the Issuer has exercised its right to redeem the Notes by delivery of a notice of redemption as described under “—Optional Redemption,” the Issuer shall mail a notice (a “Change of Control Offer”) to each holder with a copy to the Trustee stating:

 

  (1) that a Change of Control has occurred and that such holder has the right to require the Issuer to repurchase such holder’s Notes at a repurchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest, if any, to the date of repurchase (subject to the right of holders of record on a record date to receive interest on the relevant interest payment date);

 

  (2) the circumstances and relevant facts and financial information regarding such Change of Control;

 

  (3) the repurchase date (which shall be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed); and

 

  (4) the instructions determined by the Issuer, consistent with this covenant, that a holder must follow in order to have its Notes purchased.

A Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control, and conditioned upon such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the time of making of the Change of Control Offer.

 

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In addition, the Issuer will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in the Indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Issuer and purchases all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer.

Notes repurchased by the Issuer pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will have the status of Notes issued but not outstanding or will be retired and canceled at the option of the Issuer. Notes purchased by a third party pursuant to the preceding paragraph will have the status of Notes issued and outstanding.

The Issuer will comply, to the extent applicable, with the requirements of Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act and any other securities laws or regulations in connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to this covenant. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with provisions of this covenant, the Issuer will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this covenant by virtue thereof.

This Change of Control repurchase provision is a result of negotiations between the Issuer and the initial purchasers. The Issuer has no present intention to engage in a transaction involving a Change of Control, although it is possible that the Issuer could decide to do so in the future. Subject to the limitations discussed below, the Issuer could, in the future, enter into certain transactions, including acquisitions, refinancing or other recapitalizations, that would not constitute a Change of Control under the Indenture, but that could increase the amount of indebtedness outstanding at such time or otherwise affect the Issuer’s capital structure or credit rating.

The occurrence of events which would constitute a Change of Control would constitute a default under the Credit Agreement. Future Indebtedness of the Issuer may contain prohibitions on certain events which would constitute a Change of Control or require such Indebtedness to be repurchased upon a Change of Control. Moreover, the exercise by the holders of their right to require the Issuer to repurchase the Notes could cause a default under such Indebtedness, even if the Change of Control itself does not, due to the financial effect of such repurchase on the Issuer. Finally, the Issuer’s ability to pay cash to the holders upon a repurchase may be limited by the Issuer’s then existing financial resources. There can be no assurance that sufficient funds will be available when necessary to make any required repurchases. See “Risk Factors—Risks Related to the Notes—We may not be able to repurchase the notes upon a change of control.”

The definition of Change of Control includes a phrase relating to the sale, lease or transfer of “all or substantially all” the assets of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole. Although there is a developing body of case law interpreting the phrase “substantially all,” under New York law, which governs the Indenture, there is no precise established definition of the phrase under applicable law. Accordingly, the ability of a holder of Notes to require the Issuer to repurchase such Notes as a result of a sale, lease or transfer of less than all of the assets of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole to another Person or group may be uncertain.

The provisions under the Indenture relating to the Issuer’s obligation to make an offer to repurchase the Notes as a result of a Change of Control may be waived or modified with the written consent of the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes.

Certain Covenants

Set forth below are summaries of certain covenants contained in the Indenture. 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 the Indenture then, beginning on that day and continuing at all times thereafter until the Reversion Date (as defined below) (the occurrence of the events described in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) being collectively referred to as a “Covenant Suspension Event”), the covenants specifically listed under the following captions in this “Description of Notes” section of this prospectus will not be applicable to the Notes (collectively, the “Suspended Covenants”):

(1) “—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock”;

 

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(2) “—Limitation on Restricted Payments”;

(3) “—Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries”;

(4) “—Asset Sales”;

(5) “—Transactions with Affiliates”;

(6) “—Future Note Guarantors”; and

(7) clause (4) of the first paragraph of “—Merger, Amalgamation, Consolidation or Sale of All or Substantially All Assets.”

If and while the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries are not subject to the Suspended Covenants, the Notes will be entitled to substantially less covenant protection. In the event that the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries are not subject to the Suspended Covenants under the 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 Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries will thereafter again be subject to the Suspended Covenants under the Indenture with respect to future events. The period of time between the Covenant Suspension Event and the Reversion Date is referred to in this description as the “Suspension Period.”

On each Reversion Date, all Indebtedness Incurred, or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued, during the Suspension Period will be classified as having been Incurred or issued pursuant to the first paragraph of “—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock” below or one of the clauses set forth in the second paragraph of “—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock” below (to the extent such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock would be permitted to be Incurred or issued thereunder as of the Reversion Date and after giving effect to Indebtedness Incurred or issued prior to the Suspension Period and outstanding on the Reversion Date). To the extent such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock would not be so permitted to be Incurred or issued pursuant to the first or second paragraph of “—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock,” such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock will be deemed to have been outstanding on the Issue Date, so that it is classified as permitted under clause (c) of the second paragraph under “—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock.” Calculations made after the Reversion Date of the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under “—Limitation on Restricted Payments” will be made as though the covenant described under “—Limitation on Restricted Payments” had been in effect since the Issue Date and throughout the Suspension Period. Accordingly, Restricted Payments made during the Suspension Period will reduce the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under the first paragraph of “—Limitation on Restricted Payments.”

In addition, for purposes of the covenant described under “—Transactions with Affiliates,” all agreements and arrangements entered into by the Issuer and any Restricted Subsidiary with an Affiliate of the Issuer during the Suspension Period prior to such Reversion Date will be deemed to have been entered into on or prior to the Issue Date and for purposes of the covenant described under “—Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries,” all contracts entered into during the Suspension Period prior to such Reversion Date that contain any of the restrictions contemplated by such covenant will be deemed to have been existing on the Issue Date. For purposes of the “—Asset Sale” covenant, on the Reversion Date, the unutilized Excess Proceeds amount will be reset to zero.

As described above, however, no Default or Event of Default will be deemed to have occurred on the Reversion Date as a result of any actions taken by the Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries during the Suspension Period.

There can be no assurance that the Notes will ever achieve or maintain Investment Grade Ratings.

 

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The Issuer shall provide an Officer’s Certificate to the Trustee indicating the occurrence of any Covenant Suspension Event or Reversion Date. The Trustee will have no obligation to (i) independently determine or verify if such events have occurred, (ii) make any determination regarding the impact of actions taken during the Suspension Period on the Issuer’s future compliance with its covenants or (iii) notify the holders of any Covenant Suspension Event or Reversion Date.

Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock

The Indenture provides that:

 

  (1) the Issuer will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, Incur any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) or issue any shares of Disqualified Stock; and

 

  (2) the Issuer will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Note Guarantor to issue any shares of Preferred Stock;

provided , however, that the Issuer and any Restricted Subsidiary may Incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) or issue shares of Disqualified Stock, and any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Note Guarantor may issue shares of Preferred Stock, in each case if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Issuer for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is Incurred or such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock is issued would have been at least 2.00 to 1.00 determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness had been Incurred, or the Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock had been issued, as the case may be, and the application of proceeds therefrom had occurred at the beginning of such four-quarter period; provided, however, that Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Note Guarantors that is outstanding pursuant to this clause shall not at any time exceed $75.0 million in the aggregate.

The foregoing limitations will not apply to:

 

  (a) the Incurrence by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness (which in the case of clause (2) below shall be Secured Indebtedness) in an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time that does not exceed the greater of (1) $520.0 million, less the amount of all permanent reductions of Indebtedness thereunder as a result of principal payments actually made with Net Proceeds from Asset Sales, and (2) an amount of Secured Indebtedness that would not cause the Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available, determined on a pro forma basis, to exceed 4.00 to 1.00;

 

  (b) the Incurrence by the Issuer and the Note Guarantors of Indebtedness represented by the Notes (not including any additional Notes) and the Note Guarantees (including exchange Notes and related guarantees thereof);

 

  (c) Indebtedness existing on the Issue Date (other than Indebtedness described in clauses (a) and (b));

 

  (d)(x)

Capitalized Lease Obligations of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary not in excess of $35.0 million at any time outstanding; provided, however, that an additional amount of Capitalized Lease Obligations may be Incurred by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary to the extent (A) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom and (B) after giving effect to the issuance, incurrence or assumption of such Indebtedness, the Senior Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available, determined on a pro forma basis, would not exceed 3.50 to 1.00 and (y) mortgage financings and other purchase money Indebtedness Incurred by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, Disqualified Stock issued by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary and Preferred Stock issued by any Restricted Subsidiary, prior to or within 270 days after the acquisition, lease, construction, repair, replacement or improvement of the respective property (real or personal, and whether through the direct purchase of property or the Equity Interests of any person owning

 

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such property) permitted hereunder in order to finance such acquisition, lease, construction, repair, replacement or improvement, so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom;

 

  (e) Indebtedness Incurred by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary constituting reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments, issued in the ordinary course of business, including without limitation letters of credit in respect of workers’ compensation claims, health, disability or other benefits to employees or former employees or their families or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance or similar requirements, and letters of credit in connection with the maintenance of, or pursuant to the requirements of, environmental or other permits or licenses from governmental authorities, or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement type obligations regarding workers’ compensation claims;

 

  (f) Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in each case, Incurred in connection with the Transactions or any other acquisition or disposition of any business, assets or a Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, other than guarantees of Indebtedness Incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition;

 

  (g) Indebtedness of the Issuer to a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (except in respect of intercompany current liabilities Incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management, tax and accounting operations of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries) any such Indebtedness owed to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Note Guarantor is subordinated in right of payment to the obligations of the Issuer under the Notes; provided, further, that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary or any pledge of such Indebtedness constituting a Permitted Lien) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an Incurrence of such Indebtedness not permitted by this clause (g);

 

  (h) shares of Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary issued to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any Restricted Subsidiary that holds such shares of Preferred Stock of another Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such shares of Preferred Stock (except to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an issuance of shares of Preferred Stock not permitted by this clause (h);

 

  (i) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that if a Note Guarantor Incurs such Indebtedness to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Note Guarantor (except in respect of intercompany current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management, tax and accounting operations of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries), such Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Note Guarantee of such Note Guarantor; provided, further, that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any Restricted Subsidiary holding such Indebtedness ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary or any pledge of such Indebtedness constituting a Permitted Lien) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an Incurrence of such Indebtedness not permitted by this clause (i);

 

  (j)(x) Hedging Obligations entered into in connection with the Transactions and (y) Hedging Obligations that are not incurred for speculative purposes but (1) for the purpose of fixing or hedging interest rate risk with respect to any Indebtedness that is permitted by the terms of the Indenture to be outstanding; (2) for the purpose of fixing or hedging currency exchange rate risk with respect to any currency exchanges; or (3) for the purpose of fixing or hedging commodity price risk with respect to any commodity purchases or sales;

 

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  (k) Indebtedness in respect of performance bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds, surety bonds and completion guarantees and similar obligations, in each case outstanding on the Issue Date or otherwise provided in the ordinary course of business (whether or not consistent with past practices) of the Issuer (including, prior to the Issue Date, by Popular for the benefit of the Issuer), including those incurred to secure health, safety and environmental obligations in the ordinary course of business;

 

  (l) Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of the Issuer or Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary not otherwise permitted hereunder in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference, which when aggregated with the principal amount or liquidation preference of all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock then outstanding and Incurred pursuant to this clause (l), does not exceed at any one time outstanding the greater of $85.0 million and 7.75% of Consolidated Total Assets at the time of Incurrence (it being understood that any Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this clause (l) shall cease to be deemed Incurred or outstanding for purposes of this clause (l) but shall be deemed Incurred for purposes of the first paragraph of this covenant from and after the first date on which the Issuer, or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, could have Incurred such Indebtedness under the first paragraph of this covenant without reliance upon this clause (l));

 

  (m) Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary and Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary not otherwise permitted hereunder in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference not greater than 100.0% of the net cash proceeds received by the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries since immediately after the Issue Date from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent entity of the Issuer (which proceeds are contributed to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) or cash contributed to the capital of the Issuer (in each case other than proceeds of Disqualified Stock or sales of Equity Interests to, or contributions received from, the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries) as determined in accordance with clauses (2) and (3) of the definition of “Cumulative Credit” to the extent such net cash proceeds or cash have not been applied pursuant to such clauses to make Restricted Payments or to make other Investments, payments or exchanges pursuant to the third paragraph of “—Limitation on Restricted Payments” or to make Permitted Investments (other than Permitted Investments specified in clauses (1) and (3) of the definition thereof);

 

  (n) any guarantee by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness or other obligations of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary so long as the Incurrence of such Indebtedness Incurred by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary is permitted under the terms of the Indenture; provided that (i) if such Indebtedness is by its express terms subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or the Note Guarantee of such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, any such guarantee with respect to such Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or such Note Guarantee, as applicable, substantially to the same extent as such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Notes or the Note Guarantee, as applicable, and (ii) if such guarantee is of Indebtedness of the Issuer, such guarantee is Incurred in accordance with the covenant described under “—Future Note Guarantors” solely to the extent such covenant is applicable;

 

  (o) the Incurrence by the Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary that serves to refund, refinance or defease any Indebtedness Incurred or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued as permitted under the first paragraph of this covenant and clauses (b), (c), (d), (1), (m), (o), (p) and (t) of this paragraph or any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock Incurred to so refund or refinance such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, including any additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock Incurred to pay premiums (including tender premiums), expenses, issue discount, defeasance costs, and fees in connection therewith (subject to the following proviso, “Refinancing Indebtedness”) prior to its respective maturity; provided, however, that such Refinancing Indebtedness:

 

  (1)

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Maturity of the Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock being refunded, refinanced or defeased and (y) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity that would result if all payments of principal on the Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock being refunded or refinanced that were due on or after the date that is 91 days following the last maturity date of any Notes then outstanding were instead due on such date (provided that this subclause (1) will not apply to any refunding or refinancing of any Secured Indebtedness);

 

  (2) is Incurred in an aggregate principal amount (or if issued with original issue discount an aggregate issue price) that is equal to or less than the sum of (x) the aggregate principal amount (or if issued with original issue discount, the aggregate accreted value) then outstanding of the Indebtedness being refinanced plus (y) the amount of premiums (including tender premiums), expenses, issue discount, defeasance costs, and fees Incurred in connection with such refinancing;

 

  (3) to the extent such Refinancing Indebtedness refinances (a) Indebtedness junior to the Notes or a Note Guarantee, as applicable, such Refinancing Indebtedness is junior to the Notes or the Note Guarantee, as applicable, or (b) Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, such Refinancing Indebtedness is Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock; and

 

  (4) shall not include (x) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Note Guarantor that refinances Indebtedness of the Issuer or a Note Guarantor, or (y) Indebtedness of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary that refinances Indebtedness of an Unrestricted Subsidiary;

 

  (p) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of (x) the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary incurred to finance an acquisition or (y) Persons that are acquired by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary or merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of the Indenture; provided that after giving effect to such acquisition or merger, consolidation or amalgamation, either:

 

  (1) the Issuer would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in the first paragraph of this covenant; or

 

  (2) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Issuer would be greater than immediately prior to such acquisition or merger, consolidation or amalgamation;

 

  (q) Indebtedness Incurred by a Receivables Subsidiary in a Qualified Receivables Financing that is not recourse to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary other than a Receivables Subsidiary (except for Standard Securitization Undertakings);

 

  (r) Indebtedness of Restricted Subsidiaries under local lines of credit in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices, (x) Indebtedness Incurred in the ordinary course of business under overdraft facilities (including, but not limited to, intraday, ACH and purchasing card/T&E services) established for Carib Holdings, Inc.’s, the Issuer’s and its Subsidiaries’ ordinary course of operations and (y) Indebtedness 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 other cash management services in the ordinary course of business;

 

  (s) Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (1) supported by a letter of credit or bank guarantee issued pursuant to the Credit Agreement, in a principal amount not in excess of the stated amount of such letter of credit or bank guarantee and (2) in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees, warehouse receipts or similar instruments issued to support performance obligations and trade letters of credit (other than obligations in respect of other Indebtedness) in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or industry practice;

 

  (t)

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principal amount of all other Indebtedness then outstanding and Incurred pursuant to this clause (t), does not exceed at any one time outstanding the greater of $25.0 million and 2.25% of Consolidated Total Assets at the time of Incurrence (it being understood that any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (t) shall cease to be deemed incurred or outstanding for purposes of this clause (t) but shall be deemed incurred for the purposes of the first paragraph of this covenant from and after the first date on which such Restricted Subsidiary could have incurred such Indebtedness under the first paragraph of this covenant without reliance upon this clause (t));

 

  (u) Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary consisting of (1) the financing of insurance premiums or (2) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;

 

  (v) Indebtedness consisting of Indebtedness issued by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary to current or former officers, directors and employees thereof or any direct or indirect parent thereof, their respective estates, spouses or former spouses, in each case to finance the purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of the Issuer or any of its direct or indirect parent companies to the extent described in clause (4) of the third paragraph of the covenant described under “—Limitation on Restricted Payments”;

 

  (w) Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary to any joint venture (regardless of the form of legal entity) that is not a Subsidiary arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management operations (including with respect to intercompany self-insurance arrangements) of AP Carib, the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

  (x) Indebtedness Incurred on behalf of, or representing guarantees of Indebtedness of, joint ventures of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary not in excess of, at any one time outstanding, the greater of $85.0 million and 7.75% of Consolidated Total Assets at the time of Incurrence;

 

  (y) customer deposits and advance payments received in the ordinary course of business from customers for goods and services purchased in the ordinary course of business;

 

  (z) unsecured Indebtedness constituting obligations of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary to pay the deferred purchase price of goods or services or progress payments in connection with such goods and services; provided that such obligations are Incurred in connection with open accounts extended by suppliers on customary trade terms (which require that all such payments be made within 90 days after the Incurrence of the related obligations) in the ordinary course of business and not in connection with the borrowing of money or Hedging Obligations; (2) Indebtedness representing deferred compensation to employees of AP Carib, the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer Incurred in the ordinary course of business; and (3) Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary under deferred compensation or other similar arrangements Incurred by such person in connection with the Transactions and any acquisitions or other Investments permitted hereunder; and

 

  (aa) Settlement Indebtedness.

For purposes of determining compliance with this covenant:

 

  (1) in the event that an item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of permitted Indebtedness described in clauses (a) through (aa) above or is entitled to be Incurred pursuant to the first paragraph of this covenant, then the Issuer shall, in its sole discretion, classify or reclassify, or later divide, classify or reclassify, such item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this covenant; and

 

  (2) at the time of Incurrence, the Issuer will be entitled to divide and classify an item of Indebtedness in more than one of the types of Indebtedness described in the first and second paragraphs above without giving pro forma effect to the Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to the second paragraph above when calculating the amount of Indebtedness that may be Incurred pursuant to the first paragraph above.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness incurred under the Credit Agreement on the Issue Date shall be deemed to have been incurred under clause (a) of the second paragraph above and may not be reclassified.

Accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value, the payment of interest or dividends in the form of additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as applicable, amortization of original issue discount, the accretion of liquidation preference and increases in the amount of Indebtedness outstanding solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies will not be deemed to be an Incurrence of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock for purposes of this covenant. Guarantees of, or obligations in respect of letters of credit relating to, Indebtedness which is otherwise included in the determination of a particular amount of Indebtedness shall not be included in the determination of such amount of Indebtedness; provided that the Incurrence of the Indebtedness represented by such guarantee or letter of credit, as the case may be, was in compliance with this covenant.

For purposes of determining compliance with any U.S. dollar-denominated restriction on the Incurrence of Indebtedness, the U.S. dollar-equivalent 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 or first Incurred (whichever yields the lower U.S. dollar equivalent), in the case of revolving credit debt; provided that if such Indebtedness is Incurred to refinance other Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency, and such refinancing would cause the applicable U.S. dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such refinancing, such U.S. dollar-denominated 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 refinanced.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this covenant, the maximum amount of Indebtedness that the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries may Incur pursuant to this covenant shall not be deemed to be exceeded, with respect to any outstanding Indebtedness, solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies. The principal amount of any Indebtedness Incurred to refinance other Indebtedness, if Incurred in a different currency from the Indebtedness being refinanced, shall be calculated based on the currency exchange rate applicable to the currencies in which such respective Indebtedness is denominated that is in effect on the date of such refinancing.

Limitation on Restricted Payments

The Indenture provides that the Issuer will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:

 

  (1) declare or pay any dividend or make any distribution on account of any of the Issuer’s or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests, including any payment made in connection with any merger, amalgamation or consolidation involving the Issuer (other than (A) dividends or distributions payable solely in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary; or (B) dividends or distributions by a Restricted Subsidiary so long as, in the case of any dividend or distribution payable on or in respect of any class or series of securities issued by a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary, the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary receives at least its pro rata share of such dividend or distribution in accordance with its Equity Interests in such class or series of securities);

 

  (2) purchase or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Equity Interests of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer;

 

  (3)

make any principal payment on, or redeem, repurchase, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value, in each case prior to any scheduled repayment or scheduled maturity, any Subordinated Indebtedness of the Issuer or a Note Guarantor (other than the payment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition or retirement of (A) Subordinated Indebtedness in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case due within one year of the date of such payment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition or retirement and (B) Indebtedness permitted

 

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under clauses (g) and (i) of the second paragraph of the covenant described under “—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock”); or

 

  (4) make any Restricted Investment

(all such payments and other actions set forth in clauses (1) through (4) above being collectively referred to as “Restricted Payments”), unless, at the time of such Restricted Payment:

 

  (a) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof;

 

  (b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction on a pro forma basis, the Issuer could Incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness under the provisions of the first paragraph of the covenant described under “—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock”; and

 

  (c) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date (including Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (1), (2) (with respect to the payment of dividends on Refunding Capital Stock (as defined below) pursuant to clause (c) thereof), (6)(c), (8), (12)(b) and (17) of the next succeeding paragraph, but excluding all other Restricted Payments permitted by the next succeeding paragraph), is less than the amount equal to the Cumulative Credit (with the amount of any Restricted Payment made under this covenant in any property other than cash being equal to the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) of such property at the time made).

Cumulative Credit” means the sum of (without duplication):

 

  (1) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income of the Issuer for the period (taken as one accounting period, the “Reference Period”) from October 1, 2010 to the end of the Issuer’s most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment (or, in the case such Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit, minus 100% of such deficit); plus

 

  (2) 100% of the aggregate net proceeds, including cash and the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) of property other than cash, received by the Issuer after the Issue Date (other than net proceeds to the extent such net proceeds have been used to incur Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock pursuant to clause (m) of the second paragraph of the covenant described under “—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock”) from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent entity of the Issuer (excluding Refunding Capital Stock (as defined below), Designated Preferred Stock, Excluded Contributions, and Disqualified Stock), including Equity Interests issued upon exercise of warrants or options (other than an issuance or sale to the Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary); plus

 

  (3) 100% of the aggregate amount of contributions to the capital of the Issuer received in cash and the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) of property other than cash after the Issue Date (other than Excluded Contributions, Refunding Capital Stock, Designated Preferred Stock and Disqualified Stock and other than contributions to the extent such contributions have been used to incur Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock pursuant to clause (m) of the second paragraph of the covenant described under “—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock”); plus

 

  (4) 100% of the principal amount of any Indebtedness, or the liquidation preference or maximum fixed repurchase price, as the case may be, of any Disqualified Stock of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary issued after the Issue Date (other than Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock issued to a Restricted Subsidiary) which has been converted into or exchanged for Equity Interests in the Issuer (other than Disqualified Stock) or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer (provided in the case of any such parent, such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock is retired or extinguished); plus

 

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  (5) 100% of the aggregate amount received by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in cash and the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) of property other than cash received by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary from:

 

  (A) the sale or other disposition (other than to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) of Restricted Investments made by the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries and from repurchases and redemptions of such Restricted Investments from the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries by any Person (other than the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary) and from repayments of loans or advances, and releases of guarantees, which constituted Restricted Investments (other than in each case to the extent that the Restricted Investment was made pursuant to clause (7) of the succeeding paragraph);

 

  (B) the sale (other than to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) of the Capital Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary; or

 

  (C) a distribution or dividend from an Unrestricted Subsidiary; plus

 

  (6) in the event any Unrestricted Subsidiary has been redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary or has been merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary, the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) of the Investment of the Issuer or the Restricted Subsidiaries in such Unrestricted Subsidiary (which, if the Fair Market Value of such investment shall exceed $50.0 million, shall be determined by the Board of Directors of the Issuer, a copy of the resolution of which with respect thereto shall be delivered to the Trustee) at the time of such redesignation, combination or transfer (or of the assets transferred or conveyed, as applicable) (other than in each case to the extent that the designation of such Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary was made pursuant to clause (7) of the succeeding paragraph or constituted a Permitted Investment).

The foregoing provisions will not prohibit:

 

(1) the payment of 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 the Indenture;

 

(2)(a) the redemption, repurchase, retirement or other acquisition of any Equity Interests (“Retired Capital Stock”) of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer or Subordinated Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Note Guarantor, in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of, the substantially concurrent sale of, Equity Interests of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer or contributions to the equity capital of the Issuer (other than any Disqualified Stock or any Equity Interests sold to a Subsidiary of the Issuer) (collectively, including any such contributions, “Refunding Capital Stock”);

 

  (b) the declaration and payment of dividends on the Retired Capital Stock out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Issuer) of Refunding Capital Stock; and

 

  (c) if immediately prior to the retirement of Retired Capital Stock, the declaration and payment of dividends thereon was permitted under clause (6) of this paragraph and not made pursuant to clause (2)(b), the declaration and payment of dividends on the Refunding Capital Stock (other than Refunding Capital Stock the proceeds of which were used to redeem, repurchase, retire or otherwise acquire any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer) in an aggregate amount per year no greater than the aggregate amount of dividends per annum that were declarable and payable on such Retired Capital Stock immediately prior to such retirement;

 

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(3) the redemption, repurchase, defeasance, or other acquisition or retirement of Subordinated Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Note Guarantor made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, new Indebtedness of the Issuer or a Note Guarantor, which is Incurred in accordance with the covenant described under “—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock” so long as

 

  (a) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such new Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable), plus any accrued and unpaid interest, of the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, defeased, acquired or retired for value (plus the amount of any premium required to be paid under the terms of the instrument governing the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, acquired or retired, any tender premiums, plus any defeasance costs, fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith);

 

  (b) such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Notes or the related Note Guarantee, as the case may be, at least to the same extent as such Subordinated Indebtedness so purchased, exchanged, redeemed, repurchased, defeased, acquired or retired for value;

 

  (c) such Indebtedness has a final scheduled maturity date equal to or later than the earlier of (x) the final scheduled maturity date of the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, acquired or retired and (y) 91 days following the last maturity date of any Notes then outstanding; and

 

  (d) such Indebtedness has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity at the time Incurred which is not less than the shorter of (x) the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, defeased, acquired or retired and (y) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity that would result if all payments of principal on the Subordinated Indebtedness being redeemed, repurchased, defeased, acquired or retired that were due on or after the date that is 91 days following the last maturity date of any Notes then outstanding were instead due on such date;

 

(4) a Restricted Payment to pay for the repurchase, retirement or other acquisition for value of Equity Interests of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer (including related stock appreciation rights or similar securities) held by any future, present or former employee, director or consultant of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or other agreement or arrangement; provided, however, that the aggregate Restricted Payments made under this clause (4) do not exceed (i) prior to the consummation of an underwritten public Equity Offering of common stock, $7.5 million in any fiscal year, with unused amounts in any fiscal year being permitted to be carried over to succeeding fiscal years subject to a maximum (without giving effect to the following proviso) of $12.5 million in any fiscal year or (ii) subsequent to the consummation of an underwritten public Equity Offering of common stock, $7.5 million in any fiscal year, with unused amounts in any fiscal year being permitted to be carried over to succeeding fiscal years subject to a maximum (without giving effect to the following proviso) of $25.0 million in any fiscal year; provided, further, however, that such amount in any calendar year may be increased by an amount not to exceed:

 

  (a) the cash proceeds received by the Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries from the sale of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer (to the extent contributed to the Issuer) to members of management, directors or consultants of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer that occurs after the Issue Date (provided 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 clause (3) of the first paragraph under “— Limitation on Restricted Payments”); plus

 

  (b) the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer (to the extent contributed to the Issuer) or the Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date; plus

 

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  (c) the amount of any cash bonuses otherwise payable to members of management, directors or consultants of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer in connection with transactions that are foregone in return for the receipt of Equity Interests;

provided that the Issuer may elect to apply all or any portion of the aggregate increase contemplated by clauses (a), (b) and (c) above in any calendar year; and provided, further, that cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary from any present or former employees, directors, officers or consultants of the Issuer, any Restricted Subsidiary or the direct or indirect parents of the Issuer in connection with a repurchase of Equity Interests of the Issuer or any of its direct or indirect parents will not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this covenant or any other provision of the Indenture;

 

(5) the declaration and payment of dividends or distributions to holders of any class or series of Disqualified Stock of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary issued or Incurred in accordance with the covenant described under “—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock”;

 

(6)(a) the declaration and payment of dividends or distributions to holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) issued after the Issue Date;

 

  (b) a Restricted Payment to any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer, the proceeds of which will be used to fund the payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer issued after the Issue Date; provided that the aggregate amount of dividends declared and paid pursuant to this clause (b) does not exceed the net cash proceeds actually received by the Issuer from any such sale of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) issued after the Issue Date; and

 

  (c) the declaration and payment of dividends on Refunding Capital Stock that is Preferred Stock in excess of the dividends declarable and payable thereon pursuant to clause (2) of this paragraph;

provided , however, in the case of each of (a) and (c) above of this clause (6), that (i) for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date of issuance of such Designated Preferred Stock, after giving effect to such issuance (and the payment of dividends or distributions) on a pro forma basis, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be at least 2.00 to 1.00 and (ii) the aggregate amount of dividends declared and paid pursuant to such clauses does not exceed the net cash proceeds actually received by the Issuer from the sale of such Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) or Preferred Stock issued after the Issue Date;

 

(7) Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries having an aggregate Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer), taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (7) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of $30.0 million and 2.75% of Consolidated 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);

 

(8) the payment of dividends on the Issuer’s Capital Stock (or a Restricted Payment to any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer to fund the payment by such direct or indirect parent of the Issuer of dividends on such entity’s common stock) of up to 6.0% per annum of the net proceeds received by the Issuer from any public offering of such Capital Stock of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer, other than public offerings with respect to the Issuer’s (or such direct or indirect parent’s) Capital Stock registered on Form S-4 or Form S-8 and other than any public sale constituting an Excluded Contribution;

 

(9) Restricted Payments that are made with Excluded Contributions;

 

(10) other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of $30.0 million and 2.75% of Consolidated Total Assets at the time of such Restricted Payment;

 

(11) the distribution, as a dividend or otherwise, of shares of Capital Stock of, or Indebtedness owed to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary by, Unrestricted Subsidiaries;

 

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(12) the payment of Restricted Payments, if applicable:

 

  (a) in amounts required for any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer to pay fees and expenses (including franchise or similar taxes) required to maintain its corporate existence, customary salary, bonus and other benefits payable to, and indemnities provided on behalf of, officers and employees of any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer and general corporate operating and overhead, legal, accounting and other professional fees and expenses of any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer in each case to the extent such fees and expenses are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries;

 

  (b) in amounts required for any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer to pay interest and/or principal on Indebtedness the proceeds of which have been contributed to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary and that has been guaranteed by, or is otherwise considered Indebtedness of, the Issuer Incurred in accordance with the covenant described under “-limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock”; and

 

  (c) in amounts required for any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer to pay fees and expenses related to any equity or debt offering of such parent whether or not consummated; provided that the amount of such Restricted Payments pursuant to this clause (c) shall not exceed the portion of any such amounts that are allocable to the Issuer and its Subsidiaries;

 

(13) any Restricted Payment used to fund the Transactions, including the Special Distribution, and the payment of fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Transactions or owed by the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer or Restricted Subsidiaries of the Issuer to Affiliates, and any other payments made, including any such payments made to any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer to enable it to make payments, in connection with the consummation of the Transactions or as contemplated by the Acquisition Documents, whether payable on the Issue Date or thereafter, in each case to the extent permitted by the covenant described under “—Transactions with Affiliates”;

 

(14) repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants;

 

(15) purchases of receivables pursuant to a Receivables Repurchase Obligation in connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing and the payment or distribution of Receivables Fees;

 

(16) Restricted Payments by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary to allow the payment of cash in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares upon the exercise of options or warrants or upon the conversion or exchange of Capital Stock of any such Person;

 

(17) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Subordinated Indebtedness pursuant to provisions similar to those described under the captions “Change of Control” and “—Asset Sales”; provided that all Notes tendered by holders of the Notes in connection with a Change of Control or Asset Sale Offer, as applicable, have been repurchased, redeemed or acquired for value; and

 

(18) payments or distributions to dissenting stockholders pursuant to applicable law, pursuant to or in connection with a consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, that complies with the covenant described under “—Merger, Amalgamation, Consolidation or Sale of All or Substantially All Assets”; provided that as a result of such consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer of assets, the Issuer shall have made a Change of Control Offer (if required by the Indenture) and that all Notes tendered by holders in connection with such Change of Control Offer have been repurchased, redeemed or acquired for value;

provided , however, that at the time of, and after giving effect to, any Restricted Payment permitted under clauses (6)(b), (7), (10), (11) and (12)(b), no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof.

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of “Unrestricted Subsidiary.” For purposes of designating any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, all outstanding Investments by the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries (except to the extent repaid) in the Subsidiary so designated will be deemed to be Restricted Payments in an amount determined as set forth in the last sentence of the definition of “Investments.” Such designation will only be permitted if a Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment in such amount would be permitted at such time and if such Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

For purposes of the covenant described above, if any Investment or Restricted Payment would be permitted pursuant to one or more provisions described above and/or one or more of the exceptions contained in the definition of “Permitted Investments,” the Issuer may divide and classify such Investment or Restricted Payment in any manner that complies with this covenant and may later divide and reclassify any such Investment or Restricted Payment so long as the Investment or Restricted Payment (as so divided and/or reclassified) would be permitted to be made in reliance on the applicable exception as of the date of such reclassification.

Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries

The Indenture provides that the Issuer will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or consensual restriction on the ability of the Issuer or Restricted Subsidiary to:

 

  (a)(i) pay dividends or make any other distributions to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (1) on its Capital Stock; or (2) with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits; or (ii) pay any Indebtedness owed to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary;

 

  (b) make loans or advances to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary; or

 

  (c) sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary;

except in each case for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:

 

  (1) contractual encumbrances or restrictions in effect on the Issue Date, including pursuant to the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Agreement Documents;

 

  (2) the Indenture, the Notes (and any exchange Notes and guarantees thereof);

 

  (3) applicable law or any applicable rule, regulation or order;

 

  (4) any agreement or other instrument of a Person acquired by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary which was in existence at the time of such acquisition (but not created in contemplation thereof or to provide all or any portion of the funds or credit support utilized to consummate such acquisition), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person and its Subsidiaries, or the property or assets of the Person and its Subsidiaries, so acquired;

 

  (5) contracts or agreements for the sale of assets, including any restriction with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary imposed pursuant to an agreement entered into for the sale or disposition of the Capital Stock or assets of such Restricted Subsidiary;

 

  (6) Secured Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be Incurred pursuant to the covenants described under “—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock” and “—Liens” that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets securing such Indebtedness;

 

  (7) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

  (8) customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

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  (10) customary provisions contained in leases, licenses and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

  (11) any encumbrance or restriction of a Receivables Subsidiary effected in connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing; provided, however, that such restrictions apply only to such Receivables Subsidiary;

 

  (12) other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (a) of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Note Guarantor or (b) of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Note Guarantor so long as such encumbrances and restrictions contained in any agreement or instrument will not materially affect the Issuer’s ability to make anticipated principal or interest payments on the Notes (as determined in good faith by the Issuer), provided that in the case of each of clauses (a) and (b), such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock is permitted to be Incurred subsequent to the Issue Date by the covenant described under “—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock”;

 

  (13) any Restricted Investment not prohibited by the covenant described under “—Limitation on Restricted Payments” and any Permitted Investment; or

 

  (14) any encumbrances or restrictions of the type referred to in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (1) through (13) above; provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are, in the good faith judgment of the Issuer, no more restrictive with respect to such dividend and other payment restrictions than those contained in the dividend or other payment restrictions prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing.

For purposes of determining compliance with this covenant, (1) the priority of any Preferred Stock in receiving dividends or liquidating distributions prior to dividends or liquidating distributions being paid on common stock shall not be deemed a restriction on the ability to make distributions on Capital Stock and (2) the subordination of loans or advances made to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary to other Indebtedness Incurred by the Issuer or any such Restricted Subsidiary shall not be deemed a restriction on the ability to make loans or advances.

Asset Sales

The Indenture provides that the Issuer will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, cause or make an Asset Sale, unless (x) the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of, and (y) at least 75% of the consideration therefor received by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, is in the form of Cash Equivalents; provided that the amount of:

 

  (a) any liabilities (as shown on the Issuer’s or a Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet or in the notes thereto) of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary (other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes or any Note Guarantee) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets or that are otherwise cancelled or terminated in connection with the transaction with such transferee;

 

  (b) any notes or other obligations or other securities or assets received by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash within 180 days of the receipt thereof (to the extent of the cash received); and

 

  (c)

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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 Equivalents for the purposes of this provision.

Within 12 months after the Issuer’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s receipt of the Net Proceeds of any Asset Sale, the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary may apply the Net Proceeds from such Asset Sale, at its option:

 

  (1) to repay (a) Indebtedness constituting Bank Indebtedness and other Pari Passu Indebtedness that is secured by a Lien permitted under the Indenture (and, if the Indebtedness repaid is revolving credit Indebtedness, to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto), (b) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Note Guarantor, (c) Obligations under the Notes or (d) other Pari Passu Indebtedness (provided that if the Issuer or any Note Guarantor shall so reduce Obligations under unsecured Pari Passu Indebtedness, the Issuer will equally and ratably reduce Obligations under the Notes as provided under “—Optional Redemption,” through open-market purchases (provided that such purchases are at or above 100% of the principal amount thereof) or by making an offer (in accordance with the procedures set forth below for an Asset Sale Offer) to all holders to purchase at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest, if any, the pro rata principal amount of Notes), in each case other than Indebtedness owed to the Issuer or an Affiliate of the Issuer; or

 

  (2) to make an Investment in any one or more businesses (provided that if such Investment is in the form of the acquisition of Capital Stock of a Person, such acquisition results in such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer), assets, or property or capital expenditures, in each case (a) used or useful in a Similar Business or (b) that replace the properties and assets that are the subject of such Asset Sale.

In the case of clause (2) above, a binding commitment shall be treated as a permitted application of the Net Proceeds from the date of such commitment; provided that in the event such binding commitment is later canceled or terminated for any reason before such Net Proceeds are so applied, the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary enters into another binding commitment (a “Second Commitment”) within six months of such cancellation or termination of the prior binding commitment; provided, further, that the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary may only enter into a Second Commitment under the foregoing provision one time with respect to each Asset Sale and to the extent such Second Commitment is later canceled or terminated for any reason before such Net Proceeds are applied, then such Net Proceeds shall constitute Excess Proceeds.

Pending the final application of any such Net Proceeds, the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary may temporarily reduce Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility, if any, or otherwise invest such Net Proceeds in any manner not prohibited by the Indenture. Any Net Proceeds from any Asset Sale that are not applied as provided and within the time period set forth in the second paragraph of this covenant (it being understood that any portion of such Net Proceeds used to make an offer to purchase Notes, as described in clause (1) above, shall be deemed to have been invested whether or not such offer is accepted) will be deemed to constitute “Excess Proceeds.” When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $30.0 million, the Issuer shall make an offer to all holders of Notes (and, at the option of the Issuer, to holders of any Pari Passu Indebtedness) (an “Asset Sale Offer”) to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes (and such Pari Passu Indebtedness), that is at least $2,000 and 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 (or, in the event such Pari Passu Indebtedness was issued with significant original issue discount, 100% of the accreted value thereof), plus accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest, if any (or, in respect of such Pari Passu Indebtedness, such lesser price, if any, as may be provided for by the terms of such Pari Passu Indebtedness), to the date fixed for the closing of such offer, in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture. The Issuer will commence an Asset Sale Offer with respect to Excess Proceeds within ten (10) Business Days after the date that Excess Proceeds exceeds $30.0 million by mailing the notice required pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, with a copy to the Trustee. To the extent that the aggregate amount of Notes (and such Pari Passu Indebtedness) tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess

 

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Proceeds, the Issuer may use any remaining Excess Proceeds for any purpose that is not prohibited by the Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes (and such Pari Passu Indebtedness) surrendered by holders thereof exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be purchased in the manner described below. Upon completion of any such Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero.

The Issuer will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations to the extent such laws or regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of the Indenture, the Issuer will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations described in the Indenture by virtue thereof.

If more Notes (and such Pari Passu Indebtedness) are tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer than the Issuer is required to purchase, selection of such Notes for purchase will be made by the Trustee in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which such Notes are listed, or if such Notes are not so listed, on a pro rata basis to the extent practicable or by lot or by such other method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate (and in such manner as complies with applicable legal requirements); provided that no Notes of $2,000 or less shall be purchased in part. Selection of such Pari Passu Indebtedness will be made pursuant to the terms of such Pari Passu Indebtedness.

Notices of an Asset Sale Offer shall be mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the purchase date to each holder of Notes at such holder’s registered address. If any Note is to be purchased in part only, any notice of purchase that relates to such Note shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof that has been or is to be purchased.

Transactions with Affiliates

The Indenture provides that the Issuer will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, 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 or series of transactions, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of the Issuer (each of the foregoing, an “Affiliate Transaction”) involving aggregate consideration in excess of $10.0 million, unless:

 

  (a) such Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are not materially less favorable to the Issuer or relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that could have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person; and

 

  (b) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $25.0 million, the Issuer delivers to the Trustee a resolution adopted in good faith by the majority of the Board of Directors of the Issuer, approving such Affiliate Transaction and set forth in an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with clause (a) above.

The foregoing provisions will not apply to the following:

 

  (1) transactions between or among the Issuer and/or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (or an entity that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such transaction) and any merger, consolidation or amalgamation of the Issuer and any direct parent of the Issuer; provided that such parent shall have no material liabilities and no material assets other than cash, Cash Equivalents and the Capital Stock of the Issuer and such merger, consolidation or amalgamation is otherwise in compliance with the terms of the Indenture and effected for a bona fide business purpose;

 

  (2) Restricted Payments permitted by the provisions of the Indenture described above under the covenant “—Limitation on Restricted Payments” and Permitted Investments;

 

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  (3) the entering into of any one or more agreements to pay, and any amendment or modification of any such agreement (so long as, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Issuer, any such amendment is not disadvantageous to the Holders when taken as a whole, as compared to such agreement as in effect on the Issue Date), and the payment of, monitoring, consulting, management, transaction, advisory or similar fees payable to the Sponsor and Popular (A) in an aggregate amount in any fiscal year not to exceed the sum of (1) the greater of $2.0 million and 2.0% of EBITDA of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries for the immediately preceding fiscal year, plus reasonable out of pocket costs and expenses in connection therewith and unpaid amounts accrued for prior periods; plus (2) any deferred fees (to the extent such fees were within such amount in clause (A) (1) above originally), plus (B) without duplication of any amounts paid pursuant to clause (5) below, 2.0% of the value of transactions with respect to which the Sponsor or Popular provides any transaction, advisory or other services, plus (C) a transaction fee of not more than 2.0% of total enterprise value to be paid to the Sponsor and Popular in connection with the Transactions on the Issue Date plus (D) the present value of all future amounts payable pursuant to any agreement referred to in clause (A) (1) above in connection with the termination of any such agreement with Sponsor or Popular;

 

  (4) the payment of reasonable and customary fees and reimbursement of expenses paid to, and indemnity provided on behalf of, officers, directors, employees or consultants of the Issuer, any Restricted Subsidiary, or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer;

 

  (5) payments by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary to the Sponsor or Popular made for any financial advisory, financing, underwriting or placement services or in respect of other investment banking activities, including, without limitation, in connection with acquisitions or divestitures, which payments are (x) made pursuant to the agreement with the Sponsor or Popular described in the Offering Memorandum or (y) approved by a majority of the Board of Directors of the Issuer in good faith;

 

  (6) transactions in which the Issuer 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 Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point of view or meets the requirements of clause (a) of the preceding paragraph;

 

  (7) payments or loans (or cancellation of loans) to officers, directors, employees or consultants which are approved by a majority of the Board of Directors of the Issuer in good faith;

 

  (8) any agreement as in effect as of the Issue Date or any amendment thereto (so long as any such agreement together with all amendments thereto, taken as a whole, is not more disadvantageous to the holders of the Notes in any material respect than the original agreement as in effect on the Issue Date as determined in good faith by the Issuer) or any transaction contemplated thereby;

 

  (9) the existence of, or the performance by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of its obligations under the terms of each of the Acquisition Documents (including the Stockholder Agreement) to which it is a party as of the Issue Date, and any transaction, agreement or arrangement described in the Offering Memorandum and, in each case, any amendment thereto or similar transactions, agreements or arrangements which it may enter into thereafter; provided, however, that the existence of, or the performance by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of its obligations under, any future amendment to any such existing transaction, agreement or arrangement or under any similar transaction, agreement or arrangement entered into after the Issue Date shall only be permitted by this clause (9) to the extent that the terms of any such existing transaction, agreement or arrangement together with all amendments thereto, taken as a whole, or new transaction, agreement or arrangement are not otherwise more disadvantageous to the holders of the Notes in any material respect than the original transaction, agreement or arrangement as in effect on the Issue Date as determined in good faith by the Issuer;

 

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  (10) the execution of the Transactions, and the payment of all fees and expenses related to the Transactions, including fees to the Sponsor or Popular, which are described in the Offering Memorandum or contemplated by the Acquisition Documents;

 

  (11)(a) transactions with customers, clients, suppliers or purchasers or sellers of goods or services, or transactions otherwise relating to the purchase or sale of goods or services, in each case in the ordinary course of business and otherwise in compliance with the terms of the Indenture, which are fair to the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the reasonable determination of the Board of Directors or the senior management of the Issuer, or are on terms at least as favorable as might reasonably have been obtained at such time from an unaffiliated party or (b) transactions with joint ventures or Unrestricted Subsidiaries entered into in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice or industry norm;

 

  (12) any transaction effected as part of a Qualified Receivables Financing;

 

  (13) the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Issuer to any Person;

 

  (14) the issuances of securities or other payments, awards or grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment arrangements, stock option and stock ownership plans or similar employee benefit plans approved by the Board of Directors of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer or of a Restricted Subsidiary, as appropriate, in good faith;

 

  (15) any contribution to the capital of the Issuer;

 

  (16) transactions between the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Person, a director of which is also a director of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer; provided, however, that such director abstains from voting as a director of the Issuer or such direct or indirect parent, as the case may be, on any matter involving such other Person;

 

  (17) pledges of Equity Interests of Unrestricted Subsidiaries;

 

  (18) the formation and maintenance of any consolidated group or subgroup for tax, accounting or cash pooling or management purposes in the ordinary course of business;

 

  (19) any employment, severance or consulting agreements entered into by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business or which are approved by a majority of the Board of Directors of the Issuer in good faith;

 

  (20) transactions undertaken in good faith (as certified by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Issuer in an Officer’s Certificate) for the purpose of improving the consolidated tax efficiency of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries and not for the purpose of circumventing any covenant set forth in the Indenture; and

 

  (21) transactions with Popular and its Affiliates contemplated under any contract or agreement as in effect as of the Issue Date, any service addendum, statement of work or any written instructions entered into from time to time to provide services pursuant to the Amended and Restated Master Service Agreement and any service riders entered into from time to time to provide optional services pursuant to the Amended and Restated ATH Network Participation Agreement, and any amendment thereto or similar agreements which may be entered into from time to time thereafter; provided, however, that any future amendment to any such existing agreement or under any similar agreement entered into after the Issue Date shall only be permitted by this clause (22) to the extent that (x) such amendment or similar agreements are entered into in the ordinary course of business, (y) the terms of any such amendment or similar agreements are on terms that are no less favorable to the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, than would be obtained in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a person that is not an Affiliate or (z) the terms of any such existing agreement together with all amendments thereto, taken as a whole, or new agreements are not otherwise more disadvantageous to the Holders in any material respect than the original agreement as in effect on the Issue Date.

 

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Liens

The Indenture provides that the Issuer will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, Incur or suffer to exist any Lien (except Permitted Liens) on any asset or property of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary securing Indebtedness of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary unless the Notes are equally and ratably secured with (or on a senior basis to, in the case of obligations subordinated in right of payment to the Notes) the obligations so secured until such time as such obligations are no longer secured by a Lien. Any Lien which is granted to secure the Notes or such Note Guarantee pursuant to this covenant shall be automatically released and discharged at the same time as the release of the Lien that gave rise to the obligation to secure the Notes or such Note Guarantee.

For purposes of determining compliance with this covenant:

 

  (1) in the event that a Lien securing an item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Liens described in the foregoing paragraph or in clauses (1) through (32) of the definition of “Permitted Liens,” then the Issuer shall, in its sole discretion, classify or reclassify, or later divide, classify or reclassify, such Lien securing an item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this covenant; and

 

  (2) at the time of incurrence, the Issuer will be entitled to divide and classify a Lien securing an item of Indebtedness in more than one of the types of Liens described in the paragraph above or the definition of “Permitted Liens” without giving pro forma effect to the Liens incurred pursuant to the paragraph above or any clause of the definition of “Permitted Liens” other than clause (6)(c) thereof when calculating the amount of Indebtedness that may be secured by Liens pursuant to clause (6)(c) of the definition of “Permitted Liens.”

With respect to any Lien securing Indebtedness that was permitted to secure such Indebtedness at the time of the Incurrence of such Indebtedness, such Lien shall also be permitted to secure any Increased Amount of such Indebtedness. The “Increased Amount” of any Indebtedness shall mean any increase in the amount of such Indebtedness in connection with any accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value, the payment of interest or dividends in the form of additional Indebtedness, amortization of original issue discount and increases in the amount of Indebtedness outstanding solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies, in each case in respect of such Indebtedness.

Reports and Other Information

The Indenture provides that notwithstanding that the Issuer may not be subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or otherwise report on an annual and quarterly basis on forms provided for such annual and quarterly reporting pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC, the Issuer will file with the SEC (and provide the Trustee and holders with copies thereof, without cost to each holder, within 15 days after it files them with the SEC),

 

  (1) within the time period specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations for non-accelerated filers, annual reports on Form 10-K (or any successor or comparable form) containing the information required to be contained therein (or required in such successor or comparable form), except that such report on Form 10-K (or any successor or comparable form) will not be required until the earlier of (x) the 105th day following the end of such fiscal year or (y) the 90th day following the end of such fiscal year if the exchange offer registration or shelf registration statement has been declared effective prior to such date;

 

  (2)

within the time period specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations for non-accelerated filers, reports on Form 10-Q (or any successor or comparable form) containing the information required to be contained therein (or required in such successor or comparable form), except that in the case of the quarters ending in fiscal year 2010 or 2011, such report on Form 10-Q (or any successor or comparable form)

 

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will not be required until the earlier of (x) the 60th day following the end of such fiscal quarter or (y) the 45th day following the end of such fiscal quarter if the exchange offer registration or shelf registration statement has been declared effective prior to such date;

 

  (3) promptly from time to time after the occurrence of an event required to be therein reported (and in any event within the time period specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations), such other reports on Form 8-K (or any successor or comparable form); and

 

  (4) any other information, documents and other reports which the Issuer would be required to file with the SEC if it were subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act;

provided, however, that the Issuer shall not be so obligated to file such reports with the SEC if the SEC does not permit such filing, in which event the Issuer will make available such information to prospective purchasers of Notes in addition to providing such information to the Trustee and the holders, in each case within 15 days after the time the Issuer would be required to file such information with the SEC if it were subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, subject, in the case of any such information, certificates or reports provided prior to the effectiveness of the exchange offer registration statement or shelf registration statement, to exceptions consistent with the presentation of financial information in the Offering Memorandum.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuer shall not be required to furnish any information, certificates or reports required by Items 307 or 308 of Regulation S-K prior to the effectiveness of the exchange offer registration statement or shelf registration statement.

In the event that:

 

  (a) the rules and regulations of the SEC permit the Issuer and any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer to report at such parent entity’s level on a consolidated basis and such parent entity is not engaged in any business in any material respect other than incidental to its ownership, directly or indirectly, of the capital stock of the Issuer; or

 

  (b) any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer is or becomes a Note Guarantor of the Notes,

consolidating reporting at the parent entity’s level in a manner consistent with that described in this covenant for the Issuer will satisfy this covenant, and the Indenture will permit the Issuer to satisfy its obligations in this covenant with respect to financial information relating to the Issuer by furnishing financial information relating to such direct or indirect parent; provided that such financial information is accompanied by consolidating information that explains in reasonable detail the differences between the information relating to such direct or indirect parent and any of its Subsidiaries other than the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the information relating to the Issuer, the Note Guarantors and the other Subsidiaries of the Issuer on a stand-alone basis, on the other hand.

In addition, the Issuer will make such information available to prospective investors upon request. In addition, the Issuer has agreed that, for so long as any Notes remain outstanding during any period when it is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, or otherwise permitted to furnish the SEC with certain information pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) of the Exchange Act, it will furnish to the holders of the Notes and to prospective investors, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuer will be deemed to have furnished such reports referred to above to the Trustee and the holders if the Issuer has filed such reports with the SEC via the EDGAR filing system and such reports are publicly available. In addition, the requirements of this covenant shall be deemed satisfied prior to the commencement of the exchange offer contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement relating to the Notes or the effectiveness of the shelf registration statement by (1) the filing with the SEC of the exchange offer registration statement and/or shelf registration statement in accordance with the provisions of such Registration

 

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Rights Agreement, and any amendments thereto, and such registration statement and/or amendments thereto are filed at times that otherwise satisfy the time requirements set forth in the first paragraph of this covenant and/or (2) the posting of reports that would be required to be provided to the Trustee and the holders on the Issuer’s website.

Future Note Guarantors

The Indenture provides that the Issuer will cause each Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary (unless such Subsidiary is a Receivables Subsidiary) that guarantees any Indebtedness of the Issuer or any of the Note Guarantors to execute and deliver to the Trustee, concurrently with the date that such Indebtedness has been guaranteed, a supplemental indenture pursuant to which such Subsidiary will guarantee payment of the Notes. Each Note Guarantee will be limited to an amount not to exceed the maximum amount that can be guaranteed by that Restricted Subsidiary without rendering the Note Guarantee, as it relates to such Restricted Subsidiary, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally. See “Risk Factors—Risks Related to the Notes.”

Each Note Guarantee shall be released in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture described under “—Note Guarantees.”

Merger, Amalgamation, Consolidation or Sale of All or Substantially All Assets

The Indenture provides that the Issuer may not, directly or indirectly, consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into or wind up or convert into (whether or not the Issuer is the surviving Person), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets in one or more related transactions (other than the Merger) to, any Person unless:

 

  (1) the Issuer is the surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, winding up or conversion (if other than the Issuer) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition will have been made is a corporation, partnership or limited liability company organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any other territory of the United States (the Issuer or such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the “Successor Company”);

 

  (2) the Successor Company (if other than the Issuer) expressly assumes all the obligations of the Issuer under the Indenture and its Note Guarantee pursuant to supplemental indentures or other documents or instruments in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;

 

  (3) immediately after giving effect to such transaction (and treating any Indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Successor Company, the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such transaction as having been Incurred by the Successor Company, the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary at the time of such transaction) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing;

 

  (4) immediately after giving pro forma effect to such transaction, as if such transaction had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period (and treating any Indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Successor Company, the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such transaction as having been Incurred by the Successor Company, the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary at the time of such transaction), either

 

  (a) the Successor Company would be permitted to Incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in the first sentence of the covenant described under “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock”; or

 

  (b) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio would be greater than such ratio immediately prior to such transaction;

 

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  (5) if the Issuer is not the Successor Company, each Note Guarantor, unless it is the other party to the transactions described above, shall have by supplemental indenture confirmed that its Note Guarantee shall apply to such Person’s obligations under the Indenture and the Notes; and

 

  (6) the Successor Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, amalgamation or transfer and such supplemental indentures (if any) comply with the Indenture.

The Successor Company (if other than the Issuer) will succeed to, and be substituted for, the Issuer under the Indenture and the Notes, and in such event the Issuer will automatically be released and discharged from its obligations under the Indenture and the Notes. Notwithstanding the foregoing clauses (3) and (4), (a) the Issuer may merge, consolidate or amalgamate with or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer, and (b) the Issuer may merge, consolidate or amalgamate with an Affiliate incorporated solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Issuer in another state of the United States, the District of Columbia or any territory of the United States or may convert into a corporation, partnership or limited liability company, so long as the amount of Indebtedness of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries is not increased thereby.

The Indenture further provides that, subject to certain limitations in the Indenture governing release of a Note Guarantee upon the sale or disposition of such Note Guarantor, no Restricted Subsidiary that is a Note Guarantor will, and the Issuer will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Note Guarantor to, consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into or wind up into (whether or not such Restricted Subsidiary is the surviving Person), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets in one or more related transactions to, any Person (other than any such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or disposition in connection with the Transactions described in the Offering Memorandum) unless:

 

  (1) either (a) such Note Guarantor is the surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation or merger (if other than such Note Guarantor) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition will have been made is a corporation, partnership or limited liability company organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, any other territory of the United States, the jurisdiction of organization of such Note Guarantor or any other jurisdiction of organization of any other Restricted Subsidiary (such Note Guarantor or such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the “Successor”) and the Successor (if other than such Note Guarantor) expressly assumes all the obligations of such Note Guarantor under the Indenture and the Note Guarantee, pursuant to a supplemental indenture or other documents or instruments in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, or (b) such sale or disposition or consolidation, amalgamation or merger is not in violation of the covenant described above under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Asset Sales” and does not constitute a sale, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer; and

 

  (2) the Successor (if other than such Note Guarantor) shall have delivered or caused to be delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indenture (if any) comply with the Indenture.

Subject to certain limitations described in the Indenture, the Successor (if other than such Note Guarantor) will succeed to, and be substituted for, such Note Guarantor under the Indenture and the Note Guarantee, and such Note Guarantor will automatically be released and discharged from its obligations under the Indenture and its Note Guarantee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (1) a Restricted Subsidiary that is a Note Guarantor may merge, amalgamate or consolidate with an Affiliate incorporated solely for the purpose of reincorporating such Subsidiary Note Guarantor in another state of the United States, the District of Columbia or any territory of the United States, or in Canada or any territory thereof so long as the amount of Indebtedness of the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary is not increased thereby, (2) a Restricted Subsidiary that is a Note Guarantor may convert into a corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company or other business entity organized

 

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or existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of organization of such Note Guarantor and (3) a Restricted Subsidiary that is a Note Guarantor may consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into or wind up into, or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets (collectively, a “Transfer”) to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Note Guarantor.

This “—Merger, Amalgamation, Consolidation or Sale of All or Substantially All Assets” covenant will not apply to a sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of assets between or among the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries.

Defaults

An Event of Default is defined in the Indenture with respect to the Notes as:

 

  (1) a default in any payment of interest (including any additional interest) on any Note when due, continued for 30 days;

 

  (2) a default in the payment of principal or premium, if any, of any Note when due at its Stated Maturity, upon optional redemption, upon required repurchase, upon declaration or otherwise;

 

  (3) the failure by the Issuer to comply with its obligations under the covenant described under “—Certain Covenants—Merger, Amalgamation, Consolidation or Sale of All or Substantially All Assets” above;

 

  (4) the failure by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary to comply for 60 days after notice with its other agreements contained in the Notes or the Indenture;

 

  (5) the failure by the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Subsidiaries that together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) to pay any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness owing to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) within any applicable grace period after final maturity or the acceleration of any such Indebtedness by the holders thereof because of a default, in each case, if the total amount of such Indebtedness unpaid or accelerated exceeds $40.0 million or its foreign currency equivalent (the “cross-acceleration provision”);

 

  (6) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Issuer or a Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Subsidiaries that together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) (the “bankruptcy provisions”);

 

  (7) failure by the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Subsidiaries that together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) to pay final judgments aggregating in excess of $40.0 million or its foreign currency equivalent (net of any amounts which are covered by enforceable insurance policies issued by solvent carriers), which judgments are not discharged, waived or stayed for a period of 60 days (the “judgment default provision”); or

 

  (8) any Note Guarantee of a Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Subsidiaries that together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) with respect to the Notes ceases to be in full force and effect (except as contemplated by the terms thereof) or the Issuer or any Note Guarantor that qualifies as a Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Subsidiaries that together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) denies or disaffirms its obligations under the Indenture or any Note Guarantee with respect to the Notes and such Default continues for 10 days.

The foregoing 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.

However, a default under clause (4) will not constitute an Event of Default until the Trustee or the holders of 25% in principal amount of outstanding Notes notify the Issuer of the default and the Issuer does not cure such default within the time specified in clause (4) hereof after receipt of such notice.

 

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If an Event of Default (other than a Default relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Issuer) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of outstanding Notes by notice to the Issuer may declare the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued but unpaid interest on all the Notes to be due and payable; provided, however, that so long as any Bank Indebtedness remains outstanding, no such acceleration shall be effective until the earlier of (1) five Business Days after the giving of written notice to the Issuer and the Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement and (2) the day on which any Bank Indebtedness is accelerated. Upon such a declaration, such principal and interest will be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Issuer occurs, the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all the Notes will become immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any holders. Under certain circumstances, the holders of a majority in principal amount of outstanding Notes may rescind any such acceleration with respect to the Notes and its consequences.

In the event of any Event of Default specified in clause (5) of the first paragraph above, such Event of Default and all consequences thereof (excluding, however, any resulting payment default) will be annulled, waived and rescinded, automatically and without any action by the Trustee or the holders of the Notes, if within 20 days after such Event of Default arose the Issuer delivers an Officer’s Certificate to the Trustee stating that (x) the Indebtedness or guarantee that is the basis for such Event of Default has been discharged or (y) the holders thereof have rescinded or waived the acceleration, notice or action (as the case may be) giving rise to such Event of Default or (z) the default that is the basis for such Event of Default has been cured, it being understood that in no event shall an acceleration of the principal amount of the Notes as described above be annulled, waived or rescinded upon the happening of any such events.

Subject to the provisions of the Indenture relating to the duties of the Trustee, in case an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under the Indenture at the request or direction of any of the holders unless such holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense. Except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal, premium (if any) or interest when due, no holder may pursue any remedy with respect to the Indenture or the Notes unless:

 

  (1) such holder has previously given the Trustee notice that an Event of Default is continuing;

 

  (2) holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes have requested the Trustee to pursue the remedy;

 

  (3) such holders have offered the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense;

 

  (4) the Trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt of the request and the offer of security or indemnity; and

 

  (5) the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes have not given the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period.

Subject to certain restrictions, the holders of a majority in principal amount of outstanding Notes are given the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. The Trustee, however, may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or the Indenture or that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other holder or that would involve the Trustee in personal liability. Prior to taking any action under the Indenture, the Trustee will be entitled to indemnification satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.

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Reports and Other Information”), a certificate indicating whether the signers thereof know of any Default that occurred during the previous year. The Issuer also is required to deliver to the Trustee, within 30 days after the occurrence thereof, written notice of any event which would constitute certain Defaults, their status and what action the Issuer is taking or proposes to take in respect thereof.

Amendments and Waivers

Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture may be amended with the consent of the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, and any past default or compliance with any provisions may be waived with the consent of the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding. However, without the consent of each holder of an outstanding Note affected, no amendment may, among other things:

 

  (1) reduce the amount of Notes whose holders must consent to an amendment;

 

  (2) reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest on any Note;

 

  (3) reduce the principal of or change the Stated Maturity of any Note;

 

  (4) reduce the premium payable upon the redemption of any Note or change the time at which any Note may be redeemed as described under “—Optional Redemption” or “—Redemption for Changes in Withholding Taxes” above;

 

  (5) make any Note payable in money other than that stated in such Note;

 

  (6) expressly subordinate the Notes or any Note Guarantee to any other Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Note Guarantor;

 

  (7) impair the right of any holder to receive payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such holder’s Notes on or after the due dates therefor or to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such holder’s Notes;

 

  (8) make any change in the amendment provisions which require each holder’s consent or in the waiver provisions; or

 

  (9) except as expressly permitted by the Indenture, modify or release the Note Guarantee of any Significant Subsidiary in any manner adverse to the holders of the Notes.

Without the consent of any holder, the Issuer and the Trustee may amend the Indenture to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency, to provide for the assumption by a Successor (with respect to the Issuer) of the obligations of the Issuer under the Indenture and the Notes, to provide for the assumption by a Successor Company or Successor (with respect to any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Note Guarantor), as the case may be, of the obligations of a Note Guarantor under the Indenture and its Note Guarantee, to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes (provided that the uncertificated Notes are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Code, or in a manner such that the uncertificated Notes are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the Code), to add a Note Guarantee with respect to the Notes, to secure the Notes, to add to the covenants of the Issuer for the benefit of the holders or to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Issuer, to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any holder, to conform the text of the Indenture, Note Guarantees or the Notes, to any provision of this “Description of Notes” to the extent that such provision in this “Description of Notes” was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of the Indenture, Note Guarantees or the Notes, to comply with any requirement of the SEC in connection with the qualification of the Indenture under the TIA to effect any provision of the Indenture or to make certain changes to the Indenture to provide for the issuance of additional Notes.

The consent of the noteholders is not necessary under the Indenture to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment. It is sufficient if such consent approves the substance of the proposed amendment.

 

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No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees, Managers and Stockholders

No director, officer, employee, manager, incorporator or holder of any Equity Interests in the Issuer, any Note Guarantor or any of their respective direct or indirect parent companies, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Issuer or any Note Guarantor under the Notes, the Indenture or the Note Guarantees, or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes. The waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws.

Transfer and Exchange

A noteholder may transfer or exchange Notes in accordance with the Indenture. Upon any transfer or exchange, the registrar and the Trustee may require a noteholder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents and the Issuer may require a noteholder to pay any taxes required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The registrar will not be required to transfer or exchange any Notes selected for redemption (except in the case of Notes to be redeemed in part, the portion of the Notes not to be redeemed) or to transfer or exchange any Notes for a period of 15 days prior to a selection of Notes to be redeemed. The Notes will be issued in registered form and the registered holder of a Note will be treated as the owner of such Note for all purposes.

Satisfaction and Discharge

The Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect (except as to surviving rights of registration or transfer or exchange of Notes, as expressly provided for in the Indenture) as to all outstanding Notes when:

 

  (1) either (a) all the Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes which have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Issuer and thereafter repaid to the Issuer or discharged from such trust) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or (b) all of the Notes (i) have become due and payable, (ii) will become due and payable at their stated maturity within one year or (iii) if redeemable at the option of the Issuer, 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 Issuer, and the Issuer 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 on the Notes to the date of deposit together with irrevocable instructions from the Issuer directing the Trustee to apply such funds to the payment thereof at maturity or redemption, as the case may be;

 

  (2) the Issuer and/or the Note Guarantors have paid all other sums payable under the Indenture; and

 

  (3) the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that all conditions precedent under the Indenture relating to the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture have been complied with.

Defeasance

The Issuer at any time may terminate all of its obligations under the Notes and the Indenture with respect to the holders of the Notes (“legal defeasance”), except for certain obligations, including those respecting the defeasance trust and obligations to register the transfer or exchange of the Notes, to replace mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes and to maintain a registrar and paying agent in respect of the Notes. The Issuer at any time may terminate its obligations under the covenants described under “Certain Covenants” for the benefit of the holders of the Notes, the operation of the cross acceleration provision, the bankruptcy provisions with respect to Significant Subsidiaries, the judgment default provision described under “—Defaults” (but only to the extent that

 

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those provisions relate to the Defaults with respect to the Notes) and the undertakings and covenants contained under “—Change of Control” and “—Merger, Amalgamation, Consolidation or Sale of All or Substantially All Assets” (“covenant defeasance”) for the benefit of the holders of the Notes. If the Issuer exercises its legal defeasance option or its covenant defeasance option, each Note Guarantor will be released from all of its obligations with respect to its Note Guarantee.

The Issuer may exercise its legal defeasance option notwithstanding its prior exercise of the covenant defeasance option. If the Issuer exercises its legal defeasance option, payment of the Notes may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default with respect thereto. If the Issuer exercises its covenant defeasance option, payment of the Notes may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default specified in clause (3), (4) and (5) (with respect only to Significant Subsidiaries), (6) or (7) under “—Defaults” or because of the failure of the Issuer to comply with the clause (4) under “—Merger, Amalgamation, Consolidation or Sale of All or Substantially All Assets.”

In order to exercise either defeasance option, the Issuer must irrevocably deposit in trust (the “defeasance trust”) with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations for the payment of principal, premium (if any) and interest on the Notes to redemption or maturity, as the case may be, and must comply with certain other conditions, including delivery to the Trustee of an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that holders of the Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal or Commonwealth of Puerto Rico income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and defeasance and will be subject to Federal or Commonwealth of Puerto Rico income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit and defeasance had not occurred (and, in the case of legal defeasance only, such Opinion of Counsel must be based on a ruling of the Internal Revenue Service or change in applicable Federal income tax law). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Opinion of Counsel required by the immediately preceding sentence with respect to a legal defeasance need not be delivered if all of the Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (x) have become due and payable or (y) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity 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 Issuer.

Concerning the Trustee

Wilmington Trust FSB is the Trustee under the Indenture and has been appointed by the Issuer as Registrar and a Paying Agent with regard to the Notes.

Governing Law

The Indenture provides that it and the Notes will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

Certain Definitions

Acquired Indebtedness” means, with respect to any specified Person:

(1) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into or became a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person; and

(2) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person.

Acquisition” means the acquisition by the Sponsor of 51% of the outstanding voting power of the Capital Stock of the Issuer, pursuant to the Merger Agreement.

Acquisition Documents” means the Merger Agreement and any other document entered into in connection therewith or contemplated thereby, in each case as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time prior to the Issue Date or thereafter, so long as any amendment, supplement or modification after the Issue Date,

 

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together with all other amendments, supplements and modifications after the Issue Date, taken as a whole, is not more disadvantageous to the holders of the Notes in any material respect than the Acquisition Documents as in effect on the Issue Date, as determined in good faith by the Issuer.

Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise.

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 October 1, 2014 (such redemption price being set forth in the applicable table appearing above under “—Optional Redemption”) plus (ii) all required interest payments due on the Note through October 1, 2014 (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

(b) the then outstanding principal amount of the Note.

Asset Sale” means:

(1) the sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition (whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions) of property or assets (including by way of a Sale/ Leaseback Transaction) outside the ordinary course of business of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (each referred to in this definition as a “disposition”); or

(2) the issuance or sale of Equity Interests (other than directors’ qualifying shares and shares or other Equity Interests issued to foreign nationals or other third parties to the extent required by applicable law) of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary) (whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions), in each case other than:

(a) a disposition of Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities in the ordinary course of business; a disposition of obsolete, damaged or worn out property or equipment in the ordinary course of business; or a disposition of inventory no longer useful or necessary in the operation of business;

(b) the disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer in a manner permitted pursuant to the provisions described above under “—Merger, Amalgamation, Consolidation or Sale of All or Substantially All Assets” or any disposition that constitutes a Change of Control;

(c) any Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment that is permitted to be made, and is made, under the covenant described above under “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Restricted Payments”;

(d) any disposition of assets of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary or issuance or sale of Equity Interests of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, which assets or Equity Interests so disposed or issued have an aggregate Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) of less than $15.0 million;

(e) any disposition of property or assets, or the issuance of securities, by the Issuer to a Restricted Subsidiary or by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Issuer or other Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

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(f) any exchange of assets (including a combination of assets and Cash Equivalents) for assets related to a Similar Business of comparable or greater market value or usefulness to the business of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries as a whole, as determined in good faith by the Issuer;

(g) foreclosure or any similar action with respect to any property or other asset of the Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries;

(h) any sale of Equity Interests in, or Indebtedness or other securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary;

(i) the lease, assignment or sublease of any real or personal property in the ordinary course of business;

(j) any sale of inventory or other assets or the sale of receivables pursuant to non-recourse factoring arrangements, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;

(k) any grant in the ordinary course of business of any license of patents, trademarks, know-how or any other intellectual property;

(1) in the ordinary course of business, any swap of assets, or lease, assignment or sublease of any real or personal property, in exchange for services (including in connection with any outsourcing arrangements) of comparable or greater value or usefulness to the business of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries as a whole, as determined in good faith by the Issuer;

(m) a transfer of accounts receivable and related assets of the type specified in the definition of “Receivables Financing” (or a fractional undivided interest therein) by a Receivables Subsidiary in a Qualified Receivables Financing;

(n) dispositions in connection with Permitted Liens;

(o) any disposition of Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to an agreement or other obligation with or to a Person (other than the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) from whom such Restricted Subsidiary was acquired or from whom such Restricted Subsidiary acquired its business and assets (having been newly formed in connection with such acquisition), made as part of such acquisition and in each case comprising all or a portion of the consideration in respect of such sale or acquisition;

(p) the sale of any property in a Sale/Leaseback Transaction within six months of the acquisition of such property;

(q) dispositions of receivables in connection with the compromise, settlement or collection thereof in the ordinary course of business or in bankruptcy or similar proceedings and exclusive of factoring or similar arrangements;

(r) any surrender or waiver of contract rights or the settlement, release, recovery on or surrender of contract, tort or other claims of any kind; and

(s) any disposition in the ordinary course of business, including disposition in connection with any Settlement, dispositions of Settlement Assets, Merchant Agreements and dispositions of Investments in joint ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to, buy/sell arrangements between the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture arrangements and similar binding arrangements.

Bank Indebtedness” means any and all amounts payable under or in respect of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Agreement Documents as amended, restated, supplemented, waived, replaced, restructured, repaid, refunded, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time (including after termination of the Credit Agreement), including principal, premium (if any), interest (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to the Issuer whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such proceedings), fees, charges, expenses, reimbursement obligations, guarantees and all other amounts payable thereunder or in respect thereof.

 

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Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United State Code, as amended, or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.

Board of Directors” means, as to any Person, the board of directors or managers, sole member or managing members, as applicable, of such Person (or, if such Person is a partnership, the board of directors or other governing body of the general partner of such Person) or any duly authorized committee thereof.

Business Day” means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law to close in New York City.

Capital Stock” means:

(1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock or shares;

(2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock;

(3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited); and

(4) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.

Capitalized Lease Obligation” means, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at such time be required to be capitalized and reflected as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) in accordance with GAAP.

Capitalized Software Expenditures” means, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities) by a Person and its Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in respect of licensed or purchased software or internally developed software and software enhancements that, in conformity with GAAP, are or are required to be reflected as capitalized costs on the consolidated balance sheet of such Person and such Subsidiaries.

Cash Equivalents” means:

(1) U.S. dollars, pounds sterling, euros, the national currency of any member state in the European Union or, in the case of any Restricted Subsidiary, such local currencies held by it from time to time in the ordinary course of business;

(2) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the U.S. government or any country that is a member of the European Union or any agency or instrumentality thereof in each case maturing not more than two years 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, bankers’ acceptances, in each case with maturities not exceeding one year and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $250.0 million and whose long-term debt is rated “A” or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s or S&P (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized ratings agency);

(4) repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (2) and (3) above entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (3) above;

(5) commercial paper issued by a corporation (other than an Affiliate of the Issuer) rated at least “A-1” or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s or S&P (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized ratings agency) and in each case maturing within one year after the date of acquisition;

 

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(6) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States of America or any political subdivision thereof having one of the two highest rating categories obtainable from either Moody’s or S&P (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized ratings agency) in each case with maturities not exceeding two years from the date of acquisition;

(7) Indebtedness issued by Persons (other than the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates) with a rating of “A” or higher from S&P or “A-2” or higher from Moody’s (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized ratings agency) in each case with maturities not exceeding two years from the date of acquisition; and

(8) investment funds investing at least 95% of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (1) through (7) above.

Change of Control” means the occurrence of either of the following:

(1) the sale, lease or transfer, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all the assets of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to a Person other than any of the Permitted Holders; or

(2) at any time prior to a Qualified IPO, any combination of Permitted Holders in the aggregate shall fail to beneficially own (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act or any successor provision), directly or indirectly, Voting Stock of the Issuer representing at least a majority of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Issuer; provided that no Change of Control shall be deemed to occur under this clause (2) if at such time (x) no Person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of securities (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act), other than any of the Permitted Holders, beneficially owns (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act or any successor provision), directly or indirectly, Voting Stock of the Issuer representing more than 10% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Issuer and (y) the Permitted Holders in the aggregate own, directly or indirectly, Voting Stock of the Issuer representing a greater percentage of the voting power of the Voting Stock of the Issuer than any other Person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of securities (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act); or

(3) the Issuer becomes aware (by way of a report or any other filing pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, proxy, vote, written notice or otherwise) of the acquisition by any Person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of securities (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act), other than any of the Permitted Holders, in a single transaction or in a related series of transactions, by way of merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other business combination or purchase of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Issuer.

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the total amount of depreciation and amortization expense, including the amortization of intangible assets, deferred financing fees and Capitalized Software Expenditures and amortization of unrecognized prior service costs and actuarial gains and losses related to pensions and other post-employment benefits, of such Person and its Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

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Consolidated Interest Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:

(1) consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent such expense was deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income (including amortization of original issue discount, the interest component of Capitalized Lease Obligations, and net payments and receipts (if any) pursuant to interest rate Hedging Obligations and excluding additional interest in respect of the Notes, amortization or write-off of deferred financing fees, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses and expensing of any bridge, commitment or other financing fees); plus

(2) consolidated capitalized interest of such Person and such Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued; plus

(3) commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges Incurred in connection with any Receivables Financing which are payable to Persons other than the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries; minus

(4) interest income for such period;

provided that for purposes of calculating Consolidated Interest Expense, no effect shall be given to the discount and/or premium resulting from the bifurcation of derivatives under FASB ASC 815 and related interpretations as a result of the terms of the Indebtedness to which such Consolidated Interest Expense relates.

For purposes of this definition, interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by the Issuer 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 aggregate of the Net Income of such Person and its Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis; provided, however, that:

(1) any net after-tax extraordinary, nonrecurring or unusual gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto), or expenses or charges, any severance expenses, relocation or other restructuring expenses, curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans, excess pension charges, any expenses related to any reconstruction, decommissioning, recommissioning or reconfiguration of fixed assets for alternate uses, fees, expenses or charges relating to facilities closing costs, acquisition integration costs, transition expenses attributable to the Issuer becoming an independent operating company in connection with the Transactions (whether incurred before, on or after the Issue Date), facilities opening costs, project start-up costs, business optimization costs, signing, retention or completion bonuses, expenses or charges related to any issuance of Equity Interests, Investment, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization or issuance, repayment, refinancing, amendment or modification of Indebtedness (in each case, whether or not successful), any costs associated with the separation of the Venezuela operations from the business conducted by the Issuer and its Subsidiaries on the Issue Date (whether or not such separation costs are incurred before, on or after the Issue Date), and any fees, expenses, charges or change in control payments made under the Acquisition Documents or otherwise related to the Transactions (including any expenses or charges attributable to any payments made (or any agreement or commitment to make any payment) to employees of the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer in lieu of stock options, restricted stock units or similar items or in satisfaction of any obligation or a commitment to grant or issue any such items), in each case, shall be excluded;

(2) effects of purchase accounting adjustments (including, without limitation, the effects of such adjustments pushed down to such Person and such Subsidiaries and the effects of adjustments to unearned income and deferred rent) in amounts required or permitted by GAAP, resulting from the application of purchase accounting in relation to the Transactions or any consummated acquisition or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof, net of taxes, shall be excluded;

 

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(3) the Net Income for such period shall not include the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles during such period;

(4) any net after-tax income or loss from disposed, abandoned, transferred, closed or discontinued operations and any net after-tax gains or losses on disposal of disposed, abandoned, transferred, closed or discontinued operations shall be excluded;

(5) any net after-tax gains or losses (less all fees and expenses or charges relating thereto) attributable to business dispositions or asset dispositions other than in the ordinary course of business (as determined in good faith by management of the Issuer) shall be excluded;

(6) any net after-tax gains or losses (less all fees and expenses or charges relating thereto) attributable to the early extinguishment of indebtedness, Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments shall be excluded;

(7) the Net Income for such period of any Person that is not a Subsidiary of such Person, or is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall be included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to the referent Person or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period;

(8) solely for the purpose of determining the amount available for Restricted Payments under clause (1) of the definition of “Cumulative Credit” contained in “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Restricted Payments,” the Net Income for such period of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Note Guarantor) shall be excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary of its Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (which has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by the operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders, unless such restrictions with respect to the payment of dividends or similar distributions have been legally waived; provided that the Consolidated Net Income of such Person shall be increased by the amount of dividends or other distributions or other payments actually paid in cash (or converted into cash) by any such Restricted Subsidiary to such Person, to the extent not already included therein;

(9) any impairment charges or asset write-offs, in each case pursuant to GAAP, and the amortization of intangibles arising pursuant to GAAP shall be excluded;

(10) any non-cash expense realized or resulting from stock option plans, employee benefit plans or post-employment benefit plans, or grants or sales of stock, stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options, restricted stock, preferred stock or other rights shall be excluded;

(11) any (a) one-time non-cash compensation charges, (b) costs and expenses after the Issue Date related to employment of terminated employees, or (c) costs or expenses realized in connection with or resulting from stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options or other rights existing on the Issue Date of officers, directors and employees, in each case of such Person or any such Subsidiary, shall be excluded;

(12) accruals and reserves that are established or adjusted within 12 months after the Issue Date and that are so required to be established or adjusted in accordance with GAAP or as a result of adoption or modification of accounting policies shall be excluded;

(13)(a) the Net Income of any Person and its Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries shall be calculated without deducting the income attributable to, or adding the losses attributable to, the minority equity interests of third parties in any non-Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary except to the extent of dividends declared or paid in respect of such period or any prior period on the shares of Capital Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary held by such third parties and (b) any ordinary course dividend, distribution or other payment paid in cash and received from any Person in excess of amounts included in clause (7) above shall be included;

 

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(14)(a)(i) the non-cash portion of “straight-line” rent expense shall be excluded and (ii) the cash portion of “straight-line” rent expense which exceeds the amount expensed in respect of such rent expense shall be included and (b) non-cash gains, losses, income and expenses resulting from fair value accounting required by the applicable standard under GAAP and related interpretations shall be excluded;

(15) any currency translation gains and losses related to currency remeasurements, including, but not limited to, Indebtedness, and any net loss or gain resulting from hedging transactions for currency exchange risk, shall be excluded;

(16) to the extent covered by insurance and actually reimbursed, or, so long as such Person 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 evidence (with a deduction for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed within 365 days), expenses with respect to liability or casualty events or business interruption shall be excluded;

(17) non-cash gains, losses, income and expenses resulting from fair value accounting required by the applicable standard under GAAP and related interpretations shall be excluded;

(18) non-cash charges for deferred tax valuation allowances shall be excluded; and

(19) any expenses attributable to costs paid by any Person (other than the Issuer or its Subsidiaries) on behalf of the Issuer or its Subsidiaries or expenses that are reimbursed by such Person to the Issuer or its Subsidiaries, in each case, to the extent specifically contemplated in the Merger Agreement, shall be excluded.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the purpose of the covenant described under “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Restricted Payments” only, there shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income any dividends, repayments of loans or advances or other transfers of assets from Unrestricted Subsidiaries or Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent such dividends, repayments or transfers increase the amount of Restricted Payments permitted under such covenant pursuant to clauses (4) and (5) of the definition of “Cumulative Credit” contained therein.

Consolidated Non-cash Charges” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the non-cash expenses (other than Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense) of such Person and its Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries reducing Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that if any such non-cash expenses represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from EBITDA in such future period to the extent paid, but excluding from this proviso, for the avoidance of doubt, amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period.

Consolidated Taxes” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the provision for taxes based on income, profits or capital, including, without limitation, state, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, franchise, property and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes (including penalties and interest related to such taxes or arising from tax examinations).

Consolidated Total Assets” shall mean, as of any date, the total assets of the Issuer and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries without giving effect to any amortization or write-off of the amount of intangible assets (including, without limitation, goodwill) since the Issue Date (or with respect to assets acquired after the Issue Date, the date such assets were acquired by the Issuer or a consolidated Restricted Subsidiary), determined in accordance with GAAP, as set forth on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Issuer as of such date for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to the covenant described under “—Certain Covenants—Reports and Other Information” (or, if no such financial statements have been delivered, as set forth on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Issuer set forth in the Offering Memorandum).

 

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Contingent Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing any leases, dividends or other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness (“primary obligations”) of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent:

(1) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor,

(2) to advance or supply funds:

(a) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation; or

(b) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor; or

(3) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof.

Credit Agreement” means (i) the credit agreement entered into in connection with, and on or prior to, the consummation of the Acquisition, among Carib Holdings, Inc., the Issuer, the guarantors named therein, the financial institutions named therein, and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, as amended, restated, supplemented, waived, replaced (whether or not upon termination, and whether with the original lenders or otherwise), restructured, repaid, refunded, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time, including any agreement or indenture extending the maturity thereof, refinancing, replacing or otherwise restructuring all or any portion of the Indebtedness under such agreement or agreements or indenture or indentures or any successor or replacement agreement or agreements or indenture or indentures or increasing the amount loaned or issued thereunder or altering the maturity thereof and (ii) whether or not the credit agreement referred to in clause (i) remains outstanding, if designated by the Issuer to be included in the definition of “Credit Agreement,” one or more (A) debt facilities or commercial paper facilities, providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from lenders against such receivables) or letters of credit, (B) debt securities, indentures or other forms of debt financing (including convertible or exchangeable debt instruments or bank guarantees or bankers’ acceptances), or (C) instruments or agreements evidencing any other Indebtedness, in each case, with the same or different borrowers or issuers and, in each case, as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, restructured, renewed, refinanced, restated, replaced or refunded in whole or in part from time to time.

Credit Agreement Documents” means the collective reference to any Credit Agreement, any notes issued pursuant thereto and the guarantees thereof, and the collateral documents relating thereto, as amended, supplemented, restated, renewed, refunded, replaced, restructured, repaid, refinanced or otherwise modified, in whole or in part, from time to time.

Default” means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.

Designated Non-cash Consideration” means the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) of non-cash consideration received by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Non-cash Consideration pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate, setting forth the basis of such valuation, less the amount of Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of such Designated Non-cash Consideration.

Designated Preferred Stock” means Preferred Stock of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer (other than Disqualified Stock) that is issued for cash (other than to the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or an employee stock ownership plan or trust established by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries) and is so designated as Designated Preferred Stock, pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate, on the issuance date thereof.

 

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Disqualified Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such Person which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is redeemable or exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event:

(1) matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (other than as a result of a change of control or asset sale);

(2) is convertible or exchangeable for Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of such Person; or

(3) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part (other than solely as a result of a change of control or asset sale),

in each case prior to 91 days after the earlier of the maturity date of the Notes or the date the Notes are no longer outstanding; provided, however, that only the portion of Capital Stock which so matures or is mandatorily redeemable, is so convertible or exchangeable or is so redeemable at the option of the holder thereof prior to such date shall be deemed to be Disqualified Stock; provided, further, however, that if such Capital Stock is issued to any employee or to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Issuer or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by such Person in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employee’s termination, death or disability; provided, further, that any class of Capital Stock of such Person that by its terms authorizes such Person to satisfy its obligations thereunder by delivery of Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Stock shall not be deemed to be Disqualified Stock.

EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person and its Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries for such period plus, without duplication, to the extent the same was deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income:

(1) Consolidated Taxes; plus

(2) Fixed Charges; plus

(3) Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense; plus

(4) Consolidated Non-cash Charges; plus

(5) any expenses or charges (other than Consolidated Depreciation or Amortization Expense) related to any issuance of Equity Interests, Investment, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization or the Incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred by the Indenture (including a refinancing thereof) (whether or not successful), including (i) such fees, expenses or charges related to the offering of the Notes and the Bank Indebtedness, (ii) any amendment or other modification of the Notes or other Indebtedness, (iii) any additional interest in respect of the Notes and (iv) commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges (including any interest expense) related to any Qualified Receivables Financing; plus

(6) business optimization expenses and other restructuring charges, reserves or expenses (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include, without limitation, the effect of inventory optimization programs, facility closures, facility consolidations, retention, systems establishment costs, contract termination costs, future lease commitments and excess pension charges); plus

(7) the amount of management, monitoring, consulting, transaction and advisory fees and related expenses paid to the Sponsor or Popular (or any accruals relating to such fees and related expenses) during such period to the extent otherwise permitted by the covenant described under “—Certain Covenants—Transactions with Affiliates”; plus

(8) the amount of loss on sale of receivables and related assets to a Receivables Subsidiary in connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing; plus

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agreement, to the extent that such cost or expenses are funded with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of the Issuer or a Note Guarantor or net cash proceeds of an issuance of Equity Interests of the Issuer (other than Disqualified Stock) solely to the extent that such net cash proceeds are excluded from the calculation of the Cumulative Credit; plus

(10) all adjustments of the nature used in connection with the calculation of “Adjusted EBITDA” as set forth in footnote (3) to the “Summary Historical and Pro Forma Combined Financial Data” under “Summary” in the Offering Memorandum to the extent such adjustments, without duplication, continue to be applicable to such period less, without duplication;

(11) non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period (excluding the recognition of deferred revenue or any items which represent the reversal of any accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges that reduced EBITDA in any prior period and any items for which cash was received in a prior period).

Equity Interests” means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).

Equity Offering” means any public or private sale after the Issue Date of common Capital Stock or Preferred Stock of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer, as applicable (other than Disqualified Stock), other than:

(1) public offerings with respect to the Issuer’s or such direct or indirect parent’s common Capital Stock registered on Form S-4 or Form S-8;

(2) issuances to the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries; and

(3) any such public or private sale that constitutes an Excluded Contribution.

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

Excluded Contributions” means the Cash Equivalents or other assets (valued at their Fair Market Value as determined in good faith by the Issuer) received by the Issuer after the Issue Date from:

(1) contributions to its common equity capital; and

(2) the sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Issuer or to any Subsidiary management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement) of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock and Designated Preferred Stock) of the Issuer, in each case designated as Excluded Contributions pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate on or promptly after the date such capital contributions are made or the date such Capital Stock is sold, as the case may be.

Excluded Transaction Debt” means all Indebtedness Incurred in connection with the Transactions consisting of, or Incurred to fund the payment of, any original issue discount or upfront fees in respect of the Bank Indebtedness, the Notes or any other Indebtedness Incurred to fund the Transactions.

Fair Market Value” means, with respect to any asset or property, the price which could be negotiated in an arm’s-length transaction, for cash, between a willing seller and a willing and able buyer, neither of whom is under undue pressure or compulsion to complete the transaction.

Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the ratio of the EBITDA of such Person for such period to the Fixed Charges of such Person for such period. In the event that the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary Incurs, repays, repurchases or redeems any Indebtedness subsequent to the

 

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commencement of the period for which the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is being calculated but prior to the event for which the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is made (the “Fixed Charge Coverage Calculation Date”), then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence, repayment, repurchase or redemption of Indebtedness as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable period; provided that the Issuer may elect pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee to treat all or any portion of the commitment under any Indebtedness as being Incurred at such time, in which case any subsequent Incurrence of Indebtedness under such commitment shall not be deemed, for purposes of this calculation, to be an Incurrence at such subsequent time.

For purposes of making the computation referred to above, Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, amalgamations, consolidations (including the Transactions) and discontinued operations (as determined in accordance with GAAP), in each case with respect to an operating unit of a business, and any operational changes that the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary has determined to make and/or made during the reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the Fixed Charge Coverage Calculation Date shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that all such Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, amalgamations, consolidations (including the Transactions), discontinued operations and other operational changes (and the change of any associated fixed charge obligations and the change in EBITDA resulting therefrom) had occurred on the first day of the reference period. If since the beginning of such period any Person that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period shall have made any Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation, amalgamation, discontinued operation or operational change, in each case with respect to an operating unit of a business, that would have required adjustment pursuant to this definition, then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such Investment, acquisition, disposition, discontinued operation, merger, amalgamation, consolidation or operational change had occurred at the beginning of the applicable period. If since the beginning of such period any Restricted Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary is designated a Restricted Subsidiary, then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such designation had occurred at the beginning of the applicable period.

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 Issuer. Any such pro forma calculation may include adjustments appropriate, in the reasonable good faith determination of the Issuer as set forth in an Officer’s Certificate, to reflect (1) adjustments calculated in accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act, (2) operating expense reductions and other operating improvements or synergies reasonably expected to result from the applicable event (including, to the extent applicable, from the Transactions) and (3) all adjustments of the nature used in connection with the calculation of “Adjusted EBITDA” as set forth in footnote (3) to the “Summary Historical and Pro Forma Combined Financial Data” under “Summary” in the Offering Memorandum to the extent such adjustments, without duplication, continue to be applicable to such four quarter period.

If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the Calculation Date had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Hedging Obligations applicable to such Indebtedness if such Hedging Obligation has a remaining term in excess of 12 months). Interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Issuer to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of making the computation referred to above, interest on any Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility computed on a pro forma basis shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable period. Interest on Indebtedness that 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 rate, shall be deemed to have been based upon the rate actually chosen, or, if none, then based upon such optional rate chosen as the Issuer may designate.

 

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For purposes of this definition, any amount in a currency other than U.S. dollars will be converted to U.S. dollars based on the average exchange rate for such currency for the most recent twelve month period immediately prior to the date of determination in a manner consistent with that used in calculating EBITDA for the applicable period.

Fixed Charges” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:

(1) Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person for such period; and

(2) all cash dividend payments (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of Preferred Stock or Disqualified Stock of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries.

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, which are in effect on the Issue Date. For the purposes of the Indenture, the term “consolidated” with respect to any Person shall mean such Person consolidated with its Restricted Subsidiaries, and shall not include any Unrestricted Subsidiary, but the interest of such Person in an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be accounted for as an Investment.

guarantee” means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business), direct or indirect, in any manner (including, without limitation, letters of credit and reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), of all or any part of any Indebtedness or other obligations.

Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person under:

(1) currency exchange, interest rate or commodity swap agreements, currency exchange, interest rate or commodity cap agreements and currency exchange, interest rate or commodity collar agreements; and

(2) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in currency exchange, interest rates or commodity prices.

holder” or “noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Registrar’s books.

Incur” means issue, assume, guarantee, incur or otherwise become liable for; provided, however, that any Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary (whether by merger, amalgamation, consolidation, acquisition or otherwise) shall be deemed to be Incurred by such Person at the time it becomes a Subsidiary.

Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person:

(1) the principal and premium (if any) of any indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent, (a) in respect of borrowed money, (b) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances (or, without duplication, reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), (c) representing the deferred and unpaid purchase price of any property (except any such balance that constitutes (i) a trade payable or similar obligation to a trade creditor Incurred in the ordinary course of business, (ii) any earn-out obligations until such obligation becomes a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP and (iii) liabilities accrued in the ordinary course of business), which purchase price is due more than six months after the date of placing the property in service or taking delivery and title thereto, (d) in respect of Capitalized Lease Obligations, or (e) representing any Hedging Obligations, if and to the extent that any of the foregoing indebtedness would appear as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP;

(2) to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation of such Person to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, the obligations referred to in clause (1) of another Person (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business); and

 

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(3) to the extent not otherwise included, Indebtedness of another Person secured by a Lien on any asset owned by such Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person); provided, however, that the amount of such Indebtedness will be the lesser of: (a) the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) of such asset at such date of determination and (b) the amount of such Indebtedness of such other Person;

provided , however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness shall be deemed not to include (1) Contingent Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business and not in respect of borrowed money; (2) deferred or prepaid revenues; (3) purchase price holdbacks in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset to satisfy warranty or other unperformed obligations of the respective seller; (4) Obligations under or in respect of Qualified Receivables Financing or (5) obligations under the Acquisition Documents to the extent such obligations are not for borrowed money.

Notwithstanding anything in the Indenture to the contrary, Indebtedness shall not include, and shall be calculated without giving effect to, the effects of GAAP to the extent such effects would otherwise increase or decrease an amount of Indebtedness for any purpose under the Indenture as a result of accounting for any embedded derivatives created by the terms of such Indebtedness; and any such amounts that would have constituted Indebtedness under the Indenture but for the application of this sentence shall not be deemed an Incurrence of Indebtedness under the Indenture.

Independent Financial Advisor” means an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm or consultant, in each case of nationally recognized standing, that is, in the good faith determination of the Issuer, qualified to perform the task for which it has been engaged.

Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, or an equivalent rating by any other Rating Agency.

Investment Grade Securities” means:

(1) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the U.S. government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (other than Cash Equivalents);

(2) securities that have a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB- (or equivalent) by S&P, but excluding any debt securities or loans or advances between and among the Issuer and its Subsidiaries;

(3) investments in any fund that invests exclusively in investments of the type described in clauses (1) and (2) which fund may also hold immaterial amounts of cash pending investment and/or distribution; and

(4) corresponding instruments in countries other than the United States customarily utilized for high quality investments and in each case with maturities not exceeding two years from the date of acquisition.

Investments” means, with respect to any Person, all investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the form of loans (including guarantees), advances or capital contributions (excluding accounts receivable, trade credit and advances to customers and commission, travel and similar advances to officers, employees and consultants made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities issued by any other Person and investments that are required by GAAP to be classified on the balance sheet of such Person in the same manner as the other investments included in this definition to the extent such transactions involve the transfer of cash or other property. For purposes of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” and the covenant described under “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Restricted Payments”:

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however, that upon a redesignation of such Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, the Issuer shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent “Investment” in an Unrestricted Subsidiary equal to an amount (if positive) equal to:

(a) the Issuer’s “Investment” in such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; less

(b) the portion (proportionate to the Issuer’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; and

(2) any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at its Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) at the time of such transfer, in each case as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Issuer.

Issue Date” means the date on which the Notes are originally issued.

Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or similar encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction); provided that in no event shall an operating lease be deemed to constitute a Lien.

Management Group” means the group consisting of the directors, executive officers and other management personnel of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer, as the case may be, on the Issue Date together with (1) any new directors whose election by such boards of directors or whose nomination for election by the shareholders of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer, as applicable, was approved by a vote of a majority of the directors of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer, as applicable, then still in office who were either directors on the Issue Date or whose election or nomination was previously so approved and (2) executive officers and other management personnel of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer, as applicable, hired at a time when the directors on the Issue Date together with the directors so approved constituted a majority of the directors of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer, as applicable.

Merchant Agreement” shall mean any contract entered into with a merchant relating to the provision of Merchant Services.

Merchant Services” shall mean services provided to merchants relating to the authorization, transaction capture, settlement, chargeback handling and internet-based transaction processing of credit, debit, stored-value and loyalty card and other payment transactions (including provision of point of service devices and other equipment necessary to capture merchant transactions and other ancillary services).

Merger” means the merger of Carib Acquisition, Inc. with and into EVERTEC, Inc., with EVERTEC, Inc. as the surviving corporation, pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement.

Merger Agreement” means the Agreement and Plan of Merger among Popular, AP Carib Holdings, Ltd., Carib Acquisition, Inc. and the Issuer, dated as of June 30, 2010, as amended or supplemented as of the Issue Date.

Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.

Net Income” means, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss) of such Person and its Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of Preferred Stock dividends.

 

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Net Proceeds” means the aggregate cash proceeds received by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of any Asset Sale (including, without limitation, any cash received in respect of or upon the sale or other disposition of any Designated Non-cash Consideration received in any Asset Sale and any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or otherwise, but only as and when received, but excluding the assumption by the acquiring person of Indebtedness relating to the disposed assets or other consideration received in any other non-cash form), net of the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale and the sale or disposition of such Designated Non-cash Consideration (including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and brokerage and sales commissions), and 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 related solely to such disposition), amounts required to be applied to the repayment of principal, premium (if any) and interest on Indebtedness required (other than pursuant to the second paragraph of the covenant described under “—Certain Covenants—Asset Sales”) to be paid as a result of such transaction, and any deduction of appropriate amounts to be provided by the Issuer as a reserve in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities associated with the asset disposed of in such transaction and retained by the Issuer after such sale or other disposition thereof, including, without limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations associated with such transaction.

Note Guarantee” means any guarantee of the obligations of the Issuer under the Indenture and the Notes by any Person in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.

Note Guarantor” means any Person that Incurs a Note Guarantee; provided that upon the release or discharge of such Person from its Note Guarantee in accordance with the Indenture, such Person ceases to be a Note Guarantor.

Obligations” means any principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements (including, without limitation, reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances), damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness; provided that Obligations with respect to the Notes shall not include fees or indemnifications in favor of the Trustee and other third parties other than the holders of the Notes.

Offering Memorandum” means the offering memorandum relating to the offering of the old notes dated September 23, 2010.

Officer” means the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, President, any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President, the Treasurer or the Secretary of the Issuer.

Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed on behalf of the Issuer by an Officer of the Issuer, who must be the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer, the treasurer or the principal accounting officer of the Issuer, which meets the requirements set forth in the Indenture.

Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel who is acceptable to the Trustee and that satisfies the requirements set forth in the Indenture. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Issuer or the Trustee.

Pari Passu Indebtedness” means:

(1) with respect to the Issuer, the Notes and any Indebtedness which ranks pari passu in right of payment to the Notes; and

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Permitted Holders” means, at any time, each of (i) the Sponsor, (ii) Popular, (iii) the Management Group with respect to no more than 10% of the Voting Stock of the Issuer, (iv) any Person that has no material assets other than the Capital Stock of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer and, directly or indirectly, holds or acquires 100% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Issuer, and of which no other Person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), other than any of the other Permitted Holders specified in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above, holds more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock thereof and (v) any group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision) the members of which include any of the Permitted Holders specified in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above and that, directly or indirectly, hold or acquire beneficial ownership of the Voting Stock of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer (a “Permitted Holder Group”), so long as (1) each member of the Permitted Holder Group has voting rights proportional to the percentage of ownership interests held or acquired by such member and (2) no Person or other “group” (other than Permitted Holders specified in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above) beneficially owns more than 50% on a fully diluted basis of the Voting Stock held by the Permitted Holder Group. Any Person or group whose acquisition of beneficial ownership constitutes a Change of Control in respect of which a Change of Control Offer is made in accordance with the requirements of the Indenture will thereafter, together with its Affiliates, constitute an additional Permitted Holder.

Permitted Investments” means:

(1) any Investment in the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(2) any Investment in Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities;

(3) any Investment by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in a Person if as a result of such Investment (a) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, or (b) such Person, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary;

(4) any Investment in securities or other assets not constituting Cash Equivalents and received in connection with an Asset Sale made pursuant to the provisions of “—Certain Covenants—Asset Sales” or any other disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale;

(5) any Investment existing on, or made pursuant to binding commitments existing on, the Issue Date or an Investment consisting of any extension, modification or renewal of any Investment existing on the Issue Date; provided that the amount of any such Investment may be increased (x) as required by the terms of such Investment as in existence on the Issue Date or (y) as otherwise permitted under the Indenture;

(6) advances to employees, taken together with all other advances made pursuant to this clause (6), not to exceed $7.5 million at any one time outstanding;

(7) any Investment acquired by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (a) in exchange for any other Investment or accounts receivable held by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with or as a result of a bankruptcy, workout, reorganization or recapitalization of the issuer of such other Investment or accounts receivable, or (b) as a result of a foreclosure by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment in default;

(8) Hedging Obligations permitted under clause (j) of the second paragraph of the covenant described under “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock”;

(9) any Investment by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in a Similar Business having an aggregate Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer), taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (9) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of $75.0 million and 6.75% of Consolidated 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

 

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in value); provided, however, that if any Investment pursuant to this clause (9) is made in any Person that is not the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary after such date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (1) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (9) for so long as such Person continues to be the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary;

(10) additional Investments by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary having an aggregate Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer), taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (10) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of $85.0 million and 7.75% of Consolidated 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); provided, however, that if any Investment pursuant to this clause (10) is made in any Person that is not the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary after such date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (1) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (10) for so long as such Person continues to be the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary;

(11) loans and advances to officers, directors or employees for business-related travel expenses, moving expenses and other similar expenses, in each case Incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or to fund such person’s purchase of Equity Interests of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer;

(12) Investments the payment for which consists of Equity Interests of the Issuer (other than Disqualified Stock) or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer, as applicable; provided, however, that such Equity Interests will not increase the amount available for Restricted Payments under clause (3) of the definition of “Cumulative Credit” contained in “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Restricted Payments”;

(13) any transaction to the extent it constitutes an Investment that is permitted by and made in accordance with the provisions of the second paragraph of the covenant described under “Certain Covenants—Transactions with Affiliates” (except transactions described in clauses (2), (6), (7) and (11)(b) of such paragraph);

(14) Investments consisting of the licensing or contribution of intellectual property pursuant to joint marketing arrangements with other Persons;

(15) guarantees issued in accordance with the covenants described under “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock” and “—Certain Covenants—Future Note Guarantors,” including, without limitation, any guarantee or other obligation issued or incurred under the Credit Agreement in connection with any letter of credit issued for the account of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries (including with respect to the issuance of, or payments in respect of drawings under, such letters of credit);

(16) Investments consisting of or to finance purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, materials, services or equipment or purchases of contract rights or licenses or leases of intellectual property;

(17) any Investment in a Receivables Subsidiary or any Investment by a Receivables Subsidiary in any other Person in connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing, including Investments of funds held in accounts permitted or required by the arrangements governing such Qualified Receivables Financing or any related Indebtedness;

(18) any Investment in an entity or purchase of a business or assets in each case owned (or previously owned) by a customer of a Restricted Subsidiary as a condition or in connection with such customer (or any member of such customer’s group) contracting with a Restricted Subsidiary, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

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(20) additional Investments in joint ventures not to exceed at any one time in the aggregate outstanding under this clause (20) the greater of $75.0 million and 7.0% of Consolidated Total Assets at the time of such Investment; provided, however, that if any Investment pursuant to this clause (20) is made in any Person that is not the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary after such date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (1) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (20) for so long as such Person continues to be the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary;

(21) Investments of a Restricted Subsidiary acquired after the Issue Date or of an entity merged into, amalgamated with, or consolidated with the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary in a transaction that is not prohibited by the covenant described under “—Merger, Amalgamation, Consolidation or Sale of All or Substantially All Assets” after the Issue Date to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation;

(22) any Investment in any Subsidiary of the Issuer or any joint venture in connection with intercompany cash management arrangements or related activities arising in the ordinary course of business; and

(23) any Investment arising in the ordinary course of business as a result of any Settlement, including Investments in and of Settlement Assets.

Permitted Liens” means, with respect to any Person:

(1) pledges or deposits by such Person under workmen’s compensation laws, unemployment insurance laws or similar legislation, or good faith deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of Indebtedness) or leases to which such Person is a party, or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of such Person or deposits of cash or U.S. government bonds to secure surety or appeal bonds to which such Person is a party, or deposits as security for contested taxes or import duties or for the payment of rent, in each case Incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(2) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanics’ Liens, in each case for sums not yet due or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or other Liens arising out of judgments or awards against such Person with respect to which such Person shall then be proceeding with an appeal or other proceedings for review;

(3) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet due or payable or subject to penalties for nonpayment or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;

(4) deposits and other Liens to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for Indebtedness), leases (other than Capitalized Lease Obligations), statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance and return of money bonds, bids, leases, government contracts, trade contracts, agreements with utilities, and other obligations of a like nature (including letters of credit in lieu of any such bonds or to support the issuance thereof) outstanding on the Issue Date or incurred in the ordinary course of business (whether or not consistent with past practices), including those incurred to secure health, safety and environmental obligations in the ordinary course of business;

(5) minor survey exceptions, minor encumbrances, easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar purposes, or zoning or other 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 were not Incurred in connection with Indebtedness and which do not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the value of said properties or materially impair their use in the operation of the business of such Person;

(6)(A) Liens on assets of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Note Guarantor securing Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary permitted to be Incurred pursuant to the covenant described under “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred

 

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Stock,” (B) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred under the Credit Agreement, including any letter of credit facility relating thereto, that was permitted to be Incurred pursuant to clause (a) of the second paragraph of the covenant described under “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock,” (C) Liens securing obligations in respect of any Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred by the covenant described under “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock”; provided that, with respect to Liens securing obligations permitted under this clause (C), at the time of Incurrence and after giving pro forma effect thereto, the Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio of the Issuer would not exceed 4.00 to 1.00, and (D) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred pursuant to clause (d), (p), (t) or (x) of the second paragraph of the covenant described under “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock” (provided that (i) in the case of clause (t), such Lien does not extend to the property or assets of any Subsidiary of the Issuer that is a Note Guarantor and (ii) in the case of clause (p), such Lien applies solely to acquired property or assets of the acquired entity, as the case may be);

(7) Liens existing on the Issue Date (other than Liens in favor of the lenders under the Credit Agreement);

(8) Liens on assets, property or shares of stock of a Person at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary; provided, however, that such Liens are not created or Incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person becoming such a Subsidiary; provided, further, however, that such Liens may not extend to any other property owned by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(9) Liens on assets or property at the time the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary acquired the assets or property, including any acquisition by means of a merger, amalgamation or consolidation with or into the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that such Liens are not created or Incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such acquisition; provided, further, however, that the Liens may not extend to any other property owned by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(10) Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary permitted to be Incurred in accordance with the covenant described under “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock”;

(11) Liens securing Hedging Obligations not incurred in violation of the Indenture; provided that with respect to Hedging Obligations relating to Indebtedness, such Lien extends only to the property securing such Indebtedness;

(12) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods;

(13) leases and subleases of real property which do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries;

(14) Liens arising from Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings regarding operating leases entered into by the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

(15) Liens in favor of the Issuer or any Note Guarantor;

(16) Liens on accounts receivable and related assets of the type specified in the definition of “Receivables Financing” Incurred in connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing;

(17) deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure liability to insurance carriers;

(18) Liens on the Equity Interests of Unrestricted Subsidiaries;

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(20) Liens to secure any refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement (or successive refinancings, refundings, extensions, renewals or replacements) as a whole, or in part, of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien referred to in the foregoing clauses (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11) and (15); provided, however, that (x) such new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property that secured the original Lien (plus improvements on such property), and (y) the Indebtedness secured by such Lien at such time is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (A) the outstanding principal amount or, if greater, committed amount of the Indebtedness described under clauses (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11) and (15) at the time the original Lien became a Permitted Lien under the Indenture, and (B) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums, related to such refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement; provided further, however, that in the case of any Liens to secure any refinancing, refunding, extension or renewal of Indebtedness secured by a Lien referred to in clause (6)(B), the principal amount of any Indebtedness Incurred for such refinancing, refunding, extension or renewal shall be deemed secured by a Lien under clause (6)(B) and not this clause (20) for purposes of determining the principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding under clause (6)(B);

(21) Liens on equipment of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary granted in the ordinary course of business to the Issuer’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s client at which such equipment is located;

(22) judgment and attachment Liens not giving rise to an Event of Default and notices of lis pendens and associated rights related to litigation being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been made;

(23) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of goods entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(24) Liens incurred to secure cash management services or to implement cash pooling arrangements in the ordinary course of business;

(25) other Liens securing obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business or securing Indebtedness, which obligations or Indebtedness do not exceed $50.0 million at any one time outstanding;

(26) any encumbrance or restriction (including put and call arrangements) with respect to Capital Stock of any joint venture or similar arrangement pursuant to any joint venture or similar agreement;

(27) any amounts held by a trustee in the funds and accounts under an indenture securing any revenue bonds issued for the benefit of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(28) Liens (i) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the State of New York or similar provisions in similar codes, statutes or laws in other jurisdictions on items in the course of collection, (ii) attaching to commodity trading accounts or other commodity brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business, and (iii) in favor of banking institutions arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits (including the right of set-off) and which are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry;

(29) Liens encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;

(30) Liens that are contractual rights of set-off (i) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, (ii) relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts of the Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries or (iii) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of the Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

(31) Liens on any cash earnest money deposits made by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted under the Indenture; and

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Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.

Popular” means Popular, Inc. and its Affiliates (but not including any of its portfolio companies).

Preferred Stock” means any Equity Interest with preferential right of payment of dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up.

Qualified IPO” means any underwritten public Equity Offering.

Qualified Receivables Financing” means any Receivables Financing of a Receivables Subsidiary that meets the following conditions:

(1) the Board of Directors of the Issuer shall have determined in good faith that such Qualified Receivables Financing (including financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions) is in the aggregate economically fair and reasonable to the Issuer and the Receivables Subsidiary;

(2) all sales of accounts receivable and related assets to the Receivables Subsidiary are made at Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer); and

(3) the financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions thereof shall be market terms (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) and may include Standard Securitization Undertakings.

The grant of a security interest in any accounts receivable of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) to secure Bank Indebtedness, Indebtedness in respect of the Notes or any Refinancing Indebtedness with respect to the Notes shall not be deemed a Qualified Receivables Financing.

Rating Agency” means (1) each of Moody’s and S&P and (2) if Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate the Notes for reasons outside of the Issuer’s control, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Rule l5cs-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act selected by the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer as a replacement agency for Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be.

Receivables Fees” means distributions or payments made directly or by means of discounts with respect to any participation interests issued or sold in connection with, and all other fees paid to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with, any Receivables Financing.

Receivables Financing” means any transaction or series of transactions that may be entered into by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to which the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries may sell, convey or otherwise transfer to (a) a Receivables Subsidiary (in the case of a transfer by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries); and (b) any other Person (in the case of a transfer by a Receivables Subsidiary), or may grant a security interest in, any accounts receivable (whether now existing or arising in the future) of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, and any assets related thereto including, without limitation, all collateral securing such accounts receivable, all contracts and all guarantees or other obligations in respect of such accounts receivable, proceeds of such accounts receivable and other assets which are customarily transferred or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with asset securitization transactions involving accounts receivable and any Hedging Obligations entered into by the Issuer or any such Subsidiary in connection with such accounts receivable.

Receivables Repurchase Obligation” means any obligation of a seller of receivables in a Qualified Receivables Financing to repurchase receivables arising as a result of a breach of a representation, warranty or covenant or otherwise, including as a result of a receivable or portion thereof becoming subject to any asserted defense, dispute, off-set or counterclaim of any kind as a result of any action taken by, any failure to take action by or any other event relating to the seller.

 

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Receivables Subsidiary” means a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary (or another Person formed for the purposes of engaging in Qualified Receivables Financing with the Issuer in which the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer makes an Investment and to which the Issuer or any such Subsidiary transfers accounts receivable and related assets) which engages in no activities other than in connection with the financing of accounts receivable of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, all proceeds thereof and all rights (contractual or other), collateral and other assets relating thereto, and any business or activities incidental or related to such business, and which is designated by the Board of Directors of the Issuer (as provided below) as a Receivables Subsidiary and:

(a) no portion of the Indebtedness or any other obligations (contingent or otherwise) of which (i) is guaranteed by the Issuer or any other Subsidiary of the Issuer (excluding guarantees of obligations (other than the principal of and interest on Indebtedness) pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings), (ii) is recourse to or obligates the Issuer or any other Subsidiary in any way other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings, or (iii) subjects any property or asset of the Issuer or any other Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings;

(b) with which neither the Issuer nor any other Subsidiary has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding other than on terms which the Issuer reasonably believes to be no less favorable to the Issuer or such Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons that are not Affiliates of the Issuer; and

(c) to which none of the Issuer or its other Subsidiaries has any obligation to maintain or preserve such entity’s financial condition or cause such entity to achieve certain levels of operating results.

Any such designation by the Board of Directors of the Issuer shall be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a certified copy of the resolution of the Board of Directors of the Issuer giving effect to such designation and an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing conditions.

Restricted Cash” means cash and Cash Equivalents held by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiaries that is contractually restricted from being distributed to the Issuer or not available for general corporate purposes if and to the extent appearing as “restricted cash” on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Restricted Investment” means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.

Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Issuer other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary. Unless otherwise indicated, all references to Restricted Subsidiaries will mean Restricted Subsidiaries of the Issuer.

S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.

Sale/Leaseback Transaction” means an arrangement relating to property now owned or hereafter acquired by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary whereby the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary transfers such property to a Person and the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary leases it from such Person, other than leases between the Issuer and a Restricted Subsidiary or between Restricted Subsidiaries.

SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Secured Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness secured by a Lien.

Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Person, at any date the ratio of (i) Secured Indebtedness (other than property or assets held in a defeasance or similar trust or arrangement for the benefit of Secured Indebtedness secured thereby) of such Person and its Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date of calculation (determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP) less the amount of cash and Cash Equivalents in excess of any Restricted Cash that would be stated on the balance

 

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sheet of such Person and its Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries and held by such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date of calculation to (ii) EBITDA of such Person for the four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding such date on which such additional Indebtedness is Incurred. In the event that the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary Incurs, repays, repurchases or redeems any Indebtedness subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio is being calculated but prior to the event for which the calculation of the Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio is made (the “Secured Leverage Calculation Date”), then the Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence, repayment, repurchase or redemption of Indebtedness as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period; provided that the Issuer may elect pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee to treat all or any portion of the commitment under any Indebtedness as being Incurred at such time, in which case any subsequent Incurrence of Indebtedness under such commitment shall not be deemed, for purposes of this calculation, to be an Incurrence at such subsequent time.

For purposes of making the computation referred to above, Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, amalgamations, consolidations (including the Transactions) and discontinued operations (as determined in accordance with GAAP), in each case with respect to an operating unit of a business, and any operational changes that the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary has determined to make and/or made during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the Secured Leverage Calculation Date shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that all such Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, amalgamations, consolidations (including the Transactions), discontinued operations and other operational changes (and the change of any associated Indebtedness and the change in EBITDA resulting therefrom) had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period. If since the beginning of such period any Person that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period shall have made any Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation, amalgamation, discontinued operation or operational change, in each case with respect to an operating unit of a business, that would have required adjustment pursuant to this definition, then the Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such Investment, acquisition, disposition, discontinued operation, merger, amalgamation, consolidation or operational change had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period. If since the beginning of such period any Restricted Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary is designated a Restricted Subsidiary, then the Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such designation had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period.

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 Issuer. Any such pro forma calculation may include adjustments appropriate, in the reasonable good faith determination of the Issuer as set forth in an Officer’s Certificate, to reflect (1) adjustments calculated in accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act, (2) operating expense reductions and other operating improvements or synergies reasonably expected to result from the applicable event (including, to the extent applicable, from the Transactions) and (3) all adjustments of the nature used in connection with the calculation of “Adjusted EBITDA” as set forth in footnote (3) to the “Summary Historical and Pro Forma Combined Financial Data” under “Summary” in the Offering Memorandum to the extent such adjustments, without duplication, continue to be applicable to such four quarter period.

For purposes of this definition, any amount in a currency other than U.S. dollars will be converted to U.S. dollars based on the average exchange rate for such currency for the most recent twelve month period immediately prior to the date of determination in a manner consistent with that used in calculating EBITDA for the applicable period.

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

 

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Senior Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Person, at any date the ratio of (i) Secured Indebtedness (other than (x) property or assets held in a defeasance or similar trust or arrangement for the benefit of Secured Indebtedness secured thereby and (y) any Secured Indebtedness that is secured by Liens that are expressly subordinated to Liens securing the Credit Agreement) of such Person and its Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date of calculation (determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP) less the amount of cash and Cash Equivalents in excess of any Restricted Cash that would be stated on the balance sheet of such Person and its Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries and held by such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date of calculation to (ii) EBITDA of such Person for the four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding such date on which such additional Indebtedness is Incurred. In the event that the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary Incurs, repays, repurchases or redeems any Indebtedness subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio is being calculated but prior to the event for which the calculation of the Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio is made (the “Secured Leverage Calculation Date”), then the Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence, repayment, repurchase or redemption of Indebtedness as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period; provided that the Issuer may elect pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee to treat all or any portion of the commitment under any Indebtedness as being Incurred at such time, in which case any subsequent Incurrence of Indebtedness under such commitment shall not be deemed, for purposes of this calculation, to be an Incurrence at such subsequent time.

For purposes of making the computation referred to above, Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, amalgamations, consolidations (including the Transactions) and discontinued operations (as determined in accordance with GAAP), in each case with respect to an operating unit of a business, and any operational changes that the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary has determined to make and/or made during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the Secured Leverage Calculation Date shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that all such Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, amalgamations, consolidations (including the Transactions), discontinued operations and other operational changes (and the change of any associated Indebtedness and the change in EBITDA resulting therefrom) had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period. If since the beginning of such period any Person that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period shall have made any Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation, amalgamation, discontinued operation or operational change, in each case with respect to an operating unit of a business, that would have required adjustment pursuant to this definition, then the Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such Investment, acquisition, disposition, discontinued operation, merger, amalgamation, consolidation or operational change had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period. If since the beginning of such period any Restricted Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary is designated a Restricted Subsidiary, then the Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such designation had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period.

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 Issuer. Any such pro forma calculation may include adjustments appropriate, in the reasonable good faith determination of the Issuer as set forth in an Officer’s Certificate, to reflect (1) adjustments calculated in accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act, (2) operating expense reductions and other operating improvements or synergies reasonably expected to result from the applicable event (including, to the extent applicable, from the Transactions) and (3) all adjustments of the nature used in connection with the calculation of “Adjusted EBITDA” as set forth in footnote (3) to the “Summary Historical and Pro Forma Combined Financial Data” under “Summary” in the Offering Memorandum to the extent such adjustments, without duplication, continue to be applicable to such four quarter period.

 

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For purposes of this definition, any amount in a currency other than U.S. dollars will be converted to U.S. dollars based on the average exchange rate for such currency for the most recent twelve month period immediately prior to the date of determination in a manner consistent with that used in calculating EBITDA for the applicable period.

Settlement” shall mean the transfer of cash or other property with respect to any credit or debit card charge, check or other instrument, electronic funds transfer, or other type of paper-based or electronic payment, transfer, or charge transaction for which a Person acts a processor, remitter, funds recipient or funds transmitter in the ordinary course of its business.

Settlement Assets” means any cash, receivable or other property, including a Settlement Receivable, due or conveyed to a Person in consideration for a Settlement made or arranged, or to be made or arranged, by such Person or an Affiliate of such Person.

Settlement Indebtedness” means any payment or reimbursement obligation in respect of a Settlement Payment.

Settlement Lien” means any Lien relating to any Settlement or Settlement Indebtedness (and may include, for the avoidance of doubt, the grant of a Lien in or other assignment of a Settlement Asset in consideration of a Settlement Payment, Liens securing intraday and overnight overdraft and automated clearing house exposure, and similar Liens).

Settlement Payment” means the transfer, or contractual undertaking (including by automated clearing house transaction) to effect a transfer, of cash or other property to effect a Settlement.

Settlement Receivable” means any general intangible, payment intangible, or instrument representing or reflecting an obligation to make payments to or for the benefit of a Person in consideration for and in the amount of a Settlement made or arranged, or to be made or arranged, by such Person.

Significant Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that would be a “Significant Subsidiary” of the Issuer within the meaning of Rule 1-02 under Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC (or any successor provision).

Similar Business” means a business, the majority of whose revenues are derived from the activities of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries as of the Issue Date or any business or activity that is reasonably similar or complementary thereto or a reasonable extension, development or expansion thereof or ancillary thereto.

Special Distribution” shall mean a dividend declared by the Issuer pursuant to Section 5.16 of the Merger Agreement.

Sponsor” means Apollo Management, L.P. and any of its respective Affiliates other than any portfolio companies (collectively, the “Apollo Sponsor”).

Standard Securitization Undertakings” means representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities and guarantees of performance entered into by the Issuer or any Subsidiary thereof which the Issuer has determined in good faith to be customary in a Receivables Financing including, without limitation, those relating to the servicing of the assets of a Receivables Subsidiary, it being understood that any Receivables Repurchase Obligation shall be deemed to be a Standard Securitization Undertaking.

Stated Maturity” means, with respect to any security, the date specified in such security as the fixed date on which the final payment of principal of such security is due and payable, including pursuant to any mandatory redemption provision (but excluding any provision providing for the repurchase of such security at the option of the holder thereof upon the happening of any contingency beyond the control of the issuer unless such contingency has occurred).

 

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Stockholder Agreement” means the Stockholder Agreement to be dated as of the Issue Date among, Holdings, Popular, AP Carib and the other holders named therein, as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time prior to the Issue Date or thereafter, in accordance with its terms.

Subordinated Indebtedness” means (a) with respect to the Issuer, any Indebtedness of the Issuer which is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, and (b) with respect to any Note Guarantor, any Indebtedness of such Note Guarantor which is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to its Note Guarantee.

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, (1) any corporation, association or other business entity (other than a partnership, joint venture or limited liability company) of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock is at the time of determination owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, (2) any partnership, joint venture or limited liability company of which (x) more than 50% of the capital accounts, distribution rights, total equity and voting interests or general and limited partnership interests, as applicable, are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, whether in the form of membership, general, special or limited partnership interests or otherwise, and (y) such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person is a controlling general partner or otherwise controls such entity and (3) any Person that is consolidated in the consolidated financial statements of the specified Person in accordance with GAAP.

TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. Sections 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of the Indenture.

Transactions” means the “Transactions” as defined in the Offering Memorandum under “Summary—The Transactions,” including the Special Distribution.

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 October 1, 2014; provided, however, that if the period from such redemption date to October 1, 2014 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.

Trust Officer” means any officer within the corporate trust administration department of the Trustee, with direct responsibility for performing the Trustee’s duties under the Indenture and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer of the Trustee to whom such matter is referred because of such person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

Trustee” means the party named as such in the Indenture until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor.

Unrestricted Subsidiary” means:

(1) any Subsidiary of the Issuer that at the time of determination shall be designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Board of Directors of the Issuer in the manner provided below; and

(2) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary;

The Issuer may designate any Subsidiary of the Issuer (including any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries owns any Equity Interests or Indebtedness of, or owns or holds any Lien on any property of, the Issuer or any other Subsidiary of

 

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the Issuer that is not a Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated; provided, however, that the Subsidiary to be so designated and its Subsidiaries do not at the time of designation have and do not thereafter Incur any Indebtedness pursuant to which the lender has recourse to any of the assets of the Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, further, however, that either:

(a) the Subsidiary to be so designated has total consolidated assets of $1,000 or less; or

(b) if such Subsidiary has consolidated assets greater than $1,000, then such designation would be permitted under the covenant described under “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Restricted Payments.”

The Issuer may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that immediately after giving effect to such designation:

(x)(1) the Issuer could Incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test described under “—Certain Covenants—Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock,” or (2) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio would be greater than such ratio immediately prior to such designation, in each case on a pro forma basis taking into account such designation; and

(y) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

Any such designation by the Issuer shall be evidenced to the Trustee by promptly filing with the Trustee a copy of the resolution of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof of the Issuer giving effect to such designation and an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing provisions.

U.S. Government Obligations” means securities that are:

(1) direct obligations of the United States of America for the timely payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged; or

(2) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America, the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America,

which, in each case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligations or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any such U.S. Government Obligations held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depository receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligations or the specific payment of principal of or interest on the U.S. Government Obligations evidenced by such depository receipt.

Voting Stock” of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person.

Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as the case may be, at any date, the quotient obtained by dividing (1) the sum of the products of the number of years from the date of determination to the date of each successive scheduled principal payment of such Indebtedness or redemption or similar payment with respect to such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock multiplied by the amount of such payment, by (2) the sum of all such payments.

Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary” is any Wholly Owned Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary.

Wholly Owned Subsidiary” of any Person means a Subsidiary of such Person 100% of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares or other ownership interests required to be held by foreign nationals or other third parties to the extent required by applicable law) shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.

 

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EXCHANGE OFFER; REGISTRATION RIGHTS

We, the guarantors and the initial purchasers entered into a registration rights agreement relating to the notes.

Pursuant to the registration rights agreement, we agreed, at our own cost, for the benefit of the holders of the notes, to use our commercially reasonable efforts to file a registration statement (the “exchange offer registration statement”) with respect to a registered exchange offer (an “exchange offer”) to exchange the notes for new notes with terms substantially identical in all material respects with the notes (except for the provisions relating to the transfer restrictions and payment of additional interest), to cause the exchange offer registration statement to be declared effective by the SEC under the Securities Act and to consummate the exchange offer not later than 366 days following the issuance of the notes offered hereby (the “Exchange Date”).

We intend to conduct the exchange offer in accordance with the provisions of the registration rights agreement for the notes and the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the related rules and regulations of the SEC.

In the event that the exchange offer is not consummated by the Exchange Date, we will, subject to certain conditions, at our own cost:

 

   

file a shelf registration statement covering resales of the notes within 30 days after the Exchange Date;

 

   

use our commercially reasonable efforts to cause the shelf registration statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act; and

 

   

use our commercially reasonable efforts to keep the shelf registration statement effective for a period of one year from the effective date of the shelf registration statement or such shorter period that will terminate when all notes registered thereunder are disposed of in accordance therewith or cease to be outstanding on the date upon which all notes covered by such shelf registration statement become eligible for resale, without regard to volume, manner of sale or other restrictions contained in Rule 144.

In the event that the exchange offer has not been consummated within 366 days after the issue date and a shelf registration statement covering resales of the notes has not been filed or the shelf registration statement has not been declared effective by the SEC (each, a “notes registration default”), then additional interest will accrue on the aggregate principal amount of notes from and including the date on which any such notes registration default has occurred to but excluding the date on which all notes registration defaults have been cured. Additional interest will accrue at a rate of 0.25% for the first 90 day period after such date and thereafter it will be increased by an additional 0.25% for each subsequent 90 day period that elapses provided that the aggregate increase in such annual interest rate may in no event exceed 1.00% per annum over the rate shown on the cover page of this prospectus.

 

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BOOK ENTRY, DELIVERY AND FORM

Except as set forth below, the exchange notes will each initially be issued in the form of one or more fully registered notes in global form without coupons. Each global note shall be deposited with the trustee, as custodian for The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), as depositary, and registered in the name of DTC or a nominee thereof. The old notes to the extent validly tendered and accepted and directed by their holders in their letters of transmittal, will be exchanged through book-entry electronic transfer for the applicable global note.

Except as set forth below, a global note may be transferred, in whole but not in part, solely to another nominee of DTC or to a successor of DTC or its nominee. Beneficial interests in a global note may not be exchanged for notes in certificated form except in the limited circumstances described below

The Global Notes

We expect that, pursuant to procedures established by DTC, (1) upon the issuance of the Global Notes, DTC or its custodian will credit, on its internal system, the principal amount at maturity of the individual beneficial interests represented by such Global Notes to the respective accounts of persons who have accounts with such depositary (“participants”) and (2) ownership of beneficial interests in the Global Notes will be shown on, and the transfer of such ownership will be effected only through, records maintained by DTC or its nominee (with respect to interests of participants) and the records of participants (with respect to interests of persons other than participants). Such accounts initially will be designated by or on behalf of the initial purchasers and ownership of beneficial interests in the Global Notes will be limited to participants or persons who hold interests through participants. Holders may hold their interests in the Global Notes directly through DTC if they are participants in such system, or indirectly through organizations that are participants in such system.

So long as DTC or its nominee is the registered owner or holder of the notes, DTC or such nominee, as the case may be, will be considered the sole owner or holder of the notes represented by such Global Notes for all purposes under the indenture. No beneficial owner of an interest in the Global Notes will be able to transfer that interest except in accordance with DTC’s procedures, in addition to those provided for under the indenture with respect to the notes.

Payments of the principal of, and premium (if any) and interest (including additional interest, if any) on, the Global Notes will be made to DTC or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered owner thereof. None of the issuer, the trustee or any paying agent will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests in the Global Notes or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interest.

We expect that DTC or its nominee, upon receipt of any payment of principal of, and premium (if any) and interest (including additional interest, if any) on the Global Notes, will credit participants’ accounts with payments in amounts proportionate to their respective beneficial interests in the principal amount of the Global Notes as shown on the records of DTC or its nominee. We also expect that payments by participants to owners of beneficial interests in the Global Notes held through such participants will be governed by standing instructions and customary practice, as is now the case with securities held for the accounts of customers registered in the names of nominees for such customers. Such payments will be the responsibility of such participants.

Transfers between participants in DTC will be effected in the ordinary way through DTC’s same-day funds system in accordance with DTC rules and will be settled in same-day funds. If beneficial interests in the Global Notes have become exchangeable for Certified Securities and a holder requires physical delivery of a Certificated Security, such holder must transfer its interest in a Global Note in accordance with the normal procedures of DTC and with the procedures set forth in the Indenture.

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account the DTC interests in the Global Notes are credited and only in respect of such portion of the aggregate principal amount of notes as to which such participant or participants has or have given such direction. However, if there is an event of default under the indenture and DTC shall have requested the issuance of Certificated Securities, DTC will exchange the Global Notes for Certificated Securities, which it will distribute to its participants.

DTC has advised us as follows: DTC is a limited-purpose trust company organized under New York banking law, a “banking organization” within the meaning of the New York banking law, a member of the Federal Reserve System, a “clearing corporation” within the meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial Code and a “clearing agency” registered pursuant to the provisions of Section 17A of the Exchange Act. DTC holds and provides asset servicing for issues of U.S. and non-U.S. equity, corporate and municipal debt issues that participants deposit with DTC. DTC also facilitates the post-trade settlement among participants of sales and other securities transactions in deposited securities through electronic computerized book-entry transfers and pledges between participants’ accounts. This eliminates the need for physical movement of securities certificates. Participants include both U.S. and non-U.S. securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other organizations. Access to the DTC system is also available to indirect participants such as both U.S. and non-U.S. securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies and clearing corporations that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a participant, either directly or indirectly.

Although DTC has agreed to the foregoing procedures in order to facilitate transfers of interests in the Global Notes among participants of DTC, it is under no obligation to perform such procedures, and such procedures may be discontinued at any time. None of us, the trustee or any paying agent will have any responsibility for the performance by DTC or its participants or indirect participants of their respective obligations under the rules and procedures governing their operations.

Certificated Securities

A Global Note is exchangeable for certificated notes in fully registered form without interest coupons (“Certificated Securities”) only in the following limited circumstances:

 

   

DTC notifies us that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depositary for the Global Note and we fail to appoint a successor depositary within 90 days of such notice; or

 

   

there shall have occurred and be continuing an event of default with respect to the Notes under the indenture and DTC shall have requested the issuance of Certificated Securities.

The laws of some states require that certain persons take physical delivery in definitive form of securities that they own. Consequently, the ability to transfer the notes will be limited to such extent.

 

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CERTAIN UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES

General

The following is a summary of material U.S. federal income tax consequences of the exchange of old notes for exchange notes pursuant to this exchange offer, but does not purport to be a complete analysis of all potential tax considerations. This summary is based upon the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, the Treasury Regulations promulgated or proposed thereunder, and administrative and judicial interpretations thereof, all as of the date hereof and all of which are subject to change, possibly on a retroactive basis.

This summary is limited to the tax consequences of those persons who are original beneficial owners of the notes, who exchange old notes for exchange notes in this exchange offer and who hold the old notes, and that will hold the exchange notes, as capital assets within the meaning of Section 1221 of the Code, which we refer to as “holders.” This summary does not purport to deal with all aspects of U.S. federal income taxation that might be relevant to particular holders in light of their particular circumstances or status nor does it address specific tax consequences that may be relevant to particular persons (including, for example, financial institutions, broker-dealers, insurance companies, partnerships or other pass-through entities, expatriates, banks, real estate investment trusts, regulated investment companies, tax-exempt organizations and persons that have a functional currency other than the U.S. Dollar, or persons in special situations, such as those who have elected to mark securities to market or those who hold notes as part of a straddle, hedge, conversion transaction or other integrated investment). In addition, this summary does not address U.S. federal alternative minimum, estate and gift tax consequences or consequences under the tax laws of any state, local or foreign jurisdiction. We have not sought any ruling from the Internal Revenue Service, or the IRS, with respect to the statements made and the conclusions reached in this summary, and we cannot assure you that the IRS will agree with such statements and conclusions.

If a partnership or other entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes holds notes and participates in the exchange offer, the tax treatment of a partner generally will depend upon the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. If you are a partner of a partnership holding the notes, you should consult your tax advisor regarding the tax consequences of the exchange of old notes for exchange notes pursuant to this exchange offer.

This summary is for general information only. Persons considering the exchange of old notes for exchange notes are urged to consult their independent tax advisors concerning the U.S. federal income taxation and other tax consequences to them of exchanging the notes, as well as the application of state, local and foreign income and other tax laws.

Exchange of an Old Note for an Exchange Note Pursuant to this Exchange Offer

The exchange of the old notes for the exchange notes in the exchange offer described herein will not constitute a significant modification of the terms of the old notes and thus will not constitute a taxable exchange for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Rather, the exchange notes will be treated as a continuation of the old notes. Consequently, a holder will not recognize gain or loss upon receipt of the exchange notes in exchange for the old notes in the exchange offer, the holder’s adjusted tax basis in the exchange notes received in the exchange offer will be the same as its adjusted tax basis in the old notes immediately before the exchange, and the holder’s holding period in the exchange notes will include its holding period in the old notes.

 

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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

Each broker dealer that receives exchange notes for its own account pursuant to the exchange offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such exchange notes. This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker dealer in connection with resales of exchange notes received in exchange for old notes where such old notes were acquired as a result of market making activities or other trading activities. We have agreed that, for a period of 180 days after the date of this prospectus, we will make this prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available to any broker dealer for use in connection with any such resale. In addition, until                     , 2011, all dealers effecting transactions in the exchange notes may be required to deliver a prospectus.

We will not receive any proceeds from any sale of exchange notes by broker dealers. Exchange notes received by broker dealers for their own account pursuant to the exchange offer may be sold from time to time in one or more transactions in the over the counter market, in negotiated transactions, through the writing of options on the exchange notes or a combination of such methods of resale, at market prices prevailing at the time of resale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or negotiated prices. Any such resale may be made directly to purchasers or to or through brokers or dealers who may receive compensation in the form of commissions or concessions from any such broker dealer or the purchasers of any such exchange notes. Any broker dealer that resells exchange notes that were received by it for its own account pursuant to the exchange offer and any broker or dealer that participates in a distribution of such exchange notes may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and any profit on any such resale of exchange notes and any commission or concessions received by any such persons may be deemed to be underwriting compensation under the Securities Act. The letter of transmittal states that, by acknowledging that it will deliver and by delivering a prospectus, a broker dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act. The letter of transmittal also states that any holder participating in this exchange offer will have no arrangements or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of the old notes or the exchange notes within the meaning of the Securities Act.

For a period of 180 days after the date of this prospectus, we will promptly send additional copies of this prospectus and any amendment or supplement to this prospectus to any broker dealer that requests such documents in the letter of transmittal. We have agreed to pay all expenses incident to the exchange offer (including the expenses of one counsel for the holders of the old notes) other than commissions or concessions of any brokers or dealers and will indemnify the holders of the old notes (including any broker dealers) against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

 

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LEGAL MATTERS

The validity of the exchange notes will be passed upon for us by Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, New York, New York.

EXPERTS

The consolidated financial statements of EVERTEC, Inc. as of December 31, 2010 and for the three months ended December 31, 2010 (Successor) and the combined financial statements of EVERTEC Business Group as of December 31, 2009 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and for each of the two years ended December 31, 2009 (Predecessor), included in this prospectus, have been so included in reliance on the reports of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

 

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INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Reports of Independent Auditor

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Consolidated (Successor) and Combined (Predecessor) Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2010 and 2009

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Consolidated (Successor) and Combined (Predecessor) Statements of Income for the three months ended December  31, 2010, the nine months ended September 30, 2010, and years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008      F-5   
Consolidated (Successor) and Combined (Predecessor) Statements of Changes in Stockholder’s (or Owner’s) Equity for the three months ended December 31, 2010, the nine months ended September 30, 2010, and years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008      F-6   
Consolidated (Successor) and Combined (Predecessor) Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended December  31, 2010, the nine months ended September 30, 2010, and years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008      F-7   

Notes to Consolidated (Successor) and Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

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Report of Independent Auditors

To the Board of Directors and Stockholder of EVERTEC, Inc.

In our opinion, the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2010 and related consolidated statements of income, of changes in stockholder’s equity and comprehensive income and of cash flows for the three months ended December 31, 2010, present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of EVERTEC, Inc. and its subsidiaries (Successor) at December 31, 2010, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the three months ended December 31, 2010 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit of these statements in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards as established by the Auditing Standards Board (United States) and in accordance with the auditing standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

San Juan, Puerto Rico

April 6, 2011

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(OF PUERTO RICO)

License No. 216 Expires Dec. 1, 2013

Stamp 2493685 of the P.R. Society of

Certified Public Accountants has been

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Report of Independent Auditors

To the Board of Directors and Stockholder of EVERTEC, Inc.

In our opinion, the accompanying combined balance sheet as of December 31, 2009 and related combined statements of income, of changes in owner’s equity and of cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and for the two years in the period ended December 31, 2009, present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of EVERTEC Business Group (Predecessor) at December 31, 2009, and the results of their operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, and for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2009 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these statements in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards as established by the Auditing Standards Board (United States) and in accordance with the auditing standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

San Juan, Puerto Rico

April 6, 2011

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EVERTEC, Inc. Consolidated (Successor) and

EVERTEC Business Group Combined (Predecessor) Balance Sheets

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 

 

     Successor           Predecessor  
     December 31, 2010           December 31, 2009  

Assets

        

Current Assets:

        

Cash

   $ 55,699          $ 11,891   

Restricted cash

     5,600            3,676   

Short-term investments

     —              34,215   

Accounts receivable, net

     62,578            36,503   

Prepaid expenses and other assets

     16,611            15,612   

Deferred project costs

     918            774   

Deferred tax asset, net

     —              2,110   

Current assets of discontinued operations

     —              8,980   
                    

Total current assets

     141,406            113,761   

Investments in equity investees

     —              21,758   

Property and equipment, net

     43,689            32,685   

Goodwill

     376,381            45,246   

Other intangible assets, net

     490,616            28,325   

Other long-term assets

     29,964            —     

Assets of discontinued operations

     —              1,670   
                    

Total assets

   $ 1,082,056          $ 243,445   
                    

Liabilities and stockholder’s (or owner’s) equity

        

Current Liabilities:

        

Accrued liabilities

   $ 40,951          $ 15,626   

Accounts payable

     17,707            9,577   

Unearned income

     316            670   

Income tax payable

     3,251            1,010   

Current portion of long-term debt

     3,550            1,413   

Deferred tax liability, net

     16,021            —     

Liabilities of discontinued operations

     —              3,193   
                    

Total current liabilities

     81,796            31,489   

Long-term debt

     558,623            —     

Long-term deferred tax liability, net

     112,885            —     

Other long-term liabilities

     2,228            481   
                    

Total liabilities

     755,532            31,970   

Commitments and contingencies (Note 20)

        

Stockholder’s (or owner’s) equity

        

Successor:

        

Preferred stock (Par value $1.00; 0.5 million shares authorized; none issued)

     —              —     

Common stock (Par value $1.00; 2.5 million shares authorized; 100 shares issued and outstanding)

     —              —     

Additional paid-in capital

     325,483            —     

Retained earnings

     1,183            —     

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

     (142         —     

Predecessor: Owner’s equity

     —              211,475   
                    

Total stockholder’s (or owner’s) equity

     326,524            211,475   
                    

Total liabilities and stockholder’s (or owner’s) equity

   $ 1,082,056          $ 243,445   
                    

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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EVERTEC, Inc. Consolidated (Successor) and

EVERTEC Business Group Combined (Predecessor) Statements of Income

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 

 

    Successor           Predecessor  
    Three months ended
December 31, 2010
          Nine months ended
September 30, 2010
    Year ended
December 31,  2009
    Year ended
December 31, 2008
 

Revenues

           

Transaction processing (from affiliates: $8,681, $19,248, $22,388 and $21,812)

  $ 21,034          $ 56,777      $ 74,686      $ 71,574   

Merchant acquiring, net (Note 14)

    14,789            39,761        48,744        47,782   

Business solutions (from affiliates: $31,459, $86,889, $111,831 and $116,275)

    41,252            111,784        143,963        151,857   
                                   

Total revenues

    77,075            208,322        267,393        271,213   
                                   

Operating costs and expenses

           

Cost of revenues (excluding depreciation and amortization)

    36,505            106,548        141,164        154,522   

Selling, general and administrative expenses (excluding depreciation and amortization)

    8,392            27,000        25,639        27,643   

Depreciation and amortization

    17,722            19,425        24,500        30,389   
                                   

Total operating costs and expenses

    62,619            152,973        191,303        212,554   
                                   

Income from operations

    14,456            55,349        76,090        58,659   
                                   

Non-operating income (expenses)

           

Interest income

    118            360        1,048        1,283   

Interest expense

    (13,436         (70     (91     (170

Earnings of equity method investments

    —              2,270        3,508        4,229   

Other (expense) income

    (1,316         2,276        7,942        9,449   
                                   

Total non-operating (expense) income

    (14,634         4,836        12,407        14,791   
                                   

Income before income taxes

    (178         60,185        88,497        73,450   

Income tax (benefit) expense

    (1,361         23,017        30,659        23,914   
                                   

Net income from continuing operations

    1,183            37,168        57,838        49,536   

Net income from discontinued operations

    —              117        1,813        3,673   
                                   

Net income

  $ 1,183          $ 37,285      $ 59,651      $ 53,209   
                                   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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EVERTEC, Inc. Consolidated (Successor) and

EVERTEC Business Group Combined (Predecessor)

Statements of Changes in Stockholder’s (or Owner’s) Equity and Comprehensive Income

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 

 

    Number of
Shares of
Common
Stock
    Common
Stock
    Additional
Paid in Capital
    Owner’s
Equity
    Retained
Earnings
    Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
    Total
Stockholder’s
(or  Owner’s)

Equity
 

Predecessor

             

Balance at January 1, 2008

        $ 192,725          $ 192,725   

Distributions to an affiliate

          (14,987         (14,987

Net income

          53,209            53,209   

Other comprehensive income

             

Foreign currency translation arising during the period

          (2,479         (2,479
                         

Total comprehensive income

          50,730            50,730   
                         

Balance at December 31, 2008

        $ 228,468          $ 228,468   
                         

Dividends declared

          (62,500         (62,500

Distributions to an affiliate

          (13,791         (13,791

Net income

          59,651            59,651   

Other comprehensive income

             

Foreign currency translation arising during the period

          (353         (353
                         

Total comprehensive income

          59,298            59,298   
                         

Balance at December 31, 2009

        $ 211,475          $ 211,475   
                         

Capital contribution from Popular, Inc.

          5,565            5,565   

Dividends declared

          (55,700         (55,700

Distributions to an affiliate

          (8,041         (8,041

Net income

          37,285            37,285   

Other comprehensive income

             

Foreign currency translation arising during the period

          1,284            1,284   
                         

Total comprehensive income

          38,569            38,569   
                         

Balance at September 30, 2010

        $ 191,868          $ 191,868   
                         
   

Successor

             

Issuance of common stock

    100      $  —        $ 360,331      $ —        $ —        $ —        $ 360,331   

Payment of acquisition costs on behalf of Carib Holdings Inc.

        (34,848           (34,848

Net income

            1,183          1,183   

Other comprehensive income

             

Foreign currency translation arising during the period

              (142     (142
                   

Total comprehensive income

                1,041   
                                                       

Balance at December 31, 2010

    100      $ —        $ 325,483      $ —        $ 1,183      $ (142   $ 326,524   
                                                       

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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EVERTEC, Inc. Consolidated (Successor) and

EVERTEC Business Group Combined (Predecessor) Statements of Cash Flows

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 

 

    Successor           Predecessor  
    Three months
ended
December 31,
2010
          Nine months
ended
September  30,
2010
    Year ended
December 31,
2009
    Year ended
December 31,
2008
 

Cash flows from operating activities from continuing operations

           

Net income

  $ 1,183          $ 37,285      $ 59,651      $ 53,209   

Net income from discontinued operations

    —              117        1,813        3,673   
                                   

Net income from continuing operations

    1,183            37,168        57,838        49,536   

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

           

Depreciation and amortization

    17,722            19,425        24,501        30,389   

Amortization of debt issue costs and accretion of discount

    785            —          —          —     

Provision (Reversal) for doubtful accounts and sundry losses

    89            (666     1,427        3,100   

Deferred tax (benefit) expense

    (3,373         2,806        (323     (407

Gain on sale of business

    —              —          —          (1,709

Gain on sale of equity method investment

    —              (2,276     —          —     

Gain on redemption of equity securities

    —              —          (7,869     (7,681

Equity in earnings of investee

    —              (2,270     (3,508     (4,229

Dividend received from equity investee

    —              68        2,195        2,400   

Changes in assets and liabilities that increase (decrease) cash from continuing operating activities:

           

Accounts receivable, net

    (11,047         (8,776     4,319        —     

Prepaid expenses and other assets

    1,113            (2,722     (8,097     299   

Deferred project costs

    2,047            (2,192     263        (254

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

    11,973            21,001        (6,125     (1,809

Income tax payable

    (186         1,427        (900     (575

Unearned income

    (243         (111     99        (216

Other long-term liabilities

    —              (481     (75     (69

Other

    (1,967         1,301        1,719        —     
                                   

Total adjustments

    16,913            26,534        7,626        19,239   
                                   

Net cash provided by operating activities from continuing operations

    18,096            63,702        65,464        68,775   
                                   

Cash flows from investing activities from continuing operations

           

Net decrease (increase) in restricted cash

    (2,505         581        (997     (2,679

Net decrease (increase) in short-term investments

    559            9,431        (1,991     (7,999

Intangible assets acquired

    (11,891         (11,780     (7,385     (6,373

Property and equipment acquired

    (4,106         (13,181     (14,433     (9,867

Proceeds from sales and redemptions of equity securities

    —              —          7,869        7,681   

Proceeds from sale of equity method investment

    —              7,509        —          —     

Contingent consideration paid

    —              (1,000     (750     (785

Partial payment for acquisition of equity investee

    (17,120         —          —          —     

Acquisition of predecessor

    (461,035         —          —          —     

Net repayments on short-term loans due from affiliate

    —              24,225        14,995        (17,420

Cash delivered from sale of subsidiary

    —              368        —          —     
                                   

Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities from continuing operations

    (496,098         16,153        (2,692     (37,442
                                   

Cash flows from financing activities from continuing operations

           

Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt

    557,350            —          —          —     

Debt issuance costs

    (16,472         (643     —          —     

Repayment of long-term debt

    (888         (1,413     (1,420     (2,584

Net distributions (to) from parent company

    (34,848         (8,040     —          —     

Dividends paid

    —              (55,700     (62,500     —     

Net distributions to an affiliate

    —              —          (13,790     (14,987
                                   

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities from continuing operations

    505,142            (65,796     (77,710     (17,571
                                   

Cash flows from discontinued operations

           

Net cash provided from discontinued operating activities

    —              2,930        2,095        2,302   

Net cash used in investing activities from discontinued operations

    —              (452     —          —     
                                   

Net cash provided by discontinued operations

    —              2,478        2,095        2,302   
                                   

Net increase (decrease) in cash

    27,140            16,537        (12,843     16,064   

Less: Net decrease in cash related to discontinued operations

    —              132        —          —     

Cash at beginning of the period from continuing operations

    28,559            11,891        24,734        8,670   
                                   

Cash at end of the period from continuing operations

  $ 55,699          $ 28,560      $ 11,891      $ 24,734   
                                   

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:

           

Cash paid during the period for:

           

Interest

  $ 4,263          $ 70      $ 73      $ 97   

Income taxes

  $ 448          $ 15,552      $ 22,398      $ 16,994   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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EVERTEC, Inc. Notes to Consolidated (Successor) and

EVERTEC Business Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

 

Note 1—The Company and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The Company

EVERTEC, Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively the “Company” or “EVERTEC”) is a diversified processing business, offering transaction processing, payment processing, ATM network services, merchant acquiring, merchant processing, consulting and other related services as well as sale, rental and maintenance of data processing equipment and software in Puerto Rico and certain countries in the Caribbean and Central and Latin America. EVERTEC’s subsidiaries include Sense Software International Corp. (“Sense”), EVERTEC Dominicana, S.A., EVERTEC Latinoamérica, S.A., ATH Costa Rica, S.A. (“ATH CR”) and T.I.I. Smart Solutions Inc.

On June 30, 2010, Popular, Inc. (“Popular”), EVERTEC, and two newly formed subsidiaries of a fund managed by an affiliate of Apollo Management VII, L.P. (“Apollo”), AP Carib Holdings, Ltd. (“AP Carib”) and Carib Acquisition, Inc. (“Merger Sub”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger pursuant to which Merger Sub was merged with and into EVERTEC (the “Merger”). Immediately after the effective time of the Merger on September 30, 2010, AP Carib and Popular contributed their respective shares of EVERTEC capital stock to Carib Holdings, Inc. (“Carib Holdings”) in exchange for shares of Carib Holdings capital stock. Following that contribution, EVERTEC became a 100% owned subsidiary of Carib Holdings. Carib Holdings is operated as a joint venture between Apollo and Popular, with AP Carib and Popular initially owning 51% and 49%, respectively, of Carib Holdings’ outstanding capital stock, subject to pro rata dilution to the extent that non-voting stock or other securities convertible into non-voting stock and/or derivative securities whose value is derived from such capital stock or non-voting stock are issued to EVERTEC employees, directors or consultants.

Popular and EVERTEC also entered into an Intellectual Property (“IP”) Purchase and Sale Agreement in which Popular agreed to, and cause certain of its subsidiaries to, sell to EVERTEC certain intellectual property, including the trademarks relating to the ATH brand, in exchange for $45.0 million. Banco Popular de Puerto Rico (“Banco Popular”) also entered into an Independent Sales Organization and Sponsorship Agreement with EVERTEC in which Banco Popular agreed to sponsor EVERTEC as an independent sales organization with various credit card associations and which was amended and restated at the closing of the Merger. The closing of these transactions was completed on September 30, 2010.

Basis of Presentation

The Merger was closed on September 30, 2010. The accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2010 and statements of income, cash flows and changes in stockholder’s equity for a three-month period ended December 31, 2010 were prepared reflecting preliminary purchase price accounting and other transaction adjustments resulting from the Merger, and are labeled as “Successor”. The accompanying combined balance sheet as of December 31, 2009 and combined statements of income, cash flows and changes in owner’s equity for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2010 and the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, do not include adjustments or transactions attributable to the Merger, and are labeled as “Predecessor”.

The combined financial statements of the Predecessor reflect the assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses directly attributable to the EVERTEC processing operation (“EVERTEC Business Group”), as well as certain allocated corporate services expenses from Popular and its subsidiaries. These corporate services expenses were for support functions such as accounting, finance, legal, marketing, information systems and human resources. The corporate services expenses were allocated based on a percentage of revenues or costs (and not based on actual costs incurred). Management believes that such allocation methodology is reasonable. Following the consummation of the Merger, there is a period of transition during which the Company expects some of these services will continue to be provided by Popular, pursuant to a transition services agreement. Payment processing services to commercial and retail merchants were previously provided by Popular through its merchant acquiring

 

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EVERTEC, Inc. Notes to Consolidated (Successor) and

EVERTEC Business Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

 

 

business conducted at a 100% owned subsidiary of Popular, Banco Popular, until June 30, 2010 when the merchant acquiring business was transferred to EVERTEC. Also, the TicketPop business was conducted at Banco Popular until June 30, 2010 when it was transferred to EVERTEC.

Certain prior period balances have been reclassified to conform to the current presentation format which did not have any impact on net income.

A summary of the most significant accounting policies used in preparing the accompanying consolidated and combined financial statements is as follows:

Principles of Consolidation and Combination

The accompanying consolidated and combined financial statements include the accounts and operations of EVERTEC, Inc. and EVERTEC Business Group, respectively, and its subsidiaries and are presented in accordance with GAAP. The Company consolidates all entities that are controlled by ownership of a majority voting interest as well as variable interest entities for which the Company is the primary beneficiary, if any. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions are eliminated in the consolidated and combined financial statements.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of the accompanying consolidated and combined financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.

Revenue and Expense Recognition

Revenue from information processing and other services is recognized at the time services are rendered. Rental and maintenance service revenue is recognized ratably over the corresponding contractual periods. Revenue from contracts to create data processing centers and the related cost is recognized as project phases are completed and accepted. Revenue from contracts with multiple deliverables is recognized as each deliverable is completed and accepted. Revenue from the merchant acquiring business, primarily comprised of fees charged to the merchants, is presented net of interchange and assessments charged by the credit and debit card associations and are recognized at the time of sale. Operating costs and expenses are recognized as incurred. Project costs are deferred and recognized when the related income is earned.

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment are stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization. Depreciation of property and equipment is computed using the straight-line method and expensed over their estimated useful lives. Amortization of leasehold improvements is computed over the terms of the respective leases or the estimated useful lives of the improvements, whichever is shorter. Costs of maintenance and repairs which do not improve or extend the life of the respective assets are expensed as incurred.

Capitalization of Software

Costs incurred in the preliminary project stage are expensed as incurred. Once the capitalization criteria have been met, external direct costs of materials and services are capitalized. Internal costs incurred related to upgrades and enhancements are expensed as incurred. External costs related to maintenance, unspecified

 

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EVERTEC, Inc. Notes to Consolidated (Successor) and

EVERTEC Business Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

 

 

upgrades and enhancements, and costs under agreements that combine the costs of maintenance and unspecified upgrades and enhancements are capitalized and amortized over the contract period using the straight line method, unless another systematic basis is more representative of the services received.

Impairment on Long-lived Asset

Long-lived assets to be held and used, and long-lived assets to be disposed of, are evaluated for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable.

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price over the value assigned to net assets acquired. Goodwill is not amortized, but is tested for impairment at least annually using a two-step process at each reporting unit level. The first step of the goodwill impairment test, used to identify potential impairment, compares the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount, including goodwill. If the fair value of a reporting unit exceeds its carrying amount, goodwill of the reporting unit is not considered impaired and the second step of the impairment test is unnecessary. If needed, the second step consists of comparing the implied fair value of the reporting unit with the carrying amount of that goodwill. In determining the fair value of a reporting unit, the Company generally uses a combination of methods, which include market price multiples of comparable companies and discounted cash flows analysis.

Trademarks which existed prior to the Merger were deemed to have an indefinite life and were not amortized but tested for impairment using a one-step process which compares the fair value with the carrying amount of the asset. In determining that trademark have an indefinite life, certain factors were considered, including expected cash inflows and legal, regulatory, contractual, competitive, economic, and other factors, which could limit the intangible asset’s useful life.

For the three months ended December 31, 2010, the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 no impairment losses associated with goodwill and other trademark with an indefinite life were recognized.

Other identifiable intangible assets with a definitive useful life are amortized using the straight-line method. These intangibles are evaluated periodically for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. For the three months ended December 31, 2010, the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 no impairment losses associated with other intangible assets subject to amortization were recognized.

Other identifiable intangible assets with a definitive useful life acquired in the Merger, include customer relationship, trademark, software packages and non-compete agreement. Customer relationship was valued using the excess earnings method under the income approach. Trademark was valued using the relief-from-royalty method under the income approach. Software packages, which include capitalized software development costs, were recorded at cost. Non-compete agreement was valued based on the estimated impact that theoretical competition would have on revenues and expenses.

Indemnification Assets

Indemnification assets represent the Company’s estimates of subsidies from Popular related to expected losses on services provided to certain common customers of the Company and Popular, and for certain incremental software and license costs expected to be incurred by the Company (see Note 19) during the five years following

 

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the Merger date. Indemnification assets are recorded at the fair value of the expected cash flows. The indemnification asset decreases by the payments received from Popular and is subsequently adjusted to reflect the asset at fair value. The fair value adjustment, if any, is included in current period earnings. As of December 31, 2010, the Company’s indemnification assets related to the reimbursements for services provided to the common customers and to the software subsidy amounted to $4.8 million and $10.1 million, respectively. During the three months ended December 31, 2010, the Company recorded a gain/(loss) amounting to $0.3 million and ($0.5) million related to the reimbursements for services provided to the common customers and to the software subsidy, respectively.

Derivatives

Derivatives are recognized on the balance sheet at fair value and are designated as either fair value hedge, cash flow hedge or as a free-standing derivative instrument. For a fair value hedge, changes in the fair value of the derivative instrument and changes in the fair value of the hedged asset or liability or of an unrecognized firm commitment attributable to the hedged risk are recorded in current period earnings. For a cash flow hedge, changes in the fair value of the derivative instrument, to the extent that it is effective, are recorded net of taxes in accumulated other comprehensive income and subsequently reclassified to net income in the same period(s) that the hedged transaction impacts earnings. The ineffective portions of cash flow hedges are immediately recognized in current earnings. For free-standing derivative instruments, changes in fair values are reported in current period earnings.

Income Tax

All companies within EVERTEC are legal entities which file separate income tax returns. Notwithstanding, a proportionate share of Banco Popular’s income tax expense related to the merchant acquiring business and TicketPop business has been recorded in the EVERTEC Business Group’s combined financial statements that include the six months ended June 30, 2010 and the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008. That allocation is not included in EVERTEC’s income tax returns. No temporary differences that give rise to any deferred tax asset or liability resulted as part of this allocation.

Deferred tax assets and liabilities resulting from differences between the tax basis of assets and liabilities and their reported amounts are recognized in the consolidated and combined financial statements based on enacted tax laws. Certain revenues and expenses are reported for tax purposes in different periods from those in which they are reported in the financial statements. A deferred tax valuation allowance is established if it is considered more likely than not that all or a portion of the deferred tax asset will not be realized.

The tax returns prepared by each legal entity within the Company may be subject to review by the taxing authorities of each jurisdiction. Uncertain tax positions are initially recognized in the financial statements when it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained upon examination by the tax authorities. Such tax positions are both initially and subsequently measured as the largest amount of tax benefit that is greater than 50% likely of being realized upon settlement with the tax authority, assuming full knowledge of the position and all relevant facts. Interest on income tax uncertainties is classified within income tax expense in the statement of income; while the penalties, if any, are accounted for as operating costs and expenses.

Cash

Cash includes cash on hand and in banks with original maturities of three months or less.

 

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Restricted Cash

Restricted cash represents cash received on deposits from participating institutions of the ATH network that has been segregated for the development of the ATH brand. This cash is maintained in a separate account at a financial institution in Puerto Rico. Restricted cash also includes certain cash collected from the TicketPop business.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

Allowance for doubtful accounts amounted to $1.0 million and $1.8 million at December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively, and is provided for based on the estimated uncollectible amounts of the related receivables. The estimate is primarily based on a review of the current status of specific accounts receivable. Receivables are considered past due if full payment is not received by the contractual date. Past due accounts are generally written off against the allowance for doubtful accounts only after all collection attempts have been exhausted.

Foreign currency translation

Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated to U.S. dollars using prevailing rates of exchange at the end of the period. Revenues, expenses, gains and losses are translated using weighted average rates for the period. The resulting foreign currency translation adjustment from operations for which the functional currency is other than the U.S. dollar is reported in accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income, except for highly inflationary environments for which the effects are included in other operating expenses.

Employee Benefits

Employee defined benefit pension and post-retirement plans

Prior to the Merger, certain employees of the Company were covered by the non-contributory defined benefit pension plans of Banco Popular (“BP Plan”). For the periods until June 30, 2010, pension and post-retirement expenses and accrued benefit obligation presented in the combined financial statements corresponded to the employees of Banco Popular that were part of EVERTEC and participated in the BP Plan. Effective June 30, 2010, these employees were transferred to EVERTEC as part of an internal reorganization. Total pension and post-retirement expense recognized related to those employees amounted to approximately $70,000, $349,000 and $147,000 for the period including the six months ended June 30, 2010 and the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively.

Pension costs were computed on the basis of accepted actuarial methods and were charged to current operations. Net pension costs were based on actuarial assumptions regarding future experience under the plan, which include costs for services rendered during the period, interest costs and return on plan assets, as well as deferral and amortization of certain items such as actuarial gains or losses. The funding policy was to contribute to the plan as necessary to provide for services to date and for those expected to be earned in the future. To the extent that these requirements were fully covered by assets in the plan, a contribution was not made in a particular year.

The cost of postretirement benefits, which was determined based on actuarial assumptions and estimates of the costs of providing these benefits in the future, was accrued during the years that the employee rendered the required service. Current guidance related to compensation retirement benefits requires the recognition of the funded status of each defined pension benefit plan, retiree health care and other postretirement benefit plans on the balance sheets.

Effective May 1, 2009, the Banco Popular retirement plan was amended and the accrual of the benefits was frozen. Pursuant to this amendment, the retirement plan participants will not receive any additional credit for compensation earned and service performed after April 30, 2009 for purposes of calculating benefits under the

 

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retirement plan. The retirement plan’s benefit formula was based on a percentage of average final compensation and years of service. Normal retirement age under the retirement plans is age 65 with five years of service.

Total pension and post-retirement expense recognized related to those employees amounted to $0.3 million, $0.3 million and $0.1 million, respectively, for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008. The pension and post-retirement expense is included within cost of revenues in the accompanying consolidated and combined statements income. At the consummation of the Merger, the future related pension and post-retirement expense of the then existing participants was assumed by Banco Popular. No new retirement plan was established after the Merger.

Employee savings and investment plan

Prior to the Merger, substantially all the employees of EVERTEC were eligible to participate in the Popular, Inc. Savings and Investment Plan (“Savings Plan”), a defined contribution savings plan qualified under section 1165(e) of the Puerto Rico Internal Revenue Code. Investments in the plan were participant directed, and employer matching contributions were determined based on specific provisions of the Savings Plan. Employees are fully vested in the employer’s contributions after five years of service. Effective March 31, 2009, the Savings Plan was amended to suspend the employer matching contribution to the plan. The costs of providing these benefits for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, and the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 were $0, $0.3 million and $2.0 million, respectively. The EVERTEC, Inc. Puerto Rico Savings and Investment plan was established after the completion of the Merger, with similar terms to the previous Savings Plan. No costs were incurred under the new plan for the three-month period ended December 31, 2010.

Share-based Compensation

Certain employees of EVERTEC participated in the Popular, Inc. 2004 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Incentive Plan”) adopted by the shareholders of Popular in April 2004. Management used the fair value method of recording share-based compensation as required in current accounting guidance. During the nine month period ended September 30, 2010, all unvested equity awards granted to EVERTEC employees were accelerated and became fully vested. Subsequent to the Merger, EVERTEC adopted Carib Holdings, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan under which no equity awards were granted through December 31, 2010.

Recent Accounting Standards

Accounting Standards Update No. 2009-13 (“ASU No. 2009-13”) and No. 2009-14(“ASU No. 2009-14”), Revenue Recognition (Topic 605): “Multiple-Deliverable Revenue Arrangements.” ASU No. 2009-13 addresses certain aspects of the accounting by a vendor for arrangements under which it will perform multiple revenue-generating activities. Specifically, this Subtopic addresses how to determine whether an arrangement involving multiple deliverables contains more than one unit of accounting, and how arrangement consideration should be measured and allocated to the separate units of accounting in the arrangement. Many entities offer multiple solutions to their customers’ needs. Those solutions may involve the delivery or performance of multiple products, services, or rights to use assets, and performance may occur at different times or over different periods of time. In some cases, the arrangements include initial installation, initiation, or activation services and involve consideration in the form of a fixed fee or a fixed fee coupled with a continuing payment stream. The continuing payment stream generally corresponds to the continuing performance, and the amount of the payments may be fixed, variable based on future performance or a combination of fixed and variable payment amounts. To meet their customers’ needs, vendors often provide multiple products, services, rights to use assets, or any combination thereof. These vendors transfer the deliverables to the customer and performance may occur at different times or over different periods of time, and the customer’s payments for these deliverables may be fixed, variable, or a combination of fixed and variable.

 

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ASU No. 2009-14 modifies the scope of software revenue recognition to exclude (a) non-software components of tangible products and (b) software components of tangible products that are sold, licensed, or leased with tangible products when the software components and non-software components of the tangible product function together to deliver the tangible product’s essential functionality.

These accounting standards should be applied on a prospective basis for revenue arrangements entered into or materially modified in fiscal years beginning on or after June 15, 2010, unless the vendor elects to adopt the pending content on a retroactive basis. The Company prospectively adopted ASU No. 2009-13 and ASU No. 2009-14 on January 1, 2011. The Company estimates the impact to be immaterial.

Accounting Standards Update No. 2010-17 (“ASU No. 2010-17”). In April 2010, the FASB issued guidance on the criteria that should be met for determining whether the milestone method of revenue recognition for research or development transactions is appropriate. A company may recognize consideration that is contingent upon achievement of a milestone in its entirety as revenue in the period in which the milestone is achieved only if the milestone meets all criteria to be considered substantive. This guidance is prospectively applied to milestones achieved in fiscal years beginning on or after June 15, 2010 and earlier adoption is permitted. Management evaluated the impact of this update and determined that the update will not have a significant effect on the consolidated financial statements.

Accounting Standards Update No. 2010-20 (“ASU No. 2010-20”) “Disclosure about the Credit Quality of Financing Receivables and Allowance for Credit Losses.” ASU 2010-20 introduces new disclosure requirements to provide greater transparency about an entity’s allowance for credit losses and the credit quality of its financing receivables. To achieve this objective, an entity is required to provide disclosures about the allowance for the credit losses such as allowance roll-forward and disclosures specific to the finance receivables on a disaggregated basis, defined as “portfolio segments” and “classes”. This guidance covers all finance receivable, defined as a contractual right to receive money, on demand or on fixed or determinable dates, that is recognized as an asset in the creditor’s balance sheet with certain scope exceptions such as a short-term trade accounts receivables. The disclosures to be presented as of the balance sheet date were effective for fiscal years and interim periods ending after December 15, 2010. The disclosures of reporting period activity are effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2010.

Accounting Standards Update No. 2010-28 (“ASU No. 2010-28”) “When to Perform Step 2 of the Goodwill Impairment Test for Reporting Units with Zero or Negative Carrying Amounts.” In December 2010, the FASB issued guidance on when to perform step 2 of the goodwill impairment test for reporting units with zero or negative carrying amounts. A company with reporting units that have carrying amounts that are zero or negative is required to assess whether it is more likely than not that the reporting units’ goodwill is impaired. If a company determines that it is more likely than not that the goodwill of one or more of its reporting units is impaired, the entity should perform step 2 of the goodwill impairment test for those reporting unit(s). Any resulting goodwill impairment should be recorded as a cumulative-effect adjustment to beginning retained earnings in the period of adoption. Any goodwill impairments occurring after the initial adoption of the amendments should be included in earnings. The update is effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2010. Management evaluated the impact of this update and determined that the update will not have a significant effect on the consolidated financial statements.

Accounting Standards Update No. 2010-29 (“ASU No. 2010-29”) “Disclosure of Supplementary Pro Forma Information for Business Combinations.” In December 2010, the FASB issued guidance on the interpretation of the pro forma revenue and earnings disclosure requirements for business combinations. ASU No. 2010-29 requires a company to disclose pro forma information for business combinations that occurred in the current reporting period. The disclosures include pro forma revenue and earnings of the combined entity for the current

 

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reporting period as though the acquisition date for all business combinations that occurred during the year had been as of the beginning of the annual reporting period. If comparative financial statements are presented, the pro forma revenue and earnings of the combined entity for the comparable prior reporting period should be reported as though the acquisition date for all business combinations that occurred during the current year had been as of the beginning of the comparable prior annual reporting period. The update is effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2010. Management evaluated the impact of this update and determined that the update will not have a significant effect on the consolidated financial statements (see Note 2).

Note 2—The Merger

The acquisition of EVERTEC by Carib Holdings was accounted for as a business combination using the purchase method of accounting, whereby the purchase price was allocated to tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed, based on their estimated fair market values. Fair-value measurements have been applied based on assumptions that market participants would use in the pricing of the assets or liabilities.

During the fourth quarter of 2010, retrospective adjustments were made to the estimated fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed associated with the Merger Transaction to reflect new information obtained during the measurement period about facts and circumstances that existed as of the acquisition date fair value measurements. The retrospective adjustments were mainly driven by an increase in the estimated fair value of customer relationships, recording of indemnification assets related to certain Popular subsidies (see Note 19), recording of certain derivative assets and liabilities (see Note 5), transfer of certain software licenses from Popular to the Company, and the effect of these adjustments on deferred tax assets and liabilities. The revisions resulted in a decrease in the goodwill recorded as of the Merger date.

The fair values assigned to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed are subject to refinement for up to one year after the closing date of the acquisition as new information relative to closing date fair value becomes available, and thus the recognized goodwill may increase or decrease. Completion of the Company’s internal review of such work is expected to be finalized during fiscal year 2011.

 

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The following table presents the principal changes in fair value during the fourth quarter of 2010 of assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of the Merger date along with general explanations of the major changes.

 

(Dollar amounts in thousands)    Fair Values Including
Retrospective
Adjustments (a)
    Original
Fair Values (b)
    Change  

Fair value of EVERTEC:

      

Purchase of EVERTEC equity and related intangible assets

   $ 665,576      $ 665,576      $ —     

Fair value of Popular rolled equity

     176,562        176,562        —     
                        

Total fair value of EVERTEC

     842,138        842,138        —     

Fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed:

      

Cash

     28,560        28,560        —     

Restricted cash

     3,095        3,095        —     

Short-term investments

     559        559        —     

Account receivable, net

     60,656        43,866        16,790 (d) 

Prepaid expenses and other assets

     19,881        29,191        (9,310 )(c) 

Other assets

     642        642        —     

Deferred project costs

     2,966        2,966        —     

Property and equipment

     43,718        43,718        —     

Customer relationships

     313,768        304,750        9,018 (f) 

Trademark

     39,950        39,950        —     

Non-compete agreement

     56,539        56,539        —     

Software packages

     86,416        81,516        4,900 (g) 

Accrued liabilities

     (37,395     (28,104     (9,291 )(h) 

Accounts payable

     (17,167     (17,167     —     

Income tax payable

     (2,437     (2,437     —     

Deferred tax liability, net

     (132,181     (133,220     1,039 (i) 

Other long-term liabilities

     (1,813     (1,813     —     
                        

Net assets acquired

     465,757        452,611        13,146   
                        

Excess purchase price attributed to goodwill acquired

   $ 376,381      $ 389,527      $ (13,146
                        

 

(a) Amounts reported include retrospective adjustments recorded during the three months ended December 31, 2010.
(b) Fair value amounts as originally assigned.
(c) Related to the partial payment resulting from the CONTADO and Serfinsa forward purchase agreement.
(d) Represents the recording of fair value of indemnification assets ($4.8 million) and software subsidy ($12.0 million) from Popular.
(e) Related to the recognition of the fair value of the derivative resulting from the CONTADO and Serfinsa forward purchase agreement.
(f) Represents an increase in the Customer Relationships fair value.
(g) Increase represents software licenses transferred to the Company from Popular.
(h) Reduction related to the fair value recognition of an onerous contract liability ($10.1 million) offset by the elimination of certain accrued expenses assumed by Popular ($0.8 million)
(i) Represents additional deferred tax related to the above adjustments.

At the time of the Merger, the Company believed its market position and future growth potential were the primary factors that contributed to a total purchase price that resulted in the recognition of goodwill. The total amount of goodwill acquired of $376.4 million will not be deductible for income tax purposes.

 

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Pro Forma Financial Information (Unaudited)

The following unaudited pro forma results of operations assume that the Merger occurred on January 1, 2008, after giving effect to purchase method of accounting adjustments relating to depreciation and amortization of revalued assets, interest expense associated with the senior credit facilities and the senior notes, and other acquisition-related adjustments in connection with the Merger. These unaudited pro forma results exclude transaction costs incurred in connection with the Merger. This unaudited pro forma information should not be relied upon as necessarily being indicative of the historical results that would have been obtained if the Merger had actually occurred on those dates, nor of the results that may be obtained in the future.

 

(Dollar amounts in thousands)    Year ended  
     December 31, 2010     December 31, 2009      December 31, 2008  

Revenues

   $ 287,342      $ 270,183       $ 274,003   

Net (loss) income

   $ (1,011   $ 4,647       $ (3,655

Note 3—Short-Term Investments

As of December 31, 2010, there were no short-term investments. Amounts included in short-term investments include money market investments of approximately $10.0 million as of December 31, 2009. Also included in short-term investments were short-term loans from affiliates of approximately $24.2 million with maturities ranging from 9 to 15 days and accruing interest at a fixed rate ranging from 0.48% to 0.50% at December 31, 2009.

Note 4—Accounts Receivables

Accounts Receivables as of December 31, 2010 and 2009 consisted of the following:

 

(Dollar amounts in thousands)    Successor             Predecessor  
     December 31, 2010             December 31, 2009  

Trade, net of allowance for doubtful accounts

   $ 41,639            $ 23,005   

Due from affiliates, net

     20,936              13,089   

Other, net of allowance

     3              409   
                      

Accounts receivable

   $ 62,578            $ 36,503   
                      

Note 5—Prepaid Expenses and Other Assets

Prepaid expenses and other assets at December 31, 2010 and 2009 consisted of the following:

 

     Successor             Predecessor  
(Dollar amounts in thousands)    December 31, 2010             December 31, 2009  

Taxes other than income

   $ 1,930            $ 1,160   

Software licenses and maintenance contracts

     5,823              9,916   

Prepaid income taxes

     102              —     

Postage

     922              992   

Other, including allocated assets

     2,874              3,544   

Derivative assets

     4,960              —     
                      
   $ 16,611            $ 15,612   
                      

 

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Derivative Asset

At the closing of the Merger, EVERTEC agreed to acquire up to 53.97% and 31.11% equity interests in Consorcio de Tarjetas Dominicanas, S.A. (“CONTADO”) and Servicios Financieros, S.A. de C.V. (“Serfinsa”), respectively, currently held by a subsidiary of Popular for cash in the amount of $37.4 million. The Company made a partial payment in the amount of $17.1 million and held back $20.3 million at the time of the transaction due to the fact that Popular was unable to transfer the shares at the closing of the Merger. This agreement to purchase CONTADO and Serfinsa qualifies as a freestanding derivative and, as such, the Company recorded the option at its fair value of $6.7 million as of the Merger date. At December 31, 2010, the fair value of the derivative amounted to $4.0 million. The impact of the change in the fair value of this derivative is included within the other income caption in the accompanying consolidated statement of income.

The remaining amount of $20.3 million was held back from the Merger closing payments to Popular. The interests agreed to be acquired by the Company are subject to final negotiations between Popular and the other shareholders of CONTADO and Serfinsa, pursuant to certain rights of first refusal agreements amongst those parties. Although the amount of interests agreed to be acquired by the Company may be less than the percentages above (or none may be purchased at all), the Company and Popular have agreed that the hold-back amount will be paid by the Company to the subsidiary of Popular in the amount of $20.0 million in the case of either the transfer or a sale relating to the CONTADO equity interest and $0.3 million in the case of either the transfer or a sale relating to the Serfinsa equity interest (i) upon delivery of the applicable equity interest available to the Company for purchase or (ii) if Popular sells all of the applicable equity interests to the other shareholders of such entities. In the event that the subsidiary of Popular or any of its affiliates retains all of either such equity interests of CONTADO or Serfinsa at the end of the twelve-month period following the date of the Merger, Popular will pay the Company $17.0 million with respect to the CONTADO equity interest and $0.1 million with respect to the Serfinsa equity interest. Additionally, a payment in the amount of 50.0% of any after tax sales proceeds received by the subsidiary of Popular or any of its affiliates from the sale to other shareholders of CONTADO or Serfinsa will be made to EVERTEC. See Note 6 for additional information regarding the carrying value of these equity investments during the predecessor period.

The Merger Agreement requires Popular to pay to Carib Holdings an amount equal to the after tax proceeds of any dividends received by Popular or any of its affiliates with respect to any equity interest in CONTADO or Serfinsa during the right of first refusal period (the “Dividend Agreement”). Any payments received by Carib Holdings in conjunction with the Dividend Agreement are required to be contributed by Carib Holdings to EVERTEC. The Dividend Agreement qualifies as a freestanding derivative. The derivative’s fair value at the Merger date was zero. During December 2010, the Company received approximately $1.5 million from Popular related to the Dividend Agreement. The amount received was recorded as a reduction to the derivative asset at that time. At December 31, 2010, the fair value of the derivative amounted to $0.9 million the fair value adjustment to the derivative asset amounted to $2.5 million and is included within the other income caption in the accompanying consolidated statement of income.

See Note 23 for subsequent event disclosure regarding the CONTADO acquisition.

Note 6—Investments in Equity Investees

The Predecessor financial statements include an equity ownership of 53.97% in CONTADO and 31.11% in Serfinsa. However, the Company did not acquire these interests at closing of the Merger, which were retained by a subsidiary of Popular and therefore not reflected in the Successor balance sheet.

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currency translation of approximately $9.5 million. The investment in this joint venture was carried under the equity method of accounting. The equity in CONTADO’s net income recognized in the combined statements of income for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 was approximately $1.9 million, $3.5 million and $4.1 million, respectively. Dividends received, net of tax retention, were approximately $1.9 million and $2.4 million for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively. No dividends were received from CONTADO during the nine months ended September 30, 2010. Under the terms of the Merger agreement, the Company retained its right to receive dividends for one year after the closing of the Merger. Serfinsa is primarily engaged in the ATM and POS processing services in the Republic of El Salvador. At December 31, 2009 the book value of this investment amounted to approximately $1.4 million. The equity in Serfinsa’s net income recognized in the combined statements of income for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 was approximately $64,000, $78,000 and $136,000, respectively. Dividends amounting to approximately $68,000, were received from Serfinsa during the nine months ended September 30, 2010. No dividends were received for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008.

EVERTEC held an equity participation of 19.99% in Inmediata Health Group, Corp. (“IHGC”) after selling certain assets and liabilities of its health division on April 1, 2008 to this entity in exchange for the 19.99% ownership. At December 31, 2009, the book value of this investment amounted to approximately $5.2 million. The equity in IHGC’s net income (loss) recognized in the combined statements of income for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 was $0.1 million, approximately ($30,000) and approximately ($40,000), respectively. During May 2009, EVERTEC received a dividend from IHGC in the amount of approximately $0.3 million. In April 2010, the 19.99% ownership in IHGC was sold resulting in a pretax gain of approximately $2.3 million.

Note 7—Property and Equipment, net

Property and equipment, net consists of the following:

 

(Dollar amounts in thousands)    Useful life
in years
     Successor            Predecessor  
        December 31, 2010            December 31, 2009  

Buildings

     30       $ 2,093           $ 1,258   

Data processing equipment

     3 – 5         37,942             133,073   

Furniture and equipment

     5 – 10         5,759             14,094   

Leasehold improvements

     5 – 10         531             2,640   
                        
        46,325             151,065   

Less—accumulated depreciation and amortization

        (4,139          (119,128
                        

Depreciable assets, net

        42,186             31,937   

Land

        1,503             748   
                        
      $ 43,689           $ 32,685   
                        

Depreciation and amortization expense was $4.1 million for the three months ended December 31, 2010, $10.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 3010, and $13.6 million and $15.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively.

 

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Note 8—Goodwill

As a result of the Merger consummated on September 30, 2010, goodwill of $376.4 million was recorded on the Successor balance sheet. See Note 2 for additional information related to goodwill recorded in connection with the Merger. Management is in the process of analyzing the information necessary to complete the allocation of goodwill to the corresponding reporting units.

Note 9—Other Intangible Assets

The changes in the carrying amount of other intangibles for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 consisted of the following:

 

(Dollar amounts in thousands)    Successor  
     2010  
     Useful life in years      Gross
Amount
     Accumulated
Amortization
    Net carrying
amount
 

Customer Relationships

     14       $ 313,768       $ (5,740   $ 308,028   

Trademark

     10 –14         39,950         (866     39,084   

Software packages

     3 – 5         93,905         (5,998     87,907   

Non-Compete Agreement

     15         56,539         (942     55,597   
                            
      $ 504,162       $ (13,546   $ 490,616   
                            

 

     Predecessor  
     2009  
     Useful life in years      Gross
Amount
     Accumulated
Amortization
    Net carrying
amount
 

Customer Relationships

     5       $ 4,241       $ (3,062   $ 1,179   

Trademark

     indefinite         235         —          235   

Software packages

     3 – 5         101,344         (74,433     26,911   

Non-Compete Agreement

     3         194         (194     —     
                            
      $ 106,014       $ (77,689   $ 28,325   
                            

The estimated amortization expense of the balances outstanding at December 31, 2010 for the next five years is as follows:

 

Year ending December 31

  

2011

     53,261   

2012

     50,261   

2013

     44,586   

2014

     48,475   

2015

     37,651   

As of December 31, 2010, and 2009, the Company had accumulated amortization of approximately $13.5 million and $77.7 million, respectively. For the three months ended December 31, 2010 and the nine months ended September 30, 2010, the Company recorded amortization expense of $13.5 million and $9.1 million, respectively. For the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, amortization expense amounted to $10.9 million and $15.1 million, respectively.

See Note 2 for additional information related to intangible assets recorded in connection with the Merger.

 

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Note 10—Debt

At December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, debt consists of the following:

 

     Successor            Predecessor  
(Dollar amounts in thousands)    December 31, 2010            December 31, 2009  

Senior secured credit facility

         

Senior secured term loan

   $ 354,112           $ —     

Revolving credit facility

     —               —     

Senior notes

     220,000             1,413   

Less: unamortized fees and discounts

     (11,939          —     
                     

Total debt

     562,173             1,413   

Less: current maturities

     (3,550          (1,413
                     

Long-term debt

   $ 558,623           $ —     
                     

Senior Secured Credit Facility

In connection with the Merger, on September 30, 2010, the Company entered into senior secured credit facilities consisting of a $355.0 million six-year term loan facility and a $50.0 million five-year revolving credit facility (“Credit Agreement”). The revolving facility has not been drawn down.

The Company’s revolving credit facility requires the Company to pay the respective participating lenders a quarterly commitment fee initially equal to 0.75% per annum of the actual daily amount of undrawn commitments under the revolving credit facility during the preceding quarter, subject to reduction based on achievement of specified first lien secured leverage ratios.

The Company’s term loan facility provides for quarterly amortization payment totaling 1% per annum of the original principal amount of the term loan facility, with the balance payable on the final maturity date. Mandatory prepayment obligations also include, subject to expectations:

 

   

100% of the net cash proceeds of asset sales, dispositions and casualty or insurance proceeds, subject to certain exceptions and customary reinvestment provisions;

 

   

50% of the Company’s excess cash flows, which is defined in the Credit Agreement, with such percentage subject to reduction to 25% or 0% based on achievement of specified first lien secured leverage ratios; and

 

   

100% of the net cash proceeds received from issuances of certain debt incurred after the closing of the Merger.

The terms of the Company’s senior secured credit facilities allow the Company to prepay loans and permanently reduce the loan commitments under the senior secured credit facilities at any time, subject to the payment of customary LIBOR breakage costs, if any, provided that, in connection with certain refinancing on or prior to the first anniversary of the closing date of the senior secured credit facilities, certain premium is paid.

The interest rate with respect to the loans to the Company under the senior secured credit facilities is based on, at the Company’s option: (i) the greater of adjusted LIBOR and 1.75%, plus an interest margin of 5.25%; or (ii) the greater of “ABR” (which is equal to the higher of (a) the federal funds rate plus 0.5% and (b) Bank of America, N.A.’s prime rate) and 2.75%, plus an interest margin of 4.25%. The interest margin under the revolving credit

 

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facility is subject to reduction based on achievement of specified first lien secured leverage ratios. The applicable interest rate at December 31, 2010 is 7.00%. See Note 23 for information regarding subsequent event related to the term loan facility.

The Company’s obligations under the senior secured credit facilities and under any cash management, interest rate protection or other hedging arrangements entered into with a lender or any affiliate thereof will be guaranteed by Carib Holdings and each of the Company’s existing and subsequently acquired or organized 100% owned subsidiaries, subject to certain exceptions.

The debt issuance costs associated with the issuance of the senior secured term loan are amortized to interest expense over the term of the loan using the interest method. The senior secured term loan matures in six years from the closing date. Debt issuance costs are included within other long-term assets in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.

Subject to certain exceptions, the senior secured credit facilities are secured to the extent legally permissible by substantially all of the assets of (1) Carib Holdings, including a perfected pledge of all of the Company’s capital stock and (2) the Company and the subsidiary guarantors, including but not limited to: (a) a pledge of substantially all capital stock held by the Company or any guarantor and (b) a perfected security interest in substantially all tangible and intangible assets of the Company and each guarantor.

Senior Notes

In connection with the Merger, on September 30, 2010, the Company issued $220.0 million in principal amount of the senior notes in a private placement. The senior notes, which are unsecured, bear interest at a rate of 11.00% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears on April 1 and October 1, beginning on April 1, 2011. Debt issuance costs to the senior notes are amortized to interest expense over the term of the notes using the interest method. The senior notes mature on October 1, 2018.

Additional interest is payable with respect to the senior notes in certain circumstances if the Company does not consummate the offer to exchange the notes for similar registered notes (or shelf registration, if applicable).

The Company may redeem the senior notes at its option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time at certain redemption prices.

Each of the Company’s direct and indirect 100% owned restricted subsidiaries that are guarantors under the Credit Agreement jointly and severally irrevocable and unconditionally guarantee on a senior basis the performance and punctual payment when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, of all obligations of the Company under the indenture and the senior notes, whether for payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest or additional interest on the senior notes, expenses, indemnification or otherwise (See Note 22). We may redeem the Notes prior to the maturity date based upon the following conditions: (1) prior to October 1, 2013 we may redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes with the proceeds of certain equity offerings at a redemption price of 111% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest, (2) during, in each of the 12-month periods beginning October 1, 2014, October 1, 2015, and subsequent to October 1, 2016, we may redeem all of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes at a redemption price of 105.5%, 102.75% and 100%, respectively, of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest, and (3) prior to October 1, 2014, we may redeem all or any portion of the Notes at a price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes plus a make-whole premium and accrued and unpaid interest. Upon a change in control, the Note holders each have the right to require us to redeem their Notes at a redemption price of 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest.

 

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For information regarding the carrying value and the fair value of the senior secured term loan and senior notes as of December 31, 2010, refer to Note 11.

The senior secured credit facilities and the senior notes contain various covenants that limit the Company’s ability to, among other things: incur or guarantee additional debt; pay dividends or make distributions; repurchase or redeem capital stock or subordinated indebtedness; make loans, investments or acquisitions; incur restrictions on the ability of certain subsidiaries to pay dividends or to make other payments; enter into transactions with affiliates; create liens; merge or consolidate with other companies or transfer all or substantially all assets; transfer or sell assets, including capital stock of subsidiaries; and prepay, redeem or repurchase certain indebtedness.

Other Debt

The Company had a financing agreement dated as of February 2008 for certain hardware and software licenses, with interest payable monthly at a fixed rate of 1.76%. The outstanding balance related to this agreement was recorded as a current portion of long-term debt of $1.4 million as of December 31, 2009, which was paid in full in March 2010. Interest expense recorded on the above borrowing for the nine month period ended September 30, 2010 and the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, was approximately $14,000, $31,000, and $43,000, respectively.

Annual Principal Payments

Annual principal payments required under the terms of the long-term debt agreements were as follows at December 31, 2010:

 

(Dollar amounts in thousands)       

Years ending December 31,

  

2011

   $ 3,550   

2012

     3,550   

2013

     3,550   

2014

     3,550   

2015

     3,550   

Thereafter

     556,362   
        
   $ 574,112   
        

Note 11—Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements

Recurring Fair Value Measurements

Fair value measurement provisions establish a fair value hierarchy which requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. This guidance describes three levels of input that may be used to measure fair value:

Level 1: Inputs are unadjusted, quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets at the measurement date.

Level 2: Inputs, other than quoted prices included in Level 1, which are observable for the asset or liability through corroboration with market data at the measurement date.

Level 3: Unobservable inputs that reflect management’s best estimate of what market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability at the measurement date.

 

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The Company uses observable inputs when available. Fair value is based upon quoted market prices when available. If market prices are not available, the Company may employ internally-developed models that primarily use market-based inputs including yield curves, interest rates, volatilities, and credit curves, among others. The Company limits valuation adjustments to those deemed necessary to ensure that the financial instrument’s fair value adequately represents the price that would be received or paid in the marketplace. Valuation adjustments may include consideration of counterparty credit quality and liquidity as well as other criteria. The estimated fair value amounts are subjective in nature and may involve uncertainties and matters of significant judgment for certain financial instruments. Changes in the underlying assumptions used in estimating fair value could affect the results. The fair value measurement levels are not indicative of risk of investment.

The following table summarizes fair value measurements by level at December 31, 2010, for assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis:

 

(Dollar amounts in thousands)                            
     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Financial Assets:

           

Indemnification assets:

           

Software subsidy

   $ —         $ —         $ 10,068       $ 10,068   

Expected reimbursement

     —           —           4,767         4,767   

Derivative Instruments:

           

Forward purchase agreement

   $ —         $ —         $ 3,970       $ 3,970   

Dividend agreement

     —           —           990         990   

The fair value of financial instruments is the amount at which an asset or obligation could be exchanged in a current transaction between willing parties, other than in a forced liquidation sale. Fair value estimates are made at a specific point in time based on the type of financial instrument and relevant market information. Many of these estimates involve various assumptions and may vary significantly from amounts that could be realized in actual transactions.

For those financial instruments with no quoted market prices available, fair values have been estimated using present value calculations or other valuation techniques, as well as management’s best judgment with respect to current economic conditions, including discount rates and estimates of future cash flows.

The fair values reflected herein have been determined based on the prevailing interest rate environment at December 31, 2010. In different interest rate environments, fair value estimates can differ significantly, especially for certain fixed rate financial instruments. The fair values presented do not attempt to estimate the value of the Company’s businesses and anticipated future business activities. Accordingly, the aggregate fair value amounts presented do not represent the underlying value of the Company. The methodology and assumptions used to estimate the fair values of the significant financial instruments at December 31, 2010 are described below.

Indemnification assets include the present value of the expected future cash flows of certain expense reimbursement agreements from Popular. These contracts are a result of the purchase accounting related to the Merger Transaction dated September 30, 2010, and have termination dates ranging from February 2012 until September 2015. Management prepared estimates of the expected reimbursements to be received from Popular until the termination of the contracts, used a rate of 1.99% to discount the estimated future cash flows and recorded the indemnification assets as of the Merger date. Payments received during the three months ended December 31, 2010 reduced the indemnification asset balance. The remaining balance was adjusted to reflect its fair value as of December 31, 2010, therefore resulting in a net unrealized loss of approximately $0.2 million,

 

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which is reflected within the other income caption in the consolidated statement of income. The fair value of the indemnification assets is included within accounts receivable, net in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet. See Note 19 for additional information regarding the expense reimbursement agreements.

The senior secured term loan and the senior notes were priced using their current available prices as of December 31, 2010. See Note 10 for additional information regarding the senior secured term loan and Senior Notes.

Derivative instruments include a forward purchase agreement related to the acquisition of CONTADO and Serfinsa (see Note 5) and a certain dividend agreement related to the CONTADO and Serfinsa acquisition (see Notes 5 and 19) also entered into with Popular as a result of the Merger Transaction. The fair value of the forward purchase agreement and the dividend agreement is included within the prepaid and other assets caption in the December 31, 2010 consolidated balance sheet. As of December 31, 2010, a loss of $3.7 million a gain of $2.5 million arising from change in the fair value of the forward purchase agreement and the dividend agreement, respectively, is included within the other income caption of the consolidated statement of income.

The following table presents the carrying value, as applicable, and estimated fair values for financial instruments at December 31, 2010. The fair value of derivatives was estimated utilizing a Monte Carlo Simulation Analysis using relevant benchmark inputs.

 

(Dollar amounts in thousands)              
      Carrying
Amount
     Fair
Value
 

Financial Assets:

     

Indemnification assets

     

Software subsidy

   $ 10,068       $ 10,068   

Expected reimbursements

   $ 4,767       $ 4,767   

Financial Liabilities:

     

Senior secured term loan

   $ 342,173       $ 355,292   

Senior notes

   $ 220,000       $ 221,100   

Derivative Instruments:

     

Forward purchase agreement

   $ 3,970       $ 3,970   

Dividend agreement

   $ 990       $ 990   

The following table provides a summary of the change in fair value of the Company’s Level 3 assets:

 

(Dollar amounts in thousands)             
      Indemnification
Assets
    Derivative
Assets
 

Predecessor

    

Balance—January 1, 2010

   $ —        $ —     
   

Successor

    

Initial recognition

     16,790        7,690   

Payments received

     (1,801     (1,514

Unrealized loss recognized in other income

     (153     (1,216
                

Balance—December 31, 2010

   $ 14,836      $ 4,960   
                

There were no transfers in or out of Level 3 during the three months ended December 31, 2010.

 

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Note 12—Other Long-Term Liability

As part of the terms and conditions of an existing agreement for software licenses acquired, EVERTEC entered into a commitment with a third party to pay license and professional service fees beginning on December 31, 2009 and ending on July 30, 2015. The outstanding balance for this liability as of December 31, 2010 was $1.1 million. The agreement also includes a contingent fee up to $1.0 million based on certain acceptance conditions.

Other long-term liability includes $1.1 million of an onerous liability recorded by the Company related to the fair value of a contract to provide services to a Popular customer. The liability is being amortized to revenues until the termination of the contract. See Note 19.

Note 13—Equity

The Company is authorized to issue up to 2,500,000 shares of $1.00 par value common stock Class A and had 100 shares outstanding at December 31, 2010. The Company is also authorized to issue 500,000 shares of $1.00 par value preferred stock. As of December 31, 2010, no shares of preferred stock have been issued.

As previously discussed in Note 1, the Company received net assets of the merchant acquiring business and TicketPop business from Banco Popular on June 30, 2010. Expenses allocated to the merchant acquiring business and TicketPop business in EVERTEC were recorded as capital contributions from an affiliate, since there were no stated repayments scheduled for such expenses. Cash from operating activities of these businesses for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 were presented as distributions to an affiliate in the combined statements of cash flows and the combined statements of stockholder’s (or owner’s) equity since the affiliate retained the cash generated from the operations of these businesses. Since June 30, 2010, cash from operating activities related to these businesses is included in the net cash provided by operating activities from continuing operations in the accompanying consolidated and combined statements of cash flows.

The senior secured credit facilities and the senior notes contain various covenants that limit the Company’s ability to pay dividends or make distributions. See Note 10.

Note 14—Merchant Acquiring Revenues

Merchant acquiring revenues are presented net of interchange fees and assessments charged by credit and debit card associations. The Company’s gross billings from merchant customers were $40.2 million, $100.7 million, $125.5 million and $130.5 million for the three months ended December 31, 2010, the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively. Said billings included interchange fees and assessments charged by credit and debit card associations to the Company, as follows:

 

    Successor           Predecessor  
(Dollar amounts in thousands)   Three months ended
December 31, 2010
          Nine months ended
September 30, 2010
    Year ended  
        December 31, 2009     December 31, 2008  

Interchange fees and assessments

  $ 25,399          $ 60,910      $ 76,742      $ 82,743   

Note 15—Share-based Compensation

Certain employees of EVERTEC participated in the Popular, Inc. 2004 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Incentive Plan”) adopted by the shareholders of Popular in April 2004. This plan replaced and superseded the 2001 Stock Option Plan (the “Stock Option Plan”) maintained by Popular.

 

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Stock Option Plan

This plan provided for the issuance of Popular, Inc.’s common stock at a price equal to its fair market value at the grant date, subject to certain plan provisions. The maximum option term is ten years from the date of grant. Unless an option agreement provides otherwise, all options granted are 20% exercisable after the first year and an additional 20% is exercisable after each subsequent year, subject to an acceleration clause at termination of employment due to retirement.

As of September 30, 2010, total outstanding stock options of 199,940 were fully vested. Prior to the Merger date, the exercise period of all options was reduced to 6 months or 90 days from the date of modification. Such modification had no impact on the financial statements.

For the three months ended December 31, 2010 and the nine months ended September 30, 2010, EVERTEC did not recognize any stock options expense. For the year ended December 31, 2009, the Company recognized stock options expense of approximately $40,000, with a tax benefit of approximately $16,000; and for the year ended December 31, 2008 EVERTEC recognized stock options expense of approximately $87,000, with a tax benefit of approximately $34,000.

Incentive Plan

The Incentive Plan permitted the granting of incentive awards in the form of annual incentive awards, long-term performance unit awards, stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted units or performance shares.

Under the Incentive Plan, Popular issued restricted shares, which vested based on the employees’ continued service with Popular. Unless otherwise stated in an agreement, the compensation cost associated with the shares of restricted stock was determined based on a two-prong vesting schedule. The first part vested ratably over five years commencing at the date of grant and the second part vested at termination of employment after attainment of 55 years of age and 10 years of service. Vesting accelerated at termination of employment after attaining 55 years of age and 10 years of service. During the nine months ended September 30, 2010, vesting periods of all outstanding restricted stock awards was accelerated and all outstanding restricted stock awards became fully vested.

For the three months ended December 31, 2010, EVERTEC did not recognize any compensation expense related to the restricted stock. For the nine months ended September 30, 2010, EVERTEC recognized $0.2 million of compensation expense related to the accelerated vesting of restricted stock, with a tax benefit of approximately $69,000. For the year ended December 31, 2009, EVERTEC recognized approximately $68,000 of compensation expense, with a tax benefit of approximately $28,000; and for the year ended December 31, 2008, EVERTEC recognized approximately $52,000 of compensation expense, with a tax benefit of approximately $20,000. The fair value of the restricted stock vested as of September 30, 2010 was $0.3 million at grant date and $0.1 million at vesting date; and the fair value of restricted stock vested as of December 31, 2009 was approximately $57,000 at grant date and $5,000 at vesting date. The fair value of restricted stock vested as of December 31, 2008 was approximately $64,000 at grant date and $39,000 at vesting date. The fair value difference between the grant date and vesting date triggered a shortfall of $0.2 million in 2010, approximately $53,000 in 2009, and approximately $25,000 in 2008 that was recorded as an additional income tax expense since EVERTEC did not have any surplus due to windfalls.

Beginning in 2007, Popular authorized the issuance of performance shares, in addition to restricted shares, under the Incentive Plan. The performance shares award consisted of the opportunity to receive shares of Popular Inc.’s common stock provided Popular achieved certain performance goals during a three-year performance cycle. The

 

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compensation cost associated with the performance shares was recorded ratably over a three-year performance period. The performance shares were granted at the end of the three-year period and were vested at grant date, except when the participant’s employment was terminated without cause. In such a case, the participant received a pro-rata amount of shares calculated as if Popular would have met the performance goal for the performance period. As of September 30, 2010, 16,165 performance shares were granted, and no performance shares were granted under this plan in 2009. During the quarter ended September 30, 2010, vesting periods of all outstanding performance shares was accelerated and all outstanding performance shares became fully vested.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2010, EVERTEC recognized $0.2 million of compensation expense related to the accelerated vesting of performance shares with a tax benefit of approximately $79,000; and for the year ended December 31, 2009, EVERTEC recognized approximately $2,000 of compensation expense, with a tax benefit of approximately $1,000. The fair value of the performance shares vested as of September 30, 2010 was $0.2 million and $52,000 at grant date and at vesting date, respectively. No performance shares vested in 2009. The fair value difference between the grant date and vesting date triggered a shortfall of $0.1 million in 2010 that was recorded as an additional income tax expense since EVERTEC did not have any surplus due to windfalls.

After the Merger, the Carib Holdings, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Stock Incentive Plan”) was established to grant stock options, rights to purchase shares, restricted stock, restricted stock units and other stock-based rights to employees, directors, consultants and advisors of the Company. Any shares of common stock issued pursuant to this plan will be non-voting common stock of Carib Holdings, Inc. The maximum number of shares of common stock that may be issued or transferred under the Stock Incentive Plan is 2,921,604. No grants were made through December 31, 2010. Under the Stock Incentive Plan, 2,639,178 options were granted on February 11, 2011 to certain employees of the Company.

Note 16—Other income

For the three months ended December 31, 2010, other income includes gains/(losses) related to the fair value adjustment of certain indemnification assets, software subsidies and derivative assets of $0.3 million, $0.5 million and ($1.2) million, respectively (see Notes 5 and 19).

As described in Note 6, other income for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 includes a pre-tax gain of $2.3 million recognized by EVERTEC in the sale of its 19.99% ownership in IHGC.

Other income for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 includes a pre-tax gain of $7.9 million and $7.7 million, respectively recorded by ATH CR resulting from the mandatory partial redemption of Visa stock as a result of Visa’s initial public offering (“IPO”). The Visa stock had a book basis of zero in ATH CR’s financial statements prior to the redemption by Visa. As of December 31, 2010 there are no unredeemed shares of Visa stock held by ATH CR.

 

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Note 17—Income Tax

The components of income tax expense for the three months ended December 31, 2010, the nine months ended September 30, 2010, and the years ended December 31 2009 and 2008 consisted of the following:

 

    Successor           Predecessor  
                Nine months ended
September 30, 2010
    Year ended  
(Dollar amounts in thousands)   Three months ended
December 31, 2010
            December 31, 2009     December 31, 2008  

Continuing Operations

           

Current tax provision

  $ 2,012          $ 20,211      $ 30,982      $ 24,321   

Deferred tax (benefit) expense

    (3,373         2,806        (323     (407
                                   
  $ (1,361       $ 23,017      $ 30,659      $ 23,914   
                                   

Discontinuing Operations

           

Current tax provision

  $ —            $ 840      $ 121      $ 536   

Deferred tax expense (benefit)

    —              (23     —          —     
                                   
  $ —            $ 817      $ 121      $ 536   
                                   

The Company was granted a tax exemption under the Tax Incentive Law No. 135 of 1997. Under this grant, EVERTEC was taxed at a rate of 7% on all the income derived from certain data processing and consulting services provided outside Puerto Rico for a 10-year period ended December 1, 2009. EVERTEC is in negotiations of a new tax exemption grant under the Tax Incentive Law No. 73 of 2008, with similar terms as the former grant. Management believes that its request for the new grant will be approved retroactively to December 1, 2009 by the local tax authorities. For the three months ended December 31, 2010, the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, income subject to the exemption amounted to $1.3 million, $3.9 million, $3.6 million and $2.4 million, respectively.

In addition, EVERTEC has a base tax rate of 7% on income derived from certain development and installation service in excess of a determined income for a 10-year period from January 1, 2008. Up to December 31, 2010, no income was subject to the exemption since the income covered by the decree did not exceed the determined base income amount.

On May 16, 2006, the Puerto Rico legislature approved Act 98, which required certain companies operating in Puerto Rico to pay an additional income tax of 5% based on the taxable income of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2005. In accordance with the Act, the Company paid $0.8 million in July 2006 and recorded a deferred tax asset for the same amount. The extraordinary tax can be claimed as a credit in taxable years commencing after July 31. 2006. The amount that can be taken as a credit on an annual basis is limited to 25% of the amount paid to the extent that future taxable income is generated. EVERTEC used $0.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008.

During July 2009, the Governor of Puerto Rico signed into law Puerto Rico’s Act No. 37, which requires certain corporations to pay a 5% additional tax over the tax liability, resulting in an increase in the statutory tax rate from 39% to 40.95%. This change, as required by this Act, was applicable for a three-year period ending on 2011.

On November 15, 2010, the Governor of Puerto Rico signed into Law the Internal Revenue Code for a New Puerto Rico (“Act 171”), which provides for a 7% tax credit applicable to the fully taxable operations of EVERTEC for the year ended December 31, 2010, resulting in the Company claiming a credit of $1.1 million for said year.

 

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The following table presents the components of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities:

 

     Successor           Predecessor  
(Dollar amounts in thousands)    December 31, 2010           December 31, 2009  

Deferred tax assets:

        

Allowance for doubtful accounts

   $ 696          $ 1,753   

Extraordinary tax credits

     —              212   

Deferred tax compensation

     —              191   

Other temporary assets

     1,352            163   
                    

Total gross deferred tax assets

     2,048            2,319   
                    

Deferred tax liabilities:

        

Deferred compensation

     2,604            —     

Differences between the assigned values and the tax basis of assets and liabilities recognized in purchase business combination

     128,219            201   

Other temporary liabilities

     131         
                    

Total gross deferred tax liabilities

     130,954            201   
                    

Gross deferred tax assets less liabilities

     (128,906         2,118   

Less: valuation allowance

     —              8   
                    

Net deferred tax (liabilities) /assets

   $ (128,906       $ 2,110   
                    

As of December 31, 2010, the Company recognized a deferred tax liability of $128.9 million. The net amount, which is the result of the difference between assigned values and the tax bases of the assets and liabilities recognized in the business combination, is included within the deferred tax liability in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.

EVERTEC was subject to income tax withholding on payments received for services rendered in Venezuela. These tax withholdings were generally creditable against the Puerto Rico income tax, subject to certain limitations. The business in Venezuela was discontinued on September 30, 2010. For the nine months ended September 30, 2010, and the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, total creditable withholdings amounted to approximately $1.2 million, $0.6 million and $0.4 million, respectively.

Specific tax indemnification obligations were agreed under the Merger Agreement: (i) to the extent EVERTEC has incurred taxes already paid by Popular at or prior to the closing related to the post-closing period, EVERTEC is required to reimburse Popular for these prepaid taxes; and (ii) to the extent EVERTEC has incurred taxes payable after closing related to the pre-closing period, Popular is required to reimburse EVERTEC for such taxes.

The Company recognizes in its financial statements the benefits of tax return positions if it is more likely than not to be sustained on audit based on its technical merits. At December 31, 2010, EVERTEC had a liability for unrecognized tax benefits of approximately $1.2 million, which, if recognized in the future, would impact EVERTEC’s effective tax rate. On a quarterly basis EVERTEC evaluates its tax positions and revises its estimates accordingly. The Company records accrued interest, if any, to unrecognized tax benefits in income tax expense, while the penalties, if any reported in operating costs and expenses. As of December 31, 2010, the Company had not accrued any amount for potential payment of penalties and interest.

 

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The reconciliation of unrecognized tax benefits, including accrued interest, was as follows:

 

     Predecessor  
(Dollar amounts in thousands)    Total  

Balance as of January 1, 2008

   $ —     

Additions for tax positions related to 2008

     569   
        

Balance as of December 31, 2008

   $ 569   

Additions for tax positions related to 2009

     653   
        

Balance as of December 31, 2009

   $ 1,222   

Additions for tax positions related to 2010

     —     
        

Balance as of September 30, 2010

   $ 1,222   
        

There were no changes in the Company’s tax positions during the three months ended December 31, 2010.

The income tax expense differs from the amount computed by applying the Puerto Rico statutory income tax rate to the income before income taxes as a result of the following:

 

    Successor           Predecessor  
(Dollar amounts in thousands)   Three months ended
December 31, 2010
          Nine months ended
September 30, 2010
    Year ended  
              December 31, 2009     December 31, 2008  
    Amount     % of pre-tax
income
          Amount     % of pre-tax
income
    Amount     % of pre-tax
income
    Amount     % of pre-tax
income
 

Computed income tax at statutory rates

  $ (73     40.95       $ 24,646        40.95   $ 36,239        40.95   $ 28,645        39.00

Benefit of net tax-exempt interest income

    —          0.00         (79     -0.13     (157     -0.18     (72     -0.10

Effect of income subject to capital gain tax rate

    —          0.00         (574     -0.95     (1,708     -1.93     (1,761     -2.40

Differences in tax rates due to multiple juristictions

    (197     111.02         (155     -0.26     (2,159     -2.44     (1,133     -1.54

Effect of income subject to tax-exemption grant

    (504     283.81         (2,479     -4.12     (2,506     -2.83     (781     -1.06

Credit Pursuant to
Act 171

    (1,122     631.18                

Other

    535        -301.51         1,658        2.75     950        1.07     (984     -1.34
                                                                   

Income tax expense

  $ (1,361     765.45       $ 23,017        38.24   $ 30,659        34.64   $ 23,914        32.56
                                                                   

The legal entities within EVERTEC file separate income tax returns in Puerto Rico and certain other foreign jurisdictions. As of December 31, 2010, the statute of limitations for all tax years prior to 2005 expired for the Company in Puerto Rico and subsequent years are subject to review by a the Puerto Rico Treasury Department.

Note 18—Discontinued Operations

The results of operations of the Venezuela business, which was a part of the Company in the Predecessor period, are reported as a discontinued operation in the consolidated and combined financial statements, as the Venezuela business was not acquired in the Merger.

 

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Prior to the closing of the Merger, the Venezuela business was transferred to Popular and the Company entered into a transition services agreement with Popular, pursuant to which the Company will provide certain services to the Venezuela business for up to 12 months from the closing of the Merger.

The results of discontinued operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 consisted of the following:

 

     Predecessor  
(Dollar amounts in thousands)    Nine months  ended
September 30, 2010
     Year ended  
      December 31, 2009      December 31, 2008  

Revenues

   $ 8,726       $ 13,126       $ 11,110   

Operating costs and expenses

     7,815         11,352         7,074   
                          

Income from operations

     911         1,774         4,036   

Non-operating income

     23         160         173   
                          

Income before income taxes

     934         1,934         4,209   

Income tax expense

     817         121         536   
                          

Net income from discontinued operations

   $ 117       $ 1,813       $ 3,673   
                          

The assets and liabilities from discontinued operations included in the Company’s combined balance sheet as of December 31, 2009 consisted of the following:

 

(Dollar amounts in thousands)    Predecessor  
     December 31, 2009  

Assets:

  

Current Assets:

  

Cash and short-term investments

   $ 3,548   

Account receivable, net

     3,868   

Prepaid expenses and other assets

     1,472   

Deferred tax asset

     92   
        

Current assets of discontinued operations

     8,980   

Property and equipment, net

     1,670   
        

Total assets of discontinued operations

   $ 10,650   
        

Liabilities:

  

Current Liabilities:

  

Accrued liabilities

   $ 1,699   

Accounts payable

     1,494   
        

Total liabilities of discontinued operations

   $ 3,193   
        

 

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Note 19—Related Party Transactions

The following table presents the Company’s transactions with affiliated companies for the three months ended December 31, 2010, the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008:

 

    Successor           Predecessor  
(Dollar amounts in thousands)   Three months  ended
December 31, 2010
          Nine months  ended
September 30, 2010
    Year ended  
          December 31, 2009     December 31, 2008  

Total revenues from
affiliates (1)

  $ 40,140          $ 106,137      $ 134,219      $ 138,087   
                                   

Expenses paid to affiliates:

           

Administrative overhead and other allocated expenses

  $ —            $ 2,217      $ 3,386      $ 3,214   

Corporate expense charged by Popular

    —              5,263        6,426        6,108   
                                   

Total allocated and corporate expense charged by Popular

  $ —            $ 7,480      $ 9,812      $ 9,322   
                                   

Rent and other fees

  $ 2,634          $ 7,342      $ 8,442      $ 8,567   
                                   

Interest earned from and charged by affiliates:

           

Interest income

  $ 94          $ 51      $ 129      $ 539   
                                   

Interest expense (2)

  $ 2,193          $ 10      $ 1      $ 7   
                                   

 

(1) As discussed below, all services to Popular, its subsidiaries and affiliates are governed by the Master Services Agreement under which EVERTEC has a contract to provide such services for at least 15 years. Total revenues form Popular represent 52% and 51% of total revenues for the three month ended December 31, 2010 and nine month ended September 30, 2010, respectively.

 

(2) Interest expense for the three months ended December 31, 2010 is related to interest accrued on the senior secured term loan and senior unsecured notes held by Popular. See table below.

In connection with the Merger, the Company entered into a 15 year, exclusive Master Services Agreement (“MSA”) with Popular and certain of Popular’s subsidiaries. All services to Popular and its subsidiaries provided by the Company are governed by the MSA, under which Popular and its subsidiaries agreed to continue to receive those services on an exclusive basis for the duration of the agreement on commercial terms consistent with historical pricing practices among the parties.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, certain expenses were allocated to the Company by Popular, including accounting, finance, legal, marketing, information systems and human resources. These costs were allocated based on a percentage of revenues or costs (and not based on actual costs incurred). These charges were included in the combined statements of income. After September 30, 2010, expenses related to these activities were recorded by the Company as incurred.

 

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At December 31, 2010 and 2009, EVERTEC had the following balances arising from transactions with affiliated companies:

 

     Successor           Predecessor  
(Dollar amounts in thousands)    December 31, 2010           December 31, 2009  

Cash deposits in affiliated bank

   $ 52,298          $ 7,640   
                    

Short-term loans due from affiliate

   $ —            $ 24,225   
                    

Other due from affiliates

   $ 18,545          $ 14,469   
                    

Long term debt due to affiliate

   $ 94,850          $ —     
                    

Loan to an officer

   $ 170          $ —     
                    

The balance of cash deposits in an affiliated bank was included within the cash line item in the accompanying consolidated and combined balance sheets. Due from affiliates mainly included the amounts outstanding related to processing and information technology services billed to Popular subsidiaries according to the terms of the MSA. This amount was included in the accounts receivable, net in the consolidated and combined balance sheets.

Upon the Merger, Carib Holdings and the Company entered into a consulting agreement whereby the Company agreed to reimburse Apollo and Popular for certain expenses and an annual management fee of the greater of (i) $2.0 million and (ii) 2% of EVERTEC EBITDA, in total in exchange for which Carib Holdings and EVERTEC will receive certain advisory services from Apollo and Popular. The first annual payment is due on April 1, 2011.

The Company is entitled to receive subsidies from Popular regarding services the Company provides to certain customers of Popular at a preferential price for a period of approximately 17 months from the closing date of the Merger. As of the Merger date, the Company recorded $5.6 million as an expected reimbursement asset from Popular at fair value related to this subsidy. During the three months ended December 31, 2010, the Company received $1.1 million from Popular, which were recorded as a reduction of the expected reimbursement asset. The Company also recorded an unfavorable contract liability at fair value of $10.1 million related to the contract with one of the Popular clients. The liability is being amortized to revenues until the termination of the contract (February 2012). At December 31, 2010 the current portion of the expected reimbursement asset of $4.1 million is included within the accounts receivable caption and the long-term portion is included within other long-term assets in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet. The current portion of the unfavorable contract liability of $7.0 million is included in the accounts payable caption and the long-term portion of $1.1 is included within the other long-term liability caption in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet (see Note 12). Gains and losses related to the reimbursement asset are included within the other income caption in the accompanying consolidated statement of income. See Note 11.

In addition, the Company is entitled to receive subsidies from Popular regarding certain software license fees if such amounts exceed certain amounts for a period of 5 years from the closing date of the Merger. As a result of this agreement, the Company recorded approximately $11.2 million as a software subsidy asset at fair value as of the Merger date. For the three months ended December 31, 2010, the Company received $0.7 million related to such subsidy, which were recorded as a reduction of the subsidy asset. At December 31, 2010 the current portion of said subsidy asset of $2.8 million is included within the accounts receivable caption and the long-term portion is included in the other long-term assets caption in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet. Gains and losses related to the subsidy asset are included within the other income caption in the accompanying consolidated statement of income. See Note 11.

 

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From time to time, EVERTEC obtains performance bonds from insurance companies covering the obligations of EVERTEC under certain contracts. Under the Merger Agreement, Popular is required to, subject to certain exceptions, cause the then outstanding performance bonds to remain outstanding or replace such bonds as needed for 5 years from the closing date of the Merger. EVERTEC entered into a reimbursement agreement with Popular to mirror Popular’s obligations. As a result, EVERTEC is required to reimburse Popular for payment of premiums and related charges and indemnification of Popular for certain losses related to EVERTEC’s failure to perform or otherwise satisfy its obligations covered by such performance bonds.

EVERTEC had outstanding letters of credit of $2.9 million at December 31, 2010 under the borrowing facilities available with an affiliate of up to $2.9 million, for which Popular provided collateral. EVERTEC entered into a reimbursement agreement with Popular to mirror Popular’s obligations. As a result, EVERTEC is required to indemnify Popular for losses related to EVERTEC’s failure to honor these letters of credit.

Note 20—Commitments and Contingencies

At December 31, 2010, EVERTEC was obligated under non-cancelable operating lease agreements for communication equipment and office facilities as follows:

 

(Dollar amounts in thousands)    Unrelated
parties
     Related
party
     Minimum
future rentals
 

2011

     414         4,106         4,520   

2012

     152         4,198         4,350   

2013

     52         4,336         4,388   

2014

     —           4,352         4,352   

2015

        965         965   
                          
   $ 618       $ 17,957       $ 18,575   
                          

Certain lease agreements with related parties contain provisions for future rent increases. The total amount of rental payments due over the lease term is being charged to rent expense on the straight-line method over the term of the lease. The difference between rent expense recorded and the amount paid is recorded as a deferred rent obligation. Total deferred rent obligation as of December 31, 2010 and 2009 amounted to $0.3 million and $0.2 million, respectively and is included within the accounts receivable caption in the accompanying consolidated and combined balance sheets.

Rent expense of office facilities and real estate for the three months ended December 31, 2010, the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 amounted to $2.3 million, $6.7 million, $8.0 million and $7.9 million, respectively. Also, rent expense for telecommunications and other equipment for the three months ended December 31, 2010, the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 amounted to $2.2 million, $5.6 million, $ 7.4 million and $8.0 million, respectively.

In the normal course of business, EVERTEC enters into contracts with customers including clauses that, in the event of default, EVERTEC may be liable for liquidating damages.

The legal entities within EVERTEC are defendants in a number of legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business. Based on the opinion of the legal counsel, management believes that the final disposition of these matters will not have a material adverse effect on the business, results of operations and financial condition.

 

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Note 21—Segment Information

The Company operates in three business segments: transaction processing, merchant acquiring and business solutions.

The transaction processing segment includes a diversified payment products and services including the ATH network and processing services, card processing, payment processing and electronic benefit transfer (“EBT”) services.

The merchant acquiring segment provides services and tools that allow merchants to accept electronic methods of payment such as debit, credit, prepaid and EBT cards carrying the ATH, Visa, MasterCard and American Express brands. Services include terminal sales and deployment, front-end authorization processing, settlement and funding processing and customer support.

The business solutions segment offer a full suite of business process management solutions, which include core banking processing, cash processing, item processing, network services, business process outsourcing, professional services for developing customized business solutions and fulfillment for producing and distributing various print documents.

The Company’s business segments are organized based on the nature of products and services. The Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”) reviews their separate financial information to assess performance and to allocate resources.

Management evaluates the operating results of each of its reportable segments based upon revenues and operating income. Segment asset disclosure is not used by the CODM as a measure of segment performance since the segment evaluation is driven by earnings. As such, segment assets are not disclosed in the notes to the accompanying consolidated and combined financial statements.

The following tables set forth information about the Company’s operations by its three business segments:

 

(Dollar amounts in thousands)   Transaction
processing
    Merchant
acquiring, net
    Business
solutions
    Other     Total  

Successor

         

Three months ended December 31, 2010

         

Revenues

  $ 26,680      $ 14,789      $ 41,252      $ (5,646 )(1)    $ 77,075   

Income from operations

    12,088        5,959        9,561        (13,152 )(2)      14,456   

Predecessor

         

Nine months ended September 30, 2010

         

Revenues

  $ 69,391      $ 39,761      $ 111,784      $ (12,614 )(1)    $ 208,322   

Income from operations

    28,086        17,647        18,337        (8,721 )(2)      55,349   

Year ended December 31, 2009

         

Revenues

    92,591        48,744        143,963        (17,905 )(1)      267,393   

Income from operations

    37,878        18,454        21,477        (1,719     76,090   

Year ended December 31, 2008

         

Revenues

    88,931        47,782        151,857        (17,357 )(1)      271,213   

Income from operations

    32,642        17,628        10,142        (1,753     58,659   

 

(1) Represents the elimination of intersegment revenues for services provided by the transaction processing segment to merchant acquiring segment, and other miscellaneous intersegment revenues.

 

(2) In fiscal 2010 (Predecessor and Successor), represents merger transaction related costs such as non-recurring transaction bonuses, transition costs, and incremental depreciation and amortization from purchase accounting adjustments.

 

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The reconciliation of Income from operations to consolidated and combined net income is as follows:

 

(Dollar amounts in thousands)   Successor          Predecessor  
  Three months ended
December 31, 2010
         Nine months ended
September 30, 2010
    Year ended
December 31, 2009
    Year ended
December 31, 2008
 

Segment Income from operations

           

Transaction processing

  $ 12,088          $ 28,086      $ 37,878      $ 32,642   

Merchant acquiring, net

    5,959            17,647        18,454        17,628   

Business solutions

    9,561            18,337        21,477        10,142   

Other (1)

    (13,152         (8,721     (1,719     (1,753
                                   

Income from operations

  $ 14,456          $ 55,349      $ 76,090      $ 58,659   
                                   

Interest (expense) income

    (13,318         290        957        1,113   

Earnings of equity method investments

    —              2,270        3,508        4,229   

Other income

    (1,316         2,276        7,942        9,449   

Income tax (expense) benefit

    1,361            (23,017     (30,659     (23,914
                                   

Net income from continuing operations

  $ 1,183          $ 37,168      $ 57,838      $ 49,536   
                                   

 

(1) In in fiscal 2010 (Predecessor and Successor), represents merger transaction related costs such as non-recurring transaction bonuses, transition costs, and incremental depreciation and amortization from purchase accounting adjustments and other miscellaneous intersegment revenues.

The geographic segment information below is classified based on the geographic location of the Company’s subsidiaries:

 

(Dollar amounts in thousands)   Successor          Predecessor  
  Three months ended
December 31, 2010
         Nine months ended
September 30, 2010
    Year ended
December 31, 2009
    Year ended
December 31, 2008
 

Revenues (1)

           

U.S. and territories

  $ 69,243          $ 187,994      $ 241,334      $ 245,650   

Other countries

    7,832            20,328        26,059        25,563   
                                   

Total revenues

  $ 77,075          $ 208,322      $ 267,393      $ 271,213   
                                   

 

(1) Revenues are based on subsidiaries’ country of domicile.

Note 22—Guarantor of the Notes and Non-Guarantor Consolidated and Combined Financial Information

On September 30, 2010, the Company issued senior notes with a principal amount of $220.0 million, which were guaranteed by the Company’s 100% owned subsidiaries (see Note 9). The following financial information presents the Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2010 (Successor) and December 31, 2009 (Predecessor) , the Statements of Income for the three months ended December 31, 2010 (Successor), the nine months ended September 30, 2010 (Predecessor) and the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 (Predecessor), and Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended December 31, 2010 (Successor), the nine months ended September 30, 2010 (Predecessor) and the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 (Predecessor) of (i) EVERTEC, Inc. (Parent); (ii) the subsidiaries that are guarantors of the senior notes; (iii) the non-guarantor subsidiaries; and (iv) the Company on a consolidated or combined basis. Investments in subsidiaries are

 

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accounted for using the equity method for purposes of the consolidating presentation. The principal elimination entries relate to investments in subsidiaries and intercompany balances and transactions. The guarantor subsidiaries are 100% owned by EVERTEC, Inc. (“Parent”) and all guarantees are full and unconditional and joint and several. There are no significant restrictions on the ability of Parent to obtain funds from any of the guarantor subsidiaries by dividends or loan.

 

    Consolidated Balance Sheet (Successor)
as of December 31, 2010
 
(Dollar amounts in thousands)   EVERTEC, Inc.
(Parent Only)
    Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Eliminations     EVERTEC, Inc.
(Consolidated)
 

Assets

         

Current Assets

         

Cash

  $ 46,051      $ 5,739      $ 3,909      $ —        $ 55,699   

Restricted cash

    5,600        —          —          —          5,600   

Accounts receivable, net

    46,982        7,679        7,917        —          62,578   

Prepaid expenses and other assets

    15,938        424        249        —          16,611   

Deferred project costs

    976        9        —          (67     918   
                                       

Total current assets

    115,547        13,851        12,075        (67     141,406   

Investment in subsidiaries, at equity

    151,109        —          —          (151,109     —     

Property and equipment, net

    37,094        593        6,002        —          43,689   

Goodwill

    271,782        73,081        31,518        —          376,381   

Other intangible assets, net

    458,711        18,824        13,081        —          490,616   

Other long-term assets

    29,964        —          —          —          29,964   
                                       

Total assets

  $ 1,064,207      $ 106,349      $ 62,676      $ (151,176   $ 1,082,056   
                                       

Liabilities and stockholder’s equity

         

Current Liabilities

         

Accrued liabilities

  $ 33,754      $ 392      $ 6,805      $ —        $ 40,951   

Accounts payable

    17,341        366        —          —          17,707   

Unearned income

    133        183        —          —          316   

Income tax payable

    1,854        1,248        149        —          3,251   

Current portion of long-term debt

    3,550        —          —          —          3,550   

Deferred tax liability, net

    15,041        4,390        3,969        (7,379     16,021   
                                       

Total current liabilities

    71,673        6,579        10,923        (7,379     81,796   

Long-term debt

    558,623        —          —          —          558,623   

Long-term deferred tax liability, net

    104,751        782        —          7,352        112,885   

Other long-term liabilities

    2,228        —          —          —          2,228   
                                       

Total liabilities

    737,275        7,361        10,923        (27     755,532   
                                       

Stockholder’s equity

         

Preferred stock

    —          —          —          —          —     

Common stock

    —          55        998        (1,053     —     

Additional paid-in capital

    325,875        98,352        50,851        (149,595     325,483   

Retained earnings

    1,199        636        (9     (643     1,183   

Accumulated other comprehensive income

    (142     (55     (87     142        (142
                                       

Stockholder’s equity

    326,932        98,988        51,753        (151,149     326,524   
                                       

Total liabilties and stockholder’s equity

  $ 1,064,207      $ 106,349      $ 62,676      $ (151,176   $ 1,082,056   
                                       

 

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EVERTEC, Inc. Notes to Consolidated (Successor) and

EVERTEC Business Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

 

 

The consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2010 reflects the new accounting basis from the purchase method of accounting at each Parent, Guarantor and Non-Guarantor subsidiaries based on a preliminary valuation, which may change materially in subsequent periods (see Note 2).

 

    Combined Balance Sheet (Predecessor)
as of December 31, 2009
 
    EVERTEC, Inc.
(Parent Only)
    Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Eliminations     EVERTEC, Inc.
(Combined)
 
(Dollar amounts in thousands)                              

Assets

         

Current Assets:

         

Cash

  $ 3,307      $ 6,970      $ 1,614      $ —        $ 11,891   

Restricted cash

    3,676        —          —          —          3,676   

Short-term investments

    24,225        9,190        1,013        (213     34,215   

Accounts receivable, net

    29,345        1,440        5,867        (149     36,503   

Prepaid expenses and other assets

    15,515        97        —          —          15,612   

Deferred project costs

    780        (6     —          —          774   

Deferred tax asset, net

    2,127        (17     —          —          2,110   

Current assets of discontinued operations

    1,664        —          7,316        —          8,980   
                                       

Total current assets

    80,639        17,674        15,810        (362     113,761   

Investment in equity investees

    15,059          16,642        (9,943     21,758   

Property and equipment, net

    27,686        583        4,416        —          32,685   

Goodwill

    38,885        4,098        2,263        —          45,246   

Other intangible assets, net

    26,897        1,361        67        —          28,325   

Assets of discontinued operations

    —          —          1,670        —          1,670   
                                       

Total assets

  $ 189,166      $ 23,716      $ 40,868      $ (10,305   $ 243,445   
                                       

Liabilities and owner’s equity

         

Current Liabilities:

         

Accrued liabilities

  $ 15,485      $ 141      $ —        $ —        $ 15,626   

Accounts payable

    5,461        797        3,681        (362     9,577   

Unearned income

    227        443        —          —          670   

Income tax payable

    —          975        35        —          1,010   

Short-term note due to affiliate

    —          —          —          —          —     

Current portion of long-term debt

    1,413        —          —          —          1,413   

Liabilities of discontinued operations

    1,151        —          2,042        —          3,193   
                                       

Total current liabilities

    23,737        2,356        5,758        (362     31,489   

Other long-term liability

    481        —          —          —          481   
                                       

Total liabilities

    24,218        2,356        5,758        (362     31,970   
                                       

Owner’s equity:

    164,948        21,360        35,110        (9,943     211,475   
                                       

Total liabilities and owner’s equity

  $ 189,166      $ 23,716      $ 40,868      $ (10,305   $ 243,445   
                                       

 

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EVERTEC, Inc. Notes to Consolidated (Successor) and

EVERTEC Business Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

 

 

     Consolidated Statement of Income (Successor)
for the three months ended December 31, 2010
 
(Dollar amounts in thousands)    EVERTEC, Inc.
(Parent Only)
    Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Eliminations     EVERTEC, Inc.
(Consolidated)
 

Revenues

          

Transaction processing

   $ 15,388      $ 2,207      $ 3,439      $ —        $ 21,034   

Merchant acquiring, net

     14,789        —          —          —          14,789   

Business solutions

     40,559        625        75        (7     41,252   
                                        

Total revenues

     70,736        2,832        3,514        (7     77,075   
                                        

Operating costs and expenses

          

Cost of revenues (excluding depreciationand amortization)

     32,484        1,605        2,416        —          36,505   

Selling, general and administrative expenses (excluding depreciation and amortization)

     8,671        (680     401        —          8,392   

Depreciation and amortization

     16,525        570        627        —          17,722   
                                        

Total operating costs and expenses

     57,680        1,495        3,444        —          62,619   
                                        

Income from operations

     13,056        1,337        70        (7     14,456   
                                        

Non-operating income (expenses)

          

Interest income

     101        6        11        —          118   

Interest expense

     (13,436     —          —          —          (13,436

Earnings (losses) of equity method investments

     949        —          —          (949     —     

Other income

     (1,316     —          —          —          (1,316
                                        

Total non-operating income

(expenses)

     (13,702     6        11        (949     (14,634

Income before income taxes

     (646     1,343        81        (956     (178

Income tax (benefit) expense

     (1,829     381        90        (3     (1,361
                                        

Net income (loss)

   $ 1,183      $ 962      $ (9   $ (953   $ 1,183   
                                        

 

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EVERTEC Business Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

 

 

     Combined Statement of Income (Predecessor)
for the nine months ended September 30, 2010
 
(Dollar amounts in thousands)    EVERTEC, Inc.
(Parent Only)
    Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Eliminations     EVERTEC, Inc.
(Combined)
 

Revenues

          

Transaction processing

   $ 43,549      $ 5,567      $ 8,962      $ (1,301   $ 56,777   

Merchant acquiring, net

     39,761        —          —          —          39,761   

Business solutions

     108,747        2,905        192        (60     111,784   
                                        

Total revenues

     192,057        8,472        9,154        (1,361     208,322   
                                        

Operating costs and expenses

          

Cost of revenues (excluding depreciation and amortization)

     94,465        5,127        6,956        —          106,548   

Selling, general and administrative expenses (excluding depreciation and amortization)

     24,264        1,457        1,279        —          27,000   

Depreciation and amortization

     17,679        706        1,040        —          19,425   
                                        

Total operating costs and expenses

     136,408        7,290        9,275        —          152,973   
                                        

Income from operations

     55,649        1,182        (121     (1,361     55,349   
                                        

Non-operating income (expenses)

          

Interest income

     205        82        73        —          360   

Interest expense

     (52     (12     (6     —          (70

Earnings (losses) of equity method investments

     (2,066     —          852        3,484        2,270   

Other income

     2,276        —          —          —          2,276   
                                        

Total non-operating income (expenses)

     363        70        919        3,484        4,836   

Income before income taxes

     56,012        1,252        798        2,123        60,185   

Income tax expense (benefit)

     22,695        347        (1     (24     23,017   
                                        

Net income from continuing operations

     33,317        905        799        2,147        37,168   

Net income from discontinued operations

     2,098        —          (1,981     —          117   
                                        

Net income

   $ 35,415      $ 905      $ (1,182   $ 2,147      $ 37,285   
                                        

 

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EVERTEC Business Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

 

 

     Combined Statement of Income (Predecessor)
for the year ended December 31, 2009
 
(Dollar amounts in thousands)    EVERTEC, Inc.
(Parent Only)
    Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
     Eliminations     EVERTEC, Inc.
(Combined)
 

Revenues

           

Transaction processing

   $ 56,560      $ 7,501      $ 12,344       $ (1,719   $ 74,686   

Merchant acquiring, net

     48,744        —          —           —          48,744   

Business solutions

     140,800        3,027        327         (191     143,963   
                                         

Total revenues

     246,104        10,528        12,671         (1,910     267,393   
                                         

Operating costs and expenses

           

Cost of revenues (excluding depreciationand amortization)

     127,095        6,202        8,058         (191     141,164   

Selling, general and administrative expenses (excluding depreciation and amortization)

     23,219        902        1,518         —          25,639   

Depreciation and amortization

     22,021        1,107        1,372         —          24,500   
                                         

Total operating costs and expenses

     172,335        8,211        10,948         (191     191,303   
                                         

Income from operations

     73,769        2,317        1,723         (1,719     76,090   
                                         

Non-operating income (expenses)

           

Interest income

     503        419        126         —          1,048   

Interest expense

     (73     (18     —           —          (91

Earnings (losses) of equity method investments

     1,883        —          1,819         (194     3,508   

Other income

     73        7,869        —           —          7,942   
                                         

Total non-operating income (expenses)

     2,386        8,270        1,945         (194     12,407   

Income before income taxes

     76,155        10,587        3,668         (1,913     88,497   

Income tax expense

     28,851        1,271        537         —          30,659   
                                         

Net income from continuing operations

     47,304        9,316        3,131         (1,913     57,838   

Net income from discontinued operations

     13        —          1,800         —          1,813   
                                         

Net income

   $ 47,317      $ 9,316      $ 4,931       $ (1,913   $ 59,651   
                                         

 

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EVERTEC Business Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

 

 

     Combined Statement of Income (Predecessor)
for the year ended December 31, 2008
 
     EVERTEC, Inc.
(Parent Only)
    Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Eliminations     EVERTEC, Inc.
(Combined)
 

Revenues

          

Transaction processing

   $ 53,387      $ 7,722      $ 12,218      $ (1,753   $ 71,574   

Merchant acquiring, net

     47,782        —          —          —          47,782   

Business solutions

     146,590        4,924        392        (49     151,857   
                                        

Total revenues

     247,759        12,646        12,610        (1,802     271,213   
                                        

Operating costs and expenses

          

Cost of revenues (excluding depreciation and amortization)

     140,021        7,364        7,186        (49     154,522   

Selling, general and administrative expenses (excluding depreciation and amortization)

     25,002        1,186        1,455        —          27,643   

Depreciation and amortization

     27,415        1,700        1,274        —          30,389   
                                        

Total operating costs and expenses

     192,438        10,250        9,915        (49     212,554   
                                        

Income from operations

     55,321        2,396        2,695        (1,753     58,659   
                                        

Non-operating income (expenses)

          

Interest income

     892        299        92        —          1,283   

Interest expense

     (93     (42     (35     —          (170

Earnings (losses) of equity method investments

     1,216        —          2,516        497        4,229   

Other income

     1,693        7,756        —          —          9,449   
                                        

Total non-operating income (expenses)

     3,708        8,013        2,573        497        14,791   

Income before income taxes

     59,029        10,409        5,268        (1,256     73,450   

Income tax expense

     21,734        1,360        820        —          23,914   
                                        

Net income from continuing operations

     37,295        9,049        4,448        (1,256     49,536   

Net income from discontinued operations

     2,705        —          968        —          3,673   
                                        

Net income

   $ 40,000      $ 9,049      $ 5,416      $ (1,256   $ 53,209   
                                        

 

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EVERTEC Business Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

 

 

     Combined Statement of Cash Flows (Successor)
for the three months ended December 31, 2010
 
     EVERTEC, Inc.
(Parent Only)
    Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Eliminations      EVERTEC, Inc.
(Consolidated)
 

Cash flows from operating activities

   $ 14,964      $ 1,958      $ 1,174      $ —         $ 18,096   
                                         

Cash flows from investing activities

           

Net decrease (increase) in restricted cash

     (2,505     —          —          —           (2,505

Net decrease (increase) in short-term investments

     —          559        —          —           559   

Intagible assets acquired

     (11,674     (116     (101     —           (11,891

Property and equipment acquired

     (3,934     (56     (116     —           (4,106

Advance payment

     (17,120     —          —          —           (17,120

Acquisition of predecessor

     (458,728     (2,307     —          —           (461,035
                                         

Net cash (used in) investing activities

     (493,961     (1,920     (217     —           (496,098
                                         

Cash flows from financing activities

           

Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt

     557,350        —          —          —           557,350   

Debt issuance costs

     (16,472     —          —          —           (16,472

Repayment of long-term debt

     (888     —          —          —           (888

Net distributions (to) from parent company

     (34,848     —          —          —           (34,848
                                         

Net cash used in financing activities

     505,142        —          —          —           505,142   
                                         

Net increase (decrease) in cash

     26,145        38        957        —           27,140   

Cash at beginning of the period

     19,906        5,701        2,952        —           28,559   
                                         

Cash at end of the period

   $ 46,051      $ 5,739      $ 3,909      $ —         $ 55,699   
                                         

 

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EVERTEC Business Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

 

 

     Combined Statement of Cash Flows (Predecessor)
for the nine months ended September 30, 2010
 
     EVERTEC, Inc.
(Parent Only)
    Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Eliminations     EVERTEC, Inc.
(Combined)
 

Cash flows from operating activities from continuing operations

   $ 63,772      $ (2,214   $ 1,931      $ 213      $ 63,702   
                                        

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities from continuing operations

          
                                        

Cash flows from investing activities from continuing operations

          

Net decrease (increase) in restricted cash

     581        —          —          —          581   

Net decrease (increase) in short-term investments

     —          8,631        1,013        (213     9,431   

Intagible assets acquired

     (11,195     (12     (573     —          (11,780

Property and equipment acquired

     (11,674     (174     (1,333     —          (13,181

Proceeds from sales and redemption of equity securities

     7,509        —          —          —          7,509   

Contingent consideration paid

     (1,000     —          —          —          (1,000

Net repayments on short-term loans due from affiliate

     24,225        —          —          —          24,225   

Cash delivered from sale of subsidiary

     —          —          368        —          368   
                                        

Net cash (used in) investing activities from continuing operations

     8,446        8,445        (525     (213     16,153   
                                        

Cash flows from financing activities from continuing operations

          

Debt issuance costs

     (643     —          —          —          (643

Repayment of long-term debt

     (1,413     —          —          —          (1,413

Net distributions (to) from parent company

     (7,972     —          (68     —          (8,040

Dividends paid

     (48,200     (7,500     —          —          (55,700
                                        

Net cash used in financing activities from continuing operations

     (58,228     (7,500     (68     —          (65,796
                                        

Cash flows from discontinued operations

          

Net cash provided from discontinued operating activities

     2,610        —          320        —          2,930   

Net cash used in investing activities from discontinued operations

     —          —          (452     —          (452
                                        

Net cash provided by discontinued operations

     2,610        —          (132     —          2,478   
                                        

Net increase (decrease) in cash

     16,600        (1,269     1,206        —          16,537   

Less: Net decrease in cash related to discontinued operations

     —          —          132        —          132   

Cash at beginning of the period from continuing operations

     3,307        6,970        1,614        —          11,891   
                                        

Cash at end of the period from continuing operations

   $ 19,907      $ 5,701      $ 2,952      $ —        $ 28,560   
                                        

 

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EVERTEC, Inc. Notes to Consolidated (Successor) and

EVERTEC Business Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

 

 

     Combined Statement of Cash Flows (Predecessor)
for the year ended December 31, 2009
 
     EVERTEC, Inc.
(Parent Only)
    Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Eliminations     EVERTEC, Inc.
(Combined)
 

Cash flows from operating activities from continuing operations

   $ 59,553      $ 2,269      $ 3,007      $ 636      $ 65,465   
                                        

Cash flows from investing activities from continuing operations

          

Net decrease (increase) in restricted cash

     (997     —          —          —          (997

Net decrease (increase) in short-term investments

     —          (1,191     (164     (636     (1,991

Intagible assets acquired

     (6,843     (262     (280     —          (7,385

Property and equipment acquired

     (13,358     (228     (847     —          (14,433

Proceeds from sales and redemption of equity securities

     —          7,869        —          —          7,869   

Contingent consideration paid

     (750     (750     —          750        (750

Net repayments on short-term loans due from affiliate

     14,995        —          —          —          14,995   
                                        

Net cash (used in) investing activities from continuing operations

     (6,953     5,438        (1,291     114        (2,692
                                        

Cash flows from financing activities from continuing operations

          

Repayment of long-term debt

     (1,420     —          —          —          (1,420

Capital contribution from parent

     —          750        —          (750     —     

Dividends paid

     (55,000     (7,500     —          —          (62,500

Net distributions to (from) an affiliate

     (11,926     —          (1,865     —          (13,791
                                        

Net cash used in financing activities from continuing operations

     (68,346     (6,750     (1,865     (750     (77,711
                                        

Cash flows from discontinued operations

          

Net cash provided from discontinued operating activities

     2,210        —          (115     —          2,095   
                                        

Net cash provided by discontinued operations

     2,210        —          (115     —          2,095   
                                        

Net increase (decrease) in cash

     (13,536     957        (264     —          (12,843

Less: Net decrease in cash related to discontinued operations

     —          —          —          —          —     

Cash at beginning of the period from continuing operations

     16,843        6,013        1,878        —          24,734   
                                        

Cash at end of the period from continuing operations

   $ 3,307      $ 6,970      $ 1,614      $ —        $ 11,891   
                                        

 

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EVERTEC, Inc. Notes to Consolidated (Successor) and

EVERTEC Business Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

 

 

     Combined Statement of Cash Flows (Predecessor)
for the year ended December 31, 2008
 
     EVERTEC, Inc.
(Parent Only)
    Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Eliminations     EVERTEC, Inc.
(Combined)
 

Cash flows from operating activities from continuing operations

   $ 62,446      $ 222      $ 4,218      $ 1,889      $ 68,775   
                                        

Cash flows from investing activities from continuing operations

          

Net decrease (increase) in restricted cash

     (2,679     —          —            (2,679

Net decrease (increase) in short-term investments

     —          (7,545     1,396        (1,850     (7,999

Intagible assets acquired

     (5,788     (336     (249     —          (6,373

Property and equipment acquired

     (8,823     (344     (661     (39     (9,867

Proceeds from sales and redemption of equity securities

     —          7,681        —          —          7,681   

Contingent consideration paid

     (85     (700     —          —          (785

Net repayments on short-term loans due from affiliate

     (17,420     —          —          —          (17,420

Capital contribution to subsidiary

     (762     —          —          762        —     
                                        

Net cash (used in) investing activities from continuing operations

     (35,557     (1,244     486        (1,127     (37,442
                                        

Cash flows from financing activities from continuing operations

          

Repayment of long-term debt

     (1,419     (35     (1,130     —          (2,584

Capital contribution from parent

     —          762        —          (762     —     

Net distributions to (from) an affiliate

     (12,587     —          (2,400     —          (14,987
                                        

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities from continuing operations

     (14,006     727        (3,530     (762     (17,571
                                        

Cash flows from discontinued operations

          

Net cash provided from discontinued operating activities

     2,464        —          (162       2,302   
                                        

Net cash provided by (used in) discontinued operations

     2,464        —          (162     —          2,302   
                                        

Net increase (decrease) in cash

     15,347        (295     1,012        —          16,064   

Cash at beginning of the period from continuing operations

     1,496        6,307        867        —          8,670   
                                        

Cash at end of the period from continuing operations

   $ 16,843      $ 6,012      $ 1,879      $ —        $ 24,734   
                                        

 

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EVERTEC, Inc. Notes to Consolidated (Successor) and

EVERTEC Business Group Combined (Predecessor) Financial Statements

 

 

Note 23—Subsequent Events

On March 31, 2011, Popular transferred its remaining 19.99% equity interest in CONTADO to EVERTEC after selling 33.98% to the other CONTADO shareholders during the right of first refusal period. As required by the Merger Agreement, at the closing of the CONTADO transaction, the Company transferred to Popular the $20.0 million previously held back from the Merger closing payments. Also on March 31, 2011, the Company received $10.8 million, which represents 50% of the after tax sales proceeds received by Popular from the sale of the equity participation to the other shareholders. Management is currently analyzing the accounting implications of the transaction.

On March 3, 2011, EVERTEC entered into a credit agreement amendment concerning its existing senior credit facility. The amendment did not modify the term nor the size of the facility. Under the amended senior credit facility:

 

  (i) The interest rate margins have been reduced from 5.25% to 4.00% per annum on term loans bearing interest at LIBOR, from 4.25% to 3.00% per annum on term loans bearing interest at an alternate base rate (ABR), from 5.25% to 3.75% per annum on revolving loans bearing interest at LIBOR, and from 4.25% to 2.75% per annum on revolving loans bearing interest at an ABR;
  (ii) The LIBOR floor has been decreased from 1.75% to 1.50% per annum and the ABR floor has been reduced from 2.75% to 2.50% per annum; and
  (iii) The incremental facility under the existing credit agreement has been increased from $115.0 million to the greater of $125.0 million and the maximum principal amount of debt that would not cause EVERTEC’s senior secured leverage ratio to exceed 3.25 to 1.00.

The amendment also modified certain restrictive covenants in the existing senior credit agreement to provide the Company generally with additional flexibility. Among other things, the amendment modified certain financial performance covenants. In connection with the amendment, the Company was required to pay a call premium of $3.5 million. In addition, a prepayment premium will be payable in respect of subsequent repricing events in respect of the senior secured term loan, if any, occurring on or prior to September 3, 2011.

On February 11, 2011, the Board of Directors of Carib Holdings adopted, and stockholders approved the Stock Incentive Plan. On that date, 2,624,570 options were granted to certain employees of the Company. Any shares of common stock issued pursuant to this plan will be non-voting common stock of Carib Holdings (see Note 15).

On February 11, 2011, pursuant to his employment agreement, Carib Holdings entered into a restricted stock agreement with the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) whereby Carib Holdings granted the Company’s CEO 80,000 shares of restricted stock that vest over a period of four years in substantially equal bi-weekly installments on each of the Company’s normal payroll dates beginning after February 11, 2011. The restricted stock is not granted under the Stock Incentive Plan but is subject to the terms of the Plan. Except for the Company’s CEO, the Company does not contemplate granting restricted stock to any other of its employees.

On January 31, 2011, the Governor of Puerto Rico signed into law a new Internal Revenue Code of Puerto Rico (the “Code”). The most significant impact on corporations of this new Code is the reduction in the marginal corporate income tax rate from 39% to 30%. As a result, the Company will recognize a reduction in its deferred tax liability of $28.2 million, which had been recognized at a higher marginal corporate income tax rate. Under the new Code, the Company has a one-time election to opt-out of the new reduced rate. This election must be made with the filing of the 2011 income tax return. Currently, the corporate income tax rate is 40.95% due to a temporary five percent surtax approved in March 2009 for years beginning on January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2011.

 

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PART II. INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN THE PROSPECTUS

 

Item 20. Indemnification of Directors and Officers

Article 1.02(b)(6) of the Puerto Rico General Corporation Law of 1995, as amended (the “PR-GCL”), provides that a corporation may include in its certificate of incorporation a provision eliminating or limiting the personal liability of members of its board of directors or governing body for breach of a director’s fiduciary duty of care. However, no such provision may eliminate or limit the liability of a director for breaching his duty of loyalty, failing to act in good faith, engaging in intentional misconduct or knowingly violating a law, paying an unlawful dividend or approving an unlawful stock repurchase or obtaining an improper personal benefit. Section 9.1 of our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation contains such a provision.

Article 4.08 of the PR-GCL authorizes a Puerto Rico corporation to indemnify its officers and directors against liabilities arising out of pending or threatened actions, suits or proceedings to which such officers and directors are or may be made parties by reason of being officers or directors. Such rights of indemnification are not exclusive of any other rights to which such officers or directors may be entitled under any by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or otherwise.

Article 2.02(n) of the PR-GCL states that every corporation created under the provisions of the PR-GCL shall have the power to reimburse to all directors and officers or former directors and officers the expenses which necessarily or in fact were incurred with respect to the defense in any action, suit or proceeding in which such persons, or any of them, are included as a party or parties for having been directors or officers of one or another corporation, pursuant to the provisions of Article 4.08 of the PR-GCL described above.

Section 9.2 of our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Section 8.1 of our Amended and Restated Bylaws provides that our directors, officers, employees and agents shall be indemnified to the fullest extent authorized by the PR-GCL against expenses and certain other liabilities arising out of legal action brought or threatened against them for their conduct on our behalf, provided that each such person acted in good faith and in a manner that he or she reasonably believed was in or not opposed to our best interests. Indemnification by us is available in a criminal action only if such person had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.

Section 8.2 of our Amended and Restated Bylaws provides that we will pay expenses incurred in defending any proceeding covered by Section 8.1 of our Amended and Restated Bylaws in advance of the final disposition of such proceeding; provided, that if the PR-GCL requires, we may first require an undertaking by or on behalf of any person covered by Section 9.2 to repay such amounts, if it is ultimately determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by us.

Section 8.5 of our Amended and Restated Bylaws provides that we may maintain insurance covering certain liabilities of our officers, directors, employees and agents, whether or not we would have the power or would be required under the PG-GCL to indemnify them against such liabilities. We maintain a directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy.

 

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Item 21. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

(a) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

  2.1   Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated June 30, 2010, by and among Popular, Inc., AP Carib Holdings, Ltd., Carib Acquisitions, Inc. and EVERTEC, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of Popular, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 8, 2010, File No. 001-34084)
  2.2*   Amendment to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated August 5, 2010, by and among Popular, Inc., AP Carib Holdings, Ltd., Carib Acquisition, Inc. and EVERTEC, Inc.
  2.3   Second Amendment to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated August 8, 2010, by and among Popular, Inc., AP Carib Holdings, Ltd., Carib Acquisition, Inc. and EVERTEC, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of Popular, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 12, 2010, File No. 001-34084)
  2.4   Third Amendment to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated September 15, 2010, by and among Popular, Inc., AP Carib Holdings, Ltd., Carib Acquisition, Inc. and EVERTEC, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of Popular, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 21, 2010, File No. 001-34084)
  2.5   Fourth Amendment to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated September 30, 2010, by and among Popular, Inc., AP Carib Holdings, Ltd., Carib Acquisition, Inc. and EVERTEC, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of Popular, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 6, 2010, File No. 001-34084)
  3.1*   Articles of Incorporation of EVERTEC, Inc.
  3.2*   Bylaws of EVERTEC, Inc.
  4.1*   Indenture, dated as of September 30, 2010, among EVERTEC, Inc., the guarantors party thereto and Wilmington Trust FSB, as trustee.
  4.2*   Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2010, by and among EVERTEC, Inc., the guarantors party thereto and Banc of America Securities LLC, as representative of the initial purchasers.
  4.3*   Form of 11% Senior Note due 2018 (included in the Indenture filed as Exhibit 4.1 to Registration Statement on Form S-4.
  5.1**   Opinion of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.
10.1*   Credit Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2010, among Carib Holdings, Inc., EVERTEC, Inc., the lenders from time to time parties thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, swingline lender and L/C issuer
10.2*   Amendment No. 1, dated as of March 3, 2011, to Credit Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2010, among Carib Holdings, Inc., EVERTEC, Inc., the lenders from time to time parties thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, swingline lender and L/C issuer
10.3*   Guarantee Agreement dated as of September 30, 2010, by and among EVERTEC, Inc., the loan parties identified on the signature pages thereof and Bank of America, N.A. as administrative agent and collateral agent
10.4*   Collateral Agreement dated as of September 30, 2010, among Carib Holdings, Inc., EVERTEC, Inc., each subsidiary of EVERTEC, Inc. identified therein and Bank of America, N.A. as collateral agent

 

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Exhibit No.

  

Description

10.5    Amended and Restated Master Service Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2010, among Popular, Inc. Banco Popular de Puerto Rico and EVERTEC, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.3 of Popular, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 6, 2010, File No. 001-34084 ).
10.6    Technology Agreement, made and entered into as of September 30, 2010, by and between Popular, Inc. and EVERTEC, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.4 of Popular, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 6, 2010, File No. 001-34084)
10.7*    Amended and Restated Independent Sales Organization Sponsorship and Services Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2010, by and between Banco Popular de Puerto Rico and EVERTEC, Inc.
10.8    IP Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated June 30, 2010, by and Popular, Inc. (and Affiliates and Subsidiaries) and EVERTEC, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of Popular, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 8, 2010, File. No. 001-34084)
10.9*    Consulting Agreement dated as of September 30, 2010, among Carib Holdings, Inc., EVERTEC, Inc. and Apollo Management VII, L.P.
10.10*    Consulting Agreement dated as of September 30, 2010, among Carib Holdings, Inc., EVERTEC, Inc. and Popular, Inc.
10.11*    Employment Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2010, by and between EVERTEC, Inc. and Felix M. Villamil Pagani
10.12*    Promissory Note and Forgivable Loan, Stock Pledge Agreement, dated as of September 29, 2010, between EVERTEC, Inc. and Félix M. Villamil
10.13*    Employment Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2010, by and between EVERTEC, Inc. and Luis O. Abreu
10.14*    Employment Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2010, by and between EVERTEC, Inc. and Carlos J. Ramirez
10.15*    Employment Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2010, by and between EVERTEC, Inc. and Luis G. Alvarado
10.16*    Employment Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2010, by and between EVERTEC, Inc. and Jorge R. Hernandez
10.17*    Carib Holdings, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan
10.18*    Form of Stock Option Grant for named executive officers and certain others under Carib Holdings, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan
10.19*    Carib Holdings, Inc. Stock Option Agreement, dated as of April 5, 2011, by and between Carib Holdings, Inc. and Nathaniel Lipman
10.20*    Carib Holdings, Inc. Stock Option Agreement, dated as of April 5, 2011, by and between Carib Holdings, Inc. and Thomas M. White 2006 Trust
10.21*    Subscription Agreement, dated as of April 5, 2011, by and between Carib Holdings, Inc. and Thomas M. White 2006 Trust
10.22*    Subscription Agreement, dated as of February 11, 2011, by and between Carib Holdings, Inc. and Luis O. Abreu. This Agreement is one of six substantially identical subscription agreements and includes a schedule which identifies material details in which each agreement differs from the one that is filed herewith.

 

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Exhibit No.

 

Description

12.1*   Statement re Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges.
21.1*   Subsidiaries of EVERTEC, Inc.
23.1*   Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm.
23.2**   Consent of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).
25.1*   Form T-1 of Wilmington Trust FSB (with respect to the 11% Senior Notes due 2018).
99.1*   Form of Letter of Transmittal.
99.2*   Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.
99.3*   Form of Letter to Brokers.
99.4*   Form of Letter to Clients.

 

* Filed herewith

 

** To be filed by amendment

(b) Financial Statement Schedules

All financial statement schedules are omitted because they are inapplicable, not required or the information has been disclosed elsewhere in the financial statements or notes thereto.

 

Item 22. Undertakings

The undersigned registrants hereby undertake:

(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the

registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the registration statement; and

(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement.

(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

 

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(4) That, for purposes of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:

(i) Each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of the registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use.

(5) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities: The undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;

(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;

(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and

(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.

The undersigned registrants hereby undertake to respond to requests for information that is included in the prospectus pursuant to Items 4, 10(b), 11, or 13 of Form S-4, within one business day of receipt of such request, and to send the incorporated documents by first class mail or other equally prompt means. This includes information contained in documents filed subsequent to the effective date of the registration statement through the date of responding to the request.

The undersigned registrants hereby undertake to supply by means of a post-effective amendment all information concerning a transaction, and the company being acquired involved therein, that was not the subject of and included in the registration statement when it became effective.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit, or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in San Juan, Puerto Rico on the 14th day of April, 2011.

 

EVERTEC, INC.
By:   /s/ Félix M. Villamil
 

Félix M. Villamil

Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Felix M. Villamil, Luis O. Abreu, Luisa Wert Serrano and Scott I. Ross, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and his name place and stead, in any and all capacities, to execute any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, to sign any registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, and to cause the same to be filed with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and desirable to be done in and about the premises as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated below.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Félix M. Villamil

Félix M. Villamil

   President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)   April 14, 2011

/s/ Luis O. Abreu

Luis O. Abreu

   Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)   April 14, 2011

/s/ Marc E. Becker

Marc E. Becker

   Chairman of the Board and Director   April 14, 2011

/s/ Jorge Junquera

Jorge Junquera

   Director   April 14, 2011

/s/ Nathaniel J. Lipman

Nathaniel J. Lipman

   Director   April 14, 2011

/s/ Matthew H. Nord

Matthew H. Nord

   Director   April 14, 2011

/s/ Richard L. Carrión Rexach

Richard L. Carrión Rexach

   Director   April 14, 2011

 

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Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Néstor Obie Rivera

Néstor Obie Rivera

   Director   April 14, 2011

/s/ Scott I. Ross

Scott I. Ross

   Director   April 14, 2011

/s/ Thomas M. White

Thomas M. White

   Director   April 14, 2011

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in San Juan, Puerto Rico on the 14th day of April, 2011.

 

ATH COSTA RICA, S.A.
By:   /s/ Luis G. Alvarado
 

Luis G. Alvarado

President

ATH PANAMA, S.A.
By:   /s/ Luis G. Alvarado
 

Luis G. Alvarado

President

EVERTEC DOMINICANA, S.A.
By:   /s/ Félix M. Villamil
 

Félix M. Villamil

President

EVERTEC MEXICO SERVICIOS DE

PROCESAMIENTO, S.A. DE C.V.

By:   /s/ Luis G. Alvarado
 

Luis G. Alvarado

President

SENSE SOFTWARE INTERNATIONAL CORP.
By:   /s/ Félix M. Villamil
 

Félix M. Villamil

President

T.I.I. SMART SOLUTIONS INC.
By:   /s/ Luis G. Alvarado
 

Luis G. Alvarado

President

TARJETAS INTELIGENTES INTERNACIONALES, S.A.
By:   /s/ Luis G. Alvarado
 

Luis G. Alvarado

President

TII SMART SOLUTIONS, SOCIEDAD ANONIMA
By:   /s/ Luis G. Alvarado
 

Luis G. Alvarado

Sole Administrator

 

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POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Felix M. Villamil, Luis O. Abreu, Luisa Wert Serrano and Scott I. Ross, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and his name place and stead, in any and all capacities, to execute any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, to sign any registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, and to cause the same to be filed with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and desirable to be done in and about the premises as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated below.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Félix M. Villamil

Félix M. Villamil

  

(1)

  April 14, 2011

/s/ Luis G. Alvarado

Luis G. Alvarado

  

(2)

  April 14, 2011

/s/ Luis O. Abreu

Luis O. Abreu

  

(3)

  April 14, 2011

/s/ Jorge Junquera

Jorge Junquera

  

(4)

  April 14, 2011

/s/ Richard L. Carrión Rexach

Richard L. Carrión Rexach

  

(5)

  April 14, 2011

/s/ Luisa Wert Serrano

Luisa Wert Serrano

  

(6)

  April 14, 2011

/s/ Carlos J. Ramírez

Carlos J. Ramírez

  

(7)

  April 14, 2011

 

(1) Félix M. Villamil has signed this Registration Statement as President (principal executive officer) and a director of EVERTEC Dominicana, S.A. and Sense Software International Corp.
(2) Luis G. Alvarado has signed this Registration Statement as President (principal executive officer) and a director of ATH Costa Rica, S.A., ATH Panama, S.A., EVERTEC Mexico Servicios de Procesamiento, S.A. de C.V., T.I.I. Smart Solutions Inc. and Tarjetas Inteligentes Internacionales, S.A., and as sole administrator of TII Smart Solutions, Sociedad Anonima, which does not have a board of directors or similar body.
(3) Luis O. Abreu has signed this Registration Statement as Treasurer (principal financial and accounting officer) and a director of ATH Costa Rica, S.A., EVERTEC Dominicana, S.A., ATH Panama, S.A., EVERTEC Mexico Servicios de Procesamiento, S.A. de C.V., Sense Software International Corp. and Tarjetas Inteligentes Internacionales, S.A.

 

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(4) Jorge Junquera has signed this Registration Statement as a director of Sense Software International Corp.
(5) Richard L. Carrión Rexach has signed this Registration Statement as a director of Sense Software International Corp.
(6) Luisa Wert Serrano has signed this Registration Statement as a director of ATH Costa Rica, S.A., EVERTEC Dominicana, S.A., ATH Panama, S.A., EVERTEC Mexico Servicios de Procesamiento, S.A. de C.V. and Tarjetas Inteligentes Internacionales, S.A.
(7) Carlos J. Ramírez has signed this Registration Statement as a director of EVERTEC Dominicana, S.A.

 

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Exhibit No.

 

Description

  2.1   Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated June 30, 2010, by and among Popular, Inc., AP Carib Holdings, Ltd., Carib Acquisitions, Inc. and EVERTEC, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of Popular, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 8, 2010, File No. 001-34084)
  2.2*   Amendment to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated August 5, 2010, by and among Popular, Inc., AP Carib Holdings, Ltd., Carib Acquisition, Inc. and EVERTEC, Inc.
  2.3   Second Amendment to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated August 8, 2010, by and among Popular, Inc., AP Carib Holdings, Ltd., Carib Acquisition, Inc. and EVERTEC, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of Popular, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 12, 2010, File No. 001-34084)
  2.4   Third Amendment to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated September 15, 2010, by and among Popular, Inc., AP Carib Holdings, Ltd., Carib Acquisition, Inc. and EVERTEC, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of Popular, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 21, 2010, File No. 001-34084)
  2.5   Fourth Amendment to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated September 30, 2010, by and among Popular, Inc., AP Carib Holdings, Ltd., Carib Acquisition, Inc. and EVERTEC, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of Popular, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 6, 2010, File No. 001-34084)
  3.1*   Articles of Incorporation of EVERTEC, Inc.
  3.2*   Bylaws of EVERTEC, Inc.
  4.1*   Indenture, dated as of September 30, 2010, among EVERTEC, Inc., the guarantors party thereto and Wilmington Trust FSB, as trustee.
  4.2*   Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2010, by and among EVERTEC, Inc., the guarantors party thereto and Banc of America Securities LLC, as representative of the initial purchasers.
  4.3*   Form of 11% Senior Note due 2018 (included in the Indenture filed as Exhibit 4.1 to Registration Statement on Form S-4.
  5.1**   Opinion of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.
10.1*   Credit Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2010, among Carib Holdings, Inc., EVERTEC, Inc., the lenders from time to time parties thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, swingline lender and L/C issuer
10.2*   Amendment No. 1, dated as of March 3, 2011, to Credit Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2010, among Carib Holdings, Inc., EVERTEC, Inc., the lenders from time to time parties thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, swingline lender and L/C issuer
10.3*   Guarantee Agreement dated as of September 30, 2010, by and among EVERTEC, Inc., the loan parties identified on the signature pages thereof and Bank of America, N.A. as administrative agent and collateral agent


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Description

10.4*    Collateral Agreement dated as of September 30, 2010, among Carib Holdings, Inc., EVERTEC, Inc., each subsidiary of EVERTEC, Inc. identified therein and Bank of America, N.A. as collateral agent
10.5    Amended and Restated Master Service Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2010, among Popular, Inc. Banco Popular de Puerto Rico and EVERTEC, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.3 of Popular, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 6, 2010, File No. 001-34084 ).
10.6    Technology Agreement, made and entered into as of September 30, 2010, by and between Popular, Inc. and EVERTEC, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.4 of Popular, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 6, 2010, File No. 001-34084)
10.7*    Amended and Restated Independent Sales Organization Sponsorship and Services Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2010, by and between Banco Popular de Puerto Rico and EVERTEC, Inc.
10.8    IP Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated June 30, 2010, by and Popular, Inc. (and Affiliates and Subsidiaries) and EVERTEC, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of Popular, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 8, 2010, File. No. 001-34084)
10.9*    Consulting Agreement dated as of September 30, 2010, among Carib Holdings, Inc., EVERTEC, Inc. and Apollo Management VII, L.P.
10.10*    Consulting Agreement dated as of September 30, 2010, among Carib Holdings, Inc., EVERTEC, Inc. and Popular, Inc.
10.11*    Employment Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2010, by and between EVERTEC, Inc. and Felix M. Villamil Pagani
10.12*    Promissory Note and Forgivable Loan, Stock Pledge Agreement, dated as of September 29, 2010, between EVERTEC, Inc. and Félix M. Villamil
10.13*    Employment Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2010, by and between EVERTEC, Inc. and Luis O. Abreu
10.14*    Employment Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2010, by and between EVERTEC, Inc. and Carlos J. Ramirez
10.15*    Employment Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2010, by and between EVERTEC, Inc. and Luis G. Alvarado
10.16*    Employment Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2010, by and between EVERTEC, Inc. and Jorge R. Hernandez
10.17*    Carib Holdings, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan
10.18*    Form of Stock Option Grant for named executive officers and certain others under Carib Holdings, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan
10.19*    Carib Holdings, Inc. Stock Option Agreement, dated as of April 5, 2011, by and between Carib Holdings, Inc. and Nathaniel Lipman


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Exhibit No.

 

Description

10.20*   Carib Holdings, Inc. Stock Option Agreement, dated as of April 5, 2011, by and between Carib Holdings, Inc. and Thomas M. White 2006 Trust
10.21*   Subscription Agreement, dated as of April 5, 2011, by and between Carib Holdings, Inc. and Thomas M. White 2006 Trust
10.22*   Subscription Agreement, dated as of February 11, 2011, by and between Carib Holdings, Inc. and Luis O. Abreu. This Agreement is one of six substantially identical subscription agreements and includes a schedule which identifies material details in which each agreement differs from the one that is filed herewith.
12.1*   Statement re Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges.
21.1*   Subsidiaries of EVERTEC, Inc.
23.1*   Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm.
23.2**   Consent of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).
25.1*   Form T-1 of Wilmington Trust FSB (with respect to the 11% Senior Notes due 2018).
99.1*   Form of Letter of Transmittal.
99.2*   Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.
99.3*   Form of Letter to Brokers.
99.4*   Form of Letter to Clients.

 

* Filed herewith
** To be filed by amendment
EX-2.2 2 dex22.htm AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER Amendment to the Agreement and Plan of Merger

Exhibit 2.2

AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER BY AND AMONG

POPULAR, INC., AP CARIB HOLDINGS, LTD., CARIB ACQUISITION, INC.

AND EVERTEC, INC.

This Amendment, dated August 5, 2010 (this “Amendment”), amends the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of 11:59 P.M., June 30, 2010, among (i) Popular, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (“Stockholder”), (ii) AP Carib Holdings, Ltd., an exempted company organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands with limited liability (“Parent”), (iii) Carib Acquisition, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (“Merger Sub”) and (iv) EVERTEC, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (the “Company”) (as so amended, the “Agreement”). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement.

WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend the Agreement pursuant to Section 9.3 thereof.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the mutual agreements contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

1. Section 8.1(f) of the Agreement shall be amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

“(f) Between 7:00 pm on Thursday, August 5, 2010 and 7:00 pm on Sunday, August 8, 2010, by either Parent or Stockholder if either party shall not be reasonably satisfied with the terms and conditions of the New Service Addenda and the documents referred to in Section 5.17 prior to such time.”

2. Except as specifically amended by this Amendment, the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed. This Amendment shall be construed as one with the Agreement, and the Agreement shall, where the context requires, be read and construed so as to incorporate this Amendment.

3. This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Agreement.

4. This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which shall constitute one and the same agreement.

[Signature page follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed or caused this Amendment to be executed as of the date first written above.

 

POPULAR, INC.
By:  

/s/ Richard Carrion Rexach

 

Name:

Title:

EVERTEC, INC.
By:  

/s/ Richard Carrion Rexach

 

Name:

Title:

AP CARIB HOLDINGS, LTD.
By:   Apollo Management VII, L.P., its sole director
By:   AIF Management LLC, its general partner
By:  

/s/ Marc Becker

 

Name:

Title:

CARIB ACQUISITION, INC.
By:  

/s/ Marc Becker

 

Name:

Title:

[Signature Page of Amendment to Merger Agreement]

EX-3.1 3 dex31.htm ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF EVERTEC, INC. Articles of Incorporation of EVERTEC, Inc.

Exhibit 3.1

EXECUTION VERSION

COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

EVERTEC, INC.

REGISTRY NUMBER: 71,685

EVERTEC, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (the “Corporation”), does hereby certify as follows:

1. This Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (this “Certificate”) was duly adopted by the board of directors (the “Board”) of the Corporation in accordance with the General Corporations Law of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico of 2009 (as the same exists or may hereafter be amended from time to time, the “General Corporations Law”).

2. This Certificate restates, integrates and further amends provisions of the original certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, which was filed with the Department of State of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico on December 16, 1988 (as amended and restated on May 27, 2005, the “Original Certificate”).

3. The text of the Original Certificate is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

EVERTEC, INC.

ARTICLE I

NAME

The name of the corporation is EVERTEC, Inc.

ARTICLE II

PURPOSE

The Corporation is formed for the main purpose of owning and operating a business engaged in developing, marketing, selling, leasing and providing products and services related to (1) transaction processing services, including card processing, item processing, cash processing, payment processing, electronic benefit transfer processing and program management, (2) business management solutions, including, core bank processing, network solutions, business process outsourcing and fulfillment, and ticket processing, (3) the business of providing financial

 

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institutions with access to the ATH payment network, and (4) merchant acquiring, in each case in and out of Puerto Rico, and to engage in and any other lawful act or activity of business for which corporations may be organized pursuant to the General Corporations Law and other applicable laws. The Corporation shall possess and may exercise all the powers and privileges granted by law or by this Certificate, together with any powers incidental thereto, insofar as such powers and privileges are necessary or convenient to the conduct, promotion or attainment of the business purposes or activities of the Corporation.

ARTICLE III

REGISTERED AGENT

The street address of the designated office of the Corporation in Puerto Rico is Carretera 176, Km. 1.3, Cupey Bajo, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico 00926 and the name of the Corporation’s initial resident agent at such address is Felix Villamil.

ARTICLE IV

CAPITALIZATION

Section 4.1 Authorized Capital Stock. The total number of shares of capital stock that the Corporation is authorized to issue is 3,000,000 shares, consisting of 2,500,000 shares of common stock, par value $1.00 per share (the “Common Stock”) and, subject to Section 4.2 hereof, 500,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $1.00 per share (the “Preferred Stock”). The powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights of the respective classes of the Corporation’s capital stock or the holders thereof and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof are set forth in this Article IV.

Section 4.2 Preferred Stock. Shares of Preferred Stock may be issued in one or more series from time to time, with each such series to consist of such number of shares and to have such voting powers, full or limited, or no voting powers, and such designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, as shall be stated in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of such series adopted by the Board and included in a certificate of designations (a “Preferred Stock Designation”), and, the Board is hereby expressly vested with the authority, to the full extent now or hereafter provided by law, to adopt any such resolution or resolutions, provided that no such series of preferred may be authorized, and no such Shares of Preferred Stock may be issued, without the prior approval of the terms of the Preferred Stock Designation and of the terms of the issuance by at least one director nominated to the board of directors of Holdco by each Principal Stockholder whose Proportionate Percentage is 10% or more and who has the right to nominate a director to the board of directors of Holdco pursuant to Section 2 of the Stockholder Agreement.

Section 4.3 Common Stock. The holders of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to one vote for each such share on each matter properly submitted to the stockholders on which the holders of shares of Common Stock are entitled to vote. Except as otherwise required by law or this Certificate (including any Preferred Stock Designation), at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders the Common Stock shall have the exclusive right to vote for the election of Directors and on all other matters properly submitted to a vote of the stockholders.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise required by law or this Certificate (including a Preferred Stock Designation), holders of Common Stock shall not be entitled to vote on any amendment to this Certificate (including any amendment to any Preferred Stock Designation) that relates solely to the terms of one or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock if the holders of such affected series are entitled, either separately or together with the holders of one or more other such series, to vote thereon pursuant to this Certificate (including any Preferred Stock Designation).

Section 4.4 Dividends and Other Distributions. Dividends shall be paid in accordance with the General Corporations Law. Subject to the rights of the holders of Preferred Stock, if any, as provided in the General Corporations Law, this Certificate (as amended from time to time), or any resolution or resolutions approved thereon by the Board in connection with the issuance of Preferred Stock (any such resolution or resolution of the Board being subject to the prior approval of at least one Director nominated to the board of directors of Holdco by each Principal Stockholder whose Proportionate Percentage is 10% or more and who has the right to nominate a director to the board of directors of Holdco pursuant to Section 2 of the Stockholder Agreement), the record holders of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive such dividends and other distributions (payable in cash, property or capital stock of the Corporation) when, as and if declared thereon by the Board from time to time out of any assets or funds of the Corporation legally available therefor and shall share equally on a per share basis in all such dividends and distributions.

Section 4.5 Liquidation. In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, after payment or provision for payment of the debts and other liabilities of the Corporation, subject to the rights of holders of Preferred Stock, if any, in respect thereof, the holders of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive all the remaining assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders, ratably in proportion to the number of shares of Common Stock held by them.

Section 4.6 Rights, Powers, Restrictions and Limitations. As required by the General Corporations Law, while the Corporation is entitled to issue more than one class of stock or more than one series of any class, any information consisting of the number of shares, voting powers, full or limited, or no voting powers, and such designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions with respect to the issuance of any class or series of stock as approved by resolution or resolutions of the Board shall either be entered in full or summarized on the face or back of the certificate or certificates issued by the Corporation to represent such stock, or a statement to the effect that the Corporation will provide, without charge to each stockholder who so requests, a list of such powers, designations, preferences, limitations or restrictions shall be inserted therein.

ARTICLE V

PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS

Section 5.1 General.

(a) If the Corporation proposes to issue or incur, as applicable, any (A) equity securities, (B) debt securities or other Indebtedness, (C) securities convertible into or exercisable

 

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or exchangeable for equity or debt securities or other Indebtedness or (D) other securities, other than Excluded Securities (as defined in Section 5.2) (the “Offered Securities”), the Corporation shall deliver to each Principal Stockholder and its applicable Partial Rights Transferees a written notice (which notice shall state the number or amount of the Offered Securities proposed to be issued, the purchase price therefor and any other material terms or conditions of the proposed Offered Securities and of their issuance or incurrence, as applicable, including any linked or grouped securities which comprise Offered Securities) of such issuance or incurrence, as applicable (the “Preemptive Offer Notice”) at least ten Business Days prior to the date of the proposed issuance (the period beginning on the date that the Preemptive Offer Notice is delivered to the Principal Stockholders and applicable Partial Rights Transferees and the date that is ten Business Days following such date being the “Preemptive Offer Period”).

(b) Each Principal Stockholder and applicable Partial Rights Transferees shall have the option, exercisable at any time during the Preemptive Offer Period by delivering a written notice to the Corporation (a “Preemptive Offer Acceptance Notice”), (A) to subscribe for the number or amount of such Offered Securities up to its Proportionate Percentage (excluding for the purposes of this calculation Common Stock beneficially owned by stockholders who are not Principal Stockholders or their applicable Partial Rights Transferees) of the total number or amount of Offered Securities proposed to be issued and (B) in the case of Offered Securities that are not debt securities or other Indebtedness, to offer to subscribe for up to its Proportionate Percentage (excluding for the purposes of this calculation shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by stockholders of Common Stock who are not Subscribing Preemptive Rights Holders) of the Offered Securities not subscribed for by the other Principal Stockholders or their applicable Partial Rights Transferees (as further described below). In the case of Offered Securities that are not debt securities or other Indebtedness, any Offered Securities not subscribed for by a Principal Stockholder or applicable Partial Rights Transferees shall be deemed to be re-offered to and accepted by each of the other Principal Stockholders and applicable Partial Rights Transferees that has exercised its option specified in clause (B) of the immediately preceding sentence (each a “Subscribing Preemptive Rights Holder”), with respect to the lesser of (x) the amount specified in such Subscribing Preemptive Rights Holder’s Preemptive Offer Acceptance Notice and (y) an amount equal to the Offered Securities not subscribed for by the Principal Stockholders and applicable Partial Rights Transferees who are not Subscribing Preemptive Rights Holders. Such deemed re-offer and acceptance procedures described in the immediately preceding sentence shall be deemed to be repeated until either (1) all of the Offered Securities are accepted by the Principal Stockholders and applicable Partial Rights Transferees or (2) no Principal Stockholders or applicable Partial Rights Transferees desire to subscribe for more Offered Securities. The Corporation shall notify each Subscribing Preemptive Rights Holder within five Business Days following the expiration of the Preemptive Offer Period of the number or amount of Offered Securities which such Subscribing Preemptive Rights Holder has subscribed to purchase.

(c) If Preemptive Offer Acceptance Notices are not given by the Principal Stockholders and applicable Partial Rights Transferees for all the Offered Securities, the Corporation may issue the part of such Offered Securities as to which Preemptive Offer Acceptance Notices have not been given by the Principal Stockholders and their applicable Partial Rights Transferees (the “Refused Securities”) to any other Person (a “New Investor”) in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the Preemptive Offer Notice. Any Refused

 

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Securities not purchased by one or more New Investors in accordance with this Section 5.1 within 60 days after the expiration of the Preemptive Offer Period may not be sold or otherwise disposed of until they are again offered to the Principal Stockholders under the procedures specified in this Section 5.1.

Section 5.2 Excluded Securities. The rights under this ARTICLE V shall not apply to the following securities issued by the Corporation at any time in compliance with the Stockholder Agreement (the “Excluded Securities”):

(a) Common Stock issued as a dividend on Common Stock or upon any stock split;

(b) securities issued in connection with a consolidation, merger, purchase of all or substantially all of the assets or similar transaction involving the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, and a business entity that is not an Affiliate (disregarding clauses (i)(y) and (ii) of the definition of such term) of the Corporation or one of the Principal Stockholders in each case to the extent that such transaction is conducted in compliance with the Stockholders Agreement;

(c) with the approval of a majority of the Board and, for so long as any Principal Stockholder’s Proportionate Percentage is at least 5%, the approval of at least one director nominated to the board of directors of Holdco by such Principal Stockholder (to the extent such Principal Stockholder has the right to nominate a director to the board of directors of Holdco pursuant to Section 2 of the Stockholder Agreement), securities issued as an equity kicker to one or more Persons to whom the Corporation or one or more of its Subsidiaries is becoming Indebted in connection with the incurrence of such Indebtedness by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, provided that such incurrence otherwise occurs in compliance with the Stockholder Agreement, and provided further that (A) to the extent any Principal Stockholder or Partial Rights Transferee exercises its Preemptive Rights to such Indebtedness, it shall be entitled to Preemptive Rights pursuant to this ARTICLE V (without respect to this Section 5.2(c)) with respect to such securities issued as an equity kicker), and (B) the effect of such issuance does not discriminate against any Principal Stockholder (including by having a different adverse impact on any Principal Stockholder based on such Principal Stockholder’s identity or any of its attributes);

(d) with the approval of a majority of the Board and, for so long as any Principal Stockholder’s Proportionate Percentage is at least 5%, the approval of at least one director nominated to the board of directors of Holdco by such Principal Stockholder (to the extent such Principal Stockholder has the right to nominate a director to the board of directors of Holdco pursuant to Section 2 of the Stockholder Agreement), to the extent that the Corporation concludes that an issuance is appropriate and desirable and in order to further the business relationship with a customer of the Corporation or one of its Subsidiaries, Common Stock issued on customary terms to such customer, provided that such customer is not an Affiliate (disregarding clauses (i)(y) and (ii) of the definition of such term) of the Corporation or one of the Principal Stockholders, provided further that the effect of such issuance does not discriminate against any Principal Stockholder (including by having a different adverse impact on any Principal Stockholder based on such Principal Stockholder’s identity or any of its attributes);

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(f) securities issued upon the exercise, conversion or exchange of any options, warrants or any other derivative securities of the Corporation issued in compliance with (or not otherwise in violation of) this Article V.

Section 5.3 Termination. The rights set forth in this ARTICLE V shall terminate immediately prior to the consummation of a Qualified Public Offering.

Section 5.4 Treasury Stock. For the avoidance of doubt, the Transfer (other than to a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Corporation) by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries of any security issued by the Corporation shall be deemed to be an issuance of such security by the Corporation for the purposes of this Certificate.

Section 5.5 Certain Debt Issuances. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this ARTICLE V, if the managing underwriters for an offering of debt securities or the lead arrangers for issuances of bank or other Indebtedness by the Corporation advise the Corporation in writing that in their opinion the availability of Preemptive Rights to the Principal Stockholders and their Partial Rights Transferees would significantly jeopardize the success of such offering or debt raising (including by adversely affecting the terms on which such debt securities or Indebtedness could be issued or incurred, as applicable), then the Corporation shall provide notice of such opinion in the Preemptive Rights Notice and no Principal Stockholder or Partial Rights Transferee shall have any such Preemptive Rights pursuant to Section 5.1 with respect to such offering or incurrence of debt securities or Indebtedness; provided, however that the Principal Stockholders may participate in such offering or debt raising to the extent permitted under Section 8(f) of the Stockholder Agreement.

ARTICLE VI

DIRECTORS

Section 6.1 Board Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by, or under the direction of, the Board. In addition to the powers and authority expressly conferred upon the Board by statute, this Certificate or the Bylaws of the Corporation (the “Bylaws”), the Board is hereby empowered to exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be exercised or done by the Corporation, subject, nevertheless, to the provisions of the General Corporations Law, this Certificate, any Bylaws adopted by the stockholders and the Stockholder Agreement (including but not limited to Section 3(c) thereof); provided, however, that no Bylaws hereafter adopted by the stockholders shall invalidate any prior act of the Board that would have been valid if such Bylaws had not been adopted.

Section 6.2 Election, Removal and Replacement. Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws shall so require, the election of Directors need not be by written ballot. Directors may be elected, removed and/or replaced only in compliance with the provisions set forth in the Stockholder Agreement and the Bylaws.

Section 6.3 Number of Directors. The Board shall consist of nine Directors.

 

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ARTICLE VII

BYLAWS

The Bylaws may be adopted, amended, altered or repealed only by (a) the affirmative vote of the holders holding at least a majority of the Common Stock and (b) for so long as any Principal Stockholder beneficially owns, together with its Affiliates, at least 10% of the Holdco Common Stock then outstanding, the written consent of such Principal Stockholder.

ARTICLE VIII

CORPORATE OPPORTUNITIES

If any (a) Director nominated to the board of directors of Holdco (and then serving on the Board) by a Principal Stockholder or Partial Rights Transferee (other than a Management Director) or (b) Holder (other than a Management Holder) (i) acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or matter which may be an investment or business opportunity or prospective economic or competitive advantage in which the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries could have an interest or expectancy (a “Competitive Opportunity”) or (ii) otherwise is then exploiting any Competitive Opportunity, neither the Corporation nor any of its Subsidiaries will have any interest in, or expectation that, such Competitive Opportunity be offered to it. Any such interest or expectation is hereby renounced so that such Director or Holder shall (x) have no duty to communicate or present such Competitive Opportunity to the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries and (y) have the right to either hold any such Competitive Opportunity for such Director’s or Holder’s own account and benefit or to recommend, assign or otherwise transfer such Competitive Opportunity to Persons other than the Corporation or any Subsidiary of the Corporation. For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall Apollo, Popular or any of their respective Affiliates be deemed to be either a Management Director or Management Holder for purposes of this Article VIII.

ARTICLE IX

LIMITATION OF DIRECTOR LIABILITY;

INDEMNIFICATION AND ADVANCEMENT OF EXPENSES

Section 9.1 Limitation of Director Liability. To the fullest extent that the General Corporations Law or any other law of Puerto Rico as the same exists or is hereafter amended permits the limitation or elimination of the liability of directors, no person who is or was a Director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or any of its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a Director, except to the extent that such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the General Corporations Law or any other law of Puerto Rico as the same exists or is hereafter amended. Any repeal, modification or amendment of this Section 9.1 by the stockholders of the Corporation or by changes in law, or the adoption of any other provision of this Certificate inconsistent with this Section 9.1 will, unless otherwise required by law, be prospective only (except to the extent such amendment or change in law permits the Corporation to further limit or eliminate the liability of Directors) and shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a Director of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or amendment or adoption of such inconsistent provision with respect to acts or omissions occurring prior to such repeal or amendment or adoption of such inconsistent provision.

 

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Section 9.2 Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses.

(a) To the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporations Law or any other applicable law of Puerto Rico, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, the Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless each person who is or was made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “proceeding”) by reason of the fact that he or she is or was an incorporator, agent, resident agent, Director or officer of the Corporation or, while an incorporator, agent, resident agent, Director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as an incorporator, resident agent, Director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, other enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan (an “indemnitee”), whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a Director, officer, employee or agent, or in any other capacity while serving as a Director, officer, employee or agent, against all expenses, liability and loss (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and expenses, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes and penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such indemnitee in connection with such proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person’s conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that such person (i) did not act in good faith and in a manner which such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, (ii) with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that such person’s conduct was unlawful. The right to indemnification conferred by this Section 9.2 shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation for the expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred in defending, testifying or otherwise participating in any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that, if the General Corporations Law requires, an advancement of expenses shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of the indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal that the indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for the expenses under this Section 9.2 or otherwise. The rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses conferred by this Section 9.2 shall be contract rights and such rights shall continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to be an incorporator, agent, resident agent, Director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and administrators. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 9.2, except for proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses, the Corporation shall indemnify and advance expenses to an indemnitee in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such indemnitee only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board.

(b) The rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses conferred on any indemnitee by this Section 9.2 shall not be exclusive of any other rights that any indemnitee may have or hereafter acquire under law, this Certificate, the Bylaws, an agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested Directors, or otherwise.

 

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(c) Any repeal or amendment of this Section 9.2 by the stockholders of the Corporation or by changes in law, or the adoption of any other provision of this Certificate inconsistent with this Section 9.2, shall, unless otherwise required by law, be prospective only (except to the extent such amendment or change in law permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights on a retroactive basis than permitted prior thereto), and shall not in any way diminish or adversely affect any right or protection existing at the time of such repeal or amendment or adoption of such inconsistent provision in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to such repeal or amendment or adoption of such inconsistent provision.

(d) This Section 9.2 shall not limit the right of the Corporation, to the extent and in the manner authorized or permitted by law, to indemnify and to advance expenses to persons other than indemnitees.

(e) The Corporation hereby acknowledges that an indemnitee may have certain rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and/or insurance provided by one or more persons or entities who employ such indemnitee or of whom such indemnitee is a partner or member, and any such persons’ affiliated investment funds, managed funds and management companies, if applicable, and each of their respective affiliates (collectively, the “Secondary Indemnitors”). The Corporation hereby agrees (i) that it is the indemnitor of first resort—meaning that, its obligations under this Section 9.2 are primary and any obligation of the Secondary Indemnitors to advance expenses and provide indemnification for the same expenses and liabilities incurred by such indemnitee are secondary, (ii) that it shall be required to advance the full amount of expenses incurred by any such indemnitee and shall be liable for the full amount of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, and expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement) to the extent legally permitted and as required by this Certificate, the Bylaws or any other agreement between the Corporation and such indemnitee), without regard to any rights that such indemnitee may have against the Secondary Indemnitors, and (iii) that it irrevocably waives, relinquishes, and releases the Secondary Indemnitors from any and all claims which it has or may have against the Secondary Indemnitors for contribution, subrogation or any other recovery of any kind in respect thereof. The Corporation further agrees that no advancement or payment by the Secondary Indemnitors shall affect the foregoing, and the Secondary Indemnitors shall be subrogated to the extent of such advancement or payment to all of the rights of recovery of any such indemnitee against the Corporation. The Corporation and each indemnitee agree that Secondary Indemnitors are express third-party beneficiaries of this Section 9.2.

ARTICLE X

DURATION

This Certificate will become effective upon the filing date. The term of existence of the Corporation will be perpetual.

ARTICLE XI

SEVERABILITY

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remaining provisions of this Certificate (including, without limitation, each portion of the paragraph of this Certificate containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby; and (ii) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Certificate (including, without limitation, each portion of the paragraph of this Certificate containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.

ARTICLE XII

AMENDMENT OF CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate by (a) the affirmative vote of the stockholders holding at least a majority of the Common Stock then outstanding and (b) (1) prior to the initial Qualified Public Offering, for so long as any Principal Stockholder beneficially owns, together with its Affiliates, at least 10% of the Holdco Common Stock then outstanding, the written consent of such Principal Stockholder, and (2) following the initial Qualified Public Offering, for so long as any Principal Stockholder beneficially owns, together with its Affiliates, at least 20% of the Holdco Common Stock then outstanding, the written consent of such Principal Stockholder, and except as set forth in Article IX, all rights, preferences and privileges herein conferred upon stockholders, Directors or any other persons by and pursuant to this Certificate in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the right reserved in this Article.

ARTICLE XIII

CONFLICT WITH STOCKHOLDER AGREEMENT

The sole stockholder of the Corporation is a party to the Stockholder Agreement and governed by the provisions thereof. To the extent that the terms of this Certificate and the terms of the Stockholder Agreement are inconsistent, the terms of the Stockholder Agreement shall control.

ARTICLE XIV

DEFINITIONS

Section 14.1 Defined Terms. As used in this Certificate, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

(a) “Adoption Agreement” means an Adoption Agreement in the form attached as Exhibit A to the Stockholder Agreement.

(b) “Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controlling, Controlled by, or under common Control with, such Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) with respect to Apollo, the term “Affiliate” shall (x) include any investment fund with respect to which Apollo Global Management LLC or its Controlled Affiliates (including its and their respective successors) are the sole, or if not sole, primary investment managers and, subject to clause (y) below, each of their Subsidiaries and (y) not include portfolio companies of Apollo Global Management LLC or

 

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its Controlled Affiliates and, (ii) with respect to Popular (to the extent that at the time of determination it is engaged in a private equity or similar business), the term “Affiliate” shall not include portfolio companies of Popular or its Controlled Affiliates.

(c) “Apollo” means AP Carib Holdings, Ltd., an exempted company organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands.

(d) “Assignment in Part” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 10 of the Stockholder Agreement.

(e) “Assignment in Whole” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 10 of the Stockholder Agreement.

(f) “beneficially owned”, “beneficial ownership” and similar phrases have the same meanings as such terms have under Rule 13d-3 (or any successor rule then in effect) under the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the beneficial ownership of any stockholder, such stockholder shall be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such stockholder has the right to acquire, whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable upon the occurrence of a subsequent event. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Principal Stockholder shall be deemed to beneficially own any Holdco Common Stock or Common Stock beneficially owned by another Person who is not a Controlled Affiliate of such Principal Stockholder’s Ultimate Parent Entity (disregarding solely for the purposes of determining the Holdco Common Stock or Common Stock beneficially owned by such Person, (i) application of this sentence to any Holdco Common Stock or Common Stock that have been Transferred (other than in the form of a pledge, hypothecation or similar grant of a security interest only and which shall not involve the grant of a proxy or other right with respect to the voting of such Holdco Common Stock or Common Stock) to such Person in compliance with this Agreement and (ii) any Group Common Stock with respect to such Person), including without limitation, another Principal Stockholder or any Partial Rights Transferee, in either case, that is not a Controlled Affiliate of such Principal Stockholder’s Ultimate Parent Entity.

(g) Business Day means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banks in New York, New York or San Juan, Puerto Rico are authorized or obligated by Law or executive order to close.

(h) “Change of Control” means, with respect to any Person, any:

(i) merger, consolidation or other business combination of such Person (or any Subsidiary or Subsidiaries that alone or together represent all or substantially all of such Person’s consolidated business at that time) or any successor or other entity holding all or substantially all the assets of such Person and its Subsidiaries that results in the stockholders of such Person (or such Subsidiary or Subsidiaries) or any successor or other entity holding all or substantially all the assets of such Person and its Subsidiaries or the surviving entity thereof, as applicable, immediately before the consummation of such transaction or a series of related transactions (or, in the case of Holdco, the Principal Stockholders and the Controlled Affiliates of their respective Ultimate

 

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Parent Entities), holding, directly or indirectly, less than 50% of the voting power of such Person (or such Subsidiary or Subsidiaries) or any successor, other entity or the surviving entity thereof, as applicable, immediately following the consummation of such transaction or series of related transactions;

(ii) Transfer (other than in the form of a pledge, hypothecation or similar grant of a security interest only and which shall not involve the grant of a proxy or other right with respect to the voting of such equity), in one or a series of related transactions, of equity representing 50% or more of the voting power of such Person (or any Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of such Person that alone or together represent all or substantially all of such Person’s consolidated business at that time) or any successor or other entity holding substantially all the assets of such Person and its Subsidiaries to a Person or Group of Persons (other than, in the case of Holdco, a Transfer of such equity to Apollo’s Ultimate Parent Entity or any of its Controlled Affiliates or Popular or any of its Controlled Affiliates);

(iii) transaction in which a majority of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of such Person (or any successor or other entity holding all or substantially all the assets of such Person and its Subsidiaries) immediately following or as a proximate cause of such transaction is comprised of persons who were not members of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of such Person (or such successor or other entity) immediately prior to such transaction (or, in the case of Holdco, are not designees of Apollo or Popular (or their respective Affiliates)); or

(iv) sale or other disposition in one or a series of related transactions of all or substantially all of the assets of such Person and its Subsidiaries (or any successor or other entity holding all or substantially all the assets of such Person and its Subsidiaries).

(i) “Complete Rights Transferee” means (i) any Person to whom Apollo or Popular, as the case may be, (A) Transfers 80% or more of the Holdco Common Stock held by it and its Affiliates as of the date of September 30, 2010 and (B) has made or is making an Assignment in Whole and (ii) any Person to whom a Complete Rights Transferee (A) Transfers 100% of the Holdco Common Stock acquired by such Complete Rights Transferee in connection with an Assignment in Whole pursuant to which such Complete Rights Transferee became a Complete Rights Transferee and (B) has made or is making an Assignment in Whole; provided that, in each case, such Transferee (x) has acquired such Holdco Common Stock in one or more Transfers of Holdco Common Stock which are in compliance with the terms and conditions of the Stockholder Agreement, including the requirements set forth in Section 4 of the Stockholder Agreement and (y) has executed and delivered an Adoption Agreement to each party to the Stockholder Agreement.

(j) “Control,” and its correlative meanings, “Controlling,” and “Controlled,” means the possession, direct or indirect, or the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

 

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(k) “Director” means a member of the Board.

(l) “Encumbrances” means any direct or indirect encumbrances, lien, pledge, security interest, claim, charges, option, right of first refusal or offer, mortgage, deed of trust, easement, or any other restriction or third-party right, including restrictions on the right to vote equity interests.

(m) “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, as amended.

(n) “Government Entity” means any federal, national, supranational, state, provincial, Commonwealth, local or foreign or similar government, governmental subdivision, regulatory or administrative body or other governmental or quasi-governmental agency, tribunal, commission, court, judicial or arbitral body or other entity with competent jurisdiction.

(o) “Group Common Stock” means any Holdco Common Stock or Common Stock beneficially owned by a Person solely as a result of the Stockholder Agreement and, for the avoidance of doubt, which have not been Transferred to such Person’s Ultimate Parent Entity or any of its Controlled Affiliates.

(p) “Group of Persons” means a group of Persons that would constitute a “group” as determined pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

(q) “Holdco” means Carib Holdings, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

(r) “Holdco Common Stock” means the common stock of Holdco, par value $0.01 per share.

(s) “Holders” means the holders of Holdco Common Stock who are parties to the Stockholder Agreement as set forth in Schedule I to the Stockholder Agreement, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time.

(t) “Indebtedness” and its correlative meaning “Indebted,” means, with respect to any Person, (a) all indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent, for borrowed money, and (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other similar debt instruments.

(u) Law means any federal, national, supranational, state, provincial, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, local or foreign or similar law, statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, code, order, writ, judgment, injunction, directive, guideline or decree enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered by a Government Entity or Self-Regulatory Organization (including, for the sake of clarity, any policy statement or interpretation that has the force of law with respect to any of the foregoing, and including common law).

(v) “Management Director” means a Director of the Corporation that is also the individual holding the office of Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation from time to time.

 

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(w) “Management Holder” means Holders who are employed by, or serve as consultants or directors, to the Corporation, Holdco or any of their respective Subsidiaries; provided that in no event shall Apollo, Popular or any of their respective Affiliates be deemed a Management Holder.

(x) “Management Long-Term Compensation Plan” means the Management Long-Term Compensation Plan adopted by Holdco or the Corporation, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time.

(y) “Non-Controlled Public Entity” means a Person which has equity securities listed on a national stock exchange and which the Affiliates of such Person do not beneficially own securities representing the majority of the voting power to elect the members of the board of directors or other governing body of such Person.

(z) “Partial Rights Transferee” means (i) any Person to whom a Principal Stockholder (A) Transfers 20% or more of the Holdco Common Stock held by Apollo or Popular as of the date of this Agreement and (B) has made or is making an Assignment in Part and, except as set forth in Section 10(d) to the Stockholder Agreement, solely to the extent of such Assignment in Part, and (ii) any Person to whom a Partial Rights Transferee (A) Transfers 100% of the Holdco Common Stock acquired by such Partial Rights Transferee in connection with the Assignment in Part pursuant to which such Partial Rights Transferee became a Partial Rights Transferee and (B) has made or is making an Assignment in Part of all rights assigned to such Partial Rights Transferee and, except as set forth in Section 10(d) to the Stockholder Agreement, solely to the extent of such Assignment in Part; provided that, in each case, (x) such Transferee (1) has acquired such Holdco Common Stock in one or more Transfers of Holdco Common Stock which are in compliance with the terms and conditions of the Stockholder Agreement, including the requirements set forth in Section 4 of the Stockholder Agreement and (2) has agreed in writing to comply with the terms and conditions of the Stockholder Agreement applicable to Partial Rights Transferees, (y) in the case of an Assignment in Part by a Principal Stockholder involving the assignment of a 5% Board Right or 10% Board Right (in each case, as defined in the Stockholder Agreement), such Principal Stockholder shall not make such Assignment in Part unless it and such Transferee have agreed (and set forth such agreement in the Adoption Agreement entered into in connection with such Transfer) whether the director(s) nominated to the board of directors of Holdco by such Principal Stockholder or such Transferee shall resign from the board of directors of Holdco and the Board in the event such Principal Stockholder loses its right under Section 2 to the Stockholder Agreement to nominate one or more directors to the board of directors of Holdco, and (z) in the case of an Assignment in Part by a Partial Rights Transferee, such Partial Rights Transferee shall not make such Assignment in Part until such Transferee has agreed (and set forth such agreement in the Adoption Agreement entered into in connection with such Transfer) to be bound by the agreement in respect of the resignation of directors of Holdco set forth in clause (y) above between such Partial Rights Transferee and the Principal Stockholder who made the initial Assignment in Part giving rise to such rights.

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stock company, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization and a Governmental Entity or any department, agency or political subdivision thereof.

(bb) “Popular” means Popular, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

(cc) “Preemptive Rights” means the rights set forth in ARTICLE V of this Certificate.

(dd) “Principal Stockholder” means Apollo, Popular and each of their respective Complete Rights Transferees.

(ee) “Proportionate Percentage” means, with respect to any Person at the time of an event, a fraction (expressed as a percentage) the numerator of which is the total number of outstanding Holdco Common Stock beneficially owned by such Person’s Ultimate Parent Entity or any of its Controlled Affiliates, in each case at such time, and the denominator of which is the total number of outstanding Holdco Common Stock at such time.

(ff) “Qualified Public Offering” means an underwritten public offering of Holdco Common Stock by Holdco pursuant to an effective registration statement filed by Holdco with the Securities and Exchange Commission (other than on Forms S-4 or S-8 or successors to such forms) under the Securities Act, pursuant to which the aggregate offering price of the Holdco Common Stock actually sold in such offering is at least $75 million.

(gg) “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933.

(hh) “Self-Regulatory Organization” means the FINRA, the American Stock Exchange, the National Futures Association, the Chicago Board of Trade, the NYSE, any national securities exchange (as defined in the Exchange Act), any other securities exchange, futures exchange, contract market, any other exchange or corporation or similar self-regulatory body or organization.

(ii) “SPV Affiliate” means with respect to any Principal Stockholder, any Controlled Affiliate of such Principal Stockholder’s Ultimate Parent Entity whose direct or indirect interest in the Holdco Common Stock constitutes more than 30% (by value) of the equity securities portfolio of such Controlled Affiliate.

(jj) “Stockholder Agreement” means that certain Stockholder Agreement dated as of September 30, 2010, by and among Holdco, Apollo, Popular and the other Holders, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time.

(kk) “Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, association, partnership, limited liability company or other business entity of which 50% or more of the total voting power or equity interests (including partnership interests) entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of Directors, managers, representatives or trustees thereof is at the time owned or Controlled, directly or indirectly, by (a) such Person, (b) such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person, or (c) one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.

 

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(ll) “Transfer” means any direct or indirect sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, gift, bequest by will or under intestacy laws, pledge, hypothecation or other Encumbrance, or any other disposition, of the stated security (or any interest therein or right thereto, including the issuance of any total return swap or other derivative whose economic value is primarily based upon the value of the stated security) or of all or part of the voting power (other than the granting of a revocable proxy) associated with the stated security (or any interest therein) whatsoever, or any other transfer of beneficial ownership of the stated security, with or without consideration and whether voluntarily or involuntarily (including by operation of law). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in the Stockholder Agreement, (i) each of (x) a Transfer of equity interests of Popular and (y) a Change of Control of Popular shall be deemed not to constitute a Transfer of any Holdco Common Stock beneficially owned by Popular; (ii) each of (x) a Transfer of equity interests of Apollo’s Ultimate Parent Entity or any of its Controlled Affiliates that is not an SPV Affiliate and (y) a Change of Control of Apollo’s Ultimate Parent Entity or any of its Controlled Affiliates that is not an SPV Affiliate shall be deemed not to constitute a Transfer of any Holdco Common Stock beneficially owned by Apollo’s Ultimate Parent Entity or such Controlled Affiliate, as applicable; and (iii) each of (x) a Transfer of equity interests of any Complete Rights Transferee’s Ultimate Parent Company or any of its Controlled Affiliates that is not an SPV Affiliate and (y) a Change of Control of any Complete Rights Transferee’s Ultimate Parent Company or any of its Controlled Affiliates that is not an SPV Affiliate shall be deemed not to constitute a Transfer of any Holdco Common Stock beneficially owned by such Complete Rights Transferee’s Ultimate Parent Company or such Controlled Affiliate, as applicable; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, subject to clause (i) above, any Change of Control of an SPV Affiliate shall be deemed to constitute a Transfer of the Holdco Common Stock beneficially owned by such SPV Affiliate.

(mm) “Transferee” means any Person to whom a stockholder has transferred Holdco Common Stock pursuant to a Transfer.

(oo) “Ultimate Parent Entity” means (i) with respect to Apollo, Apollo Global Management LLC and its successors, (ii) with respect to Popular, Popular and its successors and (iii) with respect to a Complete Rights Transferee, (x) the Person which (A)(i) Controls such Complete Rights Transferee or (ii) if no Person Controls such Complete Rights Transferee, the beneficial owner of a majority of the voting power of such Complete Rights Transferee and (B) is not itself Controlled by any other Person that is an Ultimate Parent Entity of such Complete Rights Transferee or, (y) if no such Person exists, the Complete Rights Transferee; provided that, with respect to determining an Ultimate Parent Entity (i) the Control of any entity by a natural person shall be disregarded and (ii) the Control of any Non-Controlled Public Entity by any Person shall be disregarded.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, EVERTEC, Inc. has caused this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be signed by a duly authorized officer, on September 30, 2010.

 

EVERTEC, INC.
By:   /s/ Felix M. Villamil
Name:   Felix M. Villamil
Title:   President

[Signature Page to Amended and Restated EVERTEC Certificate of Incorporation]

EX-3.2 4 dex32.htm BYLAWS OF EVERTEC, INC. Bylaws of EVERTEC, Inc.

Exhibit 3.2

EXECUTION VERSION

AMENDED AND RESTATED

BYLAWS

OF

EVERTEC, INC.

a Puerto Rico corporation

(the “Company”)

(Adopted as of September 30, 2010)


AMENDED AND RESTATED

BYLAWS

OF

EVERTEC, INC.

ARTICLE I.

OFFICES

Section 1.1 Registered Office. The registered office of the Company within the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall be located at either (i) the principal place of business of the Company in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or (ii) the office of the corporation or individual acting as the Company’s registered agent in Puerto Rico.

Section 1.2 Additional Offices. The Company may, in addition to its registered office in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, have such other offices and places of business, both within and without the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, as the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) may from time to time determine or as the business and affairs of the Company may require.

ARTICLE II.

STOCKHOLDERS MEETINGS

Section 2.1 Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders shall be held at a place and time on any weekday which is not a holiday and which is not more than 120 days after the end of the fiscal year of the Company as shall be designated by the Board and stated in the notice of the meeting, at which the stockholders shall elect the directors of the Company and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

Section 2.2 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, may be called by the Chairman of the Board or the President and shall be called by the President or Secretary at the request in writing of a majority of the Board or stockholders owning capital stock of the Company representing a majority of the votes of all capital stock of the Company entitled to vote thereat. Such request of the Board or the stockholders shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting.

Section 2.3 Notices. Written notice of each stockholders’ meeting stating the place, date and hour of the meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote thereat by or at the direction of the officer calling such meeting not less than ten nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting. If said notice is for a stockholders meeting other than an annual meeting, it shall in addition state the purpose or purposes for which said meeting is called, and the business transacted at such meeting shall be limited to the matters so stated in said notice and any matters reasonably related thereto. Attendance of a person at a meeting or the participation thereof therein shall constitute a waiver of the notice of such meeting, except when a person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the commencement of the meeting that the same was not called nor commenced in accordance with Article 7.18 of the General

 

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Corporations Law of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico of 2009 (the “General Corporations Law”).

Section 2.4 Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the stockholders shall consist of holders of a majority of the total amount of Common Stock outstanding and entitled to vote at such meeting. If a quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, a majority of the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. If the adjournment is for more than 30 days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the reconvened meeting, a notice of said meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at said meeting. The stockholders present at a duly convened meeting may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum.

Section 2.5 Voting of Shares.

Section 2.5.1. Voting Lists. The officer or agent who has charge of the stock ledger of the Company shall prepare, at least ten days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote thereat arranged in alphabetical order and showing the address and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any such stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours for a period of at least ten days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. The original stock transfer books shall be prima facie evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine such list or transfer books or to vote at any meeting of stockholders. Failure to comply with the requirements of this section shall not affect the validity of any action taken at said meeting.

Section 2.5.2. Votes Per Share. Except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote in person or by proxy at every stockholders meeting for each share of capital stock held by such stockholder.

Section 2.5.3. Proxies. Every stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting or to express consent or dissent without a meeting or a stockholder’s duly authorized attorney-in-fact may authorize another person or persons to act for him by proxy. Each proxy shall be in writing, executed by the stockholder giving the proxy or by his duly authorized attorney. No proxy shall be voted on or after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. Unless and until voted, every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the person who executed it, or his legal representatives or assigns, except in those cases where an irrevocable proxy permitted by statute has been given.

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representing a majority of the votes of capital stock of the Company entitled to vote thereon present in person or by proxy at the meeting shall decide any question brought before such meeting, unless the question is one upon which, by express provision of law, the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws or the Stockholder Agreement, a different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question.

Section 2.5.5. Consents in Lieu of Meeting. Any action required to be or which may be taken at any meeting of stockholders may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Notwithstanding the foregoing, following an initial Qualified Public Offering, any action required to be or which may be taken at any meeting of stockholders may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the holders of outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon. Prompt, written notice of the action taken by means of any such consent which is other than unanimous shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing.

ARTICLE III.

DIRECTORS

Section 3.1 Purpose. The business of the Company shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board, which may exercise all such powers of the Company and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by law, the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws or the Stockholder Agreement directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders. Directors need not be stockholders or residents of Puerto Rico.

Section 3.2 Number. The Board shall consist of nine directors.

Section 3.3 Election; Removal; Vacancies. The directors will be elected at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders (or by written consent in lieu of a meeting of the stockholders). Directors may be elected only in compliance with the provisions set forth in Section 2 of the Stockholder Agreement. Each director shall hold office until his successor has been duly elected and qualified pursuant to the terms of the Stockholder Agreement or until his earlier death, disability, resignation, termination (with or without cause) or other removal. Pursuant to Section 2 of the Stockholder Agreement, the Board shall be comprised of the same individuals then serving on the board of directors of Holdco.

Section 3.4 Compensation. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the Board shall have the authority to fix the compensation of directors. The directors may be reimbursed their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board and may be paid either a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board or a stated salary as director. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the Company in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of committees of the Board may be allowed like compensation for attending committee meetings.

 

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ARTICLE IV.

BOARD MEETINGS

Section 4.1 Annual Meetings. The Board shall meet as soon as practicable after the adjournment of each annual stockholders’ meeting at the place of the annual stockholders’ meeting. No notice to the directors shall be necessary to legally convene this meeting, provided a quorum is present.

Section 4.2 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board shall be held within 60 days of the end of each fiscal year and at least once every fiscal quarter, in each case, at such times and places as shall from time to time be determined by resolution of the Board and communicated to all directors. Written notice of each regular meeting of the Board shall be given to each director at least five business days before the date of such meeting.

Section 4.3 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board (i) may be called by the Chairman of the Board or the President and (ii) shall be called by the President or Secretary on the written request of two or more directors. Notice of each special meeting of the Board shall be given, either personally or as hereinafter provided, to each director at least 48 hours before the meeting if such notice is delivered personally or by means of telephone, telegram, telex, email or facsimile transmission and delivery; four days before the meeting if such notice is delivered by a recognized express overnight delivery service; and seven days before the meeting if such notice is delivered through the United States mail. Subject to the last sentence of this Section 4.3, any and all business may be transacted at a special meeting which may be transacted at a regular meeting of the Board. Except as may be otherwise expressly provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or a resolution approved by (x) a majority of the directors then in office and (y) for so long as a Principal Stockholder’s Proportionate Percentage is 20% or more, at least one director nominated to the board of directors of Holdco by such Principal Stockholder, the notice for any special meeting of the Board shall also state the purpose or purposes for which said meeting is called, and the business transacted at such meeting shall be limited to the matters so stated in said notice and any matters reasonably related thereto.

Section 4.4 Quorum; Required Vote. A quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Board shall consist of (i) a majority of the total number of directors then in office and (ii) for so long as a Principal Stockholder or its Partial Rights Transferee beneficially owns, together with its Affiliates, at least 5% of the votes of all Holdco Common Stock entitled to vote at a meeting of the stockholders of Holdco, at least one director nominated to the board of directors of Holdco by such Principal Stockholder or Partial Rights Transferee, as applicable; provided that in the event a meeting of the Board is adjourned for a lack of a quorum because a director nominated to the board of directors of Holdco by such a Principal Stockholder or Partial Rights Transferee has not appeared at a duly called meeting for which such director received proper notice, the absence of such director shall not prevent a quorum at a Reconvened Meeting at which a majority of the total number of directors then in office are in attendance. The act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws or the Stockholder Agreement. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting, a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present.

 

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Section 4.5 Consent in Lieu of Meeting. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws or the Stockholder Agreement, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board or any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the Board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee.

ARTICLE V.

COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS

Section 5.1 Establishment; Standing Committees. The Board may by resolution establish, name or dissolve one or more committees, each committee to consist of three or more of the directors and be comprised of such members of the Board as required by the Stockholder Agreement. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the Board when required.

Section 5.2 Available Powers. Any committee established pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof, but only to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board establishing such committee or otherwise delegating specific power and authority to such committee and as limited by law, the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws and the Stockholder Agreement, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board in the management of the business and affairs of the Company, and may authorize the seal of the Company to be affixed to all papers which may require it.

Section 5.3 Unavailable Powers. No committee of the Board shall have the power or authority to amend the Certificate of Incorporation; adopt an agreement of merger or consolidation; recommend to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the Company’s property and assets, a dissolution of the Company or a revocation of such a dissolution; amend the Bylaws of the Company; or, unless the resolution establishing such committee or the Certificate of Incorporation expressly so provides, declare a dividend, authorize the issuance of stock or adopt a certificate of ownership and merger. Without limiting the foregoing, such committee may, but only to the extent authorized in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of shares of stock adopted by the Board (such resolution or resolutions subject to the approval of at least one director nominated to the board of directors of Holdco by a Principal Stockholder for so long as such Principal Stockholder’s Proportionate Percentage is 10% or more and such Principal Stockholder has the right to nominate a director to the board of directors of Holdco pursuant to Section 2 of the Stockholder Agreement) and as provided in Section 2761 of the General Corporations Law, fix any of the preferences or rights of such shares relating to dividends, redemption, dissolution, any distribution of assets of the Company or the conversion into, or the exchange of such shares for, shares of any other class or classes or any other series of the same or any other class or classes of stock of the Company.

Section 5.4 Alternate Members. The Board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of such committee. If any Principal Stockholder or its Partial Rights Transferee has any director designation rights pursuant to the Stockholder Agreement, an alternate member of any

 

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director designated to the board of directors of Holdco by such Principal Stockholder or Partial Rights Transferee shall be designated by such Principal Stockholder or Partial Rights Transferee.

Section 5.5 Procedures. The time, place and notice, if any, of meetings of a committee shall be determined by such committee. At meetings of a committee, a majority of the number of members designated by the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The act of a majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the committee, except as otherwise specifically provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws or the Stockholder Agreement. If a quorum is not present at a meeting of a committee, the members present may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than an announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present.

ARTICLE VI.

OFFICERS

Section 6.1 Elected Officers. The Board shall elect a President, a Secretary and a Treasurer (collectively, the “Required Officers”) having the respective duties enumerated below and may elect such other officers having the titles and duties set forth below which are not reserved for the Required Officers or such other titles and duties as the Board may by resolution from time to time establish.

Section 6.1.1. Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall preside when present at all meetings of the stockholders and the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall advise and counsel the President and other officers and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be assigned to or required of the Chairman of the Board from time to time by the Board or these Bylaws.

Section 6.1.2. President. The President shall have general supervision of the affairs of the Company and general control of all of its business subject to the ultimate authority of the Board, and shall be responsible for the execution of the policies of the Board. In the absence (or inability or refusal to act) of the Chairman of the Board, the President (if he or she shall be a director) shall preside when present at all meetings of the stockholders and the Board.

Section 6.1.3. Vice Presidents. In the absence (or inability or refusal to act) of the President, the Vice President (or in the event there be more than one Vice President, the Vice Presidents in the order designated by the Board) shall perform the duties and have the powers of the President. Any one or more of the Vice Presidents may be given an additional designation of rank or function.

Section 6.1.4. Secretary. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the stockholders, the Board and (as required) committees of the Board and shall record the proceedings of such meetings in books to be kept for that purpose. The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the Board and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board, the Chairman of the Board or the President. The Secretary shall have custody of the corporate seal of the Company and the Secretary, or any Assistant Secretary, shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it, and when so affixed, it may be attested by his or her signature or by the

 

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signature of such Assistant Secretary. The Board may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the Company and to attest the affixing thereof by his or her signature. The Secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept, at the principal executive office of the Company or at the office of the Company’s transfer agent or registrar, if one has been appointed, a stock ledger, or duplicate stock ledger, showing the names of the stockholders and their addresses, the number and classes of shares held by each and, with respect to certificated shares, the number and date of certificates issued for the same and the number and date of certificates cancelled.

Section 6.1.5. Assistant Secretaries. The Assistant Secretary or, if there be more than one, the Assistant Secretaries in the order determined by the Board shall, in the absence (or inability or refusal to act) of the Secretary, perform the duties and have the powers of the Secretary.

Section 6.1.6. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall perform all duties commonly incident to that office (including, without limitation, the care and custody of the funds and securities of the Company which from time to time may come into the Treasurer’s hands and the deposit of the funds of the Company in such banks or trust companies as the Board or the President may authorize).

Section 6.1.7. Assistant Treasurers. The Assistant Treasurer or, if there shall be more than one, the Assistant Treasurers in the order determined by the Board shall, in the absence (or inability or refusal to act) of the Treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer.

Section 6.1.8. Divisional Officers. Each division of the Company, if any, may have a president, secretary, treasurer or controller and one or more vice presidents, assistant secretaries, assistant treasurers and other assistant officers. Any number of such offices may be held by the same person. Such divisional officers will be appointed by, report to and serve at the pleasure of the Board and such other officers that the Board may place in authority over them. The officers of each division shall have such authority with respect to the business and affairs of that division as may be granted from time to time by the Board, and in the regular course of business of such division may sign contracts and other documents in the name of the division where so authorized; provided that in no case and under no circumstances shall an officer of one division have authority to bind any other division of the Company except as necessary in the pursuit of the normal and usual business of the division of which he is an officer.

Section 6.2 Election. All elected officers shall serve until their successors are duly elected and qualified or until their earlier death, disqualification, retirement, resignation or removal from office.

Section 6.3 Appointed Officers. The Board may also appoint or delegate the power to appoint such other officers, assistant officers and agents, and may also remove such officers and agents or delegate the power to remove same, as it shall from time to time deem necessary, and the titles and duties of such appointed officers may be as described in Section 6.1 hereof for elected officers; provided that the officers and any officer possessing authority over or responsibility for any functions of the Board shall be elected officers.

 

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Section 6.4 Multiple Officeholders, Stockholder and Director Officers. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, unless the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws otherwise provide. Officers need not be stockholders or residents of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Officers, such as the Chairman of the Board, possessing authority over or responsibility for any function of the Board must be directors.

Section 6.5 Compensation; Vacancies. The compensation of elected officers shall be set by the Board. The Board shall also fill any vacancy in an elected office, subject to any requirements set forth in the Stockholder Agreement. The compensation of appointed officers and the filling of vacancies in appointed offices may be delegated by the Board to the same extent as permitted by these Bylaws for the initial filling of such offices.

Section 6.6 Additional Powers and Duties. In addition to the foregoing especially enumerated powers and duties, the several elected and appointed officers of the Company shall perform such other duties and exercise such further powers as may be provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws or as the Board may from time to time determine or as may be assigned to them by any competent committee or superior officer.

Section 6.7 Removal. Any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, by a majority vote of the directors at the time in office, at any regular or special meeting of the Board.

ARTICLE VII.

SHARE CERTIFICATES

Section 7.1 Entitlement to Certificates. The shares of the Company shall be represented by certificates, provided that the Board may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of its stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the Company.

Section 7.2 Multiple Classes of Stock. Subject to the approval of at least one director nominated to the board of directors of Holdco by a Principal Stockholder for so long as such Principal Stockholder’s Proportionate Percentage is 10% or more and such Principal Stockholder has the right to nominate a director to the board of directors of Holdco pursuant to Section 2 of the Stockholder Agreement, if the Company shall be authorized to issue more than one class of capital stock or more than one series of any class, a statement of the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualification, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights shall, unless the Board shall by resolution provide that such class or series of stock shall be uncertificated, be set forth in full or summarized on the face or back of the certificate which the Company shall issue to represent such class or series of stock; provided that, to the extent allowed by law, in lieu of such statement, the face or back of such certificate may state that the Company will furnish a copy of such statement without charge to each requesting stockholder.

Section 7.3 Signatures. Each certificate representing capital stock of the Company shall be signed by or in the name of the Company by (1) the Chairman of the Board, the President or a Vice President; and (2) the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an

 

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Assistant Secretary of the Company. The signatures of the officers of the Company may be facsimiles. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to hold such office before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Company with the same effect as if he held such office on the date of issue.

Section 7.3 Issuance and Payment. Subject to the provisions of law, the Certificate of Incorporation, the Stockholder Agreement, and these Bylaws, shares may be issued for such consideration and to such persons as the Board may determine from time to time. Shares may not be issued until the full amount of the consideration has been paid, unless upon the face or back of each certificate issued to represent any partly paid shares of capital stock there shall have been set forth the total amount of the consideration to be paid therefor and the amount paid thereon up to and including the time said certificate is issued.

Section 7.4 Lost Certificates. The Board may direct a new certificate or certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the Company alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the Board may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require and/or to give the Company a bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the Company with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.

Section 7.5 Transfer of Stock. Upon surrender to the Company or its transfer agent, if any, of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignation or authority to transfer and of the payment of all taxes applicable to the transfer of said shares, the Company shall be obligated to issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books; provided, however, that the Company shall not be so obligated unless such transfer was made in compliance with applicable state and federal securities laws and shall not do so unless said transfer was made in compliance with the provisions of the Stockholder Agreement.

Section 7.6 Registered Stockholders. The Company shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, vote and be held liable for calls and assessments and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any person other than such registered owner, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by law.

ARTICLE VIII.

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 8.1 Right to Indemnification. To the fullest extent that the General Corporations Law or any other law of Puerto Rico as the same exists or is hereafter amended permits, each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact

 

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that he or she is or was an incorporator, resident agent, director or officer of the Company or, while an incorporator, resident agent, director or officer of the Company, is or was serving at the request of the Company as such an incorporator, resident agent, director or officer, or as an employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, other enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan (hereinafter a “Covered Person”), whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as an incorporator, resident agent, director, officer, employee or agent, or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee or agent, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by applicable law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, against all expenses, liability and loss (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and expenses, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes and penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such Covered Person in connection with such proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the Company, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person’s conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that such person (i) did not act in good faith and in a manner which such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and, (ii) with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that such person’s conduct was unlawful; provided, however, that, except as provided in Section 8.3 with respect to proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses, the Company shall indemnify a Covered Person in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such Covered Person only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board.

Section 8.2 Right to Advancement of Expenses. In addition to the right to indemnification conferred in Section 8.1, a Covered Person shall also have the right to be paid by the Company for the expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred in defending, testifying, or otherwise participating in any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition (hereinafter an “advancement of expenses”); provided, however, that, if the General Corporations Law requires, an advancement of expenses incurred by a Covered Person in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the Company (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such Covered Person, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) shall be made only upon delivery to the Company of an undertaking (hereinafter an “undertaking”), by or on behalf of such Covered Person, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal (hereinafter a “final adjudication”) that such Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under this Article VIII or otherwise.

Section 8.3 Right of Indemnitee to Bring Suit. If a claim under Section 8.1 or Section 8.2 is not paid in full by the Company within 60 days after a written claim therefor has been received by the Company, except in the case of a claim for an advancement of expenses, in which case the applicable period shall be 20 days, the Covered Person may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Company to recover the unpaid amount of the claim. If successful in whole or in part in any such suit, or in a suit brought by the Company to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the Covered Person shall also be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting or defending such suit. In any suit brought by (a) the Covered

 

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Person to enforce a right to indemnification hereunder (but not in a suit brought by a Covered Person to enforce a right to an advancement of expenses) it shall be a defense that, and (b) the Company to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the Company shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a final adjudication that, the Covered Person has not met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the General Corporations Law. Neither the failure of the Company (including its directors who are not parties to such action, a committee of such directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such suit that indemnification of the Covered Person is proper in the circumstances because the Covered Person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the General Corporations Law, nor an actual determination by the Company (including a determination by its directors who are not parties to such action, a committee of such directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the Covered Person has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall create a presumption that the Covered Person has not met the applicable standard of conduct or, in the case of such a suit brought by the Covered Person, shall be a defense to such suit. In any suit brought by the Covered Person to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses hereunder, or by the Company to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this Article VIII or otherwise shall be on the Company.

Section 8.4 Non-Exclusivity of Rights. The rights provided to Covered Persons pursuant to this Article VIII shall not be exclusive of any other right that any Covered Person may have or hereafter acquire under applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, the Stockholder Agreement, any other agreement, a vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise.

Section 8.5 Insurance. The Company may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and/or any director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the General Corporations Law.

Section 8.6 Indemnification of Other Persons. This Article VIII shall not limit the right of the Company to the extent and in the manner authorized or permitted by law to indemnify and to advance expenses to persons other than Covered Persons. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board, grant rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to any employee or agent of the Company and to any other person who is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan, to the fullest extent of the provisions of this Article VIII with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of Covered Persons under this Article VIII.

Section 8.7 Amendments. Any repeal or amendment of this Article VIII by the Board or the stockholders of the Company or by changes in applicable law, or the adoption of any other provision of these Bylaws inconsistent with this Article VIII, shall, to the extent permitted by

 

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applicable law, be prospective only (except to the extent such amendment or change in applicable law permits the Company to provide broader indemnification rights to Covered Persons on a retroactive basis than permitted prior thereto), and will not in any way diminish or adversely affect any right or protection existing hereunder in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to such repeal or amendment or adoption of such inconsistent provision.

Section 8.8 Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Article VIII, (a) references to “other enterprise” shall include any employee benefit plan; (b) references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; (c) references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service that imposes duties on, or involves services by, a person with respect to any employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and (d) a person who acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interest of the Company” for purposes of Section 2728 of the General Corporations Law.

Section 8.9 Contract Rights. The rights provided to Covered Persons pursuant to this Article VIII (a) shall be contract rights based upon good and valuable consideration, pursuant to which a Covered Person may bring suit as if the provisions of this Article VIII were set forth in a separate written contract between the Covered Person and the Company, (b) shall fully vest at the time the Covered Person first assumes his or her position as a director or officer of the Company, (c) are intended to be retroactive and shall be available with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to the adoption of this Article VIII, (d) shall continue as to a Covered Person who has ceased to be a director or officer of the Company, and (e) shall inure to the benefit of the Covered Person’s heirs, executors and administrators.

Section 8.10 Severability. If any provision or provisions of this Article VIII shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever: (a) the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Article VIII shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby; and (b) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Article VIII (including, without limitation, each such portion of this Article VIII containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.

Section 8.11 Indemnitor of First Resort. The Company hereby acknowledges that Covered Persons may have certain rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and/or insurance provided by one or more Persons who employ Covered Persons or of whom any Covered Person is a partner or member, and any such persons’ affiliated investment funds, managed funds and management companies, if applicable, and each of their respective affiliates (collectively, the “Secondary Indemnitors”). The Company hereby agrees (i) that it is the indemnitor of first resort—meaning that, its obligations under this Article VIII are primary and any obligation of the Secondary Indemnitors to advance expenses and provide indemnification for the same expenses and liabilities incurred by Covered Persons are secondary, (ii) that it shall be required to advance the full amount of expenses incurred by Covered Persons and shall be liable for the full amount of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, and expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement) to the extent legally permitted and as required by the terms of these Bylaws, the

 

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Certificate of Incorporation, the Stockholder Agreement (or any other agreement between the Company and any Covered Persons), without regard to any rights that Covered Persons may have against the Secondary Indemnitors, and (iii) that it irrevocably waives, relinquishes, and releases the Secondary Indemnitors from any and all claims which it has or may have against the Secondary Indemnitors for contribution, subrogation or any other recovery of any kind in respect thereof. The Company further agrees that no advancement or payment by the Secondary Indemnitors shall affect the foregoing, and the Secondary Indemnitors shall be subrogated to the extent of such advancement or payment to all of the rights of recovery of such Covered Persons against the Company. The Company and each Covered Person agree that Secondary Indemnitors are express third-party beneficiaries of this Article VIII.

ARTICLE IX.

INTERESTED DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND STOCKHOLDERS

Section 9.1 Validity. Any contract or other transaction between the Company and any of its directors, officers or stockholders (or any corporation or firm in which any of them are directly or indirectly interested) shall be valid for all purposes notwithstanding the presence of such director, officer or stockholder at the meeting authorizing such contract or transaction, or his participation or vote in such meeting or authorization.

Section 9.2 Disclosure; Approval. The foregoing shall, however, apply only if the material facts of the relationship or the interest of each such director, officer or stockholder is known or disclosed:

(A) to the Board and it nevertheless in good faith authorizes or ratifies the contract or transaction by a majority of the directors present, each such interested director to be counted in determining whether a quorum is present but not in calculating the majority necessary to carry the vote; or

(B) to the stockholders and they nevertheless in good faith authorize or ratify the contract or transaction by a majority of the shares present, each such interested person to be counted in determining whether a quorum is present but not in calculating the majority necessary to carry the vote.

Section 9.3 Nonexclusive. This provision shall not be construed to invalidate any contract or transaction which would be valid in the absence of this provision.

ARTICLE X.

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 10.1 Definitions. As used in these Bylaws, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

(a) “Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controlling, Controlled by, or under common Control with, such Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) with respect to Apollo, the term “Affiliate” shall (x) include any investment fund with respect to which Apollo Global Management

 

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LLC or its Controlled Affiliates (including its and their respective successors) are the sole, or if not sole, primary investment managers and, subject to clause (y) below, each of their Subsidiaries and (y) not include portfolio companies of Apollo Global Management LLC or its Controlled Affiliates and, (ii) with respect to Popular (to the extent that at the time of determination it is engaged in a private equity or similar business), the term “Affiliate” shall not include portfolio companies of Popular or its Controlled Affiliates.

(b) “Apollo” means AP Carib Holdings, Ltd., an exempted company organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands.

(c) “Certificate of Incorporation” shall mean the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, dated as of September 30, 2010, as amended from time to time.

(d) “Common Stock” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Certificate of Incorporation.

(e) “Complete Rights Transferees” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Certificate of Incorporation.

(f) “Control,” and its correlative meanings, “Controlling,” and “Controlled,” means the possession, direct or indirect, or the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

(g) “Government Entity” means any federal, national, supranational, state, provincial, Commonwealth, local or foreign or similar government, governmental subdivision, regulatory or administrative body or other governmental or quasi-governmental agency, tribunal, commission, court, judicial or arbitral body or other entity with competent jurisdiction.

(h) “Holdco” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Certificate of Incorporation.

(i) “Holdco Common Stock” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Certificate of Incorporation.

(j) “Holders” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Certificate of Incorporation.

(k) “Partial Rights Transferee” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Certificate of Incorporation.

(l) “Person” shall be construed broadly and shall include, without limitation, an individual, a partnership, a limited liability company, a corporation, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization and a Governmental Entity or any department, agency or political subdivision thereof.

 

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(m) “Popular” means Popular, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

(n) “Principal Stockholder” means Apollo, Popular and each of their respective Complete Rights Transferees.

(o) “Proportionate Percentage” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Certificate of Incorporation.

(p) “Qualified Public Offering” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Certificate of Incorporation.

(q) “Reconvened Meeting” means a meeting of the Board or the stockholders, as the case may be, that (i) has been properly called in accordance with these Bylaws (including by given proper notice of such meeting in accordance with Section 2.3 or Section 4.4, as applicable) as if such meeting was not an adjourned meeting and (ii) has the same agenda as a previously convened meeting that was adjourned due to the lack of a quorum.

(r) “Stockholder Agreement” means that certain Stockholder Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2010, among Holdco, Apollo, Popular and each of the other Holders party thereto, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time.

Section 10.2 Place of Meetings. All stockholders, directors and committee meetings shall be held at such place or places, within or outside of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, as shall be designated from time to time by the Board or such committee and stated in the notices thereof. If no such place is so designated, said meetings shall be held at the principal business office of the Company.

Section 10.3 Fixing Record Dates.

(a) In order that the Company may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board, and which record date shall not be more than 60 nor less than ten days prior to any such action. If no record date is fixed by the Board, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day notice is given or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

(b) In order that the Company may determine the stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board, and which date shall not be more than ten days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board. If no record date has been fixed by the Board, the record date

 

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for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board is otherwise required, shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Company by delivery to its registered office in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Company having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Company’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. If no record date has been fixed by the Board and prior action by the Board is required, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board adopts the resolution taking such prior action.

(c) In order that the Company may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall be not more than 60 days prior to such action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board adopts the resolution relating thereto.

Section 10.4 Means of Giving Notice. Whenever under law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, notice is required to be given to any director or stockholder, such notice may be given in writing and delivered personally, through the United States mail, by a recognized express delivery service (such as Federal Express) or by means of telegram, telex or facsimile transmission, addressed to such director or stockholder at his address or telex or facsimile transmission number, as the case may be, appearing on the records of the Company, with postage and fees thereon prepaid. Such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States mail or with an express delivery service or when transmitted, as the case may be. Notice of any meeting of the Board may be given to a director by telephone and shall be deemed to be given when actually received by the director.

Section 10.5 Waiver of Notice. Except as otherwise provided in these Bylaws, whenever any notice is required to be given under law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a written waiver of such notice, signed before or after the date of such meeting by the person or persons entitled to said notice, shall be deemed equivalent to such required notice. All such waivers shall be filed with the corporate records. Attendance at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a person attends for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

Section 10.6 Attendance via Communications Equipment. Unless otherwise restricted by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, members of the Board, any committee thereof or the stockholders may hold a meeting by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can effectively communicate with each other. Such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at the meeting, except where a person participates in the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting is

 

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not lawfully called or convened. The Board shall make such communications equipment available upon the request of any director.

Section 10.7 Dividends. Dividends on the capital stock of the Company, paid in cash, property or securities of the Company and as may be limited by applicable law and applicable provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation (if any) and the Stockholder Agreement may be declared by the Board at any regular or special meeting.

Section 10.8 Reserves. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Company available for dividends such sum or sums as the Board from time to time, in its absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, for equalizing dividends, for repairing or maintaining any property of the Company or for such other purpose as the Board shall determine to be in the best interest of the Company; and the Board may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

Section 10.9 Reports to Stockholders. The Board shall present at each annual meeting of stockholders, and at any special meeting of stockholders when called for by vote of the stockholders, a statement of the business and condition of the Company.

Section 10.10 Contracts and Negotiable Instruments. Except as otherwise provided by law or these Bylaws, any contract or other instrument relative to the business of the Company may be executed and delivered in the name of the Company and on its behalf by the Chairman of the Board or the President; and the Board may authorize any other officer or agent of the Company to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any contract in the name and on behalf of the Company, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances as the Board may by resolution determine. All bills, notes, checks or other instruments for the payment of money shall be signed or countersigned by such officer, officers, agent or agents and in such manner as are permitted by these Bylaws and/or as, from time to time, may be prescribed by resolution (whether general or special) of the Board. Unless authorized so to do by these Bylaws or by the Board, no officer, agent or employee shall have any power or authority to bind the Company by any contract or engagement, or to pledge its credit, or to render it liable pecuniarily for any purpose or to any amount.

Section 10.11 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Company shall end on December 31 of each calendar year.

Section 10.12 Seal. The seal of the Company shall be in such form as shall from time to time be adopted by the Board. The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed or otherwise reproduced. Whenever the Company is permitted or required to affix its seal to a document, it shall be sufficient to meet the requirements of any law, rule or regulation relating to a seal to place the word (“SEAL”) adjacent to the signature of the person authorized to execute the document on behalf of the Company.

Section 10.13 Books and Records. The Company shall keep correct and complete books and records of account and shall keep minutes of the proceedings of its stockholders, Board and committees and shall keep at its registered office or principal place of business, or at the office of

 

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its transfer agent or registrar, a record of its stockholders, giving the names and addresses of all stockholders and the number and class of the shares held by each.

Section 10.14 Resignation. Any director, committee member, officer or agent may resign by giving written notice to the Chairman of the Board, the President or the Secretary. The resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein, or immediately if no time is specified. Unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

Section 10.15 Surety Bonds. Such officers and agents of the Company (if any) as the President or the Board may direct, from time to time, shall be bonded for the faithful performance of their duties and for the restoration to the Company, in case of their death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in their possession or under their control belonging to the Company, in such amounts and by such surety companies as the President or the Board may determine. The premiums on such bonds shall be paid by the Company and the bonds so furnished shall be in the custody of the Secretary.

Section 10.16 Proxies in Respect of Securities of Other Corporations. The Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice President or the Secretary may from time to time appoint an attorney or attorneys or an agent or agents for the Company to exercise, in the name and on behalf of the Company, the powers and rights which the Company may have as the holder of stock or other securities in any other corporation to vote or consent in respect of such stock or other securities, and the Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice President or the Secretary may instruct the person or persons so appointed as to the manner of exercising such powers and rights; and the Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice President or the Secretary may execute or cause to be executed, in the name and on behalf of the Company and under its corporate seal or otherwise, all such written proxies or other instruments as he may deem necessary or proper in order that the Company may exercise such powers and rights.

Section 10.17 Conflict with Stockholder Agreement. The sole stockholder of the Company is a party to the Stockholder Agreement. To the extent that the terms of these Bylaws and the terms of the Stockholder Agreement are inconsistent, the terms of the Stockholder Agreement shall control.

Section 10.18 Amendments. These Bylaws may be amended, altered, changed or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted only in accordance with Article VII of the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

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EX-4.1 5 dex41.htm INDENTURE Indenture

Exhibit 4.1

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

 

EVERTEC, INC.

as Issuer

and

the Guarantors party hereto

11% Senior Notes due 2018

 

 

INDENTURE

Dated as of September 30, 2010

 

 

Wilmington Trust FSB,

as Trustee

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

          Page  
   ARTICLE I   
   DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE   

SECTION 1.01.

   Definitions      1   

SECTION 1.02.

   Other Definitions      30   

SECTION 1.03.

   Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act      31   

SECTION 1.04.

   Rules of Construction      31   
   ARTICLE II   
   THE NOTES   

SECTION 2.01.

   Amount of Notes      32   

SECTION 2.02.

   Form and Dating      32   

SECTION 2.03.

   Execution and Authentication      33   

SECTION 2.04.

   Registrar and Paying Agent      33   

SECTION 2.05.

   Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust      34   

SECTION 2.06.

   Holder Lists      34   

SECTION 2.07.

   Transfer and Exchange      34   

SECTION 2.08.

   Replacement Notes      35   

SECTION 2.09.

   Outstanding Notes      35   

SECTION 2.10.

   [Intentionally Omitted]      35   

SECTION 2.11.

   Cancellation      35   

SECTION 2.12.

   Defaulted Interest      35   

SECTION 2.13.

   CUSIP Numbers, ISINs, Etc.      35   

SECTION 2.14.

   Calculation of Principal Amount of Notes      36   
   ARTICLE III   
   REDEMPTION   

SECTION 3.01.

   Redemption      36   

SECTION 3.02.

   Applicability of Article      36   

SECTION 3.03.

   Notices to Trustee      36   

SECTION 3.04.

   Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed      36   

SECTION 3.05.

   Notice of Optional Redemption      37   

SECTION 3.06.

   Effect of Notice of Redemption      37   

SECTION 3.07.

   Deposit of Redemption Price      38   

SECTION 3.08.

   Notes Redeemed in Part      38   
   ARTICLE IV   
   COVENANTS   

SECTION 4.01.

   Payment of Notes      38   

SECTION 4.02.

   Reports and Other Information      38   

SECTION 4.03.

   Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock      40   

SECTION 4.04.

   Limitation on Restricted Payments      45   

SECTION 4.05.

   Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries      50   

 

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SECTION 4.06.

   Asset Sales      51   

SECTION 4.07.

   Transactions with Affiliates      53   

SECTION 4.08.

   Change of Control      55   

SECTION 4.09.

   Compliance Certificate      56   

SECTION 4.10.

   Further Instruments and Acts      57   

SECTION 4.11.

   Future Note Guarantors      57   

SECTION 4.12.

   Liens      57   

SECTION 4.13.

   [Intentionally Omitted]      57   

SECTION 4.14.

   Maintenance of Office or Agency      57   

SECTION 4.15.

   Withholding Taxes      58   

SECTION 4.16.

   Covenant Suspension      59   

SECTION 4.17.

   [Intentionally Omitted]      60   
   ARTICLE V   
   SUCCESSOR COMPANY   

SECTION 5.01.

   Merger, Amalgamation, Consolidation or Sale of All or Substantially All Assets      60   
   ARTICLE VI   
   DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES   

SECTION 6.01.

   Events of Default      62   

SECTION 6.02.

   Acceleration      63   

SECTION 6.03.

   Other Remedies      64   

SECTION 6.04.

   Waiver of Past Defaults      64   

SECTION 6.05.

   Control by Majority      64   

SECTION 6.06.

   Limitation on Suits      64   

SECTION 6.07.

   Rights of the Holders to Receive Payment      65   

SECTION 6.08.

   Collection Suit by Trustee      65   

SECTION 6.09.

   Trustee May File Proofs of Claim      65   

SECTION 6.10.

   Priorities      65   

SECTION 6.11.

   Undertaking for Costs      66   

SECTION 6.12.

   Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws      66   
   ARTICLE VII   
   TRUSTEE   

SECTION 7.01.

   Duties of Trustee      66   

SECTION 7.02.

   Rights of Trustee      67   

SECTION 7.03.

   Individual Rights of Trustee      68   

SECTION 7.04.

   Trustee’s Disclaimer      68   

SECTION 7.05.

   Notice of Defaults      69   

SECTION 7.06.

   Reports by Trustee to the Holders      69   

SECTION 7.07.

   Compensation and Indemnity      69   

SECTION 7.08.

   Replacement of Trustee      70   

SECTION 7.09.

   Successor Trustee by Merger      70   

SECTION 7.10.

   Eligibility; Disqualification      71   

SECTION 7.11.

   Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Issuer      71   

 

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   ARTICLE VIII   
   DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE   

SECTION 8.01.

   Discharge of Liability on Notes; Defeasance      71   

SECTION 8.02.

   Conditions to Defeasance      72   

SECTION 8.03.

   Application of Trust Money      73   

SECTION 8.04.

   Repayment to Issuer      73   

SECTION 8.05.

   Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations      73   

SECTION 8.06.

   Reinstatement      73   
   ARTICLE IX   
   AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS   

SECTION 9.01.

   Without Consent of the Holders      73   

SECTION 9.02.

   With Consent of the Holders      74   

SECTION 9.03.

   Compliance with Trust Indenture Act      75   

SECTION 9.04.

   Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers      75   

SECTION 9.05.

   Notation on or Exchange of Notes      75   

SECTION 9.06.

   Trustee to Sign Amendments      75   

SECTION 9.07.

   Additional Voting Terms; Calculation of Principal Amount      76   
   ARTICLE X   
   [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]   
   ARTICLE XI   
   [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]   
   ARTICLE XII   
   GUARANTEE   

SECTION 12.01.

   Guarantee      76   

SECTION 12.02.

   Limitation on Liability      78   

SECTION 12.03.

   Successors and Assigns      78   

SECTION 12.04.

   No Waiver      78   

SECTION 12.05.

   Modification      79   

SECTION 12.06.

   Execution of Supplemental Indenture for Future Note Guarantors      79   

SECTION 12.07.

   Non-Impairment      79   
   ARTICLE XIII   
   MISCELLANEOUS   

SECTION 13.01.

   Trust Indenture Act Controls      79   

SECTION 13.02.

   Notices      79   

SECTION 13.03.

   Communication by the Holders with Other Holders      80   

SECTION 13.04.

   Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent      80   

SECTION 13.05.

   Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion      80   

SECTION 13.06.

   When Notes Disregarded      80   

 

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SECTION 13.07.

   Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar      80   

SECTION 13.08.

   Legal Holidays      81   

SECTION 13.09.

   GOVERNING LAW      81   

SECTION 13.10.

   No Recourse Against Others      81   

SECTION 13.11.

   Successors      81   

SECTION 13.12.

   Multiple Originals      81   

SECTION 13.13.

   Table of Contents; Headings      81   

SECTION 13.14.

   Indenture Controls      81   

SECTION 13.15.

   Severability      81   

SECTION 13.16.

   [Intentionally Omitted]      81   

 

Appendix A

           Provisions Relating to Initial Notes, Additional Notes and Exchange Notes

EXHIBIT INDEX

     

Exhibit A

           Form of Initial Note

Exhibit B

           Form of Exchange Note

Exhibit C

           Form of Transferee Letter of Representation

Exhibit D

           Form of Supplemental Indenture Related to Subsidiary Guarantors

 

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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE

 

TIA

Section

   Indenture
Section

310 (a)(1)

   7.10

   (a)(2)

   7.10

   (a)(3)

   N.A.

   (a )(4)

   N.A.

   (b)

   7.08; 7.10

   (c)

   N.A.

311 (a)

   7.11

   (b)

   7.11

   (c)

   N.A.

312 (a)

   2.06

   (b)

   13.03

   (c)

   13.03

313 (a)

   7.06

   (b)(1)

   N.A.

   (b)(2)

   7.06

   (c)

   7.06

   (d)

   4.02; 4.09

314 (a)

   4.02; 4.09

   (b)

   N.A.

   (c)(1)

   13.04

   (c)(2)

   13.04

   (c)(3)

   N.A.

   (d)

   N.A.

   (e)

   13.05

   (f)

   4.10

315 (a)

   7.01

   (b)

   7.05

   (c)

   7.01

   (d)

   7.01

   (e)

   6.11

316 (a)(last sentence)

   13.06

   (a)(1)(A)

   6.05

   (a)(1)(B)

   6.04

   (a)(2)

   N.A.

   (b)

   6.07

317 (a)(1)

   6.08

   (a)(2)

   6.09

   (b)

   2.05

318 (a)

   13.01

N.A. Means Not Applicable.

Note: This Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purposes, be deemed to be part of this Indenture.


INDENTURE dated as of September 30, 2010 among EVERTEC, INC., a Puerto Rico corporation (the “Issuer”), the Guarantors party hereto from time to time (the “Note Guarantors”) and WILMINGTON TRUST FSB, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and for the equal and ratable benefit of the holders of (i) $220,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Issuer’s 11% Senior Notes due 2018 issued on the date hereof (the “Initial Notes”), (ii) exchange notes issued in exchange for the Initial Notes pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement or pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act (the “Exchange Notes”) and (iii) Additional Notes issued from time to time as either Initial Notes or Exchange Notes (together with the Initial Notes and any Exchange Notes, the “Notes”):

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

SECTION 1.01 Definitions.

Acquired Indebtedness” means, with respect to any specified Person:

(1) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into or became a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person, and

(2) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person.

Acquisition” means the acquisition by the Sponsor of 51% of the outstanding voting power of the Capital Stock of the Issuer, pursuant to the Merger Agreement.

Acquisition Documents” means the Merger Agreement and any other document entered into in connection therewith or contemplated thereby, in each case as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time prior to the Issue Date or thereafter, so long as any amendment, supplement or modification after the Issue Date, together with all other amendments, supplements and modifications after the Issue Date, taken as a whole, is not more disadvantageous to the holders of the Notes in any material respect than the Acquisition Documents as in effect on the Issue Date, as determined in good faith by the Issuer.

Additional Notes” means Notes issued under the terms of this Indenture subsequent to the Issue Date.

Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise.

Amended and Restated ATH Network Participation Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated ATH Network Participation Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2010, by and between Banco Popular de Puerto Rico and the Issuer.

Amended and Restated Master Service Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Master Service Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2010, among Popular, Inc., Banco Popular de Puerto Rico and the Issuer.

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 October 1, 2014 (such redemption price being set forth in Paragraph 5 of the Note) plus (ii) all required interest payments due on the Note through October 1, 2014 (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

(b) the then outstanding principal amount of the Note.

Asset Sale” means:

(1) the sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition (whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions) of property or assets (including by way of a Sale/ Leaseback Transaction) outside the ordinary course of business of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (each referred to in this definition as a “disposition”) or

(2) the issuance or sale of Equity Interests (other than directors’ qualifying shares and shares or other Equity Interests issued to foreign nationals or other third parties to the extent required by applicable law) of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary) (whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions),

in each case other than:

(a) a disposition of Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities in the ordinary course of business; a disposition of obsolete, damaged or worn out property or equipment in the ordinary course of business; or a disposition of inventory no longer useful or necessary in the operation of business;

(b) the disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer in a manner permitted pursuant to Section 5.01 or any disposition that constitutes a Change of Control;

(c) any Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment that is permitted to be made, and is made, under Section 4.04;

(d) any disposition of assets of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary or issuance or sale of Equity Interests of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, which assets or Equity Interests so disposed or issued have an aggregate Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) of less than $15.0 million;

(e) any disposition of property or assets, or the issuance of securities, by the Issuer to a Restricted Subsidiary or by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Issuer or other Restricted Subsidiaries;

(f) any exchange of assets (including a combination of assets and Cash Equivalents) for assets related to a Similar Business of comparable or greater market value or usefulness to the business of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries as a whole, as determined in good faith by the Issuer;

(g) foreclosure or any similar action with respect to any property or other asset of the Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries;

(h) any sale of Equity Interests in, or Indebtedness or other securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary;

 

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(i) the lease, assignment or sublease of any real or personal property in the ordinary course of business;

(j) any sale of inventory or other assets or the sale of receivables pursuant to non-recourse factoring arrangements, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

(k) any grant in the ordinary course of business of any license of patents, trademarks, know-how or any other intellectual property;

(l) in the ordinary course of business, any swap of assets, or lease, assignment or sublease of any real or personal property, in exchange for services (including in connection with any outsourcing arrangements) of comparable or greater value or usefulness to the business of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries as a whole, as determined in good faith by the Issuer;

(m) a transfer of accounts receivable and related assets of the type specified in the definition of “Receivables Financing” (or a fractional undivided interest therein) by a Receivables Subsidiary in a Qualified Receivables Financing;

(n) dispositions in connection with Permitted Liens;

(o) any disposition of Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to an agreement or other obligation with or to a Person (other than the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) from whom such Restricted Subsidiary was acquired or from whom such Restricted Subsidiary acquired its business and assets (having been newly formed in connection with such acquisition), made as part of such acquisition and in each case comprising all or a portion of the consideration in respect of such sale or acquisition;

(p) the sale of any property in a Sale/Leaseback Transaction within six months of the acquisition of such property;

(q) dispositions of receivables in connection with the compromise, settlement or collection thereof in the ordinary course of business or in bankruptcy or similar proceedings and exclusive of factoring or similar arrangements;

(r) any surrender or waiver of contract rights or the settlement, release, recovery on or surrender of contract, tort or other claims of any kind; and

(s) any disposition in the ordinary course of business, including disposition in connection with any Settlement, dispositions of Settlement Assets, Merchant Agreements and dispositions of Investments in joint ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to, buy/sell arrangements between the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture arrangements and similar binding arrangements.

Bank Indebtedness” means any and all amounts payable under or in respect of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Agreement Documents as amended, restated, supplemented, waived, replaced, restructured, repaid, refunded, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time (including after termination of the Credit Agreement), including principal, premium (if any), interest (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to the Issuer whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such proceedings), fees, charges, expenses, reimbursement obligations, guarantees and all other amounts payable thereunder or in respect thereof.

Board of Directors” means, as to any Person, the board of directors or managers, sole member or managing members, as applicable, of such Person (or, if such Person is a partnership, the board of directors or other governing body of the general partner of such Person) or any duly authorized committee thereof.

Business Day” means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law to close in New York City.

 

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Capital Stock” means:

(1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock or shares;

(2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock;

(3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited); and

(4) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.

Capitalized Lease Obligation” means, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at such time be required to be capitalized and reflected as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) in accordance with GAAP.

Capitalized Software Expenditures” means, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities) by a Person and its Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in respect of licensed or purchased software or internally developed software and software enhancements that, in conformity with GAAP, are or are required to be reflected as capitalized costs on the consolidated balance sheet of such Person and such Subsidiaries.

Cash Equivalents” means:

(1) U.S. dollars, pounds sterling, euros, the national currency of any member state in the European Union or, in the case of any Restricted Subsidiary, such local currencies held by it from time to time in the ordinary course of business;

(2) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the U.S. government or any country that is a member of the European Union or any agency or instrumentality thereof in each case maturing not more than two years 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, bankers’ acceptances, in each case with maturities not exceeding one year and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $250.0 million and whose long-term debt is rated “A” or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s or S&P (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized ratings agency);

(4) repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (2) and (3) above entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (3) above;

(5) commercial paper issued by a corporation (other than an Affiliate of the Issuer) rated at least “A-1” or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s or S&P (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized ratings agency) and in each case maturing within one year after the date of acquisition;

(7) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States of America or any political subdivision thereof having one of the two highest rating categories obtainable from either Moody’s or S&P (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized ratings agency) in each case with maturities not exceeding two years from the date of acquisition;

(8) Indebtedness issued by Persons (other than the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates) with a rating of “A” or higher from S&P or “A-2” or higher from Moody’s (or reasonably equivalent ratings of

 

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another internationally recognized ratings agency) in each case with maturities not exceeding two years from the date of acquisition; and

(9) investment funds investing at least 95% of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (1) through (7) above.

Change of Control” means the occurrence of either of the following:

(1) the sale, lease or transfer, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all the assets of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to a Person other than any of the Permitted Holders;

(2) at any time prior to a Qualified IPO, any combination of Permitted Holders in the aggregate shall fail to beneficially own (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act or any successor provision), directly or indirectly, Voting Stock of the Issuer representing at least a majority of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Issuer; provided that no Change of Control shall be deemed to occur under this clause (2) if at such time (x) no Person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of securities (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act), other than any of the Permitted Holders, beneficially owns (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act or any successor provision), directly or indirectly, Voting Stock of the Issuer representing more than 10% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Issuer and (y) the Permitted Holders in the aggregate own, directly or indirectly, Voting Stock of the Issuer representing a greater percentage of the voting power of the Voting Stock of the Issuer than any other Person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of securities (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act); or

(3) the Issuer becomes aware (by way of a report or any other filing pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, proxy, vote, written notice or otherwise) of the acquisition by any Person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of securities (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act), other than any of the Permitted Holders, in a single transaction or in a related series of transactions, by way of merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other business combination or purchase of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Issuer.

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the total amount of depreciation and amortization expense, including the amortization of intangible assets, deferred financing fees and Capitalized Software Expenditures and amortization of unrecognized prior service costs and actuarial gains and losses related to pensions and other post-employment benefits, of such Person and its Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP.

Consolidated Interest Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:

(1) consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent such expense was deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income (including amortization of original issue discount, the interest component of Capitalized Lease Obligations, and net payments and receipts (if any) pursuant to interest rate Hedging Obligations and excluding additional interest in respect of the Notes, amortization or write-off of deferred financing fees, debt issuance

 

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costs, commissions, fees and expenses and expensing of any bridge, commitment or other financing fees); plus

(2) consolidated capitalized interest of such Person and such Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued; plus

(3) commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges Incurred in connection with any Receivables Financing which are payable to Persons other than the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries; minus

(4) interest income for such period;

provided that for purposes of calculating Consolidated Interest Expense, no effect shall be given to the discount and/or premium resulting from the bifurcation of derivatives under FASB ASC 815 and related interpretations as a result of the terms of the Indebtedness to which such Consolidated Interest Expense relates.

For purposes of this definition, interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by the Issuer 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 aggregate of the Net Income of such Person and its Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis; provided, however, that:

(1) any net after-tax extraordinary, nonrecurring or unusual gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto), or expenses or charges, any severance expenses, relocation or other restructuring expenses, curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans, excess pension charges, any expenses related to any reconstruction, decommissioning, recommissioning or reconfiguration of fixed assets for alternate uses, fees, expenses or charges relating to facilities closing costs, acquisition integration costs, transition expenses attributable to the Issuer becoming an independent operating company in connection with the Transactions (whether incurred before, on or after the Issue Date), facilities opening costs, project start-up costs, business optimization costs, signing, retention or completion bonuses, expenses or charges related to any issuance of Equity Interests, Investment, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization or issuance, repayment, refinancing, amendment or modification of Indebtedness (in each case, whether or not successful), any costs associated with the separation of the Venezuela operations from the business conducted by the Issuer and its Subsidiaries on the Issue Date (whether or not such separation costs are incurred before, on or after the Issue Date), and any fees, expenses, charges or change in control payments made under the Acquisition Documents or otherwise related to the Transactions (including any expenses or charges attributable to any payments made (or any agreement or commitment to make any payment) to employees of the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer in lieu of stock options, restricted stock units or similar items or in satisfaction of any obligation or a commitment to grant or issue any such items), in each case, shall be excluded;

(2) effects of purchase accounting adjustments (including, without limitation, the effects of such adjustments pushed down to such Person and such Subsidiaries and the effects of adjustments to unearned income and deferred rent) in amounts required or permitted by GAAP, resulting from the application of purchase accounting in relation to the Transactions or any consummated acquisition or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof, net of taxes, shall be excluded;

(3) the Net Income for such period shall not include the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles during such period;

(4) any net after-tax income or loss from disposed, abandoned, transferred, closed or discontinued operations and any net after-tax gains or losses on disposal of disposed, abandoned, transferred, closed or discontinued operations shall be excluded;

 

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(5) any net after-tax gains or losses (less all fees and expenses or charges relating thereto) attributable to business dispositions or asset dispositions other than in the ordinary course of business (as determined in good faith by management of the Issuer) shall be excluded;

(6) any net after-tax gains or losses (less all fees and expenses or charges relating thereto) attributable to the early extinguishment of indebtedness, Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments shall be excluded;

(7) the Net Income for such period of any Person that is not a Subsidiary of such Person, or is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall be included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to the referent Person or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period;

(8) solely for the purpose of determining the amount available for Restricted Payments under clause (1) of the definition of “Cumulative Credit,” the Net Income for such period of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Note Guarantor) shall be excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary of its Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (which has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by the operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders, unless such restrictions with respect to the payment of dividends or similar distributions have been legally waived; provided that the Consolidated Net Income of such Person shall be increased by the amount of dividends or other distributions or other payments actually paid in cash (or converted into cash) by any such Restricted Subsidiary to such Person, to the extent not already included therein;

(9) any impairment charges or asset write-offs, in each case pursuant to GAAP, and the amortization of intangibles arising pursuant to GAAP shall be excluded;

(10) any non-cash expense realized or resulting from stock option plans, employee benefit plans or post-employment benefit plans, or grants or sales of stock, stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options, restricted stock, preferred stock or other rights, shall be excluded;

(11) any (a) one-time non-cash compensation charges, (b) costs and expenses after the Issue Date related to employment of terminated employees, or (c) costs or expenses realized in connection with or resulting from stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options or other rights existing on the Issue Date of officers, directors and employees, in each case of such Person or any such Subsidiary, shall be excluded;

(12) accruals and reserves that are established or adjusted within 12 months after the Issue Date and that are so required to be established or adjusted in accordance with GAAP or as a result of adoption or modification of accounting policies shall be excluded;

(13) (a) the Net Income of any Person and its Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries shall be calculated without deducting the income attributable to, or adding the losses attributable to, the minority equity interests of third parties in any non-Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary except to the extent of dividends declared or paid in respect of such period or any prior period on the shares of Capital Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary held by such third parties and (b) any ordinary course dividend, distribution or other payment paid in cash and received from any Person in excess of amounts included in clause (7) above shall be included;

(14) (a)(i) the non-cash portion of “straight-line” rent expense shall be excluded and (ii) the cash portion of “straight-line” rent expense which exceeds the amount expensed in respect of such rent expense shall be included and (b) non-cash gains, losses, income and expenses resulting from fair value accounting required by the applicable standard under GAAP and related interpretations shall be excluded;

 

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(15) any currency translation gains and losses related to currency remeasurements, including, but not limited to, Indebtedness, and any net loss or gain resulting from hedging transactions for currency exchange risk, shall be excluded;

(16) to the extent covered by insurance and actually reimbursed, or, so long as such Person 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 evidence (with a deduction for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed within 365 days), expenses with respect to liability or casualty events or business interruption shall be excluded;

(17) non-cash gains, losses, income and expenses resulting from fair value accounting required by the applicable standard under GAAP and related interpretations shall be excluded;

(18) non-cash charges for deferred tax valuation allowances shall be excluded; and

(19) any expenses attributable to costs paid by any Person (other than the Issuer or its Subsidiaries) on behalf of the Issuer or its Subsidiaries or expenses that are reimbursed by such Person to the Issuer or its Subsidiaries, in each case, to the extent specifically contemplated in the Merger Agreement, shall be excluded.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the purpose of Section 4.04 only, there shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income any dividends, repayments of loans or advances or other transfers of assets from Unrestricted Subsidiaries or Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent such dividends, repayments or transfers increase the amount of Restricted Payments permitted under such Section pursuant to clauses (D) and (E) of the definition of “Cumulative Credit.”

Consolidated Non-cash Charges” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the non-cash expenses (other than Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense) of such Person and its Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries reducing Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP, provided that if any such non-cash expenses represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from EBITDA in such future period to the extent paid, but excluding from this proviso, for the avoidance of doubt, amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period.

Consolidated Taxes” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the provision for taxes based on income, profits or capital, including, without limitation, state, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, franchise, property and similar taxes, and foreign withholding taxes (including penalties and interest related to such taxes or arising from tax examinations).

Consolidated Total Assets” shall mean, as of any date, the total assets of the Issuer and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries without giving effect to any amortization or write-off of the amount of intangible assets (including, without limitation, goodwill) since the Issue Date (or with respect to assets acquired after the Issue Date, the date such assets were acquired by the Issuer or a consolidated Restricted Subsidiary), determined in accordance with GAAP, as set forth on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Issuer as of such date for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 4.02 (or, if no such financial statements have been delivered, as set forth on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Issuer set forth in this offering memorandum).

Contingent Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing any leases, dividends or other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness (“primary obligations”) of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent:

(1) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor,

 

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(2) to advance or supply funds:

(a) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation; or

(b) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor; or

(3) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof.

Credit Agreement” means (i) the credit agreement entered into in connection with, and on or prior to, the consummation of the Acquisition, among Carib Holdings, Inc., the Issuer, the guarantors named therein, the financial institutions named therein, and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, as amended, restated, supplemented, waived, replaced (whether or not upon termination, and whether with the original lenders or otherwise), restructured, repaid, refunded, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time, including any agreement or indenture extending the maturity thereof, refinancing, replacing or otherwise restructuring all or any portion of the Indebtedness under such agreement or agreements or indenture or indentures or any successor or replacement agreement or agreements or indenture or indentures or increasing the amount loaned or issued thereunder or altering the maturity thereof and (ii) whether or not the credit agreement referred to in clause (i) remains outstanding, if designated by the Issuer to be included in the definition of “Credit Agreement,” one or more (A) debt facilities or commercial paper facilities, providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from lenders against such receivables) or letters of credit, (B) debt securities, indentures or other forms of debt financing (including convertible or exchangeable debt instruments or bank guarantees or bankers’ acceptances), or (C) instruments or agreements evidencing any other Indebtedness, in each case, with the same or different borrowers or issuers and, in each case, as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, restructured, renewed, refinanced, restated, replaced or refunded in whole or in part from time to time.

Credit Agreement Documents” means the collective reference to any Credit Agreement, any notes issued pursuant thereto and the guarantees thereof, and the collateral documents relating thereto, as amended, supplemented, restated, renewed, refunded, replaced, restructured, repaid, refinanced or otherwise modified, in whole or in part, from time to time.

Cumulative Credit” means the sum of (without duplication):

(A) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income of the Issuer for the period (taken as one accounting period, [the “Reference Period”]), from October 1, 2010 to the end of the Issuer’s most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment (or, in the case such Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit, minus 100% of such deficit), plus

(B) 100% of the aggregate net proceeds, including cash and the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) of property other than cash, received by the Issuer after the Issue Date (other than net proceeds to the extent such net proceeds have been used to Incur Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 4.03(b)(xiii)) from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent entity of the Issuer (excluding Refunding Capital Stock, Designated Preferred Stock, Excluded Contributions and Disqualified Stock), including Equity Interests issued upon exercise of warrants or options (other than an issuance or sale to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary), plus

(C) 100% of the aggregate amount of contributions to the capital of the Issuer received in cash and the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) of property other than cash after the Issue Date (other than Excluded Contributions, Refunding Capital Stock, Designated Preferred Stock and Disqualified Stock and other than contributions to the extent such contributions have been used to Incur Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 4.03(b)(xiii)), plus

 

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(D) 100% of the principal amount of any Indebtedness or the liquidation preference or maximum fixed repurchase price, as the case may be, of any Disqualified Stock of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary issued after the Issue Date (other than Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock issued to a Restricted Subsidiary) which has been converted into or exchanged for Equity Interests in the Issuer (other than Disqualified Stock) or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer (provided in the case of any such parent, such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock is retired or extinguished), plus

(E) 100% of the aggregate amount received by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in cash and the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) of property other than cash received by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary from:

(I) the sale or other disposition (other than to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) of Restricted Investments made by the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries and from repurchases and redemptions of such Restricted Investments from the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries by any Person (other than the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary) and from repayments of loans or advances, and releases of guarantees, which constituted Restricted Investments (other than in each case to the extent that the Restricted Investment was made pursuant to clause (viii) of Section 4.04(b)),

(II) the sale (other than to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) of the Capital Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or

(III) a distribution or dividend from an Unrestricted Subsidiary, plus

(F) in the event any Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Issuer has been redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary or has been merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary, the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) of the Investment of the Issuer or the Restricted Subsidiaries in such Unrestricted Subsidiary (which, if the Fair Market Value of such investment shall exceed $50.0 million, shall be determined by the Board of Directors of the Issuer, a copy of the resolution of which with respect thereto shall be delivered to the Trustee) at the time of such redesignation, combination or transfer (or of the assets transferred or conveyed, as applicable) (other than in each case to the extent that the designation of such Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary was made pursuant to clause (viii) of Section 4.04(b) or constituted a Permitted Investment).

Default” means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.

Designated Non-cash Consideration” means the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) of non-cash consideration received by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Non-cash Consideration pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate, setting forth the basis of such valuation, less the amount of Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of such Designated Non-cash Consideration.

Designated Preferred Stock” means Preferred Stock of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer (other than Disqualified Stock), that is issued for cash (other than to the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or an employee stock ownership plan or trust established by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries) and is so designated as Designated Preferred Stock, pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate, on the issuance date thereof.

Disqualified Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such Person which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is redeemable or exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event:

(1) matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (other than as a result of a change of control or asset sale),

 

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(2) is convertible or exchangeable for Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of such Person, or

(3) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part (other than solely as a result of a change of control or asset sale),

in each case prior to 91 days after the earlier of the maturity date of the Notes or the date the Notes are no longer outstanding; provided, however, that only the portion of Capital Stock which so matures or is mandatorily redeemable, is so convertible or exchangeable or is so redeemable at the option of the holder thereof prior to such date shall be deemed to be Disqualified Stock; provided, further, however, that if such Capital Stock is issued to any employee or to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Issuer or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by such Person in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employee’s termination, death or disability; provided, further, that any class of Capital Stock of such Person that by its terms authorizes such Person to satisfy its obligations thereunder by delivery of Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Stock shall not be deemed to be Disqualified Stock.

EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person and its Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries for such period plus, without duplication, to the extent the same was deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income:

(1) Consolidated Taxes; plus

(2) Fixed Charges; plus

(3) Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense; plus

(4) Consolidated Non-cash Charges; plus

(5) any expenses or charges (other than Consolidated Depreciation or Amortization Expense) related to any issuance of Equity Interests, Investment, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization or the Incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred by this Indenture (including a refinancing thereof) (whether or not successful), including (i) such fees, expenses or charges related to the offering of the Notes and the Bank Indebtedness, (ii) any amendment or other modification of the Notes or other Indebtedness, (iii) any additional interest in respect of the Notes and (iv) commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges (including any interest expense) related to any Qualified Receivables Financing; plus

(6) business optimization expenses and other restructuring charges, reserves or expenses (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include, without limitation, the effect of inventory optimization programs, facility closures, facility consolidations, retention, systems establishment costs, contract termination costs, future lease commitments and excess pension charges); plus

(7) the amount of management, monitoring, consulting, transaction and advisory fees and related expenses paid to the Sponsor or Popular (or any accruals relating to such fees and related expenses) during such period to the extent otherwise permitted by Section 4.07; plus

(8) the amount of loss on sale of receivables and related assets to a Receivables Subsidiary in connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing; plus

(9) any costs or expense Incurred 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 Issuer or a Note Guarantor or net cash proceeds of an issuance of Equity Interests of the Issuer (other than Disqualified Stock) solely to the extent that such net cash proceeds are excluded from the calculation of the Cumulative Credit; plus

 

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(10) all adjustments of the nature used in connection with the calculation of “Adjusted EBITDA” as set forth in footnote (3) to the “Summary Historical and Pro Forma Combined Financial Data” under “Summary” in the Offering Memorandum to the extent such adjustments, without duplication, continue to be applicable to such period less, without duplication;

(11) non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period (excluding the recognition of deferred revenue or any items which represent the reversal of any accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges that reduced EBITDA in any prior period and any items for which cash was received in a prior period).

Equity Interests” means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).

Equity Offering” means any public or private sale after the Issue Date of common Capital Stock or Preferred Stock of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer, as applicable (other than Disqualified Stock), other than:

(1) public offerings with respect to the Issuer’s or such direct or indirect parent’s common Capital Stock registered on Form S-4 or Form S-8;

(2) issuances to the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries; and

(3) any such public or private sale that constitutes an Excluded Contribution.

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

Exchange Offer Registration Statement” means the registration statement filed with the SEC in connection with the Registered Exchange Offer.

Excluded Contributions” means the Cash Equivalents or other assets (valued at their Fair Market Value as determined in good faith by the Issuer) received by the Issuer after the Issue Date from:

(1) contributions to its common equity capital, and

(2) the sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Issuer or to any Subsidiary management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement) of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock and Designated Preferred Stock) of the Issuer,

in each case designated as Excluded Contributions pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate on or promptly after the date such capital contributions are made or the date such Capital Stock is sold, as the case may be.

Fair Market Value” means, with respect to any asset or property, the price which could be negotiated in an arm’s-length transaction, for cash, between a willing seller and a willing and able buyer, neither of whom is under undue pressure or compulsion to complete the transaction.

Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the ratio of EBITDA of such Person for such period to the Fixed Charges of such Person for such period. In the event that the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary Incurs, repays, repurchases or redeems any Indebtedness subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is being calculated but prior to the event for which the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is made (the “Fixed Charge Coverage Calculation Date”), then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence, repayment, repurchase or redemption of Indebtedness as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable period; provided that the Issuer may elect pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee to treat all or any portion of the commitment under any Indebtedness as being Incurred at such time, in which case any subsequent Incurrence of Indebtedness

 

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under such commitment shall not be deemed, for purposes of this calculation, to be an Incurrence at such subsequent time.

For purposes of making the computation referred to above, Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, amalgamations, consolidations (including the Transactions) and discontinued operations (as determined in accordance with GAAP), in each case with respect to an operating unit of a business, and any operational changes that the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary has determined to make and/or made during the reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the Fixed Charge Coverage Calculation Date shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that all such Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, amalgamations, consolidations (including the Transactions), discontinued operations and other operational changes (and the change of any associated fixed charge obligations and the change in EBITDA resulting therefrom) had occurred on the first day of the reference period. If since the beginning of such period any Person that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period shall have made any Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation, amalgamation, discontinued operation or operational change, in each case with respect to an operating unit of a business, that would have required adjustment pursuant to this definition, then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such Investment, acquisition, disposition, discontinued operation, merger, amalgamation, consolidation or operational change had occurred at the beginning of the applicable period. If since the beginning of such period any Restricted Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary is designated a Restricted Subsidiary, then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such designation had occurred at the beginning of the applicable period.

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 Issuer. Any such pro forma calculation may include adjustments appropriate, in the reasonable good faith determination of the Issuer as set forth in an Officer’s Certificate, to reflect (1) adjustments calculated in accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act, (2) operating expense reductions and other operating improvements or synergies reasonably expected to result from the applicable event (including, to the extent applicable, from the Transactions), and (3) all adjustments of the nature used in connection with the calculation of “Adjusted EBITDA” as set forth in footnote (3) to the “Summary Historical and Pro Forma Combined Financial Data” under “Summary” in the Offering Memorandum to the extent such adjustments, without duplication, continue to be applicable to such four-quarter period.

If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the Calculation Date had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Hedging Obligations applicable to such Indebtedness if such Hedging Obligation has a remaining term in excess of 12 months). Interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Issuer to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of making the computation referred to above, interest on any Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility computed on a pro forma basis shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable period. Interest on Indebtedness that 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 rate, shall be deemed to have been based upon the rate actually chosen, or, if none, then based upon such optional rate chosen as the Issuer may designate.

For purposes of this definition, any amount in a currency other than U.S. dollars will be converted to U.S. dollars based on the average exchange rate for such currency for the most recent twelve-month period immediately prior to the date of determination in a manner consistent with that used in calculating EBITDA for the applicable period.

Fixed Charges” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:

(1) Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person for such period, and

(2) all cash dividend payments (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of Preferred Stock or Disqualified Stock of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

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GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, which are in effect on the Issue Date. For the purposes of this Indenture, the term “consolidated” with respect to any Person shall mean such Person consolidated with its Restricted Subsidiaries, and shall not include any Unrestricted Subsidiary, but the interest of such Person in an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be accounted for as an Investment.

guarantee” means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business), direct or indirect, in any manner (including, without limitation, letters of credit and reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), of all or any part of any Indebtedness or other obligations.

Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person under:

(1) currency exchange, interest rate or commodity swap agreements, currency exchange, interest rate or commodity cap agreements and currency exchange, interest rate or commodity collar agreements; and

(2) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in currency exchange, interest rates or commodity prices.

holder” or “noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Registrar’s books.

Incur” means issue, assume, guarantee, incur or otherwise become liable for; provided, however, that any Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary (whether by merger, amalgamation, consolidation, acquisition or otherwise) shall be deemed to be Incurred by such Person at the time it becomes a Subsidiary.

Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person:

(1) the principal and premium (if any) of any indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent, (a) in respect of borrowed money, (b) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances (or, without duplication, reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), (c) representing the deferred and unpaid purchase price of any property (except any such balance that constitutes (i) a trade payable or similar obligation to a trade creditor Incurred in the ordinary course of business, (ii) any earn-out obligations until such obligation becomes a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP and (iii) liabilities accrued in the ordinary course of business), which purchase price is due more than six months after the date of placing the property in service or taking delivery and title thereto, (d) in respect of Capitalized Lease Obligations, or (e) representing any Hedging Obligations, if and to the extent that any of the foregoing indebtedness would appear as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP;

(2) to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation of such Person to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, the obligations referred to in clause (1) of another Person (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business); and

(3) to the extent not otherwise included, Indebtedness of another Person secured by a Lien on any asset owned by such Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person); provided, however, that the amount of such Indebtedness will be the lesser of: (a) the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) of such asset at such date of determination, and (b) the amount of such Indebtedness of such other Person;

provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness shall be deemed not to include (1) Contingent Obligations Incurred in the ordinary course of business and not in respect of borrowed money; (2) deferred or prepaid revenues; (3) purchase price holdbacks in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset to satisfy warranty

 

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or other unperformed obligations of the respective seller; (4) Obligations under or in respect of Qualified Receivables Financing or (5) obligations under the Acquisition Documents to the extent such obligations are not for borrowed money.

Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, Indebtedness shall not include, and shall be calculated without giving effect to, the effects of GAAP to the extent such effects would otherwise increase or decrease an amount of Indebtedness for any purpose under this Indenture as a result of accounting for any embedded derivatives created by the terms of such Indebtedness; and any such amounts that would have constituted Indebtedness under this Indenture but for the application of this sentence shall not be deemed an Incurrence of Indebtedness under this Indenture.

Indenture” means this Indenture as amended or supplemented from time to time.

Independent Financial Advisor” means an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm or consultant, in each case of nationally recognized standing, that is, in the good faith determination of the Issuer, qualified to perform the task for which it has been engaged.

Interest Payment Date” has the meaning set forth in Exhibit A and Exhibit B hereto.

Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, or an equivalent rating by any other Rating Agency.

Investment Grade Securities” means:

(1) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the U.S. government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (other than Cash Equivalents),

(2) securities that have a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB- (or equivalent) by S&P, but excluding any debt securities or loans or advances between and among the Issuer and its Subsidiaries,

(3) investments in any fund that invests exclusively in investments of the type described in clauses (1) and (2) which fund may also hold immaterial amounts of cash pending investment and/or distribution, and

(4) corresponding instruments in countries other than the United States customarily utilized for high quality investments and in each case with maturities not exceeding two years from the date of acquisition.

Investments” means, with respect to any Person, all investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the form of loans (including guarantees), advances or capital contributions (excluding accounts receivable, trade credit and advances to customers and commission, travel and similar advances to officers, employees and consultants made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities issued by any other Person and investments that are required by GAAP to be classified on the balance sheet of such Person in the same manner as the other investments included in this definition to the extent such transactions involve the transfer of cash or other property. For purposes of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” and Section 4.04:

(1) “Investments” shall include the portion (proportionate to the Issuer’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) of the net assets of a Subsidiary of the Issuer at the time that such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that upon a redesignation of such Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, the Issuer shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent “Investment” in an Unrestricted Subsidiary equal to an amount (if positive) equal to:

 

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(a) the Issuer’s “Investment” in such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation less

(b) the portion (proportionate to the Issuer’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; and

(2) any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at its Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) at the time of such transfer, in each case as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Issuer.

Issue Date” means the date on which the Notes are originally issued.

Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or similar encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction); provided that in no event shall an operating lease be deemed to constitute a Lien.

Management Group” means the group consisting of the directors, executive officers and other management personnel of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer, as the case may be, on the Issue Date together with (1) any new directors whose election by such boards of directors or whose nomination for election by the shareholders of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer, as applicable, was approved by a vote of a majority of the directors of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer, as applicable, then still in office who were either directors on the Issue Date or whose election or nomination was previously so approved and (2) executive officers and other management personnel of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer, as applicable, hired at a time when the directors on the Issue Date together with the directors so approved constituted a majority of the directors of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer, as applicable.

Merchant Agreement” shall mean any contract entered into with a merchant relating to the provision of Merchant Services.

Merchant Services” shall mean services provided to merchants relating to the authorization, transaction capture, settlement, chargeback handling and internet-based transaction processing of credit, debit, stored-value and loyalty card and other payment transactions (including provision of point of service devices and other equipment necessary to capture merchant transactions and other ancillary services).

Merger” means the merger of Carib Acquisition, Inc. with and into EVERTEC, Inc., with EVERTEC, Inc. as the surviving corporation, pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement.

Merger Agreement” means the Agreement and Plan of Merger among Popular, AP Carib Holdings, Ltd., Carib Acquisition, Inc. and the Issuer, dated as of June 30, 2010, as amended or supplemented as of the Issue Date.

Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.

Net Income” means, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss) of such Person, and its Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of Preferred Stock dividends.

Net Proceeds” means the aggregate cash proceeds received by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of any Asset Sale (including, without limitation, any cash received in respect of or upon the sale or other disposition of any Designated Non-cash Consideration received in any Asset Sale and any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or otherwise, but only as and when received, but excluding the assumption by the acquiring Person of Indebtedness relating to the disposed assets

 

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or other consideration received in any other non-cash form), net of the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale and the sale or disposition of such Designated Non-cash Consideration (including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and brokerage and sales commissions), and 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 related, solely to such disposition), amounts required to be applied to the repayment of principal, premium (if any) and interest on Indebtedness required (other than pursuant to Section 4.06(b)(i)) to be paid as a result of such transaction, and any deduction of appropriate amounts to be provided by the Issuer as a reserve in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities associated with the asset disposed of in such transaction and retained by the Issuer after such sale or other disposition thereof, including, without limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations associated with such transaction.

Note Guarantee” means any guarantee of the obligations of the Issuer under this Indenture and the Notes by any Person in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.

Note Guarantor” means any Person that Incurs a Note Guarantee; provided that upon the release or discharge of such Person from its Note Guarantee in accordance with this Indenture, such Person ceases to be a Note Guarantor.

Obligations” means any principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements (including, without limitation, reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances), damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness; provided that Obligations with respect to the Notes shall not include fees or indemnifications in favor of the Trustee and other third parties other than the holders of the Notes.

Offering Memorandum” means the confidential offering memorandum, dated September 23, 2010, relating to the issuance of the Initial Notes.

Officer” means the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, President, any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President, the Treasurer or the Secretary of the Issuer.

Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed on behalf of the Issuer by an Officer of the Issuer, who must be the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer, the treasurer or the principal accounting officer of the Issuer, which meets the requirements set forth in this Indenture.

Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel who is acceptable to the Trustee and that satisfies the requirements set forth in this Indenture. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Issuer or the Trustee.

Pari Passu Indebtedness” means:

(1) with respect to the Issuer, the Notes and any Indebtedness which ranks pari passu in right of payment to the Notes; and

(2) with respect to any Note Guarantor, its Note Guarantee and any Indebtedness which ranks pari passu in right of payment to such Note Guarantor’s Note Guarantee.

Permitted Holders” means, at any time, each of (i) the Sponsor, (ii) Popular, (iii) the Management Group with respect to no more than 10% of the Voting Stock of the Issuer, (iv) any Person that has no material assets other than the Capital Stock of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer and, directly or indirectly, holds or acquires 100% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Issuer, and of which no other Person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), other than any of the other Permitted Holders specified in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above, holds more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock thereof and (v) any group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision) the members of which include any of the Permitted Holders

 

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specified in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above and that, directly or indirectly, hold or acquire beneficial ownership of the Voting Stock of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer (a “Permitted Holder Group”), so long as (1) each member of the Permitted Holder Group has voting rights proportional to the percentage of ownership interests held or acquired by such member and (2) no Person or other “group” (other than Permitted Holders specified in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above) beneficially owns more than 50% on a fully diluted basis of the Voting Stock held by the Permitted Holder Group. Any Person or group whose acquisition of beneficial ownership constitutes a Change of Control in respect of which a Change of Control Offer is made in accordance with the requirements of this Indenture will thereafter, together with its Affiliates, constitute an additional Permitted Holder.

Permitted Investments” means:

(1) any Investment in the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(2) any Investment in Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities;

(3) any Investment by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in a Person if as a result of such Investment (a) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, or (b) such Person, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary;

(4) any Investment in securities or other assets not constituting Cash Equivalents and received in connection with an Asset Sale made pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.06 or any other disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale;

(5) any Investment existing on, or made pursuant to binding commitments existing on, the Issue Date or an Investment consisting of any extension, modification or renewal of any Investment existing on the Issue Date; provided that the amount of any such Investment may be increased (x) as required by the terms of such Investment as in existence on the Issue Date or (y) as otherwise permitted under this Indenture;

(6) advances to employees, taken together with all other advances made pursuant to this clause (6), not to exceed $7.5 million at any one time outstanding;

(7) any Investment acquired by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (a) in exchange for any other Investment or accounts receivable held by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with or as a result of a bankruptcy, workout, reorganization or recapitalization of the issuer of such other Investment or accounts receivable, or (b) as a result of a foreclosure by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment in default;

(8) Hedging Obligations permitted under Section 4.03(b)(x);

(9) any Investment by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in a Similar Business having an aggregate Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer), taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (9) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (x) $75.0 million and (y) 6.75% of Consolidated 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); provided, however, that if any Investment pursuant to this clause (9) is made in any Person that is not the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary after such date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (1) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (9) for so long as such Person continues to be the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary;

(10) additional Investments by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary having an aggregate Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer), taken together with all other Investments

 

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made pursuant to this clause (10) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (x) $85.0 million and (y) 7.75% of Consolidated 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); provided, however, that if any Investment pursuant to this clause (10) is made in any Person that is not the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary after such date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (1) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (10) for so long as such Person continues to be the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary;

(11) loans and advances to officers, directors or employees for business-related travel expenses, moving expenses and other similar expenses, in each case Incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or to fund such person’s purchase of Equity Interests of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer;

(12) Investments the payment for which consists of Equity Interests of the Issuer (other than Disqualified Stock) or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer, as applicable; provided, however, that such Equity Interests will not increase the amount available for Restricted Payments under clause (C) of the definition of “Cumulative Credit”;

(13) any transaction to the extent it constitutes an Investment that is permitted by and made in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.07(b) (except transactions described in clauses (ii), (vi), (vii), (xi)(b) of such Section);

(14) Investments consisting of the licensing or contribution of intellectual property pursuant to joint marketing arrangements with other Persons;

(15) guarantees issued in accordance with Section 4.03 and Section 4.11, including, without limitation, any guarantee or other obligation issued or Incurred under the Credit Agreement in connection with any letter of credit issued for the account of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries (including with respect to the issuance of, or payments in respect of drawings under, such letters of credit);

(16) Investments consisting of or to finance purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, materials, services or equipment or purchases of contract rights or licenses or leases of intellectual property;

(17) any Investment in a Receivables Subsidiary or any Investment by a Receivables Subsidiary in any other Person in connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing, including Investments of funds held in accounts permitted or required by the arrangements governing such Qualified Receivables Financing or any related Indebtedness;

(18) any Investment in an entity or purchase of a business or assets in each case owned (or previously owned) by a customer of a Restricted Subsidiary as a condition or in connection with such customer (or any member of such customer’s group) contracting with a Restricted Subsidiary, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

(19) any Investment in an entity which is not a Restricted Subsidiary to which a Restricted Subsidiary sells accounts receivable pursuant to a Receivables Financing;

(20) additional Investments in joint ventures not to exceed at any one time in the aggregate outstanding under this clause (20) the greater of $75.0 million and 7.0% of Consolidated Total Assets at the time of such Investment; provided, however, that if any Investment pursuant to this clause (20) is made in any Person that is not the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary after such date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (1) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (20) for so long as such Person continues to be the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary;

 

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(21) Investments of a Restricted Subsidiary acquired after the Issue Date or of an entity merged into, amalgamated with or consolidated with the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary in a transaction that is not prohibited by Section 5.01 after the Issue Date to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation;

(22) any Investment in any Subsidiary of the Issuer or any joint venture in connection with intercompany cash management arrangements or related activities arising in the ordinary course of business; and

(23) any Investment arising in the ordinary course of business as a result of any Settlement, including Investments in and of Settlement Assets.

Permitted Liens” means, with respect to any Person:

(1) pledges or deposits by such Person under workmen’s compensation laws, unemployment insurance laws or similar legislation, or good faith deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of Indebtedness) or leases to which such Person is a party, or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of such Person or deposits of cash or U.S. government bonds to secure surety or appeal bonds to which such Person is a party, or deposits as security for contested taxes or import duties or for the payment of rent, in each case Incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(2) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanics’ Liens, in each case for sums not yet due or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or other Liens arising out of judgments or awards against such Person with respect to which such Person shall then be proceeding with an appeal or other proceedings for review;

(3) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet due or payable or subject to penalties for nonpayment or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;

(4) deposits and other Liens to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for Indebtedness), leases (other than Capitalized Lease Obligations), statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance and return of money bonds, bids, leases, government contracts, trade contracts, agreements with utilities, and other obligations of a like nature (including letters of credit in lieu of any such bonds or to support the issuance thereof) outstanding on the Issue Date or incurred in the ordinary course of business (whether or not consistent with past practices), including those incurred to secure health, safety and environmental obligations in the ordinary course of business;

(5) minor survey exceptions, minor encumbrances, easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar purposes, or zoning or other 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 were not Incurred in connection with Indebtedness and which do not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the value of said properties or materially impair their use in the operation of the business of such Person;

(6) (A) Liens on assets of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Note Guarantor securing Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary permitted to be Incurred pursuant to Section 4.03, (B) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred under the Credit Agreement, including any letter of credit facility relating thereto, that was permitted to be Incurred pursuant to Section 4.03(b)(i), (C) Liens securing obligations in respect of any Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred by Section 4.03; provided that, with respect to Liens securing obligations permitted under this clause (C), at the time of Incurrence and after giving pro forma effect thereto, the Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio of the Issuer would not exceed 4.00 to 1.00, and (D) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred pursuant to clause (iv), (xvi), (xx) or (xxiv) of Section 4.03(b) (provided that (i) in the case of clause (xx) such Lien does not extend to the

 

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property or assets of any Subsidiary of the Issuer that is a Note Guarantor, and (ii) in the case of clause (xvi) such Lien applies solely to acquired property or assets of the acquired entity, as the case may be);

(7) Liens existing on the Issue Date (other than Liens in favor of the lenders under the Credit Agreement);

(8) Liens on assets, property or shares of stock of a Person at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary; provided, however, that such Liens are not created or Incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person becoming such a Subsidiary; provided, further, however, that such Liens may not extend to any other property owned by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(9) Liens on assets or property at the time the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary acquired the assets or property, including any acquisition by means of a merger, amalgamation or consolidation with or into the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that such Liens are not created or Incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such acquisition; provided, further, however, that the Liens may not extend to any other property owned by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(10) Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary permitted to be Incurred in accordance with Section 4.03;

(11) Liens securing Hedging Obligations not Incurred in violation of this Indenture; provided that with respect to Hedging Obligations relating to Indebtedness, such Lien extends only to the property securing such Indebtedness;

(12) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods;

(13) leases and subleases of real property which do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries;

(14) Liens arising from Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings regarding operating leases entered into by the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

(15) Liens in favor of the Issuer or any Note Guarantor;

(16) Liens on accounts receivable and related assets of the type specified in the definition of “Receivables Financing” Incurred in connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing;

(17) deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure liability to insurance carriers;

(18) Liens on the Equity Interests of Unrestricted Subsidiaries;

(19) grants of software and other technology licenses in the ordinary course of business;

(20) Liens to secure any refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement (or successive refinancings, refundings, extensions, renewals or replacements) as a whole, or in part, of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien referred to in the foregoing clauses (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11) and (15); provided, however, that (x) such new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property that secured the original Lien (plus improvements on such property), and (y) the Indebtedness secured by such Lien at such time is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (A) the outstanding principal amount or, if greater, committed amount of the Indebtedness described under clauses (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11) and (15) at the time the original Lien became a Permitted Lien under this Indenture, and (B) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums, related to such refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal

 

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or replacement; provided further, however, that in the case of any Liens to secure any refinancing, refunding, extension or renewal of Indebtedness secured by a Lien referred to in clause (6)(B), the principal amount of any Indebtedness Incurred for such refinancing, refunding, extension or renewal shall be deemed secured by a Lien under clause (6)(B) and not this clause (20) for purposes of determining the principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding under clause (6)(B);

(21) Liens on equipment of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary granted in the ordinary course of business to the Issuer’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s client at which such equipment is located;

(22) judgment and attachment Liens not giving rise to an Event of Default and notices of lis pendens and associated rights related to litigation being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been made;

(23) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of goods entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(24) Liens Incurred to secure cash management services or to implement cash pooling arrangements in the ordinary course of business;

(25) other Liens securing obligations Incurred in the ordinary course of business or securing Indebtedness, which obligations or Indebtedness do not exceed $50.0 million at any one time outstanding;

(26) any encumbrance or restriction (including put and call arrangements) with respect to Capital Stock of any joint venture or similar arrangement pursuant to any joint venture or similar agreement;

(27) any amounts held by a trustee in the funds and accounts under an indenture securing any revenue bonds issued for the benefit of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(28) Liens (i) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the State of New York or similar provisions in similar codes, statutes or laws in other jurisdictions on items in the course of collection, (ii) attaching to commodity trading accounts or other commodity brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business, and (iii) in favor of banking institutions arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits (including the right of set-off) and which are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry;

(29) Liens encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;

(30) Liens that are contractual rights of set-off (i) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, (ii) relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts of the Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries or (iii) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of the Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

(31) Liens on any cash earnest money deposits made by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted under this Indenture; and

(32) Settlement Liens.

Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.

 

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Popular” means Popular, Inc. and its Affiliates (but not including any of its portfolio companies).

Preferred Stock” means any Equity Interest with preferential right of payment of dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution, or winding up.

Qualified IPO” means any underwritten public Equity Offering.

Qualified Receivables Financing” means any Receivables Financing of a Receivables Subsidiary that meets the following conditions:

(1) the Board of Directors of the Issuer shall have determined in good faith that such Qualified Receivables Financing (including financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions) is in the aggregate economically fair and reasonable to the Issuer and the Receivables Subsidiary;

(2) all sales of accounts receivable and related assets to the Receivables Subsidiary are made at Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer); and

(3) the financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions thereof shall be market terms (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) and may include Standard Securitization Undertakings.

The grant of a security interest in any accounts receivable of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) to secure Bank Indebtedness, Indebtedness in respect of the Notes or any Refinancing Indebtedness with respect to the Notes shall not be deemed a Qualified Receivables Financing.

Rating Agency” means (1) each of Moody’s and S&P and (2) if Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate the Notes for reasons outside of the Issuer’s control, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Rule 15cs-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act selected by the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer as a replacement agency for Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be.

Record Date” has the meaning specified in Exhibits A and B hereto.

Receivables Fees” means distributions or payments made directly or by means of discounts with respect to any participation interests issued or sold in connection with, and all other fees paid to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with, any Receivables Financing.

Receivables Financing” means any transaction or series of transactions that may be entered into by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to which the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries may sell, convey or otherwise transfer to (a) a Receivables Subsidiary (in the case of a transfer by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries); and (b) any other Person (in the case of a transfer by a Receivables Subsidiary), or may grant a security interest in, any accounts receivable (whether now existing or arising in the future) of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, and any assets related thereto including, without limitation, all collateral securing such accounts receivable, all contracts and all guarantees or other obligations in respect of such accounts receivable, proceeds of such accounts receivable and other assets which are customarily transferred or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with asset securitization transactions involving accounts receivable and any Hedging Obligations entered into by the Issuer or any such Subsidiary in connection with such accounts receivable.

Receivables Repurchase Obligation” means any obligation of a seller of receivables in a Qualified Receivables Financing to repurchase receivables arising as a result of a breach of a representation, warranty or covenant or otherwise, including as a result of a receivable or portion thereof becoming subject to any asserted defense, dispute, off-set or counterclaim of any kind as a result of any action taken by, any failure to take action by or any other event relating to the seller.

Receivables Subsidiary” means a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary (or another Person formed for the purposes of engaging in Qualified Receivables Financing with the Issuer in which the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the

 

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Issuer makes an Investment and to which the Issuer or any such Subsidiary transfers accounts receivable and related assets) which engages in no activities other than in connection with the financing of accounts receivable of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, all proceeds thereof and all rights (contractual or other), collateral and other assets relating thereto, and any business or activities incidental or related to such business, and which is designated by the Board of Directors of the Issuer (as provided below) as a Receivables Subsidiary and:

(a) no portion of the Indebtedness or any other obligations (contingent or otherwise) of which (i) is guaranteed by the Issuer or any other Subsidiary of the Issuer (excluding guarantees of obligations (other than the principal of and interest on, Indebtedness) pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings), (ii) is recourse to or obligates the Issuer or any other Subsidiary in any way other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings, or (iii) subjects any property or asset of the Issuer or any other Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings;

(b) with which neither the Issuer nor any other Subsidiary has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding other than on terms which the Issuer reasonably believes to be no less favorable to the Issuer or such Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons that are not Affiliates of the Issuer; and

(c) to which none of the Issuer or its other Subsidiaries has any obligation to maintain or preserve such entity’s financial condition or cause such entity to achieve certain levels of operating results.

Any such designation by the Board of Directors of the Issuer shall be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a certified copy of the resolution of the Board of Directors of the Issuer giving effect to such designation and an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing conditions.

Responsible Officer” means, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice president, assistant secretary, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such Person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

Restricted Cash” means cash and Cash Equivalents held by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiaries that is contractually restricted from being distributed to the Issuer or not available for general corporate purposes if and to the extent appearing as “restricted cash” on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Restricted Investment” means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.

Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Issuer other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary. Unless otherwise indicated, all references to Restricted Subsidiaries will mean Restricted Subsidiaries of the Issuer.

Reversion Date” means the date on which 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.

S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.

Sale/Leaseback Transaction” means an arrangement relating to property now owned or hereafter acquired by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary whereby the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary transfers such property to a Person and the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary leases it from such Person, other than leases between the Issuer and a Restricted Subsidiary or between Restricted Subsidiaries.

SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Secured Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness secured by a Lien.

 

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Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Person, at any date the ratio of (i) Secured Indebtedness (other than property or assets held in a defeasance or similar trust or arrangement for the benefit of Secured Indebtedness secured thereby) of such Person and its Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date of calculation (determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP) less the amount of cash and Cash Equivalents in excess of any Restricted Cash that would be stated on the balance sheet of such Person and its Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries and held by such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date of calculation to (ii) EBITDA of such Person for the four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding such date on which such additional Indebtedness is Incurred. In the event that the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary Incurs, repays, repurchases or redeems any Indebtedness subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio is being calculated but prior to the event for which the calculation of the Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio is made (the “Secured Leverage Calculation Date”), then the Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence, repayment, repurchase or redemption of Indebtedness as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period; provided that the Issuer may elect pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee to treat all or any portion of the commitment under any Indebtedness as being Incurred at such time, in which case any subsequent Incurrence of Indebtedness under such commitment shall not be deemed, for purposes of this calculation, to be an Incurrence at such subsequent time.

For purposes of making the computation referred to above, Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, amalgamations, consolidations (including the Transactions) and discontinued operations (as determined in accordance with GAAP), in each case with respect to an operating unit of a business, and any operational changes that the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary has determined to make and/or made during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the Secured Leverage Calculation Date shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that all such Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, amalgamations, consolidations (including the Transactions), discontinued operations and other operational changes (and the change of any associated Indebtedness and the change in EBITDA resulting therefrom) had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period. If since the beginning of such period any Person that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period shall have made any Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation, amalgamation, discontinued operation or operational change, in each case with respect to an operating unit of a business, that would have required adjustment pursuant to this definition, then the Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such Investment, acquisition, disposition, discontinued operation, merger, amalgamation, consolidation or operational change had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period. If since the beginning of such period any Restricted Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary is designated a Restricted Subsidiary, then the Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such designation had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period.

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 Issuer. Any such pro forma calculation may include adjustments appropriate, in the reasonable good faith determination of the Issuer as set forth in an Officer’s Certificate, to reflect (1) adjustments calculated in accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act, (2) operating expense reductions and other operating improvements or synergies reasonably expected to result from the applicable event (including, to the extent applicable, from the Transactions) and (2) all adjustments of the nature used in connection with the calculation of “Adjusted EBITDA” as set forth in footnote (3) to the “Summary Historical and Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Financial Data” under “Summary” in the Offering Memorandum to the extent such adjustments, without duplication, continue to be applicable to such four-quarter period.

For purposes of this definition, any amount in a currency other than U.S. dollars will be converted to U.S. dollars based on the average exchange rate for such currency for the most recent twelve-month period immediately prior to the date of determination in a manner consistent with that used in calculating EBITDA for the applicable period.

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

 

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Senior Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Person, at any date the ratio of (i) Secured Indebtedness (other than (x) property or assets held in a defeasance or similar trust or arrangement for the benefit of Secured Indebtedness secured thereby and (y) any Secured Indebtedness that is secured by Liens that are expressly subordinated to Liens securing the Credit Agreement) of such Person and its Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date of calculation (determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP) less the amount of cash and Cash Equivalents in excess of any Restricted Cash that would be stated on the balance sheet of such Person and its Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries and held by such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date of calculation to (ii) EBITDA of such Person for the four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding such date on which such additional Indebtedness is Incurred. In the event that the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary Incurs, repays, repurchases or redeems any Indebtedness subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio is being calculated but prior to the event for which the calculation of the Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio is made (the “Secured Leverage Calculation Date”), then the Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence, repayment, repurchase or redemption of Indebtedness as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period; provided that the Issuer may elect pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee to treat all or any portion of the commitment under any Indebtedness as being Incurred at such time, in which case any subsequent Incurrence of Indebtedness under such commitment shall not be deemed, for purposes of this calculation, to be an Incurrence at such subsequent time.

For purposes of making the computation referred to above, Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, amalgamations, consolidations (including the Transactions) and discontinued operations (as determined in accordance with GAAP), in each case with respect to an operating unit of a business, and any operational changes that the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary has determined to make and/or made during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the Secured Leverage Calculation Date shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that all such Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, amalgamations, consolidations (including the Transactions), discontinued operations and other operational changes (and the change of any associated Indebtedness and the change in EBITDA resulting therefrom) had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period. If since the beginning of such period any Person that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period shall have made any Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation, amalgamation, discontinued operation or operational change, in each case with respect to an operating unit of a business, that would have required adjustment pursuant to this definition, then the Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such Investment, acquisition, disposition, discontinued operation, merger, amalgamation, consolidation or operational change had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period. If since the beginning of such period any Restricted Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary is designated a Restricted Subsidiary, then the Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such designation had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period.

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 Issuer. Any such pro forma calculation may include adjustments appropriate, in the reasonable good faith determination of the Issuer as set forth in an Officer’s Certificate, to reflect (1) adjustments calculated in accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act, (2) operating expense reductions and other operating improvements or synergies reasonably expected to result from the applicable event (including, to the extent applicable, from the Transactions) and (3) all adjustments of the nature used in connection with the calculation of “Adjusted EBITDA” as set forth in footnote (3) to the “Summary Historical and Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Financial Data” under “Summary” in the Offering Memorandum to the extent such adjustments, without duplication, continue to be applicable to such four quarter period.

For purposes of this definition, any amount in a currency other than U.S. dollars will be converted to U.S. dollars based on the average exchange rate for such currency for the most recent twelve month period immediately prior to the date of determination in a manner consistent with that used in calculating EBITDA for the applicable period.

Settlement” shall mean the transfer of cash or other property with respect to any credit or debit card charge, check or other instrument, electronic funds transfer, or other type of paper-based or electronic payment,

 

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transfer, or charge transaction for which a Person acts a processor, remitter, funds recipient or funds transmitter in the ordinary course of its business.

Settlement Assets” means any cash, receivable or other property, including a Settlement Receivable, due or conveyed to a Person in consideration for a Settlement made or arranged, or to be made or arranged, by such Person or an Affiliate of such Person.

Settlement Indebtedness” means any payment or reimbursement obligation in respect of a Settlement Payment.

Settlement Lien” means any Lien relating to any Settlement or Settlement Indebtedness (and may include, for the avoidance of doubt, the grant of a Lien in or other assignment of a Settlement Asset in consideration of a Settlement Payment, Liens securing intraday and overnight overdraft and automated clearing house exposure, and similar Liens).

Settlement Payment” means the transfer, or contractual undertaking (including by automated clearing house transaction) to effect a transfer, of cash or other property to effect a Settlement.

Settlement Receivable” means any general intangible, payment intangible, or instrument representing or reflecting an obligation to make payments to or for the benefit of a Person in consideration for and in the amount of a Settlement made or arranged, or to be made or arranged, by such Person.

Significant Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that would be a “Significant Subsidiary” of the Issuer within the meaning of Rule 1-02 under Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC (or any successor provision).

Similar Business” means a business, the majority of whose revenues are derived from the activities of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries as of the Issue Date or any business or activity that is reasonably similar or complementary thereto or a reasonable extension, development or expansion thereof or ancillary thereto.

Special Distribution” shall mean a dividend declared by the Issuer pursuant to Section 5.16 of the Merger Agreement.

Sponsor” means Apollo Management, L.P. and any of its respective Affiliates other than any portfolio companies (collectively, the “Apollo Sponsor”).

Standard Securitization Undertakings” means representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities and guarantees of performance entered into by the Issuer or any Subsidiary thereof which the Issuer has determined in good faith to be customary in a Receivables Financing including, without limitation, those relating to the servicing of the assets of a Receivables Subsidiary, it being understood that any Receivables Repurchase Obligation shall be deemed to be a Standard Securitization Undertaking.

Stated Maturity” means, with respect to any security, the date specified in such security as the fixed date on which the final payment of principal of such security is due and payable, including pursuant to any mandatory redemption provision (but excluding any provision providing for the repurchase of such security at the option of the holder thereof upon the happening of any contingency beyond the control of the issuer unless such contingency has occurred).

Stockholder Agreement” means the Stockholder Agreement to be dated as of the Issue Date among, Holdings, Popular, AP Carib and the other holders named therein, as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time prior to the Issue Date or thereafter, in accordance with its terms.

Subordinated Indebtedness” means (a) with respect to the Issuer, any Indebtedness of the Issuer which is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, and (b) with respect to any Note Guarantor, any Indebtedness of such Note Guarantor which is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to its Note Guarantee.

 

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Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, (1) any corporation, association or other business entity (other than a partnership, joint venture or limited liability company) of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock is at the time of determination owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, (2) any partnership, joint venture or limited liability company of which (x) more than 50% of the capital accounts, distribution rights, total equity and voting interests or general and limited partnership interests, as applicable, are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, whether in the form of membership, general, special or limited partnership interests or otherwise, and (y) such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person is a controlling general partner or otherwise controls such entity and (3) any Person that is consolidated in the consolidated financial statements of the specified Person in accordance with GAAP.

Suspension Period” means the period of time between a Covenant Suspension Event and the related Reversion Date.

TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. Sections 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of this Indenture.

Transactions” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Offering Memorandum including the Special Distribution.

Transfer Restricted Notes” means, each and collectively, the Transfer Restricted Definitive Notes and the Transfer Restricted Global Notes.

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 October 1, 2014; provided, however, that if the period from such redemption date to October 1, 2014 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.

Trust Officer” means any officer within the corporate trust administration department of the Trustee, with direct responsibility for performing the Trustee’s duties under this Indenture and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer of the Trustee to whom such matter is referred because of such person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

Trustee” means the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor.

Uniform Commercial Code” or “UCC” means the New York Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time.

Unrestricted Subsidiary” means:

(1) any Subsidiary of the Issuer that at the time of determination shall be designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Board of Directors of the Issuer in the manner provided below; and

(2) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary;

The Issuer may designate any Subsidiary of the Issuer (including any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries owns any Equity Interests or Indebtedness of, or owns or holds any Lien on any property of, the Issuer or any other Subsidiary of the Issuer that is not a Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated; provided, however, that the Subsidiary to be so designated and its Subsidiaries do not at the time of designation have and do not thereafter Incur any Indebtedness

 

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pursuant to which the lender has recourse to any of the assets of the Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, further, however, that either:

(a) the Subsidiary to be so designated has total consolidated assets of $1,000 or less; or

(b) if such Subsidiary has consolidated assets greater than $1,000, then such designation would be permitted under Section 4.04.

The Issuer may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that immediately after giving effect to such designation:

(x) (1) the Issuer could Incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.03(a), or (2) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio would be greater than such ratio immediately prior to such designation, in each case on a pro forma basis taking into account such designation, and

(y) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

Any such designation by the Issuer shall be evidenced to the Trustee by promptly filing with the Trustee a copy of the resolution of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof of the Issuer giving effect to such designation and an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing provisions.

U.S. Government Obligations” means securities that are:

(1) direct obligations of the United States of America for the timely payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged, or

(2) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America, the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America,

which, in each case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligations or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any such U.S. Government Obligations held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depository receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligations or the specific payment of principal of or interest on the U.S. Government Obligations evidenced by such depository receipt.

Voting Stock” of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person.

Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as the case may be, at any date, the quotient obtained by dividing (1) the sum of the products of the number of years from the date of determination to the date of each successive scheduled principal payment of such Indebtedness or redemption or similar payment with respect to such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock multiplied by the amount of such payment, by (2) the sum of all such payments.

Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary” is any Wholly Owned Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary.

Wholly Owned Subsidiary” of any Person means a Subsidiary of such Person 100% of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares or other ownership interests required to be held by foreign nationals or other third parties to the extent required by applicable law) shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.

 

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SECTION 1.02. Other Definitions.

 

Term

   Defined in Section

“Additional Amounts”

   4.15

“Additional Interest”

   Appendix A

“Affiliate Transaction”

   4.07

“Agent Members”

   Appendix A

“Asset Sale Offer”

   4.06(b)

“Bankruptcy Law”

   6.01

“Change of Control Offer”

   4.08(b)

“covenant defeasance option”

   8.01(b)

“Covenant Suspension Event”

   4.16

“Custodian”

   6.01

“Definitive Note”

   Appendix A

“Depository”

   Appendix A

“Event of Default”

   6.01

“Excess Proceeds”

   4.06(b)

“Exchange Notes”

   Preamble

“Global Notes”

   Appendix A

“Global Notes Legend”

   Appendix A

“Guaranteed Obligations”

   12.01(a)

“IAI”

   Appendix A

“incorporated provision”

   13.01

“Initial Notes”

   Preamble

“Initial Purchasers”

   Appendix A

“Issuer”

   Preamble

“legal defeasance option”

   8.01(b)

“Notes”

   Preamble

“Notes Custodian”

   Appendix A

“Notice of Default”

   6.01

“Paying Agent”

   2.04(a)

“protected purchaser”

   2.08

“QIB”

   Appendix A

“Refinancing Indebtedness”

   4.03(b)

“Refunding Capital Stock”

   4.04(b)

“Registered Exchange Offer”

   Appendix A

“Registrar”

   2.04(a)

“Registration Rights Agreement”

   Appendix A

“Regulation S”

   Appendix A

“Regulation S Notes”

   Appendix A

“Restricted Notes Legend”

   Appendix A

“Restricted Payment”

   4.04(a)

“Restricted Period”

   Appendix A

“Retired Capital Stock”

   4.04(b)

“Reversion Date”

   4.16

“Rule 501”

   Appendix A

“Rule 144A”

   Appendix A

“Rule 144A Notes”

   Appendix A

“Second Commitment”

   4.06(b)

“Shelf Registration Statement”

   Appendix A

“Successor Company”

   5.01(a)

“Successor”

   5.01(b)

“Suspended Covenants”

   4.16

“Tax Jurisdiction”

   4.15

 

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Term

   Defined in Section

“Taxes”

   4.15

“Transfer Restricted Definitive Notes”

   Appendix A

“Transfer Restricted Global Notes”

   Appendix A

“Unrestricted Definitive Notes”

   Appendix A

“Unrestricted Global Notes”

   Appendix A

SECTION 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act. This Indenture incorporates by reference certain provisions of the TIA. The following TIA terms have the following meanings:

Commission” means the SEC.

indenture securities” means the Notes and any Note Guarantee.

indenture security holder” means a holder.

indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture.

indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Trustee.

obligor” on the indenture securities means the Issuer and each Guarantor and any other obligor on the Notes.

All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule have the meanings assigned to them by such definitions.

SECTION 1.04. Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) a term has the meaning assigned to it;

(b) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;

(c) “or” is not exclusive;

(d) “including” means including without limitation;

(e) words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural include the singular;

(f) unsecured Indebtedness shall not be deemed to be subordinate or junior to Secured Indebtedness merely by virtue of its nature as unsecured Indebtedness;

(g) the principal amount of any non-interest bearing or other discount security at any date shall be the principal amount thereof that would be shown on a balance sheet of the issuer dated such date prepared in accordance with GAAP;

(h) the principal amount of any Preferred Stock shall be (i) the maximum liquidation value of such Preferred Stock or (ii) the maximum mandatory redemption or mandatory repurchase price with respect to such Preferred Stock, whichever is greater;

(i) 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;

 

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(j) “$” and “U.S. dollars” each refer to United States dollars, or such other money of the United States of America that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; and

(k) whenever in this Indenture or the Notes there is mentioned, in any context, principal, interest or any other amount payable under or with respect to any Notes, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Interest, to the extent that, in such context, Additional Interest is, were or would be payable in respect thereof.

ARTICLE II

THE NOTES

SECTION 2.01. Amount of Notes. The aggregate principal amount of Notes which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture on the Issue Date is $220,000,000.

The Issuer may from time to time after the Issue Date issue Additional Notes under this Indenture in an unlimited principal amount, so long as (i) the Incurrence of the Indebtedness represented by such Additional Notes is at such time permitted by Section 4.03 and (ii) such Additional Notes are issued in compliance with the other applicable provisions of this Indenture. With respect to any Additional Notes issued after the Issue Date (except for Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes pursuant to Section 2.07, 2.08, 2.09, 3.06, 4.06(b), 4.08 or Appendix A), there shall be (a) established in or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors and (b) (i) set forth or determined in the manner provided in an Officer’s Certificate or (ii) established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of such Additional Notes:

(1) the aggregate principal amount of such Additional Notes which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture;

(2) the issue price and issuance date of such Additional Notes, including the date from which interest on such Additional Notes shall accrue;

(3) if applicable, that such Additional Notes shall be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Notes and, in such case, the respective depositaries for such Global Notes, the form of any legend or legends which shall be borne by such Global Notes in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Exhibit A hereto and any circumstances in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Section 2.2 of Appendix A in which any such Global Note may be exchanged in whole or in part for Additional Notes registered, or any transfer of such Global Note in whole or in part may be registered, in the name or names of Persons other than the depositary for such Global Note or a nominee thereof; and

(4) if applicable, that such Additional Notes that are not Transfer Restricted Notes shall not be issued in the form of Initial Notes as set forth in Exhibit A, but shall be issued in the form of Exchange Notes as set forth in Exhibit B.

If any of the terms of any Additional Notes are established by action taken pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers’ Certificate or the indenture supplemental hereto setting forth the terms of the Additional Notes.

The Initial Notes, including any Additional Notes, may, at the Issuer’s option, be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture, including, without limitation, waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase.

SECTION 2.02. Form and Dating. Provisions relating to the Initial Notes and the Exchange Notes are set forth in Appendix A, which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture. The (i) Initial

 

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Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication and (ii) any Additional Notes (if issued as Transfer Restricted Notes) and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall each be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture. The (i) Exchange Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication and (ii) any Additional Notes issued other than as Transfer Restricted Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall each be substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule, agreements to which the Issuer or any Note Guarantor is subject, if any, or usage (provided that any such notation, legend or endorsement is in a form acceptable to the Issuer). Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall be issuable only in registered form without interest coupons and in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiples of $1,000.

SECTION 2.03. Execution and Authentication. The Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery upon a written order of the Issuer signed by one Officer (a) Initial Notes for original issue on the date hereof in an aggregate principal amount of $220,000,000, (b) subject to the terms of this Indenture, Additional Notes in an aggregate principal amount to be determined at the time of issuance and specified therein and (c) the Exchange Notes for issue in a Registered Exchange Offer pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement for a like principal amount of Initial Notes exchanged pursuant thereto or otherwise pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act. Such order shall specify the amount of separate Note certificates to be authenticated, the principal amount of each of the Notes to be authenticated, the date on which the original issue of Notes is to be authenticated, the registered holder of each of the Notes and delivery instructions and whether the Notes are to be Initial Notes or Exchange Notes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or Appendix A, any issuance of Additional Notes after the Issue Date shall be in a principal amount of at least $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess of $2,000.

One Officer shall sign the Notes for the Issuer by manual or facsimile signature.

If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note, the Note shall be valid nevertheless.

A Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Note. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.

The Trustee may appoint one or more authenticating agents reasonably acceptable to the Issuer to authenticate the Notes. Any such appointment shall be evidenced by an instrument signed by a Trust Officer, a copy of which shall be furnished to the Issuer. Unless limited by the terms of such appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as any Registrar, Paying Agent or agent for service of notices and demands.

SECTION 2.04. Registrar and Paying Agent.

(a) The Issuer shall maintain (i) an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (the “Registrar”) and (ii) an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (the “Paying Agent”). The Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The Issuer may have one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term “Registrar” includes any co-registrars. The term “Paying Agent” includes the Paying Agent and any additional paying agents. The Issuer initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar, Paying Agent and the Notes Custodian with respect to the Global Notes.

(b) The Issuer may enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Registrar or Paying Agent not a party to this Indenture, which shall incorporate the terms of the TIA. The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such agent. The Issuer shall notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any such agent. If the Issuer fails to maintain a Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation therefor pursuant to Section 7.07. The Issuer or any of its domestically organized Wholly Owned Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.

 

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(c) The Issuer may remove any Registrar or Paying Agent upon written notice to such Registrar or Paying Agent and to the Trustee; provided, however, that no such removal shall become effective until (i) if applicable, acceptance of an appointment by a successor as evidenced by an appropriate agreement entered into by the Issuer and such successor Registrar or Paying Agent, as the case may be, and delivered to the Trustee or (ii) notification to the Trustee that the Trustee shall serve as Registrar or Paying Agent until the appointment of a successor in accordance with clause (i) above. The Registrar or Paying Agent may resign at any time upon written notice to the Issuer and the Trustee; provided, however, that the Trustee may resign as Paying Agent or Registrar only if the Trustee also resigns as Trustee in accordance with Section 7.08.

SECTION 2.05. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust. Prior to each due date of the principal of and interest on any Note, the Issuer shall deposit with each Paying Agent (or if the Issuer or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary is acting as Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto) a sum sufficient to pay such principal and interest when so becoming due. The Issuer shall require each Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) to agree in writing that a Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of holders or the Trustee all money held by a Paying Agent for the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes, and shall notify the Trustee of any default by the Issuer in making any such payment. If the Issuer or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Issuer acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate the money held by it as Paying Agent and hold it in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto. The Issuer at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed by such Paying Agent. Upon complying with this Section, a Paying Agent shall have no further liability for the money delivered to the Trustee.

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 holders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Issuer shall furnish, or cause the Registrar to furnish, to the Trustee, in writing 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 holders.

SECTION 2.07. Transfer and Exchange. The Notes shall be issued in registered form and shall be transferable only upon the surrender of a Note for registration of transfer and in compliance with Appendix A. When a Note is presented to the Registrar with a request to register a transfer, the Registrar shall register the transfer as requested if its requirements therefor are met. When Notes are presented to the Registrar with a request to exchange them for an equal principal amount of Notes of other denominations, the Registrar shall make the exchange as requested if the same requirements are met. To permit registration of transfers and exchanges, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Notes at the Registrar’s request. The Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to pay all taxes, assessments or other governmental charges in connection with any transfer or exchange pursuant to this Section. The Issuer shall not be required to make, and the Registrar need not register, transfers or exchanges of Notes selected for redemption (except, in the case of Notes to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof not to be redeemed) or of any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed.

Prior to the due presentation for registration of transfer of any Note, the Issuer, the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Registrar may deem and treat the Person in whose name a Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest, if any, on such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note is overdue, and none of the Issuer, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Registrar shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

Any holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note shall, by acceptance of such beneficial interest, agree that transfers of beneficial interests in such Global Note may be effected only through a book-entry system maintained by (a) the holder of such Global Note (or its agent) or (b) any holder of a beneficial interest in such Global Note, and that ownership of a beneficial interest in such Global Note shall be required to be reflected in a book entry.

All Notes issued upon any transfer or exchange pursuant to the terms of this Indenture shall evidence the same debt and shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Notes surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.

 

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SECTION 2.08. Replacement Notes. If a mutilated Note is surrendered to the Registrar or if the holder of a Note claims that the Note has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Issuer shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Note if the requirements of Section 8-405 of the Uniform Commercial Code are met, such that the holder (a) satisfies the Issuer or the Trustee within a reasonable time after such holder has notice of such loss, destruction or wrongful taking and the Registrar does not register a transfer prior to receiving such notification, (b) makes such request to the Issuer or the Trustee prior to the Note being acquired by a protected purchaser as defined in Section 8-303 of the Uniform Commercial Code (a “protected purchaser”) and (c) satisfies any other reasonable requirements of the Trustee. If required by the Trustee or the Issuer, such holder shall furnish an indemnity bond sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee and the Issuer to protect the Issuer, the Trustee, a Paying Agent and the Registrar from any loss or liability that any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced and subsequently presented or claimed for payment. The Issuer and the Trustee may charge the holder for their expenses in replacing a Note (including without limitation, attorneys’ fees and disbursements in replacing such Note). In the event any such mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Note has become or is about to become due and payable, the Issuer in its discretion may pay such Note instead of issuing a new Note in replacement thereof.

Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of the Issuer.

The provisions of this Section 2.08 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Notes.

SECTION 2.09. Outstanding Notes. Notes outstanding at any time are all Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation and those described in this Section as not outstanding. Subject to Section 13.06, a Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Issuer or an Affiliate of the Issuer holds the Note.

If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.08 (other than a mutilated Note surrendered for replacement), it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee and the Issuer receive proof satisfactory to them that the replaced Note is held by a protected purchaser. A mutilated Note ceases to be outstanding upon surrender of such Note and replacement thereof pursuant to Section 2.08.

If a Paying Agent segregates and holds in trust, in accordance with this Indenture, on a redemption date or maturity date money sufficient to pay all principal and interest payable on that date with respect to the Notes (or portions thereof) to be redeemed or maturing, as the case may be, and no Paying Agent is prohibited from paying such money to the holders on that date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, then on and after that date such Notes (or portions thereof) cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue.

SECTION 2.10. [Intentionally Omitted].

SECTION 2.11. Cancellation. The Issuer at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and each Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee and no one else shall cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation and shall dispose of canceled Notes in accordance with its customary procedures. The Issuer may not issue new Notes to replace Notes it has redeemed, paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation. The Trustee shall not authenticate Notes in place of canceled Notes other than pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

SECTION 2.12. Defaulted Interest. If the Issuer defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, the Issuer shall pay the defaulted interest then borne by the Notes (plus interest on such defaulted interest to the extent lawful) in any lawful manner. The Issuer may pay the defaulted interest to the Persons who are holders on a subsequent special record date. The Issuer shall fix or cause to be fixed any such special record date and payment date to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee and shall promptly mail or cause to be mailed to each affected holder a notice that states the special record date, the payment date and the amount of defaulted interest to be paid.

SECTION 2.13. CUSIP Numbers, ISINs, Etc. The Issuer in issuing the Notes may use CUSIP numbers, ISINs and “Common Code” numbers (if then generally in use) and, if so, the Trustee shall use CUSIP numbers,

 

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ISINs and “Common Code” numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to holders; provided, however, that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers, either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of a redemption that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes and that any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers; provided further, that if any Additional Notes or Exchange Notes are not fungible with the Initial Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes, such Additional Notes or Exchange Notes will have a separate CUSIP number. The Issuer shall advise the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP numbers, ISINs and “Common Code” numbers.

SECTION 2.14. Calculation of Principal Amount of Notes. The aggregate principal amount of the Notes, at any date of determination, shall be the principal amount of the Notes then outstanding at such date of determination. With respect to any matter requiring consent, waiver, approval or other action of the holders of a specified percentage of the principal amount of all the Notes, such percentage shall be calculated, on the relevant date of determination, by dividing (a) the principal amount, as of such date of determination, of Notes, the holders of which have so consented, by (b) the aggregate principal amount, as of such date of determination, of the Notes then outstanding, in each case, as determined in accordance with the preceding sentence, Section 2.09 and Section 13.06 of this Indenture. Any such calculation made pursuant to this Section 2.14 shall be made by the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate.

ARTICLE III

REDEMPTION

SECTION 3.01. Redemption. The Notes may be redeemed, in whole, or from time to time in part, subject to the conditions and at the redemption prices set forth in Paragraph 5 or 6 of the forms of Note set forth in Exhibits A and B hereto, which are hereby incorporated by reference and made a part of this Indenture, together with accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date.

SECTION 3.02. Applicability of Article. Redemption of Notes at the election of the Issuer or otherwise, as permitted or required by any provision of this Indenture, shall be made in accordance with such provision and this Article.

SECTION 3.03. Notices to Trustee. If the Issuer elects to redeem Notes pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of Paragraph 5 or the optional tax redemption provisions of Paragraph 6 of the Note, it shall notify the Trustee in writing of (i) the Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the redemption shall occur, (ii) the redemption date, (iii) the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed and (iv) the redemption price. The Issuer shall give notice to the Trustee provided for in this paragraph at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date if the redemption is pursuant to Paragraph 5 or 6 of the Note, unless a shorter period is acceptable to the Trustee. If the redemption is pursuant to Paragraph 6 of the Note, the Issuer will not give any such notice of redemption earlier than 90 days prior to the earliest date on which the Issuer would be obligated to make such payment or withholding if a payment in respect of the Notes were then due, and, at the time such notice is given, the obligation to pay Additional Amounts must remain in effect. Any notice of redemption pursuant to Paragraph 5 or 6 of the Note shall be accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel from the Issuer to the effect that such redemption will comply with the conditions herein, as well as such notice required to be delivered under Section 3.05 below. Any such notice may be canceled at any time prior to notice of such redemption being mailed to any holder and shall thereby be void and of no effect.

SECTION 3.04. Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed. In the case of any partial redemption, selection of Notes for redemption will be made by the Trustee in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which such Notes are listed, or if such Notes are not so listed, on a pro rata basis to the extent practicable or by lot or by such other method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate (and in such manner as complies with applicable legal requirements); provided that no Notes of $2,000 (and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) or less shall be redeemed in part. If any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption relating to such Note shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. A new Note in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued in the name of the holder thereof upon

 

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cancellation of the original Note. On and after the redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for redemption so long as the Issuer has deposited with the Paying Agent funds sufficient to pay the principal of, premium, if any, plus accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest (if any) on, the Notes to be redeemed.

SECTION 3.05. Notice of Optional Redemption.

(a) At least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date pursuant to Paragraph 5 or 6 of the Note, the Issuer shall mail or cause to be mailed by first-class mail a notice of redemption to each holder whose Notes are to be redeemed.

Any such notice shall identify the Notes to be redeemed and shall state:

(i) the redemption date;

(ii) the redemption price and the amount of accrued interest to the redemption date;

(iii) the name and address of the Paying Agent;

(iv) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price, plus accrued interest;

(v) if fewer than all the outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, the certificate numbers and principal amounts of the particular Notes to be redeemed, the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be redeemed and the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be outstanding after such partial redemption;

(vi) that, unless the Issuer defaults in making such redemption payment or the Paying Agent is prohibited from making such payment pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, interest on Notes (or portion thereof) called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date;

(vii) the CUSIP number, ISIN and/or “Common Code” number, if any, printed on the Notes being redeemed; and

(viii) that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number or ISIN and/or “Common Code” number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes.

In addition, if such redemption is subject to satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, such notice of redemption shall describe each such condition, and if applicable, shall state that, in the Issuer’s 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 stated redemption date, or by the redemption date as so delayed.

(b) At the Issuer’s request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Issuer’s name and at the Issuer’s expense. In such event, the Issuer shall provide the Trustee with the information required by this Section at least three (3) Business Days prior to the date such notice is to be provided to holders in the final form such notice is to be delivered to holders and such notice may not be canceled.

SECTION 3.06. Effect of Notice of Redemption. Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section 3.05, Notes called for redemption become due and payable on the redemption date and at the redemption price stated in the notice (except to the extent such redemption is conditional as set forth in Section 3.05), except as provided in the final sentence of Paragraph 5 of the Notes. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such Notes shall be paid at the redemption price stated in the notice, plus accrued interest, to, but not including, the redemption date; provided, however, that 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

 

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Record Date. Failure to give notice or any defect in the notice to any holder shall not affect the validity of the notice to any other holder.

SECTION 3.07. Deposit of Redemption Price. With respect to any Notes, prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the redemption date, the Issuer shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or, if the Issuer or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary is the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust) money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on all Notes or portions thereof to be redeemed on that date other than Notes or portions of Notes called for redemption that have been delivered by the Issuer to the Trustee for cancellation. On and after the redemption date, interest shall cease to accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for redemption so long as the Issuer has deposited with the Paying Agent funds sufficient to pay the principal of, plus accrued and unpaid interest on, the Notes to be redeemed, unless the Paying Agent is prohibited from making such payment pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

SECTION 3.08. Notes Redeemed in Part. Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed in part, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate for the holder (at the Issuer’s expense) a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Note surrendered.

ARTICLE IV

COVENANTS

SECTION 4.01. Payment of Notes. The Issuer shall promptly pay the principal of and interest on the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes and in this Indenture. An installment of principal of or interest shall be considered paid on the date due if on such date the Trustee or the Paying Agent holds as of 11:00 a.m. Eastern time money sufficient to pay all principal and interest then due and the Trustee or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, is not prohibited from paying such money to the holders on that date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

The Issuer shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate specified therefor in the Notes, and it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate borne by the Notes to the extent lawful.

SECTION 4.02. Reports and Other Information.

(a) Notwithstanding that the Issuer may not be subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or otherwise report on an annual and quarterly basis on forms provided for such annual and quarterly reporting pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC, the Issuer shall file with the SEC (and provide the Trustee and holders with copies thereof, without cost to each holder, within 15 days after it files them with the SEC),

(i) within the time period specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations for non-accelerated filers, annual reports on Form 10-K (or any successor or comparable form) containing the information required to be contained therein (or required in such successor or comparable form), except that such report on Form 10-K (or any successor or comparable form) will not be required until the earlier of (x) the 105th day following the end of such fiscal year or (y) the 90th day following the end of such fiscal year if the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement has been declared effective prior to such date,

(ii) within the time period specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations for non-accelerated filers, reports on Form 10-Q (or any successor or comparable form) containing the information required to be contained therein (or required in such successor or comparable form), except that in the case of the quarters ending in fiscal year 2010 or 2011, such report on Form 10-Q (or any successor or comparable form) will not be required until the earlier of (x) the 60th day following the end of such fiscal quarter or (y) the 45th day following the end of such fiscal quarter if the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement has been declared effective prior to such date,

 

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(iii) promptly from time to time after the occurrence of an event required to be therein reported (and in any event within the time period specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations), such other reports on Form 8-K (or any successor or comparable form), and

(iv) any other information, documents and other reports which the Issuer would be required to file with the SEC if it were subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act;

provided, however, that the Issuer shall not be so obligated to file such reports with the SEC if the SEC does not permit such filing, in which event the Issuer will make available such information to prospective purchasers of Notes in addition to providing such information to the Trustee and the holders, in each case within 15 days after the time the Issuer would be required to file such information with the SEC if it were subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, subject, in the case of any such information, certificates or reports provided prior to the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement, to exceptions consistent with the presentation of financial information in the Offering Memorandum.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuer shall not be required to furnish any information, certificates or reports required by Items 307 or 308 of Regulation S-K prior to the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement.

(b) In the event that:

(i) the rules and regulations of the SEC permit the Issuer and any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer to report at such parent entity’s level on a consolidated basis and such parent entity is not engaged in any business in any material respect other than incidental to its ownership, directly or indirectly, of the capital stock of the Issuer, or

(ii) any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer is or becomes a Note Guarantor of the Notes,

consolidating reporting at the parent entity’s level in a manner consistent with that described in this Section 4.02 for the Issuer will satisfy this Section 4.02, and the Issuer may satisfy its obligations under this Section 4.02 with respect to financial information relating to the Issuer by furnishing financial information relating to such direct or indirect parent; provided that such financial information is accompanied by consolidating information that explains in reasonable detail the differences between the information relating to such direct or indirect parent and any of its Subsidiaries other than the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the information relating to the Issuer, the Note Guarantors and the other Subsidiaries of the Issuer on a stand-alone basis, on the other hand.

(c) In addition, the Issuer will make such information available to prospective investors upon request. In addition, the Issuer has agreed that, for so long as any Notes remain outstanding during any period when it is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, or otherwise permitted to furnish the SEC with certain information pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) of the Exchange Act, it will furnish to the holders of the Notes and to prospective investors, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuer will be deemed to have furnished such reports referred to above to the Trustee and the holders if the Issuer has filed such reports with the SEC via the EDGAR filing system and such reports are publicly available. In addition, the requirements of this Section 4.02 shall be deemed satisfied prior to the commencement of the exchange offer contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement relating to the Notes or the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement by (1) the filing with the SEC of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and/or Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the provisions of such Registration Rights Agreement, and any amendments thereto, and such registration statement and/or amendments thereto are filed at times that otherwise satisfy the time requirements set forth in Section 4.02(a) and/or (2) the posting of reports that would be required to be provided to the Trustee and the holders on the Issuer’s website.

 

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SECTION 4.03. Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock.

(a) (i) The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, Incur any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) or issue any shares of Disqualified Stock; and (ii) the Issuer shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Note Guarantor to issue any shares of Preferred Stock; provided, however, that the Issuer and any Restricted Subsidiary may Incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) or issue shares of Disqualified Stock, and any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Note Guarantor may issue shares of Preferred Stock, in each case if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Issuer for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is Incurred or such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock is issued would have been at least 2.00 to 1.00 determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness had been Incurred, or the Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock had been issued, as the case may be, and the application of proceeds therefrom had occurred at the beginning of such four-quarter period; provided, however, that Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Note Guarantors that is outstanding pursuant to this clause shall not at any time exceed $75.0 million in the aggregate.

(b) The limitations set forth in Section 4.03(a) shall not apply to:

(i) the Incurrence by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness (which in the case of clause (2) below shall be Secured Indebtedness) in an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time that does not exceed the greater of (1) $520.0 million, less the amount of all permanent reductions of Indebtedness thereunder as a result of principal payments actually made with Net Proceeds from Asset Sales, and (2) an amount of Secured Indebtedness that would not cause the Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available, determined on a pro forma basis, to exceed 4.00 to 1.00;

(ii) the Incurrence by the Issuer and the Note Guarantors of Indebtedness represented by the Notes (not including any additional Notes) and the Note Guarantees (including exchange Notes and related guarantees thereof);

(iii) Indebtedness existing on the Issue Date (other than Indebtedness described in clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 4.03(b));

(iv) (x) Capitalized Lease Obligations of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary not in excess of $35.0 million at any time outstanding; provided, however, that an additional amount of Capitalized Lease Obligations may be Incurred by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary to the extent (A) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom and (B) after giving effect to the issuance, incurrence or assumption of such Indebtedness, the Senior Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available, determined on a pro forma basis, would not exceed 3.50 to 1.00 and (y) mortgage financings and other purchase money Indebtedness Incurred by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, Disqualified Stock issued by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary and Preferred Stock issued by any Restricted Subsidiary, prior to or within 270 days after the acquisition, lease, construction, repair, replacement or improvement of the respective property (real or personal, and whether through the direct purchase of property or the Equity Interests of any person owning such property) permitted hereunder in order to finance such acquisition, lease, construction, repair, replacement or improvement, so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom;

(v) Indebtedness Incurred by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary constituting reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments issued in the ordinary course of business, including without limitation letters of credit in respect of workers’ compensation claims, health, disability or other benefits to employees or former employees or their families or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance or similar requirements, and letters of credit in connection with the maintenance of, or pursuant to the requirements of, environmental or other permits or licenses

 

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from governmental authorities, or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement type obligations regarding workers’ compensation claims;

(vi) Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in each case, Incurred in connection with the Transactions or any other acquisition or disposition of any business, assets or a Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, other than guarantees of Indebtedness Incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition;

(vii) Indebtedness of the Issuer to a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (except in respect of intercompany current liabilities Incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management, tax and accounting operations of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries) any such Indebtedness owed to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Note Guarantor is subordinated in right of payment to the obligations of the Issuer under the Notes; provided, further, that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary or any pledge of such Indebtedness constituting a Permitted Lien) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an Incurrence of such Indebtedness not permitted by this clause (vii);

(viii) shares of Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary issued to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any Restricted Subsidiary that holds such shares of Preferred Stock of another Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such shares of Preferred Stock (except to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an issuance of shares of Preferred Stock not permitted by this clause (viii);

(ix) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that if a Note Guarantor Incurs such Indebtedness to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Note Guarantor (except in respect of intercompany current liabilities Incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management, tax and accounting operations of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries), such Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Note Guarantee of such Note Guarantor; provided, further, that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any Restricted Subsidiary holding such Indebtedness ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary or any pledge of such Indebtedness constituting a Permitted Lien) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an Incurrence of such Indebtedness not permitted by this clause (ix);

(x) (A) Hedging Obligations entered into in connection with the Transactions and (B) Hedging Obligations that are not Incurred for speculative purposes but (1) for the purpose of fixing or hedging interest rate risk with respect to any Indebtedness that is permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be outstanding; (2) for the purpose of fixing or hedging currency exchange rate risk with respect to any currency exchanges; or (3) for the purpose of fixing or hedging commodity price risk with respect to any commodity purchases or sales;

(xi) Indebtedness in respect of performance bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds, surety bonds and completion guarantees and similar obligations, in each case outstanding on the Issue Date or otherwise provided in the ordinary course of business (whether or not consistent with past practices) of the Issuer (including, prior to the Issue Date, by Popular for the benefit of the Issuer), including those incurred to secure health, safety and environmental obligations in the ordinary course of business;

(xii) Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of the Issuer or Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer not otherwise permitted hereunder in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference which, when aggregated with the principal amount or liquidation preference of all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock then outstanding and Incurred pursuant to this clause (xii), does not exceed at any one time outstanding the greater of $85.0 million

 

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and 7.75% of Consolidated Total Assets at the time of Incurrence (it being understood that any Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this clause (xii) shall cease to be deemed Incurred or outstanding for purposes of this clause (xii) but shall be deemed Incurred for purposes of Section 4.03(a) from and after the first date on which the Issuer, or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, could have Incurred such Indebtedness under Section 4.03(a) without reliance upon this clause (xii));

(xiii) Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary and Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary not otherwise permitted hereunder in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference not greater than 100.0% of the net cash proceeds received by the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries since immediately after the Issue Date from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent entity of the Issuer (which proceeds are contributed to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) or cash contributed to the capital of the Issuer (in each case other than proceeds of Disqualified Stock or sales of Equity Interests to, or contributions received from, the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries) as determined in accordance with clauses (B) and (C) of the definition of “Cumulative Credit” to the extent such net cash proceeds or cash have not been applied pursuant to such clauses to make Restricted Payments or to make other Investments, payments or exchanges pursuant to Section 4.04(b) or to make Permitted Investments (other than Permitted Investments specified in clauses (1) and (3) of the definition thereof);

(xiv) any guarantee by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness or other obligations of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary so long as the Incurrence of such Indebtedness Incurred by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary is permitted under the terms of this Indenture; provided that (i) if such Indebtedness is by its express terms subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or the Note Guarantee of such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, any such guarantee with respect to such Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or such Note Guarantee, as applicable, substantially to the same extent as such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Notes or the Note Guarantee, as applicable, and (ii) if such guarantee is of Indebtedness of the Issuer, such guarantee is Incurred in accordance with Section 4.11 solely to the extent such Section is applicable;

(xv) the Incurrence by the Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary that serves to refund, refinance or defease any Indebtedness Incurred or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued as permitted under Section 4.03(a) and clauses (ii), (iii), (iv), (xii), (xiii), (xv), (xvi) and (xx) of this Section 4.03(b) or any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock Incurred to so refund or refinance such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, including any additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock Incurred to pay premiums (including tender premiums), expenses, issue discount, defeasance costs and fees in connection therewith (subject to the following proviso, “Refinancing Indebtedness”) prior to its respective maturity; provided, however, that such Refinancing Indebtedness:

(1) has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness is Incurred which is not less than the shorter of (x) the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock being refunded, refinanced or defeased and (y) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity that would result if all payments of principal on the Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock being refunded or refinanced that were due on or after the date that is 91 days following the last maturity date of any Notes then outstanding were instead due on such date (provided that this subclause (1) will not apply to any refunding or refinancing of any Secured Indebtedness);

(2) is Incurred in an aggregate principal amount (or if issued with original issue discount an aggregate issue price) that is equal to or less than the sum of (x) the aggregate principal amount (or if issued with original issue discount, the aggregate accreted value) then outstanding of the Indebtedness being refinanced plus (y) the amount of premiums (including tender premiums), expenses, issue discount, defeasance costs, and fees Incurred in connection with such refinancing;

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Notes or the Note Guarantee, as applicable, or (b) Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, such Refinancing Indebtedness is Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock; and

(4) shall not include (x) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Note Guarantor that refinances Indebtedness of the Issuer or a Note Guarantor, or (y) Indebtedness of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary that refinances Indebtedness of an Unrestricted Subsidiary;

(xvi) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of (x) the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary Incurred to finance an acquisition or (y) Persons that are acquired by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary or merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; provided that after giving effect to such acquisition or merger, consolidation or amalgamation, either:

(1) the Issuer would be permitted to Incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.03(a); or

(2) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Issuer would be greater than immediately prior to such acquisition or merger, consolidation or amalgamation;

(xvii) Indebtedness Incurred by a Receivables Subsidiary in a Qualified Receivables Financing that is not recourse to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary other than a Receivables Subsidiary (except for Standard Securitization Undertakings);

(xviii) (w) Indebtedness of Restricted Subsidiaries under local lines of credit in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices, (x) Indebtedness Incurred in the ordinary course of business under overdraft facilities (including, but not limited to, intraday, ACH and purchasing card/T&E services) established for Carib Holdings, Inc.’s, the Issuer’s and its Subsidiaries’ ordinary course of operations and (y) Indebtedness 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 other cash management services in the ordinary course of business;

(xix) Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (1) supported by a letter of credit or bank guarantee issued pursuant to the Credit Agreement, in a principal amount not in excess of the stated amount of such letter of credit or bank guarantee and (2) in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees, warehouse receipts or similar instruments issued to support performance obligations and trade letters of credit (other than obligations in respect of other Indebtedness) in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or industry practice;

(xx) Indebtedness of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Note Guarantors; provided, however, that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness Incurred under this clause (xix), when aggregated with the principal amount of all other Indebtedness then outstanding and Incurred pursuant to this clause (xix), does not exceed at any one time outstanding the greater of $25.0 million and 2.25% of Consolidated Total Assets at the time of Incurrence (it being understood that any Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this clause (xix) shall cease to be deemed Incurred or outstanding for purposes of this clause (xx) but shall be deemed Incurred for the purposes of Section 4.03(a) from and after the first date on which such Restricted Subsidiary could have Incurred such Indebtedness under Section 4.03(a) without reliance upon this clause (xx));

(xxi) Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary consisting of (1) the financing of insurance premiums or (2) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;

(xxii) Indebtedness consisting of Indebtedness issued by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary to current or former officers, directors and employees thereof or any direct or indirect parent thereof, their respective estates, spouses or former spouses, in each case to finance the purchase or redemption of Equity

 

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Interests of the Issuer or any of its direct or indirect parent companies to the extent described in Section 4.04(b)(iv);

(xxiii) Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary to any joint venture (regardless of the form of legal entity) that is not a Subsidiary arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management operations (including with respect to intercompany self-insurance arrangements) of AP Carib, the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries; and

(xxiv) Indebtedness Incurred on behalf of, or representing guarantees of Indebtedness of, joint ventures of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary not in excess of, at any one time outstanding, of $85.0 million and 7.75% of Consolidated Total Assets at the time of Incurrence;

(xxv) customer deposits and advance payments received in the ordinary course of business from customers for goods and services purchased in the ordinary course of business;

(xxvi) (1) unsecured Indebtedness constituting obligations of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary to pay the deferred purchase price of goods or services or progress payments in connection with such goods and services; provided that such obligations are Incurred in connection with open accounts extended by suppliers on customary trade terms (which require that all such payments be made within 90 days after the Incurrence of the related obligations) in the ordinary course of business and not in connection with the borrowing of money or Hedging Obligations; (2) Indebtedness representing deferred compensation to employees of AP Carib, the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer Incurred in the ordinary course of business; and (3) Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary under deferred compensation or other similar arrangements Incurred by such person in connection with the Transactions and any acquisitions or other Investments permitted hereunder; and

(xxvii) Settlement Indebtedness.

(c) For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.03:

(i) in the event that an item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of permitted Indebtedness described in clauses (i) through (xxvii) of Section 4.03(b) or is entitled to be Incurred pursuant to Section 4.03(a), the Issuer shall, in its sole discretion, classify or reclassify, or later divide, classify or reclassify, such item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this Section 4.03; and

(ii) at the time of Incurrence, the Issuer will be entitled to divide and classify an item of Indebtedness in more than one of the types of Indebtedness described in Section 4.03(a) and (b) without giving pro forma effect to the Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to Section 4.03(b) when calculating the amount of Indebtedness that may be Incurred pursuant to Section 4.03(a).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness incurred under the Credit Agreement on the Issue Date shall be deemed to have been incurred under clause (a) of the second paragraph above and may not be reclassified.

Accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value, the payment of interest or dividends in the form of additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as applicable, amortization of original issue discount, the accretion of liquidation preference and increases in the amount of Indebtedness outstanding solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies will not be deemed to be an Incurrence of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock for purposes of this Section 4.03. Guarantees of, or obligations in respect of letters of credit relating to, Indebtedness which is otherwise included in the determination of a particular amount of Indebtedness shall not be included in the determination of such amount of Indebtedness; provided that the Incurrence of the

 

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Indebtedness represented by such guarantee or letter of credit, as the case may be, was in compliance with this Section 4.03.

For purposes of determining compliance with any U.S. dollar-denominated restriction on the Incurrence of Indebtedness, the U.S. dollar-equivalent 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 or first Incurred (whichever yields the lower U.S. dollar equivalent), in the case of revolving credit debt; provided that if such Indebtedness is Incurred to refinance other Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency, and such refinancing would cause the applicable U.S. dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such refinancing, such U.S. dollar-denominated 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 refinanced.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 4.03, the maximum amount of Indebtedness that the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries may Incur pursuant to this Section 4.03 shall not be deemed to be exceeded, with respect to any outstanding Indebtedness, solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies. The principal amount of any Indebtedness Incurred to refinance other Indebtedness, if Incurred in a different currency from the Indebtedness being refinanced, shall be calculated based on the currency exchange rate applicable to the currencies in which such respective Indebtedness is denominated that is in effect on the date of such refinancing.

SECTION 4.04. Limitation on Restricted Payments.

(a) The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:

(i) declare or pay any dividend or make any distribution on account of any of the Issuer’s or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests, including any payment made in connection with any merger, amalgamation or consolidation involving the Issuer (other than (A) dividends or distributions payable solely in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary; or (B) dividends or distributions by a Restricted Subsidiary so long as, in the case of any dividend or distribution payable on or in respect of any class or series of securities issued by a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary, the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary receives at least its pro rata share of such dividend or distribution in accordance with its Equity Interests in such class or series of securities);

(ii) purchase or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Equity Interests of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer;

(iii) make any principal payment on, or redeem, repurchase, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value, in each case prior to any scheduled repayment or scheduled maturity, any Subordinated Indebtedness of the Issuer or a Note Guarantor (other than the payment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition or retirement of (A) Subordinated Indebtedness in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case due within one year of the date of such payment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition or retirement and (B) Indebtedness permitted under clauses (vii) and (ix) of Section 4.03(b)); or

(iv) make any Restricted Investment

(all such payments and other actions set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) above being collectively referred to as “Restricted Payments”), unless, at the time of such Restricted Payment:

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(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction on a pro forma basis, the Issuer could Incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness under Section 4.03(a); and

(3) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date (including Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (i), (ii) (with respect to the payment of dividends on Refunding Capital Stock (as defined below) pursuant to clause (C) thereof), (vi)(C), (viii), (xii)(B) and (xvii) of Section 4.04(b), but excluding all other Restricted Payments permitted by Section 4.04(b)), is less than the amount equal to the Cumulative Credit (with the amount of any Restricted Payment made under this covenant in any property other than cash being equal to the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) of such property at the time made).

(b) The provisions of Section 4.04(a) shall not prohibit:

(i) the payment of 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 Indenture;

(ii) (A) the redemption, repurchase, retirement or other acquisition of any Equity Interests (“Retired Capital Stock”) of the Issuer, or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer or Subordinated Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Note Guarantor in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of, the substantially concurrent sale of, Equity Interests of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer or contributions to the equity capital of the Issuer (other than any Disqualified Stock or any Equity Interests sold to a Subsidiary of the Issuer) (collectively, including any such contributions, “Refunding Capital Stock”);

(B) the declaration and payment of dividends on the Retired Capital Stock out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Issuer) of Refunding Capital Stock; and

(C) if immediately prior to the retirement of Retired Capital Stock, the declaration and payment of dividends thereon was permitted under clause (vi) of this Section 4.04(b) and not made pursuant to clause (ii)(B), the declaration and payment of dividends on the Refunding Capital Stock (other than Refunding Capital Stock the proceeds of which were used to redeem, repurchase, retire or otherwise acquire any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer) in an aggregate amount per year no greater than the aggregate amount of dividends per annum that were declarable and payable on such Retired Capital Stock immediately prior to such retirement;

(iii) the redemption, repurchase, defeasance, or other acquisition or retirement of Subordinated Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Note Guarantor made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, new Indebtedness of the Issuer or a Note Guarantor which is Incurred in accordance with Section 4.03 so long as:

(A) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such new Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable), plus any accrued and unpaid interest, of the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, defeased, acquired or retired for value (plus the amount of any premium required to be paid under the terms of the instrument governing the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, acquired or retired, any tender premiums, plus any defeasance costs, fees and expenses Incurred in connection therewith),

(B) such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Notes or the related Note Guarantee, as the case may be, at least to the same extent as such Subordinated Indebtedness so purchased, exchanged, redeemed, repurchased, defeased, acquired or retired for value,

 

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(C) such Indebtedness has a final scheduled maturity date equal to or later than the earlier of (x) the final scheduled maturity date of the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, acquired or retired and (y) 91 days following the last maturity date of any Notes then outstanding, and

(D) such Indebtedness has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity at the time Incurred which is not less than the shorter of (x) the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, defeased, acquired or retired and (y) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity that would result if all payments of principal on the Subordinated Indebtedness being redeemed, repurchased, defeased, acquired or retired that were due on or after the date that is 91 days following the last maturity date of any Notes then outstanding were instead due on such date;

(iv) a Restricted Payment to pay for the repurchase, retirement or other acquisition for value of Equity Interests of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer (including related stock appreciation rights or similar securities) held by any future, present or former employee, director or consultant of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or other agreement or arrangement; provided, however, that the aggregate Restricted Payments made under this clause (iv) do not exceed (i) prior to the consummation of an underwritten public Equity Offering of common stock, $7.5 million in any fiscal year, with unused amounts in any fiscal year being permitted to be carried over to succeeding fiscal years subject to a maximum (without giving effect to the following proviso) of $12.5 million in any fiscal year or (ii) subsequent to the consummation of an underwritten public Equity Offering of common stock, $7.5 million in any fiscal year, with unused amounts in any fiscal year being permitted to be carried over to succeeding fiscal years subject to a maximum (without giving effect to the following proviso) of $25.0 million in any fiscal year; provided, further, however, that such amount in any calendar year may be increased by an amount not to exceed:

(A) the cash proceeds received by the Issuer or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries from the sale of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer (to the extent contributed to the Issuer) to members of management, directors or consultants of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer that occurs after the Issue Date (provided 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 4.04(a)(iii)), plus

(B) the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer (to the extent contributed to the Issuer) or the Issuer’s Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date, plus

(C) the amount of any cash bonuses otherwise payable to members of management, directors or consultants of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer in connection with transactions that are foregone in return for the receipt of Equity Interests;

provided that the Issuer may elect to apply all or any portion of the aggregate increase contemplated by clauses (A), (B) and (C) above in any calendar year; and provided, further, that cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary from any present or former employees, directors, officers or consultants of the Issuer, any Restricted Subsidiary or the direct or indirect parents of the Issuer in connection with a repurchase of Equity Interests of the Issuer or any of its direct or indirect parents will not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this Section 4.04 or any other provision of this Indenture;

(v) the declaration and payment of dividends or distributions to holders of any class or series of Disqualified Stock of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary issued or Incurred in accordance with Section 4.03;

 

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(vi) (A) the declaration and payment of dividends or distributions to holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) issued after the Issue Date;

(B) a Restricted Payment to any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer, the proceeds of which will be used to fund the payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer issued after the Issue Date; provided that the aggregate amount of dividends declared and paid pursuant to this clause (B) does not exceed the net cash proceeds actually received by the Issuer from any such sale of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) issued after the Issue Date; and

(C) the declaration and payment of dividends on Refunding Capital Stock that is Preferred Stock in excess of the dividends declarable and payable thereon pursuant to Section 4.04(b)(ii);

provided, however, in the case of each of (A) and (C) above of this clause (vi), that (i) for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date of issuance of such Designated Preferred Stock, after giving effect to such issuance (and the payment of dividends or distributions) on a pro forma basis, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be at least 2.00 to 1.00 and (ii) the aggregate amount of dividends declared and paid pursuant to such clauses does not exceed the net cash proceeds actually received by the Issuer from the sale of such Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) or Preferred Stock issued after the Issue Date;

(vii) Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries having an aggregate Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer), taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (vii) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of $30.0 million and 2.75% of Consolidated 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);

(viii) the payment of dividends on the Issuer’s Capital Stock (or a Restricted Payment to any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer to fund the payment by such direct or indirect parent of the Issuer of dividends on such entity’s common stock) of up to 6.0% per annum of the net proceeds received by the Issuer from any public offering of such Capital Stock of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer, other than public offerings with respect to the Issuer’s (or such direct or indirect parent’s) Capital Stock registered on Form S-4 or Form S-8 and other than any public sale constituting an Excluded Contribution;

(ix) Restricted Payments that are made with Excluded Contributions;

(x) other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of $30.0 million and 2.75% of Consolidated Total Assets at the time of such Restricted Payment;

(xi) the distribution, as a dividend or otherwise, of shares of Capital Stock of, or Indebtedness owed to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary by, Unrestricted Subsidiaries;

(xii) the payment of Restricted Payments, if applicable:

(A) in amounts required for any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer to pay fees and expenses (including franchise or similar taxes) required to maintain its corporate existence, customary salary, bonus and other benefits payable to, and indemnities provided on behalf of, officers and employees of any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer and general corporate operating and overhead, legal, accounting and other professional fees and expenses of any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer in each case to the extent such fees and expenses are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries;

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Restricted Subsidiary and that has been guaranteed by, or is otherwise considered Indebtedness of, the Issuer Incurred in accordance with Section 4.03; and

(C) in amounts required for any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer to pay fees and expenses related to any equity or debt offering of such parent whether or not consummated; provided that the amount of such Restricted Payments pursuant to this clause (C) shall not exceed the portion of any such amounts that are allocable to the Issuer and its Subsidiaries;

(xiii) any Restricted Payment used to fund the Transactions, including the Special Distribution, and the payment of fees and expenses Incurred in connection with the Transactions or owed by the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer or Restricted Subsidiaries of the Issuer to Affiliates, and any other payments made, including any such payments made to any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer to enable it to make payments, in connection with the consummation of the Transactions or as contemplated by the Acquisition Documents, whether payable on the Issue Date or thereafter, in each case to the extent permitted by Section 4.07;

(xiv) repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants;

(xv) purchases of receivables pursuant to a Receivables Repurchase Obligation in connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing and the payment or distribution of Receivables Fees;

(xvi) Restricted Payments by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary to allow the payment of cash in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares upon the exercise of options or warrants or upon the conversion or exchange of Capital Stock of any such Person;

(xvii) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Subordinated Indebtedness pursuant to the provisions similar to those described under Sections 4.06 and 4.08; provided that all Notes tendered by holders of the Notes in connection with a Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer, as applicable, have been repurchased, redeemed or acquired for value; and

(xviii) payments or distributions to dissenting stockholders pursuant to applicable law, pursuant to or in connection with a consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, that complies with Section 5.01; provided that as a result of such consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer of assets, the Issuer shall have made a Change of Control Offer (if required by this Indenture) and that all Notes tendered by holders in connection with such Change of Control Offer have been repurchased, redeemed or acquired for value;

provided, however, that at the time of, and after giving effect to, any Restricted Payment permitted under clauses (vi)(B), (vii), (x), (xi) and (xii)(B) of this Section 4.04(b), no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof.

As of the Issue Date, all of the Subsidiaries of the Issuer will be Restricted Subsidiaries. The Issuer will not permit any Unrestricted Subsidiary to become a Restricted Subsidiary except pursuant to the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary.” For purposes of designating any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, all outstanding Investments by the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries (except to the extent repaid) in the Subsidiary so designated will be deemed to be Restricted Payments in an amount determined as set forth in the last sentence of the definition of “Investments.” Such designation will only be permitted if a Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment in such amount would be permitted at such time and if such Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

For purposes of this Section 4.04, if any Investment or Restricted Payment would be permitted pursuant to one or more provisions described above and/or one or more of the exceptions contained in the definition of “Permitted Investments,” the Issuer may divide and classify such Investment or Restricted Payment in any manner that complies with this Section 4.04 and may later divide and reclassify any such Investment or Restricted Payment so

 

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long as the Investment or Restricted Payment (as so divided and/or reclassified) would be permitted to be made in reliance on the applicable exception as of the date of such reclassification.

SECTION 4.05. Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries. The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or consensual restriction on the ability of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary to:

(a) (i) pay dividends or make any other distributions to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (1) on its Capital Stock; or (2) with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits; or (ii) pay any Indebtedness owed to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(b) make loans or advances to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary; or

(c) sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary;

except in each case for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:

(1) contractual encumbrances or restrictions in effect on the Issue Date, including pursuant to the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Agreement Documents;

(2) this Indenture, the Notes (and any Exchange Notes and guarantees thereof);

(3) applicable law or any applicable rule, regulation or order;

(4) any agreement or other instrument of a Person acquired by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary which was in existence at the time of such acquisition (but not created in contemplation thereof or to provide all or any portion of the funds or credit support utilized to consummate such acquisition), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person and its Subsidiaries, or the property or assets of the Person and its Subsidiaries, so acquired;

(5) contracts or agreements for the sale of assets, including any restriction with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary imposed pursuant to an agreement entered into for the sale or disposition of the Capital Stock or assets of such Restricted Subsidiary;

(6) Secured Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be Incurred pursuant to Sections 4.03 and 4.12 that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets securing such Indebtedness;

(7) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(8) customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(9) purchase money obligations for property acquired and Capitalized Lease Obligations in the ordinary course of business;

(10) customary provisions contained in leases, licenses and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(11) any encumbrance or restriction of a Receivables Subsidiary effected in connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing; provided, however, that such restrictions apply only to such Receivables Subsidiary;

 

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(12) other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (a) of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Note Guarantor or (b) of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Note Guarantor so long as such encumbrances and restrictions contained in any agreement or instrument will not materially affect the Issuer’s ability to make anticipated principal or interest payments on the Notes (as determined in good faith by the Issuer), provided that in the case of each of clauses (a) and (b), such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock is permitted to be Incurred subsequent to the Issue Date pursuant to Section 4.03;

(13) any Restricted Investment not prohibited by Section 4.04 and any Permitted Investment; or

(14) any encumbrances or restrictions of the type referred to in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (1) through (13) above; provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are, in the good faith judgment of the Issuer, no more restrictive with respect to such dividend and other payment restrictions than those contained in the dividend or other payment restrictions prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing.

For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.05, (i) the priority of any Preferred Stock in receiving dividends or liquidating distributions prior to dividends or liquidating distributions being paid on common stock shall not be deemed a restriction on the ability to make distributions on Capital Stock and (ii) the subordination of loans or advances made to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary to other Indebtedness Incurred by the Issuer or any such Restricted Subsidiary shall not be deemed a restriction on the ability to make loans or advances.

SECTION 4.06. Asset Sales.

(a) The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, cause or make an Asset Sale, unless (x) the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of, and (y) at least 75% of the consideration therefor received by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, is in the form of Cash Equivalents; provided that the amount of:

(i) any liabilities (as shown on the Issuer’s or a Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet or in the Notes thereto) of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary (other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes or any Note Guarantee) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets or that are otherwise cancelled or terminated in connection with the transaction with such transferee,

(ii) any notes or other obligations or other securities or assets received by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash within 180 days of the receipt thereof (to the extent of the cash received), and

(iii) any Designated Non-cash Consideration received by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in such Asset Sale having an aggregate Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Issuer), taken together with all other Designated Non-cash Consideration received pursuant to this Section 4.06(a)(iii) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of $50.0 million and 4.5% of Consolidated 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 Equivalents for the purposes of this Section 4.06(a).

 

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(b) Within 12 months after the Issuer’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s receipt of the Net Proceeds of any Asset Sale, the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary may apply the Net Proceeds from such Asset Sale, at its option:

(i) to repay (a) Indebtedness constituting Bank Indebtedness and other Pari Passu Indebtedness that is secured by a Lien permitted under this Indenture (and, if the Indebtedness repaid is revolving credit Indebtedness, to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto), (b) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Note Guarantor, (c) Obligations under the Notes or (d) other Pari Passu Indebtedness (provided that if the Issuer or any Note Guarantor shall so reduce Obligations under unsecured Pari Passu Indebtedness, the Issuer will equally and ratably reduce Obligations under the Notes in accordance with Article III of this Indenture through open-market purchases (provided that such purchases are at or above 100% of the principal amount thereof) or by making an offer (in accordance with the procedures set forth below for an Asset Sale Offer) to all holders to purchase at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest, if any, the pro rata principal amount of Notes), in each case other than Indebtedness owed to the Issuer or an Affiliate of the Issuer; or

(ii) to make an Investment in any one or more businesses (provided that if such Investment is in the form of the acquisition of Capital Stock of a Person, such acquisition results in such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer), assets, or property or capital expenditures, in each case (a) used or useful in a Similar Business or (b) that replace the properties and assets that are the subject of such Asset Sale.

In the case of Section 4.06(b)(ii), a binding commitment shall be treated as a permitted application of the Net Proceeds from the date of such commitment; provided that in the event such binding commitment is later canceled or terminated for any reason before such Net Proceeds are so applied, the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary enters into another binding commitment (a “Second Commitment”) within six months of such cancellation or termination of the prior binding commitment; provided, further, that the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary may only enter into a Second Commitment under the foregoing provision one time with respect to each Asset Sale and to the extent such Second Commitment is later canceled or terminated for any reason before such Net Proceeds are applied, then such Net Proceeds shall constitute Excess Proceeds. Pending the final application of any such Net Proceeds, the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer may temporarily reduce Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility, if any, or otherwise invest such Net Proceeds in any manner not prohibited by this Indenture.

Any Net Proceeds from any Asset Sale that are not applied as provided and within the time period set forth in this Section 4.06(b) (it being understood that any portion of such Net Proceeds used to make an offer to purchase Notes, as described in clause (i) in this Section 4.06(b), shall be deemed to have been invested whether or not such offer is accepted) will be deemed to constitute “Excess Proceeds.” When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $30.0 million, the Issuer shall make an offer to all holders of Notes (and, at the option of the Issuer, to holders of any Pari Passu Indebtedness) (an “Asset Sale Offer”) to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes (and such Pari Passu Indebtedness), that is at least $2,000 and 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 (or, in the event such Pari Passu Indebtedness was issued with significant original issue discount, 100% of the accreted value thereof), plus accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest, if any (or, in respect of such Pari Passu Indebtedness, such lesser price, if any, as may be provided for by the terms of such Pari Passu Indebtedness), to the date fixed for the closing of such offer, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 4.06. The Issuer will commence an Asset Sale Offer with respect to Excess Proceeds within ten (10) Business Days after the date that Excess Proceeds exceeds $30.0 million by mailing the notice required pursuant to the terms of this Section 4.06(b), with a copy to the Trustee. To the extent that the aggregate amount of Notes (and such Pari Passu Indebtedness) tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds, the Issuer may use any remaining Excess Proceeds for any purpose that is not prohibited by this Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes (and such Pari Passu Indebtedness) surrendered by holders thereof exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be purchased in the manner described below. Upon completion of any such Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero.

 

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The Issuer shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations to the extent such laws or regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Indenture, the Issuer shall 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.

If more Notes (and such Pari Passu Indebtedness) are tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer than the Issuer is required to purchase, selection of such Notes for purchase will be made by the Trustee in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which such Notes are listed, or if such Notes are not so listed, on a pro rata basis to the extent practicable or by lot or by such other method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate (and in such manner as complies with applicable legal requirements); provided that no Notes of $2,000 or less shall be purchased in part. Selection of such Pari Passu Indebtedness will be made pursuant to the terms of such Pari Passu Indebtedness.

Notices of an Asset Sale Offer shall be mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the purchase date to each holder of Notes at such holder’s registered address. If any Note is to be purchased in part only, any notice of purchase that relates to such Note shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof that has been or is to be purchased.

SECTION 4.07. Transactions with Affiliates.

(a) The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, 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 or series of transactions, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of the Issuer (each of the foregoing, an “Affiliate Transaction”) involving aggregate consideration in excess of $10.0 million, unless:

(i) such Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are not materially less favorable to the Issuer or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that could have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person; and

(ii) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $25.0 million, the Issuer delivers to the Trustee a resolution adopted in good faith by the majority of the Board of Directors of the Issuer, approving such Affiliate Transaction and set forth in an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with clause (a) above.

(b) The provisions of Section 4.07(a) shall not apply to the following:

(i) transactions between or among the Issuer and/or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (or an entity that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such transaction) and any merger, consolidation or amalgamation of the Issuer and any direct parent of the Issuer; provided that such parent shall have no material liabilities and no material assets other than cash, Cash Equivalents and the Capital Stock of the Issuer and such merger, consolidation or amalgamation is otherwise in compliance with the terms of this Indenture and effected for a bona fide business purpose;

(ii) Restricted Payments permitted by Section 4.04 and Permitted Investments;

(iii) (x) the entering into of any one or more agreements to pay and any amendment or modification of any such agreement (so long as, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Issuer, any such amendment is not disadvantageous to the holders when taken as a whole, as compared to such agreement as in effect on the Issue Date) and the payment of, monitoring, consulting, management transaction, advisory or similar fees payable to the Sponsor and Popular (A) in an aggregate amount in any fiscal year not to exceed the sum of (1) the greater of $2.0 million and 2.0% of EBITDA of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries for the immediately preceding fiscal year, plus reasonable out of pocket costs

 

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and expenses in connection therewith and unpaid amounts accrued for prior periods; plus (2) any deferred fees (to the extent such fees were within such amount in clause (A) (1) above originally), plus (B) without duplication of any amounts paid pursuant to clause (v) below, 2.0% of the value of transactions with respect to which the Sponsor or Popular provides any transaction, advisory or other services, plus (C) a transaction fee of not more than 2.0% of total enterprise value to be paid to the Sponsor and Popular in connection with the Transactions on the Issue Date, plus (D) the present value of all future amounts payable pursuant to any agreement referred to in clause (i) of Section 4.07(a) above in connection with the termination of any such agreement with Sponsor or Popular;

(iv) the payment of reasonable and customary fees and reimbursement of expenses paid to, and indemnity provided on behalf of, officers, directors, employees or consultants of the Issuer, any Restricted Subsidiary or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer;

(v) payments by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary to the Sponsor or Popular made for any financial advisory, financing, underwriting or placement services or in respect of other investment banking activities, including, without limitation, in connection with acquisitions or divestitures, which payments are (x) made pursuant to the agreement with the Sponsor or Popular described in the Offering Memorandum or (y) approved by a majority of the Board of Directors of the Issuer in good faith;

(vi) transactions in which the Issuer 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 Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point of view or meets the requirements of clause (i) of Section 4.07(a);

(vii) payments or loans (or cancellation of loans) to officers, directors, employees or consultants which are approved by a majority of the Board of Directors of the Issuer in good faith;

(viii) any agreement as in effect as of the Issue Date or any amendment thereto (so long as any such agreement together with all amendments thereto, taken as a whole, is not more disadvantageous to the holders of the Notes in any material respect than the original agreement as in effect on the Issue Date as determined in good faith by the Issuer or any transaction contemplated thereby);

(ix) the existence of, or the performance by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of its obligations under the terms of each of the Acquisition Documents (including the Stockholder Agreement) to which it is a party as of the Issue Date, and any transaction, agreement or arrangement described in the Offering Memorandum and, in each case, any amendment thereto or similar transactions, agreements or arrangements which it may enter into thereafter; provided, however, that the existence of, or the performance by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of its obligations under, any future amendment to any such existing transaction, agreement or arrangement or under any similar transaction, agreement or arrangement entered into after the Issue Date shall only be permitted by this clause (ix) to the extent that the terms of any such existing transaction, agreement or arrangement together with all amendments thereto, taken as a whole, or new transaction, agreement or arrangement are not otherwise more disadvantageous to the holders of the Notes in any material respect than the original transaction, agreement or arrangement as in effect on the Issue Date as determined in good faith by the Issuer;

(x) the execution of the Transactions, and the payment of all fees and expenses related to the Transactions, including fees to the Sponsor or Popular, which are described in the Offering Memorandum or contemplated by the Acquisition Documents;

(xi) (A) transactions with customers, clients, suppliers or purchasers or sellers of goods or services, or transactions otherwise relating to the purchase or sale of goods or services, in each case in the ordinary course of business and otherwise in compliance with the terms of this Indenture, which are fair to the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the reasonable determination of the Board of Directors or the senior management of the Issuer, or are on terms at least as favorable as might reasonably have been obtained at such time from an unaffiliated party or (B) transactions with joint ventures or Unrestricted Subsidiaries entered into in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice or industry norm;

 

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(xii) any transaction effected as part of a Qualified Receivables Financing;

(xiii) the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Issuer to any Person;

(xiv) the issuances of securities or other payments, awards or grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment arrangements, stock option and stock ownership plans or similar employee benefit plans approved by the Board of Directors of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer or of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer, as appropriate, in good faith;

(xv) any contribution to the capital of the Issuer;

(xvi) transactions between the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Person, a director of which is also a director of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer; provided, however, that such director abstains from voting as a director of the Issuer or such direct or indirect parent, as the case may be, on any matter involving such other Person;

(xvii) pledges of Equity Interests of Unrestricted Subsidiaries;

(xviii) the formation and maintenance of any consolidated group or subgroup for tax, accounting or cash pooling or management purposes in the ordinary course of business;

(xix) any employment, severance or consulting agreements entered into by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business or which are approved by a majority of the Board of Directors of the Issuer in good faith;

(xx) transactions undertaken in good faith (as certified by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Issuer in an Officer’s Certificate) for the purpose of improving the consolidated tax efficiency of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries and not for the purpose of circumventing any covenant set forth in this Indenture; and

(xxi) transactions with Popular and its Affiliates contemplated under any contract or agreement as in effect as of the Issue Date, any service addendum, statement of work or any written instructions entered into from time to time to provide services pursuant to the Amended and Restated Master Service Agreement and any service riders entered into from time to time to provide optional services pursuant to the Amended and Restated ATH Network Participation Agreement, and any amendment thereto or similar agreements which may be entered into from time to time thereafter; provided, however, that any future amendment to any such existing agreement or under any similar agreement entered into after the Issue Date shall only be permitted by this clause (xxi) to the extent that (x) such amendment or similar agreements are entered into in the ordinary course of business, (y) the terms of any such amendment or similar agreements are on terms that are no less favorable to the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, than would be obtained in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a person that is not an Affiliate or (z) the terms of any such existing agreement together with all amendments thereto, taken as a whole, or new agreements are not otherwise more disadvantageous to the Holders in any material respect than the original agreement as in effect on the Issue Date.

SECTION 4.08. Change of Control.

(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each holder shall have the right to require the Issuer to repurchase all or any part of such holder’s Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase (subject to the right of the holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date), except to the extent the Issuer has previously or concurrently elected to redeem Notes in accordance with Article III of this Indenture. In the event that at the time of such Change of Control the terms of the Bank Indebtedness restrict or prohibit the repurchase of Notes pursuant to this Section 4.08, then prior to the mailing of the notice to the holders provided

 

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for in Section 4.08(b) but in any event within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Issuer shall (i) repay in full all Bank Indebtedness or, if doing so will allow the purchase of Notes, offer to repay in full all Bank Indebtedness and repay the Bank Indebtedness of each lender and/or noteholder who has accepted such offer, or (ii) obtain the requisite consent under the agreements governing the Bank Indebtedness to permit the repurchase of the Notes as provided for in Section 4.08(b).

(b) Within 30 days following any Change of Control, except to the extent that the Issuer has exercised its right to redeem the Notes in accordance with Article III of this Indenture, the Issuer shall mail a notice (a “Change of Control Offer”) to each holder with a copy to the Trustee stating:

(i) that a Change of Control has occurred and that such holder has the right to require the Issuer to repurchase such holder’s Notes at a repurchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the date of repurchase (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest on the relevant Interest Payment Date);

(ii) the circumstances and relevant facts and financial information regarding such Change of Control;

(iii) the repurchase date (which shall be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed); and

(iv) the instructions determined by the Issuer, consistent with this Section 4.08, that a holder must follow in order to have its Notes purchased.

(c) A Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control, and conditioned upon such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the time of making of the Change of Control Offer.

(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, the Issuer shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in Section 4.08 applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Issuer and purchases all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer.

(e) Notes repurchased by the Issuer pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will have the status of Notes issued but not outstanding or will be retired and canceled at the option of the Issuer. Notes purchased by a third party pursuant to the preceding clause (d) will have the status of Notes issued and outstanding.

(f) The Issuer shall comply, to the extent applicable, with the requirements of Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act and any other securities laws or regulations in connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to this Section. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with provisions of this Section 4.08, the Issuer shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section by virtue thereof.

SECTION 4.09. Compliance Certificate. The Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Issuer, beginning with the fiscal year end on December 31, 2010, an Officer’s Certificate stating that in the course of the performance by the signer of his or her duties as an Officer of the Issuer he or she would normally have knowledge of any Default and whether or not the signer knows of any Default that occurred during such period. If he or she does, the certificate shall describe the Default, its status and what action the Issuer is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto. The Issuer also shall comply with Section 314(a)(4) of the TIA. Except with respect to receipt of payments of principal and interest on the Notes and any Default or Event of Default information contained in the Officer’s Certificate delivered to it pursuant to this Section 4.09, the Trustee shall have no duty to review, ascertain or confirm the Issuer’s compliance with or the breach of any representation, warranty or covenant made in this Indenture.

 

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SECTION 4.10. Further Instruments and Acts. Upon request of the Trustee, the Issuer shall execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture.

SECTION 4.11. Future Note Guarantors. The Issuer shall cause each Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary (unless such Subsidiary is a Receivables Subsidiary) that guarantees any Indebtedness of the Issuer or any of the Note Guarantors to execute and deliver to the Trustee, concurrently with the date that such Indebtedness has been guaranteed, a supplemental indenture pursuant to which such Subsidiary will guarantee payment of the Notes. Each Note Guarantee will be limited to an amount not to exceed the maximum amount that can be guaranteed by that Restricted Subsidiary without rendering the Note Guarantee, as it relates to such Restricted Subsidiary, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally. Each Note Guarantee shall be released in accordance with Section 12.02.

SECTION 4.12. Liens. The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, Incur or suffer to exist any Lien (except Permitted Liens) on any asset or property of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary securing Indebtedness of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary unless the Notes are equally and ratably secured with (or on a senior basis to, in the case of obligations subordinated in right of payment to the Notes) the obligations so secured until such time as such obligations are no longer secured by a Lien. Any Lien which is granted to secure the Notes or such Note Guarantee pursuant to this covenant shall be automatically released and discharged at the same time as the release of the Lien that gave rise to the obligation to secure the Notes or such Note Guarantee.

For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.12:

(1) in the event that a Lien securing an item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Liens described in the foregoing paragraph or in clauses (1) through (32) of the definition of “Permitted Liens”, then the Issuer shall, in its sole discretion, classify or reclassify, or later divide, classify or reclassify, such Lien securing an item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this covenant; and

(2) at the time of incurrence, the Issuer shall be entitled to divide and classify a Lien securing an item of Indebtedness in more than one of the types of Liens described in the paragraph above or the definition of “Permitted Liens” without giving pro forma effect to the Liens incurred pursuant to the paragraph above or any clause of the definition of “Permitted Liens” other than clause (6)(c) thereof when calculating the amount of Indebtedness that may be secured by Liens pursuant to clause (6)(c) of the definition of “Permitted Liens.”

With respect to any Lien securing Indebtedness that was permitted to secure such Indebtedness at the time of the Incurrence of such Indebtedness, such Lien shall also be permitted to secure any Increased Amount of such Indebtedness. The “Increased Amount” of any Indebtedness shall mean any increase in the amount of such Indebtedness in connection with any accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value, the payment of interest or dividends in the form of additional Indebtedness, amortization of original issue discount and increases in the amount of Indebtedness outstanding solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies, in each case in respect of such Indebtedness.

SECTION 4.13. [Intentionally Omitted].

SECTION 4.14. Maintenance of Office or Agency.

(a) The Issuer shall maintain an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee or Registrar) where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Issuer shall 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 Issuer 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 as set forth in Section 13.02.

 

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(b) The Issuer 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 rescission shall in any manner relieve the Issuer of its obligation to maintain an office or agency for such purposes. The Issuer shall 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.

(c) The Issuer hereby designates the corporate trust office of the Trustee or its agent as such office or agency of the Issuer in accordance with Section 2.04.

SECTION 4.15. Withholding Taxes. (a) All payments made by the Issuer under or with respect to the Notes or any of the Note Guarantors on its Note Guarantee will be made free and clear of and without withholding or deduction for, or on account of, any present or future tax, duty, levy, impost, assessment or other governmental charge (including penalties, interest and other liabilities related thereto) (collectively, “Taxes”) unless the withholding or deduction of such Taxes is then required by law. If any deduction or withholding for, or on account of, any Taxes imposed or levied by or on behalf of:

(i) any jurisdiction in which the Issuer or any Note Guarantor is then incorporated, or resident or doing business for tax purposes or any department or political subdivision thereof or therein; or

(ii) any jurisdiction from or through which payment is made or any department or political subdivision thereof or therein (each, a “Tax Jurisdiction”)

will at any time be required to be made from any payments made by the Issuer under or with respect to the Notes or any of the Note Guarantors with respect to any Note Guarantee, including payments of principal, redemption price, purchase price, interest or premium, the Issuer or the relevant Note Guarantor, as applicable, will pay such additional amounts (the “Additional Amounts”) as may be necessary in order that the net amounts received in respect of such payments by each holder after such withholding or deduction (including any such deduction or withholding from such Additional Amounts) will equal the respective amounts which would have been received in respect of such payments in the absence of such withholding or deduction; provided, however, that no Additional Amounts will be payable with respect to:

 

  (1) any Taxes, to the extent such Taxes would not have been imposed but for the existence of any present or former connection between the holder or the beneficial owner of the Notes and the relevant Tax Jurisdiction (other than solely from the mere acquisition, ownership, holding or disposition of such Note, the enforcement of rights under such Note or under a Note Guarantee and/or the receipt of any payments in respect of such Note or a Note Guarantee);

 

  (2) any Taxes, to the extent such Taxes would not have been imposed but for the failure of the holder or the beneficial owner of the Notes, following the Issuer’s written request to the holder, at least 30 days before any such withholding or deduction would be payable, to comply with any certification, identification, information or other reporting requirements, whether required by statute, treaty, regulation or administrative practice of a Tax Jurisdiction, as a precondition to exemption from, or reduction in the rate of deduction or withholding of, Taxes imposed by the Tax Jurisdiction (including, without limitation, a certification that the holder or beneficial owner is not resident in the Tax Jurisdiction), but in each case, only to the extent the holder or the beneficial owner is legally entitled to provide such certification or documentation;

 

  (3) any Taxes, to the extent such Taxes were imposed as a result of the presentation of a Note for payment (where presentation is required) more than 30 days after the relevant payment is first made available for payment to the holder (except to the extent that the holder would have been entitled to Additional Amounts had the Note been presented on the last day of such 30 day period);

 

  (4) any estate, inheritance, gift, transfer, personal property or similar tax or assessment;

 

  (5) any Taxes payable otherwise than by deduction or withholding from payments made under or with respect to any Note or Note Guarantee; or

 

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  (6) any combination of the above items.

(b) The Issuer and the Note Guarantors will pay and indemnify the holder for any present or future stamp, issue, registration, transfer, court or documentary taxes, or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies (including penalties, interest and other liabilities related thereto) which are levied by any Tax Jurisdiction on the execution, delivery, issuance, or registration of any of the Notes, the Indenture, any Note Guarantee, or any other document or instrument referred to therein, or the receipt of any payments with respect to, or enforcement of, the Notes or any Note Guarantee (such sum being recoverable from the Issuer as a liquidated sum payable as a debt).

(c) If the Issuer or any Note Guarantor, as the case may be, becomes aware that it will be obligated to pay Additional Amounts with respect to any payment under or with respect to the Notes or any Note Guarantee, the Issuer or the relevant Note Guarantor, as the case may be, will deliver to the Trustee on a date which is at least 30 days prior to the date of that payment (unless the obligation to pay Additional Amounts arises after the 30th day prior to that payment date, in which case the Issuer or the relevant Note Guarantor shall notify the Trustee promptly thereafter) notice stating the fact that Additional Amounts will be payable and the amount estimated to be so payable. The notice must also set forth any other information reasonably necessary to enable the Paying Agents to pay Additional Amounts to holders on the relevant payment date. The Issuer or the relevant Note Guarantor will provide the Trustee with documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee evidencing the payment of Additional Amounts.

(d) The Issuer or the relevant Note Guarantor will make all withholdings and deductions (within the time period and in the minimum amount) required by law and will remit the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Tax authority in accordance with applicable law. The Issuer or the relevant Note Guarantor will use its reasonable efforts to obtain Tax receipts from each Tax authority evidencing the payment of any Taxes so deducted or withheld. The Issuer or the relevant Note Guarantor will furnish to the Trustee (or to a holder upon request), within a reasonable time after the date the payment of any Taxes so deducted or withheld is made, certified copies of Tax receipts evidencing payment by the Issuer or a Note Guarantor, as the case may be, or if, notwithstanding such entity’s efforts to obtain receipts, receipts are not obtained, other evidence of payments (reasonably satisfactory to Trustee) by such entity.

(e) Whenever in the Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of amounts based upon the principal amount of the Notes or of principal, interest or of any other amount payable under, or with respect to, any of the Notes or any Note Guarantee, such mention shall be deemed to include the payment of Additional Amounts, if applicable.

(f) The above obligations will survive any termination, defeasance or discharge of the Indenture and will apply, mutatis mutandis, to any jurisdiction in which any successor Person to the Issuer or any Note Guarantor is incorporated, or resident or doing business for tax purposes or any jurisdiction from or through which such Person makes any payment on the Notes (or any Note Guarantee) and any department or political subdivision thereof or therein.

SECTION 4.16. Covenant Suspension. 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, then, beginning on that day and continuing at all times thereafter regardless of any subsequent changes in the rating of the Notes (the occurrence of the events described in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) being collectively referred to as a “Covenant Suspension Event”), and subject to the provisions of the following paragraph, the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall not be subject to Sections 4.03, 4.04, 4.05, 4.06, 4.07, 4.11 and 5.01(a)(iv) (collectively the “Suspended Covenants”).

If and while the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries are not subject to the Suspended Covenants, the Notes will be entitled to substantially less covenant protection. In the event that the Issuer and its 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 Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries will thereafter again be subject to the Suspended Covenants under this Indenture with respect to future events.

 

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On each Reversion Date, all Indebtedness Incurred, or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued, during the Suspension Period will be classified as having been Incurred or issued pursuant to Section 4.03(a) or 4.03(b) (to the extent such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock would be permitted to be Incurred or issued thereunder as of the Reversion Date and after giving effect to Indebtedness Incurred or issued prior to the Suspension Period and outstanding on the Reversion Date). To the extent such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock would not be so permitted to be Incurred or issued pursuant to Section 4.03(a) or 4.03(b) such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock will be deemed to have been outstanding on the Issue Date, so that it is classified as permitted under Section 4.03(b)(ii). Calculations made after the Reversion Date of the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under Section 4.04 will be made as though Section 4.04 had been in effect since the Issue Date and throughout the Suspension Period. Accordingly, Restricted Payments made during the Suspension Period will reduce the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under Section 4.04(a). In addition, for purposes of Section 4.07, all agreements and arrangements entered into by the Issuer and any Restricted Subsidiary with an Affiliate of the Issuer during the Suspension Period prior to such Reversion Date will be deemed to have been entered into on or prior to the Issue Date and for purposes of Section 4.05, all contracts entered into during the Suspension Period prior to such Reversion Date that contain any of the restrictions contemplated by such Section will be deemed to have been existing on the Issue Date. As described above, however, no Default or Event of Default will be deemed to have occurred on the Reversion Date as a result of any actions taken by the Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries during the Suspension Period.

For purposes of Section 4.06, on the Reversion Date, the unutilized Excess Proceeds amount will be reset to zero.

The Issuer shall provide an Officer’s Certificate to the Trustee indicating the occurrence of any Covenant Suspension Event or Reversion Date. The Trustee will have no obligation to (i) independently determine or verify if such events have occurred, (ii) make any determination regarding the impact of actions taken during the Suspension Period on the Issuer’s future compliance with its covenants or (iii) notify the holders of any Covenant Suspension Event or Reversion Date.

SECTION 4.17. [Intentionally Omitted].

ARTICLE V

SUCCESSOR COMPANY

SECTION 5.01. Merger, Amalgamation, Consolidation or Sale of All or Substantially All Assets.

(a) The Issuer shall not, directly or indirectly, consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into or wind up or convert into (whether or not the Issuer is the surviving Person), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets in one or more related transactions (other than the Merger), to any Person unless:

(i) the Issuer is the surviving person or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, winding up or conversion (if other than the Issuer) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition will have been made is a corporation, partnership or limited liability company organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any other territory of the United States (the Issuer or such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the “Successor Company”);

(ii) the Successor Company (if other than the Issuer) expressly assumes all the obligations of the Issuer under this Indenture and its Note Guarantee pursuant to supplemental indentures or other documents or instruments in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;

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such transaction as having been Incurred by the Successor Company, the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary at the time of such transaction) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing;

(iv) immediately after giving pro forma effect to such transaction, as if such transaction had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period (and treating any Indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Successor Company, the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such transaction as having been Incurred by the Successor Company, the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary at the time of such transaction), either

(A) the Successor Company would be permitted to Incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.03(a); or

(B) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio would be greater than such ratio immediately prior to such transaction;

(v) if the Issuer is not the Successor Company, each Note Guarantor, unless it is the other party to the transactions described above, shall have by supplemental indenture confirmed that its Note Guarantee shall apply to such Person’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes; and

(vi) the Successor Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, amalgamation or transfer and such supplemental indentures (if any) comply with this Indenture.

The Successor Company (if other than the Issuer) will succeed to, and be substituted for, the Issuer under this Indenture and the Notes, and in such event the Issuer will automatically be released and discharged from its obligations under this Indenture and the Notes. Notwithstanding the foregoing clauses (iii) and (iv) of this Section 5.01, (a) the Issuer may merge, consolidate or amalgamate with or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer, and (b) the Issuer may merge, consolidate or amalgamate with an Affiliate incorporated solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Issuer in another state of the United States, the District of Columbia or any territory of the United States or may convert into a corporation, partnership or limited liability company, so long as the amount of Indebtedness of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries is not increased thereby.

(b) Subject to the provisions of Section 12.02 (which govern the release of a Note Guarantee upon the sale or disposition of such Note Guarantor, no Restricted Subsidiary that is a Note Guarantor shall, and the Issuer shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Note Guarantor to, consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into or wind up into (whether or not such Restricted Subsidiary is the surviving Person), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets in one or more related transactions to, any Person (other than any such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or disposition in connection with the Transactions described in the Offering Memorandum) unless:

(i) either (A) such Note Guarantor is the surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation or merger (if other than such Note Guarantor) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made is a corporation, partnership or limited liability company organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, any other territory of the United States, the jurisdiction of organization of such Note Guarantor or any other jurisdiction of organization of any other Restricted Subsidiary (such Note Guarantor or such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the “Successor”) and the Successor (if other than such Note Guarantor) expressly assumes all the obligations of such Note Guarantor under this Indenture and the Note Guarantee, pursuant to a supplemental indenture or other documents or instruments in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, or (B) such sale or disposition or consolidation, amalgamation or merger is not in violation of Section 4.06; and

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amalgamation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indenture (if any) comply with this Indenture.

Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, the Successor (if other than such Note Guarantor) will succeed to, and be substituted for, such Note Guarantor under this Indenture and the Note Guarantee, and such Note Guarantor will automatically be released and discharged from its obligations under this Indenture and its Note Guarantee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (1) a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Note Guarantor may merge, amalgamate or consolidate with an Affiliate incorporated solely for the purpose of reincorporating such Note Guarantor in another state of the United States, the District of Columbia or any territory of the United States, or in Canada or any territory thereof so long as the amount of Indebtedness of the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary is not increased thereby, (2) a Restricted Subsidiary that is a Note Guarantor may convert into a corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company or other business entity organized or existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of organization of such Note Guarantor and (3) a Restricted Subsidiary that is a Note Guarantor may consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into or wind up into, or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets (collectively, a “Transfer”) to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Note Guarantor.

In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, any Note Guarantor may consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into or wind up into, or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets to the Issuer or any Note Guarantor.

ARTICLE VI

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

SECTION 6.01. Events of Default. An “Event of Default” occurs with respect to Notes if:

(a) a default in any payment of interest (including any additional interest) on any Note when due, continued for 30 days,

(b) a default in the payment of principal or premium, if any, of any Note when due at its Stated Maturity, upon optional redemption, upon required repurchase, upon declaration or otherwise,

(c) the failure by the Issuer to comply with its obligations under Article V,

(d) the failure by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary to comply for 60 days after notice with its other agreements contained in the Notes or this Indenture,

(e) the failure by the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Subsidiaries that together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) to pay any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness owing to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) within any applicable grace period after final maturity or the acceleration of any such Indebtedness by the holders thereof because of a default, in each case, if the total amount of such Indebtedness unpaid or accelerated exceeds $40.0 million or its foreign currency equivalent (the “cross-acceleration provision”)

(f) either the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:

(i) commences a voluntary case;

(ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case;

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(iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors or takes any comparable action under any foreign laws relating to insolvency,

(g) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:

(i) is for relief against either the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer in an involuntary case;

(ii) appoints a Custodian of either the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer or for any substantial part of its property; or

(iii) orders the winding up or liquidation of either the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer;

or any similar relief is granted under any foreign laws and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days,

(h) failure by the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Subsidiaries that together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) to pay final judgments aggregating in excess of $40.0 million or its foreign currency equivalent (net of any amounts which are covered by enforceable insurance policies issued by solvent carriers), which judgments are not discharged, waived or stayed for a period of 60 days (the “judgment default provision”), or

(i) any Note Guarantee of a Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Subsidiaries that together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) with respect to the Notes ceases to be in full force and effect (except as contemplated by the terms thereof) or the Issuer or any Note Guarantor that qualifies as a Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Subsidiaries that together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) denies or disaffirms its obligations under this Indenture or any Note Guarantee with respect to the Notes and such Default continues for 10 days.

The foregoing shall 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.

The term “Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, United States Code, or any similar Federal or state law for the relief of debtors. The term “Custodian” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, custodian or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.

However, a default under clause (d) above shall not constitute an Event of Default until the Trustee or the holders of 25% in principal amount of outstanding Notes notify the Issuer of the default and the Issuer does not cure such default within the time specified in clause (d) hereof after receipt of such notice. Such notice must specify the Default, demand that it be remedied and state that such notice is a “Notice of Default.” The Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee, within thirty (30) days after the occurrence thereof, written notice of any event which is, or with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default, its status and what action the Issuer is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

SECTION 6.02. Acceleration. If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(f) or 6.01(g) hereof with respect to the Issuer) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of outstanding Notes by notice to the Issuer may declare the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued but unpaid interest on all the Notes to be due and payable; provided, however, that so long as any Bank Indebtedness remains outstanding, no such acceleration shall be effective until the earlier of (1) five Business Days after the giving of written notice to the Issuer and the Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement and (2) the day on which any Bank Indebtedness is accelerated. Upon such a declaration, such principal and interest shall be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(f) or (g) with respect to the

 

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Issuer occurs, the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all the Notes will become immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any holders. Under certain circumstances, the holders of a majority in principal amount of outstanding Notes may rescind any such acceleration with respect to the Notes and its consequences.

In the event of any Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(e) above, such Event of Default and all consequences thereof (excluding, however, any resulting payment default) shall be annulled, waived and rescinded, automatically and without any action by the Trustee or the holders of the Notes, if within 20 days after such Event of Default arose the Issuer delivers an Officer’s Certificate to the Trustee stating that (x) the Indebtedness or guarantee that is the basis for such Event of Default has been discharged or (y) the holders thereof have rescinded or waived the acceleration, notice or action (as the case may be) giving rise to such Event of Default or (z) the default that is the basis for such Event of Default has been cured, it being understood that in no event shall an acceleration of the principal amount of the Notes as described above be annulled, waived or rescinded upon the happening of any such events.

SECTION 6.03. Other Remedies. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy at law or in equity to collect the payment of principal of or interest on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.

The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. 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. To the extent required by law, all available remedies are cumulative.

SECTION 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults. Provided the Notes are not then due and payable by reason of a declaration of acceleration, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes by written notice to the Trustee may waive an existing Default and its consequences except (a) a Default in the payment of the principal of or interest on a Note, (b) a Default arising from the failure to redeem or purchase any Note when required pursuant to the terms of this Indenture or (c) a Default in respect of a provision that under Section 9.02 cannot be amended without the consent of each holder affected. When a Default is waived, it is deemed cured and the Issuer, the Trustee and the holders will be restored to their former positions and rights under this Indenture, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any consequent right.

SECTION 6.05. Control by Majority. The holders of a majority in principal amount of outstanding Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or, if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that the action or proceeding so directed may not lawfully be taken or if the Trustee in good faith by its board of directors or trustees, executive committee, or a trust committee of directors or trustees and/or Responsible Officers shall determine that the action or proceeding so directed would involve the Trustee in personal liability or expense for which it is not adequately indemnified, or subject to Section 7.01, that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other holder or that would involve the Trustee in personal liability. Prior to taking any action under this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.

SECTION 6.06. Limitation on Suits.

(a) Except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal, premium (if any) or interest when due, no holder may pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes unless:

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(ii) holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes have requested the Trustee to pursue the remedy,

(iii) such holders have offered the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense,

(iv) the Trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt of the request and the offer of security or indemnity, and

(v) the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes have not given the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period.

(b) A holder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another holder or to obtain a preference or priority over another holder.

SECTION 6.07. Rights of the Holders to Receive Payment. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any holder to receive payment of principal of and interest on the Notes held by such holder, on or after the respective due dates expressed or provided for in the Notes, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, 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 Section 6.01(a) or (b) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Issuer or any other obligor on the Notes for the whole amount then due and owing (together with interest on overdue principal and (to the extent lawful) on any unpaid interest at the rate provided for in the Notes) and the amounts provided for in Section 7.07.

SECTION 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. The Trustee may file such proofs of claim, statements of interest and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for reasonable compensation, expenses disbursements and advances of the Trustee (including counsel, accountants, experts or such other professionals as the Trustee deems necessary, advisable or appropriate)) and the holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer, any Note Guarantor, their creditors or their property, shall be entitled to participate as a member, voting or otherwise, of any official committee of creditors appointed in such matters and, unless prohibited by law or applicable regulations, may vote on behalf of the holders in any election of a trustee in bankruptcy or other Person performing similar functions, and any Custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each holder to make 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 it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and its counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07.

SECTION 6.10. Priorities. Any money or property collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article VI and any other money or property distributable in respect of the Issuer’s or any Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture after an Event of Default shall be applied in the following order:

FIRST: to the Trustee for amounts due under Section 7.07;

SECOND: to the holders for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal and interest, respectively; and

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The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to the holders pursuant to this Section. At least 15 days before such record date, the Trustee shall mail to each holder and the Issuer a notice that states the record date, the payment date and amount to be paid.

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 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a holder pursuant to Section 6.07 or a suit by holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the Notes.

SECTION 6.12. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. Neither the Issuer nor any Guarantor (to the extent it may lawfully do so) shall at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Issuer and the Guarantors (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waive all benefit or advantage of any such law, and shall not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

ARTICLE VII

TRUSTEE

SECTION 7.01. Duties of Trustee.

(a) The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the Notes and after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default which may have occurred, undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture. If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by 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 such person’s own affairs.

(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:

(i) 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 (it being agreed that the permissive right of the Trustee to do things enumerated in this Indenture shall not be construed as a duty); and

(ii) 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. The Trustee shall be under no duty to make any investigation as to any statement contained in any such instance, but may accept the same as conclusive evidence of the truth and accuracy of such statement or the correctness of such opinions. However, in the case of certificates or opinions required by any provision hereof to be provided to it, the Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions 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 stated therein).

(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:

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(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Trust Officer unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;

(iii) 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 received by it pursuant to Section 6.05; and

(iv) no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise Incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers.

(d) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section.

(e) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Issuer.

(f) Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

(g) Every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section and to the provisions of the TIA.

SECTION 7.02. Rights of Trustee.

(a) The Trustee may conclusively rely on any document believed 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) 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 the Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.

(c) The Trustee may act through agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care.

(d) The Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers; provided, however, that the Trustee’s conduct does not constitute willful misconduct or negligence.

(e) The Trustee may consult with counsel of its own selection and the advice or opinion of counsel with respect to legal matters relating to this Indenture and the Notes 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 accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel.

(f) 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, consent, order, approval, bond, debenture, note or other paper or document unless requested in writing to do so by the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding, 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 Issuer, personally or by agent or attorney, at the expense of the Issuer and shall Incur no liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation.

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offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be Incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.

(h) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including 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 responsible or liable for any action taken or omitted by it in good faith at the direction of the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Notes as to the time, method and place of conducting any proceedings for any remedy available to the Trustee or the exercising of any power conferred by this Indenture.

(j) Any action taken, or omitted to be taken, by the Trustee in good faith pursuant to this Indenture upon the request or authority or consent of any person who, at the time of making such request or giving such authority or consent, is the holder of any Note shall be conclusive and binding upon future holders of Notes and upon Notes executed and delivered in exchange therefor or in place thereof.

(k) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a Default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Notes and this Indenture.

(l) The Trustee may request that the Issuer deliver an Officer’s 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 Officer’s Certificate may be signed by any Person authorized to sign an Officer’s Certificate, including any Person specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded.

(m) The Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for special, indirect, or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of actions.

(n) The Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the execution of the trusts and powers under this Indenture.

(o) 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 reasonable control, including, without limitation, acts of God; earthquakes; fire; flood; terrorism; wars and other military disturbances; sabotage; epidemics; riots; interruptions; loss or malfunction of utilities, computer (hardware or software) or communication services; accidents; labor disputes; and acts of civil or military authorities and governmental action.

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 otherwise deal with the Issuer or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Paying Agent or Registrar may do the same with like rights. However, the Trustee must comply with Sections 7.10 and 7.11.

SECTION 7.04. Trustee’s Disclaimer. The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture, the Note Guarantees or the Notes, it shall not be accountable for the Issuer’s use of the proceeds from the Notes, and it shall not be responsible for any statement of the Issuer or any Guarantor in this Indenture or in any document issued in connection with the sale of the Notes or in the Notes other than the Trustee’s certificate of authentication. The Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any Default or Event of Default under Section 6.01(c), (d), (e), (h), or (i) or of the identity of any Significant Subsidiary unless either (a) a Trust Officer shall have actual knowledge thereof or (b) the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof in accordance with Section 13.02 hereof from the Issuer, any Note Guarantor or any holder. In accepting the trust hereby created, the Trustee acts solely as Trustee for the holders of the Notes and not in its individual

 

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capacity and all persons, including without limitation the holders of Notes and the Issuer having any claim against the Trustee arising from this Indenture shall look only to the funds and accounts held by the Trustee hereunder for payment except as otherwise provided herein.

SECTION 7.05. Notice of Defaults. If a Default occurs and is continuing and if it is actually known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to each holder notice of the Default within the earlier of 90 days after it occurs or 30 days after it is actually known to a Trust Officer or written notice of it is received by the Trustee. Except in the case of a Default in the payment of principal of, premium (if any) or interest on any Note, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Trust Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of the holders. The Issuer is required to deliver to the Trustee, annually (within thirty (30) days after the last date the annual report on Form 10-K would be required to be delivered to the Trustee under Section 4.02), a certificate indicating whether the signers thereof know of any Default that occurred during the previous year. The Issuer also is required to deliver to the Trustee, within 30 days after the occurrence thereof, written notice of any event which would constitute certain Defaults, their status and what action the Issuer is taking or proposes to take in respect thereof.

SECTION 7.06. Reports by Trustee to the Holders. As promptly as practicable after each August 31 beginning with the August 31 following the date of this Indenture, and in any event prior to August 31 in each year, the Trustee shall mail to each holder a brief report dated as of such August 31 that complies with Section 313(a) of the TIA if and to the extent required thereby. The Trustee shall also comply with Section 313(b) of the TIA.

A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to the holders shall be filed with the SEC and each stock exchange (if any) on which the Notes are listed. The Issuer agrees to notify promptly the Trustee whenever the Notes become listed on any stock exchange and of any delisting thereof.

SECTION 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity. The Issuer shall pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation, as the Issuer and the Trustee shall from time to time agree in writing, for the Trustee’s acceptance of this Indenture and its services hereunder. The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Issuer shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses Incurred or made by it, including costs of collection, in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee’s agents, counsel, accountants and experts. The Issuer and the Guarantors, jointly and severally shall indemnify the Trustee against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage or expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) Incurred by or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust and the performance of its duties hereunder, including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture or Note Guarantee against the Issuer or any Guarantor (including this Section 7.07) and defending itself against or investigating any claim (whether asserted by the Issuer, any Guarantor, any holder or any other Person). The obligation to pay such amounts shall survive the payment in full or defeasance of the Notes or the removal or resignation of the Trustee. The Trustee shall notify the Issuer of any claim for which it may seek indemnity promptly upon obtaining actual knowledge thereof; provided, however, that any failure so to notify the Issuer shall not relieve the Issuer or any Guarantor of its indemnity obligations hereunder. The Issuer shall defend the claim and the indemnified party shall provide reasonable cooperation at the Issuer’s expense in the defense. Such indemnified parties may have separate counsel and the Issuer and such Guarantor, as applicable shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel; provided, however, that the Issuer shall not be required to pay such fees and expenses if it assumes such indemnified parties’ defense and, in such indemnified parties’ reasonable judgment, there is no conflict of interest between the Issuer and the Guarantor, as applicable, and such parties in connection with such defense. The Issuer needs not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense Incurred by an indemnified party through such party’s own willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith.

To secure the Issuer’s and the Guarantors’ payment obligations in this Section, the Trustee shall have a Lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee other than money or property held in trust to pay principal of and interest on particular Notes.

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law, when the Trustee Incurs expenses after the occurrence of a Default specified in Section 6.01(f) or (g) with respect to the Issuer, the expenses are intended to constitute expenses of administration under the Bankruptcy Law.

No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise Incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not assured to its satisfaction.

SECTION 7.08. Replacement of Trustee.

(a) The Trustee may resign at any time by so notifying the Issuer. The holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and may appoint a successor Trustee. The Issuer shall remove the Trustee if:

(i) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;

(ii) the Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent;

(iii) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or

(iv) the Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.

(b) If the Trustee resigns, is removed by the Issuer or by the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes and such holders do not reasonably promptly appoint a successor Trustee, or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason (the Trustee in such event being referred to herein as the retiring Trustee), the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee.

(c) A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Issuer. Thereupon 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. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to the holders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, subject to the Lien provided for in Section 7.07.

(d) If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee or the holders of 10% in principal amount of the Notes may petition at the expense of the Issuer any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

(e) If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10, unless the Trustee’s duty to resign is stayed as provided in Section 310(b) of the TIA, any holder who has been a bona fide holder of a Note for at least six months may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

(f) Notwithstanding the replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section, the Issuer’s obligations under Section 7.07 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.

SECTION 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger. If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all its corporate trust business or assets to, another corporation or banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation without any further act shall be the successor Trustee.

In case at the time such successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture any of the Notes shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the 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 to the Trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the Notes or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the Trustee shall have.

 

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SECTION 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification. The Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of Section 310(a) of the TIA. The Trustee shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $100 million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition. The Trustee shall comply with Section 310(b) of the TIA, subject to its right to apply for a stay of its duty to resign under the penultimate paragraph of Section 310(b) of the TIA; provided, however, that there shall be excluded from the operation of Section 310(b)(1) of the TIA any series of securities issued under this Indenture and any indenture or indentures under which other securities or certificates of interest or participation in other securities of the Issuer are outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in Section 310(b)(1) of the TIA are met.

SECTION 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Issuer. The Trustee shall comply with Section 311(a) of the TIA, excluding any creditor relationship listed in Section 311(b) of the TIA. A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to Section 311(a) of the TIA to the extent indicated.

ARTICLE VIII

DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE

SECTION 8.01. Discharge of Liability on Notes; Defeasance.

(a) This Indenture shall be discharged and shall cease to be of further effect (except as to surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Notes, as expressly provided for in this Indenture) as to all outstanding Notes when:

(i) either (a) all the Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes which have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Issuer and thereafter repaid to the Issuer or discharged from such trust) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or (b) all of the Notes (1) have become due and payable, (2) will become due and payable at their stated maturity within one year or (3) if redeemable at the option of the Issuer, 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 Issuer, and the Issuer 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 on the Notes to the date of deposit together with irrevocable instructions from the Issuer directing the Trustee to apply such funds to the payment thereof at maturity or redemption, as the case may be;

(ii) the Issuer and/or the Note Guarantors have paid all other sums payable under this Indenture; and

(iii) the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that all conditions precedent under this Indenture relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.

(b) Subject to Sections 8.01(c) and 8.02, the Issuer at any time may terminate (i) all of its obligations under the Notes and this Indenture (with respect to the holders of the Notes) (“legal defeasance option”) or (ii) its obligations under Sections 4.02, 4.03, 4.04, 4.05, 4.06, 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.11 and 4.12 and the operation of Section 5.01 for the benefit of the holders of the Notes, and Sections 6.01(c), 6.01(d), 6.01(e), 6.01(f) (with respect to Significant Subsidiaries of the Issuer only), 6.01(g) (with respect to Significant Subsidiaries of the Issuer only) and 6.01(h) (“covenant defeasance option”). The Issuer may exercise its legal defeasance option notwithstanding its prior exercise of its covenant defeasance option. In the event that the Issuer terminates all of its obligations under the Notes and this Indenture (with respect to such Notes) by exercising its legal defeasance option or its covenant defeasance option, the obligations of each Note Guarantor with respect to the Notes shall be terminated simultaneously with the termination of such obligations.

 

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If the Issuer exercises its legal defeasance option, payment of the Notes so defeased may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default with respect thereto. If the Issuer exercises its covenant defeasance option, payment of the Notes so defeased may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default specified in Sections 6.01(c), 6.01(d), 6.01(e), 6.01(f) (with respect to Significant Subsidiaries of the Issuer only), 6.01(g) (with respect to Significant Subsidiaries of the Issuer only) and 6.01(h).

Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein and upon request of the Issuer, the Trustee shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of those obligations that the Issuer terminates.

(c) Notwithstanding clauses (a) and (b) above, the Issuer’s obligations in Sections 2.04, 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 2.08, 2.09, 7.07, 7.08 and in this Article VIII shall survive until the Notes have been paid in full. Thereafter, the Issuer’s obligations in Sections 7.07, 8.05 and 8.06 shall survive such satisfaction and discharge.

SECTION 8.02. Conditions to Defeasance.

(a) The Issuer may exercise its legal defeasance option or its covenant defeasance option only if:

(i) the Issuer irrevocably deposits in trust with the Trustee cash in U.S. Dollars, U.S. Government Obligations or a combination thereof in an amount sufficient or U.S. Government Obligations, the principal of and the interest on which will be sufficient, or a combination thereof sufficient, to pay the principal of and premium (if any) and interest on the Notes when due at maturity or redemption, as the case may be, including interest thereon to maturity or such redemption date;

(ii) the Issuer delivers to the Trustee a certificate from a nationally recognized firm of independent accountants expressing their opinion that the payments of principal and interest when due and without reinvestment on the deposited U.S. Government Obligations plus any deposited money without investment will provide cash at such times and in such amounts as will be sufficient to pay principal, premium, if any, and interest when due on all the Notes to maturity or redemption, as the case may be;

(iii) 123 days pass after the deposit is made and during the 123-day period no Default specified in Section 6.01(e) or (f) with respect to the Issuer occurs which is continuing at the end of the period;

(iv) the deposit does not constitute a default under any other agreement binding on the Issuer;

(v) in the case of the legal defeasance option, the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (1) the Issuer have 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 Federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal or Commonwealth of Puerto Rico income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and defeasance and will be subject to Federal or Commonwealth of Puerto Rico income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit and defeasance had not occurred. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Opinion of Counsel required by the immediately preceding sentence with respect to a legal defeasance need not be delivered if all of the Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (x) have become due and payable or (y) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity 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 Issuer;

(vi) in the case of the covenant defeasance option, the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal or Commonwealth of Puerto Rico income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and defeasance and will be subject to Federal or Commonwealth of Puerto Rico income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit and defeasance had not occurred; and

 

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(vii) the Issuer delivers to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to the defeasance and discharge of the Notes to be so defeased and discharged as contemplated by this Article VIII have been complied with.

(b) Before or after a deposit, the Issuer may make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the redemption of such Notes at a future date in accordance with Article III.

SECTION 8.03. Application of Trust Money. The Trustee shall hold in trust money or U.S. Government Obligations (including proceeds thereof) deposited with it pursuant to this Article VIII. It shall apply the deposited money and the money from U.S. Government Obligations through each Paying Agent and in accordance with this Indenture to the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes so discharged or defeased.

SECTION 8.04. Repayment to Issuer. Each of the Trustee and each Paying Agent shall promptly turn over to the Issuer upon request any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in this Article which, in the written opinion of nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants delivered to the Trustee (which delivery shall only be required if U.S. Government Obligations have been so deposited), are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent discharge or defeasance in accordance with this Article.

Subject to any applicable abandoned property law, the Trustee and each Paying Agent shall pay to the Issuer upon written request any money held by them for the payment of principal or interest that remains unclaimed for two years, and, thereafter, holders entitled to the money must look to the Issuer for payment as general creditors, and the Trustee and each Paying Agent shall have no further liability with respect to such monies.

SECTION 8.05. Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations. The Issuer shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against deposited U.S. Government Obligations or the principal and interest received on such U.S. Government Obligations.

SECTION 8.06. Reinstatement. If the Trustee or any Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with this Article VIII 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 Issuer’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes so discharged or defeased shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article VIII until such time as the Trustee or any Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with this Article VIII; provided, however, that, if the Issuer has made any payment of principal of, or interest on, any such Notes because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Issuer 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 any Paying Agent.

ARTICLE IX

AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS

SECTION 9.01. Without Consent of the Holders.

(a) The Issuer and the Trustee may amend this Indenture or the Notes without notice to or consent of any holder:

(i) to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency;

(ii) to provide for the assumption by a Successor (with respect to the Issuer) of the obligations of the Issuer under this Indenture and the Notes;

 

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(iii) to provide for the assumption by a Successor Company or Successor (with respect to any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Note Guarantor), as the case may be, of the obligations of a Note Guarantor under this Indenture and its Note Guarantee;

(iv) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes; provided that the uncertificated Notes are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Code or in a manner such that the uncertificated Notes are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the Code;

(v) to add a Note Guarantee with respect to the Notes;

(vi) to secure the Notes;

(vii) to add to the covenants of the Issuer for the benefit of the holders or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Issuer;

(viii) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any holder;

(ix) to conform the text of this Indenture, the Note Guarantees or the Notes to any provision of the “Description of Notes” in the Offering Memorandum to the extent that such provision in the “Description of Notes” was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of this Indenture, the Note Guarantees or the Notes as certified by the Issuer in an Officer’s Certificate;

(x) to comply with any requirement of the SEC in connection with qualifying, or maintaining the qualification of, this Indenture under the TIA to effect any provision of this Indenture; or

(xi) to make certain changes to this Indenture to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes.

(b) After an amendment under this Section 9.01 becomes effective, the Issuer shall mail to the holders a notice briefly describing such amendment. The failure to give such notice to all holders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment under this Section 9.01.

SECTION 9.02. With Consent of the Holders. The Issuer and the Trustee may amend this Indenture with the written consent of the holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange for the Notes). However, without the consent of each holder of an outstanding Note affected, an amendment may not:

(1) reduce the amount of Notes whose holders must consent to an amendment,

(2) reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest on any Note,

(3) reduce the principal of or change the Stated Maturity of any Note,

(4) reduce the premium payable upon the redemption of any Note or change the time at which any Note may be redeemed in accordance with Article III,

(5) make any Note payable in money other than that stated in such Note,

(6) expressly subordinate the Notes or any Note Guarantee to any other Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Note Guarantor,

(7) impair the right of any holder to receive payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such holder’s Notes on or after the due dates therefor or to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such holder’s Notes,

 

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(8) make any change in the amendment provisions which require each holder’s consent or in the waiver provisions, or

(9) except as expressly provided by this Indenture, modify or release the Note Guarantee of any Significant Subsidiary in any manner adverse to the holders of the Notes.

It shall not be necessary for the consent of the holders under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.

Upon the request of the Issuer accompanied by a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Issuer authorizing the execution of any supplemental indenture entered into to effect any such amendment, supplement or waiver, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 9.06, the Trustee shall join with the Issuer in the execution of such supplemental indenture.

After an amendment under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Issuer shall mail to the holders a notice briefly describing such amendment. The failure to give such notice to all holders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment under this Section 9.02.

SECTION 9.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act. From the date on which this Indenture is qualified under the TIA, every amendment, waiver or supplement to this Indenture or the Notes shall comply with the TIA as then in effect.

SECTION 9.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers.

(a) A consent to an amendment or a waiver by a holder of a Note shall bind the holder and every subsequent holder of that Note or portion of the Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting holder’s Note, even if notation of the consent or waiver is not made on the Note. However, any such holder or subsequent holder may revoke the consent or waiver as to such holder’s Note or portion of the Note if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date on which the Trustee receives an Officers’ Certificate from the Issuer certifying that the requisite principal amount of Notes have consented. After an amendment or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every holder. An amendment or waiver becomes effective upon the (i) receipt by the Issuer or the Trustee of consents by the holders of the requisite principal amount of securities, (ii) satisfaction of conditions to effectiveness as set forth in this Indenture and any indenture supplemental hereto containing such amendment or waiver and (iii) execution of such amendment or waiver (or supplemental indenture) by the Issuer and the Trustee.

(b) The Issuer may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the holders entitled to give their consent or take any other action described above or required or permitted to be taken pursuant to this Indenture. If a record date is fixed, then notwithstanding the immediately preceding paragraph, those Persons who were holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those Persons, shall be entitled to give such consent or to revoke any consent previously given or to take any such action, whether or not such Persons continue to be holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 120 days after such record date.

SECTION 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of Notes. If an amendment, supplement or waiver changes the terms of a Note, the Issuer may require the holder of the Note to deliver it to the Trustee. The Trustee may place an appropriate notation on the Note regarding the changed terms and return it to the holder. Alternatively, if the Issuer or the Trustee so determines, the Issuer in exchange for the Note shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a new Note that reflects the changed terms. Failure to make the appropriate notation or to issue a new Note shall not affect the validity of such amendment, supplement or waiver.

SECTION 9.06. Trustee to Sign Amendments. The Trustee shall sign any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to this Article IX if the amendment does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. If it does, the Trustee may but need not sign it. In signing such amendment, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it and shall be provided with, and (subject to Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that

 

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such amendment, supplement or waiver is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and complies with the provisions hereof (including Section 9.03).

SECTION 9.07. Additional Voting Terms; Calculation of Principal Amount. Unless the Issuer elects to treat Additional Notes as a separate class, all Notes issued under this Indenture shall vote and consent together on all matters (as to which any of such Notes may vote) as one class and no Notes will have the right to vote or consent as a separate class on any matter. Determinations as to whether holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent shall be made in accordance with this Article IX and Section 2.14.

ARTICLE X

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ARTICLE XI

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ARTICLE XII

GUARANTEE

SECTION 12.01. Guarantee.

(a) To the extent applicable, each Guarantor hereby jointly and severably, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees on a senior basis, and in the case of each of (x) and (y) as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, to each holder and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns (i) the full and punctual payment when due, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, of all obligations of the Issuer under this Indenture (including obligations to the Trustee) and the Notes, whether for payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on in respect of the Notes and all other monetary obligations of the Issuer under this Indenture and the Notes and (ii) the full and punctual performance within applicable grace periods of all other obligations of the Issuer whether for fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise under this Indenture and the Notes (all the foregoing being hereinafter collectively called the “Guaranteed Obligations”). Each Guarantor further agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent from any Guarantor, and that each Guarantor shall remain bound under this Article XII notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Guaranteed Obligation.

(b) To the extent applicable, each Guarantor waives presentation to, demand of payment from and protest to the Issuer of any of the Guaranteed Obligations and also waives notice of protest for nonpayment. Each Guarantor waives notice of any default under the Notes or the Guaranteed Obligations. The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be affected by (i) the failure of any holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Issuer or any other Person under this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement or otherwise; (ii) any extension or renewal of this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement; (iii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement; (iv) the release of any security held by any holder or the Trustee for the Guaranteed Obligations or each Guarantor; (v) the failure of any holder or Trustee to exercise any right or remedy against any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations; or (vi) any change in the ownership of each Guarantor, except as provided in Section 12.02(b) or Section 12.02(c). Each Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to have its obligations hereunder divided among the Guarantors, such that such Guarantor’s obligations would be less than the full amount claimed.

 

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(c) Each Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to have the assets of the Issuer first be used and depleted as payment of the Issuer’s or such Guarantor’s obligations hereunder prior to any amounts being claimed from or paid by such Guarantor hereunder. Each Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to require that the Issuer be sued prior to an action being initiated against such Guarantor.

(d) Each Guarantor further agrees that its Note Guarantee herein constitutes a guarantee of payment, performance and compliance when due (and not a guarantee of collection) and waives any right to require that any resort be had by any holder or the Trustee to any security held for payment of the Guaranteed Obligations.

(e) The Note Guarantee of each Guarantor is, to the extent and in the manner set forth in Article XII, equal in right of payment to all existing and future Pari Passu Indebtedness, senior in right of payment to all existing and future Subordinated Indebtedness of the Issuer and subordinated and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on all Secured Indebtedness of the relevant Guarantor and is made subject to such provisions of this Indenture.

(f) Except as expressly set forth in Sections 8.01(b), 12.02 and 12.06, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever or by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of each Guarantor herein shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of any holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy under this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement, by any waiver or modification of any thereof, by any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the obligations, or by any other act or thing or omission or delay to do any other act or thing which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Guarantor or would otherwise operate as a discharge of any Guarantor as a matter of law or equity.

(g) Each Guarantor agrees that its Note Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect until payment in full of all the Guaranteed Obligations. Each Guarantor further agrees that its Note Guarantee herein shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of principal of or interest on any Guaranteed Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any holder or the Trustee upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Issuer or otherwise.

(h) In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any holder or the Trustee has at law or in equity against any Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Issuer to pay the principal of or interest on any Guaranteed Obligation when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, or to perform or comply with any other Guaranteed Obligation, each Guarantor hereby promises to and shall, upon receipt of written demand by the Trustee, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the holders or the Trustee an amount equal to the sum of (i) the unpaid principal amount of such Guaranteed Obligations, (ii) accrued and unpaid interest on such Guaranteed Obligations (but only to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) and (iii) all other monetary obligations of the Issuer to the holders and the Trustee.

(i) Each Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the holders in respect of any Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all Guaranteed Obligations. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between it, on the one hand, and the holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (i) the maturity of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article VI for the purposes of the Guarantee herein, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby, and (ii) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such Guaranteed Obligations as provided in Article VI, such Guaranteed Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Note Guarantors for the purposes of this Section 12.01.

(j) Each Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) Incurred by the Trustee or any holder in enforcing any rights under this Section 12.01.

 

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(k) Upon request of the Trustee, each Guarantor shall execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture.

(l) Any Guarantee given by any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer may be released and discharged from all obligations under this Article 12 at any time upon written notice to the Trustee from such direct or indirect parent of the Issuer; provided, however, that upon such release the provisions of Section 4.02(b) shall no longer apply from and after such release.

SECTION 12.02. Limitation on Liability.

(a) Any term or provision of this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum aggregate amount of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereunder by each Guarantor shall not exceed the maximum amount that can be hereby guaranteed without rendering this Indenture, as it relates to such Guarantor, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.

(b) A Note Guarantee as to any Subsidiary that executes a supplemental indenture in accordance with Section 4.11 hereof and provides a guarantee shall terminate and be of no further force or effect and such Guarantor shall be deemed to be released from all obligations under this Article XII upon:

(i) the sale, disposition, exchange or other transfer (including through merger, consolidation, amalgamation or otherwise) of the Capital Stock (including any sale, disposition or other transfer following which the applicable Guarantor is no longer a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary), of the applicable Guarantor if such sale, disposition, exchange or other transfer is made in a manner not in violation of this Indenture;

(ii) the Issuer designating such Guarantor to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.04 and the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary”;

(iii) the release or discharge of the guarantee by such Note Guarantor of the Credit Agreement or of any other Indebtedness which resulted in the obligation to guarantee the Notes; and

(iv) the Issuer’s exercise of its legal defeasance option or covenant defeasance option under Article VIII or if the Issuer’s obligations under this Indenture are discharged in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.

A Note Guarantee as to any Subsidiary also will be automatically released upon the applicable Subsidiary ceasing to be a Subsidiary as a result of any foreclosure of any pledge or security interest securing Indebtedness or other exercise of remedies in respect thereof.

SECTION 12.03. Successors and Assigns. This Article XII shall be binding upon each Guarantor and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Trustee and the holders and, in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any holder or the Trustee, the rights and privileges conferred upon that party in this Indenture and in the Notes shall automatically extend to and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all subject to the terms and conditions of this Indenture.

SECTION 12.04. No Waiver. Neither a failure nor a delay on the part of either the Trustee or the holders in exercising any right, power or privilege under this Article XII shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall a single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise of any right, power or privilege. The rights, remedies and benefits of the Trustee and the holders herein expressly specified are cumulative and not exclusive of any other rights, remedies or benefits which either may have under this Article XII at law, in equity, by statute or otherwise.

 

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SECTION 12.05. Modification. No modification, amendment or waiver of any provision of this Article XII, nor the consent to any departure by any Guarantor therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Trustee, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice to or demand on any Guarantor in any case shall entitle any Guarantor to any other or further notice or demand in the same, similar or other circumstances.

SECTION 12.06. Execution of Supplemental Indenture for Future Note Guarantors. Each Subsidiary and other Person which is required to become a Guarantor of the Notes pursuant to Section 4.11 shall promptly execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture in substantially the form of Exhibit D hereto pursuant to which such Subsidiary or other Person shall become a Guarantor under this Article XII and shall guarantee the Notes. Concurrently with the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture, the Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee the Opinion of Counsel and Officer’s Certificate required under Section 9.06.

SECTION 12.07. Non-Impairment. The failure to endorse a Guarantee on any Note shall not affect or impair the validity thereof.

ARTICLE XIII

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 13.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls. If and to the extent that any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by, or with another provision (an “incorporated provision”) included in this Indenture by operation of, Sections 310 to 318 of the TIA, inclusive, such imposed duties or incorporated provision shall control.

SECTION 13.02. Notices.

(a) Any notice or communication required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and delivered in person, via facsimile or mailed by first-class mail addressed as follows:

if to the Issuer or a Guarantor:

EVERTEC, Inc.

Cupey Center Building

Road 176, Km 1.3

San Juan, Puerto Rico 00926

Facsimile: (787) 766-4585

Attention: General Counsel

if to the Trustee:

Wilmington Trust FSB

246 Goose Lane, Suite 105

Guilford, CT 06437

Telephone: (203) 453-4130

Facsimile: (203) 453-1183

Attn: Joseph P. O’Donnell

The Issuer or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

(b) Any notice or communication mailed to a holder shall be mailed, first class mail, to the holder at the holder’s address as it appears on the registration books of the Registrar and shall be sufficiently given if so mailed within the time prescribed.

 

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(c) 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 is mailed in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it, except that notices to the Trustee are effective only if received.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or any Note, where this Indenture or any Note provides for notice of any event (including any notice of redemption) to a holder of a Global Note (whether by mail or otherwise), such notice shall be sufficiently given if given to the Depository for such Note (or its designee), pursuant to the customary procedures of such Depository.

SECTION 13.03. Communication by the Holders with Other Holders. The holders may communicate pursuant to Section 312(b) of the TIA with other holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Issuer, the Trustee, the Registrar and other Persons shall have the protection of Section 312(c) of the TIA.

SECTION 13.04. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent. Upon any request or application by the Issuer to the Trustee to take or refrain from taking any action under this Indenture, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee at the request of the Trustee:

(a) an Officers’ Certificate in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee 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

(b) an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.

SECTION 13.05. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion. Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a covenant or condition provided for in this Indenture (other than pursuant to Section 4.09) shall include:

(a) a statement that the individual making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;

(b) 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;

(c) a statement that, in the opinion of such individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

(d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such individual, such covenant or condition has been complied with; provided, however, that with respect to matters of fact an Opinion of Counsel may rely on an Officers’ Certificate or certificates of public officials.

SECTION 13.06. When Notes Disregarded. In determining whether the holders of the required principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the Issuer or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Issuer shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding, except that, for the purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes which the Trustee knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Subject to the foregoing, only Notes outstanding at the time shall be considered in any such determination.

SECTION 13.07. Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar. The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or a meeting of the holders. The Registrar and a Paying Agent may make reasonable rules for their functions.

 

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SECTION 13.08. Legal Holidays. If a payment date is not a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day, and no interest shall accrue on any amount that would have been otherwise payable on such payment date if it were a Business Day for the intervening period. If a regular Record Date is not a Business Day, the Record Date shall not be affected.

SECTION 13.09. GOVERNING LAW. THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW.

SECTION 13.10. No Recourse Against Others. No director, officer, employee, manager, incorporator or holder of any Equity Interests in the Issuer or of any Guarantor or any of their direct or indirect parent companies, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Issuer or any Guarantor under the Notes, this Indenture or the Note Guarantees or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.

SECTION 13.11. Successors. All agreements of the Issuer in this Indenture and the Notes shall bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors.

SECTION 13.12. Multiple Originals. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. One signed copy is enough to prove this Indenture.

SECTION 13.13. Table of Contents; Headings. The table of contents, cross-reference sheet and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not intended to be considered a part hereof and shall not modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

SECTION 13.14. Indenture Controls. If and to the extent that any provision of the Notes limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of this Indenture, such provision of this Indenture shall control.

SECTION 13.15. Severability. In case any provision in this Indenture 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 and such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability.

SECTION 13.16. [Intentionally Omitted]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

EVERTEC, INC.
By:   /s/ Felix M. Villamil
  Name:   Felix M. Villamil
  Title:   Chief Executive Officer and President

[Signature Page to Indenture]


NOTE GUARANTORS:
SENSE SOFTWARE INTERNATIONAL CORP.
By:   /s/ Felix M. Villamil
  Name:   Felix M. Villamil
  Title:   President
T.I.I. SMART SOLUTIONS INC.
By:   /s/ Luis Gerardo Alvarado Gómez
  Name:   Luis Gerardo Alvarado Gómez
  Title:   Sole Director
ATH COSTA RICA SOCIEDAD ANONIMA
By:   /s/ Luis Gerardo Alvarado Gómez
  Name:   Luis Gerardo Alvarado Gómez
  Title:   President
TARJETAS INTELIGENTES INTERNACIONALES SOCIEDAD ANONIMA
By:   /s/ Luis Gerardo Alvarado Gómez
  Name:   Luis Gerardo Alvarado Gómez
  Title:   President
EVERTEC DOMINICANA, S.A.
By:   /s/ Felix M. Villamil
  Name:   Felix M. Villamil
  Title:   President
TII SMART SOLUTIONS, SOCIEDAD ANONIMA
By:   /s/ Luis Gerardo Alvarado Gómez
  Name:   Luis Gerardo Alvarado Gómez
  Title:   Sole Administrator
EVERTEC MEXICO SERVICIOS DE PROCESAMIENTO, S.A. DE C.V.
By:   /s/ Luis Gerardo Alvarado Gómez
  Name:   Luis Gerardo Alvarado Gómez
  Title:   Chairman of the Board of Directors

[Signature Page to Indenture]


ATH PANAMA, S.A.
By:   /s/ Luis Gerardo Alvarado Gómez
  Name:   Luis Gerardo Alvarado Gómez
  Title:   President

[Signature Page to Indenture]


WILMINGTON TRUST FSB, as Trustee
By:   /s/ Joseph P. O’Donnell
  Name:   Joseph P. O’Donnell
  Title:   Vice President

[Signature Page to Indenture]


APPENDIX A

PROVISIONS RELATING TO INITIAL SECURITIES, ADDITIONAL SECURITIES

AND EXCHANGE SECURITIES

1. Definitions.

1.1 Definitions.

For the purposes of this Appendix A the following terms shall have the meanings indicated below:

Additional Interest” has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

Definitive Note” means a certificated Initial Note or Exchange Note (bearing the Restricted Notes Legend if the transfer of such Note is restricted by applicable law) that does not include the Global Notes Legend.

Depository” means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and their respective successors.

Global Notes Legend” means the legend set forth under that caption in the applicable Exhibit to this Indenture.

IAI” means an institutional “accredited investor” as described in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act.

Initial Purchasers” means Banc of America Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated party to the Purchase Agreement dated September 23, 2010 entered into among them and the Issuer entered into in connection with the sale and issuance of the Notes.

Notes Custodian” means the custodian with respect to a Global Note (as appointed by the Depository) or any successor person thereto, who shall initially be the Trustee.

QIB” means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.

Registered Exchange Offer” means the offer by the Issuer, pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, to certain holders of Initial Notes, to issue and deliver to such holders, in exchange for their Initial Notes, a like aggregate principal amount of Exchange Notes registered under the Securities Act.

Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of the date hereof among the Issuer, the Note Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers relating to the Notes.

Regulation S” means Regulation S under the Securities Act.

Regulation S Notes” means all Initial Notes offered and sold outside the United States in reliance on Regulation S.

Restricted Notes Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.2(h)(i) herein.

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 Issuer to the Trustee, and (b) the Issue Date, and with respect to any Additional Notes that are Transfer Restricted Notes, it means the comparable period of 40 consecutive days.

 

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Rule 501” means Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act.

Rule 144A” means Rule 144A under the Securities Act.

Rule 144A Notes” means all Initial Notes offered and sold to QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A.

Shelf Registration Statement” means a registration statement filed by the Issuer in connection with the offer and sale of Initial Notes pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.

Transfer Restricted Definitive Notes” means Definitive Notes that bear or are required to bear or are subject to the Restricted Notes Legend.

Transfer Restricted Global Notes” means Global Notes that bear or are required to bear or are subject to the Restricted Notes Legend.

Unrestricted Definitive Notes” means Definitive Notes that are not required to bear, or are not subject to, the Restricted Notes Legend.

Unrestricted Global Notes” means Global Notes that are not required to bear, or are not subject to, the Restricted Notes Legend.

1.2 Other Definitions.

 

Term:

   Defined in Section:  

Agent Members

     2.1 (b) 

Global Notes

     2.1 (b) 

Regulation S Global Notes

     2.1 (b) 

Rule 144A Global Notes

     2.1 (b) 

2. The Notes.

2.1 Form and Dating; Global Notes.

(a) The Initial Notes issued on the date hereof will be (i) privately placed by the Issuer pursuant to the Offering Memorandum and (ii) sold, initially only to (1) QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A and (2) Persons other than U.S. Persons (as defined in Regulation S) in reliance on Regulation S. Such Initial Notes may thereafter be transferred to, among others, QIBs, purchasers in reliance on Regulation S and, except as set forth below, IAIs in accordance with Rule 501. Additional Notes offered after the date hereof may be offered and sold by the Issuer from time to time pursuant to one or more agreements in accordance with applicable law.

(b) Global Notes. (i) Except as provided in clause (d) below, Rule 144A Notes initially shall be represented by one or more Notes in definitive, fully registered, global form without interest coupons (collectively, the “Rule 144A Global Notes”).

Regulation S Notes initially shall be represented by one or more Notes in fully registered, global form without interest coupons (collectively, the “Regulation S Global Notes”), which shall be registered in the name of the Depository or the nominee of the Depository for the accounts of designated agents holding on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream.

The term “Global Notes” means the Rule 144A Global Notes and the Regulation S Global Notes. The Global Notes shall bear the Global Note Legend. The Global Notes initially shall (i) be registered in the name of the Depository or the nominee of such Depository, in each case for credit to an account of an Agent Member, (ii) be delivered to the Trustee as custodian for such Depository and (iii) bear the Restricted Notes Legend.

 

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Members of, or direct or indirect participants in, the Depository (collectively, the “Agent Members”) shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on their behalf by the Depository, or the Trustee as its custodian, or under the Global Notes. The Depository may be treated by the Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee as the absolute owner of the Global Notes for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Issuer, the Trustee or any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depository, or impair, as between the Depository and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of any Note.

(ii) Transfers of Global Notes shall be limited to transfer in whole, but not in part, to the Depository, its successors or their respective nominees. Interests of beneficial owners in the Global Notes may be transferred or exchanged for Definitive Notes only in accordance with the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository and the provisions of Section 2.2. In addition, a Global Note shall be exchangeable for Definitive Notes if (x) the Depository (1) notifies the Issuer that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depository for such Global Note and the Issuer thereupon fails to appoint a successor depository or (2) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act or (y) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with respect to such Global Note and the Depository shall have requested the issuance of Definitive Notes; provided that in no event shall the Regulation S Global Note be exchanged by the Issuer for Definitive Notes prior to (x) the expiration of the Restricted Period and (y) the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates required pursuant to Rule 903(b)(3)(ii)(B) under the Securities Act. In all cases, Definitive Notes delivered in exchange for any Global Note or beneficial interests therein shall be registered in the names, and issued in any approved denominations, requested by or on behalf of the Depository in accordance with its customary procedures.

(iii) In connection with the transfer of a Global Note as an entirety to beneficial owners pursuant to subsection (i) of this Section 2.1(b), such Global Note shall be deemed to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, to each beneficial owner identified by the Depository in writing in exchange for its beneficial interest in such Global Note, an equal aggregate principal amount of Definitive Notes of authorized denominations.

(iv) Any Transfer Restricted Note delivered in exchange for an interest in a Global Note pursuant to Section 2.2 shall, except as otherwise provided in Section 2.2, bear the Restricted Notes Legend.

(v) Notwithstanding the foregoing, through the Restricted Period, a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Note may be held only through Euroclear or Clearstream unless delivery is made in accordance with the applicable provisions of Section 2.2.

(vi) The holder of any Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Notes.

2.2 Transfer and Exchange.

(a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. A Global Note may not be transferred as a whole except as set forth in Section 2.1(b). Global Notes will not be exchanged by the Issuer for Definitive Notes except under the circumstances described in Section 2.1(b)(ii). Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Section 2.08 of this Indenture. Beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.2(b).

(b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes shall be effected through the Depository, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository. Beneficial interests in Transfer Restricted Global Notes shall be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act. Beneficial interests in Global Notes shall be transferred or exchanged only for beneficial interests in Global Notes. Transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also shall require compliance with either subparagraph (i) or (ii) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:

 

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(i) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note. Beneficial interests in any Transfer Restricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Transfer Restricted Global Note in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Restricted Notes Legend; provided, however, that prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, transfers of beneficial interests in a Regulation S Global Note may not be made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person. A beneficial interest in an 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 2.2(b)(i).

(ii) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests in any Global Note that is not subject to Section 2.2(b)(i), the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar (1) a written order from an Agent Member given to the Depository in accordance with the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository directing the Depository 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 (2) instructions given in accordance with the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository containing information regarding the Agent Member account to be credited with such increase. 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 the principal amount of the relevant Global Note pursuant to Section 2.2(i).

(iii) Transfer of Beneficial Interests to Another Restricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in a Transfer Restricted Global Note may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Transfer Restricted Global Note if the transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.2(b)(ii) above and the Registrar receives the following:

(A) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in a Rule 144A Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form attached to the applicable Note; and

(B) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form attached to the applicable Note.

(iv) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Transfer Restricted Global Note for Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in a Transfer Restricted Global Note may be exchanged by any holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.2(b)(ii) above and the Registrar receives the following:

(A) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Transfer Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form attached to the applicable Note; or

(B) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Transfer Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form attached to the applicable Note,

and, in each such case, if the Issuer or the Registrar so requests or if the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Issuer and the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Restricted Notes Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. If any such transfer or exchange is effected pursuant to this

 

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subparagraph (iv) at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Issuer shall issue and, upon receipt of an written order of the Issuer in the form of an Officers’ Certificate in accordance with Section 2.01, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests transferred or exchanged pursuant to this subparagraph (iv).

(v) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note for Beneficial Interests in a Transfer Restricted Global Note. 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 Transfer Restricted Global Note.

(c) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes for Definitive Notes. A beneficial interest in a Global Note may not be exchanged for a Definitive Note except under the circumstances described in Section 2.1(b)(ii). A beneficial interest in a Global Note may not be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note except under the circumstances described in Section 2.1(b)(ii). In any case, beneficial interests in Global Notes shall be transferred or exchanged only for Definitive Notes.

(d) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. Transfers and exchanges of Definitive Notes for beneficial interests in the Global Notes also shall require compliance with either subparagraph (i), (ii) or (iii) below, as applicable:

(i) Transfer Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Transfer Restricted Global Notes. If any holder of a Transfer Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in a Transfer Restricted Global Note or to transfer such Transfer Restricted Definitive 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 Transfer Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Transfer Restricted Note for a beneficial interest in a Transfer Restricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form attached to the applicable Note;

(B) if such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act, a certificate from such holder in the form attached to the applicable Note;

(C) if such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a Non U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act, a certificate from such holder in the form attached to the applicable Note;

(D) if such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act, a certificate from such holder in the form attached to the applicable Note;

(E) if such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to an IAI in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than those listed in subparagraphs (B) through (D) above, a certificate from such holder in the form attached to the applicable Note, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel, if applicable; or

(F) if such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to the Issuer or a Subsidiary thereof, a certificate from such holder in the form attached to the applicable Note;

the Trustee shall cancel the Transfer Restricted Definitive Note, and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the appropriate Transfer Restricted Global Note.

 

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(ii) Transfer Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A holder of a Transfer Restricted Definitive Note may exchange such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note only if the Registrar receives the following:

(A) if the holder of such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form attached to the applicable Note; or

(B) if the holder of such Transfer Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form attached to the applicable Note,

and, in each such case, if the Issuer or the Registrar so requests or if the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Issuer and the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Restricted Notes Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon satisfaction of the conditions of this subparagraph (ii), the Trustee shall cancel the Transfer Restricted Definitive Notes and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Note. If any such transfer or exchange is effected pursuant to this subparagraph (ii) at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Issuer shall issue and, upon receipt of an written order of the Issuer in the form of an Officers’ Certificate, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Transfer Restricted Notes transferred or exchanged pursuant to this subparagraph (ii).

(iii) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note may exchange such Unrestricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Unrestricted Definitive Note 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 Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted Global Notes. If any such transfer or exchange is effected pursuant to this subparagraph (iii) at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Issuer shall issue and, upon receipt of an written order of the Issuer in the form of an Officers’ Certificate, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Unrestricted Definitive Notes transferred or exchanged pursuant to this subparagraph (iii).

(iv) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Transfer Restricted Global Notes. An Unrestricted Definitive Note cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a Transfer Restricted Global Note.

(e) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes. Upon request by a holder of Definitive Notes and such holder’s compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.2(e), the Registrar shall register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting holder shall present or surrender to the Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar 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 2.2(e).

(i) Transfer Restricted Definitive Notes to Transfer Restricted Definitive Notes. A Transfer Restricted Note may be transferred to and registered in the name of a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Transfer Restricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the following:

 

Appendix A-6


(A) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form attached to the applicable Note;

(B) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form attached to the applicable Note;

(C) if the transfer will be made pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act, a certificate in the form attached to the applicable Note;

(D) if the transfer will be made to an IAI in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than those listed in subparagraphs (A) through (D) above, a certificate in the form attached to the applicable Note; and

(E) if such transfer will be made to the Issuer or a Subsidiary thereof, a certificate in the form attached to the applicable Note.

(ii) Transfer Restricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. Any Transfer Restricted Definitive Note may be exchanged by the holder thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the following:

(A) if the holder of such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form attached to the applicable Note; or

(B) if the holder of such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form attached to the applicable Note,

and, in each such case, if the Issuer so requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Issuer to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Restricted Notes Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

(iii) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note may transfer such Unrestricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Unrestricted Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from the holder thereof.

(iv) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Transfer Restricted Definitive Notes. An Unrestricted Definitive Note cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of, a Transfer Restricted Definitive Note.

At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive 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 2.11. 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 Definitive 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 Depository 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

 

Appendix A-7


and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depository at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.

(f) Legend.

(i) Except as permitted by the following paragraph (iii), (iv) or (v), each Note certificate evidencing the Global Notes and any Definitive Notes (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof) shall bear a legend in substantially the following form (each defined term in the legend being defined as such for purposes of the legend only):

“THE SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) EVIDENCED HEREBY WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 5 OF THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD 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 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 (i) (a) TO A PERSON WHO IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (b) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (c) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A NON-U.S. PERSON IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (d) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF THE COMPANY SO REQUESTS), (ii) TO THE COMPANY, OR (iii) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND, IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR 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. NO REPRESENTATION CAN BE MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF THE EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 FOR RESALE OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY.”

Each Definitive Note shall bear the following additional legend:

“IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.”

 

Appendix A-8


(ii) Upon any sale or transfer of a Transfer Restricted Definitive Note, the Registrar shall permit the holder thereof to exchange such Transfer Restricted Note for a Definitive Note that does not bear the legends set forth above and rescind any restriction on the transfer of such Transfer Restricted Definitive Note if the holder certifies in writing to the Registrar that its request for such exchange was made in reliance on Rule 144 (such certification to be in the form set forth on the reverse of the Initial Note).

(iii) After a transfer of any Initial Notes during the period of the effectiveness of a Shelf Registration Statement with respect to such Initial Notes, all requirements pertaining to the Restricted Notes Legend on such Initial Notes shall cease to apply and the requirements that any such Initial Notes be issued in global form shall continue to apply.

(iv) Upon the consummation of a Registered Exchange Offer with respect to the Initial Notes pursuant to which holders of such Initial Notes are offered Exchange Notes in exchange for their Initial Notes, all requirements pertaining to Initial Notes that Initial Notes be issued in global form shall continue to apply, and Exchange Notes in global form without the Restricted Notes Legend shall be available to holders that exchange such Initial Notes in such Registered Exchange Offer.

(v) Upon a sale or transfer after the expiration of the Restricted Period of any Initial Note acquired pursuant to Regulation S, all requirements that such Initial Note bear the Restricted Notes Legend shall cease to apply and the requirements requiring any such Initial Note be issued in global form shall continue to apply.

(vi) Any Additional Notes sold in a registered offering shall not be required to bear the Restricted Notes Legend.

(g) Cancellation or Adjustment of Global Note. At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive 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 2.11 of this Indenture. 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, 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 Depository 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 Depository at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.

(h) Obligations with Respect to Transfers and Exchanges of Notes.

(i) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, Definitive Notes and Global Notes at the Registrar’s request.

(ii) No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax, assessments, or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes, assessments or similar governmental charge payable upon exchanges pursuant to Sections 3.06, 4.06, 4.08 and 9.05 of this Indenture).

(iii) Prior to the due presentation for registration of transfer of any Note, the Issuer, the Trustee, a Paying Agent or the Registrar may deem and treat the person in whose name a Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note is overdue, and none of the Issuer, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Registrar shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

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(iv) All Notes issued upon any transfer or exchange pursuant to the terms of this Indenture shall evidence the same debt and shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Notes surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.

(i) No Obligation of the Trustee.

(i) The Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner of a Global Note, a member of, or a participant in the Depository or any other Person with respect to the accuracy of the records of the Depository or its nominee or of any participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the Notes or with respect to the delivery to any participant, member, beneficial owner or other Person (other than the Depository) of any notice (including any notice of redemption or repurchase) or the payment of any amount, under or with respect to such Notes. All notices and communications to be given to the holders and all payments to be made to the holders under the Notes shall be given or made only to the registered holders (which shall be the Depository or its nominee in the case of a Global Note). The rights of beneficial owners in any Global Note shall be exercised only through the Depository subject to the applicable rules and procedures of the Depository. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its members, participants and any beneficial owners.

(ii) The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note (including any transfers between or among Depository participants, members or beneficial owners in any Global Note) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by, the terms of this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

 

Appendix A-10


EXHIBIT A

[FORM OF FACE OF INITIAL NOTE]

[Global Notes Legend]

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 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 SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO 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.

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO DTC, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.

[Restricted Notes Legend]

“THE SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) EVIDENCED HEREBY WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 5 OF THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD 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 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 (i) (a) TO A PERSON WHO IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (b) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (c) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A NON-U.S. PERSON IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (d) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF THE COMPANY SO REQUESTS), (ii) TO THE COMPANY, OR (iii) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND, IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR 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. NO REPRESENTATION CAN BE MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF THE EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 FOR RESALE OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY.”

Each Definitive Note shall bear the following additional legends

“IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.”

 

Exhibit A-1


[FORM OF INITIAL NOTE]

 

No.

  

[144A] CUSIP No.

   30040P AA1
  

[144A] ISIN No.

   US30040PAA12
  

[REG S] CUSIP No.

   U3000Q AA1
  

[REG S] ISIN No.

   USU3000QAA14

11% Senior Note due 2018

EVERTEC, INC., a Puerto Rico corporation, promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum set forth on the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Security attached hereto on October 1, 2018.

Interest Payment Dates: April 1 and October 1

Record Dates: March 15 and September 15

Additional provisions of this Note are set forth on the other side of this Note.

 

Exhibit A-2


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

EVERTEC, INC.
By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  

Dated: September 30, 2010

 

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
WILMINGTON TRUST FSB
as Trustee, certifies that this is one of the Notes referred to in the Indenture.
By:    
  Authorized Signatory

Dated: September 30, 2010

 

*/ If the Note is to be issued in global form, add the Global Notes Legend and the attachment from Exhibit A captioned “TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL SECURITIES - SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY.”

 

Exhibit A-3


[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE INITIAL NOTE]

11% Senior Note Due 2018

 

1. Interest

EVERTEC, INC., a Puerto Rico corporation, (such entity, and its successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, being herein called the “Issuer”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the rate per annum shown above. The Issuer shall pay interest semiannually on April 1 and October 1 of each year (each an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing April 1, 2011. Interest on the Notes shall accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid or duly provided for, from September 30, 2010, until the principal hereof is due. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The Issuer shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate borne by the Notes, and it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate to the extent lawful.

The holder of this Note is entitled to the benefits of a Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2010 among the Issuer, the Note Guarantors and the initial purchasers party thereto.

 

2. Method of Payment

The Issuer shall pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered holders at the close of business on March 15 and September 15 (each a “Record Date”) next preceding the Interest Payment Date even if Notes are canceled after the Record Date and on or before the Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day). Holders must surrender Notes to the Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Issuer shall pay principal, premium, if any, and interest in money of the United States of America that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Payments in respect of the Notes represented by a Global Note (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by The Depository Trust Company or any successor depositary. The Issuer shall make all payments in respect of a certificated Note (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) at the office of the Paying Agent, except that, at the option of the Issuer, payment of interest may be made by mailing a check to the registered address of each holder thereof; provided, however, that payments on the Notes may also be made, in the case of a holder of at least $1,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes, by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank in the United States if such holder elects payment by wire transfer by giving written notice to the Trustee or Paying Agent to such effect designating such account no later than 30 days immediately preceding the relevant due date for payment (or such other date as the Trustee may accept in its discretion).

 

3. Paying Agent and Registrar

Initially, Wilmington Trust FSB (the “Trustee”), will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Issuer may appoint and change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice. The Issuer or any of its domestically incorporated Wholly Owned Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.

 

4. Indenture

The Issuer issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of September 30, 2010 (the “Indenture”), among the Issuer, the Note Guarantors and the Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa 77bbbb) as in effect on the date of the Indenture (the “TIA”). Terms defined in the Indenture and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. The Notes are subject to all terms and provisions of the Indenture, and the holders (as defined in the Indenture) are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of such terms and provisions.

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.

 

Exhibit A-4


The Notes are senior obligations of the Issuer. This Note is one of the Initial Notes referred to in the Indenture. The Notes include the Initial Notes, any Additional Notes and any Exchange Notes issued in exchange for the Initial Notes or any Additional Notes pursuant to the Indenture. The Initial Notes, any Additional Notes and any Exchange Notes are treated as a single class of securities under the Indenture. The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the ability of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries to, among other things, make certain Investments and other Restricted Payments, pay dividends and other distributions, Incur Indebtedness, enter into consensual restrictions upon the payment of certain dividends and distributions by such Restricted Subsidiaries, issue or sell shares of capital stock of the Issuer and such Restricted Subsidiaries, enter into or permit certain transactions with Affiliates, create or Incur Liens and make Asset Sales. The Indenture also imposes limitations on the ability of the Issuer and each Note Guarantor to consolidate or merge with or into any other Person or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its property.

To guarantee the due and punctual payment of the principal and interest on the Notes and all other amounts payable by the Issuer under the Indenture and the Notes when and as the same shall be due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, according to the terms of the Notes and the Indenture, the Note Guarantors have unconditionally guaranteed the Guaranteed Obligations pursuant to the terms of the Indenture and any Subsidiary of the Issuer that executes a Note Guarantee will unconditionally guarantee the Guaranteed Obligations on a senior basis pursuant to the terms of the Indenture.

 

5. Optional Redemption

On or after October 1, 2014, the Issuer may redeem the Notes at its option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice mailed by first-class mail to each holder’s registered address or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), at the following redemption prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount), plus accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest, if any, to the 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), if redeemed during the 12-month period commencing on October 1 of the years set forth below:

 

Period

   Redemption Price  

2014

     105.500

2015

     102.750

2016 and thereafter

     100.000

In addition, prior to October 1, 2014 the Issuer may redeem the Notes at its option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice mailed by first-class mail to each holder’s registered address or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of DTC, 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 and additional interest, if any, to, 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).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time and from time to time on or prior to October 1, 2013, the Issuer may redeem in the aggregate up to 35% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes (calculated after giving effect to any issuance of Additional Notes) with the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings (1) by the Issuer or (2) by any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer to the extent the net cash proceeds thereof are contributed to the common equity capital of the Issuer or are used to purchase Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Issuer from it, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount thereof) of 111%, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the 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); provided, however, that at least 50% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes (calculated after giving effect to any issuance of Additional Notes) must remain outstanding after each such redemption; provided, further, that such redemption shall occur within 90 days after the date on which any such Equity Offering is consummated upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice mailed to each holder of Notes being redeemed and otherwise in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture.

 

Exhibit A-5


Notice of any redemption of Notes (including, but not limited to, with the net cash proceeds of an Equity Offering) may be given prior to the completion thereof, and any such redemption or notice may, at the Issuer’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent (including, but not limited to, completion of any related Equity Offering). In addition, if such redemption or notice is subject to satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, such notice shall state that, in the Issuer’s 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 so delayed.

 

6. Redemption for Changes in Taxes

The Issuer may redeem the Notes, in whole but not in part, at its discretion at any time upon giving not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior written notice to the holders, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date and all Additional Amounts (as defined under paragraph 7 below) (if any) which otherwise would be payable, if on the next date on which any amount would be payable in respect of the Notes, the Issuer would be required to pay Additional Amounts, and the Issuer cannot avoid any such payment obligation by taking reasonable measures available to it, as a result of:

 

  (1) any amendment to, or change in, the laws or any regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder of a relevant Tax Jurisdiction (as defined under paragraph 7 below) which is announced and becomes effective after the date of this offering memorandum (or, if the applicable Tax Jurisdiction became a Tax Jurisdiction on a date after the date of this offering memorandum, such later date); or

 

  (2) any amendment to, or change in, an official interpretation or application regarding such laws, regulations or rulings, including by virtue of a holding, judgment or order by a court of competent jurisdiction which is announced and becomes effective after the date of this offering memorandum (or, if the applicable Tax Jurisdiction became a Tax Jurisdiction on a date after the date of this offering memorandum, such later date).

The Issuer will not give any such notice of redemption earlier than 90 days prior to the earliest date on which the Issuer would be obligated to make such payment or withholding if a payment in respect of the Notes were then due, and, at the time such notice is given, the obligation to pay Additional Amounts must remain in effect.

 

7. Withholding Taxes

All payments made by the Issuer under or with respect to the Notes or any of the Note Guarantors on its Note Guarantee will be made free and clear of and without withholding or deduction for, or on account of, any present or future tax, duty, levy, impost, assessment or other governmental charge (including penalties, interest and other liabilities related thereto) (collectively, “Taxes”) unless the withholding or deduction of such Taxes is then required by law. If any deduction or withholding for, or on account of, any Taxes imposed or levied by or on behalf of (1) any jurisdiction in which the Issuer or any Note Guarantor is then incorporated, or resident or doing business for tax purposes or any department or political subdivision thereof or therein or (2) any jurisdiction from or through which payment is made or any department or political subdivision thereof or therein (each, a “Tax Jurisdiction”) will at any time be required to be made from any payments made by the Issuer under or with respect to the Notes or any of the Note Guarantors with respect to any Note Guarantee, including payments of principal, redemption price, purchase price, interest or premium, the Issuer or the relevant Note Guarantor, as applicable, will pay such additional amounts (the “Additional Amounts”) as may be necessary in order that the net amounts received in respect of such payments by each holder after such withholding or deduction (including any such deduction or withholding from such Additional Amounts) will equal the respective amounts which would have been received in respect of such payments in the absence of such withholding or deduction; provided, however, that no Additional Amounts will be payable with respect to:

 

  (1)

any Taxes, to the extent such Taxes would not have been imposed but for the existence of any present or former connection between the holder or the beneficial owner of the Notes and the relevant Tax Jurisdiction (other than solely from the mere acquisition, ownership, holding or disposition

 

Exhibit A-6


 

of such Note, the enforcement of rights under such Note or under a Note Guarantee and/or the receipt of any payments in respect of such Note or a Note Guarantee);

 

  (2) any Taxes, to the extent such Taxes would not have been imposed but for the failure of the holder or the beneficial owner of the Notes, following the Issuer’s written request to the holder, at least 30 days before any such withholding or deduction would be payable, to comply with any certification, identification, information or other reporting requirements, whether required by statute, treaty, regulation or administrative practice of a Tax Jurisdiction, as a precondition to exemption from, or reduction in the rate of deduction or withholding of, Taxes imposed by the Tax Jurisdiction (including, without limitation, a certification that the holder or beneficial owner is not resident in the Tax Jurisdiction), but in each case, only to the extent the holder or the beneficial owner is legally entitled to provide such certification or documentation;

 

  (3) any Taxes, to the extent such Taxes were imposed as a result of the presentation of a Note for payment (where presentation is required) more than 30 days after the relevant payment is first made available for payment to the holder (except to the extent that the holder would have been entitled to Additional Amounts had the Note been presented on the last day of such 30 day period);

 

  (4) any estate, inheritance, gift, transfer, personal property or similar tax or assessment;

 

  (5) any Taxes payable otherwise than by deduction or withholding from payments made under or with respect to any Note or Note Guarantee; or

 

  (6) any combination of the above items.

In addition to the foregoing, the Issuer and the Note Guarantors will also pay and indemnify the holder for any present or future stamp, issue, registration, transfer, court or documentary taxes, or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies (including penalties, interest and other liabilities related thereto) which are levied by any Tax Jurisdiction on the execution, delivery, issuance, or registration of any of the Notes, the Indenture, any Note Guarantee, or any other document or instrument referred to therein, or the receipt of any payments with respect to, or enforcement of, the Notes or any Note Guarantee (such sum being recoverable from the Issuer as a liquidated sum payable as a debt).

If the Issuer or any Note Guarantor, as the case may be, becomes aware that it will be obligated to pay Additional Amounts with respect to any payment under or with respect to the Notes or any Note Guarantee, the Issuer or the relevant Note Guarantor, as the case may be, will deliver to the Trustee on a date which is at least 30 days prior to the date of that payment (unless the obligation to pay Additional Amounts arises after the 30th day prior to that payment date, in which case the Issuer or the relevant Note Guarantor shall notify the Trustee promptly thereafter) notice stating the fact that Additional Amounts will be payable and the amount estimated to be so payable. The notice must also set forth any other information reasonably necessary to enable the Paying Agents to pay Additional Amounts to holders on the relevant payment date. The Issuer or the relevant Note Guarantor will provide the Trustee with documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee evidencing the payment of Additional Amounts.

The Issuer or the relevant Note Guarantor will make all withholdings and deductions (within the time period and in the minimum amount) required by law and will remit the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Tax authority in accordance with applicable law. The Issuer or the relevant Note Guarantor will use its reasonable efforts to obtain Tax receipts from each Tax authority evidencing the payment of any Taxes so deducted or withheld. The Issuer or the relevant Note Guarantor will furnish to the Trustee (or to a holder upon request), within a reasonable time after the date the payment of any Taxes so deducted or withheld is made, certified copies of Tax receipts evidencing payment by the Issuer or a Note Guarantor, as the case may be, or if, notwithstanding such entity’s efforts to obtain receipts, receipts are not obtained, other evidence of payments (reasonably satisfactory to Trustee) by such entity.

Whenever in the Indenture or in this Note there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of amounts based upon the principal amount of the Notes or of principal, interest or of any other amount payable under, or with respect to, any of the Notes or any Note Guarantee, such mention shall be deemed to include the payment of Additional Amounts, if applicable.

 

Exhibit A-7


The above obligations will survive any termination, defeasance or discharge of the Indenture and will apply, mutatis mutandis, to any jurisdiction in which any successor Person to the Issuer or any Note Guarantor is incorporated, or resident or doing business for tax purposes or any jurisdiction from or through which such Person makes any payment on the Notes (or any Note Guarantee) and any department or political subdivision thereof or therein.

 

8. Mandatory Redemption

The Issuer shall not be required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.

 

9. Notice of Redemption

Notice of redemption will be mailed by first-class mail at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each holder of Notes to be redeemed at his, her or its registered address. Notes in denominations larger than $2,000 may be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000. If money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued and unpaid interest on all Notes (or portions thereof) to be redeemed on the redemption date is deposited with a Paying Agent on or before the redemption date and certain other conditions are satisfied, on and after such date, interest ceases to accrue on such Notes (or such portions thereof) called for redemption.

 

10. Repurchase of Notes at the Option of the Holders upon Change of Control and Asset Sales

Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each holder shall have the right, subject to certain conditions specified in the Indenture, to cause the Issuer to repurchase all or any part of such holder’s Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase (subject to the right of the holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date), as provided in, and subject to the terms of, the Indenture.

In accordance with Section 4.06 of the Indenture, the Issuer will be required to offer to purchase Notes upon the occurrence of certain events.

 

11. [Reserved]

 

12. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange

The Notes are in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000. A holder shall register the transfer of or exchange of Notes in accordance with the Indenture. Upon any registration of transfer or exchange, the Registrar and the Trustee may require a holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents and to pay any taxes required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange any Notes selected for redemption (except, in the case of a Note to be redeemed in part, the portion of the Note not to be redeemed) or to transfer or exchange any Notes for a period of 15 days prior to a selection of Notes to be redeemed.

 

13. Persons Deemed Owners

The registered holder of this Note shall be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.

 

14. Unclaimed Money

If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee and a Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the Issuer at their written request unless an abandoned property law designates another Person. After any such payment, the holders entitled to the money must look to the Issuer for payment as general creditors and the Trustee and a Paying Agent shall have no further liability with respect to such monies.

 

Exhibit A-8


15. Discharge and Defeasance

Subject to certain conditions, the Issuer at any time may terminate some of or all its obligations under the Notes and the Indenture if the Issuer deposits with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations for the payment of principal and interest on the Notes to redemption or maturity, as the case may be.

 

16. Amendment; Waiver

Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i) the Indenture may be amended with the consent of the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding and (ii) any past default or compliance with any provisions may be waived with the consent of the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding. Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, without the consent of any holder, the Issuer and the Trustee may amend the Indenture to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency, to provide for the assumption by a Successor (with respect to the Issuer) of the obligations of the Issuer under the Indenture and the Notes, to provide for the assumption by a Successor Company or Successor (with respect to any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Note Guarantor), as the case may be, of the obligations of a Note Guarantor under the Indenture and its Note Guarantee, to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes (provided that the uncertificated Notes are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Code, or in a manner such that the uncertificated Notes are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the Code), to add a Note Guarantee with respect to the Notes, to secure the Notes, to add to the covenants of the Issuer for the benefit of the holders or to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Issuer, to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any holder, to conform the text of the Indenture, Note Guarantees or the Notes, to any provision of this “Description of Notes” to the extent that such provision in this “Description of Notes” was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of the Indenture, Note Guarantees or the Notes, to comply with any requirement of the SEC in connection with the qualification of the Indenture under the TIA to effect any provision of the Indenture or to make certain changes to the Indenture to provide for the issuance of additional Notes.

 

17. Defaults and Remedies

If an Event of Default (other than a Default relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Issuer) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of outstanding Notes by notice to the Issuer may declare the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued but unpaid interest on all the Notes to be due and payable; provided, however, that so long as any Bank Indebtedness remains outstanding, no such acceleration shall be effective until the earlier of (1) five Business Days after the giving of written notice to the Issuer and the Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement and (2) the day on which any Bank Indebtedness is accelerated. Upon such a declaration, such principal and interest will be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Issuer occurs, the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all the Notes shall become immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any holders. Under certain circumstances, the holders of a majority in principal amount of outstanding Notes may rescind any such acceleration with respect to the Notes and its consequences.

If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under the Indenture at the request or direction of any of the holders unless such holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense. Except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal, premium (if any) or interest when due, no holder may pursue any remedy with respect to the Indenture or the Notes unless:(i) such holder has previously given the Trustee notice that an Event of Default is continuing, (ii) holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes have requested the Trustee to pursue the remedy, (iii) such holders have offered the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense, (iv) the Trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt of the request and the offer of security or indemnity, and (v) the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes have not given the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period. Subject to certain restrictions, the holders of a majority in principal amount of outstanding Notes are given the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. The Trustee, however, may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or the Indenture or that the Trustee determines is unduly

 

Exhibit A-9


prejudicial to the rights of any other holder or that would involve the Trustee in personal liability. Prior to taking any action under the Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.

 

18. Trustee Dealings with the Issuer

Subject to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed to it by the Issuer or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Issuer or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.

 

19. No Recourse Against Others

No director, officer, employee, incorporator or holder of any equity interests in the Issuer or of any Note Guarantor or any direct or indirect parent corporation, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Issuer or any Note Guarantor under the Notes, the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability.

 

20. Authentication

This Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or an authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Note.

 

21. Abbreviations

Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a holder or an assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (=joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors Act).

 

22. Governing Law

THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW.

 

23. CUSIP Numbers; ISINs

The Issuer has caused CUSIP numbers and ISINs to be printed on the Notes and has directed the Trustee to use CUSIP numbers and ISINs in notices of redemption as a convenience to the holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

The Issuer will furnish to any holder of Notes upon written request and without charge to the holder a copy of the Indenture which has in it the text of this Note.

 

Exhibit A-10


ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

I or we assign and transfer this Note to:

 

 

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

 

 

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)

and irrevocably appoint                                          agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuer. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

Date:                          Your Signature:    
        Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note.
Signature Guarantee:    
  Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guaranty medallion program or other signature guarantor program reasonably acceptable to the Trustee

 

Date:                          
  Signature of Signature Guarantee

 

Exhibit A-11


CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED UPON EXCHANGE OR

REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER RESTRICTED SECURITIES

This certificate relates to $             principal amount of Notes held in (check applicable space)              book-entry or              definitive form by the undersigned.

The undersigned (check one box below):

 

¨ has requested the Trustee by written order to deliver in exchange for its beneficial interest in the Global Note held by the Depository a Note or Notes in definitive, registered form of authorized denominations and an aggregate principal amount equal to its beneficial interest in such Global Note (or the portion thereof indicated above);

 

¨ has requested the Trustee by written order to exchange or register the transfer of a Note or Notes.

In connection with any transfer of any of the Notes evidenced by this certificate occurring while this Note is still a Transfer Restricted Definitive Note or a Transfer Restricted Global Note, the undersigned confirms that such Notes are being transferred in accordance with its terms:

CHECK ONE BOX BELOW

 

(1)    ¨         to the Issuer; or
(2)    ¨         to the Registrar for registration in the name of the holder, without transfer; or
(3)    ¨         pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933; or
(4)    ¨         inside the United States to a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933) that purchases for its own account or for the account of a qualified institutional buyer to whom notice is given that such transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, in each case pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933; or
(5)    ¨         outside the United States in an offshore transaction within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act in compliance with Rule 904 under the Securities Act of 1933 and such Note shall be held immediately after the transfer through Euroclear or Clearstream until the expiration of the Restricted Period (as defined in the Indenture); or
(6)    ¨         to an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act of 1933) that has furnished to the Trustee a signed letter containing certain representations and agreements; or
(7)    ¨         pursuant to another available exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933.

Unless one of the boxes is checked, the Trustee will refuse to register any of the Notes evidenced by this certificate in the name of any Person other than the registered holder thereof; provided, however, that if box (5), (6) or (7) is checked, the Issuer or the Trustee may require, prior to registering any such transfer of the Notes, such legal opinions, certifications and other information as the Issuer or the Trustee have reasonably requested to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933.

 

Exhibit A-12


Date:                          Your Signature:    
        Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note.
Signature Guarantee:    
  Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guaranty medallion program or other signature guarantor program reasonably acceptable to the Trustee
Date:                              
  Signature of Signature Guarantee

 

Exhibit A-13


TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (4) ABOVE IS CHECKED.

The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this Note for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Issuer as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon the undersigned’s foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.

Date:                            
    NOTICE: To be executed by an executive officer

[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL SECURITIES] SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY

The initial principal amount of this Global Note is $            . The following increases or decreases 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

OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Issuer pursuant to Section 4.06 (Asset Sale) or 4.08 (Change of Control) of the Indenture, check the box:

Asset Sale  ¨            Change of Control  ¨

If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Issuer pursuant to Section 4.06 (Asset Sale) or 4.08 (Change of Control) of the Indenture, state the amount ($2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000):

$

Date:                     

    Your Signature:    
        Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note.
Signature Guarantee:    
  Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guaranty medallion program or other signature guarantor program reasonably acceptable to the Trustee

 

Exhibit A-14


EXHIBIT B

[FORM OF FACE OF EXCHANGE NOTE]

[Global Notes Legend]

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 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 SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO 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.

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO DTC, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.

 

Exhibit B-1


[FORM OF EXCHANGE NOTE]

 

No.

      $                

11% Senior Note due 2018

CUSIP No. 30040P AB9

ISIN No. US30040PAB94

EVERTEC, INC., a Puerto Rico corporation, promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum set forth on the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Security attached hereto on October 1, 2018.

Interest Payment Dates: April 1 and October 1

Record Dates: March 15 and September 15

Additional provisions of this Note are set forth on the other side of this Note.

 

Exhibit B-2


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

EVERTEC, INC.
By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  

Dated:                    

 

*/ If the Note is to be issued in global form, add the Global Notes Legend and the attachment from Exhibit A captioned “TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL SECURITIES - SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY.”

 

Exhibit B-3


TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

WILMINGTON TRUST FSB
as Trustee, certifies that this is one of the Notes referred to in the Indenture.

By:    
  Authorized Signatory

Dated:                    

 

Exhibit B-4


[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF EXCHANGE NOTE]

11% Senior Note Due 2018

 

1. Interest

EVERTEC, INC., a Puerto Rico corporation, (such entity, and its successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, being herein called the “Issuer”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the rate per annum shown above. The Issuer shall pay interest semiannually on April 1 and October 1 of each year (each an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing April 1, 2011. Interest on the Notes shall accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid or duly provided for, from September 30, 2010, until the principal hereof is due. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The Issuer shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate borne by the Notes, and it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate to the extent lawful.

 

2. Method of Payment

The Issuer shall pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered holders at the close of business on March 15 and September 15 (each a “Record Date”) next preceding the Interest Payment Date even if Notes are canceled after the Record Date and on or before the Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day). Holders must surrender Notes to the Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Issuer shall pay principal, premium, if any, and interest in money of the United States of America that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Payments in respect of the Notes represented by a Global Note (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by The Depository Trust Company or any successor depositary. The Issuer shall make all payments in respect of a certificated Note (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) at the office of the Paying Agent, except that, at the option of the Issuer, payment of interest may be made by mailing a check to the registered address of each holder thereof; provided, however, that payments on the Notes may also be made, in the case of a holder of at least $1,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes, by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank in the United States if such holder elects payment by wire transfer by giving written notice to the Trustee or Paying Agent to such effect designating such account no later than 30 days immediately preceding the relevant due date for payment (or such other date as the Trustee may accept in its discretion).

 

3. Paying Agent and Registrar

Initially, Wilmington Trust FSB (the “Trustee”), will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Issuer may appoint and change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice. The Issuer or any of its domestically incorporated Wholly Owned Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.

 

4. Indenture

The Issuer issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of September 30, 2010 (the “Indenture”), among the Issuer, the Note Guarantors and the Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa 77bbbb) as in effect on the date of the Indenture (the “TIA”). Terms defined in the Indenture and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. The Notes are subject to all terms and provisions of the Indenture, and the holders (as defined in the Indenture) are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of such terms and provisions. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts wit the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

The Notes are senior obligations of the Issuer. This Note is one of the Exchange Notes referred to in the Indenture. The Notes include the Initial Notes, any Additional Notes and any Exchange Notes issued in exchange for the Initial Notes or any Additional Notes pursuant to the Indenture. The Initial Notes, any Additional Notes and any Exchange Notes are treated as a single class of securities under the Indenture. The Indenture imposes certain

 

Exhibit B-5


limitations on the ability of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries to, among other things, make certain Investments and other Restricted Payments, pay dividends and other distributions, Incur Indebtedness, enter into consensual restrictions upon the payment of certain dividends and distributions by such Restricted Subsidiaries, issue or sell shares of capital stock of the Issuer and such Restricted Subsidiaries, enter into or permit certain transactions with Affiliates, create or Incur Liens and make Asset Sales. The Indenture also imposes limitations on the ability of the Issuer and each Note Guarantor to consolidate or merge with or into any other Person or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its property.

To guarantee the due and punctual payment of the principal and interest on the Notes and all other amounts payable by the Issuer under the Indenture and the Notes when and as the same shall be due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, according to the terms of the Notes and the Indenture, the Note Guarantors have unconditionally guaranteed the Guaranteed Obligations pursuant to the terms of the Indenture and any Subsidiary of the Issuer that executes a Note Guarantee will unconditionally guarantee the Guaranteed Obligations on a senior basis pursuant to the terms of the Indenture.

 

5. Optional Redemption

On or after October 1, 2014, the Issuer may redeem the Notes at its option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice mailed by first-class mail to each holder’s registered address or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), at the following redemption prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount), plus accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest, if any, to the 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), if redeemed during the 12-month period commencing on October 1 of the years set forth below:

 

Period

   Redemption Price  

2014

     105.500

2015

     102.750

2016 and thereafter

     100.000

In addition, prior to October 1, 2014 the Issuer may redeem the Notes at its option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice mailed by first-class mail to each holder’s registered address or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of DTC, 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 and additional interest, if any, to, 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).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time and from time to time on or prior to October 1, 2013, the Issuer may redeem in the aggregate up to 35% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes (calculated after giving effect to any issuance of Additional Notes) with the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings (1) by the Issuer or (2) by any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer to the extent the net cash proceeds thereof are contributed to the common equity capital of the Issuer or are used to purchase Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Issuer from it, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount thereof) of 111%, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the 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); provided, however, that at least 50% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes (calculated after giving effect to any issuance of Additional Notes) must remain outstanding after each such redemption; provided, further, that such redemption shall occur within 90 days after the date on which any such Equity Offering is consummated upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice mailed to each holder of Notes being redeemed and otherwise in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture.

Notice of any redemption of Notes (including, but not limited to, with the net cash proceeds of an Equity Offering) may be given prior to the completion thereof, and any such redemption or notice may, at the Issuer’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent (including, but not limited to, completion of any related Equity Offering). In addition, if such redemption or notice is subject to satisfaction of one or more conditions

 

Exhibit B-6


precedent, such notice shall state that, in the Issuer’s 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 so delayed.

 

6. Redemption for Changes in Taxes

The Issuer may redeem the Notes, in whole but not in part, at its discretion at any time upon giving not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior written notice to the holders, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date and all Additional Amounts (as defined under paragraph 7 below) (if any) which otherwise would be payable, if on the next date on which any amount would be payable in respect of the Notes, the Issuer would be required to pay Additional Amounts, and the Issuer cannot avoid any such payment obligation by taking reasonable measures available to it, as a result of:

 

  (1) any amendment to, or change in, the laws or any regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder of a relevant Tax Jurisdiction (as defined under paragraph 7 below) which is announced and becomes effective after the date of this offering memorandum (or, if the applicable Tax Jurisdiction became a Tax Jurisdiction on a date after the date of this offering memorandum, such later date); or

 

  (2) any amendment to, or change in, an official interpretation or application regarding such laws, regulations or rulings, including by virtue of a holding, judgment or order by a court of competent jurisdiction which is announced and becomes effective after the date of this offering memorandum (or, if the applicable Tax Jurisdiction became a Tax Jurisdiction on a date after the date of this offering memorandum, such later date).

The Issuer will not give any such notice of redemption earlier than 90 days prior to the earliest date on which the Issuer would be obligated to make such payment or withholding if a payment in respect of the Notes were then due, and, at the time such notice is given, the obligation to pay Additional Amounts must remain in effect.

 

7. Withholding Taxes

All payments made by the Issuer under or with respect to the Notes or any of the Note Guarantors on its Note Guarantee will be made free and clear of and without withholding or deduction for, or on account of, any present or future tax, duty, levy, impost, assessment or other governmental charge (including penalties, interest and other liabilities related thereto) (collectively, “Taxes”) unless the withholding or deduction of such Taxes is then required by law. If any deduction or withholding for, or on account of, any Taxes imposed or levied by or on behalf of (1) any jurisdiction in which the Issuer or any Note Guarantor is then incorporated, or resident or doing business for tax purposes or any department or political subdivision thereof or therein or (2) any jurisdiction from or through which payment is made or any department or political subdivision thereof or therein (each, a “Tax Jurisdiction”) will at any time be required to be made from any payments made by the Issuer under or with respect to the Notes or any of the Note Guarantors with respect to any Note Guarantee, including payments of principal, redemption price, purchase price, interest or premium, the Issuer or the relevant Note Guarantor, as applicable, will pay such additional amounts (the “Additional Amounts”) as may be necessary in order that the net amounts received in respect of such payments by each holder after such withholding or deduction (including any such deduction or withholding from such Additional Amounts) will equal the respective amounts which would have been received in respect of such payments in the absence of such withholding or deduction; provided, however, that no Additional Amounts will be payable with respect to:

 

  (1) any Taxes, to the extent such Taxes would not have been imposed but for the existence of any present or former connection between the holder or the beneficial owner of the Notes and the relevant Tax Jurisdiction (other than solely from the mere acquisition, ownership, holding or disposition of such Note, the enforcement of rights under such Note or under a Note Guarantee and/or the receipt of any payments in respect of such Note or a Note Guarantee);

 

Exhibit B-7


  (2) any Taxes, to the extent such Taxes would not have been imposed but for the failure of the holder or the beneficial owner of the Notes, following the Issuer’s written request to the holder, at least 30 days before any such withholding or deduction would be payable, to comply with any certification, identification, information or other reporting requirements, whether required by statute, treaty, regulation or administrative practice of a Tax Jurisdiction, as a precondition to exemption from, or reduction in the rate of deduction or withholding of, Taxes imposed by the Tax Jurisdiction (including, without limitation, a certification that the holder or beneficial owner is not resident in the Tax Jurisdiction), but in each case, only to the extent the holder or the beneficial owner is legally entitled to provide such certification or documentation;

 

  (3) any Taxes, to the extent such Taxes were imposed as a result of the presentation of a Note for payment (where presentation is required) more than 30 days after the relevant payment is first made available for payment to the holder (except to the extent that the holder would have been entitled to Additional Amounts had the Note been presented on the last day of such 30 day period);

 

  (4) any estate, inheritance, gift, transfer, personal property or similar tax or assessment;

 

  (5) any Taxes payable otherwise than by deduction or withholding from payments made under or with respect to any Note or Note Guarantee; or

 

  (6) any combination of the above items.

In addition to the foregoing, the Issuer and the Note Guarantors will also pay and indemnify the holder for any present or future stamp, issue, registration, transfer, court or documentary taxes, or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies (including penalties, interest and other liabilities related thereto) which are levied by any Tax Jurisdiction on the execution, delivery, issuance, or registration of any of the Notes, the Indenture, any Note Guarantee, or any other document or instrument referred to therein, or the receipt of any payments with respect to, or enforcement of, the Notes or any Note Guarantee (such sum being recoverable from the Issuer as a liquidated sum payable as a debt).

If the Issuer or any Note Guarantor, as the case may be, becomes aware that it will be obligated to pay Additional Amounts with respect to any payment under or with respect to the Notes or any Note Guarantee, the Issuer or the relevant Note Guarantor, as the case may be, will deliver to the Trustee on a date which is at least 30 days prior to the date of that payment (unless the obligation to pay Additional Amounts arises after the 30th day prior to that payment date, in which case the Issuer or the relevant Note Guarantor shall notify the Trustee promptly thereafter) notice stating the fact that Additional Amounts will be payable and the amount estimated to be so payable. The notice must also set forth any other information reasonably necessary to enable the Paying Agents to pay Additional Amounts to holders on the relevant payment date. The Issuer or the relevant Note Guarantor will provide the Trustee with documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee evidencing the payment of Additional Amounts.

The Issuer or the relevant Note Guarantor will make all withholdings and deductions (within the time period and in the minimum amount) required by law and will remit the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Tax authority in accordance with applicable law. The Issuer or the relevant Note Guarantor will use its reasonable efforts to obtain Tax receipts from each Tax authority evidencing the payment of any Taxes so deducted or withheld. The Issuer or the relevant Note Guarantor will furnish to the Trustee (or to a holder upon request), within a reasonable time after the date the payment of any Taxes so deducted or withheld is made, certified copies of Tax receipts evidencing payment by the Issuer or a Note Guarantor, as the case may be, or if, notwithstanding such entity’s efforts to obtain receipts, receipts are not obtained, other evidence of payments (reasonably satisfactory to Trustee) by such entity.

Whenever in the Indenture or in this Note there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of amounts based upon the principal amount of the Notes or of principal, interest or of any other amount payable under, or with respect to, any of the Notes or any Note Guarantee, such mention shall be deemed to include the payment of Additional Amounts, if applicable.

The above obligations will survive any termination, defeasance or discharge of the Indenture and will apply, mutatis mutandis, to any jurisdiction in which any successor Person to the Issuer or any Note Guarantor is

 

Exhibit B-8


incorporated, or resident or doing business for tax purposes or any jurisdiction from or through which such Person makes any payment on the Notes (or any Note Guarantee) and any department or political subdivision thereof or therein.

 

8. Mandatory Redemption

The Issuer shall not be required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.

 

9. Notice of Redemption

Notice of redemption will be mailed by first-class mail at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each holder of Notes to be redeemed at his, her or its registered address. Notes in denominations larger than $2,000 may be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000. If money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued and unpaid interest on all Notes (or portions thereof) to be redeemed on the redemption date is deposited with a Paying Agent on or before the redemption date and certain other conditions are satisfied, on and after such date, interest ceases to accrue on such Notes (or such portions thereof) called for redemption.

 

10. Repurchase of Notes at the Option of the Holders upon Change of Control and Asset Sales

Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each holder shall have the right, subject to certain conditions specified in the Indenture, to cause the Issuer to repurchase all or any part of such holder’s Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase (subject to the right of the holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date), as provided in, and subject to the terms of, the Indenture.

In accordance with Section 4.06 of the Indenture, the Issuer will be required to offer to purchase Notes upon the occurrence of certain events.

 

11. [Reserved]

 

12. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange

The Notes are in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000. A holder shall register the transfer of or exchange of Notes in accordance with the Indenture. Upon any registration of transfer or exchange, the Registrar and the Trustee may require a holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents and to pay any taxes required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange any Notes selected for redemption (except, in the case of a Note to be redeemed in part, the portion of the Note not to be redeemed) or to transfer or exchange any Notes for a period of 15 days prior to a selection of Notes to be redeemed.

 

13. Persons Deemed Owners

The registered holder of this Note shall be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.

 

14. Unclaimed Money

If money for the payment of principal or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee and a Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the Issuer at their written request unless an abandoned property law designates another Person. After any such payment, the holders entitled to the money must look to the Issuer for payment as general creditors and the Trustee and a Paying Agent shall have no further liability with respect to such monies.

 

Exhibit B-9


15. Discharge and Defeasance

Subject to certain conditions, the Issuer at any time may terminate some of or all its obligations under the Notes and the Indenture if the Issuer deposits with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations for the payment of principal and interest on the Notes to redemption or maturity, as the case may be.

 

16. Amendment; Waiver

Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i) the Indenture may be amended with the consent of the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding and (ii) any past default or compliance with any provisions may be waived with the consent of the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding. Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, without the consent of any holder, the Issuer and the Trustee may amend the Indenture to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency, to provide for the assumption by a Successor (with respect to the Issuer) of the obligations of the Issuer under the Indenture and the Notes, to provide for the assumption by a Successor Company or Successor (with respect to any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Note Guarantor), as the case may be, of the obligations of a Note Guarantor under the Indenture and its Note Guarantee, to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes (provided that the uncertificated Notes are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Code, or in a manner such that the uncertificated Notes are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the Code), to add a Note Guarantee with respect to the Notes, to secure the Notes, to add to the covenants of the Issuer for the benefit of the holders or to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Issuer, to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any holder, to conform the text of the Indenture, Note Guarantees or the Notes, to any provision of this “Description of Notes” to the extent that such provision in this “Description of Notes” was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of the Indenture, Note Guarantees or the Notes, to comply with any requirement of the SEC in connection with the qualification of the Indenture under the TIA to effect any provision of the Indenture or to make certain changes to the Indenture to provide for the issuance of additional Notes.

 

17. Defaults and Remedies

If an Event of Default (other than a Default relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Issuer) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of outstanding Notes by notice to the Issuer may declare the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued but unpaid interest on all the Notes to be due and payable; provided, however, that so long as any Bank Indebtedness remains outstanding, no such acceleration shall be effective until the earlier of (1) five Business Days after the giving of written notice to the Issuer and the Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement and (2) the day on which any Bank Indebtedness is accelerated. Upon such a declaration, such principal and interest will be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Issuer occurs, the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all the Notes shall become immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any holders. Under certain circumstances, the holders of a majority in principal amount of outstanding Notes may rescind any such acceleration with respect to the Notes and its consequences.

If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under the Indenture at the request or direction of any of the holders unless such holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense. Except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal, premium (if any) or interest when due, no holder may pursue any remedy with respect to the Indenture or the Notes unless: (i) such holder has previously given the Trustee notice that an Event of Default is continuing, (ii) holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes have requested the Trustee to pursue the remedy, (iii) such holders have offered the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense, (iv) the Trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt of the request and the offer of security or indemnity, and (v) the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes have not given the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period. Subject to certain restrictions, the holders of a majority in principal amount of outstanding Notes are given the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. The Trustee, however, may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or the Indenture or that the Trustee determines is unduly

 

Exhibit B-10


prejudicial to the rights of any other holder or that would involve the Trustee in personal liability. Prior to taking any action under the Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.

 

18. Trustee Dealings with the Issuer

Subject to certain limitations imposed by the TIA, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed to it by the Issuer or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Issuer or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.

 

19. No Recourse Against Others

No director, officer, employee, incorporator or holder of any equity interests in the Issuer or of any Note Guarantor or any direct or indirect parent corporation, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Issuer or any Note Guarantor under the Notes, the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability.

 

20. Authentication

This Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or an authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Note.

 

21. Abbreviations

Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a holder or an assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (=joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors Act).

 

22. Governing Law

THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW.

 

23. CUSIP Numbers; ISINs

The Issuer has caused CUSIP numbers and ISINs to be printed on the Notes and has directed the Trustee to use CUSIP numbers and ISINs in notices of redemption as a convenience to the holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

The Issuer will furnish to any holder of Notes upon written request and without charge to the holder a copy of the Indenture which has in it the text of this Note.

 

Exhibit B-11


ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

I or we assign and transfer this Note to:

 

 

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

 

 

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)

and irrevocably appoint                          agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuer. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

Date:                          Your Signature:    
      Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note.

 

Signature Guarantee:    
  Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guaranty medallion program or other signature guarantor program reasonably acceptable to the Trustee

 

Date:                         
  Signature of Signature Guarantee

[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL SECURITIES] SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY

The initial principal amount of this Global Note is $            . The following increases or decreases 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

 

Exhibit B-12


OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Issuer pursuant to Section 4.06 (Asset Sale) or 4.08 (Change of Control) of the Indenture, check the box:

Asset Sale  ¨                    Change of Control  ¨

If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Issuer pursuant to Section 4.06 (Asset Sale) or 4.08 (Change of Control) of the Indenture, state the amount ($2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000):

$

 

Date:                          Your Signature:    
      Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note.

 

Signature Guarantee:    
  Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guaranty medallion program or other signature guarantor program reasonably acceptable to the Trustee

 

Exhibit B-13


EXHIBIT C

[FORM OF]

TRANSFEREE LETTER OF REPRESENTATION

Evertec, Inc.

c/o Wilminton Trust FSB

246 Goose Lane, Suite 105

Guilford, CT 06437

Attention: Vice President

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This certificate is delivered to request a transfer of $[            ] principal amount of the 11% Senior Notes due 2018 (the “Notes”) of Evertec, Inc. (together, the “Issuer”).

Upon transfer, the Notes would be registered in the name of the new beneficial owner as follows:

Name: _________________________________

Address: ________________________________

Taxpayer ID Number: ______________________

The undersigned represents and warrants to you that:

1. We are an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”)), purchasing for our own account or for the account of such an institutional “accredited investor” at least $100,000 principal amount of the Notes, and we are acquiring the Notes not with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution in violation of the Securities Act. We have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of our investment in the Notes, and we invest in or purchase securities similar to the Notes in the normal course of our business. We, and any accounts for which we are acting, are each able to bear the economic risk of our or its investment.

2. We understand that the Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act and, unless so registered, may not be sold except as permitted in the following sentence. We agree on our own behalf and on behalf of any investor account for which we are purchasing Notes to offer, sell or otherwise transfer such Notes prior to the date that is one year after the later of the date of original issue and the last date on which either the Issuer or any affiliate of such Issuer was the owner of such Notes (or any predecessor thereto) (the “Resale Restriction Termination Date”) only (a) in the United States to a person whom we reasonably believe is a qualified institutional buyer (as defined in rule 144A under the Securities Act) in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A, (b) outside the United States in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (c) pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act provided by Rule 144 thereunder (if applicable) or (d) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, in each of cases (a) through (d) in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States. In addition, we will, and each subsequent holder is required to, notify any purchaser of the Note evidenced hereby of the resale restrictions set forth above. The foregoing restrictions on resale will not apply subsequent to the Resale Restriction Termination Date. If any resale or other transfer of the Notes is proposed to be made to an institutional “accredited investor” prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date, the transferor shall deliver a letter from the transferee substantially in the form of this letter to the Issuer and the Trustee, which shall provide, among other things, that the transferee is an institutional “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the

 

Exhibit C-1


Securities Act and that it is acquiring such Notes for investment purposes and not for distribution in violation of the Securities Act. Each purchaser acknowledges that the Issuer and the Trustee reserve the right prior to the offer, sale or other transfer prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date of the Notes pursuant to clause 1(b), 1(c) or 1(d) above to require the delivery of an opinion of counsel, certifications or other information satisfactory to the Issuer and the Trustee.

Dated:                     

 

TRANSFEREE:                                 ,
By:    

 

 

Exhibit C-2


EXHIBIT D

[FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE]

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”) dated as of [            ], among [GUARANTOR] (the “New Note Guarantor”), a subsidiary of EVERTEC, INC. (or its successor), a Puerto Rico corporation (the “Issuer”), the Issuer and WILMINGTON TRUST FSB, as trustee under the indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”).

W I T N E S S E T H :

WHEREAS the Issuer and certain Subsidiaries of the Issuer (the “Existing Note Guarantors”) have heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “Indenture”) dated as of September 30, 2010, providing for the issuance of the Issuer’s 11% Senior Notes due 2018 ( the “Notes”), initially in the aggregate principal amount of $220,000,000;

WHEREAS Section 4.11 of the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Issuer is required to cause the New Note Guarantor to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the New Note Guarantor shall unconditionally guarantee all the Issuer’s Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture pursuant to a Note Guarantee on the terms and conditions set forth herein; and

WHEREAS pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee, the Issuer and the Existing Note Guarantors, are authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture;

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the New Note Guarantor, the Issuer and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the holders of the Notes as follows:

1. Defined Terms. As used in this Supplemental Indenture, terms defined in the Indenture or in the preamble or recital hereto are used herein as therein defined, except that the term “holders” in this Supplemental Indenture shall refer to the term “holders” as defined in the Indenture and the Trustee acting on behalf of and for the benefit of such holders. The words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereby” and other words of similar import used in this Supplemental Indenture refer to this Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular section hereof.

2. Agreement to Guarantee. The New Note Guarantor hereby agrees, jointly and severally with all Existing Note Guarantors (if any), to unconditionally guarantee the Issuer’s Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Article XII of the Indenture and to be bound by all other applicable provisions of the Indenture and the Notes and to perform all of the obligations and agreements of a guarantor under the Indenture.

3. Notices. All notices or other communications to the New Note Guarantor shall be given as provided in Section 13.02 of the Indenture.

4. 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.

5. Governing Law. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW.

6. Trustee Makes No Representation. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture.

 

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7. 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.

8. Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not effect the construction thereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

[NEW GUARANTOR]
By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  
EVERTEC, INC.
By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  
WILMINGTON TRUST FSB,
as Trustee
By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

Exhibit D-2

EX-4.2 6 dex42.htm REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT Registration Rights Agreement

Exhibit 4.2

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

by and among

EVERTEC, Inc.,

Guarantors Listed on Schedule I hereto

and

Banc of America Securities LLC,

as Representative of the Initial Purchasers

Dated as of September 30, 2010


REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

This Registration Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of September 30, 2010, by and among EVERTEC, Inc., a Puerto Rico corporation (the “Company”), the guarantors signatory hereto (collectively, the “Guarantors”), and Banc of America Securities LLC, as representative of the several initial purchasers (collectively, the “Initial Purchasers” named on schedule A to the Purchase Agreement), each of whom has agreed to purchase the Company’s 11 % Senior Notes due 2018 (the “Initial Notes”) fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantors (the “Guarantees”) pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (as defined below). The Initial Notes and the Guarantees attached thereto are herein collectively referred to as the “Initial Securities.”

This Agreement is made pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated September 23, 2010, (the “Purchase Agreement”), among the Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers (i) for the benefit of the Initial Purchasers and (ii) for the benefit of the holders from time to time of the Initial Securities, including the Initial Purchasers. In order to induce the Initial Purchasers to purchase the Initial Securities, the Company has agreed to provide the registration rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the obligations of the Initial Purchasers set forth in Section 5(f) of the Purchase Agreement.

The parties hereby agree as follows:

SECTION 1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall have the following meanings:

Additional Interest Payment Date: With respect to the Initial Securities, each Interest Payment Date.

Broker-Dealer: Any broker or dealer registered under the Exchange Act.

Business Day: Any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or U.S. federal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies located in New York, New York are authorized or obligated to be closed.

Closing Date: The date of this Agreement.

Commission: The Securities and Exchange Commission.

Consummate: A registered Exchange Offer shall be deemed “Consummated” for purposes of this Agreement upon the occurrence of (i) the filing and effectiveness under the Securities Act of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement relating to the Exchange Securities to be issued in the Exchange Offer, (ii) the maintenance of such Registration Statement continuously effective and the keeping of the Exchange Offer open for a period not less than the minimum period required pursuant to Section 3(b) hereof, and (iii) the delivery by the Company to the Registrar under the Indenture of Exchange Securities in the same aggregate principal amount as the aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities that were tendered by Holders thereof pursuant to the Exchange Offer.


Effectiveness Target Date: As defined in Section 5 hereof.

Exchange Act: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Exchange Date: As defined in Section 3(b).

Exchange Offer: The registration by the Company under the Securities Act of the Exchange Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement pursuant to which the Company offers the Holders of all outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities the opportunity to exchange all such outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities held by such Holders for Exchange Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities tendered in such exchange offer by such Holders.

Exchange Offer Registration Statement: The Registration Statement relating to the Exchange Offer, including the related Prospectus.

Exchange Securities: The 11% Senior Notes due 2018 of the same series under the Indenture as the Initial Securities attached thereto, to be issued to Holders in exchange for Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to this Agreement.

Exempt Resales: The transactions in which the Initial Purchasers propose to sell the Initial Securities to certain “qualified institutional buyers,” as such term is defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act, to certain institutional “accredited investors,” as such term is defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) and (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act and to certain non-U.S. persons pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act.

FINRA: The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.

Guarantees: As defined in preamble hereof.

Guarantors: As defined in preamble hereof.

Holders: As defined in Section 2(b) hereof.

Indemnified Holder: As defined in Section 8(a) hereof.

Indenture: The Indenture, dated as of September 30, 2010, by and among the Company, the Guarantors and Wilmington Trust FSB, as trustee (the “Trustee”), pursuant to which the Securities are to be issued, as each such Indenture is amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

Initial Notes: As defined in the preamble hereto.

Initial Placement: The issuance and sale by the Company of the Initial Securities to the Initial Purchasers pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.

Initial Purchasers: As defined in the preamble hereto.

 

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Initial Securities: As defined in the preamble hereto.

Interest Payment Date: As defined in the Indenture and the Securities.

Person: An individual, partnership, corporation, trust or unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or political subdivision thereof.

Prospectus: The prospectus included in a Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement and by all other amendments thereto, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference into such prospectus.

Registration Default: As defined in Section 5 hereof.

Registration Statement: Any registration statement of the Company relating to (a) an offering of Exchange Securities pursuant to an Exchange Offer or (b) the registration for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, which is filed pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, in each case, including the Prospectus included therein, all amendments and supplements thereto (including post-effective amendments) and all exhibits and material incorporated by reference therein.

Securities: Initial Securities and Exchange Securities.

Securities Act: The Securities Act of 1933, as amended and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated hereunder.

Shelf Filing Deadline: As defined in Section 4(a) hereof.

Shelf Registration Statement: As defined in Section 4(a) hereof.

Transfer Restricted Securities: Each outstanding Initial Security, until the earliest to occur of (a) the date on which such Initial Security is exchanged in the Exchange Offer for an Exchange Security entitled to be resold to the public by the Holder thereof without complying with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act, (b) the date on which such Initial Security has been effectively registered under the Securities Act and disposed of in accordance with a Shelf Registration Statement and (c) the date on which such Initial Security is distributed to the public by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the “Plan of Distribution” contemplated by the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (including delivery of the Prospectus contained therein).

Trust Indenture Act: The Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated hereunder.

Underwritten Registration or Underwritten Offering: A registration in which securities of the Company are sold to an underwriter for reoffering to the public.

SECTION 2. Securities Subject to this Agreement.

(a) Transfer Restricted Securities. The securities entitled to the benefits of this Agreement are the Transfer Restricted Securities.

 

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(b) Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities. A Person is deemed to be a holder of Transfer Restricted Securities (each, a “Holder”) whenever such Person owns Transfer Restricted Securities.

SECTION 3. Registered Exchange Offer.

(a) Unless the Exchange Offer shall not be permissible under applicable law or Commission policy (after the procedures set forth in Section 6(a) hereof have been complied with), each of the Company and the Guarantors shall (i) use its commercially reasonable efforts to file or cause to be filed with the Commission a Registration Statement under the Securities Act relating to the Exchange Securities and the Exchange Offer, (ii) use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective, (iii) in connection with the foregoing, file (A) all pre-effective amendments to such Registration Statement as may be necessary in order to cause such Registration Statement to become effective, (B) if applicable, a post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430A under the Securities Act and (C) cause all necessary filings in connection with the registration and qualification of the Exchange Securities to be made under the state securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as are necessary to permit Consummation of the Exchange Offer, and (iv) upon the effectiveness of such Registration Statement, commence the Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer Registration Statement shall be on the appropriate form permitting registration of the Exchange Securities to be offered in exchange for the Transfer Restricted Securities and to permit resales of Initial Securities held by Broker-Dealers as contemplated by Section 3(c) hereof.

(b) The Company and the Guarantors shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be effective continuously and shall keep the Exchange Offer open for a period of not less than the minimum period required under applicable federal and state securities laws to Consummate the Exchange Offer; provided, however, that in no event shall such period be less than 20 business days after the date notice of the Exchange Offer is mailed to the Holders. The Company shall cause the Exchange Offer to comply with all applicable federal and state securities laws. No securities other than the Exchange Securities shall be included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Exchange Offer to be Consummated no later than 366 days after the Closing Date (or if such 366th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day (the “Exchange Date”).

(c) The Company shall indicate in a “Plan of Distribution” section contained in the Prospectus forming a part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement that any Broker-Dealer who holds Initial Securities that are Transfer Restricted Securities and that were acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities (other than Transfer Restricted Securities acquired directly from the Company), may exchange such Initial Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer; however, such Broker-Dealer may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and must, therefore, deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resales of the Exchange Securities received by such Broker-Dealer in the Exchange Offer, which prospectus delivery requirement may be satisfied by the delivery by such Broker-Dealer of the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement. Such “Plan of Distribution” section shall also

 

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contain all other information with respect to such resales by Broker-Dealers that the Commission may require in order to permit such resales pursuant thereto, but such “Plan of Distribution” shall not name any such Broker-Dealer or disclose the amount of Initial Securities held by any such Broker-Dealer except to the extent required by the Commission.

Each of the Company and the Guarantors shall use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended as required by the provisions of Section 6(c) hereof to the extent necessary to ensure that it is available for resales of Initial Securities acquired by Broker-Dealers for their own accounts as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, and to ensure that it conforms with the requirements of this Agreement, the Securities Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as announced from time to time, for a period ending on the earlier of (i) 180 days from the date on which the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is declared effective and (ii) the date on which a Broker-Dealer is no longer required to deliver a prospectus in connection with market-making or other trading activities.

The Company shall provide sufficient copies of the latest version of such Prospectus to Broker-Dealers promptly upon request at any time during such 180-day (or shorter as provided in the foregoing sentence) period in order to facilitate such resales.

SECTION 4. Shelf Registration.

(a) Shelf Registration. If (i) the Company and the Guarantors are not required to file the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or to Consummate the Exchange Offer because the Exchange Offer is not permitted by applicable law or Commission policy (after the procedures set forth in Section 6(a) hereof have been complied with), (ii) for any reason the Exchange Offer is not Consummated by the Exchange Date, or (iii) with respect to any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities that notifies the Company prior to the 20th Business Day following the Consummation of the Exchange Offer that (A) such Holder is prohibited by applicable law or Commission policy from participating in the Exchange Offer, or (B) such Holder may not resell the Exchange Securities acquired by it in the Exchange Offer to the public without delivering a prospectus and that the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not appropriate or available for such resales by such Holder, or (C) such Holder is a Broker-Dealer and holds Initial Securities acquired directly from the Company or one of its affiliates, then, upon such Holder’s request, the Company and the Guarantors shall

(x) use commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be filed a shelf registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act, which may be an amendment to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (in either event, the “Shelf Registration Statement”) on or prior to the earlier to occur of (1) the 30th day after the date on which the Company receives notice from a Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities as contemplated by clause (iii) above, and (2) the 30th day after the Exchange Date (or if such 30th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day) (such earlier date being the “Shelf Filing Deadline”), which Shelf Registration Statement shall provide for resales of all Transfer Restricted Securities the Holders of which shall have provided the information required pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof; and

 

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(y) use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission on or before the 90th day after the Shelf Filing Deadline (or if such 90th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day) (the “Shelf Effectiveness Target Date”).

Each of the Company and the Guarantors shall use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to keep such Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended as required by the provisions of Sections 6(b) and (c) hereof to the extent necessary to ensure that it is available for resales of Initial Securities by the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities entitled to the benefit of this Section 4(a), and to ensure that it conforms with the requirements of this Agreement, the Securities Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the Commission as announced from time to time, for a period of at least one year following the effective date of such Shelf Registration Statement (or such shorter period that will terminate when all the Initial Securities covered by such Shelf Registration Statement have been sold pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement.

(b) Provision by Holders of Certain Information in Connection with the Shelf Registration Statement. No Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities may include any of its Transfer Restricted Securities in any Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to this Agreement unless and until such Holder furnishes to the Company in writing, within 20 Business Days after receipt of a request therefor, such information as the Company may reasonably request for use in connection with any Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus included therein. Each Holder as to which any Shelf Registration Statement is being effected agrees to furnish promptly to the Company all information required to be disclosed in order to make the information previously furnished to the Company by such Holder not materially misleading.

SECTION 5. Additional Interest. If (i) the Exchange Offer has not been Consummated by the Exchange Date and no Shelf Registration Statement has been filed by the Shelf Filing Deadline or no Shelf Registration Statement has been declared effective by the Commission (or automatically become effective under the Securities Act in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement) by the Shelf Effectiveness Target Date or (ii) any Registration Statement required by this Agreement is filed and declared effective but shall thereafter cease to be effective or fail to be usable for its intended purpose during the time period it is required pursuant to this agreement to be continuously effective without being succeeded promptly by a post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement that cures such failure and that is itself promptly declared effective (each such event referred to in clauses (i) and (ii), a “Registration Default”), the Company hereby agrees that the interest rate borne by the Transfer Restricted Securities shall be increased by 0.25% per annum during the 90-day period immediately following the occurrence of any Registration Default and shall increase by an additional 0.25% per annum at the end of each subsequent 90-day period, but in no event shall such increases exceed 1.00% per annum. Following the earlier of (x) cure of all Registration Defaults relating to any particular Transfer Restricted Securities and (y) the date on which there are no outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities, the interest rate borne by the relevant Transfer Restricted Securities will be reduced to the original interest rate borne by such Transfer Restricted Securities; provided, however, that, if after any such reduction in interest rate, a different Registration Default occurs, the interest rate borne by

 

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the relevant Transfer Restricted Securities shall again be increased pursuant to the foregoing provisions.

All obligations of the Company and the Guarantors set forth in the preceding paragraph that are outstanding with respect to any Transfer Restricted Security at the time such security ceases to be a Transfer Restricted Security shall survive until such time as all such obligations with respect to such security shall have been satisfied in full.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the amount of Additional Interest payable shall not increase because more than one Registration Default has occurred and is pending and (ii) a Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities that is not entitled to the benefits of the Shelf Registration Statement (because, e.g., such Holder has not elected to include information or has not timely delivered such information to the Company pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof) shall not be entitled to Additional Interest with respect to a Registration Default that pertains to the Shelf Registration Statement.

SECTION 6. Registration Procedures.

(a) Exchange Offer Registration Statement. In connection with the Exchange Offer, the Company and the Guarantors shall comply with all of the provisions of Section 6(c) hereof, shall use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to effect such exchange to permit the sale of Transfer Restricted Securities being sold in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof, and shall comply with all of the following provisions:

(i) If in the reasonable opinion of counsel to the Company there is a question as to whether the Exchange Offer is permitted by applicable law, the Company and the Guarantors hereby agree to use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to seek a no-action letter or other favorable decision from the Commission allowing the Company and the Guarantors to Consummate an Exchange Offer for such Initial Securities. Each of the Company and the Guarantors hereby agrees to pursue the issuance of such a decision to the Commission staff level but shall not be required to take commercially unreasonable action to effect a change of Commission policy. Each of the Company and the Guarantors hereby agrees, however, to (A) participate in telephonic conferences with the Commission, (B) deliver to the Commission staff an analysis prepared by counsel to the Company setting forth the legal bases, if any, upon which such counsel has concluded that such an Exchange Offer should be permitted and (C) diligently pursue a favorable resolution by the Commission staff of such submission.

(ii) As a condition to its participation in the Exchange Offer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities shall furnish, upon the request of the Company, prior to the Consummation thereof, a written representation to the Company (which may be contained in the letter of transmittal contemplated by the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) to the effect that (A) it is not an affiliate of the Company, (B) it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, and has no arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate in, a distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of the Exchange Securities to be issued in the Exchange Offer and (C) it is acquiring the Exchange Securities in its ordinary course of business. In

 

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addition, all such Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities shall otherwise cooperate in the Company’s preparations for the Exchange Offer. Each Holder acknowledges and agrees that any Broker-Dealer and any such Holder using the Exchange Offer to participate in a distribution of the securities to be acquired in the Exchange Offer (1) could not under Commission policy as in effect on the date of this Agreement rely on the position of the Commission enunciated in Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc. (available June 5, 1991) and Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (available May 13, 1988), as interpreted in the Commission’s letter to Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993, and similar no-action letters (which may include any no-action letter obtained pursuant to clause (i) above), and (2) must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with a secondary resale transaction and that such a secondary resale transaction should be covered by an effective registration statement containing the selling security holder information required by Item 507 or 508, as applicable, of Regulation S-K if the resales are of Exchange Securities obtained by such Holder in exchange for Initial Securities acquired by such Holder directly from the Company.

(b) Shelf Registration Statement. In connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, each of the Company and the Guarantors shall comply with all the provisions of Section 6(c) hereof and shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to effect such registration to permit the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities being sold in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof, and pursuant thereto each of the Company and the Guarantors will use commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement relating to the registration on any appropriate form under the Securities Act, which form shall be available for the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof, in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 hereof.

(c) General Provisions. In connection with any Registration Statement and any Prospectus required by this Agreement to permit the sale or resale of Transfer Restricted Securities (including, without limitation, any Registration Statement and the related Prospectus required to permit resales of Transfer Restricted Securities by Broker-Dealers), each of the Company and the Guarantors shall:

(i) use their commercially reasonable efforts to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective and provide all requisite financial statements (including, if required by the Securities Act or any regulation thereunder, financial statements of the Guarantors) for the period specified in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as applicable;

(ii) upon the occurrence of any event that would cause any such Registration Statement or the Prospectus contained therein (A) to contain a material misstatement or omission or (B) not to be effective and usable for resale of Transfer Restricted Securities during the period required by this Agreement, the Company shall file promptly an appropriate amendment to such Registration Statement (or file with the Commission a document to be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement), in the case of clause (A), correcting any such misstatement or omission, and, in the case of either clause (A) or (B), use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause such amendment to be

 

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declared effective and such Registration Statement and the related Prospectus to become usable for their intended purpose(s) as soon as practicable thereafter;

(iii) prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and post-effective amendments to the applicable Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep the Registration Statement effective for the applicable period set forth in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as applicable, or such shorter period as will terminate when all Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold; cause the Prospectus to be supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act, and to comply with the applicable provisions of Rules 424 and 430A under the Securities Act in a timely manner; and comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement during the applicable period in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution by the sellers thereof set forth in such Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus;

(iv) advise the underwriter(s), if any, and selling Holders named in the Registration Statement promptly and, if requested by such Persons, to confirm such advice in writing, (A) when the Prospectus or any prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with respect to any Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, when the same has become effective, (B) of any request by the Commission for amendments to the Registration Statement or amendments or supplements to the Prospectus or for additional information relating thereto, (C) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement under the Securities Act or of the suspension by any state securities commission of the qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation of any proceeding for any of the preceding purposes, and (D) of the existence of any fact or the happening of any event that makes any statement of a material fact made in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any amendment or supplement thereto, or any document incorporated by reference therein untrue, or that requires the making of any additions to or changes in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein not misleading. If at any time the Commission shall issue any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, or any state securities commission or other regulatory authority shall issue an order suspending the qualification or exemption from qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities under state securities or blue sky laws, each of the Company and the Guarantors shall use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal or lifting of such order at the earliest possible time;

(v) furnish without charge to each of the Initial Purchasers upon request, each selling Holder named in any Registration Statement, and each of the underwriter(s), if any, before filing with the Commission, copies of any Registration Statement or any Prospectus included therein or any amendments or supplements to any such Registration Statement or Prospectus (including all documents incorporated by reference after the initial filing of such Registration Statement), which documents will be subject to the review and comment of such Holders and underwriter(s) in connection with such sale, if any, for

 

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a period of at least five Business Days, and the Company will not file any such Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any such Registration Statement or Prospectus (including all such documents incorporated by reference) to which an Initial Purchaser of Transfer Restricted Securities covered by such Registration Statement or the underwriter(s), if any, shall reasonably object in writing within five Business Days after the receipt thereof (such objection to be deemed timely made upon confirmation of telecopy transmission within such period). The objection of an Initial Purchaser or underwriter, if any, shall be deemed to be reasonable if such Registration Statement, amendment, Prospectus or supplement, as applicable, as proposed to be filed, contains a material misstatement or omission. Notwithstanding the last two sentences, the Company shall not be prohibited from making any filing that is, in the opinion of counsel to the Company, necessary to comply with applicable law;

(vi) make available, subject to customary confidentiality agreements, at reasonable times for inspection by the Initial Purchasers, the managing underwriter(s), if any, participating in any disposition pursuant to such Registration Statement and any attorney or accountant retained by such Initial Purchasers or any of the underwriter(s), all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of each of the Company and the Guarantors and cause the Company’s and the Guarantors’ officers, directors and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any such Holder, underwriter, attorney or accountant in connection with such Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto subsequent to the filing thereof and prior to its effectiveness and to participate in meetings with investors to the extent requested by the managing underwriter(s), if any;

(vii) if requested by any selling Holders or the underwriter(s), if any, promptly incorporate in any Registration Statement or Prospectus, pursuant to a supplement or post-effective amendment if necessary, such information as such selling Holders and underwriter(s), if any, may reasonably request to have included therein, including, without limitation, information relating to the “Plan of Distribution” of the Transfer Restricted Securities, information with respect to the principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities being sold to such underwriter(s), the purchase price being paid therefor and any other terms of the offering of the Transfer Restricted Securities to be sold in such offering; and make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment as soon as practicable after the Company is notified of the matters to be incorporated in such Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment;

(viii) cause the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be rated with the appropriate rating agencies, if so requested by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Securities covered thereby or the underwriter(s), if any;

(ix) furnish to each Initial Purchaser, each selling Holder and each of the underwriter(s), if any, without charge, at least one copy of the Registration Statement, as first filed with the Commission, and of each amendment thereto, including financial

 

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statements and schedules, all documents incorporated by reference therein and all exhibits (including exhibits incorporated therein by reference);

(x) deliver to each selling Holder and each of the underwriter(s), if any, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (including each preliminary prospectus) and any amendment or supplement thereto as such Persons reasonably may request; each of the Company and the Guarantors hereby consents to the use of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders and each of the underwriter(s), if any, in connection with the offering and the sale of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto;

(xi) enter into such agreements (including an underwriting agreement), and make such representations and warranties, and take all such other commercially reasonable actions in connection therewith in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of the Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement, all to such extent as may be reasonably requested by any Initial Purchaser or by any Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities or underwriter in connection with any sale or resale pursuant to any Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement; and, if reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers, whether or not an underwriting agreement is entered into and whether or not the registration is an Underwritten Registration, each of the Company and the Guarantors shall:

(A) furnish to each Initial Purchaser, each selling Holder and each underwriter, if any, in such substance and scope as they may request in writing and as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in primary underwritten offerings, upon the date of the Consummation of the Exchange Offer or, if applicable, the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement:

(1) a certificate, dated the date of Consummation of the Exchange Offer or the date of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may be, signed by officers of the Company, confirming, as of the date thereof, the matters set forth in paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) of Section 5(f) of the Purchase Agreement and such other matters as such parties may reasonably request;

(2) an opinion, dated the date of Consummation of the Exchange Offer or the date of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may be, of counsel for the Company and the Guarantors, covering such matters as such parties may reasonably request, and in any event including a statement to the effect that such counsel has participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the Company and the Guarantors, representatives of the independent public accountants for the Company and the Guarantors, representatives of the underwriter(s), if any, and counsel to the underwriter(s), if any, in connection with the preparation of such Registration Statement and the related Prospectus and have considered the matters required to be stated therein and the statements contained therein, although such counsel has not independently verified

 

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the accuracy, completeness or fairness of such statements; and that such counsel advises that, on the basis of the foregoing, no facts came to such counsel’s attention that caused such counsel to believe that the applicable Registration Statement, at the time such Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto became effective, and, in the case of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as of the date of Consummation, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or that the Prospectus contained in such Registration Statement as of its date and, in the case of the opinion dated the date of Consummation of the Exchange Offer, as of the date of Consummation, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading. Without limiting the foregoing, such counsel may state further that such counsel assumes no responsibility for, and has not independently verified, the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the financial statements, notes and schedules and other financial data included in any Registration Statement contemplated by this Agreement or the related Prospectus; and

(3) a customary comfort letter, dated the date of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, from the Company’s independent accountants, in the customary form and covering matters of the type customarily requested to be covered in comfort letters by underwriters in connection with primary underwritten offerings, and covering or affirming the matters set forth in the comfort letters delivered pursuant to Section 5(a) of the Purchase Agreement, without exception;

(B) set forth in full or incorporate by reference in the underwriting agreement, if any, the indemnification provisions and procedures of Section 8 hereof with respect to all parties to be indemnified pursuant to said Section; and

(C) deliver such other documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by such parties to evidence compliance with Section 6(c)(xi)(A) hereof and with any customary conditions contained in the underwriting agreement or other agreement entered into by the Company or any of the Guarantors pursuant to this Section 6(c)(xi), if any.

If at any time the representations and warranties of the Company and the Guarantors contemplated in Section 6(c)(xi)(A)(1) hereof cease to be true and correct, the Company or the Guarantors shall so advise the Initial Purchasers and the underwriter(s), if any, and each selling Holder promptly and, if requested by such Persons, shall confirm such advice in writing;

(xii) prior to any public offering of Transfer Restricted Securities, cooperate with the selling Holders, the underwriter(s), if any, and their respective counsel in connection with the registration and qualification of the Transfer Restricted Securities under the state securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the selling Holders or

 

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underwriter(s), if any, may request and do any and all other acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement; provided, however, that neither the Company nor the Guarantors shall be required to register or qualify as a foreign entity where it is not then so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to the service of process in suits or to taxation, other than as to matters and transactions relating to the Registration Statement, in any jurisdiction where it is not then so subject;

(xiii) shall issue, upon the request of any Holder of Initial Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement, Exchange Securities having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities surrendered to the Company by such Holder in exchange therefor or being sold by such Holder; such Exchange Securities to be registered in the name of such Holder or in the name of the purchaser(s) of such Securities, as the case may be; in return, the Initial Securities held by such Holder shall be surrendered to the Company for cancellation;

(xiv) cooperate with the selling Holders and the underwriter(s), if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Transfer Restricted Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends; and enable such Transfer Restricted Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as the Holders or the underwriter(s), if any, may request at least two Business Days prior to any sale of Transfer Restricted Securities made by such Holders or underwriter(s);

(xv) use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the seller or sellers thereof or the underwriter(s), if any, to consummate the disposition of such Transfer Restricted Securities, subject to the proviso contained in Section 6(c)(xii) hereof;

(xvi) if any fact or event contemplated by Section 6(c)(iv)(D) hereof shall exist or have occurred, prepare a supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or related Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of Transfer Restricted Securities, the Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading;

(xvii) provide a CUSIP number for all Securities not later than the effective date of the Registration Statement covering such Securities and provide the Trustee under the Indenture with printed certificates for such Securities which are in a form eligible for deposit with the Depository Trust Company and take all other action necessary to ensure that all such Securities are eligible for deposit with the Depository Trust Company;

(xviii) cooperate and assist in any filings required to be made with the FINRA and in the performance of any due diligence investigation by any underwriter (including

 

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any “qualified independent underwriter”) that is required to be retained in accordance with the rules and regulations of the FINRA;

(xix) otherwise use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make generally available to its security holders, as soon as practicable, a consolidated earnings statement meeting the requirements of Rule 158 under the Securities Act (which need not be audited) for the twelve-month period (A) commencing at the end of any fiscal quarter in which Transfer Restricted Securities are sold to underwriters in a firm commitment or best efforts Underwritten Offering or (B) if not sold to underwriters in such an offering, beginning with the first month of the Company’s first fiscal quarter commencing after the effective date of the Registration Statement;

(xx) cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act not later than the effective date of the first Registration Statement required by this Agreement, and, in connection therewith, cooperate with the Trustee and the Holders of Securities to effect such changes to the Indenture as may be required for such Indenture to be so qualified in accordance with the terms of the Trust Indenture Act; and to execute and use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Trustee to execute, all documents that may be required to effect such changes and all other forms and documents required to be filed with the Commission to enable such Indenture to be so qualified in a timely manner;

(xxi) cause all Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be listed on each securities exchange or automated quotation system on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed if requested by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities or the managing underwriter(s), if any; and

(xxii) provide promptly to each Holder upon request each document filed with the Commission pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 and Section 15 of the Exchange Act.

Each Holder agrees by acquisition of a Transfer Restricted Security that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the existence of any fact of the kind described in Section 6(c)(iv)(D) hereof, such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to the applicable Registration Statement until such Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 6(c)(xvi) hereof, or until it is advised in writing (the “Advice”) by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed, and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated by reference in the Prospectus. If so directed by the Company, each Holder will deliver to the Company (at the Company’s expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies then in such Holder’s possession, of the Prospectus covering such Transfer Restricted Securities that was current at the time of receipt of such notice. In the event the Company shall give any such notice, the time period regarding the effectiveness of such Registration Statement set forth in Section 3 or 4 hereof, as applicable, shall be extended by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice pursuant to Section 6(c)(iv)(D) hereof to and

 

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including the date when each selling Holder covered by such Registration Statement shall have received the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 6(c)(xvi) hereof or shall have received the Advice; provided, however, that no such extension shall be taken into account in determining whether Additional Interest is due pursuant to Section 5 hereof or the amount of such Additional Interest, it being agreed that the Company’s option to suspend use of a Registration Statement pursuant to this paragraph shall be treated as a Registration Default for purposes of Section 5 hereof.

SECTION 7. Registration Expenses.

(a) All reasonable and documented expenses incident to the Company’s and the Guarantor’s performance of or compliance with this Agreement will be borne by the Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, regardless of whether a Registration Statement becomes effective, including, without limitation: (i) all registration and filing fees and expenses (including filings made by any Initial Purchaser or Holder with the FINRA (and, if applicable, the fees and expenses of any “qualified independent underwriter” and one counsel to such person that may be required by the rules and regulations of the FINRA)); (ii) all fees and expenses of compliance with federal securities and state securities or blue sky laws; (iii) all expenses of printing (including printing certificates for the Exchange Securities to be issued in the Exchange Offer and printing of Prospectuses), messenger and delivery services and telephone; (iv) all fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, the Guarantors and, subject to Section 7(b) hereof, all reasonable fees and disbursements of one counsel to the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities; (v) all application and filing fees in connection with listing the Exchange Securities on a securities exchange or automated quotation system pursuant to the requirements thereof; and (vi) all fees and disbursements of independent certified public accountants of the Company and the Guarantors (including the expenses of any special audit and comfort letters required by or incident to such performance).

Each of the Company and the Guarantors will, in any event, bear its internal expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expenses of any annual audit and the fees and expenses of any Person, including special experts, retained by the Company or the Guarantors.

(b) In connection with any Registration Statement required by this Agreement (including, without limitation, the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and the Shelf Registration Statement), the Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, will reimburse the Initial Purchasers and the Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities being tendered in the Exchange Offer and/or resold pursuant to the “Plan of Distribution” contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or registered pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, as applicable, for the reasonable fees and disbursements of not more than one counsel, who shall be Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP or such other counsel as may be chosen by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities for whose benefit such Registration Statement is being prepared.

 

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SECTION 8. Indemnification.

(a) The Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless (i) each Holder and (ii) each Person, if any, who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) any Holder (any of the Persons referred to in this clause (ii) being hereinafter referred to as a “controlling person”) and (iii) the respective officers, directors, partners, employees, representatives and agents of any Holder or any controlling person (any Person referred to in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) may hereinafter be referred to as an “Indemnified Holder”), to the fullest extent lawful, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, actions and reasonable expenses (including, without limitation, and as incurred, reimbursement of all reasonable costs of investigating, preparing, pursuing, settling, compromising, paying or defending any claim or action, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to any Indemnified Holder), joint or several, directly or indirectly caused by, related to, based upon, arising out of or in connection with any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement or Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are caused by an untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission that is made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any of the Holders furnished in writing to the Company by any of the Holders expressly for use therein. This indemnity agreement shall be in addition to any liability which the Company or any of the Guarantors may otherwise have.

In case any action or proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation or proceeding) shall be brought or asserted against any of the Indemnified Holders with respect to which indemnity may be sought against the Company or the Guarantors, such Indemnified Holder (or the Indemnified Holder controlled by such controlling person) shall promptly notify the Company and the Guarantors in writing; provided, however, that the failure to give such notice shall not relieve any of the Company or the Guarantors of its obligations pursuant to this Agreement. Such Indemnified Holder shall have the right to employ its own counsel in any such action and the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be paid, as incurred, by the Company and the Guarantors (regardless of whether it is ultimately determined that an Indemnified Holder is not entitled to indemnification hereunder). The Company and the Guarantors shall not, in connection with any one such action or proceeding or separate but substantially similar or related actions or proceedings in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any local counsel) at any time for such Indemnified Holders, which firm shall be designated by the Holders. The Company and the Guarantors shall be liable for any settlement of any such action or proceeding effected with the Company’s and the Guarantors’ prior written consent, which consent shall not be withheld unreasonably, and each of the Company and the Guarantors agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any Indemnified Holder from and against any loss, claim, damage, liability or expense by reason of any settlement of any action effected with the written consent of the Company and the Guarantors. The Company and the Guarantors shall not, without the prior written consent of each Indemnified Holder, settle or compromise or

 

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consent to the entry of judgment in or otherwise seek to terminate any pending or threatened action, claim, litigation or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not any Indemnified Holder is a party thereto), unless such settlement, compromise, consent or termination includes an unconditional release of each Indemnified Holder from all liability arising out of such action, claim, litigation or proceeding.

(b) Each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Guarantors and their respective directors, officers of the Company and the Guarantors who sign a Registration Statement, and any Person controlling (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) the Company or any of the Guarantors, and the respective officers, directors, partners, employees, representatives and agents of each such Person, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company and the Guarantors to each of the Indemnified Holders, but only with respect to claims and actions based on information relating to such Holder furnished in writing by such Holder expressly for use in any Registration Statement. In case any action or proceeding shall be brought against the Company, the Guarantors or their respective directors or officers or any such controlling person in respect of which indemnity may be sought against a Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities, such Holder shall have the rights and duties given the Company and the Guarantors, and the Company, the Guarantors, their respective directors and officers and such controlling person shall have the rights and duties given to each Holder by the preceding paragraph.

(c) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable to an indemnified party under Section 8(a) or (b) hereof (other than by reason of exceptions provided in those Sections) in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, actions or expenses referred to therein, then each applicable indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, from the Initial Placement (which in the case of the Company and the Guarantors shall be deemed to be equal to the total gross proceeds to the Company and the Guarantors from the Initial Placement), the amount of Additional Interest which did not become payable as a result of the filing of the Registration Statement resulting in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments actions or expenses, and such Registration Statement, or if such allocation is not permitted by applicable law, the relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Indemnified Holder on the other shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or any of the Guarantors, on the one hand, or the Indemnified Holders, on the other hand, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities

 

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and expenses referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in the second paragraph of Section 8(a) hereof, any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim.

The Company, the Guarantors and each Holder of Transfer Restricted Securities agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8(c) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Holders were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8, none of the Holders (and its related Indemnified Holders) shall be required to contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by which the total discount received by such Holder with respect to the Initial Securities exceeds the amount of any damages which such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Holders’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 8(c) are several in proportion to the respective principal amount of Initial Securities held by each of the Holders hereunder and not joint.

SECTION 9. Rule 144A. Each of the Company and the Guarantors hereby agree with each Holder, for so long as any Transfer Restricted Securities remain outstanding, to make available to any Holder or beneficial owner of Transfer Restricted Securities in connection with any sale thereof and any prospective purchaser of such Transfer Restricted Securities from such Holder or beneficial owner, the information required by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act in order to permit resales of such Transfer Restricted Securities pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act.

SECTION 10. Participation in Underwritten Registrations. No Holder may participate in any Underwritten Registration hereunder unless such Holder (a) agrees to sell such Holder’s Transfer Restricted Securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (b) completes and executes all reasonable questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements, lock-up letters and other documents required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.

SECTION 11. Selection of Underwriters. The Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement who desire to do so may sell such Transfer Restricted Securities in an Underwritten Offering. In any such Underwritten Offering, the investment banker(s) and managing underwriter(s) that will administer such offering will be selected by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities included in such offering; provided, however, that such investment banker(s) and managing underwriter(s) must be reasonably satisfactory to the Company.

SECTION 12. Miscellaneous.

 

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(a) Remedies. Each of the Company and the Guarantors hereby agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby agree to waive the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

(b) No Inconsistent Agreements. Each of the Company and the Guarantors will not on or after the date of this Agreement enter into any agreement with respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. Neither the Company nor any of the Guarantors has previously entered into any agreement granting any registration rights with respect to its securities to any Person. The rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any way conflict with and are not inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of the Company’s or any of the Guarantors’ securities under any agreement in effect on the date hereof.

(c) Adjustments Affecting the Securities. The Company will not take any action, or permit any change to occur, with respect to the Securities that would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Holders to Consummate any Exchange Offer.

(d) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to or departures from the provisions hereof may not be given unless the Company has (i) in the case of Section 5 hereof and this Section 12(d)(i), obtained the written consent of Holders of all outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities and (ii) in the case of all other provisions hereof, obtained the written consent of Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities (excluding any Transfer Restricted Securities held by the Company or its affiliates). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to departure from the provisions hereof that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders whose securities are being tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offer and that does not affect directly or indirectly the rights of other Holders whose securities are not being tendered pursuant to such Exchange Offer may be given by the Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of Transfer Restricted Securities being tendered or registered; provided, however, that, with respect to any matter that directly or indirectly affects the rights of any Initial Purchaser hereunder, the Company shall obtain the written consent of each such Initial Purchaser with respect to which such amendment, qualification, supplement, waiver, consent or departure is to be effective.

(e) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, first-class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), telex, telecopier, or air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery:

(i) if to a Holder, at the address set forth on the records of the Registrar under the Indenture, with a copy to the Registrar under the Indenture; and

if to the Company or any Guarantor:

EVERTEC, Inc.

Cupey Center Building

Road 176, Km 1.3

 

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San Juan, Puerto Rico 00926

Facsimile: (787) 766-4585

Attention: General Counsel

with a copy to:

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

One Bryant Park

New York, New York 10036

Facsimile: (212) 872-1002

Attention: Rosa A. Testani

All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when answered back, if telexed; when receipt acknowledged, if telecopied; and on the next Business Day, if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery.

Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications shall be concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustee at the address specified in the Indenture.

(f) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties, including, without limitation, and without the need for an express assignment, subsequent Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities; provided, however, that this Agreement shall not inure to the benefit of or be binding upon a successor or assign of a Holder unless and to the extent such successor or assign acquired Transfer Restricted Securities from such Holder.

(g) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts (including by facsimile or other methods of electronic transmission) and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

(h) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

(i) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES THEREOF.

(j) Severability. In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.

 

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(k) Entire Agreement. This Agreement is intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement and intended to be a complete and exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein. There are no restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein with respect to the registration rights granted by the Company with respect to the Transfer Restricted Securities. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to such subject matter.

[Signatures on following page]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

EVERTEC, INC.
By:   /s/ Felix M. Villamil
  Name:   Felix M. Villamil
  Title:   Chief Executive Officer and President

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]


GUARANTORS
SENSE SOFTWARE INTERNATIONAL CORP.
By:   /s/ Felix M. Villamil
  Name:   Felix M. Villamil
  Title:   President
T.I.I. SMART SOLUTIONS INC.
By:   /s/ Felix M. Villamil
  Name:   Luis Gerardo Alvarado Gómez
  Title:   Sole Director
ATH COSTA RICA SOCIEDAD ANONIMA
By:   /s/ Luis Gerardo Alvarado Gómez
  Name:   Luis Gerardo Alvarado Gómez
  Title:   President
TARJETAS INTELIGENTES INTERNACIONALES SOCIEDAD ANONIMA
By:   /s/ Luis Gerardo Alvarado Gómez
  Name:   Luis Gerardo Alvarado Gómez
  Title:   President
EVERTEC DOMINICANA, S.A.
By:   /s/ Felix M. Villamil
  Name:   Felix M. Villamil
  Title:   President
TII SMART SOLUTIONS, SOCIEDAD ANONIMA
By:   /s/ Luis Gerardo Alvarado Gómez
  Name:   Luis Gerardo Alvarado Gómez
  Title:   Sole Administrator

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]


EVERTEC MEXICO SERVICIOS DE PROCESAMIENTO, S.A. DE C.V.
By:   /s/ Luis Gerardo Alvarado Gómez
  Name:   Luis Gerardo Alvarado Gómez
  Title:   Chairman of the Board of Directors
ATH PANAMA, S.A.
By:   /s/ Luis Gerardo Alvarado Gómez
  Name:   Luis Gerardo Alvarado Gómez
  Title:   President

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]


The foregoing Registration Rights Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written:

 

By:   BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC

 

By:   /s/ Barry Price
  Name:   Barry Price
  Title:   Managing Director

 

By:   MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED

 

By:   /s/ Fred Stupart
  Name:   Fred Stupart
  Title:   Managing Director

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]


Schedule I — Guarantors

 

   

EVERTEC Dominicana, S.A.

 

   

Sense Software International Corp.

 

   

ATH Costa Rica, S.A.

 

   

T.I.I. Smart Solutions Inc.

 

   

ATH Panama, S.A.

 

   

EVERTEC Mexico Servicios de Mexico Procesamiento S.A. de C.V.

 

   

Tarjetas Inteligentes Internacionales, S.A.

 

   

TII Smart Solutions, S.A.

EX-10.1 7 dex101.htm CREDIT AGREEMENT Credit Agreement

Exhibit 10.1

 

 

 

Revolving Facility Loans CUSIP # 30040UAB8

Term B Loans CUSIP # 30040UAC6

$405,000,000

CREDIT AGREEMENT

Dated as of September 30, 2010

Among

CARIB HOLDINGS, INC.,

as Holdings,

EVERTEC, INC.,

as Borrower,

The Several Lenders

from Time to Time Parties Hereto,

and

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Swingline Lender and L/C Issuer

 

 

MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.,

as Syndication Agent

BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC,

and

MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.,

as Joint Bookrunners and Joint Lead Arrangers

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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ARTICLE I

  

DEFINITIONS

  

SECTION 1.01.

   DEFINED TERMS      1   

SECTION 1.02.

   TERMS GENERALLY      59   

SECTION 1.03.

   EFFECTUATION OF TRANSACTIONS      59   

SECTION 1.04.

   EXCHANGE RATES; CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS      59   

SECTION 1.05.

   ADDITIONAL ALTERNATIVE CURRENCIES      60   

SECTION 1.06.

   CHANGE OF CURRENCY      61   

SECTION 1.07.

   TIMES OF DAY      61   

SECTION 1.08.

   LETTER OF CREDIT AMOUNTS      61   

ARTICLE II

  

THE CREDITS

  

SECTION 2.01.

   COMMITMENTS      62   

SECTION 2.02.

   LOANS AND BORROWINGS      62   

SECTION 2.03.

   REQUESTS FOR BORROWINGS      63   

SECTION 2.04.

   SWINGLINE LOANS      64   

SECTION 2.05.

   THE LETTER OF CREDIT COMMITMENT      67   

SECTION 2.06.

   [RESERVED]      76   

SECTION 2.07.

   FUNDING OF BORROWINGS      76   

SECTION 2.08.

   INTEREST ELECTIONS      77   

SECTION 2.09.

   TERMINATION AND REDUCTION OF COMMITMENTS      78   

SECTION 2.10.

   REPAYMENT OF LOANS; EVIDENCE OF DEBT      79   

SECTION 2.11.

   REPAYMENT OF TERM LOANS AND REVOLVING FACILITY LOANS      80   

SECTION 2.12.

   PREPAYMENT OF LOANS      81   

SECTION 2.13.

   FEES      85   

SECTION 2.14.

   INTEREST      86   

SECTION 2.15.

   ALTERNATE RATE OF INTEREST      87   

 

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SECTION 2.16.

   INCREASED COSTS      88   

SECTION 2.17.

   BREAK FUNDING PAYMENTS      89   

SECTION 2.18.

   TAXES      90   

SECTION 2.19.

   PAYMENTS GENERALLY; PRO RATA TREATMENT; SHARING OF SET-OFFS      91   

SECTION 2.20.

   MITIGATION OBLIGATIONS; REPLACEMENT OF LENDERS      93   

SECTION 2.21.

   ILLEGALITY      94   

SECTION 2.22.

   INCREMENTAL COMMITMENTS      95   

SECTION 2.23.

   REFINANCING TERM LOANS      97   

SECTION 2.24.

   [RESERVED]      98   

SECTION 2.25.

   REPLACEMENT REVOLVING FACILITY COMMITMENTS      98   

ARTICLE III

  

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

  

SECTION 3.01.

   ORGANIZATION; POWERS      100   

SECTION 3.02.

   AUTHORIZATION      101   

SECTION 3.03.

   ENFORCEABILITY      101   

SECTION 3.04.

   GOVERNMENTAL APPROVALS      101   

SECTION 3.05.

   FINANCIAL STATEMENTS      102   

SECTION 3.06.

   NO MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT      103   

SECTION 3.07.

   TITLE TO PROPERTIES; POSSESSION UNDER LEASES      103   

SECTION 3.08.

   SUBSIDIARIES      103   

SECTION 3.09.

   LITIGATION; COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS      104   

SECTION 3.10.

   FEDERAL RESERVE REGULATIONS      104   

SECTION 3.11.

   INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT      104   

SECTION 3.12.

   USE OF PROCEEDS      104   

SECTION 3.13.

   TAXES      105   

SECTION 3.14.

   NO MATERIAL MISSTATEMENTS      105   

SECTION 3.15.

   EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS      105   

SECTION 3.16.

   ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS      106   

SECTION 3.17.

   SECURITY DOCUMENTS      107   

SECTION 3.18.

   LOCATION OF REAL PROPERTY AND LEASED PREMISES      108   

 

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SECTION 3.19.

   SOLVENCY      108   

SECTION 3.20.

   LABOR MATTERS      109   

SECTION 3.21.

   NO DEFAULT      109   

SECTION 3.22.

   INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; LICENSES, ETC.      109   

SECTION 3.23.

   SENIOR DEBT      109   

SECTION 3.24.

   INSURANCE      109   

SECTION 3.25.

   ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AND ECONOMIC SANCTIONS LAWS      110   

ARTICLE IV

  

CONDITIONS OF LENDING

  

SECTION 4.01.

   ALL CREDIT EVENTS      110   

SECTION 4.02.

   FIRST CREDIT EVENT      111   

ARTICLE V

  

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

  

SECTION 5.01.

   EXISTENCE; BUSINESSES AND PROPERTIES      114   

SECTION 5.02.

   INSURANCE      115   

SECTION 5.03.

   TAXES      116   

SECTION 5.04.

   FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, REPORTS, ETC.      116   

SECTION 5.05.

   LITIGATION AND OTHER NOTICES      118   

SECTION 5.06.

   COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS      119   

SECTION 5.07.

   MAINTAINING RECORDS; ACCESS TO PROPERTIES AND INSPECTIONS      119   

SECTION 5.08.

   USE OF PROCEEDS      119   

SECTION 5.09.

   COMPLIANCE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS      120   

SECTION 5.10.

   FURTHER ASSURANCES; ADDITIONAL SECURITY      120   

SECTION 5.11.

   RATING      123   

ARTICLE VI

  

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

  

SECTION 6.01.

   INDEBTEDNESS      124   

SECTION 6.02.

   LIENS      129   

 

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SECTION 6.03.

   SALE AND LEASE-BACK TRANSACTIONS      134   

SECTION 6.04.

   INVESTMENTS, LOANS AND ADVANCES      135   

SECTION 6.05.

   MERGERS, CONSOLIDATIONS, SALES OF ASSETS AND ACQUISITIONS      139   

SECTION 6.06.

   RESTRICTED PAYMENTS      141   

SECTION 6.07.

   TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES      144   

SECTION 6.08.

   BUSINESS OF HOLDINGS, THE BORROWER AND THE SUBSIDIARIES      148   

SECTION 6.09.

   LIMITATION ON PAYMENTS AND MODIFICATIONS OF INDEBTEDNESS; MODIFICATIONS OF CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION, BY-LAWS AND CERTAIN OTHER AGREEMENTS; ETC.      148   

SECTION 6.10.

   FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE COVENANTS      151   

SECTION 6.11.

   CAPITAL EXPENDITURES      152   

SECTION 6.12.

   NO OTHER “DESIGNATED SENIOR DEBT”      152   

SECTION 6.13.

   CHANGES IN FISCAL YEAR      153   

ARTICLE VII

  

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

  

SECTION 7.01.

   EVENTS OF DEFAULT      153   

SECTION 7.02.

   RIGHT TO CURE      156   

ARTICLE VIII

  

THE AGENTS

  

SECTION 8.01.

   APPOINTMENT      156   

SECTION 8.02.

   DELEGATION OF DUTIES      157   

SECTION 8.03.

   EXCULPATORY PROVISIONS      157   

SECTION 8.04.

   RELIANCE BY AGENTS      158   

SECTION 8.05.

   NOTICE OF DEFAULT      158   

SECTION 8.06.

   NON-RELIANCE ON ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, COLLATERAL AGENT AND OTHER LENDERS      159   

SECTION 8.07.

   INDEMNIFICATION      159   

SECTION 8.08.

   AGENTS IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY      160   

SECTION 8.09.

   SUCCESSOR AGENTS      160   

 

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SECTION 8.10.

   PAYMENTS SET ASIDE      161   

SECTION 8.11.

   ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM      161   

SECTION 8.12.

   COLLATERAL AND GUARANTY MATTERS      162   

SECTION 8.13.

   AGENTS AND ARRANGERS      162   

SECTION 8.14.

   INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENTS AND COLLATERAL MATTERS      163   

SECTION 8.15.

   WITHHOLDING TAXES      163   

ARTICLE IX

  

MISCELLANEOUS

  

SECTION 9.01.

   NOTICES; COMMUNICATIONS      164   

SECTION 9.02.

   SURVIVAL OF AGREEMENT      165   

SECTION 9.03.

   BINDING EFFECT      165   

SECTION 9.04.

   SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS      166   

SECTION 9.05.

   EXPENSES; INDEMNITY      170   

SECTION 9.06.

   RIGHT OF SET-OFF      172   

SECTION 9.07.

   APPLICABLE LAW      173   

SECTION 9.08.

   WAIVERS; AMENDMENT      173   

SECTION 9.09.

   INTEREST RATE LIMITATION      176   

SECTION 9.10.

   ENTIRE AGREEMENT      176   

SECTION 9.11.

   WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL      176   

SECTION 9.12.

   SEVERABILITY      177   

SECTION 9.13.

   COUNTERPARTS      177   

SECTION 9.14.

   HEADINGS      177   

SECTION 9.15.

   JURISDICTION; CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS      177   

SECTION 9.16.

   CONFIDENTIALITY      179   

SECTION 9.17.

   PLATFORM; BORROWER MATERIALS      179   

SECTION 9.18.

   RELEASE OF LIENS, GUARANTEES AND PLEDGES      180   

SECTION 9.19.

   JUDGMENT CURRENCY      181   

SECTION 9.20.

   USA PATRIOT ACT NOTICE      181   

SECTION 9.21.

   NO ADVISORY OR FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY      181   

SECTION 9.22.

   NON-DEBT FUND AFFILIATES      182   

 

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Exhibits and Schedules   

Exhibit A

   Agreed Security Principles   

Exhibit B

   Form of Assignment and Acceptance   

Exhibit C

   Auction Procedures   

Exhibit D

   Form of Borrowing Request/Interest Rate Request   

Exhibit E

   Form of Swingline Borrowing Request   

Exhibit F

   Form of Non-Debt Fund Affiliate Assignment and Acceptance   

 

Schedule 1.01A    Closing Date Security Documents
Schedule 1.01B    Certain Subsidiaries
Schedule 1.01C    EBITDA Scheduled Adjustments
Schedule 1.01D    Subsidiary Loan Parties
Schedule 2.01    Commitments
Schedule 3.01    Organization and Good Standing
Schedule 3.04    Governmental Approvals
Schedule 3.07(b)    Possession under Leases
Schedule 3.07(c)    Intellectual Property
Schedule 3.08(a)    Subsidiaries
Schedule 3.08(b)    Subscriptions
Schedule 3.09(a)    Litigation
Schedule 3.09(b)    Compliance with Laws
Schedule 3.16    Environmental Matters
Schedule 3.20    Labor Matters
Schedule 3.22    Intellectual Property
Schedule 3.24    Insurance
Schedule 3.25    Anti-Money Laundering, Economic Sanctions Laws
Schedule 4.02(b)    Local Counsel
Schedule 5.10(h)    Certain Collateral Matters
Schedule 6.01    Indebtedness
Schedule 6.02(a)    Liens
Schedule 6.04    Investments
Schedule 6.07    Transactions with Affiliates
Schedule 9.01    Notice Information

 

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CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of September 30, 2010 (this “Agreement”), among CARIB HOLDINGS, INC., a Puerto Rico corporation (“Holdings”), EVERTEC, INC., a Puerto Rico corporation (“Borrower”), the Lenders party hereto from time to time and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent for the Lenders, Swingline Lender and L/C Issuer.

WHEREAS, on June 30, 2010, Popular, Inc., AP Carib Holdings, Ltd., Carib Acquisition, Inc. (“Merger Sub”) and the Borrower entered into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger (as amended or supplemented as of the date hereof, the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which Merger Sub will merge (the “Merger”), effective as of the Closing Date, with and into the Borrower, with the Borrower surviving as a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Holdings;

WHEREAS, in connection with the consummation of the Merger, the Borrower has requested (i) the Lenders to extend credit in the form of (a) Term B Loans on the Closing Date, in an aggregate principal amount not in excess of $355 million and (b) Revolving Facility Loans, Swingline Loans and Letters of Credit at any time and from time to time prior to the Revolving Facility Maturity Date, in an aggregate Outstanding Amount at any time not in excess of $50 million;

NOW, THEREFORE, the Lenders are willing to extend such credit to the Borrower on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms.

As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings specified below:

ABR” shall mean, for any day, a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the higher of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1% and (b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as announced from time to time by Bank of America as its “prime rate.” The “prime rate” is a rate set by Bank of America based upon various factors including Bank of America’s 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 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.

ABR Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of ABR Loans.

ABR Loan” shall mean any ABR Term Loan, ABR Revolving Loan or Swingline Loan.

ABR Revolving Facility Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of ABR Revolving Loans.


ABR Revolving Loan” shall mean any Revolving Facility Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the ABR in accordance with the provisions of Article II.

ABR Term Loan” shall mean any Term Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the ABR in accordance with the provisions of Article II.

Accepting Lender” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.12(e).

Adjustment Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Pricing Grid.”

Administrative Agent” shall mean Bank of America in its capacity as administrative agent under any of the Loan Documents or any successor administrative agent.

Administrative Agent Fees” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.13(d).

Administrative Agent’s Office” shall mean, with respect to any currency, the Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 9.01 with respect to such currency, or such other address or account with respect to such currency as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify to the Borrower and the Lenders.

Administrative Questionnaire” shall mean an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.

Affiliate” shall mean, when used with respect to a specified person, another person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the person specified.

Agent Parties” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.17.

Agents” shall mean the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Syndication Agent.

Agreed Security Principles” shall mean the principles set forth on Exhibit A.

Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.

Alternative Currency” shall mean any currency (other than Dollars) that is approved in accordance with Section 1.05.

Alternative Currency Equivalent” shall mean, at any time, with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, the equivalent amount thereof in the applicable Alternative Currency as determined by the Administrative Agent or the 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 such Alternative Currency with Dollars.

 

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Anti-Money Laundering Laws” shall mean any and all laws, judgments, orders, executive orders, decrees, ordinances, rules, regulations, statutes, case law or treaties applicable to a Loan Party, its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, 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 Commitment Fee” shall mean for any day 0.75% per annum; provided, that on and after the first Adjustment Date occurring after delivery of the financial statements and certificates required by Section 5.04 upon the completion of one full fiscal quarter of the Borrower after the Closing Date, the Applicable Commitment Fee will be determined pursuant to the Pricing Grid.

Applicable Margin” shall mean for any day (i) with respect to any Term B Loan, 5.25% per annum in the case of any Eurocurrency Loan and 4.25% per annum in the case of any ABR Loan, (ii) with respect to any Revolving Facility Loan, (A) 5.25% per annum in the case of any Eurocurrency Loan and (B) 4.25% per annum in the case of any ABR Loan and (iii) with respect to Swingline Loans, 4.25% per annum; provided, that on and after the first Adjustment Date occurring after delivery of the financial statements and certificates required by Section 5.04 upon the completion of one full fiscal quarter of the Borrower after the Closing Date, the Applicable Margin with respect to Revolving Facility Loans will be determined pursuant to the Pricing Grid.

Applicable Time” shall mean, with respect to any borrowings and payments in any Alternative Currency, the local time in the place of settlement for such Alternative Currency 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.

Approved Fund” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b).

Arrangers” and “Joint Lead Arrangers” shall mean Banc of America Securities, LLC and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., in their capacities as joint lead arrangers.

Asset Sale” shall mean any loss, damage, destruction or condemnation of, or any sale, transfer or other disposition (including any sale and leaseback of assets) to any person of any asset or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary.

Assignee” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b).

Assignment and Acceptance” shall mean an assignment and acceptance entered into by a Lender and an Assignee, and accepted by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (if required by Section 9.04), in the form of Exhibit B or such other form as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent and reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower.

 

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Auction” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.12(g).

Auction Manager” shall mean either of the Arrangers or another investment bank of recognized standing selected by the Borrower and reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that will manage the Auction Prepayment Offer.

Auction Notice” shall mean an auction notice given by the Borrower in accordance with the Auction Procedures with respect to an Auction Prepayment Offer.

Auction Prepayment” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.12(g).

Auction Prepayment Offer” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.12(g).

Auction Procedures” shall mean the auction procedures with respect to Auction Prepayment Offers set forth in Exhibit C hereto.

Auto-Extension Letter of Credit” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(b).

Auto-Reinstatement Letter of Credit” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(b).

Availability Period” shall mean the period from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the earlier of the Revolving Facility Maturity Date and, in the case of each of the Revolving Facility Loans, Revolving Facility Borrowings, Swingline Loans, Swingline Borrowings and Letters of Credit, the date of termination of the Revolving Facility Commitments.

Available Unused Commitment” shall mean, with respect to a Revolving Facility Lender at any time, an amount equal to the Dollar Equivalent of the amount by which (a) the Revolving Facility Commitment of such Revolving Facility Lender at such time exceeds (b) the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of such Revolving Facility Lender at such time.

Bank of America” shall mean Bank of America, N.A. and its successors.

Bankruptcy Code” shall mean Title 11 of the United State Code, as amended, or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.

Board” shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.

Board of Directors” shall mean, with respect to any Person, (i) in the case of any corporation, the board of directors of such Person, (ii) in the case of any limited liability company, the board of managers of such Person, (iii) in the case of any partnership, the Board of Directors of the general partner of such Person and (iv) in any other case, the functional equivalent of the foregoing or, in each case, any duly authorized committee of such body.

 

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Borrower” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto, together with its permitted successors and assigns.

Borrowing” shall mean a group of Loans of a single Type in a single currency under a single Facility and made on a single date and, in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.

Borrowing Minimum” shall mean $1.0 million except, in the case of Swingline Loans, $500,000.

Borrowing Multiple” shall mean $1.0 million except, in the case of Swingline Loans, $100,000.

Borrowing Request” shall mean a request by the Borrower in accordance with the terms of Section 2.03 and substantially in the form of Exhibit D.

Budget” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.04(e).

Business Day” shall mean 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 Agent’s Office with respect to Loans denominated in Dollars is located and:

(a) if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Loan denominated in Dollars, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in Dollars in respect of any such Eurocurrency Loan, or any other dealings in Dollars to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Eurocurrency 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 Loan denominated in Euro, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in Euro in respect of any such Eurocurrency Loan, or any other dealings in Euro to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Eurocurrency Loan, means a TARGET Day;

(c) if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Eurocurrency 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 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 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.

 

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Capital Expenditures” shall mean, for any person in respect of any period, the aggregate of all expenditures incurred by such person during such period that, in accordance with GAAP, are or should be included in “additions to property, plant or equipment” or similar items reflected in the statement of cash flows of such person; provided, however, that Capital Expenditures for the Borrower and the Subsidiaries shall not include:

(a) expenditures to the extent made with proceeds of the issuance of Qualified Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of Holdings (prior to a Qualified IPO) or funds that would have constituted Net Proceeds under clause (a) of the definition of the term “Net Proceeds” (but that will not constitute Net Proceeds as a result of the first or second proviso to such clause (a)); provided, that (i) this clause (a) shall exclude expenditures made with the proceeds of Permitted Cure Securities, proceeds of Equity Interests referred to in Section 6.01(gg), proceeds from sales of Equity Interests financed as contemplated by Section 6.04(e)(iii), proceeds of Equity Interests used to make Investments pursuant to Section 6.04(z), proceeds of Equity Interests used to make a Restricted Payment in reliance on clause (x) of the proviso to Section 6.06(c), any proceeds used to finance the payments or distributions in respect of any Junior Financing pursuant to Section 6.09(b)(i)(C) and any Specified Purchase Price Adjustment Proceeds and (D) and (ii) such proceeds are not included in any determination of the Cumulative Credit;

(b) expenditures of proceeds of insurance settlements, condemnation awards and other settlements in respect of lost, destroyed, damaged or condemned assets, equipment or other property to the extent such expenditures are made to replace or repair such lost, destroyed, damaged or condemned assets, equipment or other property or otherwise to acquire, maintain, develop, construct, improve, upgrade or repair assets or properties useful in the business of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries to the extent such proceeds are not then required to be applied to prepay Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.12(b);

(c) interest capitalized during such period;

(d) expenditures that are accounted for as capital expenditures of such person and that actually are paid for by a third party (excluding Holdings (prior to a Qualified IPO), the Borrower or any Subsidiary) and for which none of Holdings (prior to a Qualified IPO), the Borrower or any Subsidiary has provided or is required to provide or incur, directly or indirectly, any consideration or obligation to such third party or any other person (whether before, during or after such period);

(e) the book value of any asset owned by such person prior to or during such period to the extent that such book value is included as a capital expenditure during such period as a result of such person reusing or beginning to reuse such asset during such period without a corresponding expenditure actually having been made in such period; provided that (i) any expenditure necessary in order to permit such asset to be reused shall be included as a Capital Expenditure during the period that such expenditure actually is made and (ii) such book value shall have been included in Capital Expenditures when such asset was originally acquired;

 

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(f) the purchase price of equipment purchased during such period to the extent that the consideration therefor consists of any combination of (i) used or surplus equipment traded in at the time of such purchase and (ii) the proceeds of a concurrent sale of used or surplus equipment, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;

(g) Investments in respect of a Permitted Business Acquisition;

(h) the purchase of property, plant or equipment made with proceeds from any Asset Sale to the extent such proceeds are not then required to be applied to prepay Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.12(b); or

(i) expenditures pursuant to the Merger or in connection with the Transactions.

Capital Lease Obligations” of any person shall mean the obligations of such person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other similar arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such person under GAAP and, for purposes hereof, the amount of such obligations at any time shall be the capitalized amount thereof at such time determined in accordance with GAAP.

Capitalized Software Expenditures” shall mean, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities) by a person during such period in respect of licensed or purchased software or internally developed software and software enhancements that, in accordance with GAAP, are or are required to be reflected as capitalized costs on the consolidated balance sheet of such person and its subsidiaries.

Cash Collateralize” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(g).

Cash Interest Expense” shall mean, with respect to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for any period, Interest Expense for such period to the extent such amounts are paid in cash for such period, excluding, without duplication, in any event (a) pay in kind Interest Expense or other non-cash Interest Expense (including as a result of the effects of purchase accounting), (b) to the extent included in Interest Expense, the amortization and write-off of any debt issuance costs, commissions, financing fees paid by, or on behalf of, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, including such fees paid in connection with the Transactions, and the expensing of any bridge, commitment or other financing fees, including those paid in connection with the Transactions, or any amendment of this Agreement, (c) the amortization of debt discounts, if any, or fees in respect of Swap Agreements and (d) any other expenses included in Interest Expense not paid in cash.

A “Change in Control” shall be deemed to occur if:

(a) at any time, a “change of control” (or similar event) shall occur under the Senior Unsecured Notes Indenture, the Interim Loan Agreement, the Senior Notes Indenture or any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof that constitutes Material Indebtedness;

 

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(b) at any time prior to a Qualified IPO, any combination of Permitted Holders in the aggregate shall fail to beneficially own (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, Voting Stock of the Borrower representing at least a majority of the voting power of the Voting Stock of the Borrower;

(c) any person or “group” (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act as in effect on the Closing Date), other than any combination of the Permitted Holders, shall have beneficial ownership (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act) of Voting Stock of the Borrower representing more than 35% of the voting power of the Voting Stock of the Borrower entitled to vote for the election of directors of the Borrower; provided that no Change in Control shall be deemed to occur under this clause (c) if at such time the Permitted Holders in the aggregate own, directly or indirectly, Voting Stock of the Borrower representing a greater percentage of the voting power of the Voting Stock of the Borrower; or

(d) Holdings shall cease to directly or indirectly own 100% of the Equity Interests of Borrower.

Change in Law” shall mean (a) the adoption of any law, rule or regulation after the Closing Date, (b) any change in law, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the Closing Date or (c) compliance by any Lender or L/C Issuer (or, for purposes of Section 2.16(b), by any Lending Office of such Lender or by such Lender’s or L/C Issuer’s holding company, if any) with any written request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the Closing Date.

Charges” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.09.

Class” when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, shall refer to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Facility Loans, Term B Loans, Incremental Term Loans, Swingline Loans, Refinancing Term Loans or Replacement Revolving Loans and, when used in reference to any Commitment, refers to whether such Commitment is a Revolving Facility Commitment, Term B Loan Commitment, an Incremental Term Loan Commitment, a Swingline Commitment, or a Replacement Revolving Facility Commitment.

Closing Date” shall mean September 30, 2010.

Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder.

Collateral” shall mean all the “Collateral” (or equivalent term) as defined in any Security Document and shall also include the Mortgaged Properties and all other property that is now or hereafter subject to any Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to any Security Documents and which has not been released from such Lien in accordance with the Loan Documents at the time of determination.

 

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Collateral Agent” shall mean, with respect to references to such term in this Agreement, Bank of America in its capacity as collateral agent for the Secured Parties under this Agreement in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and with respect to references to such term in the Security Documents, Bank of America in its capacity as collateral agent for the First Lien Secured Parties under the Security Documents in accordance with the terms of the Security Documents, or any successor collateral agent pursuant to any such document.

Collateral Agreement” shall mean the Collateral Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among Holdings, the Borrower, Sense Software International Corp., TII Smart Solutions, Inc. and the Collateral Agent, as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Collateral Requirement” shall mean the requirement that (in each case subject to Section 5.10(g) and the Agreed Security Principles):

(a) on the Closing Date, the Collateral Agent shall have received (x) the Security Documents set forth on Schedule 1.01A from the parties set forth thereon and (y) from each of Holdings, the Borrower and each Subsidiary Loan Party, a counterpart of the Guarantee Agreement duly executed and delivered on behalf of such person;

(b) on the Closing Date, (i) the Collateral Agent shall have received a pledge of all the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of (x) the Borrower and (y) each Subsidiary (other than the Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 1.01B) owned on the Closing Date directly by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party and (ii) the Collateral Agent shall have received all certificates or other instruments (if any) representing such Equity Interests, together with stock powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank (to the extent appropriate in the applicable jurisdiction);

(c) (i) on the Closing Date and at all times thereafter, all Indebtedness of the Borrower and each Subsidiary having, in the case of each instance of Indebtedness, an aggregate principal amount in excess of $2.5 million (other than (A) intercompany current liabilities in connection with the cash management operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or (B) to the extent that a pledge of such promissory note or instrument would violate applicable law) that is owing to Holdings, the Borrower or a Subsidiary Loan Party shall be evidenced by a promissory note or an instrument and shall have been pledged pursuant to the Collateral Agreement (or other applicable Security Document as reasonably required by the Collateral Agent), and (ii) the Collateral Agent shall have received all such promissory notes or instruments, together with note powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank (to the extent appropriate in the applicable jurisdiction);

(d) in the case of any person that becomes a Subsidiary after the Closing Date, subject to Section 5.10(g) and the Agreed Security Principles, the Collateral Agent shall have received (i) a supplement to the applicable Guarantee Agreement and (ii) a supplement to the Collateral Agreement (or other applicable Security Document as reasonably required by the Collateral Agent), as applicable, in the form specified therein or

 

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otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Subsidiary;

(e) after the Closing Date, (i) all the outstanding Equity Interests of (A) any person that becomes a Subsidiary Loan Party after the Closing Date and (B) subject to Section 5.10(g) and the Agreed Security Principles, all the Equity Interests that are acquired by the Borrower or a Subsidiary Loan Party after the Closing Date, shall have been pledged pursuant to the Collateral Agreement (or other applicable Security Document as reasonably required by the Collateral Agent) and (ii) the Collateral Agent shall have received all certificates or other instruments (if any) representing such Equity Interests, together with stock powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank (to the extent appropriate in the applicable jurisdiction);

(f) on the Closing Date and at all times thereafter, except as otherwise contemplated by any Security Document, all documents and instruments, including Uniform Commercial Code financing statements or equivalent filings in foreign jurisdictions, required by law or reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to be filed, registered or recorded to create the Liens intended to be created by the Security Documents (in each case, including any supplements thereto) and perfect such Liens to the extent required by, and with the priority required by, the Security Documents, shall have been filed, registered or recorded or delivered to the Collateral Agent for filing, registration or the recording concurrently with, or promptly following, the execution and delivery of each such Security Document;

(g) after the Closing Date (solely to the extent required by Section 5.10(c) or 5.10(d)), the Collateral Agent shall have received (i) counterparts of each Mortgage to be entered into with respect to each Mortgaged Property duly executed and delivered by the record owner of such Mortgaged Property and suitable for recording or filing and (ii) such other documents including, but not limited to, any consents, agreements and confirmations of third parties, as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request with respect to any such Mortgage or Mortgaged Property and evidence that all filing and recording taxes and fees have been paid or otherwise provided for in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent;

(h) after the Closing Date, the Collateral Agent shall have received (i) in the case of any Mortgaged Property located in the United States or any territory thereof, or any foreign jurisdiction with respect to which title insurance is available and customarily obtained in connection with transactions similar to the Transactions, a policy or policies or marked up unconditional binder of title insurance or the foreign equivalent thereof, as applicable, paid for by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, issued by one or more title insurance companies reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent insuring the Liens of each Mortgage as a valid first lien on the Mortgaged Property described therein, free of other Liens except Permitted Liens, together, with such customary endorsements (to the extent available in the subject jurisdiction and including zoning endorsements where reasonably appropriate and available) as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request or (ii) in any foreign jurisdiction to the extent title insurance is not so available and customarily obtained, but a title opinion is customarily obtained (and can be so obtained at a

 

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commercially reasonable cost), a title opinion covering the matters customarily covered in title opinions in the applicable jurisdiction, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent;

(i) after the Closing Date (solely to the extent required by Section 5.10(c) or 5.10(d)), the Collateral Agent shall have received a completed “Life-of-Loan” Federal Emergency Management Agency Standard Flood Hazard Determination with respect to each Mortgaged Property located in the United States (together with a notice about special flood hazard area status and flood disaster assistance) duly executed by the Borrower and/or each Subsidiary Loan Party relating thereto;

(j) after the Closing Date (solely to the extent required by Section 5.10(c) or 5.10(d)), the Administrative Agent shall have received a copy of, or a certificate as to coverage under, the insurance policies required by Section 5.02 and any applicable provisions of the Security Documents, including, without limitation, flood insurance policies, each of which shall be endorsed or otherwise amended to include a “standard” or “New York” lender’s loss payable or mortgagee endorsement or other similar endorsement in each applicable jurisdiction (to the extent applicable) and shall name the Collateral Agent as additional insured, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

(k) on the Closing Date, the Collateral Agent shall have received evidence of the insurance required by the terms of this Agreement and the Mortgages;

(l) except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement or any Security Document, each Loan Party shall have obtained all consents and approvals required to be obtained by it in connection with (i) the execution and delivery of all Security Documents (or supplements thereto) to which it is a party and the granting by it of the Liens thereunder and (ii) the performance of its obligations thereunder; and

(m) after the Closing Date, the Collateral Agent shall have received (i) such other Security Documents as may be required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.10, and (ii) upon reasonable request by the Collateral Agent, evidence of compliance with any other requirements of Section 5.10.

Commitment Fee” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.13(a).

Commitments” shall mean (a) with respect to any Lender, such Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitment, Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment, Replacement Revolving Facility Commitment, Term B Loan Commitment and/or Incremental Term Loan Commitment and (b) with respect to any Swingline Lender, its Swingline Commitment.

Conduit Lender” shall mean any special purpose entity organized and administered by any Lender for the purpose of making Loans otherwise required to be made by such Lender and designated by such Lender in a written instrument; provided, that the designation by any Lender of a Conduit Lender shall not relieve the designating Lender of any of its obligations to fund a Loan under this Agreement if, for any reason, its Conduit Lender fails to fund any such

 

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Loan, and the designating Lender (and not the Conduit Lender) shall have the sole right and responsibility to deliver all consents and waivers required or requested under this Agreement with respect to its Conduit Lender; provided, further, that a Conduit Lender shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.16, 2.17, 2.18 and 9.05 (subject to the limitations and requirements of those Sections) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to Section 9.04(b) but no Conduit Lender shall (a) be entitled to receive any greater amount pursuant to Section 2.16, 2.17, 2.18 or 9.05 than the designating Lender would have been entitled to receive in respect of the extensions of credit made by such Conduit Lender unless the designation of such Conduit Lender was made with the prior written consent of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and the Conduit Lender complies with the requirements those Sections or (b) be deemed to have any Commitment.

Consolidated Debt” at any date shall mean the sum of (without duplication) all Indebtedness (other than letters of credit or bank guarantees, to the extent undrawn) consisting of Capital Lease Obligations, Indebtedness for borrowed money and Disqualified Stock of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis on such date.

Consolidated Net Income” shall mean, with respect to any person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such person and its subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis; provided, however, that, without duplication,

(i) any net after tax extraordinary, nonrecurring or unusual gains or losses or income or expense or charge (less all fees and expenses relating thereto), including, without limitation, any severance, relocation or other restructuring expenses, any expenses related to any reconstruction, decommissioning, recommissioning or reconfiguration of fixed assets for alternative uses, fees, expenses or charges relating to facilities closing costs, curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans, excess pension charges, acquisition integration costs, facilities opening costs, project start-up costs, business optimization costs, signing, retention or completion bonuses, costs and transition expenses incurred as a direct result of the transition of the Borrower to an independent operating company in connection with the Transactions and expenses or charges related to any offering of Equity Interests or debt securities of the Borrower, Holdings or any Parent, any Investment, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization or issuance, repayment, refinancing, amendment or modification of Indebtedness (in each case, whether or not successful), any costs associated with separation of Venezuela operations from the business conducted by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date (whether or not such costs are incurred before, on or after the Closing Date) and any fees, expenses, charges or change in control payments related to the Transactions, in each case, shall be excluded,

(ii) any net after-tax income or loss from disposed, abandoned, transferred, closed or discontinued operations and any net after-tax gain or loss on disposal of disposed, abandoned, transferred, closed or discontinued operations, shall be excluded;

(iii) any net after-tax gain or loss (less all fees and expenses or charges relating thereto) attributable to business dispositions or asset dispositions other than in the ordinary course of business (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) shall be excluded,

 

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(iv) any net after-tax income or loss (less all fees and expenses or charges relating thereto) attributable to the early extinguishment of indebtedness, Swap Agreements or other derivative instruments shall be excluded,

(v) (A) the Net Income for such period of any person that is not a Subsidiary of such person, or is an Unrestricted Subsidiary or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall be included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to the referent person or a Subsidiary thereof (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary of such referent person) in respect of such period and (B) the Net Income for such period shall include any ordinary course dividend, distribution or other payment in cash received from any person in excess of the amounts included in clause (A) which is distributed within six months of the end of the fiscal year in which it is earned,

(vi) Consolidated Net Income for such period shall not include the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles during such period,

(vii) effects of purchase accounting adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to such person and its Subsidiaries) in component amounts required or permitted by GAAP, resulting from the application of purchase accounting in relation to the Transactions or any consummated acquisition or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof, net of taxes, shall be excluded,

(viii) any impairment charges or asset write-offs (other than write-offs of inventory and accounts receivable), in each case pursuant to GAAP, and the amortization of intangibles arising pursuant to GAAP, shall be excluded,

(ix) any (a) non-cash compensation charges or expenses, (b) costs and expenses after the Closing Date related to employment of terminated employees that have been terminated prior to or on the Closing Date, or (c) costs or expenses realized in connection with or resulting from stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options or other rights shall be excluded,

(x) accruals and reserves that are established or adjusted within twelve months after the Closing Date and that are so required to be established or adjusted in accordance with GAAP or as a result of adoption or modification of accounting policies shall be excluded,

(xi) non-cash gains, losses, income and expenses resulting from fair value accounting required by the applicable standard under GAAP and related interpretations shall be excluded,

(xii) any currency translation gains and losses related to currency remeasurements, including but not limited to, Indebtedness, and any net loss or gain resulting from Swap Agreements for currency exchange risk, shall be excluded,

 

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(xiii) the non-cash portion of “straight-line” rent expense shall be excluded and (ii) the cash portion of “straight-line” rent expense which exceeds the amount expensed in respect of such rent expense shall be included,

(xiv) to the extent covered by insurance and actually reimbursed, or, so long as such person 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 evidence (with a deduction for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed within 365 days), expenses with respect to liability or casualty events or business interruption shall be excluded,

(xv) [Reserved];

(xvi) non-cash charges for deferred tax asset valuation allowances shall be excluded,

(xvii) any expenses attributable to costs paid by any person (other than the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) on behalf of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or expenses that are reimbursed by such person to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case, to the extent specifically contemplated in the Merger Agreement, shall be excluded, and

(xviii) the Net Income for such period of any subsidiary of such person shall be excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such subsidiary of its Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (which has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by the operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to such subsidiary or its equityholders, unless such restrictions with respect to the payment of dividends or similar distributions have been legally waived; provided that the Consolidated Net Income of such person shall be increased by the amount of dividends or other distributions or other payments actually paid in cash (or converted into cash) by any such subsidiary to such person, to the extent not already included therein.

Consolidated Total Assets” shall mean, as of any date, the total assets of the Borrower and the consolidated Subsidiaries without giving effect to any amortization or write-off of the amount of intangible assets (including, without limitation, goodwill) since the Closing Date (or with respect to assets acquired after the Closing Date, the date such assets were acquired by the Borrower or a consolidated Subsidiary), determined in accordance with GAAP, as set forth on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower as of such date.

Control” shall mean 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 ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and “Controls” and “Controlled” shall have meanings correlative thereto.

Credit Event” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Article IV.

 

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Cumulative Credit” shall mean, at any date, an amount, not less than zero in the aggregate, determined on a cumulative basis equal to, without duplication (and without duplication of amounts that otherwise increased the amount available for Investments pursuant to Section 6.04):

(a) the Cumulative Retained Excess Cash Flow Amount on such date of determination, plus

(b) the cumulative amount of proceeds (including cash and the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) of property other than cash) from the sale of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of Holdings or any Parent Entity after the Closing Date and on or prior to such time (including upon exercise of warrants or options) which proceeds have been contributed as common equity to the capital of the Borrower and common Equity Interests of the Borrower issued upon conversion of Indebtedness incurred after the Closing Date of the Borrower or any Subsidiary owed to a person other than the Borrower or a Subsidiary not previously applied for a purpose other than use in the Cumulative Credit; provided, that this clause (b) shall exclude Permitted Cure Securities and the proceeds thereof, proceeds of Equity Interests referred to in Section 6.01(gg), sales of Equity Interests financed as contemplated by Section 6.04(e)(iii), proceeds of Equity Interests used to make Investments pursuant to Section 6.04(z), proceeds of Equity Interests used to make a Restricted Payment in reliance on clause (x) of the proviso to Section 6.06(c) and any amounts used to finance the payments or distributions in respect of any Junior Financing pursuant to Section 6.09(b)(i)(C) and (D), the proceeds of Equity Interests that are used to make expenditures as contemplated in clause (a) of the definition of “Capital Expenditures,” and any amounts received pursuant to the last sentence of Section 2.9 of the Merger Agreement (other than 40% of any amount received as a Post-Closing Foreign Equity Adjustment, the Serfinsa Remaining Amount or the Contado Remaining Amount (each as defined in the Merger Agreement) pursuant to Section 2.9 of the Merger Agreement), plus

(c) 100% of the aggregate amount of contributions to the common capital of the Borrower received in cash (and the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) of property other than cash) after the Closing Date (subject to the same exclusions as are applicable to clause (b) above), plus

(d) 100% of the aggregate principal amount of any Indebtedness (including the liquidation preference or maximum fixed repurchase price, as the case may be, of any Disqualified Stock) of the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof issued after the Closing Date (other than Indebtedness issued to a Subsidiary), which has been converted into or exchanged for Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) in the Borrower, Holdings or any Parent Entity; provided that this clause (d) shall exclude the conversion or exchange of any Junior Financing to Equity Interest pursuant to Section 6.09(b)(i)(D), plus

(e) 100% of the aggregate amount received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in cash (and the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) of property other than cash received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary) after the Closing Date from:

 

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(A) the sale (other than to the Borrower or any Subsidiary) of the Equity Interests of an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or

(B) any dividend or other distribution by an Unrestricted Subsidiary, plus

(f) in the event any Unrestricted Subsidiary has been redesignated as a Subsidiary or has been merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) of the Investments of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation, combination or transfer (or of the assets transferred or conveyed, as applicable), plus

(g) an amount equal to any returns (including dividends, interest, distributions, returns of principal, profits on sale, repayments, income and similar amounts) actually received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of any Investments made pursuant to Section 6.04(j), minus

(h) any amounts thereof used to make Investments pursuant to Section 6.04(b) and 6.04(j)(ii) after the Closing Date prior to such time, minus

(i) any amounts thereof used to make Restricted Payments pursuant to Section 6.06(e) after the Closing Date prior to such time, minus

(j) any amounts thereof used to make payments or distributions in respect of Junior Financings pursuant to Section 6.09(b)(i)(E), minus

(k) the amount of dividends paid pursuant to Section 6.06(h) or (o).

Cumulative Retained Excess Cash Flow Amount” shall mean, at any date, an amount, not less than zero in the aggregate, determined on a cumulative basis equal to the sum of the Retained Percentage of Excess Cash Flow for each Excess Cash Flow Period.

Cure Amount” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.02.

Cure Right” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.02.

Current Assets” shall mean, with respect to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis at any date of determination, all assets (other than cash and Permitted Investments or other cash equivalents) that would, in accordance with GAAP, be classified on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries as current assets at such date of determination, other than amounts related to current or deferred Taxes based on income or profits.

Current Liabilities” shall mean, with respect to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis at any date of determination, all liabilities that would, in accordance with GAAP, be classified on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries as current liabilities at such date of determination, other than (a) the current portion of any

 

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Indebtedness, (b) accruals of Interest Expense (excluding Interest Expense that is due and unpaid), (c) accruals for current or deferred Taxes based on income or profits, (d) accruals, if any, of transaction costs resulting from the Transactions, (e) accruals of any costs or expenses related to (i) severance or termination of employees prior to the Closing Date or (ii) bonuses, pension and other post-retirement benefit obligations, and (f) accruals for add-backs to EBITDA included in clauses (a)(iv) through (a)(vi) of the definition of such term.

Debt Fund Affiliate” shall mean any Affiliate of Holdings that is a bona fide diversified debt fund identified by such Affiliate to the Administrative Agent and reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

Debt Service” shall mean, with respect to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for any period, Cash Interest Expense of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such period plus scheduled principal amortization of Consolidated Debt of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such period.

Debtor Relief Laws” shall mean 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” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.12(e).

Default” shall mean any event or condition which, but for the giving of notice, lapse of time or both would constitute an Event of Default.

Defaulting Lender” shall mean any Lender with respect to which a Lender Default is in effect.

Designated Non-Cash Consideration” shall mean the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) of non-cash consideration received by the Borrower or one of its Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to a certificate of a Responsible Officer, setting forth the basis of such valuation, less the amount of cash or cash equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration.

Disinterested Director” shall mean, with respect to any person and transaction, a member of the Board of Directors of such person who does not have any material direct or indirect financial interest in or with respect to such transaction.

Disqualified Stock” shall mean, with respect to any person, any Equity Interests of such person that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security or other Equity Interests into which it is convertible or for which it is redeemable or 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

 

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a change of control or asset sale event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Loans and all other Obligations that are accrued and payable and the termination of the Commitments), (b) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests), in whole or in part, (c) provides for the scheduled payments of dividends in cash or (d) at the option of the holders thereof, is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or any other Equity Interests that would constitute Disqualified Stock, in each case, prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the earlier of (x) the then Latest Maturity Date and (y) the date on which the Loans and all other Obligations that are accrued and payable are repaid in full and the Commitments are terminated; provided, however, that only the portion of the Equity Interests that so mature or are mandatorily redeemable, are so convertible or exchangeable or are so redeemable at the option of the holder thereof prior to such date shall be deemed to be Disqualified Stock; provided further, however, that if such Equity Interests are issued to any employee or to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Borrower or the Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Equity Interests shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because they may be required to be repurchased by the Borrower in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employee’s termination, death or disability; provided further, however, that any class of Equity Interests of such person that by its terms authorizes such person to satisfy its obligations thereunder by delivery of Equity Interests that are not Disqualified Stock shall not be deemed to be Disqualified Stock.

Dollar Equivalent” shall mean, 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, the equivalent amount thereof in Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent or the 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.

Dollars” or “$” shall mean lawful money of the United States of America.

EBITDA” shall mean, with respect to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such period plus (a) the sum of (in each case without duplication and to the extent the respective amounts described in subclauses (i) through (x) of this clause (a) otherwise reduced such Consolidated Net Income for the respective period for which EBITDA is being determined):

(i) provision for Taxes based on income, profits or capital of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such period, including, without limitation, state, franchise and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes (including penalties and interest related to taxes or arising from tax examinations),

(ii) Interest Expense (and to the extent not included in Interest Expense, (x) all cash dividend payments (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of preferred stock or Disqualified Stock and (y) costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities) of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such period (net of interest income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period),

 

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(iii) depreciation and amortization expenses of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such period including, without limitation, the amortization of intangible assets, deferred financing fees and Capitalized Software Expenditures and amortization of unrecognized prior service costs and actuarial gains and losses related to pensions and other post-employment benefits,

(iv) any expenses or charges (other than depreciation or amortization expense as described in the preceding clause (iii)) related to any issuance of Equity Interests, Investment, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization or the incurrence, modification or repayment of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by this Agreement (including a refinancing thereof) (whether or not successful), including (w) such fees, expenses or charges related to the offering of the Senior Unsecured Notes, the Senior Notes, the Interim Loan Facility and the Obligations, (x) any amendment or other modification of the Obligations or other Indebtedness and (y) any “additional interest” with respect to the Senior Unsecured Notes or the Senior Notes,

(v) business optimization expenses and other restructuring charges or reserves (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include, without limitation, the effect of inventory optimization programs, facility closure, facility consolidations, retention, severance, systems establishment costs, contract termination costs, future lease commitments and excess pension charges),

(vi) any other non-cash charges (excluding the write off of any receivables or inventory); provided, that, for purposes of this subclause (vi) of this clause (a), any non-cash charges or losses shall be treated as cash charges or losses in any subsequent period during which cash disbursements attributable thereto are made (but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period),

(vii) the amount of management, consulting, monitoring, transaction and advisory fees and related expenses paid to the Sponsors (or any accruals related to such fees and related expenses) during such period to the extent otherwise permitted by Section 6.07(b)(xiv),

(viii) [Reserved],

(ix) any costs or expense incurred 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 a Subsidiary Loan Party or net cash proceeds of an issuance of Equity Interests of the Borrower (other than Disqualified Stock) solely to the extent that such net cash proceeds are excluded from the calculation of the Cumulative Credit, and

(x) any deductions (less any additions) attributable to minority interests except, in each case, to the extent of cash paid (or received),

plus (b) the EBITDA Scheduled Adjustments for such period, minus (c) the sum of (without duplication and to the extent the amounts described in this clause (c) increased such Consolidated

 

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Net Income for the respective period for which EBITDA is being determined) non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such period (but excluding the recognition of deferred revenue or any such items (A) in respect of which cash was received in a prior period or will be received in a future period or (B) which represent the reversal of any accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges that reduced EBITDA in any prior period).

For purposes of determining EBITDA under this Agreement, EBITDA for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2010 shall be deemed to be $32.7 million, EBITDA for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2010 shall be deemed to be $30.4 million, EBITDA for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2010 shall be deemed to be $29.1 million and EBITDA for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2009 shall be deemed to be $32.5 million.

EBITDA Scheduled Adjustments” shall mean the adjustments to EBITDA set forth on Schedule 1.01C.

Economic Sanctions Laws” means (i) 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), Executive Order 13224 (effective September 24, 2001), as amended, and the regulations administered and enforced by OFAC and (ii) any and all other laws, judgments, orders, executive orders, decrees, ordinances, rules, regulations, statutes, case law or treaties applicable to a Loan Party, its Subsidiaries or Affiliates relating to economic sanctions and terrorism financing.

Embargoed Person” shall mean (i) any country or territory that is the subject of a sanctions program administered by OFAC or (ii) any Person that (x) is publicly identified on the most current list of “Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons” published by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) or (y) resides, is organized or chartered, or has a place of business in a country or territory that is the subject of a sanctions program administered by OFAC.

EMU” shall mean 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.

EMU Legislation” shall mean the legislative measures of the European Council for the introduction of, changeover to or operation of a single or unified European currency.

Environment” shall mean ambient and indoor air, surface water and groundwater (including potable water), the land surface or subsurface strata, natural resources such as flora and fauna , and wetlands, the workplace or as otherwise defined in any Environmental Law.

Environmental Laws” shall mean all applicable laws (including common law), rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees or judgments, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the Environment, the generation, management, Release or threatened Release of, or exposure to, any Hazardous Material or to human health and safety (to the extent relating to the Environment or Hazardous Materials).

 

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Equity Contribution” shall mean, in connection with the consummation of the Merger, the purchase or contribution by the Permitted Holders, directly or indirectly, of cash equity or rollover equity to or of Holdings or any Parent in an aggregate amount of not less than 35% of the pro forma total consolidated capitalization of the Borrower on the Closing Date (excluding for purpose of this determination Indebtedness in respect of the Excluded Transaction Debt).

Equity Interests” of any person shall mean any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase or otherwise acquire, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) equity or ownership of such person, including any preferred stock, any limited or general partnership interest and any limited liability company membership interest, and any securities or other rights or interests convertible into or exchangeable for any of the foregoing.

ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as the same may be amended from time to time and any final regulations promulgated and the rulings issued thereunder.

ERISA Affiliate” shall mean any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with the Borrower or a Subsidiary, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code, or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.

ERISA Event” shall mean (a) any Reportable Event or the requirements of Section 4043(b) of ERISA apply with respect to a Plan; (b) the failure to meet the minimum funding standard under Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA with respect to a Plan, whether or not waived; (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan, the failure to make by its due date a required installment under Section 412 of the Code with respect to any Plan or the failure to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (d) the incurrence by Holdings, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (e) the receipt by Holdings, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA; (f) the incurrence by Holdings, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (g) the receipt by Holdings, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from Holdings, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the impending imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA; (h) the conditions for imposition of a lien under Section 303(k) of ERISA shall have been met with respect to any Plan; or (i) the adoption of an amendment to a Plan requiring the provision of security to such Plan pursuant to Section 307 of ERISA (as in effect prior to the effective date of the Pension Act).

Euro” shall mean the lawful currency of the Participating Member States introduced in accordance with the EMU Legislation.

 

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Eurocurrency Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Eurocurrency Loans.

Eurocurrency Loan” shall mean any Eurocurrency Term Loan or Eurocurrency Revolving Loan.

Eurocurrency Rate” shall mean, for any Interest Period with respect to a Eurocurrency Loan, the rate per annum equal to the British Bankers Association LIBOR Rate (“BBA LIBOR”), as published by Reuters (or other commercially available source providing 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. 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 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 America’s 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 Revolving Facility Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Eurocurrency Revolving Loans.

Eurocurrency Revolving Loan” shall mean any Revolving Facility Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Eurocurrency Rate in accordance with the provisions of Article II.

Eurocurrency Term Loan” shall mean any Term Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Eurocurrency Rate in accordance with the provisions of Article II.

Event of Default” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.01.

Evertec Latino” shall mean EVERTEC Latinoamerica, S.A., a Costa Rican corporation.

Excess Cash Flow” shall mean, with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for any Excess Cash Flow Period, EBITDA of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such Excess Cash Flow Period, minus, without duplication,

(a) Debt Service for such Excess Cash Flow Period,

(b) the amount of cash paid to prepay the principal of Term Loans pursuant to an Auction Prepayment and any voluntary prepayment permitted hereunder of term Indebtedness during such Excess Cash Flow Period (other than any voluntary prepayment of the Loans and Other First Lien Obligations, which shall be subject to Section 2.12(c)), so long as the amount of such prepayment is not already included in Debt Service,

 

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(c) (i) Capital Expenditures by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis during such Excess Cash Flow Period that are paid in cash (to the extent permitted under this Agreement) and (ii) the aggregate consideration paid in cash during the Excess Cash Flow Period in respect of Permitted Business Acquisitions and other Investments permitted hereunder less any amounts received in respect thereof as a return of capital,

(d) Capital Expenditures or Permitted Business Acquisitions that the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall, during such Excess Cash Flow Period, become obligated to make in cash but that are not made during such Excess Cash Flow Period (to the extent permitted under this Agreement); provided, that (i) the Borrower shall deliver a certificate to the Administrative Agent not later than 90 days after the end of such Excess Cash Flow Period, signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower and certifying that such Capital Expenditures or Permitted Business Acquisitions will be made in cash in the following Excess Cash Flow Period, and (ii) any amount so deducted shall not be deducted again in a subsequent Excess Cash Flow Period,

(e) Taxes paid in cash by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis during such Excess Cash Flow Period or that will be paid within six months after the close of such Excess Cash Flow Period; provided, that with respect to any such amounts to be paid after the close of such Excess Cash Flow Period, (i) any amount so deducted shall not be deducted again in a subsequent Excess Cash Flow Period, and (ii) appropriate reserves shall have been established in accordance with GAAP,

(f) an amount equal to any increase in Working Capital of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such Excess Cash Flow Period,

(g) cash expenditures made in respect of Swap Agreements during such Excess Cash Flow Period, to the extent not reflected in the computation of EBITDA or Interest Expense,

(h) permitted Restricted Payments made in cash by the Borrower during such Excess Cash Flow Period and permitted Restricted Payments made by any Subsidiary to any person other than the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries during such Excess Cash Flow Period, in each case in accordance with Section 6.06 (other than Section 6.06(e), except to the extent such Restricted Payments were financed with internally generated cash flow of the Borrower or any Subsidiary),

(i) amounts paid in cash during such Excess Cash Flow Period on account of (A) items that were accounted for as non-cash reductions of Net Income in determining Consolidated Net Income or as non-cash reductions of Consolidated Net Income in determining EBITDA of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in a prior Excess Cash Flow Period and (B) reserves or accruals established in purchase accounting,

(j) to the extent not deducted in the computation of Net Proceeds in respect of any asset disposition or condemnation giving rise thereto, the amount of any mandatory prepayment of Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness created hereunder or under any

 

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other Loan Document), together with any interest, premium or penalties required to be paid (and actually paid) in connection therewith, and

(k) the amount related to items that were added to or not deducted from Net Income in calculating Consolidated Net Income or were added to or not deducted from Consolidated Net Income in calculating EBITDA to the extent such items represented a cash payment (which had not reduced Excess Cash Flow upon the accrual thereof in a prior Excess Cash Flow Period), or an accrual for a cash payment, by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or did not represent cash received by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, in each case on a consolidated basis during such Excess Cash Flow Period,

plus, without duplication,

(l) an amount equal to any decrease in Working Capital for such Excess Cash Flow Period,

(m) all amounts referred to in clauses (b), (c) and (d) above to the extent funded with the proceeds of the issuance or the incurrence of Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations and purchase money Indebtedness, but excluding, solely as relating to Capital Expenditures, proceeds of Revolving Facility Loans), the sale or issuance of any Equity Interests (including any capital contributions) and any loss, damage, destruction or condemnation of, or any sale, transfer or other disposition (including any sale and leaseback of assets and any mortgage or lease of Real Property) to any person of any asset or assets, in each case to the extent there is a corresponding deduction from Excess Cash Flow above,

(n) to the extent any permitted Capital Expenditures or Permitted Business Acquisitions referred to in clause (d) above do not occur in the following Excess Cash Flow Period of the Borrower specified in the certificate of the Borrower provided pursuant to clause (d) above, the amount of such Capital Expenditures or Permitted Business Acquisitions that were not so made in such following Excess Cash Flow Period,

(o) cash payments received in respect of Swap Agreements during such Excess Cash Flow Period to the extent (i) not included in the computation of EBITDA or (ii) such payments do not reduce Cash Interest Expense,

(p) any extraordinary or nonrecurring gain realized in cash during such Excess Cash Flow Period (except to the extent such gain consists of Net Proceeds subject to Section 2.12(b)),

(q) to the extent deducted in the computation of EBITDA, cash interest income, and

(r) the amount related to items that were deducted from or not added to Net Income in connection with calculating Consolidated Net Income or were deducted from or not added to Consolidated Net Income in calculating EBITDA to the extent either (i) such items represented cash received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or (ii) such items

 

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do not represent cash paid by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, in each case on a consolidated basis during such Excess Cash Flow Period.

Excess Cash Flow Period” shall mean each fiscal year of the Borrower, commencing with the fiscal year of the Borrower ending on December 31, 2011.

Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Excluded Contributions” shall mean the cash and Permitted Investments received by the Borrower after the Closing Date from:

(a) contributions to its common Equity Interests, and

(b) the sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Borrower or to any Subsidiary management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement) of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Borrower,

in each case designated as Excluded Contributions pursuant to an officer’s certificate on or promptly after the date such capital contributions are made or the date such Equity Interests is sold, as the case may be. Excluded Contributions shall not be counted toward any purpose under the Loan Documents (including. for the avoidance of doubt, any basket, the Cure Right or the Cumulative Credit) other than Section 6.06(h).

Excluded Indebtedness” shall mean all Indebtedness not incurred in violation of Section 6.01 (other than clause (i) of Section 6.01(w)).

Excluded Taxes” shall mean, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any Swingline Lender, any L/C Issuer or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document, the following Taxes:

(a) Taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income or franchise Taxes imposed on (or measured by) its overall gross income by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable Lending Office is located or as a result of any other present or former connection with such jurisdiction (including as a result of such Lender engaging in a trade or business in (or being resident in) such jurisdiction for tax purposes but excluding any connection with such jurisdiction arising solely from such recipient having executed, delivered, enforced, become a party to, performed its obligations, received payments, received or perfected a security interest under, and/or engaged in any other transaction pursuant to, any Loan Document), in each case including any political subdivision thereof,

(b) any Taxes in the nature of the branch profits tax imposed by Section 884(a) of the Code that is imposed by any jurisdiction described in clause (a) above, and

 

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(c) any withholding Tax that is attributable to a Lender’s, Swingline Lender’s or L/C Issuer’s failure to comply with Section 2.18(e) and (f).

Excluded Transaction Debt” shall mean Indebtedness incurred in connection with the Transactions with a principal amount equal to any original issue discount or upfront fees (but not underwriting fees) in respect of the Term B Facility, the Revolving Facility, the Interim Loan Facility, the Senior Notes and/or the Senior Unsecured Notes or any other Indebtedness incurred to fund the Transactions.

Facility” shall mean the respective facility and commitments utilized in making Loans and credit extensions hereunder, it being understood that as of the date of this Agreement there are two Facilities, i.e., the Term B Facility and the Revolving Facility (and no Incremental Term Facility or Incremental Revolving Facility), and thereafter, may include any Incremental Term Facility, any Incremental Revolving Facility, any Refinancing Term Facility and any Replacement Revolving Facility.

Federal Funds Rate” shall mean, 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” shall mean that certain Fee Letter dated June 30, 2010 by and among AP Carib Holdings, Ltd., Merger Sub, Bank of America, N.A., Banc of America Bridge LLC, Banc of America Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.

Fees” shall mean the Commitment Fees, the L/C Participation Fees, the L/C Issuer Fees and the Administrative Agent Fees.

Financial Officer” of any person shall mean the Chief Financial Officer, principal accounting officer, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer or Controller of such person.

Financial Performance Covenants” shall mean the covenants of the Borrower set forth in Section 6.10.

First Lien Intercreditor Agreement” shall have meaning set forth in the Collateral Agreement.

First Lien Obligations” shall mean the Obligations and the Other First Lien Obligations.

First Lien Secured Parties” shall mean the Secured Parties and the Other First Lien Secured Parties.

 

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FIRREA” shall mean the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989, as amended.

Flood Insurance Laws” shall mean, 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 statute 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 Lender” shall mean any Lender, Swingline Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, that is considered “foreign” pursuant to Section 1411(5) of the PR Code or that is not considered a “resident individual” pursuant to Section 1411(25) of the PR Code.

Fronting Exposure” shall mean at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, (a) with respect to the L/C Issuer, such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Facility Percentage of the outstanding L/C Obligations other than L/C Obligations as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof, and (b) with respect to the Swingline Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Facility Percentage of Swingline Loans other than Swingline Loans as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof.

GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in effect from time to time in the United States, applied on a consistent basis, subject to the provisions of Section 1.02.

Governmental Authority” shall mean any federal, state, commonwealth, provincial, municipality, local or foreign court or governmental agency, authority, instrumentality or regulatory or legislative body (for the avoidance of doubt, “Governmental Authority” shall include any court or governmental agency, authority, instrumentality or regulatory or legislative body of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and any subdivision thereof).

Guarantee” of or by any person (the “guarantor”) shall mean (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor 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 the guarantor, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the holders of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof or to protect such holders against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b) any Lien on any assets of the guarantor securing any Indebtedness (or any existing right, contingent or otherwise, of the holder of Indebtedness to be secured by such a Lien) of any other person, whether or not such

 

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Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by the guarantor; provided, however, the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for deposit or collection 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 by this Agreement (other than such obligations with respect to Indebtedness). The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the Indebtedness in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof (assuming such person is required to perform thereunder) as determined by such person in good faith.

Guarantee Agreement” shall mean (i) the Guarantee Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among Holdings, the Borrower, each Subsidiary Loan Party party thereto and the Collateral Agent, and (ii) any additional guarantee agreement governed by the laws of a non-U.S. jurisdiction in accordance with the Agreed Security Principles, in each case, as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

guarantor” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of the term “Guarantee.”

Hazardous Materials” shall mean all pollutants, contaminants, wastes, chemicals, materials, substances and constituents, including, without limitation, explosive or radioactive substances or petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls or radon gas, of any nature subject to regulation, or which can give rise to liability under, any Environmental Law.

Holdings” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement, together with its permitted successors and assigns.

Honor Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(c)(i).

Immaterial Subsidiary” shall mean any subsidiary that (a) did not, as of the last day of the fiscal quarter of the Borrower most recently ended, have assets with a value in excess of 2.0% of the Consolidated Total Assets or EBITDA (on an individual basis) representing in excess of 2.0% of EBITDA (for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis) as of such date for the Test Period most recently ended and (b) taken together with all Immaterial Subsidiaries as of the last day of the fiscal quarter of the Borrower most recently ended, did not have assets with a value in excess of 10.0% of Consolidated Total Assets or EBITDA representing in excess of 10.0% of EBITDA (for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis) as of such date for the Test Period most recently ended.

Increased Amount Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.22(a).

Incremental Amount” shall mean $115,000,000.

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Borrower, the Administrative Agent and one or more Incremental Term Lenders and/or Incremental Revolving Facility Lenders entered into pursuant to Section 2.22.

Incremental Revolving Facility” shall mean the Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments and the Incremental Revolving Loans made thereunder.

Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment” shall mean any increased or incremental Revolving Facility Commitment provided pursuant to Section 2.22.

Incremental Revolving Facility Lender” shall mean a Lender with a Revolving Facility Commitment or an outstanding Revolving Facility Loan as a result of an Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment.

Incremental Revolving Loans” shall mean Revolving Facility Loans made by one or more Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.22. Incremental Revolving Loans may be made in the form of additional Revolving Facility Loans or, to the extent permitted by Section 2.22 and provided for in the relevant Incremental Assumption Agreement, Other Revolving Loans.

Incremental Term Facility” shall mean the Incremental Term Loan Commitments and the Incremental Term Loans made hereunder.

Incremental Term Facility Maturity Date” shall mean, with respect to any series or tranche of Incremental Term Loans established pursuant to an Incremental Assumption Agreement, the maturity date for such series or tranche as set forth in such Incremental Assumption Agreement.

Incremental Term Lender” shall mean a Lender with an Incremental Term Loan Commitment or an outstanding Incremental Term Loan.

Incremental Term Loan Commitment” shall mean the commitment of any Lender, established pursuant to Section 2.22, to make Incremental Term Loans to the Borrower.

Incremental Term Loan Installment Date” shall have, with respect to any series or tranche of Incremental Term Loans established pursuant to an Incremental Assumption Agreement, the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(a)(ii).

Incremental Term Loans” shall mean Term Loans made by one or more Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.22. Incremental Term Loans may be made in the form of additional Term B Loans or, to the extent permitted by Section 2.22 and provided for in the relevant Incremental Assumption Agreement, Other Term Loans.

Indebtedness” of any person shall mean, if and to the extent (other than with respect to clause (h) below) the same would constitute indebtedness or a liability in accordance with GAAP, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than such obligations accrued in the ordinary course), to the extent the same would

 

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be required to be shown as a long-term liability on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP, (d) all Capital Lease Obligations of such person, (e) all net payments that such person would have to make in the event of an early termination, on the date Indebtedness of such person is being determined, in respect of outstanding Swap Agreements, (f) the principal component of all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such person as an account party in respect of letters of credit, (g) the principal component of all obligations of such person in respect of bankers’ acceptances, (h) all Guarantees by such person of Indebtedness described in clauses (a) to (g) above and (i) the amount of all obligations of such person with respect to the redemption, repayment or other repurchase of any Disqualified Stock (excluding accrued dividends that have not increased the liquidation preference of such Disqualified Stock); provided, that Indebtedness shall not include (A) trade payables, accrued expenses and intercompany liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business, (B) prepaid or deferred revenue arising in the ordinary course of business, (C) purchase price holdbacks arising in the ordinary course of business in respect of a portion of the purchase prices of an asset to satisfy unperformed obligations of the seller of such asset or (D) earn-out obligations until such obligations become a liability on the balance sheet of such person in accordance with GAAP. The Indebtedness of any person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership in which such person is a general partner, other than to the extent that the instrument or agreement evidencing such Indebtedness expressly limits the liability of such person in respect thereof.

Indemnified Taxes” shall mean all Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.

Indemnitee” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.05(a).

Ineligible Institution” shall mean the persons identified in writing to the Joint Lead Arrangers by the Borrower on or prior to the Closing Date, and as may be identified in writing to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower from time to time thereafter, with the consent of the Administrative Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), by delivery of a notice thereof to the Administrative Agent setting forth such person or persons (or the person or persons previously identified to the Administrative Agent that are to be no longer considered “Ineligible Institutions”).

Information” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.14(a).

Information Memorandum” shall mean the Confidential Information Memorandum dated August 2010, as modified or supplemented prior to the Closing Date.

Intellectual Property Right” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.22.

Interest Coverage Ratio” shall mean, on any date, the ratio of (a) EBITDA to (b) the sum of (i) Cash Interest Expense, (ii) any pay-in-kind Interest Expense, (iii) any Interest Expense consisting of accretion of original issue discount and (iv) any amortization of Interest Expense capitalized to principal of Indebtedness, in each case, for the Test Period most recently ended as of such date, all determined for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided, that the Interest Coverage Ratio shall be determined for the relevant Test Period on a Pro Forma Basis.

 

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Interest Election Request” shall mean a request by the Borrower to convert or continue a Term Borrowing or Revolving Facility Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.08.

Interest Expense” shall mean, with respect to any person for any period, the sum of (a) gross interest expense of such person for such period on a consolidated basis, including (i) the amortization of debt discounts, (ii) the amortization of all fees (including fees with respect to interest rate Swap Agreements) payable in connection with the incurrence of Indebtedness to the extent included in interest expense and (iii) the portion of any payments or accruals with respect to Capital Lease Obligations allocable to interest expense and (b) capitalized interest of such person. For purposes of the foregoing, gross interest expense shall be determined after giving effect to any net payments made or received and costs incurred by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries with respect to interest rate Swap Agreements, and interest on a Capital 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 Capital Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP; provided that, for purposes of calculating Interest Expense, no effect shall be given to the discount and/or premium resulting from the bifurcation of derivatives under FASB ASC 815 and related interpretations as a result of the terms of the Indebtedness to which such Interest Expense relates.

Interest Payment Date” shall mean, (a) as to any Eurocurrency Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and the scheduled maturity date of such Loan; provided, however, that if any Interest Period for a Eurocurrency 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 ABR Loan (including a Swingline Loan), the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and the scheduled maturity date of such Loan.

Interest Period” shall mean, as to each Eurocurrency Loan, the period commencing on the date such Eurocurrency Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a Eurocurrency Loan and ending on the date one, two, three or six months (or nine or twelve months if agreed to by each applicable Lender or such period of shorter than one month (i) if agreed to by each applicable Lender in the case of any Revolving Facility Loan or (ii) as may be consented to by the Administrative Agent in the case of any Term Loan) thereafter, as selected by the Borrower; provided that:

(a) 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;

(b) 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

(c) no Interest Period for any Loan shall extend beyond the maturity date of such Loan.

 

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Interest shall accrue from and including the first day of an Interest Period to but excluding the last day of such Interest Period.

Interim Facility Loan Documents” shall mean the “Loan Documents”, as defined in the Interim Loan Agreement.

Interim Loan Agreement” shall mean the Senior Unsecured Interim Loan Agreement to be executed among the Borrower, Bank of America, as administrative agent, and the other parties thereto from time to time, in connection with the Transactions in the event that Senior Unsecured Notes are not issued on or prior to the Closing Date that result in gross proceeds available to the Borrower on the Closing Date of $220 million, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the requirements thereof and of this Agreement.

Interim Loan Facility” shall mean the term loan facilities under the Interim Loan Agreement.

Investment” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.04.

ISP” shall mean, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).

Issuer Documents” shall mean, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Application, and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by the L/C Issuer and the Borrower (or any Subsidiary) or in favor of the L/C Issuer and relating to such Letter of Credit.

Junior Financing” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.09(b).

Junior Liens” shall mean Liens (other than Liens securing the Obligations) that are subordinated to the Liens granted under the Loan Documents on customary terms pursuant to an intercreditor agreement reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (it being understood that Junior Liens are not required to be pari passu with other Junior Liens, and that Indebtedness secured by Junior Liens may have Liens that are senior in priority to, or pari passu with, or junior in priority to, other Liens constituting Junior Liens).

Latest Maturity Date” shall mean, at any time of determination, the latest of (i) Revolving Facility Maturity Date, (ii) the Term B Facility Maturity Date and (iii) any Incremental Term Facility Maturity Date.

L/C Advance” shall mean, with respect to each Lender, such Lender’s funding of its participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its Revolving Facility Percentage. All L/C Advances shall be denominated in Dollars.

 

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L/C Borrowing” shall mean an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when made or refinanced as an ABR Revolving Loan. All L/C Borrowings shall be denominated in Dollars.

L/C Credit Extension” shall mean, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the increase of the amount thereof.

L/C Issuer” shall mean Bank of America, each other L/C Issuer designated pursuant to Section 2.05(k) and any Replacement L/C Issuer, in each case in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, and its successors in such capacity as provided in Section 8.09. An L/C Issuer may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of such L/C Issuer, in which case the term “L/C Issuer” shall include any such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate. In the event that there is more than one L/C Issuer at any time, references herein and in the other Loan Documents to the L/C Issuer shall be deemed to refer to the L/C Issuer in respect of the applicable Letter of Credit or to all L/C Issuers, as the context requires.

L/C Issuer Fees” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.13(b).

L/C Obligations” shall mean, as at any date of determination, the aggregate amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts, 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 1.08. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of 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.

L/C Participation Fee” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.13(b).

Lender” shall mean each financial institution listed on Schedule 2.01 (other than any such person that has ceased to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance in accordance with Section 9.04), as well as any person that becomes a “Lender” hereunder pursuant to Section 9.04, 2.22, 2.23 or 2.25.

Lender Default” shall mean (i) the refusal (which has not been retracted), or failure, of a Lender to make available its portion of any Borrowing, to acquire participations in a Swingline Loan pursuant to Section 2.04(c) or to fund its portion of any unreimbursed payment under Section 2.05(c), (ii) a Lender having notified in writing to the Borrower and/or the Administrative Agent that it does not intend to comply with its obligations under Section 2.04, 2.05 or 2.07, (iii) a Lender has admitted in writing that it is insolvent or such Lender becomes subject to a Lender-Related Distress Event, (iv) any Lender has failed, within three (3) Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent, to confirm that it will comply with the terms of this Agreement relating to its obligations to fund prospective borrowings and participations in then outstanding Letters of Credit and/or Swingline Loans, provided that a Lender Default shall cease

 

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to exist under this clause (iv) upon receipt of such confirmation or (v) any Lender has otherwise failed to pay over to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within five (5) Business Days of the date when due.

Lender-Related Distress Event” shall mean, with respect to any Lender or any person that directly or indirectly controls such Lender (each, a “Distressed Person”), as the case may be, a voluntary or involuntary case with respect to such Distressed Person under any Debtor Relief Law, or a custodian, conservator, receiver or similar official is appointed for such Distressed Person or any substantial part of such Distressed Person’s assets, or such Distressed Person or any person that directly or indirectly controls such Distressed Person is subject to a forced liquidation, or such Distressed Person makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or is otherwise adjudicated as, or determined by any governmental authority having regulatory authority over such Distressed Person or its assets to be, insolvent or bankrupt; provided that a Lender-Related Distress Event shall not be deemed to have occurred solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any Equity Interest in any Lender or any person that directly or indirectly controls such Lender by a Governmental Authority or an instrumentality thereof.

Lending Office” shall mean, as to any Lender or Swingline Lender, the applicable branch, office or Affiliate of such Lender or Swingline Lender designated by such Lender or Swingline Lender to make Loans or Swingline Loans to the Borrower.

Letter of Credit” shall mean any letter of credit issued hereunder. A Letter of Credit may be a commercial letter of credit or a standby letter of credit. Letters of Credit shall be issued in Dollars or in an Alternative Currency.

Letter of Credit Application” shall mean 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 L/C Issuer.

Letter of Credit Commitment” shall mean, with respect to each L/C Issuer, the commitment of such L/C Issuer to issue Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 2.05.

Letter of Credit Expiration Date” shall mean the day that is five days prior to the Revolving Facility Maturity Date then in effect (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day).

Letter of Credit Sublimit” shall mean an amount equal to the lesser of (a) $20 million and (b) the aggregate amount of the Revolving Facility Commitments. The Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Revolving Facility.

Lien” shall mean, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, preferred mortgage, deed of trust, lien, notice of claim of lien, hypothecation, pledge, charge, security interest or similar encumbrance in or on such asset and (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset; provided that in no event shall an operating lease or an agreement to sell be deemed to constitute a Lien.

 

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Loan Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Guarantee Agreements, the Letters of Credit, each Issuer Document, the Security Documents and any Notes issued under Section 2.10(e).

Loan Parties” shall mean Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiary Loan Parties.

Loans” shall mean the Term B Loans, the Incremental Term Loans (if any), the Refinancing Term Loans (if any), the Revolving Facility Loans, the Incremental Revolving Loans (if any), the Replacement Revolving Loans (if any) and the Swingline Loans.

Local Time” shall mean with respect to a Loan or Borrowing made to the Borrower, New York City time (daylight or standard, as applicable).

Majority Lenders” of any Facility shall mean, at any time, Lenders under such Facility having Loans and unused Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of all Loans outstanding under such Facility and unused Commitments under such Facility at such time.

Management Group” means the group consisting of the directors, executive officers and other management personnel of Holdings, the Borrower and their Subsidiaries, as the case may be, on the Closing Date together with (x) any new directors whose election by such boards of directors or whose nomination for election by the shareholders of the Borrower or Holdings, as the case may be, was approved by a vote of a majority of the directors of the Borrower or Holdings, as the case may be, then still in office who were either directors on the Closing Date or whose election or nomination was previously so approved and (y) executive officers and other management personnel of the Borrower, Holdings and their Subsidiaries, as the case may be, hired at a time when the directors on the Closing Date together with the directors so approved constituted a majority of the directors of the Borrower or Holdings, as the case may be.

Management Termination Fee” shall have the meaning specified in Section 6.07(b)(xiv).

Margin Stock” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Regulation U.

Material Adverse Effect” shall mean a material adverse effect on the business, property, operations or condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or the validity and enforceability of any of the material Loan Documents or the rights and remedies of the Agents and the Lenders thereunder.

Material Indebtedness” shall mean Indebtedness (other than Loans and Letters of Credit) of any one or more of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $25 million.

Material Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary other than Immaterial Subsidiaries.

 

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Maximum Rate” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.09.

Merchant Agreement” shall mean any contract entered into with a merchant relating to the provision of Merchant Services.

Merchant Services” shall mean services provided to merchants relating to the authorization, transaction capture, settlement, chargeback handling and internet-based transaction processing of credit, debit, stored-value and loyalty card and other payment transactions (including provision of point of service devices and other equipment necessary to capture merchant transactions and other ancillary services).

Merger” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the first recital hereto.

Merger Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the first recital hereto.

Merger Documents” shall mean the collective reference to the Merger Agreement, all material exhibits and schedules thereto and all agreements expressly contemplated thereby.

Moody’s” shall mean Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

Mortgaged Properties” shall mean the Owned Real Properties owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party that are encumbered by a Mortgage pursuant to Section 5.10(c) or 5.10(d).

Mortgages” shall mean, collectively, the mortgages, trust deeds, deeds of trust, deeds to secure debt, assignments of leases and rents, charges and other security documents delivered with respect to Mortgaged Properties in a form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

MSA” shall mean that certain Amended and Restated Master Service Agreement dated as of the Closing Date, among Seller, Banco Popular de Puerto Rico and the Borrower, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Multiemployer Plan” shall mean a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate (other than one considered an ERISA Affiliate only pursuant to subsection (m) or (o) of Code Section 414) is making or accruing an obligation to make contributions, or has within any of the preceding six plan years made or accrued an obligation to make contributions.

Net Income” shall mean, with respect to any person, the net income (loss) of such person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends.

Net Proceeds” shall mean:

 

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(a) 100% of the cash proceeds actually received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary (including any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or purchase price adjustment receivable or otherwise and including casualty insurance settlements and condemnation awards, but only as and when received) from any Asset Sale (other than those pursuant to Section 6.05(a), (b), (c) (except as contemplated by clause (b)(ii) of the proviso to Section 6.03), (d), (e), (g), (h), (i) or (l)), net of (i) attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, investment banking fees, survey costs, title insurance premiums, and related search and recording charges, transfer taxes, deed or mortgage recording taxes, required debt payments and required payments of other obligations relating to the applicable asset to the extent such debt or obligations are secured by a Lien permitted hereunder (other than pursuant to the Loan Documents) on such asset which Lien ranks prior to the Liens securing the Obligations, other customary expenses and brokerage, consultant and other customary fees actually incurred in connection therewith, (ii) Taxes paid or payable as a result thereof, and (iii) the amount of any reasonable reserve established in accordance with GAAP against any adjustment to the sale price or any liabilities (other than any taxes deducted pursuant to clause (i) above) (x) related to any of the applicable assets and (y) retained by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries including, without limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations (however, the amount of any subsequent reduction of such reserve (other than in connection with a payment in respect of any such liability) shall be deemed to be cash proceeds of such Asset Sale occurring on the date of such reduction); provided, that, if the Borrower shall deliver a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent promptly following receipt of any such proceeds setting forth the Borrower’s intention to use any portion of such proceeds, to acquire, maintain, develop, construct, improve, upgrade or repair assets useful in the business of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries or to make investments in Permitted Business Acquisitions, in each case within 12 months of such receipt, such portion of such proceeds shall not constitute Net Proceeds except to the extent not, within 12 months of such receipt, so used or contractually committed to be so used (it being understood that if any portion of such proceeds are not so used within such 12-month period but within such 12-month period are contractually committed to be used, then such remaining portion if not so used within 18 months of such receipt shall constitute Net Proceeds as of such date without giving effect to this proviso); provided, further, that (x) no net cash proceeds calculated in accordance with the foregoing realized in any fiscal year shall constitute Net Proceeds in such fiscal year until the aggregate amount of all such net cash proceeds in such fiscal year shall exceed $7.5 million (and thereafter only net cash proceeds in excess of such amount shall constitute Net Proceeds) and (y) no net cash proceeds calculated in accordance with the foregoing realized in a single transaction or series of related transactions shall constitute Net Proceeds unless such net cash proceeds shall exceed $2.5 million; and

(b) 100% of the cash proceeds from the incurrence, issuance or sale by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any Indebtedness (other than Excluded Indebtedness), net of all taxes and fees (including investment banking fees), commissions, costs and other expenses, in each case incurred in connection with such issuance or sale.

 

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New York Courts” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.15.

Non-Consenting Lender” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.20(c).

Non-Debt Fund Affiliate” shall mean an Affiliate of the Borrower that is not a Debt Fund Affiliate.

Non-Extension Notice Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(b).

Non-Reinstatement Deadline” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(b).

Note” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.10(e).

Obligations” shall mean the “Loan Document Obligations” as defined in the Collateral Agreement, including any interest accruing after commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding with respect to any Loan Party whether or not allowed in such proceeding.

OFAC” shall have meaning set forth in the definition of “Embargoed Person.”

Other First Lien Obligations” shall mean the “Other First Lien Obligations” as defined in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, including any interest accruing after commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding with respect to any holder of Other First Lien Obligations whether or not allowed in such proceeding.

Other First Lien Secured Parties” shall mean the “Other First Lien Secured Parties” as defined in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement.

Other First Liens” shall mean Liens on the Collateral securing loans or notes on a pari passu basis with the Liens securing the Obligations (such loans or notes, the “Other First Lien Debt”), which may be (i) granted under the Loan Documents to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the holders of such Other First Lien Debt and subject to a customary intercreditor agreement that is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that is entered into between the Collateral Agent, an authorized representative of the holders of the Other First Lien Debt and the Borrower and which provides for the pari passu treatment of such Liens with the Lien securing the Obligations or (ii) granted under separate security documents to a collateral agent for the benefit of the holders of the Other First Lien Debt and subject to a customary intercreditor agreement that is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that is entered into between the Collateral Agent, such other collateral agent and the Borrower and which provides for lien sharing and for the pari passu treatment of such Liens with the Liens securing the Obligations.

Other Taxes” shall mean any and all present or future stamp, recording, filing or documentary Taxes or any other excise or property Taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to the Loan Documents.

 

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Other Term Loans” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.22(a).

Outstanding Amount” shall mean (i) with respect to any 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 such Loans occurring on such date; (ii) with respect to Swingline Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of such Swingline Loans occurring on such date; and (iii) with respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the Dollar Equivalent amount of the aggregate outstanding amount of such L/C Obligations on such date after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension occurring on such date and any other changes in the aggregate amount of the L/C Obligations as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements by the Borrower of Unreimbursed Amounts.

Overnight Rate” shall mean, 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 L/C Issuer, or the Swingline 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, the rate of interest per annum at which overnight deposits in the applicable Alternative 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 in the applicable offshore interbank market for such currency to major banks in such interbank market.

Owned Real Property” shall mean each parcel of Real Property that is owned in fee by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party that has an individual fair market value (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) of at least $5 million (provided that such $5 million threshold shall not be applicable in the case of Real Property that is integrally related to the ownership or operation of a Mortgaged Property or otherwise necessary for such Mortgaged Property to be in compliance with all requirements of law applicable to such Mortgaged Property); provided that, with respect to any Real Property that is partially owned in fee and partially leased by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party, Owned Real Property will include only that portion of such Real Property that is owned in fee and only if (i) such portion that is owned in fee has an individual fair market value (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) of at least $5 million (provided that such $5 million threshold shall not be applicable in the case of Real Property that is integrally related to the ownership or operation of a Mortgaged Property or otherwise necessary for such Mortgaged Property to be in compliance with all requirements of law applicable to such Mortgaged Property) and (ii) a mortgage in favor of the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) is permitted on such portion of Real Property owned in fee by applicable law and by the terms of any lease, or other applicable document governing any leased portion of such Real Property.

Parent” shall mean any Person that, directly or indirectly, owns 100% of the Equity Interests of Borrower.

Parent Entity” shall mean any entity that, directly or indirectly, owns or Controls 10% or more of the Voting Stock of Holdings.

 

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Participant” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(c)(i).

Participating Member State” shall mean each state so described in any EMU Legislation.

PBGC” shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA.

Pension Act” shall mean the Pension Protection Act of 2006, as amended.

Perfection Certificate” shall mean the Perfection Certificate with respect to the Borrower and the other Loan Parties in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

Permitted Business Acquisition” shall mean any acquisition by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of all or substantially all of the assets of, or 80% of all the Equity Interests (other than directors’ qualifying shares) in, or merger, consolidation or amalgamation with, a person or division or line of business of a person (or any subsequent investment made in a person, division or line of business previously acquired in a Permitted Business Acquisition), if immediately after giving effect thereto: (i) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom; (ii) all transactions related thereto shall be consummated in accordance with applicable laws; (iii) after giving effect to such acquisition or investment and any related transactions, the Borrower shall be in Pro Forma Compliance; (iv) any acquired or newly formed Subsidiary shall not be liable for any Indebtedness except for Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01; (v) to the extent required by Section 5.10, any person acquired in such acquisition, if acquired by the Borrower or a Subsidiary Loan Party, shall be merged into the Borrower or a Subsidiary Loan Party or become, following the consummation of such acquisition in accordance with Section 5.10 and subject to the Agreed Security Principles, a Subsidiary Loan Party; and (vi) the aggregate amount of such acquisitions and investments in assets that are not owned by Holdings, the Borrower or Subsidiary Loan Parties or in Equity Interests in persons that are not Subsidiary Loan Parties or do not become Subsidiary Loan Parties following the consummation of such acquisition shall not exceed $35 million.

Permitted Cure Securities” shall mean any equity securities of the Borrower, Holdings or a Parent issued pursuant to the Cure Right other than Disqualified Stock.

Permitted Holder” shall mean each of (i) the Sponsors, (ii) the Management Group, with respect to not more than 10% of the Voting Stock of the Borrower, (iii) any Person (x) that has no material assets other than the capital stock of the Borrower, (y) that, directly or indirectly, holds or acquires beneficial ownership of 100% on a fully diluted basis of the Voting Stock of the Borrower, and (z) of which, (a) prior to a Qualified IPO, the Permitted Holders specified in clauses (i) and (ii) beneficially own Voting Stock of such Person representing more than 50% of the voting power of the Voting Stock of such Person and (b) no other Person or “group” (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act as in effect on the Closing Date) other than any of the other Permitted Holders specified in clauses (i) and (ii), beneficially owns Voting Stock of such Person representing more than the greater of (A) 35% and (B) the percentage beneficially owned by the Permitted Holders specified in clauses (i) and (ii)) of

 

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the voting power of the Voting Stock thereof, and (iv) any “group” (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act as in effect on the Closing Date) the members of which include any of the other Permitted Holders specified in clauses (i) and (ii) and that, directly or indirectly, hold or acquire beneficial ownership of the Voting Stock of the Borrower (a “Permitted Holder Group”), so long as (1) each member of the Permitted Holder Group has voting rights proportional to the percentage of ownership interests held or acquired by such member, (2) prior to a Qualified IPO, the Permitted Holders specified in clauses (i) and (ii) beneficially own more than 50% of the Voting Stock of the Borrower and (3) no other Person or “group” (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act as in effect on the Closing Date) other than any of the other Permitted Holders specified in clauses (i) and (ii), beneficially owns Voting Stock of the Borrower representing more than the greater of (A) 35% of the Voting Stock of the Borrower and (B) the percentage of the Voting Stock of the Borrower beneficially owned by the Permitted Holders specified in clauses (i) and (ii)) of the Voting Stock held by the Permitted Holder Group. “Beneficial ownership” has the meaning given in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act.

Permitted Investments” shall mean:

(a) direct obligations of the United States of America or any member of the European Union or any agency thereof or obligations guaranteed by the United States of America or any member of the European Union or any agency thereof, in each case with maturities not exceeding two years;

(b) time deposit accounts, certificates of deposit and money market deposits maturing within 180 days of the date of acquisition thereof issued by a bank or trust company that is organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or any foreign country recognized by the United States of America having capital, surplus and undivided profits in excess of $250 million and whose long-term debt, or whose parent holding company’s long-term debt, is rated A (or such similar equivalent rating or higher by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization (as defined in Rule 436 under the Securities Act));

(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 a bank meeting the qualifications described in clause (b) above;

(d) commercial paper, maturing not more than one year after the date of acquisition, issued by a corporation (other than an Affiliate of the Borrower) organized and in existence under the laws of the United States of America or any foreign country recognized by the United States of America with a rating at the time as of which any investment therein is made of P-1 (or higher) according to Moody’s, or A-1 (or higher) according to S&P (or such similar equivalent rating or higher by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization (as defined in Rule 436 under the Securities Act));

(e) securities with maturities of two years or less from the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any State, commonwealth or territory of the United States of America, or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof, and rated at least

 

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A by S&P or A by Moody’s (or such similar equivalent rating or higher by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization (as defined in Rule 436 under the Securities Act));

(f) shares of mutual funds whose investment guidelines restrict 95% of such funds’ investments to those satisfying the provisions of clauses (a) through (e) above;

(g) money market funds that (i) comply with the criteria set forth in Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, (ii) are rated AAA by S&P and Aaa by Moody’s and (iii) have portfolio assets of at least $5,000 million; and

(h) time deposit accounts, certificates of deposit and money market deposits in an aggregate face amount not in excess of 0.5% of the total assets of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, as of the end of the Borrower’s most recently completed fiscal year; and

(i) instruments equivalent to those referred to in clauses (a) through (h) above denominated in any foreign currency comparable in credit quality and tenor to those referred to above and commonly used by corporations for cash management purposes in any jurisdiction outside the United States to the extent reasonably required in connection with any business conducted by any Subsidiary organized in such jurisdiction.

Permitted Liens” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.02.

Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness” shall mean any Indebtedness issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund (collectively, to “Refinance”), the Indebtedness being Refinanced (or previous refinancings thereof constituting Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness) (and, in the case of revolving Indebtedness being Refinanced, to effect a corresponding reduction in the commitments with respect to such revolving Indebtedness being Refinanced); provided, that with respect to any Indebtedness being Refinanced: (a) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so Refinanced (plus unpaid accrued interest and premium (including tender premiums) thereon and underwriting discounts, defeasance costs, fees, commissions and expenses), (b) except with respect to Section 6.01(i), the weighted average life to maturity of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is greater than or equal to the shorter of (i) the weighted average life to maturity of the Indebtedness being Refinanced and (ii) the weighted average life to maturity that would result if all payments of principal on the Indebtedness being Refinanced that were due on or after the date that is one year following the then Latest Maturity Date were instead due on the date that is one year following the then Latest Maturity Date, (c) if the Indebtedness being Refinanced is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations under this Agreement, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to such Obligations on terms at least as favorable to the Lenders as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being Refinanced, (d) if the Indebtedness being Refinanced is Indebtedness of the Borrower or a Subsidiary Loan Party, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall not be incurred by Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties and (e) no Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall have greater guarantees or security than the Indebtedness being

 

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Refinanced; provided that any Indebtedness secured by a Junior Lien may be Refinanced with Indebtedness that is secured by other Junior Liens that are senior in priority to the Junior Liens securing such Indebtedness being Refinanced, so long as the Liens securing such refinancing Indebtedness are subject to intercreditor terms that, vis-à-vis the Obligations, are no less favorable to the Lenders than those set forth in the intercreditor agreement governing such Indebtedness being Refinanced.

person” or “Person” shall mean any natural person, corporation, business trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, limited liability company or government, individual or family trusts, or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

Plan” shall mean any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) that is, (i) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and (ii) sponsored or maintained (at the time of determination or at any time within the five years prior thereto) by Holdings, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate, and (iii) in respect of which Holdings, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.

Platform” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.17(a).

Pledged Collateral” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Collateral Agreement.

PR Code” shall mean the Puerto Rico Internal Revenue Code of 1994, as amended from time to time and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder.

Pricing Grid” shall mean, with respect to the Revolving Facility Loans and the Applicable Commitment Fee, the table set forth below:

Revolving Facility Loans and the Applicable Commitment Fee:

 

Senior Secured Leverage Ratio

   Applicable Margin for
Eurocurrency Loans
    Applicable Margin for
ABR Loans
    Applicable
Commitment Fee
 

Greater than 2.50 to 1.00

     5.25     4.25        0.75

Less than or equal to 2.50 to 1.00 and greater than 2.00 to 1.00

     4.75     3.75     0.50

Less than or equal to 2.00 to 1.00

     4.50     3.50     0.375

For the purposes of the Pricing Grid, changes in the Applicable Margin and Applicable Commitment Fee resulting from changes in the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio shall become effective on the date (the “Adjustment Date”) of delivery of the relevant financial statements pursuant to Section 5.04 for the first full fiscal quarter of the Borrower after the Closing Date, and shall remain in effect until the next change to be effected pursuant to this paragraph. If

 

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any financial statements referred to above are not delivered within the time periods specified in Section 5.04, then, at the option of the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, until the date that is three Business Days after the date on which such financial statements are delivered, the pricing level that is one pricing level higher than the pricing level theretofore in effect shall apply as of the first Business Day after the date on which such financial statements were to have been delivered but were not delivered. Each determination of the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio pursuant to the Pricing Grid shall be made in a manner consistent with the determination thereof pursuant to Section 6.10 (but not, for the avoidance of doubt, including any Cure Amount).

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above in this definition or elsewhere in this Agreement, if it is subsequently determined that the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio set forth in any compliance certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 5.04(c) is inaccurate as a result of any fraud, intentional misrepresentation or willful misconduct of the Borrower or any officer thereof and the result is that the Lenders received interest or fees for any period based on an Applicable Margin and the Applicable Commitment Fee that is less than that which would have been applicable had the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio been accurately determined, then, for all purposes of this Agreement, the “Applicable Margin” and the “Applicable Commitment Fee” 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 Senior Secured Leverage Ratio for such period, and any shortfall in the interest or fees theretofore paid by the Borrower for the relevant period pursuant to this Agreement as a result of the miscalculation of the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio shall be deemed to be (and shall be) due and payable under the relevant provisions of this Agreement, 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 2.14, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement), but shall be paid for the ratable account of the Lenders at the time that such determination is made.

primary obligor” shall have the meaning given such term in the definition of the term “Guarantee.”

Pro Forma Adjusted EBITDA” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.05(a).

Pro Forma Financial Information” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.05(a).

Pro Forma Basis” shall mean, as to any person, for any events as described below that occur subsequent to the commencement of a period for which the financial effect of such events is being calculated, and giving effect to the events for which such calculation is being made, such calculation as will give pro forma effect to such events as if such events occurred on the first day of the four consecutive fiscal quarter period ended on or before the occurrence of such event (the “Reference Period”): (i) in making any determination of EBITDA, effect shall be given to any Asset Sale, any acquisition, Investment, disposition, merger, amalgamation, consolidation (including the Transactions) (or any similar transaction or transactions not otherwise permitted under Section 6.04 or 6.05 that require a waiver or consent of the Required Lenders and such waiver or consent has been obtained), any dividend, distribution or other similar

 

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payment, any designation of any Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary and any Subsidiary Redesignation, and any restructurings of the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has made and/or has determined to make during the Reference Period or subsequent to such Reference Period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the date of calculation of EBITDA and are expected to have a continuing impact and are factually supportable, which would include cost savings resulting from head count reduction, closure of facilities and similar operational and other cost savings, which adjustments the Borrower determines are reasonable as set forth in a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower (the foregoing, together with any transactions related thereto or in connection therewith, the “relevant transactions”), in each case that occurred during the Reference Period (or, in the case of determinations made pursuant to the definition of the term “Pro Forma Compliance” or pursuant to Sections 2.12(g), 6.01, 6.02, 6.03, 6.04, 6.05, 6.06 and 6.09, occurring during the Reference Period or thereafter and through and including the date upon which the respective Permitted Business Acquisition or relevant transaction is consummated), (ii) in making any determination on a Pro Forma Basis, (x) all Indebtedness (including Indebtedness issued, incurred or assumed as a result of, or to finance, any relevant transactions and for which the financial effect is being calculated, whether incurred under this Agreement or otherwise, but excluding normal fluctuations in revolving Indebtedness incurred for working capital purposes, in each case not to finance any acquisition) issued, incurred, assumed or permanently repaid during the Reference Period (or, in the case of determinations made pursuant to the definition of the term “Pro Forma Compliance” or pursuant to Sections 2.12(g), 6.01, 6.02, 6.03, 6.04, 6.05, 6.06 and 6.09, occurring during the Reference Period or thereafter and through and including the date upon which the respective Permitted Business Acquisition or relevant transaction is consummated) shall be deemed to have been issued, incurred, assumed or permanently repaid at the beginning of such period and (y) Interest Expense of such person attributable to interest on any Indebtedness, for which pro forma effect is being given as provided in preceding clause (x), bearing floating interest rates shall be computed on a pro forma basis as if the rates that would have been in effect during the period for which pro forma effect is being given had been actually in effect during such periods, and (iii) (A) any Subsidiary Redesignation then being designated, effect shall be given to such Subsidiary Redesignation and all other Subsidiary Redesignations after the first day of the relevant Reference Period and on or prior to the date of the respective Subsidiary Redesignation then being designated, collectively, and (B) any designation of a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, effect shall be given to such designation and all other designations of Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries after the first day of the relevant Reference Period and on or prior to the date of the then applicable designation of a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, collectively.

Pro forma calculations made pursuant to the definition of the term “Pro Forma Basis” shall be determined in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower and may include, (i) for any fiscal period ending on or prior to the first anniversary of any relevant pro forma event (but not for any fiscal period ending after such first anniversary), adjustments to reflect (1) operating expense reductions and other operating improvements, synergies or cost savings reasonably expected to result from such relevant pro forma event (including, to the extent applicable, the Transactions) and (2) all adjustments used in connection with the calculation of Adjusted EBITDA as set forth in the Information Memorandum to the extent such adjustments, without duplication, continue to be applicable. The Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower setting forth such

 

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demonstrable or additional operating expense reductions and other operating improvements, synergies or cost savings and information and calculations supporting them in reasonable detail.

For purposes of this definition, any amount in a currency other than Dollars will be converted to Dollars based on the average exchange rate for such currency for the most recent twelve month period immediately prior to the date of determination in a manner consistent with that used in calculating EBITDA for the applicable period.

Pro Forma Compliance” shall mean, at any date of determination, that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be in compliance, on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect on a Pro Forma Basis to the relevant transactions (including the assumption, the issuance, incurrence and permanent repayment of Indebtedness), with the Financial Performance Covenants recomputed as at the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for which the financial statements and certificates required pursuant to Section 5.04 have been or were required to have been delivered (provided, that prior to delivery of financial statements for the first full fiscal quarter ended after the Closing Date, such covenant shall be deemed to have applied to the Borrower’s most recently completed fiscal quarter).

Projections” shall mean the projections of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries included in the Information Memorandum and any other projections and any forward-looking statements (including statements with respect to booked business) of such entities furnished to the Lenders or the Administrative Agent by or on behalf of Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries prior to the Closing Date.

Qualified Equity Interests” shall mean any Equity Interests of Holdings, the Borrower or any Parent Entity other than Disqualified Stock.

Qualified IPO” shall mean an underwritten public offering of the Equity Interests of the Borrower, Holdings or any Parent which generates cash proceeds of at least $125 million.

Real Property” shall mean, collectively, all right, title and interest (including, without limitation, any leasehold estate) in and to any and all parcels of or interests in real property owned in fee or leased by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party, together with, in each case, all easements, hereditaments and appurtenances relating thereto, and all improvements situated, placed or constructed upon, or fixed to or incorporated into, or which becomes a component part of or which is permanently moored to, such real property, and appurtenant fixtures incidental to the ownership or lease thereof.

Reference Period” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of the term “Pro Forma Basis.”

Refinance” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of the term “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness,” “Refinancing” and “Refinanced” shall have a meaning correlative thereto.

Refinancing Effective Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.23(a).

 

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Refinancing Term Lender” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.23(b).

Refinancing Term Loan Amendment” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.23(c).

Refinancing Term Loans” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.23(a).

Register” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b)(iv).

Regulation U” shall mean Regulation U of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.

Regulation X” shall mean Regulation X of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.

Related Fund” shall mean, with respect to any Lender that is a fund that invests in bank or commercial loans and similar extensions of credit, any other fund that invests in bank or commercial loans and similar extensions of credit and is advised or managed by (a) such Lender, (b) an Affiliate of such Lender or (c) an entity (or an Affiliate of such entity) that administers, advises or manages such Lender.

Related Parties” shall mean, with respect to any specified person, such person’s Affiliates and the respective directors, trustees, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such person and such person’s Affiliates.

Release” shall mean any spilling, leaking, seepage, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, disposing, depositing, emanating or migrating in, into, onto or through the Environment.

Replaced Term Loan” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.08(e).

Replacement L/C Issuer” shall mean, with respect to any Replacement Revolving Facility, any Replacement Revolving Lender thereunder from time to time designated by the Borrower as the Replacement L/C Issuer under such Replacement Revolving Facility with the consent of such Replacement Revolving Lender and the Administrative Agent.

Replacement L/C Obligations” shall mean, at any time with respect to any Replacement Revolving Facility, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the then aggregate undrawn and unexpired amount of the then outstanding Replacement Letters of Credit under such Replacement Revolving Facility and (b) the aggregate amount of drawings under the Replacement Letters of Credit under such Replacement Revolving Facility that have not then been reimbursed.

Replacement Letter of Credit” shall mean any letter of credit issued pursuant to a Replacement Revolving Facility.

 

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Replacement Revolving Credit Percentage” shall mean, as to any Replacement Revolving Lender at any time under any Replacement Revolving Facility, the percentage which such Lender’s Replacement Revolving Facility Commitment under such Replacement Revolving Facility then constitutes of the aggregate Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments under such Replacement Revolving Facility (or, at any time after such Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments shall have expired or terminated, the percentage which the aggregate amount of such Lender’s Replacement Revolving Extensions of Credit then outstanding pursuant to such Replacement Revolving Facility constitutes of the amount of the aggregate Replacement Revolving Extensions of Credit then outstanding pursuant to such Replacement Revolving Facility).

Replacement Revolving Extensions of Credit” shall mean, as to any Replacement Revolving Lender at any time under any Replacement Revolving Facility, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of all Replacement Revolving Loans made by such Lender pursuant to such Replacement Revolving Facility then outstanding, (b) such Lender’s Replacement Revolving Credit Percentage of the outstanding Replacement L/C Obligations under any Replacement Letters of Credit under such Replacement Revolving Facility and (c) such Lender’s Replacement Revolving Credit Percentage of the Replacement Swingline Loans then outstanding under such Replacement Revolving Facility.

Replacement Revolving Facility” shall mean each Replacement Revolving Commitment Series of Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments and the Replacement Revolving Extensions of Credit made hereunder.

Replacement Revolving Facility Amendment” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.25(c).

Replacement Revolving Facility Effective Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.25(a).

Replacement Revolving Lender” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.25(b).

Replacement Revolving Loans” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.25(a).

Replacement Swingline Lender” shall mean, with respect to any Replacement Revolving Facility, any Replacement Revolving Lender thereunder from time to time designated by the Borrower as the Replacement Swingline Lender under such Replacement Revolving Facility with the consent of such Replacement Revolving Lender and the Administrative Agent.

Replacement Swingline Loans” shall mean any swingline loan made to the Borrower pursuant to a Replacement Revolving Facility.

Reportable Event” shall mean any reportable event as defined in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, other than those events as to which the 30-day notice period referred to in Section 4043(c) of ERISA has been waived, with respect to a Plan (other than a Plan maintained by an ERISA Affiliate that is considered an ERISA Affiliate only pursuant to subsection (m) or (o) of Section 414 of the Code).

 

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Repricing Transaction” means the prepayment or refinancing of all or a portion of the Term Loans with the incurrence by any Loan Party of any long-term bank debt financing incurred for the primary purpose of repaying, refinancing, substituting or replacing the Term Loans (other than in connection with a Change in Control, excluding a Change in Control as a result of Holdings’ failure to directly or indirectly own 100% of the Equity Interests of the Borrower) and having an effective interest cost or weighted average yield (as determined by the Administrative Agent consistent with generally accepted financial practice and, in any event, excluding any arrangement or commitment fees in connection therewith) that is less than the interest rate for or weighted average yield (as determined by the Administrative Agent on the same basis) of the Term Loans, including, without limitation, as may be effected through any Incremental Term Loans or any other new or additional loans under this Agreement or by an amendment of any provisions of this Agreement relating to the Applicable Margin for, or weighted average yield of, the Term Loans.

Required Lenders” shall mean, at any time, Lenders having Term Loans and Commitments (and, if the Revolving Facility Commitments have been terminated, Revolving Facility Credit Exposures) that, taken together, represent more than 50% of the sum of all Term Loans and Commitments (and, if the Revolving Facility Commitments have been terminated, Revolving Facility Credit Exposures) at such time. The Loans, Commitments and Revolving Facility Credit Exposures of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in determining Required Lenders at any time.

Required Percentage” shall mean, with respect to an Excess Cash Flow Period, 50%; provided, that (a) if the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio at the end of the applicable Excess Cash Flow Period is greater than 2.00:1.00 but less than or equal to 2.50:1.00, such percentage shall be 25%, and (b) if the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio at the end of the applicable Excess Cash Flow Period is less than or equal to 2.00:1.00, such percentage shall be 0%.

Requirement of Law” shall mean, as to any Person, the Certificate of Incorporation and By Laws or other organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any law, treaty, rule or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.

Responsible Officer” of any person shall mean any executive officer or Financial Officer of such person and any other officer or similar official thereof responsible for the administration of the obligations of such person in respect of this Agreement.

Restricted Payments” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.06.

Retained Percentage” shall mean, with respect to any Excess Cash Flow Period, (a) 100% minus (b) the Required Percentage with respect to such Excess Cash Flow Period.

Revaluation Date” shall mean (a) with respect to any Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency, each of the following: (i) each date of a Borrowing of a Eurocurrency Revolving Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency, (ii) each date of a continuation of a

 

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Eurocurrency Revolving Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency pursuant to Section 2.08, and (iii) such additional dates as the Administrative Agent shall determine or the Majority Lenders under the Revolving Facility shall require; and (b) with respect to any Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, each of the following: (i) each date of issuance of any such Letter of Credit, (ii) each date of an amendment of any such Letter of Credit having the effect of increasing the amount thereof, (iii) each date of any payment by the L/C Issuer under any such Letter of Credit, and (iv) such additional dates as the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer shall determine or the Majority Lenders under the Revolving Facility shall require.

Revolving Facility” shall mean the Revolving Facility Commitments (including any Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments and any Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments) and the extensions of credit made hereunder by the Revolving Facility Lenders.

Revolving Facility Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Revolving Facility Loans.

Revolving Facility Commitment” shall mean, with respect to any Revolving Facility Lender, the commitment of such Revolving Facility Lender to make Revolving Facility Loans pursuant to Section 2.01(b), as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.09, (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender under Section 9.04, and (c) increased as provided under Section 2.22. The initial amount of each Revolving Facility Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and Acceptance or Incremental Assumption Agreement pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Revolving Facility Commitment (or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment), as applicable. The initial aggregate amount of the Revolving Facility Lenders’ Revolving Facility Commitment (prior to any Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments) is $50 million.

Revolving Facility Credit Exposure” shall mean, with respect to any Revolving Facility Lender, the sum of (a) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Facility Loans at such time, (b) the Outstanding Amount of Swingline Loans at such time and (c) the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations at such time. The Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be the product of (x) such Revolving Facility Lender’s Revolving Facility Percentage and (y) the aggregate Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of all Revolving Facility Lenders, collectively, at such time.

Revolving Facility Lender” shall mean a Lender (including an Incremental Revolving Facility Lender) with a Revolving Facility Commitment or with outstanding Revolving Facility Loans.

Revolving Facility Loans” shall mean loans made by a Lender pursuant to Section 2.01(b), any Incremental Revolving Loans and any Replacement Revolving Loans. Each Revolving Facility Loan shall be a Eurocurrency Loan or an ABR Loan.

Revolving Facility Maturity Date” shall mean the date that is five years after the Closing Date.

 

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Revolving Facility Percentage” shall mean, with respect to any Revolving Facility Lender, the percentage of the total Revolving Facility Commitments representing such Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitment. If the Revolving Facility Commitments have terminated or expired, the Revolving Facility Percentages shall be determined based upon the Revolving Facility Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments pursuant to Section 9.04.

S&P” shall mean Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, Inc.

Sale and Lease-Back Transaction” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.03.

Same Day Funds” shall mean (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 the 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.

SEC” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto.

Secured Parties” shall mean the “Secured Parties” as defined in the Collateral Agreement.

Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Security Documents” shall mean collectively, the Collateral Agreement, the Mortgages granted by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party and each of the security agreements and other instruments and documents executed and delivered pursuant to any of the foregoing or pursuant to Section 4.02 or 5.10 and subject to the Agreed Security Principles.

Seller” shall mean Popular, Inc., a Puerto Rican corporation.

Senior Note Documents” shall mean the Senior Notes and the Senior Notes Indenture.

Senior Notes” shall mean the Senior Notes (as defined in the Interim Loan Agreement) and any notes issued by the Borrower in exchange for, and as contemplated by, the Senior Notes and the related registration rights agreement with substantially identical terms as the Senior Notes.

Senior Notes Indenture” shall mean the Senior Notes Indenture (as defined in the Interim Loan Agreement), as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the requirements thereof and of this Agreement.

 

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Senior Secured Leverage Ratio” shall mean, on any date, the ratio of (a) Total First Lien Senior Secured Debt as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended as of such date to (b) EBITDA for the Test Period most recently ended as of such date, all determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided, that the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio shall be determined for the relevant Test Period on a Pro Forma Basis.

Senior Unsecured Note Documents” shall mean the Senior Unsecured Notes and the Senior Unsecured Notes Indenture.

Senior Unsecured Notes” shall mean the Senior Unsecured Notes to be issued by the Borrower in connection with the Transactions, issued pursuant to the Senior Unsecured Notes Indenture and any notes issued by the Borrower in exchange for, and as contemplated by, the Senior Unsecured Notes and the related registration rights agreement with substantially identical terms as the Senior Unsecured Notes.

Senior Unsecured Notes Indenture” shall mean the Indenture to be entered into under which the Senior Unsecured Notes will be issued, among the Borrower and certain of the Subsidiaries party thereto and the trustee named therein from time to time, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the requirements thereof and of this Agreement.

Series” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.23(b).

Settlement” shall mean the transfer of cash or other property with respect to any credit, charge or debit card charge, check or other instrument, electronic funds transfer, or other type of paper-based or electronic payment, transfer or charge transaction for which a person acts as a processor, remitter, funds recipient or funds transmitter in the ordinary course of business.

Settlement Assets” shall mean any cash, receivable or other property, including a Settlement Receivable, due or conveyed to a person in consideration for a Settlement made or arranged, or to be made or arranged, by such person or an Affiliate of such person.

Settlement Indebtedness” shall mean any payment or reimbursement obligation in respect of a Settlement Payment.

Settlement Lien” shall mean any Lien relating to any Settlement or Settlement Indebtedness (and may include, for the avoidance of doubt, the grant of a Lien in or other assignment of a Settlement Asset in consideration of a Settlement Payment, Lien securing intraday and overnight overdraft and automated clearinghouse exposure, and similar Liens)

Settlement Payment” shall mean the transfer, or contractual undertaking (including by automated clearinghouse transaction) to effect a transfer, of cash or other property to effect a Settlement.

Settlement Receivable” shall mean any general intangible, payment intangible, or instrument representing or reflecting an obligation to make payments to or for the benefit of a person in consideration for and in the amount of a Settlement made or arranged, or to be made or arranged, by such person.

 

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Similar Business” shall mean a business, the majority of whose revenues are derived from the activities of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date or any business or activity that is reasonably similar or complementary thereto or a reasonable extension, development or expansion thereof or ancillary thereto.

Special Distribution” shall mean a dividend declared by the Borrower pursuant to Section 5.16 of the Merger Agreement.

Specified Prepayment Debt” shall mean any senior unsecured, senior secured or subordinated loans and/or notes of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party, no part of the principal of which is required to be paid (whether by way of mandatory sinking fund, mandatory redemption, mandatory prepayment or otherwise), prior to the date that is six months after the then Latest Maturity Date (it being understood that any required offer to purchase such Indebtedness as a result of a change of control or asset sale shall not violate the foregoing restriction) and the terms and conditions of which (other than with respect to pricing, amortization, final maturity and collateral), taken as a whole, are not materially less favorable to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries than, in the case of loans, this Agreement or, in the case of notes, the Senior Unsecured Notes or, in each case, are otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent; provided that, in respect of any senior secured Indebtedness with Liens on the Collateral (which may be Liens that are pari passu with, or junior to, the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations) such Liens shall be Other First Liens or Junior Liens; provided further that, in respect of any subordinated Indebtedness, such Indebtedness shall be subject to customary subordination provisions reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

Specified Purchase Price Adjustment Proceeds” shall mean (i) any amount received by Holdings as a Post-Closing Foreign Equity Adjustment, the Contado Remaining Amount and/or the Serfinsa Remaining Amount pursuant to Section 2.9 of the Merger Agreement and (ii) following expiration of the period in which the Borrower could be obligated pursuant to Section 5.13(b) of the Merger Agreement to pay the Contado Purchase Price or the Serfinsa Purchase Price without the applicable payment being made, the Contado Holdback Amount (if the interests in Contado are not transferred to the Borrower) and the Serfinsa Holdback Amount (if the interests in Serfinsa are not transferred to the Borrower). Unless otherwise defined in this Agreement, each capitalized term in this definition has the meaning given to such term in the Merger Agreement.

Sponsors” shall mean any of Apollo Global Management, LLC, the Seller or any of their respective Affiliates (but not including, however, any of their respective portfolio companies).

Spot Rate” for a currency shall mean the rate determined by the Administrative Agent or the 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 the L/C Issuer may obtain such spot rate from another financial institution designated by the Administrative Agent or the 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;

 

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provided, further, that the 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 Currency.

Subordinated Intercompany Debt” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.01(e).

subsidiary” shall mean, with respect to any Person (1) any corporation, association or other business entity (other than a partnership, joint venture or limited liability company) of which more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock is at the time of determination owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, (2) any partnership, joint venture or limited liability company of which (x) more than 50% of the capital accounts, distribution rights, total equity and voting interests or general and limited partnership interests, as applicable, are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, whether in the form of membership, general, special or limited partnership interests or otherwise, and (y) such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person is a controlling general partner or otherwise Controls such entity and (3) any Person that is consolidated in the consolidated financial statements of the specified Person in accordance with GAAP.

Subsidiary” shall mean, unless the context otherwise requires, a subsidiary of the Borrower. Notwithstanding the foregoing (and except for purposes of the definition of Unrestricted Subsidiary contained herein), an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be deemed not to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries for purposes of this Agreement.

Subsidiary Loan Party” shall mean (a) each Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower on the Closing Date, other than the Subsidiaries set forth on Schedule 1.01B and (b) each Subsidiary of the Borrower that becomes, or is required pursuant to Section 5.10 to become, a party to a Guarantee Agreement after the Closing Date, in each case, until released from such Guarantee Agreement in accordance with the Loan Documents. The Subsidiary Loan Parties on the Closing Date are set forth on Schedule 1.01D.

Subsidiary Redesignation” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” contained in this Section 1.01.

Swap Agreement” shall mean any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions; provided, that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries shall be a Swap Agreement.

Swingline Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Swingline Loans.

Swingline Borrowing Request” shall mean a request by the Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit E.

 

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Swingline Commitment” shall mean, with respect to each Swingline Lender, the commitment of such Swingline Lender to make Swingline Loans pursuant to Section 2.04. The aggregate amount of the Swingline Commitments on the Closing Date is $10 million. The Swingline Commitment is part of, and not in addition to, the Revolving Facility Commitments.

Swingline Lender” shall mean Bank of America, in its capacity as a lender of Swingline Loans and its successors in such capacity.

Swingline Loans” shall mean the swingline loans made to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.04.

Syndication Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.

TARGET Day” shall mean 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” shall mean any and all present or future sales, use, income, gross receipts, volume of business, excise and property and other taxes, levies, imposts, duties (including stamp duties), deductions, charges (including ad valorem charges) or withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority and any and all interest, additions to tax and penalties related thereto.

Term B Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Term B Loans.

Term B Loan Commitment” shall mean with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Term B Loans as set forth in Section 2.01. The initial amount of each Lender’s Term B Loan Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Term B Loan Commitment, as applicable. The aggregate amount of the Term B Loan Commitments on the Closing Date is $350 million.

Term B Facility” shall mean the Term B Loan Commitments and the Term B Loans made hereunder.

Term B Facility Maturity Date” shall mean the date that is six years after the Closing Date.

Term B Lenders” shall mean a Lender with a Term B Loan Commitment or an outstanding Term B Loan.

Term B Loan Installment Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(a)(i).

Term B Loan Repayment Amount” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(a)(i).

 

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Term B Loans” shall mean the term loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(a) and any Incremental Term Loans in the form of Term B Loans made by the Incremental Term Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(c).

Term Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Term Loans.

Term Facility” shall mean the Term B Facility and/or any or all of the Incremental Term Facilities and Refinancing Term Facilities.

Term Facility Maturity Date” shall mean (i) with respect to the Term B Facility, the Term B Facility Maturity Date and (ii) with respect to any Incremental Term Facility, any Incremental Term Facility Maturity Date.

Term Lender” shall mean a Lender with a Term Loan Commitment or an outstanding Term Loan.

Term Loan Commitment” shall mean any Term B Loan Commitment or any Incremental Term Loan Commitment.

Term Loan Installment Date” shall mean any Term B Loan Installment Date or any Incremental Term Loan Installment Date.

Term Loans” shall mean the Term B Loans, the Incremental Term Loans and/or the Refinancing Term Loans.

Test Period” shall mean, on any date of determination, the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower then most recently ended (taken as one accounting period) for which financial statements have been (or were required to be) delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or 5.04(b); provided that prior to the time that financial statements are so first required to be delivered, the Test Period shall be the four fiscal quarter period ended September 30, 2010.

Total First Lien Senior Secured Debt” at any date shall mean the aggregate principal amount of Consolidated Debt of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries outstanding at such date that consists of, without duplication, (i) Capital Lease Obligations and (ii) other Indebtedness that in each case is then secured by Liens on property or assets of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries (other than (x) property or assets held in a defeasance or similar trust or arrangement for the benefit of the Indebtedness secured thereby and (y) Liens that are expressly subordinated to the Liens securing the Obligations), less unrestricted cash and cash equivalents (determined in accordance with GAAP) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on such date of no more than $20.0 million.

Total Secured Leverage Ratio” shall mean, on any date, the ratio of (a) Total Secured Debt as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended as of such date to (b) EBITDA for the Test Period most recently ended as of such date, all determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that the Total Secured Leverage Ratio shall be determined for the relevant Test Period on a Pro Forma Basis.

 

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Total Secured Debt” at any date shall mean the aggregate principal amount of Consolidated Debt of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries outstanding at such date that consists of, without duplication, (i) Capital Lease Obligations and (ii) other Indebtedness that in each case is then secured by Liens on property or assets of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries (other than property or assets held in a defeasance or similar trust or arrangement for the benefit of the Indebtedness secured thereby), less unrestricted cash and cash equivalents(determined in accordance with GAAP) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on such date of no more than $20.0 million.

Transaction Documents” shall mean the Merger Documents, the Senior Unsecured Note Documents, the Interim Facility Loan Documents, the Loan Documents and all documents executed in connection therewith.

Transactions” shall mean, collectively, the transactions to occur pursuant to or in connection with the Transaction Documents, including (a) the consummation of the Merger; (b) the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents, the creation of the Liens pursuant to the Security Documents, and the borrowings hereunder; (c) the Equity Contribution; (d) the sale and issuance of the Senior Unsecured Notes; (e) the execution and delivery of the Interim Facility Loan Documents and the borrowing thereunder, if any; (f) the Special Distribution; (g) the transactions described under Transaction Summary in the Information Memorandum; and (h) the payment of all fees and expenses to be paid in connection with the foregoing.

Type” shall mean, when used in respect of any Loan or Borrowing, the rate by reference to which interest on such Loan or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing is determined.

Unfunded Pension Liability” shall mean, as of the most recent valuation date for the applicable Plan, the excess of (1) the Plan’s actuarial present value (determined on the basis of reasonable assumptions employed by the independent actuary for such Plan for purposes of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) of its benefit liabilities (as defined in Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA) over (2) the fair market value of the assets of such Plan.

Uniform Commercial Code” shall mean 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” shall mean the United States of America, including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

Unreimbursed Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(c).

Unrestricted Subsidiary” shall mean (1) any Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than the Borrower) designated by the Borrower as an Unrestricted Subsidiary hereunder by written notice to the Administrative Agent; provided, that the Borrower shall only be permitted to so designate a new Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date and so long as (a) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, (b) immediately after giving effect to such designation, the Borrower shall be in Pro Forma Compliance, (c) such Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be capitalized (to the extent capitalized by the Borrower or any of its

 

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Subsidiaries) through Investments as permitted by, and in compliance with, Section 6.04, (d) without duplication of clause (c), any assets owned by such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of the initial designation thereof shall be treated as Investments pursuant to Section 6.04, (e) such Subsidiary shall have been or will promptly be designated an “unrestricted subsidiary” (or otherwise not be subject to the covenants) under the Senior Unsecured Notes Indenture, the Interim Loan Agreement, the Senior Notes Indenture and all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof and (f) such Subsidiary shall not have been previously designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary and (2) any subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Borrower may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Subsidiary for purposes of this Agreement (each, a “Subsidiary Redesignation”); provided, that (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, (ii) immediately after giving effect to such Subsidiary Redesignation, the Borrower shall be in Pro Forma Compliance and (iii) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officer’s certificate executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, certifying to the best of such officer’s knowledge, compliance with the requirements of preceding clauses (i) and (ii), and containing the calculations and information required by the preceding clause (ii).

USA PATRIOT Act” shall mean 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)).

Voting Stock” shall mean for any Person, Equity Interests of that Person generally entitled to vote for the election of the Board of Directors of such Person.

Waivable Mandatory Prepayment” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.12(e).

Weighted Average Life to Maturity” when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, shall mean the number of years obtained by dividing (1) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payment 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 (2) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.

Wholly-Owned Subsidiary” of any person shall mean a subsidiary of such person, all of the Equity Interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares or nominee or other similar shares required pursuant to applicable law) are owned by such person or another Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of such person.

Withdrawal Liability” shall mean liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.

Working Capital” shall mean, with respect to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis at any date of determination, Current Assets at such date of determination minus Current Liabilities at such date of determination; provided, that, for purposes of

 

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calculating Excess Cash Flow, increases or decreases in Working Capital shall be calculated without regard to any changes in Current Assets or Current Liabilities as a result of (a) any reclassification in accordance with GAAP of assets or liabilities, as applicable, between current and noncurrent or (b) the effects of purchase accounting.

SECTION 1.02. Terms Generally.

The definitions set forth or referred to in Section 1.01 shall apply equally to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” All references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be deemed references to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement unless the context shall otherwise require. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, any reference in this Agreement to any Loan Document shall mean such document as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided, that, if 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.

SECTION 1.03. Effectuation of Transactions.

Each of the representations and warranties of Holdings and the Borrower contained in this Agreement (and all corresponding definitions) are made after giving effect to the Transactions, unless the context otherwise requires.

SECTION 1.04. Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents.

(a) The Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer, as applicable, shall determine the Spot Rates as of each Revaluation Date to be used for calculating Dollar Equivalent amounts and Outstanding Amounts denominated in Alternative Currencies. 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. Except for purposes of financial statements delivered by Loan Parties hereunder or calculating financial covenants hereunder or except as otherwise provided herein, the applicable amount of any currency (other than Dollars) for purposes of the Loan Documents shall be such Dollar Equivalent amount as so determined by the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer, as applicable. No Default or Event of Default shall arise as a result of any limitation or threshold set forth in Dollars in Article VI or paragraph (f) or (j) of Section 7.01 being exceeded solely as a result of changes

 

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in currency exchange rates from those rates applicable on the first day of the fiscal quarter in which such determination occurs or in respect of which such determination is being made.

(b) Wherever in this Agreement in connection with a Borrowing, conversion, continuation or prepayment of a Eurocurrency Loan or 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 Borrowing, Eurocurrency Loan or Letter of Credit is denominated in an Alternative Currency, such amount shall be the relevant Alternative Currency Equivalent of such Dollar amount (rounded to the nearest unit of such Alternative Currency, with 0.5 of a unit being rounded upward), as determined by the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be.

SECTION 1.05. Additional Alternative Currencies.

(a) The Borrower may from time to time request that Eurocurrency Revolving Loans be made and/or Letters of Credit be issued in a currency other than Dollars; provided 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 Eurocurrency Revolving Loans, such request shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent; 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 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 Event (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 Issuer, in its or their sole discretion). In the case of any such request pertaining to Eurocurrency Loans, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Facility Lender thereof; and in the case of any such request pertaining to Letters of Credit, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the L/C Issuer thereof. Each Revolving Facility Lender (in the case of any such request pertaining to Eurocurrency Loans) or the 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., 10 Business Days after receipt of such request whether it consents, in its sole discretion, to the making of Eurocurrency Loans or the issuance of Letters of Credit, as the case may be, in such requested currency.

(c) Any failure by a Revolving Facility Lender or the 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 Facility Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to permit Eurocurrency Loans to be made or Letters of Credit to be issued in such requested currency. If the Administrative Agent and all the Revolving Facility Lenders consent to making Eurocurrency 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 Borrowings of Eurocurrency Revolving Loans; and if the Administrative Agent and the 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 Currency hereunder for purposes

 

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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 1.05, the Administrative Agent shall promptly so notify the Borrower.

SECTION 1.06. Change of Currency.

(a) Each obligation of the Borrower to make a payment denominated in the national currency unit of any member state of the European Union that adopts the Euro as its lawful currency after the date hereof shall be redenominated into Euro at the time of such adoption (in accordance with the EMU Legislation). If, in relation to the currency of any such member state, the basis of accrual of interest expressed in this Agreement in respect of that currency shall be inconsistent with any convention or practice in the London interbank market for the basis of accrual of interest in respect of the Euro, such expressed basis shall be replaced by such convention or practice with effect from the date on which such member state adopts the Euro as its lawful currency; provided that if any Borrowing in the currency of such member state is outstanding immediately prior to such date, such replacement shall take effect, with respect to such Borrowing, at the end of the then current Interest Period.

(b) Each provision of this Agreement shall be subject to such reasonable changes of construction as the Administrative Agent may from time to time specify to be appropriate to reflect the adoption of the Euro by any member state of the European Union and any relevant market conventions or practices relating to the Euro.

(c) Each provision of this Agreement also shall be subject to such reasonable changes of construction as the Administrative Agent may from time to time specify to be appropriate to reflect a change in currency of any other country and any relevant market conventions or practices relating to the change in currency.

SECTION 1.07. Times of Day.

Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Local Time.

SECTION 1.08. 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 Issuer Document 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.

 

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ARTICLE II

THE CREDITS

SECTION 2.01. Commitments.

Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein:

(a) each Lender agrees to make Term B Loans to the Borrower on the Closing Date in a principal amount not to exceed its Term B Loan Commitment;

(b) each Lender agrees to make Revolving Facility Loans to the Borrower from time to time during the Availability Period in Dollars in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in (i) such Lender’s Revolving Facility Credit Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitment or (ii) the total Revolving Facility Credit Exposure exceeding the total Revolving Facility Commitment; provided that not more than $15,000,000 (plus the amount of any working capital adjustment under the Merger Agreement) of Revolving Facility Loans may be drawn of the Closing Date. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow the Revolving Facility Loans;

(c) each Lender having an Incremental Term Loan Commitment or an Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment agrees, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the applicable Incremental Assumption Agreement, to make Incremental Term Loans and/or Incremental Revolving Facility Loans to the Borrower in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed its Incremental Term Loan Commitment and/or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment, as the case may be; and

(d) within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Facility Loans. Amounts repaid in respect of Term Loans may not be reborrowed.

SECTION 2.02. Loans and Borrowings.

(a) Each Revolving Facility Loan and Term Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans under the same Facility and of the same Type made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments under the applicable Facility. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided, that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required.

(b) Subject to Section 2.15, each Borrowing (other than a Swingline Borrowing) shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans or Eurocurrency Loans as the Borrower may request in accordance herewith. Each Swingline Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. Each Lender at its option may make any ABR Loan or Eurocurrency Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided, that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and such Lender shall not be entitled to any amounts payable under

 

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Section 2.16 or 2.18 solely in respect of increased costs resulting from such exercise and existing at the time of such exercise.

(c) At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Eurocurrency Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount not less than the Borrowing Minimum and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Facility Borrowing, that is an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple. Subject to Section 2.04(c) and Section 2.05(c), at the time that each Term Borrowing or Revolving Facility Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is not less than the Borrowing Minimum and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Facility Borrowing, that is an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple; provided, that an ABR Revolving Facility Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the Commitments. Borrowings of more than one Type and under more than one Facility may be outstanding at the same time; provided, that there shall not at any time be more than a total of (i) 5 Eurocurrency Borrowings outstanding under any Term Facility and (ii) 5 Eurocurrency Borrowings outstanding under any Revolving Facility.

SECTION 2.03. Requests for Borrowings.

To request a Revolving Facility Borrowing and/or a Term Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (a) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, not later than 10:00 a.m. (x) three Business Days before the date of any proposed Borrowing denominated in Dollars and (y) four Business Days before the date of any proposed Borrowing denominated in an Alternative Currency or (b) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., on the date of the proposed Borrowing. Each such telephonic Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:

(i) whether such Borrowing is to be a Borrowing of Revolving Facility Loans, Term B Loans, Other Term Loans or Other Revolving Loans;

(ii) the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing;

(iii) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;

(iv) whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurocurrency Borrowing;

(v) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”;

(vi) in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Facility Borrowing, the currency in which such Borrowing is to be denominated (which shall be Dollars or an Alternative Currency); and

 

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(vii) the location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed.

If no election as to the currency of any Revolving Facility Borrowing is made, then the requested Borrowing shall be made in Dollars. If no election as to the Type of Revolving Facility Borrowing or Term Borrowing is specified, then the requested Borrowing shall be (x) an ABR Borrowing in the case of Loans denominated in Dollars or (y) a Eurocurrency Borrowing with an Interest Period of one month’s duration in the case of Revolving Facility Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurocurrency Borrowing, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each applicable Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.

SECTION 2.04. Swingline Loans.

(a) The Swingline. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swingline Lender may, in its sole discretion, agree, in reliance upon the agreements of the other Revolving Facility Lenders set forth in this Section 2.04, to make loans in Dollars (each such loan, a “Swingline Loan”) to the Borrower from time to time on any Business Day during the Availability Period in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the aggregate amount of the Swingline Commitments, notwithstanding the fact that such Swingline Loans, when aggregated with the Revolving Facility Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of Revolving Facility Loans and L/C Obligations of the Revolving Facility Lender acting as Swingline Lender, may exceed the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitment; provided, however, that after giving effect to any Swingline Loan, (i) the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure shall not exceed the total Revolving Facility Commitments, and (ii) the aggregate Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of any Revolving Facility Lender (other than the Swingline Lender) shall not exceed such Revolving Facility Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitment, and provided, further, that the Borrower shall not use the proceeds of any Swingline Loan to refinance any outstanding Swingline 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 2.12, and reborrow under this Section 2.04. Each Swingline Loan shall be an ABR Loan. Immediately upon the making of a Swingline Loan, each Revolving Facility Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Swingline Lender a risk participation in such Swingline Loan in an amount equal to the product of such Lender’s Revolving Facility Percentage times the amount of such Swingline Loan.

(b) Borrowing Procedures. Each Swingline Borrowing shall be made upon the Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Swingline Lender and the Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be received by the Swingline 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 (ii) the requested borrowing date, which shall be a Business Day. Each such telephonic notice must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Swingline Lender and the Administrative Agent of a written Swingline Borrowing Request, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. Promptly after receipt by the Swingline Lender of any telephonic Swingline Loan

 

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request, the Swingline Lender will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has also received such Swingline Loan request and, if not, the Swingline Lender will notify the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) of the contents thereof. Unless the Swingline Lender has received notice (by telephone or in writing) from the Administrative Agent (including at the request of any Lender) prior to 2:00 p.m. on the date of the proposed Swingline Borrowing (A) directing the Swingline Lender not to make such Swingline Loan as a result of the limitations set forth in the provisos to the first sentence of Section 2.04(a), or (B) that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.01 is not then satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Swingline Lender will, not later than 3:00 p.m. on the borrowing date specified in such Swingline Borrowing Request, make the amount of its Swingline Loan available to the Borrower at the account of the Borrower specified in such Swingline Borrowing Request.

(c) Refinancing of Swingline Loans.

(i) The Swingline Lender at any time in its sole and absolute discretion may request, on behalf of the Borrower (which hereby irrevocably authorizes the Swingline Lender to so request on its behalf), that each Revolving Facility Lender make an ABR Revolving Loan in an amount equal to such Revolving Facility Lender’s Revolving Facility Percentage of the amount of Swingline Loans then outstanding. Such request shall be made in writing (which written request shall be deemed to be a Borrowing Request for purposes hereof) and in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.02, without regard to the Borrowing Minimum and Borrowing Multiples, but subject to the unutilized portion of the Revolving Facility Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 4.01. The Swingline Lender shall furnish the Borrower with a copy of the applicable Borrowing Request promptly after delivering such notice to the Administrative Agent. Each Revolving Facility Lender shall make an amount equal to its Revolving Facility Percentage of the amount specified in such Borrowing Request available to the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds for the account of the Swingline Lender at the Administrative Agent’s Office for Dollar-denominated payments not later than 1:00 p.m. on the day specified in such Borrowing Request, whereupon, subject to Section 2.04(c)(ii), each Revolving Facility Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made an ABR Revolving Loan to the Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the Swingline Lender.

(ii) If for any reason any Swingline Loan cannot be refinanced by such an ABR Revolving Facility Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.04(c)(i), the request for ABR Revolving Loans submitted by the Swingline Lender as set forth herein shall be deemed to be a request by the Swingline Lender that each of the Revolving Facility Lenders fund its risk participation in the relevant Swingline Loan and each Revolving Facility Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swingline Lender pursuant to Section 2.04(c)(i) shall be deemed payment in respect of such participation.

(iii) If any Revolving Facility Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swingline Lender any amount required to be paid by such Revolving Facility Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.04(c) by the time specified in Section 2.04(c)(i), the Swingline Lender shall be entitled to recover from such Revolving Facility Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount

 

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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 Swingline 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 Swingline Lender in connection with the foregoing. If such Revolving Facility Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s ABR Revolving Loan included in the relevant ABR Revolving Facility Borrowing or funded participation in the relevant Swingline Loan, as the case may be. A certificate of the Swingline Lender submitted to any Revolving Facility Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (iii) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(iv) Each Revolving Facility Lender’s obligation to make ABR Revolving Loans or to purchase and fund risk participations in Swingline Loans pursuant to Section 2.04(c)(i) 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 Swingline 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, however, that each Lender’s obligation to make ABR Revolving Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.01. No such funding of risk participations shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrower to repay Swingline Loans, together with interest as provided herein.

(d) Repayment of Participations.

(i) At any time after any Revolving Facility Lender has purchased and funded a risk participation in a Swingline Loan, if the Swingline Lender receives any payment on account of such Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lender will distribute to such Revolving Facility Lender its Revolving Facility Percentage thereof in the same funds as those received by the Swingline Lender.

(ii) If any payment received by the Swingline Lender in respect of principal or interest on any Swingline Loan is required to be returned by the Swingline Lender under any of the circumstances described in Section 8.10 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Swingline Lender in its discretion), each Revolving Facility Lender shall pay to the Swingline Lender its Revolving Facility Percentage 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 Swingline Lender. The obligations of the Revolving Facility Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.

(e) Interest for Account of Swingline Lender. The Swingline Lender shall be responsible for invoicing the Borrower for interest on the Swingline Loans. Until each Revolving Facility Lender funds its ABR Revolving Loan or risk participation pursuant to this Section 2.04 to refinance such Revolving Facility Lender’s Revolving Facility Percentage of any Swingline Loan, interest in respect of such Revolving Facility Percentage shall be solely for the account of the Swingline Lender.

 

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(f) Payments Directly to Swingline Lender. The Borrower shall make all payments of principal and interest in respect of the Swingline Loans directly to the Swingline Lender.

SECTION 2.05. The Letter of Credit Commitment.

(a) General.

(i) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (A) the L/C Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the Revolving Facility Lenders set forth in this Section 2.05, (1) from time to time on any Business Day during the period from and including the Closing Date until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, to issue Letters of Credit denominated in Dollars or in one or more Alternative Currencies for the account of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, and to amend or extend Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with Section 2.05(b), and (2) to honor drawings under the Letters of Credit; and (B) the Revolving Facility Lenders severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued for the account of the Borrower or any Subsidiary and any drawings thereunder; provided that after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit, (x) the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations shall not exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit, (y) the total Revolving Facility Credit Exposure shall not exceed the total Revolving Facility Commitments and (z) no Lender’s Revolving Facility Credit Exposure shall exceed such Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitments. 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 Borrower’s ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly the Borrower or any Subsidiary 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.

(ii) The L/C Issuer shall not issue any Letter of Credit, if:

(A) subject to Section 2.05(b)(iii), the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur more than twelve months after the date of issuance or last extension, unless the Majority Lenders under the Revolving Facility have approved such expiry date (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); or

(B) the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, unless all the Revolving Facility Lenders have approved such expiry date (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

(iii) The 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 the L/C Issuer from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any Requirement of Law applicable to the L/C Issuer or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over the L/C Issuer shall prohibit, or request that the L/C Issuer refrain from,

 

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the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon the L/C Issuer with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which the L/C Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon the L/C Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which the L/C Issuer in good faith deems material to it;

(B) the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of the L/C Issuer applicable to letters of credit generally;

(C) except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer, such Letter of Credit is in an initial stated amount less than $100,000, in the case of a commercial Letter of Credit, or $100,000, in the case of a standby Letter of Credit;

(D) except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer, such Letter of Credit is to be denominated in a currency other than Dollars or an Alternative Currency;

(E) such Letter of Credit contains any provisions for automatic reinstatement of the stated amount after any drawing thereunder; or

(F) a default of any Revolving Facility Lender’s obligations to fund under Section 2.05(c) exists or any Revolving Facility Lender is at such time a Defaulting Lender hereunder, unless the L/C Issuer has entered into satisfactory arrangements with the Borrower or such Revolving Facility Lender to eliminate the L/C Issuer’s risk with respect to such Revolving Facility Lender, including the delivery of Cash Collateral, satisfactory to the L/C Issuer (in its sole discretion) with the Borrower or such Lender to eliminate the L/C Issuer’s actual or potential Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.05(l)) 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 the L/C Issuer has actual or potential Fronting Exposure, as it may elect in its sole discretion.

(iv) The L/C Issuer shall not amend any Letter of Credit if the L/C Issuer would not be permitted at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof.

(v) The L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A) the L/C Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to such Letter of Credit.

(vi) The L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the Revolving Facility Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and the L/C Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Administrative Agent in Article VIII with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by the L/C Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and Issuer Documents pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent” as used in Article VIII

 

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included the L/C Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to the L/C Issuer.

(b) Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit; Auto-Extension 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 the 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 L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. at least two Business Days (or such later date and time as the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer may agree in a particular instance in their sole discretion) prior to the proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may be. 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 satisfactory to the 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; (G) the amount and currency of each Letter of Credit that is, to the Borrower’s knowledge, outstanding immediately prior to such request; and (H) such other matters as the 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 satisfactory to the L/C Issuer (A) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (B) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (C) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (D) such other matters as the L/C Issuer may reasonably request. Additionally, the Borrower shall furnish to the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent such other documents and information pertaining to such requested Letter of Credit issuance or amendment, including any Issuer Documents, as the L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.

(ii) Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the 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, the L/C Issuer will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Unless the L/C Issuer has received written notice from any Revolving Facility Lender, the Administrative Agent or any Loan Party, at least one 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 Section 4.01 shall not then be satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the L/C Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the Borrower (or the applicable Subsidiary) or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with the L/C Issuer’s usual and customary business practices. Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Revolving Facility Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the L/C Issuer a risk participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the product of such Lender’s Revolving Facility Percentage times the amount of such Letter of Credit.

 

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(iii) If the Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, the L/C Issuer may, in its sole and absolute discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions (each, an “Auto-Extension Letter of Credit”); provided that any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit the L/C Issuer to prevent any such extension 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 “Non-Extension 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 L/C Issuer, the Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to the L/C Issuer for any such extension. Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Revolving Facility Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the L/C Issuer to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the Letter of Credit Expiration Date; provided, however, that the L/C Issuer shall not permit any such extension if (A) the L/C Issuer has determined that it would not be permitted at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its revised form (as extended) under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of clause (ii) of Section 2.05(a) or otherwise), or (B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is five Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date (1) from the Administrative Agent that the Majority Lenders under the Revolving Facility have elected not to permit such extension or (2) from the Administrative Agent, any Revolving Facility Lender or the Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.01 is not then satisfied, and in each such case directing the L/C Issuer not to permit such extension.

(iv) If the Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, the L/C Issuer may, in its sole and absolute discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit that permits the automatic reinstatement of all or a portion of the stated amount thereof after any drawing thereunder (each, an “Auto-Reinstatement Letter of Credit”). Unless otherwise directed by the L/C Issuer, the Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to the L/C Issuer to permit such reinstatement. Once an Auto-Reinstatement Letter of Credit has been issued, except as provided in the following sentence, the Revolving Facility Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the L/C Issuer to reinstate all or a portion of the stated amount thereof in accordance with the provisions of such Letter of Credit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such Auto-Reinstatement Letter of Credit permits the L/C Issuer to decline to reinstate all or any portion of the stated amount thereof after a drawing thereunder by giving notice of such non-reinstatement within a specified number of days after such drawing (the “Non-Reinstatement Deadline”), the L/C Issuer shall not permit such reinstatement if it has received a notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is five Business Days before the Non-Reinstatement Deadline (A) from the Administrative Agent that the Majority Lenders under the Revolving Facility have elected not to permit such reinstatement or (B) from the Administrative Agent, any Revolving Facility Lender or the Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.01 is not then satisfied (treating such reinstatement as an L/C Credit Extension for purposes of this clause) and, in each case, directing the L/C Issuer not to permit such reinstatement.

(v) 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 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.

 

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(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 L/C Issuer shall notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent thereof. In the case of a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, the Borrower shall reimburse the L/C Issuer in Dollars, unless the L/C Issuer shall have specified in such notice that it will accept reimbursement in the Alternative Currency in which such Letter of Credit was so denominated. In the case of any such reimbursement in Dollars of a drawing under a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, the L/C Issuer shall notify the Borrower of the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of the drawing promptly following the determination thereof. Not later than (1) 1:00 p.m. on the date that the L/C Issuer provides notice to the Borrower of any payment by the L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit denominated in Dollars or the Applicable Time in the case of any Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency (if such notice is provided by 10:00 a.m. on such date) or (2) 11:00 a.m. on the next succeeding Business Day or the Applicable Time on such next succeeding Business Day, as the case may be (if such notice is provided after 10:00 a.m. on the date such notice is given) (each such applicable date, an “Honor Date”), the Borrower shall reimburse the L/C Issuer (and the L/C Issuer shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent of any failure by the Borrower to so reimburse the L/C Issuer by such time) in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing and in the applicable currency. If the Borrower fails to so reimburse the L/C Issuer by such time, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Facility 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 Currency) (the “Unreimbursed Amount”), and the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Facility Percentage thereof. In such event, the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Borrowing of ABR Revolving Loans to be disbursed on the Honor Date in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum Borrowing Minimums or Borrowing Multiples, but subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the applicable Revolving Facility Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 4.01 (other than the delivery of a Borrowing Request). Any notice given by the L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.05(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 Facility Lender shall upon any notice pursuant to Section 2.05(c)(i) make funds available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer, in Dollars, at the Administrative Agent’s Office for Dollar-denominated payments in an amount equal to its Revolving Facility Percentage of the Unreimbursed Amount 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 2.05(c)(iii), each Revolving Facility Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made an ABR Revolving Loan to the Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the L/C Issuer in Dollars.

(iii) With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully refinanced by a Borrowing of ABR Revolving Loans because the conditions set forth in Section 4.01 cannot be satisfied or for any other reason, the Borrower shall be deemed to have incurred from the 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

 

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interest at the rate specified in Section 2.14(c). In such event, each Revolving Facility Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.05(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 Revolving Facility Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation under this Section 2.05.

(iv) Until each Revolving Facility Lender funds its ABR Revolving Loan or L/C Advance pursuant to this Section 2.05(c) to reimburse the L/C Issuer for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of such Lender’s Revolving Facility Percentage of such amount shall be solely for the account of the L/C Issuer.

(v) Each Revolving Facility Lender’s obligation to make ABR Revolving Loans or L/C Advances to reimburse the L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, as contemplated by this Section 2.05(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 Revolving Facility Lender may have against the L/C Issuer, the Borrower, any Subsidiary, 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, however, that each Lender’s obligation to make ABR Revolving Loans pursuant to this Section 2.05(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.01 (other than delivery by the Borrower of a Borrowing Request). No such making of an L/C Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the L/C Issuer for the amount of any payment made by the L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided herein.

(vi) If any Revolving Facility Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.05(c) by the time specified in Section 2.05(c)(ii), the 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 the L/C Issuer 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 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 Lender’s ABR Revolving 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 L/C Issuer submitted to any Revolving Facility Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (vi) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(d) Repayment of Participations.

(i) At any time after the L/C Issuer has made a payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any Revolving Facility Lender such Revolving Facility Lender’s L/C Advance in respect of such payment in accordance with Section 2.05(c), if the Administrative Agent receives for the account of the L/C Issuer any payment in respect of the related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon (whether directly from the Borrower or otherwise,

 

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including proceeds of Cash Collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), the Administrative Agent will distribute to such Revolving Facility Lender its Revolving Facility Percentage 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 the L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.05(c)(i) is required to be returned under any of the circumstances described in Section 8.10 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the L/C Issuer in its discretion), each Revolving Facility Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer its Revolving Facility Percentage 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 Revolving Facility Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the Revolving Facility 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 L/C Issuer for each drawing under each Letter of Credit 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, or any other Loan Document;

(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 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 that appears on its face to be valid 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 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 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 adverse change in the relevant exchange rates or in the availability of the relevant Alternative Currency to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or in the relevant currency markets generally; or

 

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(vi) 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’s obligations hereunder.

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 Borrower’s instructions or other irregularity, the Borrower will immediately notify the L/C Issuer. The Borrower shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against the L/C Issuer and its correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.

(f) Role of L/C Issuer. Each Revolving Facility Lender and the Borrower agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, the 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 Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of the 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 Revolving Facility Lenders or the Majority Lenders under the Revolving Facility, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Issuer Document. The Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to their use of any Letter of Credit; provided, however, that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude the Borrower from 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 Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of the L/C Issuer shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in clauses (i) through (v) of Section 2.05(e); provided, however, that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower may have a claim against the L/C Issuer, and the 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 which the Borrower proves were caused by the L/C Issuer’s willful misconduct or gross negligence or the L/C Issuer’s willful 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 furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the 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 the L/C Issuer shall not 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.

 

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(g) Cash Collateral.

(i) Upon the request of the Administrative Agent if, as of the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, any L/C Obligation for any reason remains outstanding, the Borrower shall promptly Cash Collateralize the then Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations.

(ii) Sections 2.12(d) and 7.01 set forth certain additional requirements to deliver Cash Collateral hereunder. For purposes of this Section 2.05, Section 2.12(d) and Section 7.01, “Cash Collateralize” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the L/C Issuer and the Revolving Facility Lenders, as collateral for the L/C Obligations, cash or deposit account balances pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer (which documents are hereby consented to by the Lenders). Derivatives of such term have corresponding meanings. The Borrower hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the L/C Issuer and the Revolving Facility Lenders, a security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein and all proceeds of the foregoing. Except as otherwise agreed to by the Administrative Agent, Cash Collateral shall be maintained in blocked, non-interest bearing deposit accounts at Bank of America.

(h) Applicability of ISP and UCP. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the L/C Issuer and the Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued, (i) the rules of the ISP shall apply to each standby Letter of Credit, and (ii) the rules of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, as most recently published by the International Chamber of Commerce at the time of issuance shall apply to each commercial Letter of Credit.

(i) Conflict with Issuer Documents. In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Issuer Document, the terms hereof shall control.

(j) 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 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 Borrower’s business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of such Subsidiaries.

(k) Additional L/C Issuers. From time to time, the Borrower may by notice to the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and the applicable Revolving Facility Lender designate such Revolving Facility Lender (in addition to Bank of America) to act as an L/C Issuer hereunder. In the event that there shall be more than one L/C Issuer hereunder, each reference to “the L/C Issuer” hereunder with respect to any L/C Issuer shall refer to the person that issued such Letter of Credit and each such additional L/C Issuer shall be entitled to the benefits of this Agreement as an L/C Issuer to the same extent as if it had been originally named as the L/C Issuer hereunder. 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, each L/C Issuer (other than Bank of America) will also deliver to the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such

 

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Letter of Credit or amendment. On the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December (and on such other dates as the Administrative Agent may request), each L/C Issuer shall provide the Administrative Agent a list of all Letters of Credit issued by it that are outstanding at such time together with such other information as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.

(l) Reallocation of Applicable Percentages 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 Swingline Loans or Letters of Credit pursuant to Sections 2.04 and 2.05, the “Revolving Facility Percentage” 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 Default or 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 Swingline 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 Committed Loans of that Lender.

SECTION 2.06. [Reserved].

SECTION 2.07. Funding of Borrowings.

(a) Each Lender shall make each Term Loan or Revolving Facility Loan to be made by it hereunder available to the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office for the applicable currency not later than 10:00 a.m., in the case of any Loan denominated in Dollars, and not later than the Applicable Time specified by the Administrative Agent in the case of any Revolving Facility Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency, in each case on the Business Day specified in the applicable Borrowing Request. The Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to an account of the Borrower as specified in the Borrowing Request; provided, however, that if, on the date the Borrowing Request with respect to a Revolving Facility Borrowing denominated in Dollars is given by the Borrower, there are L/C Borrowings outstanding, then the proceeds of such Borrowing, first, shall be applied to the payment in full of any such L/C Borrowings, and, second, shall be made available to the Borrower as provided above.

(b) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing of Eurocurrency Loans (or, in the case of any Borrowing of ABR Loans, prior to 9:00 a.m. on the date of such Borrowing) that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with Section 2.07(a) (or, in the case of a Borrowing of ABR Loans, that such Lender has made such share available in accordance with and at the time required by Section 2.07(a)) 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

 

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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 ABR Loans under the applicable Facility. 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 Lender’s 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.

SECTION 2.08. Interest Elections.

(a) Each Borrowing of Revolving Facility Loans or Term Loans initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request. Thereafter, the Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing to a different Type or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section; provided, that except as otherwise provided herein, a Eurocurrency Loan may be continued or converted only on the last day of an Interest Period for such Eurocurrency Loan. The Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected Revolving Facility Borrowing or Term Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing.

(b) To make an election pursuant to this Section, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such election by telephone by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if such Borrower were requesting a Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election. Each such telephonic Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election Request in the form of Exhibit D and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.

(c) Each telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:

(i) the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing);

(ii) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;

 

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(iii) whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing, or a Eurocurrency Borrowing; and

(iv) if the resulting Borrowing is a Eurocurrency Borrowing, the Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”.

If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurocurrency Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.

(d) Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender to which such Interest Election Request relates of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing.

(e) If the Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a Eurocurrency Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period such Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing; provided, that any Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency shall instead be continued as a Eurocurrency Borrowing with an Interest Period of one month’s duration. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the written request (including a request through electronic means) of the Required Lenders, so notifies the Borrower, then, so long as an Event of Default is continuing (i) no outstanding Borrowing may be converted to or continued as a Eurocurrency Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid, each Eurocurrency Borrowing shall (A) in the case of such a Borrowing made in Dollars, be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto and (B) in the case of such a Borrowing made in an Alternative Currency be continued as a Eurocurrency Revolving Facility Borrowing with an Interest Period of one month’s duration.

SECTION 2.09. Termination and Reduction of Commitments.

(a) Unless previously terminated, (i) the Revolving Facility Commitments shall terminate on the Revolving Facility Maturity Date and (ii) the Term B Loan Commitments shall be automatically and permanently reduced to $0 upon the funding of the Term B Loans on the Closing Date.

(b) The Borrower may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce the Revolving Facility Commitments; provided, that (i) each such reduction shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $1.0 million and not less than $5.0 million (or, if less, the remaining amount of the Revolving Facility Commitments) and (ii) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Revolving Facility Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Revolving Facility Loans in accordance with Section 2.12, the total Revolving Facility Credit Exposure would exceed the total Revolving Facility Commitments.

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election and the effective date thereof. Promptly following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the applicable Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the Borrower pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided, that a notice of termination of the Revolving Facility Commitments delivered by the Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Any termination or reduction of the Commitments shall be permanent. Each reduction of the Commitments shall be made ratably among the applicable Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments.

SECTION 2.10. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt.

(a) The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Facility Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Facility Loan to the Borrower on the Revolving Facility Maturity Date, (ii) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Term Loan of such Lender as provided in Section 2.11, and (iii) to the Swingline Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Swingline Loan on the Revolving Facility Maturity Date.

(b) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan made, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.

(c) The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount and currency of each Loan made hereunder, the Facility and Type thereof, the Interest Period (if any) applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) any amount received by the Administrative Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof.

(d) The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of this Section shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided, that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(e) Any Lender may request that Loans made by it be evidenced by a promissory note (a “Note”). In such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) and in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and reasonably acceptable to the Borrower. Thereafter, unless otherwise agreed to by the applicable Lender, the Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 9.04) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the payee named therein (or, if such promissory note is a registered note, to such payee and its registered assigns).

 

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SECTION 2.11. Repayment of Term Loans and Revolving Facility Loans.

(a) Subject to the other paragraphs of this Section,

(i) The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent, in Dollars, for the ratable account of the Term B Lenders, in consecutive, quarterly installments on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first full quarter after the Closing Date (“Term B Loan Installment Date”), a principal amount in respect of the Term B Loans equal to 0.25% of the original principal amount of the Term B Loan (each such scheduled installment payment, including the final installment payment on the Term B Facility Maturity Date, a “Term B Loan Repayment Amount”), with the final installment on the Term B Facility Maturity Date equal to the remaining Outstanding Amount of the Term B Loans. In the event that any Loans are prepaid by the Borrower pursuant to an Auction Prepayment under Section 2.12(g), then the Term B Loan Repayment Amounts (other than the final installment payment on the Term B Facility Maturity Date) that were outstanding prior to and that remains outstanding after such Auction Prepayment will not be reduced by such Auction Prepayment);

(ii) in the event that any Incremental Term Loans are made on an Increased Amount Date, the Borrower shall repay such Incremental Term Loans on the dates and in the amounts set forth in the Incremental Assumption Agreement (each such date being referred to as an “Incremental Term Loan Installment Date”);

(iii) to the extent not previously paid, outstanding Term B Loans shall be due and payable on the Term B Facility Maturity Date; and

(iv) the Refinancing Term Loans of any Series shall mature as provided in the applicable Refinancing Term Loan Amendment.

(b) To the extent not previously paid, outstanding Revolving Facility Loans shall be due and payable on the Revolving Facility Maturity Date.

(c)

(i) All Net Proceeds and 60% of all Specified Purchase Price Adjustment Proceeds pursuant to Section 2.12(b) and Excess Cash Flow pursuant to Section 2.12(c) shall be applied to the prepayment of Term Loans pro rata among each Term Facility, with the application thereof being applied to the remaining installments thereof as the Borrower may direct; provided that subject to the pro rata application to Loans outstanding within any Class of Term Loans, the Borrower may allocate such prepayment in its sole discretion among the Class or Classes of Term Loans as the Borrower may specify; provided further, however, that no payment shall be made on any Term Loan without providing for at least a pro rata payment of the Term B Loans substantially concurrently with such payment.

(ii) Any optional prepayments of the Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.12(a) shall be applied to the remaining installments of the Term Loans as the Borrower may direct under the applicable Class or Classes as the Borrower may direct.

 

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(d) Any mandatory prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.12(b) or (c) shall be applied so that the aggregate amount of such prepayment is allocated among the Term Loans in the applicable Class or Classes of Term Loans (including Other Term Loans, if any) to be repaid, pro rata based on the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Term Loans in the applicable Class or Classes, irrespective of whether such outstanding Term Loans are ABR Loans or Eurocurrency Loans; provided that if no Lenders exercise the right to waive a given mandatory prepayment of the Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.12(e), then, with respect to such mandatory prepayment, prior to the repayment of any Term Loan, the Borrower may select the Borrowing or Borrowings to be repaid and shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of such selection not later than 1:00 p.m. (i) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, one Business Day before the scheduled date of such repayment and (ii) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, three Business Days before the scheduled date of such repayment.

SECTION 2.12. Prepayment of Loans.

(a) The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Loan in whole or in part (subject to the requirements of this Section and Section 2.17) in an aggregate principal amount that is an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and not less than the Borrowing Minimum or, if less, the amount outstanding, upon prior notice to the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) (x) in the case of an ABR Loan, not less than one Business Day prior to the date of prepayment, (y) in the case of Eurocurrency Loans denominated in Dollars, not less than three Business Days prior to the date of prepayment and (z) in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency, not less than four Business Days prior to the date of prepayment, which notice shall be irrevocable except to the extent conditioned on a refinancing of all or any portion of the Facilities. Each such notice shall be signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower and shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment and the Class(es) and the Type(s) of Loans to be prepaid and, if Eurocurrency Loans are to be prepaid, the Interest Period(s) of such Loans; provided that in the event that, on or prior to the first anniversary of the Effective Date, the Borrower makes any prepayment of Term Loans in connection with any Repricing Transaction, the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable account of each of the applicable Term Lenders, a prepayment premium of 1% of the amount of the Term Loans being prepaid. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each applicable Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of the amount of such Lender’s pro rata share of such prepayment.

(b) Subject to Section 2.12(e) and (f), the Borrower shall apply 100% of all Net Proceeds and 60% of all Specified Purchase Price Adjustment Proceeds promptly upon receipt thereof (or in the case of Specified Purchase Price Adjustment Proceeds described in clause (ii) of the definition thereof, promptly following expiration of the period referred to in such clause (ii) without the applicable payment referred to therein having been made) to prepay Loans in accordance with clauses (c) and (d) of Section 2.11; provided that, with respect to Net Proceeds from Asset Sales, the Borrower may use a portion of such Net Proceeds to prepay or repurchase Other First Lien Debt (to the extent required by the terms of such Other First Lien Debt) in an amount not to exceed the product of (x) the amount of such Net Proceeds multiplied by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the outstanding principal amount of the Other First Lien Debt and the denominator of which is the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Other First Lien Debt and the outstanding principal amount of Term Loans.

 

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(c) Subject to Section 2.12(e) and (f), within five (5) Business Days after financial statements are delivered under Section 5.04(a) with respect to each Excess Cash Flow Period, the Borrower shall calculate Excess Cash Flow for such Excess Cash Flow Period and shall apply an amount equal to (i) the Required Percentage of such Excess Cash Flow, minus (ii) the sum of (A) the amount of any voluntary prepayments of principal during such Excess Cash Flow Period of (x) the Term Loans or (y) any term Indebtedness that constitutes Other First Lien Obligations, but only to the extent the Term Loans have been prepaid during such Excess Cash Flow Period on at least a pro rata basis (and solely with respect to the Excess Cash Flow Period ending December 31, 2011, plus the amount of any voluntary prepayments of such Indebtedness made after the Closing Date and prior to such Excess Cash Flow Period; for the avoidance of doubt, such voluntary prepayments of Term Loans exclude the Auction Prepayments) and (B) the amount of any permanent voluntary reductions during such Excess Cash Flow Period of Revolving Facility Commitments to the extent that an equal amount of Revolving Facility Loans was simultaneously repaid, to prepay Term Loans in accordance with clauses (c) and (d) of Section 2.11. Not later than the date on which the payment is required to be made pursuant to the foregoing sentence for each applicable Excess Cash Flow Period, the Borrower will deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate signed by a Financial Officer of the Borrower setting forth the amount, if any, of Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year and the calculation thereof in reasonable detail.

(d) If the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower at any time (including, without limitation, any Revaluation Date) that the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure at such time exceed an amount equal to 105% of the Revolving Facility Commitments then in effect, then, within two Business Days after receipt of such notice, the Borrower (at the Borrower’s option) shall prepay the Revolving Facility Loans and/or the Swingline Loans and/or the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations in an aggregate amount sufficient to reduce the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure as of such date of payment to an amount not to exceed 100% of the Revolving Facility Commitments then in effect. The Administrative Agent may, at any time and from time to time after any such initial deposit of such Cash Collateral, request that additional Cash Collateral be provided in order to protect against the results of further exchange rate fluctuations.

(e) Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event the Borrower is required to make any mandatory prepayment (a “Waivable Mandatory Prepayment”) of the Term Loans, not less than three Business Days prior to the date (the “Required Prepayment Date”) on which the Borrower elects (or is otherwise required) to make such Waivable Mandatory Prepayment, the Borrower shall notify Administrative Agent of the amount of such prepayment, and Administrative Agent will promptly thereafter notify each Lender holding an outstanding Term Loan of the amount of such Lender’s pro rata share of such Waivable Mandatory Prepayment and such Lender’s option to refuse such amount. Each such Lender may exercise such option by giving written notice to the Administrative Agent of its election to do so on or before the second Business Day prior to the Required Prepayment Date (it being understood that any Lender which does not notify the Administrative Agent of its election to exercise such option on or before the first Business Day prior to the Required Prepayment Date shall be deemed to have elected, as of such date, not to exercise such option). On the Required Prepayment Date, the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent the amount of the Waivable Mandatory Prepayment less the amount of the Declined Proceeds, which amount shall be applied

 

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by the Administrative Agent to prepay the Term Loans of those Lenders that have elected to accept such Waivable Mandatory Prepayment (each, an “Accepting Lender”) (which prepayment shall be applied to the scheduled installments of principal of the Term Loans in the applicable Class(es) of Term Loans in accordance with paragraphs (c) and (d) of Section 2.11), and (ii) the Borrower may retain a portion of the Waivable Mandatory Prepayment in an amount equal to that portion of the Waivable Mandatory Prepayment otherwise payable to those Lenders that have elected to exercise such option and decline such Waivable Mandatory Prepayment (such declined amounts, the “Declined Proceeds”). Such Declined Proceeds retained by the Borrower may be used for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by this Agreement.

(f) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 2.12 to the contrary, (i) to the extent that any Net Proceeds of any Asset Sale by a Subsidiary or Excess Cash Flow attributable to a Subsidiary is prohibited or delayed by applicable local law from being repatriated to Puerto Rico, the portion of such Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so affected will not be required to be applied to repay Term Loans at the times provided in Section 2.12(b) or Section 2.12(c) but may be retained by the applicable Subsidiary so long, but only so long, as the applicable local law will not permit repatriation to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (the Borrower hereby agreeing to cause the applicable Subsidiary to promptly use commercially reasonable efforts to take all actions reasonably required by the applicable local law to permit such repatriation), and once such repatriation of any of such affected Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow is permitted under the applicable local law, such repatriation will be effected and such repatriated Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow will be promptly applied (net of additional taxes payable or reserved against as a result thereof) to the repayment of the Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.12(b) or Section 2.12(c), to the extent provided herein and (ii) to the extent that the Borrower has determined in good faith that repatriation of any or all of such Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow would have a material adverse tax cost consequence with respect to such Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow, the Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so affected may be retained by the applicable Subsidiary; provided that, in the case of this clause (ii), on or before the date on which any Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so retained would otherwise have been required to be applied to prepayments pursuant to Section 2.12(b) or Section 2.12(c), (x) the Borrower applies an amount equal to such Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow to such prepayments as if such Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow had been received by the Borrower rather than such Subsidiary, less the amount of additional taxes that would have been payable or reserved against if such Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow had been repatriated (or, if less, Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow that would be calculated if received by such Subsidiary) or (y) such Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow is applied to the permanent repayment of Indebtedness of a Subsidiary.

(g) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.12 or any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrower may prepay any Class or Classes of outstanding Term Loans (each, an “Auction Prepayment Offer”) at a discount to par pursuant to one or more auctions (each, an “Auction”) on the following basis (any such prepayment, an “Auction Prepayment”):

(i) All Term Lenders (other than Defaulting Lenders) of the applicable Class or Classes shall be permitted (but not required) to participate in each Auction. Any such Lender who elects to participate in an Auction may choose to offer all or part of such Lender’s Term Loans of the applicable Class for prepayment. Each Term Lender shall

 

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notify the Administrative Agent at least five days prior to each Auction of its decision whether or not to participate in such Auction.

(ii) Each Auction Prepayment shall be subject to the conditions that (A) the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate to the effect that (I) immediately prior to and after giving effect to the Auction Prepayment and on the date of any delivery of an Auction Notice (as defined in Exhibit C), no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (II) as of the date of the Auction Notice, the Borrower is not in possession of any material non-public information with respect to Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that (x) has not been disclosed to the Lenders (other than Lenders that do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) prior to such date and (y) if not disclosed to the Lenders, could reasonably be expected to have a material effect (whether negative or positive) upon, or otherwise be material to, (1) a Lender’s decision to participate in any Auction or (2) the market price of the Term Loans subject to such Auction, (III) each of the conditions to such Auction Prepayment has been satisfied and (IV) the Borrower shall be in Pro Forma Compliance after giving effect to the Auction Prepayment, (B) immediately prior to and after giving effect to the Auction Prepayment, the sum of the unused Revolving Facility Commitments plus unrestricted cash and cash equivalents held by Loan Parties shall not be less than $25 million, (C) each offer of prepayment made pursuant to this Section 2.12(g) must be in an amount not less than $1.0 million in principal amount of Term Loans, calculated on the face amount thereof unless another amount is agreed to by the Administrative Agent, (D) no Auction Prepayment shall be made from the proceeds of any Revolving Facility Loan or Swingline Loan, (E) any Auction Prepayment shall be offered to all Lenders with Term Loans on a pro rata basis, (F) all Term Loans so prepaid by the Borrower shall automatically be canceled and retired by the Borrower on the applicable settlement date (and for the avoidance of doubt, may not be reborrowed) and (G) no more than one Auction Prepayment Offer may be ongoing at any one time and no more than five Auction Prepayment Offers may be made in any one fiscal year (unless the Administrative Agent consents in its reasonable discretion).

(iii) The Borrower must terminate any Auction Prepayment Offer if it fails to satisfy one or more of the conditions set forth above in Section 2.12(g)(ii) that are required to be met at the time at which the Term Loans would have been prepaid pursuant to such Auction Prepayment Offer. If the Borrower commences any Auction Prepayment Offer (and all relevant requirements set forth above that are required to be satisfied at the time of the commencement of such Auction Prepayment Offer have in fact been satisfied), and if at such time of commencement the Borrower reasonably believes that all required conditions set forth above that are required to be satisfied at the time of the consummation of such Auction Prepayment Offer shall be satisfied, then the Borrower shall have no liability to any Term Lender or any other person for any termination of such Auction Prepayment Offer as a result of its failure to satisfy one or more of the conditions set forth above that are required to be met at the time that otherwise would have been the time of consummation of such Auction Prepayment Offer, and any such failure shall not result in any Default or Event of Default hereunder. All Term Loans prepaid by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.12(g) shall be accompanied by all accrued interest on the par principal amount so prepaid to, but not including, the date of the Auction

 

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Prepayment. All Term Loan prepayments conducted pursuant to Auction Prepayment Offers shall not constitute voluntary or mandatory prepayments for purposes of Section 2.12(c) hereof. The par principal amount of Term Loans prepaid pursuant to this Section 2.12(g) shall be applied to reduce the final installment payment of principal thereof pursuant to Section 2.11(a)(i) or (ii), as applicable.

(iv) Each Auction shall comply with the Auction Procedures and any such other procedures established by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion and agreed to by the Borrower.

(v) The Auction Manager (as defined in Exhibit C) acting in its capacity as such hereunder shall be entitled to the benefits of the provisions of Article VIII and Section 9.05 to the same extent as if each reference therein to the “Administrative Agent” were a reference to the Auction Manager, and the Administrative Agent shall cooperate with the Auction Manager as reasonably requested by the Auction Manager in order to enable it to perform its responsibilities and duties in connection with each Auction Prepayment Offer.

(vi) This Section 2.12(g) shall neither (A) require the Borrower to undertake any Auction nor (B) limit or restrict the Borrower from making voluntary prepayments of Term Loans in accordance with Section 2.12(a).

SECTION 2.13. Fees.

(a) The Borrower agrees to pay (the “Commitment Fee”) to each Revolving Facility Lender (other than any Defaulting Lender), through the Administrative Agent, on the date that is one Business Day after the last Business Day of March, June, September and December in each year, and the date on which the Revolving Facility Commitments of all the Revolving Facility Lenders shall be terminated as provided herein, a commitment fee in Dollars on the daily amount of the Available Unused Commitment of such Lender under the Revolving Facility during the preceding quarter (or other period commencing with the Closing Date or ending with the date on which the last of the Revolving Facility Commitments of such Lender shall be terminated) at a rate equal to the Applicable Commitment Fee. All Commitment Fees shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a year of 360 days. For the purpose of calculating any Revolving Facility Lender’s Commitment Fee, the outstanding Swingline Loans during the period for which such Revolving Facility Lender’s Commitment Fee is calculated shall be deemed to be zero. The Commitment Fee due to each Revolving Facility Lender shall commence to accrue on the Closing Date and shall cease to accrue on the date on which the last of the Commitments of such Revolving Facility Lender shall be terminated as provided herein.

(b) The Borrower from time to time agrees to pay (i) to each Revolving Facility Lender (other than any Defaulting Lender), through the Administrative Agent, one Business Day after the last day of March, June, September and December of each year and on the date on which the Revolving Facility Commitments of all the Lenders shall be terminated as provided herein, a fee in Dollars (an “L/C Participation Fee”) on such Lender’s Revolving Facility Percentage of the daily aggregate Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations (excluding the portion thereof attributable to Unreimbursed Amounts in respect of Letters of Credit) during the

 

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preceding quarter (or shorter period commencing with the Closing Date or ending with the Revolving Facility Maturity Date or the date on which the applicable Revolving Facility Commitments shall be terminated) at the rate per annum equal to the Applicable Margin for Eurocurrency Revolving Facility Borrowings effective for each day in such period; provided, however, any L/C Participation Fee 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 L/C Issuer, shall be payable, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, to the other Lenders in accordance with the upward adjustments in their respective Revolving Facility Percentage allocable to such Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 2.05(l), with the balance of such fee, if any, payable to the L/C Issuer for its own account and (ii) to each L/C Issuer, for its own account (x) three Business Days after the last Business Day of March, June, September and December of each year and on the date on which the Revolving Facility Commitments of all the Lenders shall be terminated as provided herein, a fronting fee in Dollars in respect of each Letter of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer for the period from and including the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit to and including the termination of such Letter of Credit, computed at a rate equal to 1/4 of 1% per annum of the Dollar Equivalent of the daily stated amount of such Letter of Credit), plus (y) in connection with the issuance, amendment or transfer of any such Letter of Credit or any drawing thereunder, such L/C Issuer’s customary documentary and processing fees and charges (collectively, “L/C Issuer Fees”). All L/C Participation Fees and L/C Issuer Fees shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a year of 360 days.

(c) During the period commencing at the time any Lender became a Defaulting Lender until such time, if any, as such Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, no Commitment Fee shall accrue with respect to any of the applicable Revolving Facility Commitments of such Defaulting Lender. Any Commitment Fees owing to any Defaulting Lender which accrued during the period prior to the time such Lender became a Defaulting Lender and unpaid at such time shall be deferred and shall be payable only if and when such Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender.

(d) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Administrative Agent, the agency fees set forth in the Fee Letter, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, at the times specified therein (the “Administrative Agent Fees”).

(e) All Fees shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent for distribution, if and as appropriate, among the Lenders, except that L/C Issuer Fees shall be paid directly to the applicable L/C Issuers and Administrative Agent Fees shall be for the account of the Administrative Agent. Once paid, none of the Fees shall be refundable under any circumstances.

SECTION 2.14. Interest.

(a) The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing (including each Swingline Loan) shall bear interest at (i) the greater of (x) the ABR and (y) 2.75% plus (ii) the Applicable Margin.

 

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(b) The Loans comprising each Eurocurrency Borrowing shall bear interest at (i) the greater of (x) the Eurocurrency Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing and (y) 1.75% plus (ii) the Applicable Margin.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on any Loan or any Fees or other amount payable by the Borrower hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of any Loan, 2.00% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Section or (ii) in the case of any other amount, 2.00% plus the rate applicable to ABR Loans as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section; provided, that this paragraph (c) shall not apply to any Event of Default that has been waived by the Lenders pursuant to Section 9.08.

(d) Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears (i) on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan, (ii) in the case of Revolving Facility Loans, upon termination of the applicable Revolving Facility Commitments and (iii) in the case of the Term Loans, on the applicable Term Facility Maturity Date; provided, that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section shall be payable on demand, and (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than a prepayment of an ABR Loan (including any Swingline Loan) prior to the end of the Availability Period), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment.

(e) Except as otherwise specifically provided for herein, all interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that (i) interest computed by reference to the ABR at times when the ABR is based on the prime rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year) and (ii) in the case of interest in respect of Eurocurrency Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies as to which market practice (as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent) differs from the foregoing, such interest will be calculated in accordance with such market practice, and in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). The applicable ABR or Eurocurrency Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

SECTION 2.15. Alternate Rate of Interest.

If prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Eurocurrency Borrowing:

(a) the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Eurocurrency Rate for such Interest Period; or

(b) the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders or the Majority Lenders under the Revolving Facility that the Eurocurrency Rate for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining their Loans included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period;

 

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then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrower and the applicable Lenders by telephone or telecopy as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the applicable Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (i) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a Eurocurrency Borrowing denominated in the applicable currency shall be ineffective and (A) in the case of any Borrowing denominated in Dollars, such Borrowing shall be converted to or continued as on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as an ABR Borrowing and (B) in the case of any Borrowing denominated in an Alternative Currency, such Borrowing shall be repaid at the end of the then current Interest Period, and (ii) if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurocurrency Borrowing in Dollars, such Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing.

SECTION 2.16. Increased Costs.

(a) If any Change in Law shall:

(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Eurocurrency Rate) or L/C Issuer; or

(ii) subject such Lender (or its applicable lending office) or L/C Issuer to any Tax (other than any Excluded Taxes of such Lender or L/C Issuer of any Tax that is covered under Section 2.18) with respect to this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or any of its obligations hereunder or thereunder or any payments to such lender (or its applicable lending office) or L/C Issuer of principal, interest, fees or any other amount payable hereunder; or

(iii) impose on any Lender or the L/C Issuer or the London interbank market any other condition affecting this Agreement or Eurocurrency Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein; and

the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any Eurocurrency Loan (or any Loan in the case of clause (ii) above) or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan or to increase the cost to such Lender or L/C Issuer of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or L/C Issuer hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then the Borrower will pay to such Lender or L/C Issuer, as applicable, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or L/C Issuer, as applicable, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.

(b) If any Lender or L/C Issuer determines that any Change in Law regarding capital requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or L/C Issuer’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or L/C Issuer’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer, to a level below that which such Lender or such L/C Issuer or such Lender’s or such L/C

 

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Issuer’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the Borrower shall pay to such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as applicable, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such L/C Issuer or such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.

(c) A certificate of a Lender or an L/C Issuer setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or L/C Issuer or its holding company, as applicable, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender or L/C Issuer, as applicable, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.

(d) Promptly after any Lender or any L/C Issuer has determined that it will make a request for increased compensation pursuant to this Section 2.16, such Lender or L/C Issuer shall notify the Borrower thereof. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or L/C Issuer to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or L/C Issuer’s right to demand such compensation; provided, that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or an L/C Issuer pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender or L/C Issuer, as applicable, notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or L/C Issuer’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided, further, that if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.

SECTION 2.17. Break Funding Payments.

In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of any Eurocurrency Loan (including in connection with any Auction Prepayment) other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Eurocurrency Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto or (c) the assignment of any Eurocurrency Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.20, then, in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event. In the case of a Eurocurrency Loan, such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be deemed to be the amount determined by such Lender (it being understood that the deemed amount shall not exceed the actual amount) to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest which would have accrued on the principal amount of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the Eurocurrency Rate that would have been applicable to such Loan, for the period from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue a Eurocurrency Loan, for the period that would have been the Interest Period for such Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest which would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate which such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for deposits in dollars of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the Eurocurrency market. A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant

 

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to this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.

SECTION 2.18. Taxes.

(a) Unless otherwise required by applicable laws, any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Documents shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes; provided, that if the applicable withholding agent shall be required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes from such payments, then (i) the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) have been made, the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any Swingline Lender or any L/C Issuer, as applicable, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the applicable withholding agent shall make such deductions and (iii) the applicable withholding agent shall timely pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.

(b) In addition, the Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.

(c) The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender, each Swingline Lender and each L/C Issuer, within 10 days after written demand therefor or 5 Business Days before any such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes are due (whichever is later), for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes payable by the Administrative Agent, such Lender, such Swingline Lender or such L/C Issuer, as applicable, on or with respect to any payment by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Documents (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender, a Swingline Lender or an L/C Issuer, or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf, on behalf of another Agent or on behalf of a Lender, a Swingline Lender or an L/C Issuer, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(d) As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by a Loan Party to a Governmental Authority, such Loan Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

(e) Any Foreign Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under this Agreement shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at any time or times reasonably requested by the

 

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Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law as may reasonably be requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to permit such payments to be made without such withholding Tax or at a reduced rate.

(f) Any Lender, Swingline Lender or L/C Issuer shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender, Swingline Lender or L/C Issuer becomes a Lender, Swingline Lender or L/C Issuer under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter as prescribed by applicable law or upon the request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), duly executed and properly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or W-8, as applicable, certifying that it is not subject to U.S. federal backup withholding.

(g) If the Administrative Agent, a Lender, a Swingline Lender or an L/C Issuer determines, in its sole discretion, that it has received a refund of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by a Loan Party or with respect to which such Loan Party has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.18, it shall pay over such refund to such Loan Party (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by such Loan Party under this Section 2.18 with respect to the Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent, such Lender, such Swingline Lender or such L/C Issuer (including any Taxes imposed with respect to such refund) as is determined by the Administrative Agent, Lender, Swingline Lender or L/C Issuer in good faith and in its sole discretion, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund); provided, that such Loan Party, upon the request of the Administrative Agent, such Lender, such Swingline Lender or such L/C Issuer agrees to repay as soon as reasonably practicable the amount paid over to such Loan Party (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent, such Lender, such Swingline Lender or such L/C Issuer in the event the Administrative Agent, such Lender, such Swingline Lender or such L/C Issuer is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This Section shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent or any Lender, Swingline Lender or L/C Issuer to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes which it deems confidential) to the Loan Parties or any other person.

SECTION 2.19. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs.

(a) The Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder (whether of principal, interest, fees or reimbursement of drawings under Letters of Credit, or of amounts payable under Section 2.16, 2.17, or 2.18, or otherwise) without condition or deduction for any defense, recoupment, set-off or counterclaim. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein and except with respect to principal of and interest on Revolving Facility 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 Agent’s 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

 

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the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the applicable Administrative Agent’s 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. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such payments shall be made to the Administrative Agent to the applicable account designated to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent, except payments to be made directly to the applicable L/C Issuer or the Swingline Lender as expressly provided herein and except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.16, 2.17, 2.18 and 9.05 shall be made directly to the persons entitled thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent may require that any payments due under this Agreement be made in the continental United States. The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for the account of any other person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof. If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension. Any payment required to be made by the Administrative Agent hereunder shall be deemed to have been made by the time required if the Administrative Agent shall, at or before such time, have taken the necessary steps to make such payment in accordance with the regulations or operating procedures of the clearing or settlement system used by the Administrative Agent to make such payment.

(b) If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent from the Borrower to pay fully all amounts of principal, Unreimbursed Amounts, interest and fees then due from the Borrower hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, towards payment of interest and fees then due from the Borrower hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties and (ii) second, towards payment of principal of Loans, and Unreimbursed Amounts then due from the Borrower hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal, and Unreimbursed Amounts then due to such parties.

(c) If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Term Loans, Revolving Facility Loans, or participations in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Term Loans, Revolving Facility Loans, and participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase participations in the Term Loans, Revolving Facility Loans, and participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Term Loans, Revolving Facility Loans, and participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans; provided, that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this paragraph (c) 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 (including, without limitation, Sections 2.12(g), 2.23 and 2.25) or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment

 

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of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or participations in Letters of Credit to any assignee or participant. The Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of set-off and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.

(d) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or the applicable 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 Lenders or the applicable L/C Issuer, as applicable, the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders or the applicable L/C Issuer, as applicable, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or L/C Issuer 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.

(e) If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.04(c), 2.05(c), 2.07(b) or 2.19(d), then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender’s obligations under such Sections until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid.

SECTION 2.20. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.

(a) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.16, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.18, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different Lending Office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or Affiliates, if, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.16 or 2.18, as applicable, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender in any material respect. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.

(b) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.16, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.18, or if any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided, that (i) the Borrower shall have received

 

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the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (and, if in respect of any Revolving Facility Commitment or Revolving Facility Loan, the Swingline Lender and the L/C Issuer), which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, (ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans, and participations in L/C Obligations and Swingline Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts) and (iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.16 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.18, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments. Nothing in this Section 2.20 shall be deemed to prejudice any rights that the Borrower may have against any Lender that is a Defaulting Lender. No action by or consent of the removed Lender shall be necessary in connection with such assignment, which shall be immediately and automatically effective upon payment of such purchase price. In connection with any such assignment the Borrower, Administrative Agent, such removed Lender and the replacement Lender shall otherwise comply with Section 9.04; provided, that if such removed Lender does not comply with Section 9.04 within one Business Day after the Borrower’s request, compliance with Section 9.04 shall not be required to effect such assignment.

(c) If any Lender (such Lender, a “Non-Consenting Lender”) has failed to consent to a proposed amendment, waiver, discharge or termination which pursuant to the terms of Section 9.08 requires the consent of all of the Lenders affected and with respect to which the Required Lenders shall have granted their consent, then the Borrower shall have the right (unless such Non-Consenting Lender grants such consent) at its sole expense (including with respect to the processing and recordation fee referred to in Section 9.04(b)(ii)(B)) to replace such Non-Consenting Lender by deeming such Non-Consenting Lender to have assigned its Loans, and its Commitments hereunder to one or more assignees reasonably acceptable to (i) the Administrative Agent (unless, in the case of an assignment of Term Loans, such assignee is a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund) and (ii) if in respect of any Revolving Facility Commitment or Revolving Facility Loan, the Swingline Lender and the L/C Issuer; provided, that (without duplication): such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans, and participations in L/C Obligations and Swingline Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts). No action by or consent of the Non-Consenting Lender shall be necessary in connection with such assignment, which shall be immediately and automatically effective upon payment of such purchase price. In connection with any such assignment the Borrower, Administrative Agent, such Non-Consenting Lender and the replacement Lender shall otherwise comply with Section 9.04; provided, that if such Non-Consenting Lender does not comply with Section 9.04 within one Business Day after the Borrower’s request, compliance with Section 9.04 shall not be required to effect such assignment.

SECTION 2.21. Illegality.

If any Lender reasonably determines that any change in law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted after the Closing Date that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable Lending Office to make or maintain any Eurocurrency Loans in any currency, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower through the Administrative

 

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Agent, any obligations of such Lender to make or continue Eurocurrency Loans in such currency or to convert ABR Borrowings to Eurocurrency Borrowings shall be suspended until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower shall upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), either (i) in the case of Loans denominated in Dollars if the affected Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Loans as Eurocurrency Loans until the last day of such Interest Period, convert all Eurocurrency Loans of such Lender to ABR Loans on the last day of such Interest Period (or, otherwise, immediately convert such Eurocurrency Loans to ABR Loans) or (ii) prepay such Eurocurrency Loans. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted.

SECTION 2.22. Incremental Commitments.

(a) The Borrower may, by written notice to the Administrative Agent from time to time, request Incremental Term Loan Commitments and/or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments, as applicable, in an amount not to exceed the Incremental Amount from one or more Incremental Term Lenders and/or Incremental Revolving Facility Lenders (which may include any existing Lender) willing to provide such Incremental Term Loans and/or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments, as the case may be, in their own discretion, provided that each Incremental Term Lender and/or Incremental Revolving Facility shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld) unless no consent would be required for an assignment to such person pursuant to Section 9.04(b)(i)(B). Such notice shall set forth (i) the amount of the Incremental Term Loan Commitments and/or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments being requested (which shall be in minimum increments of $10 million and a minimum amount of $25 million or equal to the remaining Incremental Amount), (ii) the date on which such Incremental Term Loan Commitments and/or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments are requested to become effective (the “Increased Amount Date”), and (iii) (a) in the case of Incremental Term Loan Commitments, whether such Incremental Term Loan Commitments are to be Term B Loan Commitments or commitments to make term loans with interest rates and/or amortization and/or maturity and/or other terms different from the Term B Loans (“Other Term Loans”) and/or (b) whether such Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments are to be Revolving Facility Commitments or commitments to make revolving loans with pricing different from the Revolving Facility Loans (“Other Revolving Loans”).

(b) The Borrower and each Incremental Term Lender and/or Incremental Revolving Facility Lender shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Incremental Assumption Agreement and such other documentation as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably specify to evidence the Incremental Term Loan Commitment of such Incremental Term Lender and/or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment of such Incremental Revolving Facility Lender. Each Incremental Assumption Agreement shall specify the terms of the applicable Incremental Term Loans and/or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments; provided, that (i) except as to pricing, amortization and final maturity date (which shall, subject to clause (ii) and (iii) of this proviso, be determined by the Borrower and the Incremental Term Lenders in their sole discretion), the Other Term Loans shall have (x) the same terms as the Term B Loans or (y) such other terms as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (ii) the final

 

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maturity date of any Other Term Loans shall be no earlier than the then Latest Maturity Date, (iii) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any Other Term Loans shall be no shorter than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Term B Loans, (iv) except as to pricing (which shall, subject to clause (v) of this proviso, be determined by the Borrower and the Incremental Revolving Facility Lenders in their sole discretion), the Other Revolving Loans shall have (x) the same terms as the Revolving Facility or (y) such other terms as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (v) in the event that the Applicable Margin (at any analogous point in the Pricing Grid) for any Incremental Term Loan or Incremental Revolving Loan is greater than the Applicable Margin for the existing Term Loans or existing Revolving Loans, as applicable, by more than 25 basis points, then the Applicable Margin for the existing Term Loans or existing Revolving Facility Loans, as applicable, shall be increased to the extent necessary so that the Applicable Margin (at each analogous point in the Pricing Grid) for the Incremental Term Loans or existing Revolving Loans, as applicable, is 25 basis points higher than the Applicable Margin for the existing Term Loans or existing Revolving Facility Loans, as applicable; provided, further, that in determining the Applicable Margin applicable to the existing Term Loans or existing Revolving Facility Loans, as applicable, and the Incremental Term Loans or Incremental Revolving Loans, as applicable, (x) original issue discount or upfront or similar fees (collectively, “OID”) payable by the Borrower to the Lenders of the existing Term Loans or the Incremental Term Loans (or the existing Revolving Facility Loans or the Incremental Revolving Loans, as applicable), in the primary syndication thereof shall be included (with OID being equated to interest based on an assumed four-year life to maturity), (y) customary arrangement or commitment fees payable to arrangers (or their respective affiliates) shall be excluded; and (z) if the ABR or Eurocurrency Rate “floor” for the Incremental Term Loans or Incremental Revolving Loans, as applicable, is greater than the ABR or Eurocurrency Rate “floor,” respectively, for the existing Term Loans or existing Revolving Facility Loans, as applicable, the difference between such floor for the Incremental Term Loans and the existing Term Loans (or the Incremental Revolving Loans and the existing Revolving Facility Loans, as applicable) shall be equated to an increase in the Applicable Margin for purposes of this clause (v). The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender as to the effectiveness of each Incremental Assumption Agreement. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that, upon the effectiveness of any Incremental Assumption Agreement, this Agreement shall be amended to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to reflect the existence and terms of the Incremental Term Loan Commitments and/or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments evidenced thereby as provided for in Section 9.08(f). Any such deemed amendment may be memorialized in writing by the Administrative Agent with the Borrower’s consent (not to be unreasonably withheld) and furnished to the other parties hereto.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Incremental Term Loan Commitment or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment shall become effective under this Section 2.22 unless (i) on the date of such effectiveness, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom and (ii) the Borrower shall be in Pro Forma Compliance after giving effect to such Incremental Term Loan Commitments and/or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments and the Loans to be made thereunder and the application of the proceeds therefrom as if made and applied on such date.

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Term Loans (other than Other Term Loans) in the form of additional Term B Loans, when originally made, are included in each Borrowing of outstanding Term B Loans on a pro rata basis, and (ii) all Revolving Facility Loans in respect of Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments that are Revolving Facility Commitments, when originally made, are included in each Borrowing of outstanding Revolving Facility Loans on a pro rata basis. The Borrower agrees that Section 2.17 shall apply to any conversion of Eurocurrency Loans to ABR Loans reasonably required by the Administrative Agent to effect the foregoing.

(e) The Incremental Term Loans and Incremental Revolving Loans shall rank pari passu in right of payment and of security with the Term Loans and Revolving Facility Loans.

SECTION 2.23. Refinancing Term Loans.

(a) The Borrower may by written notice to the Administrative Agent elect to request the establishment of one or more additional tranches of term loans denominated in Dollars under this Agreement (“Refinancing Term Loans”), which Refinances any Term Loan under this Agreement. Each such notice shall specify the date (each, a “Refinancing Effective Date”) on which such Borrower proposes that the Refinancing Term Loans shall be made, which shall be a date not less than five Business Days after the date on which such notice is delivered to the Administrative Agent; provided that:

(i) before and after giving effect to the borrowing of such Refinancing Term Loans on the Refinancing Effective Date each of the conditions set forth in Section 4.01 shall be satisfied;

(ii) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Refinancing Term Loans shall not be shorter than the then remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Term B Loans at the time of such refinancing (or if longer, shall have a minimum Weighted Average Life to Maturity required pursuant to any previously established Refinancing Term Loan Amendment);

(iii) all other terms applicable to such Refinancing Term Loans (other than provisions relating to original issue discount, upfront fees and interest rates which shall be as agreed between the Borrower and the Lenders providing such Refinancing Term Loans) shall be substantially identical to, or less favorable to the Lenders providing such Refinancing Term Loans than, those applicable to the then outstanding Term Loans except to the extent such covenants and other terms apply solely to any period after the latest final maturity of the Term Loans and Revolving Facility Commitments in effect on the Refinancing Effective Date immediately prior to the borrowing of such Refinancing Term Loans. Each of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall have the right (but not the obligation) to seek the advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders with respect to the manner in which the amendments contemplated by this Section 2.23 are drafted and implemented and, if either the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent seeks such advice or concurrence, it shall be permitted to enter into such amendments with the Borrower in accordance with any instructions actually received by such Required Lenders and shall also be entitled to refrain from entering into such

 

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amendments with the Borrower unless and until it shall have received such advice or concurrence, it being understood that this provision relates solely to the manner of implementation; provided, however, that whether or not there has been a request by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent for any such advice or concurrence, all such amendments entered into with the Borrower by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent hereunder shall be binding and conclusive on the Lenders; and

(iv) the Loan Parties and the Collateral Agent shall enter into such amendments to the Security Documents as may be requested by the Collateral Agent (which shall not require any consent from any Lender) in order to ensure that the Refinancing Term Loans are provided with the benefit of the applicable Security Documents on a pari passu basis with the other Obligations and shall deliver such other documents, certificates and opinions of counsel in connection therewith as may be reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent.

(b) The Borrower may approach any Lender or any other Person that would be a permitted Assignee pursuant to Section 9.04 to provide all or a portion of the Refinancing Term Loans (a “Refinancing Term Lender”); provided that any Lender offered or approached to provide all or a portion of the Refinancing Term Loans may elect or decline, in its sole discretion, to provide a Refinancing Term Loan. Any Refinancing Term Loans made on any Refinancing Effective Date shall be designated a series (a “Series”) of Refinancing Term Loans for all purposes of this Agreement; provided that any Refinancing Term Loans may, to the extent provided in the applicable Refinancing Term Loan Amendment, be designated as an increase in any previously established Series of Refinancing Term Loans made to the Borrower.

(c) The Refinancing Term Loans shall be established pursuant to an amendment to this Agreement among Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Refinancing Term Lenders providing such Refinancing Term Loans (a “Refinancing Term Loan Amendment”) which shall be consistent with the provisions set forth in paragraph (a) above (for which the Administrative Agent may seek direction from the Required Lenders but such Refinancing Term Loan Amendment shall not require the consent of any other Lender). Each Refinancing Term Loan Amendment shall be binding on the Lenders, the Loan Parties and the other parties hereto.

SECTION 2.24. [Reserved].

SECTION 2.25. Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments.

(a) The Borrower may by written notice to Administrative Agent elect to request the establishment of one or more additional Facilities providing for revolving commitments (“Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments” and the revolving loans thereunder “Replacement Revolving Loans”). Each such notice shall specify the date (each, a “Replacement Revolving Facility Effective Date”) on which such Borrower proposes that the Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments shall become effective, which shall be a date not less than ten Business Days after the date on which such notice is delivered to the Administrative Agent; provided that:

 

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(i) before and after giving effect to the establishment of such Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments on the Replacement Revolving Facility Effective Date each of the conditions set forth in Section 4.01 shall be satisfied;

(ii) after giving effect to the establishment of any Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments and the concurrent reduction in the aggregate amount of any other Revolving Facility Commitments, the aggregate amount of Revolving Facility Commitments shall not exceed the aggregate amount of the Revolving Facility Commitments outstanding on the Closing Date;

(iii) no Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments shall have a scheduled termination date prior to Revolving Facility Maturity Date (or if later, the date required pursuant to any Replacement Revolving Facility Amendment);

(iv) all other terms applicable to such Replacement Revolving Facility (other than provisions relating to (x) fees and interest rates which shall be as agreed between the Borrower and the Lenders providing such Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments and (y) the amount of any letter of credit sublimit and swingline commitment under such Replacement Revolving Facility which shall be as agreed between the Borrower, the Lenders providing such Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments, the Administrative Agent and the Replacement L/C Issuer and Replacement Swingline Lender, if any, under such Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments) shall be substantially identical to, or less favorable to the Lenders providing such Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments than, those applicable to the Revolving Facility;

(v) there shall be no more than three Revolving Facilities in the aggregate of the Borrower in effect at any time; and

(vi) the Loan Parties and the Collateral Agent shall enter into such amendments to the Security Documents as may be reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent (which shall not require any consent from any Lender) in order to ensure that the Replacement Revolving Loans are provided with the benefit of the applicable Security Documents on a pari passu basis with the other Obligations and shall deliver such other documents, certificates and opinions of counsel in connection therewith as may be reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent.

(b) The Borrower may approach any Lender or any other Person that would be a permitted Assignee of a Revolving Facility Commitment pursuant to Section 9.04 to provide all or a portion of the Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments (a “Replacement Revolving Lender”); provided that any Lender offered or approached to provide all or a portion of the Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments may elect or decline, in its sole discretion, to provide a Replacement Revolving Facility Commitment and the selection of Replacement Revolving Lender shall be subject to any consent that would be required pursuant to Section 9.04. Any Replacement Revolving Facility Commitment made on any Replacement Revolving Facility Effective Date shall be designated a series (a “Replacement Revolving Commitment Series”) of Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments for all purposes of this Agreement; provided that any Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments may, to the extent provided in the applicable

 

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Replacement Revolving Facility Amendment, be designated as an increase in any previously established Replacement Revolving Commitment Series.

(c) The Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments shall be established pursuant to an amendment to this Agreement among Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Replacement Revolving Lenders providing such Replacement Revolving Loans and any Replacement L/C Issuer and/or Replacement Swingline Lender thereunder (a “Replacement Revolving Facility Amendment”) which shall be consistent with the provisions set forth in paragraph (a) above. Each of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall have the right (but not the obligation) to seek the advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders with respect to the manner in which the amendments contemplated by this Section 2.25 are drafted and implemented and, if either the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent seeks such advice or concurrence, it shall be permitted to enter into such amendments with the Borrower in accordance with any instructions actually received by such Required Lenders and shall also be entitled to refrain from entering into such amendments with the Borrower unless and until it shall have received such advice or concurrence, it being understood that this provision relates solely to the manner of implementation; provided, however, that whether or not there has been a request by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent for any such advice or concurrence, all such amendments entered into with the Borrower by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent hereunder shall be binding and conclusive on the Lenders.

(d) On any Replacement Revolving Facility Effective Date, subject to the satisfaction of the foregoing terms and conditions, each of the Replacement Revolving Lenders with Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments of such Replacement Revolving Commitment Series shall purchase from each of the other Lenders with Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments of such Replacement Revolving Commitment Series, at the principal amount thereof and in the applicable currencies, such interests in the Replacement Revolving Loans under such Replacement Revolving Facility Series outstanding on such Replacement Revolving Facility Date as shall be necessary in order that, after giving effect to all such assignments and purchases, the Replacement Revolving Loans of such Replacement Revolving Facility Series will be held by Replacement Revolving Lenders thereunder ratably in accordance with their Replacement Revolving Credit Percentages.

ARTICLE III

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

On the date of each Credit Event, each of Holdings and the Borrower represents and warrants to each of the Lenders that:

SECTION 3.01. Organization; Powers.

Except as set forth on Schedule 3.01, each of Holdings, the Borrower and each of the Material Subsidiaries and, in the case of clause (d) below, each of the Subsidiary Loan Parties (a) is a partnership, limited liability company, unlimited liability company or corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing (or, if applicable in a foreign jurisdiction, enjoys the equivalent status under the laws of any jurisdiction of organization outside the United

 

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States) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (b) has all requisite power and authority to own its property and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted, (c) is qualified to do business in each jurisdiction where such qualification is required, except where the failure so to qualify would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (d) has the power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under each of the Loan Documents and each other agreement or instrument contemplated thereby to which it is or will be a party and, in the case of the Borrower, to borrow and otherwise obtain credit hereunder.

SECTION 3.02. Authorization.

The execution, delivery and performance by Holdings, the Borrower and each of the Loan Parties of each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and the borrowings hereunder and the transactions forming a part of the Transactions (a) have been duly authorized by all corporate, stockholder, partnership, limited liability company or other organizational action required to be obtained by Holdings, the Borrower and such Loan Parties and (b) will not (i) violate (A) the certificate or articles of incorporation or other constitutive documents (including any partnership, limited liability company or operating agreements) or by-laws of Holdings, the Borrower or any such Loan Party, (B) any provision of law, statute, rule or regulation, or any applicable order of any court or any rule, regulation or order of any Governmental Authority or (C) any provision of any indenture, certificate of designation for preferred stock, agreement or other instrument to which Holdings, the Borrower or any such Loan Party is a party or by which any of them or any of their property is or may be bound, (ii) be in conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (alone or with notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, give rise to a right of or result in any cancellation or acceleration of any right or obligation (including any payment) or to a loss of a material benefit under any such indenture, certificate of designation for preferred stock, agreement or other instrument, where any such conflict, violation, breach or default (other than in respect of clause (b)(i)(A) of this Section 3.02(b)) would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, or (iii) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon or with respect to any property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired by Holdings, the Borrower or any such Loan Party, other than the Liens created by the Loan Documents and Permitted Liens.

SECTION 3.03. Enforceability.

This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Holdings and the Borrower and constitutes, and each other Loan Document when executed and delivered by each Loan Party that is party thereto will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party enforceable against each such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, subject to (i) the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (iii) implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing.

SECTION 3.04. Governmental Approvals.

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perfection or maintenance of the Liens created under the Security Documents or the exercise by any Agent or any Lender of its rights under the Loan Documents or the remedies in respect of the Collateral, except for (a) the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements and equivalent filings in the non-U.S. jurisdictions, (b) filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office and comparable offices in foreign jurisdictions and equivalent filings in non-U.S. jurisdictions, (c) recordation of the Mortgages and equivalent recordation in non-U.S. jurisdictions, (d) such as have been made or obtained and are in full force and effect, (e) such actions, consents and approvals the failure of which to be obtained or made would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (f) filings or other actions listed on Schedule 3.04.

SECTION 3.05. Financial Statements.

(a) The unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet and related condensed combined statements of income and cash flows presented to the Lenders prior to the Closing Date (the “Pro Forma Financial Information”) and pro forma adjusted EBITDA for the periods therein (the “Pro Forma Adjusted EBITDA”) have been prepared giving effect to the Transactions. Each of the Pro Forma Financial Information and the Pro Forma Adjusted EBITDA has been prepared in good faith based on assumptions believed by the Borrower to have been reasonable as of the date of delivery thereof (it being understood that such assumptions are based on good faith estimates of certain items and that the actual amount of such items on the Closing Date is subject to change), and presents fairly in all material respects on a pro forma basis and in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods covered thereby the combined financial position as of June 30, 2010 assuming that the Transactions had actually occurred at such date, and the combined results of operations for the twelve-month period ended June 30, 2010 (in the case of the Pro Forma Adjusted EBITDA) and for the six month periods ended June 30, 2009 and 2010 and for the year ended December 31, 2009 (in the case of the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of income), assuming that the Transactions had actually occurred on January 1, 2009.

(b) The audited combined balance sheets of EVERTEC Business Group as at December 31, 2008 and 2009, and the related audited combined statements of income, owner’s equity and cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2008 and 2009, present fairly in all material respects and in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods covered thereby the combined financial position of EVERTEC Business Group as at such dates and the combined results of operations, changes in owner’s equity and cash flows of EVERTEC Business Group for the years then ended.

(c) The unaudited combined balance sheet of EVERTEC Business Group as at June 30, 2009 and 2010 and the related unaudited combined statements of income, changes in owner’s equity and cash flows for the six-month period ended June 30, 2009 and 2010, present fairly in all material respects and in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods covered thereby the combined financial position of EVERTEC Business Group as at such dates and the combined results of operations, changes in owner’s equity and cash flows of EVERTEC Business Group for such periods (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments).

 

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SECTION 3.06. No Material Adverse Effect.

After the Closing Date, there has been no event or circumstance that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.07. Title to Properties; Possession Under Leases.

(a) Each of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries has valid fee simple title to, or valid leasehold interests in, or easements or other limited property interests in, all its Real Properties (including all Mortgaged Properties) and has valid title to its personal property and assets, in each case, except for Permitted Liens and except for defects in title that do not materially interfere with its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted or to utilize such properties and assets for their intended purposes and except where the failure to have such title would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. All such properties and assets are free and clear of Liens, other than Permitted Liens.

(b) None of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries are in default under any leases to which it is a party, except for such defaults as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. All of the Borrower’s or Subsidiaries’ leases are in full force and effect, except leases in respect of which the failure to be in full force and effect would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.07(b), the Borrower and each of the Subsidiaries enjoys peaceful and undisturbed possession under all such leases, other than leases in respect of which the failure to enjoy peaceful and undisturbed possession would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

(c) Each of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries owns or possesses, or is licensed to use, all patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names and copyrights, all applications for any of the foregoing and all licenses and rights with respect to the foregoing necessary for the present conduct of its business, without any conflict (of which the Borrower has been notified in writing) with the rights of others, and free from any burdensome restrictions on the present conduct of the Borrower, except where such conflicts and restrictions would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect or except as set forth on Schedule 3.07(c).

SECTION 3.08. Subsidiaries.

(a) Schedule 3.08(a) sets forth as of the Closing Date the name and jurisdiction of incorporation, formation or organization of each subsidiary of the Borrower and, as to each such subsidiary, the percentage of each class of Equity Interests owned by the Borrower or by any such subsidiary.

(b) As of the Closing Date, there are no outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, calls, rights or other agreements or commitments (other than stock options granted to employees or directors and directors’ qualifying shares) of any nature relating to any Equity Interests of the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, except rights of employees to purchase Equity Interests in connection with the Transactions or as set forth on Schedule 3.08(b).

 

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SECTION 3.09. Litigation; Compliance with Laws.

(a) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.09(a), there are no actions, suits or proceedings at law or in equity or by or on behalf of any Governmental Authority or in arbitration now pending, or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened in writing against or affecting Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries or any business, property or rights of any such person which would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.09(b), none of Holdings, the Borrower, the Subsidiaries and their respective properties or assets is in violation of (nor will the continued operation of their material properties and assets as currently conducted violate) any law (including the USA PATRIOT Act), rule or regulation (including any zoning, building, ordinance, code or approval or any building permit, but excluding any Environmental Laws, which are subject to Section 3.16) or any restriction of record or agreement affecting any Mortgaged Property, or is in default with respect to any judgment, writ, injunction or decree of any Governmental Authority, where such violation or default would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.10. Federal Reserve Regulations.

(a) None of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock.

(b) No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used, whether directly or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, (i) to purchase or carry Margin Stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock or to refund indebtedness originally incurred for such purpose, or (ii) for any purpose that entails a violation of, or that is inconsistent with, the provisions of the Regulations of the Board, including Regulation U or Regulation X.

SECTION 3.11. Investment Company Act.

None of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries is an “investment company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

SECTION 3.12. Use of Proceeds.

(a) The Borrower will use the proceeds of the Revolving Facility Loans and Swingline Loans, and may request the issuance of Letters of Credit (in each case subject to clause (b) below), solely for general corporate purposes (including, without limitation, for Permitted Business Acquisitions) and, in the case of Revolving Facility Loans made on the Closing Date, for the purposes set forth in clause (b) below and (b) the Borrower will use the proceeds of the Term B Loans made on the Closing Date to finance a portion of the Transactions and for the payment of fees and expenses payable in connection with the Transactions.

 

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SECTION 3.13. Taxes.

Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect:

(a) Each of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries (i) has filed or caused to be filed all Tax returns required to have been filed by it and each such Tax return is true and correct; and (ii) has timely paid or caused to be timely paid all Taxes shown to be due and payable by it on such Tax returns and all other Taxes (or made adequate provision in accordance with GAAP for the payment of all Taxes not yet due) with respect to all periods or portions thereof ending on or before the Closing Date, including in its capacity as a withholding agent, except in each case for Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings in accordance with Section 5.03 and for which Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, as the case may be, has set aside on its books adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP; and

(b) As of the Closing Date, with respect to each of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, there are no claims being asserted in writing with respect to any Taxes.

SECTION 3.14. No Material Misstatements.

(a) All written information (other than the Projections, estimates and information of a general economic nature or general industry nature) (the “Information”) concerning Holdings, the Borrower, the Subsidiaries, the Transactions and any other transactions contemplated hereby included in the Information Memorandum or otherwise prepared by or on behalf of the foregoing or their representatives and made available to any Lenders or the Administrative Agent in connection with the Transactions or the other transactions contemplated hereby, when taken as a whole, was true and correct in all material respects, as of the date such Information was furnished to the Lenders and as of the Closing Date and did not, taken as a whole, as of any such date contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein, taken as a whole, not materially misleading in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made.

(b) The Projections and estimates and information of a general economic nature prepared by or on behalf of the Borrower or any of its representatives and that have been made available to any Lenders or the Administrative Agent in connection with the Transactions or the other transactions contemplated hereby (i) have been prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by the Borrower to be reasonable as of the date thereof (it being understood that actual results may vary materially from the Projections), as of the date such Projections and estimates were furnished to the Lenders and as of the Closing Date, and (ii) as of the Closing Date, have not been modified in any material respect by the Borrower.

SECTION 3.15. Employee Benefit Plans.

(a) Except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect: (i) each Plan is in compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code; (ii) no Reportable Event has occurred during the past five years as

 

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to which Holdings, the Borrower, any of their Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate was required to file a report with the PBGC, other than reports that have been filed; (iii) as of the most recent valuation date preceding the date of this Agreement, no Plan has any material Unfunded Pension Liability; (iv) no ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; (v) none of Holdings, the Borrower, their Subsidiaries and the ERISA Affiliates (A) has received any written notification that any Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization or has been terminated within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA, or has knowledge that any Multiemployer Plan is reasonably expected to be in reorganization or to be terminated or (B) has incurred or is reasonably expected to incur any withdrawal liability to any Multiemployer Plan; and (vi) none of Holdings, the Borrower or their Subsidiaries has engaged in a “prohibited transaction” (as defined in Section 406 of ERISA and Code Section 4975) in connection with any employee pension benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA) that would subject Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to tax.

(b) Each of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries is in compliance (i) with all applicable provisions of law and all applicable regulations and published interpretations thereunder with respect to any employee pension benefit plan or other employee benefit plan governed by the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States and (ii) with the terms of any such plan, except, in each case, for such noncompliance that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(c) Except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, there are no pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened claims (other than claims for benefits in the normal course), sanctions, actions or lawsuits, asserted or instituted against any Plan or any person as fiduciary or sponsor of any Plan that would reasonably be expected to result in liability to Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

SECTION 3.16. Environmental Matters.

Except as set forth in Schedule 3.16 and except as to matters that would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect: (i) no written notice has been received by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, and there are no judicial, administrative or other actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the Borrower’s knowledge, threatened which allege a violation of or liability under any Environmental Laws, in each case relating to Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) each of Holdings and its Subsidiaries and their respective operations and properties are in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws and each of them has all environmental permits, licenses and other approvals necessary for its operations to comply with all applicable Environmental Laws and is in compliance with the terms of such permits, licenses and other approvals, (iii) there has been no Release or threat of Release of any Hazardous Material at, on, under or from any property currently owned, operated or leased or, to the Borrower’s knowledge, formerly owned, operated or leased, by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to give rise to any cost, liability or obligation of Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under any Environmental Laws, and Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries have not disposed of or arranged for disposal or treatment, or arranged for transport for disposal or treatment, of any Hazardous Materials at any location in a manner that would reasonably be expected to give rise to any liability of Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under any Environmental Laws

 

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and (iv) neither Holdings, the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party or subject to any order, decree or agreement which imposes any obligation or liability under any Environmental Laws.

SECTION 3.17. Security Documents.

(a) Each Security Document is effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral described therein and proceeds thereof to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law. In the case of the Pledged Collateral described in a Security Document and to the extent appropriate in the applicable jurisdictions, when certificates or promissory notes, as applicable, representing such Pledged Collateral are delivered to the Collateral Agent, and in the case of the other Collateral described in such Security Document (other than the Intellectual Property (as defined in the Collateral Agreement)), except as otherwise provided in the Collateral Agreement, when financing statements and other filings specified in the Perfection Certificate are filed in the offices specified in the Perfection Certificate, the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) shall have a perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in such Collateral and, subject to Section 9-315 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code, the proceeds thereof, as security for the Obligations to the extent perfection in such Collateral can be obtained by filing Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, in each case prior and superior in right to the Lien of any other person (except for Permitted Liens).

(b) When the Collateral Agreement or a summary thereof is properly filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office or the Trademark Division of the Puerto Rico State Department, and, with respect to Collateral in which a security interest cannot be perfected by such filings, upon the proper filing of the financing statements referred to in paragraph (a) above, the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) shall have a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties thereunder in the Intellectual Property filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office or the Trademark Division of the Puerto Rico State Department, in each case prior and superior in right to the Lien of any other person, except for Permitted Liens (it being understood that subsequent recordings in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office or the Trademark Division of the Puerto Rico State Department may be necessary to perfect a Lien on registered trademarks and patents, trademark and patent applications and registered copyrights acquired by the grantors after the Closing Date).

(c) The Mortgages executed and delivered after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 5.10 will be, effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) a legal, valid and enforceable Lien on all of the applicable Loan Parties’ right, title and interest in and to the Mortgaged Property thereunder and the proceeds thereof (to the extent feasible in the applicable jurisdiction), and when such Mortgages are filed or recorded in the proper real estate filing or recording offices, and all relevant mortgage taxes and recording charges are duly paid, the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) shall have a perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title, and interest of the applicable Loan Parties in such Mortgaged Property and, to the extent applicable, subject to Section 9-315 of the Uniform Commercial Code, the proceeds thereof (to the extent feasible in the applicable

 

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jurisdiction), in each case prior and superior in right to the Lien of any other person, except for Permitted Liens.

(d) Notwithstanding anything herein (including this Section 3.17) or in any other Loan Document to the contrary, other than to the extent set forth in a pledge agreement (if any), neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party makes any representation or warranty as to the effects of perfection or non-perfection, the priority or the enforceability of any pledge of or security interest in any Equity Interests of any Subsidiary, or as to the rights and remedies of the Agents or any Lender with respect thereto, under foreign law.

SECTION 3.18. Location of Real Property and Leased Premises.

(a) The Perfection Certificate completely and correctly identifies, in all material respects, as of the Closing Date all material Real Property owned by Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiary Loan Parties. As of the Closing Date, Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiary Loan Parties own in fee simple title all the Real Property set forth as being owned by them in the Perfection Certificate.

(b) The Perfection Certificate lists correctly in all material respects, as of the Closing Date, all material Real Property that is leased by Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiary Loan Parties as the lessee and the addresses thereof. As of the Closing Date, Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiary Loan Parties have in all material respects valid leases in all the Real Property set forth as being leased by them as the lessee in the Perfection Certificate.

SECTION 3.19. Solvency.

(a) On the Closing Date, immediately after giving effect to the Transactions that occur on the Closing Date, (i) the fair value of the assets of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, at a fair valuation, will exceed the debts and liabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis; (ii) the present fair saleable value of the property of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis on their debts and other liabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured; (iii) Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will be able to pay their debts and liabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured; and (iv) Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged as such businesses are now conducted and are proposed to be conducted following the Closing Date.

(b) On the Closing Date, neither Holdings or the Borrower intends to, or believes that it or any of its subsidiaries will, incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature, taking into account the timing and amounts of cash to be received by it or any such subsidiary and the timing and amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its Indebtedness or the Indebtedness of any such subsidiary.

 

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SECTION 3.20. Labor Matters.

Except as, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or except as set forth on Schedule 3.20: (a) there are no strikes or other labor disputes pending or threatened against Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; (b) the hours worked and payments made to employees of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable law dealing with such matters; and (c) all payments due from Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries or for which any claim may be made against Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, on account of wages and employee health and welfare insurance and other benefits have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of Holdings, the Borrower or such Subsidiary to the extent required by GAAP. Except as, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the consummation of the Transactions will not give rise to a right of termination or right of renegotiation on the part of any union under any material collective bargaining agreement to which Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries (or any predecessor) is a party or by which Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries (or any predecessor) is bound.

SECTION 3.21. No Default.

No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

SECTION 3.22. Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc.

Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and except as set forth in Schedule 3.22, (a) Holdings, the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries owns, or possesses the right to use, all of the patents, registered trademarks, registered service marks or trade names, registered copyrights or mask works, domain names, applications and registrations for any of the foregoing (collectively, “Intellectual Property Rights”) that are reasonably necessary for the operation of their respective businesses, without conflict with the rights of any other person, (b) to the best knowledge of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are not interfering with, infringing upon, misappropriating or otherwise violating Intellectual Property Rights of any person, and (c) no claim or litigation regarding any of the foregoing is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Borrower, threatened.

SECTION 3.23. Senior Debt.

The Obligations constitute “Senior Debt” (or the equivalent thereof) and “Designated Senior Debt” (or the equivalent thereof, if any) under the documentation governing any subordinated Indebtedness permitted to be incurred hereunder or any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof constituting subordinated Indebtedness.

SECTION 3.24. Insurance.

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would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, all insurance maintained by the Borrower is in full force and effect, all premiums have been duly paid and the Borrower has not received notice of violation or cancellation thereof.

SECTION 3.25. Anti-Money Laundering and Economic Sanctions Laws.

(a) As of the Closing Date, to the knowledge of senior management of each Loan Party, no Loan Party, none of its Subsidiaries, none of its controlled Affiliates and none of the respective officers, directors, brokers or agents of such Loan Party, such Subsidiary or controlled Affiliate has violated or is in violation of any applicable Anti-Money Laundering Law.

(b) To the knowledge of senior management of each Loan Party, no Loan Party, none of its Subsidiaries, none of its controlled Affiliates and none of the respective officers, directors, brokers or agents of such Loan Party, such Subsidiary or such controlled Affiliate that is acting or benefiting in any capacity in connection with the Loans (i) is an Embargoed Person or (ii) except as otherwise authorized by OFAC, otherwise permitted for U.S. persons by a U.S. Governmental Authority or by any rule, regulation or order of a U.S. Governmental Authority, will use any proceeds of the Loans or Letters of Credit, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Person for the purpose of financing the activities of or with any Person or in any country or territory that, at the time of funding or facilitation, is an Embargoed Person.

ARTICLE IV

CONDITIONS OF LENDING

The obligations of (a) the Lenders (including the Swingline Lender) to make Loans and (b) any L/C Issuer to permit any L/C Credit Extension hereunder (each, a “Credit Event”) are subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:

SECTION 4.01. All Credit Events.

On the date of each Borrowing (other than the Closing Date) and on the date of each L/C Credit Extension (other than the Closing Date):

(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received, in the case of a Borrowing, a Borrowing Request as required by Section 2.03 or, in the case of an L/C Credit Extension, the applicable L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent shall have received a Letter of Credit Application as required by Section 2.05(b).

(b) The representations and warranties set forth in the Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such date, as applicable, with the same effect as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date).

(c) At the time of and immediately after such Borrowing or L/C Credit Extension, as applicable, no Event of Default or Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

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Each such Borrowing (subject to the immediately preceding paragraph) and each L/C Credit Extension shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower on the date of such Borrowing or L/C Credit Extension as to the matters specified in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Section 4.01.

SECTION 4.02. First Credit Event.

On the Closing Date:

(a) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from each party hereto either (i) a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party or (ii) written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include telecopy transmission of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement.

(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received, on behalf of itself, the Collateral Agent, the Lenders and each L/C Issuer on the Closing Date, a written opinion of (i) Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP, counsel for the Loan Parties, and (ii) each local or foreign counsel specified on Schedule 4.02(b), in each case (A) dated the Closing Date, (B) addressed to each L/C Issuer on the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders and (C) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received in the case of each Loan Party each of the items referred to in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) below:

(i) a copy of the certificate or articles of incorporation, certificate of limited partnership, certificate of formation or other equivalent organizational documents, including all amendments thereto, of each Loan Party, (A) in the case of a corporation, certified as of a recent date by the Secretary of State (or other similar official) of the jurisdiction of its organization, and a certificate as to the good standing (to the extent such concept or a similar concept exists under the laws of such jurisdiction) of each such Loan Party as of a recent date from such Secretary of State (or other similar official) or (B) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of each such Loan Party;

(ii) a certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary or similar officer of each Loan Party dated the Closing Date and certifying

(A) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of the by-laws (or partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement or other equivalent governing documents) of such Loan Party as in effect on the Closing Date and at all times since a date prior to the date of the resolutions described in clause (B) below,

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managing general partner, managing member or equivalent) authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which such person is a party and, in the case of the Borrower, the borrowings hereunder, and that such resolutions have not been modified, rescinded or amended and are in full force and effect on the Closing Date,

(C) that the certificate or articles of incorporation, certificate of limited partnership, articles of incorporation, certificate of formation or other equivalent organizational documents of such Loan Party has not been amended since the date of the last amendment thereto disclosed pursuant to clause (i) above,

(D) as to the incumbency and specimen signature of each officer executing any Loan Document or any other document delivered in connection herewith on behalf of such Loan Party and

(E) as to the absence of any pending proceeding for the dissolution or liquidation of such Loan Party; and

(iii) a certificate of a director or an officer as to the incumbency and specimen signature of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary or similar officer executing the certificate pursuant to clause (ii) above.

(d) Except for matters to be completed following the Closing Date in accordance with Section 5.10(h), the elements of the Collateral Requirement required to be satisfied on the Closing Date shall have been satisfied and the Administrative Agent shall have received a completed Perfection Certificate dated the Closing Date and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, together with all attachments contemplated thereby, and the results of a search of the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent), tax and judgment lien filings made with respect to the Loan Parties in the jurisdictions contemplated by the Perfection Certificate, lien searches with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, United States Copyright Office and the Trademark Division of the Puerto Rico State Department and copies of the financing statements (or similar documents) disclosed by such search and evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that the Liens indicated by such financing statements (or similar documents) are Permitted Liens or have been released concurrently with the closing of the Transactions on the Closing Date.

(e) The Merger shall have been consummated simultaneously or substantively concurrent with the closing under this Agreement in accordance with applicable law and the Merger Agreement, and no provision of the Merger Agreement shall have been amended, waived or otherwise modified in any material respect and no material consent shall have been given, in each case, in a manner materially adverse to the Lenders, without the prior written consent of the Arrangers.

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and only to the extent that AP Carib Holdings, Ltd. or Merger Sub has the right to terminate its obligations under the Merger Agreement as a result of a breach of such representations in the Merger Agreement) shall be satisfied, and the representations and warranties made in Sections 3.01(a) and (d), 3.02(a), 3.03, 3.10, 3.11, 3.17 and 3.19 hereof with respect to each Borrower and each Subsidiary Loan Party that is a Material Subsidiary shall be true and correct in all material respects.

(g) The Equity Contribution shall have been consummated.

(h) On the Closing Date, after giving effect to the Transactions and the other transactions contemplated hereby, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall have outstanding no Indebtedness other than (i) the Loans and other extensions of credit under this Agreement, (ii) the Senior Notes, the Senior Unsecured Notes and/or the loans and other extensions of credit under the Interim Loan Agreement and (iii) other Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 6.01 (other than pursuant to clauses (i), (j), (k), (r), (s), (v)(i), (w), (bb), (dd) or (gg) thereof).

(i) The Lenders shall have received (i) a customary solvency certificate signed by the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower or (ii) an opinion from an independent investment bank or valuation firm of nationally recognized standing, in either case, confirming the solvency of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis after giving effect to the Transactions on the Closing Date.

(j) The Agents shall have received all fees payable thereto or to any Lender on or prior to the Closing Date and, to the extent invoiced, all other amounts due and payable pursuant to the Loan Documents on or prior to the Closing Date, including, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Cahill Gordon and Reindel LLP) required to be reimbursed or paid by the Loan Parties hereunder or under any Loan Document, and, except as agreed to by the Arrangers, the Borrower has complied with all obligations under the Fee Letter.

(k) The Administrative Agent shall have received all documentation and other information required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including without limitation, the USA PATRIOT Act that has been requested not less than five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing Date.

(l) The Administrative Agent shall have received, in the case of a Borrowing, a Borrowing Request as required by Section 2.03 or, in the case of an L/C Credit Extension, the applicable L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent shall have received a Letter of Credit Application as required by Section 2.05(b).

For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 4.02, each Lender 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 the Lenders unless an officer of the Administrative Agent

 

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responsible for the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the Closing Date specifying its objection thereto and such Lender shall not have made available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s ratable portion of the initial Borrowing.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, it is understood that to the extent any security interest in the intended Collateral or any deliverable related to the perfection of security interests in the intended Collateral (other than any Collateral the security interest in which may be perfected by the filing of a UCC financing statement or possession of the certificated securities (if any) evidencing the Borrower’s and the Subsidiary Loan Parties’ equity and the security agreement giving rise to the security interest) is not provided on the Closing Date, the provision of such security interest(s) or deliverable shall not constitute a condition precedent to the availability of the Facilities on the Closing Date but shall be delivered after the Closing Date in accordance with Section 5.10(h).

ARTICLE V

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

The Borrower covenants and agrees with each Lender that so long as this Agreement shall remain in effect (other than in respect of contingent indemnification and expense reimbursement obligations for which no claim has been made) and until the Commitments have been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan, all Fees and all other expenses or amounts payable under any Loan Document shall have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit have been canceled or have expired and all amounts drawn or paid thereunder have been reimbursed in full, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing, the Borrower will, and will cause each of the Subsidiaries to:

SECTION 5.01. Existence; Businesses and Properties.

(a) Do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence, except, in the case of a Subsidiary or the Borrower, where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and except as otherwise permitted under Section 6.05; provided that the Borrower may liquidate or dissolve one or more Subsidiaries if the assets of such Subsidiaries (to the extent they exceed estimated liabilities) are acquired by the Borrower or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower in such liquidation or dissolution, except that Subsidiary Loan Parties may not be liquidated into Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties (except in each case as otherwise permitted under Section 6.05).

(b) Except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, do or cause to be done all things necessary to (i) lawfully obtain, preserve, renew, extend and keep in full force and effect the permits, franchises, authorizations, patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses and rights with respect thereto necessary to the normal conduct of its business, and (ii) at all times maintain and preserve all property necessary to the normal conduct of its business and keep such property in good repair, working order and condition and from time to time make, or cause to be made, all needful and

 

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proper repairs, renewals, additions, improvements and replacements thereto necessary in order that the business carried on in connection therewith, if any, may be properly conducted at all times (in each case except as expressly permitted by this Agreement).

SECTION 5.02. Insurance.

(a) Maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance (subject to customary deductibles and retentions) in such amounts and against such risks as are customarily maintained by similarly situated companies engaged in the same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations and cause the Borrower and the Subsidiary Loan Parties to be listed as insured and the Collateral Agent to be listed as a co-loss payee on property and property casualty policies and as an additional insured on liability policies. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries may self-insure with respect to such risks with respect to which companies of established reputation engaged in the same general line of business in the same general area usually self-insure.

(b) If any portion of any Mortgaged Property is at any time located in an area specifically 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 the Borrower shall, or shall cause each applicable Subsidiary Loan Party to (i) maintain, or cause to be maintained, with a financially sound and reputable insurer, flood insurance in an amount and otherwise sufficient to comply with all applicable rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to Flood Insurance Laws and (ii) deliver to the Administrative Agent evidence of such compliance in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

(c) In connection with the covenants set forth in this Section 5.02, it is understood and agreed that:

(i) none of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and their respective agents or employees shall be liable for any loss or damage insured by the insurance policies required to be maintained under this Section 5.02, it being understood that (A) the Loan Parties shall look solely to their insurance companies or any other parties other than the aforesaid parties for the recovery of such loss or damage and (B) such insurance companies shall have no rights of subrogation against the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, any L/C Issuer or their agents or employees. If, however, the insurance policies, as a matter of the internal policy of such insurer, do not provide waiver of subrogation rights against such parties, as required above, then the Borrower, on behalf of itself and behalf of each of its Subsidiaries, hereby agrees, to the extent permitted by law, to waive, and further agrees to cause each of their Subsidiaries to waive, its right of recovery, if any, against the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, any L/C Issuer and their agents and employees;

(ii) the designation of any form, type or amount of insurance coverage by the Administrative Agent under this Section 5.02 shall in no event be deemed a representation, warranty or advice by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders that such insurance

 

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is adequate for the purposes of the business of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries or the protection of their properties; and

(iii) the amount and type of insurance that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has in effect as of the Closing Date satisfies for all purposes the requirements of this Section 5.02.

SECTION 5.03. Taxes.

Pay and discharge promptly when due all Taxes, imposed upon it or upon its income or profits or in respect of its property, before the same shall become delinquent or in default, as well as all lawful claims which, if unpaid, might give rise to a Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) upon such properties or any part thereof; provided, however, that such payment and discharge shall not be required with respect to any such Tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim so long as (a) the validity or amount thereof shall be contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (b) Holdings, the Borrower or the affected Subsidiary, as applicable, shall have set aside on its books reserves in accordance with GAAP with respect thereto, and (c) the failure to make such payment and discharge could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 5.04. Financial Statements, Reports, etc.

Furnish to the Administrative Agent (which will promptly furnish such information to the Lenders):

(a) Within 105 days following the end of each fiscal year (commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010), a consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, cash flows and owners’ equity showing the financial position of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the close of such fiscal year and the consolidated results of its operations during such year and, starting with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011, setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the prior fiscal year, which consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, cash flows and owners’ equity shall be audited by independent public accountants of recognized national standing and accompanied by an opinion of such accountants (which shall not be qualified as to scope of audit or as to the status of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary as a going concern) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements fairly present, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (it being understood that the delivery by the Borrower of annual reports on Form 10-K of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries shall satisfy the requirements of this Section 5.04(a) to the extent such annual reports include the information specified herein);

(b) Within 45 days (or, in the case of each fiscal quarter in the Fiscal Year of 2010 and 2011, within 60 days following the end of such fiscal quarter), following the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year, a consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations and cash flows showing the financial position of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the close of such fiscal quarter and the

 

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consolidated results of its operations during such fiscal quarter and the then-elapsed portion of the fiscal year and setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the corresponding periods of the prior fiscal year, all of which shall be in reasonable detail and which consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations and cash flows shall be certified by a Financial Officer of Holdings or the Borrower as fairly presenting, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes) (it being understood that the delivery by the Borrower of quarterly reports on Form 10-Q of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries shall satisfy the requirements of this Section 5.04(b) to the extent such quarterly reports include the information specified herein);

(c) (x) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under paragraphs (a) or (b) above, a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower (i) certifying that no Event of Default or Default has occurred or, if such an Event of Default or Default has occurred, specifying the nature and extent thereof and any corrective action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto and (ii) commencing with the first full fiscal quarter ending after the Closing Date, setting forth computations in reasonable detail satisfactory to the Administrative Agent demonstrating compliance with the Financial Performance Covenants, (y) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under paragraph (a) above, if the accounting firm is not restricted from providing such a certificate by its policies, a certificate of the accounting firm opining on or certifying such statements stating whether they obtained knowledge during the course of their examination of such statements of any Default or Event of Default (which certificate may be limited to accounting matters and disclaim responsibility for legal interpretations) and (z) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under paragraphs (a) or (b) above, a copy of management’s discussion and analysis with respect to such financial statements, all of which shall be in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (it being understood that the delivery by the Borrower of reports on Form 10-Q or Form 10-K of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries shall satisfy the requirements of this Section 5.04(c)(z) to the extent such reports include such management’s discussion and analysis);

(d) promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all periodic and other publicly available reports, proxy statements and, to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, other materials filed by Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries with the SEC, or after an initial public offering, distributed to its stockholders generally, as applicable; provided, however, that such reports, proxy statements, filings and other materials required to be delivered pursuant to this paragraph (d) shall be deemed delivered for purposes of this Agreement when posted to the website of the Borrower;

(e) within 75 days after the beginning of each fiscal year, a reasonably detailed consolidated annual budget for such fiscal year (including a projected consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of the following fiscal year, and the related consolidated statements of projected cash flow and projected income), including a description of underlying assumptions with respect thereto

 

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(collectively, the “Budget”), which Budget shall in each case be accompanied by the statement of a Financial Officer of the Borrower to the effect that, the Budget is based on assumptions believed by such Financial Officer to be reasonable as of the date of delivery thereof;

(f) upon the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent, an updated Perfection Certificate (or, to the extent such request relates to specified information contained in the Perfection Certificate, such information) reflecting all changes since the date of the information most recently received pursuant to this paragraph (f) or Section 5.10(f);

(g) promptly, from time to time, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries (including without limitation with respect to compliance with the USA PATRIOT Act), or compliance with the terms of any Loan Document, or such consolidating financial statements (it being understood that consolidating financial statements shall not be requested until such time as the Borrower shall have filed a registration statement with the SEC with respect to the Senior Unsecured Notes or the Senior Notes), as in each case the Administrative Agent may reasonably request (for itself or on behalf of the Lenders);

(h) in the event that in respect of the Senior Unsecured Notes, the Senior Notes or any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness with respect thereto, the rules and regulations of the SEC permit the Borrower, Holdings or any Parent that does not have any material business other than ownership of Holdings to report at Holdings’ or such Parent’s level on a consolidated basis such consolidated reporting at Holdings’ or such Parent’s level in a manner consistent with that described in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 5.04 for the Borrower will satisfy the requirements of such paragraphs and of clause (z) of paragraph (c) of this Section 5.04; provided that, such financial information is accompanied by consolidating information that explains in reasonable detail the differences between the information relating to such Parent and any of its Subsidiaries other than the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the information relating to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a stand alone basis, on the other hand; and

(i) within 10 days of the delivery of financial statements under paragraph (a) above, the amount of total revenue attributable to each jurisdiction in which the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries operate during the fiscal year covered by such financial statements, and such other information that the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent reasonably requests from time to time in order to make determinations in respect of the Agreed Security Principles.

SECTION 5.05. Litigation and Other Notices.

Furnish to the Administrative Agent (which will promptly thereafter furnish to the Lenders) written notice of the following promptly after any Responsible Officer of Holdings or the Borrower obtains actual knowledge thereof:

 

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(a) any Event of Default or Default, specifying the nature and extent thereof and the corrective action (if any) proposed to be taken with respect thereto;

(b) the filing or commencement of, or any written threat or notice of intention of any person to file or commence, any action, suit or proceeding, whether at law or in equity or by or before any Governmental Authority or in arbitration, against the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries as to which an adverse determination is reasonably probable and which, if adversely determined, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(c) any other development specific to the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries that is not a matter of general public knowledge and that has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect; and

(d) the development or occurrence of any ERISA Event that, together with all other ERISA Events that have developed or occurred, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 5.06. Compliance with Laws.

Comply with all laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property (including the Economic Sanctions Laws), except that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries need not comply with any laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority then being contested by any of them in good faith by appropriate proceedings, and except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; provided that this Section 5.06 shall not apply to Environmental Laws, which are the subject of Section 5.09, or to laws related to Taxes, which are the subject of Section 5.03.

SECTION 5.07. Maintaining Records; Access to Properties and Inspections.

Maintain all financial records in accordance with GAAP and permit any persons designated by the Administrative Agent or, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any Lender to visit and inspect the financial records and the properties of the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries at reasonable times, upon reasonable prior notice to the Borrower, and as often as reasonably requested and to make extracts from and copies of such financial records, and permit any persons designated by the Administrative Agent or, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any Lender upon reasonable prior notice to the Borrower to discuss the affairs, finances and condition of the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries with the officers thereof and independent accountants therefor (subject to reasonable requirements of confidentiality, including requirements imposed by law or by contract).

SECTION 5.08. Use of Proceeds.

Use the proceeds of the Loans in the manner set forth in Section 3.12.

 

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SECTION 5.09. Compliance with Environmental Laws.

Comply, and make reasonable efforts to cause all lessees and other persons occupying its properties to comply, with all Environmental Laws applicable to its operations and properties; and obtain and renew all material authorizations and permits required pursuant to Environmental Law for its operations and properties, in each case in accordance with Environmental Laws, except, in each case with respect to this Section 5.09, to the extent the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 5.10. Further Assurances; Additional Security.

Subject to the Agreed Security Principles:

(a) Execute any and all further documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and take all such further actions (including the filing and recording of financing statements, fixture filings, Mortgages and other documents and recordings of Liens in stock registries), that the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, to satisfy the Collateral Requirement and to cause the Collateral Requirement to be and remain satisfied, all at the expense of the Loan Parties and provide to the Collateral Agent, from time to time upon reasonable request, evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent as to the perfection and priority of the Liens created or intended to be created by the Security Documents, subject in each case to paragraph (g) below. If the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent reasonably determines (in consultation with the Borrower) that it is a requirement of applicable law to have appraisals prepared in respect of the Mortgaged Property of any Loan Party that is located in the United States, the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent such appraisals to the extent required by, and in reasonably satisfactory compliance with, any applicable requirements of the Real Estate Appraisal Reform Amendments of FIRREA.

(b) If any asset (other than Real Property which is covered by paragraph (c) below) that has an individual fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) in an amount greater than $2.5 million is acquired by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party after the Closing Date (in each case other than (x) assets constituting Collateral under a Security Document that become subject to the Lien of such Security Document upon acquisition thereof, or (y) assets that are not required to become subject to Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 5.10(g) or the Security Documents) will (i) promptly as practicable (and in any event within 60 days of their acquisition) notify the Collateral Agent thereof and (ii) take or cause the Subsidiary Loan Parties to take such actions as shall be reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to grant and perfect such Liens, including actions described in paragraph (a) of this Section 5.10, all at the expense of the Loan Parties, subject to paragraph (g) below.

(c) Promptly notify the Administrative Agent of the acquisition (which for this clause (c) shall include the improvement of any Real Property that was not Owned Real Property that results in it qualifying as Owned Real Property) of and within 60 days after such acquisition will grant and cause each of the Subsidiary Loan Parties to grant to

 

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the Collateral Agent security interests and mortgages in such Owned Real Property of the Borrower or any such Subsidiary Loan Parties as are not covered by any then-existing Mortgages (other than assets that (i) are subject to permitted secured financing arrangements containing restrictions permitted by Section 6.09(c), pursuant to which a Lien on such assets securing the Obligations is not permitted or (ii) are not required to become subject to the Liens of the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 5.10(g) or the Security Documents), to the extent acquired after the Closing Date and having a value or purchase price at the time of acquisition in excess of $5 million, pursuant to a Mortgage constituting valid and enforceable Liens subject to no other Liens except Permitted Liens at the time of perfection thereof, record or file, and cause each such Subsidiary Loan Party to record or file, the Mortgage or instruments related thereto in such manner and in such places as is required by law to establish, perfect, preserve and protect the Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent required to be granted pursuant to the Mortgages and pay, and cause each such Subsidiary Loan Party to pay, in full, all Taxes, fees and other charges payable in connection therewith, in each case subject to paragraph (g) below. Unless otherwise waived by the Collateral Agent, with respect to each such Mortgage, the Borrower shall comply with the Collateral Requirements applicable to Mortgages and Mortgaged Property. With respect to each Mortgage for a Mortgaged Property located in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Loan Party owning such Mortgaged Property shall execute and deliver in pledge to the Collateral Agent a demand bearer mortgage note in a principal amount equal to 110% of the fair market value of such Mortgaged Property (based on purchase price, appraisal or other valuation method reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent), which mortgage note will be secured by such Mortgage and shall be pledged to the Collateral Agent pursuant to a supplement to the Collateral Agreement, and which mortgage note and supplement to the Collateral Agreement shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.

(d) If any additional direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower is formed or acquired after the Closing Date (with any Subsidiary Redesignation resulting in an Unrestricted Subsidiary becoming a Subsidiary being deemed to constitute the acquisition of a Subsidiary) and if such Subsidiary is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary or is a Subsidiary acquired pursuant to a Permitted Business Acquisition (in each case, other than, at the Borrower’s option, any Immaterial Subsidiary), within ten (10) Business Days after the date such Subsidiary is formed or acquired, notify the Collateral Agent thereof and, within twenty (20) Business Days after the date such Subsidiary is formed or acquired or such longer period as the Collateral Agent shall agree, cause the Collateral Requirement to be satisfied with respect to such Subsidiary and with respect to any Equity Interest in or Indebtedness of such Subsidiary owned by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party, subject in each case to paragraph (g) below and Agreed Security Principles.

(e) Following the delivery of information required by Section 5.04(i), deliver such additional guarantee or security agreements and/or take such other action in order to create and/or perfect a security interest in additional property of the Loan Parties or additional Loan Parties in any jurisdiction, as requested by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent in accordance with the Agreed Security Principles, within 30 days of such request (or such later date as is agreed to by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, consistent with the Agreed Security Principles).

 

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(f) Furnish to the Collateral Agent promptly (and in any event within 30 days after such change) written notice of any change (A) in any Loan Party’s corporate or organization name, (B) in any Loan Party’s identity or organizational structure, (C) in any Loan Party’s organizational identification number, (D) in any Loan Party’s jurisdiction of organization or (E) with respect to any Loan Party organized under the laws of Puerto Rico or possessing collateral in Puerto Rico, any change in its location within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; provided, that the Borrower shall not effect or permit any such change unless all filings have been made, or will have been made within any statutory period, under the Uniform Commercial Code or otherwise that are required in order for the Collateral Agent to continue at all times following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected security interest in all the Collateral for the benefit of the Secured Parties with the same priority as prior to such change.

(g) The Collateral Requirement and the other provisions of this Section 5.10 and the other provisions of the Loan Documents with respect to Collateral need not be satisfied with respect to (i) any Real Property held by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as a lessee under a lease or any Real Property owned in fee that is not Owned Real Property, (ii) any vehicle, (iii) cash, deposit accounts and securities accounts (it being understood and agreed (1) that the Lien of the Collateral Agent may extend to such assets pursuant to the terms of the Collateral Agreement, but that such Lien need not be perfected to the extent perfection requires any action other than the filing of customary financing statements (and all representations, warranties, covenants and other terms of the Loan Documents with respect to Collateral shall be construed accordingly) and (2) that there shall be no lockbox arrangements nor any control agreements relating to the Borrower’s and its subsidiaries’ bank accounts), (iv) any Equity Interests owned on or acquired after the Closing Date (other than, in the case of shareholder agreements or other contractual obligations, (x) Equity Interests in the Borrower or (y) in the case of any person which is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, Equity Interests in such person) in accordance with this Agreement if, and to the extent that, and for so long as doing so would violate applicable law or regulation or a shareholder agreement or other contractual obligation (in each case, after giving effect to Section 9-406(d), 9-407(a), 9-408 or 9-409 of the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the State of New York and other applicable law or similar provisions in similar codes, statutes or laws in other jurisdictions (the “Anti-Non-Assignment Clauses”)) binding on such Equity Interests, (v) to the extent that, and for so long as, taking such actions would violate applicable law or regulation or, in the case of assets acquired after the Closing Date, an enforceable contractual obligation binding on such assets that existed at the time of the acquisition thereof and was not created or made binding on such assets in contemplation or in connection with the acquisition of such assets (except in the case of assets acquired after the Closing Date with Indebtedness of the type permitted pursuant to Section 6.01(i) that is secured by a Permitted Lien) permitted by this Agreement, in each case, after giving effect to the Anti-Non-Assignment Clauses, (vi) any lease, license or other agreement or any property subject to a purchase money security interest or similar arrangement to the extent that a grant of a security interest therein would violate or invalidate such lease, license or agreement or purchase money arrangement or create a right of termination in favor of any other party thereto (other than the Borrower or a Subsidiary), after giving effect to the Anti-Non-Assignment Clauses,

 

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other than proceeds and receivables thereof or (vii) those assets as to which the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall reasonably determine in writing that the costs of obtaining or perfecting such a security interest are excessive in relation to the value of the security to be afforded thereby. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Collateral Agreement, or any other Loan Document, (i) the Administrative Agent may grant extensions of time and/or waive the requirement for the creation or perfection of security interests in or the obtaining of insurance (including title insurance) or 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 perfection or obtaining of such items cannot be accomplished without undue effort or expense on the terms or by the time or times at which it would otherwise be required by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, and (ii) Liens required to be granted from time to time pursuant to, or any other requirements of, the Collateral Requirement and the Security Documents shall be subject to exceptions and limitations set forth in the Security Documents and the Agreed Security Principles.

(h) The Borrower shall or shall cause the applicable Subsidiary Loan Party to take such actions set forth on
Schedule 5.10(h) within the timeframes set forth for the taking of such actions on Schedule 5.10(h) (or within such longer timeframes as the Administrative Agent shall permit in its reasonable discretion) (it being understood and agreed that all representations, warranties and covenants of the Loan Documents with respect to the taking of such actions are qualified by the non-completion of such actions until such time as they are completed or required to be completed in accordance with this Section 5.10(h)).

SECTION 5.11. Rating.

Exercise commercially reasonable efforts to maintain ratings from each of Moody’s and S&P for the Term B Loans.

ARTICLE VI

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

Each of Holdings (solely with respect to Section 6.08(b) and Section 6.09) and the Borrower covenants and agrees with each Lender that, so long as this Agreement shall remain in effect (other than in respect of contingent indemnification and expense reimbursement obligations for which no claim has been made) and until the Commitments have been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan, all Fees and all other expenses or amounts payable under any Loan Document have been paid in full and all Letters of Credit have been canceled or have expired and all amounts drawn thereunder have been reimbursed in full, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing, each of Holdings (solely with respect to Section 6.08(b) and Section 6.09) and the Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to:

 

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SECTION 6.01. Indebtedness.

Incur, create, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except:

(a) (i) Indebtedness existing on the Closing Date (provided that any Indebtedness that is in excess of $1.0 million individually or $5.0 million in the aggregate shall only be permitted under this clause (a)(i) to the extent such Indebtedness is set forth on Schedule 6.01) and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness (other than intercompany indebtedness Refinanced with Indebtedness owed to a person not affiliated with Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary) and (ii) intercompany Indebtedness existing on the Closing Date; provided that any Indebtedness of the Borrower or a Subsidiary Loan Party to any Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party shall be subordinated to the Obligations on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

(b) Indebtedness created hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness;

(c) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary pursuant to Swap Agreements not entered into for speculative purposes;

(d) Indebtedness owed to (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees or similar instruments for the benefit of) any person providing workers’ compensation, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance to Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, pursuant to reimbursement or indemnification obligations to such person, in each case in the ordinary course of business; provided, that upon the incurrence of Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement obligations regarding workers’ compensation claims, such obligations are reimbursed not later than 30 days following such incurrence;

(e) Indebtedness of the Borrower to any Subsidiary and of any Subsidiary to Holdings, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary; provided, that other than in the case of intercompany current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management, tax and accounting operations of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, (i) Indebtedness of any Subsidiary that is not the Borrower or a Subsidiary Loan Party owing to Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party shall be subject to Section 6.04(b) or (bb) and (ii) Indebtedness of the Borrower to any Subsidiary and Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party to any Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party (the “Subordinated Intercompany Debt”) shall be subordinated to the Obligations on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

(f) Indebtedness in respect of performance bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds, surety bonds and completion guarantees and similar obligations, in each case outstanding on the Closing Date or otherwise provided in the ordinary course of business (whether or not consistent with past practices) of the Borrower (including, prior to the Closing Date, by the Seller for the benefit of the Borrower), including those incurred to secure health, safety and environmental obligations in the ordinary course of business;

 

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(g) Indebtedness 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 other cash management services in the ordinary course of business;

(h) (i) Indebtedness of a Subsidiary acquired after the Closing Date or an entity merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or any Subsidiary after the Closing Date and Indebtedness assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets after the Closing Date, which Indebtedness in each case exists at the time of such acquisition, merger, consolidation or amalgamation and is not created in contemplation of such event and where such acquisition, merger, consolidation or amalgamation is permitted by this Agreement and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness; provided, (A) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, and (B) immediately after giving effect to such acquisition, merger, consolidation or amalgamation, the assumption and incurrence of any Indebtedness and any related transactions, the Borrower shall be in Pro Forma Compliance;

(i) (i) Capital Lease Obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary not in excess of $25 million at any time outstanding; provided that an additional amount may be incurred to the extent (A) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom and (B) after giving effect to the issuance, incurrence or assumption of such Indebtedness, the Borrower shall be in Pro Forma Compliance and the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis would not exceed 3.25 to 1.00, and (ii) mortgage financings and other purchase money Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any Subsidiary prior to or within 270 days after the acquisition, lease, construction, repair, replacement or improvement of the respective property (real or personal, and whether through the direct purchase of property or the Equity Interests of any person owning such property) permitted under this Agreement in order to finance such acquisition, lease, construction, repair, replacement or improvement, so long as (A) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom and (B) after giving effect to the issuance, incurrence or assumption of such Indebtedness, the Borrower shall be in Pro Forma Compliance, and (iii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of any of the foregoing;

(j) Capital Lease Obligations incurred by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of any Sale and Lease-Back Transaction that is permitted under Section 6.03, and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;

(k) other Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than Evertec Latino) in an aggregate principal amount that at the time of, and after giving effect to, the incurrence thereof, would not exceed the greater of $75 million and 7.0% of the Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such incurrence for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04;

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$220 million plus the aggregate amount of Excluded Transaction Debt incurred in respect thereof and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance any such Indebtedness;

(m) Guarantees (i) by the Borrower or the Subsidiary Loan Parties of the Indebtedness described in paragraph (l) of this Section 6.01, (ii) by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party of any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party permitted to be incurred under this Agreement, (iii) by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party of Indebtedness otherwise permitted hereunder of any Subsidiary that is not the Borrower or a Subsidiary Loan Party to the extent such Guarantees are permitted by Section 6.04 (other than Section 6.04(u)), and (iv) by any Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party of Indebtedness of another Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party; provided, that Guarantees by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party under this Section 6.01(m) of any other Indebtedness of a person that is subordinated to other Indebtedness of such person shall be subordinated to the Obligations to at least the same extent such other Indebtedness is so subordinated;

(n) Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Borrower or any Subsidiary providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase or acquisition price or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the Transactions and any Permitted Business Acquisition or the disposition of any business, assets or a Subsidiary not prohibited by this Agreement, other than Guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by any person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or a Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition; provided, that in respect of the disposition of any business, assets or a Subsidiary, such Indebtedness shall not exceed the proceeds of such disposition;

(o) Indebtedness in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees, warehouse receipts or similar instruments issued to support performance obligations and trade letters of credit (other than obligations in respect of other Indebtedness) in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or industry practice;

(p) Indebtedness supported by a Letter of Credit, in a principal amount not in excess of the stated amount of such Letter of Credit;

(q) 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;

(r) (i) other Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary so long as (A) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom and (B) after giving effect to the issuance, incurrence or assumption of such Indebtedness, the Borrower shall be in Pro Forma Compliance and the Total Secured Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis shall not be greater than 5.0 to 1.00 and (ii) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof; provided, however that Indebtedness of Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Loan Parties that is outstanding pursuant to clause (r)(i) shall not at any time exceed $25 million in the aggregate;

 

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(s) Indebtedness of Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Loan Parties in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the greater of $20 million and 2.0% of the Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such incurrence for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04;

(t) unsecured Indebtedness constituting obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to pay the deferred purchase price of goods or services or progress payments in connection with such goods and services; provided, that such obligations are incurred in connection with open accounts extended by suppliers on customary trade terms (which require that all such payments be made within 90 days after the incurrence of the related obligations) in the ordinary course of business and not in connection with the borrowing of money or any Swap Agreements;

(u) Indebtedness representing deferred compensation to employees of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(v) (i) Indebtedness of Subsidiary Loan Parties under local lines of credit in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices and (ii) Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course of business under overdraft facilities (including, but not limited to, intraday, ACH and purchasing card/T&E services), in each case, extended by one or more financial institutions reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent or by one or more of the Lenders or their Affiliates and (in each case) established for Holdings’, the Borrower’s and the Subsidiaries’ ordinary course of operations;

(w) (i) Specified Prepayment Debt the Net Proceeds of which are applied solely to the prepayment of Loans in accordance with Section 2.12(b) and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;

(x) [Reserved];

(y) Indebtedness consisting of Indebtedness issued by the Borrower or any Subsidiary to current or former officers, directors and employees, their respective estates, spouses or former spouses to finance the purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of Holdings or any Parent permitted by Section 6.06;

(z) Indebtedness consisting of obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary under deferred compensation or other similar arrangements incurred by such person in connection with the Transactions and Permitted Business Acquisitions or any other Investment permitted hereunder;

(aa) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to any joint venture (regardless of the form of legal entity) that is not a Subsidiary arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management operations (including with respect to intercompany self insurance arrangements) of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;

 

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(bb) Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party that is either unsecured or secured by Liens ranking junior to or pari passu with the Liens securing the Obligations and the aggregate principal amount of which does not exceed the Incremental Amount available at the time of such incurrence and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness; provided that

(i) the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower stating that other than in the case of any such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, the Borrower has elected to decrease the Incremental Amount as a result of the incurrence of such Indebtedness as contemplated by the definition of Incremental Amount; and

(ii) (1) the terms of such Indebtedness do not provide for any scheduled repayment, mandatory redemption or sinking fund obligations prior to the date that is six months following the then Latest Maturity Date (other than customary offers to repurchase upon a change of control, asset sale or event of loss and customary acceleration rights after an event of default) and (2) the covenants, events of default, guarantees and other terms of such Indebtedness (other than pricing, redemption premiums and maturity), taken as a whole, are not more restrictive to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries than those set forth in this Agreement; provided that a certificate of the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent in good faith at least three Business Days (or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree) 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;

(cc) [Reserved];

(dd) (x) Indebtedness of joint ventures and/or, without duplication, Indebtedness incurred on behalf of, or representing guarantees of Indebtedness of, joint ventures, of the Borrower or any Subsidiary not in excess, at any one time outstanding, of the greater of $75 million and 7.0% of the Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such incurrence for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04;

(ee) [Reserved];

(ff) Settlement Indebtedness;

(gg) Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of the Borrower or any Subsidiaries not otherwise permitted hereunder in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference not greater than 100.0% of the net cash proceeds received by the Borrower from (x) the issuance or sale of its Qualified Equity Interests or (y) a contribution to its common

 

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equity by Holdings with the net cash proceeds from the issuance and sale by Holdings of its Qualified Equity Interests or a contribution to its common equity (in each case, other than proceeds from the sale of Equity Interests to, or contributions from, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries), to the extent such net cash proceeds are not included in the Cumulative Credit, are not used for exercise of the Cure Rights, are not used for purposes of clause (a) of the definition of Capital Expenditures, do not constitute Excluded Contributions, are not included in net proceeds for purposes of Section 6.06(h) and do not constitute Specified Purchase Price Adjustment Proceeds;

(hh) Customer deposits and advance payments received in the ordinary course of business from customers for goods and services purchased in the ordinary course of business; and

(ii) all premium (if any, including tender premiums), expenses, defeasance costs, interest (including post-petition interest), fees, expenses, charges and additional or contingent interest on obligations described in paragraphs (a) through (hh) above.

For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 6.01, the amount of any Indebtedness denominated in any currency other than Dollars shall be calculated based on customary currency exchange rates in effect, in the case of such Indebtedness incurred (in respect of term Indebtedness) or committed (in respect of revolving Indebtedness) on or prior to the Closing Date, on the Closing Date and, in the case of such Indebtedness incurred (in respect of term Indebtedness) or committed (in respect of revolving Indebtedness) after the Closing Date, on the date that such Indebtedness was incurred (in respect of term Indebtedness) or committed (in respect of revolving Indebtedness); provided that if such Indebtedness is incurred to refinance other Indebtedness denominated in a currency other than Dollars (or in a different currency from the Indebtedness being refinanced), and such refinancing would cause the applicable Dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such refinancing, such Dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed (i) the outstanding or committed principal amount, as applicable, of such Indebtedness being refinanced plus (ii) the aggregate amount of fees, underwriting discounts, premiums (including tender premiums), defeasance costs and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with such refinancing.

SECTION 6.02. Liens.

Create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any property or assets (including stock or other securities of any person, including any Subsidiary) at the time owned by it or on any income or revenues or rights in respect of any thereof, except the following (collectively, “Permitted Liens”):

(a) Liens on property or assets of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries existing on the Closing Date (provided that any Liens securing Indebtedness in excess of $1.0 million individually or $5.0 million in the aggregate shall only be permitted under this paragraph (a) to the extent such Lien is set forth on Schedule 6.02(a)), and any modifications, replacements, renewals or extensions thereof; provided, that such Liens shall secure

 

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only those obligations that they secure on the Closing Date (and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of such obligations permitted by Section 6.01(a)) and shall not subsequently apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary other than (A) after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into the property covered by such Lien, and (B) proceeds and products thereof;

(b) (i) Liens securing the Loan Document Obligations and (ii) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(b), (c), (v)(i) (provided that such Lien only applies to the property or assets of the applicable obligors under such facility), (v)(ii) or (bb); provided that the Liens permitted by clause (ii) are permitted to be pari passu with the Liens securing the Loan Document Obligations and shall not extend to assets that do not secure the Loan Document Obligations;

(c) any Lien on any property or asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary securing Indebtedness or Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(h); provided, that such Lien (i) does not apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries not securing such Indebtedness at the date of the acquisition of such property or asset (other than after acquired property subjected to a Lien securing Indebtedness and other obligations incurred prior to such date and which Indebtedness and other obligations are permitted hereunder and require 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 (ii) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition;

(d) Liens for Taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or levies not yet delinquent or that are being contested in compliance with Section 5.03;

(e) Liens imposed by law, including landlord’s, carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s, construction or other like Liens, securing obligations that are not overdue by more than 30 days or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and in respect of which, if applicable, the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall have set aside on its books reserves in accordance with GAAP;

(f) (i) pledges and deposits and other Liens made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with the Federal Employers Liability Act or any other workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations and deposits securing liability to insurance carriers under insurance or self-insurance arrangements in respect of such obligations and (ii) pledges and deposits and other Liens 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 Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary;

(g) deposits and other Liens to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for Indebtedness), leases (other than Capital Lease Obligations), statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance and return of money bonds, bids, leases, government contracts, trade contracts, agreements with utilities, and other obligations of

 

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a like nature (including letters of credit in lieu of any such bonds or to support the issuance thereof) outstanding on the Closing Date or incurred in the ordinary course of business (whether or not consistent with past practices), including those incurred to secure health, safety and environmental obligations in the ordinary course of business;

(h) zoning restrictions, survey exceptions and such matters as an accurate survey would disclose, easements, trackage rights, leases (other than Capital Lease Obligations), licenses, special assessments, rights-of-way, covenants, conditions, restrictions and declarations on or with respect to the use of Real Property, servicing agreements, development agreements, site plan agreements and other similar encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business and title defects or irregularities that are of a minor nature and that, in the aggregate, do not interfere in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary;

(i) Liens securing Indebtedness and Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(i) (in each case limited to the assets financed with such Indebtedness and any accessions thereto and the proceeds and products thereof and related property; provided that individual financings provided by one lender may be cross-collateralized to other financings provided by such lender and incurred under Sections 6.01(i));

(j) Liens arising out of capitalized lease transactions permitted under Section 6.03, so long as such Liens attach only to the property sold and being leased in such transaction and any accessions thereto or proceeds and products thereof and related property;

(k) Liens securing judgments that do not constitute an Event of Default under Section 7.01(j) and notices of lis pendens and associated rights related to litigation being contested in good faith by the appropriate proceedings;

(l) Liens not securing borrowed money disclosed by the title insurance policies, title opinions or equivalent foreign documentation delivered pursuant to Section 5.10 and any replacement, extension or renewal of any such Lien; provided, that such replacement, extension or renewal Lien shall not cover any property other than the property that was subject to such Lien prior to such replacement, extension or renewal; provided, further, that the Indebtedness and other obligations secured by such replacement, extension or renewal Lien are permitted by this Agreement;

(m) any interest or title of a lessor or sublessor under any leases or subleases entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;

(n) Liens that are contractual rights of set-off (i) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks and other financial institutions not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, (ii) relating to pooled deposits, sweep accounts, reserve accounts or similar accounts of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, including with respect to credit card

 

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chargebacks and similar obligations or (iii) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers, suppliers or service providers of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;

(o) Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provision relating to banker’s liens, rights of set-off or similar rights;

(p) Liens securing obligations in respect of trade-related letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar obligations permitted under Section 6.01(f) or (o) and covering the property (or the documents of title in respect of such property) financed by such letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar obligations and the proceeds and products thereof;

(q) leases or subleases, licenses or sublicenses (including with respect to intellectual property and software) granted to others in the ordinary course of business not interfering in any material respect with the business of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;

(r) 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;

(s) Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement in respect of any Investment permitted hereunder;

(t) Liens with respect to property or assets of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party securing Indebtedness of a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party permitted under Section 6.01;

(u) other Liens with respect to property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary; provided that (i) after giving effect to any such Lien and the incurrence of Indebtedness, if any, secured by such Lien is created, incurred, acquired or assumed (or any prior Indebtedness becomes so secured) the Borrower shall be in Pro Forma Compliance, (ii) at the time of the incurrence of such Lien and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, (iii) the Indebtedness or other obligations secured by such Lien are otherwise permitted by this Agreement, and (iv) if such Liens extend to all or any portion of the Collateral, such Liens shall be Junior Liens;

(v) the prior rights of consignees and their lenders under consignment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(w) Liens arising from precautionary Uniform Commercial Code financing statements or consignments entered into in connection with any transaction otherwise permitted under this Agreement;

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(y) Liens on securities that are the subject of repurchase agreements constituting Permitted Investments under clause (c) of the definition thereof;

(z) Liens on goods or inventory the purchase, shipment or storage price of which is financed by a documentary letter of credit, bank guarantee or bankers’ acceptance issued or created for the account of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business; provided that such Lien secures only the obligations of the Borrower or such Subsidiaries in respect of such letter of credit, bank guarantee or banker’s acceptance to the extent permitted under Section 6.01;

(aa) Liens securing insurance premiums financing arrangements, provided, that such Liens are limited to the applicable unearned insurance premiums;

(bb) Liens in favor of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party; provided, that if any such Lien shall cover any Collateral, the holder of such Lien shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a subordination agreement in the form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

(cc) Liens securing Specified Prepayment Debt permitted by Section 6.01(w) and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof; provided that, (i) if such Liens are (or are intended to be) junior to the Liens securing the Obligations, such Liens shall be Junior Liens and (ii) if such Liens are (or are intended to be) pari passu with the Liens securing the Obligations, such Liens shall be Other First Liens;

(dd) other Liens with respect to property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary securing obligations in an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time not to exceed $45.0 million; provided that if such Liens extend to all or any portion of the Collateral, such Liens shall be Junior Liens;

(ee) any amounts held by a trustee in the funds and accounts under an indenture securing any revenue bonds issued for the benefit of the Borrower or any Subsidiary;

(ff) Liens on cash and Permitted Investments on deposit with Lenders and Affiliates of Lenders securing obligations owing to such Persons under any treasury, depository, overdraft or other cash management services agreements or arrangements with Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;

(gg) [Reserved];

(hh) Liens (i) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the State of New York or similar provisions in similar codes, statutes or laws in other jurisdictions on items in the course of collection, (ii) attaching to commodity trading accounts or other commodity brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business, and (iii) in favor of banking institutions arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits (including the right of set-off) and which are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry;

 

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(ii) Liens encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;

(jj) Settlement Liens;

(kk) [Reserved];

(ll) non-consensual Liens (not incurred in connection with borrowed money) on equipment of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries granted in the ordinary course of business to the Borrower’s or such Subsidiary’s client at which such equipment is located;

(mm) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of goods entered into in the ordinary course of business; and

(nn) Liens incurred to secure cash management services or to implement cash pooling arrangements in the ordinary course of business;

(oo) Liens on assets of any Subsidiary Loan Party to secure Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Loan Party permitted by Section 6.01(v)(i).

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, no Loan Party shall create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien pursuant to clauses (b), (u), (x) (to the extent securing borrowed money), (cc), (dd) or (oo) (other than Liens securing Indebtedness not in excess of $15.0 million in the aggregate) on any property or assets of such Loan Party a security interest in which is not granted to secure the Obligations or a security interest therein to secure the Obligations is not perfected or not first priority due to operation of the Agreed Security Principles.

SECTION 6.03. Sale and Lease-Back Transactions.

Enter into any arrangement, directly or indirectly, with any person whereby it shall sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any property, real or personal, used or useful in its business, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such property or other property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold or transferred (a “Sale and Lease-Back Transaction”); provided that a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction shall be permitted (a) with respect to property owned (i) by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party that is acquired after the Closing Date so long as such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction is consummated within 270 days of the acquisition of such property or (ii) by any Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party regardless of when such property was acquired and (b) with respect to any property owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party, (i) if at the time the lease in connection therewith is entered into, (A) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom and (B) after giving effect to the entering into of such lease, the Borrower shall be in Pro Forma Compliance and (ii) if such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction is of property owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party as of the Closing Date, the Net Proceeds therefrom are used to prepay the Term Loans to the extent required by Section 2.12(b); provided, further, that the Borrower or the applicable Subsidiary Loan Party shall receive at least fair market value (as determined by the

 

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Borrower in good faith) for any property disposed of in any Sale and Lease-Back Transaction pursuant to clause (a)(i) or (b) of this Section 6.03 (as approved by the Board of Directors of the Borrower in any case of any property with a fair market value in excess of $20 million).

SECTION 6.04. Investments, Loans and Advances.

Purchase, hold or acquire (including pursuant to any merger, consolidation or amalgamation with a person that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or amalgamation) any Equity Interests, evidences of Indebtedness or other securities of, make or permit to exist any loans or advances to or Guarantees of the obligations of, or make or permit to exist any investment or any other interest in (each, an “Investment”), any other person, except:

(a) the Transactions;

(b) (i) Investments by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the Equity Interests of the Borrower or any Subsidiary; (ii) intercompany loans from the Borrower or any Subsidiary to the Borrower or any Subsidiary; and (iii) Guarantees by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of Indebtedness otherwise permitted hereunder of the Borrower or any Subsidiary; provided, that the aggregate amount at any time outstanding of (A) Investments made after the Closing Date by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party pursuant to clause (i) in Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Loan Parties, (B) intercompany loans made after the Closing Date by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party to Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Loan Parties pursuant to clause (ii) and (C) Guarantees after the Closing Date by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party of Indebtedness of Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Loan Parties pursuant to clause (iii) shall not exceed (1) the greater of (A) $40 million and 4.0% of the Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such incurrence for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04, plus (2) the portion, if any, of the Cumulative Credit on the date of such election that the Borrower elects to apply to this Section 6.04(b); provided further, that notwithstanding the foregoing, Investments made after the Closing Date by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party in Evertec Latino are not subject to the limitations set forth in the preceding provision (and shall not be a use of any basket described herein) as long as such Investments are made in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice;

(c) Permitted Investments and Investments that were Permitted Investments when made;

(d) Investments arising out of the receipt by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of noncash consideration for the sale of assets permitted under Section 6.05 (other than Section 6.05(g));

(e) loans and advances to officers, directors, employees or consultants of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary (i) in the ordinary course of business not to exceed $7.5 million in the aggregate at any time outstanding (calculated without regard to write downs or write offs thereof), (ii) in respect of payroll payments and expenses in the

 

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ordinary course of business and (iii) in connection with such person’s purchase of Equity Interests of Holdings, the Borrower or any Parent solely to the extent that the amount of such loans and advances shall be contributed to the Borrower in cash as common equity;

(f) accounts receivable, security deposits and prepayments arising and trade credit granted in the ordinary course of business and any assets or securities received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors to the extent reasonably necessary in order to prevent or limit loss and any prepayments and other credits to suppliers made in the ordinary course of business;

(g) Swap Agreements that are not entered into for speculative purposes;

(h) Investments existing on, or contractually committed as of, the Closing Date consisting of intercompany loans or as set forth on Schedule 6.04 and any extensions, renewals or reinvestments thereof, so long as the aggregate amount of all Investments pursuant to this paragraph (h) is not increased at any time above the amount of such Investment existing or committed on the Closing Date (other than pursuant to an increase as required by the terms of any such Investment as in existence on the Closing Date);

(i) Investments resulting from pledges and deposits under Sections 6.02(f), (g), (k), (r), and (s);

(j) other Investments by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in an aggregate amount (valued at the time of the making thereof, and without giving effect to any write-downs or write-offs thereof) not to exceed (i) the greater of $85 million and 8.0% of the Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such incurrence for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04 (plus any returns actually received by the respective investor in respect of investments theretofore made by it pursuant to this paragraph (j)) plus (ii) the portion, if any, of the Cumulative Credit on the date of such election that the Borrower elects to apply to this Section 6.04(j)(ii), such election to be specified in a written notice of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower calculating in reasonable detail the amount of Cumulative Credit immediately prior to such election and the amount thereof elected to be so applied; provided that if any Investment pursuant to this paragraph (j) is made in any person that is not a Subsidiary of the Borrower at the date of the making of such Investment and such person becomes a Subsidiary Loan Party after such date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to paragraph (b) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this paragraph (j) for so long as such person continues to be a Subsidiary Loan Party;

(k) Investments constituting Permitted Business Acquisitions;

(l) Investments received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of, or settlement of delinquent accounts and disputes with or judgments against, customers and suppliers, in each case in the ordinary course of business or Investments acquired by the Borrower or a Subsidiary as a result of a foreclosure by the Borrower or any of the

 

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Subsidiaries with respect to any secured Investments or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment in default;

(m) Investments of a Subsidiary acquired after the Closing Date or of an entity merged into the Borrower or merged into or consolidated with a Subsidiary after the Closing Date, in each case, (i) to the extent such acquisition, merger or consolidation was or is permitted under this Section 6.04 or Section 6.05 and (ii) to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition, merger, consolidation or amalgamation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger, consolidation or amalgamation;

(n) acquisitions by the Borrower of obligations of one or more officers or other employees of any Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or its Subsidiaries in connection with such officer’s or employee’s acquisition of Equity Interests of Holdings or any Parent, so long as no cash is actually advanced by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries to such officers or employees in connection with the acquisition of any such obligations;

(o) Guarantees by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of operating leases (other than Capital Lease Obligations) or of other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness, in each case entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;

(p) Investments to the extent that payment for such Investments is made with Qualified Equity Interests of Holdings or any Parent;

(q) [Reserved];

(r) Investments consisting of Restricted Payments permitted by Section 6.06;

(s) Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of Uniform Commercial Code Article 3 endorsements for collection or deposit and Uniform Commercial Code Article 4 customary trade arrangements with customers consistent with past practices;

(t) [Reserved];

(u) Guarantees permitted under Section 6.01 (except to the extent such Guarantee is expressly subject to Section 6.04);

(v) advances in the form of a prepayment of expenses, so long as such expenses are being paid in accordance with customary trade terms of the Borrower or such Subsidiary;

(w) Investments by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including loans and advances to any direct or indirect parent of Holdings, if the Borrower or any other Subsidiary would otherwise be permitted to make a Restricted Payment in such amount (provided that the amount of any such Investment shall also be deemed to be a Restricted

 

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Payment under the appropriate paragraph of Section 6.06 for all purposes of this Agreement);

(x) Investments consisting of the licensing or contribution of intellectual property pursuant to joint marketing arrangements with other persons;

(y) purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, materials and equipment or purchases of contract rights or licenses or leases of intellectual property in each case in the ordinary course of business, to the extent such purchases and acquisitions constitute Investments;

(z) Investments received substantially contemporaneously in exchange for Qualified Equity Interests of Holdings, the Borrower or any Parent Entity; provided that such Investments are not included in any determination of the Cumulative Credit;

(aa) Investments in joint ventures not in excess of $50.0 million in the aggregate at any time outstanding (plus any returns actually received by the respective investor in respect of investments theretofore made by it pursuant to this paragraph (aa)); provided that if any Investment pursuant to this paragraph (aa) is made in any person that is not a Subsidiary of Holdings at the date of the making of such Investment and such person becomes a Subsidiary Loan Party after such date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to paragraph (b) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this paragraph (aa) for so long as such person continues to be a Subsidiary Loan Party;

(bb) any Investment (i) deemed to exist as a result of a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party distributing a note or other intercompany debt to a parent of such Subsidiary that is a Loan Party (to the extent there is no cash consideration or services rendered for such note), and (ii) consisting of intercompany current liabilities in connection with the cash management, tax and accounting operations of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries;

(cc) Investments in a Similar Business in an aggregate amount (valued at the time of the making thereof, and without giving effect to any write downs or write offs thereof) not to exceed the greater of $50 million and 5.0% of the Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such incurrence for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04 (plus any returns actually received by the respective investor in respect of investments theretofore made by it pursuant to this paragraph (cc)); provided that if any Investment pursuant to this paragraph (cc) is made in any person that is not a Subsidiary of Holdings at the date of the making of such Investment and such person becomes a Subsidiary Loan Party after such date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to paragraph (b) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this paragraph (cc) for so long as such person continues to be a Subsidiary Loan Party; and

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Any Investment in any person other than the Borrower or a Subsidiary Loan Party that is otherwise permitted by this Section 6.04 may be made through intermediate Investments in Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties and such intermediate Investments shall be disregarded for purposes of determining the outstanding amount of Investments pursuant to any clause set forth above.

SECTION 6.05. Mergers, Consolidations, Sales of Assets and Acquisitions.

Merge into, or consolidate or amalgamate with any other person, or permit any other person to merge into or consolidate with it, or sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or any part of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired), or issue, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any Equity Interests of any Subsidiary, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or any substantial part of the assets of any other person, except that this Section shall not prohibit:

(a) (i) the purchase and sale of inventory, or the sale of receivables pursuant to non-recourse factoring arrangements, in each case in the ordinary course of business by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (ii) the acquisition or lease (pursuant to an operating lease) of any other asset in the ordinary course of business by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or, with respect to operating leases, otherwise for fair market value on market terms (as determined in good faith by the Borrower), (iii) the sale of surplus, obsolete, damaged or worn out equipment or other property in the ordinary course of business by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or (iv) the sale or disposition of Permitted Investments in the ordinary course of business;

(b) if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, (i) the merger, consolidation or amalgamation of any Subsidiary into or with the Borrower in a transaction in which the Borrower is the survivor, (ii) the merger, consolidation or amalgamation of any Subsidiary into or with any Subsidiary Loan Party in a transaction in which the surviving or resulting entity is or becomes a Subsidiary Loan Party and, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii), no person other than the Borrower or a Subsidiary Loan Party receives any consideration, (iii) the merger, consolidation or amalgamation of any Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party into or with any other Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party, (iv) the liquidation or dissolution or change in form of entity of any Subsidiary if the Borrower determines in good faith that such liquidation, dissolution or change in form is in the best interests of the Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders or (v) any Subsidiary may merge, consolidate or amalgamate into or with any other person in order to effect an Investment permitted pursuant to Section 6.04 so long as the continuing or surviving person shall be a Subsidiary, which shall be a Loan Party if the merging, consolidating or amalgamating Subsidiary was a Loan Party and which together with each of its Subsidiaries shall have complied with the requirements of Section 5.10;

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(d) Investments permitted by Section 6.04, Permitted Liens, and Restricted Payments permitted by Section 6.06;

(e) the sale of defaulted receivables in the ordinary course of business and not as part of an accounts receivables financing transaction;

(f) sales, transfers, leases, licenses or other dispositions of assets not otherwise permitted by this Section 6.05; provided, that (1) no Default or Event of Default exists or would result therefrom, (2) immediately after giving effect thereto, the Borrower shall be in Pro Forma Compliance, and (3) the Net Proceeds thereof are applied in accordance with Section 2.12(b);

(g) Permitted Business Acquisitions (including any merger, consolidation or amalgamation in order to effect a Permitted Business Acquisition); provided, that following any such merger, consolidation or amalgamation involving the Borrower, the Borrower is the surviving entity, as applicable;

(h) leases, licenses, or subleases or sublicenses of any real or personal property in the ordinary course of business;

(i) sales, leases or other dispositions of inventory of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries determined by the management of the Borrower to be no longer useful or necessary in the operation of the business of the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries;

(j) [Reserved];

(k) any exchange of assets for services and/or other assets of comparable or greater value; provided, that (i) at least 90% of the consideration received by the transferor consists of assets that will be used in a business or business activity permitted hereunder, (ii) in the event of a swap with a fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) in excess of $10 million, the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from a Responsible Officer of the Borrower with respect to such fair market value and (iii) in the event of a swap with a fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) in excess of $25 million, such exchange shall have been approved by at least a majority of the Board of Directors of the Borrower; provided, further, that (A) no Default or Event of Default exists or would result therefrom, (B) immediately after giving effect thereto, the Borrower shall be in Pro Forma Compliance, and (C) the Net Proceeds, if any, thereof are applied in accordance with Section 2.12(b);

(l) any disposition of Equity Interests of a Subsidiary pursuant to an agreement or other obligation with or to a person (other than the Borrower and its Subsidiaries) from whom such Subsidiary was acquired or from whom such Subsidiary acquired its business and assets (having been newly formed in connection with such acquisition), made as part of such acquisition and in each case comprising all or a portion of the consideration in respect of such sale or acquisition;

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(n) any disposition in the ordinary course of business, including disposition in connection with any Settlement, dispositions of Settlement Assets, Merchant Agreements and dispositions of Investments in joint ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to buy/sell arrangements between the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture arrangements and similar binding arrangements.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above in this Section 6.05, (i) no sale, transfer or other disposition of assets shall be permitted by this Section 6.05 (other than sales, transfers, leases, licenses or other dispositions to Loan Parties or pursuant to Section 6.05(d)) unless such disposition is for fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) and (ii) no sale, transfer or other disposition of assets in excess of $5 million shall be permitted by paragraph (a), (c) or (f) of this Section 6.05 (except to Loan Parties) unless such disposition is for at least 75% cash consideration; provided, that for purposes of clause (ii), (a) the amount of any liabilities (as shown on the Borrower’s or any Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet or in the notes thereto) the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Obligations) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets, (b) any notes or other obligations or other securities or assets received by the Borrower or such Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Borrower or such Subsidiary into cash within 180 days of the receipt thereof (to the extent of the cash received), (c) any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in such Asset Sale having an aggregate fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower), taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to this paragraph (c) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed 3.75% of the Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such receipt for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04 (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) and (d) with respect to any lease of assets by the Borrower or a Subsidiary that constitutes a disposition, receipt of lease payments over time on market terms (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) where the payment consideration is at least 75% cash consideration shall, in each case, be deemed to be cash. To the extent any Collateral is sold or disposed of in a transaction expressly permitted by this Section 6.05 to any person other than the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party, such Collateral shall be sold or disposed of free and clear of the Liens created by the Loan Documents (provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, with respect to any disposal consisting of an operating lease or license, the underlying property retained by the Borrower or such Subsidiary Loan Party will not be so released), and the Administrative Agent shall take, and is hereby authorized by each Lender to take, any actions reasonably requested by the Borrower in order to evidence the foregoing.

SECTION 6.06. Restricted Payments.

Declare or pay any dividend or make any other distribution (by reduction of capital or otherwise), whether in cash, property, securities or a combination thereof, with respect to any of its Equity Interests (other than dividends and distributions on Equity Interests payable solely by the issuance of additional Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the person paying such dividends or distributions) or directly or indirectly redeem, purchase, retire or otherwise acquire for value (or permit any Subsidiary to purchase or acquire) any of its Equity Interests or set aside any amount for any such purpose (other than through the issuance of

 

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additional Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the person redeeming, purchasing, retiring or acquiring such shares) (the foregoing, “Restricted Payments”); provided, however, that:

(a) any Subsidiary of the Borrower may make Restricted Payments to the Borrower or to any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower (or, in the case of non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries, to the Borrower or any Subsidiary that is a direct or indirect parent of such Subsidiary and to each other owner of Equity Interests of such Subsidiary on a pro rata basis (or more favorable basis from the perspective of the Borrower or such Subsidiary) based on their relative ownership interests);

(b) (x) the Borrower may make Restricted Payments in respect of (i) overhead, legal, accounting and other professional fees and expenses of Holdings or any Parent, (ii) fees and expenses related to any public offering or private placement of debt or equity securities of Holdings or any Parent whether or not consummated, (iii) franchise taxes and other fees, taxes and expenses in connection with the maintenance of its (and any Parent’s) existence, (iv) payments permitted by Section 6.07(b) (other than clauses (vii), (xxii)(2) and (xxiv) thereof), and (v) customary salary, bonus and other benefits payable to, and indemnities provided on behalf of, officers, directors and employees of Holdings or any Parent, in each case in order to permit Holdings or any Parent to make such payments; provided, that in the case of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), the amount of such Restricted Payments shall not exceed the portion of any amounts referred to in such clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) that are allocable to Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;

(c) the Borrower may make Restricted Payments to Holdings or any Parent the proceeds of which are used to purchase or redeem the Equity Interests of Holdings or any Parent (including related stock appreciation rights or similar securities) held by then present or former directors, consultants, officers or employees of any Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries or by any Plan or any shareholders’ agreement then in effect upon such person’s death, disability, retirement or termination of employment or under the terms of any such Plan or any other agreement under which such shares of stock or related rights were issued; provided, that the aggregate amount of such purchases or redemptions under this paragraph (c) shall not exceed in any fiscal year (1) $7.5 million, plus (2) (x) the amount of net proceeds contributed to Holdings that were received by Holdings or any Parent during such calendar year from sales of Equity Interests of Holdings or any Parent to directors, consultants, officers or employees of Holdings, any Parent, the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with permitted employee compensation and incentive arrangements, and (y) the amount of net proceeds of any key-man life insurance policies received during such calendar year which, if not used in any year, may be carried forward to any subsequent calendar year, subject, with respect to unused amounts from clause (1) of this proviso that are carried forward, to an overall limit in any fiscal year of $12.5 million (which shall increase to $25 million subsequent to a Qualified IPO); and provided, further, that cancellation of Indebtedness owing to Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary from members of management of Holdings, any Parent, the Borrower or its Subsidiaries in connection with a repurchase of Equity Interests of Holdings or any Parent will not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this Section 6.06;

 

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(d) noncash repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options;

(e) Restricted Payments may be made in an aggregate amount equal to the portion, if any, of the Cumulative Credit on such date that the Borrower elects to apply to this Section 6.06(e), such election to be specified in a written notice of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower calculating in reasonable detail the amount of Cumulative Credit immediately prior to such election and the amount thereof elected to be so applied; provided, that (i) no Default shall exist and (ii) after giving effect to such Restricted Payment, the Borrower shall be in Pro Forma Compliance; provided further, that clause (ii) of this Section 6.06(e) shall not apply to Restricted Payments to the extent made with the portion of the Cumulative Credit comprised of amounts received pursuant to the last sentence of Section 2.9 of the Merger Agreement;

(f) the Borrower may make Restricted Payments specifically contemplated by the Merger Agreement in connection with the consummation of the Transactions;

(g) the Borrower may make Restricted Payments to Holdings, the Borrower or any Parent to make payments in cash, in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares, upon the exercise of warrants or upon the conversion or exchange of Equity Interests of any such person;

(h) after a Qualified IPO, the Borrower may make Restricted Payments to Holdings or any Parent so that Holdings or any Parent may make Restricted Payments to its equity holders in an amount equal to 6% per annum of the net proceeds received by the Borrower from any public offering of Equity Interests of Holdings or any Parent; provided that (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom and (ii) such net proceeds are not used for exercise of the Cure Rights, do not constitute Excluded Contributions and are not included in calculating the basket under Section 6.01(gg);

(i) the Borrower may make additional Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount with all other Restricted Payments made pursuant to this Section 6.06(i) not to exceed $15.0 million; provided that (i) no Default shall exist and (ii) after giving effect to any such Restricted Payment, the Borrower shall be in Pro Forma Compliance;

(j) the Borrower may make Restricted Payments to Holdings or any Parent to finance any Investment permitted to be made pursuant to Section 6.04; provided that (A) such Restricted Payment shall be made substantially concurrently with the closing of such Investment and (B) such parent shall, immediately following the closing thereof, cause (1) all property acquired (whether assets or Equity Interests) to be contributed to the Borrower or a Subsidiary or (2) the merger, consolidation or amalgamation (to the extent permitted in Section 6.05) of the person formed or acquired into the Borrower or a Subsidiary in order to consummate such Permitted Business Acquisition or Investment, in each case, in accordance with the requirements of Section 5.10;

 

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(k) the Special Distribution;

(l) the payment of Restricted Payments 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 Section 6.06;

(m) the declaration and payment of dividends or distributions to holders of any class or series of Disqualified Stock of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries issued or incurred in accordance with Section 6.01;

(n) Restricted Payments that are made with Excluded Contributions; and

(o) Restricted Payments in amounts required for any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower to pay interest and/or principal on Indebtedness the proceeds of which have been contributed to the common equity of Borrower and that has been guaranteed by, or is otherwise considered Indebtedness of, the Borrower incurred in accordance with Section 6.01.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Article VI (including Section 6.04 and this Section 6.06), the Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, make any Restricted Payment (other than the Special Distribution) for the purpose of (x) paying any cash dividend or making any cash distribution to or acquiring any Capital Stock of Holdings or any Parent Entity for cash from the Sponsor or (y) guarantee any Indebtedness of any Affiliate of Holdings for the purpose of making any Restricted Payment to the Sponsor, in each case by means of utilization of the cumulative dividend and investment credit provided by use of the Cumulative Credit or the exceptions provided by Section 6.06(e), unless after giving effect to such payment, the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis would be equal to or less than 2.25 to 1.00.

SECTION 6.07. Transactions with Affiliates.

(a) Sell or transfer any property or assets to, or purchase or acquire any property or assets from, or otherwise engage in any other transaction with, any of its Affiliates or any known direct or indirect holder of 10% or more of any class of Equity Interests of Holdings in a transaction involving aggregate consideration in excess of $10 million or make payment of, monitoring, consulting, management, transaction, advisory or similar fees to any Sponsor, unless such transaction is (i) otherwise required under this Agreement or (ii) upon terms no less favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable, than would be obtained in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a person that is not an Affiliate. For purposes of this Section 6.07, any transaction with any Affiliate or any such 10% holder shall be deemed to have satisfied the standard set forth in clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence if such transaction is so determined and approved by a majority of the Disinterested Directors of the Board of Directors of Holdings or the Borrower.

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(i) any issuance of Qualified Equity Interests, or other payments, awards or grants in cash, Qualified Equity Interests or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment arrangements, equity purchase agreements, stock options and stock ownership plans approved by the Board of Directors of Holdings or of the Borrower;

(ii) loans or advances to employees or consultants of Holdings, any Parent, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries in accordance with Section 6.04(e);

(iii) transactions among Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any entity that becomes a Subsidiary as a result of such transaction (including via merger, consolidation or amalgamation in which a Subsidiary is the surviving entity);

(iv) the payment of fees, reasonable out-of-pocket costs and indemnities to directors, officers, consultants and employees of Holdings, any Parent, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business (limited, in the case of any Parent, to the portion of such fees and expenses that are allocable to Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries);

(v) subject to the limitations set forth in Section 6.07(b)(xiv), if applicable, transactions pursuant to the Transaction Documents and permitted transactions, agreements and arrangements in existence on the Closing Date or any amendment thereto to the extent such amendment is not adverse to the Lenders when taken as a whole in any material respect (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) and other transactions, agreements and arrangements described on Schedule 6.07 (provided that any transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $2.5 million shall only be permitted under this clause (v) to the extent such transaction is described on Schedule 6.07), and any amendment thereto or similar transactions, agreements or arrangements entered into by Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries to the extent such amendment is not adverse to the Lenders when taken as a whole in any material respect (as determined in good faith by the Borrower);

(vi) (A) any employment agreements entered into by Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, (B) any subscription agreement or similar agreement pertaining to the repurchase of Equity Interests pursuant to put/call rights or similar rights with employees, officers or directors, and (C) any employee compensation, benefit plan or arrangement, any health, disability or similar insurance plan which covers employees, and any reasonable employment contract and transactions pursuant thereto;

(vii) Restricted Payments permitted under Section 6.06, including payments to Holdings (and any Parent Entity);

(viii) any purchase by Holdings of the Equity Interests of the Borrower; provided, that any Equity Interests of the Borrower purchased by Holdings shall be pledged to the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Lenders pursuant to the Collateral Agreement;

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other investment banking activities, including in connection with acquisitions or divestitures, which payments are approved by the majority of the Board of Directors of the Borrower, or a majority of the Disinterested Directors of the Borrower, in good faith;

(x) transactions with Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries for the purchase or sale of goods, products, parts and services entered into in the ordinary course of business in a manner consistent with past practice;

(xi) any transaction in respect of which the Borrower delivers to the Administrative Agent (for delivery to the Lenders) a letter addressed to the Board of Directors of the Borrower from an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm, in each case of nationally recognized standing that is (A) in the good faith determination of the Borrower qualified to render such letter and (B) reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, which letter states that (i) such transaction is on terms that are no less favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable, than would be obtained in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a person that is not an Affiliate or (ii) such transaction is fair to the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable, from a financial point of view;

(xii) subject to paragraph (xiv) below, if applicable, the payment of all fees, expenses, bonuses and awards related to the Transactions, including fees to the Sponsor;

(xiii) transactions with joint ventures for the purchase or sale of goods, equipment and services entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(xiv) any one or more agreements to pay, and the payment of, monitoring, consulting, management, transaction, advisory or similar fees payable to any Sponsor (A) in an aggregate amount in any fiscal year not to exceed the sum of (1) the greater of $2 million and 2% of EBITDA for the immediately prior fiscal year, plus reasonable out of pocket costs and expenses in connection therewith and unpaid amounts accrued for prior periods; plus (2) any deferred fees (to the extent such fees were within such amount in clause (A) (1) above originally), plus (B) without duplication of any amounts paid pursuant to Section 6.07(ix), 2.0% of the value of transactions with respect to which any Sponsor provides any transaction, advisory or other services, plus (C) a transaction fee of not more than 2.0% of total enterprise value to be paid to the Sponsor in connection with the Transactions on the Closing Date plus (D) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, in the event of a Qualified IPO, the present value of all future amounts payable pursuant to any agreement referred to in clause (A) (1) above in connection with the termination of any such agreement with any Sponsor (the “Management Termination Fee”); provided, that if any such payment pursuant to clause (D) is not permitted to be paid as a result of an Event of Default, such payment shall accrue and may be payable when no Events of Default are continuing to the extent that no further Event of Default would result therefrom;

(xv) [Reserved];

(xvi) [Reserved];

(xvii) [Reserved];

 

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(xviii) [Reserved];

(xix) payments or loans (or cancellation of loans) to employees or consultants that are (i) approved by a majority of the Disinterested Directors of the Board of Directors of Holdings or the Borrower in good faith, (ii) made in compliance with applicable law and (iii) otherwise permitted under this Agreement;

(xx) transactions with customers, clients, suppliers, or purchasers or sellers of goods or services, in each case in the ordinary course of business and otherwise in compliance with the terms of this Agreement that are fair to the Borrower or the Subsidiaries;

(xxi) transactions between Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries and any person, a director of which is also a director of the Borrower or any Parent, provided, however, that (A) such director abstains from voting as a director of the Borrower or such Parent, as the case may be, on any matter involving such other person and (B) such person is not an Affiliate of Holdings, the Borrower for any reason other than such director’s acting in such capacity;

(xxii) transactions permitted by, and complying with, the provisions of (1) Section 6.04(b), 6.04(h), 6.04(n), 6.04(w) or 6.05(b) or (2) Section 6.06;

(xxiii) transactions undertaken in good faith (in the reasonable opinion of the Borrower) for the purpose of improving the consolidated tax efficiency of the Borrower, Holdings and the Subsidiaries (provided that such transactions, taken as a whole, are not materially adverse to Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries);

(xxiv) investments by the Sponsor in securities of Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries so long as (A) the investment is being offered generally to other investors on the same or more favorable terms and (B) the investment constitutes less than 5.0% of the outstanding issue amount of such class of securities;

(xxv) the formation and maintenance of any consolidated group or subgroup for tax, accounting or cash pooling or management purposes in the ordinary course of business; and

(xxvi) transactions with Popular, Inc. and its Affiliates contemplated under any contract or agreement as in effect as of the Closing Date and described on Schedule 6.07, any service addendum, statement of work or any written instructions entered into from time to time to provide services pursuant to the Amended and Restated Master Service Agreement and any service riders entered into from time to time to provide optional services pursuant to the Amended and Restated ATH Network Participation Agreement, and any amendment thereto or similar agreements which may be entered into from time to time thereafter; provided, however, any future amendment to any such existing agreement or under any similar agreement entered into after the Closing Date shall only be permitted by this clause (xxvi) to the extent that (x) such amendment or similar agreements are entered into in the ordinary course of business, (y) the terms of any such amendment or similar agreements are on terms that are no less favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable, than would be obtained in a comparable arm’s-length

 

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transaction with a person that is not an Affiliate or (z) the terms of any such existing agreement together with all amendments thereto, taken as a whole, or new agreements are not otherwise more disadvantageous to the Lenders in any material respect than the original agreement as in effect on the Closing Date.

SECTION 6.08. Business of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries.

Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, engage at any time in any business or business activity other than: (a) in the case of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, any business or business activity conducted by any of them on the Closing Date and any business or business activities incidental or related thereto, or any business or activity that is reasonably similar or complementary thereto or a reasonable extension, development or expansion thereof or ancillary thereto; and (b) in the case of Holdings, (i) ownership of the Equity Interests in the Borrower, together with activities directly related thereto; (ii) performance of its obligations under and in connection with the Loan Documents, the Merger Agreement and the other agreements contemplated by the Merger Agreement; (iii) issuance of Equity Interests; (iv) as otherwise required by law; and (v) holding any cash received in accordance with the terms hereof and investing such proceeds in Permitted Investments. Holdings shall (x) own no assets other than the Equity Interests of the Borrower, its books and records, deposit accounts of Holdings, all cash deposits held therein, and cash paid to Holdings in accordance with the terms hereof, (y) incur no Indebtedness for borrowed money other than guarantees of Indebtedness of the Borrower and Subsidiaries permitted hereunder and (z) grant no Lien on any of its assets other than Liens created pursuant to the Loan Documents and ordinary course Liens incurred under customary deposit account agreements entered into by Holdings with respect to deposit accounts.

SECTION 6.09. Limitation on Payments and Modifications of Indebtedness; Modifications of Certificate of Incorporation, By-Laws and Certain Other Agreements; etc.

(a) Amend or modify in any manner materially adverse to the Lenders taken as a whole (as determined in good faith by the Borrower), or grant any waiver or release under or terminate in any manner (if such granting or termination shall be materially adverse to the Lenders taken as a whole (as determined in good faith by the Borrower)), the articles or certificate of incorporation, by-laws, limited liability company operating agreement, partnership agreement or other organizational documents of any Loan Party. Amend, waive or otherwise modify any provision of the Merger Agreement, or give any material consent, in each case, in any manner materially adverse to the Lenders.

(b) (i) Make, or agree or offer to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) of or in respect of principal of or interest on (x) the loans under any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary that is expressly subordinate to the Obligations, (y) the Interim Loan Facility, the Senior Notes or Senior Unsecured Notes incurred in connection with the Transactions or (z) any Indebtedness that refinances the foregoing pursuant to subclause (A) below (“Junior Financing”), or any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination in respect of any Junior Financing except for (A) Refinancings with (1) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01 and/or (2) Indebtedness

 

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constituting Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness other than in respect of clause (d) of the definition of “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness”, so long as such Indebtedness is secured by a Junior Lien permitted by Section 6.02, (B) payments of regularly scheduled interest and fees due thereunder, other non-accelerated and non-principal payments thereunder, scheduled payments thereon necessary to avoid the Junior Financing to constitute “applicable high yield discount obligations” within the meaning of Section 163(i)(1) of the Code, and payment of principal on the scheduled maturity date of any Junior Financing, (C) payments or distributions in respect of all or any portion of the Junior Financing with the proceeds contributed to the Borrower by Holdings or any Parent Entity from the issuance, sale or exchange by Holdings or any Parent Entity of Qualified Equity Interests made within twelve months prior thereto, (D) the conversion or exchange of any Junior Financing to Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of Holdings or to Equity Interests of any Parent Entity, and (E) so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom and after giving effect to such payment or distribution the Borrower would be in Pro Forma Compliance, payments or distributions in respect of Junior Financings prior to their scheduled maturity made, in an aggregate amount, not to exceed (x) $27.5 million plus (y) the portion, if any, of the Cumulative Credit on the date of such election that the Borrower elects to apply to this Section 6.09(b)(i)(E), such election to be specified in a written notice of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower calculating in reasonable detail the amount of Cumulative Credit immediately prior to such election and the amount thereof elected to be applied; or

(ii) Amend or modify, or permit the amendment or modification of, any provision of Junior Financing that constitutes Material Indebtedness or any agreement, document or instrument evidencing or relating thereto, other than amendments or modifications that (A) are not materially adverse to Lenders taken as a whole (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) and that do not affect the subordination or payment provisions thereof (if any) in a manner adverse to the Lenders taken as a whole (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) or (B) otherwise comply with the definition of “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness”.

(c) Permit any Material Subsidiary to enter into any agreement or instrument that by its terms restricts (i) the payment of dividends or distributions or the making of cash advances to the Borrower or any Subsidiary that is a direct or indirect parent of such Subsidiary or (ii) the granting of Liens by Holdings, the Borrower or such Material Subsidiary pursuant to the Security Documents, in each case other than those arising under any Loan Document, except, in each case, restrictions existing by reason of:

(A) restrictions imposed by applicable law;

(B) contractual encumbrances or restrictions in effect on the Closing Date under Indebtedness existing on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 6.01, the Senior Unsecured Notes, the Senior Notes, the Interim Facility Loan Documents or any agreements related to any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of any such Indebtedness that does not materially expand the scope of any such encumbrance or restriction;

(C) any restriction on a Subsidiary imposed pursuant to an agreement entered into for the sale or disposition of the Equity Interests or assets of a Subsidiary;

 

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(D) customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(E) any restrictions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement to the extent that such restrictions apply only to the property or assets securing such Indebtedness;

(F) any restrictions imposed by any agreement relating to Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Sections 6.01(k) or 6.01(r) or Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof, to the extent such restrictions are not more restrictive, taken as a whole, than the restrictions contained in the Senior Unsecured Note Documents, the Senior Note Documents or the Interim Facility Loan Documents;

(G) customary provisions contained in leases or licenses of intellectual property and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(H) customary provisions restricting subletting or assignment of any lease governing a leasehold interest;

(I) customary provisions restricting assignment of any agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(J) customary restrictions and conditions contained in any agreement relating to the sale, transfer, lease or other disposition of any asset permitted under Section 6.05 pending the consummation of such sale, transfer, lease or other disposition;

(K) customary restrictions and conditions contained in the document relating to any Lien, so long as (1) such Lien is a Permitted Lien and such restrictions or conditions relate only to the specific asset subject to such Lien and (2) such restrictions and conditions are not created for the purpose of avoiding the restrictions imposed by this Section 6.09;

(L) customary net worth provisions contained in Real Property leases entered into by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary so long as the Borrower has determined in good faith that such net worth provisions would not reasonably be expected to impair the ability of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to meet their ongoing obligations;

(M) any agreement in effect at the time such subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary, so long as such agreement was not entered into in contemplation of such person becoming a Subsidiary;

(N) restrictions in agreements representing Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01 of a Subsidiary of Holdings, the Borrower that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party;

(O) customary restrictions on leases, subleases, licenses or Equity Interests or asset sale agreements otherwise permitted hereby as long as such restrictions relate to the Equity Interests and assets subject thereto;

 

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(P) restrictions on cash or other deposits imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(Q) [Reserved];

(R) restrictions contained in any agreements related to a Project Financing;

(S) restrictions in Specified Prepayment Debt so long as such restrictions are not more onerous, taken as a whole, to Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) than the terms of this Agreement; or

(T) any encumbrances or restrictions of the type referred to in Sections 6.09(c)(i) and 6.09(c)(ii) above imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (A) through (S) above; provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are, in the good faith judgment of the Borrower, no more restrictive with respect to such dividend and other payment restrictions than those contained in the dividend or other payment restrictions prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing.

SECTION 6.10. Financial Performance Covenants.

(a) Senior Secured Leverage Ratio. Permit the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio on the last day of any fiscal quarter ending in any period identified below (beginning with the second full fiscal quarter ended after the Closing Date) to exceed the applicable ratio for such period.

 

Period

   Maximum Senior Secured
Leverage Ratio

January 1, 2011 – December 31, 2011

   3.60:1.00

January 1, 2012 – December 31, 2012

   3.50:1.00

January 1, 2013 – December 31, 2013

   3.40:1.00

January 1, 2014 – December 31, 2014

   3.30:1.00

January 1, 2015 – Term B Facility Maturity Date

   3.00:1.00

(b) Interest Coverage Ratio. Permit the Interest Coverage Ratio on the last day of any fiscal quarter (beginning with the second full fiscal quarter ended after the Closing Date) to be less than the applicable ratio for such period.

 

Period

   Minimum Interest
Coverage Ratio

January 1, 2011 – December 31, 2013

   1.65:1.00

January 1, 2014 – Term B Facility Maturity Date

   1.70:1.00

 

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SECTION 6.11. Capital Expenditures.

Permit the Borrower or the Subsidiaries to make any Capital Expenditure, except that:

(a) During each fiscal year of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries may make Capital Expenditures so long as the aggregate amount thereof (excluding expenditures pursuant to Sections 6.11(b), (c), (d) and (e)) does not exceed for such fiscal year an amount equal to the sum of the greater of (i) $45.0 million and (ii) 4.0% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the making of such Capital Expenditures.

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 6.11(a) above, to the extent that the aggregate amount of Capital Expenditures made by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries in any fiscal year of the Borrower pursuant to Section 6.11(a) is less than the amount permitted for such fiscal year, the amount of such difference may be carried forward and used to make Capital Expenditures in the following fiscal years.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 6.11, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries are permitted to make an aggregate amount of Capital Expenditures in any fiscal year of the Borrower in excess of the amount otherwise permitted to be made for such fiscal year pursuant to Section 6.11(a), provided that such excess amount used to make Capital Expenditures in any such fiscal year in reliance on this Section 6.11(c) shall reduce on a dollar-for-dollar basis the aggregate amount of Capital Expenditures permitted to be made pursuant to Section 6.11(a) in the immediately succeeding fiscal year.

(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 6.11, in any year in which a Permitted Business Acquisition is made and in each subsequent year, the annual Capital Expenditure limit set forth in Section 6.11(a) shall be increased by an amount equal to the greater of (x) the average amount of annual Capital Expenditures made by the target entity or target line of business during the immediately preceding three-year period prior to such acquisition (or such shorter period if the target does not have three years of operations) and (y) 4.0% of the total assets acquired in such acquisition.

(e) In addition to the Capital Expenditures permitted pursuant to Sections 6.11(a), (b) (c) and (d), the Borrower and the Subsidiaries may make additional Capital Expenditures at any time in an amount not to exceed the portion, if any, of the Cumulative Credit on the date of such Capital Expenditure that the Borrower elects to apply to this Section 6.11(e).

SECTION 6.12. No Other “Designated Senior Debt”.

Designate, or permit the designation of, any Indebtedness as “Designated Senior Debt” or any other similar term for the purpose of the definition of the same or the subordination provisions contained in any indenture governing any senior subordinated notes permitted to be incurred hereunder that constitute Material Indebtedness other than (a) the Obligations under this

 

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Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (b) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness thereof and (c) any series of Other First Lien Debt.

SECTION 6.13. Changes in Fiscal Year.

Permit the fiscal year of the Borrower to end on a day other than December 31; provided, however, that the Borrower may, upon written notice to the Administrative Agent, change its fiscal year to end on any other day reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, in which either case, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent will, and are hereby authorized by the Lenders to, make any adjustments to this Agreement that are necessary to reflect such change in fiscal year.

ARTICLE VII

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

SECTION 7.01. Events of Default.

In case of the happening of any of the following events (each, an “Event of Default”):

(a) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by any Loan Party herein or in any other Loan Document or any certificate or document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto shall prove to have been false or misleading in any material respect when so made or deemed made;

(b) default shall be made in the payment of any principal of any Loan when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or by acceleration thereof or otherwise;

(c) default shall be made in the payment of any interest on any Loan or the reimbursement with respect to any L/C Obligation or in the payment of any Fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in (b) above) due under any Loan Document, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of five Business Days;

(d) default shall be made in the due observance or performance by Holdings or the Borrower of any covenant, condition or agreement contained in 5.01(a), 5.05(a) or 5.08 or in Article VI;

(e) default shall be made in the due observance or performance by the Borrower or any other Loan Party of any covenant, condition or agreement contained in any Loan Document (other than those specified in paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) above) and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower;

(f) (i) any event or condition occurs that (A) results in any Material Indebtedness becoming due prior to its scheduled maturity or (B) enables or permits (with all

 

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applicable grace periods having expired) the holder or holders of any Material Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to cause any Material Indebtedness to become due, or to require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity; or (ii) the Borrower or any of the Material Subsidiaries shall fail to pay the principal of any Material Indebtedness at the stated final maturity thereof; provided that this clause (f) 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;

(g) there shall have occurred a Change in Control;

(h) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed in a court of competent jurisdiction seeking (i) relief in respect of Holdings, the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary, or of a substantial part of the property or assets of Holdings, the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary, under Title 11 of the United States Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or any other federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law, (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for Holdings, the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or for a substantial part of the property or assets of Holdings, the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or (iii) the winding-up or liquidation of Holdings, the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary (other than as permitted hereunder); and such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;

(i) Holdings, the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or any other federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or the filing of any petition described in paragraph (h) above, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for Holdings, the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or for a substantial part of the property or assets of Holdings, the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (vi) become unable or admit in writing its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;

(j) the failure by the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary to pay one or more final judgments aggregating in excess of $25 million (to the extent not covered by insurance), which judgments are not discharged or effectively waived or stayed for a period of 30 consecutive days, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to levy upon assets or properties of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary to enforce any such judgment;

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any Plan or Multiemployer Plan, (iii) the PBGC shall institute proceedings (including giving notice of intent thereof) to terminate any Plan or Plans, (iv) Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries 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 or (v) Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries shall engage in any “prohibited transaction” (as defined in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) involving any Plan that would subject Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries to tax; and in each case in clauses (i) through (v) above, such event or condition, together with all other such events or conditions, if any, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(l) (i) any material provision of any Loan Document shall for any reason be asserted in writing by Holdings, the Borrower or any Loan Party not to be a legal, valid and binding obligation of any party thereto, (ii) any security interest purported to be created by any Security Document and to extend to assets that are material to Holdings, the Borrower and the other Loan Parties on a consolidated basis shall cease to be, or shall be asserted in writing by Holdings, the Borrower or any other Loan Party not to be, a valid and perfected security interest (perfected as or having the priority required by this Agreement or the relevant Security Document and subject to such limitations and restrictions as are set forth herein and therein) in the securities, assets or properties covered thereby, except to the extent that any such loss of perfection or priority results from the limitations of foreign laws, rules and regulations as they apply to pledges of Equity Interests in Subsidiaries or the application thereof, or except from the failure of the Collateral Agent to maintain possession of certificates actually delivered to it representing securities pledged under the Collateral Agreement or (iii) any Guarantee Agreement shall cease to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with the terms thereof), or shall be asserted in writing by any Loan Party not to be in effect or not to be legal, valid and binding obligations (other than in accordance with the terms thereof); or

(m) following a Qualified IPO, there shall have occurred an “EVERTEC Change of Control” (as defined in the MSA) that results in the termination of the MSA by Popular and Banco Popular de Puerto Rico in accordance with the terms of Section 1.31 thereof

then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to the Borrower described in paragraph (h) or (i) above), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, shall, by notice to the Borrower, take any or all of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate forthwith the Commitments, (ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be forthwith due and payable in whole or in part, whereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and any unpaid accrued Fees and all other liabilities of the Borrower accrued hereunder and under any other Loan Document, shall become forthwith due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower, anything contained herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding and (iii) if the Loans have been declared due and payable pursuant to clause (ii) above, demand cash collateral pursuant to Section 2.05(g); and in any event with respect to the Borrower described in paragraph (h) or (i) above, the Commitments shall

 

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automatically terminate, the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and any unpaid accrued Fees and all other liabilities of the Borrower accrued hereunder and under any other Loan Document, shall automatically become due and payable and the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to have made a demand for Cash Collateral to the full extent permitted under Section 2.05(g), without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower, anything contained herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding.

SECTION 7.02. Right to Cure.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 7.01, in the event that the Borrower fails (or, but for the operation of this Section 7.02, would fail) to comply with either or both of the Financial Performance Covenants as of the last day of any fiscal quarter, at any time after such last day until the day that is 20 days after the date the certificate calculating the Financial Performance Covenants for such fiscal quarter is required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(c), any Parent Entity and/or Holdings shall have the right to issue Permitted Cure Securities for cash or otherwise receive cash contributions to the capital of any Parent Entity and/or Holdings (collectively, the “Cure Right”), which cash shall be contributed as common equity to the Borrower (such contributed amount, the “Cure Amount”), such Financial Performance Covenants shall be recalculated by increasing EBITDA with respect to such fiscal quarter and any four-quarter period that contains such fiscal quarter, solely for the purpose of measuring the Financial Performance Covenants and not for any other purpose under this Agreement (including any “baskets” or the Pricing Grid), by an amount equal to the Cure Amount; provided, that, (i) in each four-fiscal-quarter period there shall be no more than two fiscal quarters in which the Cure Right is exercised, (ii) no more than five Cure Rights will be exercised in the aggregate during the term of this Agreement, (iii) for purposes of this Section 7.02, the Cure Amount shall be no greater than the amount required for purposes of complying with the Financial Performance Covenants, (iv) for the avoidance of doubt, in recalculating the Financial Performance Covenants by increasing EBITDA as set forth above, there shall be no pro forma effect given to any reduction of Indebtedness with the Cure Amount in such recalculation of the Financial Performance Covenants and (v) no Specified Purchase Price Adjustment Proceeds shall be used for the Cure Amount. If, after giving effect to the adjustments in this paragraph, the Borrower shall then be in compliance with the requirements of the Financial Performance Covenants, the Borrower shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements of the Financial Performance Covenants as of the relevant date of determination with the same effect as though there had been no failure to comply therewith at such date, and the applicable breach or default of the Financial Performance Covenants that had occurred shall be deemed cured for the purposes of this Agreement.

ARTICLE VIII

THE AGENTS

SECTION 8.01. Appointment.

(a) Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Administrative Agent as the agent of such Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and

 

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irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent, in such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. In addition, to the extent required under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States, each of the Lenders and the L/C Issuers hereby grants to the Collateral Agent any powers of attorney required to execute any Security Document governed by the laws of such jurisdiction on such Lender’s or L/C Issuer’s behalf. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Lender, 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.

(b) The Administrative Agent, each Lender, the Swingline Lender and each L/C Issuer hereby irrevocably designate and appoint the Collateral Agent as the agent with respect to the Collateral, and each of the Administrative Agent, each Lender, the Swingline Lender and each L/C Issuer irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent, in such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Swingline Lender or any L/C Issuers, 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 Collateral Agent.

SECTION 8.02. Delegation of Duties.

The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent may each execute any of its duties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents by or through agents, sub-agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. Neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent shall be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care.

SECTION 8.03. Exculpatory Provisions.

Neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent, nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates shall be (a) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or such person under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except to the extent that any of the foregoing is found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from its or such person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct) or (b) responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by any of the Borrower or any other Loan Party or any officer thereof contained in this

 

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Agreement or any other Loan Document or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by such Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for any failure of the Borrower or any other Loan Party to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. Neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent shall be under any obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of any Loan Party. For the avoidance of doubt, neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent shall be responsible for determining or ensuring that a security interest is perfected or continues to be perfected.

SECTION 8.04. Reliance by Agents.

The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any instrument, writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telecopy, telex or teletype message, statement, order or other document or instruction believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper person or persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including counsel to the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent may deem and treat the Lender specified in the Register with respect to any amount owing hereunder as the owner thereof for all purposes unless a written notice of assignment, negotiation or transfer thereof shall have been filed with the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any other Loan Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders as it deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense that may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents in accordance with a request of the Required Lenders, and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders and all future holders of the Loans.

SECTION 8.05. Notice of Default.

Neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default hereunder unless the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent has received notice from a Lender or the Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.” In the event that the Administrative Agent receives such a notice, it shall give notice thereof to the Lenders and the Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as shall be reasonably directed by the Required Lenders, provided that unless and until the Administrative Agent shall have received such directions, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Lenders except to the extent that this

 

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Agreement requires that such action be taken only with the approval of the Required Lenders or each of the Lenders, as applicable.

SECTION 8.06. Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and Other Lenders.

Each Lender expressly acknowledges that neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates has made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent hereinafter taken, including any review of the affairs of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent to any Lender, the Swingline Lender or any L/C Issuer. Each Lender, the Swingline Lender and each L/C Issuer represents to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of and investigation into the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Borrower and other Loan Parties and made its own decision to make its Loans hereunder and enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties. Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent hereunder, neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent shall have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, assets, operations, properties, financial condition, prospects or creditworthiness of the Borrower or any other Loan Party that may come into the possession of the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates.

SECTION 8.07. Indemnification.

The Lenders agree to indemnify the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, each in its capacity as such (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower to do so), ratably according to their respective portions of the total Term Loans and Revolving Facility Commitments (or, if the Revolving Facility Commitments shall have terminated, in accordance the Revolving Facility Commitments in effect immediately prior to such termination) held on the date on which indemnification is sought, from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever that may at any time (including at any time following the payment of the Loans) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent in any way relating to or arising out of the Commitments, this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents, or any documents (including any intercreditor agreement) contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted by the Administrative Agent or the

 

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Collateral Agent under or in connection with any of the foregoing, provided that no Lender shall be liable for the payment of any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from the Administrative Agent’s or the Collateral Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. The agreements in this Section 8.07 shall survive the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

SECTION 8.08. Agents in their Individual Capacity.

The Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and their Affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower and any other Loan Party as though such persons were not the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents. With respect to the Loans made by it, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall each have the same rights and powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as any Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, and the terms “Lender” and “Lenders” shall include the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent in their individual capacities.

SECTION 8.09. Successor Agents.

Each of the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, subject to the reasonable consent of the Borrower so long as no Event of Default under Section 7.01(h) or (i) is continuing, 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. 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 Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may on behalf of the Lenders and the L/C Issuer, appoint a successor Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above; provided that if the retiring 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 (1) the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (except in the case of the Collateral Agent holding collateral security on behalf of any Secured Parties, the retiring Collateral Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security as nominee until such time as a successor Collateral Agent is appointed) and (2) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through such 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 Agent as provided for above in this Section. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as the case may be, hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired) Agent, and the retiring 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). The fees payable by the Borrower (following the effectiveness of such appointment) to such Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the retiring Agent’s resignation

 

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hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article VIII and Section 9.05 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring 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 Agent was acting as an Agent.

Any resignation by Bank of America as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section shall also constitute its resignation as L/C Issuer and Swingline Lender. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, (a) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring L/C Issuer and Swingline Lender, (b) the retiring L/C Issuer and Swingline Lender shall be discharged from all of their respective duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, and (c) the successor L/C Issuer shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to the retiring L/C Issuer to effectively assume the obligations of the retiring L/C Issuer with respect to such Letters of Credit.

SECTION 8.10. Payments Set Aside.

To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of the Borrower is made to the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or any Lender, or the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer 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 the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer 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 and the L/C Issuer severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share (without duplication) of any amount so recovered from or repaid by the Administrative 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 from time to time in effect, in the applicable currency of such recovery or payment. The obligations of the Lenders and the L/C Issuer under clause (b) of the preceding sentence shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.

SECTION 8.11. Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim.

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

(i) 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

 

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in order to have the claims of the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent under Article II or Section 9.05) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and

(ii) 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 and the L/C Issuer to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, if the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders and the L/C Issuer, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Article II and Section 9.05.

Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender or the L/C Issuer any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or the L/C Issuer to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender or the L/C Issuer or in any such proceeding.

SECTION 8.12. Collateral and Guaranty Matters.

The Lenders and the L/C Issuer irrevocably authorize the Collateral Agent, at its option and in its discretion, to release any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document if approved, authorized or ratified in writing in accordance with Section 9.08, or pursuant to Section 9.18. Upon request by the Collateral Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in writing the Collateral Agent’s authority to release its interest in particular types or items of property in accordance with this Section. The Lenders and the L/C Issuer irrevocably agree that (x) the Collateral Agent may, without any further consent of any Lender, enter into or amend (i) any intercreditor agreement with the collateral agent or other representatives of the holders of First Lien Obligations permitted under this Agreement and/or (ii) any intercreditor agreement with the collateral agent or other representatives of the holders of Indebtedness that is permitted to be secured by a Junior Lien on the Collateral that is permitted under this Agreement, (y) the Collateral Agent may rely exclusively on a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower as to whether any such other Liens are permitted and (z) any such intercreditor agreement referred to in clause (x) above, entered into by the Collateral Agent, shall be binding on the Secured Parties.

SECTION 8.13. Agents and Arrangers.

Neither the Syndication Agent nor any of the Joint Lead Arrangers shall have any duties or responsibilities hereunder in its capacity as such, but shall be entitled to the indemnities and exculpatory provisions of the Administrative Agent set forth in Section 8.03, 8.06, 8.07 and 8.08 as if such provisions referred to the Syndication Agent or the Joint Lead Arrangers mutatis

 

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mutandis. The Syndication Agent and the Joint Lead Arrangers are express third party beneficiaries of the Loan Documents to the extent applicable.

SECTION 8.14. Intercreditor Agreements and Collateral Matters.

The Lenders hereby agree that Bank of America, N.A. (and any successor Collateral Agent under the Security Documents) shall be permitted to serve as Collateral Agent for both the Secured Parties and the Other First Lien Secured Parties under the Security Documents and any intercreditor agreement contemplated herein. Each Lender hereby consents to Bank of America, N.A. and any successor serving in such capacity and agrees not to assert any claim (including as a result of any conflict of interest) against Bank of America, N.A., or any such successor, arising from the role of the Collateral Agent under the Security Documents or any such intercreditor so long as the Collateral Agent is either acting in accordance with the express terms of such documents or otherwise has not engaged in gross negligence or willful misconduct.

SECTION 8.15. Withholding Taxes.

To the extent required by any applicable law, the Administrative Agent may withhold from any payment to any Lender, Swingline Lender or L/C Issuer an amount equivalent to any applicable withholding Tax. Without limiting or expanding the provisions of Section 2.18(a) or (c), each Lender, Swingline Lender and L/C Issuer shall, and does hereby, indemnify the Administrative Agent against, and shall make payable in respect thereof within 30 days after demand therefor, any and all Taxes and any and all related losses, claims, liabilities and expenses (including fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent) incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent by the Internal Revenue Service or any other Governmental Authority as a result of the failure of the Administrative Agent to properly withhold Tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender, Swingline Lender or L/C Issuer for any reason (including, without limitation, because the appropriate form was not delivered or 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). A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender, Swingline Lender or L/C Issuer by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender, Swingline Lender and L/C Issuer hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender, Swingline Lender or L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any amount due the Administrative Agent under this Section 8.15. The agreements in this Section 8.15 shall survive the resignation and/or replacement of the Administrative Agent, any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, Swingline Lender or L/C Issuer, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other Obligations.

 

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ARTICLE IX

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 9.01. Notices; Communications.

(a) Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and except as provided in Section 9.01(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 any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or the Swingline Lender, to the address, telecopier number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such person on Schedule 9.01; and

(ii) if to any other Lender, to the address, telecopier number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire.

(b) Notices and other communications to the Lenders and the L/C Issuer hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail 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 the 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.

(c) Notices sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received. Notices 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 or communications (i) sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received when delivered and (ii) posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefore.

(d) Any party hereto may change its address or telecopy number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. 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) Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.04 may be delivered electronically (including as set forth in Section 9.17) 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 Borrower’s website on the Internet at the website address listed on Schedule 9.01, or (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Borrower’s behalf on an Internet or intranet 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 (A) the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the Administrative Agent or any Lender that requests the Borrower to deliver such paper copies until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, and (B) the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent (by telecopier or electronic mail) 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. Except for certificates required by Section 5.04(c), the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery or to maintain copies of the documents referred to above, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Borrower with any such request for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such documents.

SECTION 9.02. Survival of Agreement.

All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Loan Parties herein, in the other Loan Documents and in the certificates or other instruments prepared or delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the Lenders and each L/C Issuer and shall survive the making by the Lenders of the Loans, the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the issuance of the Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation made by such persons or on their behalf, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or L/C Obligation or any Fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document is outstanding and unpaid or any Letter of Credit is outstanding and so long as the Commitments have not been terminated. Without prejudice to the survival of any other agreements contained herein, indemnification and reimbursement obligations contained herein (including pursuant to Sections 2.16, 2.18, 8.07 and 9.05) shall survive the payment in full of the principal and interest hereunder, any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the expiration of the Letters of Credit and the termination of the Commitments or this Agreement.

SECTION 9.03. Binding Effect.

This Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by Holdings, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received copies hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of Holdings, the Borrower, each L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and each Lender and their respective permitted successors and assigns.

 

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SECTION 9.04. 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 (including any affiliate of the L/C Issuer that issues any Letter of Credit), except that (i) the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) except pursuant to the Merger and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section 9.04. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of the L/C Issuer that issues any Letter of Credit), Participants (to the extent provided in clause (c) of this Section 9.04), and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Agents, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.

(b) (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in clause (b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign to one or more assignees (each, an “Assignee”) all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) of:

(A) the Borrower; provided, that no consent of the Borrower shall be required for an assignment to a Lender, an affiliate of a Lender, an Approved Fund (as defined below) or, if an Event of Default under Section 7.01(b), (c), (h) or (i) has occurred and is continuing, any other person;

(B) the Administrative Agent; provided, that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment of all or any portion of a Term Loan to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund; and

(C) the L/C Issuer and the Swingline Lender; provided, that no consent of the L/C Issuer and the Swingline Lender shall be required for an assignment of all or any portion of a Term Loan.

(ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:

(A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitments or Loans under any Facility, the amount of the Commitments or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than (x) $1.0 million in the case of Term Loans (and shall be in an amount of an integral multiple thereof) and (y) $5.0 million in the case of Revolving Facility Loans or Revolving Facility Commitments, unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent; provided, that (1) no such

 

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consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default under Section 7.01(b), (c), (h) or (i) has occurred and is continuing and (2) such amounts shall be aggregated in respect of each Lender and its Affiliates or Approved Funds (with simultaneous assignments to or by two or more Related Funds shall be treated as one assignment), if any;

(B) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance via an electronic settlement system acceptable to the Administrative Agent (or, if required by the Administrative Agent, manually), and shall pay to the Administrative Agent a processing and recordation fee of $3,500 (which fee may be waived or reduced in the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent);

(C) the Assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire and any tax forms required to be delivered pursuant to Section 2.18;

(D) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Loans or the Commitment assigned, except that this clause (ii) shall not apply to the Swingline Lender’s rights and obligations in respect of Swingline Loans; and

(E) no assignment to Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries or to a natural person shall be permitted.

For the purposes of this Section 9.04, “Approved Fund” means any person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.

(iii) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(v) below, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance the Assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, 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 Acceptance, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.16, 2.17, 2.18 and 9.05 (subject to the limitations and requirements of those Sections). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 9.04 shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with clause (c) of this Section 9.04.

(iv) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amount of the Loans and L/C Obligations owing to, each Lender

 

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pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer 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. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower, the L/C Issuer and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

(v) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning Lender and an Assignee, the Assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the Assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), all applicable tax forms, the processing and recordation fee referred to in clause (b) of this Section and any written consent to such assignment required by clause (b) of this Section, the Administrative Agent promptly shall accept such Assignment and Acceptance and record the information contained therein in the Register. No assignment, whether or not evidenced by a promissory note, shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this clause (b)(v).

(c) (i) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans owing to it); provided that (A) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (C) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement pursuant 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 and the other Loan Documents; provided, that (x) such agreement may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver that (1) requires the consent of each Lender directly affected thereby pursuant to clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (vi) of the first proviso to Section 9.08(b) and (2) directly affects such Participant (but, for the avoidance of doubt, not any waiver of any Default or Event of Default) and (y) no other agreement with respect to amendment, modification or waiver may exist between such Lender and such Participant. Subject to paragraph (c)(ii) of this Section 9.04, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.16, 2.17 and 2.18 (subject to the limitations and requirements of those Sections) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 9.04. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.06 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.19(c) as though it were a Lender.

(ii) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.16, 2.17 or 2.18 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 Borrower’s prior written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

 

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(d) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank and in the case of any Lender that is an Approved Fund, any pledge or assignment to any holders of obligations owed, or securities issued, by such Lender, including to any trustee for, or any other representative of, such holders, and this Section 9.04 shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided, that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or Assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

(e) The Borrower, at its expense and upon receipt of written notice from the relevant Lender, agrees to issue Notes to any Lender requiring Notes to facilitate transactions of the type described in paragraph (d) above.

(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Conduit Lender may assign any or all of the Loans it may have funded hereunder to its designating Lender without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent. Each of Holdings, the Borrower, each Lender and the Administrative Agent hereby confirms that it will not institute against a Conduit Lender or join any other person in instituting against a Conduit Lender any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceeding under any state bankruptcy or similar law, for one year and one day after the payment in full of the latest maturing commercial paper note issued by such Conduit Lender; provided, however, that each Lender designating any Conduit Lender hereby agrees to indemnify, save and hold harmless each other party hereto and each Loan Party for any loss, cost, damage or expense arising out of its inability to institute such a proceeding against such Conduit Lender during such period of forbearance.

(g) If the Borrower wishes to replace the Loans or Commitments under any Facility with ones having different terms, it shall have the option, with the consent of the Administrative Agent and subject to at least three Business Days’ advance notice to the Lenders under such Facility, instead of prepaying the Loans or reducing or terminating the Commitments to be replaced, to (i) require the Lenders under such Facility to assign such Loans or Commitments to the Administrative Agent or its designees and (ii) amend the terms thereof in accordance with Section 9.08 (with such replacement, if applicable, being deemed to have been made pursuant to Section 9.08(d)). Pursuant to any such assignment, all Loans and Commitments to be replaced shall be purchased at par (allocated among the Lenders under such Facility in the same manner as would be required if such Loans were being optionally prepaid or such Commitments were being optionally reduced or terminated by the Borrower), accompanied by payment of any accrued interest and fees thereon and any amounts owing pursuant to Section 9.05(a). By receiving such purchase price, the Lenders under such Facility shall automatically be deemed to have assigned the Loans or Commitments under such Facility pursuant to the terms of the form of Assignment and Acceptance attached hereto as Exhibit B, and accordingly no other action by such Lenders shall be required in connection therewith. The provisions of this paragraph (g) are intended to facilitate the maintenance of the perfection and priority of existing security interests in the Collateral during any such replacement.

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(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Lender may assign all or any portion of its Term Loans hereunder to any Non-Debt Fund Affiliate, provided that:

(A) no Default or Event of Default has occurred or is continuing or would result therefrom;

(B) the assigning Lender and Non-Debt Fund Affiliate purchasing such Lender’s Term Loans, as applicable, shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an assignment agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto (a “Non-Debt Fund Affiliate Assignment and Acceptance”) in lieu of an Assignment and Acceptance;

(C) for the avoidance of doubt, Lenders shall not be permitted to assign Revolving Facility Commitments or Revolving Facility Loans to any Non-Debt Fund Affiliate;

(D) no Term Loan may be assigned to a Non-Debt Fund Affiliate pursuant to this Section 9.04(i) if, after giving effect to such assignment, Non-Debt Fund Affiliates in the aggregate would own Term Loans with a principal amount in excess of 25% of the principal amount of all Term Loans then outstanding; and

(E) the Non-Debt Fund Affiliate purchasing such Term Loans represents and covenants as of the date of any assignment to such Non-Debt Fund Affiliate that it does not have any material non-public information with respect to the Borrower that (a) has not been disclosed to the Lenders (other than Lenders that do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to Holdings, the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates) prior to such time and (b) could reasonably be expected to have a material effect upon, or otherwise be material, (i) to a Lender’s decision to participate in any assignment pursuant to this Section 9.04(i) or (ii) to the market price of the Term Loans.

Non-Debt Fund Affiliates will be subject to the restrictions specified in Section 9.22.

SECTION 9.05. Expenses; Indemnity.

(a) The Borrower agrees to pay (i) all reasonable documented out-of-pocket expenses (including Other Taxes) incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Joint Lead Arrangers in connection with the preparation of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, or, with respect to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, in connection with the syndication of commitments or administration of this Agreement and any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof, including expenses incurred in connection with due diligence, the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, counsel for the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Joint Lead Arrangers, and the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of one local counsel per jurisdiction, and (ii) all out-of-pocket expenses (including Other Taxes) incurred by the Agents or any Lender in connection with the enforcement of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Agents and the Lenders

 

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(including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, counsel for the Agents and the Joint Lead Arrangers, and, if necessary, the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of one local counsel per jurisdiction and one additional counsel for the affected persons, taken as a whole, to the extent of any actual conflict of interest).

The Borrower agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Agents, the Joint Lead Arrangers, each L/C Issuer, each Lender, each of their respective Affiliates and each of their respective directors, partners, officers, employees, agents, trustees and advisors (each such person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and to hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including reasonable counsel fees, charges and disbursements (limited to one counsel to the Administrative Agent and its Related Parties and one local counsel to the Administrative Agent and its Related Parties in each applicable jurisdiction and, solely in the event of an actual conflict of interest, one additional counsel in each applicable material jurisdiction to the other Indemnitees) (except the allocated costs of in-house counsel), incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in any way connected with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto and thereto of their respective obligations thereunder or the consummation of or otherwise relating to the Transactions and the other transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) the use of the proceeds of the Loans or the use of any Letter of Credit or (iii) any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether or not any Indemnitee is a party thereto and regardless of whether such matter is initiated by a third party or by Holdings, the Borrower or any of their subsidiaries or Affiliates; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from (1) the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee (for purposes this proviso only, each of the Administrative Agent, any Joint Lead Arranger, any L/C Issuer or any Lender shall be treated as several and separate Indemnitees, but each of them together with its respective Related Parties (other than advisors), shall be treated as a single Indemnitee) or (2) any material breach of any Loan Document by such Indemnitee. Subject to and without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the Borrower agrees to indemnify each Indemnitee against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including reasonable counsel or consultant fees, charges and disbursements (limited to one counsel to the Administrative Agent and its Related Parties and one local counsel to the Administrative Agent and its Related Parties in each applicable jurisdiction and, solely in the event of an actual conflict of interest, one additional counsel in each applicable material jurisdiction to the other Indemnitees) (except the allocated costs of in-house counsel), incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in any way connected with, or as a result of (A) any claim related in any way to Environmental Laws and Holdings, the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries, or (B) any actual or alleged presence, Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials at, under, on, from or to any property currently or formerly owned, operated or leased by any of them; provided, that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from (1) the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or any of its Related Parties (for purposes this proviso only, each of the Administrative Agent, any Joint Lead Arranger, any L/C Issuer or any Lender shall be treated as several and

 

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separate Indemnitees, but each of them together with its respective Related Parties (other than advisors), shall be treated as a single Indemnitee) or (2) any material breach of any Loan Document by such Indemnitee. None of the Indemnitees (or any of their respective affiliates) shall be responsible or liable to the Sponsor, Holdings, the Borrower or any of their respective subsidiaries, Affiliates or stockholders or any other person or entity for any special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages, which may be alleged as a result of the Facilities or the Transactions. The provisions of this Section 9.05 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the expiration of the term of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of any of the Obligations, the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Administrative Agent, any Joint Lead Arranger, any L/C Issuer or any Lender. All amounts due under this Section 9.05 shall be payable on written demand therefor accompanied by reasonable documentation with respect to any reimbursement, indemnification or other amount requested.

(b) Except as expressly provided in Section 9.05(a) with respect to Other Taxes, which shall not be duplicative of any amounts paid pursuant to Section 2.18, this Section 9.05 shall not apply to Taxes, except Taxes that represent damages or losses resulting from a non-Tax claim.

(c) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Holdings and the Borrower shall not assert, and hereby waive, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof. No Indemnitee shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

(d) The agreements in this Section 9.05 shall survive the resignation of the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer, the replacement of any Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.

SECTION 9.06. Right of Set-off.

If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each L/C Issuer is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other indebtedness at any time owing by such Lender or such L/C Issuer to or for the credit or the account of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary against any of and all the obligations of Holdings or the Borrower now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document held by such Lender or such L/C Issuer, irrespective of whether or not such Lender or such L/C Issuer shall have made any demand under this Agreement or such other Loan Document and although the obligations may be unmatured. The

 

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rights of each Lender and each L/C Issuer under this Section 9.06 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of set-off) that such Lender or such L/C Issuer may have.

SECTION 9.07. Applicable Law.

THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS (OTHER THAN AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS) SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

SECTION 9.08. Waivers; Amendment.

(a) No failure or delay of the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder or under any Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, each L/C Issuer and the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or consent to any departure by Holdings, the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by clause (b) below, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice or demand on Holdings, the Borrower or any other Loan Party in any case shall entitle such person to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.

(b) Neither this Agreement nor any other Loan Document nor any provision hereof or thereof may be waived, amended or modified except (x) as provided in Sections 2.22, 2.23, 2.25 and 6.13, (y) in the case of this Agreement, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by Holdings, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (and consented to by the Required Lenders), and (z) in the case of any other Loan Document, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by each party thereto and consented to by the Required Lenders; provided, however, that no such agreement shall:

(i) decrease or forgive the principal amount of, or extend the final maturity of, or decrease the rate of interest on, any Loan or any L/C Obligation, extend the stated expiration of any Letter of Credit beyond the Revolving Facility Maturity Date or reduce the premium payable in the event of a Repricing Transaction, without the prior written consent of each Lender directly adversely affected thereby (which, notwithstanding the foregoing, such consent of such Lender directly adversely affected thereby shall be the only consent required hereunder to make such modification); provided, that any amendment to the financial covenant definitions in this Agreement shall not constitute a reduction in the rate of interest for purposes of this clause (i),

(ii) (x) increase or extend the Commitment of any Lender or (y) decrease the Commitment Fees or L/C Participation Fees or other fees of any Lender without the prior written consent of such Lender (which, notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of

 

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clause (y), such consent of such Lender shall be the only consent required hereunder to make such modification) (it being understood that waivers or modifications of conditions precedent, covenants, Defaults or Events of Default shall not constitute an increase of the Commitments of any Lender),

(iii) extend or waive any Term Loan Installment Date, reduce the amount due on any Term Loan Installment Date, or extend any date on which payment of interest on any Loan or any L/C Obligation or any Fees is due, without the prior written consent of each Lender adversely affected thereby (which, notwithstanding the foregoing, such consent of such Lender directly adversely affected thereby shall be the only consent required hereunder to make such modification),

(iv) amend the provisions of Section 4.02 of the Collateral Agreement, or any analogous provision of any other Security Document, in a manner that would by its terms alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby, without the prior written consent of each Lender adversely affected thereby,

(v) reduce the voting rights of any Lender under this Section 9.08 or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the prior written consent of such Lender (it being understood that, with the consent of the Required Lenders, additional extensions of credit pursuant to this Agreement may be included in the determination of the Required Lenders on substantially the same basis as the Loans and Commitments are included on the Closing Date),

(vi) release all or substantially all the Collateral or release all or substantially all of the value of the guarantees by the Subsidiary Loan Parties under the Guarantee Agreements, unless, in each case, to the extent sold or otherwise disposed of in a transaction permitted by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, without the prior written consent of each Lender;

(vii) effect any waiver, amendment or modification that by its terms adversely affects the rights in respect of payments or collateral of Lenders participating in any Facility differently from those of Lenders participating in another Facility, without the consent of the Majority Lenders participating in the adversely affected Facility (it being agreed that the Required Lenders may waive, in whole or in part, any prepayment required by Section 2.12 so long as the application of any prepayment still required to be made is not changed);

provided, further, that (A) no such amendment shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent, Swingline Lender or an L/C Issuer hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, Swingline Lender or such L/C Issuer acting as such at the effective date of such amendment, as applicable and (B) no amendment, waiver or consent shall amend, modify or waive any condition precedent to any extension of credit under the Revolving Facility set forth in Section 4.01 without the written consent of the Majority Lenders under such Revolving Facility (it being understood that (i) amendments, modifications or waivers of any other provision of any Loan Document, including any representation or warranty,

 

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any covenant or any Default or Event of Default, shall be deemed to be effective for purposes of determining whether the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.01 have been satisfied regardless of whether the Majority Lenders under the Revolving Facility shall have consented to such amendment, modification or waiver and (ii) such consent of the Majority Lenders under the applicable Revolving Facility shall be the only consent required hereunder to make such modifications to the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.01). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no consent of any Defaulting Lender shall be required for any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender unless such waiver, amendment or modification by its terms would affect such Defaulting Lender differently than other Affected Lenders. Each Lender shall be bound by any waiver, amendment or modification authorized by this Section 9.08 and any consent by any Lender pursuant to this Section 9.08 shall bind any successor or assignee of such Lender.

(c) Without the consent of any Lender or L/C Issuer, the Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent may (in their respective sole discretion, or shall, to the extent required by any Loan Document) enter into any amendment, modification or waiver of any Loan Document, or enter into any new agreement or instrument, to effect the granting, perfection, protection, expansion or enhancement of any security interest in any Collateral or additional property to become Collateral for the benefit of the Secured Parties, to include the Other First Lien Secured Parties in the benefit of the Security Documents in connection with the incurrence of any Other First Lien Debt, or as required by local law to give effect to, or protect any security interest for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in any property or so that the security interests therein comply with applicable law or this Agreement in all cases subject to the Agreed Security Principles or in each case to otherwise enhance the rights or benefits of any Lender under any Loan Document.

(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended (or amended and restated) with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent, Holdings and the Borrower (i) to add one or more additional credit or debt 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 and the Revolving Facility Loans and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof and (ii) to include appropriately the Lenders holding such credit or debt facilities in any determination of the Required Lenders or Majority Lenders.

(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended with the written consent of Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders providing the relevant Replacement Term Loans (as defined below) to permit the refinancing of all outstanding Term B Loans (“Replaced Term Loans”) with one or more replacement “B” term loan tranche(s) hereunder (“Replacement Term Loans”), provided that (a) the aggregate principal amount of such Replacement Term Loans shall not exceed the aggregate principal amount of such Replaced Term Loans, (b) the Applicable Margin for such Replacement Term Loans shall not be higher than the Applicable Margin for such Replaced Term Loans, (c) the weighted average life to maturity of such Replacement Term Loans shall not be shorter than the weighted average life to maturity of such Replaced Term Loans at the time of such refinancing and (d) all other terms applicable to such Replacement Term Loans shall be substantially identical to, or

 

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less favorable to the Lenders providing such Replacement Term Loans than, those applicable to such Replaced Term Loans, except to the extent necessary to provide for covenants and other terms applicable to any period after the latest final maturity of the Term Loans in effect immediately prior to such refinancing.

(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, technical and conforming modifications to the Loan Documents may be made with the consent of Holdings, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to the extent necessary (A) to integrate any Incremental Term Loan Loans, any Incremental Revolving Loans, any Refinancing Term Loans or any Replacement Revolving Loans on substantially the same basis as the Term Loans or Revolving Facility Loans, as applicable, (B) to integrate any Other First Lien Debt or (C) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency.

(g) Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended, with the written consent of each Revolving Facility Lender, the Administrative Agent, Holdings and the Borrower to the extent necessary to integrate any Alternative Currency.

SECTION 9.09. Interest Rate Limitation.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the applicable interest rate, together with all fees and charges that are treated as interest under applicable law (collectively, the “Charges”), as provided for herein or in any other document executed in connection herewith, or otherwise contracted for, charged, received, taken or reserved by any Lender or any L/C Issuer, shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “Maximum Rate”) that may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by such Lender in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable hereunder, together with all Charges payable to such Lender or such L/C Issuer, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate; provided, that such excess amount shall be paid to such Lender or such L/C Issuer on subsequent payment dates to the extent not exceeding the legal limitation.

SECTION 9.10. Entire Agreement.

This Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the agreements regarding certain Fees referred to herein constitute the entire contract between the parties relative to the subject matter hereof. Any previous agreement among or representations from the parties or their Affiliates with respect to the subject matter hereof is superseded by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Fee Letter shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and remain in full force and effect. Nothing in this Agreement or in the other Loan Documents, expressed or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto and thereto any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.

SECTION 9.11. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.

EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST 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, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER

 

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LOAN DOCUMENTS. EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, AS APPLICABLE, BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 9.11.

SECTION 9.12. Severability.

In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and therein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

SECTION 9.13. Counterparts.

This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which, when taken together, shall constitute but one contract, and shall become effective as provided in Section 9.03. Delivery of an executed counterpart to this Agreement by facsimile transmission (or other electronic transmission pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent) shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed original.

SECTION 9.14. Headings.

Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.

SECTION 9.15. Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.

(a) Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the jurisdiction of any New York State court or federal court of the United States of America sitting in New York City in the borough of Manhattan, and any appellate court from any thereof (collectively, “New York Courts”), in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents (other than as expressly set forth in other Loan Documents), or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by 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 shall affect any right that any party may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to

 

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this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents in the courts of any jurisdiction, except that each of the Loan Parties agrees that (a) it will not bring any such action or proceeding in any court other than New York Courts (it being acknowledged and agreed by the parties hereto that any other forum would be inconvenient and inappropriate in view of the fact that more of the Lenders who would be affected by any such action or proceeding have contacts with the State of New York than any other jurisdiction), and (b) in any such action or proceeding brought against any Loan Party in any other court, it will not assert any cross-claim, counterclaim or set-off, or seek any other affirmative relief, except to the extent that the failure to assert the same will preclude such Loan Party from asserting or seeking the same in the New York Courts.

(b) Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents in any New York State or federal court. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.

(c) By the execution and delivery of this Agreement, each Loan Party (i) acknowledges that it has, by separate written instrument, designated and appointed CT Corporation System, with an office at 111 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York 10011 (“CT”) (and any successor entity), as its authorized agent upon which process may be served in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement that may be instituted in New York Courts, and acknowledges that CT has accepted such designation, (ii) submits to the jurisdiction of any such court in any such suit or proceeding and (iii) agrees that service of process upon CT and written notice of said service to any Loan Party in accordance with the manner provided for notices in Section 9.01 shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon such Loan Party, in any such suit or proceeding. Each Loan Party further agrees to take any and all action, including the execution and filing of any and all such documents and instruments, as may be necessary to continue such designation and appointment of CT in full force and effect so long as this Agreement is in effect; provided that each Loan Party, with respect to such Loan Party, may and to the extent CT ceases to be able to be served on the basis contemplated herein shall, by written notice to the Administrative Agent, designate such additional or alternative agent for service of process under this paragraph (c) that (i) maintains an office located in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, State of New York and (ii) is either (x) counsel for the Borrower or (y) a corporate service company which acts as agent for service of process for other persons in the ordinary course of its business. Such written notice shall identify the name of such agent for service of process and the address of the office of such agent for service of process in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, State of New York. To the extent that any Loan Party has or hereafter may acquire any immunity from jurisdiction of any court of (i) any jurisdiction in which it owns or leases property or assets, (ii) the United States or the State of New York or (iii) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any political subdivision thereof or from any legal process (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution or otherwise) with respect to itself or its property and assets or this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or actions to enforce judgments in respect of any thereof, such Loan Party hereby irrevocably waives such immunity in respect of its obligations under the above-referenced documents, to the extent permitted by law. Nothing in this Agreement,

 

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any other Loan Document will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

SECTION 9.16. Confidentiality.

Each of the Lenders, each L/C Issuer and each of the Agents agrees that it shall maintain in confidence any information relating to any Parent, Holdings, the Borrower and any Subsidiary furnished to it by or on behalf of any Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than information that (a) has become available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure by such party in breach of this Section 9.16, (b) has been independently developed by such Lender, such L/C Issuer or such Agent without violating this Section 9.16 or (c) was or becomes available to such Lender, such L/C Issuer or such Agent from a third party which, to such person’s knowledge, had not breached an obligation of confidentiality to any Parent, Holdings, the Borrower or any other Loan Party) and shall not reveal the same other than to its affiliates, directors, trustees, officers, employees and advisors with a need to know or to any person that approves or administers the Loans on behalf of such Lender (so long as each such person shall have been instructed to keep the same confidential), except: (A) to the extent necessary to comply with law or any legal process or the requirements of any Governmental Authority, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or of any securities exchange on which securities of the disclosing party or any Affiliate of the disclosing party are listed or traded, (B) as part of normal reporting or review procedures to, or examinations by, Governmental Authorities or self regulatory authorities, including the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, (C) in order to enforce its rights under any Loan Document in a legal proceeding, (D) to any pledgee under Section 9.04(d) or any other prospective assignee of, or prospective Participant in, any of its rights under this Agreement (so long as such person shall have been instructed to keep the same confidential in accordance with this Section 9.16 or terms substantially similar to this Section) and (E) to any direct or indirect contractual counterparty in Swap Agreements or such contractual counterparty’s professional advisor (so long as such contractual counterparty or professional advisor to such contractual counterparty agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Section 9.16 or terms substantially similar to this Section).

SECTION 9.17. Platform; Borrower Materials.

The Borrower hereby acknowledges that (a) the Administrative Agent and/or the Joint Lead Arrangers will make available to the Lenders and the L/C Issuer materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Borrower hereunder (collectively, “Borrower Materials”) by posting the Borrower Materials on IntraLinks or another similar electronic system (the “Platform”), and (b) certain of the Lenders may be “public-side” Lenders (i.e., Lenders that do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to the Borrower or its securities) (each, a “Public Lender”). The Borrower hereby agrees that it will use commercially reasonable efforts to identify that portion of the Borrower Materials that may be distributed to the Public Lenders and that (i) all such Borrower Materials 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, (ii) by marking Borrower Materials “PUBLIC,” the Borrower shall be deemed to have authorized the Administrative Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as either publicly available information or not

 

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material information (although it may be sensitive and proprietary) with respect to the Borrower or its securities for purposes of United States Federal and state securities laws, (iii) all Borrower Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated “Public Investor” and (iv) the Administrative Agent and the Joint 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 Investor.”

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, the 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 Borrower’s or the Administrative Agent’s transmission of Borrower Materials 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, the L/C Issuer or any other person for indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages).

SECTION 9.18. Release of Liens, Guarantees and Pledges.

In the event that any Loan Party conveys, sells, leases, assigns, transfers or otherwise disposes of all or any portion of any Equity Interests or assets to a person that is not (and is not required to become) a Loan Party in a transaction not prohibited by Section 6.05, any Liens created by any Loan Document in respect of such Equity Interests or assets shall be automatically released (provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, with respect to any disposal consisting of an operating lease or license, the underlying property retained by such Loan Party will not be so released) and the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent shall promptly (and the Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent to) take such action and execute any such documents as may be reasonably requested by Holdings, the Borrower or the Borrower and at the Borrower’s expense in connection with the release of any Liens created by any Loan Document in respect of such Equity Interests or assets, and, in the case of a disposition of the Equity Interests of any Subsidiary Loan Party in a transaction not prohibited by Section 6.05 and as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party would cease to be a Subsidiary, such Subsidiary Loan Party’s obligations under the Loan Documents shall be automatically terminated and the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent shall promptly (and the Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent to) take such action and execute any such documents as may be reasonably requested by Holdings or the Borrower to terminate such Subsidiary Loan

 

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Party’s obligations under the Loan Documents. In addition, the Administrative Agent agrees to take such actions as are reasonably requested by Holdings or the Borrower and at the Borrower’s expense to terminate the Liens and security interests created by the Loan Documents when all the Obligations (other than contingent indemnification Obligations and expense reimbursement claims to the extent no claim therefor has been made) are paid in full and all Letters of Credit and Commitments are terminated.

SECTION 9.19. 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, such 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 such Borrower (or to any other person who may be entitled thereto under applicable law).

SECTION 9.20. USA PATRIOT Act Notice.

Each Lender that is subject to the USA PATRIOT Act and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any 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 or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify each Loan Party in accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act.

SECTION 9.21. No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility.

In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby, Holdings and the Borrower acknowledge and agree that: (i) the credit facilities provided for hereunder and any related arranging or other services in connection therewith (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document) are an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Borrower, the other Loan Parties and their respective Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Agents, the Joint Lead Arrangers and the Lenders, on the other hand, and the Borrower and the other Loan Parties are capable of evaluating and

 

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understanding and understand and accept the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents (including any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or thereof); (ii) in connection with the process leading to such transaction, each Agent, each Joint Lead Arranger and each Lender is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the financial advisor, agent or fiduciary, for the Borrower, any Loan Party or any of their respective Affiliates, stockholders, creditors or employees or any other person; (iii) none of the Agents, any Joint Lead Arranger or any Lender has assumed or will assume an advisory, agency or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Borrower or any other Loan Party with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto, including with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document (irrespective of whether any Agent, any Joint Lead Arranger or any Lender has advised or is currently advising the Borrower or any other Loan Party or their respective Affiliates on other matters) and none of the Agents, any Joint Lead Arranger or any Lender has any obligation to the. Borrower, the other Loan Parties or their respective Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; (iv) the Agents, the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Lenders and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties and their respective Affiliates, and none of the Agents, any Joint Lead Arranger or any Lender has any obligation to disclose any of such interests by virtue of any advisory, agency or fiduciary relationship; and (v) the Agents, the Joint Lead Arrangers and the Lenders have not provided and will not provide any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby (including any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document) and the Borrower and the other Loan Parties have consulted their own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent they deemed appropriate. Holdings and the Borrower each hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that it may have against the Agents, the Joint Lead Arrangers and the Lenders with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty.

SECTION 9.22. Non-Debt Fund Affiliates.

(a) Subject to clause (b) below, each Non-Debt Fund Affiliate, in connection with any (i) consent (or decision not to consent) to any amendment, modification, waiver, consent or other action with respect to any of the terms of any Loan Document, (ii) other action on any matter related to any Loan Document or (iii) direction to the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or any Lender to undertake any action (or refrain from taking any action) with respect to or under any Loan Document, agrees that, except with respect to any amendment, modification, waiver, consent or other action described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of the first proviso of Section 9.08(b) or that adversely affects such Non-Debt Fund Affiliate in any material respect as compared to other Lenders, shall be deemed to have voted its interest as a Lender without discretion in such proportion as the allocation of voting with respect to such matter by Lenders who are not Non-Debt Fund Affiliates. Subject to clause (b) below, the Borrower and each Non-Debt Fund Affiliate hereby agrees that if a case under Title 11 of the United States Code is commenced against the Borrower, the Borrower, with respect to any plan of reorganization that does not adversely affect any Non-Debt Fund Affiliate in any material respect as compared to other Lenders, shall seek (and each Non-Debt Fund Affiliate shall consent) to designate the vote of any Non-Debt Fund Affiliate and the vote of any Non-Debt Fund Affiliate with respect to any such

 

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plan of reorganization of the Borrower or any Affiliate of the Borrower shall not be counted. Subject to clause (b) below, each Non-Debt Fund Affiliate hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent (such appointment being coupled with an interest) as such Non-Debt Fund Affiliate’s attorney-in-fact, with full authority in the place and stead of such Non-Debt Fund Affiliate and in the name of such Non-Debt Fund Affiliate, from time to time in the Administrative Agent’s discretion to take any action and to execute any instrument that the Administrative Agent may deem reasonably necessary to carry out the provisions of this clause (a).

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no Non-Debt Fund Affiliate shall have any right to (i) attend (including by telephone) any meeting or discussions (or portion thereof) among the Administrative Agent or any Lender to which representatives of the Borrower are not then present, (ii) receive any information or material prepared by Administrative Agent or any Lender or any communication by or among Administrative Agent and/or one or more Lenders, except to the extent such information or materials have been made available to the Borrower or its representatives, or (iii) make or bring (or participate in, other than as a passive participant in or recipient of its pro rata benefits of) any claim, in its capacity as a Lender, against Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any other Lender with respect to any duties or obligations or alleged duties or obligations of such Agent or any other such Lender under the Loan Documents.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first written above.

 

CARIB HOLDINGS, INC.
By:   /s/ Felix M. Villamil
  Name:   Felix M. Villamil
  Title:   Chief Executive Officer and President

 

EVERTEC, INC.
By:   /s/ Felix M. Villamil
  Name:   Felix M. Villamil
  Title:   Chief Executive Officer and President

 

Signature Page to Credit Agreement


 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent
By:   /s/ Barry Price
  Name:   Barry Price
  Title:   Managing Director

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as a Lender, L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender
By:   /s/ Robert Klawinski
  Name:   Robert Klawinski
  Title:   Senior Vice President

 

Signature Page to Credit Agreement


MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A.
By:   /s/ Fred Stupart
  Name:   Fred Stupart
  Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

Signature Page to Credit Agreement


 

SCOTIABANK DE PUERTO RICO,
as a Lender
By:   /s/ Richardo Fishman
  Name:   Mr. Ricardo Fishman
  Title:   Vice President

 

Signature Page to Credit Agreement


ORIENTAL BANK & TRUST,

as a Lender

By:   /s/ Francisco Portero
  Name:   Francisco Portero
  Title:   Senior Vice President
Commercial Banking

Signature Page to Credit Agreement


CALIFORNIA FIRST NATIONAL BANK
By:   /s/ D.N. Lee
  Name:   D.N. Lee
  Title:   S.V.P.

Signature Page to Credit Agreement

EX-10.2 8 dex102.htm AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO CREDIT AGREEMENT Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement

Exhibit 10.2

EXECUTION VERSION

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

AMENDMENT NO. 1, dated as of March 3, 2011 (this “Amendment”), to the Credit Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2010 (as amended, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among EVERTEC, Inc. (the “Borrower”), the guarantors party thereto, the lenders from time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”) and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), Swingline Lender and L/C Issuer. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement unless otherwise defined herein.

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.08(e) of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower desires to create a new class of Term B-1 Loans under the Credit Agreement having identical terms with, having the same rights and obligations under the Loan Documents as and in the same aggregate principal amount as the Term B Loans as set forth in the Credit Agreement and Loan Documents, except as such terms are amended hereby;

WHEREAS, each Term B Lender that executes and delivers a consent to this Amendment substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (a “Consent”) shall be deemed, upon effectiveness of this Amendment, to have exchanged all or the portion set forth on the signature page to such Term B Lender’s Consent (or such lesser amount allocated to it by the Arrangers) of its Term B Loans for Term B-1 Loans, and such Lender shall thereafter become a Term B-1 Lender;

WHEREAS, each Person that executes and delivers a joinder to this Amendment substantially in the form of Exhibit B (a “Joinder”) as an Additional Term B-1 Lender will make Term B-1 Loans to the Borrower in the amount set forth on the signature page of such Person’s Joinder on the effective date of this Amendment, the proceeds of which will be used by the Borrower to repay in full the outstanding principal amount of Non-Exchanged Term B Loans (as defined herein);

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.08(b)(i) of the Credit Agreement, the Loan Parties desire to amend the Credit Agreement to decrease the rate of interest applicable to Revolving Facility Loans and each Revolving Facility Lender directly affected thereby has delivered a Consent hereto;

WHEREAS, the Loan Parties and Required Lenders wish to make certain other amendments to the Credit Agreement;

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:


ARTICLE I

Amendments

Section 1.1. Amendments Relating to Term B-1 Loans and Revolving Facility Commitments. Subject to the occurrence of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date:

(a) Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting in appropriate alphabetical order the following new definitions:

Additional Term B-1 Commitment” shall mean, with respect to an Additional Term B-1 Lender, the commitment of such Additional Term B-1 Lender to make an Additional Term B-1 Loan on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, in the amount set forth on the joinder agreement of such Additional Term B-1 Lender to Amendment No. 1. The aggregate amount of the Additional Term B-1 Commitments of all Additional Term B-1 Lenders shall equal the outstanding aggregate principal amount of Non-Exchanged Term B Loans.

Additional Term B-1 Lender” shall mean a Person with an Additional Term B-1 Commitment to make Additional Term B-1 Loans to the Borrower on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, which for the avoidance of doubt may be an existing Term B Lender.

Additional Term B-1 Loan” shall mean a Loan that is made pursuant to Section 2.01(e)(ii) of the Credit Agreement on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date.

Amendment No. 1” shall mean Amendment No. 1 to this Agreement dated as of March 3, 2011.

Amendment No. 1 Effective Date” shall mean March 3, 2011, the date of effectiveness of Amendment No. 1.

Exchanged Term B Loans” shall mean each Term B Loan (or portion thereof) as to which the Lender thereof has consented to exchange into a Term B-1 Loan and the Arrangers have allocated into a Term B-1 Loan.

Non-Exchanged Term B Loan” shall mean each Term B Loan (or portion thereof) other than an Exchanged Term B Loan.

Term B-1 Loan Commitment” shall mean, with respect to a Term B Lender, the agreement of such Term B Lender to exchange the principal amount of its Term B Loans set forth on the signature page to such Term B Lender’s Consent (or such lesser amount allocated to it by the Arrangers) for an equal principal amount of Term B-1 Loans on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date.

Term B-1 Loan” shall mean an Additional Term B-1 Loan or a Loan that is deemed made pursuant to Section 2.01(e)(i).

(b) The definition of “Applicable Margin” in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

Applicable Margin” shall mean for any day (i) with respect to any Term B-1 Loan, 4.00% per annum in the case of any Eurocurrency Loan and 3.00% per annum in the case of any

 

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ABR Loan, (ii) with respect to any Revolving Facility Loan, (A) 3.75% per annum in the case of any Eurocurrency Loan and (B) 2.75% per annum in the case of any ABR Loan and (iii) with respect to Swingline Loans, 2.75% per annum; provided, that on and after the first Adjustment Date occurring after delivery of the financial statements and certificates required by Section 5.04 upon the completion of one full fiscal quarter of the Borrower after the Closing Date, the Applicable Margin with respect to Revolving Facility Loans and Term B-1 Loans will be determined pursuant to the Pricing Grid. It is understood and agreed that the “Applicable Margin” (as defined herein immediately prior to the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date) shall apply for all days prior to the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, and the “Applicable Margin” (as defined herein immediately after giving effect to the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date) shall apply for all days on and after the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date.

(c) The definition of “Pricing Grid” in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended (i) to replace the table therein with the following:

 

Senior Secured Leverage Ratio

   Applicable Margin
for Eurocurrency
Loans
    Applicable
Margin for
ABR Loans
    Applicable
Commitment
Fee
 

Greater than 2.50 to 1.00

     3.75     2.75     0.75

Less than or equal to 2.50 to 1.00 and greater than 2.00 to 1.00

     3.25     2.25     0.50

Less than or equal to 2.00 to 1.00

     3.00     2.00     0.375

and (ii) by inserting immediately following the table therein the following:

and, with respect to Term B-1 Loans, the table set forth below:

Term B-1 Loans:

 

Senior Secured Leverage Ratio

   Applicable Margin
for Eurocurrency
Loans
    Applicable
Margin for
ABR Loans
 

Greater than or equal to 2.25 to 1.00

     4.00     3.00

Less than 2.25 to 1.00

     3.75     2.75

(d) All references to “Term B Borrowing,” “Term B Facility,” “Term B Facility Maturity Date,” “Term B Lender,” “Term B Loan,” “Term B Loan Commitment,” “Term B Loan Installment Date” and “Term B Loan Repayment Amount” in the Loan Documents shall be deemed to be replaced with “Term B-1 Borrowing,” “Term B-1 Facility,” “Term B-1 Facility Maturity Date,” “Term B-1 Lender,” “Term B-1 Loan,” “Term B-1 Loan Commitment,” “Term B-1 Loan Installment Date” and “Term B-1 Loan Repayment Amount,” respectively (unless the context otherwise requires, including, without limitation, with respect to the definitions of “Term B Loan Commitment” and “Term B Loans”, Section 2.01(a) of the Credit Agreement and clause (b) of the of the first sentence of Section 3.12 of the Credit Agreement).

 

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(e) Section 2.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph (e) to such Section:

“(e) (i) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof and of Amendment No. 1, each Term B Lender severally agrees to exchange its Exchanged Term B Loans for a like principal amount of Term B-1 Loans on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date.

(ii) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof and of Amendment No. 1, each Additional Term B-1 Lender severally agrees to make an Additional Term B-1 Loan to the Borrower on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date in the principal amount equal to its Additional Term B-1 Commitment on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date. The Borrower shall prepay the Non-Exchanged Term B Loans with a like amount of the gross proceeds of the Additional Term B-1 Loans, concurrently with the receipt thereof. All Additional Term B-1 Loans will have the same Types (in the same amounts) as applicable at such time to the corresponding Non-Exchanged Term B Loans and will have initial Interest Periods ending on the same dates as the Interest Periods applicable at such time to the corresponding Non-Exchanged Term B Loans, and the Eurocurrency Rate applicable to such Term B-1 Loans during such initial Interest Periods will be the same as that applicable at such time to the corresponding Non-Exchanged Term B Loans. Accrued and unpaid interest on the Non-Exchanged Term B Loans to, but not including, the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date shall be payable on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date and the Borrower will make any payments required under Section 2.17 of the Credit Agreement with respect to the Non-Exchanged Term B Loans in accordance therewith.

(iii) All Term B-1 Loans made on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date by Lenders of Exchanged Term B Loans will have the same Types (in the same amounts) as applicable at such time to the corresponding Exchanged Term B Loans and will have initial Interest Periods ending on the same dates as the Interest Periods applicable at such time to the corresponding Exchanged Term B Loans, and the Eurocurrency Rate applicable to such Term B-1 Loans during such initial Interest Periods will be the same as that applicable at such time to the corresponding Exchanged Term B Loans. No accrued interest on the Exchanged Term B Loans shall be payable on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date (except to the extent such date is also a scheduled Interest Payment Date under the Credit Agreement) and no amounts under Section 2.17 of the Credit Agreement shall be payable in connection with such exchange.

(iv) The Term B-1 Loans shall have the same terms as the Term B Loans as set forth in the Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents before giving effect to Amendment No. 1, except as modified by Amendment No. 1; it being understood that the Term B-1 Loans (and all principal, interest and other amounts in respect thereof) will constitute “Obligations” under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents and shall have the same rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement and Loan Documents as the Term B Loans prior to the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, except as explicitly modified by Amendment No. 1.

(f) Section 2.09(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following at the end thereof:

“The Term B-1 Loan Commitments shall be automatically and permanently reduced to $0 upon the funding of the Term B-1 Loans on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date.”

 

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(g) Section 2.12(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing the proviso to the second sentence thereof with the following: “provided that in the event that, on or prior to the date which is six months after the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, the Borrower makes any prepayment of Term B-1 Loans in connection with any Repricing Transaction, the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable account of the Term B-1 Lenders, a prepayment premium of 1% of the amount of the Term B-1 Loans being prepaid”.

(h) Section 2.14(a) of the Credit Agreement is amended to replace “2.75%” with “2.50%”.

(i) Section 2.14(b) of the Credit Agreement is amended to replace “1.75%” with “1.50%”.

(j) Section 3.12 of the Credit Agreement is amended to add the following at the end thereof:

“The Borrower will use the proceeds of the Term B-1 Loans made on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date to refinance the Term B Loans.”

Section 1.2. Other Amendments. Subject to the occurrence of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, the Required Lenders after giving effect to the exchange of Term B Loans into Term B-1 Loans and the borrowing of the Additional Term B-1 Loans hereby agree as follows:

(a) Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting in appropriate alphabetical order the following new definitions:

Minimum Interest Coverage Ratio” means at any time of determination that is (i) on or prior to December 31, 2013, 1.65:1.00 and (ii) thereafter, 1.70:1.00.

(b) The definition of “Incremental Amount” in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

Incremental Amount” shall mean the greater of (a) $125.0 million and (b) the maximum principal amount of Indebtedness that may be incurred at such time that would not cause the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis to exceed 3.25 to 1.00; provided that in calculating the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio for purposes of this definition only, all Indebtedness (whether or not unsecured or secured by a junior Lien) incurred or being incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(bb) shall be included in Total First Lien Senior Secured Debt.

(c) The definition of “Loan Documents” in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding immediately prior to the period therein “and amendments and joinders to this Agreement”.

(d) The definitions of “Total First Lien Senior Secured Debt” and “Total Secured Debt” in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement are hereby amended to replace “$20.0 million” in each such definition with “$50.0 million”.

(e) Section 6.01(h) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following before the semicolon at the end thereof: “and (C) in the case of Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness included in Total First Lien Senior Secured Debt) incurred pursuant to subclause (i),

 

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the Interest Coverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis shall be not less than the Minimum Interest Coverage Ratio”.

(f) Section 6.01(i) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following before the semicolon at the end thereof: “provided that in the case of Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness included in Total First Lien Senior Secured Debt) incurred pursuant to subclause (i) or (ii), the Interest Coverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis shall not be less than the Minimum Interest Coverage Ratio”.

(g) Section 6.01(r) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following before “(ii)”: “(C) if such Indebtedness is unsecured, the Interest Coverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis shall not be less than the Minimum Interest Coverage Ratio and”.

(h) Section 6.06(i) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing “$15.0 million” with “$35.0 million”.

(i) The last paragraph of Section 6.06 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing “2.25 to 1.00” with “3.25 to 1.00”.

(j) Section 6.10(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to replace the table therein in its entirety with the following:

 

Period

   Maximum Senior Secured
Leverage Ratio

January 1, 2011 – December 31, 2011

   3.60:1.00

January 1, 2012 – December 31, 2012

   3.60:1.00

January 1, 2013 – December 31, 2013

   3.50:1.00

January 1, 2014 – December 31, 2014

   3.40:1.00

January 1, 2015 – Term B-1 Facility Maturity Date

   3.20:1.00

(k) Section 6.10(b) of the Credit Agreement is deleted in its entirety.

ARTICLE II

Conditions to Effectiveness

This Amendment shall become effective on the date (the “Amendment No. 1 Effective Date”) on which:

(a) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from each party hereto either (i) a counterpart of this Amendment signed on behalf of such party or (ii) written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include telecopy transmission of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement.

(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received, on behalf of itself, the Collateral Agent, the Lenders and each L/C Issuer on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, a written opinion of (i) Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP, counsel for the Loan Parties, and (ii) Goldman Antonetti & Córdova, P.S.C., Puerto Rico counsel for the Loan Parties organized in Puerto Rico, in each case (A) dated as of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, (B) addressed to each

 

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L/C Issuer on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders and (C) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received in the case of each Loan Party each of the items referred to in clauses (1), (2) and (3) below:

(1) a copy of the certificate or articles of incorporation, certificate of limited partnership, certificate of formation or other equivalent organizational documents, including all amendments thereto, of each Loan Party, (A) in the case of a corporation, certified as of a recent date by the Secretary of State (or other similar official) of the jurisdiction of its organization, and a certificate as to the good standing (to the extent such concept or a similar concept exists under the laws of such jurisdiction) of each such Loan Party as of a recent date from such Secretary of State (or other similar official) or (B) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of each such Loan Party, or in the alternative (other than in the case of the Borrower), a certificate stating that such certificate or articles of incorporation or organization have not been amended since the Closing Date;

(2) a certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary or similar officer of each Loan Party dated the Closing Date and certifying

(i) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of the bylaws (or partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement or other equivalent governing documents) of such Loan Party as in effect on the Closing Date and at all times since a date prior to the date of the resolutions described in clause (B) below or in the alternative (other than in the case of the Borrower), certifying that such bylaws (or partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement or other equivalent governing documents) have not been amended since the Closing Date,

(ii) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors of such Loan Party (or its managing general partner, managing member or equivalent) authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which such person is a party and, in the case of the Borrower, the borrowings hereunder, and that such resolutions have not been modified, rescinded or amended and are in full force and effect on the Closing Date,

(iii) that the certificate or articles of incorporation, certificate of limited partnership, articles of incorporation, certificate of formation or other equivalent organizational documents of such Loan Party has not been amended since the date of the last amendment thereto disclosed pursuant to clause (i) above,

(iv) as to the incumbency and specimen signature of each officer executing any Loan Document or any other document delivered in connection herewith on behalf of such Loan Party and

(v) as to the absence of any pending proceeding for the dissolution or liquidation of such Loan Party; and

 

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(3) a certificate of a director or an officer as to the incumbency and specimen signature of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary or similar officer executing the certificate pursuant to clause (2) above.

(d) All fees and expenses due to the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and the Lenders required to be paid on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date shall have been paid. All reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers in connection with this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been paid, to the extent invoiced.

(e) The Administrative Agent shall have received all documentation and other information required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including without limitation, the USA PATRIOT Act that has been requested not less than two (2) Business Days prior to the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date.

(f) The aggregate principal amount of the Exchanged Term B Loans plus the aggregate principal amount of the Additional Term B-1 Commitments shall equal the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Term B Loans immediately prior to the effectiveness of this Amendment. Each Revolving Facility Lender shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a Consent.

(g) The Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent, (x) for the ratable account of the Lenders of the Non-Exchanged Term B Loans all accrued and unpaid interest on the Term B Loans to, but not including, the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date and (y) for the ratable account of all Term B Lenders immediately prior to the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, an amount equal to 1% of the aggregate principal amount of Term B Loans, in accordance with Section 2.12(a) of the Credit Agreement.

(h) The Administrative Agent shall have received a Borrowing Request not later than 10:00 a.m. on the Business Day prior to the date of the proposed Borrowing.

(i) The representations and warranties set forth in the Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof, as applicable, with the same effect as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date).

(j) At the time of and immediately after giving effect to this Amendment, no Event of Default or Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the amendments effected hereby shall not become effective, and the obligations of the Additional Term B-1 Lenders hereunder to make Additional Term B-1 Loans will automatically terminate, if each of the conditions set forth or referred to in this Article II has not been satisfied at or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on March 11, 2011.

 

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ARTICLE III

Representation and Warranties.

After giving effect to the amendments contained herein, on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date the Borrower hereby confirms that: (a) this Amendment has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Borrower and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Borrower enforceable against it in accordance with its terms; (b) the representations and warranties set forth in Article III of the Credit Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date with the same effect as though made on and as of the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties were true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date); and (c) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under the Credit Agreement.

ARTICLE IV

Miscellaneous

Section 4.1. Certain Collateral Matters. The Borrower shall or shall cause the applicable Loan Party to take such actions set forth on Schedule 4.1 within the timeframes set forth for the taking of such actions on Schedule 4.1 (or within such longer timeframes as the Administrative Agent shall permit in its reasonable discretion) (it being understood and agreed that all representations, warranties and covenants of the Loan Documents with respect to the taking of such actions are qualified by the non-completion of such actions until such time as they are completed or required to be completed in accordance with this Section 4.1).

Section 4.2. Continuing Effect; No Other Amendments or Waivers. This Amendment shall not constitute an amendment or waiver of or consent to any provision of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents except as expressly stated herein and shall not be construed as an amendment, waiver or consent to any action on the part of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower that would require an amendment, waiver or consent of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders except as expressly stated herein. Except as expressly waived hereby, the provisions of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents are and shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with their terms. This Amendment shall constitute a “Loan Document” for all purposes of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

Section 4.3. Waiver. The Required Lenders and Administrative Agent agree that the Borrower may deliver a Borrowing Request pursuant to Section 4.01 of the Credit Agreement not later than 10:00 a.m. on the Business Day prior to the date of the proposed Borrowing (in lieu of three Business Days). The Required Lenders and Administrative Agent waive the requirement for delivery of a notice of prepayment pursuant to Section 2.12 of the Credit Agreement.

Section 4.4. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of separate counterparts by the parties hereto (including by telecopy or via electronic mail), each of which counterparts when so executed shall be an original, but all the counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

Section 4.5. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

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Section 4.6. Reaffirmation. Each Loan Party hereby expressly acknowledges the terms of this Amendment and reaffirms, as of the date hereof, (i) the covenants and agreements contained in each Loan Document to which it is a party, including, in each case, such covenants and agreements as in effect immediately after giving effect to this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby and (ii) its guarantee of the Obligations under the Guarantee Agreements, as applicable, and its grant of Liens on the Collateral to secure the Obligations pursuant to the Security Documents.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed and delivered by their respective duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.

 

EVERTEC, INC.
By:   /s/ Felix M. Villamil
Name:   Felix M. Villamil
Title:   Chief Executive Officer and President
CARIB HOLDINGS, INC.
By:   /s/ Felix M. Villamil
Name:   Felix M. Villamil
Title   Chief Executive Officer and President
SENSE SOFTWARE INTERNATIONAL CORP.
By:   /s/ Felix M. Villamil
Name:   Felix M. Villamil
Title   President

[Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to EVERTEC Credit Agreement]


T.I.I. SMART SOLUTIONS INC.
By:   /s/ Luis Gerardo Alvarado Gómez
Name:   Luis Gerardo Alvarado Gómez
Title   Sole Director

[Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to EVERTEC Credit Agreement]


TARJETAS INTELIGENTES INTERNACIONALES SOCIEDAD ANONIMA
By:   /s/ Luis Gerardo Alvarado Gómez
Name:   Luis Gerardo Alvarado Gómez
Title   President

[Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to EVERTEC Credit Agreement]


EVERTEC DOMINICANA, S.A.
By:   /s/ Felix M. Villamil
  Name: Felix M. Villamil
  Title President

[Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to EVERTEC Credit Agreement]


TII SMART SOLUTIONS, SOCIEDAD ANÓNIMA
By:   /s/ Luis Gerardo Alvarado Gómez
Name:   Luis Gerardo Alvarado Gómez
Title   Sole Administrator

[Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to EVERTEC Credit Agreement]


ATH COSTA RICA SOCIEDAD ANÓNIMA
By:   /s/ Luis Gerardo Alvarado Gómez
Name:   Luis Gerardo Alvarado Gómez
Title   President

[Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to EVERTEC Credit Agreement]


EVERTEC MEXICO SERVICIOS DE

PROCESSAMIENTO, S.A. DE C.V.

By:   /s/ Luis Gerardo Alvarado Gómez
Name:   Luis Gerardo Alvarado Gómez
Title   President of Board of Directors

[Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to EVERTEC Credit Agreement]


ATH PANAMA, S.A.
By:   /s/ Luis Gerardo Alvarado Gómez
Name:   Luis Gerardo Alvarado Gómez
Title   President

[Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to EVERTEC Credit Agreement]


BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer and Swingline Lender
By:   /s/ Matthew A. Curtin
Name:   Matthew A. Curtin
Title:   Director

[Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to EVERTEC Credit Agreement]

EX-10.3 9 dex103.htm GUARANTEE AGREEMENT Guarantee Agreement

Exhibit 10.3

GUARANTEE AGREEMENT

This GUARANTEE AGREEMENT (this “Guarantee”), dated as of September 30, 2010, by and among the Borrower (as defined herein), the other Loan Parties identified as such on the signature pages hereof (each, a “Guarantor” and collectively, “Guarantors”), and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent (in such capacity, the “Agent”).

W I T N E S S E T H :

WHEREAS, Carib Holdings, Inc., a Puerto Rico corporation (“Holdings”), EVERTEC, Inc., a Puerto Rico corporation (the “Borrower”), the Lenders party thereto from time to time, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent for the Lenders and the other parties party thereto, have entered into a Credit Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2010 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”);

WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the obligation of the Lenders to make their respective Loans to, and the L/C Issuers to issue certain Letters of Credit for the account of, the Borrower under the Credit Agreement that the Guarantors shall have executed and delivered this Guarantee to the Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties (as hereinafter defined); and

WHEREAS, each Guarantor will obtain benefits from the incurrence of Loans by, and the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of, the Borrower, and accordingly desires to execute this Guarantee in order to satisfy the condition described in the preceding paragraph and to induce the Lenders to make Loans to, and the L/C Issuers to issue Letters of Credit for the account of, the Borrower.

 

1. DEFINITIONS.

Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement, unless otherwise defined herein. References to this “Guarantee” shall mean this Guarantee, including all amendments, modifications and supplements and any annexes, exhibits and schedules to any of the foregoing, and shall refer to this Guarantee as the same may be in effect at the time such reference becomes operative. The following terms shall have the following meanings:

Obligations” means “Obligations” as defined in the Collateral Agreement.

Secured Parties” means “Secured Parties” as defined in the Collateral Agreement.

 

2. THE GUARANTEE.

(a) Guarantee of Guaranteed Obligations. Each Guarantor unconditionally guarantees, jointly and severally (“solidariamente”) with the other Guarantors and the Borrower, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, the due and punctual payment and performance of the Obligations (the “Guaranteed Obligations”). Each Guarantor further agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice to or further assent from it, and that it will remain bound upon its guarantee notwithstanding any extension or


renewal of any Guaranteed Obligation. Each Guarantor waives presentment to, demand of payment from and protest to the Borrower or any other Guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, and also waives notice of acceptance of its guarantee and notice of protest for nonpayment.

(b) Guarantee of Payment. Each Guarantor further agrees that its guarantee hereunder constitutes a guarantee of payment when due and not of collection, and waives any right to require that any resort be had by the Agent or any other Secured Party to any security held for the payment of the Guaranteed Obligations or to any balance of any deposit account or credit on the books of the Agent or any other Secured Party in favor of the Borrower or any other person, or any other asset of the Borrower.

(c) No Limitations. Except for termination of a Guarantor’s obligations hereunder as expressly provided for in Section 5(f) or, with respect to any Subsidiary that becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 12 or otherwise, in any supplement to this Guarantee, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense or setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise (other than defense of payment or performance). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by:

(i) the failure of the Agent or any other Secured Party to assert any claim or demand or to exercise or enforce any right or remedy under the provisions of any Loan Document or otherwise;

(ii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of, or any release from any of the terms or provisions of, any Loan Document or any other agreement, including with respect to any other Guarantor under this Guarantee;

(iii) the release of, or the failure to perfect any security interest in, or the exchange, substitution, release or any impairment of, any security held by the Agent or any other Secured Party for the Guaranteed Obligations;

(iv) any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the Guaranteed Obligations;

(v) any other act or omission that may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Guarantor or otherwise operate as a discharge of any Guarantor as a matter of law or equity (other than the payment in full in cash or immediately available funds of all the Guaranteed Obligations);

(vi) any illegality, lack of validity or unenforceability of any Guaranteed Obligation;

(vii) any change in the corporate existence, structure or ownership of the Borrower, or any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other similar proceeding

 

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affecting the Borrower or its assets or any resulting release or discharge of any Guaranteed Obligation (other than the payment in full in cash or immediately available funds of all the Guaranteed Obligations);

(viii) the existence of any claim, set-off or other rights that the Guarantor may have at any time against the Borrower, the Agent, any other Secured Party or any other corporation or person, whether in connection herewith or any unrelated transactions, provided that nothing herein will prevent the assertion of any such claim by separate suit or compulsory counterclaim; and

(ix) any other circumstance (including, without limitation, any statute of limitations) or any existence of or reliance on any representation by the Agent or any other Secured Party that might otherwise constitute a defense to, or a legal or equitable discharge of, the Borrower or any Guarantor or any other guarantor or surety.

Each Guarantor expressly authorizes the Secured Parties to take and hold security for the payment and performance of the Guaranteed Obligations, to exchange, waive or release any or all such security (with or without consideration), to enforce or apply such security and direct the order and manner of any sale thereof in their sole discretion or to release or substitute any one or more other guarantors or obligors upon or in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations, all without affecting the obligations of any Guarantor hereunder. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Guarantor waives (A) any defense based on or arising out of any defense of any other Loan Party or the unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof from any cause, or the cessation from any cause of the liability (including any act or omission of any Secured Party) of any other Loan Party, other than the payment in full in cash or immediately available funds of all the Guaranteed Obligations (other than contingent or unliquidated obligations or liabilities to the extent no claim therefor has been made); (B) any defense arising by reason of any disability or other defense of the Borrower or any other Guarantor; (C) any defense based on any claim that the Guarantor’s obligations exceed or are more burdensome than those of the Borrower; (D) any right to proceed against the Borrower, proceed against or exhaust any security for the Guaranteed Obligations, or pursue any other remedy in the power of any Secured Party whatsoever; (E) any benefit of and any right to participate in any security now or hereafter held by any Secured Party; and (F) any and all other defenses or benefits that may be derived from or afforded by applicable law limiting the liability of or exonerating guarantors or sureties. The Agent and the other Secured Parties may, at their election, foreclose on any security held by one or more of them by one or more judicial or nonjudicial sales, accept an assignment of any such security in lieu of foreclosure, compromise or adjust any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, make any other accommodation with the Borrower or any other Guarantor or exercise any other right or remedy available to them against the Borrower or any other Guarantor, without affecting or impairing in any way the liability of any Guarantor hereunder except to the extent the Guaranteed Obligations (other than contingent or unliquidated obligations or liabilities to the extent no claim therefor has been made) have been paid in full in cash or immediately available funds. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Guarantor waives any defense arising out of any such election even though such election operates, pursuant to applicable law, to impair or to extinguish any right of reimbursement or subrogation or other right or remedy of such Guarantor against any other Loan Party, as the case may be, or any security.

 

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(d) Reinstatement. Each Guarantor agrees that its guarantee hereunder shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of any Guaranteed Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by the Agent or any other Secured Party upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Borrower, any Guarantor or otherwise.

(e) Agreement To Pay; Subrogation. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right that the Agent or any other Secured Party has at law or in equity against any Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Borrower or any Guarantor to pay any Guaranteed Obligation when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, after notice of prepayment or otherwise, each Guarantor hereby promises to and will forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, to the Agent for distribution to the applicable Secured Party in cash the amount of such unpaid Guaranteed Obligation. Upon payment by any Guarantor of any sums to the Agent as provided above, all rights of such Guarantor against the Borrower or applicable Guarantor arising as a result thereof by way of right of subrogation, contribution, reimbursement, indemnity or otherwise shall in all respects be subject to Section 6(c) hereof.

(f) Information. Each Guarantor assumes all responsibility for being and keeping itself informed of the financial condition and assets of the Borrower and each other Guarantor, and of all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Guaranteed Obligations and the nature, scope and extent of the risks that such Guarantor assumes and incurs hereunder, and agrees that neither the Agent nor any other Secured Party will have any duty to advise such Guarantor of information known to it or any of them regarding such circumstances or risks.

(g) Maximum Liability. Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of this Guarantee, the Agent for itself and on behalf of each Secured Party hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such persons that this Guarantee and the Guaranteed Obligations of each Guarantor hereunder not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or any other federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar foreign, federal or state law to the extent applicable to this Guarantee and the Guaranteed Obligations of each Guarantor hereunder. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Agent, for itself and on behalf of each Lender, and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the Guaranteed Obligations of each Guarantor under this Guarantee at any time shall be limited to the maximum amount as will result in the Guaranteed Obligations of such Guarantor under this Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.

(h) Obligations Independent. The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder are those of primary obligor, and not merely as surety, and are independent of the Guaranteed Obligations and the obligations of any other guarantor, and a separate action may be brought against the Guarantor to enforce this Guarantee whether or not the Borrower or any other person or entity is joined as a party.

 

3. FURTHER ASSURANCES.

Each Guarantor agrees, upon the written request of the Agent, to execute and deliver to the Agent, from time to time, any additional instruments or documents reasonably considered

 

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necessary by the Agent to cause this Guarantee to be, become or remain valid and effective in accordance with its terms.

 

4. PAYMENTS FREE AND CLEAR OF TAXES.

Each Guarantor agrees that such Guarantor will perform or observe all of the terms, covenants and agreements that Section 2.18 of the Credit Agreement requires such Guarantor to perform or observe, subject to the qualifications set forth therein.

 

5. OTHER TERMS.

(a) Headings. The headings in this Guarantee are for convenience of reference only and are not to affect the construction hereof or be taken into consideration in the interpretation hereof.

(b) Severability. Any provision of this Guarantee which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

(c) Notices. All communications and notices hereunder shall (except as otherwise expressly permitted herein) be given in the manner as set forth in Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement.

(d) Successors and Assigns. Whenever in this Guarantee any Guarantor is referred to, such reference shall be deemed to include the permitted successors and assigns of such party (in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement); and all covenants, promises and agreements by any Guarantor that are contained in this Guarantee shall bind and inure to the benefit of its respective permitted successors and assigns.

(e) No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Amendments. Neither the Agent nor any Secured Party shall by any act (except by a written instrument permitted by this Section 5(e)) be deemed to have waived any right or remedy hereunder. No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of the Agent or any Secured Party any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof. No single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. A waiver by the Agent or any Secured Party of any right or remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy which the Agent or such Secured Party would otherwise have on any future occasion. The rights and remedies herein provided are cumulative, may be exercised singly or concurrently and are not exclusive of any other rights or remedies provided by law. Neither this Guarantee nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Agent and the Guarantor or Guarantors with respect to which such waiver, amendment or modification is to apply, subject to any consent required in accordance with Section 9.08 of the Credit Agreement.

 

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(f) Termination. This Guarantee and the guarantees made herein shall terminate when all the Guaranteed Obligations (other than contingent or unliquidated obligations or liabilities to the extent no claim therefor has been made) have been paid in full in cash or immediately available funds and the Lenders have no further commitment to lend under the Credit Agreement, the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure has been reduced to zero and each L/C Issuer has no further obligations to issue Letters of Credit under the Credit Agreement (or cash collateralized or supported by back-to-back letters of credit in form and substance and from an issuing bank satisfactory to the applicable L/C Issuer; provided that, upon payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations (other than contingent or unliquidated obligations or liabilities to the extent no claim therefor has been made), the Agent may assume that no Obligations are outstanding unless otherwise advised in writing by Holdings and/or the Borrower.

(i) A Guarantor shall automatically be released from its guarantee and its obligations hereunder, without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party, upon (i) the consummation of any transaction permitted by the Credit Agreement, as a result of which such Guarantor ceases to be a Subsidiary or (ii) the effectiveness of any written consent to the release of a Guarantor pursuant to Section 9.08 of the Credit Agreement.

(ii) In connection with any termination or release pursuant to this Section 5(f), the Agent shall execute and deliver to the Borrower, at the Borrower’s expense, evidence of such release and all documents to evidence such termination or release as reasonably requested by the Borrower in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, subject to receipt by the Agent of such certifications of Borrower as it may reasonably request regarding compliance of such release with this Section 5(f). Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this Section 5(f) shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Agent.

(g) Counterparts. This Guarantee may be executed in any number of separate counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Guarantee by facsimile transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

(h) Stay of Acceleration. In the event that acceleration of the time for payment of any of the Guaranteed Obligations is stayed, in connection with any case commenced by or against any Guarantor or the Borrower under any Debtor Relief Laws, or otherwise, all such amounts shall nonetheless be payable by each Guarantor immediately upon demand by the Secured Parties.

(i) Expenses. The parties hereto shall pay all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agent or any Lender in connection with the enforcement of this Guarantee and the other Loan Documents in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights under this Guarantee, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Agent and the Lenders (including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, counsel for the Agent and the Joint Lead Arrangers, and, if necessary, the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of one local counsel per jurisdiction and one additional counsel for the affected persons, taken as a whole, to the extent of any actual conflict of interest). The agreements in this paragraph shall survive the resignation of the Agent, the replacement of any

 

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Lender, the termination of the Guarantee and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other Guaranteed Obligations.

 

6. INDEMNITY, SUBROGATION AND SUBORDINATION.

(a) Indemnity and Subrogation. In addition to all such rights of indemnity and subrogation as the Guarantors may have under applicable law (but subject to Section 6(c)), the Borrower agrees that (i) in the event a payment shall be made by any Guarantor under this Guarantee in respect of any Guaranteed Obligation of the Borrower, the Borrower shall indemnify such Guarantor for the full amount of such payment and such Guarantor shall be subrogated to the rights of the person to whom such payment shall have been made to the extent of such payment and (ii) in the event any assets of any Guarantor shall be sold pursuant to this Guarantee or any other Security Document to satisfy in whole or in part a Guaranteed Obligation of the Borrower, the Borrower shall indemnify such Guarantor in an amount equal to the greater of the book value or the fair market value of the assets so sold.

(b) Contribution and Subrogation. Each Guarantor (a “Contributing Guarantor”) agrees (subject to Section 6(c)) that, in the event a payment shall be made by any other Guarantor hereunder in respect of any Guaranteed Obligation or assets of any other Guarantor shall be sold pursuant to any Security Document to satisfy any Guaranteed Obligation owed to any Secured Party and such other Guarantor (the “Claiming Guarantor”) shall not have been fully indemnified by the Borrower as provided in Section 6(a), the Contributing Guarantor shall indemnify the Claiming Guarantor in an amount equal to the amount of such payment or the greater of the book value or the fair market value of such assets, as applicable, in each case multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the net worth of such Contributing Guarantor on the date hereof and the denominator shall be the aggregate net worth of all the Guarantors on the date hereof (or, in the case of any Guarantor becoming a party hereto pursuant to Section 5.10(d) of the Credit Agreement, the date of the supplement hereto executed and delivered by such Guarantor). Any Contributing Guarantor making any payment to a Claiming Guarantor pursuant to this Section 6(b) shall be subrogated to the rights of such Claiming Guarantor under Section 6(a) to the extent of such payment.

(c) Subordination.

(i) Notwithstanding any provision of this Guarantee to the contrary, all rights of the Guarantors under Sections 6(a) and 6(b) and all other rights of indemnity, contribution or subrogation of any Guarantor under applicable law or otherwise shall be fully subordinated to the payment in full in cash or immediately available funds of the Guaranteed Obligations (other than contingent or unliquidated obligations or liabilities to the extent no claim therefor has been made). No failure on the part of the Borrower or any Guarantor to make the payments required by Sections 6(a) and 6(b) (or any other payments required under applicable law or otherwise) shall in any respect limit the obligations and liabilities of any Guarantor with respect to its obligations hereunder, and each Guarantor shall remain liable for the full amount of the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder.

(ii) Each Guarantor hereby agrees that all Indebtedness and other monetary obligations owed by it to any other Guarantor or any Subsidiary shall be fully subordinated to the payment

 

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in full in cash or immediately available funds of the Guaranteed Obligations (other than contingent or unliquidated obligations or liabilities).

 

7. SECURITY.

To secure payment of each Guarantor’s obligations under this Guarantee, concurrently with the execution of this Guarantee, certain Guarantors have entered into certain Security Documents or may enter into certain other Security Documents pursuant to which each Guarantor has granted to the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders and the other Secured Parties, a security interest in the Collateral described therein.

 

8. APPLICABLE LAW.

THIS GUARANTEE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

9. CONSENT TO JURISDICTION.

(a) Each party to this Guarantee hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the jurisdiction of any New York State court or federal court of the United States of America sitting in New York County, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Guarantee or any other Loan Documents to which it is a party (unless, in the case of any other Loan Document, otherwise expressly provided in such other Loan Document), or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by 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 Guarantee shall affect any right that any party may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Guarantee or any of the other Loan Documents in the courts of any jurisdiction, except that each of the Guarantors agrees that (a) it will not bring any such action or proceeding in any court other than New York Courts (it being acknowledged and agreed by the Loan Parties that any other forum would be inconvenient and inappropriate in view of the fact that more of the Lenders who would be affected by any such action or proceeding have contacts with the State of New York than any other jurisdiction), and (b) in any such action or proceeding brought against any Guarantor in any other court, it will not assert any cross-claim, counterclaim or setoff, or seek any other affirmative relief, except to the extent that the failure to assert the same will preclude such Guarantor from asserting or seeking the same in the New York Courts.

(b) Each party to this Guarantee hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Guarantee or any other Loan Document in any New York State or federal court of the United States of America sitting in New York County, and any appellate court from any thereof. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the

 

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defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.

(c) By the execution and delivery of this Guarantee, each party to this Guarantee (i) acknowledges that it has, by separate written instrument, designated and appointed CT Corporation System, with an office at 111 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York 10011 (“CT”) (and any successor entity), as its authorized agent upon which process may be served in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Guarantee that may be instituted in any federal or state court in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, State of New York or brought under federal or state securities laws, and acknowledges that CT has accepted such designation, (ii) submits to the jurisdiction of any such court in any such suit or proceeding and (iii) agrees that service of process upon CT and written notice of said service to any party to this Guarantee in accordance with the manner provided for notices in Section 5 (c) above shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon such party to this Guarantee, in any such suit or proceeding. Each party to this Guarantee further agrees to take any and all action, including the execution and filing of any and all such documents and instruments, as may be necessary to continue such designation and appointment of CT in full force and effect so long as this Guarantee is in effect; provided that each party to the Guarantee, with respect to such party, may and to the extent CT ceases to be able to be served on the basis contemplated herein shall, by written notice to the Agent, designate such additional or alternative agent for service of process under this paragraph (c) that (i) maintains an office located in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, State of New York and (ii) is either (x) counsel for the Borrower or (y) a corporate service company which acts as agent for service of process for other persons in the ordinary course of its business. Such written notice shall identify the name of such agent for service of process and the address of the office of such agent for service of process in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, State of New York. To the extent that any party to the Guarantee has or hereafter may acquire any immunity from jurisdiction of any court of (i) any jurisdiction in which it owns or leases property or assets, (ii) the United States or the State of New York or (iii) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any political subdivision thereof or from any legal process (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution or otherwise) with respect to itself or its property and assets or this Guarantee or any of the other Loan Documents or actions to enforce judgments in respect of any thereof, such party to the Guarantee hereby irrevocably waives such immunity in respect of its obligations under the above-referenced documents, to the extent permitted by law. Nothing in this Guarantee, any other Loan Document will affect the right of any party to this Guarantee to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

 

10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.

EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST 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, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS GUARANTEE OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS. EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION,

 

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SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS GUARANTEE BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 10.

 

11. RIGHT OF SET OFF.

If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender, the Agent and each L/C Issuer is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other obligations at any time owing by such Lender, the Agent or such L/C Issuer to or for the credit or the account of any Guarantor against any of and all the obligations of such Guarantor now or hereafter existing under this Guarantee owed to such Lender, the Agent or such L/C Issuer irrespective of whether or not such Lender, the Agent or such L/C Issuer shall have made any demand under this Guarantee and although such obligations may be unmatured. The rights of each Lender, the Agent and L/C Issuer under this Section 11 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of set-off) that such Lender, the Agent and such L/C Issuer may have.

 

12. ADDITIONAL SUBSIDIARIES.

Upon execution and delivery by the Agent and any Subsidiary that is required to become a party hereto by Section 5.10 of the Credit Agreement (or otherwise elects to become a party hereto) of an instrument in the form of Exhibit I hereto, such Subsidiary shall become a Guarantor hereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Guarantor herein. The execution and delivery of any such instrument shall not require the consent of any other party to this Guarantee. The rights and obligations of each party to this Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new party to this Guarantee.

 

13. 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 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 each Guarantor and the Borrower in respect of any such sum due from it to the 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 the Agreement (the “Agreement Currency”), be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by the Agent of any sum adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency, the 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 Agent from the applicable Guarantor or the Borrower in the Agreement Currency, such party to this Guarantee agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the 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

 

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the sum originally due to the Agent in such currency, the Agent agrees to return the amount of any excess to such party to this Guarantee (or to any other person who may be entitled thereto under applicable law).

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Guarantor has caused this Guarantee to be executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

 

CARIB HOLDINGS, INC., as Guarantor
By:   /s/ Felix M. Villamil
Name:   Felix M. Villamil
Title:   Chief Executive Officer and President

 

EVERTEC, INC., as Borrower
By:   /s/ Felix M. Villamil
Name:   Felix M. Villamil
Title:   Chief Executive Officer and President

Signature Page to Guarantee Agreement


SENSE SOFTWARE INTERNATIONAL CORP.,

as Guarantor

By:   /s/ Felix M. Villamil
Name:   Felix M. Villamil
Title   President

Signature Page to Guarantee Agreement


T.I.I. SMART SOLUTIONS INC., as Guarantor
By:   /s/ Luis Gerardo Alvarado Gómez
Name:   Luis Gerardo Alvarado Gómez
Title   Sole Director

Signature Page to Guarantee Agreement


ATH COSTA RICA SOCIEDAD ANÓNIMA,

as Guarantor

By:   /s/ Luis Gerardo Alvarado Gómez
Name:   Luis Gerardo Alvarado Gómez
Title   President

 

TARJETAS INTELIGENTES

INTERNACIONALES SOCIEDAD ANONIMA,

as Guarantor

By:   /s/ Luis Gerardo Alvarado Gómez
Name:   Luis Gerardo Alvarado Gómez
Title   President

Signature Page to Guarantee Agreement


EVERTEC DOMINICANA, S.A., as Guarantor
By:   /s/ Felix M. Villamil
Name:   Felix M. Villamil
Title   President

Signature Page to Guarantee Agreement


TII SMART SOLUTIONS, SOCIEDAD

ANÓNIMA, as Guarantor

By:   /s/ Luis Gerardo Alvarado Gómez
Name:   Luis Gerardo Alvarado Gómez
Title   Sole Administrator

Signature Page to Guarantee Agreement


EVERTEC MEXICO SERVICIOS DE

PROCESSAMIENTO, S.A. DE C.V., as Guarantor

By:   /s/ Luis Gerardo Alvarado Gómez
Name:   Luis Gerardo Alvarado Gómez
Title   Chairman of Board of Directors

Signature Page to Guarantee Agreement


ATH PANAMA, S.A., as Guarantor
By:   /s/ Luis Gerardo Alvarado Gómez
Name:   Luis Gerardo Alvarado Gómez
Title   President

Signature Page to Guarantee Agreement


Accepted and Agreed to:

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Agent

By:   /s/ Barry Price
  Name:   Barry Price
  Title:   Managing Director

Signature Page to Guarantee Agreement


Exhibit I

to Guarantee

SUPPLEMENT NO.      dated as of              (this “Supplement”), to the Guarantee Agreement dated as of September 30, 2010 (the “Guarantee”), among EVERTEC, INC., a Puerto Rico corporation (the “Borrower”), each other Loan Party party thereto and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent (in such capacity, the “Agent”).

A. Reference is made to the Credit Agreement dated as of September 30, 2010 (as amended, restated, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among CARIB HOLDINGS, INC., a Puerto Rico corporation, the Borrower, the Lenders party thereto from time to time, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent for the Lenders.

B. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement or the Guarantee referred to therein, as applicable.

C. The Guarantors have entered into the Guarantee in order to induce the Lenders to extend credit to the Borrower subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Credit Agreement. Section 12 of the Guarantee provides that additional Subsidiaries may become Guarantors under the Guarantee by execution and delivery of an instrument in the form of this Supplement. The undersigned Subsidiary (the “New Subsidiary”) is executing this Supplement to become a Guarantor under the Guarantee in order to induce the Lenders to make additional Loans and each L/C Issuer to issue additional Letters of Credit and as consideration for Loans previously made and Letters of Credit previously issued.

Accordingly, the Agent and the New Subsidiary agree as follows:

SECTION 1. In accordance with Section 12 of the Guarantee, the New Subsidiary by its signature below becomes a Guarantor under the Guarantee with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Guarantor and the New Subsidiary hereby agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Guarantee applicable to it as a Guarantor thereunder. In furtherance of the foregoing, the New Subsidiary does hereby guarantee to the Agent the due and punctual payment of the Guaranteed Obligations as set forth in the Guarantee. Each reference to a “Guarantor” in the Guarantee shall be deemed to include the New Subsidiary. The Guarantee is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

SECTION 2. The New Subsidiary represents and warrants to the Agent and the other Secured Parties that this Supplement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to (i) the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (ii) general principles of

 

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equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (iii) implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing.

SECTION 3. The New Subsidiary is a company duly incorporated under the laws of [name of relevant jurisdiction]. [The guarantee of the New Subsidiary giving a guarantee other than in respect of its Subsidiary is subject to the limitations that are agreed in respect of the New Subsidiary [insert guarantee limitation wording for relevant jurisdiction]]1.

SECTION 4. This Supplement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute but one contract. This Supplement shall become effective when (a) the Agent shall have received a counterpart of this Supplement that bears the signature of the New Subsidiary and (b) the Agent has executed a counterpart hereof. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Supplement by facsimile or electronic transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Supplement.

SECTION 5. Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect.

SECTION 6. THIS SUPPLEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS SUPPLEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

SECTION 7. In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Supplement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and in the Guarantee shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

SECTION 8. All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing and given as provided in Section 5(c) and 9(c) of the Guarantee.

SECTION 9. The New Subsidiary agrees to reimburse the Agent for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this Supplement, including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel for the Agent.

 

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Subject to Agreed Security Principles

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Subsidiary and the Agent have duly executed this Supplement to the Guarantee as of the day and year first above written.

 

[Name of New Subsidiary]
By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

Legal Name:
Jurisdiction of Formation:
Location of Chief Executive Office:


BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Agent
By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  
EX-10.4 10 dex104.htm COLLATERAL AGREEMENT Collateral Agreement

Exhibit 10.4

COLLATERAL AGREEMENT

dated and effective as of

September 30, 2010

among

CARIB HOLDINGS, INC.,

as Holdings,

EVERTEC, Inc.,

as Borrower,

each Subsidiary of EVERTEC, Inc. identified herein,

and

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

as Collateral Agent


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

          Page  
ARTICLE I.   
DEFINITIONS   

SECTION 1.01.

   Credit Agreement      1   

SECTION 1.02.

   Other Defined Terms      1   
ARTICLE II.   
PLEDGE OF SECURITIES   

SECTION 2.01.

   Pledge      6   

SECTION 2.02.

   Delivery of the Pledged Collateral      7   

SECTION 2.03.

   Representations, Warranties and Covenants      7   

SECTION 2.04.

   Certification of Limited Liability Company and Limited Partnership Interests      9   

SECTION 2.05.

   Registration in Nominee Name; Denominations      9   

SECTION 2.06.

   Voting Rights; Dividends and Interest, etc.      9   
ARTICLE III.   
SECURITY INTERESTS IN PERSONAL PROPERTY   

SECTION 3.01.

   Security Interest      11   

SECTION 3.02.

   Representations and Warranties      14   

SECTION 3.03.

   Covenants      16   

SECTION 3.04.

   Other Actions      18   

SECTION 3.05.

   Covenants Regarding Patent, Trademark and Copyright Collateral      18   
ARTICLE IV.   
REMEDIES   
SECTION 4.01.    Remedies upon Default      20   
SECTION 4.02.    Application of Proceeds      22   
SECTION 4.03.    Grant of License to Use Intellectual Property      22   
SECTION 4.04.    Securities Act, etc.      23   
SECTION 4.05.    Registration, etc.      23   
ARTICLE V.   
MISCELLANEOUS   

SECTION 5.01.

   Notices      25   

 

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          Page  

SECTION 5.02.

   Security Interest Absolute      25   

SECTION 5.03.

   Limitation by Law      25   

SECTION 5.04.

   Binding Effect; Several Agreement      26   

SECTION 5.05.

   Successors and Assigns      26   

SECTION 5.06.

   Agent’s Fees and Expenses; Indemnification      26   

SECTION 5.07.

   Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact      27   

SECTION 5.08.

   GOVERNING LAW      27   

SECTION 5.09.

   Waivers; Amendment      28   

SECTION 5.10.

   WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL      28   

SECTION 5.11.

   Severability      29   

SECTION 5.12.

   Counterparts      29   

SECTION 5.13.

   Headings      29   

SECTION 5.14.

   Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process      29   

SECTION 5.15.

   Termination or Release      30   

SECTION 5.16.

   Additional Subsidiaries      31   

SECTION 5.17.

   Right of Set-off      31   

SECTION 5.18.

   Subject to Intercreditor Agreement      31   

SECTION 5.19.

   Other First Lien Obligations      31   

Schedules

 

Schedule I

   Subsidiary Parties

Schedule II

   Commercial Tort Claims

Schedule III

   Pledged Stock; Debt Securities

Schedule IV

   Intellectual Property

Schedule V

   Instruments

Exhibits

 

Exhibit I

   Form of Supplement to the Collateral Agreement

Exhibit II

   Form of Perfection Certificate

Exhibit III

   Form of First Lien Intercreditor Agreement

 

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COLLATERAL AGREEMENT dated and effective as of September 30, 2010 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”), among CARIB HOLDINGS, INC., a Commonwealth of Puerto Rico corporation (“Holdings”), EVERTEC, INC., a Commonwealth of Puerto Rico corporation (the “Borrower”), each Subsidiary of the Borrower listed on Schedule I hereto and each Subsidiary of the Borrower that becomes a party hereto (each, a “Subsidiary Party”) and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Collateral Agent (in such capacity, the “Agent”) for the Secured Parties (as defined below).

Reference is made to the Credit Agreement dated as of the date hereof (as amended, restated, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Holdings, the Borrower, the Lenders party thereto from time to time, the Agent and the other parties named therein.

The Lenders have agreed to extend credit to the Borrower subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Credit Agreement. The obligations of the Lenders to extend such credit are conditioned upon, among other things, the execution and delivery of this Agreement. The Subsidiary Parties are subsidiaries of the Borrower, will derive substantial benefits from the extension of credit to the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement and are willing to execute and deliver this Agreement in order to induce the Lenders to extend such credit. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I.

Definitions

SECTION 1.01. Credit Agreement.

(a) Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined herein have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Credit Agreement. All terms defined in the New York UCC (as defined herein) and not defined in this Agreement have the meanings specified therein. The term “instrument” shall have the meaning specified in Article 9 of the New York UCC.

(b) The rules of construction specified in Section 1.02 of the Credit Agreement also apply to this Agreement.

SECTION 1.02. Other Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:

Account Debtor” means any person who is or who may become obligated to any Pledgor under, with respect to or on account of an Account.

After Acquired Real Property” any property that is the subject of a Mortgage pursuant to Section 5.10 of the Credit Agreement.

Article 9 Collateral” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01.


Authorized Representative” means (i) the Administrative Agent with respect to the Credit Agreement and (ii) any duly authorized representative of the secured parties under any Other First Lien Agreement designated as “Authorized Representative” for such secured parties for purposes of the Intercreditor Agreement.

Cash Management Agreement” shall mean any agreement relating to cash management services (including treasury, depository, overdraft, credit or debit card, electronic funds transfer, ACH services and other cash management arrangements).

Collateral” means Article 9 Collateral and Pledged Collateral.

Commercial Transactions Act” shall mean Act No. 208 of August 17, 1995, as amended, known as the “Commercial Transactions Act of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.”

Copyright License” means any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting any right to any Pledgor under any Copyright now or hereafter owned by any third party, and all rights of any Pledgor under any such agreement (including any such rights that such Pledgor has the right to license).

Copyrights” means all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by any Pledgor (or, as required in the context of the definition of “Copyright License,” any third party licensor): (a) all copyright rights in any work subject to the copyright laws of the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any other country, whether as author, assignee, transferee or otherwise; and (b) all registrations and applications for registration of any such Copyright in the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any other country, including registrations, supplemental registrations and pending applications for registration in the United States Copyright Office, including those listed on Schedule IV.

Credit Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statement of this Agreement.

Federal Securities Laws” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.04.

First Lien Intercreditor Agreement” means a first lien intercreditor agreement entered into by and among the Agent, the Administrative Agent with respect to the Credit Agreement and any other Authorized Representative, substantially in the form of Exhibit III hereto, with such changes that are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

General Intangibles” means all “General Intangibles” as defined in the New York UCC, including all choses in action and causes of action and all other intangible personal property of any Pledgor of every kind and nature (other than Accounts) now owned or hereafter acquired by any Pledgor, including corporate or other business records, indemnification claims, contract rights (including rights under leases, whether entered into as lessor or lessee, Swap Agreements and other agreements), Intellectual Property, goodwill, registrations, franchises, tax refund claims and any letter of credit, guarantee, claim, security interest or other security held by or granted to any Pledgor to secure payment by an Account Debtor of any of the Accounts.

 

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Governmental Authority” shall mean any federal, state, local or foreign court or governmental agency, authority, instrumentality or regulatory or legislative body in the United States, any other country or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

Intellectual Property” means all intellectual and similar property of every kind and nature now owned or hereafter acquired by any Pledgor, including inventions, designs, Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, Patent Licenses, Copyright Licenses, Trademark Licenses, trade secrets, domain names, confidential or proprietary technical and business information, know-how, show-how or other data or information and all related documentation.

Instruments” shall mean, collectively, with respect to each Pledgor, all “instruments,” as such term is defined in Article 9 of the UCC, and shall include all promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange or acceptances, including, without limitation, those first mortgage notes described on Schedule V annexed hereto.

Intercreditor Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.18.

Loan Document Obligations” means (a) the due and punctual payment by the Borrower of (i) the unpaid principal of and interest (including interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on the Loans made to the Borrower, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or otherwise, (ii) each payment required to be made by the Borrower under the Credit Agreement in respect of any Letter of Credit, when and as due, including payments in respect of reimbursement of disbursements, interest thereon (including interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) and obligations to provide cash collateral, and (iii) all other monetary obligations of the Borrower to any of the Secured Parties under the Credit Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents, including obligations to pay fees, expense reimbursement obligations and indemnification obligations, whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), (b) the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Borrower under or pursuant to the Credit Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents and (c) the due and punctual payment and performance of all the obligations of each other Loan Party under or pursuant to this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents.

New York UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect 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 the Agent’s and the Secured Parties’ security interest in any item or portion of the Article 9 Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code or similar law as in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the term “UCC” 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. However, in the event that a court of competent jurisdiction determines that the Commercial Transactions Act or the UCC then in

 

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effect in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, as amended, governs the attachment, constitution, perfection, priority and enforcement of the security interest granted to the Agent, and a type of Collateral defined in this Agreement is not covered by the provisions of Chapter 9 of the Commercial Transactions Act or the then UCC in effect in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, as amended, then the provisions of the UCC in effect in the State of New York shall supplement the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico concerning the attachment, constitution, perfection, priority and enforcement of such property of a type that is outside of the scope of Chapter 9 of the Commercial Transactions Act or the then UCC in effect in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, as amended,.

Obligations” means (a) the Loan Document Obligations, (b) the due and punctual payment and performance of all obligations of each Loan Party under each Swap Agreement that (i) is in effect on the Closing Date with a counterparty that is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender as of or following the Closing Date or (ii) is entered into after the Closing Date with any counterparty that is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender at the time such Swap Agreement is entered into, and (c) the due and punctual payment and performance of all obligations of each Loan Party under each Cash Management Agreement that (i) is in effect on the Closing Date with a counterparty that is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender as of or following the Closing Date or (ii) is entered into after the Closing Date with any counterparty that is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender at the time such Cash Management Agreement is entered into.

Other First Lien Agreement” means any indenture, credit agreement (excluding the Credit Agreement) or other agreement, document or instrument, pursuant to which any Pledgor has or will incur Indebtedness permitted by the Credit Agreement that is expressly permitted by the Credit Agreement to be secured on a pari passu basis with the Obligations; provided that, in each case, the Indebtedness thereunder has been designated as Other First Lien Obligations pursuant to and in accordance with Section 5.19.

Patent License” means any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting to any Pledgor any right to make, use or sell any invention covered by a Patent, now or hereafter owned by any third party (including any such rights that such Pledgor has the right to license).

Patents” means all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by any Pledgor (or, as required in the context of the definition of “Patent License,” any third party licensor): (a) all letters patent of the United States or the equivalent thereof in any other country, and all applications for letters patent of the United States or the equivalent thereof in any other country, including those listed on Schedule IV, and (b) all reissues, continuations, divisions, continuations-in-part or extensions thereof, and the inventions disclosed or claimed therein, including the right to make, use and/or sell the inventions disclosed or claimed therein.

Perfection Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit II, completed and supplemented with the schedules and attachments contemplated thereby, and duly executed by an officer of Holdings and the Borrower.

 

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Permitted Liens” means Liens that are permitted by Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement.

Pledged Collateral” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01.

Pledged Debt Securities” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01.

Pledged Securities” means any promissory notes, shares, stock certificates, share certificates or other certificated securities now or hereafter included in the Pledged Collateral, including all certificates, instruments or other documents representing or evidencing any Pledged Collateral.

Pledged Stock” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01.

Pledgor” shall mean Holdings, the Borrower and (subject to Section 5.20) each Subsidiary Party.

Requirement of Law” means, with respect to any person, the common law and all federal, state, local and foreign laws, rules and regulations, orders, judgments, decrees and other legal requirements or determinations of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator, applicable to or binding upon such person or any of its property or to which such person or any of its property is subject.

Secured Parties” means (a) the Lenders, (b) the Agent, (c) the Administrative Agent, (d) each L/C Issuer, (e) each counterparty to any Swap Agreement or Cash Management Agreement with a Loan Party the obligations under which constitute Obligations, (f) the beneficiaries of each indemnification obligation undertaken by any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (g) the successors and permitted assigns of each of the foregoing.

Security Interest” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01.

Subsidiary Party” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statement of this Agreement.

Trademark License” means any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting to any Pledgor any right to use any Trademark now or hereafter owned by any third party (including any such rights that such Pledgor has the right to license).

Trademarks” means all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by any Pledgor (or, as required in the context of the definition of “Trademark License,” any third party licensor): (a) all trademarks, service marks, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, trade dress, logos, other source or business identifiers, designs and general intangibles of like nature, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations thereof (if any), and all registration and recording applications filed in connection therewith, including registrations and registration applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the Puerto Rico Trademark Office or any similar offices in any State of the United States or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any other country or any political subdivision thereof (except for “intent to use” applications for trademark or service mark

 

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registrations filed pursuant to Section 1(b) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1051, unless and until an Amendment to Allege Use or a Statement of Use under Sections 1(c) and 1(d) of Lanham Act has been filed, to the extent, if any, that any assignment of an “intent to use” application prior to such filing would violate the Lanham Act), and all renewals thereof, including those listed on Schedule IV and (b) all goodwill associated therewith or symbolized thereby.

ARTICLE II.

Pledge of Securities

SECTION 2.01. Pledge. As security for the payment or performance, as the case may be, in full of the Obligations, each Pledgor hereby assigns and pledges to the Agent, its successors and permitted assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and hereby grants to the Agent, its successors and permitted assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in all of such Pledgor’s right, title and interest in, to and under (a) the Equity Interests directly owned by it (which such Equity Interests constituting Pledged Stock shall be listed on Schedule III) and any other Equity Interests obtained in the future by such Pledgor and any certificates representing all such Equity Interests (the “Pledged Stock”); provided that the Pledged Stock shall not include (i) any Equity Interests owned on or acquired after the Closing Date (other than, in the case of shareholder agreements or other contractual obligations, (x) Equity Interests in the Borrower or (y) in the case of any person which is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, Equity Interests in such person) in accordance with this Agreement if, and to the extent that, and for so long as doing so would violate applicable law or regulation or a shareholder agreement or other contractual obligation (in each case, after giving effect to Section 9-406(d), 9-407(a), 9-408 or 9-409 of the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the State of New York and other applicable law or similar provisions in similar codes, statutes or laws in other jurisdictions (the “Anti-Non-Assignment Clauses”)) binding on such Equity Interests or (ii) any Equity Interests as to which the Agent and the Borrower shall reasonably determine in writing that such Equity Interests shall be excluded from Collateral hereunder pursuant to the Agreed Security Principles, (b)(i) the debt securities currently issued to any Pledgor (which such debt securities constituting Pledged Debt Securities shall be listed on Schedule III), (ii) any debt securities in the future issued to such Pledgor and (iii) the promissory notes and any other instruments, if any, evidencing such debt securities (the “Pledged Debt Securities”); (c) subject to Section 2.06, all payments of principal or interest, dividends, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of, in exchange for or upon the conversion of, and all other proceeds received in respect of, the securities referred to in clauses (a) and (b) above; (d) subject to Section 2.06, all rights and privileges of such Pledgor with respect to the securities and other property referred to in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above and (e) all proceeds of any of the foregoing (the items referred to in clauses (a) through (e) above being collectively referred to as the “Pledged Collateral”); provided that with respect to ATH Costa Rica, S.A., the Pledged Collateral shall not include any Equity Interests that are pledged pursuant to a separate pledge agreement in favor of the Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

 

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SECTION 2.02. Delivery of the Pledged Collateral.

(a) Each Pledgor agrees promptly (and in any event within 45 days after the acquisition (or such longer time as the Agent shall permit in its reasonable discretion)) to deliver or cause to be delivered to the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, any and all Pledged Securities to the extent such Pledged Securities, in the case of promissory notes or other instruments evidencing Indebtedness, are required to be delivered pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 2.02.

(b) Each Pledgor will cause any Indebtedness (i) having, in each case, an aggregate principal amount in excess of $2,500,000 or (ii) payable by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries (other than (x) intercompany current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management, tax and accounting operations of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries or (y) to the extent that a pledge of such promissory note or instrument would violate applicable law) owed to such Pledgor by any person to be evidenced by a duly executed promissory note that is pledged and delivered to the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to the terms hereof. To the extent any such promissory note is a demand note, each Pledgor party thereto agrees, if requested by the Agent, to immediately demand payment thereunder upon an Event of Default specified under Section 7.01(b), (c), (f), (h) or (i) of the Credit Agreement unless such demand would not be commercially reasonable or would otherwise expose Pledgor to liability to maker.

(c) Upon delivery to the Agent, (i) any Pledged Securities required to be delivered pursuant to the foregoing paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 2.02 shall be accompanied by stock powers or note powers, as applicable and/or required, duly executed in blank or other instruments of transfer reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and by such other instruments and documents as the Agent may reasonably request and (ii) all other property comprising part of the Pledged Collateral delivered pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall be accompanied to the extent necessary to perfect the security interest in or allow realization on the Pledged Collateral by proper instruments of assignment duly executed by the applicable Pledgor and such other instruments or documents as the Agent may reasonably request. Each delivery of Pledged Securities shall be accompanied by a schedule describing the securities, which schedule shall be attached hereto as Schedule III (or a supplement to Schedule III, as applicable) and made a part hereof; provided that failure to attach any such schedule hereto shall not affect the validity of such pledge of such Pledged Securities. Each schedule so delivered shall supplement any prior schedules so delivered.

SECTION 2.03. Representations, Warranties and Covenants. The Pledgors, jointly and severally, represent, warrant and covenant to and with the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, that:

(a) Schedule III correctly sets forth the percentage of the issued and outstanding shares of each class of the Equity Interests of the issuer thereof represented by such Pledged Stock and includes all Equity Interests, debt securities and promissory notes or instruments evidencing Indebtedness required to be (i) pledged in order to satisfy the Collateral Requirement or (ii) delivered pursuant to Section 2.02(b);

 

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(b) the Pledged Stock (with respect to Pledged Stock issued by an issuer other than a Subsidiary of the Borrower organized under the laws of any jurisdiction of the United States, Puerto Rico or the British Virgin Islands, to the best of each Pledgor’s knowledge) have been duly and validly authorized and issued by the issuers thereof and are fully paid and nonassessable;

(c) except for the security interests granted hereunder, each Pledgor (i) is and, subject to any transfers made in compliance with the Credit Agreement, will continue to be the direct owner, beneficially and of record, of the Pledged Securities indicated on Schedule III as owned by such Pledgor, other than Permitted Liens, (ii) holds the same free and clear of all Liens, (iii) will make no assignment, pledge, hypothecation or transfer of, or create or permit to exist any security interest in or other Lien on, the Pledged Collateral, other than pursuant to a transaction permitted by the Credit Agreement and other than Permitted Liens and (iv) subject to the rights of such Pledgor under the Loan Documents to dispose of Pledged Collateral, will use commercially reasonable efforts to defend its title or interest thereto or therein against any and all Liens (other than Permitted Liens), however arising, of all persons;

(d) other than as set forth in the Credit Agreement or the schedules thereto and except for restrictions and limitations imposed by the Loan Documents or securities laws generally, the Pledged Collateral is and will continue to be freely transferable and assignable, and none of the Pledged Collateral is or will be subject to any option, right of first refusal, shareholders agreement, charter, by-law, memorandum of association or articles of association provisions or contractual restriction of any nature that might prohibit, impair, delay or otherwise affect the pledge of such Pledged Collateral hereunder, the sale or disposition thereof pursuant hereto or the exercise by the Agent of rights and remedies hereunder;

(e) each Pledgor has the power and authority to pledge the Pledged Collateral pledged by it hereunder in the manner hereby done or contemplated;

(f) other than as set forth in the Credit Agreement or the schedules thereto, no consent or approval of any Governmental Authority, any securities exchange or any other person was or is necessary to the validity of the pledge effected hereby (other than such as have been obtained and are in full force and effect);

(g) by virtue of the execution and delivery by the Pledgors of this Agreement and any foreign pledge agreements, when any Pledged Securities (excluding any foreign stock not covered by a foreign pledge agreement) are delivered to the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in accordance with this Agreement, the Agent will obtain, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and perfected lien upon and security interest in such Pledged Securities, subject only to Permitted Liens, as security for the payment and performance of the Obligations; and

(h) the pledge effected hereby is effective to vest in the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, the rights of the Agent in the Pledged Collateral as set forth herein.

 

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SECTION 2.04. Certification of Limited Liability Company and Limited Partnership Interests.

(a) Each interest in any limited liability company or limited partnership Controlled by any Pledgor, pledged hereunder and represented by a certificate, shall be a “security” within the meaning of Article 8 of the New York UCC and shall be governed by Article 8 of the New York UCC, and each such interest shall at all times hereafter be represented by a certificate.

(b) Each interest in any limited liability company or limited partnership Controlled by a Pledgor, pledged hereunder and not represented by a certificate shall not be a “security” within the meaning of Article 8 of the New York UCC and shall not be governed by Article 8 of the New York UCC (or other applicable Uniform Commercial Code in effect in another jurisdiction), and the Pledgors shall at no time elect to treat any such interest as a “security” within the meaning of Article 8 of the New York UCC or issue any certificate representing such interest, unless the applicable Pledgor provides prior notification to the Agent of such election and promptly delivers any such certificate to the Agent pursuant to the terms hereof.

SECTION 2.05. Registration in Nominee Name; Denominations. The Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, shall have the right (in its sole and absolute discretion) to hold the Pledged Securities in the name of the applicable Pledgor, endorsed or assigned in blank or in favor of the Agent or, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, in its own name as pledgee or the name of its nominee (as pledgee or as sub-agent). Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Pledgor will promptly give to the Agent copies of any notices or other communications received by it with respect to Pledged Securities registered in the name of such Pledgor. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Agent shall have the right to exchange the certificates representing Pledged Securities for certificates of smaller or larger denominations for any purpose consistent with this Agreement. Each Pledgor shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause each issuer of Pledged Securities that is not a party to this Agreement to comply with a request by the Agent, pursuant to this Section 2.05, to exchange certificates representing Pledged Securities of such Subsidiary for certificates of smaller or larger denominations.

SECTION 2.06. Voting Rights; Dividends and Interest, etc.

(a) Unless and until an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Agent shall have given notice to the relevant Pledgors of the Agent’s intention to exercise its rights hereunder:

(i) Each Pledgor shall be entitled to exercise any and all voting and/or other consensual rights and powers inuring to an owner of Pledged Collateral or any part thereof for any purpose consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents; provided that such rights and powers shall not be exercised in any manner that could materially and adversely affect the rights and remedies of any of the Agent or the other Secured Parties under this Agreement, the

 

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Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document or the ability of the Secured Parties to exercise the same.

(ii) The Agent shall promptly execute and deliver to each Pledgor, or cause to be executed and delivered to such Pledgor, all such proxies, powers of attorney and other instruments as such Pledgor may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling such Pledgor to exercise the voting and/or consensual rights and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant to subparagraph (i) above.

(iii) Each Pledgor shall be entitled to receive and retain any and all dividends, interest, principal and other distributions paid on or distributed in respect of the Pledged Collateral to the extent and only to the extent that such dividends, interest, principal and other distributions are permitted by, and otherwise paid or distributed in accordance with, the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents, and applicable laws; provided that any noncash dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that would constitute Pledged Securities, whether resulting from a subdivision, combination or reclassification of the outstanding Equity Interests of the issuer of any Pledged Securities or received in exchange for Pledged Securities or any part thereof, or in redemption thereof, or as a result of any merger, consolidation, acquisition or other exchange of assets to which such issuer may be a party or otherwise, shall be and become part of the Pledged Collateral, and, if received by any Pledgor, shall be promptly (and in any event within 45 days of their receipt (or such longer time as the Agent shall permit in its reasonable discretion)) delivered to the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in the same form as so received (endorsed in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Agent).

(b) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and after notice by the Agent to the relevant Pledgors of the Agent’s intention to exercise its rights hereunder, all rights of any Pledgor to dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that such Pledgor is authorized to receive pursuant to paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 2.06 shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in the Agent, which shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority to receive and retain such dividends, interest, principal or other distributions. All dividends, interest, principal or other distributions received by any Pledgor contrary to the provisions of this Section 2.06 shall not be commingled by such Pledgor with any of its other funds or property but shall be held separate and apart therefrom, shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and shall be forthwith delivered to the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in the same form as so received (endorsed in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Agent). Any and all money and other property paid over to or received by the Agent pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph (b) shall be retained by the Agent in an account to be established by the Agent upon receipt of such money or other property and shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.02. After all Events of Default have been cured or waived and the Borrower has delivered to the Agent a certificate to that effect, the Agent shall promptly repay to each Pledgor (without interest) all dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that such Pledgor would otherwise be permitted to retain pursuant to the terms of paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 2.06 and that remain in such account.

 

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(c) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and after notice by the Agent to the relevant Pledgors of the Agent’s intention to exercise its rights hereunder, all rights of any Pledgor to exercise the voting and/or consensual rights and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) of this Section 2.06, and the obligations of the Agent under paragraph (a)(ii) of this Section 2.06, shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, which shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority to exercise such voting and consensual rights and powers; provided that the Agent shall have the right from time to time following and during the continuance of an Event of Default to permit the Pledgors to exercise such rights. After all Events of Default have been cured or waived and the Borrower has delivered to the Agent a certificate to that effect, all rights of any Pledgor to exercise the voting and/or consensual rights and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) of this Section 2.06, and the obligations of the Agent under paragraph (a)(ii) of this Section 2.06, shall in each case be reinstated.

(d) Any notice given by the Agent to the Pledgors suspending their rights under paragraph (a) of this Section 2.06 (i) may be given by telephone if promptly confirmed in writing, (ii) may be given to one or more of the Pledgors at the same or different times and (iii) may suspend the rights of the Pledgors under paragraph (a)(i) or paragraph (a)(iii) in part without suspending all such rights (as specified by the Agent in its sole and absolute discretion) and without waiving or otherwise affecting the Agent’s rights to give additional notices from time to time suspending other rights so long as an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

ARTICLE III.

Security Interests in Personal Property

SECTION 3.01. Security Interest.

(a) As security for the payment or performance, as the case may be, in full of the Obligations, each Pledgor hereby assigns and pledges to the Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and hereby grants to the Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest (the “Security Interest”) in all right, title and interest in or to any and all of the following assets and properties now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Pledgor or in which such Pledgor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest (collectively, the “Article 9 Collateral”):

(i) all Accounts;

(ii) all Chattel Paper;

(iii) all cash and Deposit Accounts;

(iv) all Documents;

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(vi) all General Intangibles;

(vii) all Instruments;

(viii) all Intellectual Property;

(ix) all Goods and Inventory;

(x) all Investment Property including the Pledged Collateral;

(xi) all Letters of Credit and Letter of Credit Rights;

(xii) all Commercial Tort Claims as described on Schedule II hereto;

(xiii) all books and records pertaining to the Article 9 Collateral; and

(xiv) to the extent not otherwise included, all proceeds, Supporting Obligations and products of any and all of the foregoing and all collateral security and guarantees given by any person with respect to any of the foregoing.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, this Agreement shall not constitute a grant of a security interest in (and the Article 9 Collateral shall not include) (a) any vehicle covered by a certificate of title or ownership, whether now owned or hereafter acquired to the extent the filing of a financing statement cannot perfect a security interest therein, (b) any Equity Interests owned on or acquired after the Closing Date (other than, in the case of shareholder agreements or other contractual obligations, (x) Equity Interests in the Borrower or (y) in the case of any person which is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, Equity Interests in such person) in accordance with the Credit Agreement if, and to the extent that, and for so long as doing so would violate applicable law or regulation or a shareholder agreement or other contractual obligation (in each case, after giving effect to the Anti-Non-Assignment Clauses) binding on such Equity Interests, (c) any assets to the extent that, and for so long as, such grant of a security interest therein would violate applicable law or regulation or, in the case of assets acquired after the Closing Date, such grant of a security interest therein would violate an enforceable contractual obligation binding on such assets that existed at the time of the acquisition thereof and was not created or made binding on such assets in contemplation or in connection with the acquisition of such assets (except in the case of assets acquired after the Closing Date with Indebtedness of the type permitted pursuant to Section 6.01(i) of the Credit Agreement that is secured by a Permitted Lien) permitted by this Agreement, in each case, after giving effect to the Anti-Non-Assignment Clauses, (d) any Pledgor’s right, title or interest in any license, contract or agreement to which such Pledgor is a party or any of its right, title or interest thereunder to the extent, but only to the extent, that such a grant would violate the terms of such license, contract or agreement, or result in a breach of the terms of, or constitute a default under, any such license, contract or agreement to which such Pledgor is a party (other than to the extent that any such term would be rendered ineffective pursuant to the Anti-Non-Assignment Clauses or any other applicable law or regulation (including Title 11 of the United States Code) or principles of equity); provided that, immediately upon the ineffectiveness, lapse or termination of any such provision, the Collateral shall include, and such Pledgor shall be deemed to have granted a security interest in, all such rights and interests as if such provision had never been in

 

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effect, (e) any Equipment or other asset owned by any Pledgor that is subject to a purchase money lien or a Capitalized Lease Obligation, in each case, as permitted by the Credit Agreement, if the contract or other agreement in which such Lien is granted (or the documentation providing for such Capitalized Lease Obligation) prohibits or requires the consent of any person other than a Pledgor or a Subsidiary of a Pledgor as a condition to the creation of any other security interest on such Equipment or asset and, in each case, such prohibition or requirement is permitted by the Credit Agreement, (f) any Letter of Credit Rights to the extent any Pledgor is required by applicable law to apply the proceeds of a drawing of such Letter of Credit for a specified purpose and (g) those assets as to which the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall reasonably determine in writing that such assets shall be excluded from Collateral hereunder pursuant to the Agreed Security Principles. In addition, the Security Interest in any asset of ATH Costa Rica, S.A. (other than any Equity Interests and related assets described in clauses (c), (d) and (e) of Section 2.01) shall be automatically released upon receipt by the Agent of a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying that (i) such release is necessary or advisable in order for ATH Costa Rica, S.A. to grant a security interest in such asset to a third party and (ii) such security interest and the obligations secured by such security interest are permitted by the Credit Agreement, and the Agent shall execute, and deliver to the Borrower, evidence of such release in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.

(b) Each Pledgor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Agent at any time and from time to time to file in any relevant jurisdiction any initial financing statements (including fixture filings) with respect to the Article 9 Collateral or any part thereof and amendments or continuations thereto that contain the information required by Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code of each applicable jurisdiction for the filing of any financing statement or amendment, including (i) whether such Pledgor is an organization, the type of organization and any organizational identification number issued to such Pledgor, (ii) in the case of a financing statement filed as a fixture filing, a sufficient description of the real property to which such Article 9 Collateral relates and (iii) a description of collateral that describes such property in any other manner as the Agent may reasonably determine is necessary or advisable to ensure the perfection of the security interest in the Article 9 Collateral granted under this Agreement, including describing such property as “all assets” or “all property” or words of similar effect. Each Pledgor agrees to provide such information to the Agent and to execute such financing statements promptly upon request.

The Agent is further authorized to file with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the Puerto Rico Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office (and any successor office or any similar office in any other country) such documents as may be necessary or advisable for the purpose of perfecting, confirming, continuing, enforcing , protecting or providing notices of the Security Interest granted by each Pledgor, without the signature of any Pledgor, and naming any Pledgor or the Pledgors as debtors and the Agent as secured party.

(c) The Security Interest is granted as security only and shall not subject the Agent or any other Secured Party to, or in any way alter or modify, any obligation or liability of any Pledgor with respect to or arising out of the Article 9 Collateral.

 

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SECTION 3.02. Representations and Warranties. The Pledgors jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Agent and the Secured Parties that:

(a) Each Pledgor has good and valid rights in and title to the Article 9 Collateral with respect to which it has purported to grant a Security Interest hereunder and has full power and authority to grant to the Agent the Security Interest in such Article 9 Collateral pursuant hereto and to execute, deliver and perform its obligations in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, without the consent or approval of any other person other than any consent or approval that has been obtained and is in full force and effect or has otherwise been disclosed herein or in the Credit Agreement and the Schedules thereto.

(b) The Perfection Certificate has been duly prepared, completed and executed, and the exact legal name of each Pledgor set forth therein is correct and complete as of the Closing Date, and the other information therein is correct and complete in all material respects as of the Closing Date. Uniform Commercial Code financing statements (including fixture filings, as applicable) or other appropriate filings, recordings or registrations containing a description of the Article 9 Collateral have been prepared by the Agent based upon the information provided to the Agent in the Perfection Certificate for filing in each governmental, municipal or other office specified in Schedule 6 to the Perfection Certificate (or specified by notice from the Borrower to the Agent after the Closing Date in the case of filings, recordings or registrations required by Section 5.10 of the Credit Agreement), and constitute all the filings, recordings and registrations (other than filings required to be made in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the Puerto Rico Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office in order to perfect the Security Interest in Article 9 Collateral consisting of United States Patents, United States or Commonwealth of Puerto Rico registered Trademarks and United States registered Copyrights) that are necessary to publish notice of and protect the validity of and to establish a legal, valid and perfected security interest in favor of the Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) in respect of all Article 9 Collateral in which the Security Interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registration in the United States (or any political subdivision thereof) and its territories and possessions and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and no further or subsequent filing, refiling, recording, rerecording, registration or reregistration is necessary in any such jurisdiction, except as provided under applicable law with respect to the filing of continuation statements or amendments. Each Pledgor represents and warrants that a fully executed agreement in the form hereof (or a short form hereof which form shall be reasonably acceptable to the Agent) containing a description of all Article 9 Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property with respect to registered United States Patents (and Patents for which registration applications are pending), registered United States or Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Trademarks (and Trademarks for which registration applications are pending) and registered United States Copyrights (and Copyrights for which registration applications are pending) has been delivered to the Agent for recording with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 261, 15 U.S.C. § 1060 or 17 U.S.C. § 205 and the regulations thereunder and the Puerto Rico Trademark Office Department pursuant to Article 11 of Act 169 of December 16, 2009, as applicable, to protect the validity of and

 

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to establish a legal, valid and perfected security interest in favor of the Agent (or in the case of filings with the Puerto Rico Trademark Office to provide notice of the Agent’s previously perfected security interest), for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in respect of all Article 9 Collateral consisting of such Intellectual Property in which a security interest may be perfected by recording with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the Puerto Rico Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, and no further or subsequent filing, refiling, recording, rerecording, registration or reregistration is necessary (other than such actions as are necessary to perfect the Security Interest with respect to any Article 9 Collateral consisting of Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights (or registration or application for registration thereof) acquired or developed after the Closing Date).

(c) The Security Interest constitutes (i) a legal and valid security interest in all the Article 9 Collateral securing the payment and performance of the Obligations, (ii) subject to the filings described in Section 3.02(b), a perfected security interest in all Article 9 Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registering a financing statement or analogous document in the United States (or any political subdivision thereof) and its territories and possessions and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law in such jurisdictions and (iii) subject to Section 3.02(b), a security interest that shall be perfected in all Article 9 Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected upon the receipt and recording of this Agreement (or a short form hereof) with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the Puerto Rico Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, as applicable. The Security Interest is and shall be prior to any other Lien on any of the Article 9 Collateral other than Permitted Liens.

(d) The Article 9 Collateral is owned by the Pledgors free and clear of any Lien, other than Permitted Liens. None of the Pledgors has filed or consented to the filing of (i) any financing statement or analogous document under the Uniform Commercial Code or any other applicable laws covering any Article 9 Collateral, (ii) any assignment in which any Pledgor assigns any Article 9 Collateral or any security agreement or similar instrument covering any Article 9 Collateral with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the Puerto Rico Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office or (iii) any assignment in which any Pledgor assigns any Article 9 Collateral or any security agreement or similar instrument covering any Article 9 Collateral with any foreign governmental, municipal or other office, which financing statement or analogous document, assignment, security agreement or similar instrument is still in effect, except, in each case, for Permitted Liens.

(e) None of the Pledgors holds any Commercial Tort Claim individually in excess of $1,250,000 as of the Closing Date except as indicated on Schedule II.

(f) Except as set forth in the Perfection Certificate, as of the Closing Date, all Accounts owned by the Pledgors have been originated by the Pledgors and all Inventory owned by the Pledgors has been acquired by the Pledgors in the ordinary course of business.

 

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(g) The Mortgages executed and delivered after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 5.10 of the Credit Agreement will be effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) a legal, valid and enforceable Lien on all of the applicable Loan Parties’ right, title and interest in and to the Mortgaged Property thereunder and the proceeds thereof (to the extent feasible in the applicable jurisdiction), and when such Mortgages are filed or recorded in the proper real estate filing or recording offices, and all relevant mortgage taxes and recording charges are duly paid, the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) shall have a perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title, and interest of the applicable Loan Parties in such Mortgaged Property and, to the extent applicable, subject to Section 9-315 of the Uniform Commercial Code, the proceeds thereof (to the extent feasible in the applicable jurisdiction), in each case prior and superior in right to the Lien of any other person, except for Permitted Liens.

SECTION 3.03. Covenants.

(a) Each Pledgor agrees to comply with Section 5.10(f) of the Credit Agreement. Each Pledgor agrees promptly to provide the Agent with certified organizational documents reflecting any of the changes described in Section 5.10(f) of the Credit Agreement. Each Pledgor agrees promptly to notify the Agent if any material portion of the Article 9 Collateral owned or held by such Pledgor is damaged or destroyed.

(b) Subject to the rights of such Pledgor under the Loan Documents to dispose of Collateral, each Pledgor shall, at its own expense, use commercially reasonable efforts to defend title to the Article 9 Collateral against all persons and to defend the Security Interest of the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in the Article 9 Collateral and the priority thereof against any Lien that is not a Permitted Lien.

(c) Each Pledgor agrees, at its own expense, to execute, acknowledge, deliver and cause to be duly filed all such further instruments and documents and take all such actions as the Agent may from time to time reasonably request to better assure, preserve, protect and perfect the Security Interest and the rights and remedies created hereby, including the payment of any fees and taxes required in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the granting of the Security Interest and the filing of any financing statements (including fixture filings) or other documents in connection herewith or therewith.

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Pledgor hereby authorizes the Agent, with prompt notice thereof to the Pledgors, to supplement this Agreement by supplementing Schedule IV or adding additional schedules hereto to specifically identify any asset or item that may constitute Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks, Copyright Licenses, Patent Licenses or Trademark Licenses; provided that any Pledgor shall have the right, exercisable within 90 days after it has been notified by the Agent of the specific identification of such Collateral, to advise the Agent in writing of any inaccuracy of the representations and warranties made by such Pledgor hereunder with respect to such Collateral. Each Pledgor agrees that it will use its commercially reasonable efforts to take such action as shall be necessary in order that all representations and warranties hereunder shall be true and correct with respect to such Collateral

 

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within 90 days after the date it has been notified by the Agent of the specific identification of such Collateral.

(d) After the occurrence of an Event of Default and during the continuance thereof, the Agent shall have the right to verify under reasonable procedures the validity, amount, quality, quantity, value, condition and status of, or any other matter relating to, the Article 9 Collateral, including, in the case of Accounts or Article 9 Collateral in the possession of any third person, by contacting Account Debtors or the third person possessing such Article 9 Collateral for the purpose of making such a verification. The Agent shall have the right to share any information it gains from such inspection or verification with any Secured Party.

(e) At its option, the Agent may discharge any past due taxes, assessments, charges, fees, Liens, security interests or other encumbrances at any time levied or placed on the Article 9 Collateral and that is not a Permitted Lien, and may pay for the maintenance and preservation of the Article 9 Collateral to the extent any Pledgor fails to do so as required by the Credit Agreement or this Agreement, and each Pledgor jointly and severally agrees to reimburse the Agent on demand for any reasonable payment made or any reasonable expense incurred by the Agent pursuant to the foregoing authorization; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 3.03(e) shall be interpreted as excusing any Pledgor from the performance of, or imposing any obligation on the Agent or any Secured Party to cure or perform, any covenants or other promises of any Pledgor with respect to taxes, assessments, charges, fees, Liens, security interests or other encumbrances and maintenance as set forth herein or in the other Loan Documents.

(f) Each Pledgor (rather than the Agent or any Secured Party) shall remain liable for the observance and performance of all the conditions and obligations to be observed and performed by it under each contract, agreement or instrument relating to the Article 9 Collateral and each Pledgor jointly and severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Agent and the Secured Parties from and against any and all liability for such performance.

(g) None of the Pledgors shall make or permit to be made an assignment, pledge or hypothecation of the Article 9 Collateral or shall grant any other Lien in respect of the Article 9 Collateral, except as expressly permitted by the Credit Agreement. None of the Pledgors shall make or permit to be made any transfer of the Article 9 Collateral and each Pledgor shall remain at all times in possession of the Article 9 Collateral owned by it, except as permitted by the Credit Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Agent shall have notified the Pledgors that an Event of Default under clause (b), (c), (h) or (i) of Section 7.01 of the Credit Agreement shall have occurred and be continuing, and during the continuance thereof, the Pledgors shall not sell, convey, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any Article 9 Collateral to the extent requested by the Agent (which notice may be given by telephone if promptly confirmed in writing).

(h) None of the Pledgors will, without the Agent’s prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), grant any extension of the time of payment of any Accounts included in the Article 9 Collateral, compromise, compound or settle the same for less than the full amount thereof, release, wholly or partly, any person liable for the payment thereof or allow any credit or discount whatsoever thereon, other than extensions, credits,

 

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discounts, compromises or settlements granted or made in the ordinary course of business and consistent with prudent business practices, except as permitted by the Credit Agreement.

(i) Each Pledgor irrevocably makes, constitutes and appoints the Agent (and all officers, employees or agents designated by the Agent) as such Pledgor’s true and lawful agent (and attorney-in-fact) for the purpose, during the continuance of an Event of Default, of making, settling and adjusting claims in respect of Article 9 Collateral under policies of insurance, endorsing the name of such Pledgor on any check, draft, instrument or other item of payment for the proceeds of such policies of insurance and for making all determinations and decisions with respect thereto. In the event that any Pledgor at any time or times shall fail to obtain or maintain any of the policies of insurance required by the Loan Documents or to pay any premium in whole or part relating thereto, the Agent may, without waiving or releasing any obligation or liability of the Pledgors hereunder or any Event of Default, in its sole discretion, obtain and maintain such policies of insurance and pay such premium and take any other actions with respect thereto as the Agent reasonably deems advisable. All sums disbursed by the Agent in connection with this Section 3.03(i), including reasonable attorneys’ fees, court costs, expenses and other charges relating thereto, shall be payable, upon demand, by the Pledgors to the Agent and shall be additional Obligations secured hereby.

SECTION 3.04. Other Actions. In order to further ensure the attachment, perfection and priority of, and the ability of the Agent to enforce, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, the Agent’s security interest in the Article 9 Collateral, each Pledgor agrees, in each case at such Pledgor’s own expense, to take the following actions with respect to the following Article 9 Collateral:

(a) Instruments and Tangible Chattel Paper. If any Pledgor shall at any time own or acquire any Instruments (other than checks received and processed in the ordinary course of business) or Tangible Chattel Paper evidencing an amount in excess of $2,500,000, such Pledgor shall forthwith endorse, assign and deliver the same to the Agent, accompanied by such instruments of transfer or assignment duly executed in blank as the Agent may from time to time reasonably request.

(b) Commercial Tort Claims. If any Pledgor shall at any time hold or acquire a Commercial Tort Claim in an amount reasonably estimated to exceed $2,500,000, such Pledgor shall promptly notify the Agent thereof in a writing signed by such Pledgor, including a summary description of such claim, and grant to the Agent in writing a security interest therein and in the proceeds thereof, all upon the terms of this Agreement, with such writing to be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.

(c) Delivery of First Mortgages Notes. If any Pledgor shall at any time execute a Mortgage with respect to any real estate located in Puerto Rico, it shall at the time of the delivery of such Mortgage deliver to the Agent the mortgage notes secured by such Mortgage and Schedule V (or an update to schedule V) listing such mortgage notes and the principal amount thereof.

SECTION 3.05. Covenants Regarding Patent, Trademark and Copyright Collateral. Except as permitted by the Credit Agreement:

 

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(a) Each Pledgor agrees that it will not knowingly do any act or omit to do any act (and will exercise commercially reasonable efforts to prevent its licensees from doing any act or omitting to do any act) whereby any Patent material to the normal conduct of such Pledgor’s business may become prematurely invalidated or dedicated to the public, and agrees that it shall take commercially reasonable steps with respect to any material products covered by any such Patent as necessary and sufficient to establish and preserve its rights under applicable patent laws.

(b) Each Pledgor will, and will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause its licensees or its sublicensees to, for each Trademark material to the normal conduct of such Pledgor’s business, (i) maintain such Trademark in full force free from any adjudication of abandonment or invalidity for non-use, (ii) maintain the quality of products and services offered under such Trademark, (iii) display such Trademark with notice of federal or foreign registration or claim of trademark or service mark as required under applicable law and (iv) not knowingly use or knowingly permit its licensees’ use of such Trademark in violation of any third-party rights.

(c) Each Pledgor will, and will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause its licensees or its sublicensees to, for each work covered by a material Copyright necessary to the normal conduct of such Pledgor’s business that it publishes, displays and distributes, use copyright notice as required under applicable copyright laws.

(d) Each Pledgor shall notify the Agent promptly if it knows that any Patent, Trademark or Copyright material to the normal conduct of such Pledgor’s business may imminently become abandoned, lost or dedicated to the public, or of any materially adverse determination or development, excluding office actions and similar determinations or developments, in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the Puerto Rico Trademark Office, United States Copyright Office, any court or any similar office of any country, regarding such Pledgor’s ownership of any such material Patent, Trademark or Copyright or its right to register or to maintain the same.

(e) Each Pledgor, either itself or through any agent, employee, licensee or designee, shall (i) give notice to the Agent concurrently with the delivery of financial statements pursuant to Section 5.04(a) of the Credit Agreement of each application by itself, or through any agent, employee, licensee or designee, for any Patent with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the Puerto Rico Trademark Office and each registration of any Trademark or Copyright with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the Puerto Rico Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or any comparable office or agency in any other country filed during the period since the last notice to the Agent pursuant to this clause, and (ii) upon the reasonable request of the Agent, execute and deliver any and all agreements, instruments, documents and papers as the Agent may reasonably request to evidence the Agent’s security interest in such Patent, Trademark or Copyright; provided that the provisions hereof shall automatically apply to any thereto and any such Patent, Trademark or Copyright shall automatically constitute Collateral as if such would have constituted Collateral at the time of execution hereof and be subject to the Lien and security interest created by this Agreement without further action by any party.

 

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(f) Each Pledgor shall exercise its reasonable business judgment consistent with the practice in any proceeding before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the Puerto Rico Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or any comparable office or agency in any other country with respect to maintaining and pursuing each material application relating to any Patent, Trademark and/or Copyright (and obtaining the relevant grant or registration) material to the normal conduct of such Pledgor’s business and to maintain (i) each issued Patent and (ii) the registrations of each Trademark and each Copyright that is material to the normal conduct of such Pledgor’s business, including, when applicable and necessary in such Pledgor’s reasonable business judgment, timely filings of applications for renewal, affidavits of use, affidavits of incontestability and payment of maintenance fees, and, if any Pledgor believes necessary in its reasonable business judgment, to initiate opposition, interference and cancellation proceedings against third parties.

(g) In the event that any Pledgor knows or has reason to know that any Article 9 Collateral consisting of a Patent, Trademark or Copyright material to the normal conduct of its business has been or is about to be materially infringed, misappropriated or diluted by a third party, such Pledgor shall promptly notify the Agent and shall, if such Pledgor deems it necessary in its reasonable business judgment, promptly sue and recover any and all damages, and take such other actions as are reasonably appropriate under the circumstances.

(h) Upon and during the continuance of an Event of Default, at the request of the Agent, each Pledgor shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all requisite consents or approvals from the licensor under each Copyright License, Patent License or Trademark License to effect the assignment of all such Pledgor’s right, title and interest thereunder to (in the Agent’s sole discretion) the designee of the Agent or the Agent.

ARTICLE IV.

Remedies

SECTION 4.01. Remedies upon Default. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Pledgor agrees to deliver each item of Collateral to the Agent on demand, and it is agreed that the Agent shall have the right to take any of or all the following actions at the same or different times: (a) with respect to any Article 9 Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property, on demand, to cause the Security Interest to become an assignment, transfer and conveyance of any of or all such Article 9 Collateral by the applicable Pledgors to the Agent or to license or sublicense, whether general, special or otherwise, and whether on an exclusive or a nonexclusive basis, any such Article 9 Collateral throughout the world on such terms and conditions and in such manner as the Agent shall determine (other than in violation of any then-existing licensing arrangements to the extent that waivers thereunder cannot be obtained), (b) with or without legal process and with or without prior notice or demand for performance, to take possession of the Article 9 Collateral and without liability for trespass to the applicable Pledgor to enter any premises where the Article 9 Collateral may be located for the purpose of taking possession of or removing the Article 9 Collateral and, generally, to exercise any and all rights afforded to a secured party under the applicable Uniform Commercial

 

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Code or other applicable law, (c) foreclose any Mortgage without first foreclosing the security interest herein created over the mortgage note secured by such Mortgage and (d) instead of exercising the power of sale herein conferred upon it, proceed by suits at law or in equity to foreclose the lien granted by any of the Mortgages and sell the Mortgaged Property or any portion thereof under one or more judgments or decrees of a court or courts of competent jurisdiction. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Pledgor agrees that the Agent shall have the right, subject to the requirements of applicable law, to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the Collateral at a public or private sale or at any broker’s board or on any securities exchange, for cash, upon credit or for future delivery as the Agent shall deem appropriate. The Agent shall be authorized in connection with any sale of a security (if it deems it advisable to do so) pursuant to the foregoing to restrict the prospective bidders or purchasers to persons who represent and agree that they are purchasing such security for their own account, for investment, and not with a view to the distribution or sale thereof. Upon consummation of any such sale of Collateral pursuant to this Section 4.01 the Agent shall have the right to assign, transfer and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers thereof the Collateral so sold. Each such purchaser at any such sale shall hold the property sold absolutely, free from any claim or right on the part of any Pledgor, and each Pledgor hereby waives and releases (to the extent permitted by law) all rights of redemption, stay, valuation and appraisal that such Pledgor now has or may at any time in the future have under any rule of law or statute now existing or hereafter enacted.

The Agent shall give the applicable Pledgors 10 days’ written notice (which each Pledgor agrees is reasonable notice within the meaning of Section 9-611 of the New York UCC or its equivalent in other jurisdictions) of the Agent’s intention to make any sale of Collateral. At any such sale, the Collateral, or the portion thereof, to be sold may be sold in one lot as an entirety or in separate parcels, as the Agent may (in its sole and absolute discretion) determine. The Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale of any Collateral if it shall determine not to do so, regardless of the fact that notice of sale of such Collateral shall have been given. The Agent may, without notice or publication, adjourn any public or private sale or cause the same to be adjourned from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed for sale, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which the same was so adjourned. In the case of any sale of all or any part of the Collateral made on credit or for future delivery, the Collateral so sold may be retained by the Agent until the sale price is paid by the purchaser or purchasers thereof, but the Agent shall not incur any liability in the event that any such purchaser or purchasers shall fail to take up and pay for the Collateral so sold and, in the case of any such failure, such Collateral may be sold again upon notice given in accordance with provisions above. At any public (or, to the extent permitted by law, private) sale made pursuant to this Section 4.01, any Secured Party may credit bid for or purchase for cash, free (to the extent permitted by law) from any right of redemption, stay, valuation or appraisal on the part of any Pledgor (all such rights being also hereby waived and released to the extent permitted by law), the Collateral or any part thereof offered for sale and such Secured Party may, upon compliance with the terms of sale, hold, retain and dispose of such property without further accountability to any Pledgor therefor. For purposes hereof, a written agreement to purchase the Collateral or any portion thereof shall be treated as a sale thereof; the Agent shall be free to carry out such sale pursuant to such agreement and no Pledgor shall be entitled to the return of the Collateral or any portion thereof subject thereto, notwithstanding the fact that after the Agent shall have entered into such an agreement all Events of Default shall have been remedied and the Obligations paid in full. As an alternative to exercising the power of sale herein conferred upon it, the Agent may

 

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proceed by a suit or suits at law or in equity to foreclose this Agreement and to sell the Collateral or any portion thereof pursuant to a judgment or decree of a court or courts having competent jurisdiction or pursuant to a proceeding by a court-appointed receiver. Any sale pursuant to the provisions of this Section 4.01 shall be deemed to conform to the commercially reasonable standards as provided in Section 9-610(b) of the New York UCC or its equivalent in other jurisdictions.

SECTION 4.02. Application of Proceeds. Subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, the Agent shall promptly apply the proceeds, moneys or balances of any collection or sale of Collateral, as well as any Collateral consisting of cash, as follows:

FIRST, to the payment of all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Agent in connection with such collection or sale or otherwise in connection with this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any of the Obligations, including all court costs and the reasonable fees and expenses of its agents and legal counsel, the repayment of all advances made by the Agent hereunder or under any other Loan Document on behalf of any Pledgor and any other reasonable costs or expenses incurred in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy hereunder or under any other Loan Document and all fees owed to the Agent and the Administrative Agent in their capacity as such pursuant to the Loan Documents;

SECOND, if there exists any Defaulting Lender, to the L/C Issuer, in the amount of the L/C Issuer’s Fronting Exposure;

THIRD, to the payment in full of the Obligations (the amounts so applied to be distributed among the Secured Parties pro rata in accordance with the respective amounts of the Obligations owed to them on the date of any such distribution); and

FOURTH, to the Pledgors, their successors or assigns, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct.

The Agent shall have absolute discretion as to the time of application of any such proceeds, moneys or balances in accordance with this Agreement. If, despite the provisions of this Agreement, any Secured Party shall receive any payment or other recovery in excess of its portion of payments on account of the Obligations to which it is then entitled in accordance with this Agreement, such Secured Party shall hold such payment or other recovery in trust for the benefit of all Secured Parties hereunder for distribution in accordance with this Section 4.02.

Upon any sale of Collateral by the Agent (including pursuant to a power of sale granted by statute or under a judicial proceeding), the receipt of the purchase money by the Agent or of the officer making the sale shall be a sufficient discharge to the purchaser or purchasers of the Collateral so sold and such purchaser or purchasers shall not be obligated to see to the application of any part of the purchase money paid over to the Agent or such officer or be answerable in any way for the misapplication thereof.

SECTION 4.03. Grant of License to Use Intellectual Property. For the purpose of enabling the Agent to exercise rights and remedies under this Agreement at such time as the Agent shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies, each Pledgor hereby grants

 

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to (in the Agent’s sole discretion) a designee of the Agent or the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, an irrevocable, non-exclusive license (exercisable without payment of royalty or other compensation to any Pledgor) to use, license or sublicense any of the Article 9 Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property now owned or hereafter acquired by such Pledgor, wherever the same may be located, and including in such license reasonable access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored and to all computer software and programs used for the compilation or printout thereof, the right to prosecute and maintain all Intellectual Property and the right to sue for past infringement of the Intellectual Property. The use of such license by the Agent may be exercised, at the option of the Agent, upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default; provided that any license, sublicense or other transaction entered into by the Agent in accordance herewith shall be binding upon the Pledgors notwithstanding any subsequent cure of an Event of Default.

SECTION 4.04. Securities Act, etc. In view of the position of the Pledgors in relation to the Pledged Collateral, or because of other current or future circumstances, a question may arise under the Securities Act of 1933, as now or hereafter in effect, or any similar federal statute hereafter enacted analogous in purpose or effect (such Act and any such similar statute as from time to time in effect being called the “Federal Securities Laws”) with respect to any disposition of the Pledged Collateral permitted hereunder. Each Pledgor understands that compliance with the Federal Securities Laws might very strictly limit the course of conduct of the Agent if the Agent were to attempt to dispose of all or any part of the Pledged Collateral, and might also limit the extent to which or the manner in which any subsequent transferee of any Pledged Collateral could dispose of the same. Similarly, there may be other legal restrictions or limitations affecting the Agent in any attempt to dispose of all or part of the Pledged Collateral under applicable Blue Sky or other state securities laws or similar laws analogous in purpose or effect. Each Pledgor acknowledges and agrees that in light of such restrictions and limitations, the Agent, in its sole and absolute discretion, (a) may proceed to make such a sale whether or not a registration statement for the purpose of registering such Pledged Collateral or part thereof shall have been filed under the Federal Securities Laws or, to the extent applicable, Blue Sky or other state securities laws and (b) may approach and negotiate with a single potential purchaser or a limited number of potential purchasers (as determined by the Agent in its sole and absolute discretion )to effect such sale. Each Pledgor acknowledges and agrees that any such sale might result in prices and other terms less favorable to the seller than if such sale were a public sale without such restrictions. In the event of any such sale, the Agent shall incur no responsibility or liability for selling all or any part of the Pledged Collateral at a price that the Agent, in its sole and absolute discretion, may in good faith deem reasonable under the circumstances, notwithstanding the possibility that a substantially higher price might have been realized if the sale were deferred until after registration as aforesaid or if more purchasers were approached. The provisions of this Section 4.04 will apply notwithstanding the existence of a public or private market upon which the quotations or sales prices may exceed substantially the price at which the Agent sells.

SECTION 4.05. Registration, etc. Each Pledgor agrees that, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, if for any reason the Agent desires to sell any of the Pledged Collateral at a public sale, it will, at any time and from time to time, upon the written request of the Agent, use its commercially reasonable efforts to take or to cause the issuer of such Pledged Collateral to take such action and prepare, distribute and/or file such

 

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documents, as are required or advisable in the reasonable opinion of counsel for the Agent to permit the public sale of such Pledged Collateral. Each Pledgor further agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Agent, each other Secured Party, any underwriter and their respective officers, directors, affiliates and controlling persons from and against all loss, liability, expenses, costs of counsel (including reasonable fees and expenses to the Agent of legal counsel), and claims (including the costs of investigation) that they may incur insofar as such loss, liability, expense or claim arises out of or is based upon any alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or in any notification or offering circular, or arises out of or is based upon any alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements in any thereof not misleading, except insofar as the same may have been caused by any untrue statement or omission based upon information furnished in writing to such Pledgor or the issuer of such Pledged Collateral by the Agent or any other Secured Party expressly for use therein. Each Pledgor further agrees, upon such written request referred to above, to use its commercially reasonable efforts to qualify, file or register, or cause the issuer of such Pledged Collateral to qualify, file or register, any of the Pledged Collateral under the Blue Sky or other securities laws of such states as may be reasonably requested by the Agent and keep effective, or cause to be kept effective, all such qualifications, filings or registrations. Each Pledgor will bear all costs and expenses of carrying out its obligations under this Section 4.05. Each Pledgor acknowledges that there is no adequate remedy at law for failure by it to comply with the provisions of this Section 4.05 only and that such failure would not be adequately compensable in damages and, therefore, agrees that its agreements contained in this Section 4.05 may be specifically enforced.

SECTION 4.06. Enforcement in the British Virgin Islands. The rights and powers of the Agent under or arising out of or in connection with this Agreement are separate, independent, additional and supplemental to any rights and powers that the Agent may have pursuant to the Conveyancing and Law of Property Ordinance 1961(Cap. 220) of the British Virgin Islands (the “BVI Act”). Without limitation to the other rights and powers of the Agent under or arising out of or in connection with this Agreement and only to the extent the BVI Act is applicable:

(a) the power of sale and other powers conferred by sections 38 and 39 of the BVI Act shall be immediately exercisable upon an Event of Default;

(b) all or any of the powers conferred by the BVI Act as varied or extended by this Agreement, and all or any of the rights and powers conferred on a receiver (whether expressly or impliedly and as varied or extended by this Agreement), may be exercised by the Agent without further notice to any Pledgor and irrespective of whether the Agent has taken possession or appointed a receiver over the Collateral;

(c) the restrictions on the consolidation of mortgages and on power of sale imposed by sections 35 and 40 respectively of the BVI Act shall not apply to the security constituted under this Agreement; and

(d) Section 46(1) of the BVI Act shall not apply to the appointment of any receiver under the BVI Act or this Agreement and sections 46(6) and (8) of the BVI Act shall not apply to any receiver which has been appointed.

 

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If there is ambiguity or conflict between the powers contained in the BVI Act and those contained in, or arising out of or in connection with, this Agreement, those contained in this Agreement shall prevail.

ARTICLE V.

Miscellaneous

SECTION 5.01. Notices. All communications and notices hereunder shall (except as otherwise expressly permitted herein) be in writing and given as provided in Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to any Subsidiary Party shall be given to it in care of the Borrower, with such notice to be given as provided in Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement.

SECTION 5.02. Security Interest Absolute. All rights of the Agent hereunder, the Security Interest, the security interest in the Pledged Collateral and all obligations of each Pledgor hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of (a) any lack of validity or enforceability of the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document, any agreement with respect to any of the Obligations or any other agreement or instrument relating to any of the foregoing, (b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to any departure from the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any other agreement or instrument, (c) any exchange, release or non-perfection of any Lien on other collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver of or consent under or departure from any guarantee, securing or guaranteeing all or any of the Obligations or (d) any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Pledgor in respect of the Obligations or this Agreement (other than a defense of payment or performance).

SECTION 5.03. Limitation by Law. All rights, remedies and powers provided in this Agreement may be exercised only to the extent that the exercise thereof does not violate any applicable provision of law or regulation, and all the provisions of this Agreement are intended to be subject to all applicable mandatory provisions of law or regulation that may be controlling and to be limited to the extent necessary so that they shall not render this Agreement invalid, unenforceable, in whole or in part, or not entitled to be recorded, registered or filed under the provisions of any applicable law or regulation. Each Pledgor and the Agent, for itself and on behalf of each Secured Parties, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such persons that this Agreement and the pledge and security interest in the Collateral granted under this Agreement not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of the Bankruptcy Code or any other federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar foreign, federal or state law to the extent applicable to this Agreement and the Security Interest and the security interest in the Pledged Collateral granted hereunder. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Agent, for itself and on behalf of each Secured Party, and the Pledgors hereby irrevocably agree that the Security Interest and the security interest in the Pledged Collateral granted hereunder at any time shall be limited to the maximum extent as will result in the Security Interest and the security interest in the Pledged Collateral granted under this Agreement not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.

 

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SECTION 5.04. Binding Effect; Several Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective as to any party to this Agreement when a counterpart hereof executed on behalf of such party shall have been delivered to the Agent and a counterpart hereof shall have been executed on behalf of the Agent, and thereafter shall be binding upon such party and the Agent and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of such party, the Agent and the other Secured Parties and their respective permitted successors and assigns, except that no party shall have the right to assign or transfer its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein or in the Collateral (and any such assignment or transfer shall be void) except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or the Credit Agreement. This Agreement shall be construed as a separate agreement with respect to each party and may be amended, modified, supplemented, waived or released with respect to any party without the approval of any other party and without affecting the obligations of any other party hereunder.

SECTION 5.05. Successors and Assigns. Whenever in this Agreement any of the parties hereto is referred to, such reference shall be deemed to include the permitted successors and assigns of such party; and all covenants, promises and agreements by or on behalf of any Pledgor or the Agent that are contained in this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective permitted successors and assigns.

SECTION 5.06. Agent’s Fees and Expenses; Indemnification.

(a) The parties hereto agree that the Agent shall be entitled to reimbursement of its expenses incurred hereunder as provided in Section 9.05 of the Credit Agreement.

(b) Without limitation of its indemnification obligations under the other Loan Documents, each Pledgor jointly and severally agrees to indemnify the Agent and the other Indemnitees (as defined in Section 9.05 of the Credit Agreement) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including reasonable counsel fees, charges and disbursements (including reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of outside counsel), incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby the performance by the parties hereto and thereto of their respective obligations thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions and other transactions contemplated hereby (including in connection with the appointment of any successor Agent in accordance with the applicable Loan Documents and in connection with any filings, registrations or any other actions to be taken to reflect the security interest of such successor Agent), (ii) the use of proceeds of the Loans or the use of any Letter of Credit or (iii) any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, or to the Collateral, whether or not any Indemnitee is a party thereto and regardless of whether such matter is initiated by a third party or any Pledgor; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from (1) the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee (for purpose of this proviso only, each of the Agent, and any Secured Party shall be treated as several and separate Indemnitees, but each of them together with its respective Related Parties, shall be treated as a single Indemnitee) or (2) any material breach of any Loan Document by such Indemnitee.

 

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(c) Any such amounts payable as provided hereunder shall be additional Obligations secured hereby and by the other Security Documents. The provisions of this Section 5.06 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the termination of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of any of the Obligations, the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Agent or any other Secured Party. All amounts due under this Section 5.06 shall be payable on written demand therefor.

SECTION 5.07. Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact. Each Pledgor hereby appoints the Agent the attorney-in-fact of such Pledgor for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Agreement and taking any action and executing any instrument that the Agent may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes hereof, which appointment is irrevocable and coupled with an interest. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Agent shall have the right, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, with full power of substitution either in the Agent’s name or in the name of such Pledgor, (a) to receive, endorse, assign or deliver any and all notes, acceptances, checks, drafts, money orders or other evidences of payment relating to the Collateral or any part thereof, (b) to demand, collect, receive payment of, give receipt for and give discharges and releases of all or any of the Collateral; (c) to ask for, demand, sue for, collect, receive and give acquittance for any and all moneys due or to become due under and by virtue of any Collateral; (d) to sign the name of any Pledgor on any invoice or bill of lading relating to any of the Collateral; (e) to send verifications of Accounts to any Account Debtor; (f) to commence and prosecute any and all suits, actions or proceedings at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect or otherwise realize on all or any of the Collateral or to enforce any rights in respect of any Collateral; (g) to settle, compromise, compound, adjust or defend any actions, suits or proceedings relating to all or any of the Collateral; (h) to notify, or to require any Pledgor to notify, Account Debtors to make payment directly to the Agent; and (i) to use, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with all or any of the Collateral, and to do all other acts and things necessary to carry out the purposes of this Agreement, as fully and completely as though the Agent were the absolute owner of the Collateral for all purposes; provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed as requiring or obligating the Agent to make any commitment or to make any inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by the Agent, or to present or file any claim or notice, or to take any action with respect to the Collateral or any part thereof or the moneys due or to become due in respect thereof or any property covered thereby. The Agent and the other Secured Parties shall be accountable only for amounts actually received as a result of the exercise of the powers granted to them herein, and neither they nor their officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to any Pledgor for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for their own gross negligence or willful misconduct.

SECTION 5.08. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. NOTWITHSTANDING THE ABOVE, EACH OF THE PLEDGORS AGREES THAT IN THE EVENT THAT A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION DETERMINES THAT THE COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS ACT

 

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GOVERNS THE ATTACHMENT, CONSTITUTION, PERFECTION, PRIORITY AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE SECURITY INTEREST GRANTED TO THE AGENT, THEN THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL SUPPLEMENT THE LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO CONCERNING THE ATTACHMENT, CONSTITUTION, PERFECTION, PRIORITY AND ENFORCEMENT OF SUCH PROPERTY OF A TYPE THAT IS OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF CHAPTER 9 OF THE COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS ACT BUT WHICH IS DEEMED COLLATERAL UNDER THIS AGREEMENT. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, IT IS THE INTENT OF THE PARTIES HERETO THAT THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND THAT THE AGREEMENT SHALL APPLY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITH RESPECT TO THE ATTACHMENT OF THE SECURITY INTEREST GRANTED HEREUNDER.

SECTION 5.09. Waivers; Amendment.

(a) No failure or delay by the Agent, any L/C Issuer, any Lender or any other Secured Party in exercising any right, power or remedy hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or remedy, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right, power or remedy, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. The rights, powers and remedies of the Agent, any L/C Issuer, the Lenders or any other Secured Party hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights, powers or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section 5.09, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan, or the issuance of a Letter of Credit shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default or Event of Default, regardless of whether the Agent, any Lender, any L/C Issuer or any other Secured Party may have had notice or knowledge of such Default or Event of Default at the time. No notice or demand on any Loan Party in any case shall entitle any Loan Party to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.

(b) Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof or of any other Security Document may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Agent and the Loan Party or Loan Parties with respect to which such waiver, amendment or modification is to apply, subject to any consent required in accordance with Section 9.08 of the Credit Agreement.

SECTION 5.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST 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, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS. EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE

 

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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, AS APPLICABLE, BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 7.10.

SECTION 5.11. Severability. In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and therein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

SECTION 5.12. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute but one contract, and shall become effective as provided in Section 5.04. Delivery of an executed counterpart to this Agreement by facsimile transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed original.

SECTION 5.13. Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.

SECTION 5.14. Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.

(a) Each party to this Agreement hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the jurisdiction of any New York State court or federal court of the United States of America sitting in New York City in the borough of Manhattan, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Documents to which it is a party, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by 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 shall affect any right that any party may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents in the courts of any jurisdiction, except that each of the Loan Parties agrees that (a) it will not bring any such action or proceeding in any court other than New York Courts (it being acknowledged and agreed by the Loan Parties that any other forum would be inconvenient and inappropriate in view of the fact that more of the Lenders who would be affected by any such action or proceeding have contacts with the State of New York than any other jurisdiction), and (b) in any such action or proceeding brought against any Loan Party in any other court, it will not assert any cross-claim, counterclaim or setoff, or seek any other affirmative relief, except to the extent that the failure to assert the same will preclude such Loan Party from asserting or seeking the same in the New York Courts.

 

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(b) Each party to this Agreement hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document in any New York State or federal court of the United States of America sitting in New York City in the borough of Manhattan, and any appellate court from any thereof. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.

(c) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 5.01. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

SECTION 5.15. Termination or Release.

(a) This Agreement, the pledges made herein, the Security Interest and all other security interests granted hereby, and all other Security Documents securing the Obligations (including without limitation foreign security documents), shall automatically terminate and/or be released all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party, and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to the applicable Pledgors, as of the date when all the Obligations (other than contingent or unliquidated obligations or liabilities not then due) have been paid in full in cash or immediately available funds and the Lenders and any other Secured Parties have no further commitment to lend under the Credit Agreement, the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure has been reduced to zero and each L/C Issuer has no further obligations to issue Letters of Credit under the Credit Agreement.

(b) A Subsidiary Party shall automatically be released from its obligations hereunder and the security interests in the Collateral of such Subsidiary Party shall be automatically released upon the consummation of any transaction permitted by the Credit Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Party ceases to be a Subsidiary or otherwise ceases to be a Pledgor, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party, and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to such Subsidiary Party.

(c)(i) Upon any sale or other transfer by any Pledgor of any Collateral that is permitted by the Credit Agreement to any person that is not a Pledgor (including in connection with an Event of Loss) or (ii) upon the effectiveness of any written consent to the release of the security interest granted hereby in any Collateral pursuant to Section 9.08 of the Credit Agreement, the security interest in such Collateral shall be automatically released, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party.

(d) In connection with any termination or release pursuant to paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of this Section 5.15, the Agent shall execute and deliver to any Pledgor, at such Pledgor’s expense, all documents that such Pledgor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination or release (including, without limitation, UCC termination statements), and will duly assign and transfer to such Pledgor, such of the Pledged Collateral that may be in the possession of the Agent and has not theretofore been sold or otherwise applied or released pursuant to this

 

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Agreement. Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this Section 5.15 shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Agent.

SECTION 5.16. Additional Subsidiaries. Upon execution and delivery by the Agent and any Subsidiary that is required to become a party hereto by Section 5.10 of the Credit Agreement of an instrument in the form of Exhibit I hereto, with such changes as are reasonably agreed by the Borrower and the Agent to reflect the Agreed Security Principles, such Subsidiary shall become a Subsidiary Party hereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Subsidiary Party herein. The execution and delivery of any such instrument shall not require the consent of any other party to this Agreement. The rights and obligations of each party to this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new party to this Agreement.

SECTION 5.17. Right of Set-off. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender, the Administrative Agent and each L/C Issuer is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other indebtedness at any time owing by such Lender, the Administrative Agent or such L/C Issuer to or for the credit or the account of any party to this Agreement against any of and all the obligations of such party now or hereafter existing under this Agreement owed to such Lender, the Administrative Agent or such L/C Issuer, irrespective of whether or not such Lender, the Administrative Agent or such L/C Issuer shall have made any demand under this Agreement and although such obligations may be unmatured. The rights of each Lender, the Administrative Agent and L/C Issuer under this Section 5.17 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of set-off) that such Lender, the Administrative Agent and such L/C Issuer may have.

SECTION 5.18. Subject to Intercreditor Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, from and after the execution and delivery of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement) (i) the liens and security interests granted to the Agent pursuant to this Agreement will be subject to such First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and (ii) the exercise of any right or remedy by the Agent hereunder will be subject to the limitations and provisions of such First Lien Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of such First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of such First Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall govern.

SECTION 5.19. Other First Lien Obligations. On or after the date hereof Holdings and/or the Borrower may from time to time designate obligations in respect of Indebtedness expressly permitted by the Credit Agreement to be secured on a pari passu basis with the Obligations as Other First Lien Obligations (as such term is defined in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement) by delivering to the Agent (a) a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of Holdings and/or the Borrower (i) identifying the obligations so designated and the initial aggregate principal amount or face amount thereof, (ii) stating that such obligations are designated as Other First Lien Obligations for purposes of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, (iii) representing that such designation of such obligations as Other First Lien Obligations complies with the terms of the Credit Agreement and (iv) specifying the name and address of the Authorized Representative for such obligations and (b) a fully executed First Lien

 

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Intercreditor Agreement or a joinder to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement (in the form specified in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement).

SECTION 5.20. ATH Costa Rica, S.A. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, no representation or covenant is made herein or in the Credit Agreement with respect to assets of ATH Costa Rica, S.A. (other than Equity Interests or Pledged Securities with respect to Equity Interests now or in the future held by ATH Costa Rica, S.A. (including Equity Interests in ATH Panama, S.A.) and Collateral described in clauses (c), (d) and (e) of Section 2.01 in respect of such Equity Interests, other than (i) any Equity Interests that are pledged pursuant to a separate pledge agreement in favor of the Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and (ii) any other assets excluded from Pledged Collateral pursuant to Section 2.01) as a result of ATH Costa Rica, S.A. entering into this Agreement.

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

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EVERTEC, INC.
By:   /s/ Felix M. Villamil
Name:   Felix M. Villamil
Title:   Chief Executive Officer and President

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

STATE OF Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

COUNTY OF San Juan

I, Luisa Wert Serrano, a Notary Public for said County and State, do hereby certify that Felix M. Villamil personally appeared before me this day and stated that (s)he is CEO and President of EVERTEC, Inc. and acknowledged, on behalf of EVERTEC, Inc. the due execution of the foregoing instrument.

Witness my hand and official seal, this 28th day of September, 2010.

Affidavit No. 1,105

/s/ Luisa Wert Serrano
Notary Public

My commission expires:

Does not expire

Signature Page to Collateral Agreement – Puerto Rico


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

CARIB HOLDINGS, INC.
By:   /s/ Felix M. Villamil
Name:   Felix M. Villamil
Title:   Chief Executive Officer and President

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

STATE OF Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

COUNTY OF San Juan

I, Luisa Wert Serrano, a Notary Public for said County and State, do hereby certify that Felix M. Villamil personally appeared before me this day and stated that (s)he is CEO and President of EVERTEC, Inc. and acknowledged, on behalf of EVERTEC, Inc. the due execution of the foregoing instrument.

Witness my hand and official seal, this 28th day of September, 2010.

Affidavit No. 1,104

/s/ Luisa Wert Serrano
Notary Public

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SENSE SOFTWARE INTERNATIONAL, CORP.
By:   /s/ Felix M. Villamil
Name:   Felix M. Villamil
Title:   Chief Executive Officer and President

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

STATE OF Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

COUNTY OF San Juan

I, Luisa Wert Serrano, a Notary Public for said County and State, do hereby certify that Felix M. Villamil personally appeared before me this day and stated that (s)he is President of Sense Software International Corp. and acknowledged, on behalf of Sense Software International Corp. the due execution of the foregoing instrument.

Witness my hand and official seal, this 28th day of September, 2010.

Affidavit No. 1,110

/s/ Luisa Wert Serrano
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T.I.I. SMART SOLUTIONS INC.
By:   /s/ Luis Gerardo Alvarado Gómez
Name:   Luis Gerardo Alvarado Gómez
Title:   Sole Director

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

STATE OF Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

COUNTY OF San Juan

I, Luisa Wert Serrano, a Notary Public for said County and State, do hereby certify that Luis G. Alvarado personally appeared before me this day and stated that (s)he is Sole Director of TII Smart Solutions, Inc. and acknowledged, on behalf of TII Smart Solutions, Inc. the due execution of the foregoing instrument.

Witness my hand and official seal, this 28th day of September, 2010.

Affidavit No. 1,106

/s/ Luisa Wert Serrano
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ATH COSTA RICA SOCIEDAD ANONIMA
By:   /s/ Luis Gerardo Alvarado Gómez
Name:   Luis Gerardo Alvarado Gómez
Title:   President

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

STATE OF Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

COUNTY OF San Juan

I, Luisa Wert Serrano, a Notary Public for said County and State, do hereby certify that Luis G. Alvarado personally appeared before me this day and stated that (s)he is President of ATH Costa Rica and acknowledged, on behalf of ATH Costa Rica the due execution of the foregoing instrument.

Witness my hand and official seal, this 28th day of September, 2010.

Affidavit No. 1,107

/s/ Luisa Wert Serrano
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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Collateral Agent
By:   /s/ Barry Price
  Name:   Barry Price
  Title:   Managing Director

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

STATE OF                                 

COUNTY OF                                 

I,                     , a Notary Public for said County and State, do hereby certify that                      personally appeared before me this day and stated that (s)he is                      of                      and acknowledged, on behalf of                      the due execution of the foregoing instrument.

Witness my hand and official seal, this              day of                     , 201    .

Affidavit No. 1,104

  
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EX-10.7 11 dex107.htm AMENDED & RESTATED INDEPENDENT SALES ORGANIZATION SPONSORSHIP AND SERVICES AGMT. Amended & Restated Independent Sales Organization Sponsorship and Services Agmt.

Exhibit 10.7

EXECUTION VERSION

AMENDED AND RESTATED

INDEPENDENT SALES ORGANIZATION

SPONSORSHIP AND SERVICES AGREEMENT

This Amended and Restated Independent Sales Organization Sponsorship and Services Agreement (this “Agreement”), effective as of this 30th day of September, 2010 (the “Effective Date”) is entered into by and between EVERTEC, INC., a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (“EVERTEC”) and BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO, a bank organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (“BPPR”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, BPPR is a member in good standing of VISA U.S.A., Inc. and VISA International, Inc. (collectively, “VISA”) and MasterCard International, Inc. (“MCI” and, together with VISA, the ATH Network and any other credit and/or debit card companies (private label or otherwise) of which BPPR is a member in good standing or is otherwise authorized to provide sponsorship of non-member agents, the “Associations”), and BPPR is qualified to provide sponsorship of non-member agents into the Associations;

WHEREAS, EVERTEC wishes to engage in the business of marketing Merchant Services (as defined herein) to Merchants (as defined herein) and potential Merchants with respect to each Association;

WHEREAS, in order to provide the Merchant Services with respect to an Association, EVERTEC must be sponsored by a member of such Association, and BPPR, as a member of the Associations, wishes to sponsor EVERTEC on the terms set forth herein;

WHEREAS, in addition to BPPR’s agreement to sponsor EVERTEC into the Associations as set forth herein, BPPR also agrees to provide access to the ATH Network through which Merchants and Government-Merchants may accept Transactions;

WHEREAS, the Associations have each adopted rules and regulations relating to the provision of Merchant Services by third-party agents to which BPPR, as a result of its membership in the Associations, and EVERTEC, as a result of BPPR’s sponsorship pursuant to this Agreement, are subject; and

WHEREAS, Popular and EVERTEC previously entered into an Independent Sales Organization Sponsorship and Services Agreement on June 30, 2010, as amended (the “Existing ISO”), and the parties desire to amend and restate the Existing ISO in order to provide for certain changes and additions to such services and revisions to the terms of the Existing ISO.

THE AGREEMENT


NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the mutual agreements contained in this Agreement and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATIONAL PROVISIONS

Section 1.1 Certain Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings set forth below:

ACH” means the Automated Clearing House payment system.

ACH File” means the daily file created by EVERTEC and transmitted to the Federal Reserve in the prescribed ACH format by a financial institution participating in the ACH that contains (i) a list of the ACH Transactions to debit or credit Merchants and/or Government-Merchants, as applicable, for the sum of Sales Records, Credit Records and Merchant Chargebacks received by EVERTEC and (ii) Merchant Transaction Processing Fees calculated by EVERTEC.

ACH Returns” means ACH Transactions that cannot be posted to a Merchant’s or a Government-Merchant’s bank account due to erroneous information, insufficient funds, closed accounts or other reasons and that are returned through the Federal Reserve to the originating financial institution.

ACH Transaction” means an Electronic Record of amounts to be deposited or debited to a bank account at a financial institution participating in the ACH.

Acquiring Member” means a licensee or member of an Association that is authorized by the Association to enter Transactions into or receive Transactions from the Association’s settlement and authorization systems.

Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controlling, Controlled by, or under common Control with, such Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) with respect to Apollo, the term “Affiliate” shall (x) include any investment fund with respect to which Apollo Global Management LLC or its Controlled Affiliates (including its and their respective successors) are the sole or, if not sole, primary investment managers and, subject to clause (y) below, each of their Subsidiaries and (y) not include portfolio companies of Apollo Global Management LLC or its Controlled Affiliates and, (ii) with respect to Popular (to the extent that at the time of determination it is engaged in a private equity or similar business), the term “Affiliate” shall not include portfolio companies of Popular or its Controlled Affiliates.

Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

Alleged Breaching Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.2(a).

 

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Apollo” means AP Carib Holdings, Ltd., an exempted company organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands.

Assessments” means those fees paid by Acquiring Members, other than Interchange Fees and Association Dues, for participation in the programs offered by each Association, usually as a percentage of monthly sales volume, as the due dates and amounts of such fees may be changed from time to time by each respective Association’s Board of Directors.

Asset Acquirer” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.1(c).

Assignee Sub” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.1(b).

Association” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Association Dues” means any fees and rebates imposed by any of the Associations pursuant to such Association’s regulations for use of such Association’s equipment, settlement and authorization systems, automated retrieval systems, BIN licensing, arbitration filings, fines for non-compliance with such regulations and such other charges as such Association may from time to time impose, excluding the Interchange Fees and Assessments.

ATH Network” means the interbank network connecting the ATMs of various financial institutions in the Region, and is also the debit card network for ATH-linked ATM cards.

ATM” means automated teller machine (ATM) or automatic banking machine (ABM) which is a computerized telecommunications device that provides the clients of a financial institution with access to financial transactions in a public space without the need for a cashier, human clerk or bank teller.

Authorization Center” means the service desk to be established and maintained by EVERTEC to be contacted by a Merchant to obtain authorization codes and other instructions with respect to handling Cards according to the Merchant Program Procedures.

beneficially owned”, “beneficial ownership” and similar phrases have the same meanings as such terms have under Rule 13d-3 (or any successor rule then in effect) under the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the beneficial ownership of any Person, such Person shall be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such Person has the right to acquire, whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable upon the occurrence of a subsequent event. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Person (the “Initial Person”) shall be deemed to beneficially own any securities beneficially owned by another Person who is not an Affiliate of such Initial Person (the “Other Person”) (disregarding solely for the purposes of determining securities beneficially owned by such Other Person, (i) application of this sentence to any securities that have been Transferred (other than in the form of a pledge, hypothecation or similar grant of a security interest only and which shall not involve the grant of a proxy or other right with respect to the voting of such securities) to such Other Person in compliance with the Stockholder Agreement or other applicable Group Agreement and (ii) any Group Securities with

 

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respect to such Other Person), including without limitation, another Holder that is not an Affiliate of such Initial Person.

BIN” means a unique bank identification number assigned and licensed by VISA, or an interbank card association number assigned and licensed by MCI, to an Acquiring Member for such Acquiring Member’s use in issuing Cards (if applicable), entering Transactions into or receiving Transactions from such Association’s settlement and authorization systems.

BPPR” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

BPPR Referral Compensation” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(a).

BPPR Sponsorship Fees” means $1,000 per year.

BSA” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.7.

Business Day” shall mean a day that is not a U.S. nationally recognized bank holiday and on which a branch of the Federal Reserve that is used for settlement is open for business.

Card” means a card bearing the Trademark of an Association, or any other card, including debit cards and credit cards, that may be used by a Cardholder to authorize and charge purchases to such Cardholder’s Cardholder Account as part of Transactions completed in-person upon the Cardholder’s presentment of the card and signing of a Sales Record or by mail, Internet or telephone order, in each case in accordance with the applicable Rules.

Cardholder” means a Person who has a Cardholder Account with an Issuing Member, or a Person who has a card that can be used to obtain cash through the ATH Network.

Cardholder Account” means an arrangement between a Person and an Issuing Member whereby such Person may use one or more Cards issued by such Issuing Member to conduct Transactions or obtain a Cash Disbursement.

Cash Disbursement” means the use of a Card to obtain cash from a financial institution in accordance with the applicable Rules of such financial institution.

Change of Control” means, with respect to a Person, the acquisition, by a non-Affiliate of such Person, of (i) more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of such Person or (ii) the legal power to designate a majority of the board of directors (or other persons performing similar functions) of such Person.

Chosen Courts” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.5.

Common Shares” means the common stock of EVERTEC, par value $1.00 per share (or the common stock of any successor or other entity holding all or substantially all the assets of EVERTEC and its Subsidiaries).

 

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Control,” and its correlative meanings, “Controlling,” and “Controlled,” means the possession, direct or indirect, or the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

Control Acquirer” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.11(a).

CPI” means the All Items Consumer Price Index All Urban Consumers, U.S. City Average (1982-84 – 100), which is published by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Credit Records” means all documents, or the Electronic Record of such documents, used to evidence any refund or price adjustment to be credited to a Cardholder Account from the sale of services or Products, which documents or Electronic Records shall be in the form supplied by EVERTEC and approved by BPPR.

DDA” means a direct deposit account.

Default Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.2(a).

Designated Merchant” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(a).

Dispute” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.2(a).

Disclosing Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.

Drag-Along Transaction” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(d)(i) of the Stockholder Agreement.

Dragged Asset Sale” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(d)(vii) of the Stockholder Agreement.

Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

Electronic Record” means data that is transcribed in a form supplied by EVERTEC that is approved by BPPR and suitable for electronic processing.

Encumbrances” means any direct or indirect encumbrances, lien, pledge, security interest, claim, charges, option, right of first refusal or offer, mortgage, deed of trust, easement, or any other restriction or third-party right, including restrictions on the right to vote equity interests.

Event of Default” means the occurrence of any of the following:

 

  (i) either party fails to pay any undisputed, material amounts due to the other party under this Agreement and such failure(s) continue(s) for a period of 60 days after notice has been sent to the non-paying party;

 

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  (ii) either party (A) files for bankruptcy, receivership, reorganization, liquidation or any similar proceedings applicable to banks or corporations, as applicable, or (B) has such a proceeding instituted against it and such proceeding is not dismissed within 60 days;

 

  (iii) a party fails to observe any material obligation specified in this Agreement that results in a Material Breach, and such failure is not cured within 30 days (or in the event such breach can be cured but cannot be reasonably cured within 30 days, within such longer period of time (not to exceed 90 days) as is required to cure the same, provided the breaching party diligently pursues remedial action to completion) of a notice specifying the breach; or

 

  (iv) either party makes an assignment of this Agreement, except as expressly provided herein.

EVERTEC” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

EVERTEC Change of Control” means, with respect to EVERTEC, any:

 

  (i) merger, consolidation or other business combination of EVERTEC (or any Subsidiary or Subsidiaries that alone or together represent all or substantially all of EVERTEC’s consolidated business at that time) or any successor or other entity holding all or substantially all the assets of EVERTEC and its Subsidiaries that results in the stockholders of EVERTEC (or such Subsidiary or Subsidiaries) or any successor or other entity holding all or substantially all the assets of EVERTEC and its Subsidiaries or the surviving entity thereof, as applicable, immediately before the consummation of such transaction or a series of related transactions, holding, directly or indirectly, less than 50% of the voting power of EVERTEC (or such Subsidiary or Subsidiaries) or any such successor, other entity or surviving entity, as applicable, immediately following the consummation of such transaction or series of related transactions; provided that this clause (i) shall not be deemed applicable to any merger, consolidation or other business combination, if, as a result of any such merger, consolidation or other business combination, no Person or Group of Persons that had not had “control” of EVERTEC immediately prior to such transaction, as such term is defined under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, shall have obtained such “control”;

 

  (ii) Transfer (other than in the form of a pledge, hypothecation or similar grant of a security interest only and which shall not involve the grant of a proxy or other right with respect to the voting of such equity), in one or a series of related transactions, of equity representing 50% or more of the voting power of EVERTEC (or any Subsidiary or Subsidiaries that alone or together represent all or substantially all of EVERTEC’s consolidated business at that time) or any successor or other entity holding all or substantially all the assets of EVERTEC and its Subsidiaries to a Person or Group of Persons (other than an Transfer of such equity to Apollo Global Management LLC, Popular, any Permitted Ultimate Parent, or their respective Controlled Affiliates);

 

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  (iii) transaction in which a majority of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of EVERTEC (or any successor or other entity holding all or substantially all the assets of EVERTEC and its Subsidiaries) immediately following or as a proximate cause of such transaction is comprised of persons who were not members of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of EVERTEC (or such successor or other entity) immediately prior to such transaction (or are not nominated by Apollo Global Management LLC, Popular, any Permitted Ultimate Parent or their respective Controlled Affiliates) except, (X) resulting from the compliance, at the time of an initial public offering of either Holdco or EVERTEC (or any successor or other entity holding all or substantially all the assets of EVERTEC and its Subsidiaries), with the listing requirements, listed company manual or similar rules or regulations of the securities exchange on which Holdco’s or EVERTEC’s (or such successor’s or other entity’s), as the case may be, equity securities will be listed pursuant to such initial public offering, (Y) if a majority of such board of directors is not “independent” under the rules of the applicable securities exchange on the date following such initial public offering upon which Holdco or EVERTEC (or any successor or other entity holding all or substantially all the assets of EVERTEC and its Subsidiaries), as the case may be, first ceases to be a “controlled company” (or similar status) under the rules and regulations of such exchange, resulting from compliance with the rules and regulations of such exchange that first apply upon Holdco or EVERTEC (or such successor’s or other entity’s), as the case may be, ceasing to be a “controlled company” (or similar status), or (Z) the loss of directors of EVERTEC pursuant to Section 2 of the Stockholder Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof or as may be amended with the approval of Popular and BPPR) that does not result in another Person or Group of Persons having the right or ability to appoint a majority of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of Holdco or EVERTEC (or any successor or other entity holding all or substantially all the assets of EVERTEC and its Subsidiaries) as a result of such transaction; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, this clause (Z) shall only apply to the resignation and initial replacement of such directors and not to any subsequent replacement of such directors (whether in connection with another transaction or otherwise); or

 

  (iv) sale or other disposition in one or a series of related transactions of all or substantially all of the assets of EVERTEC and its Subsidiaries (or any successor or other entity holding all or substantially all the assets of EVERTEC and its Subsidiaries) to a Person who is not an Affiliate of EVERTEC at such time.

EVERTEC Reserve Account” means a money market account maintained at BPPR and owned jointly by EVERTEC and BPPR, in which the Reserve Amount is to be maintained on deposit by EVERTEC, bearing interest at then-current market rates as offered by BPPR to the general public.

Excess Reserve” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.8(b).

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

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Existing ISO” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Federal Reserve” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Government Entity” means any federal, state, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, local or foreign government, governmental subdivision, administrative body or other governmental or quasi-governmental agency, tribunal, court or other entity with competent jurisdiction.

Government-Merchant” means each of the various municipalities, government agencies, public corporations and other governmental entities in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, which are set forth in Exhibit A; provided, that, when a Person that is a Government-Merchant enters into a Merchant Agreement, such Person shall no longer be considered a Government-Merchant for purposes of this Agreement.

Government-Merchant Agreements” means the agreements which are set forth in Exhibit A and are in effect as of the date hereof between BPPR and the Government-Merchants (or any successor or new agreement that may be entered solely between BPPR and Government-Merchants) for services rendered by BPPR to enable such Government-Merchants to accept and process payment of goods and services from their customers by means of Cards or other transaction media.

Government-Merchant Fees” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.3(b).

Group Agreement” means any agreement governing the acquisition, holding, voting or disposition of securities of a Person; provided that so long as Apollo or a subsequent Permitted Controlling Holder is an Affiliate of such Person, such Person is a party to such agreement.

Group of Persons” means a group of Persons that would constitute a “group” as determined pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Group Securities” means any securities beneficially owned by a Person solely as a result of the Stockholder Agreement or any other Group Agreement and, for the avoidance of doubt, which securities have not been Transferred to such Person or any of its Controlled Affiliates.

Hold Account” means a non-interest bearing deposit account maintained at BPPR for diversion of Merchant funds when there is evidence of fraudulent Transactions or serious violation of applicable Rules by such Merchant.

Holdco” means Carib Holdings, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

Holdco Common Shares” means the common stock of Holdco, par value $0.01 per share.

 

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Holders” means the holders of Holdco Common Shares who are parties to the Stockholder Agreement as set forth in Schedule I thereto, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time.

ICA” means a unique intercard bank association number assigned and licensed by MCI to an Acquiring Member for such Acquiring Member’s use in issuing Cards (if applicable), entering Transactions into or receiving Transactions from such Association’s settlement and authorization systems.

Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, (a) all indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent, for borrowed money, and (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other similar debt instruments.

Independent Sales Organization” or “ISO” means any organization that (i) is not a member of VISA or MCI (or any other Association), (ii) is registered with and sponsored by a VISA or MCI (or any other Association) member and (iii) provides services to a VISA or MCI (or any other Association) member in connection with the member’s merchant or Card issuing program.

Indirect Processor Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(c).

Initial Person” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “beneficially owned.”

Initial Term” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.1.

Interchange Fee” means the fee that is paid daily by an Acquiring Member to an Association for entering Sales Records and Credit Records and settling Transactions into such Association’s settlement networks.

Issuing Member” means a licensee or member of an Association that is authorized by such Association to issue Cards.

Jurisdiction” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.1(b).

Law” means any law, statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, code, order, injunction, judgment, decree, writ or other enforcement action enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered by a Government Entity (including, for the sake of clarity, any policy statement or interpretation that has the force of law with respect to any of the foregoing, and including common law).

Material Adverse Effect” means, with respect to any Person, any fact, event, change, effect, development, condition or occurrence that has a materially adverse effect on or with respect to any business, assets, liabilities, financial condition, or operations of such Person.

Material Breach” means a breach, or series of breaches, of a party’s obligations (other than a failure to make a payment pursuant to this Agreement) that if left uncured for 90 days following receipt of notice from the other party (the “Non-breaching Party”) specifying the

 

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breach would result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Non-breaching Party and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole).

MCI” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Merchant” means any Person, other than BPPR and EVERTEC, who is or becomes a party to a Merchant Agreement; provided, however, that the term shall not include a Government-Merchant which is a party to a Government-Merchant Agreement.

Merchant Acquiring Business” means the business engaged in by BPPR, directly through its Merchant Business division and indirectly through EVERTEC, in each case prior to the Effective Date, enabling Merchants and Government-Merchants to accept and process payment of goods and services from their customers by means of Cards or other transaction media, including the signing up and underwriting of Merchants and Government-Merchants for accepting such means of payment, providing POS card-based transaction processing services and electronic payment and settlement services (including PIN and signature debit transaction authorization, settlement and exception processing, gift, private label, stored value and prepaid card processing and certain payments-related reselling services), the sale of products and services related thereto, including terminal deployment services and other value added services (including Card-acquiring debit portfolio management services related to the foregoing, and certain data processing services).

Merchant Agreement” means (i) the written agreement among a Merchant, EVERTEC and BPPR pursuant to which EVERTEC provides Merchant Services to such Merchant and allows such Merchant to participate in the Merchant Program, and (ii) any agreement defined as a Merchant Agreement under the Merchant and TicketPop Business Transfer and Reorganization Agreement between BPPR and EVERTEC, dated as of June 30, 2010, as such agreement may be amended, restated or supplemented from time to time, (iii) any agreement that may be entered into during the Initial Term and any Renewal Term by and among BPPR, EVERTEC and the applicable Government-Merchant, and (iv) any successor agreement to an existing Government-Merchant Agreements that may be entered into by and among BPPR, EVERTEC and the applicable Government-Merchant; provided, however, that for the avoidance of doubt, as used herein, the term “Merchant Agreement” shall not include any Government-Merchant Agreement.

Merchant Application” means an application, in a form acceptable to EVERTEC and BPPR, whereby a potential Merchant applies to participate in the Merchant Program.

Merchant Application Approval Policy” means the written policy set forth in Exhibit B regarding acceptance of Merchants, as such policy may be amended in accordance with Section 2.4(c).

Merchant Chargeback” means a Transaction or other item denied or returned by an Issuing Member after such Transaction was entered into the appropriate settlement network for payment in accordance with applicable Rules, or for which payment to a Merchant or a Government-Merchant has been refused or reversed in accordance with applicable Rules.

 

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Merchant Loss” means any loss or extraordinary expense (including reasonable legal fees related to such loss or extraordinary expense) for any reason attributable to a Merchant or a Government-Merchant, including any loss due to a Merchant Chargeback, Merchant business failure or any fraudulent or illegal, or allegedly fraudulent or illegal, practice of such Merchant or Government-Merchant, except in the event such Merchant Loss was caused by the fraud or misconduct of BPPR.

Merchant Program” means the package of (i) services provided by EVERTEC and (ii) services provided by BPPR, in each case, pursuant to a Merchant Agreement to a Merchant (and in the case of BPPR, also to a Government-Merchant pursuant to a Government-Merchant Agreement), enabling such Merchant and Government-Merchant to make sales to Cardholders and permitting the Merchant and Government-Merchant to present Sales Records to EVERTEC (or, in the case of Government-Merchants, to BPPR) for payment and processing, including Transaction authorization and processing services and related services.

Merchant Program Procedures” means the procedures, as required by the Rules, that are to be followed by each of EVERTEC, BPPR and each Merchant and Government-Merchant in the handling of Transactions, in a manner consistent with past practices under the Merchant Acquiring Business, which shall be documented by mutual agreement by the parties within 60 days from the Effective Date as such procedures may be amended from time to time upon the mutual consent of BPPR and EVERTEC; provided that the procedures shall conform with the Rules; provided, further, that the Rules shall govern in the event of any conflict with such procedures.

Merchant Reserve Account” means a non-interest bearing deposit account maintained at BPPR and owned by EVERTEC for the deposit of funds received from Merchants pursuant to their respective Merchant Agreements as collateral against losses (i.e., reserves).

Merchant Services” means services provided by each of BPPR and EVERTEC to Merchants (and, in the case of Government-Merchants, by BPPR with the assistance of EVERTEC under this Agreement) pursuant to the Merchant Program.

Merchant Transaction Processing Fees” means the fees charged by EVERTEC to a Merchant (or, in the case of Government-Merchants, the fees charged by BPPR) for processing Sales Records and Merchant Chargebacks, participating in the Merchant Program and supplying card authorization services, monthly statements, equipment and other supplies and services as identified in or authorized under the Merchant Application, Merchant Agreement (or, in the case of Government-Merchants, under the Government-Merchant Agreement) or any other ancillary materials.

Notice of Dispute” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.2(a).

Non-breaching Party” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Material Breach.

Non-Controlled Public Entity” means a Person which has equity securities listed on national stock exchange and which Person’s Affiliates do not beneficially own securities

 

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representing the majority of the voting power to elect the members of the board of directors or other governing body of such Person.

Operating Account” means a deposit account maintained at BPPR and owned by EVERTEC for the purpose of debiting and crediting Merchant DDAs with respect to amounts due and payable to EVERTEC under the Merchant Agreements.

Original Paper” means the Merchant’s or Government-Merchant’s copy of a Sales Record or Credit Record transcribed in writing on a paper form that has been approved by both BPPR and EVERTEC for use under this Agreement.

Other Person” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “beneficially owned.”

Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards” means the set of comprehensive requirements for enhancing payment account data security developed by the founding payment brands of the PCI Security Standards Council, as may be amended from time to time.

Permitted Assignment” means a Permitted Subsidiary Assignment or a Permitted Third-Party Assignment.

Permitted Controlling Holder” means a Person that (i) beneficially owns equity securities representing a majority of the voting power to elect the directors of EVERTEC or (ii) any successor or any other entity holding all or substantially all of the assets of EVERTEC and its Subsidiaries in a transaction or series of transactions, in each case, without contravening Section 11.1 or without BPPR validly exercising its termination right pursuant to Section 11.11 provided that such Person shall be a “Permitted Controlling Holder” only with respect to the applicable entity that issues such securities.

Permitted Subsidiary Assignment” means an assignment by EVERTEC of any of its rights, duties or obligations under this Agreement to an Assignee Sub in compliance with the provisions of Section 11.1.

Permitted Third-Party Assignment” means an assignment by EVERTEC of all its rights, duties and obligations under this Agreement to an Asset Acquirer in compliance with the provisions of Section 11.1.

Permitted Ultimate Parent” means with respect to a Permitted Controlling Holder, its Ultimate Parent Entity.

Person” means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a limited liability company, a joint venture, a Government Entity, a trust or other entity or organization.

PIN” means a personal identification number and the security regulations associated therewith that is assigned by or on behalf of certain Associations to Cardholders to enhance the security of Transactions.

 

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Popular” means Popular, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

POS” means point-of-sale.

Products” means goods or services sold or rendered by Merchants.

Proprietary Information” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.

Referred Merchant” means a potential Merchant that was referred to EVERTEC by BPPR and who consequently executes a Merchant Agreement with EVERTEC and BPPR following the Effective Date.

Region” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.13.

Renewal Term” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.1.

Representative” means, with respect to a particular Person, any director, officer, partner, member, employee, agent, subcontractor, consultant, advisor or other representative of such Person, including legal counsel, accountants and financial advisors.

Reserve Amount” means $500,000.

Reserve Deficiency” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.8(b).

Retrieval” means the production of the original, or an acceptable facsimile of, a Sales Record, Credit Record or other supporting documentation by the Merchant or Government-Merchant at the request of BPPR or an Issuing Member.

Retrieval Request” means a written or electronic request by an Issuing Member to BPPR and/or EVERTEC, in the manner permitted by the corresponding Association, for the Retrieval of a Sales Record or Credit Record, either in the form of microfilm, Original Paper, Electronic Record or facsimile previously delivered in Electronic Record form to EVERTEC.

Rules” means, as applicable, the written rules and regulations, system manuals and procedures and service levels, standards and requirements issued by an Association, and any interpretations thereof by such Association, as the same may be amended from time to time.

Sales Records” means all documents, or the Electronic Record of such documents, in such format as is approved by BPPR and EVERTEC, used to evidence the sale of Products through the use of Cards.

Settlement Account” means a deposit account owned by BPPR to receive the net funds wired daily by the respective Associations in payment for Sales Records entered into their respective settlement networks offset by Association Dues, Assessments, Interchange Fees, Merchant Chargebacks and other amounts pursuant to the Rules.

 

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Solvent” with regard to any Person, means that (i) the sum of the assets of such Person, both at a fair valuation and at a present fair salable value, exceeds its liabilities, including contingent, subordinated, unmatured, unliquidated, and disputed liabilities; (ii) such Person has sufficient capital with which to conduct its business; and (iii) such Person has not incurred debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature. For purposes of this definition, “debt” means any liability on a claim, and “claim” means (x) a right to payment, whether or not such right is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured or unsecured or (y) a right to an equitable remedy for breach of performance to the extent such breach gives rise to a payment, whether or not such right to an equitable remedy is reduced to judgment, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, secured or unsecured. With respect to any such contingent liabilities, such liabilities shall be computed at the amount which, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing at the time, represents the amount which can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.

SPV Affiliate” means with respect to any Person, any Affiliate of such Person, whose direct or indirect interest in the Common Shares constitutes more than 30% (by value) of the equity securities portfolio of such Affiliate.

Stockholder Agreement” means the Stockholder Agreement among Carib Holdings, Inc. and the holders party thereto dated September 30, 2010.

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, association, partnership, limited liability company or other business entity of which 50% or more of the total voting power or equity interests (including partnership interests) entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers, representatives or trustees thereof is at the time owned or Controlled, directly or indirectly, by (a) such Person, (b) such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person, or (c) one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.

Trademark” means any trademark, service mark, Internet domain name, trade dress, trade, corporate or business name, whether or not registered, and all applications and registrations for the foregoing, including all renewals and extensions of same, and all goodwill associated therewith and symbolized thereby.

Transaction” means the consummation of a sale of services or Products or the initiation of a credit to a Cardholder by a Merchant or a Government-Merchant by means of a Sales Record.

Transfer” means any direct or indirect sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, gift, bequest by will or under intestacy laws, pledge, hypothecation or other Encumbrance, or any other disposition, of the stated security (or any interest therein or right thereto, including the issuance of any total return swap or other derivative whose economic value is primarily based upon the value of the stated security) or of all or part of the voting power (other than the granting of a revocable proxy) associated with the stated security (or any interest therein) whatsoever, or any other transfer of beneficial ownership of the stated security, with or without consideration and whether voluntarily or involuntarily (including by operation of law). Notwithstanding

 

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anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, (i) each of (x) a Transfer of equity interests of Popular and (y) a Change of Control of Popular shall be deemed not to constitute a Transfer of any equity interest beneficially owned by Popular; (ii) each of (x) a Transfer of equity interests of Apollo Global Management LLC or any of its Controlled Affiliates that is not an SPV Affiliate, and (y) a Change of Control of Apollo Global Management LLC or any of its Controlled Affiliates that is not an SPV Affiliate shall be deemed not to constitute a Transfer of any equity interest beneficially owned by Apollo or such Affiliate, as applicable, and (iii) each of (x) a Transfer of equity interests of any Permitted Ultimate Parent or any of its Controlled Affiliates that is not an SPV Affiliate, and (y) a Change of Control of any Permitted Ultimate Parent or any of its Controlled Affiliates that is not an SPV Affiliate shall be deemed not to constitute a Transfer of any security beneficially owned by such Permitted Ultimate Parent Entity or such Controlled Affiliate, as applicable; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, subject to clause (i) above, any Change of Control of an SPV Affiliate shall be deemed to constitute a Transfer of the Common Shares beneficially owned by such SPV Affiliate.

Transmittal” means the process whereby Sales Records and Credit Records are electronically transferred in the form of Electronic Records.

Ultimate Parent Entity” means (i) with respect to Apollo, Apollo Global Management LLC and its successors, (ii) with respect to Popular, Popular and its successors and (iii) with respect to a Permitted Controlling Holder, (x) the Person which (A)(i) Controls such Permitted Controlling Holder or (ii) if no Person Controls such Permitted Controlling Holder, the beneficial owner of a majority of the voting power of such Permitted Controlling Holder and (B) is not itself Controlled by any other Person that is an Ultimate Parent Entity of such Permitted Controlling Holder or, (y) if no such Person exists, the Permitted Controlling Holder; provided that, with respect to determining an Ultimate Parent Entity (i) the Control of any entity by a natural person shall be disregarded and (ii) the Control of any Non-Controlled Public Entity by any Person shall be disregarded.

VISA” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Section 1.2 Interpretational Provisions.

(a) Exhibits and Schedules referenced in this Agreement are deemed to be incorporated herein by reference, in each case as such Exhibits and Schedules may be amended from time to time in accordance with the provisions contained herein.

(b) Wherever the word “include,” “includes” or “including” is used in this Agreement, it shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.”

(c) The words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import, when used in this Agreement, shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement.

(d) The terms defined in the singular have a comparable meaning when used in the plural, and vice versa.

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(f) References herein to the Preamble or the Recitals, or a specific Article, Section, Schedule or Exhibit shall refer, respectively, to the Preamble or the Recitals or to Articles, Sections, Schedules or Exhibits of this Agreement.

ARTICLE II

RESPONSIBILITIES

Section 2.1 EVERTEC Responsibilities – General.

(a) ISO Registration. EVERTEC shall register with, obtain approvals from and file such forms with each of the Associations as are required under such Association’s Rules in order to provide the Merchant Services hereunder as an ISO for BPPR as Acquiring Member.

(b) Marketing Activities. EVERTEC shall market the Merchant Program consistent with the practices of the Merchant Acquiring Business, including, by:

(i) marketing the Merchant Program to potential Merchants and encourage them to become Merchants;

(ii) assisting potential Merchants in completing all documents required by BPPR to apply to the Merchant Program in accordance with the Merchant Application Approval Policy and forwarding to BPPR, in electronic format, the Merchant Applications it receives as promptly as reasonably practicable;

(iii) producing and paying for the materials used by EVERTEC in marketing the Merchant Program, which materials will comply in all material respects with the Rules and shall be approved in advance of their use by BPPR in its reasonable discretion; and

(iv) monitoring and supervising the performance of its employees and marketing Representatives involved in the Merchant Program to ensure compliance with Merchant Program Procedures, the Merchant Application Approval Policy and all applicable Rules.

(c) Equipment and Materials.

(i) EVERTEC will sell or make arrangements for the sale to, or the finance, lease or rental by Merchants of all point-of-sale and other terminals and equipment necessary for each Merchant (and will assist BPPR in making such arrangements with Government-Merchants) to participate in the Merchant Program. EVERTEC will install and, if requested by the Merchant (or if requested by the Government-Merchant to BPPR), maintain the terminals and equipment at no expense to BPPR. Neither EVERTEC nor any Merchant (nor any Government-Merchant) will be required to purchase terminals and equipment from BPPR. EVERTEC may, at its option, provide the services set forth in this Section 2.1(c)(i) itself or through one or more subcontractors or third parties.

 

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(ii) EVERTEC will (A) provide Merchants with training materials and will use reasonable efforts to train Merchants to operate the terminals and equipment to enable Merchants to fulfill their obligations under the Merchant Program, and (B) assist BPPR in providing such materials and trainings to Government-Merchants.

(iii) As between BPPR and EVERTEC, EVERTEC will be responsible for the distribution, delivery and expense of all supplies reasonably necessary for the Merchants and Government-Merchants to perform their duties under the Merchant Program, including Sales Records, Transmittals, deposit envelopes, printer paper and ribbons.

(d) Merchant Accounts.

(i) EVERTEC will input such data for each approved Merchant (and assist BPPR in managing the corresponding data for the Government-Merchants) in databases as is necessary for such Merchant or Government-Merchant to participate in the Merchant Program. EVERTEC will maintain the data files in a manner reasonably designed to assure that all Merchant and Government-Merchant charges are input promptly.

(ii) EVERTEC will input all necessary new account information into EVERTEC’s information system in a manner reasonably designed to render all exception reports turned on and available.

(iii) EVERTEC will monitor all Merchant DDAs daily in accordance with the Rules to attempt to minimize Merchant Losses and shall provide BPPR with summary reports thereof in a form reasonably agreed between BPPR and EVERTEC; provided, however, that the DDA’s for Government-Merchants shall be monitored by BPPR.

(e) EVERTEC will (i) respond to inquiries from Merchants concerning the Merchant Program in a manner consistent with the practices of the Merchant Acquiring Business, and (ii) direct to and coordinate with BPPR any inquiries from Government-Merchants.

(f) Merchant Services. EVERTEC, at its expense and at all times in a manner reasonably acceptable to BPPR in a manner consistent with the practices of the Merchant Acquiring Business, will provide all necessary functions for the Merchant Program through qualified industry vendors (subject to the provisions of Section 2.12) or, at its discretion, will provide and develop internally the necessary systems and capabilities, consistent with the practices of the Merchant Acquiring Business, including:

(i) maintaining electronic authorization and draft capture applications and network;

(ii) maintaining an Authorization Center for voice authorization, referrals and Merchant instructions;

 

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(iii) maintaining Merchant accounting and clearing systems;

(iv) creating and transmitting to BPPR daily ACH Files for Merchant payments;

(v) rendering monthly Merchant statements;

(vi) processing Merchant Chargebacks and Retrieval Requests in accordance with the Rules;

(vii) providing customer service to Merchants;

(viii) assisting BPPR in performing the services listed in (i) through (vii) above for Government-Merchants; and

(ix) providing BPPR with copies of all reports with respect to EVERTEC’s obligations under this Agreement reasonably necessary for BPPR to fulfill its obligations hereunder.

(g) EVERTEC will, in a manner consistent with the practices of the Merchant Acquiring Business, promptly resolve rejected Transactions identified by EVERTEC, including rejected Transactions funded to the Merchant (“edit rejects”) and rejected Transactions not funded to the Merchant (“Transmittal rejects”). If necessary, EVERTEC will use commercially reasonable efforts to recover funds directly from the Merchants for all rejected Transactions that are not curable. BPPR will, in a manner consistent with its past practices, promptly resolve rejected Transactions of Government-Merchants, including edit rejects and Transmittal rejects. If necessary, BPPR will use commercially reasonable efforts to recover funds directly from the Government-Merchants for all rejected Transactions that are not curable.

(h) EVERTEC will, in a manner consistent with the practices of the Merchant Acquiring Business, promptly identify the reasons for each ACH credit or debit rejected, correct system data as necessary and thereafter either credit the Merchant (or remit to BPPR for credit to the Government-Merchant) for the funds through an ACH Transaction or pursue all commercially reasonable efforts to collect the funds due from the Merchant (or assist BPPR to collect the funds due from the Government-Merchant), as appropriate. EVERTEC is now, and shall remain during the Initial Term and any Renewal Term, compliant with the Rules, including the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards.

(i) EVERTEC will be responsible for “front line” customer claim receipt services.

Section 2.2 Merchant Transaction and Fee Settlement.

(a) The Settlement Account shall be established at BPPR, and all settlement funds with respect to Merchant Transactions and Association Fees shall be processed through the Settlement Account.

 

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(b) As between BPPR and EVERTEC, EVERTEC shall be responsible for collecting from Merchants all fees, fines and charges relating to Transactions or the Merchant’s acceptance of Cards in payment for Products; provided, that, with respect to the Government-Merchant Agreements, BPPR shall be responsible for collecting all fees and other payments payable to BPPR under the Government-Merchant Agreements.

Section 2.3 Merchant Chargeback Responsibilities. EVERTEC will, in a manner consistent with the practices of the Merchant Acquiring Business, respond to an Issuing Member’s request for information in accordance with the Rules in the event a Merchant initiates a Chargeback, and shall assist BPPR in responding to an Issuing Member’s request for information in accordance with the Rules in the event a Government-Merchant initiates a Chargeback.

Section 2.4 Merchant Agreements.

(a) EVERTEC shall contract with potential Merchants accepted for participation in the Merchant Program using the form of Merchant Agreement as has been reasonably approved by BPPR and EVERTEC; provided that EVERTEC shall have the exclusive authority to establish fees and charges applicable to each Merchant for such participation subject to applicable Law and the Rules. EVERTEC shall be the sole owner of all economic rights and benefits of, under and relating to Merchant Agreements (and to the amounts payable to EVERTEC by BPPR, subject to and as provided in Section 6.3(b), with respect to Government-Merchant Agreements); provided, however, that EVERTEC shall not have the right to sell, assign, transfer or encumber such rights without the prior written consent of BPPR, which consent may be granted or denied at BPPR’s sole discretion, except that EVERTEC may assign its rights (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any of its economic rights and benefits of, under and relating to Merchant Agreements), duties and obligations under this Agreement in connection with the grant of a security interest for any securitization or financing transactions, and the enforcement of any rights or remedies that EVERTEC has against BPPR under this Agreement; provided further that, (i) in the event BPPR requests from EVERTEC to provide the Merchant Services at reduced fees or charges to certain Merchants designated by BPPR (the “Designated Merchants”), then BPPR shall pay EVERTEC on a monthly basis the difference between (x) EVERTEC’s standard fees and charges and (y) the reduced fees and charges mutually agreed to by the parties hereto for the Merchant Services provided to such Designated Merchants, and (ii) the Discount Sharing Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit D and incorporated herein, shall remain in full force and effect with respect to the merchants identified in Exhibit D, as the same may be amended from time to time by mutual agreement of the parties hereto.

(b) EVERTEC shall follow the normal and customary underwriting and approval processes as reasonably agreed by BPPR and EVERTEC to evaluate potential Merchants for Merchant Services in accordance with the Merchant Application Approval Policy and all applicable Rules. EVERTEC will not enter into a Merchant Agreement with any potential Merchant that does not, in EVERTEC’s reasonable judgment, meet the standards set forth in the Merchant Application Approval Policy without the prior written consent of BPPR; provided that all Merchants party to a Merchant Agreement and all Government-Merchants party

 

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to a Government-Merchant Agreement shall be deemed to satisfy the Merchant Application Approval Policy.

(c) BPPR may amend the Merchant Application Approval Policy, but only in reasonable conformity with its credit underwriting policies and procedures and industry standards regarding such matters, upon 30 days written notice to EVERTEC; provided that in the event of change in applicable Rules or Law, BPPR shall only be required to provide such advance notice to the extent reasonably practicable. BPPR agrees to review periodically with EVERTEC the Merchant Application Approval Policy in order to eliminate changes that might unnecessarily result in a reduction of the economic benefits EVERTEC and BPPR reasonably should expect to achieve under this Agreement.

(d) Each party may terminate any Merchant Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof. Parties shall notify each other in any case where such party reasonably suspects fraud, security breaches or a default by any Merchant, subject to restrictions under applicable Law.

Section 2.5 Telecommunications Links. EVERTEC will be responsible for arranging for and overseeing the installation and maintenance of a direct communications link between EVERTEC and each Merchant (and, if applicable, between BPPR and a Government-Merchant,) and, as between BPPR and EVERTEC, EVERTEC will assume all costs associated therewith.

Section 2.6 Reserved.

Section 2.7 Notices; Legal Proceedings. EVERTEC will give BPPR prompt written notice whenever:

(i) EVERTEC receives notice from any Government Entity of any alleged non-compliance by EVERTEC or any of its Representatives with any Law applicable to the Merchant Program;

(ii) the Internal Revenue Service or any other taxing authority alleges any default by EVERTEC in the payment of any material taxes or threatens to make a material assessment against EVERTEC relating to the Merchant Program; or

(iii) any litigation or proceeding relating to the Merchant Program is brought against EVERTEC or BPPR or names EVERTEC or BPPR as a party.

Section 2.8 EVERTEC Reserve Account.

(a) EVERTEC Reserve Account. As of or no later than five Business Days following the Effective Date, EVERTEC shall have on deposit with BPPR a money market account in the Reserve Amount, denominated as the EVERTEC Reserve Account. The EVERTEC Reserve Account shall remain at BPPR as provided in Section 2.8(d).

 

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(b) Reserve Amount. If at any time the amount in the EVERTEC Reserve Account is less than the Reserve Amount (such difference, the “Reserve Deficiency”), BPPR shall give notice to EVERTEC of the amount of the Reserve Deficiency and EVERTEC shall, within three Business Days of such notice, deposit an amount into the EVERTEC Reserve Account equal to the Reserve Deficiency. If at any time the amount in the EVERTEC Reserve Account is greater than the Reserve Amount (such difference, the “Excess Reserve”), BPPR shall give notice to EVERTEC of the amount of the Excess Reserve and remit an amount equal to the Excess Reserve to the Operating Account. EVERTEC agrees that, in the event that EVERTEC fails to make a deposit into the EVERTEC Reserve Account as required by this Section 2.8(b), BPPR may withdraw the required amount from the Operating Account and deposit it into the EVERTEC Reserve Account.

(c) In the event that any Association requests that EVERTEC provide collateral in order to perform its obligations under this Agreement, then EVERTEC shall negotiate directly with the Association the terms (including the amount and type of collateral) and conditions under which EVERTEC would provide the collateral.

(d) EVERTEC Reserve Account Upon Termination. The EVERTEC Reserve Account shall remain at BPPR throughout the Initial Term and Renewal Term, and for a period of not less than 180 days from the last date any Merchant in the Program submits a Merchant Transaction. No funds may be withdrawn from the EVERTEC Reserve Account except as provided in Section 2.8(b).

Section 2.9 Hold Account. EVERTEC will establish the Hold Account at BPPR. EVERTEC will monitor daily Merchant activity and if, in its sole judgment, certain Merchants or certain Transactions are likely fraudulent or otherwise not in compliance with applicable Rules, EVERTEC will immediately notify BPPR of such activity. BPPR shall change the Merchant bank account information to cause such Merchant funds to be deposited into the Hold Account. EVERTEC will thereupon promptly investigate each such suspicious incident and promptly notify BPPR of the result of each such investigation. EVERTEC will, on a monthly basis, notify BPPR of all cumulative Merchant Losses so discovered and verified and BPPR shall transfer an equivalent amount of funds from the Hold Account or any Merchant Reserve Account, at EVERTEC’s request, to the Operating Account. If in any case EVERTEC’s investigation determines that no violation of applicable Rules and no Merchant Losses have occurred, EVERTEC will promptly instruct BPPR to release to the Merchant’s DDAs any funds diverted to the Hold Account because of the alleged violation to the Merchant’s DDA. EVERTEC shall have view-only access to the Hold Account and the EVERTEC Reserve Account. EVERTEC shall not have the ability to withdraw funds from either the Hold Account or the EVERTEC Reserve Account.

Section 2.10 Merchant Reserve Account. EVERTEC may require, as a term of each Merchant Agreement, that a Merchant fund a Merchant Reserve Account. The parties agree that all right, title and interest with respect to the Merchant Reserve Account shall be owned by EVERTEC, subject to such rights relative to repayment of certain amounts held in the Merchant Reserve Account as are granted, if any, pursuant to the terms of the relevant Merchant Agreement, and subject to BPPR’s right to indemnity and under the terms of each such Merchant Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties hereby agree that EVERTEC and,

 

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if allowed pursuant to the terms of any Merchant Agreement, BPPR shall have full access to any Merchant Reserve Account, including the ability to withdraw funds therefrom.

Section 2.11 Security Interest in Accounts. In order to secure EVERTEC’s obligations under this Agreement and BPPR’s rights to indemnity and reimbursement pursuant to Section 9.4, and solely for such purposes, EVERTEC hereby grants to BPPR a contractual possessory security interest in, and hereby pledges to BPPR, all of EVERTEC’s right, title and interest, of whatever nature, whether now owned or existing or hereafter created, acquired or arising, in and to (i) the EVERTEC Reserve Account, the Hold Account and, to the extent set forth in Section 2.10, above, the Merchant Reserve Accounts, (ii) all funds in and proceeds of such accounts and (iii) all writings evidencing such accounts. EVERTEC agrees to take all actions as may be reasonably required from time to time to establish and maintain such security interests as set forth hereinabove. EVERTEC shall execute all documents necessary to grant and perfect a security interest in favor of BPPR under Puerto Rico law.

Section 2.12 Subcontractors; Third-Party Vendors.

(a) EVERTEC may subcontract with third parties for the provision of the Merchant Services to Merchants and the fulfillment of its obligations to BPPR hereunder in accordance with EVERTEC’s outsourcing policies and procedures (which shall comply with the regulatory requirements in FFIEC’s Statement on Risk Management of Outsourced Technology Services dated November 28, 2000 and all applicable Rules), with the understanding that EVERTEC shall remain responsible and liable towards the Merchants and to BPPR for the due performance of such Merchant Services and obligations by such subcontractors and that there shall be no direct relationship whatsoever between the BPPR, on the one hand, and such subcontractors, on the other hand.

(b) Any obligations under this Agreement not directly performed by EVERTEC shall be conducted by qualified industry vendors that EVERTEC reasonably believes to be competent and that meet or exceed any requirements under the Rules or as may be required under applicable Law.

Section 2.13 Merchant Referral. EVERTEC agrees to refer exclusively to BPPR all Merchants and potential Merchants, doing business in Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands or the British Virgin Islands (the “Region”), that inquire about, request, or otherwise evidence an interest, to EVERTEC’s knowledge, in banking services and products. All such referrals shall be communicated to BPPR by EVERTEC in a reasonably agreed upon manner. BPPR may provide EVERTEC with promotional and informational materials and supplies relating to BPPR’s banking services and products, at BPPR’s expense.

ARTICLE III

BPPR RESPONSIBILITIES

Section 3.1 BPPR Responsibilities – General.

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order for EVERTEC to provide the Merchant Services hereunder as an ISO for BPPR as Acquiring Member. BPPR shall (i) take all commercially reasonable action necessary to remain an Acquiring Member of the Associations through the Initial Term and any Renewal Term and (ii) maintain the minimum liquidity, assets, capital and earnings required by each Association so as to sponsor EVERTEC in a manner consistent with the Merchant Acquiring Business and in a manner reasonably designed to support the Merchant Acquiring Business during the Initial Term and any Renewal Term, as reasonably agreed by the parties hereto.

(b) BPPR shall act as the Acquiring Member for Merchant Agreements executed by EVERTEC and BPPR.

(c) BPPR shall provide (i) all services to the Merchants and Government-Merchants hereunder in accordance with the applicable Rules and (ii) shall continue to provide its functions described in any three-party agreement among BPPR, EVERTEC and any third party (“Indirect Processor Agreement”) consistent with the practices of the Merchant Acquiring Business, including but not limited to following the normal and customary underwriting and approval processes as reasonably agreed by BPPR and EVERTEC to evaluate potential Merchants for Merchant Services, or customers of any third party under an Indirect Processor Agreement, in accordance with the Merchant Application Approval Policy and all applicable Rules.

(d) BPPR will obtain copies for EVERTEC of any Association’s manuals and publications that are available to Acquiring Members, and BPPR will forward to EVERTEC all material information routinely provided by each Association that would be reasonably necessary or appropriate for EVERTEC’s fulfillment of its obligations under this Agreement, to the extent permitted under the Rules. EVERTEC will reimburse BPPR for all costs reasonably incurred pursuant to this Section 3.1(d), if any.

(e) BPPR will maintain fraud detection and control systems as set forth in Section 3.5 below, and shall also maintain a disaster recovery plan as may be required by any applicable Law. BPPR shall be responsible for complying with all Law applicable to it related to screening, customer identification and know your customer, including the BSA, the USA PATRIOT Act and the applicable requirements and regulations promulgated and issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. BPPR shall use commercially reasonable efforts to monitor Merchants pursuant to such Law for ongoing compliance with any anti-money laundering and BSA requirements.

(f) BPPR will notify EVERTEC as soon as practicable following BPPR’s receipt of written notice from any Association regarding a change in such Association’s Assessments.

(g) BPPR will notify EVERTEC as soon as practicable following BPPR’s receipt of written notice from any Association regarding changes in the basis for calculation of Interchange Fees by such Association.

 

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(h) BPPR is now, and shall remain during the Initial Term and any Renewal Term, compliant with the Rules, including but not limited to, the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards.

(i) During the Initial Term and any Renewal Term, (i) BPPR shall use its reasonable best efforts to ensure that each Government-Merchant Agreement remains in full force and effect and (ii) BPPR shall not act, or fail to act, in any manner that would give a Government-Merchant under any Government-Merchant Agreement the right to terminate, modify or accelerate such Government-Merchant Agreement.

(j) Upon the expiration of each Government-Merchant Agreement, BPPR and EVERTEC shall use their respective reasonable best efforts to cause the applicable municipality, government agency, public corporation or other governmental entity to enter into a Merchant Agreement with BPPR and EVERTEC.

(k) BPPR shall, on a monthly basis, account to EVERTEC for all fees, revenue and other payments that are paid to BPPR by Government-Merchants and the amounts that BPPR pays to EVERTEC in connection with the Government-Merchant Agreements pursuant to Section 6.3. EVERTEC may reasonably request from BPPR work papers that support the accounting provided to EVERTEC and BPPR shall provide such workpapers within three Business Days of receiving any such request. Upon its receipt of the workpapers, EVERTEC shall have twenty (20) Business Days to dispute any accounting provided by BPPR and, in the event of a dispute, the parties shall negotiate in good faith to resolve such dispute. Any dispute, if not settled by the parties, shall be resolved in accordance with the dispute resolution mechanism set forth in Section 9.2(a), except that a dispute solely under this section shall not be considered an Event of Default. Any amounts owed to EVERTEC upon the resolution of a dispute shall be paid to EVERTEC within three Business Days of such resolution.

Section 3.2 Merchant Referral.

(a) BPPR agrees to refer exclusively to EVERTEC potential Merchants (including any Government-Merchants) that inquire about, request, or otherwise evidence an interest, to BPPR’s knowledge, in Merchant Services with respect to such business. All such referrals shall be communicated to EVERTEC by BPPR in a reasonably agreed upon manner. If EVERTEC enters into a Merchant Agreement with such potential Merchant, BPPR shall be paid a referral fee of $25 for each Referred Merchant (the “BPPR Referral Compensation”).

(b) In accordance with EVERTEC’s procedures and instructions for referrals, BPPR will actively cooperate with EVERTEC, on an exclusive basis and at EVERTEC’s expense (such expense to be agreed by the parties in advance), in marketing EVERTEC’s Merchant Services and in locating, investigating and referring potential Merchants to EVERTEC, and provide marketing assistance to EVERTEC for the purpose of retaining and signing new Merchants in exchange for the BPPR Referral Compensation; provided that BPPR shall make no representations or warranties regarding EVERTEC’s Merchant Services. With respect to any such potential Merchants, BPPR shall:

 

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(i) provide EVERTEC with such information and assistance as EVERTEC may reasonably request and BPPR may legally provide in connection with EVERTEC’s review of any corresponding Merchant Application for Merchant Services, and/or EVERTEC’s administration or collection efforts regarding any Merchant referred by BPPR; and

(ii) establish a Settlement Account for each Merchant for the deposit of paper Transaction records and/or the electronic settlement of electronic Transactions, and, if applicable, remit paper Transaction records to EVERTEC in accordance with EVERTEC’s procedures.

(c) EVERTEC shall provide BPPR with promotional and informational materials and supplies relating to the Merchant Services, at EVERTEC’s expense.

Section 3.3 Settlement Responsibilities.

(a) BPPR is authorized to, and shall be responsible for remitting to Merchants and Government-Merchants, all funds held in the Settlement Account and/or received in settlement of Merchant Transactions.

(b) BPPR shall maintain the Merchant and Government-Merchant files and BINs with the Associations as are listed on Exhibit C hereto and such additional Merchant and Government-Merchant files and BINs as may be reasonably requested by EVERTEC from time to time for EVERTEC’s use for the purpose of providing Merchant Services. EVERTEC agrees to pay the costs charged by the Associations for all BINs required for the Merchants and Government-Merchants. BPPR will, at EVERTEC’s request and expense during the Initial Term or any Renewal Term, procure one or more dedicated BIN/ICA(s) from the Association to facilitate the Merchant Program.

(c) BPPR will establish separate Operating Accounts and Settlement Accounts for each BIN. BPPR will direct the daily net funds wired by the Associations to be deposited into the corresponding Settlement Account.

(d) BPPR will receive daily ACH Files from EVERTEC, edit and format them as necessary, and transmit them to the Federal Reserve for credit to the Merchants and Government-Merchants. The next day payment to the Federal Reserve for this file will be debited to the applicable Settlement Account.

(e) BPPR will provide view-only system access to EVERTEC (or fax equivalents, at EVERTEC’s request) to review balances and daily activity in all Settlement Accounts and Operating Accounts to facilitate daily reconcilement.

(f) Each Business Day, BPPR will transmit in a data file ACH Return information received from the Federal Reserve to EVERTEC for resolution of rejected Transactions. This file will include the Merchant number, routing transit, Merchant DDA number, amount, reason codes and the original settlement date, and any other information required to process the ACH Return (including the relevant information regarding the Government-Merchant accounts, if applicable). Funds paid or received from the Federal Reserve

 

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for the ACH Returns will be debited or credited to the Merchant Reserve Account, or in the absence of a Merchant Reserve Account for such Merchant, to the corresponding DDA for the Merchant (or for the Government-Merchant, as applicable).

(g) BPPR agrees to assign a sufficient number of qualified staff members to reasonably assist EVERTEC in the resolution of settlement and Merchant Chargeback problems.

(h) BPPR will submit as required all statistical information requested by Associations including quarterly statements and will provide copies of all non-confidential information and statements to EVERTEC to the extent permitted by any applicable Rules or Law. EVERTEC will provide, at its own expense, all reasonable information to BPPR to assist BPPR with compliance therewith.

(i) BPPR will debit the Settlement Account or Operating Account, as applicable, for all Assessment and Association Dues as incurred that apply to Merchants and/or Government-Merchants, as well as all Merchant Losses incurred by BPPR, and will provide documentation to EVERTEC that substantiates such debits including copies of quarterly reports.

(j) BPPR, as the Acquiring Member, agrees to represent EVERTEC’s interest in disputes that might arise from time to time with an Association over compliance with Rules and Association Dues; provided that EVERTEC shall pay any Association Dues relating to the Merchant Program and any and all costs reasonably incurred by BPPR in disputing the same, including but not limited to reasonable associated legal fees.

Section 3.4 Non-Solicit.

(a) During the Initial Term and any Renewal Term and for one year following the termination of this Agreement (for any reason), BPPR shall not, and shall cause any ISO for which BPPR acts as the Acquiring Member not to, solicit any Merchants (or any merchants that were Merchants upon the expiration of the Initial Term or any Renewal Term, as applicable) for the provision of any Merchant Services; provided, that in the event EVERTEC is unable or unwilling to perform its obligations under this Agreement with respect to any BPPR banking customer that is a Merchant, the prohibition set forth in this Section 3.4 shall not apply to such BPPR banking customer unless EVERTEC notifies BPPR in writing that it is willing and able to perform its obligations under this Agreement with respect to such BPPR banking customer prior to BPPR’s entry into a sponsorship agreement with another ISO to serve such banking customer.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall be construed to prevent BPPR from soliciting Merchants for other banking services and products offered by BPPR.

Section 3.5 Fraud Detection. BPPR will have in place a fraud detection system to identify and monitor potentially fraudulent activity as may be mandated by applicable Law.

Section 3.6 Servicing and Monitoring of Merchant Card Accounts. The parties hereto agree that all Card accounts of Merchants shall be serviced as follows:

 

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(a) Each Merchant shall open and maintain a designated deposit account or accounts at BPPR. BPPR shall be permitted access to any funds in such account to the extent funds are needed to fund fees, Assessments, Merchant Chargebacks, returned items or any other obligations of a Merchant to EVERTEC, BPPR, the Associations or any Card issuing bank or account holder.

(b) BPPR shall comply with all reasonable requests of EVERTEC to conduct investigations, supply information or perform any other act or thing relating to investigating Merchant activities and condition. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 3.6(b) shall be construed to require BPPR to take any action that is in violation of applicable Law or regulation, the Rules or BPPR’s deposit agreement with any Merchant. BPPR represents and warrants to EVERTEC that each deposit agreement with a Merchant and a Government-Merchant that is in effect as of the date hereof does not conflict with the corresponding Merchant Agreement or Government-Merchant Agreement, as the case may be. EVERTEC shall be responsible for all reasonable expenses incurred by BPPR in connection with compliance with a request by EVERTEC pursuant to this Section 3.6(b).

Section 3.7 Compliance with Laws. BPPR shall be responsible for complying with all Laws applicable to it related to screening, customer identification and know your customer, including the Bank Secrecy Act (the “BSA”), the USA PATRIOT Act and the applicable requirements and regulations promulgated and issued by the Office of Foreign Assets Control and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. EVERTEC shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with, and assist, BPPR monitor Merchants pursuant to such Law for ongoing compliance with any money laundering and bank secrecy requirements, it being understood and agreed that EVERTEC shall use reasonable best efforts to enhance its BSA and other anti-money laundering policies and procedures in accordance with applicable Law, and EVERTEC shall implement such policies and procedures as soon as practicable, at which time, EVERTEC shall also undertake such monitoring of Merchants and Government-Merchants. Each party shall be responsible for making any and all filings with any Governmental Entity that may be required to be made by such party under such Laws; provided that each party shall cooperate and provide information to the other party, to the maximum extent permitted by Law, as needed for such filings.

Section 3.8 Settlement Risk. BPPR shall not be responsible for the systemic risk of loss of the Associations or the failure of the Associations to effect settlement of Transactions or to perform its obligations hereunder in the event of such failure; provided that this Section 3.8 shall not relieve BPPR of its obligations in the settlement process once the funds or information is received from the Associations.

Section 3.9 Notices; Legal Proceedings. BPPR will cause its Chief Financial Officer to give EVERTEC prompt written notice whenever:

(i) BPPR receives notice from any Government Entity of any alleged non-compliance by BPPR or any of its subsidiaries, affiliates or Representatives with any Law applicable to the Merchant Program;

 

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(ii) the Internal Revenue Service or any other taxing authority alleges any default by BPPR in the payment of any material taxes or threatens to make a material assessment against BPPR relating to the Merchant Program; or

(iii) any litigation or proceeding relating to the Merchant Program is brought against EVERTEC or BPPR or names EVERTEC or BPPR as a party.

ARTICLE IV

EXCLUSIVITY

Section 4.1 (a) Throughout the Initial Term and any Renewal Term, BPPR shall be the Acquiring Member for the Merchant Services provided in the Region; provided, however, if BPPR is unable (for any reason other than a Person’s refusal to enter into a Merchant Agreement with BPPR through no fault of BPPR) or unwilling to act as the Acquiring Member for any Person at any time during the Initial Term or any Renewal Term, EVERTEC may enter into an agreement with another financial institution which shall be the sponsoring bank for such Person so long as EVERTEC makes a good faith determination (and provides prompt written notice to BPPR of such determination) that the provision of such services to such Person does not pose an unreasonable financial, reputational or regulatory risk to EVERTEC and/or BPPR; provided, further, that any determination by EVERTEC with respect to a regulatory risk to BPPR shall be made in consultation with BPPR. BPPR shall advise EVERTEC of BPPR’s decision to not act as the Acquiring Member for any Person within three Business Days of its receipt of EVERTEC’s notice that it wishes to provide Merchant Services to such Person; provided, further, that prior to entering into an agreement with another financial institution which shall be the sponsoring bank for such Person, EVERTEC shall provide BPPR with written notice at least five Business Days prior to entering into such agreement and BPPR may elect to act as the Acquiring Member for such Person pursuant to the terms of this Agreement upon notice to EVERTEC during such five Business Day period.

(b) In addition to its obligation under Section 3.2, throughout the Initial Term and any Renewal Term, BPPR shall use EVERTEC as the ISO for any Acquiring Member business conducted by BPPR in the Region, and BPPR shall not sponsor any Person into the Associations, or into any other card scheme such as Discover Financial Services, L.P. or American Express Travel Related Services, as an ISO in the Region, other than EVERTEC; provided, however, if EVERTEC is unable or unwilling to act as the ISO for any Association, or to act as the ISO for providing merchant acquiring business to any other card scheme for which BPPR serves as the sponsoring bank (for any reason other than such card scheme’s refusal to allow EVERTEC to act as the ISO for its business with BPPR), BPPR may enter into an ISO agreement with another provider which shall act as the ISO for the merchant acquiring business for the corresponding Association or card scheme; provided, further, that prior to entering into an ISO agreement with another provider, BPPR shall provide EVERTEC with written notice at least five Business Days prior to entering into such ISO Agreement and EVERTEC may elect to provide such services pursuant to the terms of this Agreement upon notice to BPPR during such five Business Day period.

 

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ARTICLE V

CONFIDENTIALITY

Section 5.1 Confidentiality Regarding Proprietary Information. Each Party hereto acknowledges and agrees that all data, printed and written material, and other information furnished by the other Party (the “Disclosing Party”) in connection with the methods in which the Disclosing Party conducts its services under the Merchant Program (the “Proprietary Information”), shall be regarded as confidential and proprietary. Proprietary Information includes information pertaining to business methods, details regarding the functioning of the Merchant accounting and reporting system and computer systems, trade secrets, know-how, inventions, techniques, processes, programs, schematics, software source code, customer lists, financial information, sales business and marketing. The other Party’s use of the Disclosing Party’s Proprietary Information is limited to the term of this Agreement. Neither Party shall disclose any of the other Party’s Proprietary Information except as described in this Section 5.1. Each Party agrees to irreversibly and irretrievably destroy or return to the other Party all of the latter’s Proprietary Information in its possession within 30 days of this Agreement terminating; provided, however, that each Party shall be permitted to retain one copy of such Proprietary Information for archival purposes. This Section 5.1 shall not apply to any Proprietary Information that (i) is or becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of any breach of this Agreement by the Disclosing Party or its Representatives, (ii) becomes available to the other Party on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Disclosing Party (which disclosure is not, and is not the result of, a breach of any confidentiality obligation), or (iii) was in the possession of the other Party before the Effective Date and was not subject to any confidentiality obligations. In the event that a Party is requested or becomes legally compelled to disclose any Proprietary Information of the Disclosing Party, other than BPPR in the event such disclosure is required by a banking regulatory agency having jurisdiction over BPPR or any of its affiliates (but in such case will nevertheless provide prompt written notice to EVERTEC unless prohibited by any applicable Rules or Law), such Party will provide the Disclosing Party with prompt written notice (unless prohibited by Law or court orders) so that it may seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy or waive compliance with the provisions of this Agreement and such Party will cooperate with the Disclosing Party in the effort of the Disclosing Party to obtain a protective order or other remedy. In the event that a protective order or other remedy is not obtained or the Disclosing Party waives compliance with the provisions of this Agreement, the other Party will furnish only that portion of the Disclosing Party’s Proprietary Information that is legally required to be disclosed and will exercise reasonable efforts to obtain reliable assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded the Disclosing Party’s Proprietary Information. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, each Party acknowledges that the Disclosing Party is the owner of the Disclosing Party’s Proprietary Information and the other Party has received access thereto solely for its use in performing its obligations pursuant to this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as a transfer of ownership of Proprietary Information by either party.

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(a) EVERTEC acknowledges that customers of BPPR have an expectation of privacy with respect to their financial transactions and personal data, and hereby agrees that any and all such information EVERTEC may acquire with respect to said customers during the term of this Agreement (i) shall be regarded by EVERTEC as confidential; (ii) shall not be disclosed to any other person or entity except in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or other agreement between BPPR and EVERTEC entered into pursuant to this Agreement; and (iii) will be returned to BPPR on request within 30 days after the expiration or earlier termination of this Agreement. In the event that EVERTEC is requested or becomes legally compelled to disclose any such information, EVERTEC will provide BPPR with prompt written notice so that BPPR or its customer may seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy and/or waive compliance with the provisions of this Section 5.2(a) and EVERTEC will cooperate with BPPR in the effort of BPPR or its customer to obtain a protective order or other remedy. In the event that a protective order or other remedy is not obtained or BPPR waives compliance with the provisions of this Section 5.2(a), EVERTEC will furnish only that portion of the information that is legally required to be disclosed and will exercise reasonable efforts to obtain reliable assurances that confidential treatment will be accorded the information.

(b) EVERTEC will maintain all Cardholder information under its control or possession in a safe and secure manner, in compliance with the Rules and data security standards and requirements established by each applicable Association, including Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards, and report to BPPR upon request with respect to EVERTEC’s internal policies and procedures relating thereto.

(c) BPPR will maintain all Cardholder information under its control or possession in a safe and secure manner, in compliance with the Rules and data security standards and requirements established by each applicable Association, Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards, and report to Associations as required by the Rules and to EVERTEC if so requested by the Association relating to internal policies and procedures related to Cardholder information security.

ARTICLE VI

FEES AND CHARGES

Section 6.1 Merchant Transaction Processing Fees and Other Charges. The Merchant Transaction Processing Fees and other charges must comply with applicable Rules and Laws.

Section 6.2 Changes in Merchant Transaction Processing Fees and Other Charges. EVERTEC may amend the Merchant Transaction Processing Fees and monthly charges as often and in such amounts as it desires, except where such amendment is prohibited by the Rules (and except, for the avoidance of doubt, with respect to the Government-Merchant Agreements).

Section 6.3 EVERTEC Compensation. (a) All Merchant Transaction Processing Fees (and, subject to and to the extent provided in Section 6.3(b), an amount equal to those arising and payable to BPPR under the Government-Merchant Agreements) will accrue to

 

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the benefit of EVERTEC. EVERTEC will collect the corresponding Merchant Transaction Processing Fees from Merchants through ACH debits to the applicable Merchant DDA on a daily or monthly basis, as appropriate pursuant to the Merchant Agreement for credit to the Operating Account. Monthly settlements shall occur on the first day of each calendar month for all Transactions posted in the immediately preceding calendar month, by ACH transfer from funds in the Operating Account to a deposit account designated by EVERTEC from time to time. Merchant Transaction Processing Fees charged to Government-Merchants by BPPR shall be collected by BPPR in the manner agreed to with the corresponding Government-Merchants.

(b) In full consideration for the support services to be provided by EVERTEC to BPPR hereunder with respect to the services provided by BPPR to the Government-Merchants, all revenue, fees and other payments payable to BPPR solely for Merchant Services provided by BPPR under the Government-Merchant Agreements (the “Government-Merchant Fees”) will accrue to the benefit of EVERTEC and BPPR will pay to EVERTEC an amount equal to the Government-Merchant Fees, when and as the Government-Merchant Fees are received by BPPR. During the term of each Government-Merchant Agreement, BPPR shall not, without the prior written consent of EVERTEC, change or otherwise modify the Government-Merchant Fee that BPPR is entitled to receive under such Government-Merchant Agreement as of the Effective Date.

Section 6.4 BPPR Compensation. BPPR shall be entitled to (i) the BPPR Sponsorship Fees, (ii) the BPPR Referral Compensation and (iii) a fee for fraud monitoring services; provided, that, in the case of clause (iii) of this Section 6.4, (A) BPPR shall only be entitled to such fee to the extent such service is rendered by BPPR for EVERTEC and (B) such fee shall be reasonably established between EVERTEC and BPPR, based on BPPR’s standard interdepartmental cost allocation procedures as of the Effective Date. EVERTEC in its sole discretion may terminate the provision of any fraud monitoring service provided by BPPR pursuant to Section 3.5. From and after the second anniversary of the date hereof, the fees set forth in clauses (ii) and (iii) of the first sentence of this Section 6.4 shall be adjusted annually on each yearly anniversary date of this Agreement for changes in the CPI after the date hereof; provided, that any such adjustment shall not exceed 5% per annum.

ARTICLE VII

REGISTRATION COMPLIANCE AND AUDIT

Section 7.1 VISA/MCI Requirements.

(a) Both parties hereto shall abide by the Rules at all times. EVERTEC further agrees to provide each of its marketing Representatives with materials and information provided to EVERTEC by BPPR or any Association pertaining to the Rules. EVERTEC shall, in a manner consistent with the practices of the Merchant Acquiring Business, ensure that all Representatives are familiar with, and will comply with, the Rules. BPPR and EVERTEC agree that, in the event of any inconsistency between this Agreement and the Rules, the Rules will govern.

 

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(b) EVERTEC agrees to conduct the Merchant Program in a manner consistent with the practices of the Merchant Acquiring Business, and to refrain from engaging in conduct that creates a risk of injury to the Association or that may adversely affect the integrity of the Association.

(c) EVERTEC will disclose all Merchant Transaction Processing Fees clearly and conspicuously to Merchants in writing in accordance with the Rules, prior to any payment or the execution of any Merchant Agreement by a potential Merchant.

(d) The parties hereto will comply with all terms of the Merchant Agreement as are applicable to EVERTEC as an ISO and the provider of the Merchant Services for Merchants, on the one hand, and to BPPR, on the other hand as the Acquiring Member.

(e) Subject to Article V, upon request of BPPR reasonably related to the provision of Merchant Services under this Agreement or the request of any Association or any regulatory agency, EVERTEC will provide records containing Merchant information or Government-Merchant information, as applicable, to BPPR, any Association or any regulatory agency, as soon as possible but no later than five Business Days from EVERTEC’s receipt of a request for such information.

(f) At any reasonable time, BPPR, any Association or banking regulatory agency may conduct, at such party’s expense, financial and procedural audits of EVERTEC as reasonably necessary to confirm compliance with this Agreement and the Rules. Except in circumstances where BPPR reasonably believes a financial loss or liability might otherwise occur, BPPR will give EVERTEC reasonable prior notice of any such audit by BPPR. EVERTEC will promptly supply such auditors with information requested by them but only as it relates to the Merchant Program. EVERTEC will provide BPPR with a copy of any audits performed by any such third party or banking regulatory agency, but in the case of audits by regulatory agencies, only if, and to the extent, allowed by said banking regulatory agency. EVERTEC shall provide BPPR with unaudited internal reports on a quarterly basis.

ARTICLE VIII

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Section 8.1 Representations and Warranties of EVERTEC. EVERTEC hereby represents and warrants to BPPR that:

(a) EVERTEC has been duly organized, is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and has all power and authority (corporate or other) necessary to conduct its business substantially in the manner in which such business is currently conducted.

(b) EVERTEC has the power and authority to enter into, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation by EVERTEC of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly approved by all requisite corporate action on the part of EVERTEC, and

 

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when executed and delivered by EVERTEC and BPPR, this Agreement the will constitute valid and binding obligation of EVERTEC enforceable in accordance with its terms.

(c) The execution, delivery and performance by EVERTEC of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby by EVERTEC will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any Encumbrance upon any property or assets of EVERTEC pursuant to any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which EVERTEC is a party, by which EVERTEC is bound or to which any of EVERTEC’s property or assets is subject, (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of EVERTEC’s charter, by-laws or similar organizational documents or (iii) result in the violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any Government Entity, other than as would not, individually or in the aggregate, materially impair or delay the ability of EVERTEC to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

(d) No action of, or filing with, any Government Entity is required by EVERTEC to consummate the transactions contemplated under this Agreement other than any such action or filing the failure of which to obtain or make would not, individually or in the aggregate, materially impair or delay the ability of EVERTEC to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

Section 8.2 Representations and Warranties of BPPR. BPPR hereby represents and warrants to EVERTEC that:

(a) BPPR has been duly organized, is validly existing as a commercial bank in good standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and has all power and authority (corporate or other) necessary to conduct its business substantially in the manner in which such business is currently conducted.

(b) BPPR has the power and authority to enter into, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement. BPPR is an Acquiring Member of the Associations. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation by BPPR of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly approved by all requisite regulatory and corporate action on the part of BPPR, and when executed and delivered by BPPR and EVERTEC, this Agreement the will constitute valid and binding obligation of BPPR enforceable in accordance with its terms.

(c) The execution, delivery and performance by BPPR of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby by BPPR will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any Encumbrance upon any property or assets of BPPR pursuant to any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which BPPR is a party, by which BPPR is bound or to which any of BPPR’s property or assets is subject, (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of BPPR’s charter, by-laws or similar organizational documents or (iii) result in the violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any Government Entity, other than as would not,

 

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individually or in the aggregate, materially impair or delay the ability of BPPR to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

(d) No action of, or filing with, any Government Entity is required by BPPR to consummate the transactions contemplated under this Agreement other than any such action or filing the failure of which to obtain or make would not, individually or in the aggregate, materially impair or delay the ability of BPPR to perform its obligations under this Agreement

(e) Exhibit A contains a true, complete and accurate list of all the Government-Merchant Agreements in effect on this date pursuant to which BPPR provides merchant and electronic payment services to the Government-Merchants. Each Government-Merchant Agreement set forth in Exhibit A (i) is valid, binding, enforceable and in full force and effect and (ii) will continue to be valid, binding, enforceable and in full force and effect on identical terms following the execution and delivery of this Agreement. Neither BPPR nor, to BPPR’s knowledge, any other party to a Government-Merchant Agreement is in breach or default and no event has occurred which with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a breach or default by BPPR or, to BPPR’s knowledge, any Government-Merchant, or permit termination, modification or acceleration by BPPR or any Government-Merchant under any Government-Merchant Agreement. BPPR has not received any notice that a Government-Merchant that is a party to any Government-Merchant Agreement intends to exercise any termination rights, or where applicable not renew, any such Government-Merchant Agreement.

(f) BPPR represents, warrants and covenants that it is, and during the Initial Term and any Renewal Term of this Agreement it will remain, in compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard developed by MCI and VISA, VISA’s Cardholder Information Security Program, and MasterCard Site Data Protection Program, as each may be amended from time to time, at its expense.

ARTICLE IX

TERM, TERMINATION, DEFAULT, INDEMNIFICATION

Section 9.1 Term. This Agreement will become effective on the Effective Date and, unless terminated earlier in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, shall remain in effect until December 31, 2025 (“Initial Term”) and shall automatically renew for successive three-year periods (each, a “Renewal Term”) unless either party provides the other with written notice of termination at least one year prior to the end of the Initial Term or any Renewal Term.

Section 9.2 Termination.

(a) If an Event of Default occurs, in addition to all other recourse and remedies available to the non-defaulting party, the non-defaulting party will have the right to terminate this Agreement in accordance with the provisions set forth in the applicable default section; provided that if a party claims that an Event of Default described in clause (i) or (iii) of the definition thereof has occurred the following dispute mechanism shall apply (and the non-defaulting party will not have the right to terminate this Agreement while such dispute is pending

 

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as set forth below). The party claiming that an Event of Default described in clause (i) or (iii) of the definition thereof has occurred shall deliver written notice to the other party (the “Alleged Breaching Party”) that reasonable description of the circumstances giving rise to the alleged Event of Default (the “Default Notice”). The Alleged Breaching Party may dispute such claim (a “Dispute”) by giving written notice (a “Notice of Dispute”) to the other party within 30 days of receiving a Default Notice. The Notice of Dispute will include a reasonable description of the basis of the Dispute and supporting documentation. Any Dispute that remains unresolved for more than 20 days after the receipt of a Notice of Dispute shall be referred to designated representatives of the parties hereto who shall negotiate in good faith to resolve such dispute (the “Resolution Forum”). If the Dispute is not resolved in the Resolution Forum within 20 days following referral to the Resolution Forum, the Dispute shall be submitted to the consideration of the each party’s designated representatives. Any Disputes that may remain unresolved for more than 90 days following the receipt of a Notice of Dispute may be referred to binding arbitration at the request of any party upon written notice to the other. Such arbitration proceeding will be administered by the American Arbitration Association in accordance with the then current Commercial Arbitration Rules and will be aired in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The arbitration will be governed by the United States Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. §§ 1-16 to the exclusion of any provision of state law inconsistent therewith or which would produce a different result. A panel of three neutral arbitrators will determine the Dispute of the parties and render a final award in accordance with the applicable substantive law. Each party shall select one neutral arbitrator and, unless the parties agree on a third neutral arbitrator, such two arbitrators shall select the third arbitrator (subject to such limitations, if any, mutually agreed by the parties). Strict confidentiality will govern the arbitration proceedings, including all information submitted to the arbitrator and the decision or award entered by the arbitrator. Any court having jurisdiction may enter judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrator. The procedures specified in this section will be the sole and exclusive procedures for the resolution of Disputes between the parties under this Agreement; provided, however, that a party may request temporary remedies in a court of law to maintain the status quo or to protect goods or property until the arbitration has initiated and the selected arbitrator has had the opportunity to resolve the request for temporary relief. Each party is required to continue to perform its obligations under this Agreement pending final resolution of any Dispute arising out of or relating to this Agreement, unless to do so would be impossible or reasonably impracticable under the circumstances.

(b) This Agreement shall automatically terminate with respect to one or more Associations upon EVERTEC’s loss of its registration in such Association due to revocation or non-renewal of such registration by such Association after any cure period available to EVERTEC under the Rules has expired.

(c) If (i) an Association prohibits EVERTEC from providing, or prohibits BPPR from allowing EVERTEC to provide, the services set forth in this Agreement or (ii) an Association notifies BPPR that its status as an Acquiring Member shall terminate, this Agreement will, after the expiration of any notice and/or cure period, terminate with respect to the applicable Association. In addition, either party may terminate this Agreement immediately upon notice to the other party, in the event BPPR becomes subject to any change in Law that would prohibit BPPR from continuing the business described in this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Association prohibits BPPR from allowing EVERTEC to

 

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provide the services set forth in this Agreement, (i) EVERTEC may, in its sole discretion, enter into any other sponsorship agreements with other financial institutions so as not be precluded from conducting the merchant services business and (ii) BPPR may, in its sole discretion, enter into any other sponsorship agreements with other ISOs so as not to be precluded from conducting the merchant services business. EVERTEC shall not be in violation of the provisions of Article IV (Exclusivity) by virtue of its entering into an agreement with another sponsor bank for the reasons set forth in this Section 9.2(c). BPPR shall not be in violation of the provisions of Article IV (Exclusivity) by virtue of its entering into an agreement with another ISO for the reasons set forth in this Section 9.2(c), and the provisions of Section 3.4 shall not prevent BPPR from soliciting Merchants (as contemplated in Section 3.4) under the circumstances set forth in this Section 9.2(c).

(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, BPPR or EVERTEC, as applicable, may elect to terminate this Agreement upon any material breach by the other Party of the provisions contained in Article IV (Exclusivity); provided that any dispute that arises in connection with Article IV (Exclusivity), shall be resolved pursuant to the dispute resolution mechanism set forth in Section 9.2(a), but in such case the dispute shall be immediately addressed by each party’s representative in the Dispute Forum.

Section 9.3 Effect of Termination.

(a) Expiration or the earlier termination of this Agreement for any reason shall not terminate either party’s obligations described in Articles 5, 9, 10 or 11, or the obligation of either party to pay amounts due hereunder that arise prior to or upon such expiration or termination, all of which survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement; provided that BPPR understands and agrees that EVERTEC’s obligation to pay compensation to BPPR under Section 6.4 shall terminate on the termination of this Agreement, except that EVERTEC shall pay BPPR the BPPR Referral Compensation for any potential Merchant referred by BPPR prior to such termination that executes a Merchant Agreement within 30 days following the date of such termination.

(b) Upon the expiration or termination for any reason of this Agreement, BPPR shall transfer and assign the Merchant Agreements and all of its rights, title, interests, duties and obligations in the Merchant Program under this Agreement (including the related Merchant Accounts and Merchant Reserve Accounts) to a VISA, MCI or ATH Network Member designated by EVERTEC in EVERTEC’s written notice to BPPR and BPPR shall assist EVERTEC and such designated member in the conversion of the Merchants to said member or designated processor; it being understood and agreed to by the parties hereto that EVERTEC is entitled to complete ownership and portability of the Merchants as permitted by the Rules and has the absolute right to have the Merchant Agreement assigned, transferred and conveyed upon the termination of this Agreement as set forth herein. EVERTEC shall pay all costs actually incurred by BPPR in connection with such deconversion and/or assignment upon termination of this Agreement, except that no costs shall be paid in the event EVERTEC terminates this Agreement due to an Event of Default by BPPR. Once the transition and deconversion is completed:

 

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(i) First, all amounts owed by EVERTEC to BPPR pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall become due and payable; and

(ii) Second, all amounts owed by BPPR to EVERTEC pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall become due and payable.

Section 9.4 Indemnification.

(a) EVERTEC Indemnification. All Merchant Losses incurred by BPPR for any reason other than gross negligence, willful misconduct or fraud of BPPR will be paid by EVERTEC. EVERTEC will indemnify, defend and hold BPPR harmless from and against any and all obligations, charges, liabilities, costs, fees, or expenses, including court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees (including allocated costs of internal counsel) that BPPR may incur or that may be claimed against BPPR by any person as a result of: (i) any Material Breach of any covenant or obligation of EVERTEC or its Representatives under this Agreement, (ii) any Material Breach of any representation or warranty of EVERTEC under this Agreement or (iii) any Merchant Loss.

(b) BPPR Indemnification. BPPR will indemnify, defend and hold EVERTEC harmless from and against any and all obligations, charges, liabilities, costs, fees, increased taxes (excluding taxes based on BPPR’s net income) or expenses, including court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees (including allocated costs of internal counsel) that EVERTEC may incur or that may be claimed against EVERTEC by any person as a result of: (i) any Material Breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or obligation of BPPR or its Representatives under this Agreement or (ii) breach of any of its obligations to any Merchant as set forth in this Agreement or in any Merchant Agreement.

(c) Reimbursement of BPPR. Except where a different treatment is expressly provided in this Agreement, EVERTEC hereby agrees to indemnify and reimburse BPPR for and against any and all costs, whether incurred prior to or after the expiration or earlier termination of this Agreement, of the following nature incurred by BPPR under the Merchant Program on and after the Effective Date: charges imposed on BPPR by third parties relating to processing Merchant Transactions, including (i) Interchange Fees, (ii) application fees, (iii) Chargeback fees, except to the extent such Merchant Chargeback arises as a result of the gross negligence, willful misconduct or fraud by BPPR, (iv) ACH reject fees, (v) ISO registration fees, (vi) Association fines, assessments and charges resulting from actions or omissions of EVERTEC, (vii) high risk registration fees for Merchants and (viii) similar third-party charges related to the Merchant Program. It is expressly understood and agreed that, except as otherwise provided herein, EVERTEC will not be liable for any of BPPR’s internal costs relating to the Merchant Program, including BPPR’s costs for labor and benefits, and BPPR’s ordinary business operating costs (e.g., rent, utilities, etc.).

(d) Debiting of EVERTEC Accounts. EVERTEC agrees that, in the event BPPR incurs any expense, loss, damage, liability or other cost that BPPR in good faith believes is covered by EVERTEC’s obligations pursuant to Section 9.4(a), BPPR may reimburse itself therefor by immediately debiting any or all of the EVERTEC Reserve Account, the Hold Account and the applicable Merchant Reserve Account, in such order as BPPR may in its sole

 

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judgment deem appropriate. BPPR will promptly provide EVERTEC with documentation that substantiates such debits; provided, with respect to any exceptional debits (i.e., debits occurring outside the course of normal daily settlement items), BPPR will notify EVERTEC within one Business Day. Any amounts thereof disputed by EVERTEC or with respect to which BPPR has not yet sustained an actual loss shall be placed in escrow, in a Money Market Account at BPPR, pending resolution of such dispute. BPPR will pay EVERTEC from the escrow account, any amounts finally resolved as not to be owed to BPPR hereunder. After BPPR has been fully reimbursed for a Merchant Loss pursuant to Section 9.4(a), at the request of EVERTEC, BPPR will assign to EVERTEC any and all of BPPR’s subrogation rights under or related to the Merchant Agreement (including any guarantees, security or otherwise) related to the indebtedness of such Merchant.

ARTICLE X

NAMES AND TRADEMARKS

Section 10.1 BPPR Name. Neither EVERTEC nor any of its Representatives may use BPPR’s Trademarks, or any marks confusingly similar thereto, in any correspondence, promotional, marketing, solicitation or other materials, or promote BPPR’s programs in any way without BPPR’s prior written consent. EVERTEC will obtain BPPR’s written consent before EVERTEC or any third party, at EVERTEC’s direction or with its consent, produces or distributes any materials relating or referring to the Merchant Program. All approved correspondence, materials and/or oral solicitations directed by EVERTEC or its marketing Representatives to potential Merchants, or produced by any third party, concerning BPPR’s programs must prominently identify BPPR by its name (i.e., BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO) and strictly adhere to all other guidelines set forth by BPPR and the Associations.

Section 10.2 Association and Card Trademarks. EVERTEC acknowledges that the Associations are the sole owners of their respective Trademarks. EVERTEC will not contest the ownership of such marks, and any Association may at any time and immediately without advance notice prohibit EVERTEC from using its marks for any reason. Subject to the each Association’s Rules and any agreement between EVERTEC and such Association, EVERTEC will have no right or authority under this Agreement to use or to permit use of the Trademarks owned by any Association or BPPR by any of its own Representatives. Solicitation material used by EVERTEC must clearly disclose that any transaction processing agreement will be between the Merchant and BPPR.

ARTICLE XI

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 11.1 Assignment.

(a) Assignment. Other than a Permitted Assignment pursuant to Section 2.4(a) or Section 11.1(b) or (c), this Agreement may not be assigned by any party without the prior written consent of the other party; provided that either party may assign its rights, duties and obligations under this Agreement to its financing sources solely in connection with the

 

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granting of a security interest and the enforcement of all rights and remedies that the assigning party has against the other party under this Agreement, subject to the claims, defenses and rights, including rights of set off, that such other party may have against the assigning party.

(b) Assignment to Subsidiaries. EVERTEC may assign any of its rights, duties or obligations to a direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of EVERTEC (an “Assignee Sub”) if (i) such Assignee Sub is identified by EVERTEC to BPPR at least 20 Business Days prior to the consummation of the proposed assignment; (ii) (A) such proposed assignment is legally required in order for EVERTEC to provide to BPPR or its Subsidiaries, in the country, state, territory or other jurisdiction (“Jurisdiction”) in which the Assignee Sub is organized, the specific obligations required to be performed pursuant to the assignment of this Agreement, and only (x) to the extent of such legal requirement and (y) if EVERTEC provides a written opinion of qualified counsel that opines that such legal requirement is applicable and is based upon reasonable assumptions with respect to such legal requirement or (B) BPPR has provided its prior written consent, such consent not to be unreasonably delayed, withheld or conditioned; (iii) such Assignee Sub will be Solvent immediately after and giving effect to such proposed assignment and BPPR is reasonably satisfied with the terms and conditions of the proposed assignment; (iv) BPPR is a third-party beneficiary to the assignment agreement, which is in form and substance that is reasonably satisfactory to BPPR, and which provides that the Assignee Sub’s rights under the assignment agreement will be terminated if the Assignee Sub ceases to be a wholly owned Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, of EVERTEC; and (v) EVERTEC remains fully liable with respect to the performance of all its obligations under this Agreement and EVERTEC guarantees the performance of all of the obligations of EVERTEC to BPPR assumed by Assignee Sub under this Agreement, which guarantee provides that, for the avoidance of doubt, after any termination of the proposed assignment, EVERTEC shall continue to be obligated with respect to any obligation undertaken by Assignee Sub prior to such termination.

(c) Assignment to Third Parties. EVERTEC may assign all of its rights, duties and obligations (or those rights, duties and obligations arising after the effectiveness of the assignment) in a transaction with a third-party assignee (an “Asset Acquirer”) if (i) such Asset Acquirer is identified by EVERTEC to BPPR at least 30 Business Days prior to the consummation of the proposed assignment; (ii) such Asset Acquirer (A) acquires at least 90% of the consolidated gross assets (excluding cash) of EVERTEC and its Subsidiaries and (B) assumes at least 90% of the consolidated gross liabilities (excluding Indebtedness) of EVERTEC and its Subsidiaries (including the assignment and assumption of all commercial agreements between EVERTEC or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and Popular, BPPR or any of their respective Subsidiaries, on the other hand) through one legal entity; (iii) neither the Asset Acquirer nor any of its Affiliates is engaged, directly or indirectly, in the banking, securities, insurance or lending business, from which they derive aggregate annual revenues from the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in excess of $50 million unless none of them has a physical presence in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico that is used to conduct any such business; (iv) the Asset Acquirer will be Solvent immediately after and giving effect to such proposed assignment; and (v) EVERTEC reasonably believes that the Asset Acquirer, after completion of the proposed purchase and assumption transaction, will be capable of performing all of the obligations and duties of EVERTEC under this Agreement.

 

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(d) Cooperation. EVERTEC shall use its reasonable best efforts to cooperate with BPPR in evaluating whether any proposed assignment pursuant to this Section 11.1 would be in compliance with the requirements of the provisions contained in this Section 11.1, including the ability of Assignee Sub or Asset Acquirer, as applicable, to comply with the terms of this Agreement, including, in each case, by providing any non-confidential information regarding the purposes and plans in connection with such proposed assignment other than information that would create any potential liability under applicable Law, violate any confidentiality obligation, or that reasonably would be expected to result in the waiver of any attorney-client privilege.

(e) Notice of Objection. BPPR shall notify EVERTEC in writing within 15 Business Days following receipt of EVERTEC’s notice of the proposed assignment of any objection to any proposed assignment to an Asset Acquirer under Section 11.1(c) unless EVERTEC has failed to satisfy its obligations pursuant to Section 11.1(d) and BPPR asserts such failure prior to the expiration of the 15 Business Day objection period, in which case such 15 Business Day period shall be tolled until EVERTEC satisfies its obligations pursuant to Section 11.1(d). If BPPR fails to timely object to such proposed assignment (taking into account any tolling of the 15 Business Day objection period), it shall be deemed to have consented to such proposed assignment.

(f) Implied Consent. Notwithstanding anything contained herein, if Popular, BPPR or any of their respective Controlled Affiliates votes in favor of a transaction resulting in a proposed assignment and was not compelled to do so as part of a Dragged Asset Sale or other requirement of the Stockholder Agreement or any other Group Agreement with respect to securities issued by Holdco or EVERTEC or any successor or other entity that acquired all or substantially all the assets of Holdco or EVERTEC or any of their respective successors then it shall be deemed to have consented to the assignment.

(g) Invalidity of Impermissible Assignments. Any attempted or purported assignment in violation of this Section 11.1 hereof shall be null and void and the assignee’s rights assigned pursuant to any assignment made in compliance with this Section 11.1 will terminate in the event and to the extent of the termination of this Agreement.

(h) BPPR Asset Transfer. If BPPR or any of its Subsidiaries transfers, in a single transaction or series of related transactions (including in a merger, business combination, reorganization, or similar transaction (including by operation of law)) 50% or more of BPPR’s consolidated assets in the Region as of the time of transfer, or assets that generate 50% or more of BPPR’s consolidated revenues in the Region for the full twelve-month period ending at the time of transfer, to any Person, then BPPR shall assign to such Person its rights, duties and obligations under this Agreement and shall cause such Person to assume BPPR’s liabilities under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, no such assignment shall relieve BPPR of its obligations under this Agreement to the extent BPPR survives any such sale of assets, merger, business combination, reorganization, or similar transaction.

Section 11.2 Notices. All notices, requests, demands, consents and other communications given or required to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing and delivered to the applicable party at its main office.

 

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Section 11.3 Amendment; Waiver. Any provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived if, and only if, such amendment or waiver is in writing and signed, in the case of an amendment, by each party, or in the case of a waiver, by the party or parties against whom the waiver is to be effective. No failure or delay by any party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.

Section 11.4 Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the Loss Sharing Agreement contain the entire understanding among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters.

Section 11.5 Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Selection of Forum; Waiver of Trial by Jury. This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico without regard to principles of conflicts of law thereof that would require application of a different law. Each party agrees that it shall bring any action or legal proceeding in respect of any claim arising out of or related to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, exclusively in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico or any Puerto Rico State court, in each case, sitting in San Juan, Puerto Rico (the “Chosen Courts”), and solely in connection with claims arising under this Agreement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (i) irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Chosen Courts, (ii) waives any objection to laying venue in any such action or legal proceeding in the Chosen Courts, (iii) waives any objection that the Chosen Courts are an inconvenient forum or do not have jurisdiction over any party and (iv) agrees that service of process upon such party in any such action or legal proceeding shall be effective if notice is given in accordance with Section 11.2. Each party irrevocably waives any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

Section 11.6 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which shall constitute one and the same Agreement.

Section 11.7 Construction. The heading references herein are for convenience purposes only, and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof. The language used will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction will be applied against any party.

Section 11.8 Severability. The provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed severable and the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions hereof. If any provision of this Agreement, or the application thereof to any person or any circumstance, is invalid or unenforceable, (i) a suitable and equitable provision shall be substituted therefor in order to carry out, so far as may be valid and enforceable, the intent and purpose of such invalid or unenforceable provision and (ii) the remainder of this Agreement and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected by such invalidity or unenforceability, nor shall such

 

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invalidity or unenforceability affect the validity or enforceability of such provision, or the application thereof, in any other jurisdiction.

Section 11.9 Independent Contractors. EVERTEC shall be an independent contractor of BPPR, and nothing contained herein shall be construed to imply the existence of a partnership or joint venture between EVERTEC and BPPR, nor to make EVERTEC an agent of BPPR or BPPR an agent of EVERTEC. EVERTEC shall not, under any circumstances or conditions, or for any purpose or reason whatsoever, claim to be or imply that EVERTEC or any of its employees are agents, officers, directors or employees of BPPR. Neither party hereby shall have, nor represent itself as having, any right, power or authority to create any obligations, express or implied, on behalf of or binding on the other party.

Section 11.10 Effect on Existing ISO. This Agreement amends and restates the Existing ISO, and upon the Effective Date, the provisions of this Agreement shall supersede the provisions of the Existing ISO, which shall no longer be in effect, other than any accrued obligations that are outstanding as of the Effective Date.

Section 11.11 EVERTEC Change of Control.

(a) EVERTEC Change of Control. BPPR shall have the right, subject to Section 11.11(c), to terminate this Agreement up to 30 days following the later of (i) the occurrence of an EVERTEC Change of Control or (ii) the date on which EVERTEC provides BPPR written notice that an EVERTEC Change of Control has occurred or is likely to occur (provided that if EVERTEC has not satisfied its obligations pursuant to Section 11.11(b) and that BPPR asserts such failure prior to the expiration of the 30-day period then such 30-day period shall be tolled until EVERTEC satisfies its obligations under Section 11.11(b)) and provided further that if an EVERTEC Change of Control occurs, and EVERTEC fails to provide BPPR written notice thereof within 30 days thereof, then BPPR shall have an unqualified right to terminate this Agreement), unless (w) the Person or Group of Persons proposing to engage in such proposed EVERTEC Change of Control transaction (the “Control Acquirer”) is identified to BPPR by EVERTEC at least 30 Business Days prior to such proposed EVERTEC Change of Control; (x) neither the Control Acquirer nor any of its Affiliates is engaged, directly or indirectly, in the banking, securities, insurance or lending business, from which they derive aggregate annual revenues from the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in excess of $50 million unless none of them has a physical presence in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico that is used to conduct any such business; (y) EVERTEC (or its successor, as applicable) will be Solvent immediately after and giving effect to such proposed EVERTEC Change of Control; and (z) EVERTEC (or its successor, as applicable), after the proposed EVERTEC Change of Control, will be capable of performing all of the obligations and duties of EVERTEC under this Agreement; provided further that if Popular, BPPR or any of their respective Controlled Affiliates votes in favor of the transaction resulting in the EVERTEC Change of Control or Transfers (other than a Transfer in the context of a merger, business combination, reorganization, recapitalization or similar transaction) any equity securities in connection with the transaction resulting in the EVERTEC Change of Control and, in either case, was not compelled to do so as part of a Drag-Along Transaction, a Dragged Asset Sale or other requirement of the Stockholder Agreement or any other Group Agreement with respect to Holdco, EVERTEC or any successor

 

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or other entity holding all or substantially all the assets of EVERTEC and its Subsidiaries, then such termination right shall not apply.

(b) Cooperation. EVERTEC shall use its reasonable best efforts to cooperate with BPPR in evaluating whether any proposed EVERTEC Change of Control would be in compliance with the requirements of this Section 11.11 including the ability of Assignee Sub or Asset Acquirer, as applicable, to comply with the terms of this Agreement, including, in each case, by providing any non-confidential information regarding the purposes and plans in connection with such proposed EVERTEC Change of Control other than information that would create any potential liability under applicable Law, violate any confidentiality obligation, or that reasonably would be expected to result in the waiver of any attorney-client privilege.

(c) Notice of Objection. If EVERTEC provides at least 30 days’ written notice to BPPR prior to an EVERTEC Change of Control, BPPR shall notify EVERTEC in writing within 15 Business Days following receipt of EVERTEC’s notice of the proposed EVERTEC Change of Control of any objection to any proposed EVERTEC Change of Control on the basis that it does not satisfy the criteria set forth in clauses (w) through (z) of Section 11.11(a) (unless EVERTEC has failed to satisfy its obligations pursuant to Section 11.11(b) and BPPR asserts such failure prior to the expiration of the 15 Business Day objection period, in which case such 15 Business Day objection period shall be tolled until EVERTEC satisfies its obligations pursuant to Section 11.11(b)). If BPPR fails to timely object to such proposed assignment (taking into account any tolling of the 15 Business Day objection period), it shall be deemed to have consented to such proposed EVERTEC Change of Control and waived its right of termination under Section 11.11(a).

Section 11.12 Specific Performance. BPPR agrees that if an act or omission of BPPR results in a breach of Section 11.1(h), EVERTEC will be irreparably damaged, no adequate remedy at law would exist and damages would be difficult to determine, and that EVERTEC shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent such breach, and to specific performance of the terms of Section 11.1(h) in addition to any other remedy at law or equity, without having to post bond or any financial undertaking.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the Effective Date.

 

BANCO POPULAR DE PUERTO RICO
By:  

/s/ Ileana González

  Name:
  Title:
EVERTEC, INC.
By:  

/s/ Félix M. Villamil

  Name:
  Title:

[Signature Page to Amended and Restated ISO Agreement]

EX-10.9 12 dex109.htm CONSULTING AGREEMENT - APOLLO MANAGEMENT VII, L.P. Consulting Agreement - Apollo Management VII, L.P.

Exhibit 10.9

EXECUTION VERSION

CONSULTING AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of September 30, 2010, between CARIB HOLDINGS, INC., a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (“Carib Holdings”), EVERTEC, INC., a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (“EVERTEC” and together with Carib Holdings, the “Companies”) and APOLLO MANAGEMENT VII, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Apollo”).

Each of the Companies desires to avail itself of Apollo’s expertise and consequently has requested that Apollo make such expertise available from time to time in rendering certain consulting and investment advisory services related to the business and affairs of the Companies and their subsidiaries and the review and analysis of certain financial and other transactions. Apollo and the Companies agree that it is in their respective best interests to enter into this Agreement whereby, for the consideration specified herein, Apollo shall provide such services as independent consultant to the Companies. It is the intention of the parties that this Consulting Agreement is not for services in connection with the day-to-day business affairs of the Companies.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants hereinafter set forth, each of the Companies and Apollo agree as follows:

Section 1. Retention of Apollo.

The Companies hereby retain Apollo, and Apollo accepts such retention, upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

Section 2. Term.

This Agreement shall commence on the date hereof until the earliest of (i) the twelfth anniversary of the date hereof, (ii) such time as Apollo and its affiliates (other than portfolio companies) beneficially own equity interests in both Carib Holdings and EVERTEC, in each case in an aggregate amount less than 5% of the then outstanding equity interests of such Company and (iii) such earlier date as is mutually agreed upon by the Companies and Apollo (the “Term”).

Section 3. Consulting Services.

(a) Apollo shall advise the Companies concerning such matters that relate to proposed financial transactions, acquisitions, investments and financial related matters of the Companies and their respective subsidiaries, in each case as Apollo and the Companies may agree from time to time, which agreement shall specify the services required of Apollo and shall include all background material necessary for Apollo to complete such services. Apollo shall devote such time to any such consulting services as Apollo shall deem, in its discretion, necessary. Such consulting services, in Apollo’s discretion, shall be rendered in person or by telephone or other communication. Apollo shall have no obligation to the Companies as to the manner and time of rendering its


services hereunder, and the Companies shall not have any right to dictate or direct the details of the services rendered hereunder.

(b) Each of the Companies acknowledges that Apollo, together with Popular, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (“Popular”), has (i) structured the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of 11:59 p.m., June 30, 2010 among EVERTEC, Popular, AP Carib Holdings, Ltd., an exempted company organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands (“Apollo Holdco”), and Carib Acquisition, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (as amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), (ii) has arranged for financing in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, and (iii) has provided other advisory services in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.

(c) Apollo shall perform all services to be provided hereunder as an independent contractor to the Companies and not as an employee, agent or representative of either of the Companies. Apollo shall have no authority to act for or to bind either of the Companies without its prior written consent.

(d) This Agreement shall in no way prohibit Apollo or any of its partners or affiliates or any director, officer, partner or employee of Apollo or any of its partners or affiliates from engaging in other activities, whether or not competitive with any business of the Companies or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates.

Section 4. Compensation.

(a) Consulting Fee. As consideration for Apollo’s agreement to render the services set forth in Section 3(a) and as compensation for any such services rendered by Apollo, the Companies agree to pay to Apollo an aggregate annual fee equal to the product of (i) 0.51 multiplied by (ii) the greater of (x) $2 million and (y) 2% of EVERTEC’s and its subsidiaries’ consolidated EBITDA (as defined in the Credit Agreement) for the immediately prior fiscal year (the “Consulting Fee”). The Consulting Fee for each year shall be payable on April 1st of that year, with the first such payment being made on April 1, 2011. For the avoidance of doubt, no fee shall be payable with respect to calendar year 2010, but the fee with respect to calendar year 2011 will be based on EVERTEC’s and its subsidiaries’ consolidated EBITDA during calendar year 2010.

(b) Transaction Fee. As consideration for services rendered pursuant to Section 3(b), the Companies agree to pay to Apollo an aggregate fee equal to the product of (i) 0.51 multiplied by (ii) $18 million, which shall have been earned and payable upon consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.

(c) Expenses. Upon presentation by Apollo to the Companies of such documentation as may be reasonably requested by the Companies, the Companies shall reimburse Apollo for all out-of-pocket expenses, including, without limitation, legal fees and expenses, and other disbursements incurred by Apollo, its affiliates or any of

 

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Apollo’s or its affiliates’ directors, officers, employees or agents (i) in the performance of Apollo’s obligations hereunder (other than expenses incurred in connection with the services described in Section 3(b)) or (ii) in its capacity as an equity holder in respect of its equity interests, in each case incurred after the date hereof, but excluding any such out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with any dispute of Apollo, any of its affiliates or any of Apollo’s or its affiliates’ directors, officers, employees or agents, on the one hand, and any of the Companies, Popular, any other stockholder of the Companies or any of their respective affiliates or any of their or their respective affiliates’ directors, officers, employees or agents, on the other hand.

(d) Change of Control or Initial Public Offering. The parties acknowledge and agree that an objective of the Companies is to maximize value for their respective stockholders which may include consummating (or participating in the consummation of) a Change of Control or a Qualified IPO of either of the Companies. The services provided to the Companies by Apollo will help to facilitate the consummation of a Change of Control or Qualified IPO of either of the Companies, should the Companies decide to pursue such a transaction. Following the provision of notice to Apollo by the Companies of the Companies’ intent to enter into a Change of Control or Qualified IPO of either of the Companies, Apollo may elect at any time in connection with or in anticipation of such Change of Control or Qualified IPO (or at any time thereafter) by the delivery of notice to the Companies (such notice, the “Notice” and the date on which such Notice is delivered to the Companies, the “Notice Date”) to receive the Lump Sum Payment, in lieu of annual payments of the Consulting Fee, such amount to be paid on the date on which such Change of Control or Qualified IPO is consummated, or, if the Notice occurs subsequent to such date, as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 30 days subsequent to the Notice Date.

(e) Non-Payment. Any portion of the fees or expenses payable to Apollo under this Agreement which the Companies are prohibited from paying to Apollo under the Credit Agreement, the Notes or any other agreement or debt instrument shall be deferred, shall accrue and shall be payable at the earliest time permitted under the applicable agreement or debt instrument, or upon the payment in full of all obligations under any applicable debt instrument. The Companies shall notify Apollo of any payment prohibition on each date on which the Companies would otherwise make a payment of fees under this Agreement.

(f) Non-Exclusive. Nothing in this Agreement shall have the effect of prohibiting Apollo or any of its affiliates from receiving from the Companies or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates any other fees, including any fee payable pursuant to Section 6 or Section 7.

(g) Definitions. As used in this Section 4 the following terms have the following meanings:

(1) “Change of Control” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Stockholder Agreement.

 

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(2) “Credit Agreement” means the Credit Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2010, among Carib Holdings, EVERTEC, the Lenders from time to time parties thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.

(3) The “Lump Sum Payment” shall be a single lump sum cash payment equal to the present value of all Consulting Fees payable under this Agreement through the end of the Term (using a discount rate equal to the yield to maturity on the Notice Date of the class of outstanding U.S. government bonds having a final maturity closest to the end of the Term); provided, that no portion of the Lump Sum Payment shall be payable to Apollo if on the Notice Date Apollo or its affiliates (other than portfolio companies) do not collectively beneficially own at least 5% of the then outstanding equity interest in either of the Companies.

(4) “Notes” means the 11% Senior Notes due 2018, issued by EVERTEC on September 30, 2010.

(5) A “Qualified IPO” means an underwritten public offering of the common stock of Carib Holdings or EVERTEC, as the case may be, pursuant to an effective registration statement filed by such Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other Federal agency at the time administering the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) (other than on Forms S-4 or S-8 or successors to such forms) under the Securities Act, pursuant to which the aggregate offering price of the shares of common stock actually sold in such offering is at least $75 million.

(6) “Stockholder Agreement” means that certain Stockholder Agreement dated as of September 30, 2010, by and among Carib Holdings, Apollo Holdco, Popular and the other stockholders of the Carib Holdings, as amended or supplemented from time to time.

Section 5. Indemnification.

The Companies will, jointly and severally, indemnify and hold harmless Apollo and its affiliates (other than portfolio companies) and each of their respective partners (both general and limited), members (both managing and otherwise), officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives (each such person an “Indemnified Party”) from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities, including in connection with seeking indemnification, whether joint or several (the “Liabilities”), related to, arising out of or in connection with the services contemplated by this Agreement or the engagement of Apollo pursuant to, and the performance Apollo of the services contemplated by, this Agreement, whether or not pending or threatened, whether or not an Indemnified Party is a party, whether or not resulting in any liability and whether or not such action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding is initiated or brought by either of the Companies. The Companies will reimburse any Indemnified Party for all reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) as they are incurred in connection with investigating, preparing, pursuing, defending or assisting in the defense of any

 

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action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding for which the Indemnified Party would be entitled to indemnification under the terms of the previous sentence, or any action or proceeding arising therefrom, whether or not such Indemnified Party is a party thereto. The Companies will not be liable under the foregoing indemnification provision with respect to any particular loss, claim, damage, liability, cost or expense of an Indemnified Party to the extent that such is determined by a court, in a final judgment from which no further appeal may be taken, to have resulted primarily from the willful misconduct of such Indemnified Party. The attorneys’ fees and other expenses of an Indemnified Party shall be paid by the Companies as they are incurred upon receipt, in each case, of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnified Party to repay such amounts if it is finally judicially determined that the Liabilities in question resulted primarily from the willful misconduct of such Indemnified Party.

Section 6. Other Services.

If either of the Companies shall determine that it is advisable for such Company to hire a financial advisor, consultant, investment banker or any similar agent in connection with any merger, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization, issuance of securities, financing or any similar transaction, it shall notify Apollo and Popular of such determination. Promptly thereafter, upon the request of either Apollo or Popular, the Company shall negotiate in good faith with the party making such request (or, if both Apollo and Popular make such request, Apollo and Popular together) to agree upon appropriate services, compensation and indemnification for such Company to hire Apollo or Popular (or Apollo and Popular together), as applicable, or any of their respective affiliates for such services. Neither of the Companies may hire any person, other than Apollo or Popular or their respective affiliates, for any services, unless (a) the Company, on the one hand, and either Apollo or Popular (or Apollo and Popular together), as applicable, on the other hand, are unable to agree after 30 days following receipt by Apollo and Popular of such notice, (b) such other person has a reputation that is at least equal to the reputation of Apollo and Popular in respect of such services, (c) ten business days shall have elapsed after the applicable Company provides a written notice to Apollo or Popular, as applicable, of its intention to hire such other person, which notice shall identify such other person and shall describe in reasonable detail the nature of the services to be provided, the compensation to be paid and the indemnification to be provided, (d) the compensation to be paid is not more than Apollo or Popular (or Apollo and Popular together), as applicable, was willing to accept in the negotiations described above, and (e) the indemnification to be provided is not more favorable to the Companies than the indemnification that Apollo or Popular (or Apollo and Popular together), as applicable was willing to accept in the negotiations described above. If either of the Companies hires Apollo or any of its affiliates to provide any of the services described in this Section 6, Apollo shall, and shall cause each of its applicable affiliates to, consult with Popular regarding such services and each of Apollo, Popular and their respective affiliates shall use its reasonable best efforts to cooperate with one another in connection with the provision of such services. For the avoidance of doubt, any fees payable to either Apollo or Popular (or Apollo and Popular together) for the services described in this Section 6 shall be allocated between Apollo and Popular in accordance with Section 8(h) of the Stockholder Agreement (as defined in Section 4 above).

 

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Section 7. Future Transaction Fees.

In the absence of an express agreement to the contrary, at the closing of any merger, acquisition or similar transaction involving either of the Companies, Apollo and Popular shall receive an aggregate fee (the “Future Transaction Fee”) equal to 2% of the aggregate enterprise value paid or provided by the Companies or paid or provided to the Companies (including the aggregate value of (x) equity securities, warrants, rights and options acquired or retained, (y) indebtedness acquired, assumed or refinanced and (z) any other consideration or compensation paid in connection with such transaction); provided that Apollo shall not be entitled to receive a Future Transaction Fee if it has elected to receive a Lump Sum Payment in connection with the transaction pursuant to which such Future Transaction Fee would have been payable. The payment of any Future Transaction Fee shall be allocated between Apollo and Popular in accordance with Section 8(h) of the Stockholder Agreement (as defined in Section 4 above).

Section 8. Accuracy of Information.

The Companies shall furnish or cause to be furnished to Apollo such information as Apollo believes reasonably appropriate in connection with providing the services contemplated by this Agreement and to comply with Securities and Exchange Commission or other legal requirements relating to the beneficial ownership of equity securities of the Companies (all such information so furnished, the “Information”). Each of the Companies recognizes and confirms that Apollo (a) will use and rely primarily on the Information and on information available from generally recognized public sources in performing the services contemplated by this Agreement without independent verification, (b) does not assume responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the Information and such other information and (c) is entitled to rely upon the Information without independent verification.

Section 9. Notices.

All notices, requests, consents and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed sufficient if personally delivered, sent by nationally-recognized overnight courier, by telecopy or facsimile, by electronic mail, or by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested and postage prepaid, addressed as follows:

if to Apollo, to:

 

Apollo Management VII, L.P.

9 West 57th Street, 43rd Floor

New York, New York 10019

Telephone:   (212) 515-3202
Email:   becker@apollolp.com
Attention:   Marc Becker

 

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with copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

 

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

One Bryant Park

New York, New York 10036

Telephone:   (212) 872-8112
Telecopy:   (212) 872-1002
Email:   aweinstein@akingump.com
Attention:   Adam Weinstein, Esq.

if to Carib Holdings, to:

 

Carib Holdings, Inc.

c/o EVERTEC, Inc.

Carr #176, Km 1.3

Cupey Bajo, Rio Piedras Puerto Rico 00926

P.O. Box 364527

San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-4527

Telephone:   (787) 759-9999
Email:   fvillamil@evertecinc.com
Attention:   Felix Villamil, President

if to EVERTEC, to:

 

EVERTEC, Inc.

Carr #176, Km 1.3

Cupey Bajo, Rio Piedras Puerto Rico 00926

P.O. Box 364527

San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-4527

Telephone:   (787) 759-9999
Email:   fvillamil@evertecinc.com
Attention:   Felix Villamil, President

or to such other address as the party to whom notice is to be given may have furnished to each other party in writing in accordance herewith. All notices, requests or other communications will be effective and deemed given only as follows: (i) if given by personal delivery, upon such personal delivery, (ii) if sent by certified or registered mail, on the third business day after being deposited in the United States mail, (iii) if sent for next day delivery by United States Express Mail or overnight delivery service, on the date of delivery as confirmed by written confirmation of delivery, (iv) if sent by telecopy or facsimile, upon confirmation of receipt, except that if such confirmation occurs after 5:00 p.m. (in the recipient’s time zone) on a business day, or occurs on a day that is not a business day, then such notice, request or communication will not be deemed effective or given until the next succeeding business day or (v) if sent by electronic mail, when sent. Notices, requests and other communications sent in any other manner will not be effective.

 

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Section 10. Benefits of Agreement.

This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of Apollo, Carib Holdings, EVERTEC, the Indemnified Persons and any successors to or assigns of Apollo, Carib Holdings and EVERTEC; provided, however, that Popular shall be a third party beneficiary of this Agreement. This Agreement may not be assigned by either party hereto without the prior written consent of the other party, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld in the case of any assignment by Apollo to any of its affiliates (other than portfolio companies), and any attempted or purported assignment in violation hereof shall be null and void.

Section 11. Governing Law.

This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York (without giving effect to principles of conflicts of laws).

Section 12. Headings.

Section headings are used for convenience only and shall in no way affect the construction of this Agreement.

Section 13. Entire Agreement; Amendments.

This Agreement contains the entire understanding of the parties with respect to its subject matter and supersedes any and all prior agreements, and neither it nor any part of it may in any way be altered, amended, extended, waived, discharged or terminated except by a written agreement signed by each of the parties hereto.

Section 14. Counterparts.

This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, and each such counterpart shall be deemed to be an original instrument, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one agreement.

Section 15. Waivers.

Any party to this Agreement may, by written notice to the other party, waive any provision of this Agreement. The waiver by any party of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach.

Section 16. Joint and Several Liability.

The Companies shall be jointly and severally liable for the obligations of each of the Companies set forth in this Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Consulting Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

CARIB HOLDINGS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Marc Becker

Name:   Marc Becker
Title:   President
EVERTEC, INC.
By:  

/s/ Felix M. Villamil

Name:   Felix M. Villamil
Title:   President
APOLLO MANAGEMENT VII, L.P.,
By:  

AIF VII Management, LLC,

its general partner

By:  

/s/ Marc Becker

Name:   Marc Becker
Title:   Vice President

[Signature Page to Apollo Consulting Agreement]

EX-10.10 13 dex1010.htm CONSULTING AGREEMENT - POPULAR, INC. Consulting Agreement - Popular, Inc.

Exhibit 10.10

EXECUTION VERSION

CONSULTING AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of September 30, 2010, between CARIB HOLDINGS, INC., a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (“Carib Holdings”), EVERTEC, INC., a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (“EVERTEC” and together with Carib Holdings, the “Companies”) and POPULAR, INC., a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (“Popular”).

Each of the Companies desires to avail itself of Popular’s expertise and consequently has requested that Popular make such expertise available from time to time in rendering certain consulting and investment advisory services related to the business and affairs of the Companies and their subsidiaries and the review and analysis of certain financial and other transactions. Popular and the Companies agree that it is in their respective best interests to enter into this Agreement whereby, for the consideration specified herein, Popular shall provide such services as independent consultant to the Companies. It is the intention of the parties that this Consulting Agreement is not for services in connection with the day-to-day business affairs of the Companies.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants hereinafter set forth, each of the Companies and Popular agree as follows:

Section 1. Retention of Popular.

The Companies hereby retain Popular, and Popular accepts such retention, upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

Section 2. Term.

This Agreement shall commence on the date hereof until the earliest of (i) the twelfth anniversary of the date hereof, (ii) such time as Popular and its affiliates (other than portfolio companies, if any exist) beneficially own equity interests in both Carib Holdings and EVERTEC, in each case in an aggregate amount less than 5% of the then outstanding equity interests of such Company and (iii) such earlier date as is mutually agreed upon by the Companies and Popular (the “Term”).

Section 3. Consulting Services.

(a) Popular shall advise the Companies concerning such matters that relate to proposed financial transactions, acquisitions, investments and financial related matters of the Companies and their respective subsidiaries, in each case as Popular and the Companies may agree from time to time, which agreement shall specify the services required of Popular and shall include all background material necessary for Popular to complete such services. Popular shall devote such time to any such consulting services as Popular shall deem, in its discretion, necessary. Such consulting services, in Popular’s discretion, shall be rendered in person or by telephone or other communication. Popular shall have no obligation to the Companies as to the manner and time of rendering its

 

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services hereunder, and the Companies shall not have any right to dictate or direct the details of the services rendered hereunder.

(b) Each of the Companies acknowledges that Popular, together with Apollo Management VII, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Apollo”), has (i) structured the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of 11:59 p.m., June 30, 2010 among EVERTEC, Popular, AP Carib Holdings, Ltd., an exempted company organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands (“Apollo Holdco”), and Carib Acquisition, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (as amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), (ii) has arranged for financing in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, and (iii) has provided other advisory services in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.

(c) Popular shall perform all services to be provided hereunder as an independent contractor to the Companies and not as an employee, agent or representative of either of the Companies. Popular shall have no authority to act for or to bind either of the Companies without its prior written consent.

(d) This Agreement shall in no way prohibit Popular or any of its partners or affiliates or any director, officer, partner or employee of Popular or any of its partners or affiliates from engaging in other activities, whether or not competitive with any business of the Companies or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates.

Section 4. Compensation.

(a) Consulting Fee. As consideration for Popular’s agreement to render the services set forth in Section 3(a) and as compensation for any such services rendered by Popular, the Companies agree to pay to Popular an aggregate annual fee equal to the product of (i) 0.49 multiplied by (ii) the greater of (x) $2 million and (y) 2% of EVERTEC’s and its subsidiaries’ consolidated EBITDA (as defined in the Credit Agreement) for the immediately prior fiscal year (the “Consulting Fee”). The Consulting Fee for each year shall be payable on April 1st of that year, with the first such payment being made on April 1, 2011. For the avoidance of doubt, no fee shall be payable with respect to calendar year 2010, but the fee with respect to calendar year 2011 will be based on EVERTEC’s and its subsidiaries’ consolidated EBITDA during calendar year 2010.

(b) Transaction Fee. As consideration for services rendered pursuant to Section 3(b), the Companies agree to pay to Popular an aggregate fee equal to the product of (i) 0.49 multiplied by (ii) $18 million, which shall have been earned and payable upon consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.

(c) Expenses. Upon presentation by Popular to the Companies of such documentation as may be reasonably requested by the Companies, the Companies shall reimburse Popular for all out-of-pocket expenses, including, without limitation, legal fees and expenses, and other disbursements incurred by Popular, its affiliates or any of Popular’s or its affiliates’ directors, officers, employees or agents (i) in the performance

 

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of Popular’s obligations hereunder (other than expenses incurred in connection with the services described in Section 3(b)) or (ii) in its capacity as an equity holder in respect of its equity interests, in each case incurred after the date hereof, but excluding any such out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with any dispute of Popular, any of its affiliates or any of Popular’s or its affiliates’ directors, officers, employees or agents, on the one hand, and any of the Companies, Apollo, any other stockholder of the Companies or any of their respective affiliates or any of their or their respective affiliates’ directors, officers, employees or agents, on the other hand.

(d) Change of Control or Initial Public Offering. The parties acknowledge and agree that an objective of the Companies is to maximize value for their respective stockholders which may include consummating (or participating in the consummation of) a Change of Control or a Qualified IPO of either of the Companies. The services provided to the Companies by Popular will help to facilitate the consummation of a Change of Control or Qualified IPO of either of the Companies, should the Companies decide to pursue such a transaction. Following the provision of notice to Popular by the Companies of the Companies’ intent to enter into a Change of Control or Qualified IPO of either of the Companies, Popular may elect at any time in connection with or in anticipation of such Change of Control or Qualified IPO (or at any time thereafter) by the delivery of notice to the Companies (such notice, the “Notice” and the date on which such Notice is delivered to the Companies, the “Notice Date”) to receive the Lump Sum Payment, in lieu of annual payments of the Consulting Fee, such amount to be paid on the date on which such Change of Control or Qualified IPO is consummated, or, if the Notice occurs subsequent to such date, as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 30 days subsequent to the Notice Date.

(e) Non-Payment. Any portion of the fees or expenses payable to Popular under this Agreement which the Companies are prohibited from paying to Popular under the Credit Agreement, the Notes or any other agreement or debt instrument shall be deferred, shall accrue and shall be payable at the earliest time permitted under the applicable agreement or debt instrument, or upon the payment in full of all obligations under any applicable debt instrument. The Companies shall notify Popular of any payment prohibition on each date on which the Companies would otherwise make a payment of fees under this Agreement.

(f) Non-Exclusive. Nothing in this Agreement shall have the effect of prohibiting Popular or any of its affiliates from receiving from the Companies or any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates any other fees, including any fee payable pursuant to Section 6 or Section 7.

(g) Definitions. As used in this Section 4 the following terms have the following meanings:

(1) “Change of Control” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Stockholder Agreement.

 

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(2) “Credit Agreement” means the Credit Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2010, among Carib Holdings, EVERTEC, the Lenders from time to time parties thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.

(3) The “Lump Sum Payment” shall be a single lump sum cash payment equal to the present value of all Consulting Fees payable under this Agreement through the end of the Term (using a discount rate equal to the yield to maturity on the Notice Date of the class of outstanding U.S. government bonds having a final maturity closest to the end of the Term); provided, that no portion of the Lump Sum Payment shall be payable to Popular if on the Notice Date Popular or its affiliates (other than portfolio companies, if any exist) do not collectively beneficially own at least 5% of the then outstanding equity interest in either of the Companies.

(4) “Notes” means the 11% Senior Notes due 2018, issued by EVERTEC on September 30, 2010.

(5) A “Qualified IPO” means an underwritten public offering of the common stock of Carib Holdings or EVERTEC, as the case may be, pursuant to an effective registration statement filed by such Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other Federal agency at the time administering the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) (other than on Forms S-4 or S-8 or successors to such forms) under the Securities Act, pursuant to which the aggregate offering price of the shares of common stock actually sold in such offering is at least $75 million.

(6) “Stockholder Agreement” means that certain Stockholder Agreement dated as of September 30, 2010, by and among Carib Holdings, Apollo Holdco, Popular and the other stockholders of the Carib Holdings, as amended or supplemented from time to time.

Section 5. Indemnification.

The Companies will, jointly and severally, indemnify and hold harmless Popular and its affiliates (other than portfolio companies, if any exist) and each of their respective partners (both general and limited), members (both managing and otherwise), officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives (each such person an “Indemnified Party”) from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities, including in connection with seeking indemnification, whether joint or several (the “Liabilities”), related to, arising out of or in connection with the services contemplated by this Agreement or the engagement of Popular pursuant to, and the performance Popular of the services contemplated by, this Agreement, whether or not pending or threatened, whether or not an Indemnified Party is a party, whether or not resulting in any liability and whether or not such action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding is initiated or brought by either of the Companies. The Companies will reimburse any Indemnified Party for all reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) as they are incurred in connection with investigating, preparing, pursuing, defending or assisting in the

 

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defense of any action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding for which the Indemnified Party would be entitled to indemnification under the terms of the previous sentence, or any action or proceeding arising therefrom, whether or not such Indemnified Party is a party thereto. The Companies will not be liable under the foregoing indemnification provision with respect to any particular loss, claim, damage, liability, cost or expense of an Indemnified Party to the extent that such is determined by a court, in a final judgment from which no further appeal may be taken, to have resulted primarily from the willful misconduct of such Indemnified Party. The attorneys’ fees and other expenses of an Indemnified Party shall be paid by the Companies as they are incurred upon receipt, in each case, of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnified Party to repay such amounts if it is finally judicially determined that the Liabilities in question resulted primarily from the willful misconduct of such Indemnified Party.

Section 6. Other Services.

If either of the Companies shall determine that it is advisable for such Company to hire a financial advisor, consultant, investment banker or any similar agent in connection with any merger, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization, issuance of securities, financing or any similar transaction, it shall notify Apollo and Popular of such determination. Promptly thereafter, upon the request of either Apollo or Popular, the Company shall negotiate in good faith with the party making such request (or, if both Apollo and Popular make such request, Apollo and Popular together) to agree upon appropriate services, compensation and indemnification for such Company to hire Apollo or Popular (or Apollo and Popular together), as applicable, or any of their respective affiliates for such services. Neither of the Companies may hire any person, other than Apollo or Popular or their respective affiliates, for any services, unless (a) the Company, on the one hand, and either Apollo or Popular (or Apollo and Popular together), as applicable, on the other hand, are unable to agree after 30 days following receipt by Apollo and Popular of such notice, (b) such other person has a reputation that is at least equal to the reputation of Apollo and Popular in respect of such services, (c) ten business days shall have elapsed after the applicable Company provides a written notice to Apollo or Popular, as applicable, of its intention to hire such other person, which notice shall identify such other person and shall describe in reasonable detail the nature of the services to be provided, the compensation to be paid and the indemnification to be provided, (d) the compensation to be paid is not more than Apollo or Popular (or Apollo and Popular together), as applicable, was willing to accept in the negotiations described above, and (e) the indemnification to be provided is not more favorable to the Companies than the indemnification that Apollo or Popular (or Apollo and Popular together), as applicable was willing to accept in the negotiations described above. If either of the Companies hires Popular or any of its affiliates to provide any of the services described in this Section 6, Popular shall, and shall cause each of its applicable affiliates to, consult with Apollo regarding such services and each of Popular, Apollo and their respective affiliates shall use its reasonable best efforts to cooperate with one another in connection with the provision of such services. For the avoidance of doubt, any fees payable to either Apollo or Popular (or Apollo and Popular together) for the services described in this Section 6 shall be allocated between Apollo and Popular in accordance with Section 8(h) of the Stockholder Agreement (as defined in Section 4 above).

 

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Section 7. Future Transaction Fees.

In the absence of an express agreement to the contrary, at the closing of any merger, acquisition or similar transaction involving either of the Companies, Apollo and Popular shall receive an aggregate fee (the “Future Transaction Fee”) equal to 2% of the aggregate enterprise value paid or provided by the Companies or paid or provided to the Companies (including the aggregate value of (x) equity securities, warrants, rights and options acquired or retained, (y) indebtedness acquired, assumed or refinanced and (z) any other consideration or compensation paid in connection with such transaction); provided that Popular shall not be entitled to receive a Future Transaction Fee if it has elected to receive a Lump Sum Payment in connection with the transaction pursuant to which such Future Transaction Fee would have been payable. The payment of any Future Transaction Fee shall be allocated between Apollo and Popular in accordance with Section 8(h) of the Stockholder Agreement (as defined in Section 4 above).

Section 8. Accuracy of Information.

The Companies shall furnish or cause to be furnished to Popular such information as Popular believes reasonably appropriate in connection with providing the services contemplated by this Agreement and to comply with Securities and Exchange Commission or other legal requirements relating to the beneficial ownership of equity securities of the Companies (all such information so furnished, the “Information”). Each of the Companies recognizes and confirms that Popular (a) will use and rely primarily on the Information and on information available from generally recognized public sources in performing the services contemplated by this Agreement without independent verification, (b) does not assume responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the Information and such other information and (c) is entitled to rely upon the Information without independent verification.

Section 9. Notices.

All notices, requests, consents and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed sufficient if personally delivered, sent by nationally-recognized overnight courier, by telecopy or facsimile, by electronic mail, or by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested and postage prepaid, addressed as follows:

if to Popular, to:

 

209 Muñoz Rivera Avenue
Hato Reyes, Puerto Rico 00918
Telephone:   (787) 758-7208
Email:   rcarrion@bppr.com
Attention:  

Richard L. Carrión,

CEO & President

with copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

209 Muñoz Rivera Avenue

 

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Hato Reyes, Puerto Rico 00918
Telephone:   (787) 758-7208
Email:   igalvarez@bppr.com
Attention:   Ignacio Alvarez, Esq.
  Executive Vice President & General Counsel
and  

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

125 Broad Street

New York, New York 10004

Telephone:   (212) 558-4000
Email:   toumeyd@sullcrom.com
Attention:   Donald J. Toumey

if to Carib Holdings, to:

 

Carib Holdings, Inc.

c/o EVERTEC, Inc.

Carr #176, Km 1.3

Cupey Bajo, Rio Piedras Puerto Rico 00926

P.O. Box 364527

San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-4527

Telephone:   (787) 759-9999
Email:   fvillamil@evertecinc.com
Attention:   Felix Villamil, President

if to EVERTEC, to:

 

EVERTEC, Inc.

Carr #176, Km 1.3

Cupey Bajo, Rio Piedras Puerto Rico 00926

P.O. Box 364527

San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-4527

Telephone:   (787) 759-9999
Email:   fvillamil@evertecinc.com
Attention:   Felix Villamil, President

or to such other address as the party to whom notice is to be given may have furnished to each other party in writing in accordance herewith. All notices, requests or other communications will be effective and deemed given only as follows: (i) if given by personal delivery, upon such personal delivery, (ii) if sent by certified or registered mail, on the third business day after being deposited in the United States mail, (iii) if sent for next day delivery by United States Express Mail or overnight delivery service, on the date of delivery as confirmed by written confirmation of delivery, (iv) if sent by telecopy or facsimile, upon confirmation of receipt, except that if such confirmation occurs after 5:00 p.m. (in the recipient’s time zone) on a business day, or occurs on a day that is not a business day, then such notice, request or communication will not be deemed

 

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effective or given until the next succeeding business day or (v) if sent by electronic mail, when sent. Notices, requests and other communications sent in any other manner will not be effective.

Section 10. Benefits of Agreement.

This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of Popular, Carib Holdings, EVERTEC, the Indemnified Persons and any successors to or assigns of Popular, Carib Holdings and EVERTEC; provided, however, that Apollo shall be a third party beneficiary of this Agreement. This Agreement may not be assigned by either party hereto without the prior written consent of the other party, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld in the case of any assignment by Popular to any of its affiliates (other than portfolio companies, if any exist), and any attempted or purported assignment in violation hereof shall be null and void.

Section 11. Governing Law.

This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York (without giving effect to principles of conflicts of laws).

Section 12. Headings.

Section headings are used for convenience only and shall in no way affect the construction of this Agreement.

Section 13. Entire Agreement; Amendments.

This Agreement contains the entire understanding of the parties with respect to its subject matter and supersedes any and all prior agreements, and neither it nor any part of it may in any way be altered, amended, extended, waived, discharged or terminated except by a written agreement signed by each of the parties hereto.

Section 14. Counterparts.

This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, and each such counterpart shall be deemed to be an original instrument, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one agreement.

Section 15. Waivers.

Any party to this Agreement may, by written notice to the other party, waive any provision of this Agreement. The waiver by any party of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach.

Section 16. Joint and Several Liability.

The Companies shall be jointly and severally liable for the obligations of each of the Companies set forth in this Agreement.

[signature page follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Consulting Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

CARIB HOLDINGS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Marc Becker

Name:   Marc Becker
Title:   President
EVERTEC, INC.
By:  

/s/ Felix M. Villamil

Name:  
Title:  
POPULAR, INC.
By:  

/s/ Ivan Pagan

Name:  
Title:  

[Signature Page to Popular Consulting Agreement]

EX-10.11 14 dex1011.htm EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT - FELIX M. VILLAMIL PAGANI Employment Agreement - Felix M. Villamil Pagani

Exhibit 10.11

Execution Version

This EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT by and between EVERTEC, INC., a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (the “Company”), and Felix M. Villamil Pagani (“Executive”) (collectively the “Parties”) is made as of October 1, 2010 (the “Effective Date”).

WHEREAS, the Parties desire to enter into this employment agreement (the “Agreement”) pursuant to the terms, provisions and conditions set forth herein; and

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants, understandings, representations, warranties, undertakings and promises hereinafter set forth, intending to be legally bound thereby, the Parties agree as follows:

1. Employment Period.

Subject to earlier termination in accordance with Section 3 of this Agreement, Executive shall be employed by the Company for a period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the fifth anniversary of the Effective Date (the “Employment Period”) unless the parties mutually agree to extend the term at least 90 days prior to the end of the Employment Period. Upon Executive’s termination of employment with the Company for any reason, Executive shall immediately resign all positions with the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, including any position as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors.

2. Terms of Employment.

(a) Position. During the Employment Period, Executive shall serve as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and will perform such duties and exercise such supervision with regard to the business of the Company as are associated with such positions, including such duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”). Executive shall report directly to the Board and if reasonably requested by the Board, Executive hereby agrees to serve (without additional compensation) as an officer and director of the Company or any affiliate or subsidiary thereof.

(b) Duties. During the Employment Period, Executive shall have such responsibilities, duties, and authority that are customary for his position, subject at all times to the control of the Board, and shall perform such services as customarily are provided by an executive of a corporation with his position and such other services consistent with his position, as shall be assigned to him from time to time by the Board. During the Employment Period, and excluding any periods of vacation and sick leave to which the Executive is entitled, the Executive agrees to devote all of his business time to the business and affairs of the Company and to use Executive’s commercially reasonable efforts to perform faithfully, effectively and efficiently his responsibilities and obligations hereunder. The Executive shall be entitled to engage in charitable and educational activities and to manage his personal and family investments, to the extent such activities are not competitive with the business of the Company,


do not interfere with the performance of his duties for the Company and are otherwise consistent with the Company’s governance policies.

(c) Compensation.

(i) Base Salary. During the Employment Period, Executive shall receive an initial annual base salary in an amount equal to Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000), less all applicable withholdings, which shall be paid in accordance with the customary payroll practices of the Company (as in effect from time to time, the “Annual Base Salary”). The Annual Base Salary shall be subject to annual review by the Board, in its sole discretion; for possible increase and any such increased Annual Base Salary shall constitute “Annual Base Salary” for purposes of this Agreement.

(ii) Annual Bonus. During the Employment Period, the Company shall establish the budget and performance parameters for the bonus plan for each fiscal year of the Company (each, the “Plan”) pursuant to which Executive will be eligible to receive an annual bonus (the “Bonus”). Executive shall be eligible to receive a Bonus of up to 100% of Annual Base Salary consisting of (A) a bonus equal to 50% of Annual Base Salary (“Target Bonus”) that shall be contingent upon attainment of the Company’s budget as established by the Board and (B) a bonus equal to 50% of Annual Base Salary contingent upon the achievement of qualitative and quantitative performance goals established by the Board. The Bonus shall be paid in the year following the fiscal year to which the Bonus relates provided that the Compensation Committee certifies that the Company has achieved the applicable performance objectives and determines the amount of the bonus that shall be paid to each executive entitled to receive a bonus for the applicable fiscal year. The Compensation Committee’s certification will be as soon as practicable following receipt of the audited financial statements, but no later than ninety (90) after the receipt of such statements.

(iii) Retention Bonuses. Subject to Executive’s continuing employment and the terms of Section 4, Executive will be paid quarterly retention bonuses of $75,000 (the “Retention Bonuses”) on the payroll date for the first full payroll cycle following the end of each of the first twelve full calendar quarters following the Effective Date.

(iv) Equity.

(1) Carib Holdings, Inc. Stock. As soon as practicable following the Effective Date, Executive will be granted restricted shares of non-voting common stock of Carib Holdings, Inc. with a value of $800,000 (the “Restricted Stock”), based on the value of such non-voting common stock as of the date of grant. The Restricted Stock will be granted outside of the Carib Holdings, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), but will be subject to the terms of the Plan, the applicable award agreement and the related stockholder’s agreement. Subject to Executive’s continuing employment and the terms of Section 4, the Restricted Stock will vest over a period of 4 years in substantially equal bi-weekly installments on the Company’s normal payroll date.

(2) Options. As soon as practicable following the Effective Date, Executive shall be granted options to purchase 1.5% of the shares of non-voting common stock

 

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of Carib Holdings, Inc. outstanding as of the closing of the Transaction, subject to the terms of the applicable award agreement and the Carib Holdings, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan.

(v) Benefits. During the Employment Period, Executive shall be eligible to participate in all retirement, compensation and employee benefit plans, practices, policies and programs provided by the Company to the extent applicable generally to other executives of the Company (except severance plans, policies, practices, or programs) subject to the eligibility criteria set forth therein, as such may be amended or terminated from time to time. The benefits and perquisites provided to Executive will be substantially comparable in the aggregate to the benefits and perquisites that Executive enjoyed as of the closing of the Transaction. In addition, the Company shall provide Executive with directors and officers insurance coverage at least equal to that provided to other Company directors and officers.

(vi) Expenses. During the Employment Period, Executive shall be entitled to receive reimbursement for all reasonable business expenses incurred by Executive in performance of his duties hereunder provided that Executive provides all necessary documentation in accordance with the Company’s policies.

3. Termination of Employment.

(a) Death or Disability. Executive’s employment shall terminate automatically upon Executive’s death. If Executive becomes subject to a “Disability” (as defined below) during the Employment Period, the Company may give Executive written notice in accordance with Sections 3(g) and 9(g) of its intention to terminate Executive’s employment. For purposes of this Agreement, “Disability” means Executive’s inability to perform his duties hereunder by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment for a period of six (6) months or more in any twelve (12) month period.

(b) Cause. Executive’s employment may be terminated at any time by the Company for “Cause” (as defined below). For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” shall mean Executive’s (i) commission of a felony or a crime of moral turpitude, (ii) engaging in conduct that constitutes fraud or embezzlement, (iii) engaging in conduct that constitutes gross negligence or willful gross misconduct that results or could reasonably be expected to result in harm to the Company’s business or reputation, (iv) breach of any material terms of Executive’s employment, including this Agreement, which results or could reasonably be expected to result in harm to the Company’s business or reputation or (v) continued willful failure to substantially perform duties as President and Chief Executive Office. Executive’s employment shall not be terminated for “Cause” within the meaning of clauses (vi) and (v) above unless Executive has been given written notice by the Board stating the basis for such termination and Executive is given fifteen (15) days to cure, to the extent curable, the neglect or conduct that is the basis of any such claim.

(c) Termination Without Cause. The Company may terminate Executive’s employment hereunder without Cause at any time.

(d) Good Reason. Executive’s employment may be terminated at any time by Executive for Good Reason upon 60 days’ prior written notice following the occurrence of the event giving rise to the termination for Good Reason. For purposes of this Agreement, “Good

 

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Reason” means voluntary resignation after any of the following actions taken by the Company without Executive’s written consent: (i) any material failure of the Company to fulfill its obligations under Executive’s employment agreement, (ii) a material and adverse change to, or a material reduction of, Executive’s duties and responsibilities to the Company, including, without limitation, removing Executive from the position of President and Chief Executive Officer, (iii) a material reduction in Executive’s then current Base Salary and Target Annual Bonus (not including any diminution related to a broader compensation reduction that is not limited to Executive specifically and that is not more than 10% in the aggregate), (iv) the relocation of Executive’s primary office to a location more than 25 miles from the prior location that materially increases Executive’s commute to work or (v) the failure of any successor to all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to assume this Agreement, whether in writing or by operation of law; provided, that any such event shall not constitute Good Reason unless and until Executive shall have provided the Company with notice thereof no later than 30 days following Executive’s knowledge of the occurrence of such event and the Company shall have failed to remedy such event within 30 days of receipt of such notice.

(e) Voluntary Termination. Executive’s employment may be terminated at any time by Executive without Good Reason upon 30 days’ prior written notice.

(f) Termination as a Result of Expiration of the Employment Period. Unless otherwise agreed between the parties, Executive’s employment shall automatically terminate upon the expiration of the Employment Period.

(g) Notice of Termination. Any termination by the Company for Cause or without Cause, or by Executive for Good Reason or without Good Reason, shall be communicated by Notice of Termination to the other party hereto given in accordance with Section 9(g). For purposes of this Agreement, a “Notice of Termination” means a written notice that (i) indicates the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon, (ii) to the extent applicable, sets forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of Executive’s employment under the provision so indicated and (iii) if the “Date of Termination” (as defined below) is other than the date of receipt of such notice, specifies the termination date. The failure by Executive or the Company to set forth in the Notice of Termination any fact or circumstance that contributes to a showing of Good Reason or Cause shall not waive any right of Executive or the Company hereunder or preclude Executive or the Company from asserting such fact or circumstance in enforcing Executive’s or the Company’s rights hereunder.

(h) Date of Termination. “Date of Termination” means (i) if Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company for Cause, without Cause or by reason of Disability, or by Executive for Good Reason or without Good Reason, the date of receipt of the Notice of Termination (in the case of a termination with or without Good Reason, provided such Date of Termination is in accordance with Section 3(d) or Section 3(e)) or any later date specified therein pursuant to Section 3(g), as the case may be, (ii) if Executive’s employment is terminated by reason of death, the date of death, and (iii) the expiration of the Employment Period, and the termination of Executive’s employment upon the date of such expiration.

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(a) With Good Reason; Without Cause. If during the Employment Period, the Company shall terminate Executive’s employment without Cause or Executive shall terminate his employment for Good Reason, then the Company will provide Executive with the following payments and/or benefits:

(i) The Company shall pay to Executive as soon as reasonably practicable but no later than the 15th day of the third month following the end of the calendar year that contains the Date of Termination in a lump sum to the extent not previously paid, (A) the Annual Base Salary through the Date of Termination, (B) the Bonus earned for any fiscal year ended prior to the year in which the Date of Termination occurs, provided that Executive was employed on the last day of such fiscal year, (C) the amount of any unpaid expense reimbursements to which Executive may be entitled pursuant to Section 2(c)(v) hereof, (D) any other vested payments or benefits to which Executive or Executive’s estate may be entitled to receive under any of the Company’s benefit plans or applicable law, in accordance with the terms of such plans or law (clauses (A)-(D), the “Accrued Obligations”), and (E) in the event that the termination occurs after September 30 of a given year, a prorated amount of the Annual Bonus for such year based on the number of days elapsed, determined and payable in such manner and at such time as annual bonuses in respect of such year are generally paid (the “Prorated Bonus”); and

(ii) Subject to Section 4(e) below, after the Date of Termination, the Company will pay Executive severance in accordance with Puerto Rico’s Law 80 severance formula in effect as of the closing of the Transaction, but excluding for such purposes the Retention Bonuses and Restricted Stock (the “Severance Payment”). The Severance Payment shall be made in a lump sum no later than ten (10) days after Executive executes the release described in Section 4(e); and

(iii) The Company shall pay to Executive as soon as reasonably practicable following the Date of Termination, but no later than 30 days thereafter, a lump amount equal to the sum of any unpaid Retention Bonuses.

(iv) The Restricted Stock shall become fully vested and non-forfeitable subject to the terms of the related stockholder’s agreement.

(b) Death or Disability. If Executive’s employment shall be terminated by reason of the Executive’s death or Disability, then the Company will provide Executive with the Accrued Obligations and the payment and vesting provided for under Section 4(a)(iii) and Section 4(a)(iv). Thereafter, the Company shall have no further obligation to Executive or his legal representatives.

(c) Cause; Other than for Good Reason. If Executive’s employment shall be terminated by the Company for Cause or by Executive without Good Reason, then the Company shall have no further obligations to Executive other than for payment of the Accrued Obligations.

(d) Expiration of the Employment Period. If Executive’s employment shall be terminated by reason of the expiration of the Employment Period as result of the Company’s non-extension, then the Company will provide Executive with the Accrued Obligations , the Prorated Bonus and continued payment of Base Salary for a period of six months in accordance

 

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with the Company’s payroll practices (the “Salary Continuation”). If Executive’s employment shall be terminated by reason of the expiration of the Employment Period as result of the Executive’s non-extension, then the Company will provide Executive with the Accrued Obligations. Thereafter, in either event, the Company shall have no further obligation to Executive or his legal representatives.

(e) Separation Agreement and General Release. The Company’s obligation to make the Severance Payment or to pay the Salary Continuation is conditioned on Executive’s or his legal representative’s executing a separation agreement and general release of claims related to or arising from Executive’s employment with the Company or the termination of employment, against the Company and its affiliates (and their respective officers and directors) in a form reasonably determined by the Company, which shall be provided by the Company to Executive within five (5) days following the Date of Termination; provided, that, if Executive should fail to execute (or revokes) such release within 60 days following the Date of Termination, the Company shall not have any obligation to provide the Severance Payment or the Salary Continuation. If Executive executes the release within such 60 day period and does not revoke the release within seven (7) days following the execution of the release, the Severance Payment will be made in accordance with Section 4(a)(ii) or the Salary Continuation shall commence at such time, as applicable.

5. Restrictive Covenants.

(a) In consideration of Executive’s employment and receipt of payments hereunder, including, without limitation, the grant of options under Section 2(c), during the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending twelve (12) months after the Date of Termination, Executive shall not directly, or indirectly through another person, (x) induce or attempt to induce any employee, representative, agent or consultant of the Company or any of its Affiliates or subsidiaries to leave the employ or services of the Company or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries, or in any way interfere with the relationship between the Company or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries and any employee, representative, agent or consultant thereof, (y) hire any person who was an employee, representative, agent or consultant of the Company or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries at any time during the twelve-month period immediately prior to the date on which such hiring would take place or (z) directly or indirectly call on, solicit or service any customer, supplier, licensee, licensor, representative, agent or other business relation of the Company or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries in order to induce or attempt to induce such person to cease doing business with, or reduce the amount of business conducted with, the Company or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries, or in any way interfere with the relationship between any such customer, supplier, licensee, licensor, representative, agent or business relation of the Company or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries. No action by another person or entity shall be deemed to be a breach of this provision unless the Executive directly or indirectly assisted, encouraged or otherwise counseled such person or entity to engage in such activity.

(b) Non-Competition. Executive hereby acknowledges that it is familiar with the Confidential Information (as defined below) of the Company and its subsidiaries. Executive acknowledges and agrees that the Company would be irreparably damaged if Executive were to provide services to any person competing with the Company or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries or engaged in a similar business and that such competition by Executive would

 

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result in a significant loss of goodwill by the Company. Therefore, Executive agrees that during the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the first anniversary of the Date of Termination (the “Non-Compete Period”), Executive shall not (and shall cause each of his or its affiliates not to) directly or indirectly own any interest in, manage, control, participate in (whether as an officer, director, manager, employee, partner, equity holder, member, agent, representative or otherwise), consult with, render services for, or in any other manner engage in any business engaged directly or indirectly, in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, in the business of the Company and its subsidiaries as currently conducted or proposed to be conducted as of the Date of Termination; provided, that nothing herein shall prohibit Executive from being a passive owner of not more than 5% of the outstanding stock of any class of a corporation which is publicly traded so long as none of such persons has any active participation in the business of such corporation.

(c) Non-Disclosure; Non-Use of Confidential Information. Executive shall not disclose or use at any time, either during his employment with the Company or at any time thereafter, any Confidential Information of which Executive is or becomes aware, whether or not such information is developed by him, except to the extent that such disclosure or use is directly related to and required by Executive’s performance in good faith of duties assigned to Executive by the Company. Executive will take all appropriate steps to safeguard Confidential Information in his possession and to protect it against disclosure, misuse, espionage, loss and theft. Executive shall deliver to the Company at the termination of his employment with the Company, or at any time the Company may request, all memoranda, notes, plans, records, reports, computer tapes and software and other documents and data (and copies thereof) relating to the Confidential Information or the “Work Product” (as defined in Section 5(e)(ii)) of the business of the Company Group that Executive may then possess or have under his control.

(d) Proprietary Rights. Executive recognizes that the Company Group possesses a proprietary interest in all Confidential Information and Work Product and has the exclusive right and privilege to use, protect by copyright, patent or trademark, or otherwise exploit the processes, ideas and concepts described therein to the exclusion of Executive, except as otherwise agreed between the Company Group and Executive in writing. Executive expressly agrees that any Work Product made or developed by Executive or his agents during the course of Executive’s employment, including any Work Product which is based on or arises out of Work Product, shall be the property of and inure to the exclusive benefit of the Company Group. Executive further agrees that all Work Product developed by Executive (whether or not able to be protected by copyright, patent or trademark) during the course of his employment with the Company, or involving the use of the time, materials or other resources of the Company Group, shall be promptly disclosed to the Company Group and shall become the exclusive property of the Company Group, and Executive shall execute and deliver any and all documents necessary or appropriate to implement the foregoing.

(e) Certain Definitions.

(i) As used herein, the term “Confidential Information” means information that is not generally known to the public (but for purposes of clarity, Confidential Information shall never exclude any such information that becomes known to the public because of Executive’s unauthorized disclosure) and that is used, developed or obtained by the Company

 

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Group in connection with its business, including, but not limited to, information, observations and data obtained by Executive while employed by the Company Group concerning (A) the business or affairs of the Company Group, (B) products or services, (C) fees, costs and pricing structures, (D) designs, (E) analyses, (F) drawings, photographs and reports, (G) computer software, including operating systems, applications and program listings, (H) flow charts, manuals and documentation, (I) databases, (J) accounting and business methods, (K) inventions, devices, new developments, methods and processes, whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice, (L) customers and clients and customer or client lists, (M) other copyrightable works, (N) all production methods, processes, technology and trade secrets, and (O) all similar and related information in whatever form. Confidential Information will not include any information that has been published in a form generally available to the public (except as a result of Executive’s unauthorized disclosure) prior to the date Executive proposes to disclose or use such information. Confidential Information will not be deemed to have been published or otherwise disclosed merely because individual portions of the information have been separately published, but only if all material features comprising such information have been published in combination.

(ii) As used herein, the term “Work Product” means all inventions, innovations, improvements, technical information, systems, software developments, methods, designs, analyses, drawings, reports, service marks, trademarks, trade names, logos and all similar or related information (whether patentable or unpatentable) that relates to the Company Group’s actual or anticipated business, research and development or existing or future products or services and that are conceived, developed or made by Executive (whether or not during usual business hours and whether or not alone or in conjunction with any other person) while employed by the Company together with all patent applications, letters patent, trademark, trade name and service mark applications or registrations, copyrights and reissues thereof that may be granted for or upon any of the foregoing.

6. Non-Disparagement.

During the Employment Period and at all times thereafter, neither Executive nor his agents, on the one hand, nor the Company formally, or its executives or board of directors, on the other hand, shall directly or indirectly issue or communicate any public statement, or statement likely to become public, that maligns, denigrates or disparages the other (including, in the case of communications by Executive or his agents, Company Group, any of Company Group’s officers, directors or employees, Apollo or any affiliate thereof). The foregoing shall not be violated by truthful responses to (i) legal process or governmental inquiry or (ii) by private statements to Company Group or any of Company Group’s officers, directors or employees; provided, that in the case of Executive, with respect to clause (ii), such statements are made in the course of carrying out his duties pursuant to this Agreement.

7. Confidentiality of Agreement.

The Parties agree that the consideration furnished under this Agreement, the discussions and correspondence that led to this Agreement, and the terms and conditions of this Agreement are private and confidential. Except as may be required by applicable law, regulation, or stock

 

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exchange requirement, neither Party may disclose the above information to any other person or entity without the prior written approval of the other.

8. Executive’s Representations, Warranties and Covenants.

(a) Executive hereby represents and warrants to the Company that:

(i) Executive has all requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, and this Agreement has been duly executed by Executive;

(ii) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by Executive does not and will not, with or without notice or the passage of time, conflict with, breach, violate or cause a default under any agreement, contract or instrument to which Executive is a party or any judgment, order or decree to which Executive is subject;

(iii) Executive is not a party to or bound by any employment agreement, consulting agreement, non-compete agreement, fee for services agreement, confidentiality agreement or similar agreement with any other person;

(iv) upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and Executive, this Agreement will be a legal, valid and binding obligation of Executive, enforceable in accordance with its terms;

(v) Executive understands that the Company will rely upon the accuracy and truth of the representations and warranties of Executive set forth herein and Executive consents to such reliance; and

(vi) as of the date of execution of this Agreement, Executive is not in breach of any of its terms, including having committed any acts that would form the basis for a Cause termination if such act had occurred after the Effective Date.

(b) The Company hereby represents and warrants to Executive that:

(i) the Company has all requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, and this Agreement has been duly executed by the Company;

(ii) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company does not and will not, with or without notice or the passage of time, conflict with, breach, violate or cause a default under any agreement, contract or instrument to which the Company is a party or any judgment, order or decree to which the Company is subject;

(iii) upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and Executive, this Agreement will be a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms; and

 

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(iv) the Company understands that Executive will rely upon the accuracy and truth of the representations and warranties of the Company set forth herein and the Company consents to such reliance.

9. General Provisions.

(a) Severability. It is the desire and intent of the Parties hereto that the provisions of this Agreement be enforced to the fullest extent permissible under the laws and public policies applied in each jurisdiction in which enforcement is sought. Accordingly, if any particular provision of this Agreement shall be adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, prohibited or unenforceable under any present or future law, and if the rights and obligations of any party under this Agreement will not be materially and adversely affected thereby, such provision, as to such jurisdiction, shall be ineffective, without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction; furthermore, in lieu of such invalid or unenforceable provision there will be added automatically as a part of this Agreement, a legal, valid and enforceable provision as similar in terms to such invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such provision could be more narrowly drawn so as not to be invalid, prohibited or unenforceable in such jurisdiction, it shall, as to such jurisdiction, be so narrowly drawn, without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

(b) Entire Agreement and Effectiveness. Effective as of the Effective Date, this Agreement embodies the complete agreement and understanding among the Parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes and preempts any prior understandings, agreements or representations by or among the Parties, written or oral, which may have related to the subject matter hereof in any way (excluding any stock options or awards granted under any equity compensation plans maintained by the Company).

(c) Successors and Assigns.

(i) This Agreement is personal to Executive and without the prior written consent of the Company shall not be assignable by Executive otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by Executive’s legal representatives.

(ii) This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns. The Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company to assume expressly and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place. As used in this Agreement, “Company” shall mean the Company as hereinbefore defined and any successor to its business and/or assets as aforesaid that assumes and agrees to perform this Agreement by operation of law, or otherwise.

(d) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO

 

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RICO, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY CHOICE OF LAW OR CONFLICTING PROVISION OR RULE (WHETHER OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION) THAT WOULD CAUSE THE LAWS OF ANY JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO TO BE APPLIED. IN FURTHERANCE OF THE FOREGOING, THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO WILL CONTROL THE INTERPRETATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF THIS AGREEMENT, EVEN IF UNDER SUCH JURISDICTION’S CHOICE OF LAW OR CONFLICT OF LAW ANALYSIS, THE SUBSTANTIVE LAW OF SOME OTHER JURISDICTION WOULD ORDINARILY APPLY.

(e) Enforcement.

(i) Arbitration. Except for disputes arising under Sections 5 and 6 of this Agreement (including, without limitation, any claim for injunctive relief), any controversy, dispute or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or its interpretation, application, implementation, breach or enforcement which the Parties are unable to resolve by mutual agreement, shall be settled by submission by either Executive or the Company of the controversy, claim or dispute to binding arbitration in New York (unless the Parties agree in writing to a different location), before a single arbitrator in accordance with the Employment Dispute Resolution Rules of the American Arbitration Association then in effect. In any such arbitration proceeding the Parties agree to provide all discovery deemed necessary by the arbitrator. The decision and award made by the arbitrator shall be accompanied by a reasoned opinion, and shall be final, binding and conclusive on all Parties hereto for all purposes, and judgment may be entered thereon in any court having jurisdiction thereof. The Company will bear the totality of the arbitrator’s and administrative fees and costs. Each party shall bear its or his litigation costs and expenses; provided, however, that the arbitrator shall have the discretion to award the prevailing party reimbursement of its or his reasonable attorney’s fees and costs. Upon the request of any of the parties, at any time prior to the beginning of the arbitration hearing the parties may attempt in good faith to settle the dispute by mediation administered by the American Arbitration Association. The Company will bear the totality of the mediator’s and administrative fees and costs.

(ii) Remedies. All remedies hereunder are cumulative, are in addition to any other remedies provided for by law and may, to the extent permitted by law, be exercised concurrently or separately, and the exercise of any one remedy shall not be deemed to be an election of such remedy or to preclude the exercise of any other remedy.

(iii) Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT.

(f) Amendment and Waiver. The provisions of this Agreement may be amended and waived only with the prior written consent of the Company and Executive and no course of conduct or failure or delay in enforcing the provisions of this Agreement shall be construed as a waiver of such provisions or affect the validity, binding effect or enforceability of this Agreement or any provision hereof.

 

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(g) Notices. Any notice provided for in this Agreement must be in writing and must be either personally delivered, transmitted via telecopier, mailed by first class mail (postage prepaid and return receipt requested) or sent by reputable overnight courier service (charges prepaid) to the recipient at the address below indicated or at such other address or to the attention of such other person as the recipient party has specified by prior written notice to the sending party. Notices will be deemed to have been given hereunder and received when delivered personally, when received if transmitted via telecopier, five days after deposit in the U.S. mail and one day after deposit for overnight delivery with a reputable overnight courier service.

If to the Company, to:

EVERTEC, Inc.

Carr #176, Km 1.3

Cupey Bajo, Rio Piedras Puerto Rico 00926

P.O. Box 364527

San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-4527

Telephone: (787) 759-9999

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Apollo Management VII, L.P.

9 West 57th Street

New York, NY 10019

Attention: Marc Becker

Telephone: 212-515-3200

Facsimile: 212-515-3263

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

One Bryant Park

New York, NY 10036

Facsimile: (212) 872-1002

Attention: Adam Weinstein, Esq.

If to Executive, to:

Executive’s home address most recently on file with the Company.

(h) Withholdings Taxes. The Company may withhold from any amounts payable under this Agreement such federal, state and local taxes as may be required to be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation.

(i) Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements. All representations, warranties and agreements contained herein shall survive the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby indefinitely.

 

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(j) Descriptive Headings. The descriptive headings of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a part of this Agreement. All references to a “Section” in this Agreement are to a section of this Agreement unless otherwise noted.

(k) Construction. Where specific language is used to clarify by example a general statement contained herein, such specific language shall not be deemed to modify, limit or restrict in any manner the construction of the general statement to which it relates. The language used in this Agreement shall be deemed to be the language chosen by the Parties to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction shall be applied against any Party.

(l) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in separate counterparts, each of which is deemed to be an original and all of which taken together constitute one and the same agreement.

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Execution Version

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

EVERTEC, INC.
By:  

/s/ Luis O. Abreu

  Name: Luis O. Abreu
  Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

FELIX M. VILLAMIL PAGANI

Signature:  

/s/ Felix M. Villamil Pagani

EX-10.12 15 dex1012.htm PROMISSORY NOTE AND FORGIVABLE LOAN, STOCK PLEDGE AGREEMENT Promissory Note and Forgivable Loan, Stock Pledge Agreement

Exhibit 10.12

Promissory Note and

Forgivable Loan,

Stock Pledge Agreement

 

$300,000     Date: September 29, 2010

This Forgivable Loan, Promissory Note and Stock Pledge Agreement (the “Note”) sets forth the terms and conditions of the forgivable loan to be made to Felix M. Villamil (the “Executive”) by EVERTEC, Inc. (“EVERTEC”) and, subject to the terms set forth in this Note, payable by the Executive to EVERTEC.

PAYMENT TO EXECUTIVE. As soon as administratively practicable following the Closing Date (within the meaning of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated June 30, 2010, as amended, among (i) Popular, Inc., (ii) AP Carib Holdings, Ltd., (iii) Carib Acquisition, Inc., and (iv) EVERTEC), EVERTEC shall make a loan to the Executive in the principal sum of $300,000 (the “Principal Amount”), provided that the Executive is still a full-time employee of EVERTEC as of such payment date. The Principal Amount and interest on the Principal Amount due under the Note shall be forgiven or shall be subject to repayment, in each case as set forth in this Note.

Interest Rate. Interest shall accrue at the “Prime Rate” (defined as the rate of interest announced from time to time by Citibank, N.A. in New York, as its base rate or “prime rate” of interest on loans to responsible and substantial commercial borrowers) as in effect as of the Closing Date, compounded semi-annually during the term of this Note. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Executive defaults in the timely payment of any portion of the Principal Amount or any interest thereon or any other amount which is due and payable to EVERTEC pursuant to the terms of this Note, whether by acceleration or otherwise, the Executive shall pay interest thereon, to the extent permitted by law, from the date in which the acceleration becomes effective, at an interest rate equal to the Prime Rate plus two percent (2%) compounded monthly.

Forgiveness of Outstanding Amount. Subject to the provisions of this Note, EVERTEC shall forgive all amounts (including the Principal Amount and interest thereon) under the Note in twelve (12) substantially equal bi-weekly installments (on Executive’s regular payroll dates) commencing on the payroll date for the first full payroll cycle commencing immediately following the Closing Date, provided, that on each such payroll date, the Executive has, at all times since the date of this Note, remained in the full-time employ of EVERTEC.

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Note, EVERTEC shall also forgive any outstanding Principal Amount and any interest thereon upon the date of termination of employment if the Executive’s employment is terminated by EVERTEC other than for “Cause” or is terminated by the Executive for “Good Reason” or is terminated due to the Executive’s death or “Disability” (each, as defined under the Executive’s employment agreement with EVERTEC, dated September 29, 2010 (“Employment Agreement”)). If Executive shall terminate his employment other than for Good Reason, or if EVERTEC terminates the Executive’s employment for Cause, no remaining part of the Principal Amount or interest thereon that is due under this Note shall be forgiven and the payment of the amounts due under this Note shall be accelerated as described below.


In addition, in the event that, in the sole determination of EVERTEC, (i) the existence of this Note would at any time be in violation of applicable law, rule or regulation or (ii) EVERTEC takes or intends to take any action that would cause or would likely cause this Note to be in violation of applicable law, rule or regulation, EVERTEC shall forgive any remaining outstanding Principal Amount and any interest thereon in a lump sum immediately prior to the date of any such violation by giving notice to the Executive in the manner contemplated by Section 9(g) of the Employment Agreement, provided that, at the time of such forgiveness, the Executive is still a full-time employee of EVERTEC and is in good standing.

Acceleration. This Note shall immediately become due and payable without presentment, demand, protest, notice of default or other notice of any kind, which the Executive hereby expressly waives, in the event that the Executive’s employment with EVERTEC is terminated, (i) by the Executive other than for Good Reason, or (ii) by EVERTEC for Cause.

Stock Pledge. The Executive hereby assigns and pledges as security for the payment of this Note, the number of non-voting restricted stock of Carib Holdings, Inc. (the “Restricted Stock”) granted by Carib Holding, Inc. to the Executive as of the Closing Date to the extent that such Restricted Stock shall vest during the term of this Note. The Executive’s payment obligations hereunder shall be secured by a pledge of such vested Restricted Stock. The Executive hereby grants a first priority security interest in, and pledges, the vested Restricted Stock and all proceeds thereon (the pledged vested Restricted Stock, together with the property described in the next paragraph of this Note, and all proceeds of the foregoing, being referred to as the “Pledged Collateral”) to the Executive to secure the satisfaction by the Executive of all of his obligations to EVERTEC under this Note. This pledge shall be governed by all applicable provisions of, and EVERTEC shall have all rights and remedies with respect to the Pledged Collateral of a secured party under, the Commercial Transactions Act of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The Executive agrees to deliver to EVERTEC the share certificate or instruments or other documents representing or evidencing the Restricted Stock accompanied by stock powers, as applicable, duly executed in blank or other instruments of transfer as reasonably satisfactory to EVERTEC and by such other instruments and documents as EVERTEC may from time to time reasonably request. The Executive agrees that he will not (i) sell or otherwise dispose of, or grant any option with respect to, any of the Pledged Collateral without the prior written consent of EVERTEC or (ii) create or permit the existence of any lien upon or with respect to any of the Pledged Collateral, except for the security interest granted hereby. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive shall be entitled to arrange with EVERTEC for a sale by the Executive of the Pledged Collateral, free of the security interest granted hereby, provided that (A) such sale is permitted pursuant to the restricted stock agreement between the Executive and EVERTEC that covers the Pledged Collateral and (B) the Executive directs that the proceeds of such sale first be used to satisfy his obligations pursuant to the second paragraph of this Note and makes such additional agreements to satisfy such obligations in full as may be required by EVERTEC.

In the event that, during the term of this Note, any stock dividend, reclassification, readjustment or other change is declared or made in the capital structure of EVERTEC, then EVERTEC shall have a security interest in all securities (whether shares of stock or other securities) issued to or acquired by the Executive by reason of such event, and such securities shall become part of the Pledged Collateral.

 

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The Executive hereby acknowledges that EVERTEC’s right to recover amounts payable hereunder shall not be limited to the Pledged Collateral and that EVERTEC shall have full recourse against any other assets of the Executive. If for any reason the Executive fails to pay the full amount due hereunder, the Executive’s maximum personal liability shall be an amount equal to 100% of the unpaid Principal Amount, together with accrued interest thereon.

Payments and Withholding Taxes. To provide for the payment of the Federal employment and Puerto Rico income and employment taxes required to be withheld from the Executive at the time any installment due under this Note may be forgiven (“Withholding Taxes”), the Executive agrees to pay to EVERTEC and the Executive authorizes EVERTEC to deduct and withhold from the compensation otherwise due to the Executive on the payroll date that each installment due under the Note is forgiven, the Withholding Taxes due upon the forgiveness of such installment. EVERTEC shall notify the Executive of the amount of Withholding Taxes and the amount of each payment to be so deducted. If on the date any installment of Principal Amount and interest thereon due under the Note is to be forgiven the amount theretofore forgiven by (or deducted from) Executive to EVERTEC is less than the amount of Withholding Taxes due with respect to the amount forgiven, Executive shall promptly pay any deficiency to EVERTEC, and if the amount paid is in excess of the amount of Withholding Taxes due, EVERTEC shall promptly pay such excess to Executive.

The payment to EVERTEC by Executive of any Withholding Taxes on account shall not obligate EVERTEC to forgive all or any part of the Principal Amount or interest thereon on any installment date unless and until all of the conditions to the forgiveness of any Principal Amount and interest due under the Note are satisfied in full.

In order to reflect the forgiven amounts in the Executive’s Puerto Rico W-2 statement for a calendar year, EVERTEC will affect the year to date balances. Since there are Withholding Taxes related to the compensation, the Executive agrees to reimburse, at year-end, EVERTEC for any additional amounts required for withholding taxes and any additional withholding amounts required to be deducted by the Payroll Department, such as Medicare.

Arbitration Clause. EVERTEC and the Executive agree that, further to this Note and any employment agreement between EVERTEC and the Executive, any controversy, dispute or claim arising out of, or relating to this Note, or as a result of any section interpretation thereof, shall be submitted to binding arbitration in accordance with the provisions of Section 9 of the Employment Agreement.

Not an Employment Contract. The Executive expressly acknowledges that this Note is not an employment contract or an agreement to employ the Executive for a specified period of time or a promise of continued employment with EVERTEC for any period whatsoever.

Waivers. No failure by EVERTEC to exercise any right, no partial exercise and no delay in exercising any such right (including without limitation acceptance by EVERTEC of any late payment or other default), or any other course of dealing between the Executive and EVERTEC, shall constitute a waiver by EVERTEC of its right to exercise any of its options or any of its rights hereunder at any time.

 

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Assignment. This Note may be assigned by EVERTEC, and the benefits and obligations thereof shall inure to EVERTEC’s successors and assigns. To the extent this Note is assigned, all references to EVERTEC herein shall be deemed to be a reference to such assignee.

Terms and Modifications. This Note contains all the terms of the agreement between the parties hereto relating to the subject matter hereof and may not be modified except by a writing signed by the party to be bound thereby.

Invalid Provisions. If any provision of this Note is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable under present or future laws effective during the term hereof, such provision shall be fully severable and this Note shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision had never comprised a part hereof and the remaining provisions hereof shall remain in full force and effect and shall not be affected by the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision by its severance herefrom. Any provision of this Note that is inapplicable to an employee as a result of the fact that said employee’s position with EVERTEC is in a non-production capacity shall not affect the balance of the Note.

Governing Law. This Note shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico but without regard to the choice of law principles thereof.

Headings. The headings contained in this Note are inserted for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Note.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed this Note as of the date and year first above written.

 

Date:            /s/ Félix M. Villamil
 

 

September 29, 2010

   

 

Félix M. Villamil

/s/ Luis O. Abreu

    PO Box 364527
  Luis O. Abreu     San Juan, PR 00936-4527
  EVERTEC, Inc.    

AFFIDAVIT NO. 1,109

Subscribed to before me by Félix M. Villamil, of legal age, married and resident of San Juan, Puerto Rico, as President of EVERTEC, Inc. and Luis O. Abreu, of legal age, married and resident of San Juan, Puerto Rico, as Chief Financial Officer of EVERTEC, Inc., whom are personally known to me.

In San Juan, Puerto Rico, on this 29th day of September, 2010.

 

/s/ Luisa Wert Serrano

NOTARY PUBLIC

 

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EX-10.13 16 dex1013.htm EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT - LUIS O. ABREU Employment Agreement - Luis O. Abreu

Exhibit 10.13

EXECUTION COPY

This EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT by and between EVERTEC, INC., a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (the “Company”), and Luis O. Abreu (“Executive”) (collectively the “Parties”) is made as of October 1, 2010 (the “Effective Date”).

WHEREAS, the Parties desire to enter into this employment agreement (the “Agreement”) pursuant to the terms, provisions and conditions set forth herein; and

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants, understandings, representations, warranties, undertakings and promises hereinafter set forth, intending to be legally bound thereby, the Parties agree as follows:

1. Employment Period.

Subject to earlier termination in accordance with Section 3 of this Agreement, Executive shall be employed by the Company for a period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the fifth anniversary of the Effective Date (the “Employment Period”) unless the parties mutually agree to extend the term at least 90 days prior to the end of the Employment Period. Upon Executive’s termination of employment with the Company for any reason, Executive shall immediately resign all positions with the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, including any position as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors.

2. Terms of Employment.

(a) Position. During the Employment Period, Executive shall serve as Senior Vice President of the Company and will perform such duties and exercise such supervision with regard to the business of the Company as are associated with such positions, including such duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) or the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer (the “CEO”). Executive shall report directly to CEO and if reasonably requested by the CEO or the Board, Executive hereby agrees to serve (without additional compensation) as an officer and director of the Company or any affiliate or subsidiary thereof.

(b) Duties. During the Employment Period, Executive shall have such responsibilities, duties, and authority that are customary for his position, subject at all times to the control of the Board, and shall perform such services as customarily are provided by an executive of a corporation with his position and such other services consistent with his position, as shall be assigned to him from time to time by the Board. During the Employment Period, and excluding any periods of vacation and sick leave to which the Executive is entitled, the Executive agrees to devote all of his business time to the business and affairs of the Company and to use Executive’s commercially reasonable efforts to perform faithfully, effectively and efficiently his responsibilities and obligations hereunder. The Executive shall be entitled to engage in charitable and educational activities and to manage his personal and family investments, to the extent such activities are not competitive with the business of the Company,


do not interfere with the performance of his duties for the Company and are otherwise consistent with the Company’s governance policies.

(c) Compensation.

(i) Base Salary. During the Employment Period, Executive shall receive an initial annual base salary in an amount equal to One Hundred and Sixty-Five Thousand Dollars ($165,000), less all applicable withholdings, which shall be paid in accordance with the customary payroll practices of the Company (as in effect from time to time, the “Annual Base Salary”). The Annual Base Salary shall be subject to annual review by the Board, in its sole discretion; for possible increase and any such increased Annual Base Salary shall constitute “Annual Base Salary” for purposes of this Agreement.

(ii) Annual Bonus. During the Employment Period, the Company shall establish the budget and performance parameters for the bonus plan for each fiscal year of the Company (each, the “Plan”) pursuant to which Executive will be eligible to receive an annual bonus (the “Bonus”). Executive shall be eligible to receive a Bonus of up to 70% of Annual Base Salary consisting of (A) a bonus equal to 30% of Annual Base Salary (“Target Bonus”) that shall be contingent upon attainment of the Company’s budget as established by the Board and (B) a bonus equal to 40% of Annual Base Salary contingent upon the achievement of qualitative and quantitative performance goals established by the Board. The Bonus shall be paid in the year following the fiscal year to which the Bonus relates provided that the Compensation Committee certifies that the Company has achieved the applicable performance objectives and determines the amount of the bonus that shall be paid to each executive entitled to receive a bonus for the applicable fiscal year. The Compensation Committee’s certification will be as soon as practicable following receipt of the audited financial statements, but no later than ninety (90) after the receipt of such statements.

(iii) Equity.

(1) Investment Equity. Executive shall invest 50% of the after-tax proceeds of any bonus received in connection with the transaction contemplated by that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated July 1, 2010, among Popular, Inc., AP Carib Holdings Ltd., Carib Acquisition, Inc., and the Company (the “Transaction”). Such investment (x) shall be in non-voting common stock of the Carib Holdings, Inc. (“Common Stock”) that is economically equivalent to the securities acquired by AP Carib Holdings, Ltd. (“Apollo”) and (y) shall be made at a valuation equal to Apollo’s investment valuation.

(2) Options. As soon as practicable following the Effective Date, Executive shall be granted options to purchase 0.45% of the shares of Common Stock outstanding as of the closing of the Transaction, subject to the terms of the applicable award agreement and the Carib Holdings, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan.

(iv) Benefits. During the Employment Period, Executive shall be eligible to participate in all retirement, compensation and employee benefit plans, practices, policies and programs provided by the Company to the extent applicable generally to other executives of the Company (except severance plans, policies, practices, or programs) subject to the eligibility criteria set forth therein, as such may be amended or terminated from time to time. The benefits

 

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and perquisites provided to Executive will be substantially comparable in the aggregate to the benefits and perquisites that Executive enjoyed as of the closing of the Transaction. In addition, the Company shall provide Executive with directors and officers insurance coverage at least equal to that provided to other Company directors and officers.

(v) Expenses. During the Employment Period, Executive shall be entitled to receive reimbursement for all reasonable business expenses incurred by Executive in performance of his duties hereunder provided that Executive provides all necessary documentation in accordance with the Company’s policies.

3. Termination of Employment.

(a) Death or Disability. Executive’s employment shall terminate automatically upon Executive’s death. If Executive becomes subject to a “Disability” (as defined below) during the Employment Period, the Company may give Executive written notice in accordance with Sections 3(g) and 9(g) of its intention to terminate Executive’s employment. For purposes of this Agreement, “Disability” means Executive’s inability to perform his duties hereunder by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment for a period of six (6) months or more in any twelve (12) month period.

(b) Cause. Executive’s employment may be terminated at any time by the Company for “Cause” (as defined below). For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” shall mean Executive’s (i) commission of a felony or a crime of moral turpitude, (ii) engaging in conduct that constitutes fraud or embezzlement, (iii) engaging in conduct that constitutes gross negligence or willful gross misconduct that results or could reasonably be expected to result in harm to the Company’s business or reputation, (iv) breach of any material terms of Executive’s employment, including this Agreement, which results or could reasonably be expected to result in harm to the Company’s business or reputation or (v) continued willful failure to substantially perform duties as senior vice president. Executive’s employment shall not be terminated for “Cause” within the meaning of clauses (iv) and (v) above unless Executive has been given written notice by the Board stating the basis for such termination and Executive is given fifteen (15) days to cure, to the extent curable, the neglect or conduct that is the basis of any such claim.

(c) Termination Without Cause. The Company may terminate Executive’s employment hereunder without Cause at any time.

(d) Good Reason. Executive’s employment may be terminated at any time by Executive for Good Reason upon 60 days’ prior written notice following the occurrence of the event giving rise to the termination for Good Reason. For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” means voluntary resignation after any of the following actions taken by the Company without Executive’s written consent: (i) any material failure of the Company to fulfill its obligations under Executive’s employment agreement, (ii) a material and adverse change to, or a material reduction of, Executive’s duties and responsibilities to the Company, including, without limitation, removing Executive from the position of Senior Vice President, (iii) a material reduction in Executive’s then current Base Salary and Target Annual Bonus (not including any diminution related to a broader compensation reduction that is not limited to Executive specifically and that is not more than 10% in the aggregate), (iv) the relocation of Executive’s

 

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primary office to a location more than 25 miles from the prior location that materially increases Executive’s commute to work or (v) the failure of any successor to all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to assume this Agreement, whether in writing or by operation of law; provided, that any such event shall not constitute Good Reason unless and until Executive shall have provided the Company with notice thereof no later than 30 days following Executive’s knowledge of the occurrence of such event and the Company shall have failed to remedy such event within 30 days of receipt of such notice.

(e) Voluntary Termination. Executive’s employment may be terminated at any time by Executive without Good Reason upon 30 days’ prior written notice.

(f) Termination as a Result of Expiration of the Employment Period. Unless otherwise agreed between the parties, Executive’s employment shall automatically terminate upon the expiration of the Employment Period.

(g) Notice of Termination. Any termination by the Company for Cause or without Cause, or by Executive for Good Reason or without Good Reason, shall be communicated by Notice of Termination to the other party hereto given in accordance with Section 9(g). For purposes of this Agreement, a “Notice of Termination” means a written notice that (i) indicates the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon, (ii) to the extent applicable, sets forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of Executive’s employment under the provision so indicated and (iii) if the “Date of Termination” (as defined below) is other than the date of receipt of such notice, specifies the termination date. The failure by Executive or the Company to set forth in the Notice of Termination any fact or circumstance that contributes to a showing of Good Reason or Cause shall not waive any right of Executive or the Company hereunder or preclude Executive or the Company from asserting such fact or circumstance in enforcing Executive’s or the Company’s rights hereunder.

(h) Date of Termination. “Date of Termination” means (i) if Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company for Cause, without Cause or by reason of Disability, or by Executive for Good Reason or without Good Reason, the date of receipt of the Notice of Termination (in the case of a termination with or without Good Reason, provided such Date of Termination is in accordance with Section 3(d) or Section 3(e)) or any later date specified therein pursuant to Section 3(g), as the case may be, (ii) if Executive’s employment is terminated by reason of death, the date of death, and (iii) the expiration of the Employment Period, and the termination of Executive’s employment upon the date of such expiration.

4. Obligations of the Company upon Termination.

(a) With Good Reason: Without Cause. If during the Employment Period, the Company shall terminate Executive’s employment without Cause or Executive shall terminate his employment for Good Reason, then the Company will provide Executive with the following payments and/or benefits:

(i) The Company shall pay to Executive as soon as reasonably practicable but no later than the 15th day of the third month following the end of the calendar year that contains

 

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the Date of Termination in a lump sum to the extent not previously paid, (A) the Annual Base Salary through the Date of Termination, (B) the Bonus earned for any fiscal year ended prior to the year in which the Date of Termination occurs, provided that Executive was employed on the last day of such fiscal year, (C) the amount of any unpaid expense reimbursements to which Executive may be entitled pursuant to Section 2(c)(v) hereof, (D) any other vested payments or benefits to which Executive or Executive’s estate may be entitled to receive under any of the Company’s benefit plans or applicable law, in accordance with the terms of such plans or law (clauses (A)-(D), the “Accrued Obligations”), and (E) in the event that the termination occurs after September 30 of a given year, a prorated amount of the Annual Bonus for such year based on the number of days elapsed, determined and payable in such manner and at such time as annual bonuses in respect of such year are generally paid (the “Prorated Bonus”); and

(ii) Subject to Section 4(e) below, after the Date of Termination, the Company will pay Executive severance in accordance with Puerto Rico’s Law 80 severance formula in effect as of the closing of the Transaction (the “Severance Payment”). The Severance Payment shall be made in a lump sum no later than ten (10) days after Executive after Executive executes the release described in Section 4(e).

(b) Death or Disability. If Executive’s employment shall be terminated by reason of the Executive’s death or Disability, then the Company will provide Executive with the Accrued Obligations. Thereafter, the Company shall have no further obligation to Executive or his legal representatives.

(c) Cause; Other than for Good Reason. If Executive’s employment shall be terminated by the Company for Cause or by Executive without Good Reason, then the Company shall have no further obligations to Executive other than for payment of the Accrued Obligations.

(d) Expiration of the Employment Period. If Executive’s employment shall be terminated by reason of the expiration of the Employment Period as result of the Company’s non-extension, then the Company will provide Executive with the Accrued Obligations , the Prorated Bonus and continued payment of Base Salary for a period of six months in accordance with the Company’s payroll practices (the “Salary Continuation”). If Executive’s employment shall be terminated by reason of the expiration of the Employment Period as result of the Executive’s non-extension, then the Company will provide Executive with the Accrued Obligations. Thereafter, in either event, the Company shall have no further obligation to Executive or his legal representatives.

(e) Separation Agreement and General Release. The Company’s obligation to make the Severance Payment or to pay the Salary Continuation is conditioned on Executive’s or his legal representative’s executing a separation agreement and general release of claims related to or arising from Executive’s employment with the Company or the termination of employment, against the Company and its affiliates (and their respective officers and directors) in a form reasonably determined by the Company, which shall be provided by the Company to Executive within five (5) days following the Date of Termination; provided, that, if Executive should fail to execute (or revokes) such release within 60 days following the Date of Termination, the Company shall not have any obligation to provide the Severance Payment or the Salary Continuation. If Executive executes the release within such 60 day period and does not revoke the release within seven (7) days following the execution of the release, the Severance Payment

 

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will be made in accordance with Section 4(a)(ii) or the Salary Continuation shall commence at such time, as applicable.

5. Restrictive Covenants.

(a) In consideration of Executive’s employment and receipt of payments hereunder, including, without limitation, the grant of options under Section 2(c), during the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending twelve (12) months after the Date of Termination, Executive shall not directly, or indirectly through another person, (x) induce or attempt to induce any employee, representative, agent or consultant of the Company or any of its Affiliates or subsidiaries to leave the employ or services of the Company or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries, or in any way interfere with the relationship between the Company or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries and any employee, representative, agent or consultant thereof, (y) hire any person who was an employee, representative, agent or consultant of the Company or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries at any time during the twelve-month period immediately prior to the date on which such hiring would take place or (z) directly or indirectly call on, solicit or service any customer, supplier, licensee, licensor, representative, agent or other business relation of the Company or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries in order to induce or attempt to induce such person to cease doing business with, or reduce the amount of business conducted with, the Company or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries, or in any way interfere with the relationship between any such customer, supplier, licensee, licensor, representative, agent or business relation of the Company or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries. No action by another person or entity shall be deemed to be a breach of this provision unless the Executive directly or indirectly assisted, encouraged or otherwise counseled such person or entity to engage in such activity.

(b) Non-Competition. Executive hereby acknowledges that it is familiar with the Confidential Information (as defined below) of the Company and its subsidiaries. Executive acknowledges and agrees that the Company would be irreparably damaged if Executive were to provide services to any person competing with the Company or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries or engaged in a similar business and that such competition by Executive would result in a significant loss of goodwill by the Company. Therefore, Executive agrees that during the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the first anniversary of the Date of Termination (the “Non-Compete Period”). Executive shall not (and shall cause each of his or its affiliates not to) directly or indirectly own any interest in, manage, control, participate in (whether as an officer, director, manager, employee, partner, equity holder, member, agent, representative or otherwise), consult with, render services for, or in any other manner engage in any business engaged directly or indirectly, in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, in the business of the Company and its subsidiaries as currently conducted or proposed to be conducted as of the Date of Termination; provided, that nothing herein shall prohibit Executive from being a passive owner of not more than 5% of the outstanding stock of any class of a corporation which is publicly traded so long as none of such persons has any active participation in the business of such corporation.

(c) Non-Disclosure; Non-Use of Confidential Information. Executive shall not disclose or use at any time, either during his employment with the Company or at any time thereafter, any Confidential Information of which Executive is or becomes aware, whether or not such information is developed by him, except to the extent that such disclosure or use is directly

 

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related to and required by Executive’s performance in good faith of duties assigned to Executive by the Company. Executive will take all appropriate steps to safeguard Confidential Information in his possession and to protect it against disclosure, misuse, espionage, loss and theft. Executive shall deliver to the Company at the termination of his employment with the Company, or at any time the Company may request, all memoranda, notes, plans, records, reports, computer tapes and software and other documents and data (and copies thereof) relating to the Confidential Information or the “Work Product” (as defined in Section 5(e)(ii)) of the business of the Company Group that Executive may then possess or have under his control.

(d) Proprietary Rights. Executive recognizes that the Company Group possesses a proprietary interest in all Confidential Information and Work Product and has the exclusive right and privilege to use, protect by copyright, patent or trademark, or otherwise exploit the processes, ideas and concepts described therein to the exclusion of Executive, except as otherwise agreed between the Company Group and Executive in writing. Executive expressly agrees that any Work Product made or developed by Executive or his agents during the course of Executive’s employment, including any Work Product which is based on or arises out of Work Product, shall be the property of and inure to the exclusive benefit of the Company Group. Executive further agrees that all Work Product developed by Executive (whether or not able to be protected by copyright, patent or trademark) during the course of his employment with the Company, or involving the use of the time, materials or other resources of the Company Group, shall be promptly disclosed to the Company Group and shall become the exclusive property of the Company Group, and Executive shall execute and deliver any and all documents necessary or appropriate to implement the foregoing.

(e) Certain Definitions.

(i) As used herein, the term “Confidential Information” means information that is not generally known to the public (but for purposes of clarity, Confidential Information shall never exclude any such information that becomes known to the public because of Executive’s unauthorized disclosure) and that is used, developed or obtained by the Company Group in connection with its business, including, but not limited to, information, observations and data obtained by Executive while employed by the Company Group concerning (A) the business or affairs of the Company Group, (B) products or services, (C) fees, costs and pricing structures, (D) designs, (E) analyses, (F) drawings, photographs and reports, (G) computer software, including operating systems, applications and program listings, (H) flow charts, manuals and documentation, (I) databases, (J) accounting and business methods, (K) inventions, devices, new developments, methods and processes, whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice, (L) customers and clients and customer or client lists, (M) other copyrightable works, (N) all production methods, processes, technology and trade secrets, and (O) all similar and related information in whatever form. Confidential Information will not include any information that has been published in a form generally available to the public (except as a result of Executive’s unauthorized disclosure) prior to the date Executive proposes to disclose or use such information. Confidential Information will not be deemed to have been published or otherwise disclosed merely because individual portions of the information have been separately published, but only if all material features comprising such information have been published in combination.

 

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(ii) As used herein, the term “Work Product” means all inventions, innovations, improvements, technical information, systems, software developments, methods, designs, analyses, drawings, reports, service marks, trademarks, trade names, logos and all similar or related information (whether patentable or unpatentable) that relates to the Company Group’s actual or anticipated business, research and development or existing or future products or services and that are conceived, developed or made by Executive (whether or not during usual business hours and whether or not alone or in conjunction with any other person) while employed by the Company together with all patent applications, letters patent, trademark, trade name and service mark applications or registrations, copyrights and reissues thereof that may be granted for or upon any of the foregoing.

6. Non-Disparagement.

During the Employment Period and at all times thereafter, neither Executive nor his agents, on the one hand, nor the Company formally, or its executives or board of directors, on the other hand, shall directly or indirectly issue or communicate any public statement, or statement likely to become public, that maligns, denigrates or disparages the other (including, in the case of communications by Executive or his agents, Company Group, any of Company Group’s officers, directors or employees, Apollo or any affiliate thereof). The foregoing shall not be violated by truthful responses to (i) legal process or governmental inquiry or (ii) by private statements to Company Group or any of Company Group’s officers, directors or employees; provided, that in the case of Executive, with respect to clause (ii), such statements are made in the course of carrying out his duties pursuant to this Agreement.

7. Confidentiality of Agreement.

The Parties agree that the consideration furnished under this Agreement, the discussions and correspondence that led to this Agreement, and the terms and conditions of this Agreement are private and confidential. Except as may be required by applicable law, regulation, or stock exchange requirement, neither Party may disclose the above information to any other person or entity without the prior written approval of the other.

8. Executive’s Representations, Warranties and Covenants.

(a) Executive hereby represents and warrants to the Company that:

(i) Executive has all requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, and this Agreement has been duly executed by Executive;

(ii) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by Executive does not and will not, with or without notice or the passage of time, conflict with, breach, violate or cause a default under any agreement, contract or instrument to which Executive is a party or any judgment, order or decree to which Executive is subject;

(iii) Executive is not a party to or bound by any employment agreement, consulting agreement, non-compete agreement, fee for services agreement, confidentiality agreement or similar agreement with any other person;

 

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(iv) upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and Executive, this Agreement will be a legal, valid and binding obligation of Executive, enforceable in accordance with its terms;

(v) Executive understands that the Company will rely upon the accuracy and truth of the representations and warranties of Executive set forth herein and Executive consents to such reliance; and

(vi) as of the date of execution of this Agreement, Executive is not in breach of any of its terms, including having committed any acts that would form the basis for a Cause termination if such act had occurred after the Effective Date.

(b) The Company hereby represents and warrants to Executive that:

(i) the Company has all requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, and this Agreement has been duly executed by the Company;

(ii) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company does not and will not, with or without notice or the passage of time, conflict with, breach, violate or cause a default under any agreement, contract or instrument to which the Company is a party or any judgment, order or decree to which the Company is subject;

(iii) upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and Executive, this Agreement will be a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms; and

(iv) the Company understands that Executive will rely upon the accuracy and truth of the representations and warranties of the Company set forth herein and the Company consents to such reliance.

9. General Provisions.

(a) Severability. It is the desire and intent of the Parties hereto that the provisions of this Agreement be enforced to the fullest extent permissible under the laws and public policies applied in each jurisdiction in which enforcement is sought. Accordingly, if any particular provision of this Agreement shall be adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, prohibited or unenforceable under any present or future law, and if the rights and obligations of any party under this Agreement will not be materially and adversely affected thereby, such provision, as to such jurisdiction, shall be ineffective, without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction; furthermore, in lieu of such invalid or unenforceable provision there will be added automatically as a part of this Agreement, a legal, valid and enforceable provision as similar in terms to such invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such provision could be more narrowly drawn so as not to be invalid, prohibited or unenforceable in such jurisdiction, it shall, as to such jurisdiction, be so narrowly drawn, without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

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(b) Entire Agreement and Effectiveness. Effective as of the Effective Date, this Agreement embodies the complete agreement and understanding among the Parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes and preempts any prior understandings, agreements or representations by or among the Parties, written or oral, which may have related to the subject matter hereof in any way (excluding any stock options or awards granted under any equity compensation plans maintained by the Company).

(c) Successors and Assigns.

(i) This Agreement is personal to Executive and without the prior written consent of the Company shall not be assignable by Executive otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by Executive’s legal representatives.

(ii) This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns. The Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company to assume expressly and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place. As used in this Agreement, “Company” shall mean the Company as hereinbefore defined and any successor to its business and/or assets as aforesaid that assumes and agrees to perform this Agreement by operation of law, or otherwise.

(d) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY CHOICE OF LAW OR CONFLICTING PROVISION OR RULE (WHETHER OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION) THAT WOULD CAUSE THE LAWS OF ANY JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO TO BE APPLIED. IN FURTHERANCE OF THE FOREGOING, THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO WILL CONTROL THE INTERPRETATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF THIS AGREEMENT, EVEN IF UNDER SUCH JURISDICTION’S CHOICE OF LAW OR CONFLICT OF LAW ANALYSIS, THE SUBSTANTIVE LAW OF SOME OTHER JURISDICTION WOULD ORDINARILY APPLY.

(e) Enforcement.

(i) Arbitration. Except for disputes arising under Sections 5 and 6 of this Agreement (including, without limitation, any claim for injunctive relief), any controversy, dispute or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or its interpretation, application, implementation, breach or enforcement which the Parties are unable to resolve by mutual agreement, shall be settled by submission by either Executive or the Company of the controversy, claim or dispute to binding arbitration in New York (unless the Parties agree in writing to a different location), before a single arbitrator in accordance with the Employment Dispute Resolution Rules of the American Arbitration Association then in effect. In any such arbitration proceeding the Parties agree to provide all discovery deemed necessary by the arbitrator. The decision and award made by the arbitrator shall be accompanied by a reasoned

 

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opinion, and shall be final, binding and conclusive on all Parties hereto for all purposes, and judgment may be entered thereon in any court having jurisdiction thereof. The Company will bear the totality of the arbitrator’s and administrative fees and costs. Each party shall bear its or his litigation costs and expenses; provided, however, that the arbitrator shall have the discretion to award the prevailing party reimbursement of its or his reasonable attorney’s fees and costs. Upon the request of any of the parties, at any time prior to the beginning of the arbitration hearing the parties may attempt in good faith to settle the dispute by mediation administered by the American Arbitration Association. The Company will bear the totality of the mediator’s and administrative fees and costs.

(ii) Remedies. All remedies hereunder are cumulative, are in addition to any other remedies provided for by law and may, to the extent permitted by law, be exercised concurrently or separately, and the exercise of any one remedy shall not be deemed to be an election of such remedy or to preclude the exercise of any other remedy.

(iii) Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT.

(f) Amendment and Waiver. The provisions of this Agreement may be amended and waived only with the prior written consent of the Company and Executive and no course of conduct or failure or delay in enforcing the provisions of this Agreement shall be construed as a waiver of such provisions or affect the validity, binding effect or enforceability of this Agreement or any provision hereof.

(g) Notices. Any notice provided for in this Agreement must be in writing and must be either personally delivered, transmitted via telecopier, mailed by first class mail (postage prepaid and return receipt requested) or sent by reputable overnight courier service (charges prepaid) to the recipient at the address below indicated or at such other address or to the attention of such other person as the recipient party has specified by prior written notice to the sending party. Notices will be deemed to have been given hereunder and received when delivered personally, when received if transmitted via telecopier, five days after deposit in the U.S. mail and one day after deposit for overnight delivery with a reputable overnight courier service.

If to the Company, to:

EVERTEC,Inc.

Carr #176, Km 1.3

Cupey Bajo, Rio Piedras Puerto Rico 00926

P.O. Box 364527

San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-4527

Telephone: (787) 759-9999

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

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Apollo Management VII, L.P.

9 West 57th Street

New York, NY 10019

Attention: Marc Becker

Telephone: 212-515-3200

Facsimile: 212-515-3263

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

One Bryant Park

New York, NY 10036

Facsimile: (212) 872-1002

Attention: Adam Weinstein, Esq.

If to Executive, to:

Executive’s home address most recently on file with the Company.

(h) Withholdings Taxes. The Company may withhold from any amounts payable under this Agreement such federal, state and local taxes as may be required to be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation.

(i) Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements. All representations, warranties and agreements contained herein shall survive the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby indefinitely.

(j) Descriptive Headings. The descriptive headings of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a part of this Agreement. All references to a “Section” in this Agreement are to a section of this Agreement unless otherwise noted.

(k) Construction. Where specific language is used to clarify by example a general statement contained herein, such specific language shall not be deemed to modify, limit or restrict in any manner the construction of the general statement to which it relates. The language used in this Agreement shall be deemed to be the language chosen by the Parties to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction shall be applied against any Party.

(l) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in separate counterparts, each of which is deemed to be an original and all of which taken together constitute one and the same agreement.

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EXECUTION COPY

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

EVERTEC, INC.
By:   /s/ Felix M. Villamil Pagani
  Name: Felix M. Villamil Pagani
  Title:   President
LUIS O. ABREU
Signature:   /s/ Luis O. Abreu
EX-10.14 17 dex1014.htm EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT - CARLOS J. RAMIREZ Employment Agreement - Carlos J. Ramirez

Exhibit 10.14

EXECUTION COPY

This EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT by and between EVERTEC, INC., a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (the “Company”), and Carlos J. Ramirez (“Executive”) (collectively the “Parties”) is made as of October 1, 2010 (the “Effective Date”).

WHEREAS, the Parties desire to enter into this employment agreement (the “Agreement”) pursuant to the terms, provisions and conditions set forth herein; and

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants, understandings, representations, warranties, undertakings and promises hereinafter set forth, intending to be legally bound thereby, the Parties agree as follows:

1. Employment Period.

Subject to earlier termination in accordance with Section 3 of this Agreement, Executive shall be employed by the Company for a period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the fifth anniversary of the Effective Date (the “Employment Period”) unless the parties mutually agree to extend the term at least 90 days prior to the end of the Employment Period. Upon Executive’s termination of employment with the Company for any reason, Executive shall immediately resign all positions with the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, including any position as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors.

2. Terms of Employment.

(a) Position. During the Employment Period, Executive shall serve as Executive Vice President of the Company and will perform such duties and exercise such supervision with regard to the business of the Company as are associated with such positions, including such duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) or the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer (the “CEO”). Executive shall report directly to CEO and if reasonably requested by the CEO or the Board, Executive hereby agrees to serve (without additional compensation) as an officer and director of the Company or any affiliate or subsidiary thereof.

(b) Duties. During the Employment Period, Executive shall have such responsibilities, duties, and authority that are customary for his position, subject at all times to the control of the Board, and shall perform such services as customarily are provided by an executive of a corporation with his position and such other services consistent with his position, as shall be assigned to him from time to time by the Board. During the Employment Period, and excluding any periods of vacation and sick leave to which the Executive is entitled, the Executive agrees to devote all of his business time to the business and affairs of the Company and to use Executive’s commercially reasonable efforts to perform faithfully, effectively and efficiently his responsibilities and obligations hereunder. The Executive shall be entitled to engage in charitable and educational activities and to manage his personal and family investments, to the extent such activities are not competitive with the business of the Company,


do not interfere with the performance of his duties for the Company and are otherwise consistent with the Company’s governance policies.

(c) Compensation.

(i) Base Salary. During the Employment Period, Executive shall receive an initial annual base salary in an amount equal to Two Hundred and Thirty-Five Thousand Dollars ($235,000), less all applicable withholdings, which shall be paid in accordance with the customary payroll practices of the Company (as in effect from time to time, the “Annual Base Salary”). The Annual Base Salary shall be subject to annual review by the Board, in its sole discretion; for possible increase and any such increased Annual Base Salary shall constitute “Annual Base Salary” for purposes of this Agreement.

(ii) Annual Bonus. During the Employment Period, the Company shall establish the budget and performance parameters for the bonus plan for each fiscal year of the Company (each, the “Plan”) pursuant to which Executive will be eligible to receive an annual bonus (the “Bonus”). Executive shall be eligible to receive a Bonus of up to 75% of Annual Base Salary consisting of (A) a bonus equal to 30% of Annual Base Salary (“Target Bonus”) that shall be contingent upon attainment of the Company’s budget as established by the Board and (B) a bonus equal to 45% of Annual Base Salary contingent upon the achievement of qualitative and quantitative performance goals established by the Board. The Bonus shall be paid in the year following the fiscal year to which the Bonus relates provided that the Compensation Committee certifies that the Company has achieved the applicable performance objectives and determines the amount of the bonus that shall be paid to each executive entitled to receive a bonus for the applicable fiscal year. The Compensation Committee’s certification will be as soon as practicable following receipt of the audited financial statements, but no later than ninety (90) after the receipt of such statements.

(iii) Equity.

(1) Investment Equity. Executive shall invest an amount equal to One Hundred Eighty-Five Thousand Dollars ($185,000) of the after-tax proceeds of any bonus received in connection with the transaction contemplated by that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated July 1, 2010, among Popular, Inc., AP Carib Holdings Ltd., Carib Acquisition, Inc., and the Company (the “Transaction”). Such investment (x) shall be in non-voting common stock of the Carib Holdings, Inc. (“Common Stock”) that is economically equivalent to the securities acquired by AP Carib Holdings, Ltd. (“Apollo”) and (y) shall be made at a valuation equal to Apollo’s investment valuation.

(2) Options. As soon as practicable following the Effective Date, Executive shall be granted options to purchase 0.6% of the shares of Common Stock outstanding as of the closing of the Transaction, subject to the terms of the applicable award agreement and the Carib Holdings, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan.

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Company (except severance plans, policies, practices, or programs) subject to the eligibility criteria set forth therein, as such may be amended or terminated from time to time. The benefits and perquisites provided to Executive will be substantially comparable in the aggregate to the benefits and perquisites that Executive enjoyed as of the closing of the Transaction. In addition, the Company shall provide Executive with directors and officers insurance coverage at least equal to that provided to other Company directors and officers.

(v) Expenses. During the Employment Period, Executive shall be entitled to receive reimbursement for all reasonable business expenses incurred by Executive in performance of his duties hereunder provided that Executive provides all necessary documentation in accordance with the Company’s policies.

3. Termination of Employment.

(a) Death or Disability. Executive’s employment shall terminate automatically upon Executive’s death. If Executive becomes subject to a “Disability” (as defined below) during the Employment Period, the Company may give Executive written notice in accordance with Sections 3(g) and 9(g) of its intention to terminate Executive’s employment. For purposes of this Agreement, “Disability” means Executive’s inability to perform his duties hereunder by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment for a period of six (6) months or more in any twelve (12) month period.

(b) Cause. Executive’s employment may be terminated at any time by the Company for “Cause” (as defined below). For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” shall mean Executive’s (i) commission of a felony or a crime of moral turpitude, (ii) engaging in conduct that constitutes fraud or embezzlement, (iii) engaging in conduct that constitutes gross negligence or willful gross misconduct that results or could reasonably be expected to result in harm to the Company’s business or reputation, (iv) breach of any material terms of Executive’s employment, including this Agreement, which results or could reasonably be expected to result in harm to the Company’s business or reputation or (v) continued willful failure to substantially perform duties as executive vice president. Executive’s employment shall not be terminated for “Cause” within the meaning of clauses (iv) and (v) above unless Executive has been given written notice by the Board stating the basis for such termination and Executive is given fifteen (15) days to cure, to the extent curable, the neglect or conduct that is the basis of any such claim.

(c) Termination Without Cause. The Company may terminate Executive’s employment hereunder without Cause at any time.

(d) Good Reason. Executive’s employment may be terminated at any time by Executive for Good Reason upon 60 days’ prior written notice following the occurrence of the event giving rise to the termination for Good Reason. For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” means voluntary resignation after any of the following actions taken by the Company without Executive’s written consent: (i) any material failure of the Company to fulfill its obligations under Executive’s employment agreement, (ii) a material and adverse change to, or a material reduction of, Executive’s duties and responsibilities to the Company, including, without limitation, removing Executive from the position of Executive Vice President, (iii) a material reduction in Executive’s then current Base Salary and Target Annual Bonus (not including any

 

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diminution related to a broader compensation reduction that is not limited to Executive specifically and that is not more than 10% in the aggregate), (iv) the relocation of Executive’s primary office to a location more than 25 miles from the prior location that materially increases Executive’s commute to work or (v) the failure of any successor to all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to assume this Agreement, whether in writing or by operation of law; provided, that any such event shall not constitute Good Reason unless and until Executive shall have provided the Company with notice thereof no later than 30 days following Executive’s knowledge of the occurrence of such event and the Company shall have failed to remedy such event within 30 days of receipt of such notice.

(e) Voluntary Termination. Executive’s employment may be terminated at any time by Executive without Good Reason upon 30 days’ prior written notice.

(f) Termination as a Result of Expiration of the Employment Period. Unless otherwise agreed between the parties, Executive’s employment shall automatically terminate upon the expiration of the Employment Period.

(g) Notice of Termination. Any termination by the Company for Cause or without Cause, or by Executive for Good Reason or without Good Reason, shall be communicated by Notice of Termination to the other party hereto given in accordance with Section 9(g). For purposes of this Agreement, a “Notice of Termination” means a written notice that (i) indicates the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon, (ii) to the extent applicable, sets forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of Executive’s employment under the provision so indicated and (iii) if the “Date of Termination” (as defined below) is other than the date of receipt of such notice, specifies the termination date. The failure by Executive or the Company to set forth in the Notice of Termination any fact or circumstance that contributes to a showing of Good Reason or Cause shall not waive any right of Executive or the Company hereunder or preclude Executive or the Company from asserting such fact or circumstance in enforcing Executive’s or the Company’s rights hereunder.

(h) Date of Termination. “Date of Termination” means (i) if Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company for Cause, without Cause or by reason of Disability, or by Executive for Good Reason or without Good Reason, the date of receipt of the Notice of Termination (in the case of a termination with or without Good Reason, provided such Date of Termination is in accordance with Section 3(d) or Section 3(e)) or any later date specified therein pursuant to Section 3(g), as the case may be, (ii) if Executive’s employment is terminated by reason of death, the date of death, and (iii) the expiration of the Employment Period, and the termination of Executive’s employment upon the date of such expiration.

4. Obligations of the Company upon Termination.

(a) With Good Reason; Without Cause. If during the Employment Period, the Company shall terminate Executive’s employment without Cause or Executive shall terminate his employment for Good Reason, then the Company will provide Executive with the following payments and/or benefits:

 

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(i) The Company shall pay to Executive as soon as reasonably practicable but no later than the 15th day of the third month following the end of the calendar year that contains the Date of Termination in a lump sum to the extent not previously paid, (A) the Annual Base Salary through the Date of Termination, (B) the Bonus earned for any fiscal year ended prior to the year in which the Date of Termination occurs, provided that Executive was employed on the last day of such fiscal year, (C) the amount of any unpaid expense reimbursements to which Executive may be entitled pursuant to Section 2(c)(v) hereof, (D) any other vested payments or benefits to which Executive or Executive’s estate may be entitled to receive under any of the Company’s benefit plans or applicable law, in accordance with the terms of such plans or law (clauses (A)-(D), the “Accrued Obligations”), and (E) in the event that the termination occurs after September 30 of a given year, a prorated amount of the Annual Bonus for such year based on the number of days elapsed, determined and payable in such manner and at such time as annual bonuses in respect of such year are generally paid (the “Prorated Bonus”); and

(ii) Subject to Section 4(e) below, after the Date of Termination, the Company will pay Executive severance in accordance with Puerto Rico’s Law 80 severance formula in effect as of the closing of the Transaction (the “Severance Payment”). The Severance Payment shall be made in a lump sum no later than ten (10) days after Executive after Executive executes the release described in Section 4(e).

(b) Death or Disability. If Executive’s employment shall be terminated by reason of the Executive’s death or Disability, then the Company will provide Executive with the Accrued Obligations. Thereafter, the Company shall have no further obligation to Executive or his legal representatives.

(c) Cause; Other than for Good Reason. If Executive’s employment shall be terminated by the Company for Cause or by Executive without Good Reason, then the Company shall have no further obligations to Executive other than for payment of the Accrued Obligations.

(d) Expiration of the Employment Period. If Executive’s employment shall be terminated by reason of the expiration of the Employment Period as result of the Company’s non-extension, then the Company will provide Executive with the Accrued Obligations , the Prorated Bonus and continued payment of Base Salary for a period of six months in accordance with the Company’s payroll practices (the “Salary Continuation”). If Executive’s employment shall be terminated by reason of the expiration of the Employment Period as result of the Executive’s non-extension, then the Company will provide Executive with the Accrued Obligations. Thereafter, in either event, the Company shall have no further obligation to Executive or his legal representatives.

(e) Separation Agreement and General Release. The Company’s obligation to make the Severance Payment or to pay the Salary Continuation is conditioned on Executive’s or his legal representative’s executing a separation agreement and general release of claims related to or arising from Executive’s employment with the Company or the termination of employment, against the Company and its affiliates (and their respective officers and directors) in a form reasonably determined by the Company, which shall be provided by the Company to Executive within five (5) days following the Date of Termination; provided, that, if Executive should fail to execute (or revokes) such release within 60 days following the Date of Termination, the

 

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Company shall not have any obligation to provide the Severance Payment or the Salary Continuation. If Executive executes the release within such 60 day period and does not revoke the release within seven (7) days following the execution of the release, the Severance Payment will be made in accordance with Section 4(a)(ii) or the Salary Continuation shall commence at such time, as applicable.

5. Restrictive Covenants.

(a) In consideration of Executive’s employment and receipt of payments hereunder, including, without limitation, the grant of options under Section 2(c), during the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending twelve (12) months after the Date of Termination, Executive shall not directly, or indirectly through another person, (x) induce or attempt to induce any employee, representative, agent or consultant of the Company or any of its Affiliates or subsidiaries to leave the employ or services of the Company or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries, or in any way interfere with the relationship between the Company or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries and any employee, representative, agent or consultant thereof, (y) hire any person who was an employee, representative, agent or consultant of the Company or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries at any time during the twelve-month period immediately prior to the date on which such hiring would take place or (z) directly or indirectly call on, solicit or service any customer, supplier, licensee, licensor, representative, agent or other business relation of the Company or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries in order to induce or attempt to induce such person to cease doing business with, or reduce the amount of business conducted with, the Company or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries, or in any way interfere with the relationship between any such customer, supplier, licensee, licensor, representative, agent or business relation of the Company or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries. No action by another person or entity shall be deemed to be a breach of this provision unless the Executive directly or indirectly assisted, encouraged or otherwise counseled such person or entity to engage in such activity.

(b) Non-Competition. Executive hereby acknowledges that it is familiar with the Confidential Information (as defined below) of the Company and its subsidiaries. Executive acknowledges and agrees that the Company would be irreparably damaged if Executive were to provide services to any person competing with the Company or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries or engaged in a similar business and that such competition by Executive would result in a significant loss of goodwill by the Company. Therefore, Executive agrees that during the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the first anniversary of the Date of Termination (the “Non-Compete Period”), Executive shall not (and shall cause each of his or its affiliates not to) directly or indirectly own any interest in, manage, control, participate in (whether as an officer, director, manager, employee, partner, equity holder, member, agent, representative or otherwise), consult with, render services for, or in any other manner engage in any business engaged directly or indirectly, in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, in the business of the Company and its subsidiaries as currently conducted or proposed to be conducted as of the Date of Termination; provided, that nothing herein shall prohibit Executive from being a passive owner of not more than 5% of the outstanding stock of any class of a corporation which is publicly traded so long as none of such persons has any active participation in the business of such corporation.

 

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(c) Non-Disclosure; Non-Use of Confidential Information. Executive shall not disclose or use at any time, either during his employment with the Company or at any time thereafter, any Confidential Information of which Executive is or becomes aware, whether or not such information is developed by him, except to the extent that such disclosure or use is directly related to and required by Executive’s performance in good faith of duties assigned to Executive by the Company. Executive will take all appropriate steps to safeguard Confidential Information in his possession and to protect it against disclosure, misuse, espionage, loss and theft. Executive shall deliver to the Company at the termination of his employment with the Company, or at any time the Company may request, all memoranda, notes, plans, records, reports, computer tapes and software and other documents and data (and copies thereof) relating to the Confidential Information or the “Work Product” (as defined in Section 5(e)(ii)) of the business of the Company Group that Executive may then possess or have under his control.

(d) Proprietary Rights. Executive recognizes that the Company Group possesses a proprietary interest in all Confidential Information and Work Product and has the exclusive right and privilege to use, protect by copyright, patent or trademark, or otherwise exploit the processes, ideas and concepts described therein to the exclusion of Executive, except as otherwise agreed between the Company Group and Executive in writing. Executive expressly agrees that any Work Product made or developed by Executive or his agents during the course of Executive’s employment, including any Work Product which is based on or arises out of Work Product, shall be the property of and inure to the exclusive benefit of the Company Group. Executive further agrees that all Work Product developed by Executive (whether or not able to be protected by copyright, patent or trademark) during the course of his employment with the Company, or involving the use of the time, materials or other resources of the Company Group, shall be promptly disclosed to the Company Group and shall become the exclusive property of the Company Group, and Executive shall execute and deliver any and all documents necessary or appropriate to implement the foregoing.

(e) Certain Definitions.

(i) As used herein, the term “Confidential Information” means information that is not generally known to the public (but for purposes of clarity, Confidential Information shall never exclude any such information that becomes known to the public because of Executive’s unauthorized disclosure) and that is used, developed or obtained by the Company Group in connection with its business, including, but not limited to, information, observations and data obtained by Executive while employed by the Company Group concerning (A) the business or affairs of the Company Group, (B) products or services, (C) fees, costs and pricing structures, (D) designs, (E) analyses, (F) drawings, photographs and reports, (G) computer software, including operating systems, applications and program listings, (H) flow charts, manuals and documentation, (I) databases, (J) accounting and business methods, (K) inventions, devices, new developments, methods and processes, whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice, (L) customers and clients and customer or client lists, (M) other copyrightable works, (N) all production methods, processes, technology and trade secrets, and (O) all similar and related information in whatever form. Confidential Information will not include any information that has been published in a form generally available to the public (except as a result of Executive’s unauthorized disclosure) prior to the date Executive proposes to disclose or use such information. Confidential Information will not be deemed to

 

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have been published or otherwise disclosed merely because individual portions of the information have been separately published, but only if all material features comprising such information have been published in combination.

(ii) As used herein, the term “Work Product” means all inventions, innovations, improvements, technical information, systems, software developments, methods, designs, analyses, drawings, reports, service marks, trademarks, trade names, logos and all similar or related information (whether patentable or unpatentable) that relates to the Company Group’s actual or anticipated business, research and development or existing or future products or services and that are conceived, developed or made by Executive (whether or not during usual business hours and whether or not alone or in conjunction with any other person) while employed by the Company together with all patent applications, letters patent, trademark, trade name and service mark applications or registrations, copyrights and reissues thereof that may be granted for or upon any of the foregoing.

6. Non-Disparagement.

During the Employment Period and at all times thereafter, neither Executive nor his agents, on the one hand, nor the Company formally, or its executives or board of directors, on the other hand, shall directly or indirectly issue or communicate any public statement, or statement likely to become public, that maligns, denigrates or disparages the other (including, in the case of communications by Executive or his agents, Company Group, any of Company Group’s officers, directors or employees, Apollo or any affiliate thereof). The foregoing shall not be violated by truthful responses to (i) legal process or governmental inquiry or (ii) by private statements to Company Group or any of Company Group’s officers, directors or employees; provided, that in the case of Executive, with respect to clause (ii), such statements are made in the course of carrying out his duties pursuant to this Agreement.

7. Confidentiality of Agreement.

The Parties agree that the consideration furnished under this Agreement, the discussions and correspondence that led to this Agreement, and the terms and conditions of this Agreement are private and confidential. Except as may be required by applicable law, regulation, or stock exchange requirement, neither Party may disclose the above information to any other person or entity without the prior written approval of the other.

8. Executive’s Representations, Warranties and Covenants.

(a) Executive hereby represents and warrants to the Company that:

(i) Executive has all requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, and this Agreement has been duly executed by Executive;

(ii) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by Executive does not and will not, with or without notice or the passage of time, conflict with, breach, violate or cause a default under any agreement, contract or instrument to which Executive is a party or any judgment, order or decree to which Executive is subject;

 

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(iii) Executive is not a party to or bound by any employment agreement, consulting agreement, non-compete agreement, fee for services agreement, confidentiality agreement or similar agreement with any other person;

(iv) upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and Executive, this Agreement will be a legal, valid and binding obligation of Executive, enforceable in accordance with its terms;

(v) Executive understands that the Company will rely upon the accuracy and truth of the representations and warranties of Executive set forth herein and Executive consents to such reliance; and

(vi) as of the date of execution of this Agreement, Executive is not in breach of any of its terms, including having committed any acts that would form the basis for a Cause termination if such act had occurred after the Effective Date.

(b) The Company hereby represents and warrants to Executive that:

(i) the Company has all requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, and this Agreement has been duly executed by the Company;

(ii) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company does not and will not, with or without notice or the passage of time, conflict with, breach, violate or cause a default under any agreement, contract or instrument to which the Company is a party or any judgment, order or decree to which the Company is subject;

(iii) upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and Executive, this Agreement will be a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms; and

(iv) the Company understands that Executive will rely upon the accuracy and truth of the representations and warranties of the Company set forth herein and the Company consents to such reliance.

9. General Provisions.

(a) Severability. It is the desire and intent of the Parties hereto that the provisions of this Agreement be enforced to the fullest extent permissible under the laws and public policies applied in each jurisdiction in which enforcement is sought. Accordingly, if any particular provision of this Agreement shall be adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, prohibited or unenforceable under any present or future law, and if the rights and obligations of any party under this Agreement will not be materially and adversely affected thereby, such provision, as to such jurisdiction, shall be ineffective, without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction; furthermore, in lieu of such invalid or unenforceable provision there will be added automatically as a part of this Agreement, a legal, valid and enforceable provision as similar in terms to such invalid or unenforceable provision as may be

 

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possible. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such provision could be more narrowly drawn so as not to be invalid, prohibited or unenforceable in such jurisdiction, it shall, as to such jurisdiction, be so narrowly drawn, without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

(b) Entire Agreement and Effectiveness. Effective as of the Effective Date, this Agreement embodies the complete agreement and understanding among the Parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes and preempts any prior understandings, agreements or representations by or among the Parties, written or oral, which may have related to the subject matter hereof in any way (excluding any stock options or awards granted under any equity compensation plans maintained by the Company).

(c) Successors and Assigns.

(i) This Agreement is personal to Executive and without the prior written consent of the Company shall not be assignable by Executive otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by Executive’s legal representatives.

(ii) This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns. The Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company to assume expressly and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place. As used in this Agreement, “Company” shall mean the Company as hereinbefore defined and any successor to its business and/or assets as aforesaid that assumes and agrees to perform this Agreement by operation of law, or otherwise.

(d) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY CHOICE OF LAW OR CONFLICTING PROVISION OR RULE (WHETHER OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION) THAT WOULD CAUSE THE LAWS OF ANY JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO TO BE APPLIED. IN FURTHERANCE OF THE FOREGOING, THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO WILL CONTROL THE INTERPRETATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF THIS AGREEMENT, EVEN IF UNDER SUCH JURISDICTION’S CHOICE OF LAW OR CONFLICT OF LAW ANALYSIS, THE SUBSTANTIVE LAW OF SOME OTHER JURISDICTION WOULD ORDINARILY APPLY.

(e) Enforcement.

(i) Arbitration. Except for disputes arising under Sections 5 and 6 of this Agreement (including, without limitation, any claim for injunctive relief), any controversy, dispute or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or its interpretation, application, implementation, breach or enforcement which the Parties are unable to resolve by mutual agreement, shall be settled by submission by either Executive or the Company of the

 

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controversy, claim or dispute to binding arbitration in New York (unless the Parties agree in writing to a different location), before a single arbitrator in accordance with the Employment Dispute Resolution Rules of the American Arbitration Association then in effect. In any such arbitration proceeding the Parties agree to provide all discovery deemed necessary by the arbitrator. The decision and award made by the arbitrator shall be accompanied by a reasoned opinion, and shall be final, binding and conclusive on all Parties hereto for all purposes, and judgment may be entered thereon in any court having jurisdiction thereof. The Company will bear the totality of the arbitrator’s and administrative fees and costs. Each party shall bear its or his litigation costs and expenses; provided, however, that the arbitrator shall have the discretion to award the prevailing party reimbursement of its or his reasonable attorney’s fees and costs. Upon the request of any of the parties, at any time prior to the beginning of the arbitration hearing the parties may attempt in good faith to settle the dispute by mediation administered by the American Arbitration Association. The Company will bear the totality of the mediator’s and administrative fees and costs.

(ii) Remedies. All remedies hereunder are cumulative, are in addition to any other remedies provided for by law and may, to the extent permitted by law, be exercised concurrently or separately, and the exercise of any one remedy shall not be deemed to be an election of such remedy or to preclude the exercise of any other remedy.

(iii) Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT.

(f) Amendment and Waiver. The provisions of this Agreement may be amended and waived only with the prior written consent of the Company and Executive and no course of conduct or failure or delay in enforcing the provisions of this Agreement shall be construed as a waiver of such provisions or affect the validity, binding effect or enforceability of this Agreement or any provision hereof.

(g) Notices. Any notice provided for in this Agreement must be in writing and must be either personally delivered, transmitted via telecopier, mailed by first class mail (postage prepaid and return receipt requested) or sent by reputable overnight courier service (charges prepaid) to the recipient at the address below indicated or at such other address or to the attention of such other person as the recipient party has specified by prior written notice to the sending party. Notices will be deemed to have been given hereunder and received when delivered personally, when received if transmitted via telecopier, five days after deposit in the U.S. mail and one day after deposit for overnight delivery with a reputable overnight courier service.

 

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If to the Company, to:

EVERTEC, Inc.

Carr #176, Km 1.3

Cupey Bajo, Rio Piedras Puerto Rico 00926

P.O. Box 364527

San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-4527

Telephone:(787)759-9999

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Apollo Management VII, L.P.

9 West 57th Street

New York, NY 10019

Attention: Marc Becker

Telephone: 212-515-3200

Facsimile: 212-515-3263

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

One Bryant Park

New York, NY 10036

Facsimile: (212) 872-1002

Attention: Adam Weinstein, Esq.

If to Executive, to:

Executive’s home address most recently on file with the Company.

(h) Withholdings Taxes. The Company may withhold from any amounts payable under this Agreement such federal, state and local taxes as may be required to be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation.

(i) Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements. All representations, warranties and agreements contained herein shall survive the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby indefinitely.

(j) Descriptive Headings. The descriptive headings of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a part of this Agreement. All references to a “Section” in this Agreement are to a section of this Agreement unless otherwise noted.

(k) Construction. Where specific language is used to clarify by example a general statement contained herein, such specific language shall not be deemed to modify, limit or restrict in any manner the construction of the general statement to which it relates. The language used in this Agreement shall be deemed to be the language chosen by the Parties to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction shall be applied against any Party.

 

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(l) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in separate counterparts, each of which is deemed to be an original and all of which taken together constitute one and the same agreement.

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EXECUTION COPY

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

EVERTEC, INC.
By:  

/s/ Félix M. Villamil Pagani

  Name: Félix M. Villamil Pagani
  Title: President
CARLOS J. RAMIREZ
Signature:  

/s/ Carlos J. Ramirez

EX-10.15 18 dex1015.htm EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT - LUIS G. ALVARADO Employment Agreement - Luis G. Alvarado

Exhibit 10.15

EXECUTION COPY

This EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT by and between EVERTEC, INC, a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (the “Company”), and Luis G. Alvarado (“Executive”) (collectively the “Parties”) is made as of October 1, 2010 (the “Effective Date”).

WHEREAS, the Parties desire to enter into this employment agreement (the “Agreement”) pursuant to the terms, provisions and conditions set forth herein; and

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants, understandings, representations, warranties, undertakings and promises hereinafter set forth, intending to be legally bound thereby, the Parties agree as follows:

1. Employment Period.

Subject to earlier termination in accordance with Section 3 of this Agreement, Executive shall be employed by the Company for a period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the fifth anniversary of the Effective Date (the “Employment Period”) unless the parties mutually agree to extend the term at least 90 days prior to the end of the Employment Period. Upon Executive’s termination of employment with the Company for any reason, Executive shall immediately resign all positions with the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, including any position as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors.

2. Terms of Employment.

(a) Position. During the Employment Period, Executive shall serve as Senior Vice President of the Company and will perform such duties and exercise such supervision with regard to the business of the Company as are associated with such positions, including such duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) or the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer (the “CEO”). Executive shall report directly to CEO and if reasonably requested by the CEO or the Board, Executive hereby agrees to serve (without additional compensation) as an officer and director of the Company or any affiliate or subsidiary thereof.

(b) Duties. During the Employment Period, Executive shall have such responsibilities, duties, and authority that are customary for his position, subject at all times to the control of the Board, and shall perform such services as customarily are provided by an executive of a corporation with his position and such other services consistent with his position, as shall be assigned to him from time to time by the Board. During the Employment Period, and excluding any periods of vacation and sick leave to which the Executive is entitled, the Executive agrees to devote all of his business time to the business and affairs of the Company and to use Executive’s commercially reasonable efforts to perform faithfully, effectively and efficiently his responsibilities and obligations hereunder. The Executive shall be entitled to engage in charitable and educational activities and to manage his personal and family investments, to the extent such activities are not competitive with the business of the Company, do not interfere with the performance of his duties for the Company and are otherwise consistent with the Company’s governance policies.


(c) Compensation.

(i) Base Salary. During the Employment Period, Executive shall receive an initial annual base salary in an amount equal to One Hundred and Ninety Thousand Dollars ($190,000), less all applicable withholdings, which shall be paid in accordance with the customary payroll practices of the Company (as in effect from time to time, the “Annual Base Salary”). The Annual Base Salary shall be subject to annual review by the Board, in its sole discretion; for possible increase and any such increased Annual Base Salary shall constitute “Annual Base Salary” for purposes of this Agreement.

(ii) Annual Bonus. During the Employment Period, the Company shall establish the budget and performance parameters for the bonus plan for each fiscal year of the Company (each, the “Plan”) pursuant to which Executive will be eligible to receive an annual bonus (the “Bonus”). Executive shall be eligible to receive a Bonus of up to 70% of Annual Base Salary consisting of (A) a bonus equal to 30% of Annual Base Salary (“Target Bonus”) that shall be contingent upon attainment of the Company’s budget as established by the Board and (B) a bonus equal to 40% of Annual Base Salary contingent upon the achievement of qualitative and quantitative performance goals established by the Board. The Bonus shall be paid in the year following the fiscal year to which the Bonus relates provided that the Compensation Committee certifies that the Company has achieved the applicable performance objectives and determines the amount of the bonus that shall be paid to each executive entitled to receive a bonus for the applicable fiscal year. The Compensation Committee’s certification will be as soon as practicable following receipt of the audited financial statements, but no later than ninety (90) after the receipt of such statements.

(iii) Equity.

(1) Investment Equity. Executive shall invest 50% of the after-tax proceeds of any bonus received in connection with the transaction contemplated by that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated July 1, 2010, among Popular, Inc., AP Carib Holdings Ltd., Carib Acquisition, Inc., and the Company (the “Transaction”). Such investment (x) shall be in non-voting common stock of the Carib Holdings, Inc. (“Common Stock”) that is economically equivalent to the securities acquired by AP Carib Holdings, Ltd. (“Apollo”) and (y) shall be made at a valuation equal to Apollo’s investment valuation.

(2) Options. As soon as practicable following the Effective Date, Executive shall be granted options to purchase 0.45% of the shares of Common Stock outstanding as of the closing of the Transaction, subject to the terms of the applicable award agreement and the Carib Holdings, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan.

(iv) Benefits. During the Employment Period, Executive shall be eligible to participate in all retirement, compensation and employee benefit plans, practices, policies and programs provided by the Company to the extent applicable generally to other executives of the Company (except severance plans, policies, practices, or programs) subject to the eligibility criteria set forth therein, as such may be amended or terminated from time to time. The benefits and perquisites provided to Executive will be substantially comparable in the aggregate to the benefits and perquisites that Executive enjoyed as of the closing of the Transaction. In addition,

 

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the Company shall provide Executive with directors and officers insurance coverage at least equal to that provided to other Company directors and officers.

(v) Expenses. During the Employment Period, Executive shall be entitled to receive reimbursement for all reasonable business expenses incurred by Executive in performance of his duties hereunder provided that Executive provides all necessary documentation in accordance with the Company’s policies.

3. Termination of Employment.

(a) Death or Disability. Executive’s employment shall terminate automatically upon Executive’s death. If Executive becomes subject to a “Disability” (as defined below) during the Employment Period, the Company may give Executive written notice in accordance with Sections 3(g) and 9(g) of its intention to terminate Executive’s employment. For purposes of this Agreement, “Disability” means Executive’s inability to perform his duties hereunder by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment for a period of six (6) months or more in any twelve (12) month period.

(b) Cause. Executive’s employment may be terminated at any time by the Company for “Cause” (as defined below). For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” shall mean Executive’s (i) commission of a felony or a crime of moral turpitude, (ii) engaging in conduct that constitutes fraud or embezzlement, (iii) engaging in conduct that constitutes gross negligence or willful gross misconduct that results or could reasonably be expected to result in harm to the Company’s business or reputation, (iv) breach of any material terms of Executive’s employment, including this Agreement, which results or could reasonably be expected to result in harm to the Company’s business or reputation or (v) continued willful failure to substantially perform duties as senior vice president. Executive’s employment shall not be terminated for “Cause” within the meaning of clauses (iv) and (v) above unless Executive has been given written notice by the Board stating the basis for such termination and Executive is given fifteen (15) days to cure, to the extent curable, the neglect or conduct that is the basis of any such claim.

(c) Termination Without Cause. The Company may terminate Executive’s employment hereunder without Cause at any time.

(d) Good Reason. Executive’s employment may be terminated at any time by Executive for Good Reason upon 60 days’ prior written notice following the occurrence of the event giving rise to the termination for Good Reason. For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” means voluntary resignation after any of the following actions taken by the Company without Executive’s written consent: (i) any material failure of the Company to fulfill its obligations under Executive’s employment agreement, (ii) a material and adverse change to, or a material reduction of, Executive’s duties and responsibilities to the Company, including, without limitation, removing Executive from the position of Senior Vice President, (iii) a material reduction in Executive’s then current Base Salary and Target Annual Bonus (not including any diminution related to a broader compensation reduction that is not limited to Executive specifically and that is not more than 10% in the aggregate), (iv) the relocation of Executive’s primary office to a location more than 25 miles from the prior location that materially increases Executive’s commute to work or (v) the failure of any successor to all or substantially all of the

 

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Company’s assets to assume this Agreement, whether in writing or by operation of law; provided, that any such event shall not constitute Good Reason unless and until Executive shall have provided the Company with notice thereof no later than 30 days following Executive’s knowledge of the occurrence of such event and the Company shall have failed to remedy such event within 30 days of receipt of such notice.

(e) Voluntary Termination. Executive’s employment may be terminated at any time by Executive without Good Reason upon 30 days’ prior written notice.

(f) Termination as a Result of Expiration of the Employment Period. Unless otherwise agreed between the parties, Executive’s employment shall automatically terminate upon the expiration of the Employment Period.

(g) Notice of Termination. Any termination by the Company for Cause or without Cause, or by Executive for Good Reason or without Good Reason, shall be communicated by Notice of Termination to the other party hereto given in accordance with Section 9(g). For purposes of this Agreement, a “Notice of Termination” means a written notice that (i) indicates the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon, (ii) to the extent applicable, sets forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of Executive’s employment under the provision so indicated and (iii) if the “Date of Termination” (as defined below) is other than the date of receipt of such notice, specifies the termination date. The failure by Executive or the Company to set forth in the Notice of Termination any fact or circumstance that contributes to a showing of Good Reason or Cause shall not waive any right of Executive or the Company hereunder or preclude Executive or the Company from asserting such fact or circumstance in enforcing Executive’s or the Company’s rights hereunder.

(h) Date of Termination. “Date of Termination” means (i) if Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company for Cause, without Cause or by reason of Disability, or by Executive for Good Reason or without Good Reason, the date of receipt of the Notice of Termination (in the case of a termination with or without Good Reason, provided such Date of Termination is in accordance with Section 3(d) or Section 3(e)) or any later date specified therein pursuant to Section 3(g), as the case may be, (ii) if Executive’s employment is terminated by reason of death, the date of death, and (iii) the expiration of the Employment Period, and the termination of Executive’s employment upon the date of such expiration.

4. Obligations of the Company upon Termination.

(a) With Good Reason; Without Cause. If during the Employment Period, the Company shall terminate Executive’s employment without Cause or Executive shall terminate his employment for Good Reason, then the Company will provide Executive with the following payments and/or benefits:

(i) The Company shall pay to Executive as soon as reasonably practicable but no later than the 15th day of the third month following the end of the calendar year that contains the Date of Termination in a lump sum to the extent not previously paid, (A) the Annual Base Salary through the Date of Termination, (B) the Bonus earned for any fiscal year ended prior to the year in which the Date of Termination occurs, provided that Executive was employed on the

 

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last day of such fiscal year, (C) the amount of any unpaid expense reimbursements to which Executive may be entitled pursuant to Section 2(c)(v) hereof, (D) any other vested payments or benefits to which Executive or Executive’s estate may be entitled to receive under any of the Company’s benefit plans or applicable law, in accordance with the terms of such plans or law (clauses (A)-(D), the “Accrued Obligations”), and (E) in the event that the termination occurs after September 30 of a given year, a prorated amount of the Annual Bonus for such year based on the number of days elapsed, determined and payable in such manner and at such time as annual bonuses in respect of such year are generally paid (the “Prorated Bonus”); and

(ii) Subject to Section 4(e) below, after the Date of Termination, the Company will pay Executive severance in accordance with Puerto Rico’s Law 80 severance formula in effect as of the closing of the Transaction (the “Severance Payment”). The Severance Payment shall be made in a lump sum no later than ten (10) days after Executive after Executive executes the release described in Section 4(e).

(b) Death or Disability. If Executive’s employment shall be terminated by reason of the Executive’s death or Disability, then the Company will provide Executive with the Accrued Obligations. Thereafter, the Company shall have no further obligation to Executive or his legal representatives.

(c) Cause; Other than for Good Reason. If Executive’s employment shall be terminated by the Company for Cause or by Executive without Good Reason, then the Company shall have no further obligations to Executive other than for payment of the Accrued Obligations.

(d) Expiration of the Employment Period. If Executive’s employment shall be terminated by reason of the expiration of the Employment Period as result of the Company’s non-extension, then the Company will provide Executive with the Accrued Obligations , the Prorated Bonus and continued payment of Base Salary for a period of six months in accordance with the Company’s payroll practices (the “Salary Continuation”). If Executive’s employment shall be terminated by reason of the expiration of the Employment Period as result of the Executive’s non-extension, then the Company will provide Executive with the Accrued Obligations. Thereafter, in either event, the Company shall have no further obligation to Executive or his legal representatives.

(e) Separation Agreement and General Release. The Company’s obligation to make the Severance Payment or to pay the Salary Continuation is conditioned on Executive’s or his legal representative’s executing a separation agreement and general release of claims related to or arising from Executive’s employment with the Company or the termination of employment, against the Company and its affiliates (and their respective officers and directors) in a form reasonably determined by the Company, which shall be provided by the Company to Executive within five (5) days following the Date of Termination; provided, that, if Executive should fail to execute (or revokes) such release within 60 days following the Date of Termination, the Company shall not have any obligation to provide the Severance Payment or the Salary Continuation. If Executive executes the release within such 60 day period and does not revoke the release within seven (7) days following the execution of the release, the Severance Payment will be made in accordance with Section 4(a)(ii) or the Salary Continuation shall commence at such time, as applicable.

 

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5. Restrictive Covenants.

(a) In consideration of Executive’s employment and receipt of payments hereunder, including, without limitation, the grant of options under Section 2(c), during the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending twelve (12) months after the Date of Termination, Executive shall not directly, or indirectly through another person, (x) induce or attempt to induce any employee, representative, agent or consultant of the Company or any of its Affiliates or subsidiaries to leave the employ or services of the Company or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries, or in any way interfere with the relationship between the Company or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries and any employee, representative, agent or consultant thereof, (y) hire any person who was an employee, representative, agent or consultant of the Company or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries at any time during the twelve-month period immediately prior to the date on which such hiring would take place or (z) directly or indirectly call on, solicit or service any customer, supplier, licensee, licensor, representative, agent or other business relation of the Company or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries in order to induce or attempt to induce such person to cease doing business with, or reduce the amount of business conducted with, the Company or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries, or in any way interfere with the relationship between any such customer, supplier, licensee, licensor, representative, agent or business relation of the Company or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries, No action by another person or entity shall be deemed to be a breach of this provision unless the Executive directly or indirectly assisted, encouraged or otherwise counseled such person or entity to engage in such activity.

(b) Non-Competition. Executive hereby acknowledges that it is familiar with the Confidential Information (as defined below) of the Company and its subsidiaries. Executive acknowledges and agrees that the Company would be irreparably damaged if Executive were to provide services to any person competing with the Company or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries or engaged in a similar business and that such competition by Executive would result in a significant loss of goodwill by the Company. Therefore, Executive agrees that during the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the first anniversary of the Date of Termination (the “Non-Compete Period”), Executive shall not (and shall cause each of his or its affiliates not to) directly or indirectly own any interest in, manage, control, participate in (whether as an officer, director, manager, employee, partner, equity holder, member, agent, representative or otherwise), consult with, render services for, or in any other manner engage in any business engaged directly or indirectly, in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, in the business of the Company and its subsidiaries as currently conducted or proposed to be conducted as of the Date of Termination; provided, that nothing herein shall prohibit Executive from being a passive owner of not more than 5% of the outstanding stock of any class of a corporation which is publicly traded so long as none of such persons has any active participation in the business of such corporation.

(c) Non-Disclosure; Non-Use of Confidential Information. Executive shall not disclose or use at any time, either during his employment with the Company or at any time thereafter, any Confidential Information of which Executive is or becomes aware, whether or not such information is developed by him, except to the extent that such disclosure or use is directly related to and required by Executive’s performance in good faith of duties assigned to Executive by the Company. Executive will take all appropriate steps to safeguard Confidential Information in his possession and to protect it against disclosure, misuse, espionage, loss and theft.

 

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Executive shall deliver to the Company at the termination of his employment with the Company, or at any time the Company may request, all memoranda, notes, plans, records, reports, computer tapes and software and other documents and data (and copies thereof) relating to the Confidential Information or the “Work Product” (as defined in Section 5(e)(ii)) of the business of the Company Group that Executive may then possess or have under his control.

(d) Proprietary Rights. Executive recognizes that the Company Group possesses a proprietary interest in all Confidential Information and Work Product and has the exclusive right and privilege to use, protect by copyright, patent or trademark, or otherwise exploit the processes, ideas and concepts described therein to the exclusion of Executive, except as otherwise agreed between the Company Group and Executive in writing. Executive expressly agrees that any Work Product made or developed by Executive or his agents during the course of Executive’s employment, including any Work Product which is based on or arises out of Work Product, shall be the property of and inure to the exclusive benefit of the Company Group. Executive further agrees that all Work Product developed by Executive (whether or not able to be protected by copyright, patent or trademark) during the course of his employment with the Company, or involving the use of the time, materials or other resources of the Company Group, shall be promptly disclosed to the Company Group and shall become the exclusive property of the Company Group, and Executive shall execute and deliver any and all documents necessary or appropriate to implement the foregoing.

(e) Certain Definitions.

(i) As used herein, the term “Confidential Information” means information that is not generally known to the public (but for purposes of clarity, Confidential Information shall never exclude any such information that becomes known to the public because of Executive’s unauthorized disclosure) and that is used, developed or obtained by the Company Group in connection with its business, including, but not limited to, information, observations and data obtained by Executive while employed by the Company Group concerning (A) the business or affairs of the Company Group, (B) products or services, (C) fees, costs and pricing structures, (D) designs, (E) analyses, (F) drawings, photographs and reports, (G) computer software, including operating systems, applications and program listings, (H) flow charts, manuals and documentation, (I) databases, (J) accounting and business methods, (K) inventions, devices, new developments, methods and processes, whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice, (L) customers and clients and customer or client lists, (M) other copyrightable works, (N) all production methods, processes, technology and trade secrets, and (O) all similar and related information in whatever form. Confidential Information will not include any information that has been published in a form generally available to the public (except as a result of Executive’s unauthorized disclosure) prior to the date Executive proposes to disclose or use such information. Confidential Information will not be deemed to have been published or otherwise disclosed merely because individual portions of the information have been separately published, but only if all material features comprising such information have been published in combination.

(ii) As used herein, the term “Work Product” means all inventions, innovations, improvements, technical information, systems, software developments, methods, designs, analyses, drawings, reports, service marks, trademarks, trade names, logos and all

 

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similar or related information (whether patentable or unpatentable) that relates to the Company Group’s actual or anticipated business, research and development or existing or future products or services and that are conceived, developed or made by Executive (whether or not during usual business hours and whether or not alone or in conjunction with any other person) while employed by the Company together with all patent applications, letters patent, trademark, trade name and service mark applications or registrations, copyrights and reissues thereof that may be granted for or upon any of the foregoing.

6. Non-Disparagement.

During the Employment Period and at all times thereafter, neither Executive nor his agents, on the one hand, nor the Company formally, or its executives or board of directors, on the other hand, shall directly or indirectly issue or communicate any public statement, or statement likely to become public, that maligns, denigrates or disparages the other (including, in the case of communications by Executive or his agents, Company Group, any of Company Group’s officers, directors or employees, Apollo or any affiliate thereof). The foregoing shall not be violated by truthful responses to (i) legal process or governmental inquiry or (ii) by private statements to Company Group or any of Company Group’s officers, directors or employees; provided, that in the case of Executive, with respect to clause (ii), such statements are made in the course of carrying out his duties pursuant to this Agreement.

7. Confidentiality of Agreement.

The Parties agree that the consideration furnished under this Agreement, the discussions and correspondence that led to this Agreement, and the terms and conditions of this Agreement are private and confidential. Except as may be required by applicable law, regulation, or stock exchange requirement, neither Party may disclose the above information to any other person or entity without the prior written approval of the other.

8. Executive’s Representations, Warranties and Covenants.

(a) Executive hereby represents and warrants to the Company that:

(i) Executive has all requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, and this Agreement has been duly executed by Executive;

(ii) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by Executive does not and will not, with or without notice or the passage of time, conflict with, breach, violate or cause a default under any agreement, contract or instrument to which Executive is a party or any judgment, order or decree to which Executive is subject;

(iii) Executive is not a party to or bound by any employment agreement, consulting agreement, non-compete agreement, fee for services agreement, confidentiality agreement or similar agreement with any other person;

 

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(iv) upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and Executive, this Agreement will be a legal, valid and binding obligation of Executive, enforceable in accordance with its terms;

(v) Executive understands that the Company will rely upon the accuracy and truth of the representations and warranties of Executive set forth herein and Executive consents to such reliance; and

(vi) as of the date of execution of this Agreement, Executive is not in breach of any of its terms, including having committed any acts that would form the basis for a Cause termination if such act had occurred after the Effective Date.

(b) The Company hereby represents and warrants to Executive that:

(i) the Company has all requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, and this Agreement has been duly executed by the Company;

(ii) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company does not and will not, with or without notice or the passage of time, conflict with, breach, violate or cause a default under any agreement, contract or instrument to which the Company is a party or any judgment, order or decree to which the Company is subject;

(iii) upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and Executive, this Agreement will be a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms; and

(iv) the Company understands that Executive will rely upon the accuracy and truth of the representations and warranties of the Company set forth herein and the Company consents to such reliance.

9. General Provisions.

(a) Severability. It is the desire and intent of the Parties hereto that the provisions of this Agreement be enforced to the fullest extent permissible under the laws and public policies applied in each jurisdiction in which enforcement is sought. Accordingly, if any particular provision of this Agreement shall be adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, prohibited or unenforceable under any present or future law, and if the rights and obligations of any party under this Agreement will not be materially and adversely affected thereby, such provision, as to such jurisdiction, shall be ineffective, without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction; furthermore, in lieu of such invalid or unenforceable provision there will be added automatically as a part of this Agreement, a legal, valid and enforceable provision as similar in terms to such invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such provision could be more narrowly drawn so as not to be invalid, prohibited or unenforceable in such jurisdiction, it shall, as to such jurisdiction, be so narrowly drawn, without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

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(b) Entire Agreement and Effectiveness. Effective as of the Effective Date, this Agreement embodies the complete agreement and understanding among the Parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes and preempts any prior understandings, agreements or representations by or among the Parties, written or oral, which may have related to the subject matter hereof in any way (excluding any stock options or awards granted under any equity compensation plans maintained by the Company).

(c) Successors and Assigns.

(i) This Agreement is personal to Executive and without the prior written consent of the Company shall not be assignable by Executive otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by Executive’s legal representatives.

(ii) This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns. The Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company to assume expressly and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place. As used in this Agreement, “Company” shall mean the Company as hereinbefore defined and any successor to its business and/or assets as aforesaid that assumes and agrees to perform this Agreement by operation of law, or otherwise.

(d) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY CHOICE OF LAW OR CONFLICTING PROVISION OR RULE (WHETHER OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION) THAT WOULD CAUSE THE LAWS OF ANY JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO TO BE APPLIED. IN FURTHERANCE OF THE FOREGOING, THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO WILL CONTROL THE INTERPRETATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF THIS AGREEMENT, EVEN IF UNDER SUCH JURISDICTION’S CHOICE OF LAW OR CONFLICT OF LAW ANALYSIS, THE SUBSTANTIVE LAW OF SOME OTHER JURISDICTION WOULD ORDINARILY APPLY.

(e) Enforcement.

(i) Arbitration. Except for disputes arising under Sections 5 and 6 of this Agreement (including, without limitation, any claim for injunctive relief), any controversy, dispute or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or its interpretation, application, implementation, breach or enforcement which the Parties are unable to resolve by mutual agreement, shall be settled by submission by either Executive or the Company of the controversy, claim or dispute to binding arbitration in New York (unless the Parties agree in writing to a different location), before a single arbitrator in accordance with the Employment Dispute Resolution Rules of the American Arbitration Association then in effect. In any such arbitration proceeding the Parties agree to provide all discovery deemed necessary by the arbitrator. The decision and award made by the arbitrator shall be accompanied by a reasoned opinion, and shall

 

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be final, binding and conclusive on all Parties hereto for all purposes, and judgment may be entered thereon in any court having jurisdiction thereof. The Company will bear the totality of the arbitrator’s and administrative fees and costs. Each party shall bear its or his litigation costs and expenses; provided, however, that the arbitrator shall have the discretion to award the prevailing party reimbursement of its or his reasonable attorney’s fees and costs. Upon the request of any of the parties, at any time prior to the beginning of the arbitration hearing the parties may attempt in good faith to settle the dispute by mediation administered by the American Arbitration Association. The Company will bear the totality of the mediator’s and administrative fees and costs.

(ii) Remedies. All remedies hereunder are cumulative, are in addition to any other remedies provided for by law and may, to the extent permitted by law, be exercised concurrently or separately, and the exercise of any one remedy shall not be deemed to be an election of such remedy or to preclude the exercise of any other remedy.

(iii) Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT.

(f) Amendment and Waiver. The provisions of this Agreement may be amended and waived only with the prior written consent of the Company and Executive and no course of conduct or failure or delay in enforcing the provisions of this Agreement shall be construed as a waiver of such provisions or affect the validity, binding effect or enforceability of this Agreement or any provision hereof.

(g) Notices. Any notice provided for in this Agreement must be in writing and must be either personally delivered, transmitted via telecopier, mailed by first class mail (postage prepaid and return receipt requested) or sent by reputable overnight courier service (charges prepaid) to the recipient at the address below indicated or at such other address or to the attention of such other person as the recipient party has specified by prior written notice to the sending party. Notices will be deemed to have been given hereunder and received when delivered personally, when received if transmitted via telecopier, five days after deposit in the U.S. mail and one day after deposit for overnight delivery with a reputable overnight courier service.

If to the Company, to:

EVERTEC,Inc.

Carr#176, Km 1.3

Cupey Bajo, Rio Piedras Puerto Rico 00926

P.O. Box 364527

San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-4527

Telephone: (787) 759-9999

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

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Apollo Management VII, L.P.

9 West 57th Street

New York, NY 10019

Attention: Marc Becker

Telephone: 212-515-3200

Facsimile: 212-515-3263

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

One Bryant Park

New York, NY 10036

Facsimile: (212) 872-1002

Attention: Adam Weinstein, Esq.

If to Executive, to:

Executive’s home address most recently on file with the Company.

(h) Withholding Taxes. The Company may withhold from any amounts payable under this Agreement such federal, state and local taxes as may be required to be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation.

(i) Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements. All representations, warranties and agreements contained herein shall survive the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby indefinitely.

(j) Descriptive Headings. The descriptive headings of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a part of this Agreement. All references to a “Section” in this Agreement are to a section of this Agreement unless otherwise noted.

(k) Construction. Where specific language is used to clarify by example a general statement contained herein, such specific language shall not be deemed to modify, limit or restrict in any manner the construction of the general statement to which it relates. The language used in this Agreement shall be deemed to be the language chosen by the Parties to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction shall be applied against any Party.

(l) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in separate counterparts, each of which is deemed to be an original and all of which taken together constitute one and the same agreement.

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EXECUTION COPY

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

EVERTEC, INC.
By:  

/s/ Félix M. Villamil Pagani

  Name: Félix M. Villamil Pagani
  Title: President
LUIS G. ALVARADO
Signature:  

/s/ Luis G. Alvarado

 

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EX-10.16 19 dex1016.htm EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT - JORGE R. HERNANDEZ Employment Agreement - Jorge R. Hernandez

Exhibit 10.16

EXECUTION COPY

This EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT by and between EVERTEC, INC., a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (the “Company”), and Jorge R. Hernandez (“Executive”) (collectively the “Parties”) is made as of October 1, 2010 (the “Effective Date”).

WHEREAS, the Parties desire to enter into this employment agreement (the “Agreement”) pursuant to the terms, provisions and conditions set forth herein; and

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants, understandings, representations, warranties, undertakings and promises hereinafter set forth, intending to be legally bound thereby, the Parties agree as follows:

1. Employment Period.

Subject to earlier termination in accordance with Section 3 of this Agreement, Executive shall be employed by the Company for a period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the fifth anniversary of the Effective Date (the “Employment Period”) unless the parties mutually agree to extend the term at least 90 days prior to the end of the Employment Period. Upon Executive’s termination of employment with the Company for any reason, Executive shall immediately resign all positions with the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, including any position as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors.

2. Terms of Employment.

(a) Position. During the Employment Period, Executive shall serve as Senior Vice President of the Company and will perform such duties and exercise such supervision with regard to the business of the Company as are associated with such positions, including such duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) or the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer (the “CEO”). Executive shall report directly to CEO and if reasonably requested by the CEO or the Board, Executive hereby agrees to serve (without additional compensation) as an officer and director of the Company or any affiliate or subsidiary thereof.

(b) Duties. During the Employment Period, Executive shall have such responsibilities, duties, and authority that are customary for his position, subject at all times to the control of the Board, and shall perform such services as customarily are provided by an executive of a corporation with his position and such other services consistent with his position, as shall be assigned to him from time to time by the Board. During the Employment Period, and excluding any periods of vacation and sick leave to which the Executive is entitled, the Executive agrees to devote all of his business time to the business and affairs of the Company and to use Executive’s commercially reasonable efforts to perform faithfully, effectively and efficiently his responsibilities and obligations hereunder. The Executive shall be entitled to engage in charitable and educational activities and to manage his personal and family investments, to the extent such activities are not competitive with the business of the Company, do not interfere with the performance of his duties for the Company and are otherwise consistent with the Company’s governance policies.


(c) Compensation.

(i) Base Salary. During the Employment Period, Executive shall receive an initial annual base salary in an amount equal to One Hundred and Ninety Thousand Dollars ($190,000), less all applicable withholdings, which shall be paid in accordance with the customary payroll practices of the Company (as in effect from time to time, the “Annual Base Salary”). The Annual Base Salary shall be subject to annual review by the Board, in its sole discretion; for possible increase and any such increased Annual Base Salary shall constitute “Annual Base Salary” for purposes of this Agreement.

(ii) Annual Bonus. During the Employment Period, the Company shall establish the budget and performance parameters for the bonus plan for each fiscal year of the Company (each, the “Plan”) pursuant to which Executive will be eligible to receive an annual bonus (the “Bonus”). Executive shall be eligible to receive a Bonus of up to 70% of Annual Base Salary consisting of (A) a bonus equal to 30% of Annual Base Salary (“Target Bonus”) that shall be contingent upon attainment of the Company’s budget as established by the Board and (B) a bonus equal to 40% of Annual Base Salary contingent upon the achievement of qualitative and quantitative performance goals established by the Board. The Bonus shall be paid in the year following the fiscal year to which the Bonus relates provided that the Compensation Committee certifies that the Company has achieved the applicable performance objectives and determines the amount of the bonus that shall be paid to each executive entitled to receive a bonus for the applicable fiscal year. The Compensation Committee’s certification will be as soon as practicable following receipt of the audited financial statements, but no later than ninety (90) after the receipt of such statements.

(iii) Equity.

(1) Investment Equity. Executive shall invest 50% of the after-tax proceeds of any bonus received in connection with the transaction contemplated by that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated July 1, 2010, among Popular, Inc., AP Carib Holdings Ltd., Carib Acquisition, Inc., and the Company (the “Transaction”). Such investment (x) shall be in non-voting common stock of the Carib Holdings, Inc. (“Common Stock”) that is economically equivalent to the securities acquired by AP Carib Holdings, Ltd. (“Apollo”) and (y) shall be made at a valuation equal to Apollo’s investment valuation.

(2) Options. As soon as practicable following the Effective Date, Executive shall be granted options to purchase 0.45% of the shares of Common Stock outstanding as of the closing of the Transaction, subject to the terms of the applicable award agreement and the Carib Holdings, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan.

(iv) Benefits. During the Employment Period, Executive shall be eligible to participate in all retirement, compensation and employee benefit plans, practices, policies and programs provided by the Company to the extent applicable generally to other executives of the Company (except severance plans, policies, practices, or programs) subject to the eligibility criteria set forth therein, as such may be amended or terminated from time to time. The benefits and perquisites provided to Executive will be substantially comparable in the aggregate to the benefits and perquisites that Executive enjoyed as of the closing of the Transaction. In addition,

 

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the Company shall provide Executive with directors and officers insurance coverage at least equal to that provided to other Company directors and officers.

(v) Expenses. During the Employment Period, Executive shall be entitled to receive reimbursement for all reasonable business expenses incurred by Executive in performance of his duties hereunder provided that Executive provides all necessary documentation in accordance with the Company’s policies.

3. Termination of Employment.

(a) Death or Disability. Executive’s employment shall terminate automatically upon Executive’s death. If Executive becomes subject to a “Disability” (as defined below) during the Employment Period, the Company may give Executive written notice in accordance with Sections 3(g) and 9(g) of its intention to terminate Executive’s employment. For purposes of this Agreement, “Disability” means Executive’s inability to perform his duties hereunder by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment for a period of six (6) months or more in any twelve (12) month period.

(b) Cause. Executive’s employment may be terminated at any time by the Company for “Cause” (as defined below). For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” shall mean Executive’s (i) commission of a felony or a crime of moral turpitude, (ii) engaging in conduct that constitutes fraud or embezzlement, (iii) engaging in conduct that constitutes gross negligence or willful gross misconduct that results or could reasonably be expected to result in harm to the Company’s business or reputation, (iv) breach of any material terms of Executive’s employment, including this Agreement, which results or could reasonably be expected to result in harm to the Company’s business or reputation or (v) continued willful failure to substantially perform duties as senior vice president. Executive’s employment shall not be terminated for “Cause” within the meaning of clauses (iv) and (v) above unless Executive has been given written notice by the Board stating the basis for such termination and Executive is given fifteen (15) days to cure, to the extent curable, the neglect or conduct that is the basis of any such claim.

(c) Termination Without Cause. The Company may terminate Executive’s employment hereunder without Cause at any time.

(d) Good Reason. Executive’s employment may be terminated at any time by Executive for Good Reason upon 60 days’ prior written notice following the occurrence of the event giving rise to the termination for Good Reason. For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” means voluntary resignation after any of the following actions taken by the Company without Executive’s written consent: (i) any material failure of the Company to fulfill its obligations under Executive’s employment agreement, (ii) a material and adverse change to, or a material reduction of, Executive’s duties and responsibilities to the Company, including, without limitation, removing Executive from the position of Senior Vice President, (iii) a material reduction in Executive’s then current Base Salary and Target Annual Bonus (not including any diminution related to a broader compensation reduction that is not limited to Executive specifically and that is not more than 10% in the aggregate), (iv) the relocation of Executive’s primary office to a location more than 25 miles from the prior location that materially increases

 

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Executive’s commute to work or (v) the failure of any successor to all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to assume this Agreement, whether in writing or by operation of law; provided, that any such event shall not constitute Good Reason unless and until Executive shall have provided the Company with notice thereof no later than 30 days following Executive’s knowledge of the occurrence of such event and the Company shall have failed to remedy such event within 30 days of receipt of such notice.

(e) Voluntary Termination. Executive’s employment may be terminated at any time by Executive without Good Reason upon 30 days’ prior written notice.

(f) Termination as a Result of Expiration of the Employment Period. Unless otherwise agreed between the parties, Executive’s employment shall automatically terminate upon the expiration of the Employment Period.

(g) Notice of Termination. Any termination by the Company for Cause or without Cause, or by Executive for Good Reason or without Good Reason, shall be communicated by Notice of Termination to the other party hereto given in accordance with Section 9(g). For purposes of this Agreement, a “Notice of Termination” means a written notice that (i) indicates the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon, (ii) to the extent applicable, sets forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of Executive’s employment under the provision so indicated and (iii) if the “Date of Termination” (as defined below) is other than the date of receipt of such notice, specifies the termination date. The failure by Executive or the Company to set forth in the Notice of Termination any fact or circumstance that contributes to a showing of Good Reason or Cause shall not waive any right of Executive or the Company hereunder or preclude Executive or the Company from asserting such fact or circumstance in enforcing Executive’s or the Company’s rights hereunder.

(h) Date of Termination. “Date of Termination” means (i) if Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company for Cause, without Cause or by reason of Disability, or by Executive for Good Reason or without Good Reason, the date of receipt of the Notice of Termination (in the case of a termination with or without Good Reason, provided such Date of Termination is in accordance with Section 3(d) or Section 3(e)) or any later date specified therein pursuant to Section 3(g), as the case may be, (ii) if Executive’s employment is terminated by reason of death, the date of death, and (iii) the expiration of the Employment Period, and the termination of Executive’s employment upon the date of such expiration.

4. Obligations of the Company upon Termination.

(a) With Good Reason; Without Cause. If during the Employment Period, the Company shall terminate Executive’s employment without Cause or Executive shall terminate his employment for Good Reason, then the Company will provide Executive with the following payments and/or benefits:

(i) The Company shall pay to Executive as soon as reasonably practicable but no later than the 15th day of the third month following the end of the calendar year that contains the Date of Termination in a lump sum to the extent not previously paid, (A) the Annual Base

 

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Salary through the Date of Termination, (B) the Bonus earned for any fiscal year ended prior to the year in which the Date of Termination occurs, provided that Executive was employed on the last day of such fiscal year, (C) the amount of any unpaid expense reimbursements to which Executive may be entitled pursuant to Section 2(c)(v) hereof, (D) any other vested payments or benefits to which Executive or Executive’s estate may be entitled to receive under any of the Company’s benefit plans or applicable law, in accordance with the terms of such plans or law (clauses (A)-(D), the “Accrued Obligations”), and (E) in the event that the termination occurs after September 30 of a given year, a prorated amount of the Annual Bonus for such year based on the number of days elapsed, determined and payable in such manner and at such time as annual bonuses in respect of such year are generally paid (the “Prorated Bonus”); and

(ii) Subject to Section 4(e) below, after the Date of Termination, the Company will pay Executive severance in accordance with Puerto Rico’s Law 80 severance formula in effect as of the closing of the Transaction (the “Severance Payment”). The Severance Payment shall be made in a lump sum no later than ten (10) days after Executive after Executive executes the release described in Section 4(e).

(b) Death or Disability. If Executive’s employment shall be terminated by reason of the Executive’s death or Disability, then the Company will provide Executive with the Accrued Obligations. Thereafter, the Company shall have no further obligation to Executive or his legal representatives.

(c) Cause; Other than for Good Reason. If Executive’s employment shall be terminated by the Company for Cause or by Executive without Good Reason, then the Company shall have no further obligations to Executive other than for payment of the Accrued Obligations.

(d) Expiration of the Employment Period. If Executive’s employment shall be terminated by reason of the expiration of the Employment Period as result of the Company’s non-extension, then the Company will provide Executive with the Accrued Obligations , the Prorated Bonus and continued payment of Base Salary for a period of six months in accordance with the Company’s payroll practices (the “Salary Continuation”). If Executive’s employment shall be terminated by reason of the expiration of the Employment Period as result of the Executive’s non-extension, then the Company will provide Executive with the Accrued Obligations. Thereafter, in either event, the Company shall have no further obligation to Executive or his legal representatives.

(e) Separation Agreement and General Release. The Company’s obligation to make the Severance Payment or to pay the Salary Continuation is conditioned on Executive’s or his legal representative’s executing a separation agreement and general release of claims related to or arising from Executive’s employment with the Company or the termination of employment, against the Company and its affiliates (and their respective officers and directors) in a form reasonably determined by the Company, which shall be provided by the Company to Executive within five (5) days following the Date of Termination; provided, that, if Executive should fail to execute (or revokes) such release within 60 days following the Date of Termination, the Company shall not have any obligation to provide the Severance Payment or the Salary Continuation. If Executive executes the release within such 60 day period and does not revoke the release within seven (7) days following the execution of the release, the Severance Payment

 

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will be made in accordance with Section 4(a)(ii) or the Salary Continuation shall commence at such time, as applicable.

5. Restrictive Covenants.

(a) In consideration of Executive’s employment and receipt of payments hereunder, including, without limitation, the grant of options under Section 2(c), during the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending twelve (12) months after the Date of Termination, Executive shall not directly, or indirectly through another person, (x) induce or attempt to induce any employee, representative, agent or consultant of the Company or any of its Affiliates or subsidiaries to leave the employ or services of the Company or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries, or in any way interfere with the relationship between the Company or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries and any employee, representative, agent or consultant thereof, (y) hire any person who was an employee, representative, agent or consultant of the Company or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries at any time during the twelve-month period immediately prior to the date on which such hiring would take place or (z) directly or indirectly call on, solicit or service any customer, supplier, licensee, licensor, representative, agent or other business relation of the Company or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries in order to induce or attempt to induce such person to cease doing business with, or reduce the amount of business conducted with, the Company or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries, or in any way interfere with the relationship between any such customer, supplier, licensee, licensor, representative, agent or business relation of the Company or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries. No action by another person or entity shall be deemed to be a breach of this provision unless the Executive directly or indirectly assisted, encouraged or otherwise counseled such person or entity to engage in such activity.

(b) Non-Competition. Executive hereby acknowledges that it is familiar with the Confidential Information (as defined below) of the Company and its subsidiaries. Executive acknowledges and agrees that the Company would be irreparably damaged if Executive were to provide services to any person competing with the Company or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries or engaged in a similar business and that such competition by Executive would result in a significant loss of goodwill by the Company. Therefore, Executive agrees that during the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the first anniversary of the Date of Termination (the “Non-Compete Period”), Executive shall not (and shall cause each of his or its affiliates not to) directly or indirectly own any interest in, manage, control, participate in (whether as an officer, director, manager, employee, partner, equity holder, member, agent, representative or otherwise), consult with, render services for, or in any other manner engage in any business engaged directly or indirectly, in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, in the business of the Company and its subsidiaries as currently conducted or proposed to be conducted as of the Date of Termination; provided, that nothing herein shall prohibit Executive from being a passive owner of not more than 5% of the outstanding stock of any class of a corporation which is publicly traded so long as none of such persons has any active participation in the business of such corporation.

(c) Non-Disclosure; Non-Use of Confidential Information. Executive shall not disclose or use at any time, either during his employment with the Company or at any time thereafter, any Confidential Information of which Executive is or becomes aware, whether or not such information is developed by him, except to the extent that such disclosure or use is directly

 

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related to and required by Executive’s performance in good faith of duties assigned to Executive by the Company. Executive will take all appropriate steps to safeguard Confidential Information in his possession and to protect it against disclosure, misuse, espionage, loss and theft. Executive shall deliver to the Company at the termination of his employment with the Company, or at any time the Company may request, all memoranda, notes, plans, records, reports, computer tapes and software and other documents and data (and copies thereof) relating to the Confidential Information or the “Work Product” (as defined in Section 5(e)(ii)) of the business of the Company Group that Executive may then possess or have under his control.

(d) Proprietary Rights. Executive recognizes that the Company Group possesses a proprietary interest in all Confidential Information and Work Product and has the exclusive right and privilege to use, protect by copyright, patent or trademark, or otherwise exploit the processes, ideas and concepts described therein to the exclusion of Executive, except as otherwise agreed between the Company Group and Executive in writing. Executive expressly agrees that any Work Product made or developed by Executive or his agents during the course of Executive’s employment, including any Work Product which is based on or arises out of Work Product, shall be the property of and inure to the exclusive benefit of the Company Group. Executive further agrees that all Work Product developed by Executive (whether or not able to be protected by copyright, patent or trademark) during the course of his employment with the Company, or involving the use of the time, materials or other resources of the Company Group, shall be promptly disclosed to the Company Group and shall become the exclusive property of the Company Group, and Executive shall execute and deliver any and all documents necessary or appropriate to implement the foregoing.

(e) Certain Definitions.

(i) As used herein, the term “Confidential Information” means information that is not generally known to the public (but for purposes of clarity, Confidential Information shall never exclude any such information that becomes known to the public because of Executive’s unauthorized disclosure) and that is used, developed or obtained by the Company Group in connection with its business, including, but not limited to, information, observations and data obtained by Executive while employed by the Company Group concerning (A) the business or affairs of the Company Group, (B) products or services, (C) fees, costs and pricing structures, (D) designs, (E) analyses, (F) drawings, photographs and reports, (G) computer software, including operating systems, applications and program listings, (H) flow charts, manuals and documentation, (I) databases, (J) accounting and business methods, (K) inventions, devices, new developments, methods and processes, whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice, (L) customers and clients and customer or client lists, (M) other copyrightable works, (N) all production methods, processes, technology and trade secrets, and (O) all similar and related information in whatever form. Confidential Information will not include any information that has been published in a form generally available to the public (except as a result of Executive’s unauthorized disclosure) prior to the date Executive proposes to disclose or use such information. Confidential Information will not be deemed to have been published or otherwise disclosed merely because individual portions of the information have been separately published, but only if all material features comprising such information have been published in combination.

 

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(ii) As used herein, the term “Work Product” means all inventions, innovations, improvements, technical information, systems, software developments, methods, designs, analyses, drawings, reports, service marks, trademarks, trade names, logos and all similar or related information (whether patentable or unpatentable) that relates to the Company Group’s actual or anticipated business, research and development or existing or future products or services and that are conceived, developed or made by Executive (whether or not during usual business hours and whether or not alone or in conjunction with any other person) while employed by the Company together with all patent applications, letters patent, trademark, trade name and service mark applications or registrations, copyrights and reissues thereof that may be granted for or upon any of the foregoing.

6. Non-Disparagement.

During the Employment Period and at all times thereafter, neither Executive nor his agents, on the one hand, nor the Company formally, or its executives or board of directors, on the other hand, shall directly or indirectly issue or communicate any public statement, or statement likely to become public, that maligns, denigrates or disparages the other (including, in the case of communications by Executive or his agents, Company Group, any of Company Group’s officers, directors or employees, Apollo or any affiliate thereof). The foregoing shall not be violated by truthful responses to (i) legal process or governmental inquiry or (ii) by private statements to Company Group or any of Company Group’s officers, directors or employees; provided, that in the case of Executive, with respect to clause (ii), such statements are made in the course of carrying out his duties pursuant to this Agreement.

7. Confidentiality of Agreement.

The Parties agree that the consideration furnished under this Agreement, the discussions and correspondence that led to this Agreement, and the terms and conditions of this Agreement are private and confidential. Except as may be required by applicable law, regulation, or stock exchange requirement, neither Party may disclose the above information to any other person or entity without the prior written approval of the other.

8. Executive’s Representations, Warranties and Covenants.

(a) Executive hereby represents and warrants to the Company that:

(i) Executive has all requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, and this Agreement has been duly executed by Executive;

(ii) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by Executive does not and will not, with or without notice or the passage of time, conflict with, breach, violate or cause a default under any agreement, contract or instrument to which Executive is a party or any judgment, order or decree to which Executive is subject;

(iii) Executive is not a party to or bound by any employment agreement, consulting agreement, non-compete agreement, fee for services agreement, confidentiality agreement or similar agreement with any other person;

 

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(iv) upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and Executive, this Agreement will be a legal, valid and binding obligation of Executive, enforceable in accordance with its terms;

(v) Executive understands that the Company will rely upon the accuracy and truth of the representations and warranties of Executive set forth herein and Executive consents to such reliance; and

(vi) as of the date of execution of this Agreement, Executive is not in breach of any of its terms, including having committed any acts that would form the basis for a Cause termination if such act had occurred after the Effective Date.

(b) The Company hereby represents and warrants to Executive that:

(i) the Company has all requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, and this Agreement has been duly executed by the Company;

(ii) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company does not and will not, with or without notice or the passage of time, conflict with, breach, violate or cause a default under any agreement, contract or instrument to which the Company is a party or any judgment, order or decree to which the Company is subject;

(iii) upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and Executive, this Agreement will be a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms; and

(iv) the Company understands that Executive will rely upon the accuracy and truth of the representations and warranties of the Company set forth herein and the Company consents to such reliance.

9. General Provisions.

(a) Severability. It is the desire and intent of the Parties hereto that the provisions of this Agreement be enforced to the fullest extent permissible under the laws and public policies applied in each jurisdiction in which enforcement is sought. Accordingly, if any particular provision of this Agreement shall be adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, prohibited or unenforceable under any present or future law, and if the rights and obligations of any party under this Agreement will not be materially and adversely affected thereby, such provision, as to such jurisdiction, shall be ineffective, without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction; furthermore, in lieu of such invalid or unenforceable provision there will be added automatically as a part of this Agreement, a legal, valid and enforceable provision as similar in terms to such invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such provision could be more narrowly drawn so as not to be invalid, prohibited or unenforceable in such jurisdiction, it shall, as to such jurisdiction, be so narrowly drawn, without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

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(b) Entire Agreement and Effectiveness. Effective as of the Effective Date, this Agreement embodies the complete agreement and understanding among the Parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes and preempts any prior understandings, agreements or representations by or among the Parties, written or oral, which may have related to the subject matter hereof in any way (excluding any stock options or awards granted under any equity compensation plans maintained by the Company).

(c) Successors and Assigns.

(i) This Agreement is personal to Executive and without the prior written consent of the Company shall not be assignable by Executive otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by Executive’s legal representatives.

(ii) This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns. The Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company to assume expressly and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place. As used in this Agreement, “Company” shall mean the Company as hereinbefore defined and any successor to its business and/or assets as aforesaid that assumes and agrees to perform this Agreement by operation of law, or otherwise.

(d) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY CHOICE OF LAW OR CONFLICTING PROVISION OR RULE (WHETHER OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION) THAT WOULD CAUSE THE LAWS OF ANY JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO TO BE APPLIED. IN FURTHERANCE OF THE FOREGOING, THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO WILL CONTROL THE INTERPRETATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF THIS AGREEMENT, EVEN IF UNDER SUCH JURISDICTION’S CHOICE OF LAW OR CONFLICT OF LAW ANALYSIS, THE SUBSTANTIVE LAW OF SOME OTHER JURISDICTION WOULD ORDINARILY APPLY.

(e) Enforcement.

(i) Arbitration. Except for disputes arising under Sections 5 and 6 of this Agreement (including, without limitation, any claim for injunctive relief), any controversy, dispute or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or its interpretation, application, implementation, breach or enforcement which the Parties are unable to resolve by mutual agreement, shall be settled by submission by either Executive or the Company of the controversy, claim or dispute to binding arbitration in New York (unless the Parties agree in writing to a different location), before a single arbitrator in accordance with the Employment Dispute Resolution Rules of the American Arbitration Association then in effect. In any such arbitration proceeding the Parties agree to provide all discovery deemed necessary by the arbitrator. The decision and award made by the arbitrator shall be accompanied by a reasoned

 

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opinion, and shall be final, binding and conclusive on all Parties hereto for all purposes, and judgment may be entered thereon in any court having jurisdiction thereof. The Company will bear the totality of the arbitrator’s and administrative fees and costs. Each party shall bear its or his litigation costs and expenses; provided, however, that the arbitrator shall have the discretion to award the prevailing party reimbursement of its or his reasonable attorney’s fees and costs. Upon the request of any of the parties, at any time prior to the beginning of the arbitration hearing the parties may attempt in good faith to settle the dispute by mediation administered by the American Arbitration Association. The Company will bear the totality of the mediator’s and administrative fees and costs.

(ii) Remedies. All remedies hereunder are cumulative, are in addition to any other remedies provided for by law and may, to the extent permitted by law, be exercised concurrently or separately, and the exercise of any one remedy shall not be deemed to be an election of such remedy or to preclude the exercise of any other remedy.

(iii) Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT.

(f) Amendment and Waiver. The provisions of this Agreement may be amended and waived only with the prior written consent of the Company and Executive and no course of conduct or failure or delay in enforcing the provisions of this Agreement shall be construed as a waiver of such provisions or affect the validity, binding effect or enforceability of this Agreement or any provision hereof.

(g) Notices. Any notice provided for in this Agreement must be in writing and must be either personally delivered, transmitted via telecopier, mailed by first class mail (postage prepaid and return receipt requested) or sent by reputable overnight courier service (charges prepaid) to the recipient at the address below indicated or at such other address or to the attention of such other person as the recipient party has specified by prior written notice to the sending party. Notices will be deemed to have been given hereunder and received when delivered personally, when received if transmitted via telecopier, five days after deposit in the U.S. mail and one day after deposit for overnight delivery with a reputable overnight courier service.

If to the Company, to:

EVERTEC, Inc.

Carr #176, Km 1.3

Cupey Bajo, Rio Piedras Puerto Rico 00926

P.O. Box 364527

San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-4527

Telephone: (787) 759-9999

 

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with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Apollo Management VII, L.P.

9 West 57th Street

New York, NY 10019

Attention: Marc Becker

Telephone: 212-515-3200

Facsimile: 212-515-3263

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

One Bryant Park

New York, NY 10036

Facsimile: (212) 872-1002

Attention: Adam Weinstein, Esq.

If to Executive, to:

Executive’s home address most recently on file with the Company.

(h) Withholdings Taxes. The Company may withhold from any amounts payable under this Agreement such federal, state and local taxes as may be required to be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation.

(i) Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements. All representations, warranties and agreements contained herein shall survive the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby indefinitely.

(j) Descriptive Headings. The descriptive headings of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a part of this Agreement. All references to a “Section” in this Agreement are to a section of this Agreement unless otherwise noted.

(k) Construction. Where specific language is used to clarify by example a general statement contained herein, such specific language shall not be deemed to modify, limit or restrict in any manner the construction of the general statement to which it relates. The language used in this Agreement shall be deemed to be the language chosen by the Parties to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction shall be applied against any Party.

(l) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in separate counterparts, each of which is deemed to be an original and all of which taken together constitute one and the same agreement.

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EXECUTION COPY

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

EVERTEC, INC.
By:   /s/ Félix M. Villamil Pagani
  Name: Félix M. Villamil Pagani
  Title:   President
JORGE R. HERNANDEZ
Signature:  

/s/ Jorge R. Hernandez

EX-10.17 20 dex1017.htm CARIB HOLDINGS, INC. 2010 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN Carib Holdings, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan

Exhibit 10.17

EXECUTION VERSION

CARIB HOLDINGS, INC.

2010 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

1. Purpose. The purpose of the Carib Holdings, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan is to provide a means through which the Company and its Affiliates may attract and retain key personnel and to provide a means whereby directors, officers, employees, consultants and advisors (and prospective directors, officers, employees, consultants and advisors) of the Company and its Affiliates can acquire and maintain an equity interest in the Company, or be paid incentive compensation, which may (but need not) be measured by reference to the value of Common Shares, thereby strengthening their commitment to the welfare of the Company and its Affiliates and aligning their interests with those of the Company’s shareholders.

2. Definitions. The following definitions shall be applicable throughout the Plan:

(a) “Affiliate” means (i) any person or entity that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with the Company and/or (ii) to the extent provided by the Committee, any person or entity in which the Company has a significant interest. The term “control” (including, with correlative meaning, the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as applied to any person or entity, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such person or entity, whether through the ownership of voting or other securities, by contract or otherwise.

(b) “Award” means, individually or collectively, any Incentive Stock Option, Nonqualified Stock Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Unit, Stock Bonus Award, and Performance Compensation Award granted under the Plan.

(c) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

(d) “Business Combination” has the meaning given such term in the definition of “Change in Control.”

(e) “Cause” means, in the case of a particular Award, unless the applicable Award agreement states otherwise, (i) the Company or an Affiliate having “cause” to terminate a Participant’s employment or service, as defined in any employment or consulting agreement between the Participant and the Company or an Affiliate in effect at the time of such termination or (ii) in the absence of any such employment or consulting agreement (or the absence of any definition of “Cause” contained therein), (A) the Participant’s commission of, conviction for, plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude, or other material act or omission involving dishonesty or fraud, (B) the Participant’s conduct that results in or is reasonably likely to result in harm to the reputation or business of the Company or any of its Affiliates in any material way, (C) the Participant’s failure to perform duties as reasonably directed by the Company or the Participant’s material violation of any rule, regulation, policy or plan for the conduct of any service provider to the Company or its Affiliates or its or their business (which, if curable, is not cured within 10 days after notice thereof is provided to the Participant) or (D) the Participant’s gross negligence, willful malfeasance or material act of disloyalty with respect to the Company or its Affiliates (which, if curable, is not cured within 10


days after notice thereof is provided to the Participant). Any determination of whether Cause exists shall be made by the Committee in its sole discretion.

(f) “Capital Stock” means any and all shares of, interests and participations in, and other equivalents (however designated) of stock, including, without limitation, all Common Shares and preferred stock.

(g) “Change in Control” shall, in the case of a particular Award, unless the applicable Award agreement states otherwise or contains a different definition of “Change in Control,” be deemed to occur upon:

(i) the consummation of a Sale of the Company; or

(ii) any transaction or series of related transactions in which the Investor sells at least 50% of the Common Shares directly or indirectly acquired by it (from the Company or otherwise) and at least 50% of the aggregate of all Investor Investments; provided, that, any acquisition by an Excluded Entity shall not be deemed to result in a Change in Control.

(h) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any successor thereto or the Puerto Rico Code. Reference in the Plan to any section of the Code shall be deemed to include any regulations or other interpretative guidance under such section, and any amendments or successor provisions to such section, regulations or guidance.

(i) “Committee” means a committee of at least two people as the Board may appoint to administer the Plan or, if no such committee has been appointed by the Board, the Board.

(j) “Common Shares” means the voting and non-voting common shares, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (and any stock or other securities into which such common shares may be converted or into which they may be exchanged).

(k) “Company” means Carib Holdings, Inc.

(l) “Date of Grant” means the date on which the granting of an Award is authorized, or such other date as may be specified in such authorization.

(m) “Effective Date” means the date as of which this Plan is adopted by the Board.

(n) “Eligible Director” means a person who is a “non-employee director” within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act.

(o) “Eligible Person” means any (i) individual employed by the Company or an Affiliate; provided, however, that no such employee covered by a collective bargaining agreement shall be an Eligible Person unless and to the extent that such eligibility is set forth in such collective bargaining agreement or in an agreement or instrument relating thereto; (ii) director of the Company or an Affiliate; (iii) consultant or advisor to the Company or an Affiliate, provided that if the Securities Act applies such persons must be eligible to be offered

 

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securities registrable on Form S-8 under the Securities Act; or (iv) prospective employees, directors, officers, consultants or advisors who have accepted offers of employment or consultancy from the Company or its Affiliates (and would satisfy the provisions of clauses (i) through (iii) above once he or she begins employment with or begins providing services to the Company or its Affiliates).

(p) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Any reference in the Plan to any section of (or rule promulgated under) the Exchange Act shall be deemed to include any rules, regulations or other interpretative guidance under such section or rule, and any amendments or successor provisions to such section, rules, regulations or guidance.

(q) “Excluded Entity” means the Investor, Popular, Inc., the Company and any Affiliate of any of the foregoing.

(r) “Exercise Price” has the meaning given such term in Section 7(b) of the Plan.

(s) “Fair Market Value” means, as of any date, the value of Common Shares determined as follows:

(i) If the Common Shares are listed on any established stock exchange or a national market system will be the closing sales price for such shares (or the closing bid, if no sales were reported) as quoted on such exchange or system on the day of determination, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Committee deems reliable;

(ii) If the Common Shares are regularly quoted by a recognized securities dealer but selling prices are not reported, the Fair Market Value of a Common Share will be the mean between the high bid and low asked prices for the Common Shares on the day of determination, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Committee deems reliable; or

(iii) In the absence of an established market for the Common Shares, the Fair Market Value will be determined in good faith by the Committee in accordance with Section 409A of the Code.

(t) “Immediate Family Members” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 15(b).

(u) “Incentive Stock Option” means an Option that is designated by the Committee as an incentive stock option as described in Section 422 of the Code or a “qualified stock option” as described in Section 1046 of the Puerto Rico Internal Code of 1994, as amended (the “Puerto Rico Code”) and, in each case, otherwise meets the requirements set forth in the Plan.

(v) “Indemnifiable Person” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(e) of the Plan.

 

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(w) “Independent Third Party” means any person that (i) did not own in excess of five percent (5%) of Common Shares deemed outstanding (on a fully diluted basis) as of the first anniversary of the Effective Date; and (ii) is not an Affiliate of such owner.

(x) “Investor” means Apollo Investment Fund VII, L.P., each of its Affiliates and any other investment fund or vehicle managed by Apollo Management VII, L.P. or any of its Affiliates (including any successors or assigns of any such manager).

(y) “Investor Investment” means direct or indirect investments in Common Shares or other Capital Stock of the Company made by the Investor on or after September 30, 2010, but excluding any purchases or repurchases of Common Shares on any securities exchange or any national market system after an initial Public Offering. The term “Investor Investment” excludes any investment originally made by the Investor in a Person other than the Company or a Subsidiary.

(z) “Investor IRR” means the pretax compounded annual internal rate of return calculated on a quarterly basis realized by the Investor on the Investor Investment, based on the aggregate amount invested by the Investor for all Investor Investments and the aggregate amount of cash received by, and any securities received by the Investor as a return on the Investor Investment that have been distributed to investors in investment funds managed by Apollo Management VII, L.P. or any of its Affiliates (“Distributed Securities”) that were distributed to, the Investor in respect of all Investor Investments, assuming all Investor Investments were purchased by one Person and were held continuously by such Person. The Investor IRR shall be determined based on the actual time of each Investor Investment and actual cash received by, and Distributed Securities distributed to, the Investor in respect of all Investor Investments and including, as a return on each Investor Investment, any cash dividends, cash distributions, cash sales or cash interest made by the Company or any Subsidiary in respect of such Investor Investment during such period, but excluding any other amounts payable that are not directly attributable to an Investor Investment and excluding any management fees. For purposes of determining Investor IRR in respect of Distributed Securities, the fair market value of those securities on the date on which the Distributed Securities are distributed shall be used for purposes of calculating the annual internal rate of return, and such date shall be deemed the date on which the return on the Investor Investment was received by the Investor.

(aa) Mature Shares” means Common Shares owned by a Participant that are not subject to any pledge or security interest and that have been either previously acquired by the Participant on the open market or meet such other requirements, if any, as the Committee may determine are necessary in order to avoid an accounting earnings charge on account of the use of such shares to pay the Exercise Price or satisfy a withholding obligation of the Participant.

(bb) “Negative Discretion” shall mean the discretion authorized by the Plan to be applied by the Committee to eliminate or reduce the size of a Performance Compensation Award.

(cc) “Nonqualified Stock Option” means an Option that is not designated by the Committee as an Incentive Stock Option.

 

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(dd) “Option” means an Award granted under Section 7 of the Plan.

(ee) “Option Period” has the meaning given such term in Section 7(c) of the Plan.

(ff) “Participant” means an Eligible Person who has been selected by the Committee to participate in the Plan and to receive an Award pursuant to Section 6 of the Plan.

(gg) “Performance Compensation Award” shall mean any Award designated by the Committee as a Performance Compensation Award pursuant to Section 11 of the Plan.

(hh) “Performance Criteria” shall mean the criterion or criteria that the Committee shall select for purposes of establishing the Performance Goal(s) for a Performance Period with respect to any Performance Compensation Award under the Plan.

(ii) “Performance Formula” shall mean, for a Performance Period, the one or more objective formulae applied against the relevant Performance Goal to determine, with regard to the Performance Compensation Award of a particular Participant, whether all, some portion but less than all, or none of the Performance Compensation Award has been earned for the Performance Period.

(jj) “Performance Goals” shall mean, for a Performance Period, the one or more goals established by the Committee for the Performance Period based upon the Performance Criteria.

(kk) “Performance Period” shall mean the one or more periods of time, as the Committee may select, over which the attainment of one or more Performance Goals will be measured for the purpose of determining a Participant’s right to, and the payment of, a Performance Compensation Award.

(ll) “Permitted Transferee” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 15(b) of the Plan.

(mm) “Person” means “person” as such term is used in Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act.

(nn) “Plan” means this Carib Holdings, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan.

(oo) “Public Offering” means the closing of a public offering of Common Shares pursuant to a registration statement declared effective under the Securities Act, except that a Public Offering shall not include (i) an offering made primarily pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-4 in connection with a business combination or on Form S-8 in connection with an employee benefit plan of the Company or made primarily to employees or consultants of the Company; or (ii) an offering of 10% or less of the then outstanding Common Shares.

(pp) “Restricted Period” means the period of time determined by the Committee during which an Award is subject to restrictions or, as applicable, the period of time

 

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within which performance is measured for purposes of determining whether an Award has been earned.

(qq) “Restricted Stock Unit” means an unfunded and unsecured promise to deliver Common Shares, cash, other securities or other property, subject to certain restrictions (including, without limitation, a requirement that the Participant remain continuously employed or provide continuous services for a specified period of time), granted under Section 9 of the Plan.

(rr) “Restricted Stock” means Common Shares, subject to certain specified restrictions (including, without limitation, a requirement that the Participant remain continuously employed or provide continuous services for a specified period of time), granted under Section 9 of the Plan.

(ss) “Sale of the Company” means the sale of the Company to one or more Independent Third Parties, pursuant to which such party or parties acquire (i) Capital Stock of the Company possessing the voting power to elect a majority of the Board (whether by merger, consolidation, recapitalization or sale or transfer of the Company’s Capital Stock or otherwise); or (ii) all or substantially all of the Company’s assets determined on a consolidated basis; provided, that, any acquisition by an Excluded Entity shall not be deemed to result in a Sale of the Company.

(tt) “SAR Period” has the meaning given such term in Section 8(c) of the Plan.

(uu) “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any successor thereto. Reference in the Plan to any section of the Securities Act shall be deemed to include any rules, regulations or other interpretative guidance under such section, and any amendments or successor provisions to such section, rules, regulations or guidance.

(vv) “Stock Appreciation Right” or SAR means an Award granted under Section 8 of the Plan.

(ww) “Stock Bonus Award” means an Award granted under Section 10 of the Plan.

(xx) “Strike Price” means, except as otherwise provided by the Committee in the case of Substitute Awards, (i) in the case of a SAR granted in tandem with an Option, the Exercise Price of the related Option, or (ii) in the case of a SAR granted independent of an Option, the Fair Market Value on the Date of Grant.

(yy) “Subsidiary” means, with respect to any specified Person:

(1) any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Outstanding Company Voting Securities (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency and after giving effect to any voting agreement or shareholders’ agreement that effectively transfers voting power) is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof); and

 

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(2) any partnership (or any comparable foreign entity (a) the sole general partner (or functional equivalent thereof) or the managing general partner of which is such Person or Subsidiary of such Person or (b) the only general partners (or functional equivalents thereof) of which are that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person (or any combination thereof).

(zz) “Substitute Award” has the meaning given such term in Section 5(e).

3. Effective Date; Duration. The Plan shall be effective as of the Effective Date. The expiration date of the Plan, on and after which date no Awards may be granted hereunder, shall be the tenth anniversary of the Effective Date; provided, however, that such expiration shall not affect Awards then outstanding, and the terms and conditions of the Plan shall continue to apply to such Awards.

4. Administration. (a) The Committee shall administer the Plan. To the extent required to comply with the provisions of Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act (if the Board is not acting as the Committee under the Plan), it is intended that each member of the Committee shall, at the time he takes any action with respect to an Award under the Plan, be an Eligible Director. However, the fact that a Committee member shall fail to qualify as an Eligible Director shall not invalidate any Award granted by the Committee that is otherwise validly granted under the Plan. The acts of a majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present or acts approved in writing by a majority of the Committee shall be deemed the acts of the Committee. Whether a quorum is present shall be determined based on the Committee’s charter as approved by the Board.

(b) Subject to the provisions of the Plan and applicable law, the Committee shall have the sole and plenary authority, in addition to other express powers and authorizations conferred on the Committee by the Plan, to: (i) designate Participants; (ii) determine the type or types of Awards to be granted to a Participant; (iii) determine the number of Common Shares to be covered by, or with respect to which payments, rights, or other matters are to be calculated in connection with, Awards; (iv) determine the terms and conditions of any Award; (v) determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances Awards may be settled or exercised in cash, Common Shares, other securities, other Awards or other property, or canceled, forfeited, or suspended and the method or methods by which Awards may be settled, exercised, canceled, forfeited, or suspended; (vi) determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances the delivery of cash, Common Shares, other securities, other Awards or other property and other amounts payable with respect to an Award shall be deferred either automatically or at the election of the Participant or of the Committee; (vii) interpret, administer, reconcile any inconsistency in, correct any defect in and/or supply any omission in the Plan and any instrument or agreement relating to, or Award granted under, the Plan; (viii) establish, amend, suspend, or waive any rules and regulations and appoint such agents as the Committee shall deem appropriate for the proper administration of the Plan; (ix) accelerate the vesting or exercisability of, payment for or lapse of restrictions on, Awards; and (x) make any other determination and take any other action that the Committee deems necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan.

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obligation, or election that is the responsibility of or that is allocated to the Committee herein, and that may be so delegated as a matter of law, except for grants of Awards to persons subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

(d) Unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan, all designations, determinations, interpretations, and other decisions under or with respect to the Plan or any Award or any documents evidencing Awards granted pursuant to the Plan shall be within the sole discretion of the Committee, may be made at any time and shall be final, conclusive and binding upon all persons or entities, including, without limitation, the Company, any Affiliate, any Participant, any holder or beneficiary of any Award, and any shareholder of the Company.

(e) No member of the Board, the Committee, delegate of the Committee or any employee or agent of the Company (each such person, an “Indemnifiable Person”) shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken or any determination made in good faith with respect to the Plan or any Award hereunder. Each Indemnifiable Person shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against and from any loss, cost, liability, or expense (including attorneys’ fees) that may be imposed upon or incurred by such Indemnifiable Person in connection with or resulting from any action, suit or proceeding to which such Indemnifiable Person may be a party or in which such Indemnifiable Person may be involved by reason of any action taken or omitted to be taken under the Plan or any Award agreement and against and from any and all amounts paid by such Indemnifiable Person with the Company’s approval, in settlement thereof, or paid by such Indemnifiable Person in satisfaction of any judgment in any such action, suit or proceeding against such Indemnifiable Person, provided, that the Company shall have the right, at its own expense, to assume and defend any such action, suit or proceeding and once the Company gives notice of its intent to assume the defense, the Company shall have sole control over such defense with counsel of the Company’s choice. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be available to an Indemnifiable Person to the extent that a final judgment or other final adjudication (in either case not subject to further appeal) binding upon such Indemnifiable Person determines that the acts or omissions of such Indemnifiable Person giving rise to the indemnification claim resulted from such Indemnifiable Person’s bad faith, fraud or willful criminal act or omission or that such right of indemnification is otherwise prohibited by law or by the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which such Indemnifiable Persons may be entitled under the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, as a matter of law, or otherwise, or any other power that the Company may have to indemnify such Indemnifiable Persons or hold them harmless.

(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Plan, the Board may, in its sole discretion, at any time and from time to time, grant Awards and administer the Plan with respect to such Awards. In any such case, the Board shall have all the authority granted to the Committee under the Plan.

5. Grant of Awards; Shares Subject to the Plan; Limitations. (a) The Committee may, from time to time, grant Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Stock Bonus Awards and/or Performance Compensation Awards to one or more Eligible Persons.

 

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(b) Awards granted under the Plan shall be subject to the following limitations: subject to Section 12 of the Plan, the Committee is authorized to deliver under the Plan 2,921,604 Common Shares.

(c) Use of Common Shares to pay the required Exercise Price or tax obligations, or that are used or withheld to satisfy tax obligations of the Participant shall, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, not be available again for other Awards under the Plan. Shares underlying Awards under this Plan that are forfeited, cancelled, expire unexercised, or are settled in cash are available again for Awards under the Plan.

(d) Common Shares delivered by the Company in settlement of Awards may be authorized and unissued shares, shares held in the treasury of the Company, shares purchased on the open market or by private purchase, or a combination of the foregoing.

(e) Awards may, in the sole discretion of the Committee, be granted under the Plan in assumption of, or in substitution for, outstanding awards previously granted by an entity acquired by the Company or with which the Company combines (“Substitute Awards”) to a person would otherwise be an Eligible Person following the closing of such acquisition or combination. The number of Common Shares underlying any Substitute Awards shall be counted against the aggregate number of Common Shares available for Awards under the Plan.

6. Eligibility. Participation shall be limited to Eligible Persons who have entered into an Award agreement or who have received written notification from the Committee, or from a person designated by the Committee, that they have been selected to participate in the Plan.

7. Options. (a) Generally. Each Option granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award agreement (whether in paper or electronic medium (including email or the posting on a web site maintained by the Company or a third party under contract with the Company)). Each Option so granted shall be subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 7, and to such other conditions not inconsistent with the Plan as may be reflected in the applicable Award agreement. All Options granted under the Plan shall be Nonqualified Stock Options unless the applicable Award agreement expressly states that the Option is intended to be an Incentive Stock Option. Incentive Stock Options shall be granted only to Eligible Persons who are employees of the Company and its Affiliates, and no Incentive Stock Option shall be granted to any Eligible Person who is ineligible to receive an Incentive Stock Option under the Code. No Option shall be treated as an Incentive Stock Option unless the Plan has been approved by the shareholders of the Company in a manner intended to comply with the stockholder approval requirements of Section 422(b)(1) of the Code or Section 1046 of the Puerto Rico Code, provided that any Option intended to be an Incentive Stock Option shall not fail to be effective solely on account of a failure to obtain such approval, but rather such Option shall be treated as a Nonqualified Stock Option unless and until such approval is obtained. To the extent an Incentive Stock Option is intended to be a “qualified stock option” as described in Section 1046 of the Puerto Rico Code, prior to the grant of such Incentive Stock Option, the Company shall submit the Plan to the Secretary of the Treasury of Puerto Rico for a determination that the Plan complies with the provisions of Section of 1046 of the Puerto Rico Code. In the case of an Incentive Stock Option, the terms and conditions of such grant shall be subject to and comply with such rules as may be prescribed by Section 422 of the Code or Section 1046 of the Puerto Rico Code, as applicable. If

 

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for any reason an Option intended to be an Incentive Stock Option (or any portion thereof) shall not qualify as an Incentive Stock Option, then, to the extent of such nonqualification, such Option or portion thereof shall be regarded as a Nonqualified Stock Option appropriately granted under the Plan.

(b) Exercise Price. The exercise price (“Exercise Price”) per Common Share for each Option shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of such share determined as of the Date of Grant; provided, however, that in the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to an employee who, at the time of the grant of such Option, owns shares representing more than 10% of the voting power of all classes of shares of the Company or any Affiliate, the Exercise Price per share shall not be less than 110% of the Fair Market Value per share on the Date of Grant and provided further that, notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, the Exercise Price shall not be less than the par value per Common Share.

(c) Vesting and Expiration. Options shall vest and become exercisable in such manner and on such date or dates determined by the Committee and shall expire after such period, not to exceed ten years, as may be determined by the Committee (the “Option Period”); provided, however, that the Option Period shall not exceed five years from the Date of Grant in the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to a Participant who on the Date of Grant owns shares representing more than 10% of the voting power of all classes of shares of the Company or any Affiliate; provided, further, that notwithstanding any vesting dates set by the Committee, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, accelerate the exercisability of any Option, which acceleration shall not affect the terms and conditions of such Option other than with respect to exercisability. Unless otherwise provided by the Committee in an Award agreement: (i) an Option shall vest and become exercisable with respect to 100% of the Common Shares subject to such Option on the third anniversary of the Date of Grant; (ii) the unvested portion of an Option shall expire upon termination of employment or service of the Participant granted the Option, and the vested portion of such Option shall remain exercisable for (A) one year following termination of employment or service by reason of such Participant’s death or disability (as determined by the Committee), but not later than the expiration of the Option Period or (B) 90 days following termination of employment or service for any reason other than such Participant’s death or disability, and other than such Participant’s termination of employment or service for Cause, but not later than the expiration of the Option Period; and (iii) both the unvested and the vested portion of an Option shall expire upon the termination of the Participant’s employment or service by the Company for Cause.

(d) Method of Exercise and Form of Payment. No Common Shares shall be delivered pursuant to any exercise of an Option until payment in full of the Exercise Price therefor is received by the Company and the Participant has paid to the Company an amount equal to any federal, state, local and non-U.S. income and employment taxes required to be withheld. Options that have become exercisable may be exercised by delivery of written or electronic notice of exercise to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Option accompanied by payment of the Exercise Price. The Exercise Price shall be payable (i) in cash, check, cash equivalent and/or Common Shares valued at the fair market value at the time the Option is exercised (including, pursuant to procedures approved by the Committee, by means of attestation of ownership of a sufficient number of Common Shares in lieu of actual delivery of such shares to the Company); provided, that such Common Shares are not subject to any pledge

 

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or other security interest and are Mature Shares and; (ii) by such other method as the Committee may permit in accordance with applicable law, in its sole discretion, including without limitation: (A) in other property having a fair market value on the date of exercise equal to the Exercise Price or (B) if there is a public market for the Common Shares at such time, by means of a broker-assisted “cashless exercise” pursuant to which the Company is delivered a copy of irrevocable instructions to a stockbroker to sell the Common Shares otherwise deliverable upon the exercise of the Option and to deliver promptly to the Company an amount equal to the Exercise Price or (C) by a “net exercise” method whereby the Company withholds from the delivery of the Common Shares for which the Option was exercised that number of Common Shares having a fair market value equal to the aggregate Exercise Price for the Common Shares for which the Option was exercised. Any fractional Common Shares shall be settled in cash.

(e) Notification upon Disqualifying Disposition of an Incentive Stock Option. Each Participant awarded an Incentive Stock Option under the Plan shall notify the Company in writing immediately after the date he makes a disqualifying disposition of any Common Shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of such Incentive Stock Option. A disqualifying disposition is any disposition (including, without limitation, any sale) of such Common Shares before the later of (A) two years after the Date of Grant of the Incentive Stock Option or (B) one year after the date of exercise of the Incentive Stock Option. The Company may, if determined by the Committee and in accordance with procedures established by the Committee, retain possession of any Common Shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of an Incentive Stock Option as agent for the applicable Participant until the end of the period described in the preceding sentence.

(f) Compliance With Laws, etc. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall a Participant be permitted to exercise an Option in a manner that the Committee determines would violate the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, if applicable, or any other applicable law or the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission or the applicable rules and regulations of any securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system on which the securities of the Company are listed or traded.

8. Stock Appreciation Rights. (a) Generally. Each SAR granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award agreement (whether in paper or electronic medium (including email or the posting on a web site maintained by the Company or a third party under contract with the Company)). Each SAR so granted shall be subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 8, and to such other conditions not inconsistent with the Plan as may be reflected in the applicable Award agreement. Any Option granted under the Plan may include tandem SARs. The Committee also may award SARs to Eligible Persons independent of any Option.

(b) Exercise Price. The Exercise Price per Common Share for each Option shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of such share determined as of the Date of Grant

(c) Vesting and Expiration. A SAR granted in connection with an Option shall become exercisable and shall expire according to the same vesting schedule and expiration provisions as the corresponding Option. A SAR granted independent of an Option shall vest and become exercisable and shall expire in such manner and on such date or dates determined by the Committee and shall expire after such period, not to exceed ten years, as may be determined by

 

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the Committee (the “SAR Period”); provided, however, that notwithstanding any vesting dates set by the Committee, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, accelerate the exercisability of any SAR, which acceleration shall not affect the terms and conditions of such SAR other than with respect to exercisability. Unless otherwise provided by the Committee in an Award agreement: (i) a SAR shall vest and become exercisable with respect to 100% of the Common Shares subject to such SAR on the third anniversary of the Date of Grant; (ii) the unvested portion of a SAR shall expire upon termination of employment or service of the Participant granted the SAR, and the vested portion of such SAR shall remain exercisable for (A) one year following termination of employment or service by reason of such Participant’s death or disability (as determined by the Committee), but not later than the expiration of the SAR Period or (B) 90 days following termination of employment or service for any reason other than such Participant’s death or disability, and other than such Participant’s termination of employment or service for Cause, but not later than the expiration of the SAR Period; and (iii) both the unvested and the vested portion of a SAR shall expire upon the termination of the Participant’s employment or service by the Company for Cause.

(d) Method of Exercise. SARs that have become exercisable may be exercised by delivery of written or electronic notice of exercise to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Award, specifying the number of SARs to be exercised and the date on which such SARs were awarded. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if on the last day of the Option Period (or in the case of a SAR independent of an option, the SAR Period), the fair market value exceeds the Strike Price, the Participant has not exercised the SAR or the corresponding Option (if applicable), and neither the SAR nor the corresponding Option (if applicable) has expired, such SAR shall be deemed to have been exercised by the Participant on such last day and the Company shall make the appropriate payment therefor.

(e) Payment. Upon the exercise of a SAR, the Company shall pay to the Participant an amount equal to the number of shares subject to the SAR that are being exercised multiplied by the excess, if any, of the fair market value of one Common Share on the exercise date over the Strike Price, less an amount equal to any federal, state, local and non-U.S. income and employment taxes required to be withheld. The Company shall pay such amount in cash, in Common Shares valued at fair market value, or any combination thereof, as determined by the Committee. Any fractional Common Share shall be settled in cash.

9. Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units. (a) Generally. Each grant of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units shall be evidenced by an Award agreement (whether in paper or electronic medium (including email or the posting on a web site maintained by the Company or a third party under contract with the Company)). Each such grant shall be subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 9, and to such other conditions not inconsistent with the Plan as may be reflected in the applicable Award agreement.

(b) Restricted Accounts; Escrow or Similar Arrangement. Upon the grant of Restricted Stock, a book entry in a restricted account shall be established in the Participant’s name at the Company’s transfer agent and, if the Committee determines that the Restricted Stock shall be held by the Company or in escrow rather than held in such restricted account pending the release of the applicable restrictions, the Committee may require the Participant to additionally execute and deliver to the Company (i) an escrow agreement satisfactory to the

 

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Committee, if applicable, and (ii) the appropriate share power (endorsed in blank) with respect to the Restricted Stock covered by such agreement. If a Participant shall fail to execute an agreement evidencing an Award of Restricted Stock and, if applicable, an escrow agreement and blank share power within the amount of time specified by the Committee, the Award shall be null and void. Subject to the restrictions set forth in this Section 9 and the applicable Award agreement, the Participant generally shall have the rights and privileges of a shareholder as to such Restricted Stock, including without limitation the right to vote such Restricted Stock and the right to receive dividends, if applicable. To the extent shares of Restricted Stock are forfeited, any share certificates issued to the Participant evidencing such shares shall be returned to the Company, and all rights of the Participant to such shares and as a shareholder with respect thereto shall terminate without further obligation on the part of the Company.

(c) Vesting; Acceleration of Lapse of Restrictions. Unless otherwise provided by the Committee in an Award agreement: (i) the Restricted Period shall lapse with respect to 100% of the Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units on the third anniversary of the Date of Grant; and (ii) the unvested portion of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units shall terminate and be forfeited upon termination of employment or service of the Participant granted the applicable Award.

(d) Delivery of Restricted Stock and Settlement of Restricted Stock Units. (i) Upon the expiration of the Restricted Period with respect to any shares of Restricted Stock, the restrictions set forth in the applicable Award agreement shall be of no further force or effect with respect to such shares, except as set forth in the applicable Award agreement. If an escrow arrangement is used, upon such expiration, the Company shall deliver to the Participant, or his beneficiary, without charge, the share certificate evidencing the shares of Restricted Stock that have not then been forfeited and with respect to which the Restricted Period has expired (rounded down to the nearest full share). Dividends, if any, that may have been withheld by the Committee and attributable to any particular share of Restricted Stock shall be distributed to the Committee and attributable to any particular share of Restricted Stock shall be distributed to the Participant in cash or, at the sole discretion of the Committee, in shares of Common Stock having a fair market value equal to the amount of such dividends, upon the release of restrictions on such share and, if such share is forfeited, the Participant shall have no right to such dividends (except as otherwise set forth by the Committee in the applicable Award agreement).

(ii) Unless otherwise provided by the Committee in an Award agreement, upon the expiration of the Restricted Period with respect to any outstanding Restricted Stock Units, the Company shall deliver to the Participant, or his beneficiary, without charge, one Common Share for each such outstanding Restricted Stock Unit; provided, however, that the Committee may, in its sole discretion, elect to (i) pay cash or part cash and part Common Share in lieu of delivering only Common Shares in respect of such Restricted Stock Units or (ii) defer the delivery of Common Shares (or cash or part Common Shares and part cash, as the case may be) beyond the expiration of the Restricted Period if such delivery would result in a violation of applicable law until such time as is no longer the case. If a cash payment is made in lieu of delivering Common Shares, the amount of such payment shall be equal to the fair market value of the Common Shares as of the date on which the Restricted Period lapsed with respect to such Restricted Stock Units, less an amount equal to any federal, state, local and non-U.S. income and employment taxes required to be withheld.

 

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10. Stock Bonus Awards. The Committee may issue unrestricted Common Shares, or other Awards denominated in Common Shares, under the Plan to Eligible Persons, either alone or in tandem with other awards, in such amounts as the Committee shall from time to time in its sole discretion determine. Each Stock Bonus Award granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award agreement (whether in paper or electronic medium (including email or the posting on a web site maintained by the Company or a third party under contract with the Company)). Each Stock Bonus Award so granted shall be subject to such conditions not inconsistent with the Plan as may be reflected in the applicable Award agreement.

11. Performance Compensation Awards. (a) Generally. The Committee shall have the authority, at the time of grant of any Award described in Sections 7 through 10 of the Plan, to designate such Award as a Performance Compensation Award. The Committee shall have the authority to make an award of a cash bonus to any Participant.

(b) Discretion of Committee with Respect to Performance Compensation Awards. With regard to a particular Performance Period, the Committee shall have sole discretion to select the length of such Performance Period, the type(s) of Performance Compensation Awards to be issued, the Performance Criteria that will be used to establish the Performance Goal(s), the kind(s) and/or level(s) of the Performance Goals(s) that is (are) to apply and the Performance Formula. Within the first 90 days of a Performance Period, if applicable), the Committee shall, with regard to the Performance Compensation Awards to be issued for such Performance Period, exercise its discretion with respect to each of the matters enumerated in the immediately preceding sentence and record the same in writing.

(c) Performance Criteria. The Performance Criteria that will be used to establish the Performance Goal(s) shall be based on the attainment of specific levels of performance of the Company (and/or one or more Affiliates, divisions or operational units, or any combination of the foregoing) and may include the following or any such other Performance Criteria as determined by the Committee in its discretion: (i) net earnings or net income (before or after taxes); (ii) basic or diluted earnings per share (before or after taxes); (iii) net revenue or revenue growth; (iv) gross profit or gross profit growth; (v) operating profit (before or after taxes); (vi) return measures (including, but not limited to, return on assets, capital, invested capital, equity, or sales); (vii) cash flow (including, but not limited to, operating cash flow, free cash flow, and cash flow return on capital); (viii) earnings before or after taxes, interest, depreciation and/or amortization; (ix) gross or operating margins; (x) productivity ratios; (xi) share price (including, but not limited to, growth measures and total shareholder return); (xii) expense targets; (xiii) margins; (xiv) operating efficiency; (xv) objective measures of customer satisfaction; (xvi) working capital targets; (xvii) measures of economic value added; (xviii) inventory control; (xix) enterprise value; (xx) sales; (xxi) debt levels and net debt; (xxii) combined ratio; (xxiii) timely launch of new facilities; (xxiv) client retention; (xxv) employee retention; (xxvi) timely completion of new product rollouts; and (xxvii) objective measures of personal targets, goals or completion of projects. Any one or more of the Performance Criteria may be used on an absolute or relative basis to measure the performance of the Company and/or one or more Affiliates as a whole or any business unit(s) of the Company and/or one or more Affiliates or any combination thereof, as the Committee may deem appropriate, or any of the above Performance Criteria may be compared to the performance of a selected group of comparison companies, or a published or special index that the Committee, in its sole discretion,

 

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deems appropriate, or as compared to various stock market indices. The Committee also has the authority to provide for accelerated vesting of any Award based on the achievement of Performance Goals pursuant to the Performance Criteria specified in this paragraph.

(d) Modification of Performance Goal(s). In the event that applicable tax and/or securities laws change to permit Committee discretion to alter the governing Performance Criteria without obtaining shareholder approval of such alterations, the Committee shall have sole discretion to make such alterations without obtaining shareholder approval. The Committee is authorized at any, in its sole discretion, to adjust or modify the calculation of a Performance Goal for such Performance Period, based on and in order to appropriately reflect the following events: (i) asset write-downs; (ii) litigation or claim judgments or settlements; (iii) the effect of changes in tax laws, accounting principles, or other laws or regulatory rules affecting reported results; (iv) any reorganization and restructuring programs; (v) extraordinary nonrecurring items as described in Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 30 (or any successor pronouncement thereto) and/or in management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations appearing in the Company’s annual report to shareholders for the applicable year; (vi) acquisitions or divestitures; (vii) any other specific unusual or nonrecurring events, or objectively determinable category thereof; (viii) foreign exchange gains and losses; (ix) a change in the Company’s fiscal year and (x) any other extra-ordinary event that, in the reasonable determination of the Committee, impacts the applicable Performance Criteria.

(e) Payment of Performance Compensation Awards. (i) Condition to Receipt of Payment. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Award agreement, a Participant must be employed by the Company on the last day of a Performance Period to be eligible for payment in respect of a Performance Compensation Award for such Performance Period.

(ii) Limitation. A Participant shall be eligible to receive payment in respect of a Performance Compensation Award only to the extent that: (A) the Performance Goals for such period are achieved; and (B) all or some of the portion of such Participant’s Performance Compensation Award has been earned for the Performance Period based on the application of the Performance Formula to such achieved Performance Goals.

(iii) Certification. Following the completion of a Performance Period, the Committee shall review and certify in writing whether, and to what extent, the Performance Goals for the Performance Period have been achieved and, if so, calculate and certify in writing that amount of the Performance Compensation Awards earned for the period based upon the Performance Formula. The Committee shall then determine the amount of each Participant’s Performance Compensation Award actually payable for the Performance Period and, in so doing, may apply Negative Discretion.

(iv) Use of Negative Discretion. In determining the actual amount of an individual Participant’s Performance Compensation Award for a Performance Period, the Committee may reduce or eliminate the amount of the Performance Compensation Award earned under the Performance Formula in the Performance Period through the use of Negative Discretion if, in its sole judgment, such reduction or elimination is appropriate.

 

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(f) Timing of Award Payments. Performance Compensation Awards granted for a Performance Period shall be paid to Participants as soon as administratively practicable following completion of the certifications required by this Section 11, but in no event later than two-and-one-half months following the end of the fiscal year during which the Performance Period is completed.

12. Changes in Capital Structure and Similar Events. In the event of (a) any dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, Common Shares, other securities or other property), recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization, merger, amalgamation, consolidation, split-up, split-off, combination, repurchase or exchange of Common Shares or other securities of the Company, issuance of warrants or other rights to acquire Common Shares or other securities of the Company, or other similar corporate transaction or event (including, without limitation, a Change in Control) that affects the Common Shares, or (b) unusual or nonrecurring events (including, without limitation, a Change in Control) affecting the Company, any Affiliate, or the financial statements of the Company or any Affiliate, or changes in applicable rules, rulings, regulations or other requirements of any governmental body or securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system, accounting principles or law, such that in either case an adjustment is determined by the Committee in its sole discretion to be necessary or appropriate, then the Committee shall make any such adjustments in such manner as it may deem equitable, including without limitation any or all of the following:

(i) adjusting any or all of (A) the number of Common Shares or other securities of the Company (or number and kind of other securities or other property) that may be delivered in respect of Awards or with respect to which Awards may be granted under the Plan (including, without limitation, adjusting any or all of the limitations under Section 5 of the Plan) and (B) the terms of any outstanding Award, including, without limitation, (1) the number of Common Shares or other securities of the Company (or number and kind of other securities or other property) subject to outstanding Awards or to which outstanding Awards relate, (2) the Exercise Price or Strike Price with respect to any Award or (3) any applicable performance measures (including, without limitation, Performance Criteria and Performance Goals);

(ii) providing for a substitution or assumption of Awards, accelerating the exercisability of, lapse of restrictions on, or termination of, Awards or providing for a period of time for exercise prior to the occurrence of such event; and

(iii) canceling any one or more outstanding Awards and causing to be paid to the holders thereof, in cash, Common Shares, other securities or other property, or any combination thereof, the value of such Awards, if any, as determined by the Committee (which if applicable may be based upon the price per Common Share received or to be received by other shareholders of the Company in such event), including without limitation, in the case of an outstanding Option or SAR, a cash payment in an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the fair market value (as of a date specified by the Committee) of the Common Shares subject to such Option or SAR over the aggregate Exercise Price or Strike Price of such Option or SAR, respectively (it being understood that, in such event, any Option or SAR having a per share Exercise Price or Strike Price equal to, or in excess of, the fair market value of a Common Share subject thereto may be canceled and terminated without any payment or consideration therefor);

 

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provided, however, that in the case of any “equity restructuring” (within the meaning of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (revised 2004)), the Committee shall make an equitable or proportionate adjustment to outstanding Awards to reflect such equity restructuring. Any adjustment in Incentive Stock Options under this Section 12 (other than any cancellation of Incentive Stock Options) shall be made only to the extent not constituting a “modification” within the meaning of Section 424(h)(3) of the Code or Section 1046 of the Puerto Rico Code, and any adjustments under this Section 12 shall be made in a manner that does not adversely affect the exemption provided pursuant to Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act. The Company shall give each Participant notice of an adjustment hereunder and, upon notice, such adjustment shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes.

13. Effect of Change in Control. Except to the extent otherwise provided in an Award agreement, in the event of a Change in Control, notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, the Committee may provide that, with respect to all or any portion of a particular outstanding Award or Awards:

(a) the then outstanding Options and SARs shall become immediately exercisable as of a time prior to the Change in Control;

(b) the Restricted Period shall expire as of a time prior to the Change in Control (including without limitation a waiver of any applicable Performance Goals);

(c) Performance Periods in effect on the date the Change in Control occurs shall end on such date, and the Committee shall (i) determine the extent to which Performance Goals with respect to each such Performance Period have been met based upon such audited or unaudited financial information or other information then available as it deems relevant and (ii) cause the Participant to receive partial or full payment of Awards for each such Performance Period based upon the Committee’s determination of the degree of attainment of the Performance Goals, or assuming that the applicable “target” levels of performance have been attained or on such other basis determined by the Committee.

To the extent practicable, any actions taken by the Committee under the immediately preceding clauses (a) through (c) shall occur in a manner and at a time which allows affected Participants the ability to participate in the Change in Control transactions with respect to the Common Shares subject to their Awards.

14. Amendments and Termination. (a) Amendment and Termination of the Plan. The Board may amend, alter, suspend, discontinue, or terminate the Plan or any portion thereof at any time; provided, that (i) no amendment to Section 14(b) (to the extent required by the proviso in such Section 14(b)) shall be made without shareholder approval and (ii) no such amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuation or termination shall be made without shareholder approval if such approval is necessary to comply with any tax or regulatory requirement applicable to the Plan (including, without limitation, as necessary to comply with any rules or requirements of any securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system on which the Common Shares may be listed or quoted); provided, further, that any such amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuance or termination that would materially and adversely affect the rights of any Participant or any holder

 

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or beneficiary of any Award theretofore granted shall not to that extent be effective without the consent of the affected Participant, holder or beneficiary.

(b) Amendment of Award Agreements. The Committee may, to the extent consistent with the terms of any applicable Award agreement, waive any conditions or rights under, amend any terms of, or alter, suspend, discontinue, cancel or terminate, any Award theretofore granted or the associated Award agreement, prospectively or retroactively; provided that any such waiver, amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuance, cancellation or termination that would materially and adversely affect the rights of any Participant with respect to any Award theretofore granted shall not to that extent be effective without the consent of the affected Participant; provided, further, that without shareholder approval, except as otherwise permitted under Section 12 of the Plan, (i) no amendment or modification may reduce the Exercise Price of any Option or the Strike Price of any SAR, (ii) the Committee may not cancel any outstanding Option or SAR and replace it with a new Option or SAR, another Award or cash and (iii) the Committee may not take any other action that is considered a “repricing” for purposes of the shareholder approval rules of the applicable securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system on which the Common Shares are listed or quoted.

15. General. (a) Award Agreements. Each Award under the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award agreement, which shall be delivered to the Participant (whether in paper or electronic medium (including email or the posting on a web site maintained by the Company or a third party under contract with the Company)) and shall specify the terms and conditions of the Award and any rules applicable thereto, including without limitation, the effect on such Award of the death, disability or termination of employment or service of a Participant, or of such other events as may be determined by the Committee.

(b) Nontransferability. (i) Each Award shall be exercisable only by a Participant during the Participant’s lifetime, or, if permissible under applicable law, by the Participant’s legal guardian or representative. No Award may be assigned, alienated, pledged, attached, sold or otherwise transferred or encumbered by a Participant other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution and any such purported assignment, alienation, pledge, attachment, sale, transfer or encumbrance shall be void and unenforceable against the Company or an Affiliate; provided that the designation of a beneficiary shall not constitute an assignment, alienation, pledge, attachment, sale, transfer or encumbrance.

(ii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, permit Awards (other than Incentive Stock Options) to be transferred by a Participant, without consideration, subject to such rules as the Committee may adopt consistent with any applicable Award agreement to preserve the purposes of the Plan, to: (A) any person who is a “family member” of the Participant, as such term is used in the instructions to Form S-8 under the Securities Act (collectively, the “Immediate Family Members”); (B) a trust solely for the benefit of the Participant and his or her Immediate Family Members; or (C) a partnership or limited liability company whose only partners or stockholders are the Participant and his or her Immediate Family Members; or (D) any other transferee as may be approved either (I) by the Board or the Committee in its sole discretion, or (II) as provided in the applicable Award agreement. (each transferee described in clauses (A), (B) (C) and (D) above is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Transferee”); provided, that the Participant gives the Committee

 

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advance written notice describing the terms and conditions of the proposed transfer and the Committee notifies the Participant in writing that such a transfer would comply with the requirements of the Plan.

(iii) The terms of any Award transferred in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence shall apply to the Permitted Transferee and any reference in the Plan, or in any applicable Award agreement, to a Participant shall be deemed to refer to the Permitted Transferee, except that (A) Permitted Transferees shall not be entitled to transfer any Award, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution; (B) Permitted Transferees shall not be entitled to exercise any transferred Option unless there shall be in effect a registration statement on an appropriate form covering the Common Shares to be acquired pursuant to the exercise of such Option if the Committee determines, consistent with any applicable Award agreement, that such a registration statement is necessary or appropriate; (C) the Committee or the Company shall not be required to provide any notice to a Permitted Transferee, whether or not such notice is or would otherwise have been required to be given to the Participant under the Plan or otherwise; and (D) the consequences of the termination of the Participant’s employment by, or services to, the Company or an Affiliate under the terms of the Plan and the applicable Award agreement shall continue to be applied with respect to the Participant, including, without limitation, that an Option shall be exercisable by the Permitted Transferee only to the extent, and for the periods, specified in the Plan and the applicable Award agreement.

(c) Tax Withholding. (i) A Participant shall be required to pay to the Company or any Affiliate, and the Company or any Affiliate shall have the right and is hereby authorized to withhold, from any cash, Common Shares, other securities or other property deliverable under any Award or from any compensation or other amounts owing to a Participant, the amount (in cash, Common Shares, other securities or other property) of any required withholding taxes in respect of an Award, its exercise, or any payment or transfer under an Award or under the Plan and to take such other action as may be necessary in the opinion of the Committee or the Company to satisfy all obligations for the payment of such withholding and taxes.

(ii) Without limiting the generality of clause (i) above, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, permit a Participant to satisfy, in whole or in part, the foregoing withholding liability by (A) the delivery of Common Shares (which are not subject to any pledge or other security interest and are Mature Shares) owned by the Participant having a fair market value equal to such withholding liability or (B) having the Company withhold from the number of Common Shares otherwise issuable or deliverable pursuant to the exercise or settlement of the Award a number of shares with a fair market value equal to such withholding liability (but no more than the minimum required statutory withholding liability).

(d) No Claim to Awards; No Rights to Continued Employment; Waiver. No employee of the Company or an Affiliate, or other person, shall have any claim or right to be granted an Award under the Plan or, having been selected for the grant of an Award, to be selected for a grant of any other Award. There is no obligation for uniformity of treatment of Participants or holders or beneficiaries of Awards. The terms and conditions of Awards and the Committee’s determinations and interpretations with respect thereto need not be the same with respect to each Participant and may be made selectively among Participants, whether or not such Participants are similarly situated. Neither the Plan nor any action taken hereunder shall be

 

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construed as giving any Participant any right to be retained in the employ or service of the Company or an Affiliate, nor shall it be construed as giving any Participant any rights to continued service on the Board. The Company or any of its Affiliates may at any time dismiss a Participant from employment or discontinue any consulting relationship, free from any liability or any claim under the Plan, unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan or any Award agreement. By accepting an Award under the Plan, a Participant shall thereby be deemed to have waived any claim to continued exercise or vesting of an Award or to damages or severance entitlement related to non-continuation of the Award beyond the period provided under the Plan or any Award agreement, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in any written employment contract or other agreement between the Company and its Affiliates and the Participant, whether any such agreement is executed before, on or after the Date of Grant.

(e) International Participants. With respect to Participants who reside or work outside of the United States of America, the Committee may in its sole discretion amend the terms of the Plan or outstanding Awards with respect to such Participants in order to conform such terms with the requirements of local law or to obtain more favorable tax or other treatment for a Participant, the Company or its Affiliates.

(f) Designation and Change of Beneficiary. Each Participant may file with the Committee a written designation of one or more persons as the beneficiary(ies) who shall be entitled to receive the amounts payable with respect to an Award, if any, due under the Plan upon his death. A Participant may, from time to time, revoke or change his beneficiary designation without the consent of any prior beneficiary by filing a new designation with the Committee. The last such designation received by the Committee shall be controlling; provided, however, that no designation, or change or revocation thereof, shall be effective unless received by the Committee prior to the Participant’s death, and in no event shall it be effective as of a date prior to such receipt. If no beneficiary designation is filed by a Participant, the beneficiary shall be deemed to be his or her spouse or, if the Participant is unmarried at the time of death, his or her estate.

(g) Termination of Employment/Service. Unless determined otherwise by the Committee at any point following such event: (i) neither a temporary absence from employment or service due to illness, vacation or leave of absence nor a transfer from employment or service with the Company to employment or service with an Affiliate (or vice-versa) shall be considered a termination of employment or service with the Company or an Affiliate; and (ii) if a Participant’s employment with the Company and its Affiliates terminates, but such Participant continues to provide services to the Company and its Affiliates in a non-employee capacity (or vice-versa), such change in status shall not be considered a termination of employment with the Company or an Affiliate.

(h) No Rights as a Stockholder. Except as otherwise specifically provided in the Plan or any Award agreement, no person shall be entitled to the privileges of ownership in respect of Common Shares that are subject to Awards hereunder until such shares have been issued or delivered to that person.

(i) Government and Other Regulations. (i) The obligation of the Company to settle Awards in Common Shares or other consideration shall be subject to all applicable laws,

 

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rules, and regulations, and to such approvals by governmental agencies as may be required. Notwithstanding any terms or conditions of any Award to the contrary, the Company shall be under no obligation to offer to sell or to sell, and shall be prohibited from offering to sell or selling, any Common Shares pursuant to an Award unless such shares have been properly registered for sale pursuant to the Securities Act with the Securities and Exchange Commission or unless the Company has received an opinion of counsel, satisfactory to the Company, that such shares may be offered or sold without such registration pursuant to an available exemption therefrom and the terms and conditions of such exemption have been fully complied with. The Company shall be under no obligation to register for sale under the Securities Act any of the Common Shares to be offered or sold under the Plan. The Committee shall have the authority to provide that all certificates for Common Shares or other securities of the Company or any Affiliate delivered under the Plan shall be subject to such stop transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under the Plan, the applicable Award agreement, the federal securities laws, or the rules, regulations and other requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, any securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system upon which such shares or other securities are then listed or quoted and any other applicable federal, state, local or non-U.S. laws, and, without limiting the generality of Section 9 of the Plan, the Committee may cause a legend or legends to be put on any such certificates to make appropriate reference to such restrictions. Notwithstanding any provision in the Plan to the contrary, the Committee reserves the right to add any additional terms or provisions to any Award granted under the Plan that it in its sole discretion deems necessary or advisable in order that such Award complies with the legal requirements of any governmental entity to whose jurisdiction the Award is subject.

(ii) The Committee may cancel an Award or any portion thereof if it determines, in its sole discretion, that legal or contractual restrictions and/or blockage and/or other market considerations would make the Company’s acquisition of Common Shares from the public markets, the Company’s issuance of Common Shares to the Participant, the Participant’s acquisition of Common Shares from the Company and/or the Participant’s sale of Common Shares to the public markets, illegal, impracticable or inadvisable. If the Committee determines to cancel all or any portion of an Award in accordance with the foregoing, the Company shall pay to the Participant an amount equal to the excess of (A) the aggregate fair market value of the Common Shares subject to such Award or portion thereof canceled (determined as of the applicable exercise date, or the date that the shares would have been vested or delivered, as applicable), over (B) the aggregate Exercise Price or Strike Price (in the case of an Option or SAR, respectively) or any amount payable as a condition of delivery of Common Shares (in the case of any other Award). Such amount shall be delivered to the Participant as soon as practicable following the cancellation of such Award or portion thereof.

(j) Payments to Persons Other Than Participants. If the Committee shall find that any person to whom any amount is payable under the Plan is unable to care for his affairs because of illness or accident, or is a minor, or has died, then any payment due to such person or his estate (unless a prior claim therefor has been made by a duly appointed legal representative) may, if the Committee so directs the Company, be paid to his spouse, child, relative, an institution maintaining or having custody of such person, or any other person deemed by the Committee to be a proper recipient on behalf of such person otherwise entitled to

 

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payment. Any such payment shall be a complete discharge of the liability of the Committee and the Company therefor.

(k) Nonexclusivity of the Plan. Neither the adoption of this Plan by the Board nor the submission of this Plan to the shareholders of the Company for approval shall be construed as creating any limitations on the power of the Board to adopt such other incentive arrangements as it may deem desirable, including, without limitation, the granting of stock options or other equity-based awards otherwise than under this Plan, and such arrangements may be either applicable generally or only in specific cases.

(l) No Trust or Fund Created. Neither the Plan nor any Award shall create or be construed to create a trust or separate fund of any kind or a fiduciary relationship between the Company or any Affiliate, on the one hand, and a Participant or other person or entity, on the other hand. No provision of the Plan or any Award shall require the Company, for the purpose of satisfying any obligations under the Plan, to purchase assets or place any assets in a trust or other entity to which contributions are made or otherwise to segregate any assets, nor shall the Company maintain separate bank accounts, books, records or other evidence of the existence of a segregated or separately maintained or administered fund for such purposes. Participants shall have no rights under the Plan other than as unsecured general creditors of the Company, except that insofar as they may have become entitled to payment of additional compensation by performance of services, they shall have the same rights as other employees under general law.

(m) Reliance on Reports. Each member of the Committee and each member of the Board shall be fully justified in acting or failing to act, as the case may be, and shall not be liable for having so acted or failed to act in good faith, in reliance upon any report made by the independent public accountant of the Company and its Affiliates and/or any other information furnished in connection with the Plan by any agent of the Company or the Committee or the Board, other than himself.

(n) Relationship to Other Benefits. No payment under the Plan shall be taken into account in determining any benefits under any pension, retirement, profit sharing, group insurance or other benefit plan of the Company except as otherwise specifically provided in such other plan.

(o) Governing Law. The Plan shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the [State of New York] applicable to contracts made and performed wholly within the [State of New York] without giving effect to the conflict of laws provisions thereof.

(p) Severability. If any provision of the Plan or any Award or Award agreement is or becomes or is deemed to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction or as to any person or entity or Award, or would disqualify the Plan or any Award under any law deemed applicable by the Committee, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform to the applicable laws, or if it cannot be construed or deemed amended without, in the determination of the Committee, materially altering the intent of the Plan or the Award, such provision shall be construed or deemed stricken as to such jurisdiction, person or entity or Award and the remainder of the Plan and any such Award shall remain in full force and effect.

 

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(q) Obligations Binding on Successors. The obligations of the Company under the Plan shall be binding upon any successor corporation or organization resulting from the merger, amalgamation, consolidation or other reorganization of the Company, or upon any successor corporation or organization succeeding to substantially all of the assets and business of the Company.

(r) Expenses; Gender; Titles and Headings. The expenses of administering the Plan shall be borne by the Company and its Affiliates. Masculine pronouns and other words of masculine gender shall refer to both men and women. The titles and headings of the sections in the Plan are for convenience of reference only, and in the event of any conflict, the text of the Plan, rather than such titles or headings shall control.

(s) Shareholder/Other Agreements. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall Common Shares be delivered pursuant to any Award under this Plan unless and until the Participant executes a shareholder agreement, which in all events shall be within thirty (30) days following the vesting and exercise of the Award, as applicable. In addition, the Committee may require, as a condition to the grant of and/or the receipt of Common Shares under an Award, that the Participant execute lock-up or other agreements, as it may determine in its sole and absolute discretion.

(t) Payments. Participants shall be required to pay, to the extent required by applicable law, any amounts required to receive Common Shares under any Award made under the Plan.

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As adopted by the Board of Directors of Carib Holdings, Inc. on September 30, 2010.

 

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EX-10.18 21 dex1018.htm FORM OF STOCK OPTION GRANT Form of Stock Option Grant

Exhibit 10.18

CARIB HOLDINGS, INC.

2010 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

THIS STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT, made as of this      day of                      (the “Date of Grant”), by and between Carib Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) and the grantee whose name appears on the signature page hereto (the “Participant”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Carib Holdings, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), the Company desires to afford the Participant the opportunity to acquire ownership of the Company’s non-voting Common Shares, so that the Participant may have a direct proprietary interest in the Company’s success.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

1. Grant of Option. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan, the Company hereby grants to the Participant the right and option (the right to purchase any one Common Share hereunder being an “Option”) to purchase from the Company, non-voting Common Shares pursuant to the Tranche A Options (“Tranche A Options”), Tranche B Options (“Tranche B Options”) and Tranche C Options (“Tranche C Options”) at a price per share (the “Option Price”) and in the amounts set forth on the signature page hereto (the “Option Shares”). The Options granted hereunder shall expire ten (10) years following the Date of Grant.

2. Vesting.

(a) General. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and the Plan, the Participant will become vested in the Options as follows: (i) Tranche A Options will vest in five equal installments, the first one of which vests on September 30, 2011 and thereafter on September 30 of each year for the next four years until September 30, 2015, (ii) Tranche B Options will vest at such time as the Investor IRR equals or exceeds 25% based on cash proceeds received by the Investor, and (iii) Tranche C Options will vest at such time as the Investor IRR equals or exceeds 30%; provided, that, the Participant is then employed by the Company or an Affiliate.

(b) Change in Control. In the event of a Change in Control, any Tranche A Options that have not become vested at the time of such Change in Control shall become vested on the first anniversary of such Change in Control (or, if earlier, in accordance with their original vesting terms as set forth in Section 2(a) above); provided, that in the event the Participant’s employment with the Company is terminated by the Company without Cause or by the Participant for Good Reason (as defined below) prior to such first anniversary date, such Tranche A Options shall automatically become vested prior to the date of such termination. Except to the extent Section 2(d) below shall apply, any Tranche B Options and Tranche C Options that have

 

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not vested prior to, or become vested at the time of, a Change in Control shall continue to be subject to vesting in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” shall have the meaning given to such term in the Employment Agreement between EVERTEC, Inc. and the Participant dated as of October 1, 2010.

(c) Initial Public Offering. In the event of an initial Public Offering, all Options shall remain outstanding and continue to vest in accordance with their original vesting terms as set forth in Section 2(a) above.

(d) Complete Disposition of Investor Investment. Any Tranche B Options and Tranche C Options that have not vested prior to, or become vested at the time that, the Investor Investment has been fully disposed of by all Investors shall be cancelled for no consideration.

3. Exercisability.

(a) General. To the extent vested in accordance with Section 2 above, the Options shall only become exercisable from and after the earlier of the occurrence of (i) a Change in Control and (ii) an initial Public Offering.

(b) Change in Control: In the event of a Change in Control, the Options shall become exercisable, to the extent vested in accordance with Section 2 above, and the Company may provide that some or all of the Options be automatically exercised on a cashless basis in connection with such Change in Control and the Participant shall be entitled to receive the excess of (i) the per share consideration to be paid in connection with such Change in Control transaction (whether in cash, stock or otherwise) and (ii) the Option Price; provided, that any Option for which the Option Price exceeds the amount in clause (i) may be cancelled for no consideration.

4. Post-Termination Exercisability.

(a) Any Termination. Except as provided with respect to Tranche A Options in connection with a termination without Cause or for Good Reason within one year following a Change in Control, unvested Options shall be cancelled for no consideration upon a termination for any reason.

(b) For Cause. Upon a termination for Cause, all Options terminate, including vested Options.

(c) Vested and Exercisable. To the extent the Options were vested and exercisable at the time of the Participant’s termination of employment, the Options shall remain exercisable during the following post-termination periods:

(i) Death/Disability: Earlier of (A) one (1) year following such termination and (B) the expiration of the Option Term.

 

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(ii) All Other Terminations: Earlier of (A) ninety (90) days following such termination and (B) the expiration of the Option Term.

(d) Vested and Not Exercisable. To the extent the Options were vested but were not exercisable at the time of the Participant’s termination of employment, the Options shall be eligible to become exercisable and remain exercisable during the following post-termination periods:

(i) Death/Disability: Later of (A) one (1) year following such termination and (B) thirty (30) days following the occurrence of a Change in Control or an initial Public Offering but, in each case, no event later than the day prior to the expiration of the Option Term.

(ii) All Other Terminations: Later of (A) ninety (90) days following such termination and (B) thirty (30) days following the occurrence of a Change in Control or an initial Public Offering but, in each case, no event later than the day prior to the expiration of the Option Term.

(iii) If a Change in Control or an initial Public Offering has not occurred prior to the expiration of the Option Term, the Options shall expire without becoming exercisable.

5. Method of Exercising Option.

(a) Payment of Option Price. Options, to the extent vested, may be exercised, in whole or in part, by giving written notice of exercise to the Company specifying the number of Common Shares to be purchased. Such notice shall be accompanied by the payment in full of the aggregate Option Price. Such payment shall be made: (i) in cash or by check, bank draft or money order payable to the order of the Company, (ii) through a cashless exercise whereby the Company reduces the number of Common Shares issuable upon exercise with a value equal to the aggregate Option Price and withholding obligation, (iii) solely to the extent permitted by applicable law, if the Common Shares are then traded on an established securities exchange or system in the United States, through a procedure whereby the Participant delivers irrevocable instructions to a broker reasonably acceptable to the Committee to deliver promptly to the Company an amount equal to the aggregate Option Price or (iv) on such other terms and conditions as the Committee may permit, in its sole discretion.

(b) Tax Withholding. At the time of exercise, the Participant shall pay to the Company such amount as the Company deems necessary to satisfy its obligation, if any, to withhold federal, state or local income or other taxes incurred by reason of the exercise of Options granted hereunder. Such payment shall be made: (i) in cash, (ii) by having the Company withhold from the delivery of Common Shares for which the Option was exercised that number of Common Shares having a Fair Market Value equal to the minimum withholding obligation, (iii) by delivering Common Shares owned by the holder of the Option that are Mature Shares, or (iv) by a combination of any such methods. For purposes hereof, Common Shares shall be valued at Fair Market Value.

 

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6. Issuance of Shares. Except as otherwise provided in the Plan, as promptly as practical after receipt of such written notification of exercise and full payment of the Option Price and any required income tax withholding, the Company shall issue or transfer to the Participant the number of Option Shares with respect to which Options have been so exercised (less shares withheld for payment of the Option Price and/or in satisfaction of tax withholding obligations, if any), and shall deliver to the Participant a certificate or certificates therefor, registered in the Participant’s name.

7. Repurchase.

(a) In the event of the termination of the Participant’s employment by the Company for Cause, the Company shall have the right, but not the obligation, to repurchase any or all Common Shares acquired by the Participant upon exercise of the Options at a price per Common Share equal to the lesser of (i) the Option Price or (ii) the per share Fair Market Value as of the time of such repurchase.

(b) In the event of the termination for any other reason prior to an initial Public Offering, the Company shall have the right, but not the obligation, to repurchase any or all Common Shares acquired by the Participant upon exercise of the Options that have been held by the Participant for at least six months at the time of such repurchase at a price per Common Share equal to the per share Fair Market Value.

8. Shareholder Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event will Common Shares be delivered upon exercise of the Options unless and until the Participant executes an Adoption Agreement pursuant to which Participant will become bound by the terms and conditions set forth in that certain Stockholder Agreement, dated September 30, 2010, by and among the Company and the stockholders of the Company, including those terms and conditions applicable to Management Holders (as defined therein), which in all events shall be within thirty (30) days following exercise of the Options.

9. Non-Transferability. Except as otherwise permitted in accordance with Section 15(b) of the Plan, the Options are not transferable by the Participant otherwise than to a designated beneficiary upon death or by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and are exercisable during the Participant’s lifetime only by him/her (or his or her legal representative in the event of incapacity). No assignment or transfer of the Options, or of the rights represented thereby, whether voluntary or involuntary, by operation of law or otherwise (except to a designated beneficiary, upon death, by will or the laws of descent and distribution), shall vest in the assignee or transferee any interest or right herein whatsoever, but immediately upon such assignment or transfer the Options shall terminate and become of no further effect.

10. Rights as Shareholder. The Participant or a transferee of the Options shall have no rights as shareholder with respect to any Option Shares until he shall have become the holder of record of such shares, and no adjustment shall be made for dividends or distributions or other rights in respect of such Option Shares for which the date on which shareholders of record are determined for purposes of paying cash dividends on Common Shares is prior to the date upon which he/she shall become the holder of record thereof.

 

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11. Adjustments. In the event of any adjustment pursuant to Section 12 of the Plan that would adversely affect the value of the Options granted hereunder or cause such Options to become subject to Section 409A of the Code, such adjustment may only be made with the Participant’s written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

12. Compliance with Law. Notwithstanding any of the provisions hereof, the Participant hereby agrees that he/she will not exercise the Options, and that the Company will not be obligated to issue or transfer any shares to the Participant hereunder, if the exercise hereof or the issuance or transfer of such shares shall constitute a violation by the Participant or the Company of any provisions of any law or regulation of any governmental authority. Any determination in this connection by the Committee shall be final, binding and conclusive.

13. Notice. Every notice or other communication relating to this Agreement shall be in writing, and shall be mailed to or delivered to the party for whom it is intended at such address as may from time to time be designated by it in a notice mailed or delivered to the other party as herein provided; provided, that, unless and until some other address be so designated, all notices or communications by the Participant to the Company shall be mailed or delivered to the Company at its principal executive office, and all notices or communications by the Company to the Participant may be given to the Participant personally or may be mailed to him at his address as recorded in the records of the Company.

14. Non-Qualified Stock Options. The Options granted hereunder are not intended to be Incentive Stock Options or Qualified Stock Options.

15. Binding Effect. Subject to Section 9 hereof, this Agreement shall be binding upon the heirs, executors, administrators and successors of the parties hereto.

16. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico without regard to its conflict of law principles.

17. Plan. The terms and provisions of the Plan are incorporated herein by reference, and the Participant hereby acknowledges receiving a copy of the Plan. In the event of a conflict or inconsistency between the terms and provisions of the Plan and the provisions of this Agreement, this Agreement shall govern and control. All capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them as set forth in the Plan.

18. Interpretation. Any dispute regarding the interpretation of this Agreement shall be submitted by the Participant or the Company to the Committee for review. The resolution of such a dispute by the Committee shall be binding on the Company and the Participant.

19. No Right to Continued Employment. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed by implication or otherwise to impose any limitation on any right of the Company to terminate the Participant’s employment.

20. Severability. Every provision of this Agreement is intended to be severable and any illegal or invalid term shall not affect the validity or legality of the remaining terms.

 

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21. Headings. The headings of the Sections hereof are provided for convenience only and are not to serve as a basis for interpretation of construction, and shall not constitute a part of this Agreement.

22. Signature in Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first set forth above.

 

CARIB HOLDINGS, INC.
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
PARTICIPANT
By:  

 

Name:  

 

    

Number of Options

 

 

Option Price

 

Tranche A Options

 

       

Tranche B Options

 

       

Tranche C Options

 

       

 

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EX-10.19 22 dex1019.htm CARIB HOLDINGS, INC. STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT - NATHANIEL LIPMAN Carib Holdings, Inc. Stock Option Agreement - Nathaniel Lipman

Exhibit 10.19

EXECUTION VERSION

CARIB HOLDINGS, INC.

STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

THIS STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), made as of this 5th day of April, 2011 (the “Date of Grant”), by and between Carib Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) and Nathaniel Lipman (the “Optionee”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Company desires to afford the Optionee the opportunity to acquire ownership of the Company’s non-voting Common Shares, so that the Optionee may have a direct proprietary interest in the Company’s success;

WHEREAS, except as expressly referenced below, such opportunity will be afforded outside the Carib Holdings, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

1. Grant of Option. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Company hereby grants to the Optionee the right and option (the right to purchase any one Common Share hereunder being an “Option”) to purchase from the Company, non-voting Common Shares at a price per share (the “Option Price”) and in the amount set forth on the signature page hereto (the “Option Shares”). The Options granted hereunder shall expire ten (10) years following the Date of Grant.

2. Vesting.

(a) General. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Options will vest on the first anniversary of the Date of Grant; provided, that, the Optionee is then providing services to the Company or an Affiliate of the Company.

(b) Change in Control. In the event of a Change in Control, any Options that have not become vested at the time of such Change in Control shall automatically become vested upon such Change in Control.

(c) Initial Public Offering. In the event of an initial Public Offering, all Options shall remain outstanding and continue to vest in accordance with their original vesting terms as set forth in Section 2(a) above.

3. Exercisability.

(a) General. To the extent vested in accordance with Section 2 above, the Options shall only become exercisable from and after the earlier of the occurrence of (i) a Change in Control and (ii) an initial Public Offering.


(b) Change in Control: In the event of a Change in Control, the Options shall become exercisable, to the extent vested in accordance with Section 2 above, and the Company may provide that some or all of the Options be automatically exercised on a cashless basis in connection with such Change in Control and the Optionee shall be entitled to receive the excess of (i) the per share consideration to be paid in connection with such Change in Control transaction (whether in cash, stock or otherwise) and (ii) the Option Price; provided, that any Option for which the Option Price exceeds the amount in clause (i) may be cancelled for no consideration.

4. Post-Termination Exercisability.

(a) Any Termination. Unvested Options shall be cancelled for no consideration upon a termination of services with the Company and its Affiliates for any reason.

(b) Vested and Exercisable. To the extent the Options were vested and exercisable at the time of the Optionee’s termination of service with the Company and its Affiliates, the Options shall remain exercisable during the following post-termination periods:

(i) Death/Disability: Earlier of (A) one (1) year following such termination and (B) the expiration of the Option Term.

(ii) All Other Terminations: Earlier of (A) ninety (90) days following such termination and (B) the expiration of the Option Term.

(c) Vested and Not Exercisable. To the extent the Options were vested but were not exercisable at the time of the Optionee’s termination of service with the Company and its Affiliates, the Options shall be eligible to become exercisable and remain exercisable during the following post-termination periods:

(i) Death/Disability: Later of (A) one (1) year following such termination and (B) thirty (30) days following the occurrence of a Change in Control or an initial Public Offering but, in each case, no event later than the day prior to the expiration of the Option Term.

(ii) All Other Terminations: Later of (A) ninety (90) days following such termination and (B) thirty (30) days following the occurrence of a Change in Control or an initial Public Offering but, in each case, no event later than the day prior to the expiration of the Option Term.

(iii) If a Change in Control or an initial Public Offering has not occurred prior to the expiration of the Option Term, the Options shall expire without becoming exercisable.

5. Method of Exercising Option.

(a) Payment of Option Price. Options, to the extent vested, may be exercised, in whole or in part, by giving written notice of exercise to the Company specifying the number of Common Shares to be purchased. Such notice shall be accompanied by the payment in full of the aggregate Option Price. Such payment shall be made: (i) in cash or by check, bank draft or

 

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money order payable to the order of the Company, (ii) through a cashless exercise whereby the Company reduces the number of Common Shares issuable upon exercise with a value equal to the aggregate Option Price and withholding obligation, (iii) solely to the extent permitted by applicable law, if the Common Shares are then traded on an established securities exchange or system in the United States, through a procedure whereby the Optionee delivers irrevocable instructions to a broker reasonably acceptable to the Committee to deliver promptly to the Company an amount equal to the aggregate Option Price or (iv) on such other terms and conditions as the Committee may permit, in its sole discretion.

(b) Tax Withholding. At the time of exercise, the Optionee shall pay to the Company such amount as the Company deems necessary to satisfy its obligation, if any, to withhold federal, state or local income or other taxes incurred by reason of the exercise of Options granted hereunder. Such payment shall be made: (i) in cash, (ii) by having the Company withhold from the delivery of Common Shares for which the Option was exercised that number of Common Shares having a Fair Market Value equal to the minimum withholding obligation, (iii) by delivering Common Shares owned by the holder of the Option that are Mature Shares, or (iv) by a combination of any such methods. For purposes hereof, Common Shares shall be valued at Fair Market Value.

6. Issuance of Shares. Subject to the terms hereof, as promptly as practical after receipt of such written notification of exercise and full payment of the Option Price and any required income tax withholding, the Company shall issue or transfer to the Optionee the number of Option Shares with respect to which Options have been so exercised (less shares withheld for payment of the Option Price and/or in satisfaction of tax withholding obligations, if any), and shall deliver to the Optionee a certificate or certificates therefor, registered in the Optionee’s name.

7. Repurchase. In the event of the termination of the Optionee’s service with the Company and its Affiliates prior to an initial Public Offering, the Company shall have the right, but not the obligation, to repurchase any or all Common Shares acquired by the Optionee upon exercise of the Options that have been held by the Optionee for at least six months at the time of such repurchase (or such shorter time as is required to avoid adverse accounting treatment) at a price per Common Share equal to the per share Fair Market Value.

8. Shareholder Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event will Common Shares be delivered upon exercise of the Options unless and until the Optionee executes (or is already a party to) an Adoption Agreement pursuant to which Optionee will become bound by the terms and conditions set forth in that certain Stockholder Agreement, dated September 30, 2010, as may be amended from time to time pursuant to the terms thereof, by and among the Company and the stockholders of the Company, including those terms and conditions applicable to Management Holders (as defined therein), which in all events shall be within thirty (30) days following exercise of the Options. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in the Stockholder Agreement, the Company, Optionee and each of the Principal Stockholders (as defined in the Stockholder Agreement) agree that the restrictions set forth in Sections 9(d) and 9(e) of the Stockholder Agreement shall not apply to Optionee. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between terms and provisions of this Section 8 and the terms and provisions of the Stockholder Agreement, this Agreement shall govern and control.

 

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9. Non-Transferability. Except as otherwise permitted in accordance with Section 15(b) of the Plan, the Options are not transferable by the Optionee otherwise than to a designated beneficiary upon death or by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and are exercisable during the Optionee’s lifetime only by him/her (or his or her legal representative in the event of incapacity). No assignment or transfer of the Options, or of the rights represented thereby, whether voluntary or involuntary, by operation of law or otherwise (except to a designated beneficiary, upon death, by will or the laws of descent and distribution), shall vest in the assignee or transferee any interest or right herein whatsoever, but immediately upon such assignment or transfer the Options shall terminate and become of no further effect.

10. Rights as Shareholder. The Optionee or a transferee of the Options shall have no rights as shareholder with respect to any Option Shares until he shall have become the holder of record of such shares, and no adjustment shall be made for dividends or distributions or other rights in respect of such Option Shares for which the date on which shareholders of record are determined for purposes of paying cash dividends on Common Shares is prior to the date upon which he/she shall become the holder of record thereof.

11. Adjustments. In the event of any adjustment pursuant to Section 12 of the Plan that would adversely affect the value of the Options granted hereunder or cause such Options to become subject to Section 409A of the Code, such adjustment may only be made with the Optionee’s written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

12. Compliance with Law. Notwithstanding any of the provisions hereof, the Optionee hereby agrees that he/she will not exercise the Options, and that the Company will not be obligated to issue or transfer any shares to the Optionee hereunder, if the exercise hereof or the issuance or transfer of such shares shall constitute a violation by the Optionee or the Company of any provisions of any law or regulation of any governmental authority. Any determination in this connection by the Committee shall be final, binding and conclusive.

13. Notice. Every notice or other communication relating to this Agreement shall be in writing, and shall be mailed to or delivered to the party for whom it is intended at such address as may from time to time be designated by it in a notice mailed or delivered to the other party as herein provided; provided, that, unless and until some other address be so designated, all notices or communications by the Optionee to the Company shall be mailed or delivered to the Company at its principal executive office, and all notices or communications by the Company to the Optionee may be given to the Optionee personally or may be mailed to him at his address as recorded in the records of the Company.

14. Non-Qualified Stock Options. The Options granted hereunder are not intended to be Incentive Stock Options or Qualified Stock Options.

15. Binding Effect. Subject to Section 9 hereof, this Agreement shall be binding upon the heirs, executors, administrators and successors of the parties hereto.

16. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico without regard to its conflict of law principles.

 

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17. Plan. Although this stock option awarded pursuant to this Agreement is granted outside the Plan, the terms and provisions of the Plan (as may be amended in accordance with the terms thereof) are incorporated herein by reference and this Option shall be administered in accordance therewith, and the Optionee hereby acknowledges receiving a copy of the Plan. In the event of a conflict or inconsistency between the terms and provisions of the Plan and the provisions of this Agreement, this Agreement shall govern and control. All capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them as set forth in the Plan. For the avoidance of doubt, this Agreement (and the Options granted hereunder) shall be treated as an Award under the Plan (and this Agreement, an Award Agreement thereunder), including without limitation with respect to Section 12 thereof, except that the number of shares covered hereby shall not be counted against the share reserve set forth in Section 5(b).

18. Interpretation. Any dispute regarding the interpretation of this Agreement shall be submitted by the Optionee or the Company to the Committee for review. The resolution of such a dispute by the Committee shall be binding on the Company and the Optionee.

19. No Right to Continued Service. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed by implication or otherwise to impose any limitation on any right of the Company to terminate the Optionee’s service.

20. Severability. Every provision of this Agreement is intended to be severable and any illegal or invalid term shall not affect the validity or legality of the remaining terms.

21. Headings. The headings of the Sections hereof are provided for convenience only and are not to serve as a basis for interpretation of construction, and shall not constitute a part of this Agreement.

22. Signature in Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first set forth above.

 

CARIB HOLDINGS, INC.
By:   /s/ Félix Villamil
Name:   Félix Villamil
Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer
OPTIONEE
By:   /s/ Nathaniel Lipman
Name:       Nathaniel Lipman

 

Number of Options

 

 

Option Price

 

 

5,000

 

 

$10.00 per share

 

 

ACKNOWLEDGED & AGREED FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 8:

 

AP CARIB HOLDINGS, LTD.     POPULAR, INC.
By: Apollo Management VII, L.P., its sole director      
     
By: AIF VII Management, LLC, its general partner     By:   /s/ Nestor O. Rivera
    Name:  
    Title:  

 

By:

 

/s/ Marc Becker

Name:  
Title:  

 

Signature Page to Option Agreement

EX-10.20 23 dex1020.htm CARIB HOLDINGS, INC. STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT - THOMAS M. WHITE 2006 TRUST Carib Holdings, Inc. Stock Option Agreement - Thomas M. White 2006 Trust

Exhibit 10.20

EXECUTION VERSION

CARIB HOLDINGS, INC.

STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

THIS STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), made as of this 5th day of April, 2011 (the “Date of Grant”), by and between Carib Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) and the Thomas M. White 2006 Trust (the “Optionee”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Company desires to afford the Optionee the opportunity to acquire ownership of the Company’s non-voting Common Shares, so that the Optionee may have a direct proprietary interest in the Company’s success;

WHEREAS, except as expressly referenced below, such opportunity will be afforded outside the Carib Holdings, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

1. Grant of Option. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Company hereby grants to the Optionee the right and option (the right to purchase any one Common Share hereunder being an “Option”) to purchase from the Company, non-voting Common Shares pursuant to the Tranche A Options (“Tranche A Options”) and Tranche B Options (“Tranche B Options”) at a price per share (the “Option Price”) and in the amounts set forth on the signature page hereto (the “Option Shares”). The Options granted hereunder shall expire ten (10) years following the Date of Grant.

2. Vesting.

(a) General. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Optionee will become vested in the Options as follows: (i) Tranche A Options will vest in equal installments on each of the first five anniversaries of the Date of Grant, and (ii) Tranche B Options will vest at such time as the Investor IRR equals or exceeds 20% based on cash proceeds received by the Investor; provided, that, Thomas M. White is then providing services to the Company or an Affiliate of the Company.

(b) Change in Control. In the event of a Change in Control, any Tranche A Options that have not become vested at the time of such Change in Control shall automatically become vested upon such Change in Control. Except to the extent Section 2(d) below shall apply, any Tranche B Options that have not vested prior to, or become vested at the time of, a Change in Control shall continue to be subject to vesting in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(c) Initial Public Offering. In the event of an initial Public Offering, all Options shall remain outstanding and continue to vest in accordance with their original vesting terms as set forth in Section 2(a) above.


(d) Complete Disposition of Investor Investment. Any Tranche B Options that have not vested prior to, or become vested at the time that, the Investor Investment has been fully disposed of by all Investors shall be cancelled for no consideration.

3. Exercisability.

(a) General. To the extent vested in accordance with Section 2 above, the Options shall only become exercisable from and after the earlier of the occurrence of (i) a Change in Control and (ii) an initial Public Offering.

(b) Change in Control: In the event of a Change in Control, the Options shall become exercisable, to the extent vested in accordance with Section 2 above, and the Company may provide that some or all of the Options be automatically exercised on a cashless basis in connection with such Change in Control and the Optionee shall be entitled to receive the excess of (i) the per share consideration to be paid in connection with such Change in Control transaction (whether in cash, stock or otherwise) and (ii) the Option Price; provided, that any Option for which the Option Price exceeds the amount in clause (i) may be cancelled for no consideration.

4. Post-Termination Exercisability.

(a) Any Termination. Unvested Options shall be cancelled for no consideration upon Thomas M. White’s termination of service with the Company and its Affiliates (the “Service Termination Time”), for any reason.

(b) Vested and Exercisable. To the extent the Options were vested and exercisable at the Service Termination Time, the Options shall remain exercisable during the following post-termination periods:

(i) Death/Disability: Earlier of (A) one (1) year following such termination and (B) the expiration of the Option Term.

(ii) All Other Terminations: Earlier of (A) ninety (90) days following such termination and (B) the expiration of the Option Term.

(c) Vested and Not Exercisable. To the extent the Options were vested but were not exercisable at the Service Termination Time, the Options shall be eligible to become exercisable and remain exercisable during the following post-termination periods:

(i) Death/Disability: Later of (A) one (1) year following such termination and (B) thirty (30) days following the occurrence of a Change in Control or an initial Public Offering but, in each case, no event later than the day prior to the expiration of the Option Term.

(ii) All Other Terminations: Later of (A) ninety (90) days following such termination and (B) thirty (30) days following the occurrence of a Change in Control or an initial Public Offering but, in each case, no event later than the day prior to the expiration of the Option Term.

 

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(iii) If a Change in Control or an initial Public Offering has not occurred prior to the expiration of the Option Term, the Options shall expire without becoming exercisable.

5. Method of Exercising Option.

(a) Payment of Option Price. Options, to the extent vested, may be exercised, in whole or in part, by giving written notice of exercise to the Company specifying the number of Common Shares to be purchased. Such notice shall be accompanied by the payment in full of the aggregate Option Price. Such payment shall be made: (i) in cash or by check, bank draft or money order payable to the order of the Company, (ii) through a cashless exercise whereby the Company reduces the number of Common Shares issuable upon exercise with a value equal to the aggregate Option Price and withholding obligation, (iii) solely to the extent permitted by applicable law, if the Common Shares are then traded on an established securities exchange or system in the United States, through a procedure whereby the Optionee delivers irrevocable instructions to a broker reasonably acceptable to the Committee to deliver promptly to the Company an amount equal to the aggregate Option Price or (iv) on such other terms and conditions as the Committee may permit, in its sole discretion.

(b) Tax Withholding. At the time of exercise, the Optionee shall pay to the Company such amount as the Company deems necessary to satisfy its obligation, if any, to withhold federal, state or local income or other taxes incurred by reason of the exercise of Options granted hereunder. Such payment shall be made: (i) in cash, (ii) by having the Company withhold from the delivery of Common Shares for which the Option was exercised that number of Common Shares having a Fair Market Value equal to the minimum withholding obligation, (iii) by delivering Common Shares owned by the holder of the Option that are Mature Shares, or (iv) by a combination of any such methods. For purposes hereof, Common Shares shall be valued at Fair Market Value.

6. Issuance of Shares. Subject to the terms hereof, as promptly as practical after receipt of such written notification of exercise and full payment of the Option Price and any required income tax withholding, the Company shall issue or transfer to the Optionee the number of Option Shares with respect to which Options have been so exercised (less shares withheld for payment of the Option Price and/or in satisfaction of tax withholding obligations, if any), and shall deliver to the Optionee a certificate or certificates therefor, registered in the Optionee’s name.

7. Repurchase. In the event of the termination of Thomas M. White’s service with the Company and its Affiliates prior to an initial Public Offering, the Company shall have the right, but not the obligation, to repurchase any or all Common Shares acquired by the Optionee upon exercise of the Options that have been held by the Optionee for at least six months at the time of such repurchase (or such shorter time as is required to avoid adverse accounting treatment) at a price per Common Share equal to the per share Fair Market Value.

8. Shareholder Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event will Common Shares be delivered upon exercise of the Options unless and until the Optionee executes (or is already a party to) an Adoption Agreement pursuant to which Optionee

 

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will become bound by the terms and conditions set forth in that certain Stockholder Agreement, dated September 30, 2010, as may be amended from time to time pursuant to the terms thereof, by and among the Company and the stockholders of the Company, including those terms and conditions applicable to Management Holders (as defined therein), which in all events shall be within thirty (30) days following exercise of the Options.

9. Non-Transferability. Except as otherwise permitted in accordance with Section 15(b) of the Plan, the Options are not transferable by the Optionee otherwise than to a designated beneficiary upon death or by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and are exercisable during the Optionee’s lifetime only by him/her (or his or her legal representative in the event of incapacity). No assignment or transfer of the Options, or of the rights represented thereby, whether voluntary or involuntary, by operation of law or otherwise (except to a designated beneficiary, upon death, by will or the laws of descent and distribution), shall vest in the assignee or transferee any interest or right herein whatsoever, but immediately upon such assignment or transfer the Options shall terminate and become of no further effect.

10. Rights as Shareholder. The Optionee or a transferee of the Options shall have no rights as shareholder with respect to any Option Shares until he shall have become the holder of record of such shares, and no adjustment shall be made for dividends or distributions or other rights in respect of such Option Shares for which the date on which shareholders of record are determined for purposes of paying cash dividends on Common Shares is prior to the date upon which it shall become the holder of record thereof.

11. Adjustments. In the event of any adjustment pursuant to Section 12 of the Plan that would adversely affect the value of the Options granted hereunder or cause such Options to become subject to Section 409A of the Code, such adjustment may only be made with the Optionee’s written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

12. Compliance with Law. Notwithstanding any of the provisions hereof, the Optionee hereby agrees that it will not exercise the Options, and that the Company will not be obligated to issue or transfer any shares to the Optionee hereunder, if the exercise hereof or the issuance or transfer of such shares shall constitute a violation by the Optionee or the Company of any provisions of any law or regulation of any governmental authority. Any determination in this connection by the Committee shall be final, binding and conclusive.

13. Notice. Every notice or other communication relating to this Agreement shall be in writing, and shall be mailed to or delivered to the party for whom it is intended at such address as may from time to time be designated by it in a notice mailed or delivered to the other party as herein provided; provided, that, unless and until some other address be so designated, all notices or communications by the Optionee to the Company shall be mailed or delivered to the Company at its principal executive office, and all notices or communications by the Company to the Optionee may be given to the Optionee personally or may be mailed to him at his address as recorded in the records of the Company.

14. Non-Qualified Stock Options. The Options granted hereunder are not intended to be Incentive Stock Options or Qualified Stock Options.

 

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15. Binding Effect. Subject to Section 9 hereof, this Agreement shall be binding upon the heirs, executors, administrators and successors of the parties hereto.

16. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico without regard to its conflict of law principles.

17. Plan. Although this stock option awarded pursuant to this Agreement is granted outside the Plan, the terms and provisions of the Plan (as may be amended in accordance with the terms thereof) are incorporated herein by reference and this Option shall be administered in accordance therewith, and the Optionee hereby acknowledges receiving a copy of the Plan. In the event of a conflict or inconsistency between the terms and provisions of the Plan and the provisions of this Agreement, this Agreement shall govern and control. All capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them as set forth in the Plan. For the avoidance of doubt, this Agreement (and the Options granted hereunder) shall be treated as an Award under the Plan (and this Agreement, an Award Agreement thereunder), including without limitation with respect to Section 12 thereof, except that the number of shares covered hereby shall not be counted against the share reserve set forth in Section 5(b).

18. Interpretation. Any dispute regarding the interpretation of this Agreement shall be submitted by the Optionee or the Company to the Committee for review. The resolution of such a dispute by the Committee shall be binding on the Company and the Optionee.

19. No Right to Continued Service. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed by implication or otherwise to impose any limitation on any right of the Company to terminate Thomas M. White’s service.

20. Severability. Every provision of this Agreement is intended to be severable and any illegal or invalid term shall not affect the validity or legality of the remaining terms.

21. Headings. The headings of the Sections hereof are provided for convenience only and are not to serve as a basis for interpretation of construction, and shall not constitute a part of this Agreement.

22. Signature in Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first set forth above.

 

CARIB HOLDINGS, INC.
By:   /s/ Félix Villamil
Name:   Félix Villamil
Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer
OPTIONEE
THOMAS M. WHITE 2006 TRUST
By:   /s/ Thomas M. White
Name:   Thomas M. White
Title:   Trustee

 

 

     Number of Options   Option Price

Tranche A Options

  22,500   $10.00 per share

Tranche B Options

  22,500   $10.00 per share

 

 

 

Signature Page to Option Agreement

EX-10.21 24 dex1021.htm SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT - THOMAS M. WHITE 2006 TRUST Subscription Agreement - Thomas M. White 2006 Trust

Exhibit 10.21

EXECUTION VERSION

SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of April 5, 2011 between CARIB HOLDINGS, INC., a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (the “Company”) and INVESTOR, as set forth on the signature page to this Agreement (“Investor”).

WHEREAS, Investor desires to purchase certain shares of the Company’s common stock, and the Company is willing to sell the Company’s common stock to Investor on the terms and conditions provided below.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual representations, warranties and covenants contained in this Agreement, and of other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:

1. Subscription; Closing Deliveries.

(a) Subscription. Investor hereby subscribes for the number of shares of Class B Non-Voting Common Stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share, set forth on the signature page to this Agreement (the “Shares”) at the aggregate purchase price set forth on the signature page to this Agreement (the “Purchase Price”).

(b) Closing Deliveries. Concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, Investor has delivered to the Company (i) the Purchase Price, paid (x) in the form of a cashier’s check, certified check or money order or (y) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account or accounts that have been designated by the Company and (ii) a duly executed Adoption Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A pursuant to which Investor agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Stockholder Agreement (as defined below), including the terms and conditions applicable to Management Holders (as defined in the Stockholder Agreement).

2. Delivery of Shares. Promptly following receipt from Investor of each of the closing deliveries set forth in Section 1(b) of this Agreement, including, for the avoidance of doubt, receipt of the Purchase Price in immediately available funds, the Company will deliver to Investor a certificate representing the Shares.

3. Shares Subject to the Stockholder Agreement. It is a condition to the issuance of any Shares hereunder that the Investor agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of that certain Stockholder Agreement dated as of September 30, 2010, by and among the Company and the stockholders of the Company party thereto (as amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time, the “Stockholder Agreement”).

4. Representations and Warranties of Investor. Investor hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows:


(a) Organization. Investor is a trust duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization. Investor is a trust solely for the benefit of Thomas M. White and his immediate family members.

(b) Authority. Investor has the necessary trust power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder. The execution, delivery, and performance by Investor of this Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of Investor. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Investor and is the legal, valid and binding obligation of Investor enforceable against Investor in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, conservatorship, reorganization, liquidation, moratorium, or similar events affecting such Investor or its assets, or by general principles of equity.

(c) No Consents; No Violations. No authorization, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental, regulatory or legal authority or any other Person is required for the due execution, delivery and performance by Investor of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (other than (x) such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof, (y) consents, authorizations, approvals or filings required to be obtained or made by, or notices given to, any regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the Company, as to which Investor makes no representations or warranties and (z) routine filings that are informational in nature and made in the ordinary course of business). The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the performance by Investor of its obligations hereunder do not and will not result in any breach, violation or contravention of (1) any Law of any Governmental Entity applicable to Investor, (2) any order, writ, injunction, judgment, decree or award of any court, arbitrator, or governmental or regulatory authority to which Investor or any of its properties is subject or (3) any mortgage, contract, agreement, deed of trust, license, lease or other instrument, arrangement, commitment, obligation, understanding or restriction of any kind to which Investor is a party or by which any of its properties is bound, in each case except for breaches, violations and contraventions, if any, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, results of operations, business, properties or assets of Investor.

(d) Investment Related Representations and Warranties.

(i) Investor is acquiring the Shares for his own account, for investment and not with a view to the resale or distribution thereof or any interest therein in violation of the Securities Act or applicable securities Laws. Investor has not entered into, and has no plans to enter into, any contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement for the resale or distribution of the Shares, other than sales pursuant to the Stockholder Agreement.

(ii) Investor understands that (1) the Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act or under any state securities Laws, and are being offered and sold in reliance under federal and state exemptions for transactions not involving a public offering, (2) no Governmental Entity has reviewed or made any finding or determination as to the fairness or merits or any recommendation or endorsement with respect to an investment in the Shares, (3) the Shares must be held by Investor indefinitely unless a subsequent transfer thereof is registered under the Securities Act and applicable Law or is exempt from such registration and (4) legends

 

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restricting the transferability and resale of the Shares will be placed on all documents evidencing the Shares.

(iii) Investor further understands that the exemption from registration afforded by Rule 144 (the provisions of which are known to Investor) depends on the satisfaction of various conditions, and that, if applicable, Rule 144 may afford the basis for sales of the Shares acquired hereunder in limited amounts. Investor further understands that Investor has no right to compel the Company to disclose any information for purposes of complying with Rule 144.

(iv) Investor (1) is an “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the Securities Act) or (2) has a preexisting personal or business relationship with the Company, its Subsidiaries or certain members of the Board or officers of the Company which is of a nature and duration sufficient to make Investor aware of the character, business acumen and general business and financial circumstances of the Company, its Subsidiaries, and/or such members of the Board or officers of the Company, if any.

(v) Investor has conducted its own investigation with respect to the Shares, and the Company has made available to Investor or its representatives (1) a copy of the offering memorandum, dated September 23, 2010, distributed in connection with EVERTEC’s offering of 11% Senior Notes due 2018, and (2) all agreements, documents, records and books that Investor has requested relating to an investment in the Shares being acquired by Investor. Investor has had an opportunity to ask questions of, and receive answers from, Persons acting on behalf of the Company, concerning the terms and conditions of this investment, and answers have been provided to all of such questions to the full satisfaction of Investor. Investor has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that it is capable of evaluating the risks and merits of the investment in the Shares to suffer a complete loss of such investment.

(vi) Investor has no need for liquidity in its investment in the Shares and no need to dispose of the Shares to satisfy any existing or contemplated undertaking, obligation or indebtedness. Investor can bear the economic risk of investment in the Shares, including a complete loss of such investment, and has such knowledge and experience in financial or business matters to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the investment in the Shares. Investor has consulted with its professional, tax and legal advisors to the extent Investor has deemed appropriate with respect to the federal, state, local and foreign income tax consequences of Investor’s participation as a stockholder of the Company.

(vii) Investor understands that there is no public market for the Shares and that the transferability of the Shares is restricted as set forth in the Stockholder Agreement.

5. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company hereby represents and warrants to Investor as follows:

(a) Authority. The Company has the power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted, to own or hold under lease its properties, and to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and is

 

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the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, conservatorship, reorganization, liquidation, moratorium, or similar events affecting the Company or its assets, or by general principles of equity.

(b) No Consents; No Violations. No authorization, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental, regulatory or legal authority or any other Person is required for the due execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (other than (x) such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof and (y) consents, authorizations, approvals or filings required to be obtained or made by, or notices given to, any regulatory authority by Investor, as to which the Company makes no representations or warranties). The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby do not and will not result in any breach, violation or contravention of (1) the Certificate of Incorporation or the Company By-Laws, (2) any Law of any Governmental Entity applicable to the Company, (3) any order, writ, injunction, judgment, decree or award of any court, arbitrator, or governmental or regulatory authority to which the Company or any of its properties is subject or (4) any mortgage, contract, agreement, deed of trust, license, lease or other instrument, arrangement, commitment, obligation, understanding or restriction of any kind to which the Company is a party or by which any of its properties is bound, in each case except for breaches, violations and contraventions, if any, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, results of operations, business, properties or assets of the Company.

(c) Issuance of Shares. Upon issuance to Investor against receipt of the Purchase Price as contemplated by this Agreement, the Shares will be duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

6. Transferability. Investor agrees not to transfer or assign this Agreement or any of Investor’s interest in this Agreement, and further agrees that the Transfer of the Shares acquired pursuant hereto shall be allowed only in accordance with applicable Law and the terms of the Stockholder Agreement. Investor will not offer, sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of all or any portion of the Shares unless (a) such offer, sale, pledge or disposition is in compliance with the terms and conditions of the Stockholder Agreement and (b) in the opinion of counsel for or reasonably satisfactory to the Company, registration under any applicable securities Laws is not required. Thomas M. White agrees that he shall not permit any Transfer or any person to become the beneficial owner of any interest in the Thomas M. White 2006 Trust except in connection with a Permitted Transfer.

7. Revocation. Investor agrees that Investor will not cancel, terminate or revoke this Agreement or any agreement made in connection with this Agreement.

8. Legends. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Stockholder Agreement, all certificates evidencing Shares owned by Investor or its respective transferees permitted hereunder shall in addition to any other legend required by contract or applicable Law bear legends in substantially the following form:

 

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“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), OR UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION. NEITHER THESE SECURITIES NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM PURSUANT TO THE ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. ANY OFFER, SALE, ASSIGNMENT, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THESE SECURITIES IN A TRANSACTION THAT IS NOT REGISTERED UNDER THE ACT IS SUBJECT TO THE COMPANY’S RIGHT TO REQUIRE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE EFFECT THAT ANY PROPOSED TRANSFER OR RESALE IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.”

“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF A STOCKHOLDER AGREEMENT DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2010 (AS AMENDED, MODIFIED, SUPPLEMENTED OR RESTATED FROM TIME TO TIME, THE “STOCKHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT”), AMONG THE HOLDER OF SUCH SECURITIES (OR THE PREDECESSOR IN INTEREST TO THE HOLDER OF SUCH SECURITIES), THE COMPANY AND CERTAIN OTHER STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY. THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT INCLUDE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERS. THE COMPANY WILL, UPON WRITTEN REQUEST, FURNISH A COPY OF SUCH AGREEMENT TO THE HOLDER HEREOF WITHOUT CHARGE.”

“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF A SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT DATED AS OF APRIL     , 2011 (AS AMENDED, MODIFIED, SUPPLEMENTED OR RESTATED FROM TIME TO TIME, THE “SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT”), AMONG THE HOLDER OF SUCH SECURITIES (OR THE PREDECESSOR IN INTEREST TO THE HOLDER OF SUCH SECURITIES), THE COMPANY AND CERTAIN OTHER STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY. THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT INCLUDE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERS. THE COMPANY WILL, UPON WRITTEN REQUEST, FURNISH A COPY OF SUCH AGREEMENT TO THE HOLDER HEREOF WITHOUT CHARGE.”

9. Applicability of Certain Provisions in the Stockholder Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in the Stockholder Agreement, the Company, Investor and each of the Principal Stockholders hereby agree as follows:

(a) Definitions. For purposes of the defined terms contained in the Stockholder Agreement, solely with respect to Investor, the following shall apply:

 

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(i) Investor shall be deemed a Management Holder for so long as Thomas M. White is employed by, or serves as a consultant or director to, the Company or any of its Affiliates.

(ii) With respect to Investor, the term “Repurchase Event” means that Thomas M. White shall no longer be employed by, acting as a consultant to or a member of the board of directors of the Company or any of its Affiliates for any reason (including upon death or disability) or a Bankruptcy Event shall have occurred with respect to the Thomas M. White 2006 Trust or Thomas M. White.

(iii) With respect to Investor, the term “Service Termination Date” means the date Thomas M. White no longer provides services (whether as a director, employee or consultant) to the Company or any of its Affiliates.

(b) Non-Solicitation/Non-Competition. The restrictions set forth in Sections 9(d) and 9(e) of the Stockholder Agreement shall not apply to Investor or Thomas M. White.

(c) Redemption Rights. With respect to the provisions set forth in Section 9(a) of the Stockholder Agreement, the following terms shall apply solely to Investor.

(i) Repurchase Price. The purchase price to be paid by a Repurchaser pursuant to Section 9(a) of the Stockholder Agreement to repurchase each Common Share beneficially owned by Investor immediately after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be an amount equal to the greater of (A) the Fair Market Value of such Common Share as of Investor’s Service Termination Date (in the case of options and warrants, less the exercise price thereof) and (B) the Fair Market Value of such Common Share as of the date of such repurchase (in the case of options and warrants, less the exercise price thereof).

(ii) Payment of Purchase Price. A Repurchaser shall not be permitted to pay any portion of the purchase price payable to Investor in the form of a promissory note issued by such Repurchaser unless there are legal or financial restrictions preventing the Repurchaser from effecting such repurchase without issuing such promissory note as all or part of the consideration for such repurchase and, in such event, such promissory note shall be in the form of a two-year subordinated promissory note issued by such Repurchaser and shall bear interest at a rate equal to the interest rate at such time under EVERTEC’s senior secured credit facility.

(iii) Repurchase Period. With respect to repurchases from Investor, the term “Repurchase Period” means the 6 month anniversary of the Investor’s Service Termination Date; provided that such 6-month period shall be tolled under the same circumstances as set forth in Section 9(a)(iv).

10. Miscellaneous.

(a) Definitions. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Stockholder Agreement.

 

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(b) Notices. All notices or other communications given or made hereunder shall be given or made in accordance with the terms set forth in Section 12(c) of the Stockholder Agreement.

(c) Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Stockholder Agreement and the Exhibits, Schedules and Annexes attached hereto and thereto and any certificates, documents, instruments and writings that are delivered pursuant hereto and thereto, constitutes the entire agreement and understanding of the parties in respect of the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior understandings, agreements or representations by or among the parties, written or oral, to the extent they relate in any way to the subject matter hereof. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the terms and provisions of this Agreement and the terms and provisions of the Stockholder Agreement, this Agreement shall govern and control.

(d) Further Assurances. The parties hereto agree that, from time to time, they will execute and deliver to each other such additional documents and instruments as may be required in order to carry out the purposes of this Agreement.

(e) Amendment. This Agreement may not be amended, supplemented or modified without the written consent of Investor and the Company (and, in the case of Section 9, Section 10(c) and this Section 10(e), each of the Principal Stockholders).

(f) Governing Law. This Agreement and all claims and causes of action arising hereunder or relating hereto will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, without giving effect to any conflict of law principles that would result in the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction.

(g) Headings. The heading references herein and the table of contents hereof are for convenience purposes only, and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.

(h) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which shall constitute one and the same Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

  THE COMPANY:     INVESTOR:  
  CARIB HOLDINGS, INC.     THOMAS M. WHITE 2006 TRUST  
  /s/ Félix Villamil     /s/ Thomas M. White  
 

By:       Félix Villamil

   

By:       Thomas M. White

 
 

Title:    President and Chief Executive Officer

   

Title:    Trustee

 
      THOMAS M. WHITE  
      /s/ Thomas M. White  
     

By:   Thomas M. White

 

NUMBER OF SHARES; PURCHASE PRICE:

 

Number of Shares to be delivered  

to Investor at or about the Closing:  

  25,000     
   
Purchaser Price per Share:   $10.00     
   
Aggregate Purchase Price:   $250,000     

ACKNOWLEDGED & AGREED FOR PURPOSES OF SECTIONS 9, 10(C) AND 10(E):

 

  AP CARIB HOLDINGS, LTD.   POPULAR, INC.
 

By: Apollo Management VII, L.P., its sole

director

 
 

By: AIF VII Management, LLC, its general

partner

 

 

By:

  /s/ Nestor O. Rivera  
   

Name:

Title:

 

 

By:

  /s/ Marc Becker    
 

Name:

Title:

[Signature Page to Management Subscription Agreement – White]


Exhibit A

ADOPTION AGREEMENT

This Adoption Agreement (“Adoption”) is executed pursuant to the terms of the Stockholder Agreement dated as of September 30, 2010, a copy of which is attached hereto (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Stockholder Agreement”), by the undersigned (the “Undersigned”) executing this Adoption. By the execution of this Adoption, the Undersigned agrees as follows:

1. Acknowledgment. The Undersigned acknowledges that the Undersigned is acquiring certain Common Shares of Carib Holdings, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (the “Company”), subject to the terms and conditions of the Stockholder Agreement, among the Company and the Holders party thereto. Capitalized terms used herein without definition are defined in the Stockholder Agreement and are used herein with the same meanings set forth therein.

2. Agreement. The Undersigned (i) agrees that the Common Shares acquired by the Undersigned, and all other Common Shares that may be acquired by the Undersigned in the future, shall be bound by and subject to the terms of the Stockholder Agreement, pursuant to the terms thereof, and (ii) hereby adopts the Stockholder Agreement with the same force and effect as if he were originally a party thereto.

3. Notice. Any notice required as permitted by the Stockholder Agreement shall be given to the Undersigned at the address listed beside the Undersigned’s signature below.

4. Joinder. The spouse of the Undersigned, if applicable, executes this Adoption to acknowledge its fairness and that it is in such spouse’s best interest, and to bind the conjugal partnership and such spouse’s community interest, if any, in the Common Shares and other securities referred to above and in the Stockholder Agreement, to the terms of the Stockholder Agreement.

5. Management Holder. The Undersigned acknowledges and agrees that it is acquiring the Common Shares as an Management Holder and that it shall be bound by the terms and conditions set forth in the Stockholder Agreement, including those applicable to Management Holders (except to the extent such terms have been modified by the terms of the Subscription Agreement between the Company, the Undersigned and the Principal Stockholders).

 

Thomas M. White       Margie P. White
Name of Undersigned       Name of Spouse
/s/ Thomas M. White       /s/ Margie P. White

Signature

 

      Signature
Date       Date
     

[Signature Page to Adoption Agreement – White]

EX-10.22 25 dex1022.htm SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT - LUIS O. ABREU Subscription Agreement - Luis O. Abreu

Exhibit 10.22

EXECUTION VERSION

SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of February 11, 2011 between CARIB HOLDINGS, INC., a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (the “Company”) and INVESTOR, as set forth on the signature page to this Agreement (“Investor”).

WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of 11:59 p.m. on June 30, 2010 (as amended, the “Merger Agreement), by and among AP Carib Holdings, Ltd., an exempted company organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands (“AP Carib”), Popular, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (“Popular”), EVERTEC, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (“EVERTEC”), and Carib Acquisition, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, immediately following the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement) each of AP Carib and Popular contributed their respective share of EVERTEC’s outstanding equity interests to the Company, and the Company thereby acquired all of the equity interests in EVERTEC (such contributions, the “Transaction”);

WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in that certain Employment Agreement dated as of October 1, 2010, by and between EVERTEC and Investor (the “Employment Agreement”), Investor has agreed to invest 50% of the after-tax proceeds of the bonus received in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement; and

WHEREAS, Investor desires to purchase certain shares of the Company’s common stock, and the Company is willing to sell the Company’s common stock to Investor on the terms and conditions provided below.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual representations, warranties and covenants contained in this Agreement, and of other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:

1. Subscription; Closing Deliveries.

(a) Subscription. Investor hereby subscribes for the number of shares of Class B Non-Voting Common Stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share, set forth on the signature page to this Agreement (the “Shares”) at the aggregate purchase price set forth on the signature page to this Agreement (the “Purchase Price”).

(b) Closing Deliveries. Concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, Investor has delivered to the Company (i) the Purchase Price, paid (x) in the form of a cashier’s check, certified check or money order or (y) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account or accounts that have been designated by the Company, (ii) a duly executed Adoption Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A pursuant to which Investor agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Stockholder Agreement (as defined below), including the terms and conditions applicable to Management Holders (as defined in the Stockholder Agreement) and (iii) a duly executed spousal consent, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B.

 

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2. Delivery of Shares. Promptly following receipt from Investor of each of the closing deliveries set forth in Section 1(b) of this Agreement, including, for the avoidance of doubt, receipt of the Purchase Price in immediately available funds, the Company will deliver to Investor a certificate representing the Shares.

3. Shares Subject to the Stockholder Agreement. It is a condition to the issuance of any Shares hereunder that the Investor agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of that certain Stockholder Agreement dated as of September 30, 2010, by and among the Company and the stockholders of the Company party thereto (as amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time, the “Stockholder Agreement”).

4. Representations and Warranties of Investor. Investor hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows:

(a) Authority. Investor has the power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder. The execution, delivery, and performance by Investor of this Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of Investor. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Investor and is the legal, valid and binding obligation of Investor enforceable against Investor in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, conservatorship, reorganization, liquidation, moratorium, or similar events affecting such Investor or its assets, or by general principles of equity.

(b) No Consents; No Violations. No authorization, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental, regulatory or legal authority or any other Person is required for the due execution, delivery and performance by Investor of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (other than (x) such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof, (y) consents, authorizations, approvals or filings required to be obtained or made by, or notices given to, any regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the Company, as to which Investor makes no representations or warranties and (z) routine filings that are informational in nature and made in the ordinary course of business). The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the performance by Investor of its obligations hereunder do not and will not result in any breach, violation or contravention of (1) any Law of any Governmental Entity applicable to Investor, (2) any order, writ, injunction, judgment, decree or award of any court, arbitrator, or governmental or regulatory authority to which Investor or any of its properties is subject or (3) any mortgage, contract, agreement, deed of trust, license, lease or other instrument, arrangement, commitment, obligation, understanding or restriction of any kind to which Investor is a party or by which any of its properties is bound, in each case except for breaches, violations and contraventions, if any, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, results of operations, business, properties or assets of Investor.

(c) Investment Related Representations and Warranties.

(i) Investor is acquiring the Shares for his own account, for investment and not with a view to the resale or distribution thereof or any interest therein in violation of the Securities Act or applicable securities Laws. Investor has not entered into, and has no plans to

 

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enter into, any contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement for the resale or distribution of the Shares, other than sales pursuant to the Stockholder Agreement.

(ii) Investor understands that (1) the Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act or under any state securities Laws, and are being offered and sold in reliance under federal and state exemptions for transactions not involving a public offering, (2) no Governmental Entity has reviewed or made any finding or determination as to the fairness or merits or any recommendation or endorsement with respect to an investment in the Shares, (3) the Shares must be held by Investor indefinitely unless a subsequent transfer thereof is registered under the Securities Act and applicable Law or is exempt from such registration and (4) legends restricting the transferability and resale of the Shares will be placed on all documents evidencing the Shares.

(iii) Investor further understands that the exemption from registration afforded by Rule 144 (the provisions of which are known to Investor) depends on the satisfaction of various conditions, and that, if applicable, Rule 144 may afford the basis for sales of the Shares acquired hereunder in limited amounts. Investor further understands that Investor has no right to compel the Company to disclose any information for purposes of complying with Rule 144.

(iv) Investor (1) is an “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the Securities Act) or (2) has a preexisting personal or business relationship with the Company, its Subsidiaries or certain members of the Board or officers of the Company which is of a nature and duration sufficient to make Investor aware of the character, business acumen and general business and financial circumstances of the Company, its Subsidiaries, and/or such members of the Board or officers of the Company, if any.

(v) Investor has conducted its own investigation with respect to the Shares, and the Company has made available to Investor or its representatives (1) a copy of the offering memorandum, dated September 23, 2010, distributed in connection with EVERTEC’s offering of 11% Senior Notes due 2018, and (2) all agreements, documents, records and books that Investor has requested relating to an investment in the Shares being acquired by Investor. Investor has had an opportunity to ask questions of, and receive answers from, Persons acting on behalf of the Company, concerning the terms and conditions of this investment, and answers have been provided to all of such questions to the full satisfaction of Investor. Investor has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that it is capable of evaluating the risks and merits of the investment in the Shares to suffer a complete loss of such investment.

(vi) Investor has no need for liquidity in its investment in the Shares and no need to dispose of the Shares to satisfy any existing or contemplated undertaking, obligation or indebtedness. Investor can bear the economic risk of investment in the Shares, including a complete loss of such investment, and has such knowledge and experience in financial or business matters to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the investment in the Shares. Investor has consulted with its professional, tax and legal advisors to the extent Investor has deemed appropriate with respect to the federal, state, local and foreign income tax consequences of Investor’s participation as a stockholder of the Company.

 

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(vii) Investor understands that there is no public market for the Shares and that the transferability of the Shares is restricted as set forth in the Stockholder Agreement.

5. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company hereby represents and warrants to Investor as follows:

(a) Authority. The Company has the power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted, to own or hold under lease its properties, and to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, conservatorship, reorganization, liquidation, moratorium, or similar events affecting the Company or its assets, or by general principles of equity.

(b) No Consents; No Violations. No authorization, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental, regulatory or legal authority or any other Person is required for the due execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (other than (x) such as has been obtained, given, effected or taken prior to the date hereof and (y) consents, authorizations, approvals or filings required to be obtained or made by, or notices given to, any regulatory authority by Investor, as to which the Company makes no representations or warranties). The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby do not and will not result in any breach, violation or contravention of (1) the Certificate of Incorporation or the Company By-Laws, (2) any Law of any Governmental Entity applicable to the Company, (3) any order, writ, injunction, judgment, decree or award of any court, arbitrator, or governmental or regulatory authority to which the Company or any of its properties is subject or (4) any mortgage, contract, agreement, deed of trust, license, lease or other instrument, arrangement, commitment, obligation, understanding or restriction of any kind to which the Company is a party or by which any of its properties is bound, in each case except for breaches, violations and contraventions, if any, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, results of operations, business, properties or assets of the Company.

(c) Issuance of Shares. Upon issuance to Investor against receipt of the Purchase Price as contemplated by this Agreement, the Shares will be duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

6. Transferability. Investor agrees not to transfer or assign this Agreement or any of Investor’s interest in this Agreement, and further agrees that the assignment and transferability of the Shares acquired pursuant hereto shall be allowed only in accordance with applicable Law and the terms of the Stockholder Agreement. Investor will not offer, sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of all or any portion of the Shares unless (a) such offer, sale, pledge or disposition is in compliance with the terms and conditions of the Stockholder Agreement and (b) in the opinion of counsel for or reasonably satisfactory to the Company, registration under any applicable securities Laws is not required.

 

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7. Revocation. Investor agrees that Investor will not cancel, terminate or revoke this Agreement or any agreement made in connection with this Agreement.

8. Legends. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Stockholder Agreement, all certificates evidencing Shares owned by Investor or its respective transferees permitted hereunder shall in addition to any other legend required by contract or applicable Law bear legends in substantially the following form:

“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), OR UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION. NEITHER THESE SECURITIES NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM PURSUANT TO THE ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. ANY OFFER, SALE, ASSIGNMENT, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THESE SECURITIES IN A TRANSACTION THAT IS NOT REGISTERED UNDER THE ACT IS SUBJECT TO THE COMPANY’S RIGHT TO REQUIRE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE EFFECT THAT ANY PROPOSED TRANSFER OR RESALE IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.”

“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS OF A STOCKHOLDER AGREEMENT DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2010 (AS AMENDED, MODIFIED, SUPPLEMENTED OR RESTATED FROM TIME TO TIME, THE “STOCKHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT”), AMONG THE HOLDER OF SUCH SECURITIES (OR THE PREDECESSOR IN INTEREST TO THE HOLDER OF SUCH SECURITIES), THE COMPANY AND CERTAIN OTHER STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY. THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT INCLUDE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERS. THE COMPANY WILL, UPON WRITTEN REQUEST, FURNISH A COPY OF SUCH AGREEMENT TO THE HOLDER HEREOF WITHOUT CHARGE.”

9. Miscellaneous.

(a) Definitions. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Stockholder Agreement.

(b) Notices. All notices or other communications given or made hereunder shall be given or made in accordance with the terms set forth in Section 12(c) of the Stockholder Agreement.

 

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(c) Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Stockholder Agreement and the Employment Agreement and the Exhibits, Schedules and Annexes attached hereto and thereto and any certificates, documents, instruments and writings that are delivered pursuant hereto and thereto, constitutes the entire agreement and understanding of the parties in respect of the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior understandings, agreements or representations by or among the parties, written or oral, to the extent they relate in any way to the subject matter hereof.

(d) Further Assurances. The parties hereto agree that, from time to time, they will execute and deliver to each other such additional documents and instruments as may be required in order to carry out the purposes of this Agreement.

(e) Amendment. This Agreement may not be amended, supplemented or modified without the written consent of Investor and the Company.

(f) Governing Law. This Agreement and all claims and causes of action arising hereunder or relating hereto will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, without giving effect to any conflict of law principles that would result in the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction.

(g) Headings. The heading references herein and the table of contents hereof are for convenience purposes only, and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.

(h) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which shall constitute one and the same Agreement.

[signature page follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

CARIB HOLDINGS, INC.

/s/ Félix Villamil

By:

  Félix Villamil

Title:

  President and Chief Executive Officer
LUIS O. ABREU
/s/ Luis O. Abreu

By:

  Luis O. Abreu

NUMBER OF SHARES; PURCHASE PRICE:

 

Number of Shares to be delivered

to Investor at or about the Closing:

     16,500      
   
Purchaser Price per Share:    $ 10.00      
   
Aggregate Purchase Price:    $ 165,000      

[Signature Page to Management Subscription Agreement - Abreu]


Exhibit A

ADOPTION AGREEMENT

This Adoption Agreement (“Adoption”) is executed pursuant to the terms of the Stockholder Agreement dated as of September 30, 2010, a copy of which is attached hereto (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Stockholder Agreement”), by the undersigned (the “Undersigned”) executing this Adoption. By the execution of this Adoption, the Undersigned agrees as follows:

1. Acknowledgment. The Undersigned acknowledges that the Undersigned is acquiring certain Common Shares of Carib Holdings, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (the “Company”), subject to the terms and conditions of the Stockholder Agreement, among the Company and the Holders party thereto. Capitalized terms used herein without definition are defined in the Stockholder Agreement and are used herein with the same meanings set forth therein.

2. Agreement. The Undersigned (i) agrees that the Common Shares acquired by the Undersigned, and all other Common Shares that may be acquired by the Undersigned in the future, shall be bound by and subject to the terms of the Stockholder Agreement, pursuant to the terms thereof, and (ii) hereby adopts the Stockholder Agreement with the same force and effect as if he were originally a party thereto.

3. Notice. Any notice required as permitted by the Stockholder Agreement shall be given to the Undersigned at the address listed beside the Undersigned’s signature below.

4. Joinder. The spouse of the Undersigned, if applicable, executes this Adoption to acknowledge its fairness and that it is in such spouse’s best interest, and to bind the conjugal partnership and such spouse’s community interest, if any, in the Common Shares and other securities referred to above and in the Stockholder Agreement, to the terms of the Stockholder Agreement.

5. Management Holder. The Undersigned acknowledges and agrees that it is acquiring the Common Shares as a Management Holder and that it shall be bound by the terms and conditions set forth in the Stockholder Agreement, including those applicable to Management Holders.

 

 

Name of Undersigned

   

 

Name of Spouse

 

Signature

   

 

Signature

 

Date

   

 

Date

[Signature Page to Adoption Agreement]


Exhibit B

SPOUSAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The undersigned spouse of the Investor has read and hereby approves (i) the Subscription Agreement (the “Subscription Agreement”), dated as of                                     , 2011, between Carib Holdings, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (the “Company”) and                                      (“Investor”) and (ii) the Stockholder Agreement. In consideration of the Company’s granting the Investor the right to acquire the Shares in accordance with the terms of the Subscription Agreement, and subject to the terms of the Stockholder Agreement, the undersigned hereby agrees to be irrevocably bound by all the terms of the Subscription Agreement and the Stockholder Agreement, including, without limitation, the right of the Company (or its respective designees) to repurchase any of the Shares under certain circumstances as set forth in the Stockholder Agreement.

Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Subscription Agreement.

 

  Signature of Spouse:      
  Print Name of Spouse:      

[Signature Page to Spousal Consent]


SCHEDULE IDENTIFYING MATERIAL DIFFERENCES

BETWEEN SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENTS,

DATED AS OF FEBRUARY 11, 2011,

BETWEEN CARIB HOLDINGS, INC. AND

THE INDIVIDUALS LISTED BELOW

 

PARTY    NUMBER OF SHARES    AGGREGATE PURCHASE
PRICE

Carlos J. Ramírez

   18,500    $185,000

Luis G. Alvarado

   27,300    $273,000

Jorge R. Hernández

   20,500    $205,000

James Gonzalez

     1,000      $10,000

Mike Vizcarrondo

   13,400    $134,000
EX-12.1 26 dex121.htm STATEMENT RE COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES Statement re Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

Exhibit 12.1

RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

     Successor           Predecessor  
   Three-month
period ended
December 31, 2010
          Nine-month
period ended
September 30, 2010
    Years ended December 31,  
          
     2010           2010     2009     2008     2007     2006  

Earnings:

                

Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes

   $ (178       $ 60,185      $ 88,497      $ 73,450      $ 47,920      $ 45,008   

Less: Earnings from equity method investments

     —              (2,270     (3,508     (4,229     (2,799     (2,926

Plus: Dividends from equity method investees

     —              68        2,195        2,400        2,490        2,590   

Fixed charges

     14,205            2,285        2,781        2,808        2,981        3,544   
                                                    

Earnings adjusted for fixed charges

   $ 14,027          $ 60,268      $ 89,965      $ 74,429      $ 50,592      $ 48,216   
                                                    

Fixed charges:

                

Interest expense

   $ 13,436          $ 70      $ 91      $ 170      $ 376      $ 741   

Interest component of rent
expense (1)

     769            2,215        2,690        2,638        2,605        2,803   
                                                    

Total fixed charges

   $ 14,205          $ 2,285      $ 2,781      $ 2,808      $ 2,981      $ 3,544   
                                                    

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges

     (2)            26.38        32.34        26.51        16.97        13.60   
                                                    

 

(1) One-third of rent expense is deemed to be representative of interest.
(2) Our earnings were insufficient to cover fixed charges by $0.2 million for the three month period ended December 31, 2010.
EX-21.1 27 dex211.htm SUBSIDIARIES OF EVERTEC, INC. Subsidiaries of EVERTEC, Inc.

Exhibit 21.1

Subsidiaries of EVERTEC, Inc.

 

Name

 

Jurisdiction of Incorporation

ATH Costa Rica, S.A.

  Costa Rica

ATH Panama, S.A.

  Panama

EVERTEC Dominicana, S.A.

  Dominican Republic

EVERTEC Latinoamerica, S.A.

  Costa Rica

EVERTEC Mexico Servicios de Procesamiento, S.A. de C.V.

  Mexico

Sense Software International Corp.

  Puerto Rico

T.I.I. Smart Solutions Inc.

  British Virgin Islands

Tarjetas Inteligentes Internacionales, S.A.

  Costa Rica

TII Smart Solutions, Sociedad Anónima

  Guatemala

Payment Technologies, Costa Rica Sociedad Anónima*

  Costa Rica

TII Smart Solutions Costa Rica Sociedad Anónima*

  Costa Rica

Technological Ventures Inc Techvent Sociedad Anónima*

  Costa Rica

 

 

* Inactive subsidiaries that are in the process of liquidation.
EX-23.1 28 dex231.htm CONSENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We hereby consent to the use in this Registration Statement on Form S-4 of our reports dated April 6, 2011 with respect to the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2010 of EVERTEC Inc. and its subsidiaries (Successor) and the related consolidated statements of income, of changes in stockholder’s equity and cash flows for the three months ended December 31, 2010 and the combined balance sheet as of December 31, 2009 of EVERTEC Business Group (Predecessor) and the related combined statements of income, of changes in owner’s equity and of cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and for the two years in the period ended December 31, 2009, which appear in such Registration Statement. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in such Registration Statement.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

San Juan, Puerto Rico

April 14, 2011

EX-25.1 29 dex251.htm FORM T-1 OF WILMINGTON TRUST FSB Form T-1 of Wilmington Trust FSB

Exhibit 25.1

 

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM T-1

 

 

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939

OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

 

¨ CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b)(2)

 

 

WILMINGTON TRUST FSB

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Federal Charter   52-1877389
(State of incorporation)   (I.R.S. employer identification no.)

Harborplace Tower, Suite 2620

111 S. Calvert Street

Baltimore, Maryland 21202

(410) 468-4325

(Address of principal executive offices)

Michael A. DiGregorio

Senior Vice President and General Counsel

Wilmington Trust Company

1100 North Market Street

Wilmington, Delaware 19890-0001

(302) 651-8793

(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

 

 

EVERTEC, INC1

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Puerto Rico   66-0449729
(State of incorporation)   (I.R.S. employer identification no.)

Road 176, Kilometer 1.3

San Juan, Puerto Rice

  00926
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

 

11% Senior Notes due 2018

(Title of the indenture securities)

 

 

 

 

 

1 SEE TABLE OF ADDITIONAL OBLIGORS


TABLE OF ADDITIONAL OBLIGORS

The primary standard industrial classification code number for the issuer and each of the guarantors listed below is 7374. The names of the guarantors, the states or jurisdictions of incorporation or organization for each guarantor, the I.R.S. employer identification number, if applicable, and the address of the principal executive office for each guarantor is listed below.

 

Exact name of additional registrant

as specified in its charter

  

State or other
jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization

  

IRS employer
identification no.

  

Address, including zip code,
and telephone number,
including area code, of
registrant’s principal executive
offices

ATH Costa Rica, S.A.

   Costa Rica    N/A   

Barrio Tournón

Diagonal al Periódico La República,

San José, Costa Rica

(506) 2211 4500

ATH Panama, S.A.

   Panama    N/A   

Corregimiento de Bella Vista, Urb.

Punta

Edificio Torres las Américas

Apto./Local Torre B. Piso 6

Oficina 604

Distrito de Panamá

Provincia de Panamá

(507) 216 9200

EVERTEC Dominicana, S.A.

   Dominican Republic    N/A   

Calle Max Henriquez Ureña #6

Edificio CardNET, Piso 5

Ensanche Naco, Santo Domingo

Dominican Republic.

(809) 683 3125

EVERTEC México Servicios de
Procesamiento, S.A. de C.V.

   Mexico    N/A   

Avenida Insurgentes Sur #600

Despacho 101, Colonia del Valle

Delegación Benito Juárez, CP,

03100

México DF

52 (55) 5669 0603

Sense Software International Corp.

   Puerto Rico    66-0551170   

Cupey Center Building

Road 176, Kilometer 1.3

Río Piedras, Puerto Rico

(787) 282-8047

T.I.I. Smart Solutions Inc.

   British Virgin Islands    N/A   

Barrio Tournón

Diagonal al Periódico La República,

San José, Costa Rica

(506) 2211 4500

Tarjetas Inteligentes Internacionales, S.A

   Costa Rica    N/A   

Barrio Tournón

Diagonal al Periódico La República,

San José, Costa Rica

(506) 2211 4500

TII Smart Solutions, Sociedad Anónima

   Guatemala    N/A   

Avenida Reforma 7-62

Edificio Aristos Reforma

Zona 9 Office 404

Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala

(502) 2362 9404


Item 1. GENERAL INFORMATION. Furnish the following information as to the trustee:

 

  (a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

Office of Thrift Supervision

1475 Peachtree Street, N.E.

Atlanta, GA 30309

 

  (b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Yes.

 

Item 2. AFFILIATIONS WITH THE OBLIGOR. If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each affiliation:

Based upon an examination of the books and records of the trustee and upon information

furnished by the obligor, the obligor is not an affiliate of the trustee.

 

Item 16. LIST OF EXHIBITS. List below are all exhibits filed as part of this Statement of Eligibility and Qualification.

 

  1. A copy of the Federal Stock Savings Bank Charter for Wilmington Trust FSB, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 of Form T-1.

 

  2. The authority of Wilmington Trust FSB to commence business was granted under the Federal Stock Savings Bank Charter for Wilmington Trust FSB, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 1 of Form T-1.

 

  3. The authorization to exercise corporate trust powers was granted under the Federal Stock Savings Bank charter, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 1 of Form T-1.

 

  4. A copy of the existing By-Laws of Trustee, as now in effect, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4 of form T-1.

 

  5. Not applicable.

 

  6. The consent of Trustee as required by Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 6 of Form T-1.

 

  7. Current Report of the Condition of Trustee, published pursuant to law or the requirements of its supervising or examining authority, attached as Exhibit 7.

 

  8. Not applicable.

 

  9. Not applicable.


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the trustee, Wilmington Trust FSB, a federal savings bank, organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, has duly caused this Statement of Eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of Guilford and State of Connecticut on the 7th day of April, 2011.

 

WILMINGTON TRUST FSB
By:  

/s/ Joseph P. O’Donnell

Name:

Title:

 

Joseph P. O’Donnell

Vice President


EXHIBIT 1

Charter No. 6012

FEDERAL STOCK SAVINGS BANK CHARTER

WILMINGTON TRUST FSB

As existing on June 10, 1994.


FEDERAL STOCK SAVINGS BANK CHARTER

WILMINGTON TRUST FSB

SECTION 1. Corporate Title. The full corporate title of the savings bank is Wilmington Trust FSB.

SECTION 2. Office. The home office shall be located in Salisbury, Maryland.

SECTION 3. Duration. The duration of the savings bank is perpetual.

SECTION 4. Purpose and Powers. The purpose of the savings bank is to pursue any or all of the lawful objectives of a Federal savings bank chartered under Section 5 of the Home Owners’ Loan Act and to exercise all of the express, implied, and incidental powers conferred thereby and by all acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, subject to the Constitution and laws of the United States as they are now in effect, or as they may hereafter be amended, and subject to all lawful and applicable rules, regulations, and orders of the Office of Thrift Supervision (“OTS”).

SECTION 5. Capital Stock. The total number of shares of all classes of the capital stock which the savings bank has the authority to issue is 10,000,000, all of which shall be common stock of par value of $1.00 per share. The shares may be issued from time to time as authorized by the Board of Directors without the approval of its shareholders, except as otherwise provided in this Section 5 or to the extent that such approval is required by governing law, rule, or regulation. The consideration for the issuance of the shares shall be paid in full before their issuance and shall not be less than the par value. Neither promissory notes nor future services shall constitute payment or part payment for the issuance of shares of the savings bank. The consideration for the shares shall be cash, tangible or intangible property (to the extent direct investment in such property would be permitted to the savings bank), labor, or services actually performed for the savings bank, or any combination of the foregoing. In the absence of actual fraud in the transaction, the value of such property, labor, or services, as determined by the Board of Directors of the savings bank, shall be conclusive. Upon payment of such consideration, such shares shall be deemed to be fully paid and nonassessable. In the case of a stock dividend, that part of the surplus of the savings bank which is transferred to stated capital upon the issuance of shares of as a share dividend shall be deemed to be the consideration for their issuance.

Except for shares issuable in connection with the conversion of the savings bank from the mutual to stock form of capitalization, no shares of common stock (including shares issuable upon conversion, exchange, or exercise of other securities) shall be issued, directly or indirectly, to officers, directors, or controlling persons of the savings bank other than as part of a general public offering or as qualifying shares to a director, unless the issuance or the plan under which they would be issued has been approved by a majority of the total votes eligible to be cast as a legal meeting.


The holders of the common stock shall exclusively possess all voting power. Each holder of shares of common stock shall be entitled to one vote for each share held by such holder, except as to the cumulation of votes for the election of directors. Subject to any provision for a liquidation account, in the event of any liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the savings bank, the holders of the common stock shall be entitled, after payment or provision for payment of all debts and liabilities of the savings bank, to receive the remaining assets of the savings bank available for distribution, in cash or in kind. Each share of common stock shall have the same relative rights as and be identical in all respects with all the other shares of common stock.

SECTION 6. Preemptive Rights. Holders of the capital stock of the savings bank shall not be entitled to preemptive rights with respect to any shares of the savings bank which may be issued.

SECTION 7. Directors. The savings bank shall be under the direction of a Board of Directors. The authorized number of directors, as stated in the savings bank’s bylaws, shall not be fewer than five nor more than fifteen except when a greater number is approved by the OTS.

SECTION 8. Amendment of Charter. Except as provided in Section 5, no amendment, addition, alteration, change, or repeal of this charter shall be made, unless such is first proposed by the Board of Directors of the savings bank, then preliminarily approved by the OTS, which preliminary approval may be granted by the OTS pursuant to regulations specifying preapproved charter amendments, and thereafter approved by the shareholders by a majority of the total votes eligible to be cast at a legal. Any amendment, addition, alteration, change, or repeal so acted upon shall be effective upon filing with the OTS in accordance with regulatory procedures or on such other date as the OTS may specify in its preliminary approval.


EXHIBIT 4

BY-LAWS OF WILMINGTON TRUST FSB

As Amended April 28, 2008

ARTICLE I — HOME OFFICES

The home office of this savings bank shall be at 111 South Calvert Street, Suite 2620, Baltimore, Maryland.

ARTICLE II — SHAREHOLDERS

SECTION 1. Place of Meetings. All annual and special meetings of shareholders shall be held at the home office of the savings bank or at such other place in or outside the State in which the principal place of business of the savings bank is located as the board of directors may determine.

SECTION 2. Annual Meeting. A meeting of the shareholders of the savings bank for the election of directors and for the transaction of any other business of the savings bank shall be held annually within 120 days after the end of the savings bank’s fiscal year or at such other date and time within at such 120-day period as the board of directors may determine.

SECTION 3. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by the regulations of the Office of Thrift Supervision (“OTS”), may be called at any time by the chairman of the board, one of the presidents or a majority of the board of directors, and shall be called by the chairman of the board, one of the presidents, or the secretary upon the written request of the holders of not less than one-tenth of all of the outstanding capital stock of the savings bank entitled to vote at the meeting. Such written request shall state the purpose or purposes of the meeting and shall be delivered to the home office of the savings bank addressed to the chairman of the board, one of the presidents, or the secretary.

SECTION 4. Conduct of Meetings. The board of directors shall designate, when present, either the chairman of the board or one of the presidents to preside at such meetings.

SECTION 5. Notice of Meeting. Written notice stating the place, day and hour of the meeting and the purpose(s) for which the meeting is called shall be delivered not fewer than 20 nor more than 50 days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the chairman of the board, one of the presidents, the secretary or the directors calling the meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the mail, addressed to the shareholder at the address as it appears on the stock transfer books or records of the savings bank as of the record date prescribed in Section 6 of this Article II with postage prepaid. When any shareholders’ meeting, either annual or special, is adjourned for 30 days or more, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given as in the


case of an original meeting. It shall not be necessary to give any notice of the time or place of any meeting adjourned for less than 30 days or of the business to be transacted at the meeting, other than an announcement at the meeting at which such adjournment is taken.

SECTION 6. Fixing of Record Date. For the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders or any adjournment, or shareholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend, or in order to make a determination of shareholders for any other proper purpose, the board of directors shall fix in advance a date as the record date for any such determination of shareholders. Such date in any case shall be not more than 60 days and, in case of a meeting of shareholders, not fewer than 10 days prior to the date on which the particular action, requiring such determination of shareholders, is to be taken. When a determination of shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders has been made as provided in this section, such determination shall apply to any adjournment.

SECTION 7. Voting Lists. At least 20 days before each meeting of the shareholders, the officer or agent having charge of the stock transfer books for shares of the savings bank shall make a complete list of shareholders entitled to vote at such meeting, or any adjournment, arranged in alphabetical order, with the address and the number of shares held by each. This list of shareholders shall be kept on file at the home office of the savings bank and shall be subject to inspection by any shareholder at any time during usual business hours for a period of 20 days prior to such meeting. Such list also shall be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting and shall be subject to inspection by any shareholder during the entire time of the meeting. The original stock transfer book shall constitute prima facie evidence of the shareholders entitled to examine such list or transfer books or to vote at any meeting of shareholders.

In lieu of making the shareholder list available for inspection by shareholders as provided in the preceding paragraph, the board of directors may elect to follow the procedures prescribed in §552.6(d) of the OTS’s regulations as now or hereafter in effect.

SECTION 8. Quorum. A majority of the outstanding shares of the savings bank entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of shareholders. If less than a majority of the outstanding shares is represented at a meeting, a majority of the shares so represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified. The shareholders present at a duly organized meeting may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough shareholders to constitute less than a quorum.

SECTION 9. Proxies. At all meetings of shareholders, a shareholder may vote by proxy executed in writing by the shareholder or by his duly authorized attorney-in-fact. Proxies solicited on behalf of the management shall be voted as directed by the shareholder or, in the absence of such direction, as determined by a majority of the board of directors. No proxy shall be valid more than eleven months from the date of its execution except for a proxy coupled with an interest.

SECTION 10. Voting of Shares in the Name of Two or More Persons. When


ownership stands in the name of two or more persons, in the absence of written directions to the savings bank to the contrary, at any meeting of the shareholders of the savings bank any one or more of such shareholders may cast, in person or by proxy, all votes to which such ownership is entitled. In the event an attempt is made to cast conflicting votes, in person or by proxy, by the several persons in whose names shares of stock stand, the vote or votes to which those persons are entitled shall be cast as directed by a majority of those holding such and present in person or by proxy at such meeting, but no votes shall be cast for such stock if a majority cannot agree.

SECTION 11. Voting of Shares by Certain Holders. Shares standing in the name of another corporation may be voted by any officer, agent or proxy as the bylaws of such corporation may prescribe, or, in the absence of such provision, as the board of directors of such corporation may determine. Shares held by an administrator, executor, guardian, or conservator may be voted by him, either in person or by proxy, without a transfer of such shares into his name. Shares standing in the name of a trustee may be voted by him, either in person or by proxy, but no trustee shall be entitled to vote shares held by him without a transfer of such shares into his name. Shares standing in the name of a receiver may be voted by such receiver, and shares held by or under the control of a receiver may be voted by such receiver without the transfer into his name if authority to do so is contained in an appropriate order of the court or other public authority by which such receiver was appointed.

A shareholder whose shares are pledged shall be entitled to vote such shares until the shares have been transferred into the name of the pledgee, and thereafter the pledgee shall be entitled to vote the shares so transferred.

Neither treasury shares of its own stock held by the savings bank nor shares held by another corporation, if a majority of the shares entitled to vote for the election of directors of such other corporation are held by the savings bank, shall be voted at any meeting or counted in determining the total number of outstanding shares at any given time for purposes of any meeting.

SECTION 12. Cumulative Voting. Every shareholder entitled to vote at an election for directors shall have the right to vote, in person by proxy, the number of shares owned by the shareholder for as many persons as there are directors to be elected and for whose election the shareholder has a right to vote, or to cumulate the votes by giving one candidate as many votes as the number of such directors to be elected multiplied by the number of shares shall equal or by distributing such votes on the same principle among any number of candidates.

SECTION 13. Inspectors of Election. In advance of any meeting of shareholders, the board of directors may appoint any persons other than nominees for office as inspectors of election to act at such meeting or any adjournment. The number of inspectors shall be either one or three. Any such appointment shall not be altered at the meeting. If inspectors of election are not so appointed, the chairman of the board or one of the presidents may, or on the request of not fewer than 10 percent of the votes represented at the meeting shall, make such appointment at the meeting. If appointed at the meeting, the majority of the votes present shall determine whether one or three inspectors are to be appointed. In case any person appointed as inspector fails to appear or fails or refuses to act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment by the board of directors in advance of the meeting or at the meeting by the chairman of the board or one of the presidents.


Unless otherwise prescribed by regulations of the OTS, the duties of such inspectors shall include: determining the number of shares and the voting power of each share, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, and the authenticity, validity and effect of proxies; receiving votes, ballots or consents; hearing and determining all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the rights to vote; counting and tabulating all votes or consents; determining the result; and such acts as may be proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all shareholders.

SECTION 14. Director Elections. The board of directors may nominate candidates for election as directors. Ballots bearing the names of all persons nominated by the board of directors and by shareholders shall be provided for use at the annual meeting. However, if the board of directors shall fail or refuse to act at least 20 days prior to the annual meeting, nominations for directors may be made at the annual meeting by any shareholder entitled to vote and shall be voted upon.

SECTION 15. New Business. Any new business to be taken up at the annual meeting shall be stated in writing and filed with the secretary of the savings bank at least five days before the annual meeting, and all business so stated, proposed and filed shall be considered at the annual meeting; but no other proposal shall be acted upon at the annual meeting. Any shareholder may make any other proposal at the annual meeting and the same may be discussed and considered, but unless stated in writing and filed with the secretary at least five days before the meeting, such proposal shall be laid over for action at an adjourned, special or annual meeting of the shareholders taking place 30 days or more thereafter. This provision shall not prevent the consideration and approval or disapproval at the annual meeting of reports of officers, directors, and committees; but in connection with such reports, no new business shall be acted upon at such annual meeting unless stated and filed as herein provided.

SECTION 16. Informal Action by Shareholders. Any action required to be taken at a meeting of the shareholders, or any other action which may be taken at a meeting of the shareholders, may be taken without a meeting if consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be given by all shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter.

ARTICLE III — BOARD OF DIRECTORS

SECTION 1. General Powers. The business and affairs of this savings bank shall be under the direction of its board of directors. The board of directors shall annually elect a chairman of the board and one or more presidents and shall designate, when present, either the chairman of the board, one of the presidents, an executive vice president, a senior vice president, or a vice president to preside at its meetings.

SECTION 2. Number and Term. The board of directors shall consist of six members. The directors shall be elected annually, and shall serve for the ensuing year and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified.


SECTION 3. Regular and Special Meetings. Regular and special meetings of the board of directors may be called by or at the request of the chairman of the board, one of the presidents or one-third of the directors. The persons authorized to call meetings of the board of directors may fix any place as the place for holding that meeting.

Members of the board of directors may participate in regular or special meetings by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. Such participation shall constitute presence in person and, if the board of directors so determines, shall constitute attendance for purpose of entitlement to compensation pursuant to Section 11 of this Article.

SECTION 4. Qualification. Each director shall at all times be the beneficial owner of not less than 100 shares of capital stock of the savings bank unless the savings bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of a holding company.

SECTION 5. Notice. Written notice of any special meeting shall be given to each director at least two days prior thereto when delivered personally or by telegram or at least five days prior thereto when delivered by mail at the address at which the director is most likely to be reached. Such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the mail so addressed, with postage prepaid if mailed or when delivered to the telegraph company if sent by telegram. Any director may waive notice of any meeting by a writing filed with the secretary. The attendance of a director at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a director attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any meeting of the board of directors need to be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting.

SECTION 6. Quorum. A majority of the number of directors fixed by Section 2 of this Article III shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the board of directors; but if less than such majority is present at a meeting, a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time. Notice of any adjourned meeting shall be given in the same manner as prescribed by Section 5 of this Article III.

SECTION 7. Manner of Acting. The act of a majority of the directors present at a duly convened meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the board of directors, unless a greater number is prescribed by the regulations of the OTS or these bylaws.

SECTION 8. Action Without a Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the board of directors at a meeting may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, is signed by all of the directors.

SECTION 9. Resignation. Any director may resign at any time by sending a written notice of such resignation to the home office of the savings bank addressed to the chairman of the board or one of the presidents. Unless otherwise specified, such resignation shall take effect upon receipt by the chairman of the board or one of the presidents. More than three consecutive absences from regular meetings of the board of directors, unless excused by resolution of the board of


directors, shall automatically constitute a resignation, effective when such resignation is accepted by the board of directors.

SECTION 10. Vacancies. Any vacancy on the board of directors may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors although less than a quorum of the board of directors. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall be elected to serve until the next election of directors by the shareholders. Any directorship to be filled by reason of an increase in the number of directors for may be filled by election by the board of directors for a term of office continuing only until the next election of directors by the shareholders.

SECTION 11. Compensation. Directors, as such, may receive a stated salary for their services. By resolution of the board of directors, a reasonable fixed sum, and reasonable expenses of attendance, if any, may be allowed for attendance, whether in person or by telephone, at any regular or special meeting of the Board of directors.

Members of either standing or special committees may be allowed such compensation for attendance, whether in person or by telephone, at committee meetings as the Board of directors may determine from time to time.

SECTION 12. Presumption of Assent. A director of the savings bank who is present at a meeting of the board of directors at which action on any savings bank matter is taken shall be presumed to have assented to the action taken unless his dissent or abstention shall be entered into the minutes of the meeting or unless he shall file a written dissent to such action with the person acting as the secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof or shall forward such dissent by registered mail to the secretary of the savings bank within five days after the date a copy of the minutes of the meeting is received. Such right to dissent shall not apply to a director who voted in favor of such action.

SECTION 13. Removal of Directors. At a meeting of shareholders called expressly for that purpose, any director may be removed for cause by a vote of the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors. If less than the entire board is to be removed, no one of the directors may be removed if the votes cast against the removal would be sufficient to elect a director if then cumulatively voted at an election of the class of directors of which such director is a part. Whenever the holders of the shares of any class are entitled to elect one or more directors by the provisions of the charter or supplemental sections thereto, the provisions of this section shall apply, in respect to the removal of a director or directors so elected, to the vote of the holders of the outstanding shares of that class and not to the vote of the outstanding shares as a whole.

ARTICLE IV — EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMITTEES

SECTION 1. Appointment. The board of directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the full board, may designate an executive committee. The designation of any committee pursuant to this Article IV and the delegation of authority shall not operate to relieve the board of directors, or any director, of any responsibility imposed by law or regulation.


SECTION 2. Authority. The executive committee, when the board of directors is not in session, shall have and may exercise all of the authority of the board of directors except to the extent, if any, that such authority shall be limited by the resolution appointing the executive committee; and except also that the executive committee shall not have the authority of the board of directors with reference to: the declaration of dividends; the amendment of the charter or bylaws of the savings bank, or recommending to the stockholders a plan of merger, consolidation or conversion; the sale, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the savings bank otherwise than in the usual and regular course of its business; a voluntary dissolution of the savings bank; a revocation of any of the foregoing; or the approval of a transaction in which any member of the executive committee, directly or indirectly, has any material beneficial interest.

SECTION 3. Tenure. Subject to the provisions of Section 8 of this Article IV, each member of the executive committee shall hold office until the next regular annual meeting of the board of directors following his or her designation and until a successor is designated as a member of the executive committee.

SECTION 4. Meetings. Regular meetings of the executive committee may be held without notice at such times and places as the executive committee may fix from time to time by resolution. Special meetings of the executive committee may be called by any member thereof upon not less than one day’s notice stating the place, date, and hour of the meeting, which notice may be written or oral. Any member of the executive committee may waive notice of any meeting and no notice of any meeting need be given to any member thereof who attends in person. The notice of a meeting of the executive committee need not state the business proposed to be transacted at the meeting.

SECTION 5. Quorum. A majority of the members of the executive committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting thereof, and action of the Executive committee must be authorized by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members present at a meeting at which a quorum is present.

SECTION 6. Action Without a Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the executive committee at a meeting may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the members of the executive committee.

SECTION 7. Vacancies. Any vacancy in the executive committee may be filled by a resolution adopted by a majority of the full board of directors.

SECTION 8. Resignations and Removal. Any member of the executive committee may be removed at any time with or without cause by a resolution adopted by a majority of the full board of directors. Any member of the executive committee may resign from the executive committee at any time by giving written notice to the one of the presidents or secretary of the savings bank. Unless otherwise specified, such resignation shall take effect upon its receipt; the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.


SECTION 9. Procedure. The executive committee shall elect a presiding officer from its members and may fix its own rules of procedure which shall not be inconsistent with these bylaws. It shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the board of directors for its information at the meeting held next after the proceedings shall have occurred

SECTION 10. Other Committees. The board of directors may by resolution establish an audit, loan or other committee composed of directors as they may determine to be necessary or appropriate for the conduct of the business of the savings bank and may prescribe the duties, constitution, and procedures thereof.

ARTICLE V — OFFICERS

SECTION 1. Positions. The officers of this savings bank shall be one or more presidents, one or more vice presidents, a secretary and a treasurer, each of whom shall be elected by the board of directors. The board of directors may also designate the chairman of the board as an officer. One of the presidents shall be the chief executive officer, unless the board of directors designates the chairman of the board as chief executive officer. The offices of secretary and treasurer may be held by the same person and a vice president may also be either the secretary or the treasurer. The board of directors may designate one or more vice presidents as executive vice president or senior vice president. The board of directors also may elect or authorize the appointment of such other officers as the business of this savings bank may require. The officers shall have such authority and perform such duties as the board of directors may from time to time authorize or determine. In the absence of action by the board of directors, the officers shall have such powers and duties as generally pertain to their respective offices.

SECTION 2. Election and Term of Office. The officers of this savings bank shall be elected annually at the first meeting of the board of directors held after each annual meeting of the shareholders. If the election of officers is not held at such meeting, such election shall be held as soon thereafter as possible. Each officer shall hold office until a successor has been duly elected and qualified or until the officer’s death, resignation, or removal in the manner hereinafter provided. Election or appointment of an officer, employee, or agent shall not of itself create contractual rights. The board of directors may authorize the savings bank to enter into an employment contract with any officer in accordance with regulations of the OTS; but no such contract shall impair the right of the board of directors to remove any officer at any time in accordance with Section 3 of this Article V.

SECTION 3. Removal. Any officer may be removed by the board of directors whenever in its judgment the best interests of the savings bank would be served thereby, but such removal, other than for cause, shall be without prejudice to the contractual rights, if any, of the person so removed.

SECTION 4. Vacancies. A vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification, or otherwise may be filled by the board of directors for the unexpired portion of the term.

SECTION 5. Remuneration. The remuneration of the officers shall be fixed from time to


time by the board of directors.

ARTICLE VI — CONTRACTS, LOANS, CHECKS AND DEPOSITS

SECTION 1. Contracts. To the extent permitted by regulations of the OTS, and except as otherwise prescribed by these bylaws with respect to certificates for shares, the board of directors may authorize any officer, employee or agent of the savings bank to enter into any contract or to execute and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the savings bank. Such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

SECTION 2. Loans. No loans shall be contracted on behalf of the savings bank and no evidence of indebtedness shall be issued in its name unless authorized by the board of directors. Such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

SECTION 3. Checks, Drafts, etc. All checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the savings bank shall be signed by one or more officers, employees or agents of the savings bank in such manner as shall from time to time be determined by the board of directors.

SECTION 4. Deposits. All funds of the savings bank not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the savings bank in any duly authorized depositories as the board of directors may select.

ARTICLE VII — CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES AND THEIR TRANSFER

SECTION 1. Certificates for Shares. Certificates representing shares of capital stock of the savings bank shall be in such form as shall be determined by the board of directors and approved by the OTS. Such certificates shall be signed by the chief executive officer or by any other officer of the savings bank authorized by the board of directors, attested by the secretary or an assistant secretary, and sealed with the corporate seal or a facsimile thereof. The signatures of such officers upon a certificate may be facsimiles if the certificate is manually signed on behalf of a transfer agent or a registrar other than the savings bank itself or one of its employees. Each certificate for shares of capital stock shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified. The name and address of the person to whom the shares are issued, the number of shares and date of issue, shall be entered on the stock transfer books of the savings bank. All certificates surrendered to the savings bank for transfer shall be canceled and no new certificate shall be issued until the former certificate for a like number of shares has been surrendered and canceled, except that in the case of a lost or destroyed certificate, a new certificate may be issued upon such terms and indemnity to the savings bank as the board of directors may prescribe.

SECTION 2. Transfer of Shares. Transfer of shares of the capital stock of the savings bank shall be made only on its stock transfer books. Authority for such transfer shall be given only by the holder of record or by his legal representative, who shall furnish proper evidence of such authority, or by his attorney authorized by a duly executed power of attorney and filed with the savings bank. Such transfer shall be made only on surrender for cancellation of the certificate for


such shares. The person in whose name shares of capital stock stand on the books of the savings bank shall be deemed by the savings bank to be the owner for all purposes.

ARTICLE VIII — FISCAL YEAR

The fiscal year of this savings bank shall end on the 31st day of December of each year.

ARTICLE IX — DIVIDENDS

Subject to the terms of the savings bank’s charter and the regulations and orders of the OTS, the board of directors may, from time to time, declare, and the savings bank may pay, dividends on its outstanding shares of capital stock.

ARTICLE X — CORPORATE SEAL

The board of directors shall approve a savings bank seal which shall be two concentric circles between which shall be the name of the savings bank. The year of incorporation or an emblem may appear in the center.

ARTICLE XI — AMENDMENTS

These bylaws may be amended in a manner consistent with regulations of the OTS at any time by a majority of the full board of directors or by a majority vote of the votes cast by the stockholders of the savings bank at any legal meeting.


EXHIBIT 6

Section 321(b) Consent

Pursuant to Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, Wilmington Trust FSB hereby consents that reports of examinations by Federal, State, Territorial or District authorities may be furnished by such authorities to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon requests therefor.

 

    WILMINGTON TRUST FSB
Dated: April 7, 2011   By:  

/s/ Joseph P. O’Donnell

  Name:   Joseph P. O’Donnell
  Title:   Vice President


EXHIBIT 7

This form is intended to assist state nonmember banks and savings banks with state publication requirements. It has not been approved by any state banking authorities. Refer to your appropriate state banking authorities for your state publication requirements.

REPORT OF CONDITION

 

WILMINGTON TRUST FSB

   of   

BALTIMORE

  
Name of Bank       City   

in the State of Maryland, at the close of business on December 31, 2010:

 

ASSETS

     Thousands of Dollars   

Cash, Deposits & Investment Securities:

     828,435   

Mortgage back Securities:

     1,164   

Mortgage Loans:

     509,754   

Non-Mortgage Loans:

     453,513   

Repossessed Assets:

     3,978   

Federal Home Loan Bank Stock:

     6,119   

Office Premises and Equipment:

     16,297   

Other Assets:

     161,633   

Total Assets:

     1,980,893   

LIABILITIES

     Thousands of Dollars   

Deposits

     1,583,782   

Escrows

     578   

Federal Funds Purchased and Securities Sold Under Agreements to Repurchase

     15,007   

Other Liabilities and Deferred Income:

     123,409   

Total Liabilities

     1,722,776   

EQUITY CAPITAL

     Thousands of Dollars   

Common Stock

     299,463   

Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Certain Securities

     26   

Retained Earnings

     (41,372

Other Components of Equity Capital

     0   

Total Equity Capital

     258,117   

Total Liabilities and Equity Capital

     1,980,893   
EX-99.1 30 dex991.htm FORM OF LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL Form of Letter of Transmittal

Exhibit 99.1

FORM OF LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

of

EVERTEC, INC.

Offer to Exchange up to $220,000,000 Aggregate Principal Amount of its

11% Senior Notes due 2018 which have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended

For Any and All of its Outstanding

11% Senior Notes due 2018

Pursuant to the Prospectus Dated [                    ], 2011

 

THIS OFFER WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON [                    ], 2011 UNLESS EXTENDED BY EVERTEC, INC. IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION (THE “EXPIRATION DATE”). TENDERS OF NOTES MAY BE WITHDRAWN AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION DATE.

The Exchange Agent for the Exchange Offer is:

WILMINGTON TRUST FSB

By Mail, Hand or Overnight Delivery:

Wilmington Trust FSB

c/o Wilmington Trust Company

Corporate Capital Markets

Rodney Square North

1100 North Market Street

Wilmington, Delaware 19890-1626

By Facsimile:

(302) 636-4139

For Information or Confirmation by Telephone:

Sam Hamed

(302) 636-6181

Delivery of this Letter of Transmittal to an Address other than as set forth above or transmission by facsimile to a number other than as set forth above does not constitute valid delivery.

The undersigned acknowledges receipt of the Prospectus dated [                    ], 2011 (the “Prospectus”) of EVERTEC, Inc. (the “Issuer”), and this Letter of Transmittal (the “Letter of Transmittal”), which together describe the Issuer’s offer (the “Exchange Offer”) to exchange its 11% Senior Notes due 2018 (the “Exchange Notes”) which have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), for an equal aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 11% Senior Notes due 2018 ( the “Old Notes”). The Old Notes were issued on September 30, 2010.

Each broker dealer that receives the Exchange Notes for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of the Exchange Notes. The Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker dealer in connection with resales of the Exchange Notes received in exchange for the Old Notes where the Old Notes were acquired as a result of market making activities or other trading activities. The Issuer has agreed that, for a period of 180 days after the consummation of the Exchange Offer, it will make the Prospectus, as amended or


supplemented, available to any broker dealer for use in connection with any such resale. In addition, until [            ], 2011, all dealers effecting transactions in the Exchange Notes may be required to deliver a prospectus.

The Issuer will not receive any proceeds from any sale of the Exchange Notes by broker dealers. Exchange Notes received by broker dealers for their own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be sold from time to time in one or more transactions in the over the counter market, in negotiated transactions, through the writing of options on the Exchange Notes or a combination of such methods of resale, at market prices prevailing at the time of resale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or negotiated prices. Any such resale may be made directly to purchasers or to or through brokers or dealers who may receive compensation in the form of commissions or concessions from any such broker dealer or the purchasers of any of the Exchange Notes. Any broker dealer that resells the Exchange Notes that were received by it for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer and any broker or dealer that participates in a distribution of the Exchange Notes may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and any profit on any such resale of the Exchange Notes and any commission or concessions received by any such persons may be deemed to be underwriting compensation under the Securities Act.

For a period of 180 days after the consummation of the Exchange Offer, the Issuer will promptly send additional copies of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus to any broker dealer that requests such documents. The Issuer has agreed to pay all expenses incident to the Exchange Offer (including the expenses of one counsel for the holders of the Old Notes) other than commissions or concessions of any brokers or dealers and will indemnify the holders of the Old Notes (including any broker dealers) against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

The terms of the Exchange Notes are identical in all material respects (including principal amount, interest rate and maturity) to the terms of the Old Notes for which they may be exchanged pursuant to the Exchange Offer, except that the Exchange Notes are freely tradable by holders thereof (except as provided herein or in the Prospectus).

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the same meaning given them in the Prospectus.

YOUR BANK OR BROKER CAN ASSIST YOU IN COMPLETING THIS FORM. THE INSTRUCTIONS INCLUDED WITH THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL MUST BE FOLLOWED. QUESTIONS AND REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE OR FOR ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THE PROSPECTUS AND THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT.

The undersigned has checked the appropriate boxes below and signed this Letter of Transmittal to indicate the action the undersigned desires to take with respect to the Exchange Offer.

PLEASE READ THE ENTIRE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND

THE PROSPECTUS CAREFULLY BEFORE CHECKING ANY BOX BELOW.


List below the Old Notes to which this Letter of Transmittal relates. If the space provided below is inadequate, the certificate numbers and aggregate principal amounts should be listed on a separate signed schedule affixed hereto.

 

Name(s) and address(es) of

registered holder(s)

(Please fill in if blank)

   Certificate
Number(s)*
     Aggregate
Principal
Amount
Represented**
     Principal
Amount
Tendered**
 
                            
                          
                          
                          
* Need not be completed by Holders tendering by book-entry transfer.
** Unless otherwise indicated, the holder will be deemed to have tendered the full aggregate principal amount represented by such Old Notes. See instruction 2.

Holders of Old Notes whose Old Notes are not immediately available or who cannot deliver all other required documents to the Exchange Agent on or prior to the Expiration Date or who cannot complete the procedures for book-entry transfer on a timely basis, must tender their Old Notes according to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in the Prospectus.

Unless the context otherwise requires, the term “holder” for purposes of this Letter of Transmittal means any person in whose name Old Notes are registered or any other person who has obtained a properly completed bond power from the registered holder or any person whose Old Notes are held of record by The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”).

If the undersigned is not a broker-dealer, the undersigned represents that it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, a distribution of Exchange Notes. If the undersigned is a broker-dealer that will receive Exchange Notes for its own account in exchange for Old Notes that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, it acknowledges that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes; however, by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, the undersigned will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act. A broker-dealer may not participate in the Exchange Offer with respect to Old Notes acquired other than as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. Any holder who is an “affiliate” of the Issuer or who has an arrangement or understanding with respect to the distribution of the Exchange Notes to be acquired pursuant to the Exchange Offer, or any broker-dealer who purchased Old Notes from the Issuer to resell pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act or any other available exemption under the Securities Act must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements under the Securities Act.

 

¨ CHECK HERE IF TENDERED OLD NOTES ARE BEING DELIVERED PURSUANT TO A NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY PREVIOUSLY SENT TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT AND COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:

Name(s) of Registered Holder(s):                                                                                                                                                            

Window Ticker Number (if any):                                                                                                                                                            

Date of Execution of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery:                                                                                                                     

Name of Eligible Institution that Guaranteed Delivery:                                                                                                                  

 

¨ CHECK HERE IF YOU ARE A BROKER-DEALER AND WISH TO RECEIVE 10 ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THE PROSPECTUS AND 10 COPIES OF ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO.

Name:                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

Address:                                                                                                                                                                                                             

 

 

 


SPECIAL EXCHANGE INSTRUCTIONS

(See Instructions 3, 4 and 5)

To be completed ONLY if certificates for Old Notes in a principal amount not tendered, or Exchange Notes issued in exchange for Old Notes accepted for exchange, are to be issued in the name of someone other than the undersigned.

Issue certificate(s) to:

Name                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

(Please Print)

Address                                                                                                                                                                                                              

 

 

(Zip Code)

 

 

(Tax Identification or Social Security Number)

(See Form W-9 Enclosed Separately Herewith)

SPECIAL DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS

(See Instructions 3, 4 and 5)

To be completed ONLY if certificates for Old Notes in a principal amount not tendered, or Exchange Notes issued in exchange for Old Notes accepted for exchange, are to be sent to someone other than the undersigned, or to the undersigned at an address other than that shown above.

Deliver Certificate(s) to:

Name                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

(Please Print)

Address                                                                                                                                                                                                              

 

 

(Zip Code)

 

 

(Tax Identification or Social Security Number)

(See Form W-9 Enclosed Separately Herewith)


PLEASE READ THE ACCOMPANYING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Exchange Offer, the undersigned hereby tenders to the Issuer the principal amount of the Old Notes indicated above. Subject to, and effective upon, the acceptance for exchange of all or any portion of the Old Notes tendered herewith in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer (including, if the Exchange Offer is extended or amended, the terms and conditions of any such extension or amendment), the undersigned hereby exchanges, assigns and transfers to, or upon the order of, the Issuer all right, title and interest in and to such Old Notes as are being tendered herewith. The undersigned hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Exchange Agent as its true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact of the undersigned (with full knowledge that the Exchange Agent also acts as the agent of the Issuer, in connection with the Exchange Offer) to cause the Old Notes to be assigned, transferred and exchanged.

The undersigned represents and warrants that it has full power and authority to tender, exchange, assign and transfer the Old Notes and to acquire Exchange Notes issuable upon the exchange of such tendered Old Notes, and that, when the same are accepted for exchange, the Issuer will acquire good and unencumbered title to the tendered Old Notes, free and clear of all liens, restrictions, charges and encumbrances and not subject to any adverse claim. The undersigned and any beneficial owner of the Old Notes tendered hereby further represent and warrant that (i) the Exchange Notes acquired by the undersigned and any such beneficial owner of Old Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer are being acquired in the ordinary course of business, (ii) neither the undersigned nor any such beneficial owner has an arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of the Old Notes or the Exchange Notes within the meaning of the Securities Act, (iii) if the undersigned or any such beneficial owner is not a broker-dealer, that neither the undersigned nor any such beneficial owner nor any such other person is engaging in or intends to engage in a distribution of such Exchange Notes, (iv) neither the undersigned nor any such other person is an “affiliate,” as defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act, of the Issuer or if the undersigned is an “affiliate,” such person will comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the extent applicable, and (v) if the undersigned or any such beneficial owner is a broker-dealer, that it will receive Exchange Notes for its own account in exchange for Old Notes that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities and that it will be required to acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes. The undersigned and each beneficial owner acknowledge and agree that any person who is an affiliate of the Issuer or who tenders in the Exchange Offer for the purpose of participating in a distribution of the Exchange Notes must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with a resale transaction of the Exchange Notes acquired by such person and may not rely on the position of the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission set forth in the no-action letters discussed in the Prospectus under the caption “The Exchange Offer—Purpose and Effect of this Exchange Offer.” The undersigned and each beneficial owner will, upon request, execute and deliver any additional documents deemed by the Exchange Agent or the Issuer to be necessary or desirable to complete the sale, assignment and transfer of the Old Notes tendered hereby.

For purposes of the Exchange Offer, the Issuer shall be deemed to have accepted validly tendered Old Notes when, as and if the Issuer had given oral notice (confirmed in writing) or written notice thereof to the Exchange Agent.

If any tendered Old Notes are not accepted for exchange pursuant to the Exchange Offer because of an invalid tender, the occurrence of certain other events set forth in the Prospectus or otherwise, any such unaccepted Old Notes will be returned, without expense, to the undersigned at the address shown below or at a different address as may be indicated herein under “Special Delivery Instructions” as promptly as practicable after the Expiration Date.

All authority herein conferred or agreed to be conferred shall survive the death or incapacity of the undersigned and every obligation of the undersigned hereunder shall be binding upon the heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns of the undersigned.


The undersigned understands that tenders of Old Notes pursuant to the procedures described under the caption “The Exchange Offer—Procedures for Tendering” in the Prospectus and in the instructions hereto will constitute a binding agreement between the undersigned and the Issuer upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Exchange Offer, subject only to withdrawal of such tenders on the terms set forth in the Prospectus under the caption “The Exchange Offer—Withdrawal of Tenders.”

Unless otherwise indicated under “Special Exchange Instructions,” please cause the Exchange Notes to be issued, and return any Old Notes not tendered or not accepted for exchange, in the name(s) of the undersigned (and, in the case of Old Notes tendered by book-entry transfer, by credit to the account at DTC). Similarly unless otherwise indicated under “Special Delivery Instructions,” please mail any certificates for Old Notes not tendered or not accepted for exchange (and accompanying documents, as appropriate), and any certificates for Exchange Notes, to the undersigned at the address shown below the undersigned’s signature(s). If both “Special Exchange Instructions” and “Special Delivery Instructions” are completed, please cause the Exchange Notes to be issued, and return any Old Notes not tendered or not accepted for exchange, in the name(s) of, and deliver any certificates for such Old Notes or Exchange Notes to, the person(s) so indicated (and in the case of Old Notes tendered by book-entry transfer, by credit to the account at DTC so indicated). The undersigned recognizes that the Issuer has no obligation, pursuant to the “Special Exchange Instructions,” to transfer any Old Notes from the name of the registered holder(s) thereof if the Issuer does not accept for exchange any of the Old Notes so tendered.

Holders of Old Notes whose Old Notes are not immediately available or who cannot deliver all other required documents to the Exchange Agent on or prior to the Expiration Date or who cannot complete the procedures for book-entry transfer on a timely basis, must tender their Old Notes according to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in the Prospectus.


TENDERING HOLDER(S) SIGN HERE

 

 

 

 

Signature(s) of Registered Holder(s) or Authorized Signatory

(See guarantee requirement below)

 

Dated:                                                                                                                                                                                                            

 

(Must be signed by registered holder(s) exactly as name(s) appear(s) on certificate(s) for Old Notes hereby tendered or in whose name Old Notes are registered on the books of DTC or one of its participants, or by any person(s) authorized to become the registered holder(s) by endorsements and documents transmitted herewith. If signature is by a trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, attorney-in-fact, officer of a corporation or other person acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, please set forth the full title of such person. See instruction 3.)

 

              Name(s):     
(Please Print)
Capacity (full title):     
Address:     
 
(Including Zip Code)
Area Code and Telephone No.:     
Tax Identification:     

 

 

SIGNATURE GUARANTEE

(IF REQUIRED — SEE INSTRUCTION 3)

 

 

              Authorized Signature:     
Name(s):     
Address:     
 
(Including Zip Code)
Name of Firm:     
Area Code and Telephone No.:     
Dated:  

 

  , 2011


INSTRUCTIONS

FORMING PART OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS

OF THE EXCHANGE OFFER

1. Delivery of This Letter of Transmittal and Certificates; Guaranteed Delivery Procedures.

A holder of Old Notes may tender the same by (i) properly completing, dating and signing this Letter of Transmittal or a facsimile hereof (all references in the Prospectus to the Letter of Transmittal shall be deemed to include a facsimile thereof) and mailing or delivering the same, together with the certificate or certificates, if applicable, representing the Old Notes being tendered and any required signature guarantees and any other documents required by this Letter of Transmittal, to the Exchange Agent at its address set forth above prior to the Expiration Date, or (ii) complying with the procedure for book-entry transfer described below, or (iii) complying with the guaranteed delivery procedures described below.

Holders of Old Notes may tender Old Notes by book-entry transfer by crediting the Old Notes to the Exchange Agent’s account at DTC in accordance with DTC’s Automated Tender Offer Program (“ATOP”) and by complying with applicable ATOP procedures with respect to the Exchange Offer. DTC participants that are accepting the Exchange Offer should transmit their acceptance to DTC, which will edit and verify the acceptance and execute a book-entry delivery to the Exchange Agent’s account at DTC. DTC will then send a computer-generated message (an “Agent’s Message”) to the Exchange Agent for its acceptance in which the holder of the Old Notes acknowledges and agrees to be bound by the terms of, and makes the representations and warranties contained in, this Letter of Transmittal; the DTC participant confirms on behalf of itself and the beneficial owners of such Old Notes all provisions of this Letter of Transmittal (including any representations and warranties) applicable to it and such beneficial owner as fully as if it had completed the information required herein and executed and transmitted this Letter of Transmittal to the Exchange Agent. Delivery of the Agent’s Message by DTC will satisfy the terms of the Exchange Offer as to execution and delivery of a Letter of Transmittal by the participant identified in the Agent’s Message. DTC participants may also accept the Exchange Offer by submitting a Notice of Guaranteed Delivery through ATOP.

THE METHOD OF DELIVERY OF OLD NOTES, THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND ALL OTHER REQUIRED DOCUMENTS TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT IS AT THE HOLDER’S ELECTION AND RISK. RATHER THAN MAIL THESE ITEMS, WE RECOMMEND THAT HOLDERS USE AN OVERNIGHT OR HAND DELIVERY SERVICE. IN ALL CASES, HOLDERS SHOULD ALLOW SUFFICIENT TIME TO ASSURE DELIVERY TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT BEFORE THE EXPIRATION DATE. HOLDERS SHOULD NOT SEND US THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL OR OLD NOTES. HOLDERS MAY REQUEST THEIR RESPECTIVE BROKERS, DEALERS, COMMERCIAL BANKS, TRUST COMPANIES OR OTHER NOMINEES TO EFFECT THE ABOVE TRANSACTIONS FOR THEM.

Holders whose Old Notes are not immediately available or who cannot deliver their Old Notes and all other required documents to the Exchange Agent on or prior to the Expiration Date or comply with book-entry transfer procedures on a timely basis must tender their Old Notes pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedure set forth in the Prospectus. Pursuant to such procedure: (i) such tender must be made by or through an Eligible Institution (as defined below); (ii) on or prior to the Expiration Date, the Exchange Agent must have received from such Eligible Institution a properly completed and duly executed notice of guaranteed delivery by facsimile transmission, mail or hand delivery or a properly transmitted Agent’s Message and notice of guaranteed delivery setting forth the name and address of the tendering holder, the registered numbers of the Old Notes, the principal amount of Old Notes tendered; stating that the tender is being made thereby, and guaranteeing that, within three (3) New York Stock Exchange trading days after the expiration date, this Letter of Transmittal or facsimile thereof together with the Old Notes or a book-entry confirmation, and any other documents required by this Letter of Transmittal will be deposited by the eligible institution with the exchange agent; and (iii) all tendered Old Notes (or a confirmation of any book-entry transfer of such Old Notes into the Exchange Agent’s account at a book-entry transfer facility) as well as this Letter of Transmittal and all other documents required by this Letter of Transmittal, must be received by the Exchange Agent within three New York Stock Exchange trading days after the Expiration Date, all as provided in the Prospectus.


No alternative, conditional, irregular or contingent tenders will be accepted. All tendering holders, by execution of this Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile thereof), shall waive any right to receive notice of the acceptance of the Old Notes for exchange.

2. Partial Tenders; Withdrawals.

If less than the entire principal amount of Old Notes evidenced by a submitted certificate is tendered, the tendering holder must fill in the aggregate principal amount of Old Notes tendered in the box entitled “Description of Old Notes Tendered Herewith.” A newly issued certificate for the Old Notes submitted but not tendered will be sent to such holder as soon as practicable after the Expiration Date. All Old Notes delivered to the Exchange Agent will be deemed to have been tendered unless otherwise clearly indicated.

A tender pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be withdrawn at any time prior to the Expiration Date.

To be effective with respect to the tender of Old Notes, (i) a written notice of withdrawal, which notice may be by telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter, must be received by the Exchange Agent at the address for the Exchange Agent set forth above; or (ii) holders must comply with the appropriate procedures of DTC’s Automated Tender Offer Program system. For a notice of withdrawal to be effective, it must (i) specify the name of the person who tendered the Old Notes to be withdrawn; (ii) identify the Old Notes to be withdrawn (including the principal amount of such Old Notes, or, if applicable, the serial numbers shown on the particular certificates evidencing such Old Notes and the principal amount of Old Notes represented by such certificates); (iii) where certificates for Old Notes have been transmitted, specify the name in which such Old Notes were registered, if different from that of the withdrawing holder; (iv) include a statement that such holder is withdrawing its election to have such Old Notes exchanged; and (v) be signed by the holder in the same manner as the original signature on this Letter of Transmittal (with signatures guaranteed by an eligible institution unless such holder is an eligible institution). The Exchange Agent will return the properly withdrawn Old Notes promptly following receipt of notice of withdrawal. If Old Notes have been tendered pursuant to the procedure for book-entry transfer, any notice of withdrawal must specify the name and number of the account at DTC to be credited with the withdrawn Old Notes and otherwise comply with the procedures of such facility. All questions as to the validity of notices of withdrawals, including time of receipt, will be determined by the Issuer, and such determination will be final and binding on all parties.

Any Old Notes so withdrawn will be deemed not to have been validly tendered for exchange for purposes of the Exchange Offer. Any Old Notes which have been tendered for exchange but which are not exchanged for any reason will be returned to the holder thereof without cost to such holder (or, in the case of Old Notes tendered by book-entry transfer into the Exchange Agent’s account at DTC pursuant to the procedures described above, such Old Notes will be credited to an account maintained with DTC for Old Notes) promptly after withdrawal, rejection of tender or termination of the Exchange Offer. Properly withdrawn Old Notes may be retendered by following one of the procedures described under the caption “The Exchange Offer—Procedures for Tendering” in the Prospectus at any time prior to the Expiration Date.

3. Signature on this Letter of Transmittal; Written Instruments and Endorsements; Guarantee of Signatures.

If this Letter of Transmittal is signed by the registered holder(s) of the Old Notes tendered hereby, the signature must correspond with the name(s) as written on the face of the certificates without alteration, enlargement or any change whatsoever.

If any of the Old Notes tendered hereby are owned of record by two or more joint owners, all such owners must sign this Letter of Transmittal.

If a number of Old Notes registered in different names are tendered, it will be necessary to complete, sign and submit as many separate copies of this Letter of Transmittal as there are different registrations of Old Notes.


When this Letter of Transmittal is signed by the registered holder or holders (which term, for the purposes described herein, shall include DTC) of Old Notes listed and tendered hereby, no endorsements of certificates or separate written instruments of transfer or exchange are required unless Exchange Notes issued in exchange therefor are to be issued, or Old Notes are not tendered or not exchanged are to be returned, in the name of any person other than the registered holder.

Signatures on any such certificates or separate written instruments of transfer or exchange must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution. Signatures on this Letter of Transmittal must be guaranteed by a member firm of a registered national securities exchange or of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., a commercial bank or trust company having an office or correspondent in the United States or another “eligible institution” within the meaning of Rule 17Ad-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, unless the Old Notes tendered pursuant thereto are tendered (i) by a registered holder who has not completed the box entitled “Special Issuance Instructions” or “Special Delivery Instructions” on this Letter of Transmittal or (ii) for the account of an eligible institution.

If this Letter of Transmittal is signed by a person other than the registered holder of any Old Notes listed on the Old Notes, such Old Notes must be endorsed or accompanied by a properly completed bond power. The bond power must be signed by the registered holder as the registered holder’s name appears on the Old Notes and an eligible institution must guarantee the signature on the bond power.

If this Letter of Transmittal or any Old Notes or bond powers are signed by trustees, executors, administrators, guardians, attorneys-in-fact, officers of corporations or others acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, such persons should so indicate when signing. Unless waived by us, they should also submit evidence satisfactory to us of their authority to deliver this Letter of Transmittal.

4. Special Exchange and Delivery Instructions.

Tendering holders should indicate, as applicable, the name and address to which the Exchange Notes or certificates for Old Notes not tendered or not accepted for exchange are to be issued or sent, if different from the name and address of the person signing this Letter of Transmittal. In the case of issuance in a different name, the tax identification number of the person named must also be indicated. Holders tendering Old Notes by book-entry transfer may request that Old Notes not exchanged be credited to such account maintained at the book-entry transfer facility as such holder may designate.

5. Transfer Taxes.

The Issuer shall pay all transfer taxes, if any, applicable to the exchange of Old Notes under the Exchange Offer. If, however, certificates representing Old Notes for principal amounts not tendered or accepted for exchange are to be delivered to, or are to be issued in the name of any person other than the registered holder of the Old Notes tendered hereby, or if tendered Old Notes are registered in the name of any person other than the person signing this Letter of Transmittal, or if a transfer tax is imposed for any reason other than the exchange of Old Notes under the Exchange Offer, the amount of any such transfer taxes (whether imposed on the registered holder or any other person) will be payable by the tendering holder. If satisfactory evidence of payment of such taxes is not submitted herewith, the amount of such transfer taxes will be billed to that tendering holder.

6. Waiver of Conditions.

The Issuer reserves the absolute right to waive, in whole or in part, any of the conditions to the Exchange Offer set forth in the Prospectus.

7. Mutilated, Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Securities.

Any holder whose Old Notes have been mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, should contact the Exchange Agent at the address indicated above for further instructions.


8. Irregularities.

All questions as to the validity, form, eligibility (including time of receipt), and acceptance of Letters of Transmittals or Old Notes will be resolved by the Issuer whose determination will be final and binding. The Issuer reserves the absolute right to reject any or all Letters of Transmittal or tenders that are not in proper form or the acceptance of which would, in the opinion of the Issuer’s counsel, be unlawful. The Issuer also reserves the right to waive any irregularities or conditions of tender as to the particular Old Notes covered by any Letter of Transmittal or tendered pursuant to such letter. None of the Issuer, the Exchange Agent or any other person will be under any duty to give notification of any defects or irregularities in tenders or incur any liability for failure to give any such notification. The Issuer’s interpretation of the terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer shall be final and binding.

9. Form W-9; Form W-8.

Each U.S. holder of Old Notes whose Old Notes are accepted for exchange (or other payee) is required to provide a correct taxpayer identification number (“TIN”), generally the holder’s Social Security or federal employer identification number, and certain other information, on Form W-9, which is enclosed separately herewith, and to certify that the holder (or other payee) is not subject to backup withholding. Failure to provide the information on the Form W-9 may subject the holder (or other payee) to a $50 penalty imposed by the Internal Revenue Service and 28% federal income tax backup withholding on the exchange. If the holder (or other payee) has not been issued a TIN and has applied for a TIN or intends to apply for a TIN in the near future, such holder should write “Applied For” in the space for the TIN provided on the Form W-9, enclosed separately herewith, and must also complete the attached “Certificate of Awaiting Taxpayer Identification Number” in order to prevent backup withholding. If such holder fails to provide a TIN by the time of the exchange, backup withholding may apply. A non-U.S. holder will be subject to backup withholding unless such holder provides an applicable Form W-8 certifying its non-U.S. status. The applicable Form W-8 can be obtained from the Exchange Agent.

10. Requests for Assistance or Additional Copies.

Questions relating to the procedure for tendering, as well as requests for additional copies of the Prospectus and this Letter of Transmittal, may be directed to the Exchange Agent at the address and telephone number set forth above. In addition, all questions relating to the Exchange Offer, as well as requests for assistance or additional copies of the Prospectus and this Letter of Transmittal, may be directed to the Exchange Agent at the address and telephone number indicated above.

IMPORTANT: THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL OR A FACSIMILE OR COPY THEREOF (TOGETHER WITH CERTIFICATES OF OLD NOTES OR CONFIRMATION OF BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER AND ALL OTHER REQUIRED DOCUMENTS) OR A NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE EXCHANGE AGENT ON OR PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION DATE.


IMPORTANT TAX INFORMATION

To ensure compliance with Internal Revenue Service Circular 230, holders are hereby notified that any discussion of U.S. federal income tax matters set forth in this Letter of Transmittal was written in connection with the promotion or marketing of the transactions or matters addressed herein and was not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used by any person, for the purpose of avoiding tax-related penalties that may be imposed on the taxpayer under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Each holder should seek advice based on its particular circumstances from an independent tax advisor.

Each tendering holder or other payee (“Payee”) that is a U.S. Person is required to provide a correct taxpayer identification number (“TIN”) and certain other information on Form W-9, which is enclosed separately herewith. If the Payee is receiving payment for a tendered Note, the Payee must certify that the Payee is not subject to backup withholding by signing and dating the Form W-9. A taxpayer’s TIN generally is the taxpayer’s Social Security or federal Employer Identification Number.

If the tendering Payee has not been issued a TIN and has applied for a TIN or intends to apply for a TIN in the near future write “APPLIED FOR” in the space for the TIN provided on the Form W-9, enclosed separately herewith, and complete the attached “Certificate of Awaiting Taxpayer Identification Number”. In such case if a TIN has not been provided by the time of the exchange, backup withholding at a rate of 28% may apply.

Certain Payees are not subject to backup withholding tax. Such Payees should furnish their TIN and sign, date and return the Form W-9, enclosed separately herewith, to the Exchange Agent. See the Form W-9, enclosed separately herewith, for additional instructions.

Payments to a Payee that is not a U.S. Person will not be subject to backup withholding tax if the Payee submits a properly completed IRS Form W-8BEN, IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8 EXP or IRS Form W-8IMY.

Consequences of Failure to File Form W-9 or Form W-8

Failure to provide the information on the Form W-9 may subject the Payee to a $50 penalty imposed by the Internal Revenues Service and federal income tax backup withholding at a rate of 28% on the exchange. Backup withholding is not an additional Federal income tax. Rather, the Federal income tax liability of a person subject to backup withholding will be reduced by the amount of tax withheld. If withholding results in an overpayment of taxes, the Payee may claim a refund from the Internal Revenue Service assuming it timely provides required information to establish an exemption from backup withholding.


CERTIFICATE OF AWAITING TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER

I certify under penalties of perjury that a taxpayer identification number has not been issued to me, and either (1) I have mailed or delivered an application to receive a taxpayer identification number to the appropriate Internal Revenue Service Center or Social Security Administration Office, or (2) I intend to mail or deliver an application in the near future. I understand that if I do not provide a taxpayer identification number in the near future 28 percent of all reportable cash payments made to me will be withheld until a taxpayer identification number is provided.

Signature:                                                                                                                 Date:                                                                      

EX-99.2 31 dex992.htm FORM OF NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery

Exhibit 99.2

FORM OF NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY

of

EVERTEC, INC.

Offer to Exchange up to $220,000,000 Aggregate Principal Amount of its

11% Senior Notes due 2018 which have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended

For Any and All of its Outstanding

11% Senior Notes due 2018

Registered holders of outstanding 11% Senior Notes due 2018 (the “Old Notes”) who wish to tender their Old Notes for a like principal amount of new 11% Senior Notes due 2018 (the “Exchange Notes”) which have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) whose Old Notes are not immediately available or who cannot deliver their Old Notes and Letter of Transmittal (and any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal) to Wilmington Trust FSB. (the “Exchange Agent”) prior to the Expiration Date, may use this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery or one substantially equivalent hereto. This Notice of Guaranteed Delivery may be delivered by hand or sent by facsimile transmission (receipt confirmed by telephone and an original delivered by guaranteed overnight courier) or mail to the Exchange Agent. See “The Exchange Offer—Procedures for Tendering” in the Prospectus dated [            ], 2011 (the “Prospectus”) of EVERTEC, Inc. (the “Issuer”).

The Exchange Agent for the Exchange Offer is:

Wilmington Trust FSB

By Mail, Hand or Overnight Delivery:

Wilmington Trust FSB

c/o Wilmington Trust Company

Corporate Capital Markets

Rodney Square North

1100 North Market Street

Wilmington, Delaware 19890-1626

By Facsimile:

(302) 636-4139

For Information or Confirmation by Telephone:

Sam Hamed

(302) 636-6181

DELIVERY OR TRANSMISSION VIA FACSIMILE OF THIS NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY TO AN ADDRESS OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A VALID DELIVERY.


Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned hereby tender(s) for exchange to the Issuer, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Prospectus and the Letter of Transmittal, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the principal amount of the Old Notes as set forth below pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in the Prospectus under the caption of “The Exchange Offer — Guaranteed Delivery Procedures.”

The undersigned understands and acknowledges that the Exchange Offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on [            ], 2011, unless extended by the Issuer. With respect to the Exchange Offer, “Expiration Date” means such time and date, or if the Exchange Offer is extended, the latest time and date to which the Exchange Offer is so extended by the Issuer.

All authority herein conferred or agreed to be conferred by the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery shall survive the death or incapacity of the undersigned and every obligation of the undersigned under this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery shall be binding upon the heirs, personal representatives, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, trustees in bankruptcy and other legal representatives of the undersigned.

SIGNATURES

 

 

Signature of Holder or Authorized Signatory

 

 

Signature of Holder or Authorized Signatory

(if more than one)

Dated:                                         , 2011

Principal Amount of Old Notes Exchanged:

$                                                                                                      

Certificate Nos. of Old Notes (if available):

 

 

Aggregate Principal Amount Represented by Certificate(s):

 

 

 

 

 

Name(s):             

 

 

(Please Print)

Address:                                                                                                                                                                                                            

 

 

 

 

(Include Zip Code)

Area Code and Telephone No.:                                                                                                                                                                

Capacity (full title), if signing in a representative capacity:                                                                                                           

Taxpayer Identification or Social Security No.:                                                                                                                                  

IF OLD NOTES WILL BE TENDERED BY BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER, PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

DTC Account Number:                                                                                                                                                                                

Transaction Number:                                                                                                                                                                                    


GUARANTEE

(NOT TO BE USED FOR SIGNATURE GUARANTEE)

The undersigned, a member firm of a recognized signature guarantee medallion program within the meaning of Rule 17Ad-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, hereby guarantees to deliver to the Exchange Agent at one of its addresses set forth on the reverse hereof, the certificates representing the Old Notes (or a confirmation of book-entry transfer of such Old Notes into the Exchange Agent’s account at the book-entry transfer facility), together with a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile thereof), with any required signature guarantees, and any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal within three New York Stock Exchange trading days after the Expiration Date (as defined in the Letter of Transmittal).

Name of Firm                                                                                                                                                                                                  

Address                                                                                                                                                                                                              

 

 

 

 

Name                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

Title                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

Area Code and Telephone No.:                                                                                                                                                                

Date:                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

DO NOT SEND OLD NOTES WITH THIS FORM. ACTUAL SURRENDER OF OLD NOTES MUST BE MADE PURSUANT TO, AND BE ACCOMPANIED BY, THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

EX-99.3 32 dex993.htm FORM OF LETTER TO BROKERS Form of Letter to Brokers

Exhibit 99.3

FORM OF NOTICE TO BROKERS-DEALERS

of

EVERTEC, INC.

Offer to Exchange up to $220,000,000 Aggregate Principal Amount of its

11% Senior Notes due 2018 which have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended

For Any and All of its Outstanding

11% Senior Notes due 2018

THIS EXCHANGE OFFER WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M.,

NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON [            ], 2011, UNLESS EXTENDED.

To Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks,

Trust Companies and Other Nominees:

EVERTEC, Inc. (the “Issuer”) is offering, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Prospectus dated [            ], 2011 (the “Prospectus”) and the accompanying Letter of Transmittal enclosed herewith (which together constitute the “Exchange Offer”), to exchange its 11% Senior Notes due 2018 (the “Exchange Notes”) which have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), for an equal aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 11% Senior Notes due 2018 ( the “Old Notes”). As set forth in the Prospectus, the terms of the Exchange Notes are identical in all material respects to the Old Notes, except that the Exchange Notes have been registered under the Securities Act, and therefore will not bear legends restricting their transfer and will not contain certain provisions providing for the payment of additional interest to the holders of the Old Notes under certain circumstances relating to the Registration Rights Agreement, dated September 30, 2010, among the Issuer, the subsidiary guarantors party thereto and the initial purchasers of the Old Notes.

THE EXCHANGE OFFER IS SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CUSTOMARY CONDITIONS. SEE “THE EXCHANGE OFFER—CERTAIN CONDITIONS TO THIS EXCHANGE OFFER” IN THE PROSPECTUS.

Enclosed herewith for your information and forwarding to your clients are copies of the following documents:

1. The Prospectus, dated [            ], 2011;

2. The Letter of Transmittal for your use (unless Old Notes are tendered by an Agent’s Message) and for the information of your clients (facsimile copies of the Letter of Transmittal may be used to tender Old Notes);

3. A form of letter which may be sent to your clients for whose accounts you hold Old Notes registered in your name or in the name of your nominee, with space provided for obtaining such clients’ instructions with regard to the Exchange Offer;

4. A Notice of Guaranteed Delivery;

5. Guidelines of the Internal Revenue Service for Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number on Form W-9; and

6. A return envelope addressed to Wilmington Trust FSB, the Exchange Agent.

YOUR PROMPT ACTION IS REQUESTED. PLEASE NOTE THE EXCHANGE OFFER WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON [            ] , 2011, UNLESS EXTENDED. PLEASE FURNISH


COPIES OF THE ENCLOSED MATERIALS TO THOSE OF YOUR CLIENTS FOR WHOM YOU HOLD OLD NOTES REGISTERED IN YOUR NAME OR IN THE NAME OF YOUR NOMINEE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

In all cases, exchanges of Old Notes accepted for exchange pursuant to the Exchange Offer will be made only after timely receipt by the Exchange Agent of (a) certificates representing such Old Notes, or confirmation of book entry transfer of such Old Notes, as the case may be, (b) the Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile thereof), properly completed and duly executed, or an Agent’s Message and (c) any other required documents.

Holders who wish to tender their Old Notes and (i) whose Old Notes are not immediately available or (ii) who cannot deliver their Old Notes, the Letter of Transmittal or an Agent’s Message and in either case together with any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal to the Exchange Agent prior to the Expiration Date must tender their Old Notes according to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth under the caption “The Exchange Offer—Guaranteed Delivery Procedures” in the Prospectus.

The Exchange Offer is not being made to, nor will tenders be accepted from or on behalf of, holders of Old Notes residing in any jurisdiction in which the making of the Exchange Offer or the acceptance thereof would not be in compliance with the laws of such jurisdiction.

The Issuer will not pay any fees or commissions to brokers, dealers or other persons for soliciting exchanges of Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer. The Issuer will, however, upon request, reimburse you for customary clerical and mailing expenses incurred by you in forwarding any of the enclosed materials to your clients. The Issuer will pay or cause to be paid any transfer taxes payable on the transfer of Notes to them except as otherwise provided in Instruction of the Letter of Transmittal.

Questions and requests for assistance with respect to the Exchange Offer or for copies of the Prospectus and Letter of Transmittal may be directed to the Exchange Agent by telephone at (302) 636-6181 (Attention: Sam Hamed) or by facsimile (for eligible institutions only) at (302) 636-4139.

Very truly yours,

EVERTEC, INC.

NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN OR IN THE ENCLOSED DOCUMENTS SHALL CONSTITUTE YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON AS THE AGENT, OF THE ISSUER OR ANY AFFILIATE THEREOF, OR AUTHORIZE YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON TO MAKE ANY STATEMENTS OR USE ANY DOCUMENT ON BEHALF OF ANY OF THE ISSUER IN CONNECTION WITH THE OFFER OTHER THAN THE ENCLOSED DOCUMENTS AND THE STATEMENTS CONTAINED THEREIN.

EX-99.4 33 dex994.htm FORM OF LETTER TO CLIENTS Form of Letter to Clients

Exhibit 99.4

FORM OF NOTICE TO INVESTORS

of

EVERTEC, INC.

Offer to Exchange up to $220,000,000 Aggregate Principal Amount of its

11% Senior Notes due 2018 which have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended

For Any and All of its Outstanding

11% Senior Notes due 2018

THIS EXCHANGE OFFER WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M.,

NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON [                    ], 2011, UNLESS EXTENDED.

To Our Clients:

Enclosed for your consideration is a Prospectus dated [                    ],2011 (the “Prospectus”) and a Letter of Transmittal (which together constitute the “Exchange Offer”) relating to the offer by EVERTEC, Inc. (the “Issuer”) to exchange its 11% Senior Notes due 2018 (the “Exchange Notes”) which have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), for an equal aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 11% Senior Notes due 2018 ( the “Old Notes”). As set forth in the Prospectus, the terms of the Exchange Notes are identical in all material respects to the Old Notes, except that the Exchange Notes have been registered under the Securities Act, and therefore will not bear legends restricting their transfer and will not contain certain provisions providing for the payment of additional interest to the holders of the Old Notes under certain circumstances relating to the Registration Rights Agreement, dated September 30, 2010, among the Issuer, the subsidiary guarantors party thereto and the initial purchasers of the Old Notes (the “Registration Rights Agreement”).

The enclosed materials are being forwarded to you as the beneficial owner of Old Notes carried by us for your account or benefit but not registered in your name. An exchange of any Old Notes may only be made by us as the registered Holder and pursuant to your instructions. Therefore, we urge beneficial owners of Old Notes registered in the name of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee to contact such Holder promptly if they wish to exchange Old Notes in the Exchange Offer.

Accordingly, we request instructions as to whether you wish us to exchange any or all such Old Notes held by us for your account or benefit, pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus and Letter of Transmittal. We urge you to read carefully the Prospectus and Letter of Transmittal before instructing us to exchange your Old Notes.

Your instructions to us should be forwarded as promptly as possible in order to permit us to exchange Old Notes on your behalf in accordance with the provisions of the Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer expires at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on [                    ], 2011, unless extended. The term “Expiration Date” shall mean 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on [                    ], 2011, unless the Exchange Offer is extended as provided in the Prospectus, in which case the term “Expiration Date” shall mean the latest date and time to which the Exchange Offer is extended. A tender of Old Notes may be withdrawn at any time prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date.

Your attention is directed to the following:

1. The Issuer will issue a like principal amount of Exchange Notes in exchange for the principal amount of Old Notes surrendered pursuant to the Exchange Offer, of which $220,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Old Notes were outstanding as of the date of the Prospectus. The terms of the Exchange Notes are identical in all respects to the Old Notes, except that the Exchange Notes have been registered under the Securities Act, and


therefore will not bear legends restricting their transfer and will not contain certain provisions providing for the payment of additional interest to the holders of the Old Notes under certain circumstances relating to the Registration Rights Agreement.

2. THE EXCHANGE OFFER IS SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CUSTOMARY CONDITIONS. SEE “THE EXCHANGE OFFER—CERTAIN CONDITIONS TO THIS EXCHANGE OFFER” IN THE PROSPECTUS.

3. The Exchange Offer and withdrawal rights will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on [                    ], 2011, unless extended.

4. The Issuer has agreed to pay the expenses of the Exchange Offer.

5. Any transfer taxes incident to the transfer of Old Notes from the tendering Holder to us will be paid by the Issuer, except as provided in the Prospectus and the Letter of Transmittal.

The Exchange Offer is not being made to, nor will tenders be accepted from or on behalf of, holders of Old Notes residing in any jurisdiction in which the making of the Exchange Offer or the acceptance thereof would not be in compliance with the laws of such jurisdiction.

If you wish us to tender any or all of your Old Notes held by us for your account or benefit, please so instruct us by completing, executing and returning to us the attached instruction form. The accompanying Letter of Transmittal is furnished to you for informational purposes only and may not be used by you to exchange Old Notes held by us and registered in our name for your account or benefit.


INSTRUCTIONS

The undersigned acknowledge(s) receipt of your letter and the enclosed material referred to therein relating to the Exchange Offer of EVERTEC, Inc.

This will instruct you to tender for exchange the aggregate principal amount of Old Notes indicated below (or, if no aggregate principal amount is indicated below, all Old Notes) held by you for the account or benefit of the undersigned, pursuant to the terms of and conditions set forth in the Prospectus and the Letter of Transmittal.

Aggregate Principal Amount of Old Notes to be tendered for exchange:

$

*I (we) understand that if I (we) sign this instruction form without indicating an aggregate principal amount of the Old Notes in the space above, all Old Notes held by you for my (our) account will be tendered for exchange.

 

 

 

 

Signature(s)

 

 

Capacity (full title), if signing in a fiduciary or representative capacity

 

 

Name(s) and address, including zip code

 

 

Date

 

 

Area Code and Telephone Number

 

 

Taxpayer Identification or Social Security No.

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[AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP LETTERHEAD]

 

            ROSA A. TESTANI
    212.872.8115/fax: 212.872.1002
    rtestani@akingump.com

 

April 14, 2011

Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, N.E.

Mail Stop 3561

Washington, D.C. 20549-3561

 

Re:    EVERTEC, Inc.
   Registration Statement on Form S-4

Dear Ladies/Gentlemen:

On behalf of EVERTEC, Inc. (the “Company”), we enclose for filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the applicable rules and regulations under the Securities Act, a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (the “Registration Statement”), covering $220,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 11% Senior Notes due 2018 which will be offered by the Company in exchange for $220,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 11% Senior Notes due 2018 which were issued in a private offering under Rule 144A and Regulation S. Prior to this filing, the Company received an interpretive letter dated April 6, 2011 from the Division of Corporation Finance, Office of Chief Accountant of the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding the interpretation of Rule 3-05 of Regulation S-X and its application to the Registration Statement. The Company has transmitted $25,542 by wire transfer to pay the applicable registration fee determined pursuant to Rule 457 of the Securities Act.

If any questions should arise in the course of your review of the enclosed Registration Statement, please call me at (212) 872-8115, or in my absence, Shinah Chang at (212) 872-7490.

 

Sincerely,
/s/ Rosa A. Testani
Rosa A. Testani

 

 

Enclosures

cc: Luisa Wert Serrano