EX-10.10 17 a2226208zex-10_10.htm EX-10.10

Exhibit 10.10

 

JOINDER AGREEMENT

 

THIS JOINDER AGREEMENT, dated as of April 23, 2013 (this “Agreement”), by and among the lenders party thereto (each an “Additional Term Loan Lender” and collectively the “Additional Term Loan Lenders”), LAUREATE EDUCATION, INC., a Maryland corporation (the “Borrower”), and CITIBANK N.A., as Administrative Agent.

 

RECITALS:

 

WHEREAS, reference is hereby made to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 16, 2011 (as it may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”; the terms defined therein and not otherwise defined herein being used herein as therein defined), by and among the Borrower, INICIATIVAS CULTURALES DE ESPAÑA S.L., a Spanish limited liability company, the lending institutions party thereto from time to time, and CITIBANK N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent.

 

WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower may request and receive Series B Additional Term Loan Commitments by entering into one or more Joinder Agreements with the Additional Term Loan Lenders.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

Each Additional Term Loan Lender party hereto hereby agrees to commit to provide its respective Commitment as set forth on Schedule A annexed hereto, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth below:

 

Each Additional Term Loan Lender (i) confirms that it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents, together with copies of the financial statements referred to therein and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement; (ii) agrees that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or Agent and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Agreement; (iii) appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents as are delegated to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; and (iv) agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender.

 

Each Additional Term Loan Lender hereby agrees to make its Commitment on the following terms and conditions:

 


 

1.                                      Applicable Margin. The Applicable ABR Margin for each Term Loan made hereby (the “Series B Additional Term Loans”) shall mean, as of any date of determination, 3.00% per annum. The Applicable LIBOR Margin for each Series B Additional Term Loan shall mean, as of any date of determination, 4.00% per annum.

 

2.                                      Principal Payments. The Borrower shall make principal payments on the Series B Additional Term Loans in installments on the dates and in the amounts set forth below:

 

(A)
Payment Date

 

(B)
Scheduled Repayment of
Series B Additional Term
Loans

 

June 30, 2013

 

$

775,000.00

 

September 30, 2013

 

$

775,000.00

 

December 31, 2013

 

$

775,000.00

 

March 31, 2014

 

$

775,000.00

 

June 30, 2014

 

$

775,000.00

 

September 30, 2014

 

$

775,000.00

 

December 31, 2014

 

$

775,000.00

 

March 31, 2015

 

$

775,000.00

 

June 30, 2015

 

$

775,000.00

 

September 30, 2015

 

$

775,000.00

 

December 31, 2015

 

$

775,000.00

 

March 31, 2016

 

$

775,000.00

 

June 30, 2016

 

$

775,000.00

 

September 30, 2016

 

$

775,000.00

 

December 31, 2016

 

$

775,000.00

 

March 31, 2017

 

$

775,000.00

 

June 30, 2017

 

$

775,000.00

 

 

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(A)
Payment Date

 

(B)
Scheduled Repayment of
Series B Additional Term
Loans

 

September 30, 2017

 

$

775,000.00

 

December 31, 2017

 

$

775,000.00

 

March 31, 2018

 

$

775,000.00

 

Series 2018 Extended Term Loan Maturity Date

 

All remaining amounts outstanding under the Series B Additional Term Loans

 

TOTAL

 

$

310,000,000

 

 

3.                                      Voluntary and Mandatory Prepayments. Scheduled installments of principal of the Series B Additional Term Loans set forth above shall be reduced in connection with any voluntary or mandatory prepayments of the Series B Additional Term Loans in accordance with Sections 5.1 and 5.2 of the Credit Agreement respectively.

 

4.                                      Proposed Borrowing. This Agreement represents the Borrower’s request to borrow Series B Additional Term Loans from the Additional Term Loan Lender as follows (the “Proposed Borrowing”):

 

a.                                      Business Day of Proposed Borrowing:  April 23, 2013

 

b.                                      Amount of Proposed Borrowing:  $310,000,000

 

c.                                       Interest rate option:                                     o  ABR Loan(s)

x  LIBOR Loans with an initial Interest Period of three months

 

5.                                      Additional Lenders. Each Additional Term Loan Lender that is not a Lender prior to its execution of this Agreement, if any, acknowledges and agrees that upon its execution of this Agreement and the making of Series B Additional Term Loans that such Additional Term Loan Lender shall become a “Lender” under, and for all purposes of, the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents, and shall be subject to and bound by the terms thereof, and shall perform all the obligations of and shall have all rights of a Lender thereunder. Set forth on Schedule B hereto is the Lending Office of each such Additional Term Loan Lender.

 

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6.                                      Credit Agreement Governs. Except as set forth in this Agreement, the Series B Additional Term Loans shall otherwise be subject to the provisions of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents.

 

7.                                      Identical Terms. The terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents applicable to the Series B Additional Term Loans are identical to the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents applicable to the Series 2018 Extended Term Loans, except as expressly set forth in this Agreement.

 

8.                                      Borrower’s Certifications. By its execution of this Agreement, the undersigned officer, to the best of his or her knowledge, and the Borrower hereby certifies that:

 

i.                                          the representations and warranties contained in the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof to the same extent as though made on and as of the date hereof, except to the extent such representations and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties were true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date;

 

ii.                                       no event has occurred and is continuing or would result from the consummation of the Proposed Borrowing contemplated hereby that would constitute a Default or an Event of Default; and

 

iii.                                    the Borrower has performed in all material respects all agreements and satisfied all conditions which the Credit Agreement provides shall be performed or satisfied by it on or before the date hereof.

 

9.                                      Borrower’s Covenants. By its execution of this Agreement, the Borrower hereby covenants that:

 

i.                                          the Borrower shall make any payments required pursuant to Section 2.11 of the Credit Agreement in connection with the Additional Term Loan Loans; and

 

ii.                                       the Borrower shall deliver or cause to be delivered the following legal opinions and documents: opinion of DLA Piper LLP (US), as counsel to the Borrower.

 

10.                               Notice. For purposes of the Credit Agreement, the initial notice address of each Additional Term Loan Lender described in Section 5 shall be as set forth below its signature below.

 

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11.                               Tax Forms. For each Additional Term Loan Lender, delivered herewith to the Administrative Agent are such forms, certificates or other evidence with respect to United States federal income tax withholding matters as such Additional Term Loan Lender may be required to deliver to Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 5.4 of the Credit Agreement.

 

12.                               Recordation of the New Loans. Upon execution and delivery hereof, Administrative Agent will record the Series B Additional Term Loans made by Additional Term Loan Lenders in the Register.

 

13.                               Amendment, Modification and Waiver. This Agreement may not be amended, modified or waived except by an instrument or instruments in writing signed and delivered on behalf of each of the parties hereto.

 

14.                               Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents constitute the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all other prior agreements and understandings, both written and verbal, among the parties or any of them with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

15.                               GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

16.                               Severability. Any term or provision of this Agreement which is invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to that jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability without rendering invalid or unenforceable the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction. If any provision of this Agreement is so broad as to be unenforceable, the provision shall be interpreted to be only so broad as would be enforceable.

 

17.                               Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Joinder Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by their respective proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

 

 

LAUREATE EDUCATION, INC.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Eilif Serck-Hanssen

 

 

Name:

Eilif Serck-Hanssen

 

 

Title:

Executive Vice President and

 

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

[Signature Page to Joinder]

 


 

 

CITIBANK, N.A.,

 

As Administrative Agent

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Caesar Wyszomirski

 

 

Name: Caesar Wyszomirski

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

[Signature Page to Joinder]

 


 

 

CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC.,

 

as a Additional Term Loan Lender

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Caesar Wyszomirski

 

 

Name: Caesar Wyszomirski

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notice Address, if applicable:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Signature Page to Joinder]