UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): September 7, 2018
Ferrellgas Partners, L.P.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware |
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43-1698480 |
(State or other jurisdiction |
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(Commission |
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(I.R.S. Employer |
of incorporation) |
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File Number) |
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Identification No.) |
7500 College Blvd., Suite 1000, |
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66210 |
(Address of principal executive offices) |
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(Zip Code) |
Registrants telephone number, including area code: 913-661-1500
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report
Ferrellgas Partners Finance Corp.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware |
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333-06693 |
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43-1742520 |
(State or other jurisdiction |
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(Commission |
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(I.R.S. Employer |
of incorporation) |
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File Number) |
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Identification No.) |
7500 College Blvd., Suite 1000, |
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66210 |
(Address of principal executive offices) |
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(Zip Code) |
Registrants telephone number, including area code: 913-661-1500
n/a
Former name or former address, if changed since last report
Ferrellgas, L.P.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware |
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000-50182 |
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43-1698481 |
(State or other jurisdiction |
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(Commission |
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(I.R.S. Employer |
of incorporation) |
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File Number) |
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Identification No.) |
7500 College Blvd., Suite 1000, |
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66210 |
(Address of principal executive offices) |
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(Zip Code) |
Registrants telephone number, including area code: 913-661-1500
n/a
Former name or former address, if changed since last report
Ferrellgas Finance Corp.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware |
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000-50183 |
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14-1866671 |
(State or other jurisdiction |
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(Commission |
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(I.R.S. Employer |
of incorporation) |
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File Number) |
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Identification No.) |
7500 College Blvd., Suite 1000, |
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66210 |
(Address of principal executive offices) |
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(Zip Code) |
Registrants telephone number, including area code: 913-661-1500
n/a
Former name or former address, if changed since last report
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Ferrellgas Partners, L.P.
Emerging growth company o
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o
Ferrellgas Partners Finance Corp.
Emerging growth company o
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o
Ferrellgas, L.P.
Emerging growth company o
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o
Ferrellgas Finance Corp.
Emerging growth company o
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Current Report on Form 8-K is being filed solely for the purpose of filing as exhibits the Financing Agreement and the Amendment No. 7 to Receivables Purchase Agreement listed under Item 9.01 below, which were previously disclosed in Current Reports on Form 8-K filed by the registrants on May 7, 2018 and May 14, 2018, respectively.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit |
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Description |
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10.1 |
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10.2 |
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Portions of the schedules to this Exhibit have been omitted pursuant to 17 CFR 240.24b-2 and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a Confidential Treatment Application filed with the Commission. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. | ||
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By: Ferrellgas, Inc., its general partner | ||
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September 7, 2018 |
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/s/ DORAN N. SCHWARTZ | |
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Name: |
Doran N. Schwartz |
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Title: |
Senior Vice President; Chief Financial Officer; Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
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Ferrellgas Partners Finance Corp. | ||
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September 7, 2018 |
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/s/ DORAN N. SCHWARTZ | |
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Name: |
Doran N. Schwartz |
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Title: |
Chief Financial Officer and Sole Director |
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Ferrellgas, L.P. | ||
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By: Ferrellgas, Inc., its general partner | ||
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September 7, 2018 |
By: |
/s/ DORAN N. SCHWARTZ | |
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Name: |
Doran N. Schwartz |
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Title: |
Senior Vice President; Chief Financial Officer; Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
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Ferrellgas Finance Corp. | ||
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September 7, 2018 |
By: |
/s/ DORAN N. SCHWARTZ | |
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Name: |
Doran N. Schwartz |
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Title: |
Chief Financial Officer and Sole Director |
Portions of the schedules to this Exhibit have been omitted pursuant to 17 CFR 240.24b-2 and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a Confidential Treatment Application filed with the Commission.
EXECUTION VERSION
FINANCING AGREEMENT
dated as of May 4, 2018
among
FERRELLGAS, L.P.,
as the Company
FERRELLGAS, INC.,
as the General Partner of the Company
CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF FERRELLGAS, L.P.,
as Guarantors,
VARIOUS LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO,
TPG SPECIALTY LENDING, INC.,
as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and Lead Arranger,
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Syndication Agent
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION |
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Section 1.1. |
Definitions |
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Section 1.2. |
Accounting and Other Terms |
51 |
Section 1.3. |
Interpretation, etc. |
52 |
Section 1.4. |
Time References |
53 |
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ARTICLE II LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT |
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Section 2.1. |
Term Loans |
53 |
Section 2.2. |
Revolving Loans |
54 |
Section 2.3. |
Letters of Credit |
58 |
Section 2.4. |
Pro Rata Shares |
65 |
Section 2.5. |
Use of Proceeds |
66 |
Section 2.6. |
Evidence of Debt; Register; Lenders Books and Records; Notes |
66 |
Section 2.7. |
Interest |
67 |
Section 2.8. |
Conversion/Continuation |
68 |
Section 2.9. |
Default Interest |
68 |
Section 2.10. |
Fees |
69 |
Section 2.11. |
Scheduled Repayments of Term Loan |
70 |
Section 2.12. |
Voluntary Prepayments and Commitment Reductions |
70 |
Section 2.13. |
Mandatory Prepayments |
71 |
Section 2.14. |
Application of Prepayments/Reductions |
73 |
Section 2.15. |
General Provisions Regarding Payments |
75 |
Section 2.16. |
Ratable Sharing |
77 |
Section 2.17. |
Making or Maintaining LIBOR Rate Loans |
78 |
Section 2.18. |
Increased Costs; Capital Adequacy |
81 |
Section 2.19. |
Taxes; Withholding, etc. |
82 |
Section 2.20. |
Obligation to Mitigate |
85 |
Section 2.21. |
Defaulting Lenders |
86 |
Section 2.22. |
Removal or Replacement of a Lender |
86 |
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ARTICLE III CONDITIONS PRECEDENT |
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Section 3.1. |
Closing Date |
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Section 3.2. |
Conditions to Each Credit Extension |
92 |
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ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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Section 4.1. |
Organization; Requisite Power and Authority; Qualification |
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Section 4.2. |
Capital Stock and Ownership |
93 |
Section 4.3. |
Due Authorization |
94 |
Section 4.4. |
No Conflict |
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Section 4.5. |
Governmental Consents |
94 |
Section 4.6. |
Binding Obligation |
94 |
Section 4.7. |
Historical Financial Statements |
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Section 4.8. |
Projections |
95 |
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Section 4.9. |
No Material Adverse Effect |
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Section 4.10. |
Adverse Proceedings, etc. |
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Section 4.11. |
Payment of Taxes |
96 |
Section 4.12. |
Properties |
96 |
Section 4.13. |
Environmental Matters |
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Section 4.14. |
No Defaults |
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Section 4.15. |
Material Contracts |
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Section 4.16. |
Governmental Regulation |
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Section 4.17. |
Margin Stock |
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Section 4.18. |
Employee Matters |
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Section 4.19. |
Employee Benefit Plans |
99 |
Section 4.20. |
Certain Fees |
99 |
Section 4.21. |
Solvency |
99 |
Section 4.22. |
Compliance with Statutes, etc. |
99 |
Section 4.23. |
Intellectual Property |
99 |
Section 4.24. |
Inventory and Equipment |
100 |
Section 4.25. |
Customers and Suppliers |
100 |
Section 4.26. |
Insurance |
100 |
Section 4.27. |
Common Enterprise |
100 |
Section 4.28. |
Permits, Etc. |
100 |
Section 4.29. |
Bank Accounts and Securities Accounts |
101 |
Section 4.30. |
Security Interests |
101 |
Section 4.31. |
Anti-Terrorism Laws |
101 |
Section 4.32. |
Reserved |
101 |
Section 4.33. |
Disclosure |
101 |
Section 4.34. |
Indebtedness |
102 |
Section 4.35. |
Use of Proceeds |
102 |
Section 4.36. |
Hedging Agreements |
102 |
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ARTICLE V AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS |
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Section 5.1. |
Financial Statements and Other Reports |
102 |
Section 5.2. |
Existence |
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Section 5.3. |
Payment of Taxes and Claims |
109 |
Section 5.4. |
Maintenance of Properties |
109 |
Section 5.5. |
Insurance |
109 |
Section 5.6. |
Inspections |
110 |
Section 5.7. |
Lenders Meetings and Conference Calls |
111 |
Section 5.8. |
Compliance with Laws |
111 |
Section 5.9. |
Environmental |
112 |
Section 5.10. |
Subsidiaries |
112 |
Section 5.11. |
Additional Material Real Estate Assets |
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Section 5.12. |
Reserved |
113 |
Section 5.13. |
Further Assurances |
113 |
Section 5.14. |
Miscellaneous Business Covenants |
113 |
Section 5.15. |
Post-Closing Matters |
114 |
Section 5.16. |
Books and Records |
114 |
Section 5.17. |
Designation as Senior Debt |
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Section 5.18. |
Commodity Risk Management Policy |
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Section 5.19. |
Hedging Agreements |
114 |
Section 5.20. |
Accounts Receivable Securitization |
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Section 5.21. |
SPE |
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ARTICLE VI NEGATIVE COVENANTS |
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Section 6.1. |
Indebtedness |
115 |
Section 6.2. |
Liens |
115 |
Section 6.3. |
Equitable Lien |
115 |
Section 6.4. |
No Further Negative Pledges |
116 |
Section 6.5. |
Restricted Junior Payments |
116 |
Section 6.6. |
Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions |
118 |
Section 6.7. |
Investments |
118 |
Section 6.8. |
Financial Covenants |
119 |
Section 6.9. |
Fundamental Changes; Disposition of Assets; Acquisitions |
119 |
Section 6.10. |
Disposal of Subsidiary Interests |
121 |
Section 6.11. |
Sales and Lease Backs |
121 |
Section 6.12. |
Transactions with Affiliates |
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Section 6.13. |
Conduct of Business |
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Section 6.14. |
Permitted Activities of General Partner |
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Section 6.15. |
Changes to Certain Agreements and Organizational Documents |
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Section 6.16. |
Accounting Methods |
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Section 6.17. |
Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts |
123 |
Section 6.18. |
Prepayments of Certain Indebtedness |
124 |
Section 6.19. |
Anti-Terrorism Laws |
124 |
Section 6.20. |
Commodity Risk Management Policy |
124 |
Section 6.21. |
Designation of Senior Debt |
124 |
Section 6.22. |
Restrictions on Hedging Agreements |
125 |
Section 6.23. |
Propane Sales |
125 |
Section 6.24. |
Floating Price Take-or-Pay Contracts |
125 |
Section 6.25. |
2020 Holdco Notes |
125 |
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ARTICLE VII GUARANTY |
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Section 7.1. |
Guaranty of the Obligations |
126 |
Section 7.2. |
Contribution by Guarantors |
126 |
Section 7.3. |
Payment by Guarantors |
126 |
Section 7.4. |
Liability of Guarantors Absolute |
126 |
Section 7.5. |
Waivers by Guarantors |
128 |
Section 7.6. |
Guarantors Rights of Subrogation, Contribution, etc. |
129 |
Section 7.7. |
Subordination of Other Obligations |
130 |
Section 7.8. |
Continuing Guaranty |
130 |
Section 7.9. |
Authority of Guarantors or Company |
130 |
Section 7.10. |
Financial Condition of Company |
130 |
Section 7.11. |
Bankruptcy, etc. |
130 |
Section 7.12. |
Discharge of Guaranty Upon Sale of Guarantor |
131 |
Section 7.13. |
Keepwell |
131 |
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ARTICLE VIII EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
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Section 8.1. |
Events of Default |
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ARTICLE IX AGENTS |
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Section 9.1. |
Appointment of Agents |
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Section 9.2. |
Powers and Duties |
136 |
Section 9.3. |
General Immunity |
136 |
Section 9.4. |
Agents Entitled to Act as Lender |
137 |
Section 9.5. |
Lenders Representations, Warranties and Acknowledgment |
138 |
Section 9.6. |
Right to Indemnity |
138 |
Section 9.7. |
Successor Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent |
139 |
Section 9.8. |
Collateral Documents and Guaranty |
141 |
Section 9.9. |
Agency for Perfection |
141 |
Section 9.10. |
Reports and Other Information; Confidentiality; Disclaimers |
142 |
Section 9.11. |
Syndication Agent |
143 |
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ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 10.1. |
Notices |
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Section 10.2. |
Expenses |
144 |
Section 10.3. |
Indemnity |
145 |
Section 10.4. |
Set-Off |
145 |
Section 10.5. |
Amendments and Waivers |
146 |
Section 10.6. |
Successors and Assigns; Participations |
148 |
Section 10.7. |
Independence of Covenants |
152 |
Section 10.8. |
Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements |
152 |
Section 10.9. |
No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative |
152 |
Section 10.10. |
Marshalling; Payments Set Aside |
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Section 10.11. |
Severability |
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Section 10.12. |
Obligations Several; Independent Nature of Lenders Rights |
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Section 10.13. |
Headings |
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Section 10.14. |
APPLICABLE LAW |
153 |
Section 10.15. |
CONSENT TO JURISDICTION |
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Section 10.16. |
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
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Section 10.17. |
Confidentiality |
154 |
Section 10.18. |
Usury Savings Clause |
156 |
Section 10.19. |
Counterparts |
156 |
Section 10.20. |
Effectiveness |
156 |
Section 10.21. |
PATRIOT Act Notice |
156 |
Section 10.22. |
Bank Product Providers |
156 |
APPENDICES: |
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A-1 |
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Term Loan Commitments |
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A-2 |
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Revolving A Commitments |
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Revolving B Commitments |
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B |
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Notice Addresses |
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SCHEDULES: |
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1.1 |
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Certain Material Real Estate Assets |
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4.1 |
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Jurisdictions of Organization and Qualification |
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4.2 |
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Capital Stock and Ownership |
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4.12 |
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Real Estate Assets |
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4.13 |
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Environmental Matters |
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4.15 |
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Material Contracts |
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4.23 |
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Intellectual Property |
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4.26 |
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Insurance |
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4.29 |
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Bank Accounts and Securities Accounts |
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4.34 |
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Indebtedness |
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4.36 |
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Hedging Agreements |
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5.15 |
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Certain Post Closing Matters |
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6.1 |
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Certain Indebtedness |
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6.2 |
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Certain Liens |
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6.7 |
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Certain Investments |
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6.9 |
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Asset Sales |
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6.12 |
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Certain Affiliate Transactions |
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EXHIBITS: |
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A-1 |
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Funding Notice |
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A-2 |
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Conversion/Continuation Notice |
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B |
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Compliance Certificate |
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Assignment Agreement |
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Certificate Regarding Non-Bank Status |
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E-1 |
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Closing Date Certificate |
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E-2 |
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Solvency Certificate |
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Counterpart Agreement |
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Pledge and Security Agreement |
FINANCING AGREEMENT
This FINANCING AGREEMENT, dated as of May 4, 2018, is entered into by and among Ferrellgas, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (Company), Ferrellgas, Inc., a Delaware corporation (General Partner) and certain Subsidiaries of Company, as Guarantors, the Lenders from time to time party hereto, TPG SPECIALTY LENDING, INC., a Delaware corporation (TSL), as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, Administrative Agent), and TSL, as collateral agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, Collateral Agent) and lead arranger (in such capacity, Lead Arranger).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, capitalized terms used in these Recitals shall have the respective meanings set forth for such terms in Section 1.1 hereof;
WHEREAS, Lenders have agreed to extend certain credit facilities to Company, in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $575,000,000, consisting of (a) $275,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Term Loan, (b) up to $200,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Revolving A Commitments, which will include a subfacility for the issuance of letters of credit in an amount not to exceed $125,000,000 and (c) up to $100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Revolving B Commitments, the proceeds of which will be used as described in Section 2.5;
WHEREAS, Company has agreed to secure all of its Obligations by granting to Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, a First Priority Lien in the Collateral, including a pledge of all of the Capital Stock of each of its Domestic Subsidiaries (except for any FSHCOs) and 65% of all voting Capital Stock and 100% of all non-voting Capital Stock of each of its first-tier Foreign Subsidiaries and any FSHCOs; and
WHEREAS, Guarantors have agreed to guarantee the obligations of Company hereunder and to secure their respective Obligations by granting to Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, a First Priority Lien on the Collateral, including a pledge of all of the Capital Stock of each of their respective Domestic Subsidiaries (including Company) and 65% of all voting Capital Stock and 100% of all non-voting Capital Stock of each of their respective first-tier Foreign Subsidiaries.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
Section 1.1. Definitions. The following terms used herein, including in the preamble, recitals, exhibits and schedules hereto, shall have the following meanings:
2010 Holdco Indenture means the Indenture, dated as of April 13, 2010, among MLP, Ferrellgas Partners Finance Corp. and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, as
supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 13, 2010, and the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 30, 2017.
2010 Indenture means the Indenture, dated as of November 24, 2010, among Company, Ferrellgas Finance Corp. and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.
2013 Indenture means the Indenture, dated as of November 4, 2013, among Company, Ferrellgas Finance Corp. and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.
2015 Indenture means the Indenture, dated as of June 8, 2015, among Company, Ferrellgas Finance Corp. and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.
2020 Holdco Notes means the 8.625% Senior Notes due June 15, 2020, issued by MLP and Ferrellgas Partners Finance Corp. pursuant to the 2010 Holdco Indenture.
2021 Senior Notes means the 6.50% Senior Notes due May 1, 2021, issued by Company and Ferrellgas Finance Corp. pursuant to the 2010 Indenture.
2022 Senior Notes means the 6.75% Senior Notes due January 15, 2022, issued by Company and Ferrellgas Finance Corp. pursuant to the 2013 Indenture.
2023 Senior Notes means the 6.75% Senior Notes due June 15, 2023, issued by Company and Ferrellgas Finance Corp. pursuant to the 2015 Indenture.
Accounts Receivable Securitization means a financing arrangement involving the transfer or sale of accounts receivable of Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business through one or more SPEs, the terms of which arrangement do not impose (a) any recourse or repurchase obligations upon Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of Company (other than any such SPE) except to the extent of the breach of any customary representation, warranty or covenant by Company or such Subsidiary in connection therewith or (b) any negative pledge or Lien on any accounts receivable or other assets of the Company or its Subsidiaries (other than the SPE) not intended to be transferred to any such SPE in connection with such arrangement.
Adjusted LIBOR Rate means, for any Interest Rate Determination Date with respect to an Interest Period for a LIBOR Rate Loan, the greater of (a) the interest rate per annum determined by Administrative Agent by dividing (the resulting quotient rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100th of 1% per annum) (a) the rate which appears on the Bloomberg Page BBAM1 (or on such other substitute Bloomberg page that displays rates at which Dollar deposits are offered by leading banks in the London interbank deposit market), or the rate which is quoted by another source selected by Administrative Agent as an authorized information vendor for the purpose of displaying rates at which Dollar deposits are offered by leading banks in the London interbank deposit market (a LIBOR Alternate Source), at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period as the London interbank offered rate for Dollars for an amount comparable to such LIBOR Rate Loan and having a borrowing date and a maturity comparable to such Interest Period (or (x) if there shall at any time, for any reason, no longer exist a Bloomberg Page BBAM1 (or any substitute page) or any LIBOR Alternate Source, a comparable replacement ratedetermined by Administrative Agent at such time (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error), (y) if the Adjusted
LIBOR Rate is unascertainable as set forth in Section 2.17(b), a comparable replacement rate determined in accordance with Section 2.17(b)), by (b) a number equal to 1.00 minus the Reserve Percentage; provided, however, that if the Adjusted LIBOR Rate determined as provided above would be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement, and (b) 1.25% per annum. The Adjusted LIBOR Rate shall be adjusted with respect to any LIBOR Rate Loan that is outstanding on the effective date of any change in the Reserve Percentage as of such effective date. Administrative Agent shall give reasonably prompt notice to the Company of the Adjusted LIBOR Rate as determined or adjusted in accordance herewith, which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
Administrative Agent has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.
Administrative Agents Account means an account at a bank designated by Administrative Agent in writing from time to time as the account into which the Loan Parties shall make all payments to Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
Adverse Proceeding means any action, suit, proceeding (whether administrative, judicial or otherwise), governmental investigation or arbitration (whether or not purportedly on behalf of General Partner or Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) at law or in equity, or before or by any Governmental Authority, domestic or foreign (including any Environmental Claims) or other regulatory body or any mediator or arbitrator, whether pending or, to the knowledge of General Partner or Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, threatened in writing against or affecting General Partner or Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any property of Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
Affected Lender has the meaning specified in Section 2.17(a).
Affiliate means, as applied to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling (including any member of the senior management group of such Person), controlled by, or under common control with, that Person. For the purposes of this definition, control (including, with correlative meanings, the terms controlling, controlled by and under common control with), as applied to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power (a) to vote 10% or more of the Securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such Person, or (b) to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of that Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or by contract or otherwise. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall any Agent or any Lender or any of their Affiliates or Related Funds be considered an Affiliate of any Loan Party.
Agent means each of Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent.
Aggregate Amounts Due has the meaning specified in Section 2.16.
Aggregate Payments has the meaning specified in Section 7.2.
Agreement means this Financing Agreement and any annexes, exhibits and schedules attached hereto as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Anti-Terrorism Laws means any Laws relating to terrorism, trade sanctions programs and embargoes, import/export licensing, money laundering or bribery, and any regulation, order, or directive promulgated, issued or enforced pursuant to such Laws, all as amended, supplemented or replaced from time to time.
Applicable Law shall mean all Laws applicable to the Person, conduct, transaction, covenant, other document or contract in question, including all provisions of all applicable state, federal and foreign constitutions, statutes, rules, regulations, treaties, directives and orders of any Governmental Authority, and all orders, judgments and decrees of all courts and arbitrators.
Applicable Margin means (a)with respect to Term Loans and Revolving Loans that are LIBOR Rate Loans, 5.75% and (b) with respect to Term Loans and Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans, 4.75%.
Application Event means the (a) occurrence of an Event of Default and (b) the election by Collateral Agent or the Required Lenders during the continuance of such Event of Default to require that payments and proceeds of Collateral be applied pursuant to Section 2.15(h).
Approved Counterparty means a counterparty to a Hedging Agreement that either (a) is a Lender, an Agent or any Affiliate thereof, (b) is a Person whose senior unsecured long-term debt obligations are rated BBB- or higher by S&P and Baa3 or higher by Moodys or (c) is approved by the Collateral Agent in its reasonable business judgment.
Approved Valuation Firm means Alvarez & Marsal Valuation Services, LLC or any other independent valuation firm selected by the Administrative Agent and, unless an Event of Default shall then exist, approved by Company (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).
Asset Sale means a sale, lease or sub lease (as lessor or sublessor), sale and leaseback, assignment, conveyance, transfer, license or other disposition to (other than to or with a Loan Party which is not General Partner), or any exchange of property with, any Person, in one transaction or a series of transactions, of all or any part of any Loan Partys businesses, assets or properties of any kind, whether real, personal, or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, including, without limitation, the Capital Stock of any Loan Party, other than inventory sold, licensed in the ordinary course of business or leased in the ordinary course of business. For purposes of clarification, Asset Sale shall include (a) the sale or other disposition for value of any contracts, or (b) the early termination or modification of any contract resulting in the receipt by any Loan Party of a cash payment or other consideration in exchange for such event (other than payments in the ordinary course for accrued and unpaid amounts due through the date of termination or modification or payments received under Hedging Agreements or commodity purchase or sale agreements terminated or modified in the ordinary course of business); provided, that Asset Sale shall not include the sale, lease, sub-lease, sale
and leaseback, assignment, conveyance, transfer, license or other disposal of any assets, in each case in one transaction or a series of related transitions, for consideration with a fair market value of less than $1,000,000 or payments from the modification or early termination of any contract of less than $1,000,000.
Assignment Agreement means an Assignment and Assumption Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit C, with such amendments or modifications as may be approved by Administrative Agent.
Attributable Indebtedness means, on any date, in respect of any Capital Lease of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP.
Authorized Officer means, as applied to any Person, any individual holding the position of chairman of the board (if an officer), chief executive officer, president or one of its vice presidents (or the equivalent thereof), chief financial officer, director of finance, treasurer, assistant treasurer or controller, in each case, (a) with respect to whom Administrative Agent has completed all required know your customer regulatory compliance and background checks have been completed and the results thereof are satisfactory to Administrative Agent in its sole discretion and (b) whose incumbency has been certified to Administrative Agent.
Availability means, as of any date of determination, the amount equal to (a) the lesser of (i) the Revolving Commitments and (ii) the Borrowing Base minus (b) the sum of (i) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Revolving Loans and (ii) the Letter of Credit Obligations.
Available Cash has the meaning given to such term in the Partnership Agreement, as amended to and including the Closing Date.
Bank Product Agreements means those certain cash management service agreements entered into from time to time between a Loan Party, on the one hand, and a Lender or its Affiliates, on the other hand, in connection with any of the Bank Products, including, without limitation, any Lender-Provided Hedging Agreement.
Bank Product Collateralization means providing cash collateral (pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent) to be held by the applicable Bank Product Provider or the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Bank Product Providers, in each case, in an amount equal to 100% of such Bank Product Obligations.
Bank Product Obligations means all obligations, liabilities, contingent reimbursement obligations, fees, and expenses owing by a Loan Party to any Lender or its Affiliates pursuant to or evidenced by the Bank Product Agreements and irrespective of whether for the payment of money, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising, and including all such amounts that a Loan Party is obligated to reimburse to Collateral Agent or any Lender as a result of Collateral Agent or such Lender purchasing participations or executing indemnities or reimbursement obligations with respect to the Bank Products provided to such Loan Party pursuant to the Bank Product Agreements.
Bank Product Provider means any Lender or Affiliate thereof that provides Bank Products to any Loan Party.
Bank Product Reserve means, as of any date of determination, the lesser of (a) $35,000,000 and (b) the amount of reserves that the Collateral Agent has established based upon the Collateral Agents reasonable determination of the credit exposure in respect of the outstanding Bank Products Obligations on such date of which the Company and the Lenders have received notice from the Collateral Agent.
Bank Products means any service or facility extended to the Loan Parties by any Lender or its Affiliates including: (a) credit cards, (b) credit card processing services, (c) debit cards, (d) purchase cards, (e) ACH transactions, (f) cash management, including controlled disbursement, accounts or services, and (g) Lender-Provided Hedging Agreements.
Bankruptcy Code means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled Bankruptcy, as now and hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.
Base Rate means, for any day, a rate per. annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Overnight Bank Funding Rate in effect on such day plus ½ of 1%, (c) the sum of the Daily LIBOR Rate in effect on such day plus 1%, so long as a Daily LIBOR Rate is offered, ascertainable and not unlawful, and (d) 4.50% per annum. Any change in the Base Rate (or any component thereof) shall take effect at the opening of business on the day such change occurs.
Base Rate Loan means a Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Base Rate.
Beneficiary means each Agent, each Lender, each L/C Issuer and each Bank Product Provider.
Board of Directors means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the board of directors of the corporation or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board, (b) with respect to a partnership, the board of directors of the general partner of the partnership, (c) with respect to a limited liability company, the managing member or members or any controlling committee or board of directors of such company or the sole member or the managing member thereof, and (d) with respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a similar function.
Borrowing Base means, as of any date of determination, (a) 75% of the Propane Customer List NOLV reflected in the most recently delivered Valuation Report minus (b) the Bank Product Reserve.
Business Day means (a) any day excluding Saturday, Sunday and any day which is a legal holiday under the laws of the State of New York or is a day on which banking institutions located in such state are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close, and (b) with respect to all notices, determinations, fundings and payments in connection with the Adjusted LIBOR Rate or any LIBOR Rate Loans, the term Business Day shall mean any day
which is a Business Day described in clause (a) and which is also a day for trading by and between banks in Dollar deposits in the London interbank market.
Capital Lease means, as applied to any Person, any lease of any property (whether real, personal or mixed) by that Person (a) as lessee that, in conformity with GAAP, is or should be accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of that Person or (b) as lessee which is a transaction of a type commonly known as a synthetic lease (i.e., a transaction that is treated as an operating lease for accounting purposes but with respect to which payments of rent are intended to be treated as payments of principal and interest on a loan for Federal income tax purposes).
Capital Stock means any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation), including, without limitation, partnership interests and membership interests, and any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase or other arrangements or rights to acquire any of the foregoing.
Cash means money, currency or a credit balance in any demand or Deposit Account.
Cash Collateralize or Cash Collateralization means to deliver to the Collateral Agent an amount (whether in cash or in the form of a backstop letter of credit in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and issued by a U.S. commercial bank reasonably acceptable to, the Collateral Agent in its reasonable discretion) equal to 105% of the sum of (a) the Maximum Undrawn Amount plus (b) the aggregate amount of all unreimbursed payments and disbursements under each Letter of Credit which have not been converted to Revolving A Loans.
Cash Equivalents means, as at any date of determination, (a) marketable securities (i) issued or directly and unconditionally guaranteed as to interest and principal by the United States Government, or (ii) issued by any agency of the United States the obligations of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case maturing within one year after such date; (b) marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States of America or any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof, in each case maturing within one year after such date and having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at least A 1 from S&P or at least P 1 from Moodys; (c) commercial paper maturing no more than one year from the date of creation thereof and having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at least A 1 from S&P or at least P 1 from Moodys; (d) certificates of deposit or bankers acceptances maturing within one year after such date and issued or accepted by any Lender or by any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia that (i) is at least adequately capitalized (as defined in the regulations of its primary Federal banking regulator), and (ii) has Tier 1 capital (as defined in such regulations) of not less than $100,000,000; and (e) shares of any money market mutual fund that (i) has substantially all of its assets invested continuously in the types of investments referred to in clauses (a) and (b) above, (ii) has net assets of not less than $500,000,000, and (iii) has the highest rating obtainable from either S&P or Moodys.
Certificate Regarding Non-Bank Status means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D.
Change of Control means, at any time, any of the following occurrences:
(a) the Permitted Holders shall cease to beneficially own and control, directly or indirectly, at least 51% on a fully diluted basis of the aggregate economic and voting interests in the Capital Stock of General Partner;
(b) the General Partner ceases to be the sole general partner of Company with the power to manage and control Company;
(c) MLP shall cease to beneficially own and control, directly or indirectly, 100% on a fully diluted basis of the aggregate limited partnership interests in the Capital Stock of Company;
(d) any Person or group (within the meaning of Rules 13d 3 and 13d 5 under the Exchange Act) other than the Permitted Holders (i) shall have acquired beneficial ownership of 33% or more on a fully diluted basis of the voting and/or economic interest in the Capital Stock of General Partner or (ii) shall have obtained the power (whether or not exercised) to elect a majority of the members of the Board of Directors (or similar governing body) of General Partner;
(e) Company shall cease, except in connection with any transaction permitted pursuant to Section 6.9(a), Section 6.9(c)(ii), Section 6.9(c)(iii), or Section 6.10 to beneficially own and control, directly or indirectly, 100% on a fully diluted basis of the economic and voting interest in the Capital Stock of each Loan Party (other than General Partner);
(f) the majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the Board of Directors (or similar governing body) of General Partner (or its direct or indirect parent holding company) cease to be occupied by Persons who either (i) were members of the Board of Directors of General Partner (or its direct or indirect parent holding company) on the Closing Date, or (ii) during any period within 12 consecutive months, were nominated for election by the Board of Directors of General Partner (or its direct or indirect parent holding company), a majority of whom were directors on the Closing Date or whose election or nomination for election was previously approved by a majority of such directors;
(g) (i) any Loan Party consolidates or amalgamates with or merges into another entity or conveys, transfers or leases all or substantially all of its property and assets to another Person (other than in connection with any transaction permitted pursuant to Section 6.9), or (ii) except in connection with any transaction permitted pursuant to Section 6.9(a), any entity consolidates or amalgamates with or merges into any Loan Party in a transaction pursuant to which the outstanding voting Capital Stock of such Loan Party is reclassified or changed into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction described in this clause (ii) in which either (A) in the case of any such transaction involving Company (or its direct or indirect ultimate parent holding company), no Person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), other than the General Partner or the Permitted Holder, has, directly or indirectly, acquired beneficial ownership of more than 33% of the aggregate outstanding voting or economic power of the Capital Stock of Company (or its direct or indirect
ultimate parent holding company) or (B) in the case of any such transaction involving a Loan Party other than General Partner or Company, Company has direct or indirect beneficial ownership of 100% of the aggregate voting and economic power of all Capital Stock of the resulting, surviving or transferee entity; or
(h) any change of control or similar event shall occur under, and as defined in or set forth in the documents evidencing or governing the Capital Stock or any Indebtedness of Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries.
Class means (a) with respect to Lenders, each of the following classes of Lenders: (i) Lenders having Term Loan Exposure, (ii) Lenders having Revolving A Exposure, and (iii) Lenders having Revolving B Exposure, and (b) with respect to Loans, each of the following classes of Loans: (i) Term Loans, (ii) Revolving A Loans and (iii) Revolving B Loans.
Closing Date means the date on which the Term Loans are made.
Closing Date Certificate means a Closing Date Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit E-1.
Collateral means, collectively, all of the real, personal and mixed property (including Capital Stock) and all interests therein and proceeds thereof now owned or hereafter acquired by any Person upon which a Lien is granted or purported to be granted by such Person pursuant to the Collateral Documents as security for the Obligations.
Collateral Agent has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.
Collateral Access Agreement means a collateral access agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent.
Collateral Documents means the Pledge and Security Agreement, the MLP Pledge Agreement, the Mortgages, the Collateral Access Agreements, if any, any Control Agreement, and all other instruments, documents and agreements delivered by any Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents in order to grant to Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, a Lien on any real, personal or mixed property of that Loan Party as security for the Obligations, in each case, as such Collateral Documents may be amended or otherwise modified from time to time.
Commercial Operation Date means the first date on which a Material Project has, or Material Acquired Assets have, achieved commercial operation.
Commitment means any Revolving Commitment or Term Loan Commitment.
Commodity Exchange Act means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
Commodity Risk Management Policy means the Amended and Restated Commodity Risk Management Policy as of July 14, 2008 of the MLP and Company, as amended from time to time in compliance with Section 6.20.
Company has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.
Completion Percentage means, as of any date of determination, (a) the then-current percentage of completion of a Material Project or (b) the then-current percentage of anticipated full operation of Material Acquired Assets.
Compliance Certificate means a Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B.
Consolidated Capital Expenditures means, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures of Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period determined on a consolidated basis that, in accordance with GAAP, are included in purchase of property and equipment or which should otherwise be capitalized or similar items reflected in the consolidated statement of cash flows of Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries.
Consolidated Cash Interest Expense means, for any period, Consolidated Interest Charges for such period, excluding any paid-in-kind interest, amortization of deferred financing costs, and any realized or unrealized gains or losses attributable to Hedging Agreements entered into in respect of interest rates.
Consolidated Current Assets means, as at any date of determination, the total assets of Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis that may properly be classified as current assets in conformity with GAAP, excluding Cash and Cash Equivalents.
Consolidated Current Liabilities means, as at any date of determination, the total liabilities of Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis that may properly be classified as current liabilities in conformity with GAAP, excluding the current portion of long term debt.
Consolidated EBITDA means, at any date of determination, an amount equal to Consolidated Net Income of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for the most recently completed Measurement Period plus (a) the following, to the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income: (i) any extraordinary non-cash loss, expenses related to the early extinguishment of Indebtedness, asset and goodwill impairment charges and any net losses realized in connection with an Asset Sale, (ii) non-recurring severance or restructuring cost (subject to an aggregate cap during the term of this Agreement of $10,000,000), (iii) litigation reserves, legal fees for related professional services, and costs for adverse results in legal proceedings (subject to an aggregate cap during the term of this Agreement of $10,000,000), (iv) any acquisition transaction costs, (v) any bad debt expense associated with the Jamex Secured Promissory Note (vi) the provision for Taxes based on income or profits of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, (vii) the Consolidated Interest Charges for such period, whether paid or accrued (including amortization of original issue discount, non-cash interest payments and the interest component of any payments associated with Attributable Indebtedness in respect of Capital Leases and net payments (if any) pursuant to Hedging Agreements in respect of interest
rates), (viii) the depreciation and amortization charges (including amortization of other intangibles but excluding amortization of prepaid cash expenses that were paid in a prior period), and (ix) other non-recurring expenses reducing such Consolidated Net Income which do not represent a cash item in such period or any future period (including those related to dispositions and those resulting from the requirements of SFAS 133), plus (b) to the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income, non-cash employee compensation expenses of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, minus (c) to the extent included in calculating such Consolidated Net Income, all non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income (including those related to Dispositions and those resulting from the requirements of SFAS 133), in each case in this definition of or by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such Measurement Period, without duplication on a consolidated basis and determined in accordance with GAAP, plus (d) at the Companys option, Material Project EBITDA Adjustments; provided that such amount in this clause (d) shall be limited to 10% of Consolidated EBITDA (determined without including any Material Project EBITDA Adjustments).
Consolidated Excess Cash Flow means, for any period, an amount (if positive) determined for Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis equal to: (a) the sum, without duplication, of the amounts for such period of (i) Consolidated EBITDA for such period, plus (ii) interest income for such period, plus (iii) other income (excluding any income attributable to Asset Sales, any non-cash gains or losses, and unrealized gains or losses from derivatives), plus (iv) the Consolidated Working Capital Adjustment, minus (b) the sum, without duplication, of the amounts for such period of (i) voluntary and scheduled (but not mandatory) repayments of Consolidated Total Debt for such period and after such period and prior to the date on which any Consolidated Excess Cash Flow required prepayment is required to be made in respect of such prior period and to the extent designated in writing as a voluntary prepayment being made in respect of such required Consolidated Excess Cash Flow prepayment for such prior period (excluding repayments of Revolving Loans except to the extent the applicable Revolving Commitments are permanently reduced in connection with such repayments), plus (ii) Consolidated Capital Expenditures (net of any proceeds of (A) Net Proceeds of Asset Sales to the extent reinvested or eligible for reinvestment in accordance with Section 2.13(a), (B) Net Proceeds to the extent reinvested or eligible for reinvestment in accordance with Section 2.13(b), and (C) any proceeds of related financings with respect to such expenditures), plus (iii) Consolidated Cash Interest Expense, plus (iv) provisions for current taxes based on income of Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and payable in cash with respect to such period, plus (v) cash distributions made by Company pursuant to Section 6.5.
Consolidated Fixed Charges means, for any Measurement Period, the sum, without duplication, of the amounts determined for Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis equal to (a) Consolidated Interest Charges and distributions or dividends paid on any Disqualified Capital Stock, (b) the portion of income taxes actually paid in cash during such Measurement Period in accordance with GAAP (including, without duplication, tax distributions made by Company pursuant to Section 6.5 during such Measurement Period), and (c) scheduled payments of principal on Consolidated Total Debt (other than the final principal payment at maturity) and ordinary course settlement payments under Hedging Agreements.
Consolidated Interest Charges means, with respect to the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries for any Measurement Period, on a consolidated basis, the sum of (a) all interest, fees (including letter of credit fees), charges and related expenses paid or payable (without duplication) by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries for that period to the Agents and the Lenders under this Agreement or to any other lender in connection with borrowed money (including capitalized interest) or the deferred purchase price of assets that are considered interest expense under GAAP, plus (b) the portion of rent paid or payable (without duplication) by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries for that period under Capital Leases that should be treated as interest in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 13, on a consolidated basis.
Consolidated Net Income means, at any date of determination, the net income (or loss) of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for the most recently completed Measurement Period; provided that Consolidated Net Income shall exclude (a) extraordinary gains for such Measurement Period, (b) the net income of any Restricted Subsidiary during such Measurement Period to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary of such income is not permitted by operation of the terms of its Organizational Documents or any agreement, instrument or law applicable to such Restricted Subsidiary during such Measurement Period, except that the Companys equity in any net loss of any such Restricted Subsidiary for such Measurement Period shall be included in determining Consolidated Net Income, and (c) any income (or loss) for such Measurement Period of any Person if such person is not a Restricted Subsidiary, except that the Companys equity in the net income of any such Person for such Measurement Period shall be included in Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount of cash actually distributed by such Person during such Measurement Period to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend or other distribution (and in the case of a dividend or other distribution to a Restricted Subsidiary, such Restricted Subsidiary is not precluded from further distributing such amount to the Company as described in clause (b) of this proviso); provided further that, Consolidated Net Income shall include extraordinary losses for such Measurement Period and exclude the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles and unrealized gains and losses from derivatives.
Consolidated Non-Acquisition Capital Expenditures means, for any period, Consolidated Capital Expenditures excluding the portion thereof expended for business acquisitions or similar items reflected in the consolidated statement of cash flows of Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries.
Consolidated Total Debt means, as at any date of determination for Company, the aggregate principal amount (or stated balance sheet amount, if larger) of all Indebtedness of Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, but excluding the amount of all Hedge Liabilities to the extent cash collateralized.
Consolidated Total Secured Debt means, as at any date of determination for Company, the aggregate principal amount (or stated balance sheet amount, if larger) of all secured Indebtedness of Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries secured (or intended to be secured) on a first priority basis determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, including, without limitation, the Maximum Undrawn Amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit but excluding the amount of all Hedge Liabilities to the extent cash collateralized.
Consolidated Working Capital means, as at any date of determination, the excess or deficiency of Consolidated Current Assets minus Consolidated Current Liabilities.
Consolidated Working Capital Adjustment means, for any period of determination on a consolidated basis, the amount (which may be a negative number) by which Consolidated Working Capital as of the beginning of such period exceeds (or is less than) Consolidated Working Capital as of the end of such period.
Contractual Obligation means, as applied to any Person, any provision of any Security issued by that Person or of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, contract, undertaking, agreement or other instrument to which that Person is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound or to which it or any of its properties is subject.
Control Agreement means a customary control agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent, executed and delivered by Company or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries, Collateral Agent, and the applicable securities intermediary (with respect to a Securities Account) or bank (with respect to a Deposit Account).
Conversion/Continuation Date means the effective date of a continuation or conversion, as the case may be, as set forth in the applicable Conversion/Continuation Notice.
Conversion/Continuation Notice means a Conversion/Continuation Notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2.
Counterpart Agreement means a Counterpart Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit F delivered by a Loan Party pursuant to Section 5.10.
Covered Entity shall mean (a) each Loan Party, each Subsidiary of each Loan Party, and all pledgors of Collateral and (b) each Person that, directly or indirectly, is in control of a Person described in clause (a) above. For purposes of this definition, control of a Person shall mean the direct or indirect (x) ownership of, or power to vote, 25% or more of the issued and outstanding equity interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such Person or other Persons performing similar functions for such Person, or (y) power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by ownership of equity interests, contract or otherwise.
Credit Date means the date of a Credit Extension.
Credit Extension means the making of a Loan or the issuance, amendment, extension or renewal of a Letter of Credit.
Daily LIBOR Rate shall mean, for any day, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent by dividing (a) the Published Rate by (b) a number equal to 1.00 minus the Reserve Percentage; provided, however, that if the Daily LIBOR Rate determined as provided above would be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.
Debtor Relief Law means the Bankruptcy Code and any other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief law of the United States or other applicable jurisdiction from time to time in effect.
Default means a condition or event that, after notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
Default Excess means, with respect to any Defaulting Lender, the excess, if any, of such Defaulting Lenders Pro Rata Share of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Loans of all Lenders (calculated as if all Defaulting Lenders (other than such Defaulting Lender) had funded all of their respective Lender Defaulted Loans) over the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Loans of such Defaulting Lender.
Default Period means, with respect to any Defaulting Lender, the period commencing on the date of the applicable Funding Default, or violation of Section 9.5(c), and ending on the earliest of the following dates: (a) the date on which all Commitments are cancelled or terminated and/or the Obligations are declared or become immediately due and payable, (b) the date on which (i) the Default Excess with respect to such Defaulting Lender shall have been reduced to zero (whether by the funding by such Defaulting Lender of any Lender Defaulted Loans of such Defaulting Lender or by the non pro rata application of any voluntary or mandatory prepayments of the Loans in accordance with the terms of Section 2.12 or Section 2.13 or by a combination thereof), and (ii) such Defaulting Lender shall have delivered to Company and Administrative Agent a written reaffirmation of its intention to honor its obligations hereunder with respect to its Commitments, (c) the date on which Company, Administrative Agent and Required Lenders waive all Funding Defaults of such Defaulting Lender in writing, and (d) the date on which Collateral Agent shall have waived all violations of Section 9.5(c) by such Defaulting Lender in writing.
Defaulting Lender has the meaning specified in Section 2.21.
Default Rate means any interest payable pursuant to Section 2.9.
Deposit Account means a demand, time, savings or like account with a bank, savings and loan association, credit union or like organization, other than an account evidenced by a negotiable certificate of deposit.
Disqualified Capital Stock means any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security or other Capital Stock into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event or condition, (a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, (b) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, (c) provides for the scheduled payments of dividends or distributions in cash or in kind, or (d) is convertible into or exchangeable at the option of the holder for (i) Indebtedness or (ii) any other Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Capital Stock, in each case of clauses (a) through (d), prior to the date that is 91 days after the Term Loan Maturity Date.
Dollars and the sign $ mean the lawful money of the United States of America.
Domestic Subsidiary means any Restricted Subsidiary organized under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.
Drawing Date has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.3(d)(ii).
Eligible Assignee means (a) in the case of the Revolving Loans or Revolving Commitments, (i) any Lender with Revolving Exposure or any Affiliate (other than a natural person) of a Lender with Revolving Exposure, (ii) a commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States, or any state thereof, and having total assets or net worth in excess of $1,000,000,000, (iii) a commercial bank organized under the laws of any other country which is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development or a political subdivision of any such country and which has total assets or net worth in excess of $1,000,000,000, provided that such bank is acting through a branch or agency located in the United States, and (iv) a finance company, insurance company, or other financial institution or fund that is engaged in making, purchasing, or otherwise investing in commercial loans in the ordinary course of its business and having (together with its Affiliates) total assets or net worth in excess of $250,000,000, (b) in the case of the Term Loans, (i) any Lender, any Affiliate of any Lender and any Related Fund (any two or more Related Funds being treated as a single Eligible Assignee for all purposes hereof), and (ii) any commercial bank, insurance company, investment or mutual fund or other entity that is an accredited investor (as defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act) and which extends credit or buys loans as one of its businesses, and (c) any other Person (other than a natural Person) approved by Collateral Agent and, when no Default or Event of Default exists, the Company; provided, (i) neither (A) Company nor any Affiliate of Company nor (B) the Permitted Holders nor any Affiliate of the Permitted Holders shall, in any event, be an Eligible Assignee, and (ii) no Person owning or controlling any trade debt or Indebtedness of any Loan Party other than the Obligations or any Capital Stock of any Loan Party (in each case, unless approved by Collateral Agent) shall, in any event, be an Eligible Assignee.
Employee Benefit Plan means any employee benefit plan as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA which is or was, within the past six (6) years, sponsored, maintained or contributed to by, or required to be contributed by, Company, any of its Guarantor Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates.
Environmental Claim means any complaint, summons, citation, investigation, notice, directive, notice of violation, order, claim, demand, action, litigation, judicial or administrative proceeding, judgment, letter or other communication from any Governmental Authority or any other Person, involving (a) any actual or alleged violation of any Environmental Law; (b) any Hazardous Material or any actual or alleged Hazardous Materials Activity; (c) injury to the environment, natural resource, any Person (including wrongful death) or property (real or personal) in connection with Hazardous Materials or actual or alleged violations of Environmental Laws; or (d) actual or alleged Releases or threatened Releases of Hazardous Materials either (i) on, at or migrating from any assets, properties or businesses currently or formerly owned or operated by any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any predecessor in interest, (ii) from adjoining properties or businesses, or (iii) onto any facilities which received Hazardous
Materials generated by any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any predecessor in interest.
Environmental Laws means any and all current or future foreign or domestic, federal or state (or any subdivision of either of them), statutes, ordinances, orders, rules, regulations, judgments, decrees, permits, licenses or binding determinations of any Governmental Authorizations, or any other requirements of Governmental Authorities relating to (a) the manufacture, generation, use, storage, transportation, treatment, disposal or Release of Hazardous Materials; or (b) occupational safety and health, industrial hygiene, land use or the protection of the environment, human, plant or animal health or welfare.
Environmental Liabilities and Costs means all liabilities, monetary obligations, losses (including monies paid in settlement), damages, punitive damages, natural resources damages, consequential damages, treble damages, costs and expenses (including all reasonable fees, disbursements and expenses of counsel, experts and consultants and costs of investigations and feasibility studies), fines, penalties, sanctions and interest incurred in connection with any Remedial Action, any Environmental Claim, or any other claim or demand by any Governmental Authority or any Person that relates to any actual or alleged violation of Environmental Laws, actual or alleged exposure or threatened exposure to Hazardous Materials, or any actual or alleged Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials.
Environmental Lien means any Lien in favor of any Governmental Authority for Environmental Liabilities and Costs.
ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and any successor thereto.
ERISA Affiliate means, as applied to any Person, (a) any corporation which is a member of a controlled group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of which that Person is a member, (b) any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which is a member of a group of trades or businesses under common control within the meaning of Section 414(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of which that Person is a member, and (c) solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, any member of an affiliated service group within the meaning of Section 414(m) or (o) of the Internal Revenue Code of which that Person, any corporation described in clause (a) above or any trade or business described in clause (b) above is a member. Any former ERISA Affiliate of Company or any of its Guarantor Subsidiaries shall continue to be considered an ERISA Affiliate of Company or any such Guarantor Subsidiary within the meaning of this definition with respect to the period such entity was an ERISA Affiliate of Company or such Guarantor Subsidiary and with respect to liabilities arising after such period for which Company or such Guarantor Subsidiary could be liable under the Internal Revenue Code or ERISA.
ERISA Event means (a) a reportable event within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations issued thereunder with respect to any Pension Plan (excluding those for which the provision for thirty day notice to the PBGC has been waived by regulation), (b) the failure to meet the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to any Pension Plan (whether or not waived in accordance with Section 412(d) of the Internal Revenue Code) or the failure to make by its due date a required installment under Section 412(m) of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to any Pension Plan or the failure to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan or a determination that any Pension Plan is, or is expected to be, in at risk status (as defined in Section 430 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 303 of ERISA) or that any Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, in critical or endangered status under Section 432 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 305 of ERISA, (c) the provision by the administrator of any Pension Plan pursuant to Section 4041(a)(2) of ERISA of a notice of intent to terminate such plan in a distress termination described in Section 4041(c) of ERISA, (d) the withdrawal by Company, any of its Guarantor Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates from any Pension Plan with two or more contributing sponsors or the termination of any such Pension Plan resulting in liability to Company, any of its Guarantor Subsidiaries or any of their respective Affiliates pursuant to Section 4063 or 4064 of ERISA, (e) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate any Pension Plan, or the occurrence of any event or condition which might constitute grounds under ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan, (f) the imposition of liability on Company, any of its Guarantor Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates pursuant to Section 4062(e) or 4069 of ERISA or by reason of the application of Section 4212(c) of ERISA, (g) the withdrawal of Company, any of its Guarantor Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates in a complete or partial withdrawal (within the meaning of Sections 4203 and 4205 of ERISA) from any Multiemployer Plan if there is any potential liability therefor, or the receipt by Company, any of its Guarantor Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates of notice from any Multiemployer Plan that it is in insolvency pursuant to Section 4245 of ERISA, or that it intends to terminate or has terminated under Section 4041A or 4042 of ERISA, or (h) the imposition of a Lien pursuant to ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan.
Event of Default means each of the conditions or events set forth in Section 8.1.
Excess Availability means, as of any date of determination, the amount equal to Availability on such date minus the aggregate amount, if any, of all trade payables of Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries aged in excess of 30 days past due and all book overdrafts of Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on such date minus the aggregate outstanding amount of all Hedge Liabilities net of any margin posted in respect thereof on such date.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
Excluded Accounts means (a) Field Deposit Accounts containing proceeds of Wholesale Accounts Receivable (solely to the extent such proceeds are subject to an Accounts Receivable Securitization), (b) payroll accounts, and (c) other Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts maintained by the Loan Parties with a balance in any such individual Deposit Account or Securities Account not exceeding $10,000 at any time or an aggregate balance for all such Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts not exceeding $250,000 at any time.
Excluded Swap Obligation means, with respect to any Guarantor, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guaranty of such Guarantor of, or the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any Guaranty thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Guarantors failure for any reason to constitute an eligible contract participant as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder at the time the Guaranty of such Guarantor or the grant of such security interest becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation. If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such Guaranty or security interest is or becomes illegal.
Existing Credit Agreement means the Credit Agreement dated as of November 2, 2009 among Company, General Partner, the lenders party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as the administrative agent and the other agents party thereto, as amended prior to the Closing Date.
Extraordinary Receipts means any cash received by Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries from foreign, United States, state or local income tax refunds.
Fair Share has the meaning specified in Section 7.2.
Fair Share Contribution Amount has the meaning specified in Section 7.2.
FASB ASC means the Accounting Standards Codification of the Financial Accounting Standards Board.
FATCA means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code, in effect as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement, treaty or convention among Governmental Authorities and implementing such Sections of the Internal Revenue Code.
FCI ESOT means the employee stock ownership trust of Ferrell Companies, Inc. organized under Section 4975(e)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Federal Funds Effective Rate shall mean for any day the rate per annum (based on a year of 360 days and actual days elapsed and rounded upward to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) calculated by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or any successor), based on such days federal funds transactions by depository institutions, as determined in such manner as such Federal Reserve Bank (or any successor) shall set forth on its public website from time to time, and as published on the next succeeding Business Day by such Federal Reserve Bank as the Federal Funds Effective Rate; provided, that, if such Federal Reserve Bank (or its successor) does not publish such rate on any day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day shall be the Federal Funds Effective Rate for the last day on which such rate was published (or announced, as applicable).
Fee Letter means the letter agreement dated as of the date hereof between Company, Administrative Agent, and Collateral Agent, as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Ferrell Related Parties means collectively (a) the spouse or any lineal descendant of James E. Ferrell, (b) any trust for his benefit or for the benefit of his spouse or any such lineal descendants, (c) any corporation, partnership or other entity in which James E. Ferrell and/or such other Persons referred to in the foregoing clauses (a) and (b) are the direct record and beneficial owners of all of the voting and nonvoting Equity Interests, (d) the FCI ESOT, (e) any participant in the FCI ESOT whose ESOT account has been allocated shares of Ferrell Companies, Inc., (f) Ferrell Companies, Inc., as long as it is controlled by, and is at least seventy-five percent (75%) owned by, any Persons described in the preceding clauses (a) through (e), or (g) any wholly-owned Subsidiary of Ferrell Companies, Inc., as long as it is controlled by, and is at least seventy-five percent (75%) owned by, any Persons described in the preceding clauses (a) through (e).
Field Customer Type means the following categories of Propane Segment customer: residential, industrial/commercial, agriculture, national, transport, reseller and Blue Rhino.
Field Deposit Accounts means Deposit Accounts into which monies, checks, notes, drafts and other payments constituting proceeds of Wholesale Accounts Receivable are forwarded or deposited, which amounts are deposited or transferred to (i) a Deposit Account subject to a Control Agreement within one Business Day, (ii) an Excluded Account or (iii) a deposit account of a SPE.
Final Satisfaction Date means the first date on which all of the following have occurred: (a) the Commitments have terminated or expired, (b) payment in full in cash of all Obligations (other than (i) contingent obligations for which no claim has been made in writing and (ii) Bank Product Obligations which are subject to clause (d) below), (c) all Letters of Credit have terminated, been Cash Collateralized or other arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the L/C Issuer thereof have been made and (d) all Bank Product Obligations have been terminated and paid in full or, if the Bank Product Provider otherwise agrees, Bank Product Collateralization has been provided in respect thereof or other arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Bank Product Provider thereof have been made.
Financial Officer Certification means, with respect to the financial statements for which such certification is required, the certification of the chief financial officer of Company that such financial statements fairly present, in all material respects, the financial condition of Company and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP as at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the periods indicated, subject to changes resulting from audit and normal year-end adjustments.
Financial Plan has the meaning specified in Section 5.1(i).
First Priority means, with respect to any Lien purported to be created in any Collateral pursuant to any Collateral Document, that such Lien is the only Lien to which such Collateral is subject, other than any Permitted Lien.
Fiscal Quarter means a fiscal quarter of any Fiscal Year.
Fiscal Year means the fiscal year of Company and its Subsidiaries ending on July 31st of each calendar year.
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio means the ratio as of the last day of each Measurement Period beginning with the last day of the first Fiscal Quarter ending after the Closing Date of (a) Consolidated EBITDA for such Measurement Period minus Consolidated Non-Acquisition Capital Expenditures for such Measurement Period to (b) Consolidated Fixed Charges for such Measurement Period.
Fixed Price Volumes has the meaning specified therefor in Section 5.19.
Flood Hazard Property means any Real Estate Asset subject to a mortgage in favor of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and located in an area designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood or mud slide hazards.
Flood Laws shall mean all Applicable Laws relating to policies and procedures that address requirements placed on federally regulated lenders under the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 and other Applicable Laws related thereto.
Flow of Funds Agreement means that certain Flow of Funds Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, duly executed by the Company, each Agent, each Lender and any other person party thereto, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agents, in connection with the disbursement of Loan proceeds in accordance with Section 2.5.
Foreign Official means any officer or employee of a non-U.S. government or any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof, or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any such government or department, agency, or instrumentality, or for or on behalf of any such public international organization.
Foreign Subsidiary means any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
FSHCO shall mean any Domestic Subsidiary substantially all of whose assets consist of the equity interests or debt of one or more Foreign Subsidiaries.
Funding Default has the meaning specified in Section 2.21.
Funding Notice means a notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1.
GAAP means, subject to the limitations on the application thereof set forth in Section 1.2, United States generally accepted accounting principles in effect as of the date of determination thereof.
General Partner has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.
Governmental Acts means any act or omission, whether rightful or wrongful, of any Governmental Authority.
Governmental Authority shall mean any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof or any entity, authority, agency, division or department exercising the executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to a government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank) and any group or body charged with setting financial accounting or regulatory capital rules or standards (including, without limitation, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the Bank for International Settlements or the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision or any successor or similar authority to any of the foregoing).
Governmental Authorization means any permit, license, authorization, plan, directive, consent order or consent decree of or from any Governmental Authority.
Grantor has the meaning specified in the Pledge and Security Agreement.
Guaranteed Obligations has the meaning specified in Section 7.1; provided that such term shall exclude Excluded Swap Obligations.
Guarantor means (a) General Partner, (b) each Domestic Subsidiary of Company, and (c) each other Person which guarantees, pursuant to Article VII or otherwise, all or any part of the Obligations, other than the MLP. No Foreign Subsidiary or FSHCO of Company shall be required to be a Guarantor on the Closing Date.
Guarantor Subsidiary means each Restricted Subsidiary of Company that is a Guarantor.
Guaranty means (a) the guaranty of each Guarantor set forth in Article VII, (b) the MLP Guaranty, and (c) each other guaranty, in form and substance satisfactory to Collateral Agent, made by any other Guarantor for the benefit of the Secured Parties guaranteeing all or part of the Obligations.
Hazardous Materials means, regardless of amount or quantity, (a) any element, compound or chemical that is defined, listed or otherwise classified as a contaminant, pollutant, toxic pollutant, toxic or hazardous substance, extremely hazardous substance or chemical, hazardous waste, special waste, or solid waste under Environmental Laws or that is likely to cause immediately, or at some future time, harm to or have an adverse effect on, the environment or risk to human health or safety, including, without limitation, any pollutant, contaminant, waste, hazardous waste, toxic substance or dangerous good which is defined or identified in any Environmental Law and which is present in the environment in such quantity or state that it contravenes any Environmental Law; (b) petroleum and its refined products; (c) polychlorinated
biphenyls; (d) any substance exhibiting a hazardous waste characteristic, including, without limitation, corrosivity, ignitability, toxicity or reactivity as well as any radioactive or explosive materials; (e) any raw materials, building components (including, without limitation, asbestos-containing materials) and manufactured products containing hazardous substances listed or classified as such under Environmental Laws; and (f) any substance or materials that are otherwise regulated under Environmental Law.
Hazardous Materials Activity means any past, current, proposed or threatened activity, event or occurrence involving any Hazardous Materials, including the use, manufacture, possession, storage, holding, presence, existence, location, Release, threatened Release, discharge, placement, generation, transportation, processing, construction, treatment, abatement, removal, remediation, disposal, disposition or handling of any Hazardous Materials, and any corrective action or response action with respect to any of the foregoing.
Hedging Agreement means any swap, collar, or forward contract designed to protect against fluctuations in interest rate, currency or commodity prices or values (including, without limitation, any option with respect to any of the foregoing and any combination of the foregoing agreements or arrangements), and any confirmation executed in connection with any such agreement or arrangement.
Hedge Liabilities means, in respect of any one or more Hedging Agreements, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Hedging Agreements, (a) for any date on or after the date such Hedging Agreement have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Hedging Agreements, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Hedging Agreements (which may include a Lender, an Agent or any Affiliate of a Lender or an Agent).
Highest Lawful Rate means the maximum lawful interest rate, if any, that at any time or from time to time may be contracted for, charged, or received under the laws applicable to any Lender which are presently in effect or, to the extent allowed by law, under such applicable laws which may hereafter be in effect and which allow a higher maximum non-usurious interest rate than applicable laws now allow.
Historical Financial Statements means as of the Closing Date, (a) the audited financial statements of Company and its Subsidiaries, for the Fiscal Year ended July 31, 2017, consisting of consolidated balance sheets and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive loss, partners deficit and cash flows for such Fiscal Year and (b)(i) unaudited financial statements of Company and its Subsidiaries, consisting of consolidated balance sheets and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive loss, partners deficit and cash flows for the Fiscal Quarters ending October 31, 2017 and January 31, 2018 and (ii) the internally prepared monthly financial statements in the form previously provided to the Agents prior to the Closing Date for the months ending on August 31, 2017 through March 31, 2018, in the case of clauses (a) and (b)(i), certified by the chief financial officer of Company that they fairly present, in all material respects, the financial condition of Company and its Subsidiaries as at the
dates indicated and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the periods indicated, subject, if applicable, to changes resulting from audit and normal year-end adjustments.
Holdco Exchange Transaction means a transaction or series of related transactions that results in the exchange by holders of the 2020 Holdco Notes for Permitted Replacement Indebtedness or Permitted Unsecured Debt issued by the MLP or the redemption or purchase of the 2020 Holdco Notes for cash permitted to be used under the Loan Documents (including, without limitation, Section 6.5 and 6.7), or any combination of the foregoing if:
(a) upon any such exchange, redemption, or purchase (other than an exchange of 2020 Holdco Notes for Permitted Replacement Indebtedness or a purchase by the Company of 2020 Holdco Notes for cash), the 2020 Holdco Notes that are exchanged, redeemed, or purchased are extinguished;
(b) upon any exchange of 2020 Holdco Notes for Permitted Replacement Indebtedness that is secured, (i) the Company has received sufficient Net Cash Proceeds from Specified Transactions plus any additional amount permitted under Section 6.5(f)(iii)(y) to redeem or purchase any 2020 Holdco Notes not exchanged for Permitted Replacement Debt or Permitted Unsecured Debt issued by the MLP and the use of such cash for the redemption or purchase for 2020 Holdco Notes not subject to any such exchange is otherwise permitted under this Agreement and (ii) the Company has entered into binding arrangements to redeem or purchase for cash or exchange for Permitted Unsecured Debt any 2020 Holdco Notes not subject to any such exchange within ninety (90) days of entering into such binding arrangement or has given irrevocable notice of redemption of such 2020 Holdco Notes; and
(c) upon an exchange of 2020 Holdco Notes for Permitted Replacement Indebtedness or a purchase by the Company of 2020 Holdco Notes for cash, the Company shall cause the 2020 Holdco Notes so exchanged or purchased to be represented by one or more definitive securities registered in the name of the Company (such that they will no longer be represented by a global security registered in the name of a depositary or its nominee) in accordance with the terms of the 2010 Holdco Indenture.
Increased Cost Lenders has the meaning specified in Section 2.22.
Indebtedness means, as applied to any Person, without duplication, (a) all indebtedness for borrowed money, including those evidenced by notes, bonds, or similar instruments, (b) that portion of obligations with respect to Capital Leases that is properly classified as a liability on a balance sheet in conformity with GAAP, (c) any obligation owed for all or any part of the deferred purchase price of property or services, including any earn-outs or other deferred payment obligations in connection with an acquisition to the extent such earn-outs and deferred payment obligations are fixed and non-contingent (excluding any such obligations incurred under ERISA and excluding trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business and repayable in accordance with customary trade terms); (e) all obligations created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such Person; (f) all indebtedness secured by any Lien on any property or asset owned or held by that Person regardless of whether the indebtedness secured thereby shall have been assumed by that Person or is non-recourse to the credit of that Person; (g) the face amount of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty
issued, bankers acceptances facilities, surety bonds and similar credit transactions issued for the account of that Person or as to which that Person is otherwise liable for reimbursement of drawings; (h) the direct or indirect guaranty, endorsement (otherwise than for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business), co-making, discounting with recourse or sale with recourse by such Person of the obligation of another; (i) any obligation of such Person the primary purpose or intent of which is to provide assurance to an obligee that the obligation of the type described in the foregoing clauses (a) through (h) of the obligor thereof will be paid or discharged, or any agreement relating thereto will be complied with, or the holders thereof will be protected (in whole or in part) against loss in respect thereof; (j) any liability of such Person for an obligation of another through any agreement (contingent or otherwise) (i) to purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire such obligation or any security therefor, or to provide funds for the payment or discharge of such obligation (whether in the form of loans, advances, stock purchases, capital contributions or otherwise) of the type described in the foregoing clauses (a) through (h) or (ii) to maintain the solvency or any balance sheet item, level of income or financial condition of another Person if, in the case of any agreement described under subclauses (i) or (ii) of this clause (j), the primary purpose or intent thereof is as described in clause (i) above; (k) all obligations of such Person (including, without limitation, all Hedge Liabilities) in respect of any exchange traded or over the counter derivative transaction, including, without limitation, any Hedging Agreement, whether entered into for hedging or speculative purposes, and (l) Disqualified Capital Stock. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture in which such Person is a general partner or joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly non-recourse to such Person.
Indemnified Liabilities means, collectively, any and all liabilities (including Environmental Liabilities and Costs), obligations, losses, damages (including natural resource damages), penalties, claims (including Environmental Claims), costs (including the costs of any investigation, study, sampling, testing, abatement, cleanup, removal, remediation or other response action necessary to remove, remediate, clean up or abate any Hazardous Materials Activity), expenses and disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever (including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for Indemnitees in connection with any investigative, administrative or judicial proceeding commenced or threatened by any Person, whether or not any such Indemnitee shall be designated as a party or a potential party thereto, and any fees or expenses incurred by Indemnitees in enforcing this indemnity), whether direct, indirect or consequential and whether based on any federal, state or foreign laws, statutes, rules or regulations (including securities and commercial laws, statutes, rules or regulations and Environmental Laws), on common law or equitable cause or on contract or otherwise, that may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against any such Indemnitee, in any manner relating to or arising out of (a) this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or the Bank Product Agreements or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (including the Lenders agreement to make Credit Extensions or the use or intended use of the proceeds thereof, or any enforcement of any of the Loan Documents or the Bank Product Agreements (including any sale of, collection from, or other realization upon any of the Collateral or the enforcement of the Guaranty)); (b) the statements contained in any commitment letter delivered by any Lender to Company with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (c) any Environmental Claim or any Hazardous Materials Activity relating to or arising from, directly or indirectly, any past or present activity, operation, land ownership, or practice of Company or any of its Subsidiaries; or (d) any threatened or actual imposition of fines or penalties, or disgorgement of benefits, for violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law by any Loan
Party, any Affiliate or Subsidiary of any Loan Party; provided that the term Indemnified Liability shall not include Taxes.
Indemnified Taxes has the meaning specified in Section 2.19(a).
Indemnitee has the meaning specified in Section 10.3(a).
Indemnitee Agent Party has the meaning specified in Section 9.6.
Initial Valuation Report means that certain valuation report prepared by Alvarez & Marsal Valuation Services, LLC and dated as of April 24, 2018 setting forth the Propane Customer List NOLV as of April 1, 2018.
Intercompany Subordination Agreement means that certain Intercompany Subordination Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, made by the Loan Parties and their Restricted Subsidiaries in favor of Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties in form and substance satisfactory to Collateral Agent, as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Insolvency Proceeding means any proceeding commenced by or against any Person under any provision of any Debtor Relief Law.
Interest Payment Date means with respect to (a) any Base Rate Loan, (i) the first Business Day of each month, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Closing Date, and (ii) the final maturity date of such Loan; and (b) any LIBOR Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan.
Interest Period means, in connection with a LIBOR Rate Loan, an interest period of one, two or three months, as selected by Company in the applicable Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice, (a) initially, commencing on the Credit Date or Conversion/Continuation Date thereof, as the case may be and (b) thereafter, commencing on the day on which the immediately preceding Interest Period expires; provided, (i) if an Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall expire on the next succeeding Business Day unless no further Business Day occurs in such month, in which case such Interest Period shall expire on the immediately preceding Business Day, (ii) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall, subject to clauses (b)(iii) and (b)(iv) of this definition, end on the last Business Day of a calendar month, (iii) no Interest Period with respect to any portion of the Term Loans shall extend beyond the Term Loan Maturity Date, and (iv) no Interest Period with respect to any portion of the Revolving Loans shall extend beyond the Revolving Commitment Termination Date.
Interest Rate Determination Date means, with respect to any Interest Period, the date that is two Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period.
Internal Revenue Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended to the date hereof and from time to time hereafter, and any successor statute.
Inventory means, with respect to any Person, all of such Persons now owned and hereafter existing or acquired goods, wherever located, which (a) are held by such Person for sale; or (b) consist of raw materials, work in process, finished goods or materials used or consumed in its business.
Investment means (a) any direct or indirect purchase or other acquisition by Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of, or of a beneficial interest in, any of the Securities or all or substantially all of the assets of any other Person (other than a Guarantor Subsidiary) (or of any division or business line of such other Person); (b) any direct or indirect redemption, retirement, purchase or other acquisition for value, by any Restricted Subsidiary of Company from any Person (other than Company or any Guarantor Subsidiary), of any Capital Stock of such Person; (c) any direct or indirect loan, advance or capital contributions by Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to any other Person (other than Company or any Guarantor Subsidiary), including all indebtedness and accounts receivable from that other Person that are not current assets or did not arise from sales to that other Person in the ordinary course of business; and (d) any direct or indirect Guarantee of any obligations of any other Person. The amount of any Investment shall be the original cost of such Investment plus the cost of all additions thereto, without any adjustments for increases or decreases in value, or write ups, write downs or write offs with respect to such Investment.
Jamex Secured Promissory Note means the Secured Promissory Note, dated as of September 1, 2016, made by Jamex Marketing, LLC in favor of Bridger Logistics, LLC in the aggregate principal amount of $49,500,000.
Joint Venture means a joint venture, partnership or other similar arrangement, whether in corporate, partnership or other legal form; provided, in no event shall any corporate Subsidiary of any Person be considered to be a Joint Venture to which such Person is a party.
Law(s) shall mean any law(s) (including common law and equitable principles), constitution, statute, treaty, regulation, rule, ordinance, opinion, issued guidance, code, release, ruling, order, executive order, injunction, writ, decree, bond, judgment, authorization or approval, lien or award of or any settlement arrangement, by agreement, consent or otherwise, with any Governmental Authority, foreign or domestic.
L/C Fee Rate means the Applicable Margin with respect to Revolving A Loans that are LIBOR Rate Loans; provided, that, if the default rate of interest has been implemented pursuant to Section 2.9, the L/C Fee Rate shall increase by 2% per annum.
L/C Issuer means PNC and any other financial institution designated by Collateral Agent with, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, the consent of Company (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) to issue Letters of Credit, in each case together with its permitted successors and assigns in such capacity, and the term
L/C Issuer in each such instance, shall mean the L/C Issuer with respect to such Letter of Credit.
Lead Arranger has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.
Lender means each lender listed on the signature pages hereto as a Lender, and any other Person that becomes a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment Agreement other than any Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to any Assignment Agreement.
Lender Defaulted Loan has the meaning specified in Section 2.21.
Lender-Provided Hedging Agreement means a Hedging Agreement which is provided by any Lender, Agent or any Affiliate thereof. The Hedge Liabilities of the Loan Parties to the provider of any Lender-Provided Hedging Agreement shall be Obligations hereunder, guaranteed obligations under any Guaranty and secured obligations under the Pledge and Security Agreement and otherwise treated as Obligations for purposes of each of the Loan Documents. The Liens securing the Hedge Liabilities shall be pari passu with the same Liens that secure all other Obligations under this Agreement and the Loan Documents but the Persons to whom such Hedge Liabilities are owed shall not have any right to vote or take any other actions under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.
Letter of Credit Application has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.3(b)(i).
Letter of Credit Borrowing has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.3(d)(iv).
Letter of Credit Fees has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.10(b).
Letter of Credit Obligations means, at any time and without duplication, the sum of (a) the Reimbursement Obligations at such time, plus (b) the Maximum Undrawn Amount.
Letter of Credit Sublimit means $125,000,000.
Letters of Credit has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.3(a).
Leverage Ratio means the ratio as of the last day of any Fiscal Quarter or other date of determination of (a) Consolidated Total Debt as of such day, to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the Measurement Period ending on such date (or if such date of determination is not the last day of a Fiscal Quarter, for the four-Fiscal Quarters period ending as of the most recently concluded Fiscal Quarter).
LIBOR Alternate Source has the meaning specified in the definition of Adjusted LIBOR Rate.
LIBOR Rate Loan means a Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBOR Rate.
LIBOR Termination Date has the meaning specified in Section 2.17(b)(i).
Lien means (a) any lien, mortgage, pledge, assignment, hypothec, deed of trust, security interest, charge or encumbrance of any kind (including any agreement to give any of the foregoing, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, and any lease in the nature thereof) and any option, trust or other preferential arrangement having the practical effect of any of the foregoing, and (b) in the case of Securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such Securities.
Loan means a Term Loan, a Revolving A Loan and a Revolving B Loan.
Loan Account means an account maintained hereunder by Administrative Agent on its books of account at the Payment Office and with respect to Company, in which it will be charged with all Loans made to, and all other Obligations incurred by the Loan Parties.
Loan Document means any of this Agreement, the Notes, if any, the Collateral Documents, the Fee Letter, the Flow of Funds Agreement, any Guaranty, any Letter of Credit Application, any reimbursement agreements or other documents or certificates executed by any Loan Party in favor of a L/C Issuer relating to Letters of Credit, the Intercompany Subordination Agreement, and all other documents, instruments or agreements executed and delivered by a Loan Party for the benefit of any Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Lender in connection herewith; provided that Loan Document shall not include any Bank Product Agreement entered into by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries with Lenders or their Affiliates.
Loan Parties means, collectively, Company and Guarantors (other than the MLP).
Loan Party means Company or any Guarantor (other than the MLP).
Margin Stock has the meaning specified in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as in effect from time to time.
Material Adverse Effect means a material adverse effect on (a) the business operations, properties, assets, financial condition, or liabilities of Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the ability of any Loan Party to fully and timely perform its obligations under any Loan Document to which it is a party, (c) the legality, validity, binding effect, or enforceability against a Loan Party of a Loan Document to which it is a party, (d) the validity, perfection or priority of Collateral Agents Liens on Collateral having a fair market value in excess of $2,500,000, or (e) the rights, remedies and benefits available to, or conferred upon, any Agent and any Lender or any other Secured Party under any Loan Document.
Material Acquired Assets means, as of any date of determination, assets acquired in a Material Acquisition for which the anticipated annual contributions thereof to Consolidated EBITDA are not fully reflected in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA.
Material Acquisition means any Permitted Acquisition with total cash and non-cash consideration (including the fair market value of all equity interests issued or transferred to the sellers thereof, all earnouts and other contingent payment obligations (other than indemnities) to, and the aggregate amounts paid or to be paid under noncompete agreements with, the sellers
thereof, and all assumptions of debt and other liabilities or obligations quantifiable and known on the date that such purchase or other acquisition is consummated) paid by or on behalf of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for any such purchase or other acquisition (or related series of purchases or acquisitions with the same seller (or Affiliate of such seller)) exceeding the aggregate amount of $15,000,000.
Material Contract means (a) the Senior Note Documents, (b) any contract or other arrangement to which Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is a party (other than the Loan Documents) for which breach, non-performance, cancellation or failure to renew could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (c) any contract or agreement to which Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is a party (including, without limitation, any agreement or instrument evidencing or governing Indebtedness) involving the aggregate consideration payable to or by Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is $10,000,000 or more in any Fiscal Year (other than (i) purchase orders and contracts for the purchase or sale of inventory in the ordinary course of the business of Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and (ii) contracts that by their terms may be terminated by Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of its business upon less than 60 days notice without penalty or premium) and (d) those contracts and arrangements listed on Schedule 4.15.
Material Project means a construction or expansion capital project of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, including projects of any Restricted Subsidiary that are in process upon its acquisition, the aggregate capital cost of which (inclusive of capital costs expended prior to the acquisition thereof) exceeds, or is reasonably expected by the Company to exceed, with respect to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, $10,000,000.
Material Project EBITDA Adjustments means with respect to Material Projects and Material Acquired Assets:
(a) for any Fiscal Quarter that is no more than eighteen (18) months prior to a Scheduled Commercial Operation Date or any Fiscal Quarter that includes a Commercial Operation Date, an amount calculated as the product of (x) the Completion Percentage and (y) the Reasonably Anticipated Consolidated EBITDA of such Material Project or Material Acquired Asset, which may, at Companys option, be added to Consolidated EBITDA beginning with the Fiscal Quarter in which construction or expansion of such Material Project commences or the date on which the Material Acquired Assets is acquired and for each Fiscal Quarter thereafter (provided that in each case that such Fiscal Quarter is not more than eighteen (18) months prior to a Scheduled Commercial Operation Date) until the Commercial Operation Date, net of any actual contribution to Consolidated EBITDA attributable to such Material Project or Material Acquired Assets following such Commercial Operation Date; provided that if the Commercial Operation Date does not occur on or prior to the Scheduled Commercial Operation Date, then the foregoing amount shall be reduced for Fiscal Quarters ending after the Scheduled Commercial Operation Date by the following amounts based on the period of then-estimated delay (determined in good faith by Company and provided in writing by an Authorized Officer to Collateral Agent): (i) 90 days or less, 0%, (ii) longer than 90 days, but not more than 180 days, 25%, (iii) longer than 180 days but not more than 270 days, 50%, (iv) longer than 270 days but not more than 365 days, 75%, and (v) longer than 365 days, 100%; and
(b) beginning with the first full Fiscal Quarter following a Commercial Operation Date and for the three immediately succeeding Fiscal Quarters, an amount equal to the Reasonably Anticipated Consolidated EBITDA net of any actual contribution to Consolidated EBITDA, in each case, attributable to such Material Project or Material Acquired Assets following such Commercial Operation Date , which may, at Companys option, be added to actual Consolidated EBITDA for such Fiscal Quarters.
Notwithstanding the foregoing: (i) no such Material Project EBITDA Adjustment shall be allowed with respect to any Material Project or Material Acquired Assets unless (x) at least 30 days (or such lesser period as is reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent) prior to the last day of the Fiscal Quarter for which Company desires to commence inclusion of such Material Project EBITDA Adjustment in Consolidated EBITDA (the Initial Quarter), Company shall have delivered to Collateral Agent its written calculation of Reasonably Anticipated Consolidated EBITDA, and (y) prior to the last day of the Initial Quarter, Collateral Agent shall have approved (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld) such calculation of Reasonably Anticipated Consolidated EBITDA and shall have received such other information and documentation as Collateral Agent may reasonably request, all in form and substance satisfactory to Collateral Agent, and (ii) the aggregate amount of all Material Project EBITDA Adjustments at any date of determination shall be limited to 10% of Consolidated EBITDA for such period calculated prior to giving effect to any Material Project EBITDA Adjustments.
Material Real Estate Asset means (a) any fee owned Real Estate Asset having a fair market value in excess of $1,000,000 as of the date of the acquisition thereof, or (b) any Real Estate Asset listed on Schedule 1.1.
Maximum Face Amount means, with respect to any outstanding Letter of Credit, the face amount of such Letter of Credit including all automatic increases provided for in such Letter of Credit, whether or not any such automatic increase has become effective.
Maximum Undrawn Amount means, with respect to any outstanding Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit that is or may become available to be drawn, including all automatic increases provided for in such Letter of Credit, whether or not any such automatic increase has become effective.
Measurement Period means, at any date of determination, the most recently completed four Fiscal Quarters of the Company.
MLP means Ferrellgas Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership and the sole limited partner of the Company.
MLP Guaranty means the Limited Guaranty, dated as of the Closing Date, by the MLP in favor of the Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
MLP Pledge Agreement means the Pledge Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, between the MLP and the Collateral Agent, as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Moodys means Moodys Investor Services, Inc.
Mortgage means a mortgage, deed of trust or deed to secure debt, in form and substance satisfactory to Collateral Agent, made by a Loan Party in favor of Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, securing the Obligations and delivered to Collateral Agent.
Multiemployer Plan means any Employee Benefit Plan which is a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA.
Narrative Report means, with respect to the financial statements for which such narrative report is required, (a) a narrative report describing the operations of Company and its Subsidiaries in the form prepared for presentation to senior management thereof and (b) a financial report package including managements discussion and analysis of the financial condition and results of operations, in each case, for the applicable month, Fiscal Quarter or Fiscal Year and for the period from the beginning of the then current Fiscal Year to the end of such period to which such financial statements relate with comparison to and variances from the immediately preceding period and budget.
Net Proceeds means (a) with respect to any Asset Sale, an amount equal to: (i) Cash payments received by Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries from such Asset Sale, minus (ii) any bona fide direct costs incurred in connection with such Asset Sale to the extent paid or payable to non-Affiliates, including (A) income or gains taxes payable by the seller as a result of any gain recognized in connection with such Asset Sale during the tax period the sale occurs, (B) payment of the outstanding principal amount of, premium or penalty, if any, and interest on any Indebtedness (other than the Loans) that is secured by a Lien on the stock or assets in question and that is required to be repaid under the terms thereof as a result of such Asset Sale, and (C) a reasonable reserve for any indemnification payments (fixed or contingent) attributable to sellers indemnities and representations and warranties to purchaser in respect of such Asset Sale undertaken by Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such Asset Sale; provided that upon release of any such reserve, the amount released shall be considered Net Proceeds; and (b) with respect to any insurance, condemnation, taking or other casualty proceeds, an amount equal to: (i) any Cash payments or proceeds received by Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (A) under any casualty, business interruption or key man insurance policies in respect of any covered loss thereunder, or (B) as a result of the condemnation or taking of any assets of Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries by any Person pursuant to the power of eminent domain, condemnation or otherwise, or pursuant to a sale of any such assets to a purchaser with such power under threat of such a taking, minus (ii) (A) any actual and reasonable costs incurred by Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with the adjustment or settlement of any claims of Company or such Restricted Subsidiary in respect thereof, and (B) any bona fide direct costs incurred in connection with any sale of such assets as referred to in clause (b)(i)(B) of this definition to the extent paid or payable to non-Affiliates, including income taxes payable as a result of any gain recognized in connection therewith.
Non-US Lender has the meaning specified in Section 2.19(d)(i).
Note means a promissory note evidencing the Revolving A Loans, the Revolving B Loans or the Term Loan, as applicable.
Notice means a Funding Notice or a Conversion/Continuation Notice.
Obligations means (a) all obligations of every nature of each Loan Party and its Restricted Subsidiaries from time to time owed to the Agents (including former Agents), the Lenders or any of them, and L/C Issuers under any Loan Document whether for principal, interest (including interest which, but for the filing of a petition in bankruptcy with respect to such Loan Party, would have accrued on any Obligation, whether or not a claim is allowed against such Loan Party for such interest in the related bankruptcy proceeding), reimbursement of amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, fees, the Yield Maintenance Premium, the Prepayment Premium, expenses, indemnification or otherwise and whether primary, secondary, direct, indirect, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including obligations of performance) and (b) all Bank Product Obligations; excluding, in each case, any Excluded Swap Obligations.
OFAC means the U.S. Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Order has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.3(j)(ii).
Organizational Documents means (a) with respect to any corporation, its certificate or articles of incorporation or organization, as amended, and its by-laws, as amended, (b) with respect to any limited partnership, its certificate of limited partnership, as amended, and its partnership agreement, as amended, (c) with respect to any general partnership, its partnership agreement, as amended, and (d) with respect to any limited liability company, its articles of organization, as amended, and its operating agreement, as amended. In the event any term or condition of this Agreement or any other Loan Document requires any Organizational Document to be certified by a secretary of state or similar governmental official, the reference to any such Organizational Document shall only be to a document of a type customarily certified by such governmental official.
Other Taxes has the meaning specified in Section 2.19(b).
Overnight Bank Funding Rate shall mean, for any, day the rate per annum (based on a year of 360 days and actual days elapsed) comprised of both overnight federal funds and overnight Eurocurrency borrowings by U.S.-managed banking offices of depository institutions, as such composite rate shall be determined by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, as set forth on its public website from time to time, and as published on the next succeeding Business Day as the overnight bank funding rate by such Federal Reserve Bank (or by such other recognized electronic source (such as Bloomberg) selected by the Administrative Agent for the purpose of displaying such rate); provided, that, if such day is not a Business Day, the Overnight Bank Funding Rate for such day shall be such rate on the immediately preceding Business Day; provided, further, that, if such rate shall at any time, for any reason, no longer exist, a comparable replacement rate determined by the Administrative Agent at such time (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error). If the Overnight Bank Funding Rate determined as above would be less than zero, then such rate shall be deemed to be zero. The rate of interest charged
shall be adjusted as of each Business Day based on changes in the Overnight Bank Funding Rate without notice to the Company.
Participant Register has the meaning specified in Section 10.6(h)(ii).
Participation Commitment means each Revolving A Loan Lenders obligation to buy a participation of the Letters of Credit issued hereunder.
Participation Revolving A Loan has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.3(d)(iii) hereof.
Partnership Agreement shall mean the Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Company dated April 7, 2004, as amended from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
PATRIOT Act has the meaning specified in Section 4.31.
Payment Office means Administrative Agents office located at 301 Commerce Street, Suite 3300, Fort Worth, Texas 76102 or such other office or offices of Administrative Agent as may be designated in writing from time to time by Administrative Agent to Collateral Agent and Company.
PBGC means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor thereto.
Pension Plan means any Employee Benefit Plan, other than a Multiemployer Plan, which is subject to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 302 of ERISA.
Perfection Certificate means a certificate in form reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent that provides information with respect to the assets of each Loan Party.
Permitted Acquisition means any acquisition by Company or any Guarantor Subsidiary, whether by purchase, merger or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the assets of, all of the Capital Stock of, or a business line or unit or a division of, any Person located in the United States; provided, that,
(a) immediately prior to, and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom;
(b) all transactions in connection therewith shall be consummated, in all material respects, in accordance with all applicable laws and in conformity with all applicable Governmental Authorizations;
(c) in the case of the acquisition of Capital Stock, all of the Capital Stock (except for any such Securities in the nature of directors qualifying shares required pursuant to applicable law) acquired or otherwise issued by such Person or any newly formed Guarantor Subsidiary of Company in connection with such acquisition shall be owned 100% by Company or a Guarantor Subsidiary thereof, and Company shall have taken, or caused to be taken, as of
the date such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of Company, each of the actions set forth in Section 5.10 and/or Section 5.11, as applicable;
(d) Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 6.8 on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such acquisition as of the last day of the Fiscal Quarter most recently ended (calculating the amount of Indebtedness of Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as the amount outstanding immediately after giving effect to such acquisition and otherwise as determined in accordance with Section 6.8(c));
(e) with respect to any acquisition involving a purchase price of greater than $2,500,000, Company shall have delivered to Collateral Agent at least 5 Business Days (or 15 Business Days in the case of a purchase price of greater than $10,000,000) prior to the closing of any such acquisition, (i) a Compliance Certificate evidencing compliance with Section 6.8 as required under clause (d) above, together with all relevant financial information with respect to such acquired assets, including, without limitation, the aggregate consideration for such acquisition and any other information required to demonstrate compliance with Section 6.8, (ii) in the case of an acquisition for which the purchase price is greater than $35,000,000, a quality of earnings report, prepared by a third party acceptable to Collateral Agent, with respect to the Persons to be acquired and the acquired assets, (iii) if available, the most recently available two (2) years of audited financial statements of the Persons to be acquired and/or owner of the acquired assets, and (iv) financial statements of the Persons to be acquired and/or owner of the acquired assets for the period from the beginning of the then current fiscal year to the end of the most recently completed month for which financial statements are available, setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the corresponding periods of the previous fiscal year;
(f) (i) with respect to any acquisition involving a purchase price of greater than $2,500,000, Company shall have delivered to Collateral Agent at least 10 Business Days prior to such proposed acquisition, an executed letter of intent, term sheet or commitment letter (setting forth in reasonable detail the terms and conditions of such acquisition) and, (ii) in the case of any acquisition, at the request of any Agent, such other information and documents that any Agent may reasonably request, including, without limitation, executed copies of the respective agreements, instruments or other documents pursuant to which such acquisition is to be consummated (including, without limitation, any related management, non-compete, employment, option or other material agreements), any schedules to such agreements, instruments or other documents and all other material ancillary agreements, instruments or other documents to be executed or delivered in connection therewith;
(g) any Person or assets or division as acquired in accordance herewith (i) shall be in same business or lines of business in which Company and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries are engaged as of the Closing Date and (ii) with respect to any acquisition involving a purchase price of greater than $2,500,000, for the four quarter period most recently ended prior to the date of such acquisition, shall have generated earnings before income taxes, depreciation, and amortization during such period that shall be a positive amount;
(h) with respect to any acquisition involving a purchase price of greater than $2,500,000, the acquisition shall have been approved by the Board of Directors or other governing body or controlling Person of the Person acquired or the Person from whom such assets or division is acquired;
(i) the total consideration paid in connection with all acquisitions shall not exceed $50,000,000 in any Fiscal Year; and
(j) with respect to any acquisition involving a purchase price of greater than $5,000,000, after giving effect to such acquisition, Qualified Cash of Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries plus Excess Availability shall be at least $40,000,000.
Permitted Amount means an amount equal to the lesser of (a) $700,000,000 and (b) if the 2010 Indenture is still in effect, the amount of Indebtedness as Company would be permitted to incur under the 2010 Indenture.
Permitted Commodity Hedging Agreement means any Hedging Agreement entered into by Company (i) with, other than in respect of exchanged-traded transactions, a counterparty that was an Approved Counterparty on the date on which the Hedging Agreement was entered into and (ii) that was entered into in compliance with the terms and provisions of the Commodity Risk Management Policy.
Permitted Holders means James E. Ferrell and the Ferrell Related Parties.
Permitted Indebtedness means:
(a) the Obligations;
(b) Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary to Company or to any other Restricted Subsidiary, or of Company to any Restricted Subsidiary; provided, (i) all such Indebtedness shall be subject to a First Priority Lien pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreement and (ii) all such Indebtedness shall be unsecured and subordinated in right of payment to the payment in full of the Obligations pursuant to the terms of the Intercompany Subordination Agreement;
(c) Indebtedness of a Loan Party to a Subsidiary of Company that is not a Loan Party; provided that (i) the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness does not exceed $5,000,000 outstanding at any one time, (ii) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, (iii) Company has Excess Availability plus Qualified Cash of $50,000,000 or greater immediately after giving effect to each such loan, and (iv) all such Indebtedness shall be unsecured and subordinated in right of payment to the payment in full of the Obligations pursuant to the terms of the Intercompany Subordination Agreement;
(d) Indebtedness incurred by Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries arising from agreements providing for indemnification or from guaranties or letters of credit, surety bonds or performance bonds securing the performance of Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to such agreements, in connection with Permitted Acquisitions or permitted dispositions of any business, assets or Subsidiary of Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(e) Indebtedness which may be deemed to exist pursuant to any guaranties, performance, surety, statutory, appeal or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business and Indebtedness constituting guaranties in the ordinary course of business of the obligations of suppliers, customers, franchisees and licensees of Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(f) Indebtedness in respect of netting services, overdraft protections and otherwise in connection with deposit accounts;
(g) Indebtedness described in Schedule 6.1 and Indebtedness under the Senior Note Documents, but not any extensions, renewals or replacements of such Indebtedness except (i) renewals and extensions expressly provided for in the agreements evidencing any such Indebtedness as the same are in effect on the date of this Agreement, and (ii) refinancings and extensions of any such Indebtedness if the terms and conditions thereof do not (1) contain any Prohibited Covenants, (2) have any financial maintenance covenants tighter than, or in addition to, those in the Financing Agreement, (3) have other covenants or events of default that, taken as a whole, are less favorable to or more restrictive upon Company or any Guarantor than those contained in the Loan Documents as reasonably determined in good faith by the Companys chief financial officer and (4) the average life to maturity thereof is greater than or equal to that of the Indebtedness being refinanced or extended; provided, such Indebtedness permitted under the immediately preceding clause (i) or (ii) above shall not (A) include Indebtedness of an obligor that was not an obligor with respect to the Indebtedness being extended, renewed or refinanced other than the guaranty by a Guarantor, (B) exceed in a principal amount the Indebtedness being renewed, extended or refinanced plus any premium or make-whole amounts payable upon the refinancing and the costs and fees paid in connection with the refinancing, or (C) be incurred, created or assumed if any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom;
(h) Indebtedness in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time $25,000,000 with respect to (i) Capital Leases and (ii) purchase money Indebtedness (including any Indebtedness acquired in connection with a Permitted Acquisition); provided that any such Indebtedness shall be secured only by the asset subject to such Capital Lease or by the asset acquired in connection with the incurrence of such Indebtedness;
(i) Permitted Unsecured Debt;
(j) Permitted Replacement Indebtedness;
(k) obligations (contingent or otherwise) existing or arising under any Permitted Commodity Hedging Agreement or under any Permitted Interest Hedging Agreement, provided that (i) such obligations are (or were) entered into by such Person in the ordinary course of business, and (ii) such Hedging Agreements do not contain any provision exonerating the non-defaulting party from its obligation to make payments on outstanding transactions to the defaulting party;
(l) obligations with respect to letters of credit under the Existing Credit Agreement that remain outstanding on and after the Closing Date and are not Letters of Credit;
(m) Indebtedness in respect of Disqualified Capital Stock solely if issued to refinance the Indebtedness under the Senior Notes so long as (i) the aggregate principal amount of such Disqualified Capital Stock does not exceed the aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes refinanced with the proceeds of such Disqualified Capital Stock (plus all accrued interest, fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith), (ii) does not provide for the scheduled payments of dividends or distributions in cash more frequently than once each Fiscal Quarter, (iii) it does not mature or is not mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, (iv) is not redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, and (v) is not convertible into or exchangeable at the option of the holder for (A) other Indebtedness or (B) any other Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Capital Stock, in each case of clauses (iii) through (v), prior to the date that is 91 days after the Term Loan Maturity Date; and
(n) other Indebtedness of Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, which is unsecured and subordinated to the Obligations in a manner satisfactory to Collateral Agent in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time $5,000,000.
Permitted Interest Hedging Agreement means any Hedging Agreement entered into by Company (i) with, other than in respect of exchanged-traded transactions, a counterparty that was an Approved Counterparty when the Hedging Agreement was entered into and (ii) that was entered into in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes.
Permitted Investments means:
(a) Investments in Cash and Cash Equivalents;
(b) equity Investments owned as of the Closing Date in any Subsidiary and Investments made after the Closing Date in any Restricted Subsidiaries;
(c) Investments (i) in any Securities received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors, and (ii) deposits, prepayments and other credits to suppliers made in the ordinary course of business consistent with the past practices of Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(d) intercompany loans to the extent permitted under clause (b) or clause (c) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness;
(e) loans and advances to employees of Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries made in the ordinary course of business in an aggregate amount not to exceed $5,000,000 at any time;
(f) Permitted Acquisitions permitted pursuant to Section 6.9;
(g) Investments arising in connection with Bank Product Agreements;
(h) Investments described in Schedule 6.7;
(i) Investments made by Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in any SPE consisting of (i) capital contributions of Securitization Assets to such SPE and (ii) promissory
notes issued by such SPE payable to the order of Company or any Restricted Subsidiary representing the noncash portion of the purchase price for Securitization Assets sold to such SPE, in each case in connection with Accounts Receivable Securitizations permitted hereunder; and
(j) Investments in connection with the consummation of the Holdco Exchange Transaction;
(k) Investments consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or notes receivable arising from the grant of trade credit in the ordinary course of business, and Investments received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors;
(l) Guarantees otherwise permitted under this Agreement; and
(m) other Investments in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time $25,000,000.
Permitted Liens means:
(a) Liens in favor of Collateral Agent for the benefit of Secured Parties granted pursuant to any Loan Document;
(b) Liens for Taxes (other than Liens for United States Taxes that have priority over Collateral Agents Liens) if obligations with respect to such Taxes are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted and reserves required by GAAP have been made, so long as the aggregate amount of such Taxes (other than with respect to inchoate liens in respect of real property taxes) does not exceed $10,000,000;
(c) statutory Liens of landlords, banks (and rights of set off), of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, repairmen, workmen and materialmen, and other Liens imposed by law (other than any such Lien imposed pursuant to Section 401(a)(29) or 412(n) of the Internal Revenue Code or by ERISA), in each case, arising in the ordinary course of business for amounts not yet overdue or which are promptly being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves or other appropriate provisions with respect thereto are maintained;
(d) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social security, or to secure the performance of tenders, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, bids, leases, government contracts, trade contracts, performance and return of money bonds and other similar obligations (exclusive of obligations for the payment of borrowed money or other Indebtedness), so long as no foreclosure, sale or similar proceedings have been commenced with respect to any portion of the Collateral on account thereof;
(e) easements, rights of way, restrictions, encroachments, and other similar defects or irregularities in title, in each case which, in the aggregate, do not and will not interfere in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(f) any interest or title of a lessor or sublessor under any lease of real estate permitted hereunder;
(g) Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted hereunder;
(h) purported Liens evidenced by the filing of precautionary UCC financing statements relating solely to operating leases of personal property entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(i) 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;
(j) any zoning or similar law or right reserved to or vested in any governmental office or agency to control or regulate the use of any real property;
(k) licenses of patents, trademarks and other intellectual property rights granted by Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and not interfering in any respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of Company or such Restricted Subsidiary;
(l) Liens described in Schedule 6.2 or on a title report delivered pursuant to Schedule 5.15;
(m) Liens securing purchase money Indebtedness permitted pursuant to clause (h) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness; provided, any such Lien shall encumber only the asset subject to such Capital Lease or the asset acquired with the proceeds of such Indebtedness and proceeds therefrom;
(n) Liens on Securitization Assets arising solely in connection with an Accounts Receivable Securitization pursuant to Section 6.9;
(o) (i) Liens securing refinancings or replacements of Indebtedness under the Senior Notes Indentures permitted under paragraph (g) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness secured on a second or third lien basis to the Liens securing the Obligations and subject to an intercreditor agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and the Required Lenders and (ii) Liens securing Permitted Replacement Indebtedness so long as the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness secured on the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) does not exceed $250,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(p) Liens on cash that are granted in the ordinary course of business of Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to secure obligations arising under Permitted Commodity Hedging Agreements and Permitted Interest Hedging Agreements, in each case as permitted under clause (k) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness; and
(q) Liens securing judgments for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default;
(r) Liens of landlords or mortgages of landlords on fixtures located on premises leased by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(s) deposits of cash or the issuance of Letters of Credit made to secure (i) liability to insurance carriers under insurance or self-insurance arrangements or (ii) obligations with respect to letters of credit under the Existing Credit Agreement that remain outstanding on and after the Closing Date and are not Letters of Credit; and
(t) other Liens, whether or not securing obligations, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $10,000,000 at any time outstanding.
Permitted Replacement Indebtedness has the meaning specified in the Fee Letter.
Permitted Unsecured Debt means Indebtedness in respect of senior unsecured notes (whether issued under a loan agreement or indenture) issued by Company or the MLP from time to time, that complies with all of the following requirements:
(a) such Indebtedness is and shall remain unsecured at all times;
(b) no scheduled payment of principal, scheduled mandatory redemption or scheduled sinking fund payment of such Indebtedness is due on or before the Term Loan Maturity Date (as in effect at the time the agreement or indenture governing such Indebtedness is entered into); provided that such Indebtedness may be prepaid in connection with a refinancing thereof with other Indebtedness that is permitted by this Agreement;
(c) unless the indenture governing such Indebtedness is on substantially the same or better terms, taken as a whole, as any indenture governing, in the case of the Company, the Senior Notes or, in the case of the MLP, the 2020 Holdco Notes on the date of this Agreement, as reasonably determined in good faith by the Companys chief financial officer, the agreement or indenture governing such Indebtedness must not contain (i) financial maintenance covenants tighter than, or in addition to, those in this Agreement (as in effect at the time the agreement or indenture governing such Indebtedness is entered into), or (ii) other covenants or events of default that, taken as a whole, are less favorable to or more restrictive upon (in each case, in any material respect) Company or any Guarantor than those contained in the Loan Documents (as in effect at the time the agreement or indenture governing such Indebtedness is entered into) as reasonably determined in good faith by the Companys chief financial officer, provided that the inclusion of any other covenant (other than Prohibited Covenants) or event of default that is contained in Senior Note Documents or is reasonable and customary with respect to such type of debt and that is not found in the Loan Documents (in each case, as in effect at the time the agreement or indenture governing such Indebtedness is entered into) shall not be deemed to be less favorable or more restrictive for purposes of this clause;
(d) in the case of the Company, on each date on which such Indebtedness is issued (in this definition defined as a Date of Issuance) and immediately after giving effect to such Indebtedness the Company is in compliance on a pro forma basis with Section 6.8, calculated for the most recent four Fiscal Quarter period for which the financial statements described in Sections 5.1(b) and (c) are available to the Agents and the Lenders;
(e) no Default or Event of Default exists on the Date of Issuance or will occur as a result of the issuance of the notes evidencing such Indebtedness;
(f) such Indebtedness is not guaranteed by any Person which is not a Guarantor of all of the Obligations; and
(g) Company shall have delivered to the Agents a certificate in reasonable detail reflecting compliance with the foregoing requirements.
Person means and includes natural persons, corporations, limited partnerships, general partnerships, limited liability companies, limited liability partnerships, joint stock companies, Joint Ventures, associations, companies, trusts, banks, trust companies, land trusts, business trusts or other organizations, whether or not legal entities, and Governmental Authorities.
Pledge and Security Agreement means the Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, executed by Grantors in favor of Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit G, as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
PNC means PNC Bank, National Association.
Prepayment Premium has the meaning specified in the Fee Letter.
Prime Rate means the base commercial lending rate of PNC as publicly announced to be in effect from time to time, such rate to be adjusted automatically, without notice, on the effective date of any change in such rate. This rate of interest is determined from time to time by PNC as a means of pricing some loans to its customers and is neither tied to any external rate of interest or index nor does it necessarily reflect the lowest rate of interest actually charged by PNC to any particular class or category of customers of PNC. Any Agent or any other Lender may make commercial loans or other loans at rates of interest at, above or below the Prime Rate.
Principal Office means, for each of Administrative Agent and a L/C Issuer, such Persons Principal Office as set forth on Appendix B, or such other office as such Person may from time to time designate in writing to Company, Administrative Agent and each Lender.
Pro Forma Adjustments means, with respect to calculating the impact of a Subject Transaction on Consolidated EBITDA, Consolidated Non-Acquisition Capital Expenditures and the components of Consolidated Fixed Charges, the respective amounts of Consolidated EBITDA, Consolidated Non-Acquisition Capital Expenditures and components of Consolidated Fixed Charges generated or incurred, as the case may be, by the assets, business lines, Person, units or divisions acquired or disposed of in such Subject Transaction (i) based on the most recently-ended four fiscal quarter period for which audited financial statements or a quality of earnings report is
available (or, if audited financial statements or a quality of earnings reports are not available covering a four Fiscal Quarter period ended within nine (9) months from the date of such Subject Transaction, such other unaudited financial information as available) and (ii) adjusted for any personnel expenses of employees not retained by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries in the operation of acquired assets, business lines, Person, units or divisions (provided that such employees were either not assumed in connection with the Permitted Acquisition or are not, as of such date of determination, employed by the Company, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or General Partner).
Prohibited Covenants means (a) covenants that restrict the ability to grant liens in favor of Collateral Agent to secure the Obligations up to a principal amount equal to the Permitted Amount; (b) covenants that restrict the ability of Company to borrow up to the Permitted Amount under this Agreement or have Hedging Agreements permitted under this Agreement; (c) covenants that require Company to prepay the applicable Permitted Unsecured Debt, except upon a change of control or mandatory prepayments or offers to prepay from asset sales that are reduced by the amount from such assets sales used to repay the Obligations, and prohibit Company from prepaying the Obligations; and (d) covenants that require the use of specific cash flows or asset sale proceeds to prepay the applicable Permitted Unsecured Debt, except upon a change of control or mandatory prepayments and offers from asset sales that are reduced by the amount from such assets sales used to repay the Obligations, and prohibit Company from prepaying the Obligations with such cash flow or proceeds.
Projections has the meaning specified in Section 4.8.
Propane Customer List NOLV means, as of any date of determination, the sum of the present values of cash flows projected to be generated by the Propane Segment from its then-current customer base utilizing a discount rate, churn rate, revenues, expenses and expenditures, and other assumptions substantially consistent with those utilized in the Initial Valuation Report.
Propane Segment means the assets and operations of Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries associated with the distribution and sale of propane to retail, wholesale, tank exchange, and other similar customers.
Pro Rata Share means (a) with respect to all payments, computations and other matters relating to the Term Loan of any Lender, the percentage obtained by dividing (i) the Term Loan Exposure of that Lender, by (ii) the aggregate Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders; (b) with respect to all payments, computations and other matters relating to the Revolving A Commitment or Revolving A Loans of any Lender or any Letters of Credit issued or participations purchased therein by any Lender, the percentage obtained by dividing (i) the Revolving A Exposure of that Lender, by (ii) the aggregate Revolving A Exposure of all Lenders; (c) with respect to all payments, computations and other matters relating to the Revolving B Commitment or Revolving B Loans of any Lender, the percentage obtained by dividing (i) the Revolving B Exposure of that Lender, by (ii) the aggregate Revolving B Exposure of all Lenders and (d) for all other purposes with respect to each Lender, the percentage obtained by dividing (i) an amount equal to the sum of the Term Loan Exposure, the Revolving A Exposure and the Revolving B Exposure of that Lender,
by (ii) an amount equal to the sum of the aggregate Term Loan Exposure, the aggregate Revolving A Exposure and the aggregate Revolving B Exposure of all Lenders.
Protective Advances has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(c).
Published Rate shall mean the rate of interest published each Business Day in the Wall Street Journal Money Rates listing under the caption London Interbank Offered Rates for a one month period (or, if no such rate is published therein for any reason, then the Published Rate shall be the Adjusted LIBOR Rate for a one month period as published in another publication selected by the Administrative Agent).
Qualified Cash means, as of any date of determination, the amount of unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents of the Loan Parties that is in Deposit Accounts or in Securities Accounts, or any combination thereof, which such Deposit Account or Securities Account is subject to a Control Agreement and is maintained by a branch office of the bank or securities intermediary located within the United States.
Qualified ECP Guarantor means, in respect of any Swap Obligation, each Loan Party that has total assets exceeding $10,000,000 at the time the relevant Guaranty or grant of the relevant security interest becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation or such other person as constitutes an eligible contract participant under the Commodity Exchange Act or any regulations promulgated thereunder and can cause another person to qualify as an eligible contract participant at such time by entering into a keepwell under Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
Real Estate Asset means, at any time of determination, any interest (fee, leasehold or otherwise) then owned by any Loan Party in any real property.
Real Property means any real property (including all buildings, fixtures or other improvements located thereon) now, hereafter or heretofore owned, leased, operated or used by Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any of their respective predecessors.
Reasonably Anticipated Consolidated EBITDA means Consolidated EBITDA attributable to a Material Project or Material Acquired Assets for the 12-month period immediately following the Scheduled Commercial Operation Date of a Material Project or Material Acquired Assets, with such amount approved by Collateral Agent based upon assumptions and projections of, without limitation, revenues from customer contracts, other revenues that are determined to be highly probable, the creditworthiness of the prospective customers, capital and other start-up costs, operating and administrative expenses, the Scheduled Commercial Operation Date, commodity prices and other factors, in each case deemed appropriate by Collateral Agent in its reasonable discretion and subject to redetermination from time-to-time as requested in the Collateral Agents reasonable discretion based on any material changes to such projections and assumptions arising from information or circumstances that become known to Company or Collateral Agent.
Reasonably Anticipated Purchases means the amount of Fixed Price Volumes anticipated in good faith by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries to be sold during the respective contract terms with respect to propane sales, with such amount to be calculated in consideration of, among other factors, historical purchasing behavior of Companys customers and
as may be revised from time to time to reflect, among other factors, updated market conditions and customer purchasing trends.
Register has the meaning specified in Section 2.6(b).
Regulation D means Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as in effect from time to time.
Reimbursement Obligations has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.3(d)(ii).
Reinvestment Amounts has the meaning specified in Section 2.13(a).
Related Fund means, with respect to any Lender that is an investment fund, any other investment fund that invests in commercial loans and that is managed or advised by the same investment advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such investment advisor.
Release means any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, pouring, injection, escaping, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, dumping, leaching or migration of any Hazardous Material into the indoor or outdoor environment (including the abandonment or disposal of any barrels, containers or other closed receptacles containing any Hazardous Material), including the movement of any Hazardous Material through the air, soil, surface water or groundwater.
Remedial Action means all actions taken to (a) correct or address any actual or threatened non-compliance with Environmental Law, (b) clean up, remove, remediate, contain, treat, monitor, assess, evaluate or in any other way address Hazardous Materials in the indoor or outdoor environment; (c) prevent or minimize a Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials so they do not migrate or endanger or threaten to endanger public health or welfare or the indoor or outdoor environment; (d) perform pre-remedial studies and investigations and post-remedial operation and maintenance activities; or (e) perform any other actions authorized or required by Environmental Law or Governmental Authority.
Replacement Lender has the meaning specified in Section 2.22.
Report has the meaning specified in Section 9.10.
Reportable Compliance Event shall mean that any Covered Entity becomes a Sanctioned Person, or is charged by indictment, criminal complaint or similar charging instrument, arraigned, or custodially detained in connection with any Anti-Terrorism Law or any predicate crime to any Anti-Terrorism Law, or has knowledge of facts or circumstances to the effect that it is reasonably likely that any aspect of its operations is in actual or probable violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law.
Required Class Lenders means, at any time of determination, but subject to the provisions of Section 2.21, (a) for the Class of Lenders having Term Loan Exposure, Lenders whose Pro Rata Share (calculated in accordance with clause (a) of the definition thereof), aggregate more than 50%; (b) for the Class of Lenders having Revolving A Exposure, Lenders whose Pro Rata Share (calculated in accordance with clause (b) of the definition thereof), aggregate more than 50%; and (c) for the Class of Lenders having Revolving B Exposure, Lenders whose Pro Rata Share (calculated in accordance with clause (c) of the definition thereof), aggregate more than 50%.
Required Lenders means Lenders whose Pro Rata Share (calculated in accordance with clause (d) of the definition thereof) aggregate more than 50%.
Required Payment has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(f).
Required Prepayment Date has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(c).
Requirement of Law means, with respect to any Person, collectively, the common law and all federal, state, provincial, local, foreign, multinational or international laws, statutes, codes, treaties, standards, rules and regulations, guidelines, ordinances, orders, judgments, writs, injunctions, decrees (including administrative or judicial precedents or authorities) and the interpretation or administration thereof by, and other determinations, directives, requirements or requests of, any Governmental Authority, in each case that are applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.
Reserve Percentage means, as of any day. the maximum effective percentage in effect on such day as prescribed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor) for determining the reserve requirements (including supplemental, marginal and emergency reserve requirements) with respect to eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as Eurocurrency Liabilities).
Restricted Junior Payment means (a) any dividend or other distribution, direct or indirect, on account of any shares of any class of Capital Stock of Company now or hereafter outstanding, except a dividend payable solely in shares of that class of Capital Stock to the holders of that class; (b) any redemption, retirement, sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct or indirect, of any shares of any class of Capital Stock of Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is not a Loan Party now or hereafter outstanding; (c) any payment made to retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire shares of any class of Capital Stock of Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is not a Loan Party now or hereafter outstanding; (d) management or similar fees (and related expenses) payable to any Permitted Holder or any of its Affiliates or any other Affiliates of any Loan Party other than directors fees and expenses, reimbursement for all direct and indirect expenses incurred or payments made on behalf of the Company or the MLP and all other necessary or appropriate expenses allocable to the Company or the MLP or otherwise reasonably incurred by its general partner in connection with operating the MLP and its Subsidiaries business, including amounts paid under the Transition Services Agreement; and (e) any payment or prepayment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, or redemption, purchase, retirement, defeasance (including in
substance or legal defeasance), sinking fund or similar payment with respect to, any subordinated Indebtedness.
Restricted Subsidiary means each Subsidiary of Company (including any newly acquired or formed Subsidiary of Company after the date hereof), excluding any Unrestricted Subsidiary.
Revolving A Commitment means the commitment of a Lender to make or otherwise fund any Revolving A Loan and to acquire participations in Letters of Credit and Revolving A Commitments means such commitments of all Lenders in the aggregate. The amount of each Lenders Revolving A Commitment, if any, is set forth on Appendix A-2 or in the applicable Assignment Agreement, subject to any adjustment or reduction pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof. The aggregate amount of the Revolving A Commitments as of the Closing Date is $200,000,000.
Revolving A Commitment Period means the period from the Closing Date to but excluding the Revolving A Commitment Termination Date.
Revolving A Commitment Termination Date means the earliest to occur of (a) May 4, 2023; (b) the date that is ninety (90) days prior to the earliest maturity date of any of the Senior Notes unless the maturity of such Senior Note has been extended, or such Senior Note has been refinanced with Permitted Indebtedness with an extended maturity, in each case with such extended maturity occurring no earlier than the date that is ninety (90) days after the date set forth in clause (a); (c) the date the Revolving A Commitments are permanently reduced to zero pursuant to Section 2.12(b) or 2.13; and (d) the date of the termination of the Revolving A Commitments pursuant to Section 8.1.
Revolving A Exposure means, with respect to any Lender as of any date of determination, (a) prior to the termination of the Revolving A Commitments, that Lenders Revolving A Commitment; and (b) after the termination of the Revolving A Commitments, the sum of (i) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Revolving A Loans of that Lender, and (ii) the interests of such Revolving A Lender in outstanding Letter of Credit Obligations.
Revolving A Lender means a Lender with a Revolving A Commitment, a Revolving A Loan or a Letter of Credit Obligation.
Revolving A Loan means a Loan made by a Lender to Company pursuant to Section 2.2(a)(i).
Revolving B Commitment means the commitment of a Lender to make or otherwise fund any Revolving B Loan and Revolving B Commitments means such commitments of all Lenders in the aggregate. The amount of each Lenders Revolving B Commitment, if any, is set forth on Appendix A-3 or in the applicable Assignment Agreement, subject to any adjustment or reduction pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof. The aggregate amount of the Revolving B Commitments as of the Closing Date is $100,000,000.
Revolving B Commitment Period means the period from the Closing Date to but excluding the Revolving B Commitment Termination Date.
Revolving B Commitment Termination Date means the earliest to occur of (a) May 4, 2023; (b) the date that is ninety (90) days prior to the earliest maturity date of any of the Senior Notes unless the maturity of such Senior Note has been extended, or such Senior Note has been refinanced with Permitted Indebtedness with an extended maturity, in each case with such extended maturity occurring no earlier than the date that is ninety (90) days after the date set forth in clause (a); (c) the date the Revolving B Commitments are permanently reduced to zero pursuant to Section 2.12(b) or 2.13; and (d) the date of the termination of the Revolving B Commitments pursuant to Section 8.1.
Revolving B Exposure means, with respect to any Lender as of any date of determination, (a) prior to the termination of the Revolving B Commitments, that Lenders Revolving B Commitment; and (b) after the termination of the Revolving B Commitments, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Revolving B Loans of that Lender.
Revolving B Lender means a Lender with a Revolving B Commitment, a Revolving B Loan.
Revolving B Loan means a Loan made by a Lender to Company pursuant to Section 2.2(a)(ii).
Revolving Commitment means, with respect to each Lender, such Lenders Revolving A Commitment and Revolving B Commitment.
Revolving Commitment Period means the Revolving A Commitment Period and the Revolving B Commitment Period.
Revolving Commitment Termination Date means the Revolving A Commitment Termination Date and/or the Revolving B Commitment Termination Date.
Revolving Exposure means the Revolving A Exposure and the Revolving B Exposure.
Revolving Loan means a Revolving A Loan and a Revolving B Loan.
Revolving Loan Lenders means, collectively, the Revolving A Lenders and the Revolving B Lenders.
S&P means Standard & Poors Ratings Group, a division of The McGraw Hill Corporation.
Sanctioned Country shall mean a country subject to a sanctions program maintained under any Anti-Terrorism Law.
Sanctioned Person shall mean any individual person, group, regime, entity or thing listed or otherwise recognized as a specially designated, prohibited, sanctioned or debarred person, group, regime, entity or thing, or subject to any limitations or prohibitions (including but not limited to the blocking of property or rejection of transactions), under any Anti-Terrorism Law.
Scheduled Commercial Operation Date means the date on which a Material Project is, or Material Acquired Assets are, expected, in the good faith determination of an Authorized Officer to achieve commercial operation as provided in writing to Collateral Agent.
Secured Parties means the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the L/C Issuers, the Bank Product Providers and the Lenders and shall include, without limitation, all former Administrative Agents, Collateral Agents, L/C Issuers, Bank Product Providers and Lenders to the extent that any Obligations owing to such Persons were incurred while such Persons were Administrative Agents, Collateral Agents, L/C Issuers, Bank Product Providers or Lenders and such Obligations have not been paid or satisfied in full.
Securities means any stock, shares, partnership interests, voting trust certificates, certificates of interest or participation in any profit sharing agreement or arrangement, options, warrants, bonds, debentures, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness, secured or unsecured, convertible, subordinated or otherwise, or in general any instruments commonly known as securities or any certificates of interest, shares or participations in temporary or interim certificates for the purchase or acquisition of, or any right to subscribe to, purchase or acquire, any of the foregoing.
Securities Account means a securities account (as defined in the UCC).
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
Securitization Assets means accounts receivable owed to Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, all collateral (if any) securing such accounts receivable, all contracts and contract rights in respect thereof, all guarantees in respect thereof, all proceeds thereof, and other assets that are of the type customarily transferred in connection with a securitization, factoring, or monetization of similar assets and which are sold, transferred or otherwise conveyed (or purported to be sold, transferred or otherwise conveyed) by Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to an SPE in connection with Accounts Receivable Securitizations permitted hereunder.
Securitization Termination Notice means a written notice issued by the Collateral Agent, at its own election or at the direction of the Required Lenders, at any time (i) that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under Section 8.1(a) (but in the case of Section 8.1(a)(iv), (x) arising from the failure to pay any interest on the Loans due hereunder or (y) arising from the failure to make payment on an amount (other than principal or interest on any Loan) due hereunder in an amount in excess of $500,000), Section 8.1(f) or Section 8.1(g) or (ii) the aggregate outstanding commitments under any Accounts Receivable Securitization are greater than $250,000,000.
Senior Note Documents means each of the 2010 Indenture, the 2013 Indenture, the 2015 Indenture and each of the documents executed and delivered in connection with any of the foregoing.
Senior Notes means any of the (a) 2021 Senior Notes, (b) 2022 Senior Notes and (c) 2023 Senior Notes.
Senior Secured Leverage Ratio means the ratio as of the last day of any Fiscal Quarter or other date of determination of (a) Consolidated Total Secured Debt as of such day, to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the Measurement Period ending on such date (or if such date of determination is not the last day of a Fiscal Quarter, for the four-Fiscal Quarters period ending as of the most recently concluded Fiscal Quarter).
Settlement Period has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(b)(vii).
Solvent means, with respect to any Loan Party, that as of the date of determination, both (a)(i) the sum of such Loan Partys debt (including contingent liabilities) does not exceed the present fair saleable value of such Loan Partys present assets; (ii) such Loan Partys capital is not unreasonably small in relation to its business as contemplated on the Closing Date and reflected in the Projections or with respect to any transaction contemplated or undertaken after the Closing Date; and (iii) such Person has not incurred and does not intend to incur, or believe (nor should it reasonably believe) that it will incur, debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they become due (whether at maturity or otherwise); and (b) such Person is solvent within the meaning given that term and similar terms under applicable laws relating to fraudulent transfers and conveyances. For purposes of this definition, the amount of any contingent liability at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all of the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability (irrespective of whether such contingent liabilities meet the criteria for accrual under Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No.5).
SPE means Ferrellgas Receivables, LLC and any other Unrestricted Subsidiary that is a special purpose entity established by the Company in connection with Accounts Receivable Securitizations permitted by Section 6.1 and Section 6.9.
Specified L/C Sublimit means, with respect to any L/C Issuer, (i) in the case of PNC Bank, National Association (or any of its Affiliates), 100% of the Letter of Credit Sublimit, and (ii) in the case of any other L/C Issuer, such percentage as is specified in the agreement pursuant to which such Person becomes a L/C Issuer under this Agreement.
Specified Transactions has the meaning specified in the Fee Letter.
Specified Transactions Amounts has the meaning specified term in Section 2.13(a).
Subject Transaction has the meaning specified in Section 6.8(c).
Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of stock or other ownership interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors or other governing body are at the time owned by such Person; provided, in determining the percentage of ownership interests of any Person controlled by another Person, no ownership interest in the nature of a qualifying share of the former Person shall be deemed to be outstanding.
Swap Obligation means, with respect to any Guarantor, any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a swap within the meaning of section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
Tax means any present or future tax, levy, impost, duty, assessment, deduction or withholding of any nature and whatever called, by whomsoever, on whomsoever and wherever imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed and all interest, penalties, additions to tax or other liabilities with respect thereto.
Term Loan means a Term Loan made by a Lender to Company pursuant to Section 2.1(a).
Term Loan Commitment means the commitment of a Lender to make or otherwise fund a Term Loan and Term Loan Commitments means such commitments of all Lenders in the aggregate. The amount of each Lenders Term Loan Commitment, if any, is set forth on Appendix A-1 or in the applicable Assignment Agreement, subject to any adjustment or reduction pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof. The aggregate amount of the Term Loan Commitments as of the Closing Date is $275,000,000.
Term Loan Exposure means, with respect to any Lender, as of any date of determination, the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan of such Lender; provided, at any time prior to the making of the Term Loan, the Term Loan Exposure of any Lender shall be equal to such Lenders Term Loan Commitment.
Term Loan Maturity Date means the earlier of (a) May 4, 2023, (b) the date that is ninety (90) days prior to the earliest maturity date of any of the Senior Notes unless the maturity of such Senior Note has been extended, or such Senior Note has been refinanced with Permitted Indebtedness with an extended maturity, in each case with such extended maturity occurring no earlier than the date that is ninety (90) days after the date set forth in clause (a), (c) the date the Revolving A Commitments and/or the Revolving B Commitments are permanently reduced to zero pursuant to Section 2.12(b) or 2.13, and (d) the date that the Term Loan shall become due and payable in full hereunder, whether by acceleration or otherwise.
Terminated Lender has the meaning specified in Section 2.22.
TSL has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.
Total Revolving A Usage means, as at any date of determination, the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Revolving A Loans (other than Revolving A Loans made for the purpose of reimbursing a L/C Issuer for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, but not yet so applied), and (b) the Letter of Credit Obligations.
Total Revolving B Usage means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Revolving B Loans.
Total Revolving Usage means the Total Revolving A Usage and the Total Revolving B Usage.
Transaction Costs means the fees, costs and expenses payable by Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries on or before the Closing Date in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents.
Transition Services Agreement means that certain transition services agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and between Company and General Partner, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent, pursuant to which General Partner will provide general and administrative services and employees to Company after the occurrence of an Event of Default, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
Type of Loan means with respect to either Term Loans or Revolving Loans, a Base Rate Loan or a LIBOR Rate Loan.
UCC means the Uniform Commercial Code (or any similar or equivalent legislation) as in effect in any applicable jurisdiction.
UCP 600 has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.3(b)(ii).
Unrestricted Subsidiary means any of (a) any SPE, (b) FNA Canada, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and (c) Ferrellgas Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation.
Valuation Report means the Initial Valuation Report and each other report delivered by an Approved Valuation Firm, in form and scope consistent with the Initial Valuation Report or otherwise in form and scope reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, setting forth, as of each date of determination, the Propane Customer List NOLV.
Waivable Mandatory Prepayment has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(c).
Wholesale Accounts Receivable means all accounts in which a Loan Party has any interest arising from the sale of inventory (as such terms are defined in the UCC), including all such accounts (a) relating to sales of inventory by the Loan Parties under the trade name Blue Rhino, and (b) relating to wholesale sales of inventory by any Loan Party.
Yield Maintenance Premium has the meaning specified in the Fee Letter.
Section 1.2. Accounting and Other Terms.
(a) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in conformity with GAAP. Financial statements and other information required to be delivered by General Partner and Company to Lenders pursuant to Section 5.1(a), 5.1(b) and 5.1(c) shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP as in effect at the time of such preparation (and delivered together with the reconciliation statements provided for in Section 5.1(e), if applicable). Subject to the foregoing, calculations in connection with the definitions, covenants and other provisions hereof shall utilize accounting principles and policies in conformity with those used to prepare the Historical Financial Statements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) with respect to the accounting for leases as either operating leases or capital leases and the impact of such accounting in accordance with FASB ASC
840 on the definitions and covenants herein, GAAP as in effect on the Closing Date shall be applied and (ii) for purposes of determining compliance with any covenant (including the computation of any financial covenant) contained herein, Indebtedness of Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be carried at 100% of the outstanding principal amount thereof, and the effects of FASB ASC 825 and FASB ASC 470-20 on financial liabilities shall be disregarded.
(b) All terms used in this Agreement which are defined in Article 8 or Article 9 of the UCC as in effect from time to time in the State of New York and which are not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meanings herein as set forth therein, provided that terms used herein which are defined in the UCC as in effect in the State of New York on the date hereof shall continue to have the same meaning notwithstanding any replacement or amendment of such statute except as Collateral Agent may otherwise determine.
Section 1.3. Interpretation, etc. Any of the terms defined herein may, unless the context otherwise requires, be used in the singular or the plural, depending on the reference. References herein to any Section, Appendix, Schedule or Exhibit shall be to a Section, an Appendix, a Schedule or an Exhibit, as the case may be, hereof unless otherwise specifically provided. The use herein of the word include or including, when following any general statement, term or matter, shall not be construed to limit such statement, term or matter to the specific items or matters set forth immediately following such word or to similar items or matters, whether or not no limiting language (such as without limitation or but not limited to or words of similar import) is used with reference thereto, but rather shall be deemed to refer to all other items or matters that fall within the broadest possible scope of such general statement, term or matter. The words asset and property shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any right or interest in or to assets and properties of any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible. The use herein of the word issue or issuance with respect to any Letter of Credit shall be deemed to include any amendment, extension renewal or replacement thereof. Any reference herein or in any other Loan Document to the satisfaction, repayment, or payment in full of the Obligations or Guaranteed Obligations shall mean (a) the payment or repayment in full in immediately available funds of (i) the principal amount of, and interest accrued and unpaid with respect to, all outstanding Loans, together with the payment of any premium applicable to the repayment of the Loans, (ii) all costs, expenses, or indemnities payable pursuant to Section 10.2 or Section 10.3 of this Agreement that have accrued and are unpaid regardless of whether demand has been made therefor, (iii) all fees or charges that have accrued hereunder or under any other Loan Document and are unpaid, (b) in the case of obligations with respect to Bank Products, providing Bank Product Collateralization, (c) the receipt by L/C Issuers of Cash Collateralization in respect of all outstanding Letters of Credit or other security acceptable to the L/C Issuers, (d) the receipt by Agent of cash collateral in order to secure any other contingent Obligations for which a claim or demand for payment has been made on or prior to such time or in respect of matters or circumstances known to an Agent or a Lender at such time that are reasonably expected to result in any loss, cost, damage, or expense (including attorneys fees and legal expenses), such cash collateral to be in such amount as Agents reasonably determine is appropriate to secure such contingent Obligations, (e) the payment or repayment in full in immediately available funds of all other outstanding Obligations other than any Bank Product Obligations that, at such time, are allowed by the applicable Bank Product Provider to remain outstanding without being required to be repaid or being Bank Product Collateralized, and (f) the termination of all of the Commitments of the Lenders. Notwithstanding anything in the Agreement
to the contrary, (A) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (B) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives concerning capital adequacy promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities shall, in each case, be deemed to be enacted, adopted, issued, phased in or effective after the date of this Agreement regardless of the date enacted, adopted, issued, phased in or effective.
Section 1.4. Time References. Unless otherwise indicated herein, all references to time of day refer to Eastern Standard Time or Eastern daylight saving time, as in effect in New York City on such day. For purposes of the computation of a period of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word from means from and including and the words to and until each means to but excluding; provided, however, that with respect to a computation of fees or interest payable to any Agent, any Lender or any L/C Issuer, such period shall in any event consist of at least one full day.
ARTICLE II
LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT
Section 2.1. Term Loans.
(a) Loan Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Lender severally agrees to make, on the Closing Date, a Term Loan to Company in an amount equal to such Lenders Term Loan Commitment.
Company may make only one borrowing under the Term Loan Commitment which shall be on the Closing Date. Any amount borrowed under this Section 2.1(a) and subsequently repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Subject to Section 2.12, all amounts owed hereunder with respect to the Term Loan shall be paid in full no later than the Term Loan Maturity Date. Each Lenders Term Loan Commitment shall terminate immediately and without further action on the Closing Date after giving effect to the funding of such Lenders Term Loan Commitment on such date.
(b) Borrowing Mechanics for Term Loans.
(i) Company shall deliver to Administrative Agent a fully executed Funding Notice no later than three Business Days prior to the Closing Date. Promptly upon receipt by Administrative Agent of such Funding Notice, Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the proposed borrowing. Administrative Agent and Lenders (A) may act without liability upon the basis of written, facsimile or telephonic notice believed by Administrative Agent in good faith to be from Company (or from any Authorized Officer thereof designated in writing purportedly from Company to Administrative Agent), (B) shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any Authorized Officers authority to request a Term Loan on behalf of Company until Administrative Agent receives written notice to the contrary, and (C) shall have no duty to verify the authenticity of the signature appearing on any written Funding Notice.
(ii) Each Lender shall make its Term Loan available to Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Closing Date, by wire transfer of same day funds in Dollars, at Administrative Agents Principal Office. Upon satisfaction or waiver of the conditions precedent specified herein, Administrative Agent shall make the proceeds of the Term Loans requested by Company on the Closing Date by causing an amount of same day funds in Dollars equal to the proceeds of all such Loans received by Administrative Agent from Lenders to be credited to the account of Company at Administrative Agents Principal Office or to such other account as may be designated in writing to Administrative Agent by Company.
Section 2.2. Revolving Loans.
(a) Revolving Commitments.
(i) During the Revolving A Commitment Period, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Lender severally agrees to make Revolving A Loans to Company in an aggregate amount up to but not exceeding such Lenders Revolving A Commitment; provided, that after giving effect to the making of any Revolving A Loans in no event shall the Total Revolving A Usage exceed the lesser of (i) the Borrowing Base or (ii) the Revolving A Commitments then in effect. Amounts borrowed pursuant to this Section 2.2(a)(i) may be repaid and reborrowed during the Revolving A Commitment Period. Each Lenders Revolving A Commitment shall expire on the Revolving A Commitment Termination Date and all Revolving A Loans and all other amounts owed hereunder with respect to the Revolving A Loans and the Revolving A Commitments shall become due and payable as of such date.
(ii) During the Revolving B Commitment Period, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Lender severally agrees to make Revolving B Loans to Company in an aggregate amount up to but not exceeding such Lenders Revolving B Commitment; provided, that after giving effect to the making of any Revolving B Loans in no event shall the Total Revolving B Usage exceed the Revolving B Commitments then in effect. Amounts borrowed pursuant to this Section 2.2(a)(ii) may be repaid and reborrowed during the Revolving B Commitment Period. Each Lenders Revolving B Commitment shall expire on the Revolving B Commitment Termination Date and all Revolving B Loans and all other amounts owed hereunder with respect to the Revolving B Loans and the Revolving B Commitments shall become due and payable as of such date.
(b) Borrowing Mechanics for Revolving Loans.
(i) Except pursuant to Section 2.3(d), Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans shall be made in an aggregate minimum amount of the lesser of (A) $500,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess of that amount and (B) in the case of Revolving A Loans, the unused Revolving A Commitment and, in the case of Revolving B Loans, the unused Revolving B Commitment, and Revolving Loans that are LIBOR Rate Loans shall be in an aggregate minimum amount of $1,000,000 and integral multiples of $500,000 in excess of that amount.
(ii) Whenever Company desires that Lenders make Revolving Loans, Company shall deliver to Administrative Agent a fully executed and delivered Funding Notice no later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) at least three Business Days in advance of the proposed Credit Date in the case of a LIBOR Rate Loan, and on the Business Day of the proposed Credit Date in the case of a Revolving Loan that is a Base Rate Loan. Except as otherwise provided herein, a Funding Notice for a Revolving Loan that is a LIBOR Rate Loan shall be irrevocable on and after the related Interest Rate Determination Date, and Company shall be bound to make a borrowing in accordance therewith. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Revolving B Loans shall be available only at such times as the Revolving A Commitment is fully utilized.
(iii) Notice of receipt of each Funding Notice in respect of Revolving Loans, together with the amount of each Lenders Pro Rata Share thereof, if any, together with the applicable interest rate, shall be provided by Administrative Agent to each applicable Lender by facsimile with reasonable promptness, but (provided Administrative Agent shall have received such notice by 12:00 p.m. (New York City time)) not later than 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the same day as Administrative Agents receipt of such Notice from Company.
(iv) Each Lender shall make the amount of its Revolving Loan available to Administrative Agent not later than 3:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the applicable Credit Date by wire transfer of same day funds in Dollars, at Administrative Agents Principal Office. Except as provided herein, upon satisfaction or waiver of the conditions precedent specified herein, Administrative Agent shall make the proceeds of such Revolving Loans available to Company on the applicable Credit Date by causing an amount of same day funds in Dollars equal to the proceeds of all such Revolving Loans received by Administrative Agent from Lenders to be credited to the funding account of Company at PNC or such other account as may be permitted by the Administrative Agent.
(v) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, and in order to reduce the number of fund transfers among the Company, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, the Company, Administrative Agent and the Lenders agree that the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to), and Company and the Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent to, fund, on behalf of the Revolving A Loan Lenders, Revolving A Loans pursuant to Section 2.2, subject to the procedures for settlement set forth in Sections 2.2(b)(viii) and (b)(ix); provided, however, that (a) the Administrative Agent shall in no event fund any such Revolving A Loans if the Administrative Agent shall have received written notice from the Required Lenders on the Business Day prior to the date of the proposed Revolving A Loan that one or more of the conditions precedent contained in Section 3.2 will not be satisfied at the time of the proposed Revolving A Loan, and (b) the Administrative Agent shall not otherwise be required to determine that, or take notice whether, the conditions precedent in Section 3.2 have been satisfied. If the Company gives a Funding Notice requesting a Revolving A Loan and the Administrative Agent elects not to fund such Revolving A Loan on behalf of the Revolving A Loan Lenders, then promptly after receipt of the Funding Notice requesting such Revolving A Loan, the Administrative Agent shall notify Company and each Revolving A Loan Lender of the specifics of the requested Revolving A Loan and that it will not fund the requested Revolving A Loan on behalf of the Revolving A Loan Lenders. If the Administrative Agent
notifies the Revolving A Loan Lenders that it will not fund a requested Revolving A Loan on behalf of the Revolving A Loan Lenders, each Revolving A Loan Lender shall make its Pro Rata Share of the Revolving A Loan available to the Administrative Agent, in immediately available funds, in the Administrative Agents Account no later than 3:00 p.m. (New York City time) (provided that the Administrative Agent requests payment from such Revolving A Loan Lender not later than 1:00 p.m. (New York City time)) on the date of the proposed Revolving A Loan. The Administrative Agent will make the proceeds of such Revolving A Loans available to the Company on the day of the proposed Revolving A Loan by causing an amount, in immediately available funds, equal to the proceeds of all such Revolving A Loans received by the Administrative Agent in the Administrative Agents Account or the amount funded by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Revolving A Loan Lenders to be deposited in an account designated by the Company. If the Company gives a Funding Notice requesting a Revolving B Loan, then promptly after receipt of the Funding Notice requesting such Revolving B Loan, the Administrative Agent shall notify Company and each Revolving B Loan Lender of the specifics of the requested Revolving B Loan. Each Revolving B Loan Lender shall make its Pro Rata Share of the Revolving B Loan available to the Administrative Agent, in immediately available funds, in the Administrative Agents Account no later than 3:00 p.m. (New York City time) (provided that the Administrative Agent requests payment from such Revolving B Loan Lender not later than 1:00 p.m. (New York City time)) on the date of the proposed Revolving B Loan. The Administrative Agent will make the proceeds of such Revolving B Loans available to the Company on the day of the proposed Revolving B Loan by causing an amount, in immediately available funds, equal to the proceeds of all such Revolving B Loans received by the Administrative Agent in the Administrative Agents Account to be deposited in an account designated by the Company.
(vi) If the Administrative Agent has notified the Revolving A Loan Lenders that the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Revolving A Loan Lenders, will not fund a particular Revolving A Loan pursuant to Section 2.2(b)(v), the Administrative Agent may assume that each such Revolving A Loan Lender has made such amount available to the Administrative Agent on such day and the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, may, but shall not be obligated to, cause a corresponding amount to be made available to the Company on such day. If the Administrative Agent makes such corresponding amount available to the Company and such corresponding amount is not in fact made available to the Administrative Agent by any such Revolving A Loan Lender, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such corresponding amount on demand from such Revolving A Loan Lender together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such payment was due until the date such amount is paid to the Administrative Agent, at the Federal Funds Effective Rate for 3 Business Days and thereafter at the Base Rate. During the period in which such Revolving A Loan Lender has not paid such corresponding amount to the Administrative Agent, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, the amount so advanced by the Administrative Agent to the Company shall, for all purposes hereof, be a Revolving A Loan made by the Administrative Agent for its own account. Upon any such failure by a Revolving A Loan Lender to pay the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall promptly thereafter notify the Company of such failure and the Company shall immediately pay such corresponding amount to the Administrative Agent for its own account.
(vi) Nothing in this Section 2.2 shall be deemed to relieve any Revolving A Loan Lender from its obligations to fulfill its Revolving A Commitment hereunder or to prejudice any rights that the Administrative Agent or the Company may have against any Revolving A Loan Lender as a result of any default by such Revolving A Loan Lender hereunder.
(vii) With respect to all periods for which the Administrative Agent has funded Revolving A Loans pursuant to Section 2.2, on Friday of each week, or if the applicable Friday is not a Business Day, then on the following Business Day, or on the last Business Day of any shorter period as the Administrative Agent may from time to time select (any such week or shorter period being herein called a Settlement Period), the Administrative Agent shall notify each Revolving A Loan Lender of the unpaid principal amount of the Revolving A Loans outstanding as of the last day of each such Settlement Period. In the event that such amount is greater than the unpaid principal amount of the Revolving A Loans outstanding on the last day of the Settlement Period immediately preceding such Settlement Period (or, if there has been no preceding Settlement Period, the amount of the Revolving A Loans made on the date of such Revolving A Loan Lenders initial funding), each Revolving A Loan Lender shall promptly (and in any event not later than 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) if the Administrative Agent requests payment from such Lender not later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such day) make available to the Administrative Agent its Pro Rata Share of the difference in immediately available funds. In the event that such amount is less than such unpaid principal amount, the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay over to each Revolving A Loan Lender its Pro Rata Share of the difference in immediately available funds. In addition, if the Administrative Agent shall so request at any time when a Default or an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, or any other event shall have occurred as a result of which the Administrative Agent shall determine that it is desirable to present claims against the Company for repayment, each Revolving A Loan Lender shall promptly remit to the Administrative Agent or, as the case may be, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to each Revolving A Loan Lender, sufficient funds to adjust the interests of the Revolving A Loan Lenders in the then outstanding Revolving A Loans to such an extent that, after giving effect to such adjustment, each such Revolving A Loan Lenders interest in the then outstanding Revolving A Loans will be equal to its Pro Rata Share thereof. The obligations of the Administrative Agent and each Revolving A Loan Lender under this Section 2.2(b)(viii) shall be absolute and unconditional. Each Revolving A Loan Lender shall only be entitled to receive interest on its Pro Rata Share of the Revolving A Loans which have been funded by such Revolving A Loan Lender.
(ix) In the event that any Revolving A Loan Lender fails to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.2(b), the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such corresponding amount on demand from such Revolving A Loan Lender together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such payment was due until the date such amount is paid to the Administrative Agent, at the Federal Funds Effective Rate for 3 Business Days and thereafter at the Base Rate. During the period in which such Revolving A Loan Lender has not paid such corresponding amount to the Administrative Agent, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, the amount so advanced by the Administrative Agent to the Company shall, for all purposes hereof, be a Revolving A Loan made by the Administrative Agent for its own account. Upon any such failure by a Revolving A Loan Lender to pay the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall promptly thereafter notify the Company of such failure and the Company shall immediately pay such corresponding
amount to the Administrative Agent for its own account. Nothing in this Section 2.2(b)(ix) shall be deemed to relieve any Revolving A Loan Lender from its obligation to fulfill its Revolving A Commitment hereunder or to prejudice any rights that the Administrative Agent or the Company may have against any Revolving A Loan Lender as a result of any default by such Revolving A Loan Lender hereunder.
(c) Protective Advances. Subject to the limitations set forth below, and whether or not an Event of Default or a Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Collateral Agent is authorized by Company and the Lenders, from time to time in Collateral Agents sole discretion (but Collateral Agent shall have absolutely no obligation to), to make disbursements or advances to Company, which Collateral Agent, in its sole discretion, deems necessary or desirable (i) to preserve or protect the Collateral, or any portion thereof, (ii) to enhance the likelihood of, or maximize the amount of, repayment of the Loans and other Obligations, or (iii) to pay any other amount chargeable to or required to be paid by Company pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including, without limitation, payments of principal, interest, fees and reimbursable expenses (any of such Loans are in this clause (c) referred to as Protective Advances). Protective Advances may be made even if the conditions precedent set forth in Article III have not been satisfied. The interest rate on all Protective Advances shall be at the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans. Each Protective Advance shall be secured by the Liens in favor of Collateral Agent in and to the Collateral and shall constitute Obligations hereunder. The Protective Advances shall constitute Obligations hereunder which may be charged to the Loan Account in accordance with Section 2.15(f). Company shall pay the unpaid principal amount and all unpaid and accrued interest of each Protective Advance on the earlier of the Revolving Commitment Termination Date and the date on which demand for payment is made by Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent shall notify each Lender and Company in writing of each such Protective Advance, which notice shall include a description of the purpose of such Protective Advance. Without limitation to its obligations pursuant to Section 9.6, each Lender agrees that it shall make available to the Collateral Agent, upon the Collateral Agents demand, in Dollars in immediately available funds, the amount equal to such Lenders Pro Rata Share of each such Protective Advance. If such funds are not made available to the Collateral Agent by such Lender, Collateral Agent shall be entitled to recover such funds on demand from such Lender, together with interest thereon for each day from the date such payment was due until the date such amount is paid to the applicable Agent, at the Federal Funds Effective Rate for three Business Days and thereafter at the Base Rate.
Section 2.3. Letters of Credit.
(a) Letters of Credit. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof (including Section 2.2 hereof), upon request of Company made in accordance herewith, a L/C Issuer shall issue or cause the issuance of standby and/or trade letters of credit (collectively, Letters of Credit) for the account of any Loan Party. The Maximum Undrawn Amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit shall not exceed in the aggregate at any time the lowest of (i) (A) the total Revolving A Commitment minus (B) the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving A Loans then outstanding, (ii) (A) the Borrowing Base minus (B) the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving A Loans then outstanding, and (iii) the Letter of Credit Sublimit; provided, that no Letter of Credit shall be issued by any L/C Issuer the stated amount of which, when added to the outstanding amount of Letters of Credit with respect to such L/C Issuer, would exceed the
applicable Specified L/C Sublimit of such L/C Issuer then in effect. All disbursements or payments related to Letters of Credit shall be deemed to be Revolving A Loans and shall bear interest at the applicable rate in accordance with Section 2.7 and Section 2.9. Letters of Credit that have not been drawn upon shall not bear interest.
(b) Issuance of Letters of Credit.
(i) Subject to the terms hereof, Company may request a L/C Issuer to issue or cause the issuance of a Letter of Credit by delivering to a L/C Issuer, prior to 12:00 p.m. (New York City time), at least 3 Business Days prior to the proposed date of issuance, a L/C Issuers form of letter of credit application (the Letter of Credit Application) completed to the reasonable satisfaction of such L/C Issuer and such other certificates, documents and other papers and information as such L/C Issuer may reasonably request.
(ii) Each Letter of Credit shall, among other things, (A) provide for the payment of sight drafts, other written demands for payment, or acceptances of drafts when presented for honor thereunder in accordance with the terms thereof and when accompanied by the documents described therein and (B) have an expiry date not later than 12 months after such Letter of Credits date of issuance (subject to automatic renewals) and in no event later than the date that is the Revolving A Commitment Termination Date (unless all Lenders and the L/C Issuer have approved such expiry date in writing). Each standby Letter of Credit shall be subject either to the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (1993 Revision), International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 600, and any amendments or revision thereof adhered to by the Issuer (UCP 600) or the International Standby Practices (ISP98-International Chamber of Commerce Publication Number 590), as determined by a L/C Issuer, and each trade Letter of Credit shall be subject to UCP 600.
(iii) Each L/C Issuer shall use its reasonable efforts to notify the Agents and the Lenders of the request by the Loan Parties for a Letter of Credit hereunder.
(c) Requirements For Issuance of Letters of Credit. The Company hereby authorizes and directs the L/C Issuers to name one or more Loan Parties as the Applicant or Account Party of each Letter of Credit, as shall be set forth more particularly in the Letter of Credit Application. Company hereby authorizes and directs the L/C Issuers to deliver to the Administrative Agent the Letter of Credit Application and such other certificates, documents and other papers and information as such L/C Issuer may have reasonably requested in connection therewith and to accept and rely upon the Administrative Agents instructions and agreements with respect to all matters arising in connection with such Letter of Credit or the application therefor.
(d) Disbursements, Reimbursement.
(i) Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Revolving A Loan Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the applicable L/C Issuer a participation in such Letter of Credit and each drawing thereunder in an amount equal to such Lenders Pro Rata Share (determined in
accordance with paragraph (b) of the definition of Pro Rata Share) of the Maximum Face Amount of such Letter of Credit and the amount of such drawing, respectively.
(ii) In the event of any request for a drawing under a Letter of Credit by the beneficiary or transferee thereof, the applicable L/C Issuer will promptly notify the Company. Provided that Company shall have received such notice by 12:00 p.m. (New York City time), the Loan Parties shall reimburse (such obligation to reimburse such L/C Issuer or any Lender together with any interest thereon pursuant to Section 2.7 and Section 2.9 shall sometimes be referred to as a Reimbursement Obligation) the Administrative Agent on behalf of the L/C Issuers and the Revolving A Loan Lenders prior to 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such date that an amount is paid by the L/C Issuers and the Revolving A Loan Lenders under any Letter of Credit (each such date, a Drawing Date) in an amount equal to the amount so paid by the L/C Issuers and the Revolving A Loan Lenders. In the event the Loan Parties fail to reimburse the L/C Issuers and the Revolving A Loan Lenders for the full amount of any drawing under any Letter of Credit by 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Drawing Date, the Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Revolving A Loan Lender thereof, and the Company shall be deemed to have requested that a Revolving A Loan that is a Base Rate Loan be made by the Revolving A Loan Lenders to be disbursed on the Drawing Date in respect of such Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 2.2 and subject to Sections 3.1 and 3.2 hereof. Any notice given by the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.3(d)(ii) may be oral 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.
(iii) Each Revolving A Loan Lender shall upon any notice pursuant to Section 2.3(d)(ii) make available to the Administrative Agent an amount in immediately available funds equal to its Pro Rata Share of the amount of the drawing, whereupon the participating Lenders shall (subject to Section 2.3(d)(iv)) each be deemed to have made a Revolving A Loan that is a Base Rate Loan to Company in that amount. If any Revolving A Loan Lender so notified fails to make available to the Administrative Agent the amount of such Lenders Pro Rata Share of such amount by no later than 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Drawing Date, then interest shall accrue on such Lenders obligation to make such payment, from the Drawing Date to the date on which such Lender makes such payment (x) at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Effective Rate during the first 3 days following the Drawing Date and (y) at a rate per annum equal to the interest rate on Revolving A Loans that are Base Rate Loans on and after the 4th day following the Drawing Date. The Administrative Agent will promptly give notice of the occurrence of the Drawing Date, but failure of the Administrative Agent to give any such notice on the Drawing Date or in sufficient time to enable any Revolving A Loan Lender to effect such payment on such date shall not relieve such Lender from its obligation under this Section 2.3(d)(iii), provided that such Lender shall not be obligated to pay interest as provided in Section 2.3(d)(ii) until and commencing from the date of receipt of notice from the Administrative Agent of a drawing. Each Revolving A Loan Lenders payment to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.3(d)(iii)(x) and (y) shall be deemed to be a payment in respect of its participation in such Letter of Credit Borrowing and shall constitute a Participation Revolving A Loan from such Lender in satisfaction of its Participation Commitment under this Section 2.3(d).
(iv) With respect to any unreimbursed drawing that is not converted into a Revolving A Loan to the Company in whole or in part as contemplated by Section 2.3(d)(ii), because of Companys failure to satisfy the conditions set forth in Section 3.2 (other than any notice requirements) or for any other reason, Company shall be deemed to have incurred from the Revolving A Loan Lenders a borrowing (each a Letter of Credit Borrowing) in the amount of such drawing. Such Letter of Credit Borrowing shall be due and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at the rate per annum equal to the interest rate on Revolving A Loans that are Base Rate Loans.
(v) Each Lenders Participation Commitment shall continue until the last to occur of any of the following events: (i) a L/C Issuer ceases to be obligated to issue or cause to be issued Letters of Credit hereunder; (ii) no Letter of Credit issued or created hereunder remains outstanding and uncanceled and (iii) all Persons (other than Company) have been fully reimbursed for all payments made under or relating to Letters of Credit.
(e) Repayment of Participation Revolving A Loans.
(i) Upon (and only upon) receipt by the Administrative Agent for its account of immediately available funds from Company (i) in reimbursement of any payment made by the Administrative Agent under the Letter of Credit with respect to which any Lender has made a Participation Revolving A Loan to the Administrative Agent or (ii) in payment of interest on such a payment made by the Administrative Agent under such a Letter of Credit, the Administrative Agent will pay to each Revolving A Loan Lender, in the same funds as those received by the Administrative Agent, the amount of such Lenders Pro Rata Share of such funds, except the Administrative Agent shall retain the amount of the Pro Rata Share of such funds of any Revolving A Loan Lender that did not make a Participation Revolving A Loan in respect of such payment by the Administrative Agent.
(ii) If the Administrative Agent is required at any time to return to the Company, or to a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian, or any official in any Insolvency Proceeding, any portion of the payments made by Company to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.3(e)(i) in reimbursement of a payment made under a Letter of Credit or interest or fee thereon, each Revolving A Loan Lender shall, on demand of the Administrative Agent, forthwith return to the Administrative Agent the amount of its Pro Rata Share of any amounts so returned by the Administrative Agent plus interest at the Federal Funds Effective Rate.
(f) Documentation. The Loan Parties agree to be bound by the terms of each Letter of Credit Application and by the applicable L/C Issuers interpretations of each Letter of Credit issued for the Loan Parties Loan Account and by the applicable L/C Issuers written regulations and customary practices relating to letters of credit, though the applicable L/C Issuers interpretations may be different from the Loan Parties own. In the event of a conflict between any Letter of Credit Application and this Agreement, this Agreement shall govern. It is understood and agreed that, except in the case of gross negligence or willful misconduct (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final nonappealable judgment), the Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any error, negligence and/or mistakes, whether of omission or commission, in following any Loan Partys instructions or those contained in any Letter of Credit or any modification, amendment or supplement thereto.
(g) Determination to Honor Drawing Request. In determining whether to honor any request for drawing under any Letter of Credit by the beneficiary thereof, such L/C Issuer shall be responsible only to determine that the documents and certificates required to be delivered under such Letter of Credit have been delivered and that they comply on their face with the requirements of such Letter of Credit and that any other drawing condition appearing on the face of such Letter of Credit has been satisfied in the manner so set forth.
(h) Nature of Participation and Reimbursement Obligations. Each Revolving A Loan Lenders obligation in accordance with this Agreement to make the Revolving A Loans or Participation Revolving A Loans as a result of a drawing under a Letter of Credit, and the obligations of the Loan Parties to reimburse the Administrative Agent and/or the L/C Issuers upon a draw under a Letter of Credit, shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Section 2.3 under all circumstances, including the following circumstances:
(i) any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Revolving A Loan Lender may have against the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers, the Loan Parties or any other Person for any reason whatsoever;
(ii) the failure of the Loan Parties or any other Person to comply, in connection with a Letter of Credit Borrowing, with the conditions set forth in this Agreement for the making of a Revolving A Loan (including, without limitation, if the Revolving A Commitment has been fully utilized and drawn), it being acknowledged that such conditions are not required for the making of a Letter of Credit Borrowing and the obligation of the Revolving A Loan Lenders to make Participation Revolving A Loans under Section 2.3(d);
(iii) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit;
(iv) any claim of breach of warranty that might be made by any Loan Party or any Revolving A Loan Lender against the beneficiary of a Letter of Credit, or the existence of any claim, set-off, recoupment, counterclaim, crossclaim, defense or other right which any Loan Party or any Revolving A Loan Lender may have at any time against a beneficiary, any successor beneficiary or any transferee of any Letter of Credit or the proceeds thereof (or any Person for whom any such transferee may be acting), the Administrative Agent or any Revolving A Loan Lender or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, such Letter of Credit, the transactions contemplated herein or any unrelated transactions (including any underlying transactions between the Loan Parties or any other party and the beneficiary for which any Letter of Credit was procured);
(v) the lack of power or authority of any signer of (or any defect in or forgery of any signature or endorsement on) or the form of or lack of validity, sufficiency, accuracy, enforceability or genuineness of any draft, demand, instrument, certificate or other document presented under or in connection with any Letter of Credit, or any fraud or alleged fraud in connection with any Letter of Credit, or the transport of any property or provisions of services relating to a Letter of Credit, in each case even if the Administrative Agent or any of the Administrative Agents Affiliates has been notified thereof;
(vi) except as provided in Section 2.3(g), any payment by the Administrative Agent and/or L/C Issuers under any Letter of Credit against presentation of a demand, draft or certificate or other document which does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit;
(vii) the solvency of, or any acts or omissions by, any beneficiary of any Letter of Credit, or any other Person having a role in any transaction or obligation relating to a Letter of Credit, or the existence, nature, quality, quantity, condition, value or other characteristic of any property or services relating to a Letter of Credit;
(viii) any failure by the Administrative Agent, a L/C Issuer or any of their respective Affiliates to issue any Letter of Credit in the form requested by the Loan Parties, unless the Administrative Agent and/or a L/C Issuer has received written notice from the Company of such failure within three Business Days after the Administrative Agent and/or a L/C Issuer shall have furnished Company a copy of such Letter of Credit and such error is material and no drawing has been made thereon prior to receipt of such notice;
(ix) any Material Adverse Effect on Company or any Guarantor;
(x) any breach of this Agreement or any Loan Document by any party thereto;
(xi) the occurrence or continuance of an Insolvency Proceeding with respect to the MLP, Company or any Guarantor;
(xii) the fact that a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(xiii) the fact that the Revolving A Commitment Termination Date shall have expired or this Agreement or the Obligations hereunder shall have been terminated; and
(xiv) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing.
Nothing contained in this Section 2.3(h) shall be deemed to relieve a L/C Issuer from any claim by the Loan Parties for the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such L/C Issuer in respect of honoring or failing to honor any drawing under any Letter of Credit or otherwise in respect of any Letter of Credit, but any such claim may not be used as a defense to the reimbursement obligation for any such drawing.
(i) Indemnity. In addition to amounts payable as provided in Section 10.3, the Loan Parties hereby agree to protect, indemnify, pay and save harmless the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuers from and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities, damages, taxes, (except for the imposition of, or any change in the rate of, any taxes imposed on the net income of any Agent, any Lender or any L/C Issuer by the jurisdiction in which such Person is organized or has its principal lending office), penalties, interest, judgments, losses, costs, charges and expenses (including reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of outside counsel and allocated costs of internal counsel) which the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any of their respective Affiliates may incur or be subject to as a consequence, direct or indirect, of the issuance of any Letter of Credit, other than as a result of (a) the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent or any L/C Issuer (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final nonappealable judgment) or (b) the wrongful dishonor by the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer, or any of the Administrative Agents or a L/C Issuers Affiliates of a proper demand for payment made under any Letter of Credit, except if such dishonor resulted from any Governmental Acts. The obligations of the Loan Parties under this Section 2.3(i) shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
(j) Liability for Acts and Omissions.
(i) As between the Loan Parties and the Agents and the Lenders, the Loan Parties assume all risks of the acts and omissions of, or misuse of the Letters of Credit by, the respective beneficiaries of such Letters of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the Agents and the Lenders shall not be responsible for: (i) the form, validity, sufficiency, accuracy, genuineness or legal effect of any document submitted by any party in connection with the application for an issuance of any such Letter of Credit, even if it should in fact prove to be in any or all respects invalid, insufficient, inaccurate, fraudulent or forged (even if the Administrative Agent shall have been notified thereof); (ii) the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign any such 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; (iii) the failure of the beneficiary of any such Letter of Credit, or any other party to which such Letter of Credit may be transferred, to comply fully with any conditions required in order to draw upon such Letter of Credit or any other claim of the Loan Parties against any beneficiary of such Letter of Credit, or any such transferee, or any dispute between or among Loan Parties and any beneficiary of any Letter of Credit or any such transferee; (iv) errors, omissions, interruptions or delays in transmission or delivery of any messages, by mail, cable, telegraph or otherwise, whether or not they be in cipher; (v) errors in interpretation of technical terms; (vi) any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under any such Letter of Credit or of the proceeds thereof; (vii) the misapplication by the beneficiary of any such Letter of Credit of the proceeds of any drawing under such Letter of Credit; or (viii) any consequences arising from causes beyond the control of the Administrative Agent and/or any L/C Issuer, including any Governmental Acts, and none of the above shall affect or impair, or prevent the vesting of, any of the Administrative Agents and/or a L/C Issuers rights or powers hereunder. Nothing in the preceding sentence shall relieve the Administrative Agent or a L/C Issuer from liability for the Administrative Agents and/or a L/C Issuers, as applicable, gross negligence or willful misconduct (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final nonappealable
judgment) in connection with actions or omissions described in such clauses (i) through (viii) of such sentence. In no event shall the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or their respective Affiliates be liable to the Loan Parties for any indirect, consequential, incidental, punitive, exemplary or special damages or expenses (including without limitation attorneys fees), or for any damages resulting from any change in the value of any property relating to a Letter of Credit.
(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and each of their respective Affiliates (i) may rely on any oral or other communication believed in good faith by the Administrative Agent, a L/C Issuer or such Affiliate to have been authorized or given by or on behalf of the applicant for a Letter of Credit, (ii) may honor any presentation if the documents presented appear on their face substantially to comply with the terms and conditions of the relevant Letter of Credit; (iii) may honor a previously dishonored presentation under a Letter of Credit, whether such dishonor was pursuant to a court order, to settle or compromise any claim of wrongful dishonor, or otherwise, and shall be entitled to reimbursement to the same extent as if such presentation had initially been honored, together with any interest paid by any Agent, any Lender or its Affiliates; (iv) may honor any drawing that is payable upon presentation of a statement advising negotiation or payment, upon receipt of such statement (even if such statement indicates that a draft or other document is being delivered separately), and shall not be liable for any failure of any such draft or other document to arrive, or to conform in any way with the relevant Letter of Credit; (v) may pay any paying or negotiating bank claiming that it rightfully honored under the laws or practices of the place where such bank is located; and (vi) may settle or adjust any claim or demand made on the Administrative Agent, a L/C Issuer or their Affiliate in any way related to any order issued at the applicants request to an air carrier, a letter of guarantee or of indemnity issued to a carrier or any similar document (each an Order) and honor any drawing in connection with any Letter of Credit that is the subject of such Order, notwithstanding that any drafts or other documents presented in connection with such Letter of Credit fail to conform in any way with such Letter of Credit.
(iii) In furtherance and extension and not in limitation of the specific provisions set forth above, any action taken or omitted by the Administrative Agent or a L/C Issuer under or in connection with the Letters of Credit or any documents or certificates delivered thereunder, if taken or omitted in good faith, in compliance with UCP 600 and ISP 98 Rules, as applicable, and without gross negligence or willful misconduct (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final nonappealable judgment), shall not put the Administrative Agent or any L/C Issuer under any resulting liability to any Loan Party or any Lender.
Section 2.4. Pro Rata Shares. All Loans shall be made, and all participations purchased, by Lenders simultaneously and proportionately to their respective Pro Rata Shares, it being understood that no Lender shall be responsible for any default by any other Lender in such other Lenders obligation to make a Loan requested hereunder or purchase a participation required hereby nor shall any Term Loan Commitment or any Revolving Commitment of any Lender be increased or decreased as a result of a default by any other Lender in such other Lenders obligation to make a Loan requested hereunder or purchase a participation required hereby.
Section 2.5. Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Term Loans and the Revolving Loans, if any, made on the Closing Date shall be used by Company to repay the Existing Indebtedness, for general working capital purposes of the Loan Parties and to pay fees and expenses related to this Agreement. The proceeds of the Revolving Loans, and Letters of Credit made after the Closing Date shall be applied by Company for working capital and general corporate purposes of Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, including Permitted Acquisitions. No portion of the proceeds of any Credit Extension shall be used in any manner that causes or might cause such Credit Extension or the application of such proceeds to violate Regulation T, Regulation U or Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any other regulation thereof or to violate the Exchange Act.
Section 2.6. Evidence of Debt; Register; Lenders Books and Records; Notes.
(a) Lenders Evidence of Debt. Each Lender shall maintain on its internal records an account or accounts evidencing the Obligations of Company to such Lender, including the amounts of the Loans made by it and each repayment and prepayment in respect thereof. Any such recordation shall be conclusive and binding on Company, absent manifest error; provided, that the failure to make any such recordation, or any error in such recordation, shall not affect any Lenders Revolving Commitments or Companys Obligations in respect of any applicable Loans; and provided further, in the event of any inconsistency between the Register and any Lenders records, the recordations in the Register shall govern.
(b) Register. Administrative Agent shall maintain at its Principal Office a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of Lenders and the principal amount of the Revolving Commitments and Loans (and stated interest therein) of each Lender from time to time (the Register). The Register shall be available for inspection by Company or Collateral Agent at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. Administrative Agent shall record in the Register the Revolving Commitments and the Loans, and each repayment or prepayment in respect of the principal amount of the Loans, and any such recordation shall be conclusive and binding on Company and each Lender, absent manifest error; provided, failure to make any such recordation, or any error in such recordation, shall not affect any Lenders Revolving Commitments or Companys Obligations in respect of any Loan. Company hereby designates the entity serving as Administrative Agent to serve as Companys non-fiduciary agent solely for purposes of maintaining the Register as provided in this Section 2.6, and Company hereby agrees that, to the extent such entity serves in such capacity, the entity serving as Administrative Agent and its officers, directors, employees, agents and affiliates shall constitute Indemnitees.
(c) Notes. If so requested by any Lender by written notice to Company (with a copy to Administrative Agent) at least two Business Days prior to the Closing Date, or at any time thereafter, Company shall execute and deliver to such Lender (and/or, if applicable and if so specified in such notice, to any Person who is an assignee of such Lender pursuant to Section 10.6) on the Closing Date (or, if such notice is delivered after the Closing Date, promptly after Companys receipt of such notice) a Note.
Section 2.7. Interest.
(a) Except as otherwise set forth herein, each Loan shall bear interest on the unpaid principal amount thereof from the date made through repayment (whether by acceleration or otherwise) thereof as follows: (i) if a Base Rate Loan, at the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin; or (ii) if a LIBOR Rate Loan, at the Adjusted LIBOR Rate plus the Applicable Margin.
(b) The basis for determining the rate of interest with respect to any Loan, and the Interest Period with respect to any LIBOR Rate Loan, shall be selected by Company and notified to Administrative Agent and Lenders pursuant to the applicable Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice, as the case may be. If on any day a Loan is outstanding with respect to which a Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice has not been delivered to Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms hereof specifying the applicable basis for determining the rate of interest, then for that day such Loan shall be a Base Rate Loan.
(c) In connection with LIBOR Rate Loans there shall be no more than 10 Interest Periods outstanding at any time. In the event Company fails to specify between a Base Rate Loan or a LIBOR Rate Loan in the applicable Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice, such Loan (if outstanding as a LIBOR Rate Loan) will be automatically converted into a Base Rate Loan on the last day of the then current Interest Period for such Loan (or if outstanding as a Base Rate Loan will remain as, or (if not then outstanding) will be made as, a Base Rate Loan). In the event Company fails to specify an Interest Period for any LIBOR Rate Loan in the applicable Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice, Company shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month. As soon as practicable after 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on each Interest Rate Determination Date, Administrative Agent shall determine (which determination shall, absent manifest error, be final, conclusive and binding upon all parties) the interest rate that shall apply to the LIBOR Rate Loans for which an interest rate is then being determined for the applicable Interest Period and shall promptly give notice thereof (in writing or by telephone confirmed in writing) to Company and each Lender.
(d) Interest payable pursuant to Section 2.7(a) shall be computed on the basis of a 360 day year, in each case for the actual number of days elapsed in the period during which it accrues. In computing interest on any Loan, the date of the making of such Loan or the first day of an Interest Period applicable to such Loan or, with respect to a Base Rate Loan being converted from a LIBOR Rate Loan, the date of conversion of such LIBOR Rate Loan to such Base Rate Loan, as the case may be, shall be included, and the date of payment of such Loan or the expiration date of an Interest Period applicable to such Loan or, with respect to a Base Rate Loan being converted to a LIBOR Rate Loan, the date of conversion of such Base Rate Loan to such LIBOR Rate Loan, as the case may be, shall be excluded; provided, if a Loan is repaid on the same day on which it is made, one days interest shall be paid on that Loan.
(e) Except as otherwise set forth herein, interest on each Loan shall be payable in cash and in arrears on and to (i) each Interest Payment Date applicable to that Loan, (ii) upon any prepayment of that Loan, whether voluntary or mandatory, to the extent accrued on the amount being prepaid, and (iii) at the Term Loan Maturity Date with respect to Term Loans, at the
Revolving Commitment A Termination Date with respect to Revolving A Loans and at the Revolving Commitment B Termination Date with respect to Revolving B Loans.
Section 2.8. Conversion/Continuation.
(a) Subject to Section 2.17, Company shall have the option:
(i) to convert at any time all or any part of any Term Loan or Revolving Loan equal to $1,000,000 and integral multiples of $500,000 in excess of that amount from one Type of Loan to another Type of Loan; provided, that a LIBOR Rate Loan may only be converted on the expiration of the Interest Period applicable to such LIBOR Rate Loan unless Company shall pay all amounts due under Section 2.17 in connection with any such conversion, no Base Rate Loan may be converted into a LIBOR Rate Loan when a Default or Event of Default exists and no LIBOR Rate Loan may be continued as a LIBOR Rate Loan when a Default or Event of Default exists; or
(ii) upon the expiration of any Interest Period applicable to any LIBOR Rate Loan, to continue all or any portion of such Loan equal to $1,000,000 and integral multiples of $500,000 in excess of that amount as a LIBOR Rate Loan.
(b) Company shall deliver a Conversion/Continuation Notice to Administrative Agent no later than 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) at least one Business Day in advance of the proposed conversion date (in the case of a conversion to a Base Rate Loan) and at least three Business Days in advance of the proposed conversion/continuation date (in the case of a conversion to, or a continuation of, a LIBOR Rate Loan). Except as otherwise provided herein, a Conversion/Continuation Notice for conversion to, or continuation of, any LIBOR Rate Loans (or telephonic notice in lieu thereof) shall be irrevocable on and after the related Interest Rate Determination Date, and Company shall be bound to effect a conversion or continuation in accordance therewith.
Section 2.9. Default Interest. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the principal amount of all Loans outstanding and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any interest payments on the Loans or fees or other amounts owed hereunder (including any Yield Maintenance Premium or Prepayment Premium, if applicable), shall thereafter bear interest (including post petition interest in any proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code or other applicable bankruptcy laws) payable on demand at a rate that is 2% per annum in excess of the interest rate otherwise payable hereunder with respect to the applicable Loans (or, in the case of any such fees and other amounts, at a rate which is 2% per annum in excess of the interest rate otherwise payable hereunder for Base Rate Loans); provided, in the case of LIBOR Rate Loans, upon the expiration of the Interest Period in effect at the time any such increase in interest rate is effective such LIBOR Rate Loans shall thereupon become Base Rate Loans and shall thereafter bear interest payable upon demand at a rate which is 2% per annum in excess of the interest rate otherwise payable hereunder for Base Rate Loans. Payment or acceptance of the increased rates of interest provided for in this Section 2.9 is not a permitted alternative to timely payment and shall not constitute a waiver of any Event of Default or otherwise prejudice or limit any rights or remedies of any Agent or any Lender.
Section 2.10. Fees.
(a) (i) If, for any day in each calendar quarter during the Revolving A Commitment Period, the daily unpaid balance of the Total Revolving A Usage for each day of such calendar quarter does not equal the aggregate Revolving A Commitments, then the Company shall pay to Lenders having a Revolving A Commitment, a fee at a rate equal to 0.50% per annum on the amount by which the aggregate Revolving A Commitments on such day exceeds such Total Revolving A Usage; and
(ii) If, for any day in each calendar quarter during the Revolving B Commitment Period, the daily unpaid balance of the Total Revolving B Usage for each day of such calendar quarter does not equal the aggregate Revolving B Commitments, then the Company shall pay to Lenders having a Revolving B Commitment, a fee at a rate equal to 0.50% per annum on the amount by which the aggregate Revolving B Commitments on such day exceeds such Total Revolving B Usage.
All fees referred to in this Section 2.10(a) shall be paid to Administrative Agent as set forth in Section 2.15(a) and upon receipt, Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute to each Lender (x) in the case of Section 2.10(a)(i), having Revolving A Exposure its Pro Rata Share thereof and (y) in the case of Section 2.10(a)(ii), having Revolving B Exposure its Pro Rata Share thereof.
All fees referred to in Section 2.10(a)(i) shall be calculated on the basis of a 360 day year and the actual number of days elapsed and shall be payable monthly in arrears on the first Business Day of each month during the Revolving A Commitment Period, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Closing Date, and on the Revolving A Commitment Termination Date. All fees referred to in Section 2.10(a)(ii) shall be calculated on the basis of a 360 day year and the actual number of days elapsed and shall be payable monthly in arrears on the first Business Day of each month during the Revolving B Commitment Period, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Closing Date, and on the Revolving B Commitment Termination Date.
(b) Company agrees to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Revolving A Loan Lenders, a Letter of Credit fee (in addition to the charges, commissions, fees, and costs set forth in clause (ii) below) which shall accrue at a rate per annum equal to the L/C Fee Rate in effect at such time, times the aggregate daily face amount of each outstanding Letter of Credit, for the period from and excluding the date of issuance of same to and including the date of expiration or termination, such fees to be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual number of days elapsed and to be payable quarterly in arrears on the first Business Day of each quarter and on the Revolving A Commitment Termination Date, and (ii) to a L/C Issuer, (A) a fronting fee of 0.20% per annum multiplied times the aggregate daily face amount of each outstanding Letter of Credit, which fee shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the first day of each quarter and on the Revolving A Commitment Termination Date, and (B) any and all customary administrative, issuance, amendment, payment and negotiation charges (as per such L/C Issuers standard fee schedule) with respect to any Letters of Credit and all fees and expenses as agreed upon by a L/C Issuer and the Company in connection with any Letter of Credit, including in connection with the opening, amendment or renewal of any such Letter of Credit and any acceptances created thereunder and shall reimburse the Administrative Agent for any and all fees and expenses, if any, paid by the Administrative Agent to such L/C Issuer, which charges and fees
shall be payable on demand or as otherwise mutually agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Company (all of the foregoing fees and charges, collectively, the Letter of Credit Fees). Any such charge in effect at the time of a particular transaction shall be the charge for that transaction, notwithstanding any subsequent change in such L/C Issuers prevailing charges for that type of transaction. All Letter of Credit Fees payable hereunder shall be deemed earned in full on the date when the same are due and payable hereunder and shall not be subject to rebate or pro-ration upon the termination of this Agreement for any reason.
(c) In addition to any of the foregoing fees, Company agrees to pay to Agents all fees payable by it in the Fee Letter in the amounts and at the times specified therein.
Section 2.11. Scheduled Repayments of Term Loan. The Term Loan, together with all other amounts owed hereunder with respect thereto, shall be paid in full no later than the Term Loan Maturity Date.
Section 2.12. Voluntary Prepayments and Commitment Reductions.
(a) Voluntary Prepayments.
(i) Any time after the Closing Date:
(A) with respect to Base Rate Loans, Company may prepay any such Loans on any Business Day in whole or in part, in an aggregate minimum amount of $100,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess of that amount; and
(B) with respect to LIBOR Rate Loans, Company may prepay any such Loans on any Business Day in whole or in part (together with any amounts due pursuant to Section 2.17(c)) in an aggregate minimum amount of $1,000,000 and integral multiples of $500,000 in excess of that amount.
(ii) All such prepayments shall be made:
(A) upon advance prior written or telephonic notice given not later than noon on the date of the prepayment in the case of Base Rate Loans; and
(B) upon not less than three Business Days (given by 3:00 pm New York time) prior written or telephonic notice in the case of LIBOR Rate Loans,
in each case given to Administrative Agent by 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the date required and, if given by telephone, promptly confirmed in writing to Administrative Agent (and Administrative Agent will promptly transmit such telephonic or original notice for Term Loans or Revolving Loans, as the case may be, by facsimile or telephone to each Lender). Upon the giving of any such notice, the principal amount of the Loans specified in such notice shall become due and payable on the prepayment date specified therein; provided that Company may condition such prepayment upon the effectiveness of a credit facility or other financing, in which case, such notice shall be revocable should such credit facility or financing shall fail to become effective Any such voluntary prepayment shall be applied as specified in Section 2.14(a) with respect to Revolving Loans and Section 2.14(b) with respect to the Term Loans.
(b) Voluntary Commitment Reductions.
(i) Company may, upon not less than three Business Days prior written or telephonic notice confirmed in writing to Administrative Agent (which original written or telephonic notice Administrative Agent will promptly transmit by facsimile or telephone to each applicable Lender), at any time and from time to time after the Revolving B Commitments have been terminated, terminate in whole or permanently reduce in part the Revolving A Commitments in an amount up to the amount by which the Revolving A Commitments exceed the Total Revolving A Usage at the time of such proposed termination or reduction; provided, any such partial reduction of the Revolving A Commitments shall be in an aggregate minimum amount of $500,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess of that amount. Company may, upon not less than three Business Days prior written or telephonic notice confirmed in writing to Administrative Agent (which original written or telephonic notice Administrative Agent will promptly transmit by facsimile or telephone to each applicable Lender), at any time and from time to time terminate in whole or permanently reduce in part the Revolving B Commitments in an amount up to the amount by which the Revolving B Commitments exceed the Total Revolving B Usage at the time of such proposed termination or reduction; provided, any such partial reduction of the Revolving A Commitments shall be in an aggregate minimum amount of $500,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess of that amount.
(ii) Companys notice to Administrative Agent shall designate the date (which shall be a Business Day) of such termination or reduction and the amount of any partial reduction, and such termination or reduction of the applicable Revolving Commitments shall be effective on the date specified in Companys notice and shall reduce the applicable Revolving Commitment of each Lender proportionately to its Pro Rata Share thereof; provided that Company may condition such prepayment upon the effectiveness of a credit facility or other financing, in which case, such notice shall be revocable should such credit facility or financing shall fail to become effective.
(c) Yield Maintenance Premium. The Company shall pay the Yield Maintenance Premium in accordance with the Fee Letter.
(d) Call Protection. The Company shall pay the Prepayment Premium in accordance with the Fee Letter.
Section 2.13. Mandatory Prepayments.
(a) Asset Sales. No later than the first Business Day following the date of receipt by any Loan Party of any Net Proceeds from Asset Sales in excess of $15,000,000 in the aggregate in any Fiscal Year, Company shall prepay the Loans as set forth in Section 2.14(b) in an aggregate amount equal to such Net Proceeds exceeding $15,000,000 in the aggregate in such Fiscal Year; provided, so long as (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (ii) Company has delivered Collateral Agent prior written notice of Companys intention to apply such monies (the Reinvestment Amounts) to the costs of replacement of the properties or assets that are the subject of such sale or disposition or the cost of purchase or construction of other assets useful in the business of Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries (or, in the case of the Net Cash Proceeds from any Specified Transactions (the Specified Transactions
Amounts), to such reinvestment or the repayment or purchase of the 2020 Holdco Notes in connection with the Holdco Exchange Transaction), and (iii) Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries, as applicable, complete such replacement, purchase, or construction (or permitted use of the Specified Transactions Amounts set forth in clause (ii)) within 360 days after the initial receipt of such monies, Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall have the option to apply such monies from Asset Sales to the costs of replacement of the assets that are the subject of such sale or disposition or the costs of purchase or construction of other assets useful in the business of Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (or permitted use of the Specified Transactions Amounts set forth in clause (ii)) unless and to the extent that such applicable period shall have expired without such replacement, purchase or construction (or permitted use of the Specified Transactions Amounts set forth in clause (ii)) being made or completed, in which case, any amounts remaining in the cash collateral account shall be paid to Administrative Agent and applied in accordance with Section 2.14(b). Nothing contained in this Section 2.13(a) shall permit Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to sell or otherwise dispose of any assets other than in accordance with Section 6.9.
(b) Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds. No later than the third Business Day following the date of receipt by Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or Collateral Agent as loss payee, of any Net Proceeds from insurance or any condemnation, taking or other casualty, Company shall prepay the Loans as set forth in Section 2.14(b) in an aggregate amount equal to such Net Proceeds; provided, (i) so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (ii) Company has delivered Collateral Agent prior written notice of Companys intention to apply the Reinvestment Amounts to the costs of replacement of the properties or assets that are the subject of such condemnation, taking or other casualty or the cost of purchase or construction of other assets useful in the business of Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries, (iii) the monies are used to repay Revolving Loans or held in a Deposit Account in which Collateral Agent has a perfected first-priority security interest, and (iv) Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries, as applicable, complete such replacement, purchase, or construction within 360 days after the initial receipt of such monies, Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall have the option to apply such monies in an aggregate amount not to exceed $25,000,000 in any Fiscal Year to the costs of replacement of the assets that are the subject of such condemnation, taking or other casualty or the costs of purchase or construction of other assets useful in the business of Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries unless and to the extent that such applicable period shall have expired without such replacement, purchase or construction being made or completed, in which case, any such amounts that were used to repay Revolving Loans or are remaining in the cash collateral account shall be paid to Administrative Agent and applied in accordance with Section 2.14(b).
(c) Extraordinary Receipts. On the date of receipt by Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any Extraordinary Receipts in excess of $5,000,000 in the aggregate in any Fiscal Year, Company shall prepay Loans and/or Revolving Commitments shall be reduced as set forth in Section 2.14(b) in the amount of such Extraordinary Receipts in excess of $5,000,000.
(d) Issuance of Debt. On the date of receipt by Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any Cash proceeds from the incurrence of any Indebtedness of Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than with respect to any Indebtedness permitted to be
incurred pursuant to Section 6.1), Company shall prepay the Loans and/or the Revolving Commitments shall be permanently reduced as set forth in Section 2.14(b) in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of such proceeds, net of underwriting discounts and commissions and other reasonable costs and expenses associated therewith, in each case, paid to non-Affiliates, including reasonable legal fees and expenses.
(e) Consolidated Excess Cash Flow. In the event that there shall be Consolidated Excess Cash Flow for any Fiscal Year (commencing with Fiscal Year 2019), Company shall, no later than ninety (90) days after the end of such Fiscal Year, prepay the Loans and/or the Revolving Commitments shall be permanently reduced as set forth in Section 2.14(b) in an aggregate amount equal to 50% of such Consolidated Excess Cash Flow. Any amounts prepaid pursuant to this Section 2.13(e) with respect to any Fiscal Year in excess of 50% of Consolidated Excess Cash Flow shall be treated as voluntary prepayments made pursuant to Section 2.12(a).
(f) Revolving Loans. (i) Company shall from time to time prepay the Revolving A Loans to the extent necessary so that the Total Revolving A Usage shall not at any time exceed the lesser of (A) the Borrowing Base and (B) the Revolving A Commitments then in effect; and (ii) Company shall from time to time prepay the Revolving B Loans to the extent necessary so that the Total Revolving B Usage shall not at any time exceed the Revolving B Commitments then in effect.
(g) Prepayment Certificate. Concurrently with any prepayment of the Loans pursuant to Sections 2.13(a) through 2.13(e), Company shall deliver to Administrative Agent a certificate of an Authorized Officer demonstrating the calculation of the amount of the applicable net proceeds or Consolidated Excess Cash Flow and compensation owing to Lenders under the Fee Letter, if any, as the case may be. In the event that Company shall subsequently determine that the actual amount received exceeded the amount set forth in such certificate, Company shall promptly make an additional prepayment of the Loans, and Company shall concurrently therewith deliver to Collateral Agent a certificate of an Authorized Officer demonstrating the derivation of such excess.
Section 2.14. Application of Prepayments/Reductions.
(a) Application of Voluntary Prepayments of Revolving Loans. Any prepayment of any Revolving Loans pursuant to Section 2.12 shall be applied, at any time an Application Event does not exist, to (i) first, to repay the principal of the Revolving B Loans until paid in full and (ii) second, to repay the principal of the Revolving A Loans until paid in full.
(b) Application of Prepayments by Type of Loans. (i) Any prepayment of any Term Loan pursuant to Section 2.12 and (ii) except in connection with any Waivable Mandatory Prepayment provided for in Section 2.14(c), so long as no Application Event has occurred and is continuing, any mandatory prepayment of any Loan pursuant to Section 2.13 (other than Section 2.13(f)), in each case, shall be applied as follows:
first, to prepay the principal of the Term Loan on a pro rata basis (in accordance with the respective outstanding principal amounts thereof) until paid in full;
second, to prepay the principal of the Revolving B Loans until paid in full and to permanently reduce the Revolving B Commitments by the amount of such prepayment;
third, to prepay the principal of the Revolving A Loans until paid in full and to permanently reduce the Revolving A Commitments by the amount of such prepayment; and
fourth, to provide Cash Collateralization in respect of all outstanding Letters of Credit.
(c) Waivable Mandatory Prepayment. Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event Company 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 Company is required to make such Waivable Mandatory Prepayment, Company 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 Lenders Pro Rata Share of such Waivable Mandatory Prepayment and such Lenders option to refuse such amount. Each such Lender may exercise such option by giving written notice to Company and Administrative Agent of its election to do so on or before the first Business Day prior to the Required Prepayment Date (it being understood that any Lender which does not notify Company and 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, Company shall pay to Administrative Agent the amount of the Waivable Mandatory Prepayment, which amount shall be applied (i) in an amount equal to that portion of the Waivable Mandatory Prepayment payable to those Lenders that have elected not to exercise such option, to prepay the Term Loans of such Lenders (which prepayment shall be applied to the Term Loan in accordance with Section 2.14(b)), and (ii) to the extent of any excess, to Company for working capital and general corporate purposes.
(d) Application of Prepayments of Loans to Base Rate Loans and LIBOR Rate Loans. Considering each Class of Loans being prepaid separately, any prepayment thereof shall be applied first to Base Rate Loans to the full extent thereof before application to LIBOR Rate Loans, in each case in a manner which minimizes the amount of any payments required to be made by Company pursuant to Section 2.17(c).
(e) At any time an Application Event has occurred and is continuing, all payments shall be applied pursuant to Section 2.15(h). Nothing contained herein shall modify the provisions of Section 2.12(c), Section 2.12(d) or Section 2.15(b) regarding the requirement that all prepayments be accompanied by accrued interest and fees on the principal amount being prepaid to the date of such prepayment and the applicable Yield Maintenance Premium and Prepayment Premium, or any requirement otherwise contained herein to pay all other amounts as the same become due and payable.
Section 2.15. General Provisions Regarding Payments.
(a) All payments by Company of principal, interest, fees and other Obligations shall be made in Dollars in immediately available funds, without defense, recoupment, setoff or counterclaim, free of any restriction or condition, and delivered to Administrative Agent, for the account of Lenders, not later than 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) to Administrative Agents Account or via wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated in writing by Administrative Agent; funds received by Administrative Agent after that time on such due date shall be deemed to have been paid by Company on the next Business Day.
(b) All payments in respect of the principal amount of any Loan (other than voluntary prepayments of Revolving Loans) shall be accompanied by payment of accrued interest on the principal amount being repaid or prepaid, the Yield Maintenance Premium and the Prepayment Premium (other than with respect to prepayments made pursuant to Section 2.13(e)) and all commitment fees and other amounts payable with respect to the principal amount being repaid or prepaid.
(c) Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute to each Lender at such address as such Lender shall indicate in writing, such Lenders applicable Pro Rata Share of all payments and prepayments of principal and interest due hereunder, together with all other amounts due with respect thereto, including, without limitation, all fees payable with respect thereto, to the extent received by Administrative Agent.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions hereof, if any Conversion/Continuation Notice is withdrawn as to any Affected Lender or if any Affected Lender makes Base Rate Loans in lieu of its Pro Rata Share of any LIBOR Rate Loans, Administrative Agent shall give effect thereto in apportioning payments received thereafter.
(e) Subject to the provisos set forth in the definition of Interest Period, whenever any payment to be made hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day that is not a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and such extension of time shall be included in the computation of the payment of interest hereunder or of the commitment fees hereunder.
(f) If Company shall have failed to remit payment to Administrative Agent (or its sub agent) when due (after giving effect to applicable grace periods) of principal, interest, fees, expenses or any other amounts due hereunder or under any Loan Document (each a Required Payment), Company agrees that Administrative Agent (or it sub agent) is hereby authorized to, at its election, either (a) debit such Required Payment from Companys deposit accounts with Administrative Agent (or its sub agent) or any of its Affiliates (subject to sufficient funds being available in such deposit accounts for that purpose) or (b) charge such Required Payment to the Loan Account when due (after giving effect to applicable grace periods). Each of the Lenders and Company agrees that Administrative Agent (or its sub agent) shall have the right to make such charges to the Loan Account whether or not any Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or whether any of the conditions precedent in Section 3.2 have been satisfied. Any amount charged to the Loan Account shall be deemed a Revolving A Loan hereunder (or a Revolving B Loan to the extent the Revolving A Commitment is fully utilized and
the Revolving B Commitment is not fully utilized) made by the Lenders to Company, funded by Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders and subject to Section 2.2; provided, however, if any such amount is charged to the Loan Account at any time when Administrative Agent (or its sub agent) has actual knowledge that the Company is not able to meet the conditions in Section 3.2, the making of a Revolving A Loan or Revolving B Loan, as applicable, shall not constitute a representation and warranty that the conditions in Section 3.2 are satisfied as of such date. The Lenders and Company confirm that any charges which Administrative Agent (or it sub agent) may so make to the Loan Account as herein provided will be made as an accommodation to Company and solely at Administrative Agents (or its sub agents) discretion, provided that Administrative Agent (or its sub agent) shall from time to time upon the request of Collateral Agent, charge the Loan Account of Company with any Required Payment.
(g) Administrative Agent shall deem any payment by or on behalf of Company hereunder that is not made in same day funds prior to 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) to be a non-conforming payment. Any such payment shall not be deemed to have been received by Administrative Agent until the later of (i) the time such funds become available funds, and (ii) the applicable next Business Day. Administrative Agent shall give prompt telephonic notice to Company and each applicable Lender (confirmed in writing) if any payment is non-conforming. Any non- conforming payment may constitute or become a Default or Event of Default in accordance with the terms of Section 8.1(a). Interest and Letter of Credit Fees shall continue to accrue on any principal or Letter of Credit outstanding as to which a non-conforming payment is made until such funds become available funds (but in no event less than the period from the date of such payment to the next succeeding applicable Business Day) at the Default Rate determined pursuant to Section 2.9 from the date such amount was due and payable until the date such amount is paid in full.
(h) At any time an Application Event has occurred and is continuing, or the maturity of the Obligations shall have been accelerated pursuant to Section 8.1, all payments or proceeds received by any Agent hereunder or under any Collateral Document in respect of any of the Obligations, including, but not limited to all proceeds received by any Agent in respect of any sale, any collection from, or other realization upon all or any part of the Collateral, but excluding any adequate protection payments that may be paid in an Insolvency Proceeding with respect to the Obligations, shall, unless otherwise agreed in a written agreement by and among the Agents and the Lenders, be applied in full or in part as follows:
first, ratably to pay the Obligations in respect of any fees (other than any Yield Maintenance Premium and Prepayment Premium), expense reimbursements, indemnities and other amounts then due and payable to the Agents until paid in full;
second, ratably to pay interest then due and payable in respect of Protective Advances until paid in full;
third, ratably to pay principal of Protective Advances then due and payable until paid in full;
fourth, ratably to pay the Obligations in respect of any fees (other than any Yield Maintenance Premium and Prepayment Premium) and indemnities then due and payable to the Lenders until paid in full;
fifth, interest then due and payable in respect of the Revolving Loans, Term Loan and Reimbursement Obligations until paid in full;
sixth, ratably to pay (i) principal of the Revolving Loans, Term Loan and the Letter of Credit Obligations (or, to the extent such Obligations are contingent, to provide Cash Collateralization in respect of such Obligations) until paid in full and (ii) the Bank Product Obligations (or provide Bank Product Collateralization in respect thereof) in an amount not to exceed the amount of the Bank Product Reserve;
seventh, ratably to pay the Obligations in respect of any Yield Maintenance Premium and Prepayment Premium then due and payable to the Lenders until paid in full;
eighth, ratably to pay the Bank Product Obligations to the extent not paid under clause sixth above; and
ninth, to the ratable payment of all other Obligations then due and payable until paid in full.
(i) For purposes of Section 2.15(h) (other than clause ninth of Section 2.15(h)), paid in full means payment in cash of all amounts owing under the Loan Documents according to the terms thereof, including loan fees, service fees, professional fees, interest (and specifically including interest accrued after the commencement of any Insolvency Proceeding), default interest, interest on interest, and expense reimbursements, whether or not same would be or is allowed or disallowed in whole or in part in any Insolvency Proceeding, except to the extent that default or overdue interest (but not any other interest) and loan fees, each arising from or related to a default, are disallowed in any Insolvency Proceeding; provided, however, that for the purposes of clause ninth of Section 2.15(h), paid in full means payment in cash of all amounts owing under the Loan Documents according to the terms thereof, including loan fees, service fees, professional fees, interest (and specifically including interest accrued after the commencement of any Insolvency Proceeding), default interest, interest on interest, and expense reimbursements, whether or not the same would be or is allowed or disallowed in whole or in part in any Insolvency Proceeding.
(j) In the event of a direct conflict between the priority provisions of Section 2.15(h) and other provisions contained in any other Loan Document, it is the intention of the parties hereto that both such priority provisions in such documents shall be read together and construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in concert with each other. In the event of any actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved as aforesaid, the terms and provisions of Section 2.15(h) shall control and govern.
Section 2.16. Ratable Sharing. Lenders hereby agree among themselves that, except as otherwise provided in the Collateral Documents with respect to amounts realized from the exercise of rights with respect to Liens on the Collateral, if any of them shall, whether by voluntary payment
(other than a voluntary prepayment of Loans made and applied in accordance with the terms hereof), through the exercise of any right of set off or bankers lien, by counterclaim or cross action or by the enforcement of any right under the Loan Documents or otherwise, or as adequate protection of a deposit treated as cash collateral under the Bankruptcy Code, receive payment or reduction of a proportion of the aggregate amount of principal, interest, amounts payable in respect of Letters of Credit, fees and other amounts then due and owing to such Lender hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (collectively, the Aggregate Amounts Due to such Lender) which is greater than the proportion received by any other Lender in respect of the Aggregate Amounts Due to such other Lender having Loans of the same Class, then the Lender receiving such proportionately greater payment shall (a) notify Administrative Agent and each other Lender of the receipt of such payment and (b) apply a portion of such payment to purchase participations (which it shall be deemed to have purchased from each seller of a participation simultaneously upon the receipt by such seller of its portion of such payment) in the Aggregate Amounts Due to the other Lenders so that all such recoveries of Aggregate Amounts Due shall be shared by all Lenders having Loans of the same Class in proportion to the Aggregate Amounts Due to them; provided, if all or part of such proportionately greater payment received by such purchasing Lender is thereafter recovered from such Lender upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of Company or otherwise, those purchases shall be rescinded and the purchase prices paid for such participations shall be returned to such purchasing Lender ratably to the extent of such recovery, but without interest. Company expressly consents to the foregoing arrangement and agrees that any holder of a participation so purchased may exercise any and all rights of bankers lien, set off or counterclaim with respect to any and all monies owing by Company to that holder with respect thereto as fully as if that holder were owed the amount of the participation held by that holder.
Section 2.17. Making or Maintaining LIBOR Rate Loans.
(a) Interest Rate Inadequate or Unfair. In the event that Administrative Agent or any Lender (an Affected Lender) shall have determined that:
(i) reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBOR Rate applicable pursuant to Section 2.7 hereof for any Interest Period;
(ii) Dollar deposits in the relevant amount and for the relevant maturity are not available in the London interbank LIBOR market, with respect to an outstanding LIBOR Rate Loan, a proposed LIBOR Rate Loan, or a proposed conversion of a Base Rate Loan into a LIBOR Rate Loan;
(iii) the making, maintenance or funding of any LIBOR Rate Loan has been made impracticable or unlawful by compliance by Administrative Agent or such Affected Lender in good faith with any Applicable Law or any interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or with any request or directive of any such Governmental Authority (whether or not having the force of Law); or
(iv) the Adjusted LIBOR Rate will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lender of the establishment or maintenance of any LIBOR Rate Loan,
then Administrative Agent or such Lender, as applicable, shall give the Company and Administrative Agent or each Lender, as applicable, prompt written or telephonic notice of such determination. If such notice is given prior to a LIBOR Termination Date (as defined in clause (b) below) or prior to the date on which Section 2.17(b)(i)(B) applies, then (A) any such requested LIBOR Rate Loan shall be made as a Base Rate Loan, unless the Company shall notify Administrative Agent no later than 1:00 p.m. two (2) Business Days prior to the date of such proposed borrowing, that its request for such borrowing shall be cancelled or made as an unaffected type of LIBOR Rate Loan, (B) any Base Rate Loan or LIBOR Rate Loan which was to have been converted to an affected type of LIBOR Rate Loan shall be continued as or converted into a Base Rate Loan, or, if the Company shall notify Administrative Agent, no later than 1:00 p.m. two (2) Business Days prior to the proposed conversion, shall be maintained as an unaffected type of LIBOR Rate Loan, and (C) any outstanding affected LIBOR Rate Loans shall be converted into a Base Rate Loan, or, if the Company shall notify Administrative Agent, no later than 1:00 p.m. two (2) Business Days prior to the last Business Day of the then current Interest Period applicable to such affected LIBOR Rate Loan, shall be converted into an unaffected type of LIBOR Rate Loan, on the last Business Day of the then current Interest Period for such affected LIBOR Rate Loans (or sooner, if Adjusted Agent or such Lender cannot continue to lawfully maintain such affected LIBOR Rate Loan). Until such notice has been withdrawn, neither Administrative Agent nor Lenders shall have any obligation to make an affected type of LIBOR Rate Loan or maintain outstanding affected LIBOR Rate Loans and the Company shall not have the right to convert a Base Rate Loan or an unaffected type of LIBOR Rate Loan into an affected type of LIBOR Rate Loan.
(b) Successor LIBOR Rate Index.
(i) If the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be final and conclusive, absent manifest error) that either (A) (1) the circumstances set forth in Section 2.17(a) have arisen and are unlikely to be temporary, or (2) the circumstances set forth in Section 2.17(a) have not arisen but the applicable supervisor or administrator (if any) of the Adjusted LIBOR Rate or a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent has made a public statement identifying the specific date after which the Adjusted LIBOR Rate shall no longer be used for determining interest rates for loans (either such date, a LIBOR Termination Date), or (B) a rate other than the Adjusted Rate has become a widely recognized benchmark rate for newly originated loans in Dollars in the U.S. market, then the Administrative Agent may (in consultation with the Company) choose a replacement index for the Adjusted LIBOR Rate and make adjustments to applicable margins and related amendments to this Agreement as referred to below such that, to the extent practicable, the all-in interest rate based on the replacement index will be substantially equivalent to the all-in Adjusted LIBOR Rate-based interest rate in effect prior to its replacement.
(ii) The parties hereto shall enter into an amendment to this Agreement to reflect the replacement index, the adjusted margins and such other related amendments as may be appropriate, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, for the implementation and administration of the replacement index-based rate. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement at 5:00 p.m. on the tenth (10th) Business Day after the date a draft of the amendment is provided to the other Agents,
the Lenders and the Company, unless the Administrative Agent receives, on or before such tenth (10th) Business Day, a written notice from the Required Lenders stating that such Required Lenders object to such amendment.
(iii) Selection of the replacement index, adjustments to the applicable margins, and amendments to this Agreement (A) will be determined with due consideration to the then-current market practices for determining and implementing a rate of interest for newly originated loans in the United States and loans converted from a Adjusted LIBOR Rate-based rate to a replacement index-based rate, and (B) may also reflect adjustments to account for (1) the effects of the transition from the Adjusted LIBOR Rate to the replacement index and (2) yield-based or risk-based differences between the Adjusted LIBOR Rate and the replacement index.
(iv) Until an amendment reflecting a new replacement index in accordance with this Section 2.17(f) is effective, each advance, conversion and renewal of a LIBOR Rate Loan will continue to bear interest with reference to the Adjusted LIBOR Rate; provided, however, that if Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be final and conclusive, absent manifest error) that a LIBOR Termination Date has occurred, then following the LIBOR Termination Date, all LIBOR Rate Loans shall automatically be converted to Base Rate Loans until such time as an amendment reflecting a replacement index and related matters as described above is implemented.
(v) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if at any time the replacement index is less than zero, at such times, such index shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.
(c) Compensation for Breakage or Non-Commencement of Interest Periods. Company shall compensate each Lender, upon written request by such Lender (which request shall set forth the basis for requesting such amounts), for all reasonable losses, expenses and liabilities (including any interest paid or calculated to be due and payable by such Lender to lenders of funds borrowed by it to make or carry its LIBOR Rate Loans and any loss, expense or liability sustained by such Lender in connection with the liquidation or re-employment of such funds but excluding loss of anticipated profits) which such Lender may sustain: (i) if for any reason (other than a default by such Lender) a borrowing of any LIBOR Rate Loan does not occur on a date specified therefor in a Funding Notice or a telephonic request for borrowing, or a conversion to or continuation of any LIBOR Rate Loan does not occur on a date specified therefor in a Conversion/Continuation Notice or a telephonic request for conversion or continuation; (ii) if any prepayment or other principal payment of, or any conversion of, any of its LIBOR Rate Loans occurs on any day other than the last day of an Interest Period applicable to that Loan (whether voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by reason of acceleration, or otherwise); or (iii) if any prepayment of any of its LIBOR Rate Loans is not made on any date specified in a notice of prepayment given by Company (subject to any notice that is conditioned upon the effectiveness of a credit facility or other financing).
(d) Booking of LIBOR Rate Loans. Any Lender may make, carry or transfer LIBOR Rate Loans at, to, or for the account of any of its branch offices or the office of an Affiliate of such Lender.
(e) Assumptions Concerning Funding of LIBOR Rate Loans. Calculation of all amounts payable to a Lender under this Section 2.17 and under Section 2.18 shall be made as though such Lender had actually funded each of its relevant LIBOR Rate Loans through the purchase of a LIBOR deposit bearing interest at the rate obtained pursuant to clause (a)(i) of the definition of Adjusted LIBOR Rate in an amount equal to the amount of such LIBOR Rate Loan and having a maturity comparable to the relevant Interest Period and through the transfer of such LIBOR deposit from an offshore office of such Lender to a domestic office of such Lender in the United States of America; provided, however, each Lender may fund each of its LIBOR Rate Loans in any manner it sees fit and the foregoing assumptions shall be utilized only for the purposes of calculating amounts payable under this Section 2.17 and under Section 2.18.
Section 2.18. Increased Costs; Capital Adequacy.
(a) Compensation For Increased Costs and Taxes. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.19 (which shall be controlling with respect to the matters covered thereby), in the event that any Lender (which term shall include L/C Issuers for purposes of this Section 2.18(a)) shall determine (which determination shall, absent manifest error, be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto) that any law, treaty or governmental rule, regulation or order, or any change therein or in the interpretation, administration or application thereof (including the introduction of any new law, treaty or governmental rule, regulation or order), or any determination of a court or Governmental Authority, in each case that becomes effective after the date hereof, or compliance by such Lender with any guideline, request or directive issued or made after the date hereof by any central bank or other governmental or quasi-Governmental Authority (whether or not having the force of law): (i) subjects such Lender (or its applicable lending office) to any additional Tax (other than any (A) Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes and (B) Excluded Taxes) 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) of principal, interest, fees or any other amount payable hereunder, (ii) imposes, modifies or holds applicable any reserve (including any marginal, emergency, supplemental, special or other reserve), special deposit, compulsory loan, FDIC insurance or similar requirement against assets held by, or deposits or other liabilities in or for the account of, or advances or loans by, or other credit extended by, or any other acquisition of funds by, any office of such Lender (other than any such reserve or other requirements with respect to LIBOR Rate Loans that are reflected in the definition of Adjusted LIBOR Rate), or (iii) imposes any other condition (other than Taxes) on or affecting such Lender (or its applicable lending office) or its obligations hereunder or the London interbank market; and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender of agreeing to make, making or maintaining Loans hereunder or to reduce any amount received or receivable by such Lender (or its applicable lending office) with respect thereto; then, in any such case, Company shall promptly pay to such Lender, upon receipt of the statement referred to in the next sentence, such additional amount or amounts (in the form of an increased rate of, or a different method of calculating, interest or otherwise as such Lender in its sole discretion shall determine) as may be necessary to compensate such Lender for any such increased cost or reduction in amounts received or receivable hereunder. Such Lender shall deliver to Company (with a copy to Administrative Agent) a written statement, setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for calculating the additional amounts owed to such Lender under this Section 2.18(a), which statement shall be conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto absent manifest error.
(b) Capital Adequacy Adjustment. In the event that any Lender (which term shall include L/C Issuers for purposes of this Section 2.18(b)) shall have determined that the adoption, effectiveness, phase in or applicability after the Closing Date of any law, rule or regulation (or any provision thereof) regarding capital adequacy, or any change therein or in the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by any Lender (or its applicable lending office) with any guideline, request or directive regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law) of any such Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency, has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on the capital of such Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender as a consequence of, or with reference to, such Lenders Loans or Revolving Commitments or Letters of Credit, or participations therein or other obligations hereunder with respect to the Loans or the Letters of Credit to a level below that which such Lender or such controlling corporation could have achieved but for such adoption, effectiveness, phase in, applicability, change or compliance (taking into consideration the policies of such Lender or such controlling corporation with regard to capital adequacy), then from time to time, within five Business Days after receipt by Company from such Lender of the statement referred to in the next sentence, Company shall pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such controlling corporation on an after tax basis for such reduction. Such Lender shall deliver to Company (with a copy to Administrative Agent) a written statement, setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for calculating the additional amounts owed to Lender under this Section 2.18(b), which statement shall be conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto absent manifest error.
Section 2.19. Taxes; Withholding, etc.
(a) Withholding of Taxes. All sums payable by any Loan Party hereunder and under the other Loan Documents shall (except to the extent required by law) be paid free and clear of, and without any deduction or withholding on account of, any Tax, other than (i) Taxes imposed on or measured by the recipients net income (however denominated), branch profits Taxes and franchise Taxes imposed on the recipient, in each case, (A) by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) 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 (B) as the result of any other present or former connection between such recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document ) (Other Connection Taxes), (ii) in the case of a Lender, United States federal income withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which such Lender becomes a party hereto or such Lender changes its lending office, except that this clause (ii) shall not apply to the extent that, pursuant to this Section 2.19 amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lenders assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (iii) Taxes attributable to such recipients failure to comply with Section 2.19(d), and (iv) Taxes imposed under FATCA (Excluded Taxes, and all such non-Excluded Taxes, collectively or individually, Indemnified Taxes). If any Loan Party or any other Person is required by law to make any deduction or withholding on account of any Indemnified Tax or Other Tax from any sum paid or payable by any Loan Party to any Agent
or any Lender (which term shall include L/C Issuers for purposes of this Section 2.19(a)) under any of the Loan Documents: (A) Company shall pay any such Tax before the date on which penalties attach thereto, such payment to be made (if the liability to pay is imposed on any Loan Party) for its own account or (if that liability is imposed on any Agent or such Lender, as the case may be) on behalf of and in the name of such Agent or such Lender, (B) if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax or Other Tax, the sum payable by such Loan Party shall be increased to the extent necessary so that, after the making of that deduction, withholding or payment, such Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, receives on the due date a net sum equal to what it would have received had no such deduction, withholding or payment been required or made, and (C) within thirty days after paying any sum from which it is required by law to make any deduction or withholding, Company shall deliver to Administrative Agent evidence reasonably satisfactory to the other affected parties of such deduction, withholding or payment and of the remittance thereof to the relevant taxing or other Governmental Authority.
(b) Other Taxes. The Loan Parties shall pay to the relevant Governmental Authorities, without duplication of any other obligation in this Section 2.19, any present or future stamp or documentary Taxes or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or registration of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment, other than an assignment pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 2.20 (Other Taxes). Within thirty days after paying any such Other Taxes, each Loan Party shall deliver to Administrative Agent evidence that such Other Taxes have been paid to the relevant Governmental Authority.
(c) Tax Indemnification. The Loan Parties hereby jointly and severally, without duplication of any other obligation in this Section 2.19, indemnify and agree to hold each Agent and Lender harmless from and against all Indemnified Taxes and Other Taxes (including, without limitation, Indemnified Taxes and Other Taxes imposed on any amounts payable under this Section 2.19) paid by such Person, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally asserted. Such indemnification shall be paid within ten days from the date on which any Agent or Lender makes written demand therefor specifying in reasonable detail the nature and amount of such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes.
(d) Evidence of Exemption From U.S. Withholding Tax.
(i) Each Lender (which term shall include L/C Issuers for purposes of this Section 2.19(d)(i)) that is not a United States Person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code) for United States federal income tax purposes (a Non-US Lender) shall deliver to Administrative Agent (for transmission to Company upon Companys written request), on or prior to the Closing Date (in the case of each Lender listed on the signature pages hereof on the Closing Date) or on or prior to the date such Person becomes a Lender hereunder, and at such other times as may be necessary in the determination of Administrative Agent (in its reasonable exercise of its discretion), (A) two original copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY (with appropriate attachments), W-8BEN (or W-8BEN-E) or W-8ECI (or any successor forms), as applicable, properly completed and duly executed by such Lender to establish that such Lender is not subject to deduction or withholding of United States federal income tax with respect to any payments to such Lender of principal, interest, fees
or other amounts payable under any of the Loan Documents, and (B) if such Lender is claiming exemption from United States federal income tax under Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, a Certificate Regarding Non-Bank Status, properly completed and duly executed by such Lender. Notwithstanding the above, a Non-US Lender shall not be required to deliver any form pursuant to Section 2.19(d)(i) that such Non-US Lender is not legally able to deliver.
(ii) If a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to United States federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to Company and Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by Law and at such time or times reasonably requested by Company or Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable Law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by Company or Administrative Agent as may be necessary for Company and Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lenders obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this Section 2.19(d)(ii), FATCA shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
(iii) Each Lender that is a United States Person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code) for United States federal income tax purposes shall deliver to Administrative Agent (for transmission to Company upon Companys written request), on or prior to the Closing Date (in the case of each such Lender listed on the signature pages hereof on the Closing Date) or on or prior to the date such Person becomes a Lender hereunder, and at such other times as may be necessary in the determination of Administrative Agent (in its reasonable exercise of its discretion), two original copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (or any successor forms) properly completed and duly executed by such Lender to establish that such Lender is not subject to United States backup withholding taxes with respect to any payments to such Lender of principal, interest, fees or other amounts payable under any of the Loan Documents.
(iv) On or before the date on which TSL (and any successor or replacement Administrative Agent) becomes the Administrative Agent hereunder, it shall deliver to the Company two duly executed originals of either (A) IRS Form W-9 or (B) IRS Form W-8ECI with respect to any payment to be received on its own behalf and IRS Form W-8IMY (certifying that it is either a qualified intermediary within the meaning of Treasury Regulation 1.1441-1(e)(5) that has assumed primary withholding obligations under the Internal Revenue Code, including Chapters 3 and 4 of the Internal Revenue Code, or a U.S. branch within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.1441-1(b)(2)(iv) that is treated as a U.S. Person for purposes of withholding obligations under the Internal Revenue Code) for the amounts the Administrative Agent receives for the account of others.
Each Lender and the Administrative Agent (or, upon assignment or replacement, any assignee or successor) agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered under this Section 2.19(d) expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update any such form or certification or promptly notify the Company and, in the case of a Lender, the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.
(e) If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 2.19 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.19), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section 2.19 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this paragraph (e) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph (e), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this paragraph (e) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This paragraph shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.
Section 2.20. Obligation to Mitigate. Each Lender (which term shall include L/C Issuers for purposes of this Section 2.20) agrees that, as promptly as practicable after the officer of such Lender responsible for administering its Loans or Letters of Credit, as the case may be, becomes aware of the occurrence of an event or the existence of a condition that would cause such Lender to become an Affected Lender or that would entitle such Lender to receive payments under Section 2.17, 2.18 or 2.19, it will, to the extent not inconsistent with the internal policies of such Lender and any applicable legal or regulatory restrictions, use reasonable efforts to (a) make, issue, fund or maintain its Credit Extensions, including any Loans affected by the circumstances detailed in Section 2.17(a), through another office of such Lender, or (b) take such other measures as such Lender may deem reasonable, if as a result thereof the circumstances which would cause such Lender to be an Affected Lender would cease to exist or the additional amounts which would otherwise be required to be paid to such Lender pursuant to Section 2.17, 2.18 or 2.19 would be materially reduced and if, as determined by such Lender in its sole discretion, the making, issuing, funding or maintaining of such Revolving Commitments, Loans or Letters of Credit through such other office or in accordance with such other measures, as the case may be, would not otherwise adversely affect such Revolving Commitments, Loans or Letters of Credit or the interests of such Lender; provided, such Lender will not be obligated to utilize such other office pursuant to this Section 2.20 unless Company agrees to pay all incremental expenses incurred by such Lender as a result of utilizing such other office as described above. A certificate as to the amount of any such expenses payable by Company pursuant to this Section 2.20 (setting forth in reasonable detail
the basis for requesting such amount) submitted by such Lender to Company (with a copy to Administrative Agent) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
Section 2.21. Defaulting Lenders. Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event that any Lender violates any provision of Section 9.5(c), or, other than at the direction or request of any regulatory agency or authority, defaults (in each case, a Defaulting Lender) in its obligation to fund (a Funding Default) any Revolving Loan or its portion of any unreimbursed payment under Section 2.3(d) (in each case, a Lender Defaulted Loan), then (a) during any Default Period with respect to such Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting Lender shall be deemed not to be a Lender for purposes of voting on any matters (including the granting of any consents or waivers) with respect to any of the Loan Documents; (b) to the extent permitted by applicable law, until such time as the Default Excess, if any, with respect to such Defaulting Lender shall have been reduced to zero, (i) any voluntary prepayment of the Revolving Loans shall, if Administrative Agent so directs at the time of making such voluntary prepayment, be applied to the Revolving Loans of other Lenders as if such Defaulting Lender had no Revolving Loans outstanding and the Revolving Exposure of such Defaulting Lender were zero, and (ii) any mandatory prepayment of the Revolving Loans shall, if Administrative Agent so directs at the time of making such mandatory prepayment, be applied to the Revolving Loans of other Lenders (but not to the Revolving Loans of such Defaulting Lender) as if such Defaulting Lender had funded all Lender Defaulted Loans of such Defaulting Lender, it being understood and agreed that Company shall be entitled to retain any portion of any mandatory prepayment of the Revolving Loans that is not paid to such Defaulting Lender solely as a result of the operation of the provisions of this clause (b); (c) such Defaulting Lenders Revolving Commitment and outstanding Revolving Loans and such Defaulting Lenders Pro Rata Share of the Letter of Credit Obligations shall be excluded for purposes of calculating the Revolving Commitment fee payable to Lenders in respect of any day during any Default Period with respect to such Defaulting Lender, and such Defaulting Lender shall not be entitled to receive any Revolving Commitment fee pursuant to Section 2.10 with respect to such Defaulting Lenders Revolving Commitment in respect of any Default Period with respect to such Defaulting Lender; and (d) the Total Revolving Usage as at any date of determination shall be calculated as if such Defaulting Lender had funded all Lender Defaulted Loans of such Defaulting Lender. No Revolving Commitment of any Lender shall be increased or otherwise affected, and, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Section 2.21, performance by Company of its obligations hereunder and the other Loan Documents shall not be excused or otherwise modified as a result of any Funding Default or the operation of this Section 2.21. The rights and remedies against a Defaulting Lender under this Section 2.21 are in addition to other rights and remedies which Company may have against such Defaulting Lender with respect to any Funding Default and which Administrative Agent or any Lender may have against such Defaulting Lender with respect to any Funding Default or violation of Section 9.5(c).
Section 2.22. Removal or Replacement of a Lender. Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event that: (a) (i) any Lender (an Increased Cost Lender) shall give notice to Company that such Lender is an Affected Lender or that such Lender is entitled to receive payments under Section 2.18, 2.19 or 2.20, (ii) the circumstances which have caused such Lender to be an Affected Lender or which entitle such Lender to receive such payments shall remain in effect, and (iii) such Lender shall fail to withdraw such notice within five Business Days after Companys request for such withdrawal; or (b) (i) any Lender shall become a Defaulting Lender, (ii) the Default Period for such Defaulting Lender shall remain in effect, and (iii) such
Defaulting Lender shall fail to cure the default as a result of which it has become a Defaulting Lender within five Business Days after Companys request that it cure such default; or (c) in connection with any proposed amendment, modification, termination, waiver or consent with respect to any of the provisions hereof as contemplated by Section 10.5(b), the consent of Collateral Agent and Required Lenders shall have been obtained but the consent of one or more of such other Lenders (each a Non-Consenting Lender) whose consent is required shall not have been obtained; then, with respect to each such Increased Cost Lender, Defaulting Lender or Non-Consenting Lender (the Terminated Lender), Collateral Agent may (which, in the case of an Increased-Cost Lender, only after receiving written request from Company to remove such Increased-Cost Lender), by giving written notice to Company and any Terminated Lender of its election to do so, elect to cause such Terminated Lender (and such Terminated Lender hereby irrevocably agrees) to assign its outstanding Loans and its Revolving Commitments, if any, in full to one or more Eligible Assignees (each a Replacement Lender) in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.6 and Terminated Lender shall pay any fees payable thereunder in connection with such assignment; provided, (1) on the date of such assignment, the Replacement Lender shall pay to Terminated Lender an amount equal to the sum of (A) an amount equal to the principal of, and all accrued interest on, all outstanding Loans of the Terminated Lender, (B) an amount equal to all unreimbursed drawings that have been funded by such Terminated Lender, together with all then unpaid interest with respect thereto at such time and (C) an amount equal to all accrued, but theretofore unpaid fees owing to such Terminated Lender pursuant to Section 2.10; (2) on the date of such assignment, Company shall pay any amounts payable to such Terminated Lender pursuant to Section 2.18 or 2.19; and (3) in the event such Terminated Lender is a Non-Consenting Lender, each Replacement Lender shall consent, at the time of such assignment, to each matter in respect of which such Terminated Lender was a Non-Consenting Lender; provided, Collateral Agent may not make such election with respect to any Terminated Lender that is also a L/C Issuer unless, prior to the effectiveness of such election, Administrative Agent shall have caused each outstanding Letter of Credit issued thereby to be cancelled. Upon the prepayment of all amounts owing to any Terminated Lender and the termination of such Terminated Lenders Revolving Commitments, if any, such Terminated Lender shall no longer constitute a Lender for purposes hereof; provided, any rights of such Terminated Lender to indemnification hereunder shall survive as to such Terminated Lender.
ARTICLE III
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
Section 3.1. Closing Date. The obligation of each Lender or L/C Issuer, as applicable, to make a Credit Extension on the Closing Date is subject to the satisfaction, or waiver in accordance with Section 10.5, of the following conditions on or before the Closing Date:
(a) Loan Documents. Collateral Agent shall have received copies of each Loan Document originally executed and delivered by each applicable Loan Party for each Lender.
(b) Organizational Documents; Incumbency. . Collateral Agent shall have received (i) copies of certificates of incorporation or formation, certified as of a recent date by the appropriate governmental official, each dated the Closing Date or a recent date prior thereto, of each Loan Party and the MLP and copies of other Organizational Documents of each Loan Party and the MLP, certified by a secretary or assistant secretary as being true copies in full force and effect; (ii) signature and incumbency certificates of the officers of such Person executing the Loan Documents to which it is a party; (iii) resolutions of the Board of Directors or similar governing body of MLP and each Loan Party or its general partner or member approving and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party or by which it or its assets may be bound as of the Closing Date, certified as of the Closing Date by its secretary or an assistant secretary as being in full force and effect without modification or amendment; (iv) a good standing certificate from the applicable Governmental Authority of MLP and each Loan Partys jurisdiction of incorporation, organization or formation and, in the case of the Company and the MLP, the states of Kansas and Missouri and in the case of Bridger Logistics, LLC, the state of Texas, each dated a recent date prior to the Closing Date; and (v) such other documents as Collateral Agent may reasonably request.
(c) Organizational and Capital Structure. The organizational structure and capital structure of Company and its Subsidiaries shall be as set forth on Schedule 4.2.
(d) Existing Credit Agreement Indebtedness. On the Closing Date, Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall have (i) repaid in full all outstanding obligations under the Credit Agreement, (ii) terminated any commitments to lend or make other extensions of credit thereunder, (iii) delivered to Collateral Agent all documents or instruments necessary to release all Liens securing obligations under the Existing Credit Agreement , and (iv) made arrangements satisfactory to Collateral Agent with respect to the cancellation of any letters of credit outstanding thereunder or the issuance of Letters of Credit to support the obligations of Company and its Subsidiaries with respect thereto.
(e) Sources and Uses. On or prior to the Closing Date, Company shall have delivered to Collateral Agent Companys reasonable best estimate of all sources and uses of Cash and other proceeds on the Closing Date.
(f) Governmental Authorizations and Consents. Each Loan Party shall have obtained all Governmental Authorizations and all consents of other Persons, in each case that are necessary or advisable in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents and each of the foregoing shall be in full force and effect and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent. All applicable waiting periods shall have expired without any action being taken or threatened by any competent authority which would restrain, prevent or otherwise impose adverse conditions on the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents or the financing thereof and no action, request for stay, petition for review or rehearing, reconsideration, or appeal with respect to any of the foregoing shall be pending, and the time for any applicable agency to take action to set aside its consent on its own motion shall have expired.
(g) Personal Property Collateral. In order to create in favor of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, a valid, perfected First Priority security interest in the personal property Collateral, Collateral Agent shall have received:
(i) evidence satisfactory to Collateral Agent of the compliance by each Loan Party of their obligations under the Pledge and Security Agreement and the other Collateral Documents (including, without limitation, their obligations to authorize or execute, as the case may be, and deliver UCC financing statements, originals of securities, instruments and chattel paper and any agreements governing deposit and/or securities accounts as provided therein and a duly executed authorization to pre-file UCC-1 financing statements), together with (A) arrangements to file appropriate financing statements on Form UCC-1 in such office or offices as may be necessary or, in the opinion of Collateral Agent, desirable to perfect the security interests purported to be created by each Pledge and Security Agreement and each Mortgage, (B) evidence satisfactory to Collateral Agent of the filing of such UCC-1 financing statements on the Closing Date and (C) evidence satisfactory to Collateral Agent of the filing of any other required agreements;
(ii) a completed Perfection Certificate dated the Closing Date and executed by an Authorized Officer of each Loan Party, together with all attachments contemplated thereby, including (A) the results of a recent search, by a Person satisfactory to Collateral Agent, of all effective UCC financing statements (or equivalent filings) made with respect to any assets or property of any Loan Party in the jurisdictions specified in the Perfection Certificate, together with copies of all such filings disclosed by such search, and (B) UCC termination statements (or similar documents) duly authorized for filing or executed by all applicable Persons for filing in all applicable jurisdictions as may be necessary to terminate any effective UCC financing statements (or equivalent filings) disclosed in such search (other than any such financing statements in respect of Permitted Liens); and
(iii) evidence that each Loan Party shall have taken or caused to be taken any other action, executed and delivered or caused to be executed and delivered any other agreement, document and instrument (including without limitation, any intercompany notes evidencing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (b) or clause (c) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness) and made or caused to be made any other filing and recording (other than as set forth herein) reasonably required by Collateral Agent.
(h) Financial Statements; Projections. Agents and Lenders shall have received from General Partner and Company (i) the Historical Financial Statements, (ii) pro forma consolidated balance sheet of Company and its Subsidiaries as at the Closing Date, and reflecting the related financings and the other transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents to occur on or prior to the Closing Date, which pro forma balance sheet shall be in form and substance satisfactory to Collateral Agent, and (iii) the Projections.
(i) Evidence of Insurance. Collateral Agent shall have received a certificate from Companys insurance broker or other evidence satisfactory to it that all insurance required to be maintained pursuant to Section 5.5 is in full force and effect, together with endorsements naming Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, as additional insured and loss payee thereunder to the extent required under Section 5.5, in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent.
(j) Opinions of Counsel to Loan Parties. Agents and Lenders and their respective counsel shall have received originally executed copies of the favorable written opinion
(i) of Bracewell LLP, counsel for Loan Parties and the MLP, and (ii) Fishman Haygood LLP, Louisiana counsel to the Loan Parties, as to such matters as Collateral Agent may reasonably request, dated as of the Closing Date and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent (and each Loan Party hereby instructs such counsel to deliver such opinions to Agents and Lenders).
(k) Fees. Company shall have paid to each Agent, the fees and expenses then due and payable pursuant to Section 2.10 and Section 10.2.
(l) Solvency Certificate. On the Closing Date, Collateral Agent shall have received a Solvency Certificate of the chief financial officer of Company substantially in the form of Exhibit E-2, dated as of the Closing Date and addressed to the Agents and Lenders, and in form, scope and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agents, with appropriate attachments and demonstrating that after giving effect to the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein, Company and its Subsidiaries are and will be Solvent.
(m) Closing Date Certificate. General Partner and Company shall have delivered to the Agents an originally executed Closing Date Certificate, together with all attachments thereto.
(n) No Litigation. There shall not exist any action, suit, investigation, litigation or proceeding or other legal or regulatory developments, pending or threatened in any court or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority that, singly or in the aggregate, materially impairs the repayment of the obligations under the Existing Credit Agreement or any of the other transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, or that could have a Material Adverse Effect.
(o) Accounting Due Diligence Report. Collateral Agent shall have received a third-party accounting due diligence report with respect to Company and its Subsidiaries, the results of which are reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent.
(p) Minimum EBITDA. The pro forma financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 3.1(h) shall demonstrate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agents that on the Closing Date and immediately after giving effect to any Credit Extensions to be made on the Closing Date, including the payment of all Transaction Costs required to be paid in Cash, Company shall have generated trailing twelve month Consolidated EBITDA (as of the Fiscal Quarter ending immediately prior to the Closing Date) of at least $220,000,000 with adjustments subject to Collateral Agents reasonable satisfaction.
(q) Minimum Liquidity. The sum of (a) unrestricted Cash-on-hand of Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the United States plus (b) Availability shall be a minimum of $150,000,000 immediately after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby to occur on the Closing Date, including, without limitation, after giving effect to all amounts to be borrowed and paid on the Closing Date.
(r) No Material Adverse Effect. Since July 31, 2017, no event, circumstance or change shall have occurred that has caused or evidences, either in any case or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(s) Completion of Proceedings. All partnership, corporate and other proceedings taken or to be taken in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and all documents incidental thereto not previously found acceptable by Collateral Agent and its counsel shall be satisfactory in form and substance to Collateral Agent and such counsel, and Collateral Agent, and such counsel shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified copies of such documents as Collateral Agent may reasonably request.
(t) Service of Process. On the Closing Date, Administrative Agent shall have received evidence that each Loan Party has appointed an agent in New York City for the purpose of service of process in New York City and such agent shall agree in writing to give Administrative Agent notice of any resignation of such service agent or other termination of the agency relationship.
(u) Bank Regulations. Collateral Agent and each Lender shall have received all documentation and other information reasonably requested by it that is required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable know-your-customer or other Anti-Terrorism Laws and all such documentation and other information shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent or such requesting Lender, as applicable.
(v) [Reserved].
(w) Initial Valuation Report; Borrowing Base. Agents shall have received (i) the Initial Valuation Report and (ii) a certificate of an Authorized Officer of Company certifying as to the amount of the Borrowing Base.
(x) Revolving Loans. There shall be no Revolving Loans borrowed on the Closing Date; provided, that Letters of Credit may be issued to replace or back-stop existing letters of credit under the Existing Credit Agreement. On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have established a funding account at PNC and executed and delivered to PNC documentation required by PNC with respect to its PINACLE® system for the requesting of Loans.
(y) Transition Services Agreement. Collateral Agent shall have received a duly executed copy of the Transition Services Agreement.
Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement and funding a Loan on the Closing Date, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, each Loan Document and each other document required to be approved by any Agent, Required Lenders or Lenders, as applicable, on the Closing Date.
Section 3.2. Conditions to Each Credit Extension.
(a) Conditions Precedent. The obligation of each Lender to make any Loan, or a L/C Issuer to issue any Letter of Credit, on any Credit Date, including the Closing Date, are subject to the satisfaction, or waiver in accordance with Section 10.5, of the following conditions precedent:
(i) Administrative Agent shall have received a fully executed and delivered Funding Notice or a Letter of Credit Application, as the case may be, which, in each case, shall include a certification that, as of such Credit Date, after giving effect to the proposed borrowing, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be in compliance with all Indebtedness incurrence tests set forth in each of the Senior Note Documents as of such Credit Date;
(ii) in the case of a Revolving A Loan or a Letter of Credit, after making the Credit Extensions requested on such Credit Date, (x) the Total Revolving A Usage shall not exceed the Revolving A Commitments then in effect and (y) the Total Revolving A Usage shall not exceed the Borrowing Base;
(iii) in the case of a Revolving B Loan, after making the Credit Extensions requested on such Credit Date, the Total Revolving B Usage shall not exceed the Revolving B Commitments then in effect;
(iv) as of such Credit Date, the representations and warranties contained herein and in each other Loan Document, certificate or other writing delivered to any Agent or any Lender pursuant hereto or thereto on or prior to the Credit Date shall be true and correct in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations or warranties that already are qualified or modified as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect in the text thereof, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects subject to such qualification) on and as of that Credit Date to the same extent as though made on and as of that date, except to the extent such representations and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations or warranties that already are qualified or modified as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect in the text thereof, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects subject to such qualification) on and as of such earlier date;
(v) as of such Credit Date, no event shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from the consummation of the applicable Credit Extension that would constitute an Event of Default or a Default;
(vi) on or before the date of issuance of any Letter of Credit, Administrative Agent shall have received all documents or information as a L/C Issuer may reasonably require in connection with the issuance of such Letter of Credit;
(vii) the Loan Parties shall have paid all fees, costs and expenses then payable by the Loan Parties pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including, without limitation, the Fee Letter, Section 2.10, and Section 10.2 hereof; and
(viii) the making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit shall not contravene any law, rule or regulation applicable to any Agent, any Lender or any L/C Issuer.
Any Agent or Required Lenders shall be entitled, but not obligated to, request and receive, prior to the making of any Credit Extension, additional information reasonably satisfactory to the requesting party confirming the satisfaction of any of the foregoing if, in the good faith judgment of such Agent or Required Lender such request is warranted under the circumstances.
(b) Notices. Any Notice shall be executed by an Authorized Officer of Company in a writing delivered to Administrative Agent. In lieu of delivering a Notice, Company may give Administrative Agent telephonic notice by the required time of any proposed borrowing, conversion/continuation or issuance of a Letter of Credit, as the case may be; provided each such notice shall be promptly confirmed in writing by delivery of the applicable Notice to Administrative Agent on or before the applicable date of borrowing, continuation/conversion or issuance. Neither Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall incur any liability to Company in acting upon any telephonic notice referred to above that Administrative Agent believes in good faith to have been given by a duly authorized officer or other person authorized on behalf of Company or for otherwise acting in good faith.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Each Loan Party represents and warrants to each Agent and Lender and L/C Issuer, on the Closing Date and on each Credit Date, that the following statements are true and correct (it being understood and agreed that the representations and warranties made on the Closing Date are deemed to be made concurrently with the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby):
Section 4.1. Organization; Requisite Power and Authority; Qualification. Each of the MLP, General Partner and Company and its Subsidiaries (a) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization as identified in Schedule 4.1, (b) has all requisite power and authority to own and operate its properties, to carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted, to enter into the Loan Documents to which it is a party and to carry out the transactions contemplated thereby and, in the case of Company, to make the borrowings hereunder, and (c) is qualified to do business and in good standing in every jurisdiction where its assets are located and wherever necessary to carry out its business and operations, except in jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing has not had, and could not be reasonably expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.2. Capital Stock and Ownership. The Capital Stock of each of General Partner and Company and its Subsidiaries has been duly authorized and validly issued and is fully paid and non-assessable. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.2, as of the date hereof, there is no existing option, warrant, call, right, commitment or other agreement to which General Partner, Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party requiring, and there is no membership interest or other Capital Stock of General Partner, Company or any of its Subsidiaries outstanding which upon conversion or exchange would require, the issuance by General Partner, Company or any of its Subsidiaries
of any additional membership interests or other Capital Stock of General Partner, Company or any of its Subsidiaries or other Securities convertible into, exchangeable for or evidencing the right to subscribe for or purchase, a membership interest or other Capital Stock of General Partner, Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Schedule 4.2 correctly sets forth the ownership interest of General Partner, Company and each of its Subsidiaries in their respective Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date.
Section 4.3. Due Authorization. The execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of each Loan Party that is a party thereto.
Section 4.4. No Conflict. The execution, delivery and performance by Loan Parties of the Loan Documents to which they are parties and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents do not and will not (a) violate any provision of any law or any governmental rule or regulation applicable to MLP, General Partner, Company or any of its Subsidiaries, any of the Organizational Documents of MLP, General Partner, Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any order, judgment or decree of any court or other agency of government binding on MLP, General Partner, Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (b) conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (with due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any Contractual Obligation of MLP, General Partner, Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (c) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of MLP, General Partner, Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than any Liens created under any of the Loan Documents in favor of Collateral Agent, on behalf of Secured Parties); (d) result in any default, non-compliance, suspension revocation, impairment, forfeiture or non-renewal of any permit, license, authorization or approval applicable to its operations or any of its properties; or (e) require any approval of stockholders, members or partners or any approval or consent of any Person under any Contractual Obligation of MLP, General Partner, Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except for such approvals or consents which will be obtained on or before the Closing Date and disclosed in writing to Lenders.
Section 4.5. Governmental Consents. The execution, delivery and performance by Loan Parties of the Loan Documents to which they are parties and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents do not and will not require any registration with, consent or approval of, or notice to, or other action to, with or by, any Governmental Authority and except for filings and recordings with respect to the Collateral to be made, or otherwise delivered to Collateral Agent for filing and/or recordation, as of the Closing Date.
Section 4.6. Binding Obligation. Each Loan Document has been duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party that is a party thereto and is the legally valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its respective terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or limiting creditors rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability.
Section 4.7. Historical Financial Statements. The Historical Financial Statements were prepared in conformity with GAAP and fairly present, in all material respects, the financial position, on a consolidated basis, of the Persons described in such financial statements as at the respective dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows, on a consolidated basis, of the entities described therein for each of the periods then ended, subject, in the case of any such unaudited financial statements, to changes resulting from audit and normal year-end adjustments. As of the Closing Date, neither General Partner nor Company or any of its Subsidiaries has any contingent liability long term lease or unusual forward or long term commitment that is not reflected in the Historical Financial Statements or the notes thereto and which in any such case is material in relation to the business, operations, properties, assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of (a) General Partner and (b) Company and any of its Subsidiaries taken as a whole. The pro forma consolidated balance sheets of (i) General Partner and (ii) Company and its Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby to occur on the Closing Date, certified by the chief financial officer of General Partner and Company, copies of which has been furnished to each Lender, fairly present in all material respects the pro forma financial condition of (A) General Partner and (B) Company and its Subsidiaries, in each case, as of such date.
Section 4.8. Projections. On and as of the Closing Date, the Projections of Company and its Subsidiaries for the period of Fiscal Year 2018 through and including Fiscal Year 2023, including monthly projections for each month during the Fiscal Year in which the Closing Date takes place, (the Projections) are based on good faith estimates and assumptions made by the management of Company; provided, the Projections are not to be viewed as facts and that actual results during the period or periods covered by the Projections may differ from such Projections and that the differences may be material; provided, further, as of the Closing Date, management of Company believed that the Projections were reasonable and attainable. Such Projections, as so updated, shall be believed by Company at the time furnished to be reasonable, shall have been prepared on a reasonable basis and in good faith by Company, and shall have been based on assumptions believed by Company to be reasonable at the time made and upon the best information then reasonably available to Company, and Company shall not be aware of any facts or information that would lead it to believe that such projections, as so updated, are not attainable.
Section 4.9. No Material Adverse Effect. Since July 31, 2017, no event, circumstance or change has occurred that has caused or evidences, either in any case or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.10. Adverse Proceedings, etc. There are no Adverse Proceedings, individually or in the aggregate, that (a) relate to any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or (b) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither General Partner nor Company or any of its Subsidiaries (i) is in violation of any applicable laws that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (ii) is subject to or in default with respect to any final judgments, writs, injunctions, decrees, rules or regulations of any court or any federal, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. General Partner and Company and its Subsidiaries have paid in full all sums owing or claimed for labor, materials, supplies, personal property, and services of every kind and character used, furnished or installed
in or on any Real Estate Asset that are now due and owing and no claim for same exists, except such claims as have arisen in the ordinary course of business and that are not yet past due.
Section 4.11. Payment of Taxes. Except as otherwise permitted under Section 5.3, all U.S. federal and state income and all other material tax returns and reports of Company and its Subsidiaries required to be filed by any of them have been timely filed, and all taxes due and payable and all other material governmental charges upon Company and its Subsidiaries and upon their respective properties, assets, income, businesses and franchises which are due and payable have been paid when due and payable (other than taxes that do not exceed $500,000 in the aggregate), except for those being actively contested by Company or such Subsidiary in good faith and by appropriate proceedings; provided, such reserves or other appropriate provisions, if any, as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made or provided therefor. The MLP has, for all tax years beginning after the later of December 31, 1987 and MLPs formation, as applicable, met and currently meets the gross income requirements as set forth in Section 7704(c) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Section 4.12. Properties.
(a) Title. Each of General Partner and Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries has (i) good, sufficient, marketable and legal title to (in the case of fee interests in real property), (ii) valid leasehold interests in (in the case of leasehold interests in real or personal property), and (iii) good and valid title to (in the case of all other personal property), all of their respective material properties and assets reflected in their respective Historical Financial Statements referred to in Section 4.5 and in the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.1, in each case except for assets disposed of since the date of such financial statements in the ordinary course of business or as otherwise permitted under Section 6.9. All such properties and assets, taken as a whole, are in working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and all such properties and assets are free and clear of Liens other than Permitted Liens.
(b) Real Estate. As of the Closing Date, Schedule 4.12 contains a true, accurate and complete list of (i) all Material Real Estate Assets and (ii) all material leases, subleases or assignments of leases (together with all amendments, modifications, supplements, renewals or extensions of any thereof) affecting each Real Estate Asset of any Loan Party, regardless of whether such Loan Party is the landlord or tenant (whether directly or as an assignee or successor in interest) under such lease, sublease or assignment. Each agreement described in clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence is in full force and effect and Company does not have knowledge of any default that has occurred and is continuing thereunder, and each such agreement constitutes the legally valid and binding obligation of each applicable Loan Party, enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or limiting creditors rights generally or by equitable principles. To the best knowledge of each Loan Party, no other party to any such agreement is in default of its material obligations thereunder and, as of the Closing Date, no event has occurred which, with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both, would constitute a default under any such agreement.
Section 4.13. Environmental Matters. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.13:
(a) No Environmental Claim has been asserted against any Loan Party or any predecessor in interest nor has any Loan Party received notice of any threatened or pending Environmental Claim against Loan Party or any predecessor in interest, in each case, that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) To the knowledge of the Loan Parties, there has been no Release of Hazardous Materials and there are no Hazardous Materials present in violation of Environmental Law at any of the properties currently or formerly owned or operated by any Loan Party or any predecessor in interest, or at any disposal or treatment facility which received Hazardous Materials generated by any Loan Party or any predecessor in interest, in each case that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) To the knowledge of the Loan Parties, the operation of the business of, and each of the properties owned or operated by, each Loan Party are in compliance with all Environmental Laws except where the failure to comply could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) To the knowledge of the Loan Parties, each Loan Party holds and is in compliance Governmental Authorizations required under any Environmental Laws in connection with the operations carried on by it and the properties owned or operated by it except where to the failure to hold or comply could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(e) To the knowledge of the Loan Parties, no event or condition has occurred or is occurring with respect to any Environmental Law or any Release of Hazardous Materials which could reasonably be expected to form the basis of an Environmental Claim against any Loan Party that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(f) No Loan Party has received any written notification from a third party alleging pursuant to any Environmental Laws (i) that any material work, repairs, construction or Capital Expenditures are required to be made in respect as a condition of continued compliance with any Environmental Laws, or any license, permit or approval issued pursuant thereto or (ii) other than notifications regarding ordinary permit renewals that any license, permit or approval referred to above is about to be reviewed, made subject to limitations or conditions, revoked, withdrawn or terminated in a manner that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(g) The Loan Parties have made available to the Collateral Agent true and complete copies of all material environmental reports, audits and investigations related to the Real Property or the operations of the Loan Parties (other than information subject to attorney-client privilege, in which case redacted reports and summaries of such information shall be provided).
Section 4.14. No Defaults. Neither General Partner nor Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is in default in the performance, observance or fulfillment of any of the obligations or covenants or contained in any of its Contractual Obligations, and no condition exists which, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both, could constitute such a default, except, in each case, where the consequences, direct or indirect, of such default or defaults, if any, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.15. Material Contracts. Schedule 4.15 contains a true, correct and complete list of all the Material Contracts in effect on the Closing Date, which, together with any updates provided pursuant to Section 5.1(l), all such Material Contracts are in full force and effect unless terminated as permitted under this Agreement and no defaults by a Loan Party currently exist thereunder that could reasonably be expected to cause the termination thereof or the acceleration of any Indebtedness thereunder (other than as described in Schedule 4.15 or in such updates).
Section 4.16. Governmental Regulation. Neither General Partner nor Company or any of its Subsidiaries is subject to regulation under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005, the Federal Power Act or the Investment Company Act of 1940 or under any other federal or state statute or regulation which may limit its ability to incur Indebtedness or which may otherwise render all or any portion of the Obligations unenforceable. Neither General Partner nor Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a registered investment company or a company controlled by a registered investment company or a principal underwriter of a registered investment company as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940.
Section 4.17. Margin Stock. Neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock. No part of the proceeds of the Loans made to such Loan Party will be used to purchase or carry any such Margin Stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any such Margin Stock or for any purpose that violates, or is inconsistent with, the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
Section 4.18. Employee Matters. Neither General Partner nor Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is engaged in any unfair labor practice that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There is (a) no unfair labor practice complaint pending against General Partner or Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or to the best knowledge of General Partner and Company, threatened against any of them before the National Labor Relations Board and no grievance or arbitration proceeding arising out of or under any collective bargaining agreement that is so pending against General Partner or Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or to the best knowledge of General Partner and Company, threatened against any of them, (b) no strike or work stoppage in existence or threatened involving General Partner or Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and (c) to the best knowledge of General Partner and Company, no union representation question existing with respect to the employees of General Partner or Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and, to the best knowledge of General Partner and Company, no union organization activity that is taking place, except (with respect to any matter specified in clause (a), (b) or (c) above, either individually or in the aggregate) such as is not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.19. Employee Benefit Plans. Except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (a) General Partner, Company and each of its Guarantor Subsidiaries and each of their respective ERISA Affiliates are in compliance with all applicable provisions and requirements of ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder with respect to each Employee Benefit Plan, and have performed all their obligations under each Employee Benefit Plan, (b) each Employee Benefit Plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) which is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code has received a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service indicating that such Employee Benefit Plan is so qualified and nothing has occurred subsequent to the issuance of such determination letter which would cause such Employee Benefit Plan to lose its qualified status, (c) no liability to the PBGC (other than required premium payments), the Internal Revenue Service (with respect to any Employee Benefit Plan), or any Employee Benefit Plan (other than with respect to employer contributions in the ordinary course) has been or is expected to be incurred by General Partner, Company or any of its Guarantor Subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates, and (d) except to the extent required under Section 4980B of the Internal Revenue Code or similar state laws, no Employee Benefit Plan provides health or welfare benefits (through the purchase of insurance or otherwise) for any retired or former employee of General Partner, Company or any of its Guarantor Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates. No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that could reasonably be expected to result in a liability in excess of $25,000,000.
Section 4.20. Certain Fees. Except as disclosed in writing to the Agents prior to the Closing Date, no brokers or finders fee or commission will be payable with respect hereto or any of the transactions contemplated hereby.
Section 4.21. Solvency. Each Loan Party is and, upon the incurrence of any Credit Extension by such Loan Party on any date on which this representation and warranty is made, will be, individually and together with its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, Solvent.
Section 4.22. Compliance with Statutes, etc. Each of General Partner and Company and its Subsidiaries is in compliance with (a) its organizational documents and (b) all applicable statutes, regulations and orders of, and all applicable restrictions imposed by, all Governmental Authorities, in respect of the conduct of its business and the ownership of its property, except such non-compliance that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.23. Intellectual Property. Each of Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries own, or hold licenses in, all trademarks, trade names, copyrights, patents, and licenses that are necessary to the conduct of its business as currently conducted, and attached hereto as Schedule 4.23 is a true, correct, and complete listing of all material trademarks, trade names, copyrights, patents, and licenses as to which Company or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries is the owner or is an exclusive licensee; provided, however, that Company may amend Schedule 4.24 to add additional intellectual property so long as such amendment occurs by written notice to Collateral]Agent at the time that Company provides its Compliance Certificate pursuant to Section 5.1(d).
Section 4.24. Inventory and Equipment. Each of Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries keeps correct and accurate records itemizing and describing the type, quality, and quantity of its and its Restricted Subsidiaries Inventory and the book value thereof.
Section 4.25. Customers and Suppliers. There exists no actual or threatened termination, cancellation or limitation of, or modification to or change in, the business relationship between (a) any of Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any customer or any group thereof, on the other hand, whose agreements with any of Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries are individually or in the aggregate material to the business or operations of such Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or (b) any of Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any supplier or any group thereof, on the other hand, whose agreements with any of Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries are individually or in the aggregate material to the business or operations of Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. There exists no present state of facts or circumstances that could give rise to or result in any such termination, cancellation, limitation, modification or change that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.26. Insurance. Each of Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries keeps its property adequately insured and maintains (a) insurance to such extent and against such risks, including fire, as is customary with companies in the same or similar businesses, (b) workmens compensation insurance in the amount required by applicable law, (c) public liability insurance, which shall include product liability insurance, in the amount customary with companies in the same or similar business against claims for personal injury or death on properties owned, occupied or controlled by it, and (d) such other insurance as may be required by law or as may be reasonably required by Collateral Agent. Schedule 4.26 sets forth a list of all insurance maintained by each Loan Party on the Closing Date.
Section 4.27. Common Enterprise. The successful operation and condition of each of the Loan Parties is dependent on the continued successful performance of the functions of the group of the Loan Parties as a whole and the successful operation of each of the Loan Parties is dependent on the successful performance and operation of each other Loan Party. Each Loan Party expects to derive benefit (and its Board of Directors or other governing body has determined that it may reasonably be expected to derive benefit), directly and indirectly, from (a) successful operations of each of the other Loan Parties and (b) the credit extended by the Lenders to the Loan Parties hereunder, both in their separate capacities and as members of the group of companies. Each Loan Party has determined that execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement and any other Loan Documents to be executed by such Loan Party is within its purpose, will be of direct and indirect benefit to such Loan Party, and is in its best interest.
Section 4.28. Permits, Etc. Each Loan Party has, and is in compliance with, all permits, licenses, authorizations, approvals, entitlements and accreditations required for such Person lawfully to own, lease, manage or operate, or to acquire, each business currently owned, leased, managed or operated, or to be acquired, by such Person, which, if not obtained, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No condition exists or event has occurred which, in itself or with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, would result in the suspension, revocation, impairment, forfeiture or non-renewal of any such permit, license,
authorization, approval, entitlement or accreditation, and there is no claim that any thereof is not in full force and effect, except, to the extent any such condition, event or claim could not be reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.29. Bank Accounts and Securities Accounts. Schedule 4.29 sets forth a complete and accurate list as of the Closing Date of all deposit, checking and other bank accounts, all securities and other accounts maintained with any broker dealer and all other similar accounts maintained by each Loan Party, together with a description thereof (i.e., the bank or broker dealer at which such deposit or other account is maintained and the account number and the purpose thereof).
Section 4.30. Security Interests. The Pledge and Security Agreement creates in favor of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral secured thereby, except to the extent such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally or by generally applicable principles of equity relating to enforceability.
Section 4.31. Anti-Terrorism Laws. To the extent applicable, each Loan Party is in compliance with (a) the laws, regulations and Executive Orders administered by OFAC, and (b) the Bank Secrecy Act, as amended by the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT Act) of 2001 (the PATRIOT Act). Neither the Loan Parties nor any of their officers, directors, employees, agents or shareholders acting on the Loan Parties behalf shall use the proceeds of the Loans to make any payments, directly or indirectly (including through any third party intermediary), to any Foreign Official in violation of the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended or otherwise in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law. Each Loan Party represents and warrants that (i) no Covered Entity is a Sanctioned Person and (ii) no Covered Entity, either in its own right or, to its knowledge, through any third party, (A) has any of its assets in a Sanctioned Country or in the possession, custody or control of a Sanctioned Person in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law, (B) does business in or with, or derives any of its income from investments in or transactions with, any Sanctioned Country or Sanctioned Person in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law, or (C) engages in any dealings or transactions prohibited by any Anti-Terrorism Law.
Section 4.32. Reserved.
Section 4.33. Disclosure. No representation or warranty of any Loan Party contained in any Loan Document or in any other documents, certificates or written statements furnished to Lenders by or on behalf of General Partner and Company or any of its Subsidiaries for use in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact (known to General Partner or Company, in the case of any document not furnished by either of them) necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or therein, taken as a whole, not misleading in light of the circumstances in which the same were made. Any projections and pro forma financial information contained in such materials are based upon good faith estimates and assumptions believed by General Partner or Company to be reasonable at the time made, it being recognized by Lenders that such projections as to future events are not to be viewed as facts and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any such projections may differ from the projected results. There are no facts known (or which
should upon the reasonable exercise of diligence be known) to General Partner or Company (other than matters of a general economic nature) that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect and that have not been disclosed herein or in such other documents, certificates and statements furnished to Lenders for use in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.
Section 4.34. Indebtedness. Set forth on Schedule 4.34 is a true and complete list of all material Indebtedness of each Loan Party and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding immediately prior to the Closing Date that is to remain outstanding immediately after giving effect to the closing hereunder on the Closing Date and such Schedule accurately sets forth the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness as of the Closing Date.
Section 4.35. Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Term Loans and the Revolving Loans, if any, made on the Closing Date shall be applied by Company to repay the obligations under the Existing Credit Agreement, for general working capital purposes of the Loan Parties and to pay fees and expenses related to this Agreement. The proceeds of the Revolving Loans, and Letters of Credit made after the Closing Date shall be applied by Company for working capital and general corporate purposes of Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, including Permitted Acquisitions. No portion of the proceeds of any Credit Extension shall be used in any manner that causes or might cause such Credit Extension or the application of such proceeds to violate Regulation T, Regulation U or Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any other regulation thereof or to violate the Exchange Act.
Section 4.36. Hedging Agreements. Set forth on Schedule 4.36 is a true and complete list as of the close of business two (2) Business Days before the Closing Date of all Hedging Agreements of the Loan Parties, the material terms thereof (including the type, term, effective date, termination date and notional amounts or volumes), the net marked-to-market value thereof (including the hedged prices) as of the close of business two (2) Business Days before the Closing Date.
ARTICLE V
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
Each Loan Party covenants and agrees that until the Final Satisfaction Date, each Loan Party shall perform, and shall cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries or Subsidiaries (as applicable) to perform, all covenants in this Article V.
Section 5.1. Financial Statements and Other Reports. Unless otherwise provided below, Company will deliver to Agents for delivery to Lenders:
(a) Monthly Reports. Promptly upon becoming available, and in any event within 30 days after the end of each month (including the month which began prior to the Closing Date), the Companys internally prepared monthly financial statements in the form previously provided to the Agents prior to the Closing Date;
(b) Quarterly Financial Statements. Promptly upon becoming available, and in any event within 55 days after the end of each Fiscal Quarter of each Fiscal Year (including the fourth Fiscal Quarter), the consolidated balance sheets of Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such Fiscal Quarter and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive loss, partners deficit and cash flows of Company and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Quarter and for the period from the beginning of the then current Fiscal Year to the end of such Fiscal Quarter, setting forth in each case in comparative form the corresponding figures for the corresponding periods of the previous Fiscal Year, together with (i) a report that sets forth a line-item reconciliation between Consolidated Net Income and Consolidated EBITDA for such Fiscal Quarter, (ii) a report setting for the comparisons of actual results to the figures set forth in the Financial Plan for the current Fiscal Year, all in reasonable detail, (iii) a Financial Officer Certification and, (iii) if and only if MLP has failed to timely file all regular and periodic reports as required by the Securities and Exchange Commission to date, a Narrative Report with respect thereto;
(c) Annual Financial Statements. (x) Promptly upon becoming available, and in any event within 100 days after the end of each Fiscal Year, (i) the consolidated balance sheets of Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such Fiscal Year and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive loss, partners deficit and cash flows of Company and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the corresponding figures for the previous Fiscal Year, together with (A) a report that sets forth a line-item reconciliation between Consolidated Net Income and Consolidated EBITDA for such Fiscal Year, (B) a report setting for the comparisons of actual results to the figures set forth in the Financial Plan for the current Fiscal Year, all in reasonable detail, (C) a Financial Officer Certification, and (D) if and only if MLP has failed to timely file all regular and periodic reports as required by the Securities and Exchange Commission to date, a Narrative Report with respect thereto; and (ii) with respect to such consolidated financial statements a report thereon of by Grant Thornton, a big four accounting firm, or another independent certified public accountants of recognized national standing selected by Company and reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent (which report shall be unqualified as to going concern and scope of audit, and shall state that such consolidated financial statements fairly present, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Company and its Subsidiaries as at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the periods indicated in conformity with GAAP applied on a basis consistent with prior years (except as otherwise disclosed in such financial statements) and that the examination by such accountants in connection with such consolidated financial statements has been made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards); and (y) as soon as available, and in any event within 100 days after the end of each Fiscal Year, the unaudited consolidated balance sheets of General Partner as at the end of such Fiscal Year. In connection with the audited financial statements, (i) such accountants shall deliver a report to Company (and Company shall deliver such report to the Agents) that will include a detailed summary of any audit adjustments and (ii) Company shall deliver (A) a reconciliation of any audit adjustments or reclassifications to the previously provided monthly or quarterly financials; and (B) restated monthly or quarterly financials for any impacted periods;
(d) Compliance Certificate. Together with each delivery of financial statements of Company and its Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 5.1(b) or Section 5.1(c), a duly executed and completed Compliance Certificate;
(e) Statements of Reconciliation after Change in Accounting Principles. If, as a result of any change in accounting principles and policies from those used in the preparation of the Historical Financial Statements, the consolidated financial statements of Company and its Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(b) or Section 5.1(c) will differ in any material respect from the consolidated financial statements that would have been delivered pursuant to such subdivisions had no such change in accounting principles and policies been made, then, together with the first delivery of such financial statements after such change, one or more statements of reconciliation for all such prior financial statements in form and substance satisfactory to Collateral Agent;
(f) Notice of Default. Promptly (but in any event within three (3) Business Days) upon any officer of General Partner or Company obtaining knowledge (i) of any condition or event that constitutes a Default or an Event of Default or that notice has been given to General Partner or Company with respect thereto; (ii) that any Person has given any notice to General Partner or Company or any of its Subsidiaries or taken any other action with respect to any event or condition set forth in Section 8.1(b); or (iii) of the occurrence of any event or change that has caused or evidences, either in any case or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, a certificate of an Authorized Officer specifying the nature and period of existence of such condition, event or change, or specifying the notice given and action taken by any such Person and the nature of such claimed Event of Default, Default, default, event or condition, and what action Company has taken, is taking and proposes to take with respect thereto;
(g) Notice of Litigation. Promptly (but in any event within three (3) Business Days) upon any officer of General Partner or Company obtaining knowledge of (i) the institution of, or non-frivolous threat of, any Adverse Proceeding not previously disclosed in writing by Company to Lenders, or (ii) any material development in any Adverse Proceeding that, in the case of either clause (i) or (ii) if adversely determined, could be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or seeks to enjoin or otherwise prevent the consummation of, or to recover any damages or obtain relief as a result of, the transactions contemplated hereby, written notice thereof together with such other information as may be readily available to General Partner or Company to enable Lenders and their counsel to evaluate such matters;
(h) ERISA. (i) Promptly (but in any event within five (5) Business Days) upon becoming aware of the occurrence of or forthcoming occurrence of (A) any ERISA Event that could reasonably be expected to have a liability in excess of $25,000,000 or (B) to the extent reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (x) the occurrence of an act or omission which could give rise to the imposition on Company, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates of fines, penalties, taxes or related charges under Chapter 43 of the Internal Revenue Code or under Section 409, Section 502(c), (i) or (l), or Section 4071 of ERISA in respect of any Employee Benefit Plan; (y) the assertion of a claim (other than routine claims for benefits) against any Employee Benefit Plan other than a Multiemployer Plan or the assets thereof, or against Company, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates in connection with any Employee Benefit Plan; or (z) receipt from the Internal
Revenue Service of notice of the failure of any Pension Plan (or any other Employee Benefit Plan intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code) to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the failure of any trust forming part of any Pension Plan to qualify for exemption from taxation under Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, in each case, a written notice specifying the nature thereof, what action General Partner or Company or any of its Guarantor Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates has taken, is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto and, when known, any action taken or threatened by the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Labor or the PBGC with respect thereto; and (ii) with reasonable promptness, copies of (A) upon request from the Administrative Agent, each Schedule B (Actuarial Information) to the annual report (Form 5500 Series) filed by Company, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates with the Internal Revenue Service with respect to each Pension Plan; (B) all notices received by General Partner, Company or any of its Guarantor Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates from a Multiemployer Plan sponsor concerning an ERISA Event; and (C) copies of such other documents or governmental reports or filings relating to any Employee Benefit Plan as Administrative Agent shall reasonably request;
(i) Financial Plan. No later than sixty (60) days after the beginning of each Fiscal Year, a consolidated plan and financial forecast for such Fiscal Year and each Fiscal Year (or portion thereof) through the final maturity date of the Loans (a Financial Plan), including (i) a forecasted consolidated statements of income and Capital Expenditures of Company and its Subsidiaries for each such Fiscal Year, together with an explanation of the assumptions on which such forecasts are based, (ii) forecasted consolidated statements of income and Capital Expenditures of Company and its Subsidiaries for each month of each such Fiscal Year, (iii) forecasted calculations of the covenants set forth in Section 6.8 through the final maturity date of the Loans, and (iv) forecasts of liquidity through the final maturity date of the Loans, together, in each case, with an explanation of the assumptions on which such forecasts are based all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agents;
(j) Insurance Report. By the last day of each Fiscal Year, a report in form and substance satisfactory to Collateral Agent outlining all material insurance coverage maintained as of the date of such report by Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and all material insurance coverage planned to be maintained by Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the immediately succeeding Fiscal Year;
(k) Notice of Change in Board of Directors. With reasonable promptness, written notice of any change in the Board of Directors (or similar governing body) of General Partner or Company;
(l) Notice Regarding Material Contracts. Promptly (but in any event within ten (10) Business Days) (i) after any Material Contract of Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is terminated or amended in a manner that is materially adverse to Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, or (ii) any new Material Contract is entered into, a written statement describing such event, with copies of such material amendments or new contracts, delivered to Collateral Agent, and an explanation of any actions being taken with respect thereto;
(m) Environmental Reports and Audits. Within ten (10) days following the receipt thereof, copies of all material environmental audits and reports with respect to any environmental matter which has resulted in or is reasonably likely to result in an Environmental Claim asserted against any Loan Party or in any Environmental Liabilities and Costs of any Loan Party, to the extent any of the foregoing are reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(n) Information Regarding Collateral. Company will furnish to Collateral Agent prior written notice of any change (a) in any Loan Partys corporate name, (b) in any Loan Partys identity or type of organization, or (c) in any Loan Partys Federal Taxpayer Identification Number. Company agrees not to effect or permit any change referred to in the preceding sentence unless all filings have been made (or will be made substantially simultaneously with such change) under the UCC or otherwise that are required in order for Collateral Agent to continue at all times following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected security interest in all the Collateral as contemplated in the Loan Documents. Company also agrees promptly to notify Collateral Agent if any material portion of the Collateral is damaged or destroyed;
(o) Annual Collateral Verification. Each year, at the time of delivery of annual financial statements with respect to the preceding Fiscal Year pursuant to Section 5.1(c), Company shall deliver to Collateral Agent an Officers Certificate (i) either confirming that there has been no change in the information contained in the Perfection Certificate since the date of the Perfection Certificate delivered on the Closing Date or the date of the most recent certificate delivered pursuant to this Section and/or identifying any changes to the information contained in the Perfection Certificate, or (ii) certifying whether all UCC financing statements (including fixtures filings, as applicable) or other appropriate filings, recordings or registrations, necessary to perfect the Collateral Agents security interest in the Collateral have been filed of record in each governmental, municipal or other appropriate office in each jurisdiction to the extent required under the Collateral Documents (except as noted therein with respect to any continuation statements to be filed within such period);
(p) Aging Reports. On or before the 15th Business Day of each month, (i) a summary of the accounts receivable aging report of each Loan Party as of the preceding month, (ii) a summary of accounts payable aging report of each Loan Party as of the end of the preceding month, (iii) a report listing all Inventory of the Loan Parties, and containing a breakdown of such Inventory by type and amount (by location) as of the end of the preceding month, (iv) in the case of the financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(b), a certificate executed by an Authorized Officer of the Company certifying if there has been a change in the operations or assets of the Propane Segment that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (v) such other information as any Agent may reasonably request, in each case, all in detail and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agents;
(q) Bank Statements/Cash Reports. Within 15 Business Days after the end of each Fiscal Quarter, a certificate of an officer of Company containing a statement of the cash balances of each Loan Party as of the end of the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter;
(r) Hedging Agreements. On or before the 15th Business Day of each month, a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the General Partner setting forth, as of the end of the preceding month, a schedule of all propane gallons subject to Hedging Agreements of Company and the other Loan Parties, the net mark-to-market value therefor, any margin required or supplied under any such Hedging Agreements, the counterparty to each Hedging Agreement, a sensitivity analysis with respect to commodity swaps included therein reflecting the incremental margin that would be required to be supplied under any such credit support document if (all other things being equal) commodity prices were at different price levels as specified by the Collateral Agent to Company, and such other information with respect to such Hedging Agreements as may be reasonably requested by any Agent or any Lender to the extent such information can reasonably be obtained and provided by Company by the deadline for delivery of such schedule;
(s) Propane Sales. On or before the 15th Business Day of each month, a report setting forth, as of the end of the preceding month, (i) the amount of gallons of propane anticipated to be sold to customers during the following 12 month period subject to fixed price or cap or collar price sales contracts, (ii) the amount of gallons of propane sold and gross profit generated by Field Customer Type during the preceding month, (iii) the amount of gallons of propane contracted to be sold to customers subject to fixed price or cap or collar price sales contracts as of the end of such month, together with such other information with respect to such sales contracts as may be reasonably requested by the any Agent or any Lender;
(t) Weather. To the extent not included in the Companys quarterly or audited financial statements delivered pursuant to Sections 5.1(b) and (c), on or before the date such quarterly financial statement are delivered, a report setting forth the actual weather for such Fiscal Quarter as a percentage (%) of the trailing 30-year, 10-year and 5-year average normal weather based on information published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and weighted based on Companys Propane Segment customer distribution;
(u) Blue Rhino. Simultaneously with the delivery of the quarterly or audited financial statements delivered pursuant to Sections 5.1(b) and (c), a report setting forth a schedule of the top thirty (30) Blue Rhino customers with the associated revenue, tanks and number of locations;
(v) Notice Regarding Commodity Risk Management Policy. Promptly (but in any event within two (2) Business Days) after the Commodity Risk Management Policy is amended or modified, a written statement describing such amendment or modification, with copies of such amendments or modifications;
(w) Accounts Receivable Securitization. On or before the 15th Business Day of each month, a report setting forth, as of the last day of the preceding month, (i) the amount of any subordinated loans owed by Ferrellgas Receivables, LLC to any Loan Party, (ii) the amount of capital contributions that the Company has made to Ferrellgas Receivables, LLC and (iii) any changes of such amounts since the last report delivered pursuant to this Section 5.1(w). In addition, Company shall deliver a copy of the monthly reporting package required to be delivered pursuant to any Accounts Receivable Securitization; and
(x) Valuation Report. Upon delivery of the annual Valuation Report to the Agents and the Lenders pursuant to Section 5.6, the Company shall deliver a certificate of an Authorized Officer of Company certifying the amount of the Borrowing Base as of the date of such Valuation Report.
(y) Other Information. (A) Promptly upon their becoming available, copies of (i) all financial statements, reports, notices and proxy statements sent or made available generally by MLP, General Partner or Company to its security holders acting in such capacity or by any Subsidiary of Company to its security holders other than Company or another Subsidiary of Company, (ii) all regular and periodic reports and all registration statements and prospectuses, if any, filed by Company or any of its Subsidiaries with any securities exchange or with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any governmental or private regulatory authority, (iii) all press releases and other statements made available generally by MLP, General Partner, Company or any of its Subsidiaries to the public concerning material developments in the business of MLP, General Partner, Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (B) promptly after submission to any Governmental Authority, all documents and information furnished to such Governmental Authority in connection with any investigation of any Loan Party (other than a routine inquiry), (C) promptly upon receipt thereof, copies of all financial reports (including, without limitation, management letters) submitted to any Loan Party by its auditors in connection with any annual interim audit of the books thereof and (D) such other information and data with respect to MLP, General Partner, Company or any of its Subsidiaries as from time to time may be reasonably requested by any Agent.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations in Section 5.1(b), Section 5.1(c), and Section 5.1(y) with respect to the delivery of financial statements and the information required thereby may be satisfied by furnishing (A) the applicable financial statements or other information of Company and its Subsidiaries or (B) MLPs Form 10-K or 10-Q, as applicable, filed with the SEC, in each case, within the time periods specified in such paragraphs or other filings with the SEC; provided that, with respect to each of clauses (A) and (B) of this paragraph, to the extent such statements are in lieu of statements required to be provided under Section 5.1(c), such statements shall be accompanied by a report and opinion of an independent certified public accountant of recognized national standing selected by Company, and reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent, which report and opinion shall satisfy the applicable requirements set forth in Section 5.1(c).
Section 5.2. Existence. Except as otherwise permitted under Section 6.9, each Loan Party will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence and all rights and Governmental Authorizations, qualifications, franchises, licenses and permits material to its business and to conduct its business in each jurisdiction in which its business is conducted; provided, no Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be required to preserve any such existence, right or Governmental Authorizations, qualifications, franchise, licenses and permits if the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of such Person or if the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to such Person or to Lenders.
Section 5.3. Payment of Taxes and Claims. Each Loan Party will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, file all U.S. federal and state income and all other material tax returns required to be filed by Company or any of its Subsidiaries and pay all Taxes imposed upon it before any penalty or fine accrues thereon (other than Taxes that do not exceed $500,000 in the aggregate), and all claims (including claims for labor, services, materials and supplies) for sums that have become due and payable and that by law have or may become a Lien other than a Permitted Lien upon any of its properties or assets, prior to the time when any penalty or fine shall be incurred with respect thereto; provided, no such Tax or claim need be paid if it is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted, so long as adequate reserve or other appropriate provision, as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made therefor. No Loan Party will, nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, file or consent to the filing of any consolidated income tax return with any Person (other than Company or any of its Subsidiaries). The MLP will meet the gross income requirements as set forth in Section 7704(c) of the Internal Revenue Code for each tax year through and including the Term Loan Maturity Date.
Section 5.4. Maintenance of Properties. Each Loan Party will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to (a) maintain or cause to be maintained in good repair, working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, all material properties used or useful in the business of Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and from time to time will make or cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals and replacements thereof, and (b) comply at all times with the provisions of all material leases to which it is a party as lessee or under which it occupies property, so as to prevent any loss or forfeiture thereof or thereunder, except, in each case, where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.5. Insurance.
(a) The Loan Parties will maintain or cause to be maintained, with financially sound and reputable insurers, (i) business interruption insurance reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent (it being understood and agreed that business interruption insurance that is substantially similar to the policies and coverage maintained by the Loan Parties as of the Closing Date shall be deemed reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent), and (ii) casualty insurance, such public liability insurance, third party property damage insurance or such other insurance with respect to liabilities, losses or damage in respect of the assets, properties and businesses of the Loan Parties as may customarily be carried or maintained under similar circumstances by Persons of established reputation engaged in similar businesses, in each case in such amounts (giving effect to self-insurance), with such deductibles, covering such risks and otherwise on such terms and conditions as shall be customary for such Persons. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Loan Parties will maintain or cause to be maintained (A) flood insurance with respect to each Flood Hazard Property that is located in a community that participates in the National Flood Insurance Program, in each case in compliance with any applicable regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and (B) casualty insurance on the Collateral under such policies of insurance, with such insurance companies, in such amounts, with such deductibles, and covering such risks as are at all times carried or maintained under similar circumstances by Persons of established reputation engaged in similar businesses. Each such policy of insurance shall (1) name Collateral Agent, on behalf of Lenders as an additional insured thereunder as its interests may appear, and (2) in the case of each casualty insurance policy, contain a loss payable or lenders
loss payable clause or endorsement, reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to Collateral Agent, that names Collateral Agent, on behalf of Secured Parties as the loss payee or lenders loss payee thereunder. If any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries fails to maintain such insurance, Collateral Agent may arrange for such insurance, but at Companys expense and without any responsibility on Collateral Agents part for obtaining the insurance, the solvency of the insurance companies, the adequacy of the coverage, or the collection of claims. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Collateral Agent shall have the right, in the name of the Lenders, any Loan Party and its Restricted Subsidiaries, to file claims under any insurance policies, to receive, receipt and give acquittance for any payments that may be payable thereunder, and to execute any and all endorsements, receipts, releases, assignments, reassignments or other documents that may be necessary to effect the collection, compromise or settlement of any claims under any such insurance policies.
(b) Each of the insurance policies required to be maintained under this Section 5.5 shall provide for at least thirty (30) days (or such shorter period not less than 10 days if the insurer will not agree to provide 30 days prior written notice) prior written notice (or 10 days for non-payment of premium) to Collateral Agent of the cancellation or substantial modification thereof. Receipt of such notice of cancellation or non-payment of premium shall entitle Collateral Agent (but Collateral Agent shall not be obligated) to renew any such policies, cause the coverages and amounts thereof to be maintained at levels required pursuant to this Section 5.5 or otherwise to obtain similar insurance in place of such policies if Company is not in compliance with this Section 5.5, in each case at the expense of the Loan Parties.
(c) Each Loan Party shall take all actions required under the Flood Laws and/or reasonably requested by any Agent or any Lender to assist in ensuring that each Agent and each Lender is in compliance with the Flood Laws applicable to the Collateral, including, but not limited to, providing the Collateral Agent with the address and/or GPS coordinates of each structure on any Real Property that will be subject to a Mortgage in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and, to the extent required, obtaining flood insurance for such property, structures and contents prior to such property, structures and contents becoming Collateral, and thereafter maintaining such flood insurance in full force and effect with reputable and financially sound insurers for so long as required by any Agent or any Lender to ensure compliance with the Flood Laws.
Section 5.6. Inspections. (a) Each Loan Party will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, (i) keep adequate books of record and account in accordance with GAAP and (ii) permit any representatives designated by Collateral Agent or any Lender (including employees of Collateral Agent, any Lender or any consultants, auditors, accountants, lawyers and appraisers retained by Collateral Agent) to visit and inspect any of the properties of any Loan Party and any of its respective Restricted Subsidiaries, to conduct audits, valuations and/or field examinations of any Loan Party and any of its respective Restricted Subsidiaries, to inspect, copy and take extracts from its and their financial and accounting records, and to discuss its and their affairs, finances and accounts with its and their officers and independent accountants and auditors, all upon reasonable notice and at such reasonable times during normal business hours (so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing) and as often as may reasonably be requested. The Loan Parties agree to pay the (i) the examiners out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with all such visits, audits, inspections, valuations and field examinations and (ii) the
costs of all visits, audits, inspections, valuations and field examinations conducted by a third party on behalf of the Agents and the Lenders; provided, however, that so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (x) Company shall not be obligated to reimburse the Agents and the Lenders for more than two visits, audits, inspections, valuations and field examinations during any calendar year and (y) the aggregate amount of such reimbursement pursuant to the foregoing clause (x) shall not exceed $100,000 in any calendar year. The Loan Parties acknowledge that Collateral Agent, after exercising its rights of inspection, may prepare and distribute to the Lenders certain reports pertaining to the Loan Parties assets for internal use by Collateral Agent and the Lenders.
(b) Independently of or in connection with the visits, inspections, audits, valuations and/or field examinations provided for in clause (a) above, but not more than (x) if no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, once during any 12-month period (unless required by applicable law), and (y) if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, on an unlimited basis, in each case upon the request of any Agent after reasonable prior notice, Company will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary that is a Loan Party to, permit (and cooperate with) any Agent or professionals (including an Approved Valuation Firm) to conduct a valuation to determine the Propane Customer List NOLV. The Loan Parties agree to pay the (i) the examiners out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with all such valuations and (ii) the costs of all valuations to determine the Propane Customer List NOLV conducted by an Approved Valuation Firm on behalf of the Agents and the Lenders in an amount not to exceed, so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, $75,000 per Fiscal Year.
Section 5.7. Lenders Meetings and Conference Calls.
(a) General Partner and Company will, upon the request of Collateral Agent or Required Lenders, participate in a meeting of Agents and Lenders once during each Fiscal Year to be held at Companys corporate offices (or at such other location as may be agreed to by Company and Collateral Agent) at such time as may be agreed to by General Partner, Company and Collateral Agent.
(b) Within ten (10) days of delivery of financial statements and other information required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(b), Company shall cause its chief financial officer to participate in a conference call with Agents and all Lenders who choose to participate in such conference call during which conference call the chief financial officer shall review the financial condition of Company and its Subsidiaries and such other matters as any Agent or any Lender may reasonably request.
Section 5.8. Compliance with Laws. Each Loan Party will comply, and shall cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to comply, with the requirements of all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority, non-compliance with which could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.9. Environmental.
(a) Each Loan Party shall (i) comply, and take reasonable steps to cause all tenants and other Persons who may come upon any property owned or operated by it to comply, with all Environmental Laws which the failure to comply could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) maintain and comply all Governmental Authorizations required under applicable Environmental Laws which the failure to maintain or comply could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) take reasonable steps to prevent any Release of Hazardous Materials from any property owned or operated by any Loan Party that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (iv) take reasonable steps to ensure that no Hazardous Materials are Released or migrating from any property owned or operated by any Loan Party in violation of any Environmental Law the violation of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (v) undertake or cause to be undertaken any and all Remedial Actions in response to any material Environmental Claim, Release of Hazardous Materials or violation of Environmental Law to the extent required by Environmental Law or any Governmental Authority and, upon request of Collateral Agent, provide Collateral Agent all material data, information and reports generated in connection therewith.
(b) The Loan Parties shall promptly (but in any event within five (5) Business Days) (i) notify Collateral Agent in writing (A) if it knows, suspects or believes there may be a material Release in excess of any reportable quantity or material violation of Environmental Laws in, at, on, under or from any part of the Real Property or any improvements constructed thereon, (B) of any material Environmental Claims asserted against or Environmental Liabilities and Costs of any Loan Party or predecessor in interest or concerning any Real Property, (C) of any failure to comply with Environmental Law in all material respects at any Real Property or that is reasonably likely to result in a material Environmental Claim asserted against any Loan Party, (D) any Loan Partys discovery of any occurrence or condition on any real property adjoining or in the vicinity of any Real Property that could cause such Real Property or any part thereof to be subject to any material restrictions on the ownership, occupancy, transferability or use thereof under any Environmental Laws, and (E) any notice of Environmental Lien filed against any Real Property, and (ii) provide such other documents and information as reasonably requested by Collateral Agent in relation to any matter pursuant to this Section 5.9(b).
Section 5.10. Subsidiaries. In the event that any Person becomes a Domestic Subsidiary of Company, Company shall (a) concurrently with such Person becoming a Domestic Subsidiary cause such Domestic Subsidiary to become a Guarantor hereunder and a Grantor under the Pledge and Security Agreement by executing and delivering to each Agent a Counterpart Agreement, and (b) take all such actions and execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, all such documents, instruments, agreements, and certificates requested by the Collateral Agent as are similar to those described in Sections 3.1(b), 3.1(g), and 3.1(j). In the event that any Person becomes a Foreign Subsidiary of Company, such Person shall not be required to execute the documents referred to in this Section 5.10. In the event that any Person becomes a Foreign Subsidiary of Company or a FSHCO, and the ownership interests of such Foreign Subsidiary or FSHCO are owned by Company or by any Domestic Subsidiary thereof, Company shall, or shall cause such Domestic Subsidiary to, deliver, all such documents, instruments, agreements, and certificates requested by Collateral Agent as are similar to those described in Section 3.1(b), and Company shall take, or shall cause such Domestic Subsidiary to take, all of the actions referred to
in Section 3.1(g) necessary to grant and to perfect a First Priority Lien in favor of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, under the Pledge and Security Agreement in 65% of such ownership interests. With respect to each such Subsidiary, Company shall promptly send to Collateral Agent written notice setting forth with respect to such Person (i) the date on which such Person became a Subsidiary of Company, and (ii) all of the data required to be set forth in Schedules 4.1 and 4.2 with respect to all Subsidiaries of Company; provided, such written notice shall be deemed to supplement Schedules 4.1 and 4.2 for all purposes hereof.
Section 5.11. Additional Material Real Estate Assets. In the event that any Loan Party acquires a Material Real Estate Asset or a Real Estate Asset owned on the Closing Date becomes a Material Real Estate Asset and such interest has not otherwise been made subject to the Lien of the Collateral Documents in favor of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, then such Loan Party, within 90 days or such longer period as the Collateral Agent may agree after acquiring such Material Real Estate Asset, or within 90 days or such longer period as the Collateral Agent may agree after a Responsible Officer of Company acquiring knowledge that a Real Estate Asset owned on the Closing Date has become a Material Real Estate Asset, shall take all such actions and execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, all such mortgages, documents, instruments, agreements, opinions and certificates similar to those described in Schedule 5.15 and Section 3.1(g), with respect to each such Material Real Estate Asset that Collateral Agent shall reasonably request to create in favor of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, a valid and, subject to any filing and/or recording referred to herein, perfected First Priority security interest in such Material Real Estate Assets. In addition to the foregoing, Company shall, at the request of Required Lenders, deliver, from time to time, to Collateral Agent such appraisals as are required by law or regulation of Real Estate Assets with respect to which Collateral Agent has been granted a Lien.
Section 5.12. Reserved.
Section 5.13. Further Assurances. At any time or from time to time upon the request of any Agent, each Loan Party will, at its expense, promptly execute, acknowledge and deliver such further documents and do such other acts and things as such Agent may reasonably request in order to effect fully the purposes of the Loan Documents, including providing Lenders with any information reasonably requested pursuant to Section 10.21. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, each Loan Party shall take such actions as any Agent may reasonably request from time to time to ensure that the Obligations are guaranteed by the Guarantors and are secured by substantially all of the assets of Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and all of the outstanding Capital Stock of Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (subject to limitations contained in the Loan Documents with respect to Foreign Subsidiaries and subject to any thresholds specified in the applicable Loan Documents).
Section 5.14. Miscellaneous Business Covenants. Unless otherwise consented to by Agents and Required Lenders:
(a) Non-Consolidation. Company will and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to: (i) maintain entity records and books of account separate from those of any other entity (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) which is an Affiliate of such entity and (ii) not commingle its funds or assets with those of any other entity which is an Affiliate of such entity, other than the Company and its Subsidiaries.
(b) Cash Management Systems. Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall establish and maintain cash management systems in effect on the Closing Date with any material changes reasonably acceptable to Collateral Agent, including, without limitation, a funding account at PNC.
(c) Communication with Accountants. Each Loan Party executing this Agreement authorizes each Agent to communicate directly with such Loan Partys independent certified public accountants and authorizes and shall instruct those accountants to communicate (including the delivery of audit drafts and letters to management) with each Agent and each Lender information relating to any Loan Party with respect to the business, results of operations and financial condition of any Loan Party; provided, however, that each Agent or the applicable Lender, as the case may be, shall provide such Loan Party with notice at least two (2) Business Days prior to first initiating any such communication.
Section 5.15. Post-Closing Matters Company shall, and shall cause each of the Loan Parties to, satisfy the requirements set forth on Schedule 5.15 on or before the date specified for such requirement or such later date to be determined by Collateral Agent.
Section 5.16. Books and Records. Company and its Subsidiaries shall maintain at all times at the chief executive office of Company books and records of Company and its Subsidiaries necessary to prepare internal and external financial statements in accordance with GAAP and reports.
Section 5.17. Designation as Senior Debt. Company shall, and shall cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries, to designate all Obligations as senior indebtedness under any subordinated note or indenture documents applicable to it, to the extent provided for therein.
Section 5.18. Commodity Risk Management Policy. Company shall, and shall cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, comply, with the Commodity Risk Management Policy.
Section 5.19. Hedging Agreements. Company will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, on a consolidated basis, as of the end of each Fiscal Quarter, with respect to gallons of propane for which the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is obligated to sell to customers (whether in capped or unlimited volumes) subject to a fixed price, a capped price, or any other provision limiting the ability of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to charge an open-market or indexed price (such indexing in reference to a posted price at a propane hub or specified delivery point) (the Fixed Price Volumes), maintain Hedging Agreements that are (i) with respect to propane for delivery at Mont Belvieu, Texas or Conway, Kansas, and (ii) aggregate (when calculated on a net basis with all Hedging Agreements in respect of propane) to a long position of not less than 70% and not greater than 100% of Reasonably Anticipated Purchases in respect of the Fixed Price Volumes.
Section 5.20. Accounts Receivable Securitization. Company will, and will cause Ferrellgas Receivables, LLC and /or any other SPE, to, on or prior to the date that is thirty (30) days prior to the earliest maturity of any Accounts Receivable Securitization, extend the maturity of or replace such Accounts Receivable Securitization to a date that is no earlier than August 4, 2023 with an Accounts Receivable Securitization or other similar facility on terms and conditions, taken as a whole as reasonably determined in good faith by the Companys chief financial officer, not materially less favorable to the Company or the Agents and the Lenders than the terms of the Accounts Receivable Securitization in existence on the Closing Date and with restrictions on payments for, and terms of, purchases of receivables from the Loan Parties, taken as a whole, not less favorable to the Company and the Agents and the Lenders than the terms of the Accounts Receivable Securitization in existence on the Closing Date with a maturity no earlier than August 4, 2023.
Section 5.21. SPE. Upon the termination of any Accounts Receivable Securitization facility and the extinguishment of all obligations of any SPE thereunder, Company shall cause such SPE to immediately transfer all of its assets (including, without limitation, all cash and accounts receivable owned by such SPE) to Company.
ARTICLE VI
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
Each Loan Party covenants and agrees that until the Final Satisfaction Date, such Loan Party shall perform, and shall cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to perform, all covenants in this Article VI.
Section 6.1. Indebtedness. No Loan Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or guaranty, or otherwise become or remain directly or indirectly liable with respect to any Indebtedness, except Permitted Indebtedness.
Section 6.2. Liens. No Loan Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on or with respect to any property or asset of any kind (including any document or instrument in respect of goods or accounts receivable) of Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or any income or profits therefrom, or file or permit the filing of, or permit to remain in effect, any financing statement or other similar notice of any Lien with respect to any such property, asset, income or profits under the UCC of any state or under any similar recording or notice statute, except Permitted Liens.
Section 6.3. Equitable Lien. If any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall create or assume any Lien upon any of its properties or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than Permitted Liens, it shall make or cause to be made effective provisions whereby the Obligations will be secured by such Lien equally and ratably with any and all other Indebtedness secured thereby as long as any such Indebtedness shall be so secured; provided, notwithstanding the foregoing, this covenant shall not be construed as a consent by Required Lenders to the creation or assumption of any such Lien not otherwise permitted hereby.
Section 6.4. No Further Negative Pledges. Except with respect to (a) specific property encumbered to secure payment of particular Indebtedness or to be sold pursuant to an executed agreement with respect to an Asset Sale permitted under Section 6.9, (b) restrictions by reason of customary provisions restricting assignments, subletting or other transfers contained in leases, licenses and similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business (provided that such restrictions are limited to the property or assets secured by such Liens or the property or assets subject to such leases, licenses or similar agreements, as the case may be), (c) covenants in agreement evidencing any Indebtedness permitted hereunder other than Prohibited Covenants, and (d) in agreements existing at the time any Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary of the Company, so long as such agreement was not entered into solely in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary of the Company, no Loan Party nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall enter into any agreement after the Closing Date prohibiting the creation or assumption of any Lien upon any of its properties or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired.
Section 6.5. Restricted Junior Payments. No Loan Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, declare, order, pay, make or set apart, or agree to declare, order, pay, make or set apart, any sum for any Restricted Junior Payment except that so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom,
(a) Company may issue and sell its common limited partnership Capital Stock;
(b) Company and each Restricted Subsidiary may declare and make dividend payments or other distributions payable solely in the common stock Capital Stock of such Person;
(c) Company and each Subsidiary may purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire its common Capital Stock with the net cash proceeds received from the substantially concurrent issue of new common Capital Stock;
(d) Company may make Restricted Junior Payments permitted under Section 6.18 and for scheduled dividends or distributions in connection with Disqualified Capital Stock permitted under clause (m) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness;
(e) whether or not a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to the Company and the other Loan Parties; and
(f) Company may declare and make cash Restricted Junior Payments in addition to those listed above if, both before and after the declaration and the making thereof, all of the following conditions are satisfied:
(i) the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties contained in Article IV or any other Loan Document, or which are contained in any document furnished at any time under or in connection herewith or therewith, shall be true and correct in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations or warranties that already are qualified or modified as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect in the text thereof, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects subject to such qualification) on and as of the date of such Restricted Junior Payment, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be
applicable to any representations or warranties that already are qualified or modified as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect in the text thereof, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects subject to such qualification) as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 6.5, the representations and warranties contained in Section 4.7 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to subsections (b) and (c), respectively, of Section 5.1.
(ii) Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 6.8 on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Restricted Junior Payment as of the last day of the Fiscal Quarter most recently ended (calculating the amount of Indebtedness of Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as the amount outstanding immediately after giving effect to such Restricted Junior Payment);
(iii) the amount of the Restricted Junior Payments made pursuant to this Section 6.5(f):
(x) with respect to the 2020 Holdco Notes in order to pay interest with respect thereto that does not exceed the amount of regularly scheduled interest required to be paid to any holder of the 2020 Holdco Notes other than a Loan Party pursuant to the 2010 Holdco Indenture plus the amount of distributions required to be paid to the General Partner under the terms of the Partnership Agreement as in effect on the Closing Date in connection with the amounts distributed to the MLP to make such interest payments,
(y) with respect to the Holdco Exchange Transaction does not exceed the amount of Net Cash Proceeds from any Specified Transactions plus $25,000,000 and
(z) in all other cases, does not exceed in any Fiscal Quarter the greater of (i) $10,000,000 and (ii) an amount equal to (1) Available Cash of Company for the immediately preceding Fiscal Quarter plus (2) the lesser of (a) the amount of any Available Cash of Company accrued during the first 45 days of such Fiscal Quarter and (b) the excess of the aggregate amount of Loans that Company could have borrowed over the actual amount of Loans outstanding, if, in the case of this clause (z)(ii) only, as of the last day of the immediately preceding Fiscal Quarter for which the Leverage Ratio for the most recently ended four full Fiscal Quarters for which quarterly or annual financial statements are available, calculated on a pro forma basis as if such Restricted Junior Payment had been made at the beginning of the relevant four-quarter period, would have been less than or equal to (i) in any Fiscal Quarter ending during Fiscal Year 2018, 7.75 to 1.00, (ii) in any Fiscal Quarter ending during Fiscal Year 2019, 7.25 to 1.00, (iii) in any Fiscal Quarter ending during Fiscal Year 2020, 6.75 to 1.00, and (iv) in any Fiscal Quarter ending thereafter, 6.25 to 1.00; and
(iv) after giving effect to such Restricted Junior Payment, Qualified Cash of Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries plus Excess Availability shall be at least (i) if made during the Fiscal Quarter ending October 31st of each Fiscal Year, $70,000,000, (ii) if made during the Fiscal Quarter ending January 31st of each Fiscal Year, $35,000,000, (iii) if made during the Fiscal Quarter ending April 30th of each Fiscal Year, $55,000,000, and (iv) if made during the Fiscal Quarter ending July 31st of each Fiscal Year, $100,000,000.
Not later than the date on which any Restricted Junior Payment is made under Section 6.5(e), Company shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an officers certificate signed by an Authorized Officer of Company stating that such Restricted Payment is permitted and setting forth the basis upon which the calculations required by this Section 6.5 were computed, which calculations may be based upon Companys latest available financial statements.
Section 6.6. Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions. Except as provided herein, no Loan Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction of any kind on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary of Company to (a) pay dividends or make any other distributions on any of such Restricted Subsidiarys Capital Stock owned by Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary of Company, (b) repay or prepay any Indebtedness owed by such Restricted Subsidiary to Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary of Company, (c) make loans or advances to Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary of Company, or (d) transfer any of its property or assets to Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary of Company other than restrictions (i) in agreements evidencing purchase money Indebtedness permitted by clause (h) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness that impose restrictions on the property so acquired, (ii) by reason of customary provisions restricting assignments, subletting or other transfers contained in leases, licenses, joint venture agreements and similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business, (iii) that are or were created by virtue of any transfer of, agreement to transfer or option or right with respect to any property, assets or Capital Stock not otherwise prohibited under this Agreement, (iv) in agreements existing at the time any Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary of the Company, so long as such agreement was not entered into solely in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary of the Company, (v) set forth in the Senior Notes Documents or any refinancing of the Senior Notes permitted under this Agreement, in Permitted Replacement Debt, or in the Accounts Receivable Securitization; (vi) in connection with customary non-assignment provisions of contracts governing leasehold interests; or (vii) in any other agreement that is no more restrictive than in any agreement evidencing Indebtedness of the Loan Parties in effect on the Closing Date. No Loan Party shall, nor shall it permit its Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter into any Contractual Obligations which would prohibit a Restricted Subsidiary of Company from being a Loan Party unless such Person is permitted hereunder to cease being a Loan Party.
Section 6.7. Investments. No Loan Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, make or own any Investment in any Person, including without limitation any Joint Venture and any Foreign Subsidiary, except Permitted Investments. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall any Loan Party make any Investment which results in or facilitates in any manner any Restricted Junior Payment not otherwise permitted under the terms of Section 6.5.
Section 6.8. Financial Covenants.
(a) Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall not permit the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio as of the last day of any Fiscal Quarter, beginning with the Fiscal Quarter ending July 31, 2018, to be less than 1.00 to 1.00.
(b) Senior Secured Leverage Ratio. Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall not permit the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio as of the last day of any Fiscal Quarter, beginning with the Fiscal Quarter ending July 31, 2018, to exceed 3.00 to 1.00.
(c) Certain Calculations.
(A) With respect to any Measurement Period during which a Permitted Acquisition or an Asset Sale permitted under Section 6.9(c) has occurred (each, a Subject Transaction), or in the event that a Subject Transaction has been consummated subsequent to the conclusion of the most recently ended Measurement Period but prior to the date of determination for which compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 6.8 is being calculated, for purposes of determining compliance with the financial covenants set forth in this Section 6.8, Consolidated EBITDA, Consolidated Non-Acquisition Capital Expenditures and the components of Consolidated Fixed Charges shall be calculated with respect to such period inclusive of Pro Forma Adjustments as though such Subject Transaction occurred on the first day of such Measurement Period, and any Indebtedness incurred or repaid in connection with such Subject Transaction had been incurred or repaid at the beginning of such Measurement Period assuming that such Indebtedness bears interest during the applicable Measurement Period at the interest rate applicable to such Indebtedness as of such date of determination; and
(B) In the event that the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than in connection with a Subject Transaction as described in Section 6.8(c)(A) hereof (x) incurs, assumes or guarantees any Indebtedness or (y) redeems or repays any Indebtedness, in each case other than Revolving Loans and subsequent to the conclusion of a Measurement Period but prior to the date of determination for which compliance with the financial covenants set forth in this Section 6.8 is being calculated, then for purposes of determining compliance with the financial covenants set forth in this Section 6.8, (i) Consolidated Total Secured Debt shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption, guarantee, redemption or repayment of Indebtedness as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable Measurement Period and (ii) Consolidated Interest Charges shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption, guarantee, redemption or repayment of Indebtedness as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable Measurement Period assuming that such Indebtedness bears interest at the interest rate applicable to such Indebtedness as of such date of determination.
Section 6.9. Fundamental Changes; Disposition of Assets; Acquisitions. No Loan Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter into any transaction of merger or consolidation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or convey, sell, lease or sub lease (as lessor or sublessor), exchange, transfer or otherwise dispose of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, all or any part of its business, assets or property of any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or acquire by purchase or otherwise (other than purchases or other acquisitions of inventory, materials and equipment and Capital Expenditures in the ordinary course of business) the business, property or fixed assets of, or stock or other evidence of beneficial ownership of, any Person or any division or line of business or other business unit of any Person, except:
(a) (i) any Restricted Subsidiary of Company may be merged with or into Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary, or be liquidated, wound up or dissolved, or all or any part of its business, property or assets may be conveyed, sold, leased, transferred or otherwise disposed of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, to Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided, in the case of a merger with Company, Company shall be the continuing or surviving Person; provided, further, that if the transferor in any such a transaction is a Loan Party, then the transferee must be a Loan Party, (ii) Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may be merged with or into any other Person, provided, in the case of such a merger, Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, shall be the continuing or surviving Person;
(b) sales or other dispositions of assets that do not constitute Asset Sales;
(c) (i) Asset Sales set forth on Schedule 6.9, (ii) Specified Transactions, and (iii) other Asset Sales, the proceeds of which (x) are less than $25,000,000 with respect to any single Asset Sale or series of related Asset Sales, and (y) when aggregated with the proceeds of all other Asset Sales made within the same Fiscal Year, are less than $50,000,000; provided (A) no less than 75% thereof shall be paid in Cash, and (B) the Net Proceeds thereof shall be applied as required by Section 2.13(a);
(d) disposals of obsolete or worn out property or property no longer used or useful in the business of the Company or such Guarantor Subsidiary provided that the Net Proceeds thereof shall be applied as required by Section 2.13(a);
(e) prior to the date that is twelve (12) Business Days after the receipt by (i) the Company and (ii) the administrative agent (and its counsel) under any financing arrangement for any Accounts Receivable Securitization (such notices pursuant to this clause (e)(ii) to be sent to the addresses delivered to the Administrative Agent in writing on the date the maturity date of the Accounts Receivable Securitization in existence on the Closing Date is extended (or such facility is replaced)), in each case, of a Securitization Termination Notice, sales or transfers of Securitization Assets by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to an SPE and by an SPE to any other Person in connection with any Accounts Receivable Securitization on terms and conditions, taken as a whole as reasonably determined in good faith by the Companys chief financial officer, not materially less favorable to the Company or the Agents and the Lenders than the terms of the Accounts Receivable Securitization in existence on the Closing Date and with restrictions on payments for, and terms of, purchases of receivables from the Loan Parties, taken as a whole, not less favorable to the Company and the Agents and the Lenders than the terms of the Accounts Receivable Securitization in existence on the Closing Date;
(f) Permitted Acquisitions;
(g) Permitted Investments and Restricted Junior Payments permitted under Section 6.5;
(h) dispositions of inventory or cash equivalents in the ordinary course of business; and
(i) dispositions of fixtures or equipment in the ordinary course of business to the extent that (i) such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property or (ii) the proceeds of such disposition are reasonably promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement property.
Section 6.10. Disposal of Subsidiary Interests. Except for any sale of all of its interests in the Capital Stock of any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in compliance with the provisions of Section 6.9, no Loan Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, (a) directly or indirectly sell, assign, pledge or otherwise encumber or dispose of any Capital Stock of any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, except to qualify directors if required by applicable law; or (b) permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries directly or indirectly to sell, assign, pledge or otherwise encumber or dispose of any Capital Stock of any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, except to another Loan Party (subject to the restrictions on such disposition otherwise imposed hereunder), or to qualify directors if required by applicable law.
Section 6.11. Sales and Lease Backs. No Loan Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, become or remain liable as lessee or as a guarantor or other surety with respect to any lease of any property (whether real, personal or mixed), whether now owned or hereafter acquired, which such Loan Party (a) has sold or transferred or is to sell or to transfer to any other Person (other than Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries), or (b) intends to use for substantially the same purpose as any other property which has been or is to be sold or transferred by such Loan Party to any Person (other than Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) in connection with such lease other than a lease with Attributable Indebtedness in an amount not to exceed $15,000,000 outstanding at any time so long as (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom and (ii) Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 6.8 on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such transaction as of the last day of the Fiscal Quarter most recently ended (calculating the amount of Indebtedness of Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as the amount outstanding immediately after giving effect to such transaction).
Section 6.12. Transactions with Affiliates. No Loan Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into or permit to exist any transaction (including the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property or the rendering of any service) with any of its Subsidiaries or with any Affiliate of Company or of any such holder; provided, however, that the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries may enter into or permit to exist any such transaction if the terms of such transaction, taken as a whole, are not less favorable to Company or that Subsidiary, as the case may be, than those that might be obtained at the time from a Person who is not an Affiliate; further, provided, that the foregoing restrictions shall not apply to any of the following:
(a) any transaction among the Loan Parties (excluding General Partner);
(b) any employment agreement, stock option agreement, restricted stock agreement, employee stock ownership plan related agreements, or similar agreement and arrangements, in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice of Company (or the General Partner) or such Restricted Subsidiary;
(c) Restricted Junior Payments permitted by the provisions of Section 6.5 and Permitted Investments,
(d) Accounts Receivable Securitization to the extent permitted under Section 6.1;
(e) reasonable and customary fees paid to members of the Board of Directors (or similar governing body) of General Partner, Company and its Subsidiaries,
(f) payments made to the General Partner in respect of reimbursement for all direct and indirect expenses incurred or payments made by the General Partner on behalf of the Company or the MLP in connection with operating the MLP and its Subsidiaries business and all other necessary or appropriate expenses allocable to the Company or the MLP or otherwise reasonably incurred by the General Partner in connection with operating the MLP and its Subsidiaries business, including amounts paid under the Transition Services Agreement;
(g) payments to General Partner for provision of employees for the operations of Company and its Subsidiaries pursuant to the Partnership Agreement; and
(h) transactions described in Schedule 6.12.
Except for transactions permitted under the foregoing clauses (a) through (h) of this Section 6.12, the Company shall disclose in writing each transaction with any holder of 5% or more of any class of Capital Stock of Company or any of its Unrestricted Subsidiaries or with any Affiliate of Company or of any such holder to Collateral Agent.
Section 6.13. Conduct of Business. From and after the Closing Date, no Loan Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, engage in any material line of business other than (a) the businesses engaged in by the Company and its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date, (b) midstream energy operations, including oil, natural gas, natural gas liquids and related products gathering, treating, processing, terminaling, storage, transportation and marketing, compression services, or waste water disposal services, (c) any business substantially related, incidental or ancillary to the businesses described in the foregoing clauses (a) and (b) or (d) such other lines of business as may be consented to by Collateral Agent and Required Lenders.
Section 6.14. Permitted Activities of General Partner. General Partner shall not (a) incur, directly or indirectly, any Indebtedness or any other obligation or liability whatsoever other than the Obligations and obligations existing solely as a result of being the general partner of the Company and the MLP; (b) create or suffer to exist any Lien upon any property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired by it other than the Liens created under the Collateral Documents to which it is a party or permitted pursuant to Section 6.2; (c) engage in any business or activity or
own any assets other than (i) holding (A) 100% of the general partner interests of the Capital Stock of Company and the MLP and (B) limited partnership interests in the MLP; (ii) executing, delivering and performing its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party; (iii) providing employees for the operations of Company and its Subsidiaries pursuant to the Partnership Agreement and the Transition Services Agreement; (iv) making Restricted Junior Payments and Investments to the extent permitted by this Agreement; (v) maintaining its corporate existence, (vi) participating in tax, accounting and other administrative activities as the parent of the consolidated group of companies, including the Loan Parties and the MLP and (vii) activities incidental to the businesses or activities described in clauses (i) through (vi) of this clause (c), (d) consolidate with or merge with or into, or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all its assets to, any Person; (e) sell or otherwise dispose of any Capital Stock of its general partnership interests of the MLP and Company; (f) create or acquire any direct Subsidiary other than the MLP or Company or make or own any Investment in any Person other than Company or the MLP; or (g) fail to hold itself out as a legal entity separate and distinct from all other Persons.
Section 6.15. Changes to Certain Agreements and Organizational Documents. (a) No Loan Party shall (i) amend or permit any amendments to any Loan Partys Organizational Documents if such amendment would have a material adverse effect on such Loan Party or be materially adverse to the Agents or the Lenders; (ii) permit any amendment of MLPs Organizational Documents if such amendment would have a material adverse effect on Company or would be materially adverse to the Agents or the Lenders; (iii) amend or permit any amendments to, or terminate or waive any provision of, any Material Contract if such amendment, termination, or waiver would be materially adverse to the Agents or the Lenders or (iv) permit any amendment of any agreements related to any Accounts Receivable Securization if such amendment would have a material adverse effect on Company or its Subsidiaries or would be materially adverse to the Agents or the Lenders.
(b) No Loan Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, amend or otherwise change the terms of any subordinated Indebtedness, except as may be permitted pursuant to the applicable subordination and/or intercreditor arrangements, which applicable subordination and/or intercreditor arrangements shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and the Required Lenders.
(c) No Loan Party shall amend or permit any amendments to, or terminate or waive any provision of, the Transition Services Agreement.
Section 6.16. Accounting Methods. The Loan Parties will not and will not permit any of their Subsidiaries to modify or change its fiscal year or its method of accounting (other than in conformity with GAAP).
Section 6.17. Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts. No Loan Party shall establish or maintain a Deposit Account or a Securities Account that is not subject to a Control Agreement, other than Excluded Accounts.
Section 6.18. Prepayments of Certain Indebtedness. No Loan Party shall, directly or indirectly, voluntarily purchase, redeem, defease or prepay any principal of, premium, if any, payable in respect of any Indebtedness prior to its scheduled maturity or pay any accrued interest, premium or fees on such Indebtedness more than 10 Business Days before its due or any unaccrued interest, premium or fee, other than (a) the Obligations, (b) Indebtedness secured by a Permitted Lien if the asset securing such Indebtedness has been sold or otherwise disposed of in accordance with Section 6.9, (c) in connection with a refinancing permitted under this Agreement, (d) Indebtedness secured by a Permitted Lien permitted pursuant to clause (m) of the definition of Permitted Lien, (e) Indebtedness under Hedging Agreements, (f) accounts payable constituting Indebtedness, (g) Indebtedness permitted by clauses (b), (c) (so long as all of the conditions set forth in such clause (c) are also satisfied with respect to the making of such payment), (f) and (l) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness or (h) in connection with the consummation of the Holdco Exchange Transaction.
Section 6.19. Anti-Terrorism Laws. Each Loan Party covenants and agrees that (i) no Covered Entity will become a Sanctioned Person, (ii) no Covered Entity, either in its own right or through any third party, will (A) have any of its assets in a Sanctioned Country or in the possession, custody or control of a Sanctioned Person in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law; (B) do business in or with, or derive any of its income from investments in or transactions with, any Sanctioned Country or Sanctioned Person in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law; (C) engage in any dealings or transactions prohibited by any Anti-Terrorism Law or (D) use the Advances to fund any operations in, finance any investments or activities in, or, make any payments to, a Sanctioned Country or Sanctioned Person in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law, (iii) the funds used to repay the Obligations will not be derived from any unlawful activity, (iv) no Covered Entity shall fail to comply with all Anti-Terrorism Laws and (v) no Loan Party shall fail to promptly notify the Agent in writing upon the occurrence of a Reportable Compliance Event.
Section 6.20. Commodity Risk Management Policy. No Loan Party shall (i) replace or terminate the Commodity Risk Management Policy, (ii) amend Section 2 of the Commodity Risk Management Policy entitled Role of Commodity Risk Within Ferrellgas or Section 4 of the Commodity Risk Management Policy entitled Risked to be Managed, (iii) amend the definitions of VAR, Current Risk Limit, Maximum Risk Limit, and Year-to-Date Loss Limit contained in the Commodity Risk Management Policy, (iv) amend Appendix C of the Commodity Risk Management Policy to increase the Year-to-Date Loss Limit or the Value-at-Risk limits above $10,000,000, respectively, or (v) otherwise amend the Commodity Risk Management Policy in a manner that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or be materially adverse to the Agents and the Lenders.
Section 6.21. Designation of Senior Debt. No Loan Party shall designate any Indebtedness (other than the Indebtedness under the Loan Documents, the Senior Notes, Permitted Unsecured Debt that is not subordinated, Indebtedness that refinances the Senior Notes that is not subordinated, Permitted Replacement Indebtedness that is not subordinated, Indebtedness under Hedging Agreements, and Indebtedness permitted under clause (h) and (l) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness) of Company or any of its Subsidiaries as senior debt (or any similar term) under any of its subordinated notes or indentures.
Section 6.22. Restrictions on Hedging Agreements. No Loan Party shall, nor shall any Loan Party permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to:
(a) enter into any Hedging Agreements other than (i) Permitted Commodity Hedging Agreements; and (ii) Permitted Interest Hedging Agreements;
(b) enter into any Hedging Agreement for speculative purposes,
(c) be party to or otherwise enter into any Hedging Agreement or establish any hedge position which is entered into for reasons other than as a part of its normal business operations as a risk management strategy and/or hedge against changes resulting from market conditions related to Companys and its Restricted Subsidiaries operations; or
(d) except as otherwise expressly permitted pursuant to this Agreement, be party to or otherwise enter into any Hedging Agreement or establish any hedge position which is secured with collateral or otherwise post cash or margin in respect of its Hedging Agreements.
Section 6.23. Propane Sales. No Loan Party shall, nor shall any Loan Party permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, as of the end of any Fiscal Quarter, permit the amount of gallons of propane contracted to be sold to customers subject to fixed price or cap or collar price sales contracts during any four consecutive Fiscal Quarter period to exceed 45% of the total amount of gallons of propane contracted to be sold during such four consecutive Fiscal Quarter period most recently ended.
Section 6.24. Floating Price Take-or-Pay Contracts. Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter into take-or-pay contracts with respect to gallons of propane contracted to be purchased with delivery dates more than 36 months from the date of the making of such contract.
Section 6.25. 2020 Holdco Notes. If the Company acquires any 2020 Holdco Notes pursuant to the Holdco Exchange Transaction, the Company shall not transfer any such 2020 Holdco Notes to any Person other than to the MLP to be satisfied upon redemption, purchase or payment at maturity thereof.
ARTICLE VII
GUARANTY
Section 7.1. Guaranty of the Obligations. Subject to the provisions of Section 7.2, Guarantors jointly and severally hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guaranty for the ratable benefit of the Beneficiaries the due and punctual payment in full of all Obligations when the same shall become due, whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, acceleration, demand or otherwise (including amounts that would become due but for the operation of the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 362(a)) (collectively, the Guaranteed Obligations).
Section 7.2. Contribution by Guarantors. All Guarantors desire to allocate among themselves, in a fair and equitable manner, their obligations arising under this Guaranty. Accordingly, in the event any payment or distribution is made on any date by a Guarantor under this Guaranty such that its Aggregate Payments exceeds its Fair Share as of such date, such Guarantor shall be entitled to a contribution from each of the other Guarantors in an amount sufficient to cause each Guarantors Aggregate Payments to equal its Fair Share as of such date. Fair Share means, with respect to any Guarantor as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (a) the ratio of (i) the Fair Share Contribution Amount with respect to such Guarantor, to (ii) the aggregate of the Fair Share Contribution Amounts with respect to all Guarantors multiplied by, (b) the aggregate amount paid or distributed on or before such date by all Guarantors under this Guaranty in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations. Fair Share Contribution Amount means, with respect to any Guarantor as of any date of determination, the maximum aggregate amount of the obligations of such Guarantor under this Guaranty that would not render its obligations hereunder subject to avoidance as a fraudulent transfer or conveyance under Section 548 of Title 11 of the United States Code or any comparable applicable provisions of state law; provided, solely for purposes of calculating the Fair Share Contribution Amount with respect to any Guarantor for purposes of this Section 7.2, any assets or liabilities of such Guarantor arising by virtue of any rights to subrogation, reimbursement or indemnification or any rights to or obligations of contribution hereunder shall not be considered as assets or liabilities of such Guarantor. Aggregate Payments means, with respect to any Guarantor as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (A) the aggregate amount of all payments and distributions made on or before such date by such Guarantor in respect of this Guaranty (including, without limitation, in respect of this Section 7.2), minus (B) the aggregate amount of all payments received on or before such date by such Guarantor from the other Guarantors as contributions under this Section 7.2. The amounts payable as contributions hereunder shall be determined as of the date on which the related payment or distribution is made by the applicable Guarantor. The allocation among Guarantors of their obligations as set forth in this Section 7.2 shall not be construed in any way to limit the liability of any Guarantor hereunder. Each Guarantor is a third party beneficiary to the contribution agreement set forth in this Section 7.2.
Section 7.3. Payment by Guarantors. Subject to Section 7.2, Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agree, in furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Beneficiary may have at law or in equity against any Guarantor by virtue hereof, that upon the failure of Company to pay any of the Guaranteed Obligations when and as the same shall become due, whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, acceleration, demand or otherwise (including amounts that would become due but for the operation of the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 362(a)), Guarantors will upon demand pay, or cause to be paid, in Cash, to Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of Beneficiaries, an amount equal to the sum of the unpaid principal amount of all Guaranteed Obligations then due as aforesaid, accrued and unpaid interest on such Guaranteed Obligations (including interest which, but for Companys becoming the subject of a case under the Bankruptcy Code, would have accrued on such Guaranteed Obligations, whether or not a claim is allowed against Company for such interest in the related bankruptcy case) and all other Guaranteed Obligations then owed to Beneficiaries as aforesaid.
Section 7.4. Liability of Guarantors Absolute. Each Guarantor agrees that its obligations hereunder are irrevocable, absolute, independent and unconditional and shall not be affected by
any circumstance which constitutes a legal or equitable discharge of a guarantor or surety other than payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations. In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, each Guarantor agrees as follows:
(a) this Guaranty is a guaranty of payment when due and not of collectability. This Guaranty is a primary obligation of each Guarantor and not merely a contract of surety;
(b) any Agent may enforce this Guaranty upon the occurrence of an Event of Default notwithstanding the existence of any dispute between Company and any Beneficiary with respect to the existence of such Event of Default;
(c) the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder are independent of the obligations of Company and the obligations of any other guarantor (including any other Guarantor) of the obligations of Company, and a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against such Guarantor whether or not any action is brought against Company or any of such other guarantors and whether or not Company is joined in any such action or actions;
(d) payment by any Guarantor of a portion, but not all, of the Guaranteed Obligations shall in no way limit, affect, modify or abridge any Guarantors liability for any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations which has not been paid. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if any Agent is awarded a judgment in any suit brought to enforce any Guarantors covenant to pay a portion of the Guaranteed Obligations, such judgment shall not be deemed to release such Guarantor from its covenant to pay the portion of the Guaranteed Obligations that is not the subject of such suit, and such judgment shall not, except to the extent satisfied by such Guarantor, limit, affect, modify or abridge any other Guarantors liability hereunder in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations;
(e) any Beneficiary, upon such terms as it deems appropriate, without notice or demand and without affecting the validity or enforceability hereof or giving rise to any reduction, limitation, impairment, discharge or termination of any Guarantors liability hereunder, from time to time may (i) renew, extend, accelerate, increase the rate of interest on, or otherwise change the time, place, manner or terms of payment of the Guaranteed Obligations; (ii) settle, compromise, release or discharge, or accept or refuse any offer of performance with respect to, or substitutions for, the Guaranteed Obligations or any agreement relating thereto and/or subordinate the payment of the same to the payment of any other obligations; (iii) request and accept other guaranties of the Guaranteed Obligations and take and hold security for the payment hereof or the Guaranteed Obligations; (iv) release, surrender, exchange, substitute, compromise, settle, rescind, waive, alter, subordinate or modify, with or without consideration, any security for payment of the Guaranteed Obligations, any other guaranties of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any other obligation of any Person (including any other Guarantor) with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations; (v) enforce and apply any security now or hereafter held by or for the benefit of such Beneficiary in respect hereof or the Guaranteed Obligations and direct the order or manner of sale thereof, or exercise any other right or remedy that such Beneficiary may have against any such security, in each case as such Beneficiary in its discretion may determine consistent herewith and any applicable security agreement, including foreclosure on any such security pursuant to one or more judicial or non-judicial sales, whether or not every aspect of any such sale is commercially
reasonable, and even though such action operates to impair or extinguish any right of reimbursement or subrogation or other right or remedy of any Guarantor against Company or any security for the Guaranteed Obligations; and (vi) exercise any other rights available to it under the Loan Documents and Bank Product Agreements; and
(f) this Guaranty and the obligations of Guarantors hereunder shall be valid and enforceable and shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment, discharge or termination for any reason (other than payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations), including the occurrence of any of the following, whether or not any Guarantor shall have had notice or knowledge of any of them: (i) any failure or omission to assert or enforce or agreement or election not to assert or enforce, or the stay or enjoining, by order of court, by operation of law or otherwise, of the exercise or enforcement of, any claim or demand or any right, power or remedy (whether arising under the Loan Documents, the Bank Product Agreements, at law, in equity or otherwise) with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations or any agreement relating thereto, or with respect to any other guaranty of or security for the payment of the Guaranteed Obligations; (ii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of, or any consent to departure from, any of the terms or provisions (including provisions relating to events of default) hereof, any of the other Loan Documents, the Bank Product Agreements or any agreement or instrument executed pursuant thereto, or of any other guaranty or security for the Guaranteed Obligations, in each case whether or not in accordance with the terms hereof or such Loan Document, the Bank Product Agreements or any agreement relating to such other guaranty or security; (iii) the Guaranteed Obligations, or any agreement relating thereto, at any time being found to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect; (iv) the application of payments received from any source (other than payments received pursuant to the other Loan Documents or from the proceeds of any security for the Guaranteed Obligations, except to the extent such security also serves as collateral for indebtedness other than the Guaranteed Obligations) to the payment of indebtedness other than the Guaranteed Obligations, even though any Beneficiary might have elected to apply such payment to any part or all of the Guaranteed Obligations; (v) any Beneficiarys consent to the change, reorganization or termination of the corporate structure or existence of Company or any of its Subsidiaries and to any corresponding restructuring of the Guaranteed Obligations; (vi) any failure to perfect or continue perfection of a security interest in any Collateral which secures any of the Guaranteed Obligations; (vii) any defenses, set offs or counterclaims which Company may allege or assert against any Beneficiary in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations, including failure of consideration, breach of warranty, payment, statute of frauds, statute of limitations, accord and satisfaction and usury; and (viii) 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 as an obligor in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations.
Section 7.5. Waivers by Guarantors. Each Guarantor hereby waives, for the benefit of Beneficiaries: (a) any right to require any Beneficiary, as a condition of payment or performance by such Guarantor, to (i) proceed against Company, any other guarantor (including any other Guarantor) of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other Person, (ii) proceed against or exhaust any security held from Company, any such other guarantor or any other Person, (iii) proceed against or have resort to any balance of any Deposit Account or credit on the books of any Beneficiary in favor of Company or any other Person, or (iv) pursue any other remedy in the power of any Beneficiary whatsoever; (b) any defense arising by reason of the incapacity, lack of authority or any disability or other defense of Company or any other Guarantor including any defense based
on or arising out of the lack of validity or the unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or any agreement or instrument relating thereto or by reason of the cessation of the liability of Company or any other Guarantor from any cause other than payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations; (c) any defense based upon any statute or rule of law which provides that the obligation of a surety must be neither larger in amount nor in other respects more burdensome than that of the principal; (d) any defense based upon any Beneficiarys errors or omissions in the administration of the Guaranteed Obligations, except behavior which amounts to bad faith; (e) (i) any principles or provisions of law, statutory or otherwise, which are or might be in conflict with the terms hereof and any legal or equitable discharge of such Guarantors obligations hereunder, (ii) the benefit of any statute of limitations affecting such Guarantors liability hereunder or the enforcement hereof, (iii) any rights to set offs, recoupments and counterclaims, and (iv) promptness, diligence and any requirement that any Beneficiary protect, secure, perfect or insure any security interest or lien or any property subject thereto; (f) notices, demands, presentments, protests, notices of protest, notices of dishonor and notices of any action or inaction, including acceptance hereof, notices of default hereunder or any agreement or instrument related thereto, notices of any renewal, extension or modification of the Guaranteed Obligations or any agreement related thereto, notices of any extension of credit to Company and notices of any of the matters referred to in Section 7.4 and any right to consent to any thereof; and (g) any defenses or benefits that may be derived from or afforded by law which limit the liability of or exonerate guarantors or sureties, or which may conflict with the terms hereof.
Section 7.6. Guarantors Rights of Subrogation, Contribution, etc. Until the Final Satisfaction Date, each Guarantor hereby waives any claim, right or remedy, direct or indirect, that such Guarantor now has or may hereafter have against Company or any other Guarantor or any of its assets in connection with this Guaranty or the performance by such Guarantor of its obligations hereunder, in each case whether such claim, right or remedy arises in equity, under contract, by statute, under common law or otherwise and including without limitation (a) any right of subrogation, reimbursement or indemnification that such Guarantor now has or may hereafter have against Company with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations, (b) any right to enforce, or to participate in, any claim, right or remedy that any Beneficiary now has or may hereafter have against Company, and (c) any benefit of, and any right to participate in, any collateral or security now or hereafter held by any Beneficiary. In addition, until the Final Satisfaction Date, each Guarantor shall withhold exercise of any right of contribution such Guarantor may have against any other guarantor (including any other Guarantor) of the Guaranteed Obligations, including, without limitation, any such right of contribution as contemplated by Section 7.2. Each Guarantor further agrees that, to the extent the waiver or agreement to withhold the exercise of its rights of subrogation, reimbursement, indemnification and contribution as set forth herein is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be void or voidable for any reason, any rights of subrogation, reimbursement or indemnification such Guarantor may have against Company or against any collateral or security, and any rights of contribution such Guarantor may have against any such other guarantor, shall be junior and subordinate to any rights any Beneficiary may have against Company, to all right, title and interest any Beneficiary may have in any such collateral or security, and to any right any Beneficiary may have against such other guarantor. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor on account of any such subrogation, reimbursement, indemnification or contribution rights at any time before the Final Satisfaction Date, such amount shall be held in trust for Administrative Agent on behalf of Beneficiaries and shall forthwith be paid over to
Administrative Agent for the benefit of Beneficiaries to be credited and applied against the Guaranteed Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms hereof.
Section 7.7. Subordination of Other Obligations. Any Indebtedness of Company or any Guarantor now or hereafter held by any Guarantor is hereby subordinated in right of payment to the Guaranteed Obligations, and any such indebtedness collected or received by such Guarantor after an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing shall be held in trust for Administrative Agent on behalf of Beneficiaries and shall forthwith be paid over to Administrative Agent for the benefit of Beneficiaries to be credited and applied against the Guaranteed Obligations but without affecting, impairing or limiting in any manner the liability of such Guarantor under any other provision hereof.
Section 7.8. Continuing Guaranty. This Guaranty is a continuing guaranty and shall remain in effect until the Final Satisfaction Date. Each Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any right to revoke this Guaranty as to future transactions giving rise to any Guaranteed Obligations.
Section 7.9. Authority of Guarantors or Company. It is not necessary for any Beneficiary to inquire into the capacity or powers of any Guarantor or Company or the officers, directors or any agents acting or purporting to act on behalf of any of them.
Section 7.10. Financial Condition of Company. Any Credit Extension may be made to Company or continued from time to time without notice to or authorization from any Guarantor regardless of the financial or other condition of Company at the time of any such grant or continuation is entered into, as the case may be. No Beneficiary shall have any obligation to disclose or discuss with any Guarantor its assessment, or any Guarantors assessment, of the financial condition of Company. Each Guarantor has adequate means to obtain information from Company on a continuing basis concerning the financial condition of Company and its ability to perform its obligations under the Loan Documents and the Bank Product Agreements, and each Guarantor assumes the responsibility for being and keeping informed of the financial condition of Company and of all circumstances bearing upon the risk of non-payment of the Guaranteed Obligations. Each Guarantor hereby waives and relinquishes any duty on the part of any Beneficiary to disclose any matter, fact or thing relating to the business, operations or conditions of Company now known or hereafter known by any Beneficiary.
Section 7.11. Bankruptcy, etc. (a) So long as any Guaranteed Obligations remain outstanding, no Guarantor shall, without the prior written consent of Collateral Agent acting pursuant to the instructions of Required Lenders, commence or join with any other Person in commencing any bankruptcy, reorganization or insolvency case or proceeding of or against Company or any other Guarantor. The obligations of Guarantors hereunder shall not be reduced, limited, impaired, discharged, deferred, suspended or terminated by any case or proceeding, voluntary or involuntary, involving the bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, reorganization, liquidation or arrangement of Company or any other Guarantor or by any defense which Company or any other Guarantor may have by reason of the order, decree or decision of any court or administrative body resulting from any such proceeding.
(b) Each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that any interest on any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations which accrues after the commencement of any case or proceeding referred to in clause (a) above (or, if interest on any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations ceases to accrue by operation of law by reason of the commencement of such case or proceeding, such interest as would have accrued on such portion of the Guaranteed Obligations if such case or proceeding had not been commenced) shall be included in the Guaranteed Obligations because it is the intention of Guarantors and Beneficiaries that the Guaranteed Obligations which are guaranteed by Guarantors pursuant hereto should be determined without regard to any rule of law or order which may relieve Company of any portion of such Guaranteed Obligations. Guarantors will permit any trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, debtor in possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar person to pay Administrative Agent, or allow the claim of Administrative Agent in respect of, any such interest accruing after the date on which such case or proceeding is commenced.
(c) In the event that all or any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations are paid by Company, the obligations of Guarantors hereunder shall continue and remain in full force and effect or be reinstated, as the case may be, in the event that all or any part of such payment(s) are rescinded or recovered directly or indirectly from any Beneficiary as a preference, fraudulent transfer or otherwise, and any such payments which are so rescinded or recovered shall constitute Guaranteed Obligations for all purposes hereunder.
Section 7.12. Discharge of Guaranty Upon Sale of Guarantor. If all of the Capital Stock of any Guarantor or any of its successors in interest hereunder shall be sold or otherwise disposed of (including by merger or consolidation) in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof, the Guaranty of such Guarantor or such successor in interest, as the case may be, hereunder shall automatically be discharged and released without any further action by any Beneficiary or any other Person effective as of the time of such Asset Sale.
Section 7.13. Keepwell. Each Qualified ECP Guarantor hereby jointly and severally absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably undertakes to provide such funds or other support as may be needed from time to time by each other Loan Party to honor all of its obligations under this Guaranty in respect of Swap Obligations (provided, however, that each Qualified ECP Guarantor shall only be liable under this Section 7.13 for the maximum amount of such liability that can be hereby incurred without rendering its obligations under this Section 7.13, or otherwise under this Guaranty, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer, and not for any greater amount). The obligations of each Qualified ECP Guarantor under this Section shall remain in full force and effect until all of the Guaranteed Obligations shall have been paid in full. Each Qualified ECP Guarantor intends that this Section 7.13 constitute, and this Section 7.13 shall be deemed to constitute, a keepwell, support, or other agreement for the benefit of each other Loan Party for all purposes of Section 1a(18)(A)(v)II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
ARTICLE VIII
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
Section 8.1. Events of Default. If any one or more of the following conditions or events shall occur:
(a) Failure to Make Payments When Due. Failure by Company to pay (i) the principal of and premium, if any, on any Loan when due, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, (ii) when due any installment of principal of any Loan, by notice of voluntary prepayment, by mandatory prepayment or otherwise, (iii) when due any Reimbursement Obligation, or (iv) within five Business Days after the due date therefor, any interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount due hereunder; or
(b) Default in Other Agreements. (i) Failure of any Loan Party or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries to pay when due any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness referred to in Section 8.1(a)) in an aggregate principal amount of $25,000,000 or more, in each case beyond the grace period, if any, provided therefor, (ii) breach or default by any Loan Party with respect to any other material term of (A) one or more items of Indebtedness having an aggregate principal amount referred to in clause (i) above, or (B) any loan agreement, mortgage, indenture or other agreement relating to such item(s) of Indebtedness, in each case beyond the grace period, if any, provided therefor, if the effect of such breach or default is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of that Indebtedness (or a trustee on behalf of such holder or holders), to cause, that Indebtedness to become or be declared due and payable (or subject to a compulsory repurchase or redeemable) or to require the prepayment, redemption, repurchase or defeasance of, or to require Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to make any offer to prepay, redeem, repurchase or defease such Indebtedness, prior to its stated maturity or the stated maturity of any underlying obligation, as the case may be, or (iii) there occurs under any Hedging Agreement an Early Termination Date (as defined in such Hedging Agreement) resulting from (A) any event of default under such Hedging Agreement as to which a Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof is the Defaulting Party (as defined in such Hedging Agreement) or (B) any Termination Event (as so defined) under such Hedging Agreement as to which a Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof is an Affected Party (as so defined) and, in either event, the Hedge Liabilities owed by such Loan Party or such Subsidiary as a result thereof is greater than $25,000,000; or
(c) Breach of Certain Covenants. Failure of any Loan Party to perform or comply with any term or condition contained in (i) Section 2.5, Section 5.1(b), Section 5.1(c), Section 5.1(d), Section 5.2, Section 5.5, Section 5.6, Section 5.8, Section 5.10, Section 5.13, Section 5.14, Section 5.15, Section 5.17, Section 5.18 or Section 5.19, Section 5.20, Section 5.21 or Article VI; and (ii) Section 5.1 (other than clauses (b), (c) and (d)), Section 5.3, Section 5.4, Section 5.7, Section 5.9 and Section 5.11 and, in the case of this clause (ii), such default shall not have been remedied or waived within five Business Days after the earlier of (x) an Authorized Officer of such Loan Party becoming aware of such default, or (y) receipt by Company of notice from Collateral Agent or any Lender of such default; or
(d) Breach of Representations, etc. Any representation, warranty, certification or other statement made or deemed made by any Loan Party in any Loan Document or in any statement or certificate at any time given by any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in writing pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall be false in any material respect (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations or warranties that already are qualified or modified as to materiality or Material
Adverse Effect in the text thereof, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects subject to such qualification) as of the date made or deemed made; or
(e) Other Defaults Under Loan Documents. Any Loan Party shall default in the performance of or compliance with any term contained herein or any of the other Loan Documents, other than any such term referred to in any other Section of this Section 8.1, and such default shall not have been remedied or waived within thirty days after the earlier of (i) an officer of such Loan Party becoming aware of such default, or (ii) receipt by Company of notice from any Agent or any Lender of such default; or
(f) Involuntary Bankruptcy; Appointment of Receiver, etc. (i) A court of competent jurisdiction shall enter a decree or order for relief in respect of MLP, General Partner, Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in an involuntary case under the Bankruptcy Code or under any other applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law now or hereafter in effect, which decree or order is not stayed; or any other similar relief shall be granted under any applicable federal or state law, or (ii) an involuntary case shall be commenced against MLP, General Partner, Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries under the Bankruptcy Code or under any other applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law now or hereafter in effect; or a decree or order of a court having jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, sequestrator, trustee, custodian or other officer having similar powers over MLP, General Partner, Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or over all or a substantial part of its property, shall have been entered or there shall have occurred the involuntary appointment of an interim receiver, trustee or other custodian of MLP, General Partner, Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for all or a substantial part of its property or a warrant of attachment, execution or similar process shall have been issued against any substantial part of the property of MLP, General Partner, Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and any such event described in this clause (ii) shall continue for 60 days without having been dismissed, bonded or discharged; or
(g) Voluntary Bankruptcy; Appointment of Receiver, etc. (i) MLP, General Partner, Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall have an order for relief entered with respect to it or shall commence a voluntary case under the Bankruptcy Code or under any other applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law now or hereafter in effect, or shall consent to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case, or to the conversion of an involuntary case to a voluntary case, under any such law, or shall consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, trustee or other custodian for all or a substantial part of its property or MLP, General Partner, Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall make any assignment for the benefit of creditors or (ii) MLP, General Partner, Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be unable, or shall fail generally, or shall admit in writing its inability, to pay its debts as such debts become due; or the Board of Directors (or similar governing body) of MLP, General Partner, Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or any committee thereof) shall adopt any resolution or otherwise authorize any action to approve any of the actions referred to herein or in Section 8.1(f); or
(h) Judgments and Attachments. Any money judgment, writ or warrant of attachment or similar process involving in the aggregate at any time an amount in excess of $25,000,000 (to the extent not adequately covered by insurance as to which a solvent and unaffiliated insurance company has acknowledged coverage) shall be entered or filed against a
Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective assets and shall remain undischarged, unvacated, unbonded or unstayed for a period of sixty days (or in any event later than five days prior to the date of any proposed sale thereunder); or
(i) Dissolution. Any order, judgment or decree shall be entered against any Loan Party decreeing the dissolution or split up of such Loan Party and such order shall remain undischarged or unstayed for a period in excess of thirty days; or
(j) Employee Benefit Plans. There shall occur one or more ERISA Events which individually or in the aggregate results in or could reasonably be expected to result in liability in excess of $25,000,000; or
(k) Change of Control. A Change of Control shall occur; or
(l) Guaranties, Collateral Documents and other Loan Documents. Except as may be permitted hereunder or thereunder, at any time after the execution and delivery thereof, (i) the Guaranty for any reason, other than the satisfaction in full of all Obligations, shall cease to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with its terms) or shall be declared to be null and void or any Guarantor shall repudiate its obligations thereunder, (ii) this Agreement or any Collateral Document ceases to be in full force and effect (other than by reason of a release of Collateral in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof or the satisfaction in full of the Obligations in accordance with the terms hereof) or shall be declared null and void, or Collateral Agent shall not have or shall cease to have a valid and perfected Lien in any Collateral having a fair market value in excess of $2,500,000 purported to be covered by the Collateral Documents with the priority required by the relevant Collateral Document, in each case for any reason other than the failure of Collateral Agent or any Secured Party to take any action within its control, or (iii) any Loan Party shall contest the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document in writing or deny in writing that it has any further liability, including with respect to future advances by Lenders, under any Loan Document to which it is a party; or
(m) Proceedings. The indictment of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries under any criminal statute, or commencement of criminal or civil proceedings against any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case pursuant to which statute or proceedings the penalties or remedies sought or available include forfeiture to any Governmental Authority of any material portion of the property of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; or
(n) Cessation of Business. (i) Any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is enjoined, restrained or in any way prevented by the order of any court or any Governmental Authority from conducting all or any material part of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries business, taken as a whole, for more than 15 days; (ii) any other cessation of a substantial part of the business of Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for a period which materially and adversely affects Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; or (iii) any material damage to, or loss, theft or destruction of, any Collateral whether or not insured or any strike, lockout, labor dispute, embargo, condemnation, act of God or public enemy, or other casualty which causes, for more than 15 consecutive days, the cessation or substantial curtailment of revenue producing activities at a Real Property, if any such event or circumstance referred to in this subclause (iii) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or
(o) Subordinated Indebtedness. There shall occur and be continuing any Event of Default (or any comparable term) under, and as defined in the documents evidencing or governing any subordinated Indebtedness, (ii) any of the Obligations for any reason shall cease to be Senior Indebtedness or Designated Senior Indebtedness (or any comparable terms) under, and as defined in the documents evidencing or governing any subordinated Indebtedness, (iii) any holder of subordinated Indebtedness shall fail to perform or comply with any of the subordination provisions of the documents evidencing or governing such subordinated Indebtedness, or (iv) the subordination provisions of the documents evidencing or governing any subordinated Indebtedness shall, in whole or in part, terminate, cease to be effective or cease to be legally valid, binding and enforceable against any holder of the applicable subordinated Indebtedness; or
(p) Transition Services Agreement. A breach shall occur under the Transition Services Agreement and remain uncured (if capable of being cured) for more than three (3) Business Days or the Transition Services Agreement shall be terminated;
THEN, (A) upon the occurrence of any Event of Default described in Section 8.1(f) or Section 8.1(g), automatically, and (B) upon the occurrence of any other Event of Default, at the request of (or with the consent of) Required Lenders, upon notice to Company by Collateral Agent, (1) the Commitments, if any, of each Lender having such Commitments shall immediately terminate; (2) each of the following shall immediately become due and payable, in each case without presentment, demand, protest or other requirements of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by each Loan Party: (x) the unpaid principal amount of and accrued interest on the Loans and Reimbursement Obligations, and (y) all other Obligations; provided, the foregoing shall not affect in any way the obligations of Lenders under Section 2.3(d); (3) Collateral Agent may enforce any and all Liens and security interests created pursuant to Collateral Documents; (4) Company shall Cash Collateralize each Letter of Credit then outstanding; and (5) Company shall be obligated to provide (and Company agrees that they will provide) Bank Product Collateralization to be held as security for the Companys Obligations in respect of outstanding Bank Product Obligations.
ARTICLE IX
AGENTS
Section 9.1. Appointment of Agents.
(a) Each Lender hereby appoints TSL to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and each Lender hereby authorizes TSL, in such capacity, to act as its agent in accordance with the terms hereof and the other Loan Documents, including, without limitation, to make loans, for such Agent or on behalf of the applicable Lenders as provided in this Agreement or any other Loan Document and to perform, exercise and enforce any and all other rights and remedies of the Lenders with respect to the Loan Parties, the Obligations or otherwise related to any of same to the extent reasonably incidental to the exercise by such Agent of the rights and remedies specifically authorized to be exercised by such Agent by the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Parties.
(b) TSL is hereby appointed Collateral Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and each Lender hereby authorizes TSL, in such capacity, to act as its agent in accordance with the terms hereof and the other Loan Documents, including, without limitation, to make loans and Protective Advances, for such Agent or on behalf of the applicable Lenders as provided in this Agreement or any other Loan Document and to perform, exercise and enforce any and all other rights and remedies of the Lenders with respect to the Loan Parties, the Obligations or otherwise related to any of same to the extent reasonably incidental to the exercise by such Agent of the rights and remedies specifically authorized to be exercised by such Agent by the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Parties.
(c) Each Agent hereby agrees to act upon the express conditions contained herein and the other Loan Documents, as applicable. The provisions of this Article IX are solely for the benefit of Agents and Lenders and no Loan Party shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any of the provisions thereof. In performing its functions and duties hereunder, each Agent shall act solely as an agent of Lenders and does not assume and shall not be deemed to have assumed any obligation towards or relationship of agency or trust with or for Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
Section 9.2. Powers and Duties. Each Lender irrevocably authorizes each Agent to take such action on such Lenders behalf and to exercise such powers, rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Loan Documents as are specifically delegated or granted to such Agent by the terms hereof and thereof, together with such powers, rights and remedies as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each Agent shall have only those duties and responsibilities that are expressly specified herein and the other Loan Documents. Each Agent may exercise such powers, rights and remedies and perform such duties by or through its agents or employees. No Agent shall have, by reason hereof or any of the other Loan Documents, a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Lender; and nothing herein or any of the other Loan Documents, expressed or implied, is intended to or shall be so construed as to impose upon any Agent any obligations in respect hereof or any of the other Loan Documents except as expressly set forth herein or therein.
Section 9.3. General Immunity.
(a) No Responsibility for Certain Matters. No Agent shall be responsible to any Lender for the execution, effectiveness, genuineness, validity, enforceability, collectability or sufficiency hereof or any other Loan Document or for any representations, warranties, recitals or statements made herein or therein or made in any written or oral statements or in any financial or other statements, instruments, reports or certificates or any other documents furnished or made by any Agent to Lenders or by or on behalf of any Loan Party to any Agent or any Lender in connection with the Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby or for the financial condition or business affairs of any Loan Party or any other Person liable for the payment of any Obligations, nor shall any Agent be required to ascertain or inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the terms, conditions, provisions, covenants or agreements contained in any of the Loan Documents or as to the use of the proceeds of the Loans or as to the existence or possible existence of any Event of Default or Default or to make any disclosures with respect to the foregoing. Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, Administrative Agent shall not have any liability arising from confirmations of the amount of outstanding Loans or the Letter of Credit Obligations or the component amounts thereof.
(b) Exculpatory Provisions. No Agent nor any of its officers, partners, directors, employees or agents shall be liable to Lenders for any action taken or omitted by any Agent under or in connection with any of the Loan Documents except to the extent caused by such Agents gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable order. Each Agent shall be entitled to refrain from any act or the taking of any action (including the failure to take an action) in connection herewith or any of the other Loan Documents or from the exercise of any power, discretion or authority vested in it hereunder or thereunder unless and until such Agent shall have received instructions in respect thereof from Required Lenders (or such other Lenders as may be required to give such instructions under Section 10.5) and, upon receipt of such instructions from Required Lenders (or such other Lenders, as the case may be), such Agent shall be entitled to act or (where so instructed) refrain from acting, or to exercise such power, discretion or authority, in accordance with such instructions. Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, (i) each Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any communication, instrument or document believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person or Persons, and shall be entitled to rely and shall be protected in relying on opinions and judgments of attorneys (who may be attorneys for Company and its Subsidiaries), accountants, experts and other professional advisors selected by it; and (ii) no Lender shall have any right of action whatsoever against any Agent as a result of such Agent acting or (where so instructed) refraining from acting hereunder or any of the other Loan Documents in accordance with the instructions of Required Lenders (or such other Lenders as may be required to give such instructions under Section 10.5).
(c) Notice of Default. No Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, except with respect to Events of Default in the payment of principal, interest and fees required to be paid to such Agent for the account of the Lenders, unless such Agent shall have received written notice from a Lender or the Loan Party referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a notice of default. Each Agent will notify the Lenders of its receipt of any such notice. Each Agent shall take such action with respect to any such Default or Event of Default as may be directed by the Required Lenders in accordance with Article VIII; provided, however, that unless and until such Agent has received any such direction, such 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 or in the best interest of the Lenders.
Section 9.4. Agents Entitled to Act as Lender. The agency hereby created shall in no way impair or affect any of the rights and powers of, or impose any duties or obligations upon, any Agent in its individual capacity as a Lender hereunder. With respect to its participation in the Loans and the Letters of Credit, each Agent shall have the same rights and powers hereunder as any other Lender and may exercise the same as if it were not performing the duties and functions delegated to it hereunder, and the term Lender shall, unless the context clearly otherwise indicates, include each Agent in its individual capacity. Any Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory or other business with Company or any of its Affiliates as if it were not performing the duties specified herein, and may accept fees and other consideration from Company for services in connection herewith and otherwise without having to account for the same to Lenders.
Section 9.5. Lenders Representations, Warranties and Acknowledgment.
(a) Each Lender represents and warrants that it has made its own independent investigation of the financial condition and affairs of Company and its Subsidiaries in connection with Credit Extensions hereunder and that it has made and shall continue to make its own appraisal of the creditworthiness of Company and its Subsidiaries. No Agent shall have any duty or responsibility, either initially or on a continuing basis, to make any such investigation or any such appraisal on behalf of Lenders or to provide any Lender with any credit or other information with respect thereto, whether coming into its possession before the making of the Loans or at any time or times thereafter, and no Agent shall have any responsibility with respect to the accuracy of or the completeness of any information provided to Lenders.
(b) Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement and funding its Term Loan and/or Revolving Loans on the Closing Date, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, each Loan Document and each other document required to be approved by any Agent, Required Lenders or Lenders, as applicable on the Closing Date.
(c) Each Lender (i) represents and warrants that as of the Closing Date neither such Lender nor its Affiliates or Related Funds owns or controls, or owns or controls any Person owning or controlling, any trade debt or Indebtedness of any Loan Party other than the Obligations or any Capital Stock of any Loan Party and (ii) covenants and agrees that from and after the Closing Date neither such Lender nor its Affiliates and Related Funds shall purchase any trade debt or Indebtedness of any Loan Party other than the Obligations or Capital Stock described in clause (i) above without the prior written consent of Collateral Agent.
Section 9.6. Right to Indemnity. EACH LENDER, IN PROPORTION TO ITS PRO RATA SHARE, SEVERALLY AGREES TO INDEMNIFY EACH AGENT, THEIR AFFILIATES AND THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, PARTNERS, DIRECTORS, TRUSTEES, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS OF EACH AGENT (EACH, AN INDEMNITEE AGENT PARTY), TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH INDEMNITEE AGENT PARTY SHALL NOT HAVE BEEN REIMBURSED BY ANY LOAN PARTY, FOR AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL LIABILITIES, OBLIGATIONS, LOSSES, DAMAGES, PENALTIES, ACTIONS, JUDGMENTS, SUITS, COSTS, EXPENSES (INCLUDING COUNSEL FEES AND DISBURSEMENTS) OR DISBURSEMENTS OF ANY KIND OR NATURE WHATSOEVER WHICH MAY BE IMPOSED ON, INCURRED BY OR ASSERTED AGAINST SUCH INDEMNITEE AGENT PARTY IN EXERCISING ITS POWERS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OR PERFORMING ITS DUTIES HEREUNDER OR UNDER THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS OR OTHERWISE IN ITS CAPACITY AS SUCH INDEMNITEE AGENT PARTY IN ANY WAY RELATING TO OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, IN ALL CASES, WHETHER OR NOT CAUSED BY OR ARISING, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, OUT OF THE COMPARATIVE, CONTRIBUTORY, OR SOLE NEGLIGENCE OF SUCH INDEMNITEE AGENT PARTY;
PROVIDED, NO LENDER SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY PORTION OF SUCH LIABILITIES, OBLIGATIONS, LOSSES, DAMAGES, PENALTIES, ACTIONS, JUDGMENTS, SUITS, COSTS, EXPENSES OR DISBURSEMENTS RESULTING FROM SUCH INDEMNITEE AGENT PARTYS GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT, AS DETERMINED BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION IN A FINAL, NON-APPEALABLE ORDER. IF ANY INDEMNITY FURNISHED TO ANY INDEMNITEE AGENT PARTY FOR ANY PURPOSE SHALL, IN THE OPINION OF SUCH INDEMNITEE AGENT PARTY, BE INSUFFICIENT OR BECOME IMPAIRED, SUCH INDEMNITEE AGENT PARTY MAY CALL FOR ADDITIONAL INDEMNITY AND CEASE, OR NOT COMMENCE, TO DO THE ACTS INDEMNIFIED AGAINST UNTIL SUCH ADDITIONAL INDEMNITY IS FURNISHED; PROVIDED, IN NO EVENT SHALL THIS SENTENCE REQUIRE ANY LENDER TO INDEMNIFY ANY INDEMNITEE AGENT PARTY AGAINST ANY LIABILITY, OBLIGATION, LOSS, DAMAGE, PENALTY, ACTION, JUDGMENT, SUIT, COST, EXPENSE OR DISBURSEMENT IN EXCESS OF SUCH LENDERS PRO RATA SHARE THEREOF; AND PROVIDED FURTHER, THIS SENTENCE SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO REQUIRE ANY LENDER TO INDEMNIFY ANY INDEMNITEE AGENT PARTY AGAINST ANY LIABILITY, OBLIGATION, LOSS, DAMAGE, PENALTY, ACTION, JUDGMENT, SUIT, COST, EXPENSE OR DISBURSEMENT DESCRIBED IN THE PROVISO IN THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING SENTENCE.
Section 9.7. Successor Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent.
(a) Any Agent may resign at any time by giving thirty days (or such shorter period as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders) prior written notice thereof to Lenders, Company and the other Agent. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor Agent. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, (or such earlier date as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders), then the retiring Agent may (but shall not be obligated to), on behalf of the Lenders and the L/C Issuers appoint a successor Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as applicable, from among the Lenders. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as applicable, hereunder by a successor Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as the case may be, the retiring Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents and the successor Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as applicable, shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall promptly (i) transfer to such successor Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as applicable, all sums, Securities and other items of Collateral held under the Collateral Documents, together with all records and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection with the performance of the duties of the successor Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as applicable, under the Loan Documents, and (ii) execute and deliver to such successor Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as applicable, such amendments to financing statements, and take such other actions, as may be necessary or appropriate in connection with the assignment to such successor Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as applicable, of the security interests created under the Collateral Documents, whereupon such retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After any retiring Agents resignation hereunder as Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as
applicable, the provisions of this Article IX shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as applicable, hereunder.
(b) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Agent may assign their rights and duties as Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as applicable, hereunder to an Affiliate of TSL without the prior written consent of, or prior written notice to, Company or the Lenders; provided that Company and the Lenders may deem and treat such assigning Agent as Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as applicable, for all purposes hereof, unless and until such assigning Agent provides written notice to Company and the Lenders of such assignment. Upon such assignment such Affiliate shall succeed to and become vested with all rights, powers, privileges and duties as Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as applicable, hereunder and under the other Loan Documents.
(c) Each Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers under this Agreement or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Agent. Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Affiliates. The exculpatory, indemnification and other provisions of Section 9.3, Section 9.6 and of this Section 9.7 shall apply to any of the Affiliates of each Agent and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as applicable. All of the rights, benefits and privileges (including the exculpatory and indemnification provisions) of Section 9.3, Section 9.6 and of this Section 9.7 shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Affiliates of any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities as sub-agent as if such sub-agent and Affiliates were named herein. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to each sub-agent appointed by any Agent, (i) such sub-agent shall be a third party beneficiary under this Agreement with respect to all such rights, benefits and privileges (including exculpatory and rights to indemnification) and shall have all of the rights, benefits and privileges of a third party beneficiary, including an independent right of action to enforce such rights, benefits and privileges (including exculpatory rights and rights to indemnification) directly, without the consent or joinder of any other Person, against any or all of the Loan Parties and the Lenders, (ii) such rights, benefits and privileges (including exculpatory rights and rights to indemnification) shall not be modified or amended without the consent of such sub-agent, and (iii) such sub-agent shall only have obligations to Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as applicable, and not to any Loan Party, Lender or any other Person and no Loan Party, Lender or any other Person shall have the rights, directly or indirectly, as a third party beneficiary or otherwise, against such sub-agent.
Section 9.8. Collateral Documents and Guaranty.
(a) Agents under Collateral Documents and Guaranty. Each Lender hereby further authorizes Collateral Agent, on behalf of and for the benefit of Lenders, to be the agent for and representative of Lenders with respect to the Guaranty, the Collateral and the Collateral Documents. Subject to Section 10.5, without further written consent or authorization from Lenders, Collateral Agent is authorized to, and at the request of Company shall, execute any documents or instruments necessary or desirable to (i) release any Lien encumbering any item of Collateral that is the subject of a sale or other disposition of assets permitted hereby or to which Required Lenders (or such other Lenders as may be required to give such consent under Section 10.5) have otherwise consented, pursuant to the previous sentence, or (ii) release any Guarantor from the Guaranty pursuant to Section 7.12 or with respect to which Required Lenders (or such other Lenders as may be required to give such consent under Section 10.5) have otherwise consented.
(b) Right to Realize on Collateral and Enforce Guaranty. Anything contained in any of the Loan Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, Company, Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and each Lender hereby agree that (i) neither Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce the Guaranty, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies hereunder may be exercised solely by Collateral Agent, on behalf of Lenders in accordance with the terms hereof and all powers, rights and remedies under the Collateral Documents may be exercised solely by Collateral Agent, and (ii) in the event of a foreclosure by Collateral Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or any sale of the Collateral in a case under the Bankruptcy Code, Collateral Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and Collateral Agent, as agent for and representative of Secured Parties (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such public sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any collateral payable by Collateral Agent at such sale.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or any Loan Document, the Loan Documents shall be terminated and all guarantees and all Collateral shall be released on the Final Satisfaction Date.
Section 9.9. Agency for Perfection. Each Agent and each Lender hereby appoints each other Agent and each other Lender as agent and bailee for the purpose of perfection the security interests in and liens upon the Collateral in assets which, in accordance with Article 9 of the UCC, can be perfected only by possession or control (or where the security interest of a secured party with possession or control has priority over the security interest of another secured party) and each Agent and each Lender hereby acknowledges that it holds possession of or otherwise controls any such Collateral for the benefit of the Agents and the Lenders as secured party. Should Administrative Agent or any Lender obtain possession or control of any such Collateral, Administrative Agent or such Lender shall notify Collateral Agent thereof, and, promptly upon Collateral Agents request therefore shall deliver such Collateral to Collateral Agent or in accordance with Collateral Agents instructions. In addition, Collateral Agent shall also have the
power and authority hereunder to appoint such other sub-agents as may be necessary or required under applicable state law or otherwise to perform its duties and enforce its rights with respect to the Collateral and under the Loan Documents. Each Loan Party by its execution and delivery of this Agreement hereby consents to the foregoing.
Section 9.10. Reports and Other Information; Confidentiality; Disclaimers. By becoming a party to this Agreement, each Lender and other Agent:
(a) is deemed to have requested that the applicable Agent furnish such Lender or other Agent, promptly after it becomes available, a copy of each field audit or examination report with respect to Company or its Subsidiaries (each a Report and collectively, Reports) prepared by or at the request of an Agent, and such Agent shall so furnish each Lender and Agent with such Reports,
(b) expressly agrees and acknowledges that no Agent (i) makes any representation or warranty as to the accuracy of any Report, or (ii) shall be liable for any information contained in any Report,
(c) expressly agrees and acknowledges that the Reports are not comprehensive audits or examinations, that any Agent or other party performing any audit or examination will inspect only specific information regarding Company and its Subsidiaries and will rely significantly upon Companys and its Subsidiaries books and records, as well as on representations of such Persons personnel,
(d) agrees to keep all Reports and other material, non-public information regarding Company and its Subsidiaries and their operations, assets, and existing and contemplated business plans in a confidential manner in accordance with Section 10.17, and
(e) without limiting the generality of any other indemnification provision contained in this Agreement, agrees: (i) to hold the applicable Agent and any other Lender or Agent preparing a Report harmless from any action the indemnifying Lender or Agent may take or fail to take or any conclusion the indemnifying Lender or Agent may reach or draw from any Report in connection with any loans or other credit accommodations that the indemnifying Lender or Agent has made or may make to Company, or the indemnifying Lenders or Agents participation in, or the indemnifying Lenders or Agents purchase of, a loan or loans of Company, and (ii) to pay and protect, and indemnify, defend and hold the applicable Agent, and any such other Lender or Agent preparing a Report harmless from and against, the claims, actions, proceedings, damages, costs, expenses, and other amounts (including, attorneys fees and costs) incurred by the applicable Agent and any such other Lender or Agent preparing a Report as the direct or indirect result of any third parties who might obtain all or part of any Report through the indemnifying Lender or Agent.
In addition to the foregoing: (w) any Lender or other Agent may from time to time request of any Agent in writing that such Agent provide to such Lender or other Agent a copy of any report or document provided by MLP, General Partner, Company or its Subsidiaries to such Agent that has not been contemporaneously provided by MLP, General Partner, Company or Subsidiary to such Lender or other Agent, and, upon receipt of such request, such Agent promptly
shall provide a copy of same to such Lender, (x) to the extent that such Agent is entitled, under any provision of the Loan Documents, to request additional reports or information from MLP, General Partner, Company or its Subsidiaries, any Lender or other Agent may, from time to time, reasonably request such Agent to exercise such right as specified in such Lenders or other Agents notice to such Agent, whereupon such Agent promptly shall request of MLP, General Partner or Company the additional reports or information reasonably specified by such Lender or other Agent, and, upon receipt thereof from MLP, General Partner or Company or such Subsidiary, such Agent promptly shall provide a copy of same to such Lender or other Agent, (y) any time that Administrative Agent renders to Company a statement regarding the Loan Account, Administrative Agent shall send a copy of such statement to each Lender, and (z) each Agent shall distribute to each Lender copies of all material notices, reports and agreements received by such Agent and not required to be delivered to each Lender pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, provided that the Agents shall not have any liability to the Lenders for any Agents inadvertent failure to distribute any such notices or agreements to the Lenders.
Section 9.11. Syndication Agent. Except as expressly provided herein, none of the Lenders or other Persons identified on the facing page or signature pages of this Agreement as a syndication agent shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of the Lenders or other Persons so identified shall have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender acknowledges that it has not relied, and will not rely, on any of the Lenders or other Persons so identified in deciding to enter into this Agreement or in taking or not taking action hereunder.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 10.1. Notices.
(a) Notices Generally. Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, any notice or other communication herein required or permitted to be given to a Loan Party, Collateral Agent, Administrative Agent or a L/C Issuer, shall be sent to such Persons address as set forth on Appendix B or in the other relevant Loan Document, and in the case of any Lender, the address as indicated on Appendix B or otherwise indicated to Administrative Agent in writing. Each notice hereunder shall be in writing and may be personally served, telexed or sent by facsimile, email or United States mail or courier service and shall be deemed to have been given when delivered in person or by courier service and signed for against receipt thereof, upon receipt of facsimile or email, or three Business Days after depositing it in the United States mail with postage prepaid and properly addressed; provided, no notice to any Agent or any L/C Issuer shall be effective until received by such Agent or such L/C Issuer.
(b) Electronic Communications.
(i) Each Agent and each Loan Party 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. Notices and other communications to the Lenders and the L/C Issuers hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and
Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Agents, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender or any L/C Issuer pursuant to Article II if such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as applicable, has notified the Agents that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication.
(ii) Unless Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (A) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the senders receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the return receipt requested function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), and (B) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient, at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (A), of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor; provided that, for both clauses (A) and (B) above, if such notice, email or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient.
Section 10.2. Expenses. Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby shall be consummated, Company agrees to pay promptly (a) all of each Agents actual and reasonable costs and expenses of preparation of the Loan Documents and any consents, amendments, waivers or other modifications thereto; (b) all the reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of counsel to Agents in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and administration of the Loan Documents and any consents, amendments, waivers or other modifications thereto and any other documents or matters requested by Company; (c) all the actual costs and reasonable expenses of creating and perfecting Liens in favor of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, including filing and recording fees, expenses and taxes, stamp or documentary taxes, search fees, title insurance premiums and reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of counsel to each Agent and of counsel providing any opinions that any Agent or Required Lenders may request in respect of the Collateral or the Liens created pursuant to the Collateral Documents; (d) all of each Agents actual costs and reasonable fees, expenses for, and disbursements of any of such Agents auditors, accountants, consultants or appraisers whether internal or external, and all reasonable attorneys fees (including allocated costs of internal counsel and expenses and disbursements of outside counsel) incurred by each Agent; (e) all the actual costs and reasonable expenses (including the reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of any appraisers, consultants, advisors and agents employed or retained by Collateral Agent and its counsel) in connection with the custody or preservation of any of the Collateral; (f) all the actual costs and reasonable expenses of Agents and Lenders in connection with the attendance at any meetings in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including the meetings referred to in Section 5.7); (g) all other actual and reasonable costs and expenses incurred by each Agent in connection with the syndication of the Loans and Commitments and the negotiation, preparation and execution of the Loan Documents and any consents, amendments, waivers or other modifications thereto and the transactions contemplated thereby; and (h) after the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default, all costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys fees (including allocated costs of internal counsel) and costs of settlement, incurred by any Agent and Lenders in enforcing any Obligations of or in collecting any payments due from any Loan Party hereunder or under the other Loan Documents by reason of such Default or Event of Default (including in connection with the sale of, collection from, or other realization upon any of the Collateral or the enforcement of the
Guaranty) or in connection with any refinancing or restructuring of the credit arrangements provided hereunder in the nature of a work out or pursuant to any insolvency or bankruptcy cases or proceedings.
Section 10.3. Indemnity.
(a) IN ADDITION TO THE PAYMENT OF EXPENSES PURSUANT TO SECTION 10.2, WHETHER OR NOT THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY SHALL BE CONSUMMATED, EACH LOAN PARTY AGREES TO DEFEND (SUBJECT TO INDEMNITEES SELECTION OF COUNSEL), INDEMNIFY, PAY AND HOLD HARMLESS, EACH AGENT AND LENDER, THEIR AFFILIATES AND THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, PARTNERS, DIRECTORS, TRUSTEES, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS OF EACH AGENT AND EACH LENDER (EACH, AN INDEMNITEE), FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL INDEMNIFIED LIABILITIES, IN ALL CASES, WHETHER OR NOT CAUSED BY OR ARISING, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, OUT OF THE COMPARATIVE, CONTRIBUTORY, OR SOLE NEGLIGENCE OF SUCH INDEMNITEE; PROVIDED, NO LOAN PARTY SHALL HAVE ANY OBLIGATION TO ANY INDEMNITEE HEREUNDER WITH RESPECT TO ANY INDEMNIFIED LIABILITIES TO THE EXTENT SUCH INDEMNIFIED LIABILITIES ARISE FROM THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT, AS DETERMINED BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION IN A FINAL, NON-APPEALABLE ORDER, OF THAT INDEMNITEE. TO THE EXTENT THAT THE UNDERTAKINGS TO DEFEND, INDEMNIFY, PAY AND HOLD HARMLESS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION 10.3 MAY BE UNENFORCEABLE IN WHOLE OR IN PART BECAUSE THEY ARE VIOLATIVE OF ANY LAW OR PUBLIC POLICY, THE APPLICABLE LOAN PARTY SHALL CONTRIBUTE THE MAXIMUM PORTION THAT IT IS PERMITTED TO PAY AND SATISFY UNDER APPLICABLE LAW TO THE PAYMENT AND SATISFACTION OF ALL INDEMNIFIED LIABILITIES INCURRED BY INDEMNITEES OR ANY OF THEM.
(b) To the extent permitted by applicable law, each party hereto agrees not to assert, and each party hereto hereby waives, any claim against any other party hereto, and their respective Affiliates, directors, employees, attorneys or agents, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) (whether or not the claim therefor is based on contract, tort or duty imposed by any applicable legal requirement) arising out of, in connection with, as a result of, or in any way related to, this Agreement or any Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby or referred to herein or therein, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof or any act or omission or event occurring in connection therewith, and General Partner and Company hereby waives, releases and agrees not to sue upon any such claim or any such damages, whether or not accrued and whether or not known or suspected to exist in its favor.
Section 10.4. Set-Off. In addition to any rights now or hereafter granted under applicable law and not by way of limitation of any such rights, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default each Lender, each L/C Issuer and their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized by each Loan Party at any time or from time to time subject to the consent of Collateral Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), without notice to any Loan Party or to any other Person
(other than an Agent), any such notice being hereby expressly waived, to set off and to appropriate and to apply any and all deposits (general or special, including Indebtedness evidenced by certificates of deposit, whether matured or unmatured, but not including trust accounts (in whatever currency)) and any other Indebtedness at any time held or owing by such Lender to or for the credit or the account of any Loan Party (in whatever currency) against and on account of the obligations and liabilities of any Loan Party to such Lender or such L/C Issuer hereunder, the Letters of Credit under the other Loan Documents, including all claims of any nature or description arising out of or connected hereto, and the Letters of Credit or with any other Loan Document, irrespective of whether or not (a) such Lender shall have made any demand hereunder, (b) the principal of or the interest on the Loans or any other amounts due hereunder shall have become due and payable pursuant to Article II and although such obligations and liabilities, or any of them, may be contingent or unmatured or (c) such obligation or liability is owed to a branch or office of such Lender or such L/C Issuer different from the branch or office holding such deposit or obligation or such Indebtedness.
Section 10.5. Amendments and Waivers.
(a) Required Lenders Consent. Subject to Sections 10.5(b) and 10.5(c), no amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of the Loan Documents, or consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom, shall in any event be effective without the written concurrence of Collateral Agent and the Required Lenders.
(b) Affected Lenders Consent. Without the written consent of each Lender (other than a Defaulting Lender) that would be affected thereby, no amendment, modification, termination, or consent shall be effective if the effect thereof would:
(i) extend the scheduled final maturity of any Loan or Note;
(ii) waive, reduce or postpone any scheduled repayment (but not prepayment);
(iii) extend the stated expiration date of any Letter of Credit beyond the Revolving A Commitment Termination Date;
(iv) reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation (other than any waiver of any increase in the interest rate applicable to any Loan pursuant to Section 2.9) or any fee payable hereunder;
(v) extend the time for payment of any such interest or fees;
(vi) reduce the principal amount of any Loan or any reimbursement obligation in respect of any Reimbursement Obligation;
(vii) amend, modify, terminate or waive any provision of Section 2.4(a), Section 2.15(c), Section 2.16, Section 10.5(b), Section 10.5(c) or Section 10.6(c)(i);
(viii) amend the definition of Required Lenders or Pro Rata Share; provided, with the consent of Collateral Agent and the Required Lenders, additional
extensions of credit pursuant hereto may be included in the determination of Required Lenders or Pro Rata Share on substantially the same basis as the Term Loan Commitments, the Term Loans, the Revolving Commitments and the Revolving Loans are included on the Closing Date;
(ix) amend the definitions of Affected Lender, Bank Product Reserves, Borrowing Base, Letter of Credit Sublimit, Propane Customer List NOLV, Qualified Cash or Valuation Report;
(x) release all or substantially all of the Collateral or all or substantially all of the Guarantors from the Guaranty except as expressly provided in the Loan Documents;
(xi) subordinate any of the Obligations or any Lien created by this Agreement or any other Loan Document;
(xii) amend clause (a)(i) or clause (b)(i) of the definition of Eligible Assignee; or
(xiii) consent to the assignment or transfer by any Loan Party of any of its rights and obligations under any Loan Document.
(c) Other Consents. Without limiting the requirement that any amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of the Loan Documents (including ones described in this clause (c)) shall require compliance with Section 10.5(a) or Section 10.5(b), no amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of the Loan Documents, or consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom, shall:
(i) increase any Revolving A Commitment of any Lender over the amount thereof then in effect without the consent of such Lender; provided, no amendment, modification or waiver of any condition precedent, covenant, Default or Event of Default shall constitute an increase in any Revolving A Commitment of any Lender;
(ii) increase any Revolving B Commitment of any Lender over the amount thereof then in effect without the consent of such Lender; provided, no amendment, modification or waiver of any condition precedent, covenant, Default or Event of Default shall constitute an increase in any Revolving B Commitment of any Lender;
(iii) amend the definition of Required Class Lenders without the consent of Required Class Lenders of each Class; provided, with the consent of Collateral Agent and the Required Lenders, additional extensions of credit pursuant hereto may be included in the determination of such Required Class Lenders on substantially the same basis as the Term Loan Commitments, the Term Loans, the Revolving Commitments and the Revolving Loans are included on the Closing Date;
(iv) amend, modify, terminate or waive any provision of Section 3.2(a) with regard to any Credit Extension (whether constituting a Revolving Loan or a Term Loan) without the consent of Required Class Lenders of the affected Class;
(v) alter the required application of any repayments or prepayments as between Classes pursuant to Section 2.14 or Section 2.15 without the consent of Required Class Lenders of each Class which is being allocated a lesser repayment or prepayment as a result thereof; provided, the Required Lenders may waive, in whole or in part, any prepayment so long as the application, as between Classes, of any portion of such prepayment which is still required to be made is not altered;
(vi) amend, modify, terminate or waive any obligation of Lenders relating to the purchase of participations in Letters of Credit as provided in Section 2.3(d) without the written consent of Collateral Agent and of the applicable L/C Issuer; or
(vii) amend, modify, terminate or waive any provision of Article IX as the same applies to any Agent, or any other provision hereof as the same applies to the rights or obligations of any Agent, in each case without the consent of such Agent.
(d) Execution of Amendments, etc. Collateral Agent may, but shall have no obligation to, with the concurrence of any Lender, execute amendments, modifications, waivers or consents on behalf of such Lender. Any waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which it was given. No notice to 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. Any amendment, modification, termination, waiver or consent effected in accordance with this Section 10.5 shall be binding upon each Lender at the time outstanding, each future Lender and, if signed by a Loan Party, on such Loan Party.
Section 10.6. Successors and Assigns; Participations.
(a) Generally. This Agreement shall be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and the successors and assigns of Lenders. No Loan Partys rights or obligations hereunder nor any interest therein may be assigned or delegated by any Loan Party without the prior written consent of all Lenders. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, Indemnitee Agent Parties under Section 9.6, Indemnitees under Section 10.3, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, Affiliates of each of the Agents and Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) Register. Company, Agents and Lenders shall deem and treat the Persons listed as Lenders in the Register as the holders and owners of the corresponding Commitments, Loans and Letter of Credit Obligations listed therein for all purposes hereof, and no assignment or transfer of any such Commitment or Loan shall be effective, in each case, unless and until an Assignment Agreement effecting the assignment or transfer thereof shall have been delivered to Administrative Agent and recorded in the Register as provided in Section 10.6(e). Prior to such recordation, all amounts owed with respect to the applicable Commitment or Loan
shall be owed to the Lender listed in the Register as the owner thereof, and any request, authority or consent of any Person who, at the time of making such request or giving such authority or consent, is listed in the Register as a Lender shall be conclusive and binding on any subsequent holder, assignee or transferee of the corresponding Commitments, Loans or Letter of Credit Obligations.
(c) Right to Assign. Each Lender shall have the right at any time to sell, assign or transfer all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement, including, without limitation, all or a portion of its Commitment or Loans owing to it or other Obligations (provided, however, that each such assignment shall be of a uniform, and not varying, percentage of all rights and obligations under and in respect of any Loan and any related Commitments):
(i) to any Person meeting the criteria of clause (a)(i) or clause (b)(i) of the definition of the term of Eligible Assignee upon the giving of notice to Company and Collateral Agent; and
(ii) to any Person otherwise constituting an Eligible Assignee with the consent of Collateral Agent and Company (such consent of Company not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed and conditioned and not to be required during the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default); provided, each such assignment pursuant to this Section 10.6(c)(ii) shall be in an aggregate amount of not less than (A) $1,000,000 (or such lesser amount as may be agreed to by Company and Collateral Agent or as shall constitute the aggregate amount of the applicable Revolving Commitments and applicable Revolving Loans of the assigning Lender) with respect to the assignment of the Revolving Commitments and Revolving Loans and (B) $1,000,000 (or such lesser amount as may be agreed to by Company and Collateral Agent or as shall constitute the aggregate amount of the Term Loan of the assigning Lender) with respect to the assignment of Term Loans.
(d) Mechanics. The assigning Lender and the assignee thereof shall execute and deliver to Administrative Agent an Assignment Agreement, together with such forms or certificates with respect to United States federal income tax withholding matters as the assignee under such Assignment Agreement may be required to deliver to Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.19(d).
(e) Notice of Assignment. Upon its receipt and acceptance of a duly executed and completed Assignment Agreement, any forms or certificates required by this Agreement in connection therewith, Administrative Agent shall record the information contained in such Assignment Agreement in the Register, shall give prompt notice thereof to Company and shall maintain a copy of such Assignment Agreement.
(f) Representations and Warranties of Assignee. Each Lender, upon execution and delivery hereof or upon executing and delivering an Assignment Agreement, as the case may be, represents and warrants as of the Closing Date or as of the applicable Effective Date (as defined in the applicable Assignment Agreement) that (i) it is an Eligible Assignee; (ii) it has experience and expertise in the making of or investing in commitments or loans such as the applicable Commitments or Loans, as the case may be; (iii) it will make or invest in, as the case may be, its Commitments or Loans for its own account in the ordinary course of its business and
without a view to distribution of such Commitments or Loans within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or other federal securities laws (it being understood that, subject to the provisions of this Section 10.6, the disposition of such Revolving Commitments or Loans or any interests therein shall at all times remain within its exclusive control); and (iv) such Lender does not own or control, or own or control any Person owning or controlling, any trade debt or Indebtedness of any Loan Party other than the Obligations or any Capital Stock of any Loan Party.
(g) Effect of Assignment. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 10.6, as of the later (i) of the Effective Date specified in the applicable Assignment Agreement or (ii) the date such assignment is recorded in the Register: (A) the assignee thereunder shall have the rights and obligations of a Lender hereunder to the extent such rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned to it pursuant to such Assignment Agreement and shall thereafter be a party hereto and a Lender for all purposes hereof; (B) the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned thereby pursuant to such Assignment Agreement, relinquish its rights (other than any rights which survive the termination hereof under Section 10.8) and be released from its obligations hereunder (and, in the case of an Assignment Agreement covering all or the remaining portion of an assigning Lenders rights and obligations hereunder, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto; provided, anything contained in any of the Loan Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, (1) each L/C Issuer shall continue to have all rights and obligations thereof with respect to such Letters of Credit until the cancellation or expiration of such Letters of Credit and the reimbursement of any amounts drawn thereunder, and (2) such assigning Lender shall continue to be entitled to the benefit of all indemnities and expense reimbursements hereunder as specified herein with respect to matters arising out of the prior involvement of such assigning Lender as a Lender hereunder), (C) the Commitments shall be modified to reflect the Commitment of such assignee and any Commitment of such assigning Lender, if any, and (D) if any such assignment occurs after the issuance of any Note hereunder, the assigning Lender shall, upon the effectiveness of such assignment or as promptly thereafter as practicable, surrender its applicable Notes to Administrative Agent for cancellation, and thereupon Company shall issue and deliver new Notes, if so requested by the assignee and/or assigning Lender, to such assignee and/or to such assigning Lender, with appropriate insertions, to reflect the new Commitments and/or outstanding Loans of the assignee and/or the assigning Lender.
(h) Participations.
(i) Each Lender shall have the right at any time to sell one or more participations to any Person (other than Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its Affiliates) in all or any part of its Commitments, Loans or in any other Obligation. The holder of any such participation, other than an Affiliate of the Lender granting such participation, shall not be entitled to require such Lender to take or omit to take any action hereunder except with respect to any amendment, modification or waiver that would (A) extend the final scheduled maturity of any Loan, Note or Letter of Credit (unless such Letter of Credit is not extended beyond the Revolving Commitment Termination Date) in which such participant is participating, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest or fees thereon (except in connection with a waiver of applicability of any post default increase in interest rates) or reduce the principal amount thereof, or increase the amount of the participants participation over the amount thereof then in effect (it being understood that a waiver of any Default or Event of Default or of a mandatory reduction in
the Commitment shall not constitute a change in the terms of such participation, and that an increase in any Commitment or Loan shall be permitted without the consent of any participant if the participants participation is not increased as a result thereof), (B) consent to the assignment or transfer by any Loan Party of any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement, or (C) release all or substantially all of the Collateral under the Collateral Documents or all or substantially all of the Guarantors from the Guaranty (in each case, except as expressly provided in the Loan Documents) supporting the Loans hereunder in which such participant is participating. Company agrees that each participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.17(c), 2.18 and 2.19 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to Section 10.6(c); provided that such participant (i) shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.18, with respect to any participation, than its participating Lender would have been entitled to receive and (ii) shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.19 as though it were a Lender. To the extent permitted by law, each participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.4 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.16 as though it were a Lender.
(ii) In the event that any Lender sells participations in its Commitments, Loans or in any other Obligation hereunder, such Lender shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of Company, maintain a register on which it enters the name of all participants in the Commitments, Loans or Obligations held by it and the principal amount (and stated interest thereon) of the portion of such Commitments, Loans or Obligations which are the subject of the participation (the Participant Register). A Commitment, Loan or Obligation hereunder may be participated in whole or in part only by registration of such participation on the Participant Register (and each Note shall expressly so provide). The Participant Register shall be available for inspection by Company at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(i) Certain Other Assignments. In addition to any other assignment permitted pursuant to this Section 10.6, any Lender or Agent may assign, pledge and/or grant a security interest in, all or any portion of its Loans, the other Obligations owed by or to such Lender, and its Notes, if any, to secure obligations of such Lender or Agent or any of its Affiliates to any Person providing any loan, letter of credit or other extension of credit or financial arrangement to or for the account of such Lender or Agent or any of its Affiliates and any agent, trustee or representative of such Person (without the consent of, or notice to, or any other action by, any other party hereto), including, without limitation, any Federal Reserve Bank as collateral security pursuant to Regulation A of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and any operating circular issued by such Federal Reserve Bank; provided, no Lender or Agent, as between Company and such Lender or Agent, shall be relieved of any of its obligations hereunder as a result of any such assignment and pledge; provided further, in no event shall such Person, agent, trustee or representative of such Person or the applicable Federal Reserve Bank be considered to be a Lender or Agent or be entitled to require the assigning Lender or Agent to take or omit to take any action hereunder.
Section 10.7. Independence of Covenants. All covenants hereunder shall be given independent effect so that if a particular action or condition is not permitted by any of such covenants, the fact that it would be permitted by an exception to, or would otherwise be within the limitations of, another covenant shall not avoid the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default if such action is taken or condition exists.
Section 10.8. Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements. All representations, warranties and agreements made herein shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and the making of any Credit Extension. Notwithstanding anything herein or implied by law to the contrary, the agreements of each Loan Party set forth in Sections 2.17(c), 2.18, 2.19, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, and 10.10 and the agreements of Lenders set forth in Sections 2.16, 9.3(b) and 9.6 shall survive the payment of the Loans, the cancellation or expiration of the Letters of Credit and the reimbursement of any amounts drawn thereunder, and the termination hereof.
Section 10.9. No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative. No failure or delay on the part of any Agent or any Lender in the exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall impair such power, right or privilege or be construed to be a waiver of any default or acquiescence therein, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other power, right or privilege. The rights, powers and remedies given to each Agent and each Lender hereby are cumulative and shall be in addition to and independent of all rights, powers and remedies existing by virtue of any statute or rule of law or in any of the other Loan Documents. Any forbearance or failure to exercise, and any delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder shall not impair any such right, power or remedy or be construed to be a waiver thereof, nor shall it preclude the further exercise of any such right, power or remedy.
Section 10.10. Marshalling; Payments Set Aside. Neither any Agent nor any Lender shall be under any obligation to marshal any assets in favor of any Loan Party or any other Person or against or in payment of any or all of the Obligations. To the extent that any Loan Party makes a payment or payments to Administrative Agent, L/C Issuers or Lenders (or to Administrative Agent, on behalf of Lenders or L/C Issuers), or Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, L/C Issuers or Lenders enforce any security interests or exercise their rights of setoff, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or setoff or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside and/or required to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party under any bankruptcy law, any other state or federal law, common law or any equitable cause, then, to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied, and all Liens, rights and remedies therefor or related thereto, shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment or payments had not been made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.
Section 10.11. Severability. In case any provision in or obligation hereunder or any Note or other Loan Document shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions or obligations, or of such provision or obligation in any other jurisdiction, shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 10.12. Obligations Several; Independent Nature of Lenders Rights. The obligations of Lenders hereunder are several and no Lender shall be responsible for the obligations or Commitment of any other Lender hereunder. Nothing contained herein or in any other Loan Document, and no action taken by Lenders pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute Lenders as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity. The amounts payable at any time hereunder to each Lender shall be a separate and independent debt, and, subject to Section 9.8, each Lender shall be entitled to protect and enforce its rights arising under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and it shall not be necessary for any other Lender to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.
Section 10.13. Headings. Section headings herein are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part hereof for any other purpose or be given any substantive effect.
Section 10.14. APPLICABLE 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 APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Section 10.15. CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. (a) ALL JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT AGAINST ANY LOAN PARTY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING HERETO OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, OR ANY OF THE OBLIGATIONS, MAY BE BROUGHT IN ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION IN THE STATE, COUNTY AND CITY OF NEW YORK. BY EXECUTING AND DELIVERING THIS AGREEMENT, EACH LOAN PARTY, FOR ITSELF AND IN CONNECTION WITH ITS PROPERTIES, IRREVOCABLY (I) ACCEPTS GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF SUCH COURTS; (II) WAIVES ANY DEFENSE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS; (III) AGREES THAT SERVICE OF ALL PROCESS IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT MAY BE MADE BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, TO THE APPLICABLE LOAN PARTY AT ITS ADDRESS PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 10.1 AND TO ANY PROCESS AGENT SELECTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 3.1(t) ABOVE IS SUFFICIENT TO CONFER PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER THE APPLICABLE LOAN PARTY IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT, AND OTHERWISE CONSTITUTES EFFECTIVE AND BINDING SERVICE IN EVERY RESPECT; AND (iv) AGREES THAT AGENTS AND LENDERS RETAIN THE RIGHT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR TO BRING PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ANY LOAN PARTY IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.
(b) EACH LOAN PARTY HEREBY AGREES THAT PROCESS MAY BE SERVED ON IT BY CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, TO THE ADDRESSES PERTAINING TO IT AS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 10.1 OR C T CORPORATION SYSTEM, LOCATED AT 111 EIGHTH AVENUE 13TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10011, AND HEREBY APPOINTS C T CORPORATION SYSTEM AS ITS AGENT TO RECEIVE SUCH SERVICE OF PROCESS. ANY AND ALL SERVICE OF
PROCESS AND ANY OTHER NOTICE IN ANY SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE EFFECTIVE AGAINST ANY LOAN PARTY IF GIVEN BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, OR BY ANY OTHER MEANS OR MAIL WHICH REQUIRES A SIGNED RECEIPT, POSTAGE PREPAID, MAILED AS PROVIDED ABOVE. IN THE EVENT C T CORPORATION SYSTEM SHALL NOT BE ABLE TO ACCEPT SERVICE OF PROCESS AS AFORESAID AND IF ANY LOAN PARTY SHALL NOT MAINTAIN AN OFFICE IN NEW YORK CITY, SUCH LOAN PARTY SHALL PROMPTLY APPOINT AND MAINTAIN AN AGENT QUALIFIED TO ACT AS AN AGENT FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS WITH RESPECT TO THE COURTS SPECIFIED IN THIS SECTION 10.15 ABOVE, AND ACCEPTABLE TO COLLATERAL AGENT, AS EACH LOAN PARTYS AUTHORIZED AGENT TO ACCEPT AND ACKNOWLEDGE ON EACH LOAN PARTYS BEHALF SERVICE OF ANY AND ALL PROCESS WHICH MAY BE SERVED IN ANY SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING.
Section 10.16. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY AGREES TO WAIVE ITS RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING HEREUNDER OR UNDER ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS OR ANY DEALINGS BETWEEN THEM RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS LOAN TRANSACTION OR THE LENDER/BORROWER RELATIONSHIP THAT IS BEING ESTABLISHED. THE SCOPE OF THIS WAIVER IS INTENDED TO BE ALL ENCOMPASSING OF ANY AND ALL DISPUTES THAT MAY BE FILED IN ANY COURT AND THAT RELATE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS TRANSACTION, INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW AND STATUTORY CLAIMS. EACH PARTY HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS WAIVER IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT TO ENTER INTO A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP, THAT EACH HAS ALREADY RELIED ON THIS WAIVER IN ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT, AND THAT EACH WILL CONTINUE TO RELY ON THIS WAIVER IN ITS RELATED FUTURE DEALINGS. EACH PARTY HERETO FURTHER WARRANTS AND REPRESENTS THAT IT HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL AND THAT IT KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. THIS WAIVER IS IRREVOCABLE, MEANING THAT IT MAY NOT BE MODIFIED EITHER ORALLY OR IN WRITING (OTHER THAN BY A MUTUAL WRITTEN WAIVER SPECIFICALLY REFERRING TO THIS SECTION 10.16 AND EXECUTED BY EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO), AND THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS HERETO OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS OR TO ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS OR AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE LOANS MADE HEREUNDER. IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.
Section 10.17. Confidentiality. Each Agent and Lender shall hold all non-public information regarding Company and its Subsidiaries and their businesses identified as such by Company and obtained by such Lender from Company or its Subsidiaries pursuant to the requirements hereof in accordance with such Agents or Lenders customary procedures for handling confidential information of such nature, it being understood and agreed by Company that, in any event, any Agent or Lender may make (i) disclosures of such information to Affiliates of
such Agent or Lender and to their respective agents, advisors, counsel, employees, directors, officers and shareholders (and to other persons authorized by a Lender or Agent to organize, present or disseminate such information in connection with disclosures otherwise made in accordance with this Section 10.17), (ii) disclosures of such information reasonably required by any bona fide or potential assignee, transferee or participant in connection with the contemplated assignment, transfer or participation by any such Lender of any Loans or any participations therein, (iii) disclosure to any rating agency when required by it, provided that, prior to any disclosure, such rating agency shall undertake in writing to preserve the confidentiality of any confidential information relating to the Loan Parties received by it from any of the Agents or any Lender, (iv) disclosure to any Lenders financing sources, provided that prior to any disclosure, such financing source is informed of the confidential nature of the information, (v) disclosures of such information to any investors, members and partners of any Agent, Lender or their Affiliares, provided that prior to any disclosure, such investor or partner is informed of the confidential nature of the information, and (vi) disclosure required or requested in connection with any public filings, whether pursuant to any securities laws or regulations or rules promulgated therefor (including the Investment Company Act of 1940 or otherwise) or representative thereof or by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (and any successor thereto), pursuant to legal or judicial process, or pursuant to any request by any Lenders auditors or regulators (including self-regulatory bodies); provided, unless prohibited by Applicable Law or court order, each Agent and Lender shall make reasonable efforts to notify Company of any request by any Governmental Authority, auditor, regulator (including those of self-regulatory bodies) or representative thereof (other than any such request in connection with any examination of the financial condition or other routine examination of such Lender by such Governmental Authority or by an auditor or regulator (including those of self-regulatory bodies)) for disclosure of any such non-public information prior to disclosure of such information. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, each party (and each of their respective employees, representatives or other agents) may disclose to any and all persons, without limitations of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and all materials of any kind (including opinions and other tax analyses) that are provided to any such party relating to such tax treatment and tax structure. However, any information relating to the tax treatment or tax structure shall remain subject to the confidentiality provisions hereof (and the foregoing sentence shall not apply) to the extent reasonably necessary to enable the parties hereto, their respective Affiliates, and their and their respective Affiliates directors and employees to comply with applicable securities laws. For this purpose, tax structure means any facts relevant to the federal income tax treatment of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement but does not include information relating to the identity of any of the parties hereto or any of their respective Affiliates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, on or after the Closing Date, any Agent or Lender may, at its own expense issue news releases and publish tombstone advertisements and other announcements relating to this transaction in newspapers, trade journals and other appropriate media (which may include use of logos of one or more of the Loan Parties)(collectively, Trade Announcements). No Loan Party shall issue any Trade Announcement or disclose the name of any Agent or any Lender except (A) disclosures required by applicable law, regulation, legal process or the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission or (B) with the prior approval of Collateral Agent and such Lender.
Section 10.18. Usury Savings Clause. Notwithstanding any other provision herein, the aggregate interest rate charged or agreed to be paid with respect to any of the Obligations, including all charges or fees in connection therewith deemed in the nature of interest under applicable law shall not exceed the Highest Lawful Rate. If the rate of interest (determined without regard to the preceding sentence) under this Agreement at any time exceeds the Highest Lawful Rate, the outstanding amount of the Loans made hereunder shall bear interest at the Highest Lawful Rate until the total amount of interest due hereunder equals the amount of interest which would have been due hereunder if the stated rates of interest set forth in this Agreement had at all times been in effect. In addition, if when the Loans made hereunder are repaid in full the total interest due hereunder (taking into account the increase provided for above) is less than the total amount of interest which would have been due hereunder if the stated rates of interest set forth in this Agreement had at all times been in effect, then to the extent permitted by law, Company shall pay to Administrative Agent an amount equal to the difference between the amount of interest paid and the amount of interest which would have been paid if the Highest Lawful Rate had at all times been in effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is the intention of Lenders and Company to conform strictly to any applicable usury laws. Accordingly, if any Lender contracts for, charges, or receives any consideration which constitutes interest in excess of the Highest Lawful Rate, then any such excess shall be cancelled automatically and, if previously paid, shall at such Lenders option be applied to the outstanding amount of the Loans made hereunder or be refunded to Company. In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged, or received by Administrative Agent or a Lender exceeds the Highest Lawful Rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest, throughout the contemplated term of the Obligations hereunder.
Section 10.19. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Agreement by facsimile or electronic mail shall be equally effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart.
Section 10.20. Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution of a counterpart hereof by each of the parties hereto and receipt by Company and each Agent of written or telephonic notification of such execution and authorization of delivery thereof.
Section 10.21. PATRIOT Act Notice. Each Lender and Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Loan Parties that pursuant to the requirements of the PATRIOT Act, it may be required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Loan Party, which information includes the name and address of the Loan Parties and other information that will allow such Lender or Agent, as applicable, to identify the Loan Parties in accordance with the PATRIOT Act.
Section 10.22. Bank Product Providers. Each Bank Product Provider in its capacity as such shall be deemed a third party beneficiary hereof and of the provisions of the other Loan Documents for purposes of any reference in a Loan Document to the parties for whom any Agent is acting. Each Agent hereby agrees to act as agent for such Bank Product Providers and, by
virtue of entering into a Bank Product Agreement, the applicable Bank Product Provider shall be automatically deemed to have appointed such Agent as its agent and to have accepted the benefits of the Loan Documents. It is understood and agreed that the rights and benefits of each Bank Product Provider under the Loan Documents consist exclusively of such Bank Product Providers being a beneficiary of the Liens and security interests (and, if applicable, guarantees) granted to Collateral Agent and the right to share in payments and collections out of the Collateral as more fully set forth herein. In addition, each Bank Product Provider, by virtue of entering into a Bank Product Agreement, shall be automatically deemed to have agreed that Agents shall have the right, but shall have no obligation (except as otherwise agreed in a writing by Agents and the Lenders), to establish, maintain, relax, or release reserves in respect of the Bank Product Obligations and that if reserves are established there is no obligation on the part of any Agent to determine or insure whether the amount of any such reserve is appropriate or not. No Agent shall have any obligation to calculate the amount due and payable with respect to any Bank Products, but may rely upon the written certification of the amount due and payable from the applicable Bank Product Provider. In the absence of an updated certification, each Agent shall be entitled to assume that the amount due and payable to the applicable Bank Product Provider is the amount last certified to Agents by such Bank Product Provider as being due and payable (less any distributions made to such Bank Product Provider on account thereof). Loan Parties may obtain Bank Products from any Bank Product Provider, although Loan Parties are not required to do so. Loan Parties acknowledge and agree that no Bank Product Provider has committed to provide any Bank Products and that the providing of Bank Products by any Bank Product Provider is in the sole and absolute discretion of such Bank Product Provider. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, no provider or holder of any Bank Product shall have any voting or approval rights hereunder (or be deemed a Lender) solely by virtue of its status as the provider or holder of such agreements or products or the Obligations owing thereunder, nor shall the consent of any such provider or holder be required (other than in their capacities as Lenders, to the extent applicable) for any matter hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents, including as to any matter relating to the Collateral or the release of Collateral or Guarantors
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date first written above.
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FERRELLGAS, L.P. | ||
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By: |
Ferrellgas, Inc., as its general partner | |
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By: |
/s/ Doran Schwartz | |
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Name: |
Doran Schwartz | |
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Title: |
SVP Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | |
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GENERAL PARTNER: | ||
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FERRELLGAS, INC. | ||
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By: |
/s/ Doran Schwartz | |
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Name: |
Doran Schwartz | |
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Title: |
SVP Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | |
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GUARANTOR SUBSIDIARIES: | ||
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BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING, INC. | ||
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By: |
/s/ Doran Schwartz | |
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Name: |
Doran Schwartz | |
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Title: |
SVP Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | |
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BRIDGER LOGISTICS, LLC | ||
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By: |
Ferrellgas, L.P., its sole member | |
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By: |
Ferrellgas, Inc., its general partner | |
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By: |
/s/ Doran Schwartz | |
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Name: |
Doran Schwartz | |
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Title: |
SVP Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | |
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BRIDGER LAKE, LLC | ||
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BRIDGER MARINE, LLC | ||
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BRIDGER ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES II, LLC | ||
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BRIDGER REAL PROPERTY, LLC | ||
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BRIDGER TRANSPORTATION, LLC | ||
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BRIDGER LEASING, LLC | ||
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BRIDGER STORAGE, LLC | ||
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BRIDGER RAIL SHIPPING, LLC | ||
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By: |
Bridger Logistics, LLC, its sole member | |
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By: |
Ferrellgas, L.P., its sole member | |
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By: |
Ferrellgas, Inc., its general partner | |
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By: |
/s/ Doran Schwartz | |
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Name: |
Doran Schwartz | |
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Title: |
SVP Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | |
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J.J. ADDISON PARTNERS, LLC | ||
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J.J. KARNACK PARTNERS, LLC | ||
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J.J. LIBERTY, LLC | ||
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By: |
Bridger Real Property, LLC, its sole member | |
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By: |
Bridger Logistics, LLC, its sole member | |
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By: |
Ferrellgas, L.P., its sole member | |
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By: |
Ferrellgas, Inc., its general partner | |
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By: |
/s/ Doran Schwartz | |
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Name: |
Doran Schwartz | |
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Title: |
SVP Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | |
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BRIDGER ENVIRONMENTAL, LLC BRIDGER TERMINALS, LLC | ||
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BRIDGER SWAN RANCH, LLC | ||
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SOUTH C&C TRUCKING, LLC | ||
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By: |
Bridger Logistics, LLC, its sole member | |
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By: |
Ferrellgas, L.P., its sole member | |
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By: |
Ferrellgas, Inc., its general partner | |
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By: |
/s/ Doran Schwartz | |
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Name: |
Doran Schwartz | |
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Title: |
SVP Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | |
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TPG SPECIALTY LENDING, INC., | |
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as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Lead Arranger and a Lender | |
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By: |
/s/ Robert (Bo) Stanley |
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Name: Robert (Bo) Stanley |
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Title: President |
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PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, | |
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as Syndication Agent, a L/C Issuer and a Lender | |
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By: |
/s/ Steve C. Roberts |
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Name: Steve C. Roberts |
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Title: Senior Vice President |
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TAO TALENTS, LLC, | |
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as a Lender | |
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By: |
/s/ Steven Pluss |
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Name: Steven Pluss |
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Title: Vice President |
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PONTUS HOLDINGS LTD., | |
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as a Lender | |
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By: |
/s/ Russell Bryant |
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Name: Russell Bryant |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer Quadrant Capital Advisors, Inc. Investment Advisor to Pontus Holdings, Ltd. |
[Financing Agreement]
APPENDIX |
A-1 |
TO FINANCING AGREEMENT
Term Loan Commitments
Lender |
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Term Loan Commitment |
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Pro Rata Share |
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TPG Specialty Lending, Inc. |
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$ |
93,500,000.00 |
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34.00 |
% |
TAO Talents, LLC |
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$ |
172,333,333.00 |
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62.67 |
% |
Pontus Holdings Ltd. |
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$ |
9,166,667.00 |
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3.33 |
% |
Total |
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$ |
275,000,000.00 |
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100 |
% |
APPENDIX |
A-2 |
TO FINANCING AGREEMENT
Revolving A Commitments
Lender |
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Revolving A Commitment |
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Pro Rata Share |
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PNC Bank, National Association |
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$ |
200,000,000 |
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100 |
% |
Total |
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$ |
200,000,000 |
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100 |
% |
APPENDIX |
A-3 |
TO FINANCING AGREEMENT
Revolving B Commitments
Lender |
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Revolving B Commitment |
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Pro Rata Share |
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TPG Specialty Lending, Inc. |
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$ |
34,000,000.00 |
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34.00 |
% |
TAO Talents, LLC |
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$ |
62,666,667.00 |
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62.67 |
% |
Pontus Holdings Ltd. |
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$ |
3,333,333.00 |
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3.33 |
% |
Total |
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$ |
100,000,000.00 |
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100 |
% |
APPENDIX A-3
APPENDIX |
B |
TO FINANCING AGREEMENT
Notice Addresses
FERRELLGAS, L.P.
Ferrellgas, L.P.
One Liberty Plaza, MD 22
Liberty, Missouri 64068
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
Email: doranschwartz@ferrellgas.com
with a copy to:
Bracewell LLP
1251 Avenue of the Americas, 49th Floor
New York, New York 10020
Attention: Robin J. Miles, Esq.
Facsimile: 1-800-404-3970
Email: robin.miles@bracewell.com
APPENDIX B
TPG SPECIALTY LENDING, INC.,
as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and Lead Arranger
Principal Office:
TPG Specialty Lending, Inc.
301 Commerce Street, Suite 3300
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
Attention: Legal and Compliance Department
Facsimile: 415-486-5954
Email: documents@tpg.com
with a copy to:
TPG Specialty Lending, Inc.
888 7th Avenue
35th Floor
New York, New York 10019
Attention: Craig Hamrah
Email: chamrah@tpg.com
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
919 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Attention: Frederic L. Ragucci, Esq.
Facsimile: 212-593-5955
Email: frederic.ragucci@srz.com
APPENDIX B
PNC Bank, National Association,
as a L/C Issuer
Principal Office:
PNC Bank, National Association
350 South Grand Avenue, Suite 3850
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Attn: Relationship Manager
Fax No.: (626) 432-4589
APPENDIX B
Schedule 1.1-A
Certain Material Real Estate Assets
RECORD |
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CITY |
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STATE |
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ADDRESS |
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ZIP |
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USE |
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FAIR |
Ferrellgas, L.P. |
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Tucson |
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AZ |
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4200 N SULLINGER AVENUE |
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85705 |
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Office, Bulk Storage and Dock |
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** |
Ferrellgas, L.P. |
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Elk Grove |
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CA |
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9765 AND 9797 DINO DRIVE |
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95624 |
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Office, Bulk Storage and Dock |
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** |
Ferrellgas, L.P. |
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San Marcos |
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CA |
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1425 GRAND AVENUE |
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92069 |
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Office and Bulk Storage |
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** |
Ferrellgas, L.P. |
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Santa Ana |
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CA |
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2125 WEST 17TH STREET |
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92706 |
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Office and Bulk Storage |
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** |
Ferrellgas, L.P. |
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Riviera Beach |
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FL |
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6982 BARBOUR RD. |
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33407 |
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Office, Bulk Storage and Dock |
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** |
Ferrellgas, L.P. |
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Frederick |
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MD |
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9023 BALTIMORE ROAD |
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21701 |
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Bulk Storage and Dock |
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** |
Ferrellgas, L.P. |
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Hamptonville |
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NC |
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1309 BUCK SHOALS ROAD |
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27020 |
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Office, Bulk Storage and Tank Cylinder Refurbishing Facility |
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** |
Ferrellgas, L.P. |
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Woodbridge |
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NJ |
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369 MAIN STREET |
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07095 |
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Office, Bulk Storage and Dock |
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** |
Ferrellgas, L.P. |
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Portland |
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OR |
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641 NE LOMBARD STREET |
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97211 |
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Office, Bulk Storage and Dock |
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** |
Ferrellgas, L.P. |
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Tiverton |
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RI |
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896 FISH ROAD |
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02878 |
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Office, Bulk Storage and Dock |
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** |
Pursuant to 17 CFR 240.24b-2, confidential information has been omitted in places marked ** and has been filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a Confidential Treatment Application filed with the Commission.
Ferrellgas, L.P. |
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Asherton |
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TX |
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10349 SOUTH US HIGHWAY 83 |
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78827 |
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Salt Water Disposal Well |
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** |
Ferrellgas, L.P. |
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Hutchins |
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TX |
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1828 CARPENTER ROAD |
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75141 |
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Office, Bulk Storage and Tank Cylinder Refurbishing Facility |
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** |
Ferrellgas, L.P. |
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Kenedy |
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TX |
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1777 FM 792 |
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78119 |
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Salt Water Disposal Well |
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** |
Pursuant to 17 CFR 240.24b-2, confidential information has been omitted in places marked ** and has been filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a Confidential Treatment Application filed with the Commission.
Schedule 4.1
Jurisdictions of Organization and Qualification
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Entity |
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Jurisdiction of |
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Restricted Subsidiary vs. |
1. |
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Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. |
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Delaware |
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N/A |
2. |
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Ferrellgas, L.P. |
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Delaware |
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N/A |
3. |
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Ferrellgas, Inc. |
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Delaware |
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N/A |
4. |
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Bridger Storage, LLC |
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Louisiana |
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Restricted Subsidiary |
5. |
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Bridger Real Property, LLC |
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Delaware |
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Restricted Subsidiary |
6. |
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Bridger Rail Shipping, LLC |
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Louisiana |
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Restricted Subsidiary |
7. |
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Bridger Leasing, LLC |
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Louisiana |
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Restricted Subsidiary |
8. |
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Bridger Transportation, LLC |
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Louisiana |
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Restricted Subsidiary |
9. |
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Ferrellgas Partners Finance Corp, Inc. |
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Delaware |
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Unrestricted Subsidiary |
10. |
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Ferrellgas Acquisition Company, LLC |
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Kansas |
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Unrestricted Subsidiary |
11. |
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Bridger Lake, LLC |
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Delaware |
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Restricted Subsidiary |
12. |
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J.J. Karnack Partners, LLC |
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Texas |
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Restricted Subsidiary |
13. |
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J.J. Liberty, LLC |
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Texas |
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Restricted Subsidiary |
14. |
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FNA Canada, Inc. |
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Delaware |
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Unrestricted Subsidiary |
15. |
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Blue Rhino Global Sourcing, Inc. |
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Delaware |
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Restricted Subsidiary |
16. |
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Ferrellgas Receivables, LLC |
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Delaware |
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Unrestricted Subsidiary |
17. |
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Ferrellgas Finance Corp., Inc. |
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Delaware |
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Unrestricted Subsidiary |
18. |
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Ferrell Propane, Inc. |
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Kansas |
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Unrestricted Subsidiary |
19. |
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FCI Trading Corp. |
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Delaware |
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Unrestricted Subsidiary |
20. |
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South C&C Trucking, Inc. |
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Texas |
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Restricted Subsidiary |
21. |
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Bridger Administrative Services II, LLC |
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Delaware |
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Restricted Subsidiary |
22. |
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Bridger Environmental, LLC |
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Texas |
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Restricted Subsidiary |
23. |
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Bridger Logistics, LLC |
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Louisiana |
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Restricted Subsidiary |
24. |
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Bridger Marine, LLC |
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Delaware |
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Restricted Subsidiary |
25. |
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Bridger Swan Ranch, LLC |
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Delaware |
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Restricted Subsidiary |
26. |
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Bridger Terminals, LLC |
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Delaware |
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Restricted Subsidiary |
27. |
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J.J. Addison Partners, LLC |
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Texas |
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Restricted Subsidiary |
Schedule 4.2
Capital Stock and Ownership
Entity |
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Outstanding Equity |
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Equity Ownership |
Ferrellgas, Inc., a Delaware corporation |
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990 Shares |
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100% by Ferrell Companies Inc. |
Ferrellgas, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership |
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General Partnership Interest |
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1.0101% by Ferrellgas, Inc. |
Blue Rhino Global Sourcing, Inc., a Delaware corporation |
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100 Shares |
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100% by Ferrellgas, L.P. |
Bridger Marine, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company |
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Limited liability company membership interest |
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100% by Bridger Logistics, LLC |
Bridger Lake, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company |
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Limited liability company membership interest |
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100% by Bridger Logistics, LLC |
Bridger Administrative Services II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company |
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Limited liability company membership interest |
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100% by Bridger Logistics, LLC |
Bridger Real Property, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company |
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Limited liability company membership interest |
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100% by Bridger Logistics, LLC |
J.J. Addison Partners, LLC, a Texas limited liability company |
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Limited liability company membership interest |
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100% by Bridger Real Property, LLC |
J.J. Karnack Partners, LLC, a Texas limited liability company |
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Limited liability company membership interest |
|
100% by Bridger Real Property, LLC |
J.J. Liberty, LLC, a Texas limited liability company |
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Limited liability company membership interest |
|
100% by Bridger Real Property, LLC |
Bridger Logistics, LLC, a Louisiana limited liability company |
|
Limited liability company membership interest |
|
100% by Ferrellgas, L.P. |
Bridger Transportation, LLC, a Louisiana limited liability company |
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Limited liability company membership interest |
|
100% by Bridger Logistics, LLC |
Bridger Leasing, LLC, a Louisiana limited liability company |
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Limited liability company membership interest |
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100% by Bridger Logistics, LLC |
Bridger Storage, LLC, a Louisiana limited liability company |
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Limited liability company membership interest |
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100% by Bridger Logistics, LLC |
Bridger Rail Shipping, LLC, a Louisiana limited liability company |
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Limited liability company membership interest |
|
100% by Bridger Logistics, LLC |
Bridger Terminals, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company |
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Limited liability company membership interest |
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100% by Bridger Logistics, LLC |
Bridger Swan Ranch, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company |
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Limited liability company membership interest |
|
100% by Bridger Terminals, LLC |
Bridger Environmental, LLC, a Texas limited liability company |
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Limited liability company membership interest |
|
100% by Bridger Logistics, LLC |
South C&C Trucking, LLC, a Texas limited liability company |
|
Limited liability company membership interest |
|
100% by Bridger Logistics, LLC |
Ferrellgas Receivables, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company |
|
Limited liability company membership interest |
|
100% by Ferrellgas, L.P. |
Ferrellgas Finance Corp., a Delaware Corporation |
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1000 Shares |
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100% by Ferrellgas, L.P. |
FNA Canada, Inc., a Delaware Corporation |
|
100 Shares |
|
100% by Ferrellgas, L.P. |
Schedule 4.12
Real Estate Assets
1. See disclosures set forth on Schedule 1.1.
2. Net Lease dated March 2, 2005, First Addendum to Net Lease dated August 28, 2007, First Amendment to Lease dated April 1, 2015, between Tower Properties Company, as landlord, and Ferrellgas, L.P., as tenant, as amended, restated, or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the Financing Agreement.
Schedule 4.15
Material Contracts
1. Senior Note Documents.
2. Amended and Restated Receivable Sale Agreement, dated as of January 19, 2012, between Ferrellgas, L.P. and Blue Rhino Global Sourcing, Inc., as originators, and Ferrellgas Receivables, LLC, as buyer.
LIST OF U.S. COPYRIGHT REGS.
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TX0008227789 / 2016-02-03 |
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Ferrellgas: The First Seventy-Five Years 1939-2014 |
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Book, 216 p. |
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Ferrellgas |
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2015 |
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Ferrellgas, employer for hire |
TXu000452711 / 1991-01-14 |
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Ferrellgas propane fundamentals. |
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3 v. |
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Ferrellgas, Inc. |
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1990 |
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Ferrellgas, Inc., employer for hire of Clifford C. Slisz. |
TXu000587703 / 1992-10-21 |
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Product delivery and container installation. |
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2 v., sheets + videocassette; 1/2 in. |
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Ferrellgas, Inc., employer for hire of Clifford C. Slisz. |
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N/A |
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TXu000453141 / 1991-01-16 |
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Transport drivers technical training. |
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N/A |
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Ferrellgas, Inc. |
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1990 |
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Ferrellgas, Inc., employer for hire of Clifford C. Slisz. |
TX0005361089 / 2001-02-09 |
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[Mr. Bar-B-Q 6000 series] |
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Product packaging. |
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Mr. Bar-B-Q, Inc. |
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2000 |
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text and graphics: Charles Santulli; photos: Jacqui Silla; text of warranty: Mr. Bar-B-Q, Inc., employer for hire. |
TX0005349372 / 2001-02-06 |
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Premium 5 piece stainless steel tool set with aluminum |
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Labels on boxes |
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Mr. Bar-B-Q, Inc. |
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2000 |
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text and graphics: Charles Santulli; photos: Jacqui Silla; text of warranty: Mr. Bar-B-Q, Inc., employer for hire. |
VAu000436198 / 1998-10-29 |
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3 horses |
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Sculpture |
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Uniflame, Inc. |
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1998 |
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Uniflame, Inc. |
VAu000436187 / 1998-10-29 |
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3 maidens |
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Sculpture |
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Uniflame, Inc. |
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1998 |
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Uniflame, Inc. |
VA0000863508 / 1997-04-10 |
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5 pc. wrought iron fireset : |
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Product packaging |
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Uniflame, Inc. |
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1996 |
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Uniflame, Inc. |
Registration |
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Title |
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Description |
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Copyright |
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Date of |
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item no. T10220BK |
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Blue Rhino Corporation. |
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VAu000485112 / 2000-03-06 |
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Angel fountain |
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Sculpture |
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Uniflame, Inc. |
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2000 |
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Uniflame, Inc. |
VAu000485121 / 2000-03-06 |
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Angel with harp fountain |
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Sculpture |
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Uniflame, Inc. |
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2000 |
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Uniflame, Inc. |
VAu000485110 / 2000-03-06 |
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Angel with roses fountain. |
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Sculpture |
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Uniflame, Inc. |
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2000 |
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Uniflame, Inc. |
VAu000391287 / 1998-11-06 |
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Angel with sea horn |
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Sculpture |
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Uniflame, Inc. |
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1998 |
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Uniflame, Inc. |
VAu000436197 / 1998-10-29 |
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Baby angel |
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Sculpture |
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Uniflame, Inc. |
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1998 |
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Uniflame, Inc. |
VAu000485114 / 2000-03-06 |
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Boy and girl fountain |
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Sculpture |
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Uniflame, Inc. |
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2000 |
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Uniflame, Inc. |
VAu000436178 / 1998-10-29 |
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Boy with dolphin |
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Sculpture |
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Uniflame, Inc. |
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1998 |
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Uniflame, Inc. |
VAu000485109 / 2000-03-06 |
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Boy with fish fountain |
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Sculpture |
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Uniflame, Inc. |
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2000 |
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Uniflame, Inc. |
VAu000485113 / 2000-03-06 |
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Cherubs fountain |
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Sculpture |
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Uniflame, Inc. |
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2000 |
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Uniflame, Inc. |
VAu000436188 / 1998-10-29 |
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Country boy |
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Sculpture |
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Uniflame, Inc. |
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1998 |
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Uniflame, Inc. |
VAu000485115 / 2000-03-06 |
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Deer fountain |
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Sculpture |
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Uniflame, Inc. |
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2000 |
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Uniflame, Inc. |
Registration |
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Title |
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Description |
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Copyright |
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Date of |
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Authorship |
VAu000485108 / 2000-03-06 |
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Fishing bears fountain |
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Sculpture |
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Uniflame, Inc. |
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2000 |
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Uniflame, Inc. |
VAu000436186 / 1998-10-29 |
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Gardeners delight |
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Sculpture |
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Uniflame, Inc. |
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1998 |
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Uniflame, Inc. |
VAu000436182 / 1998-10-29 |
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Girl with goose |
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Sculpture |
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Uniflame, Inc. |
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1998 |
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Uniflame, Inc. |
VAu000436177 / 1998-10-29 |
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Gone fishing |
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Sculpture |
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Uniflame, Inc. |
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1998 |
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Uniflame, Inc. |
VAu000485118 / 2000-03-06 |
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Kissing pixies |
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Sculpture |
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Uniflame, Inc |
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2000 |
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Uniflame, Inc. |
VAu000436185 / 1998-10-29 |
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Large Gothic lion |
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Sculpture |
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Uniflame, Inc. |
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1998 |
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Uniflame, Inc. |
VAu000436199 / 1998-10-29 |
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Lovers at water well |
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Sculpture |
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Uniflame, Inc. |
|
1998 |
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Uniflame, Inc. |
VAu000485111 / 2000-03-06 |
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Lovers choice fountain |
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Sculpture |
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Uniflame, Inc |
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2000 |
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Uniflame, Inc. |
VAu000485123 / 2000-03-06 |
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Loving kids fountain |
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Sculpture |
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Uniflame, Inc |
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2000 |
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Uniflame, Inc. |
VAu000485119 / 2000-03-06 |
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Maidens with vases |
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Sculpture |
|
Uniflame, Inc |
|
2000 |
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Uniflame, Inc. |
VAu000391288 / 1998-11-06 |
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Man with lion |
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Sculpture |
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Uniflame, Inc. |
|
1998 |
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Uniflame, Inc. |
Registration |
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Title |
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Description |
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Copyright |
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Date of |
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Authorship |
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Blue Rhino Corporation. |
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|
|
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VAu000436181 / 1998-10-29 |
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Mother and child |
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Sculpture |
|
Uniflame, Inc. |
|
1998 |
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Uniflame, Inc. |
VAu000485116 / 2000-03-06 |
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Mother and child fountain |
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Sculpture |
|
Uniflame, Inc |
|
1998 |
|
Uniflame, Inc. |
VAu000485122 / 2000-03-06 |
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Musicians fountain |
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Sculpture |
|
Uniflame, Inc |
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2000 |
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Uniflame, Inc. |
VAu000436189 / 1998-10-29 |
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New age |
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Sculpture |
|
Uniflame, Inc. |
|
1998 |
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Uniflame, Inc. |
VAu000436193 / 1998-10-29 |
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Ornate bowl |
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Sculpture |
|
Uniflame, Inc. |
|
1998 |
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Uniflame, Inc. |
VAu000485120 / 2000-03-06 |
|
Pixie fountain |
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Sculpture |
|
Uniflame, Inc |
|
2000 |
|
Uniflame, Inc. |
VAu000485125 / 2000-03-06 |
|
Poly resin bamboo style garden torch |
|
Sculpture |
|
Uniflame, Inc |
|
2000 |
|
Uniflame, Inc. |
VAu000485126 / 2000-03-06 |
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Poly resin monkey garden torch |
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Sculpture |
|
Uniflame, Inc |
|
2000 |
|
Uniflame, Inc. |
VAu000485127 / 2000-03-06 |
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Poly resin playful frog garden torch |
|
Sculpture |
|
Uniflame, Inc |
|
2000 |
|
Uniflame, Inc. |
VAu000485117 / 2000-03-06 |
|
Raccoons fountain |
|
Sculpture |
|
Uniflame, Inc |
|
2000 |
|
Uniflame, Inc. |
VAu000436196 / 1998-10-29 |
|
Rock fountain |
|
Sculpture |
|
Uniflame, Inc. |
|
1998 |
|
Uniflame, Inc. |
Registration |
|
Title |
|
Description |
|
Copyright |
|
Date of |
|
Authorship |
VAu000436190 / 1998-10-29 |
|
Roman beauty |
|
Sculpture |
|
Uniflame, Inc. |
|
1998 |
|
Uniflame, Inc. |
VAu000436194 / 1998-10-29 |
|
Rose bowl |
|
Sculpture |
|
Uniflame, Inc. |
|
1998 |
|
Uniflame, Inc. |
VAu000436191 / 1998-10-29 |
|
Rose pedestal |
|
Sculpture |
|
Uniflame, Inc. |
|
1998 |
|
Uniflame, Inc. |
VAu000436200 / 1998-10-29 |
|
Sitting beauty |
|
Sculpture |
|
Uniflame, Inc. |
|
1998 |
|
Uniflame, Inc. |
VAu000436180 / 1998-10-29 |
|
Sitting lovers |
|
Sculpture |
|
Uniflame, Inc. |
|
1998 |
|
Uniflame, Inc. |
VAu000436184 / 1998-10-29 |
|
Small Gothic lion |
|
Sculpture |
|
Uniflame, Inc. |
|
1998 |
|
Uniflame, Inc. |
VAu000436176 / 1998-10-29 |
|
Three tier fountain |
|
Sculpture |
|
Uniflame, Inc. |
|
1998 |
|
Uniflame, Inc. |
VAu000436175 / 1998-10-29 |
|
Two tier fountain |
|
Sculpture |
|
Uniflame, Inc. |
|
1998 |
|
Uniflame, Inc. |
VAu000485128 / 2000-03-06 |
|
Umbrella couple fountain |
|
Sculpture |
|
Uniflame, Inc |
|
2000 |
|
Uniflame, Inc. |
Registration |
|
Title |
|
Description |
|
Copyright |
|
Date of |
|
Authorship |
VAu000436195 / 1998-10-29 |
|
Victorian bowl |
|
Sculpture |
|
Uniflame, Inc. |
|
1998 |
|
Uniflame, Inc. |
VAu000436192 / 1998-10-29 |
|
Victorian pedestal |
|
Sculpture |
|
Uniflame, Inc. |
|
1998 |
|
Uniflame, Inc. |
VAu000436179 / 1998-10-29 |
|
Water lily |
|
Sculpture |
|
Uniflame, Inc. |
|
1998 |
|
Uniflame, Inc. |
VAu000436183 / 1998-10-29 |
|
Wishing well |
|
Sculpture |
|
Uniflame, Inc. |
|
1998 |
|
Uniflame, Inc. |
VAu000485124 / 2000-03-06 |
|
Lovers fountain |
|
Sculpture |
|
Uniflame, Inc |
|
2000 |
|
Uniflame, Inc. |
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U5066236E51 Onion brush US2011388106F Mr. Bar-B-Q I nc.,Old Bethpage,NY,US BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING INC. 2012-06-26 2011-.29 Zemel, Marc USOMM7SS1 Oversimd deep grillingtopper 052011388199E Mr. Bar-B-Q I nc.,Old Bethpage,NY,US BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING INC. 2011-11-0/3 2011-03-25 Zemel, Marc 06052208651 Pattern for the exterior of an insect trap US200318399BF Blue Rhino Global Sourcing .,Winston Sale m,NC,US BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING. 2006-0530 2003-06-19 Achor, Mchard E. I Hurst Wi I ham Todd USOMSKSS1 Pepper roasling rack U52E09350297F Mr. Bar B-0 I nc.,Old Bethpage,NY,US BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING INC. 201005113 200311-13 Zemel, Marc ,7 2 USDUSCOSS1 Biwa peel US201292C/COM Mr. BAR-B-Q- I nc.,Old Bethpage,NY,US I Zemel MaryMelville,NY,US I Schi I le n Adam,Dix BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING INC. 20130349 2012-07-20 Zemel, Marc I Schi lien, Adam ' 'ii 2 USD5213241 Portion of an anwte Package LIS0112711/601 Mr. Bar B Q IncaOld Bethpage,NY,US BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING INC. 2006-0523 200408-23 Zemel, Marc USDSWOJI51 Poultry cooking appliance US20022771012F Mr. Bar B Q IncaOld Bethpage,NY,US BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING INC. 2001-12-11 2001-02-1.3 Zemel, Marc I Margolin, Wayne B. 4.'''' 1111 . 4. USOSS90I3S1 Product display US211049903.SF Ferrellgas LP.,Winston FERRELLGAS LP. D/B/A RUE RHINO CORPORATION 2006-01-0/3 Sale m ,NC,US 20.12-02 McLaughlin, Douglas S. I Dean, Mite ry A. I McCraw, Leslie R. I Hartley, Ch ristopher J. I Harrison, Eric I iiii la] 162.it Ill 051377194131 Rotisserie U52015623926F BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING INC.,IT berty,MO,L6 BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING INC. 201611-22 20150415 Zemel, Marc I Schi Ilen, Adam USBOCOODSUMA1 Safety guard for patio heater U509934983 CM) Associates I nc.,Winston Sale m,NC BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING LLC 2003-03-27- 2001-138-22 Bossier, Martin C. s.- U5062121751 Searing topper U520103.59799F Mr. Bar-B-Q- I nc.,Old Bethpage,NY,US BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING INC. 2010-06-10 2010-01-28 Zemel, Marc i USIMOB146S1 Searing topper 0S2009399522F Mr. Bar-B-Q- I nc.,Old Bethpage,NY,US BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING INC. 2010-01-19 2009-09-30 Zemel, Marc t .111 05054341951Bethpage,NY,06 Seasoning infuser U52006297825F Mr. Bar B Q IncaOld BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING INC. 2001-0529 2006-07-19 Zemel, Marc leir ti USDEMBRES1 serving tray 0520103252BOF Mr. BAR-B-Q- I nc.,Old Bethpage,NY,US BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING INC. 2012-01-31 2010-09-20 Zemel, Marc -..... 16052911061 Shake r for food seasonings U520052tROMF Mr. Bar B Q IncaOld Bethpage,NY,US BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING INC. 2006-07-09 20050516 Zemel, Marc USO643247S1 Shal IOW mesh grilling bowl US2011.3.19BF Mr. Bar-B-Q I nc.,Old Bethpage,NY,US BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING INC. 20111E-16 2011-02-10 Zemel, Marc AMP TII USDESSMOS1 Side table US2010361139F Mr. BAR-&Q- I nc.,Old Bethpage,NY,US BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING INC. 2012-03-1.3 2010-0S-11 Zemel, Marc CT--3 USDOCAMSS1 Q licone basUng spoon US2011.38895H Mr. Bar-B-Q I nc.,Old Bethpage,NY,US BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING INC. 2012-10-30 2011-09-05 Zemel, Marc USD8017S6S1 Skewer US2016576222F BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING INC.Qberty,MO,US BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING INC. 2011-11.7 2016-09-01 Zemel, Marc I Schi Ilen, Adam c.06iii, USD690162S1 Skewer stalion US201291610SF Ferrellgas Mal Estate I ncalibe rty,ME,US I Zemel MaryMelville,NY,US BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING INC. 2013-09-29 2012-03-19 Zemel, Marc III 24
.D71560551 Spatula U5201.91.2214. Blue Rhino Global Sourcing Inc..berty,M0,US BWE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING INC. 2014-10-21 2013-11-08 Zemel, Marc I Schillen, Adam U51353362151 Sticky paper pa. m U520031800051 CPO Associates I nc.,Winston Sale m,NC,US BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING LLC 2006-12-12 2003-06-13 Achor, Richard E. I Hurst, William Todd I Poleshuk, Ed I Benzon, Gary -- 11 ilb 1 ' Ca---,P CI U5080417751 Storage container U5211652031. BWE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING INCJiberty,M0,115 BWE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING INC. 2017-12-05 2.6-117-02 Zemel, Marc I Schillen, Adam M 05060069251 Tablecloth dip U5201:115249501.1 Mr. Bar-B-Q- Inc.,Old Bethpage,NYQ5 BWE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING INC. 2009-09-22 2006-10-09 Zemel, Marc - N C 1 2 U51121213051 Tongs U5201"31622131.1 Blue Rhino Global Sourcing Inc..berty,M0,US I Ferrellg. Mal Estate Inc..berty,M0,US BWE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING INC. 2014-11-11 2013-0-08 Zemel, Marc I Schillen, Adam fi'' 1E066zNn1 Tongs U5201139991. Mr. Bar-B-Q- Inc.,Old Bethpage,NY,115 BWE RHINO GLOBAL 2012-09-25 SOURCING INC. 2011-08-22 Zemel, Marc -- 115065262951 Tri-mode grill brush 0520103618220 Mr. BAR-B-11- Inc.,Old Bethpage,NY,115 BWE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING INC. 2012-01-24 2010-10-12 Zemel, Marc T 115201032.711,2010-.12 U51121941251 Utensil U520194812221 Blue Rhino Global Sourcing Inc..berty,M0,US BWE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING INC. 2014-12-16 2014-02-01. Zemel, Marc I Mhillen, Adam 051369100251 Utensil U5211203612. Ferrellg. Mal Estate Inc..berty,M0,US I Mr. Bar-B-Q- Inc.,Old Bethpage,NY,115 BWE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING INC. 2013-10-08 2012-11-01 Zemel, Marc I Mhillen, Adam I'', b ,,,, 1lb U51369561251 Utensil U520124356690 Mr. Bar-B-Q- Inc.,Old Bethpage,NY,115 BWE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING INC. 2013 -02-09 2012-10-26 Zemel,Sc111enMO,Ad'a Im --':--- 1''S1''' fg 05062996351 Utensil U520124225051 Mr. BAR-6Q- Inc.,Old Bethpage,NY,115 I Zemel MarcMelyil le,NY,115 I Mhil le n Adam,Dix Hills,NY,115 BWE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING INC. 2013-0146 2012-05-22 Zemel, Marc Mhillen, Adam U51122324251 Utensil handle U520155392331 BWE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING INC,0berty,M0,115 BWE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING INC. 201612-06 2015-09-11 Zemel, Marc I Mhillen, Adam 051122324051 Utensil handle U520155392261 BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING INC,0berty,M0,115 BWE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING INC. 2016-12-06 2015-0411 Zemel, Marc I Mhillen, Adam U511202.651 Utensil handle U520.1588511 Blue Rhino Global Sourcing Ferrellg. Mal Estate Inc..berty,M0,US BWE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING INC. Inc..berty,M0,0S I 2014-06-22 2013-.24 Zemel, Marc I Mhillen, Adam U51121210.1 Utensil handle 11520134527181 Blue Rhino Global Sourcing Inc..berty,M0,US I Ferrellg. Mal Estate Inc..berty,M0,US BWE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING INC. 2014-11-11 2013-.12 Zemel, Marc I Mhillen, Adam Tn-] U51365893251 Utensil handle 052011101580F Mr. BAR-13-Q- Inc.,Old Bethpage,NY,115 BWE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING INC. 2012-05-08 2.1-03-13 Zemel, Marc ''',1Q,,, ft1 U51365.903051 Utensil handle U520119015221 Mr. Bar-B-Q- Inc.,Old Bethpage,NY,115 BWE RHINO GOB. SOURCING INC. 2012-05-01 2011-09-13 Zemel, Marc 11..._,... %I Utensil handle U520113928511 Mr. BAR-6Q-Inc.,Old Beth page,NY,115 ilsoranals, BWE RHINO GOB. SOURCING INC. 2012-05-22 2011-CH-21 Zemel, Marc 1150.193651 Utensil handle U521Q13923931 Mr. Bar-B-Q- Inc.,Old Bethpage,NY,115 BWE RHINO GOB. SOURCING INC. 2012-05-08 2.1-CH-15 Zemel, Marc ,zzoftt., ..Ig 115065261951 Utensil handle U521113923921 Mr. Bar-0-Q- Inc.,Old Bethpage,NY,115 BWE RHINO GOB. SOURCING INC. 2012-06-17 2011-CH-15 Zemel, Marc 11.1".11 U5 069015.1 Utensil handle U52.13969101 Ferrellg. Red Estate Inc..berty,M0,US I Zemel BWE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING INC. Maro,Melyille,NY,115 2013-09-24 2.1-01-08 Zemel, Marc '''QYag,..,,4,, Litt U513.315951 Utensil handle 052011394]480 Mr. BAR-B-11- Inc.,Old Bethpage,NY,115 BWE RHINO GOB. SOURCING INC. 2012-02-10 2011-0021 Zemel, Marc Ca5P-3'.* 4' It U51365803251 Utensil handle U52011394]610 Mr. BAR-B-11- Inc.,Old Bethpage,NY,115 BWE RHINO GOB. SOURCING INC. 2012-05-01 2.1-.21 Zemel, Marc dr. .10. gl. 115063208.1 Wire grill brush 11520103267711 Mr. Bar-B-11- Inc.,Old Bethpage,NY,115 BWE RHINO GOB. SOURCING INC. 2011-02-08 2010-10-12 Zemel, Marc V 't WOOD-BURNING FIRE PITAPPARATUS WITH AIR FLOW MEMBER US14663501A BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING INC.,LiberWMO,US US20150262919A1 BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING INC. 2015-09-24 2014-03-24 Zemel, Marc I Schill en, Adam IM US20149692939,2014- 03-24 *) ,).4 25
LIST OF ACTIVE U.S. SM AND TM APPS. AND REGS.
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AIR FLOW and Design |
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App. No.:86298024 |
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(Intl Class(es) 11) Freestanding portable fireplaces for outside use |
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Registered April 26, 2016 |
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BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING, INC. |
BACKYARD BASICS |
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App. No.:77482625 |
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(Intl Class(es) 11) Fitted barbecue grill covers |
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Registered June 18, 2014 |
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BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING, INC. |
BITE-GUARD |
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App. No.:86534977 |
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(Intl Class(es) 21) Insect traps for attracting and killing insects |
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Registered May 17, 2016 |
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BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING, INC. |
BLUE RHINO |
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App. No.:78283791 |
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(Intl Class(es) 04) Propane gas; and propane gas sold in cylinders |
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Renewed December 21, 2014 |
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FERRELLGAS, L.P. |
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propane gas cylinders; leasing of propane gas cylinders; providing information in... |
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BLUE RHINO |
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App. No.:78553523 |
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(Intl Class(es) 11) Barbecue grills; patio heaters; fireplaces |
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Renewed October 17, 2016 |
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FERRELLGAS, L.P., FERRELLGAS, INC. (DELAWARE CORPORATION) |
BLUE RHINO and Design |
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App. No.:74528082 |
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(Intl Class(es) 04) Propane gas (Intl Class(es) 06) Metal propane gas cylinders |
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Renewed June 13, 2015 |
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FERRELLGAS, L.P. |
CAMO-Q |
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App. No.:86243043 |
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(Intl Class(es) 11) Fitted and unfitted covers for barbeque grills, outdoor cooking stations, fire pits, chimineas, propane tanks, patio heaters, outdoor fire bowls,... (Intl Class(es) 21) Grill tools and grill accessories, namely, forks, tongs, turners, spatulas, all used for grilling, grill baskets, grill toppers, grill brushes,... |
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Registered May 23, 2017 |
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BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING, INC. |
CHEF MASTER and Design |
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App. No.:76391892 |
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(Intl Class(es) 11) Portable gas stoves, [ induction heaters for food, and ] gas operated lighters and |
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Renewed August 29, 2016 |
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BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING, INC. |
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torches for use in food preparation |
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CHEF MASTER BY MR. BAR-B-Q and Design |
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App. No.:75172169 |
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(Intl Class(es) 04) Cancelled - Sec. 8 [butane fuel] |
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Renewed June 15, 2009 |
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BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING, INC. |
CLASSIC PRESTIGE |
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App. No.:76200736 |
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(Intl Class(es) 36) Providing warranty services for barbecue grill products, namely, barbecue gas grill replacement parts, utensils for use with barbecue grills and accessories for the care and cleaning of barbecue grills |
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Renewed June 17, 2013 |
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BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING, INC. |
CROSSFIRE |
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App. No.:86777886 |
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(Intl Class(es) 11) Barbecue grills, gas grills, charcoal grills, portable ovens, portable grills |
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Registered July 11, 2017 |
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BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING, INC. |
DIAMOND PRESTIGE |
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App. No.:76200737 |
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(Intl Class(es) 36) Providing warranty services for barbecue grill products, namely, [ barbecue gas grill replacement parts, ] utensils for use with barbecue grills [ and accessories for the care and cleaning of barbecue grills ] |
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Renewed January 6, 2014 |
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BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING, INC. |
DROP, SWAP, AND GO |
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App. No.:78391464 |
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(Intl Class(es) 37) Propane cylinder exchange services, namely, refurbishment |
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Renewed January 10, 2016 |
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FERRELLGAS, L.P. |
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and exchange of propane gas cylinders |
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DUALHEAT |
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App. No.:87363102 |
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(Intl Class(es) 11) Gas and electric radiant heaters sold as components of outdoor fire pits, fire tables, and electric and gas patio heaters |
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Registered February 13, 2018 |
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BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING, INC. |
E*Z LEGS & WINGS |
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App. No.:78797788 |
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(Intl Class(es) 21) Cooking utensil, namely, stand for holding chicken parts while cooking |
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Renewed June 5, 2017 |
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BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING, INC. |
ECO-COVER |
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App. No.:77482586 |
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(Intl Class(es) 20) Fitted fabric furniture covers; fitted furniture cover not of fabric |
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Registered April 22, 2015 |
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BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING, INC. |
ECO-TECH |
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App. No.:77482812 |
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(Intl Class(es) 11) Fabric sold as an integral component of fitted protective covers for barbecue grills |
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Registered June 18, 2014 |
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BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING, INC. |
ELEMENTAL |
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App. No.:86679336 |
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(Intl Class(es) 20) Fitted outdoor covers, namely, fitted outdoor covers of fabric for patio furniture (Intl Class(es) 24) Unfitted outdoor covers, namely, unfitted outdoor covers of fabric for patio furniture |
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Registered September 12, 2017 |
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BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING, INC. |
ENDLESS SUMMER |
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App. No.:75542584 |
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(Intl Class(es) 11) Portable propane heaters |
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Renewed September 25, 2011 |
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BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING, LLC |
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ENDLESS SUMMER |
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App. No.:76212933 |
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(Intl Class(es) 11) Portable electric heaters; portable gas heaters; [fireplace inserts composed of andirons, artificial logs and artificial embers fueled by gas, electricity,... |
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Renewed September 2, 2013 |
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BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING, LLC |
EVERYTHING BUT THE GRILL |
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App. No.:77546812 |
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(Intl Class(es) 35) Distributorship services in the field of barbecue tools and accessories |
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Registered September 17, 2014 |
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BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING, INC. |
FINETUNE |
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App. No.:85867428 |
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(Intl Class(es) 05) Insecticide for domestic, commercial and agricultural use in the nature of bait for use with insect traps |
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Registered October 15, 2013 |
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BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING, INC. |
FLIP & FLAVOR |
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App. No.:85771784 |
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(Intl Class(es) 21) Household utensils, namely, storage containers for marinating food; household containers for food storage; and |
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Registered October 29, 2013 |
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BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING, INC. |
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containers for serving food |
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GRILL SWIPES |
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App. No.:86679183 |
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(Intl Class(es) 21) Scrubbing mitts for cleaning grills and ovens |
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Registered April 12, 2016 |
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BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING, INC. |
GRILLBOSS |
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App. No.:77428246 |
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(Intl Class(es) 11) Barbecue grills, charcoal grills, and gas grills |
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Registered March 19, 2017 |
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FERRELLGAS, L.P., FERRELLGAS, INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION |
HAMMERHEAD BRUSH |
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App. No.:77482398 |
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(Intl Class(es) 21) Brushes for cleaning barbecue grills |
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Registered July 15, 2015 |
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BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING, INC. |
ITS NOT JUST PROPANE. ITS BLUE RHINO. |
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App. No.:85200763 |
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(Intl Class(es) 04) Propane gas; propane gas sold in cylinders |
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Registered November 4, 2014 |
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FERRELLGAS, L.P., FERRELGAS, INC, A DELAWARE CORPORATION |
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safety, and propane gas cylinder safety |
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LESS BITING INSECTS. MORE BACKYARD FUN. |
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App. No.:78312036 |
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(Intl Class(es) 21) Insect traps and bait for attracting and destroying insects |
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Renewed October 5, 2014 |
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BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING, INC. |
MR. BAR B Q and Design |
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App. No.:74698044 |
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(Intl Class(es) 04) Ceramic briquettes and lava rocks |
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Renewed March 31, 2008 DUE FOR RENEWAL (within 6 months grace period) |
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BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING, INC. |
MR. BAR B Q and Design |
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App. No.:76440822 |
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(Intl Class(es) 08) Cutlery, namely, spoons, knives sold separately, and hand-operated meat tenderizing tools |
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Renewed August 9, 2015 |
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BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING, INC. |
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gas... |
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MR. BAR-B-Q |
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App. No.:85389776 Reg. No.:4212629 |
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(Intl Class(es) 08) Cutlery, namely, spoons and knives, sold separately, and hand operated meat tenderizing tools |
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Registered September 25, 2012 |
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BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING, INC. |
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sold separately and prepackaged in carrying cases; non-electric toppers for barbecue grills,... |
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MR. BAR-B-Q ORIGINAL and Design |
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App. No.:85106781 |
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(Intl Class(es) 08) Cutlery, namely, spoons and knives, sold separately, and hand operated meat tenderizing tools |
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Registered April 11, 2017 |
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BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING, INC. |
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MR. PIZZA |
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App. No.:86261415 |
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(Intl Class(es) 08) Barbecue accessories, namely, knives and pizza cutters |
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Registered May 24, 2016 |
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BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING, INC. |
MR. PIZZA SUPREMO GRILLING ACCESSORIES and Design |
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App. No.:86261404 |
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(Intl Class(es) 08) Barbecue accessories, namely, knives and pizza cutters |
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Registered May 24, 2016 |
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BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING, INC. |
ONEBAIT |
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App. No.:87082993 |
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(Intl Class(es) 21) Bait for attracting insects |
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Registered October 10, 2017 |
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BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING, INC. |
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PLATINUM PRESTIGE |
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App. No.:76200734 |
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(Intl Class(es) 36) Providing extended warranty services for barbecue grill products, namely, barbecue gas grill replacement parts, utensils for use with barbecue grills and accessories for the care and cleaning of barbecue grills |
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Renewed August 6, 2012 |
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BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING, INC. |
PRESIDENTIAL PRESTIGE |
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App. No.:76200738 |
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(Intl Class(es) 36) Providing extended warranty services for barbecue grill products, namely, barbecue gas grill replacement parts, utensils for use with barbecue grills and accessories for the care and cleaning of barbecue grills |
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Renewed October 11, 2015 |
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BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING, INC. |
RAZOR |
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App. No.:86554913 |
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(Intl Class(es) 11) Barbecue grills; gas grills; and camping grills |
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Registered November 29, 2016 |
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BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING, INC. |
SILVER PRESTIGE |
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App. No.:76200735 |
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(Intl Class(es) 36) Providing warranty services for barbecue grill products, namely, barbecue gas grill replacement parts, utensils for use with barbecue grills and accessories for the care and cleaning of barbecue grills |
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Renewed September 10, 2012 |
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BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING, INC. |
SKEETERVAC |
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App. No.:76392024 |
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(Intl Class(es) 21) Propane fueled insect traps for attracting and killing insects |
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Renewed September 2, 2013 |
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BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING, INC. |
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SMART COOKING and Design |
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App. No.:77019598 |
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(Intl Class(es) 09) Thermometers, not for medical use |
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Registered May 31, 2013 |
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BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING, INC. |
SPONG |
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App. No.:85632553 |
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(Intl Class(es) 21) Household utensils, namely, combined spatula and tongs |
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Registered July 23, 2013 |
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BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING, INC. |
TAKE-A-TANK |
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App. No.:86679341 |
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(Intl Class(es) 06) Fitted and unfitted outdoor covers specially adapted for propane gas storage tanks of metal |
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Registered November 22, 2016 |
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BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING, INC. |
THE GRILLING ENTHUSIAST |
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App. No.:76574819 |
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(Intl Class(es) 08) Barbecue knives and hand-operated meat tenderizers having an array of steel blades for penetrating meat |
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Registered October 30, 2012 |
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BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING, INC. |
THE SPICE ARM |
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App. No.:85577588 |
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(Intl Class(es) 21) Cooking utensil, namely, spice dispenser for distributing spices while cooking |
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Registered July 16, 2013 |
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BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING, INC. |
THERMOGAS (Stylized) |
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App. No.:72014762 |
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(Intl Class(es) 4) Liquefied petroleum gas |
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Renewed June 17, 2008 Coming Due for Renewal |
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FERRELLGAS, L.P. |
TOUGH BRUSH |
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App. No.:77482376 |
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(Intl Class(es) 21) Brushes for cleaning barbecue grills |
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Registered May 13, 2014 |
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BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING, INC. |
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Reg. No.:3596420 |
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UNIFLAME |
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App. No.:76975021 |
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(Intl Class(es) 11) Portable gas heaters; barbeque grills, replacement barbeque burners and cooking grills; fitted and/or semi-fitted barbeque grill covers; [ornamental outdoor fountains;]... |
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Renewed May 17, 2015 |
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BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING, INC. |
VAC & TAC |
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App. No.:78312031 |
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(Intl Class(es) 21) Insect trapping system comprising a vacuum and sticky paper traps that is sold as a component of insect traps for attracting and destroying[insect] * insects |
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Renewed December 28, 2014 |
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BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING, INC. |
VERSIFUEL |
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App. No.:77443945 |
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(Intl Class(es) 11) Barbecue grills and gas grills; grill accessories, namely, conversion kits for enabling the use of propane or natural gas as fuel for a grill comprising grill orifices, orifice removal tools, gas hoses, gas bezels(collars behind control knobs)and |
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Registered July 1, 2016 |
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FERRELLGAS, L.P., FERRELLGAS, INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION |
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instruction manuals, sold... |
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WAVEDRAWER |
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App. No.:78312032 |
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(Intl Class(es) 21) Collection unit sold as a component part of insect traps for attracting and destroying insects |
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Renewed November 23, 2014 |
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BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING, INC. |
WHALE OF A BRUSH |
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App. No.:77482419 |
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(Intl Class(es) 21) Brushes for cleaning barbecue grills |
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Registered May 13, 2014 |
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BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING, INC. |
Design Only |
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App. No.:77978183 |
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(Intl Class(es) 18) Fitted umbrella covers |
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Registered July 14, 2015 |
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BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING, INC. |
Design Only |
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App. No.:77591372 |
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(Intl Class(es) 07) Fitted tarps for power machinery, namely, for lawn mowers |
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Registered July 14, 2015 |
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BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING, INC. |
Design Only |
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App. No.:78553527 |
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(Intl Class(es) 04) Propane gas; propane gas sold in cylinders |
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Renewed December 5, 2016 |
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FERRELLGAS, L.P., FERRELLGAS, INC. (DELAWARE CORPORATION) |
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(Intl Class(es) 37) Propane cylinder exchange services, namely, refurbishment and exchange of propane gas cylinders; leasing of propane gas cylinders; providing information in... |
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BLUE RHINO |
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Reg. No.:WY 2005-000489771
Renewal ID: 2015-001703027 |
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Intl Class(es): 4, 35 Lubricants and fuels; advertising and business services |
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WYOMING - Renewed March 21, 2014
Next Renewal Date March 21, 2025 |
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FERRELLGAS, LP |
MOTOR PROPANE SERVICE |
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Reg. No.:WI 20141441229 |
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Intl Class(es): 35, 37 Liquefied petroleum gas sales and service and any lawful business |
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WISCONSIN - Registered January 15, 2014 |
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FERRELLGAS OPERATING, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP |
MR. BAR-B-Q |
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Reg. No.:WI 20131441871 |
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Intl Class(es): 35, 43 Barbeque accessory sales and any lawful business |
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WISCONSIN - Registered April 17, 2013 |
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FERRELLGAS REAL ESTATE, INC. |
POLAR GAS COMPANY |
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Reg. No.:WI 20120000813 |
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Intl Class(es): 35, 37 Liquefied petroleum gas sales and service; and any lawful business |
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WISCONSIN - Registered November 30, 2011 |
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FERRELLGAS OPERATING, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP |
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RAM PROPANE |
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Reg. No.:WY 2011-000599370 |
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Intl Class(es): 4, 35 Lubricants and fuels; advertising and business services |
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WYOMING - Registered March 30, 2011 |
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FERRELLGAS, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP |
Schedule 4.26
Insurance
[See Attached.]
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Pursuant to 17 CFR 240.24b-2, confidential information has been omitted in places marked ** and has been filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a Confidential Treatment Application filed with the Commission.
Schedule 4.34
Indebtedness
1. 2021 Senior Notes
2. 2022 Senior Notes
3. 2023 Senior Notes
4. [See following page]
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Pursuant to 17 CFR 240.24b-2, confidential information has been omitted in places marked ** and has been filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a Confidential Treatment Application filed with the Commission.
Schedule 4.36
Hedging Agreements
[See Attached.]
[**]
Pursuant to 17 CFR 240.24b-2, confidential information has been omitted in places marked ** and has been filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a Confidential Treatment Application filed with the Commission.
Schedule 5.15
Certain Post Closing Matters
As an accommodation to the Loan Parties, the Agents and the Lenders have agreed to execute the Financing Agreement and to make the Loans on the Closing Date notwithstanding the failure by the Loan Parties to satisfy the conditions set forth below on or before the Closing Date. In consideration of such accommodation, the Loan Parties agree that, in addition to all other terms, conditions and provisions set forth in the Financing Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including, without limitation, those conditions set forth in Section 3.1, the Loan Parties shall satisfy each of the conditions subsequent set forth below on or before the date applicable thereto (it being understood that (a) the failure by the Loan Parties to perform or cause to be performed any such condition subsequent on or before the date applicable thereto shall constitute an Event of Default and (b) to the extent that the existence of any such condition subsequent would otherwise cause any representation, warranty or covenant in the Financing Agreement or any other Loan Document to be breached, the Required Lenders hereby waive such breach for the period from the Closing Date until the date on which such condition subsequent is required to be fulfilled pursuant to this Schedule 5.15):
1. not later than the date that is 30 days after the Closing Date (or such later date as extended by the Collateral Agent in its reasonable discretion), Collateral Agent shall have received a fully executed Control Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, for each Deposit Account and Securities Account of the Loan Parties (other than the Excluded Accounts);
2. the Loan Parties shall have used commercially reasonable efforts to deliver to the Collateral Agent not later than the date that is 60 days after the Closing Date (or such later date as extended by the Collateral Agent in its reasonable discretion) a Collateral Access Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, executed by (i) the landlord of the Loan Partys leased headquarters location, and (ii) by the Company;
3. not later than the date that is 75 days after the Closing Date (or such later date as extended by the Collateral Agent in its reasonable discretion), Collateral Agent shall have received: (i) fully executed and notarized Mortgages, in proper form for recording in all appropriate places in all applicable jurisdictions, encumbering each Material Real Estate Asset listed in Schedule 1.1; (ii) (A) ALTA mortgagee title insurance policies or unconditional commitments therefor issued by First American Title Insurance Company (Attn: Jeff Carusone and Larry Cantor) with respect to each such Material Real Estate Asset (each, a Title Policy), in amounts not less than the fair market value of each such Material Real Estate Asset (as mutually determined by the Company and the Collateral Agent), together with a title report issued by a title company with respect thereto, dated not more than thirty days prior to the delivery date and copies of all recorded documents listed as exceptions to title or otherwise referred to therein, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent and (B) evidence satisfactory to Collateral Agent
that such Loan Party has paid to the title company or to the appropriate Governmental Authorities all expenses and premiums of the title company and all other sums required in connection with the issuance of each Title Policy and all recording and stamp taxes (including mortgage recording and intangible taxes) payable in connection with recording the Mortgages for each such Material Real Estate Asset in the appropriate real estate records; provided, however, that the Collateral Agent shall not require any zoning endorsements or zoning reports in connection therewith if the costs of obtaining such endorsements or zoning reports would exceed $50,000 in the aggregate for all the Mortgages; (iii) evidence of compliance with the provisions of Section 5.5(c) of the Financing Agreement, including flood insurance with respect to each Flood Hazard Property that is located in a community that participates in the National Flood Insurance Program, in each case in compliance with any applicable Flood Laws, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent; provided, however, that the Collateral Agent hereby agrees to cooperate with the Loan Parties to specifically exclude as collateral from the Mortgage for the Material Real Estate Asset located in Frederick, Maryland (the Frederick, Maryland Property) all improvements located within the special flood hazard area located thereon in order to exempt the Frederick, Maryland Property from the requirements of flood insurance under the Financing Agreement and any other Loan Document; and (iv) ALTA surveys of all such Material Real Estate Assets dated not more than one year prior to the Closing Date; and
4. not later than the date that is 21 days after the Closing Date (or such later date as extended by the Collateral Agent in its reasonable discretion), Collateral Agent shall have received (i) evidence, in form and substance satisfactory to Collateral Agent, that the scheduled maturity date of the financing arrangement for the Companys existing Accounts Receivable Securitization shall have been extended until at least May 4, 2021 (or such existing Accounts Receivable Securitization has been replaced with an Accounts Receivable Securitization on terms and conditions, taken as a whole as reasonably determined in good faith by the Companys chief financial officer, not materially less favorable to the Company or the Agents and the Lenders than the terms of the Accounts Receivable Securitization in existence on the Closing Date and with restrictions on payments for, and terms of, purchases of receivables from the Loan Parties, taken as a whole, not less favorable to the Company and the Agents and the Lenders than the terms of the Accounts Receivable Securitization in existence on the Closing Date with a maturity no earlier than May 4, 2021 ) and (ii) copies of the agreements evidencing such maturity extension or replacement facility, which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent, together with a certificate of an Authorized Officer of Company certifying that (A) the attached copies of such agreements are true, complete and correct copies thereof and (B) such agreements remain in full force and effect and that none of the Loan Parties has breached or defaulted in any of its obligations under such agreements.
Schedule 6.1
Certain Indebtedness
1. Demand Promissory Note dated as of May 1, 2008 issued by Blue Rhino Global Sourcing, Inc. to Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. in the principal amount of $50,000,000.00.
2. Demand Promissory Note dated as of June 24, 2015 issued by Bridger Marine, LLC to Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. in the principal amount of $27,000,000.00.
3. Demand Promissory Note dated as of June 24, 2015 issued by Bridger Lake, LLC to Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. in the principal amount of $29,250,000.00.
4. Demand Promissory Note dated as of June 24, 2015 issued by Bridger Leasing, LLC to Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. in the principal amount of $180,000,000.00.
5. Demand Promissory Note dated as of June 24, 2015 issued by Bridger Rail Shipping, LLC to Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. in the principal amount of $184,500,000.00.
Pursuant to 17 CFR 240.24b-2, confidential information has been omitted in places marked ** and has been filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a Confidential Treatment Application filed with the Commission.
EXHIBIT A-1 TO
FINANCING AGREEMENT
FORM OF FUNDING NOTICE
Reference is made to the Financing Agreement, dated as of May 4, 2018 (as amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Financing Agreement; the terms defined therein and not otherwise defined herein being used herein as therein defined), by and among Ferrellgas, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (Company), Ferrellgas, Inc., a Delaware corporation (General Partner) and certain Subsidiaries of Company, as Guarantors, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, TPG SPECIALTY LENDING, INC., a Delaware corporation (TSL), as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, Administrative Agent), and TSL, as collateral agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, Collateral Agent) and Lead Arranger.
Pursuant to Section 2 of the Financing Agreement, the Company desires that Lenders make the following Loans to Company in accordance with the applicable terms and conditions of the Financing Agreement on [mm/dd/yy] (the Credit Date):
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The Company hereby certifies that:
(i) [(x) after making the Revolving A Loans requested on the Credit Date, the Total Revolving A Usage shall not exceed the Revolving A Commitments then in effect and (y) the Total Revolving A Usage shall not exceed the Borrowing Base];
(ii) [after making the Revolving B Loans requested on the Credit Date, the Total Revolving B Usage shall not exceed the Revolving B Commitments then in effect];
(iii) as of the Credit Date, the representations and warranties contained in the Financing Agreement and in each other Loan Document, certificate or other writing delivered to the Agent, or any Lender pursuant thereto on or prior to the Credit Date are
true and correct in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations or warranties that already are qualified or modified as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect in the text thereof, which representations and warranties are true and correct in all respects subject to such qualification) on and as of that Credit Date to the same extent as though made on and as of that date, except to the extent such representations and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations or warranties that already are qualified or modified as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect in the text thereof, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects subject to such qualification) on and as of such earlier date;
(iv) as of the Credit Date, no event has occurred and is continuing or would result from the consummation of the borrowing contemplated hereby that would constitute an Event of Default or a Default; and
(v) [as of the Credit Date, after giving effect to the borrowing contemplated hereby, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries are in compliance with all Indebtedness incurrence tests set forth in each of the Senior Note Documents as of the Credit Date.](1)
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(1) To be included in any Funding Notice delivered while any Senior Note Document is in effect.
EXHIBIT A-2 TO
FINANCING AGREEMENT
FORM OF CONVERSION/CONTINUATION NOTICE
Reference is made to the Financing Agreement, dated as of May 4, 2018 (as amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Financing Agreement; the terms defined therein and not otherwise defined herein being used herein as therein defined), by and among Ferrellgas, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (Company), Ferrellgas, Inc., a Delaware corporation (General Partner) and certain Subsidiaries of Company, as Guarantors, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, TPG SPECIALTY LENDING, INC., a Delaware corporation (TSL), as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, Administrative Agent), and TSL, as collateral agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, Collateral Agent) and Lead Arranger.
Pursuant to Section 2.8 of the Financing Agreement, the Borrowers desire to convert or to continue [all or the following portion of] the Loans, each such conversion and/or continuation to be effective as of [mm/dd/yy]:
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EXHIBIT B TO
FINANCING AGREEMENT
FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY CERTIFIES AS FOLLOWS:
1. I am the Chief Financial Officer of FERRELLGAS, L.P. (Company).
2. I have reviewed the terms of that certain Financing Agreement, dated as of May 4, 2018 (as amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Financing Agreement); the terms defined therein and not otherwise defined herein being used herein as therein defined), by and among Ferrellgas, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (Company), Ferrellgas, Inc., a Delaware corporation (General Partner) and certain Subsidiaries of Company, as Guarantors, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, TPG SPECIALTY LENDING, INC., a Delaware corporation (TSL), as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, Administrative Agent), and TSL, as collateral agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, Collateral Agent) and Lead Arranger, and I have made, or have caused to be made under my supervision, a review in reasonable detail of the transactions and condition of Company and its Subsidiaries during the accounting period covered by the financial statements to which this Compliance Certificate relates.
3. The examination described in paragraph 2 above did not disclose, and I have no knowledge of, the existence of any condition or event which constitutes an Event of Default or Default during or at the end of the accounting period covered by the financial statements to which this Compliance Certificate relates or as of the date of this Certificate, except as set forth in a separate attachment, if any, to this Certificate, describing in detail, the nature of the condition or event, the period during which it has existed and the action which Company has taken, is taking, or proposes to take with respect to each such condition or event.
4. The financial statements fairly present, in all material respects, the consolidated financial condition of Company and its Subsidiaries as at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the periods indicated, subject to changes resulting from audit and normal year-end adjustments.
The foregoing certifications, together with the computations set forth in Annex A attached hereto and the financial statements delivered with this Certificate in support hereof, are made and delivered as of [mm/dd/yy] pursuant to Section 5.1(d) of the Financing Agreement.
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ANNEX A TO
COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
1. Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. The Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio as of the last day of Fiscal Quarter ending [ ] is [ ] to [ ] which is [not less] [less] than 1.00 to 1.00.
2. Senior Secured Leverage Ratio. The Senior Secured Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the Fiscal Quarter ending [ ] is [ ] to [ ] which [is not] [is] greater than 3.00 to 1.00.
EXHIBIT C TO
FINANCING AGREEMENT
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT
This Assignment and Assumption Agreement (the Assignment) is dated as of the Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between [Insert name of Assignor] (the Assignor) and [Insert name of Assignee] (the Assignee). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Financing Agreement identified below (as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Financing Agreement), receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the Assignee. The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment as if set forth herein in full.
For an agreed consideration, the Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the Assignor, subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Financing Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the Administrative Agent as contemplated below, the interest in and to all of the Assignors rights and obligations under the Financing Agreement and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto that represents the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of the Assignors outstanding rights and obligations under the respective facilities identified below (the Assigned Interest). Such sale and assignment is without recourse to the Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and the Financing Agreement, without representation or warranty by the Assignor.
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The Financing Agreement, dated as of May 4, 2018, by and among Ferrellgas, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (Company), Ferrellgas, Inc., a Delaware corporation (General Partner) and certain Subsidiaries of Company, as Guarantors, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, TPG SPECIALTY LENDING, INC., a Delaware corporation (TSL), as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, Administrative Agent), and TSL, as collateral agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, Collateral Agent) and Lead Arranger, as |
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Effective Date: , 20 [TO BE INSERTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND WHICH SHALL BE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECORDATION OF TRANSFER IN THE REGISTER THEREFOR.]
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(2) Set forth, to at least 9 decimals, as a percentage of the Commitment/ Loans of all Lenders thereunder.
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The terms set forth in this Assignment are hereby agreed to:
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FERRELLGAS, L.P., |
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(3) To be added only if the consent of the Collateral Agent is required by the terms of the Financing Agreement.
(4) To be added only if the consent of the Company is required by the terms of the Financing Agreement.
EXHIBIT C
ANNEX 1
STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR ASSIGNMENT
AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT
1. Representations and Warranties.
1.1 Assignor. The Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of the Assigned Interest, (ii) the Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Financing Agreement or any other instrument or document delivered pursuant thereto, other than this Assignment (herein collectively the Loan Documents), or any collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial condition of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in respect of any Loan Document or (iv) the performance or observance by the Borrowers, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under any Loan Document.
1.2 Assignee. The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Financing Agreement, (ii) it meets all requirements of an Eligible Assignee under the Financing Agreement, (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Financing Agreement and, to the extent of the Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it has received a copy of the Financing Agreement and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and to purchase the Assigned Interest on the basis of which it has made such analysis and decision, (v) it has experience and expertise in the making of or investing in commitments or loans such as the applicable Commitments, the Revolving Loans or the Term Loans, as the case may be, (vi) it will make or invest in, as the case may be, its Commitments, the Revolving Loans or the Term Loans for its own account in the ordinary course of its business and without a view to distribution of such Commitments, the Revolving Loans or the Term Loans within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or other federal securities laws (it being understood that, subject to the provisions of Section 10.6 of the Financing Agreement, the disposition of any Loan or any interests therein shall at all times remain within its exclusive control), (vii) such Lender does not own or control, or own or control any Person owning or controlling, any trade debt or Indebtedness of any Loan Party other than the Obligations or any Capital Stock
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of any Loan Party, and (viii) if it is a Non-US Lender, attached to the Assignment is any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to the terms of the Financing Agreement, duly completed and executed by the Assignee; and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on any Agent, the Assignor or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at that time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Loan Documents, and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender.
2. Payments. All payments with respect to the Assigned Interests shall be made on the Effective Date as follows:
2.1 With respect to Assigned Interests for Term Loans, unless notice to the contrary is delivered to the Lender from the Administrative Agent, payment to the Assignor by the Assignee in respect of the Assigned Interest shall include such compensation to the Assignor as may be agreed upon by the Assignor and the Assignee with respect to all unpaid interest which has accrued on the Assigned Interest to but excluding the Effective Date. On and after the applicable Effective Date, the Assignee shall be entitled to receive all interest paid or payable with respect to the Assigned Interest, whether such interest accrued before or after the Effective Date.
2.2 With respect to Assigned Interests for Revolving Loans, from and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of the Assigned Interests (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to the Assignor for amounts which have accrued to but excluding the Effective Date and to the Assignee for amounts which have accrued from and after the Effective Date.
3. General Provisions. This Assignment shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Assignment may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment. This Assignment shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York without regard to conflict of laws principles thereof.
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EXHIBIT D TO
FINANCING AGREEMENT
FORM OF CERTIFICATE REGARDING NON-BANK STATUS
Reference is made to the Financing Agreement, dated as of May 4, 2018 (as amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Financing Agreement; the terms defined therein and not otherwise defined herein being used herein as therein defined), by and among Ferrellgas, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (Company), Ferrellgas, Inc., a Delaware corporation (General Partner) and certain Subsidiaries of Company, as Guarantors, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, TPG SPECIALTY LENDING, INC., a Delaware corporation (TSL), as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, Administrative Agent), and TSL, as collateral agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, Collateral Agent) and Lead Arranger. Pursuant to Section 2.19(d)(i) of the Financing Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that it is not a bank or other Person described in Section 881(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
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EXHIBIT E-1 TO
FINANCING AGREEMENT
FORM OF CLOSING DATE CERTIFICATE
THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY CERTIFY AS FOLLOWS:
1. I, the undersigned, am the chief financial officer of Ferrellgas, L.P. (Company).
2. Pursuant to Section 2.1 of the Financing Agreement, dated as of May 4, 2018 (as amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Financing Agreement; the terms defined therein and not otherwise defined herein being used herein as therein defined), by and among Ferrellgas, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (Company), Ferrellgas, Inc., a Delaware corporation (General Partner) and certain Subsidiaries of Company, as Guarantors, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, TPG SPECIALTY LENDING, INC., a Delaware corporation (TSL), as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, Administrative Agent), and TSL, as collateral agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, Collateral Agent) and Lead Arranger, Company requests that Lenders make the following Loans to Borrowers on May 4, 2018 (the Closing Date):
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$275,000,000 |
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$200,000,000 |
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$100,000,000 |
3. We have reviewed the terms of Article III of the Financing Agreement and the definitions and provisions contained in such Financing Agreement relating thereto, and in our opinion we have made, or have caused to be made under my supervision, such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable myself to express an informed opinion as to the matters referred to herein.
4. Based upon my review and examination described in paragraph 3 above, I certify in my capacity as chief financial officer, and not in my individual capacity, on behalf of Company, that as of the date hereof:
(i) as of the Closing Date, there is not any action, suit, investigation, litigation or proceeding or other legal or regulatory developments, pending or threatened in any court or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority that, singly or in the aggregate, materially impairs the repayment of the obligations under the Existing Credit Agreement, or any of the other transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, or that could have a Material Adverse Effect;
(iii) since July 31, 2017, no event, circumstance or change has occurred that has caused or evidences, either in any case or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
5. Attached hereto as Annex A are true, complete and correct copies of (a) the Historical Financial Statements, (b) pro forma consolidated and consolidating balance sheets of Company and its Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date, reflecting the related financings and the other transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents to occur on or prior to the date hereof, and (c) the Projections.
6. On the Closing Date and immediately after giving effect to any Credit Extensions to be made on the Closing Date, including the payment of all Transaction Costs required to be paid in Cash, Company shall have generated a trailing twelve month Consolidated EBITDA as of the Fiscal Quarter ending immediately prior to the Closing Date) of at least $220,000,000 with adjustments subject to Collateral Agents reasonable satisfaction.
7. On the Closing Date and immediately after giving effect to the Credit Extensions to be made on the Closing Date and to the transactions contemplated under the Financing Agreement to occur on the Closing Date including, without limitation, after giving effect to all amounts to be borrowed and paid on the Closing Date, the sum of (a) unrestricted Cash-on-hand of Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the United States plus (b) Availability shall be a minimum of $150,000,000.
8. On the Closing Date and immediately after giving effect to the Credit Extensions to be made on the Closing Date, the amount of the Borrowing Base is $1,087,600,000.
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The foregoing certifications are made and delivered as of May 4, 2018.
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Closing Date Certificate
EXHIBIT E-2 TO
FINANCING AGREEMENT
FORM OF SOLVENCY CERTIFICATE
May 4, 2018
This Solvency Certificate is being executed and delivered pursuant to Section 3.1(m) of that certain FINANCING AGREEMENT, dated as of May 4, 2018 by and among Ferrellgas, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (Company), Ferrellgas, Inc., a Delaware corporation (General Partner) and certain Subsidiaries of Company, as Guarantors, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, TPG SPECIALTY LENDING, INC., a Delaware corporation (TSL), as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, Administrative Agent), and TSL, as collateral agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, Collateral Agent) and Lead Arranger (the Financing Agreement; the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined).
I, Doran Schwartz, the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, in such capacity and not in an individual capacity, hereby certify as follows:
1. I am generally familiar with the businesses and assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and am duly authorized to execute this Solvency Certificate on behalf of the Company pursuant to the Financing Agreement; and
2. As of the date hereof and after giving effect to the incurrence of the indebtedness and obligations being incurred in connection with the Financing Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, (a)(i) the sum of the Companys and its Subsidiaries debt (including contingent liabilities), taken as a whole, does not exceed the present fair saleable value of the Companys and its Subsidiaries present assets, taken as a whole; (ii) the Companys and its Subsidiaries capital, taken as a whole, is not unreasonably small in relation to its business as contemplated on the Closing Date and reflected in the Projections or with respect to any transaction contemplated or undertaken after the Closing Date and (iii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred and does not intend to incur, or believes (nor should it reasonably believe) that it will incur, debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they become due (whether at maturity or otherwise) and (b) the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are solvent within the meaning given that term and similar terms under applicable laws relating to fraudulent transfers and conveyances. For purposes of this certification, the amount of any contingent liability at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all of the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability (irrespective of whether such contingent liabilities meet the criteria for accrual under Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 5).
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this Solvency Certificate on the date first written above.
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Solvency Certificate
EXHIBIT F TO
FINANCING AGREEMENT
FORM OF COUNTERPART AGREEMENT
This COUNTERPART AGREEMENT, dated [mm/dd/yy] (this Counterpart Agreement) is delivered pursuant to that certain Financing Agreement, dated as of May 4, 2018 (as amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Financing Agreement; the terms defined therein and not otherwise defined herein being used herein as therein defined), by and among Ferrellgas, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (Company), Ferrellgas, Inc., a Delaware corporation (General Partner) and certain Subsidiaries of Company, as Guarantors, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, TPG SPECIALTY LENDING, INC., a Delaware corporation (TSL), as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, Administrative Agent), and TSL, as collateral agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, Collateral Agent) and Lead Arranger.
Section 1. Pursuant to Section 5.10 of the Financing Agreement, the undersigned hereby:
(a) agrees that this Counterpart Agreement may be attached to the Financing Agreement and that by the execution and delivery hereof, the undersigned becomes a Guarantor under the Financing Agreement and agrees to be bound by all of the terms thereof;
(b) represents and warrants that each of the representations and warranties set forth in the Financing Agreement and each other Loan Document and applicable to the undersigned is true and correct in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations or warranties that already are qualified or modified as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect in the text thereof, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects subject to such qualification) both before and after giving effect to this Counterpart Agreement, except to the extent that any such representation and warranty relates solely to any earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty is true and correct in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations or warranties that already are qualified or modified as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect in the text thereof, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects subject to such qualification as of such earlier date;
(c) no event has occurred or is continuing as of the date hereof, or will result from the transactions contemplated hereby on the date hereof, that would constitute an Event of Default or a Default;
(d) agrees to irrevocably and unconditionally guaranty the due and punctual payment in full of all Obligations when the same shall become due, whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, acceleration, demand or otherwise (including amounts that would become due but for the operation of the automatic stay
under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 362(a)) and in accordance with Article VII of the Financing Agreement; and
(e) the undersigned hereby (i) agrees that this counterpart may be attached to the Pledge and Security Agreement, (ii) agrees that the undersigned will comply with all the terms and conditions of the Pledge and Security Agreement as if it were an original signatory thereto, (iii) grants to Secured Party (as such term is defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement) a security interest in all of the undersigneds right, title and interest in and to all Collateral (as such term is defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement) of the undersigned, in each case whether now or hereafter existing or in which the undersigned now has or hereafter acquires an interest and wherever the same may be located and (iv) delivers as Exhibit A attached hereto to Collateral Agent supplements to all schedules attached to the Pledge and Security Agreement. All such Collateral shall be deemed to be part of the Collateral and hereafter subject to each of the terms and conditions of the Pledge and Security Agreement.
Section 2. The undersigned agrees to comply with any request for further assurances pursuant to Section 5.13 of the Financing Agreement.
Section 3. Any notice or other communication herein required or permitted to be given shall be given in pursuant to Section 10.1 of the Financing Agreement, and all for purposes thereof, the notice address of the undersigned shall be the address as set forth on the signature page hereof.
Section 4. In case any provision in or obligation under this Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions or obligations, or of such provision or obligation in any other jurisdiction, shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Counterpart Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the date above first written.
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EXHIBIT G TO
FINANCING AGREEMENT
FORM OF PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
dated as of May 4, 2018
between
EACH OF THE GRANTORS PARTY HERETO
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TPG SPECIALTY LENDING, INC.,
as Collateral Agent
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SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS; GRANT OF SECURITY |
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SECTION 2. GRANT OF SECURITY |
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SECTION 3. SECURITY FOR OBLIGATIONS; GRANTORS REMAIN LIABLE |
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SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS |
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SECTION 5. ACCESS; RIGHT OF INSPECTION AND FURTHER ASSURANCES; ADDITIONAL GRANTORS |
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SECTION 6. COLLATERAL AGENT APPOINTED ATTORNEY-IN-FACT |
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SECTION 8. COLLATERAL AGENT |
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SECTION 9. CONTINUING SECURITY INTEREST; TRANSFER OF LOANS |
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SCHEDULE 4.6 DESCRIPTION OF LETTERS OF CREDIT | |
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EXHIBIT A PLEDGE SUPPLEMENT | |
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EXHIBIT B UNCERTIFICATED SECURITIES CONTROL AGREEMENT | |
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EXHIBIT D TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT | |
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EXHIBIT E COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT | |
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EXHIBIT F PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT |
This PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of May 4, 2018 (this Agreement), between EACH OF THE UNDERSIGNED, whether as an original signatory hereto or as an Additional Grantor (as herein defined) (each, a Grantor), and TPG SPECIALTY LENDING, INC., a Delaware corporation (TSL), as collateral agent for the Secured Parties (as herein defined) (in such capacity as collateral agent, the Collateral Agent).
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, reference is made to that certain Financing Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as it may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Financing Agreement), by and among Ferrellgas, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (Company), Ferrellgas, Inc., a Delaware corporation (General Partner), and certain Subsidiaries of Company, as Guarantors, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, TPG Specialty Lending, Inc., a Delaware corporation (TSL), as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, Administrative Agent) and TSL as Collateral Agent and Lead Arranger;
WHEREAS, in consideration of the extensions of credit and other accommodations of Lenders, the L/C Issuers and Bank Product Providers as set forth in the Financing Agreement, each Grantor has agreed to secure the Obligations under the Loan Documents as set forth herein; and
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, each Grantor and the Collateral Agent agree as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS; GRANT OF SECURITY.
1.1. General Definitions. Terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Financing Agreement or the UCC, as the case may be. In this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
Account Debtor shall mean each Person who is obligated on a Receivable or any Supporting Obligation related thereto.
Accounts shall mean all accounts as defined in Article 9 of the UCC.
Additional Grantors shall have the meaning assigned in Section 5.3.
Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
Cash Dominion Event shall mean the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default.
Cash Proceeds shall have the meaning assigned in Section 7.7.
Chattel Paper shall mean all chattel paper as defined in Article 9 of the UCC, including, without limitation, electronic chattel paper or tangible chattel paper, as each term is defined in Article 9 of the UCC.
Collateral shall have the meaning assigned in Section 2.1.
Collateral Account shall mean any account established by the Collateral Agent.
Collateral Agent shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
Collateral Records shall mean books, records, ledger cards, files, correspondence, customer lists, blueprints, technical specifications, manuals, computer software, computer printouts, tapes, disks and related data processing software and similar items that at any time evidence or contain information relating to any of the Collateral or are otherwise necessary or helpful in the collection thereof or realization thereupon.
Collateral Support shall mean all property (real or personal) assigned, hypothecated or otherwise securing any Collateral and shall include any security agreement or other agreement granting a lien or security interest in such real or personal property.
Commercial Tort Claims shall mean all commercial tort claims as defined in Article 9 of the UCC, including, without limitation, all commercial tort claims listed on Schedule 4.8 (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time).
Commodities Accounts (i) shall mean all commodity accounts as defined in Article 9 of the UCC and (ii) shall include, without limitation, all of the accounts listed on Schedule 4.4 under the heading Commodities Accounts (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time).
Company shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Controlled Foreign Corporation shall mean controlled foreign corporation as defined in the Tax Code.
Copyright Licenses shall mean any and all agreements providing for the granting of any right in or to Copyrights (whether such Grantor is licensee or licensor thereunder) including, without limitation, each agreement referred to in Schedule 4.7(B) (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time).
Copyrights shall mean all United States, and foreign copyrights (including Community designs), including but not limited to copyrights in software and databases, and all Mask Works (as defined under 17 U.S.C. 901 of the U.S. Copyright Act), whether registered or unregistered, and, with respect to any and all of the foregoing: (i) all registrations and applications therefor including, without limitation, the registrations and applications referred to in Schedule 4.7(A) (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time), (ii) all extensions and renewals thereof, (iii) all rights corresponding thereto throughout the world, (iv) all rights to sue for past, present and future infringements thereof, and (v) all Proceeds of the
foregoing, including, without limitation, licenses, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages and proceeds of suit.
Deposit Accounts (i) shall mean all deposit accounts as defined in Article 9 of the UCC and (ii) shall include, without limitation, all of the accounts listed on Schedule 4.4 under the heading Deposit Accounts; provided that in no event shall any Excluded Account constitute a Deposit Account.
Documents shall mean all documents as defined in Article 9 of the UCC.
Equipment shall mean: (i) all equipment as defined in Article 9 of the UCC, and (ii) all accessions or additions thereto, all parts thereof, whether or not at any time of determination incorporated or installed therein or attached thereto, and all replacements therefor, wherever located, now or hereafter existing, excluding any fixtures.
Financing Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
General Intangibles (i) shall mean all general intangibles as defined in Article 9 of the UCC, including payment intangibles also as defined in Article 9 of the UCC and (ii) shall include, without limitation, all interest rate or currency protection or hedging arrangements, all tax refunds, all licenses, permits, concessions and authorizations, and all Intellectual Property (in each case, regardless of whether characterized as general intangibles under the UCC).
General Partner shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
Goods (i) shall mean all goods as defined in Article 9 of the UCC and (ii) shall include, without limitation, all Inventory and Equipment (in each case, regardless of whether characterized as goods under the UCC).
Grantors shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
Instruments shall mean all instruments as defined in Article 9 of the UCC.
Insurance shall mean all insurance policies covering any or all of the Collateral (regardless of whether the Collateral Agent is the loss payee thereof).
Intellectual Property shall mean, collectively, the Copyrights, the Copyright Licenses, the Patents, the Patent Licenses, the Trademarks, the Trademark Licenses, the Trade Secrets, and the Trade Secret Licenses.
Inventory shall mean (i) all inventory as defined in Article 9 of the UCC and (ii) all goods held for sale or lease or to be furnished under contracts of service or so leased or furnished, all raw materials, work in process, finished goods, and materials used or consumed in the manufacture, packing, shipping, advertising, selling, leasing, furnishing or production of such inventory or otherwise used or consumed in any Grantors business; all goods in which any Grantor has an interest in mass or a joint or other interest or right of any kind; and all goods which are returned to or repossessed by any Grantor, all computer programs embedded in any
goods and all accessions thereto and products thereof (in each case, regardless of whether characterized as inventory under the UCC).
Investment Accounts shall mean the Collateral Account, Securities Accounts, Commodities Accounts and Deposit Accounts; provided that in no event shall any Excluded Account constitute an Investment Account.
Investment Related Property shall mean: (i) all investment property (as such term is defined in Article 9 of the UCC) and (ii) all of the following (regardless of whether classified as investment property under the UCC): all Pledged Equity Interests, Pledged Debt, the Investment Accounts and certificates of deposit.
Lender shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Letter of Credit Right shall mean letter-of-credit right as defined in Article 9 of the UCC.
Money shall mean money as defined in the UCC.
Patent Licenses shall mean all agreements providing for the granting of any right in or to Patents (whether such Grantor is licensee or licensor thereunder) including, without limitation, each agreement referred to in Schedule 4.7(D) (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time).
Patents shall mean all United States and foreign patents and certificates of invention, or similar industrial property rights, and applications for any of the foregoing, including, but not limited to: (i) each patent and patent application referred to in Schedule 4.7(C) hereto (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time), (ii) all reissues, divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, extensions, renewals, and reexaminations thereof, (iii) all rights corresponding thereto throughout the world, (iv) all inventions and improvements described therein, (v) all rights to sue for past, present and future infringements thereof, (vi) all licenses, claims, damages, and proceeds of suit arising therefrom, and (vii) all Proceeds of the foregoing, including, without limitation, licenses, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages, and proceeds of suit.
Pledge Supplement shall mean any supplement to this agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit A.
Pledged Debt shall mean all Indebtedness owed to such Grantor, including, without limitation, all Indebtedness described on Schedule 4.4(A) under the heading Pledged Debt (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time), issued by the obligors named therein, the instruments evidencing such Indebtedness, and all interest, cash, instruments and other property or proceeds from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such Indebtedness.
Pledged Equity Interests shall mean all Pledged Stock, Pledged LLC Interests, Pledged Partnership Interests and Pledged Trust Interests.
Pledged LLC Interests shall mean all interests in any limited liability company including, without limitation, all limited liability company interests listed on Schedule 4.4(A) under the heading Pledged LLC Interests (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time) and the certificates, if any, representing such limited liability company interests and any interest of such Grantor on the books and records of such limited liability company or on the books and records of any securities intermediary pertaining to such interest and all dividends, distributions, cash, warrants, rights, options, instruments, securities and other property or proceeds from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such limited liability company interests; provided that in no event shall (i) the equity interest of any Unrestricted Subsidiary constitute Pledged LLC Interests and (ii) any Capital Stock owned by the General Partner, other than the general partner Capital Stock in Company or any Subsidiary thereof, constitute Pledged LLC Interests.
Pledged Partnership Interests shall mean all interests in any general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership or other partnership including, without limitation, all partnership interests listed on Schedule 4.4(A) under the heading Pledged Partnership Interests (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time) and the certificates, if any, representing such partnership interests and any interest of such Grantor on the books and records of such partnership or on the books and records of any securities intermediary pertaining to such interest and all dividends, distributions, cash, warrants, rights, options, instruments, securities and other property or proceeds from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such partnership interests; provided that in no event shall (i) the equity interest of any Unrestricted Subsidiary constitute Pledged Partnership Interests and (ii) any Capital Stock owned by the General Partner, other than the general partner Capital Stock in Company or any Subsidiary thereof, constitute Pledged Partnership Interests.
Pledged Stock shall mean all shares of capital stock owned by such Grantor, including, without limitation, all shares of capital stock described on Schedule 4.4(A) under the heading Pledged Stock (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time), and the certificates, if any, representing such shares and any interest of such Grantor in the entries on the books of the issuer of such shares or on the books of any securities intermediary pertaining to such shares, and all dividends, distributions, cash, warrants, rights, options, instruments, securities and other property or proceeds from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such shares; provided that in no event shall (i) the equity interest of any Unrestricted Subsidiary constitute Pledged Stock and (ii) any Capital Stock owned by the General Partner, other than the general partner Capital Stock in Company or any Subsidiary thereof, constitute Pledged Stock.
Pledged Trust Interests shall mean all interests in a Delaware business trust or other trust including, without limitation, all trust interests listed on Schedule 4.4(A) under the heading Pledged Trust Interests (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time) and the certificates, if any, representing such trust interests and any interest of such Grantor on the books and records of such trust or on the books and records of any securities intermediary pertaining to such interest and all dividends, distributions, cash, warrants, rights, options, instruments, securities and other property or proceeds from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such trust
interests; provided that in no event shall (i) the equity interest of any Unrestricted Subsidiary constitute Pledged Trust Interests and (ii) any Capital Stock owned by the General Partner, other than the general partner Capital Stock in Company or any Subsidiary thereof, constitute Pledged Trust Interests.
Proceeds shall mean: (i) all proceeds as defined in Article 9 of the UCC, (ii) payments or distributions made with respect to any Investment Related Property and (iii) whatever is receivable or received when Collateral or proceeds are sold, exchanged, collected or otherwise disposed of, whether such disposition is voluntary or involuntary.
Receivables shall mean all rights to payment, whether or not earned by performance, for goods or other property sold, leased, licensed, assigned or otherwise disposed of, or services rendered or to be rendered, including, without limitation all such rights constituting or evidenced by any Account, Chattel Paper, Instrument, General Intangible or Investment Related Property, together with all of Grantors rights, if any, in any goods or other property giving rise to such right to payment and all Collateral Support and Supporting Obligations related thereto and all Receivables Records.
Receivables Records shall mean (i) all original copies of all documents, instruments or other writings or electronic records or other Records evidencing the Receivables, (ii) all books, correspondence, credit or other files, Records, ledger sheets or cards, invoices, and other papers relating to Receivables, including, without limitation, all tapes, cards, computer tapes, computer discs, computer runs, record keeping systems and other papers and documents relating to the Receivables, whether in the possession or under the control of Grantor or any computer bureau or agent from time to time acting for Grantor or otherwise, (iii) all evidences of the filing of financing statements and the registration of other instruments in connection therewith, and amendments, supplements or other modifications thereto, notices to other creditors or secured parties, and certificates, acknowledgments, or other writings, including, without limitation, lien search reports, from filing or other registration officers, (iv) all credit information, reports and memoranda relating thereto and (v) all other written or nonwritten forms of information related in any way to the foregoing or any Receivable.
Record shall have the meaning specified in Article 9 of the UCC.
Secured Obligations shall have the meaning assigned in Section 3.1.
Securities Accounts (i) shall mean all securities accounts as defined in Article 8 of the UCC and (ii) shall include, without limitation, all of the accounts listed on Schedule 4.4(A) under the heading Securities Accounts as of the Closing Date; provided that in no event shall any Excluded Account constitute a Securities Account.
Supporting Obligation shall mean all supporting obligations as defined in Article 9 of the UCC.
Tax Code shall mean the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
Trademark Licenses shall mean any and all agreements providing for the granting of any right in or to Trademarks (whether such Grantor is licensee or licensor thereunder) including, without limitation, each agreement referred to in Schedule 4.7(F) (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time).
Trademarks shall mean all United States, and foreign trademarks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, Internet domain names, service marks, certification marks, collective marks, logos, other source or business identifiers, designs and general intangibles of a like nature, all registrations and applications for any of the foregoing including, but not limited to: (i) the registrations and applications referred to in Schedule 4.7(E) (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time), (ii) all extensions or renewals of any of the foregoing, (iii) all of the goodwill of the business connected with the use of and symbolized by the foregoing, (iv) the right to sue for past, present and future infringement or dilution of any of the foregoing or for any injury to goodwill, and (v) all Proceeds of the foregoing, including, without limitation, licenses, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages, and proceeds of suit.
Trade Secret Licenses shall mean any and all agreements providing for the granting of any right in or to Trade Secrets (whether such Grantor is licensee or licensor thereunder) including, without limitation, each agreement referred to in Schedule 4.7(G) (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time).
Trade Secrets shall mean all trade secrets and all other confidential or proprietary information and know-how whether or not such Trade Secret has been reduced to a writing or other tangible form, including all documents and things embodying, incorporating, or referring in any way to such Trade Secret, including but not limited to: (i) the right to sue for past, present and future misappropriation or other violation of any Trade Secret, and (ii) all Proceeds of the foregoing, including, without limitation, licenses, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages, and proceeds of suit.
United States shall mean the United States of America.
1.2. Interpretation. Section 1.3 of the Financing Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference. If any conflict or inconsistency exists between this Agreement and the Financing Agreement, the Financing Agreement shall govern. All references herein to provisions of the UCC shall include all successor provisions under any subsequent version or amendment to any Article of the UCC. When a representation and warranty under this Agreement is made on a Credit Date that refers to a schedule as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time or a definition that refers to a schedule as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, such representation and warranty shall be deemed to be made with respect to information on the schedule on such Credit Date and added to the schedule through an amendment or supplement delivered to the Collateral Agent within 10 days after such Credit Date (it being understood and agreed that failure to provide such updated schedule, if applicable, within 10 days of such Credit Date shall constitute an Event of Default).
SECTION 2. GRANT OF SECURITY.
2.1. Grant of Security. Each Grantor hereby grants to the Collateral Agent a security interest in and continuing lien on all of such Grantors right, title and interest in, to and under all personal property of such Grantor including, but not limited to the following, in each case whether now owned or existing or hereafter acquired or arising and wherever located (all of which being hereinafter collectively referred to as the Collateral):
(a) Accounts;
(b) Chattel Paper;
(c) Documents;
(d) General Intangibles;
(e) Goods;
(f) Instruments;
(g) Insurance;
(h) Intellectual Property;
(i) Investment Related Property;
(j) Letter of Credit Rights;
(k) Money;
(l) Receivables and Receivable Records;
(m) Commercial Tort Claims;
(n) to the extent not otherwise included above, all Collateral Records, Collateral Support and Supporting Obligations relating to any of the foregoing;
(o) to the extent not covered by the preceding clauses of this Section 2.1, all other tangible and intangible personal property of such Grantor (whether or not subject to the UCC), including, without limitation, all bank and other accounts and all cash and all investments therein, all proceeds, products, offspring, accessions, rents, profits, income, benefits, substitutions and replacements of and to any of the property of such Grantor described in the preceding clauses of this Section 2.1 hereof (including, without limitation, any proceeds of insurance thereon and all causes of action, claims and warranties now or hereafter held by such Grantor in respect of any of the items listed above), and all books, correspondence, files and other Records, including, without limitation, all tapes, disks, cards, software, data and computer programs in the possession or under the control of such Grantor or any other Person from time to time acting for such Grantor that at any time evidence or contain information relating to any of
the property described in the preceding clauses of this Section 2 hereof or are otherwise necessary or helpful in the collection or realization thereof; and
(p) to the extent not otherwise included above, all Proceeds, products, accessions, rents and profits of or in respect of any of the foregoing.
2.2. Certain Limited Exclusions. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall the Collateral include or the security interest granted under Section 2.1 hereof attach to (a) any lease, license, contract, property rights or agreement to which any Grantor is a party or any of its rights or interests thereunder if and for so long as the grant of such security interest shall constitute or result in (i) the abandonment, invalidation or unenforceability of any right, title or interest of any Grantor therein or (ii) in a breach or termination pursuant to the terms of, or a default under, any such lease, license, contract property rights or agreement (other than to the extent that any such term would be rendered ineffective pursuant to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the UCC (or any successor provision or provisions) of any relevant jurisdiction or any other applicable law (including the Bankruptcy Code) or principles of equity), provided however that the Collateral shall include and such security interest shall attach immediately at such time as the condition causing such abandonment, invalidation or unenforceability shall be remedied and to the extent severable, shall attach immediately to any portion of such Lease, license, contract, property rights or agreement that does not result in any of the consequences specified in (i) or (ii) above; (b) any of the outstanding Capital Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary owned by such Grantor, (c) any Capital Stock owned by the General Partner, other than the general partner Capital Stock in Company or any Subsidiary thereof; (d) any of the outstanding Capital Stock of a Controlled Foreign Corporation or FSHCO in excess of 65% of the voting power of all classes of Capital Stock of such Controlled Foreign Corporation or FSHCO entitled to vote; (e) Securitization Assets that have been sold, transferred or otherwise conveyed by a Grantor to an SPE in connection with an Accounts Receivable Securitization permitted under Section 6.9(e) of the Financing Agreement; or (f) any Excluded Account.
SECTION 3. SECURITY FOR OBLIGATIONS; GRANTORS REMAIN LIABLE.
3.1. Security for Obligations. This Agreement secures, and the Collateral is collateral security for, the prompt and complete payment or performance in full when due, whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, acceleration, demand or otherwise (including the payment of amounts that would become due but for the operation of the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. §362(a) (and any successor provision thereof)), of all Obligations with respect to every Grantor (the Secured Obligations).
3.2. Continuing Liability Under Collateral. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) each Grantor shall remain liable for all obligations under the Collateral and nothing contained herein is intended or shall be a delegation of duties to the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party, (ii) each Grantor shall remain liable under each of the agreements included in the Collateral, including, without limitation, any agreements relating to Pledged Partnership Interests or Pledged LLC Interests, to perform all of the obligations undertaken by it thereunder all in accordance with and pursuant to the terms and provisions thereof and neither the Collateral Agent nor any Secured Party shall have any obligation or liability under any of such agreements
by reason of or arising out of this Agreement or any other document related thereto nor shall the Collateral Agent nor any Secured Party have any obligation to make any inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by it or have any obligation to take any action to collect or enforce any rights under any agreement included in the Collateral, including, without limitation, any agreements relating to Pledged Partnership Interests or Pledged LLC Interests, and (iii) the exercise by the Collateral Agent of any of its rights hereunder shall not release any Grantor from any of its duties or obligations under the contracts and agreements included in the Collateral.
SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS.
4.1. Generally.
(a) Representations and Warranties. Each Grantor hereby represents and warrants, on the Closing Date and on each Credit Date, that:
(i) it owns the Collateral expressly purported to be owned by it or otherwise has the rights it purports to have in each item of Collateral, in each case free and clear of any and all Liens, rights or claims of all other Persons, including, without limitation, liens arising as a result of such Grantor becoming bound (as a result of merger or otherwise) as debtor under a security agreement entered into by another Person other than Permitted Liens;
(ii) it has indicated on Schedule 4.1(A) (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time): (w) the type of organization of such Grantor, (x) the jurisdiction of organization of such Grantor, (y) its organizational identification number and (z) the jurisdiction where the chief executive office or its sole place of business is (or the principal residence if such Grantor is a natural person), and for the one-year period preceding the date hereof has been, located.
(iii) the full legal name of such Grantor is as set forth on Schedule 4.1(A);
(iv) except as provided on Schedule 4.1(C), it has not changed its name, jurisdiction of organization, chief executive office or sole place of business (or principal residence if such Grantor is a natural person) or its corporate structure in any way (e.g., by merger, consolidation, change in corporate form or otherwise) within the past five (5) years;
(v) [reserved];
(vi) [reserved];
(vii) (u) upon the filing of all UCC financing statements naming each Grantor as debtor and the Collateral Agent as secured party and describing the Collateral in the filing offices set forth opposite such Grantors name on Schedule 4.1(E) hereof (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time) and other filings delivered by each Grantor, (v) upon delivery of on the Closing Date of all
Instruments, Chattel Paper and certificated Pledged Equity Interests and Pledged Debt listed on Schedule 4.4 and upon delivery when required under this Agreement of all other Instruments, Chattel Paper and certificated Pledged Equity Interests and Pledged Debt received after the Closing Date, in each case with an individual value of $250,000 or more and an aggregate value of $1,000,000 or more, (w) upon sufficient identification of Commercial Tort Claims, (x) upon execution of a control agreement establishing the Collateral Agents control (within the meaning of Section 8-106, 9-106 or 9-104 of the UCC, as applicable) with respect to any Investment Account (other than any Commodities Account) when required under this Agreement, (y) upon consent of the issuer with respect to Letter of Credit Rights with an individual value of $250,000 or more and an aggregate value of $1,000,000 or more, and (z) to the extent not subject to Article 9 of the UCC and required under this Agreement, upon recordation of the security interests granted hereunder in federal or state Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights (in each case with respect to the United States, only) in the applicable federal or state intellectual property registries, including but not limited to the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, the security interests granted to the Collateral Agent hereunder constitute valid and perfected first priority Liens (subject in the case of priority only to Permitted Liens on all of the Collateral required to be perfected under this Agreement;
(viii) all actions and consents, including all filings, notices, registrations and recordings necessary or desirable for the exercise by the Collateral Agent of the voting rights provided for in this Agreement have been made or obtained;
(ix) other than the financing statements filed in favor of the Collateral Agent, no effective UCC financing statement, fixture filing or other instrument similar in effect under any applicable law covering all or any part of the Collateral is on file in any filing or recording office except for (x) financing statements for which proper termination statements have been delivered to the Collateral Agent for filing or to be filed substantially simultaneously herewith and (y) financing statements filed in connection with Permitted Liens;
(x) no authorization, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any Governmental Authority or regulatory body is required for the pledge or grant by any Grantor of the Liens purported to be created in favor of the Collateral Agent hereunder;
(xi) [reserved];
(xii) [reserved];
(xiii) [reserved];
(xiv) [reserved]; and
(xv) Such Grantor has been duly organized as an entity of the type as set forth opposite such Grantors name on Schedule 4.1(A) solely under the laws of the jurisdiction as set forth opposite such Grantors name on Schedule 4.1(A) and remains
duly existing as such except as permitted under the Financing Agreement. Such Grantor has not filed any certificates of domestication, transfer or continuance in any other jurisdiction except as permitted under the Financing Agreement.
(b) Covenants and Agreements. Each Grantor hereby covenants and agrees that:
(i) except for the security interest created by this Agreement, it shall not create or suffer to exist any Lien upon or with respect to any of the Collateral, except Permitted Liens, and such Grantor shall use commercially reasonable efforts to defend the Collateral against all Persons at any time claiming any interest in any Collateral with a value in excess of $2,500,000;
(ii) it shall not change such Grantors name, identity, corporate structure (e.g., by merger, consolidation, change in corporate form or otherwise), type of organization or jurisdiction of organization unless it shall have (a) given notice to the Collateral Agent as required pursuant to Section 5.1(n) of the Financing Agreement and (b) taken all actions requested of it by the Collateral Agent as are reasonably necessary or advisable to maintain the continuous validity, perfection and the same or better priority of the Collateral Agents security interest in the Collateral intended to be granted and agreed to hereby;
(iii) [reserved];
(iv) [reserved];
(v) [reserved];
(vi) it shall not take or permit any action which could impair the Collateral Agents rights in the Collateral; and
(vii) it shall not sell, transfer or assign (by operation of law or otherwise) any Collateral except as otherwise in accordance with the Financing Agreement.
4.2. Equipment and Inventory.
(a) Representations and Warranties.
(i) Each Grantor represents and warrants, on the Closing Date and on each Credit Date, that any Goods now or hereafter produced by any Grantor included in the Collateral have been and will be produced in compliance with the requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act, as amended.
(ii) Each Grantor represents and warrants, on the Closing Date, that all material Equipment, material Inventory and any Documents evidencing any material Equipment and material Inventory are located at the locations specified on Schedule 4.2 (other than for material Equipment and material Inventory in transit or out for repair).
(b) Covenants and Agreements. Each Grantor covenants and agrees that:
(i) it shall update Schedule 4.2 on or before each anniversary of the Closing Date;
(ii) [reserved];
(iii) it shall not deliver any Document evidencing any Equipment and Inventory included in the Collateral to any Person other than the issuer of such Document to claim the Goods evidenced therefor or the Collateral Agent;
(iv) [reserved]; and
(v) with respect to any item of Equipment with an individual value of over $100,000 which is covered by a certificate of title under a statute of any jurisdiction under the law of which indication of a security interest on such certificate is required as a condition of perfection thereof, (A) provide information with respect to any such Equipment, (B) promptly after obtaining ownership thereof, execute and file with the registrar of motor vehicles or other appropriate authority in such jurisdiction an application or other document requesting the notation or other indication of the security interest created hereunder on such certificate of title, and (C) deliver to the Collateral Agent copies of all such applications or other documents within 15 Business Days after the end of each Fiscal Quarter filed during the prior Fiscal Quarter and copies of all such certificates of title issued during such prior Fiscal Quarter indicating the security interest created hereunder in the items of Equipment covered thereby.
4.3. Receivables.
(a) Representations and Warranties. Each Grantor represents and warrants that (i) on the Closing Date, no Receivable with an individual value of $250,000 or more or an aggregate value of $1,000,000 is evidenced by, or constitutes, an Instrument or Chattel Paper except as listed on Schedule 4.4 on the Closing Date and (ii) on each Credit Date, no Receivable with an individual value of $250,000 or more or an aggregate value of $1,000,000 is evidenced by, or constitutes, an Instrument or Chattel Paper, in each case which has not been delivered to, or otherwise subjected to the control of, the Collateral Agent to the extent required by, and in accordance with Section 4.3(c).
(b) Covenants and Agreements: Each Grantor hereby covenants and agrees that:
(i) the Collateral Agent shall have the right at any time an Event of Default exists to notify, or require any Grantor to notify, any Account Debtor of the Collateral Agents security interest in the Receivables included in the Collateral and any Supporting Obligation therefor and, in addition, at any time following the occurrence of a Cash Dominion Event and so long as such Cash Dominion Event shall continue, the Collateral Agent may: (1) direct the Account Debtors under any Receivables included in the Collateral to make payment of all amounts due or to become due to such Grantor thereunder directly to the Collateral Agent; (2) notify, or require any Grantor to notify,
each Person maintaining a lockbox or similar arrangement to which Account Debtors under any Receivables included in the Collateral have been directed to make payment to remit all amounts included in the Collateral representing collections and other payment items from time to time sent to or deposited in such lockbox or other arrangement directly to the Collateral Agent; and (3) enforce, at the expense of such Grantor, collection of any such Receivables and to adjust, settle or compromise the amount or payment thereof, in the same manner and to the same extent as such Grantor might have done. If the Collateral Agent notifies any Grantor that it has elected to collect Receivables in accordance with the preceding sentence, then while such Cash Dominion Event continues, any payments of such Receivables received by such Grantor shall be forthwith (and in any event within two (2) Business Days) deposited by such Grantor in the exact form received, duly indorsed by such Grantor to the Collateral Agent if required, in the Collateral Account, and until so turned over, all amounts and proceeds (including checks and other instruments) received by such Grantor in respect of the Receivables included in the Collateral, any Supporting Obligation or Collateral Support therefor shall be received in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent hereunder and shall be segregated from other funds of such Grantor and such Grantor shall not adjust, settle or compromise the amount or payment of any Receivable, or release wholly or partly any Account Debtor or obligor thereof, or allow any credit or discount thereon; and
(ii) the Collateral Agent may, at any time a Cash Dominion Event shall have occurred and be continuing, take such actions as may be reasonable to verify the existence and status of Receivables of any Grantor.
(c) Delivery and Control of Receivables. With respect to any Receivables included in the Collateral that are evidenced by, or constitute, Chattel Paper or Instruments, in each case, listed on Schedule 4.4 or that are received after the Closing Date and have an individual value of $250,000 or more or aggregate value of $1,000,000 or more, each Grantor shall cause each originally executed copy thereof to be delivered to the Collateral Agent (or its agent or designee) appropriately indorsed to the Collateral Agent or indorsed in blank: (i) with respect to any such Receivables in existence on the date hereof, on or prior to the date hereof and (ii) with respect to any such Receivables hereafter arising, within ten (10) days of such Grantor acquiring rights therein. With respect to any Receivables included in the Collateral which would constitute electronic chattel paper with an individual value of $250,000 or more or aggregate value of $1,000,000 or more under Article 9 of the UCC, each Grantor shall take all steps necessary to give the Collateral Agent control over such Receivables (within the meaning of Section 9-105 of the UCC): (i) with respect to any such Receivables in existence on the date hereof, on or prior to the date hereof and (ii) with respect to any such Receivables hereafter arising, within ten (10) days of such Grantor acquiring rights therein.
4.4. Investment Related Property.
4.4.1 Investment Related Property Generally
(a) Covenants and Agreements. Each Grantor hereby covenants and agrees that:
(i) in the event it acquires rights in any Investment Related Property after the date hereof that is required to be Pledged Equity Interests or Pledged Debt, it shall deliver to the Collateral Agent a completed Pledge Supplement, substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto, together with all Supplements to Schedules thereto, reflecting such new Pledged Equity Interests or Pledged Debt within 10 days after acquiring such rights. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that the security interest of the Collateral Agent shall attach to all Investment Related Property immediately upon any Grantors acquisition of rights therein and shall not be affected by the failure of any Grantor to deliver a supplement to Schedule 4.4 as required hereby;
(ii) except as provided in the next sentence, in the event such Grantor receives any dividends, interest or distributions on any Investment Related Property, or any securities or other property upon the merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution of any issuer of any Investment Related Property, then (a) such dividends, interest or distributions and securities or other property shall be included in the definition of Collateral without further action and (b) such Grantor shall immediately take all steps, if any, necessary or advisable to ensure the validity, perfection, priority and, if applicable, control of the Collateral Agent over such Investment Related Property (including, without limitation, delivery thereof to the Collateral Agent) and pending any such action such Grantor shall be deemed to hold such dividends, interest, distributions, securities or other property in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and shall segregate such dividends, distributions, Securities or other property from all other property of such Grantor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Collateral Agent authorizes each Grantor to retain all ordinary cash dividends and distributions paid in the normal course of the business of the issuer and consistent with the past practice of the issuer and all scheduled payments of interest;
(iii) each Grantor consents to the grant by each other Grantor of a Security Interest in all Investment Related Property to the Collateral Agent.
(b) Delivery and Control.
(i) With respect to any Investment Related Property with an individual value of $250,000 or more or more than $1,000,000 in the aggregate included in the Collateral that is represented by a certificate or that is an instrument (other than any Investment Related Property credited to a Securities Account or subject to the provisions of Section 4.3(a)) it shall cause such certificate or instrument to be delivered to the Collateral Agent, indorsed in blank by an effective indorsement (as defined in Section 8 107 of the UCC), regardless of whether such certificate constitutes a certificated security for purposes of the UCC.
In addition to the foregoing, if any issuer of any Investment Related Property with an individual value of $250,000 or more or more than $1,000,000 in the aggregate is located in a jurisdiction outside of the United States, each Grantor shall take such additional actions, including, without limitation, causing the issuer to register the pledge on its books and records or making such filings or recordings, in each case as may be necessary
or advisable, under the laws of such issuers jurisdiction to insure the validity, perfection and priority of the security interest of the Collateral Agent. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Collateral Agent shall have the right, without notice to any Grantor, to transfer all or any portion of the Investment Related Property to its name or the name of its nominee or agent.
(c) Voting and Distributions.
(i) So long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing:
(1) except as otherwise provided under the covenants and agreements relating to investment related property in this Agreement or elsewhere herein or in the Financing Agreement, each Grantor shall be entitled to exercise or refrain from exercising any and all voting and other consensual rights pertaining to the Investment Related Property or any part thereof for any purpose not inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement or the Financing Agreement; provided, such Grantor shall give the Collateral Agent at least five (5) Business Days prior written notice of the manner in which it intends to exercise, or the reasons for refraining from exercising, any such right; it being understood, however, that neither the voting by such Grantor of any Pledged Stock for, or such Grantors consent to, the election of directors (or similar governing body) at a regularly scheduled annual or other meeting of stockholders or with respect to incidental matters at any such meeting, nor such Grantors consent to or approval of any action otherwise permitted under this Agreement and the Financing Agreement, shall be deemed inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement or the Financing Agreement within the meaning of this Section 4.4(c)(i)(1), and no notice of any such voting or consent need be given to the Collateral Agent; and
(2) the Collateral Agent shall promptly execute and deliver (or cause to be executed and delivered) to each Grantor all proxies, and other instruments as such Grantor may from time to time reasonably request for the purpose of enabling such Grantor to exercise the voting and other consensual rights when and to the extent which it is entitled to exercise pursuant to clause (1) above;
(3) Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default:
(A) all rights of each Grantor to exercise or refrain from exercising the voting and other consensual rights which it would otherwise be entitled to exercise pursuant hereto shall cease and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Collateral Agent who shall thereupon have the sole right to exercise such voting and other consensual rights; and
(B) in order to permit the Collateral Agent to exercise the voting and other consensual rights which it may be entitled to exercise pursuant hereto and to receive all dividends and other distributions which it may be entitled to receive hereunder: (1) each Grantor shall promptly execute and deliver (or
cause to be executed and delivered) to the Collateral Agent all proxies, dividend payment orders and other instruments as the Collateral Agent may from time to time reasonably request and (2) each Grantor acknowledges that the Collateral Agent may utilize the power of attorney set forth in Section 6.1.
4.4.2 Pledged Equity Interests
(a) Representations and Warranties. Each Grantor hereby represents and warrants, on the Closing Date and on each Credit Date, that:
(i) Schedule 4.4(A) (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time) sets forth under the headings Pledged Stock, Pledged LLC Interests, Pledged Partnership Interests and Pledged Trust Interests, respectively, all of the Pledged Stock, Pledged LLC Interests, Pledged Partnership Interests and Pledged Trust Interests owned by any Grantor and such Pledged Equity Interests constitute the percentage of issued and outstanding shares of stock, percentage of membership interests, percentage of partnership interests or percentage of beneficial interest of the respective issuers thereof indicated on such Schedule;
(ii) [reserved];
(iii) it is the record and beneficial owner of the Pledged Equity Interests free of all Liens, rights or claims of other Persons other than any limitations set forth in the organizational documents of the issuers of such Pledged Equity Interests and Permitted Liens and there are no outstanding warrants, options or other rights to purchase, or shareholder, voting trust or similar agreements outstanding with respect to, or property that is convertible into, or that requires the issuance or sale of, any Pledged Equity Interests;
(iv) without limiting the generality of Section 4.1(a)(v), no consent of any Person including any other general or limited partner, any other member of a limited liability company, any other shareholder or any other trust beneficiary is necessary or desirable in connection with the creation, perfection or first priority status of the security interest of the Collateral Agent in any Pledged Equity Interests or the exercise by the Collateral Agent of the voting or other rights provided for in this Agreement or the exercise of remedies in respect thereof;
(v) none of the Pledged LLC Interests nor Pledged Partnership Interests are or represent interests in issuers that: (a) are registered as investment companies or (b) are dealt in or traded on securities exchanges or markets; and
(vi) none of the Pledged LLC Interests and Pledged Partnership Interests are or represent interests in issuers that have opted to be treated as securities under the uniform commercial code of any jurisdiction.
(b) Covenants and Agreements. Each Grantor hereby covenants and agrees that:
(i) without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent, it shall not vote to enable or take any other action to: (a) other than as permitted under the Financing Agreement, permit any issuer of any Pledged Equity Interest to dispose of all or a material portion of their assets, (b) waive any default under or breach of any terms of organizational document relating to the issuer of any Pledged Equity Interest or the terms of any Pledged Debt in a manner adverse to the Agents and the Lenders, or (c) cause any issuer of any Pledged Partnership Interests or Pledged LLC Interests included in the Collateral which are not securities (for purposes of the UCC) on the date hereof to elect or otherwise take any action to cause such Pledged Partnership Interests or Pledged LLC Interests included in the Collateral to be treated as securities for purposes of the UCC; provided, however, notwithstanding the foregoing, if any issuer of any Pledged Partnership Interests or Pledged LLC Interests included in the Collateral takes any such action in violation of the foregoing in this clause (c), such Grantor shall promptly notify the Collateral Agent in writing of any such election or action and, in such event, shall take all steps necessary or advisable to establish the Collateral Agents control thereof;
(ii) it shall comply with all of its material obligations under any partnership agreement or limited liability company agreement relating to Pledged Partnership Interests or Pledged LLC Interests and shall enforce all of its material rights with respect to any Investment Related Property;
(iii) without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent, it shall not permit any issuer of any Pledged Equity Interest to merge or consolidate unless (i) such issuer creates a security interest that is perfected by a filed financing statement (that is not effective solely under section 9-508 of the UCC) in collateral in which such new debtor has or acquires rights, and (ii) all the outstanding capital stock or other equity interests of the surviving or resulting corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other entity is, upon such merger or consolidation, pledged hereunder and no cash, securities or other property is distributed in respect of the outstanding equity interests of any other constituent Grantor; provided that if the surviving or resulting Grantors upon any such merger or consolidation involving an issuer which is a Controlled Foreign Corporation, then such Grantor shall only be required to pledge equity interests in accordance with Section 2.2; and
(iv) each Grantor consents to the grant by each other Grantor of a security interest in all Investment Related Property to the Collateral Agent and, without limiting the foregoing, consents to the transfer of any Pledged Partnership Interest and any Pledged LLC Interest to the Collateral Agent or its nominee following an Event of Default and to the substitution of the Collateral Agent or its nominee as a partner in any partnership or as a member in any limited liability company with all the rights and powers related thereto.
4.4.3 Pledged Debt. Each Grantor hereby represents and warrants, on the Closing Date and each Credit Date, that Schedule 4.4 (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time) sets forth under the heading Pledged Debt all of the Pledged Debt owned by any Grantor and all of such Pledged Debt has been duly authorized, authenticated
or issued, and delivered and is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the issuers thereof and is not in default and constitutes all of the issued and outstanding inter-company Indebtedness;
4.4.4 Investment Accounts
(a) Representations and Warranties. Each Grantor hereby represents and warrants, on the Closing Date and each Credit Date, that:
(i) Schedule 4.4 hereto (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time) sets forth under the headings Securities Accounts and Commodities Accounts, respectively, all of the Securities Accounts and Commodities Accounts included in the Collateral in which each Grantor has an interest. Each Grantor is the sole entitlement holder of each such Securities Account and Commodity Account included in the Collateral, and such Grantor has not consented to, and is not otherwise aware of, any Person (other than the Collateral Agent pursuant hereto) having control (within the meanings of Sections 8-106 and 9-106 of the UCC) over, or any other interest in, any such Securities Account or Commodity Account or securities or other property credited thereto;
(ii) Schedule 4.4 hereto (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time) sets forth under the headings Deposit Accounts all of the Deposit Accounts in which each Grantor has an interest. The listed Grantor is the sole account holder of each such Deposit Account and such Grantor has not consented to, and is not otherwise aware of, any Person (other than the Collateral Agent pursuant hereto) having either sole dominion and control (within the meaning of common law) or control (within the meanings of Section 9-104 of the UCC) over, or any other interest in, any such Deposit Account or any money or other property deposited therein; and
(iii) Each Grantor has taken all actions necessary or desirable, including those specified in Section 4.4.4(c), to: (a) establish Collateral Agents control (within the meanings of Sections 8-106 and 9-106 of the UCC) over any portion of the Investment Related Property with an individual value in excess of $250,000 or an aggregate value in excess of $500,000 constituting Certificated Securities, Uncertificated Securities, Securities Accounts or Securities Entitlements (each as defined in the UCC); (b) establish the Collateral Agents control (within the meaning of Section 9-104 of the UCC) over all Deposit Accounts (other than Excluded Accounts); and (c) to the extent required under Section 4.4(b)(i) deliver all Instruments to the Collateral Agent.
(b) [Reserved].
(c) Delivery and Control
(i) With respect to any Investment Related Property consisting of Securities Accounts or Securities Entitlements (other than an Excluded Account), it shall cause the securities intermediary maintaining such Securities Account or Securities Entitlement to enter into an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent pursuant to which it shall agree to comply with the Collateral Agents entitlement orders without further consent by such Grantor. With respect to any
Investment Related Property that is a Deposit Account, (other than an Excluded Account) it shall cause the depositary institution maintaining such account to enter into an agreement, pursuant to which the Collateral Agent shall have both dominion and control over such Deposit Account (within the meaning of the common law) and control (within the meaning of Section 9-104 of the UCC) over such Deposit Account. The Grantors shall deposit or cause to be deposited promptly, and in any event no later than the second Business Day after the date of receipt thereof, all proceeds in respect of any Collateral, all collections (of a nature susceptible to a deposit in a bank account) and all other amounts received by any Grantor into such Deposit Accounts. At all times prior to the occurrence of a Cash Dominion Event, the Grantors shall have full access to the cash on deposit in such Deposit Accounts, and the Collateral Agent agrees not to deliver a control notice or take any other action to control such Deposit Accounts unless and until a Cash Dominion Event has occurred. Upon the occurrence of a Cash Dominion Event, with respect to any Deposit Account (other than an Excluded Account), the Collateral Agent may and shall give instructions and directions to such bank or depositary institution to wire all amounts on deposit in such Deposit Account each Business Day to the Administrative Agents Account. All amounts received or deposited into the Administrative Agents Account after the occurrence of a Cash Dominion Event and the sweep of cash as set forth herein shall be applied to the payment of the outstanding Obligations in accordance with the Financing Agreement. Each Grantor shall have entered into such control agreement or agreements with respect to: (i) any Securities Accounts, Securities Entitlements or Deposit Accounts that exist on the Closing Date, as of the Closing Date and (ii) any Securities Accounts, Securities Entitlements or Deposit Accounts that are created or acquired after the Credit Date, as of or prior to the deposit or transfer of any such Securities Entitlements or funds, whether constituting moneys or investments, into such Securities Accounts or Deposit Accounts.
(ii) The Deposit Accounts shall be cash collateral accounts, with all cash, checks and similar items of payment in such accounts securing payment of the Obligations, and in which the Grantors are hereby deemed to have granted a Lien to Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Collateral Agents and the Lenders. All checks, drafts, notes, money orders, acceptances, cash and other evidences of Indebtedness received after the occurrence of a Cash Dominion Event directly by any Grantor from any of its Account Debtors, as proceeds from Receivables of such Grantor or as proceeds of any other Collateral shall be held by such Grantor in trust for the Agents and the Lenders and if of a nature susceptible to a deposit in a bank account, upon receipt be deposited by such Grantor in original form and no later than the next Business Day after receipt thereof into such Deposit Accounts. No checks, drafts or other instrument received by an Agent shall constitute final payment to an Agent unless and until such instruments have actually been collected.
(iii) Nothing herein contained shall be construed to constitute any Agent as agent of any Grantor for any purpose whatsoever, and no Agent shall be responsible or liable for any shortage, discrepancy, damage, loss or destruction of any part of the Collateral wherever the same may be located and regardless of the cause thereof (other than from acts of omission or commission constituting gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final judgment of a court of competent
jurisdiction). The Agents shall not, under any circumstance or in any event whatsoever, have any liability for any error or omission or delay of any kind occurring in the settlement, collection or payment of any of the Receivables or any instrument received in payment thereof or for any damage resulting therefrom (other than acts of omission or commission constituting gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction). The Agents, by anything herein or in any assignment or otherwise, do not assume any of the obligations under any contract or agreement assigned to the Agents and shall not be responsible in any way for the performance by any Grantor of any of the terms and conditions thereof.
4.5. [Reserved].
4.6. Letter of Credit Rights.
(a) Representations and Warranties. Each Grantor hereby represents and warrants, on the Closing Date and on each Credit Date, that:
(i) all letters of credit in excess of $500,000 to which such Grantor has rights is listed on Schedule 4.6 (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time) hereto; and
(ii) it has used commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the consent of each issuer of any letter of credit in excess of $500,000 to the assignment of the proceeds of the letter of credit to the Collateral Agent.
(b) Covenants and Agreements. Each Grantor hereby covenants and agrees that with respect to any letter of credit in excess of $500,000 hereafter arising it shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the consent of the issuer thereof to the assignment of the proceeds of the letter of credit to the Collateral Agent and shall deliver to the Collateral Agent a completed Pledge Supplement, substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto, together with all Supplements to Schedules thereto within 10 days after receipt of such letter of credit.
4.7. Intellectual Property.
(a) Representations and Warranties. Except as disclosed in Schedule 4.7(H) (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time), each Grantor hereby represents and warrants, on the Closing Date and on each Credit Date, that:
(i) Schedule 4.7 (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time) sets forth a true and complete list of (i) all United States, state and foreign registrations of and applications for Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights owned by each Grantor and (ii) all Patent Licenses, Trademark Licenses, Trade Secret Licenses and Copyright Licenses in each case material to the business of such Grantor;
(ii) it is the sole and exclusive owner of the entire right, title, and interest in and to all Intellectual Property listed on Schedule 4.7 (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time), and owns or has the valid right to use all
other Intellectual Property used in or necessary to conduct its business, free and clear of all Liens, claims, encumbrances and licenses, except for Permitted Liens and the licenses set forth on Schedule 4.7(B), (D), (F) and (G) (as each may be amended or supplemented from time to time);
(iii) all Intellectual Property material to the business of any Grantor is subsisting and has not been adjudged invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, and each Grantor has performed all acts and has paid all renewal, maintenance, and other fees and taxes required to maintain each and every registration and application of Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks material to the business of any Grantor in full force and effect;
(iv) all Intellectual Property material to the business of any Grantor is valid and enforceable; no holding, decision, or judgment has been rendered in any action or proceeding before any court or administrative authority challenging the validity of, such Grantors right to register, or such Grantors rights to own or use, any Intellectual Property material to the business of any Grantor and no such action or proceeding is pending or, to the best of such Grantors knowledge, threatened;
(v) all registrations and applications for Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks are standing in the name of each Grantor, and none of the Trademarks, Patents, Copyrights or Trade Secrets has been licensed by any Grantor to any Affiliate or third party, except as disclosed in Schedule 4.7(B), (D), (F), or (G) (as each may be amended or supplemented from time to time);
(vi) [reserved];
(vii) [reserved];
(viii) except in each case as would not reasonably be anticipated to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the conduct of such Grantors business does not infringe upon or otherwise violate any trademark, patent, copyright, trade secret or other intellectual property right owned or controlled by a third party; no claim has been made that the use of any Intellectual Property owned or used by Grantor (or any of its respective licensees) violates the asserted rights of any third party;
(ix) to the best of each Grantors knowledge, no third party is infringing upon or otherwise violating any rights in any Intellectual Property owned or used by such Grantor, or any of its respective licensees, that is material to the business of any Grantor;
(x) [reserved];
(xi) [reserved]; and
(xii) [reserved].
(b) Covenants and Agreements. Each Grantor hereby covenants and agrees as follows:
(i) it shall not do any act or omit to do any act whereby any of the Intellectual Property which is material to the business of Grantor may lapse, or become abandoned, dedicated to the public, or unenforceable, or which would adversely affect the validity, grant, or enforceability of the security interest granted therein;
(ii) it shall not, with respect to any Trademarks which are material to the business of any Grantor, cease the use of any of such Trademarks or fail to maintain the level of the quality of products sold and services rendered under any of such Trademark at a level at least substantially consistent with the quality of such products and services as of the date hereof, and each Grantor shall take all steps necessary to insure that licensees of such Trademarks use such consistent standards of quality;
(iii) it shall promptly notify the Collateral Agent if it knows or has reason to know that any item of the Intellectual Property that is material to the business of any Grantor may become (a) abandoned or dedicated to the public or placed in the public domain, (b) invalid or unenforceable, or (c) subject to any adverse determination or development (including the institution of proceedings) in any action or proceeding in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office, any state registry, any foreign counterpart of the foregoing, or any court;
(iv) it shall take all reasonable steps in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office, any state registry or any foreign counterpart of the foregoing, to pursue any application and maintain any registration of each Trademark, Patent, and Copyright owned by any Grantor and material to its business which is now or shall become included in the Intellectual Property including, but not limited to, those items on Schedule 4.7(A), (C) and (E) (as each may be amended or supplemented from time to time);
(v) in the event that any Intellectual Property owned by or exclusively licensed to any Grantor that is material to the business of any Grantor is infringed, misappropriated, or diluted by a third party, such Grantor shall promptly take all reasonable actions to stop such infringement, misappropriation, or dilution and protect its rights in such Intellectual Property material to the business of any Grantor including, but not limited to, the initiation of a suit for injunctive relief and to recover damages;
(vi) it shall promptly (but in no event more than forty-five (45) days after any Grantor obtains knowledge thereof) report to the Collateral Agent (i) the filing of any application to register any Intellectual Property with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office, or any state registry or foreign counterpart of the foregoing (whether such application is filed by such Grantor or through any agent, employee, licensee, or designee thereof) and (ii) the registration of any Intellectual Property by any such office, in each case by executing and delivering to the Collateral Agent a completed Pledge Supplement, substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto, together with all Supplements to Schedules thereto within 10 days after the occurrence of any such filing or registration;
(vii) it shall, promptly upon the reasonable request of the Collateral Agent, execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent any document required to acknowledge, confirm, register, record, or perfect the Collateral Agents interest in any part of the Intellectual Property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired;
(viii) [reserved];
(ix) [reserved];
(x) [reserved];
(xi) it shall take reasonable steps to maintain the confidentiality of, and otherwise protect and enforce its rights in, the Intellectual Property that is necessary in the conduct of such Grantors business, including, as applicable (A) protecting the secrecy and confidentiality of its confidential information and trade secrets by having and enforcing a policy requiring all current employees, consultants, licensees, vendors and contractors with access to such information to execute appropriate confidentiality agreements; (B) taking actions reasonably necessary to ensure that no trade secret falls into the public domain; and (C) protecting the secrecy and confidentiality of the source code of all software programs and applications of which it is the owner or licensee by having and enforcing a policy requiring any licensees (or sublicensees) of such source code to enter into license agreements with commercially reasonable use and non-disclosure restrictions;
(xii) [reserved];
(xiii) [reserved];
(xiv) it shall use proper statutory notice in connection with its use of any of the Intellectual Property that is material to the business of any Grantor; and
(xv) [reserved].
4.8. Commercial Tort Claims
(a) Representations and Warranties. Each Grantor hereby represents and warrants, on the Closing Date and on each Credit Date, that Schedule 4.8 (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time) sets forth all Commercial Tort Claims of each Grantor; and
(b) Covenants and Agreements. Each Grantor hereby covenants and agrees that with respect to any Commercial Tort Claim hereafter arising it shall deliver to the Collateral Agent a completed Pledge Supplement, substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto, together with all Supplements to Schedules thereto, identifying such new Commercial Tort Claims within 10 days after such Commercial Tort Claim arises.
SECTION 5. FURTHER ASSURANCES; ADDITIONAL GRANTORS.
5.1. [Reserved].
5.2. Further Assurances.
(a) Each Grantor agrees that from time to time, at the expense of such Grantor, that it shall promptly execute and deliver all further instruments and documents, and take all further action, that may be necessary or desirable, or that the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, in order to create and/or maintain the validity, perfection or priority of and protect any security interest granted hereby or to enable the Collateral Agent to exercise and enforce its rights and remedies hereunder with respect to any Collateral. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor shall:
(i) file such financing or continuation statements, or amendments thereto, and execute and deliver such other agreements, instruments, endorsements, powers of attorney or notices, as the Collateral Agent may request as necessary or desirable in order to perfect and preserve the security interests granted or purported to be granted hereby; and
(ii) take all actions requested by the Collateral Agent to ensure the recordation of appropriate evidence of the liens and security interest granted hereunder in the Intellectual Property with any intellectual property registry in which said Intellectual Property is registered or in which an application for registration is pending including, without limitation, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office, the various Secretaries of State, and the foreign counterparts on any of the foregoing.
(b) Each Grantor hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent to file a Record or Records, including, without limitation, financing or continuation statements, and amendments thereto, in any jurisdictions and with any filing offices as the Collateral Agent may determine, in its sole discretion, are necessary or advisable to perfect the security interest granted to the Collateral Agent herein. Such financing statements may describe the Collateral in the same manner as described herein or may contain an indication or description of collateral that describes such property in any other manner as the Collateral Agent may determine, in its sole discretion, is necessary, advisable or prudent to ensure the perfection of the security interest in the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent herein, including, without limitation, describing such property as all assets or all personal property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired.; provided, that such description shall have a mutually agreed upon exclusion for Securitization Assets. Each Grantor shall furnish to the Collateral Agent from time to time statements and schedules further identifying and describing the Collateral and such other reports in connection with the Collateral as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, all in reasonable detail.
5.3. Additional Grantors. From time to time subsequent to the date hereof, additional Persons may become parties hereto as additional Grantors (each, an Additional Grantor), by executing a Counterpart Agreement. Upon delivery of any such counterpart agreement to the
Collateral Agent, notice of which is hereby waived by Grantors, each Additional Grantor shall be a Grantor and shall be as fully a party hereto as if Additional Grantor were an original signatory hereto. Each Grantor expressly agrees that its obligations arising hereunder shall not be affected or diminished by the addition or release of any other Grantor hereunder, nor by any election of Collateral Agent not to cause any Subsidiary of the Company to become an Additional Grantor hereunder. This Agreement shall be fully effective as to any Grantor that is or becomes a party hereto regardless of whether any other Person becomes or fails to become or ceases to be a Grantor hereunder.
SECTION 6. COLLATERAL AGENT APPOINTED ATTORNEY-IN-FACT.
6.1. Power of Attorney. Each Grantor hereby irrevocably appoints the Collateral Agent (such appointment being coupled with an interest) as such Grantors attorney-in-fact, with full authority in the place and stead of such Grantor and in the name of such Grantor, the Collateral Agent to take any action as follows:
(a) upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, to obtain and adjust insurance required to be maintained by such Grantor or paid to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Financing Agreement;
(b) upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, to ask for, demand, collect, sue for, recover, compound, receive and give acquittance and receipts for moneys due and to become due under or in respect of any of the Collateral;
(c) upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, to receive, endorse and collect any drafts or other instruments, documents and chattel paper in connection with clause (b) above;
(d) upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, to file any claims or take any action or institute any proceedings that the Collateral Agent may deem necessary or desirable for the collection of any of the Collateral or otherwise to enforce the rights of the Collateral Agent with respect to any of the Collateral;
(e) to prepare and file any UCC financing statements against such Grantor as debtor;
(f) to prepare, sign, and file for recordation in any intellectual property registry, appropriate evidence of the lien and security interest granted herein in the Intellectual Property in the name of such Grantor as debtor;
(g) to take or cause to be taken all actions necessary to perform or comply or cause performance or compliance with the terms of this Agreement, including, without limitation, access to pay or discharge taxes or Liens (other than Permitted Liens) levied or placed upon or threatened against the Collateral, the legality or validity thereof and the amounts necessary to discharge the same to be determined by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion, any such payments made by the Collateral Agent to become obligations of such Grantor to the Collateral Agent, due and payable immediately without demand; and
(h) upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, generally to sell, transfer, pledge, make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with any of the Collateral as fully and completely as though the Collateral Agent were the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and to do, at the Collateral Agents option and such Grantors expense, at any time or from time to time, all acts and things that the Collateral Agent deems reasonably necessary to protect, preserve or realize upon the Collateral and the Collateral Agents security interest therein in order to effect the intent of this Agreement, all as fully and effectively as such Grantor might do.
6.2. No Duty on the Part of Collateral Agent or Secured Parties. The powers conferred on the Collateral Agent hereunder are solely to protect the interests of the Secured Parties in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party to exercise any such powers. The Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties shall be accountable only for amounts that they actually receive as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither they nor any of their officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to any Grantor for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for their own gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable order.
SECTION 7. REMEDIES.
7.1. Generally.
(a) If any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Collateral Agent may exercise in respect of the Collateral, in addition to all other rights and remedies provided for herein or otherwise available to it at law or in equity, all the rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent on default under the UCC (whether or not the UCC applies to the affected Collateral) to collect, enforce or satisfy any Secured Obligations then owing, whether by acceleration or otherwise, and also may pursue any of the following separately, successively or simultaneously:
(i) require any Grantor to, and each Grantor hereby agrees that it shall at its expense and promptly upon request of the Collateral Agent forthwith, assemble all or part of the Collateral as directed by the Collateral Agent and make it available to the Collateral Agent at a place to be designated by the Collateral Agent that is reasonably convenient to both parties;
(ii) enter onto the property where any Collateral is located and take possession thereof with or without judicial process;
(iii) prior to the disposition of the Collateral, store, process, repair or recondition the Collateral or otherwise prepare the Collateral for disposition in any manner to the extent the Collateral Agent deems appropriate; and
(iv) without notice except as specified below or under the UCC, sell, assign, lease, license (on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis) or otherwise dispose of the Collateral or any part thereof in one or more parcels at public or private sale, at any of the Collateral Agents offices or elsewhere, for cash, on credit or for future delivery, at such
time or times and at such price or prices and upon such other terms as the Collateral Agent may deem commercially reasonable.
(b) The Collateral Agent or any Secured Party may be the purchaser of any or all of the Collateral at any public or private (to the extent to the portion of the Collateral being privately sold is of a kind that is customarily sold on a recognized market or the subject of widely distributed standard price quotations) sale in accordance with the UCC and the Collateral Agent, as agent for and representative of the Secured Parties, shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale made in accordance with the UCC, to use and apply any of the Secured Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Collateral Agent at such sale. Each purchaser at any such sale shall hold the property sold absolutely free from any claim or right on the part of any Grantor, and each Grantor hereby waives (to the extent permitted by applicable law) all rights of redemption, stay and/or appraisal which it now has or may at any time in the future have under any rule of law or statute now existing or hereafter enacted. Each Grantor agrees that, to the extent notice of sale shall be required by law, at least ten (10) days notice to such Grantor of the time and place of any public sale or the time after which any private sale is to be made shall constitute reasonable notification. The Collateral Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale of Collateral regardless of notice of sale having been given. The Collateral Agent may adjourn any public or private sale from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed therefor, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which it was so adjourned. Each Grantor agrees that it would not be commercially unreasonable for the Collateral Agent to dispose of the Collateral or any portion thereof by using Internet sites that provide for the auction of assets of the types included in the Collateral or that have the reasonable capability of doing so, or that match buyers and sellers of assets. Each Grantor hereby waives any claims against the Collateral Agent arising by reason of the fact that the price at which any Collateral may have been sold at such a private sale was less than the price which might have been obtained at a public sale, even if the Collateral Agent accepts the first offer received and does not offer such Collateral to more than one offeree. If the proceeds of any sale or other disposition of the Collateral are insufficient to pay all the Secured Obligations, Grantors shall be liable for the deficiency and the fees of any attorneys employed by the Collateral Agent to collect such deficiency. Each Grantor further agrees that a breach of any of the covenants contained in this Section will cause irreparable injury to the Collateral Agent, that the Collateral Agent has no adequate remedy at law in respect of such breach and, as a consequence, that each and every covenant contained in this Section shall be specifically enforceable against such Grantor, and such Grantor hereby waives and agrees not to assert any defenses against an action for specific performance of such covenants except for a defense that no default has occurred giving rise to the Secured Obligations becoming due and payable prior to their stated maturities. Nothing in this Section shall in any way alter the rights of the Collateral Agent hereunder.
(c) The Collateral Agent may sell the Collateral without giving any warranties as to the Collateral. The Collateral Agent may specifically disclaim or modify any warranties of title or the like. This procedure will not be considered to adversely affect the commercial reasonableness of any sale of the Collateral.
(d) The Collateral Agent shall have no obligation to marshal any of the Collateral.
7.2. Application of Proceeds. Except as expressly provided elsewhere in this Agreement, all proceeds received by the Collateral Agent in respect of any sale, any collection from, or other realization upon all or any part of the Collateral shall be applied in full or in part by the Collateral Agent against the Secured Obligations as set forth in Section 2.15(h) of the Financing Agreement.
7.3. Sales on Credit. If Collateral Agent sells any of the Collateral upon credit, Grantor will be credited only with payments actually made by purchaser and received by Collateral Agent and applied to indebtedness of the purchaser. In the event the purchaser fails to pay for the Collateral, Collateral Agent may resell the Collateral and Grantor shall be credited with proceeds of the sale.
7.4. Deposit Accounts
If any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Collateral Agent may apply the balance from any Deposit Account or instruct the bank at which any Deposit Account is maintained to pay the balance of any Deposit Account to or for the benefit of the Collateral Agent in accordance with the Financing Agreement.
7.5. Investment Related Property.
Each Grantor recognizes that, by reason of certain prohibitions contained in the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws, the Collateral Agent may be compelled, with respect to any sale of all or any part of the Investment Related Property conducted without prior registration or qualification of such Investment Related Property under the Securities Act and/or such state securities laws, to limit purchasers to those who will agree, among other things, to acquire the Investment Related Property for their own account, for investment and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof. Each Grantor acknowledges that any such private sale may be at prices and on terms less favorable than those obtainable through a public sale without such restrictions (including a public offering made pursuant to a registration statement under the Securities Act) and, notwithstanding such circumstances, each Grantor agrees that any such private sale shall be deemed to have been made in a commercially reasonable manner and that the Collateral Agent shall have no obligation to engage in public sales and no obligation to delay the sale of any Investment Related Property for the period of time necessary to permit the issuer thereof to register it for a form of public sale requiring registration under the Securities Act or under applicable state securities laws, even if such issuer would, or should, agree to so register it. If the Collateral Agent determines to exercise its right to sell any or all of the Investment Related Property, upon written request, each Grantor shall and shall cause each issuer of any Pledged Stock to be sold hereunder, each partnership and each limited liability company from time to time to furnish to the Collateral Agent all such information as the Collateral Agent may request in order to determine the number and nature of interest, shares or other instruments included in the Investment Related Property which may be sold by the Collateral Agent in exempt transactions under the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, as the same are from time to time in effect.
7.6. Intellectual Property.
(a) Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default:
(i) the Collateral Agent shall have the right (but not the obligation) to bring suit or otherwise commence any action or proceeding in the name of any Grantor, the Collateral Agent or otherwise, in the Collateral Agents sole discretion, to enforce any Intellectual Property, in which event such Grantor shall, at the request of the Collateral Agent, do any and all lawful acts and execute any and all documents required by the Collateral Agent in aid of such enforcement and such Grantor shall promptly, upon demand, reimburse and indemnify the Collateral Agent as provided in Section 10 hereof in connection with the exercise of its rights under this Section, and, to the extent that the Collateral Agent shall elect not to bring suit to enforce any Intellectual Property as provided in this Section, each Grantor agrees to use all reasonable measures, whether by action, suit, proceeding or otherwise, to prevent the infringement or other violation of any of such Grantors rights in the Intellectual Property by others and for that purpose agrees to diligently maintain any action, suit or proceeding against any Person so infringing as shall be necessary to prevent such infringement or violation;
(ii) upon written demand from the Collateral Agent, each Grantor shall grant, assign, convey or otherwise transfer to the Collateral Agent or the Collateral Agents designee all of such Grantors right, title and interest in and to the Intellectual Property and shall execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent such documents as are necessary or appropriate to carry out the intent and purposes of this Agreement;
(iii) each Grantor agrees that such an assignment and/or recording shall be applied to reduce the Secured Obligations outstanding only to the extent that the Collateral Agent (or any Secured Party) receives cash proceeds in respect of the sale of, or other realization upon, the Intellectual Property;
(iv) within five (5) Business Days after written notice from the Collateral Agent, each Grantor shall make available to the Collateral Agent, to the extent within such Grantors power and authority, such personnel in such Grantors employ on the date of such Event of Default as the Collateral Agent may reasonably designate, by name, title or job responsibility, to permit such Grantor to continue, directly or indirectly, to produce, advertise and sell the products and services sold or delivered by such Grantor under or in connection with the Trademarks, Trademark Licenses, such persons to be available to perform their prior functions on the Collateral Agents behalf and to be compensated by the Collateral Agent at such Grantors expense on a per diem, pro rata basis consistent with the salary and benefit structure applicable to each as of the date of such Event of Default; and
(v) the Collateral Agent shall have the right to notify, or require each Grantor to notify, any obligors with respect to amounts due or to become due to such Grantor in respect of the Intellectual Property, of the existence of the security interest created herein, to direct such obligors to make payment of all such amounts directly to
the Collateral Agent, and, upon such notification and at the expense of such Grantor, to enforce collection of any such amounts and to adjust, settle or compromise the amount or payment thereof, in the same manner and to the same extent as such Grantor might have done;
(1) all amounts and proceeds (including checks and other instruments) received by Grantor in respect of amounts due to such Grantor in respect of the Collateral or any portion thereof shall be received in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent hereunder, shall be segregated from other funds of such Grantor and shall be forthwith paid over or delivered to the Collateral Agent in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement) to be held as cash Collateral and applied as provided by Section 7.7 hereof; and
(2) Grantor shall not adjust, settle or compromise the amount or payment of any such amount or release wholly or partly any obligor with respect thereto or allow any credit or discount thereon.
(b) If (i) an Event of Default shall have occurred and no longer be continuing, (ii) an assignment or other transfer to the Collateral Agent of any rights, title and interests in and to the Intellectual Property shall have been previously made and shall have become absolute and effective, and (iii) the Secured Obligations shall not have become immediately due and payable, upon the written request of any Grantor, the Collateral Agent shall promptly execute and deliver to such Grantor, at such Grantors sole cost and expense, such assignments or other transfer as may be necessary to reassign to such Grantor any such rights, title and interests as may have been assigned to the Collateral Agent as aforesaid, subject to any disposition thereof that may have been made by the Collateral Agent; provided, after giving effect to such reassignment, the Collateral Agents security interest granted pursuant hereto, as well as all other rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent granted hereunder, shall continue to be in full force and effect; and provided further, the rights, title and interests so reassigned shall be free and clear of any other Liens granted by or on behalf of the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties.
(c) Solely for the purpose of enabling the Collateral Agent to exercise rights and remedies under this Section 7 and at such time as the Collateral Agent shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies, each Grantor hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, to the extent it has the right to do so, an irrevocable, nonexclusive license (exercisable without payment of royalty or other compensation to such Grantor), subject, in the case of Trademarks, to sufficient rights to quality control and inspection in favor of such Grantor to avoid the risk of invalidation of said Trademarks, to use, operate under, license, or sublicense any Intellectual Property now owned or hereafter acquired by such Grantor, and wherever the same may be located.
7.7. Cash Proceeds. In addition to the rights of the Collateral Agent specified in Section 4.3 with respect to payments of Receivables, after an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, all proceeds of any Collateral received by any Grantor consisting of cash, checks and other non-cash items (collectively, Cash Proceeds) shall be held by such Grantor in trust for the Collateral Agent, segregated from other funds of such Grantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Grantor, unless otherwise provided pursuant to Section 4.4(a)(ii), be turned over
to the Collateral Agent in the exact form received by such Grantor (duly indorsed by such Grantor to the Collateral Agent, if required) and held by the Collateral Agent in the Collateral Account. Any Cash Proceeds received by the Collateral Agent (whether from a Grantor or otherwise) as set forth above after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default may, in the sole discretion of the Collateral Agent, (A) be held by the Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, as collateral security for the Secured Obligations (whether matured or unmatured) and/or (B) then or at any time thereafter may be applied by the Collateral Agent against the Secured Obligations then due and owing.
SECTION 8. COLLATERAL AGENT.
Section 9.7(a) of the Financing Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference.
SECTION 9. CONTINUING SECURITY INTEREST; TRANSFER OF LOANS.
This Agreement shall create a continuing security interest in the Collateral and shall remain in full force and effect until the Final Satisfaction Date, and be binding upon each Grantor, its successors and assigns, and inure, together with the rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent hereunder, to the benefit of the Collateral Agent and its successors, transferees and assigns. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, but subject to the terms of the Financing Agreement, any Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any Loans held by it to any other Person, and such other Person shall thereupon become vested with all the benefits in respect thereof granted to Lenders herein or otherwise. Upon the occurrence of the Final Satisfaction Date, the security interest granted hereby shall automatically terminate hereunder and of record and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to Grantors. Upon such termination the Collateral Agent shall, at Grantors expense, execute and deliver to Grantors or otherwise authorize the filing of such documents as Grantors shall reasonably request, including termination statements to evidence such termination. Upon any disposition of property permitted by the Financing Agreement, the Liens granted herein on such property shall be deemed to be automatically released and such property shall automatically revert to the applicable Grantor with no further action on the part of any Person. The Collateral Agent shall, at Grantors expense, execute and deliver or otherwise authorize the filing of such documents as Grantors shall reasonably request, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, including statement amendments and termination statements to evidence such release.
SECTION 10. STANDARD OF CARE; COLLATERAL AGENT MAY PERFORM.
The powers conferred on the Collateral Agent hereunder are solely to protect its interest in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon it to exercise any such powers. Except for the exercise of reasonable care in the custody of any Collateral in its possession and the accounting for moneys actually received by it hereunder, the Collateral Agent shall have no duty as to any Collateral or as to the taking of any necessary steps to preserve rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining to any Collateral. The Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of Collateral in its possession if such Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which the Collateral Agent accords its own property. Neither the Collateral Agent nor any of its directors, officers, employees or agents shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon all or any part
of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any Grantor or otherwise. If any Grantor fails to perform any agreement contained herein, the Collateral Agent may itself perform, or cause performance of, such agreement, and the expenses of the Collateral Agent incurred in connection therewith shall be payable by each Grantor under Section 10.2 of the Financing Agreement.
SECTION 11. MISCELLANEOUS.
Any notice required or permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be given in accordance with Section 10.1 of the Financing Agreement. No failure or delay on the part of the Collateral Agent in the exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder or under any other Loan Document or Bank Product Agreement shall impair such power, right or privilege or be construed to be a waiver of any default or acquiescence therein, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other power, right or privilege. All rights and remedies existing under this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the Bank Product Agreements are cumulative to, and not exclusive of, any rights or remedies otherwise available. In case any provision in or obligation under this Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions or obligations, or of such provision or obligation in any other jurisdiction, shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. All covenants hereunder shall be given independent effect so that if a particular action or condition is not permitted by any of such covenants, the fact that it would be permitted by an exception to, or would otherwise be within the limitations of, another covenant shall not avoid the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default if such action is taken or condition exists. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Collateral Agent and Grantors and their respective successors and assigns. No Grantor shall, without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent given in accordance with the Financing Agreement, assign any right, duty or obligation hereunder except to the extent expressly permitted under the Financing Agreement without the requirement to obtain the consent of the Collateral Agent or the Required Lenders. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents embody the entire agreement and understanding between Grantors and the Collateral Agent and supersede all prior agreements and understandings between such parties relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof. Accordingly, the Loan Documents may not be contradicted by evidence of prior, contemporaneous or subsequent oral agreements of the parties. There are no unwritten oral agreements between the parties. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument; signature pages may be detached from multiple separate counterparts and attached to a single counterpart so that all signature pages are physically attached to the same document. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Agreement by facsimile or electronic mail shall be equally effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart.
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 APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Grantor and the Collateral Agent have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date first written above.
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SCHEDULE 4.1
TO PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
GENERAL INFORMATION
(A) Full Legal Name, Type of Organization, Jurisdiction of Organization, Chief Executive Office/Sole Place of Business (or Residence if Grantor is a Natural Person) and Organizational Identification Number of each Grantor:
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SCHEDULE 4.2
TO PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
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SCHEDULE 4.4
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SCHEDULE 4.6
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SCHEDULE 4.7
TO PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
(A) Copyrights
(B) Copyright Licenses
(C) Patents
(D) Patent Licenses
(E) Trademarks
(F) Trademark Licenses
(G) Trade Secret Licenses
(H) Intellectual Property Exceptions
EXHIBIT A
TO PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
PLEDGE SUPPLEMENT
This PLEDGE SUPPLEMENT, dated [mm/dd/yy], is delivered by [NAME OF GRANTOR] a [NAME OF STATE OF INCORPORATION] [Corporation] (the Grantor) pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of May 4, 2018 (as it may be from time to time amended, restated, modified or supplemented, the Security Agreement), among the Grantors named therein, and TPG SPECIALTY LENDING, INC., as Collateral Agent. Capitalized terms used herein not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Security Agreement.
Grantor hereby confirms the grant to the Collateral Agent set forth in the Security Agreement of, and does hereby grant to the Collateral Agent, a security interest in all of Grantors right, title and interest in and to all Collateral to secure the Secured Obligations, in each case whether now or hereafter existing or in which Grantor now has or hereafter acquires an interest and wherever the same may be located. Grantor represents and warrants that the attached Supplements to Schedules accurately and completely set forth all additional information required pursuant to the Security Agreement and hereby agrees that such Supplements to Schedules shall constitute part of the Schedules to the Security Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Grantor has caused this Pledge Supplement to be duly executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer as of [mm/dd/yy].
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SUPPLEMENT TO SCHEDULE 4.1
TO PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
Additional Information:
(A) Full Legal Name, Type of Organization, Jurisdiction of Organization, Chief Executive Office/Sole Place of Business (or Residence if Grantor is a Natural Person) and Organizational Identification Number of each Grantor:
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(B) Other Names (including any Trade-Name or Fictitious Business Name) under which each Grantor has conducted business for the past five (5) years:
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(C) Changes in Name, Jurisdiction of Organization, Chief Executive Office or Sole Place of Business (or Principal Residence if Grantor is a Natural Person) and Corporate Structure within past five (5) years:
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SUPPLEMENT TO SCHEDULE 4.2
TO PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
Additional Information:
Location of Equipment and Inventory
SUPPLEMENT TO SCHEDULE 4.4
TO PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
Additional Information:
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SUPPLEMENT TO SCHEDULE 4.5
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Additional Information:
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SUPPLEMENT TO SCHEDULE 4.6
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Additional Information:
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SUPPLEMENT TO SCHEDULE 4.7
TO PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
Additional Information:
(A) Copyrights
(B) Copyright Licenses
(C) Patents
(D) Patent Licenses
(E) Trademarks
(F) Trademark Licenses
(G) Trade Secret Licenses
(H) Intellectual Property Exceptions
SUPPLEMENT TO SCHEDULE 4.8
TO PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
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EXHIBIT B
TO PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
UNCERTIFICATED SECURITIES CONTROL AGREEMENT
This Uncertificated Securities Control Agreement dated as of , 20 among (the Pledgor), TPG SPECIALTY LENDING, INC., as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties, (the Collateral Agent) and , a [corporation/limited liability company] (the Issuer). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning assigned in the Pledge and Security Agreement dated May 4, 2018, among the Pledgor, the other Grantors party thereto and the Collateral Agent (the Security Agreement). All references herein to the UCC shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York.
Section 1. Registered Ownership of Shares. The Issuer hereby confirms and agrees that as of the date hereof the Pledgor is the registered owner of shares of the Issuers [common stock/units] (the Pledged Shares) and the Issuer shall not change the registered owner of the Pledged Shares without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent.
Section 2. Instructions. If at any time the Issuer shall receive instructions originated by the Collateral Agent relating to the Pledged Shares, the Issuer shall comply with such instructions without further consent by the Pledgor or any other person; provided that the Collateral Agent hereby agrees not to issue any such instructions unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
Section 3. Additional Representations and Warranties of the Issuer. The Issuer hereby represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent:
(a) It has not entered into, and until the termination of this agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other person relating the Pledged Shares pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with instructions issued by such other person; and
(b) It has not entered into, and until the termination of this agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Pledgor or the Collateral Agent purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Issuer to comply with Instructions as set forth in Section 2 hereof.
(c) Except for the claims and interest of the Collateral Agent and of the Pledgor in the Pledged Shares, the Issuer does not know of any claim to, or interest in, the Pledged Shares. If any person asserts any lien, encumbrance or adverse claim (including any writ, garnishment, judgment, warrant of attachment, execution or similar process) against the Pledged Shares, the Issuer will promptly notify the Collateral Agent and the Pledgor thereof.
(d) This Uncertificated Securities Control Agreement is the valid and legally binding obligation of the Issuer.
Section 4. Choice of Law. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York.
Section 5. Conflict with Other Agreements. In the event of any conflict between this Agreement (or any portion thereof) and any other agreement now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. No amendment or modification of this Agreement or waiver of any right hereunder shall be binding on any party hereto unless it is in writing and is signed by all of the parties hereto.
Section 6. Voting Rights. Until an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Collateral Agent shall otherwise instruct the Issuer in writing, the Pledgor shall have the right to vote the Pledged Shares.
Section 7. Successors; Assignment. The terms of this Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective corporate successors or heirs and personal representatives who obtain such rights solely by operation of law. The Collateral Agent may assign its rights hereunder only with the express written consent of the Issuer and by sending written notice of such assignment to the Pledgor.
Section 8. Indemnification of Issuer. The Pledgor and the Collateral Agent hereby agree that (a) the Issuer is released from any and all liabilities to the Pledgor and the Collateral Agent arising from the terms of this Agreement and the compliance of the Issuer with the terms hereof, except to the extent that such liabilities arise from the Issuers negligence and (b) the Pledgor, its successors and assigns shall at all times indemnify and save harmless the Issuer from and against any and all claims, actions and suits of others arising out of the terms of this Agreement or the compliance of the Issuer with the terms hereof, except to the extent that such arises from the Issuers negligence, and from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, costs, charges, counsel fees and other expenses of every nature and character arising by reason of the same, until the termination of this Agreement.
Section 9. Notices. Any notice, request or other communication required or permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing and deemed to have been properly given when delivered in person, or when sent by telecopy or other electronic means and electronic confirmation of error free receipt is received or two (2) days after being sent by certified or registered United States mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the party at the address set forth below.
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Any party may change its address for notices in the manner set forth above.
Section 10. Termination. The obligations of the Issuer to the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Control Agreement shall continue in effect until the security interests of the Collateral Agent in the Pledged Shares have been terminated pursuant to the terms of the Security Agreement and the Collateral Agent has notified the Issuer of such termination in writing. The Collateral Agent agrees to provide Notice of Termination in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto to the Issuer upon the request of the Pledgor on or after the termination of the Collateral Agents security interest in the Pledged Shares pursuant to the terms of the Security Agreement. The termination of this Control Agreement shall not terminate the Pledged Shares or alter the obligations of the Issuer to the Pledgor pursuant to any other agreement with respect to the Pledged Shares.
Section 11. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument, and any party hereto may execute this Agreement by signing and delivering one or more counterparts.
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Re: Termination of Control Agreement
You are hereby notified that the Uncertificated Securities Control Agreement between you, [the Pledgor] and the undersigned (a copy of which is attached) is terminated and you have no further obligations to the undersigned pursuant to such Agreement. Notwithstanding any previous instructions to you, you are hereby instructed to accept all future directions with respect to Pledged Shares (as defined in the Uncertificated Control Agreement) from [the Pledgor]. This notice terminates any obligations you may have to the undersigned with respect to the Pledged Shares, however nothing contained in this notice shall alter any obligations which you may otherwise owe to [the Pledgor] pursuant to any other agreement.
You are instructed to deliver a copy of this notice by facsimile transmission to [insert name of Pledgor].
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EXHIBIT D
TO PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
FORM OF GRANT OF A SECURITY INTEREST TRADEMARKS
WHEREAS, Ferrellgas, L.P. and certain of its Subsidiaries (each individually a Grantor and collectively the Grantors) has adopted, used and is using, and holds all right, title and interest in and to, the trademarks and service marks listed on the attached Schedule A, which trademarks and service marks are registered or applied for in the United States Patent and Trademark Office (the Trademarks);
WHEREAS, the Grantors have entered into a Pledge and Security Agreement, dated May 4, 2018 (as amended, restated, supplemented, modified or otherwise changed from time to time, the Security Agreement), in favor of TPG Specialty Lending, Inc., as the Collateral Agent for itself and certain lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns, if any, the Grantee); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Security Agreement, the Grantors have granted to the Grantee, and granted to the Grantee for the benefit of the Secured Parties (as such term is defined in the Financing Agreement referenced in the Security Agreement), a continuing security interest in all right, title and interest of the Grantors in, to and under the Trademarks, together with, among other things, the goodwill of the business symbolized by the Trademarks and the applications and registrations thereof, and all proceeds thereof, including, without limitation, any and all causes of action which may exist by reason of infringement thereof and any and all damages arising from past, present and future violations thereof (the Collateral), to secure the payment, performance and observance of the Secured Obligations (as defined in the Security Agreement).
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Grantors do hereby grant to the Grantee and grant to the Grantee for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a continuing security interest in the Collateral to secure the prompt payment, performance and observance of the Secured Obligations.
The Grantors do hereby further acknowledge and affirm that the rights and remedies of the Grantee with respect to the Collateral are more fully set forth in the Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth herein.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Grantors have caused this Assignment to be duly executed by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of 20 .
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TO PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
FORM OF GRANT OF A SECURITY INTEREST COPYRIGHTS
WHEREAS, Ferrellgas, L.P. and certain of its Subsidiaries (each individually a Grantor and collectively the Grantors) holds all right, title and interest in the copyrights listed on the attached Schedule A, which copyrights are registered in the United States Copyright Office (the Copyrights);
WHEREAS, the Grantors have entered into a Pledge and Security Agreement, dated May 4, 2018 (as amended, restated, supplemented, modified or otherwise changed from time to time, the Security Agreement), in favor of TPG Specialty Lending, Inc., as the Collateral Agent for itself and certain lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns, if any, the Grantee); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Security Agreement, the Grantors have granted to the Grantee, and granted to the Grantee for the benefit of the Secured Parties (as such term is defined in the Financing Agreement referenced in the Security Agreement), a continuing security interest in all right, title and interest of the Grantors in, to and under the Copyrights and the applications and registrations thereof, and all proceeds thereof, including, without limitation, any and all causes of action which may exist by reason of infringement thereof and any and all damages arising from past, present and future violations thereof (the Collateral), to secure the payment, performance and observance of the Secured Obligations (as defined in the Security Agreement).
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Grantors do hereby grant to the Grantee and grant to the Grantee for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a continuing security interest in the Collateral to secure the prompt payment, performance and observance of the Secured Obligations.
The Grantors do hereby further acknowledge and affirm that the rights and remedies of the Grantee with respect to the Collateral are more fully set forth in the Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth herein.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Grantors have caused this Assignment to be duly executed by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of , .
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TO PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
FORM OF GRANT OF A SECURITY INTEREST PATENTS
WHEREAS, Ferrellgas, L.P. and certain of its Subsidiaries (each individually a Grantor and collectively the Grantors) holds all right, title and interest in the letter patents, design patents and utility patents listed on the attached Schedule A, which patents are issued or applied for in the United States Patent and Trademark Office (the Patents);
WHEREAS, the Grantors have entered into a Pledge and Security Agreement, dated May 4, 2018 (as amended, restated, supplemented, modified or otherwise changed from time to time, the Security Agreement), in favor of TPG Specialty Lending, Inc., as the Collateral Agent for itself and certain lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns, if any, the Grantee); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Security Agreement, the Grantors have granted to the Grantee, and granted to the Grantee for the benefit of the Secured Parties (as such term is defined in the Financing Agreement referenced in the Security Agreement), a continuing security interest in all right, title and interest of the Grantors in, to and under the Patents and the applications and registrations thereof, and all proceeds thereof, including, without limitation, any and all causes of action which may exist by reason of infringement thereof and any and all damages arising from past, present and future violations thereof (the Collateral), to secure the payment, performance and observance of the Secured Obligations (as defined in the Security Agreement).
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Grantors do hereby grant to the Grantee and grant to the Grantee for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a continuing security interest in the Collateral to secure the prompt payment, performance and observance of the Secured Obligations.
The Grantors do hereby further acknowledge and affirm that the rights and remedies of the Grantee with respect to the Collateral are more fully set forth in the Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth herein.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Grantors have caused this Assignment to be duly executed by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of , .
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AMENDMENT NO. 7 TO RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDMENT NO. 7 TO RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of May 14, 2018 (this Amendment), is among:
(a) Ferrellgas Receivables, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (Seller),
(b) Ferrellgas, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (Ferrellgas), as initial Servicer (the initial Servicer together with Seller, the Seller Parties and each a Seller Party),
(c) Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., individually (Wells or a Purchaser),
(d) Fifth Third Bank, individually (Fifth Third or a Purchaser) and as a co-agent (a Co-Agent),
(e) PNC Bank, National Association, individually (PNC or a Purchaser) and as a co-agent (a Co-Agent), and
(f) Wells, as administrative agent for the Purchasers (hereinafter defined) (together with its successors and assigns, the Administrative Agent and, together with the Co-Agents, the Agents).
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS
A. The Seller Parties, the Purchasers and the Agents are party to that certain Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of January 19, 2012 (as amended or otherwise modified from time to time, the Purchase Agreement; capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings attributed thereto in the Purchase Agreement).
B. The Seller Parties have requested that the Purchasers and the Agents agree to amend the Purchase Agreement as set forth in Section 1 below.
C. The parties are willing to agree to the requested amendments, on the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto hereby further agree as follows:
Section 1. Amendments.
1.1. Amendments to the Purchase Agreement. The Purchase Agreement is amended in accordance with Exhibit A hereto (a) by deleting each term thereof which is lined out and (b) by inserting each term thereof which is double underlined, in each case in the place where
such term appears therein. For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any prior amendment or amendments to the Purchase Agreement, the Purchase Agreement set forth in Exhibit A hereto reflects the current agreement of the parties hereto as to all of the terms and provisions of the Purchase Agreement as of the date hereof.
1.2. Effect of Amendments. Except as specifically amended hereby, the Purchase Agreement and all exhibits and schedules attached thereto shall remain in full force and effect. This Amendment shall not constitute a novation of the Purchase Agreement, but shall constitute an amendment to the Purchase Agreement and the exhibits and schedules attached thereto to the extent set forth herein.
Section 2. Representations and Warranties. Each Seller Party hereby represents and warrants to the Investor Parties, as to itself, as of the date hereof that:
2.1. Current Representation and Warranty. The execution and delivery by such Seller Party of this Amendment, and the performance of its obligations under the Purchase Agreement as amended hereby, are within its organizational powers and authority and have been duly authorized by all necessary action on its part. This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by such Seller Party.
2.2. Existing Representations and Warranties. After giving effect to this Amendment, each of the representations and warranties of such Seller Party contained in Article V of the Purchase Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects, it being understood that the foregoing materiality qualifier shall not apply to any representation that itself contains a materiality threshold.
Section 3. Conditions Precedent. This Amendment shall become effective as of the date specified in the preamble hereto the Effective Date) upon satisfaction of each of the following conditions precedent:
3.1. Assignment. SunTrust Bank shall have assigned all of its rights and obligations under the Purchase Agreement and related Transaction Documents to PNC;
3.2. Closing Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received: (i) counterparts hereof, duly executed by each of the parties hereto, and (ii) counterparts of each of the other documents listed on Exhibit B hereto in form reasonably acceptable to the Investor Parties and duly executed by each of the parties thereto;
3.3. Payment of Upfront Fees. Each of the Investor Parties shall have received payment of all fees required to be paid on the date hereof pursuant to the Fee Letters;
3.4. Credit Agreement Closing. The Credit Agreement shall be in form reasonably acceptable to the Investor Parties, shall have been duly executed by the parties thereto, and all conditions precedent to its effectiveness shall have been satisfied or waived; and
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3.5. Re-balancing Outstandings. On the Effective Date, promptly after satisfaction of each of the conditions precedent set forth in Sections 3.1 to 3.4 above, the parties shall make the wire transfers detailed on the funds flow attached as Exhibit C hereto.
Section 4. Miscellaneous.
4.1. Governing Law. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS (AND NOT THE LAW OF CONFLICTS) OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
4.2. Submission to Jurisdiction. EACH SELLER PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR NEW YORK STATE COURT SITTING IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AMENDMENT, AND EACH SELLER PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN ANY SUCH COURT AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE AS TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT OR THAT SUCH COURT IS AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT OF ANY AGENT OR ANY PURCHASER TO BRING PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ANY SELLER PARTY IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING BY ANY SELLER PARTY AGAINST ANY AGENT OR ANY PURCHASER OR ANY AFFILIATE OF ANY AGENT OR ANY PURCHASER INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO, OR CONNECTED WITH THIS AMENDMENT OR THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT AS AMENDED HEREBY SHALL BE BROUGHT ONLY IN A COURT IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK.
4.3. Waiver of Right to Jury Trial. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER (WHETHER SOUNDING IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO, OR CONNECTED WITH THIS AMENDMENT, THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT AS AMENDED HEREBY OR THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER.
4.4. Successors and Assigns. This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns (including any trustee in bankruptcy).
4.5. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Any executed counterpart of this Amendment that is delivered by facsimile or electronic mail message attaching a .PDF or other image of such executed counterpart shall,
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to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, have the same force and effect as an original of such executed counterpart.
4.6. Severability. Any provisions of this Amendment which are 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.
4.7. Legal Fees. The Seller agrees to pay all reasonable fees and disbursements of Barnes & Thornburg LLP in connection with the preparation and
Closing of this Amendment within 30 days after the Seller has received an invoice therefor.
4.8. Authorization of Administrative Agent. Each of the Investor Parties hereby consents to the terms of Amendment No.1 to the Amended and Restated Receivable Sale Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement, each dated as of the date hereof, and authorizes the Administrative Agent to enter into the Intercreditor Agreement on behalf of the Investor Parties.
4.9. Release of Claims. To induce the Investor Parties to agree to the terms of this Amendment, each of the Seller Parties hereby (i) represents and warrants that as of the date of this Amendment there are no claims or offsets against or defenses or counterclaims to its obligations under the Transaction Documents, and waives any and all such claims, offsets, defenses, or counterclaims, whether known or unknown, arising prior to the date of this Amendment and (ii) releases and forever discharges the Seller Parties, together with their parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, employees, agents, attorneys, officers, and directors (all of the foregoing hereinafter called the Released Parties), from any and all actions and causes of action, judgments, executions, suits, debts, claims, demands, liabilities, obligations, damages, and expenses of any and every character, known or unknown, direct or indirect, at law or in equity, of whatsoever kind or nature, whether heretofore or hereafter accruing, for or because of any matter or things done, omitted, or suffered to be done by any of the Released Parties prior to and including the date hereof, and in any way directly or indirectly arising out of or in any way connected to the Transaction Documents, including but not limited to claims of usury (although no such claims are known to exist) (all of the foregoing hereinafter called the Released Matters). Each of the Seller Parties acknowledges that the agreements in this Section 4.8 are intended to cover and be in full satisfaction for all or any alleged injuries or damages arising in connection with the Released Matters herein compromised and settled. Each of the Seller Parties understands, acknowledges, and agrees that the release set forth above may be pleaded as a full and complete defense and may be used as a basis for an injunction against any action, suit, or other proceeding which may be instituted, prosecuted, or attempted in breach of the provisions of such release. Each of the Seller Parties agrees that no fact, event, circumstance, evidence, or transaction that could now be asserted or that may hereafter be discovered shall affect in any manner the final, absolute, and unconditional nature of the release set forth above.
<Signature pages follow>
Ferrellgas RPA Amendment No. 7
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed and delivered by their duly authorized officers as of the date hereof.
FERRELLGAS RECEIVABLES, LLC
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FERRELLGAS, L.P.
BY: FERRELLGAS, INC., ITS GENERAL PARTNER
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Ferrellgas RPA Amendment No. 7
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,
Individually as a Purchaser, as LC Issuer and as Administrative Agent
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Ferrellgas RPA Amendment No. 7
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
Individually as a Purchaser and, until this Amendment becomes effective, as a Co-Agent
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Ferrellgas RPA Amendment No. 7
FIFTH THIRD BANK, individually as a Purchaser and, until this Amendment becomes effective, as a Co-Agent
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Ferrellgas RPA Amendment No. 7
Exhibit A
[See attached redlined version of the Receivables Purchase Agreement]
Ferrellgas RPA Amendment No. 7
Conformed to Reflect Amendments 1-6
EXHIBIT A TO AMENDMENT NO. 7¶
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RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF JANUARY 19, 2012
AMONG
FERRELLGAS RECEIVABLES, LLC, AS SELLER,
FERRELLGAS, L.P., AS SERVICER,
THE PURCHASERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO,
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FIFTH THIRD BANK AND SUNTRUST BANK, AS CO-AGENTS
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WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS LC ISSUER AND ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I PURCHASE ARRANGEMENTS |
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PURCHASE FACILITY |
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INCREASES |
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DECREASES |
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FUNDING AND PAYDOWN SETTLEMENTS |
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OBLIGATIONS SEVERAL; INDEPENDENT NATURE OF PURCHASERS RIGHTS |
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PAYMENT REQUIREMENTS |
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PURCHASE ACCOUNT |
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LETTER OF CREDIT SUBFACILITY |
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LETTERS OF CREDIT |
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LC APPLICATIONS |
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NOTICE OF DISBURSEMENT; REIMBURSEMENT BY THE SELLER |
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OBLIGATIONS ABSOLUTE |
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ACTIONS OF LC ISSUER |
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RISK PARTICIPATIONS |
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FEES AND LC FEES |
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LETTER OF CREDIT COLLATERAL ACCOUNT |
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ARTICLE III PAYMENTS AND COLLECTIONS |
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YIELD PAYMENTS |
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SUSPENSION OF LMIR |
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ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLER |
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Existence and Power |
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Power and Authority; Due Authorization, Execution and Delivery |
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No Conflict |
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Governmental Authorization |
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Actions, Suits |
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Binding Effect |
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Accuracy of Information |
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Use of Proceeds |
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Good Title |
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Perfection |
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Places of Business and Locations of Records |
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Collections |
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Material Adverse Effect |
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Names |
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Ownership of Seller |
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Not a Regulated Entity |
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Compliance with Law |
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Compliance with Credit and Collection Policy |
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Payments to the Applicable Originator |
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Enforceability of Contracts |
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Eligible Receivables |
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Collection Accounts |
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Liquidity Coverage Ratio. Seller has not issued, and will not during this Agreement issue, any LCR Security |
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CONDITIONS PRECEDENT |
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NOTICES |
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COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS |
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PRESERVATION OF EXISTENCE, ETC. |
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PAYMENT OF OBLIGATIONS |
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AUDITS |
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KEEPING OF RECORDS AND BOOKS |
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COMPLIANCE WITH CONTRACTS AND CREDIT AND COLLECTION POLICY |
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PERFORMANCE AND ENFORCEMENT OF RECEIVABLE SALE AGREEMENT |
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COLLECTIONS |
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COLLECTION NOTICES |
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DELEGATION OF DUTIES |
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EXCULPATORY PROVISIONS |
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RATABLE PAYMENTS |
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CONSENT TO JURISDICTION |
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WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
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INTEGRATION; BINDING EFFECT; SURVIVAL OF TERMS. |
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COUNTERPARTS; SEVERABILITY; SECTION REFERENCES |
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CHARACTERIZATION |
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NO PROCEEDINGS |
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EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES
Exhibit I |
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Exhibit II-A |
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Form of Purchase Notice |
Exhibit II-B |
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Form of Reduction Notice |
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Principal Places of Business and Chief Executive Offices of the Seller Parties; Locations of Records; Federal Employer Identification Number(s) |
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RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of January 19, 2012 (this Agreement), is among:
(a) Ferrellgas Receivables, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (Seller),
(b) Ferrellgas, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (Ferrellgas), as initial Servicer (the initial Servicer together with Seller, the Seller Parties and each a Seller Party),¶
(c) Fifth Third Bank (Fifth Third or a Purchaser),¶
(d) PNC Bank, National Association (PNC or a Purchaser), and
(C) Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., individually (Wells or a Purchaser), (e) Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., individually (Wells or a Purchaser), in its capacity as issuer of the Letters of Credit (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the LC Issuer) and as administrative agent for the LC Issuer and the Purchasers (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity hereunder, the Administrative Agent and, together with the LC Issuer and the Purchasers, the Investor Parties).¶
(D) Fifth Third Bank, individually (Fifth Third or a Purchaser) and as a co-agent (a Co-Agent),¶
(E) SunTrust Bank, individually (SunTrust or a Purchaser) and as a co-agent (a Co-Agent), and¶
(F) Wells, as administrative agent for the Purchasers (hereinafter defined) (together with its successors and assigns hereunder, the Administrative Agent and, together with the Co-Agents, the Agents).
Unless defined elsewhere herein, capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in Exhibit I and, if not defined therein, the meanings assigned to such terms in the Receivable Sale Agreement referenced therein.
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS
A. The Seller desires to transfer and assign Purchaser Interests to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the PurchasersInvestor Parties from time to time prior to the Facility Termination Date.
B. Each of the Purchasers, or the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Purchasers, shall purchase Purchaser Interests from Seller from time to time prior to the Facility Termination Date. In lieu of requiring cash payments for all of the Purchaser Interests, the Seller may from time to time request that the LC Issuer
issue Letters of Credit, and the LC Issuer has agreed, subject to the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement, to issue such Letters of Credit.
C. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. has been requested and is willing to act as LC Issuer and as Administrative Agent on behalf of the LC Issuer and the Purchasers in accordance with the terms hereof.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto hereby further agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
PURCHASE ARRANGEMENTS
Section 1.1. Purchase Facility; Reduction in Purchase Limit¶.
(a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereof, Seller may, at its option, from time to time during the period from the date hereof to but not including the Facility Termination Date, sell and assign Purchaser Interests to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the PurchasersInvestor Parties, for a Purchase Price that is payable in cash and/or, at Sellers option, through the issuance of Letters of Credit requested by the Seller in accordance with Section 2.1; provided that at no time may the Aggregate CapitalCredit Exposure at any one time outstanding exceed the lesser of (i) the Purchase Limit and (ii) the Net Receivables Balance less the Required Reserves (the Investment Base) as reflected on the most recent Interim Report. Seller hereby assigns, transfers and conveys to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Purchasers in accordance with their respective PercentagesInvestor Parties, and the Administrative Agent hereby acquires, all of Sellers now owned and existing and hereafter arising or acquired right, title and interest in and to the Purchaser Interests. The Seller Partiess right to request Purchases, whether for cash, Letters of Credit or a combination thereof, and the Purchasers several Commitments, shall automatically terminate on the Facility Termination Date.
(b) Not more than oncefour times per calendar monthyear, in addition to the changes in the Aggregate Commitment specified on Schedule A hereto, the Seller may, upon at least 5 Business Days prior written notice to each of the AgentsPurchasers, terminate in whole or reduce in part, ratably among the Purchasers, the unused portion of the Purchase Limit and the Aggregate Commitment; provided that (i) each partial reduction of the Purchase Limit (i) shall be in an amount equal to $5,000,000 or an integral multiple thereof, (ii) shall permanently decrease the Aggregate Commitment for each group of months in Schedule A hereto by a like amountmust be at the maximum amount specified in Schedule A for at least three months in each calendar year, and (iii) each partial reduction of the Purchase Limit shall be apportioned amongst the Commitments of the Purchasers ratably in accordance with their respective Percentages. Each notice of a partial decrease in the Purchase Limit shall be accompanied by an updated version of Schedule A hereto bearing the effective date of such decrease, and in no event may the Aggregate Commitment be reduced to a level less than the Aggregate CapitalCredit Exposure outstanding unless it is accompanied by an Aggregate Reduction made in accordance with Section 1.3 in the amount necessary to eliminate any excess Aggregate Capital outstandingInvestment Excess.
Section 1.2. Increases.
(a) On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, from time to time prior to the Facility Termination Date, Seller may request Incremental Purchases by (i) delivering by electronic mail to the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 noon (New York time) on a Business Day (a Notice Date) an irrevocable written notice in the form set forth as Exhibit II-A hereto (a Purchase Notice), which notice shall promptly be confirmed by a telephone call to the Administrative Agent; provided that a Purchase Notice will be effectively delivered notwithstanding any failure by Seller to so confirm such notice by telephone calland (ii) confirmation of the amount of cash requested in the Purchase Notice by entering such amount in Wells electronic C.E.O. portal. Each Purchase Notice shall be subject to Section 6.2 hereof, shall be irrevocable and shall specify the requested amount of the Purchase Price (to be paid in cash (the Cash Purchase Price), which shall not be less than $1,000,000) and date of purchase100,000, the amount (if any) of the total Purchase Price to be paid by the issuance of Letters of Credit, and the date of the proposed Purchase. Upon receipt of each Purchase Notice, subject to Section 1.2(b) below, the Administrative Agent will makepay the requested Cash Purchase Price on behalf of the Purchasers not later than 4:00 p.m. (New York time) on the Notice Date; provided that after giving effect to such Purchase, the Aggregate Capital shall not exceed the lesser of (i) the Purchase Limit and (ii) the Investment Baseno Investment Excess shall exist and be continuing.
(b) If the Administrative Agent elects not to fund the requested Cash Purchase Price on behalf of the Purchasers in accordance with Section 1.2(a), not later than 3:00 p.m. (New York time) on the Notice Date, the Administrative Agent will notify the Seller of such election and not later than 4:00 p.m. (New York time) on the Notice Date, the Administrative Agent will deliver to the other Agents copies ofPurchasers the applicable Purchase Notice, in which case, on the terms and subject to the conditions hereof, each of the Purchasers severally agrees to make a Purchasewire transfer of cash to the Administrative Agents Account in an amount equal to its Percentage of the requested Cash Purchase Price, not later than 1:00 p.m. (New York time) on the next Business Day; provided that, with the exception of the Administrative Agent, at no time may any Purchasers CapitalCredit Exposure at any one time outstanding exceed the lesser of (i) such Purchasers Percentage of the Purchase LimitCommitment, and (ii) such Purchasers Percentage of the Investment Base.
(c) Except with respect to the initial Purchase to be made under this Agreement on the date hereof (for which initialthe Cash Purchase Price shall be made ratably amongstfunded on the date hereof by the Purchasers ratably in accordance with their respective Percentages), unless and until the Administrative Agent has delivered to the Seller Parties and the other AgentsPurchasers not later than 12:00 noon (New York time) one Business Day prior to a proposed Purchase Date written notice that it is electing to cease funding PurchasesCash Purchase Prices on behalf of the Purchasers (a Fronting Cessation Notice), the Seller Parties and the Purchasers shall be entitled to assume that the Administrative Agent will fund, and the Administrative Agent agrees to fund, each Purchasers Cash Purchase Price pursuant to this Section 1.2(a).1.2.
(d) On the date of each Incremental Purchase, upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions precedent set forth in Article VI, either (i) the Administrative Agent shall deposit or otherwise initiate a wire transfer to the Facility Account, in immediately available funds, no later than 4:00 p.m. (New York time), an amount equal to the aggregate Cash Purchase Price of the requested Purchase, or (ii) in the case of the Purchase to be made on the date hereof, or if a
Fronting Cessation Notice has been timely delivered, each Purchaser shall initiate a wire transfer to such account or accounts as the Administrative Agent may from time to time specify in writing to such Purchaser, in immediately available funds, no later than 1:00 p.m. (New York time) on the date of such Incremental Purchase, in an amount equal to its Percentage of the aggregate Cash Purchase Price of the requested Purchase, and the Administrative Agent will promptly wire transfer or otherwise credit such amounts in immediately available funds to the Facility Account.
Section 1.3. Decreases.
(a) (a) Seller shall provide the Administrative Agent with irrevocable prior written notice in the form of Exhibit II-B hereto (each, a Reduction Notice) of any proposed reduction of Aggregate Capital from Collections not later than 1:00 p.m. (New York time) on the Business Day on which the proposed reduction is to occur (the Proposed Reduction Date). Such Reduction Notice shall designate (A) the Proposed Reduction Date, and (B) the amount by which the Aggregate Capital is to be reduced (the Aggregate Reduction) which shall be not less than $1,000,000 in the aggregate. The Administrative Agent will apply the Aggregate Reduction to the Administrative Agents Purchaser Interests to the fullest extent possible and, to the extent its Purchaser Interests are not large enough(a) If Seller wishes to make a voluntary reduction of the Aggregate Credit Exposure, Seller shall provide the Administrative Agent with irrevocable prior written notice in the form of Exhibit II-B hereto (each, a Reduction Notice) of any proposed reduction of Aggregate Credit Exposure from Collections not later than 1:00 p.m. (New York time) on the Business Day on which the proposed reduction is to occur (the Proposed Reduction Date). Such Reduction Notice shall designate (A) the Proposed Reduction Date, (B) the amount by which the Aggregate Capital is to be reduced (the Aggregate Reduction) which shall be not less than $100,000 in the aggregate, and (C) solely if there is insufficient Aggregate Capital outstanding to absorb the entire Aggregate Reduction, it shall distribute the excess to the Purchasers for application to their Purchaser Interests as soon as reasonably feasible and in any event not later than the next Business Day in accordance with Section 1.4.the amount to be deposited to the Letter of Credit Collateral Account to Cash Collateralize the Total LC Obligations in the amount required to absorb the entire Aggregate Reduction. Aggregate Reductions to be applied to the reduction of Aggregate Capital will first be applied to the Capital of the Administrative Agents Purchaser Interests, and then be applied to the Purchasers Capital as soon as reasonably feasible and in any event not later than the next Business Day in accordance with Section 1.4.
(b) If, on any date of determination, the Aggregate Capital outstanding exceeds the lesser of (i) the Purchase Limit and (ii) the Investment Base, then Seller shall pay to the Administrative Agent, as applicable, (x) an amount to be applied to reduce the Aggregate Capital outstanding such that after giving effect to such payment, the Aggregate Capital is less than or equal to the Investment Base or (y) an amount necessary to reduce the Aggregate Capital to the Purchase Limit. The Administrative Agent will apply the payment received to the Administrative Agents Purchaser Interests to the fullest extent possible and, to the extent its Purchaser Interests are not large enough to absorb the entire payment, it shall distribute the excess to the Purchasers for application to their Purchaser Interests as soon as reasonably feasible and in any event not later than the next Business Day in accordance with Section 1.4.If on any date any Interim Report is delivered which reveals that an Investment Excess exists, on such delivery date, Seller shall pay to the Administrative Agents Account an amount to be applied to reduce the Aggregate Credit
Exposure outstanding such that after giving effect to such payment, no Investment Excess is continuing. The Administrative Agent will apply the payment received in the same order as specified in Section 1.3(a).
Section 1.4. Funding and Paydown Settlements.
(a) In order to administer the facility evidenced by this Agreement in an efficient manner and to minimize the transfer of funds between the Administrative Agent and the Purchasers, the Administrative Agent may, at its option, subject to the terms of this Section, make available, on behalf of the Purchasers, the full amount of eachCash Purchase Price requested or charged to the Purchase Account or otherwise to be advanced by the Purchasers pursuant to the terms hereof, without requirement of prior notice to the Purchasers of the proposed payment of Cash Purchase Price.
(b) With respect to all Purchases madeCash Purchase Prices funded by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Purchasers as provided in this Section, the amount of each Purchasers Percentage of the outstanding Purchaser InterestsAggregate Capital shall be computed at least weekly, and shall be adjusted upward or downward on the basis of the amount of the outstanding Purchaser InterestsAggregate Capital as of 5:00 p.m. (New York time) on the Business Day immediately preceding the date of each settlement computation; provided that the Administrative Agent retains the absolute right at any time or from time to time to make the above-described adjustments at intervals more frequent than weekly. The Administrative Agent shall deliver to each of the Purchasers after the end of each week, or at such lesser period or periods as the Administrative Agent shall determine, a summary statement of the amount of outstanding PurchasesAggregate Capital for such period (such week or lesser period or periods being hereinafter referred to as a Funding Settlement Period). If the summary statement is sent by the Administrative Agent and received by a Purchaser prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York time) on a Business Day, then such Purchaser shall make the settlement transfer described in this Section by no later than 4:00 p.m. (New York time) on such Business Day. If, as of the end of any Funding Settlement Period, the combined Capital amount of a Purchasers Purchaser Interests is more than such Purchasers Percentage of the Aggregate Capital outstanding, then the Administrative Agent shall forthwith (but in no event later than the time set forth in the preceding sentence) transfer to such Purchaser by wire transfer in immediately available funds the amount of such excess. Alternatively, if, as of the end of any Funding Settlement Period, the combined Capital amount of a Purchasers Purchaser Interests is less than such Purchasers Percentage of the Aggregate Capital outstanding, then such Purchaser shall forthwith (but in no event later than the time set forth in the second preceding sentence) transfer to the Administrative Agent by wire transfer in immediately available funds the amount of such deficiency. The obligation of each of the Purchasers and the Administrative Agent to transfer such funds and effect such settlement shall be irrevocable and unconditional and without recourse to or warranty by the transferring party. The Administrative Agent and each Purchaser agrees to mark its books and records at the end of each Funding Settlement Period to show at all times its Capital outstanding. Each Purchaser shall only be entitled to receive Yield on its Capital to the extent such Capital has been actually funded by such Purchaser. Because the Administrative Agent on behalf of Purchasers may be advancing and/or may be repaid Capital prior to the time when the Purchasers will actually advance and/or be repaid their Capital, Yield with respect to Aggregate Capital shall be allocated by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the amount of Capital actually advanced by and repaid to the
Administrative Agent and each Purchaser and shall accrue from and including the date such Capital is so advanced to but excluding the date such Capital is either repaid by Seller or actually settled with the applicable Purchaser as described in this Section.
(c) To the extent that the Administrative Agent has made any such amounts available and the settlement described above shall not yet have occurred, upon repayment of any Aggregate Capital by Seller, the Administrative Agent may apply such amounts repaid directly to any amounts made available by the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section. In lieu of weekly or more frequent settlements, subject to Section 1.2(c), the Administrative Agent may, at its option, at any time require each Purchaser to provide the Administrative Agent with immediately available funds representing its Percentage of the Cash Purchase Price for a Purchaser Interest, prior to the Administrative Agents disbursement of such Cash Purchase Price to Seller. In the event that the Administrative Agent elects to require prior funding by each Purchaser of its Percentage of a Cash Purchase Price before making such Cash Purchase Price available to Seller in accordance with Section 1.2(c), all PurchasesCash Purchase Prices for Purchaser Interests under this Agreement shall be funded by the Purchasers simultaneously and proportionately to their Percentages. No Purchaser shall be responsible for any default by any other Purchaser in the other Purchasers obligation to make its Percentage of a Cash Purchase Price requested hereunder nor shall the Commitment of any Purchaser be increased or decreased as a result of the default by any other Purchaser in the other Purchasers obligation to make its Percentage of a Cash Purchase Price funding hereunder.
(d) If the Administrative Agent is not funding a particular Purchase to Seller pursuant to SectionsSection 1.4(a) and 1.4(b) above on any day but is requiring each Purchaser to provide the Administrative Agent with immediately available funds on the date of such Purchase as provided in Section 1.4(c) above, the Administrative Agent may assume that each Purchaser will make available to the Administrative Agent such Purchasers Percentage of the Cash Purchase Price requested or otherwise made on such day and the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to (except to the extent of funds actually received by the Administrative Agent from the Purchasers), cause a corresponding amount to be made available to Seller on such day. If the Administrative Agent makes such corresponding amount available to Seller and such corresponding amount is not in fact made available to the Administrative Agent by such Purchaser, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such corresponding amount on demand from such Purchaser together with interest thereon for each day from the date such payment was due until the date such amount is paid to the Administrative Agent at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Effective Rate, changing when and as such rate changes, and if such amounts are not paid within three (3) Business Days of the Administrative Agents demand, at a rate per annum equal to the sum of the Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 200 basis points, changing when and as the Federal Funds Effective Rate changes. During the period in which such Purchaser has not paid such corresponding amount to the Administrative Agent, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents, the amount so advanced by the Administrative Agent to or for the benefit of Seller shall, for all purposes hereof, be a Purchase made by the Administrative Agent for its own account. Upon any such failure by a Purchaser to pay the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall promptly thereafter notify Seller of such failure and Seller shall pay such corresponding amount to the Administrative Agent for its own account within five (5) Business Days of Sellers receipt of such notice. A Purchaser who fails to pay the Administrative Agent its Percentage of any Cash Purchase Price
made available by the Administrative Agent on such Purchasers behalf, or any Purchaser who fails to pay any other amount owing by it to the Administrative Agent, is a Defaulting Purchaser. A Defaulting Purchaser shall be deemed not to be a Purchaser and such Defaulting Purchasers Commitment shall be deemed to be zero dollars ($0) for purposes of determining voting rights, fees and rights to receive any Collections or other payments. This Section shall remain effective with respect to a Defaulting Purchaser, and the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to receive and retain the Defaulting Purchasers Percentage of any fees, Collections and other payments due, until such default is cured (either voluntarily by the Defaulting Purchaser or by virtue of the Administrative Agents receipt of the Defaulting Purchasers share of such fees, Collections and other payments). The operation of this Section shall not be construed to increase or otherwise affect the Commitment of any other Purchaser, or relieve or excuse the performance by Seller of its duties and obligations hereunder.
(e) Nothing in this Section or elsewhere in this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents shall be deemed to require the Administrative Agent to advance funds on behalf of any Purchaser or to relieve any Purchaser from its obligation to fulfill its Commitment hereunder or to prejudice any rights that Seller may have against any Purchaser as a result of any default by any Purchaser hereunder in fulfilling its Commitment.
Section 1.5. Obligations Several; Independent Nature of Purchasers Rights. The obligation of each Purchaser hereunder is several, and no Purchaser shall be responsible for the obligation or commitment of any other Purchaser hereunder. Nothing contained in this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents and no action taken by the Purchasers pursuant hereto or thereto shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers to be a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity. The amounts payable at any time hereunder to each Purchaser shall be a separate and independent debt, and each Purchaser shall be entitled to protect and enforce its rights arising out of this Agreement and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose. Notwithstanding the foregoing, except with the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, no Purchaser may assert or exercise any enforcement right or remedy in respect of its PurchasesPurchaser Interests or any other obligations under the Transaction Documents, as against Seller or any property of Seller.
Section 1.6. Payment Requirements. All amounts to be paid or deposited by any Seller Party pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall be paid or deposited in accordance with the terms hereof no later than 1:00 p.m. (New York time) on the day when due in immediately available funds, and if not received before 1:00 p.m. (New York time) shall be deemed to be received on the next succeeding Business Day. All amounts payable to the Administrative Agent, the LC Issuer or any Purchaser shall be paid to the Administrative Agents Account, and the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit each applicable Purchasers portion thereof (if any) in immediately available funds to such account as such Purchaser may from time to time specify in writing. All computations of Interest and Yield at LMIR and Unusedall Fees and LC Fees shall be made on the basis of a year of 360 days for the actual number of days elapsed. All computations of Interest and Yield at the Alternate Base Rate shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 (or, when appropriate, 366) days for the actual number of days elapsed. If any amount hereunder shall be payable on a day which is not a Business Day, such amount shall be payable on the next succeeding Business Day. Each Purchaser shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of Seller to such Person resulting from each
payment of Cash Purchase madePrice funded by such Purchaser from time to time, including the amounts of Capital, Interest and Yield payable and paid to such Person from time to time hereunder. Upon request of the Seller or the Administrative Agent, each Purchaser will confirm the amount of its outstanding Capital and the amount of any accrued and unpaid Interest and Yield. The entries maintained in the accounts maintained pursuant to this Section shall absent manifest error be correct evidence of the existence and amounts of the Aggregate Unpaids therein recorded; provided, however, that the failure of any Purchaser to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of Seller to repay the Aggregate Unpaids in accordance with this Agreement.
Section 1.7. Purchase Account. The Administrative Agent shall maintain an account on its books in the name of the Seller (the Purchase Account) on which the Seller will be charged with all Purchasesfundings of Cash Purchase Price, all LC Disbursements, all Yield, all Interest, all feesFees and LC Fees, and all other costs payable to the Administrative Agent, the LC Issuer or any Purchaser. The Purchase Account will be credited with all payments received for Sellers account. The Administrative Agent shall render monthly statements regarding the Purchase Account to the Purchasers and the Seller, including Capital, LC Disbursements, Yield, fees, and an itemization ofInterest, Fees, LC Fees and all other costs, and such statements, absent manifest error, shall be conclusively presumed to be correct and accurate and constitute an account stated between the Seller and the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the PurchasersInvestor Parties, unless, within 30 days after receipt thereof by the Seller, the Seller shall deliver to the Administrative Agent written objection thereto describing the error or errors contained in any such statements. The Seller hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent, from time to time without prior notice to Seller, to charge to the Purchase Account for all Capital, Yield, feesLC Disbursements, Reimbursement Obligations, Yield, Interest, Fees, LC Fees, and all other costs payable to the Administrative Agent, the LC Issuer or any Purchaser owing hereunder or under any of the other Transaction Documents (in each case, as and when due and payable) which amounts thereafter shall constitute Purchases hereunder.
ARTICLE II
LETTER OF CREDIT SUBFACILITY¶
Section 2.1. Letters of Credit¶. On the terms and subject to the conditions hereof, in lieu of requiring the Purchase Price for each Purchaser Interest to be paid for solely in cash, the Seller may, from time to time before the Facility Termination Date, request that the LC Issuer, and the LC Issuer shall issue Letters of Credit, and renew, extend, increase, decrease or otherwise modify each Letter of Credit (Modify, and each such action a Modification) in payment of a portion of the Purchase Price for such Purchaser Interest specified by the Seller; provided that no Letter of Credit shall be issued or Modified by the LC Issuer if, after giving effect thereto, (a) the LC Obligations would exceed the LC Sublimit, or (b) an Investment Excess would exist; and provided, further, that (i) each Letter of Credit issued pursuant to this Section 2.1 shall have a face amount of not less than $100,000, (ii) no Letter of Credit shall have an initial expiry date later than the earlier to occur of the Stated Termination Date and one year from the date of issuance, (iii) Letters of Credit may contain an evergreen provision extending them annually for additional one-year periods unless the LC Issuer provides notice of termination to the beneficiary and Buyer at least 30 days prior to its existing expiry date. The Sellers right to request Letters of Credit and Modifications, and the LC Issuers obligation to issue them, shall automatically terminate on the Facility Termination Date, on which date the Total LC Obligations shall be required to be Cash Collateralized in an amount equal to 105% of the Aggregate Face Amount Outstanding and all Reimbursement Obligations then outstanding. It is understood that the original issuance of a Letter of Credit shall constitute payment of a portion of the Purchase Price for a Purchaser Interest in an amount equal to the maximum face amount of such Letter of Credit.¶
Section 2.2. LC Applications¶. Each request for a Letter of Credit shall be made by Sellers electronic or facsimile delivery of a copy of the Letter of Credit Request provided to it under the Receivable Sale Agreement not less than three (3) Business Days prior to the desired Business Day of issuance or Modification. The issuance or Modification by the LC Issuer of any Letter of Credit shall, in addition to the conditions precedent set forth in Article VI, be subject to the conditions precedent that (a) such Letter of Credit shall be reasonably satisfactory to the LC Issuer and (b) the Seller shall have executed and delivered an LC Application and/or such other instruments and agreements relating to such Letter of Credit as the LC Issuer shall have reasonably requested. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of any LC Application, the terms of this Agreement shall control. On or about the date of each issuance or Modification of a Letter of Credit, the Administrative Agent or the LC Issuer will notify the Purchasers of the terms of such issuance or Modification.¶
Section 2.3. Notice of Disbursement; Reimbursement by the Seller.¶
(a) The LC Issuer shall, promptly following its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit and notify the Purchasers of its receipt of same. The LC Issuer shall promptly notify the Seller and the Purchasers by telephone (confirmed by fax or electronic mail) of such demand for payment and whether the LC Issuer has made or will make a disbursement in respect of such Letter of Credit (an LC Disbursement ); provided that any failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall not (A) relieve the Seller of its obligation to reimburse the LC Issuer with respect to any such LC Disbursement (other than with respect to the timing of such Reimbursement Obligation set forth
in Section 2.3(b)(ii)), or (B) relieve any Purchasers obligation to acquire participations as required pursuant to Section 2.6.¶
(b) If the LC Issuer shall make any LC Disbursement, the Seller shall reimburse such LC Disbursement by paying to the LC Issuer an amount equal to such LC Disbursement not later than 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on (i) the date that such LC Disbursement is made if the Seller shall have received notice of such LC Disbursement prior to 12:00 noon, New York City time, on such date, or (ii) if such notice has not been received by the Seller prior to such time on such date, the Business Day immediately following the day that the Seller receives such notice (either such date, as applicable, the Reimbursement Due Date). To the extent there are sufficient funds available in the Letter of Credit Collateral Account, the Administrative Agent shall withdraw funds from the Letter of Credit Collateral Account to satisfy a Reimbursement Obligation in respect of an LC Disbursement. If an LC Disbursement has not been satisfied pursuant to the first two sentences of this Section 2.3(b) by 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on the applicable Reimbursement Due Date, the LC Issuer shall promptly notify the Purchasers thereof, whereupon the Seller shall be deemed to have requested that an Incremental Purchase with a Cash Purchase Price equal to the unreimbursed LC Disbursement be made on the next Business Day thereafter in accordance with Section 1.2(a) and that such Reimbursement Obligation be paid with the proceeds of such Incremental Purchase. The Administrative Agent, or, as applicable, each of the Purchasers participating in such Incremental Purchase, is hereby directed to pay the proceeds of its Percentage of such Incremental Purchase directly to the Administrative Agent, for the sole account of the LC Issuer, in satisfaction of such Reimbursement Obligation. If the Seller fails to pay any Reimbursement Obligation in whole or in part on the applicable Reimbursement Due Date in cash or with the proceeds of an Incremental Purchase, all amounts paid by the LC Issuer in respect of an LC Disbursement remaining unpaid by the Seller or from Cash Collateral shall bear interest (Interest), payable on each Monthly Payment Date in arrears out of Collections, for each day until paid at the LMIR applicable after the occurrence and during the continuation of an Amortization Event (or, solely if the LMIR is unavailable, at the Alternate Base Rate applicable after the occurrence and during the continuation of an Amortization Event). For the avoidance of doubt, Interest on a Reimbursement Obligation shall cease to accrue on the date on which it is repaid, whether with Collections, Cash Collateral or the proceeds of the Purchase of a Purchaser Interest.¶
(c) The responsibility of the LC Issuer to the Seller in making an LC Disbursement shall be only to determine that the documents (including each demand for payment) delivered under each Letter of Credit in connection with such presentment shall be in conformity in all material respects with such Letter of Credit; provided that the Seller shall not hereby be precluded from asserting any claim for direct (but not consequential) damages suffered by the Seller to the extent, but only to the extent, caused by (i) the willful misconduct or gross negligence of the LC Issuer or (ii) the LC Issuers failure to pay under any Letter of Credit issued by it after the presentation to it of a request strictly complying with the terms and conditions of such Letter of Credit.¶
Section 2.4. Obligations Absolute¶. The Sellers Reimbursement Obligations as provided for in Section 2.3(b) shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances and irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Agreement or the applicable LC Application; (ii) the existence of any claim, counterclaim, set-off, defense or
other right that the Seller or any of its Affiliates 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 LC Issuer or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction; (iii) any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under such Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect (provided that such draft, demand, certificate or other document presented pursuant to such Letter of Credit appears on its face to comply with the terms thereof) 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 LC 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 (provided that such draft, demand, certificate or other document presented pursuant to such Letter of Credit appears on its face to comply with the terms thereof); or any payment made by the LC 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 the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, or any 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; (v) any exchange, release or non-perfection of any collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver of or consent to the departure from any guarantee, for all or any of the obligations of the Seller or any Seller in respect of any Letter of Credit; or (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 Seller or the applicable Seller. The Seller 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 Sellers instructions or other irregularity, the Seller will immediately (and in any event within five Business Days) notify the LC Issuer. The Seller shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against the LC Issuer and its correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.¶
Section 2.5. Actions of LC Issuer¶. With respect to any actions taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct, the LC Issuer shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any Letter of Credit, draft, writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, cablegram, telegram, telecopy, telex or teletype message, statement, order or other document believed in good faith 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, independent accountants and other experts selected by the LC Issuer.¶
Section 2.6. Risk Participations¶.¶
(a) The LC Issuer hereby sells to each of the Purchasers, and, to induce the LC Issuer to issue Letters of Credit hereunder, each of the Purchasers hereby irrevocably accepts and purchases from the LC Issuer, on the terms and conditions hereinafter stated, for such Purchasers own account and risk, an undivided interest equal to such Purchasers Percentage of the LC Issuers rights and obligations under each Letter of Credit issued hereunder and the amount of each LC
Disbursement paid by the LC Issuer thereunder. Each Purchaser absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably agrees with the LC Issuer that, if an LC Disbursement is paid under any Letter of Credit for which the LC Issuer is not reimbursed in full by the Seller on or before the Business Day after the applicable Reimbursement Due Date in accordance with Section 2.3(b) above, such Purchaser shall pay to the LC Issuer, upon demand, an amount equal to such Purchasers Percentage of the amount of such LC Disbursement, or any part thereof, which was not so reimbursed.¶
(b) Upon becoming aware of any amount required to be paid by any Purchaser to the LC Issuer pursuant to Section 2.3(b) in respect of any unreimbursed portion of any LC Disbursement made by the LC Issuer under any Letter of Credit, the Administrative Agent or the LC Issuer shall notify the Purchasers of the amount and due date of such required payment, and each of the Purchasers shall pay to the LC Issuer the amount specified on the applicable due date to the extent not paid by the Seller (including, without limitation, payment by the Seller through the proceeds of an Incremental Purchase in accordance with Section 2.3(b) above). If any such amount is paid to the LC Issuer after the date such payment is due from the Purchasers, each Purchaser shall pay to the LC Issuer on demand, in addition to such amount, the product of (i) such amount, times (ii) the daily average Federal Funds Effective Rate as determined by the Administrative Agent during the period from and including the date such payment is due to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the LC Issuer, times (iii) a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days that elapse during such period and the denominator of which is 360. With respect to payment to the LC Issuer of the unreimbursed amounts described in this Section 2.3(b), if the Purchasers receive notice that any such payment is due from the Purchasers (A) prior to 1:00 p.m. (New York time) on any Business Day, such payment shall be due on that Business Day, and (B) after 1:00 p.m. (New York time) on any Business Day, such payment shall be due on the following Business Day.¶
(c) Whenever, at any time after the LC Issuer has made an LC Disbursement and has received from any Purchaser its applicable Percentage of such payment in accordance with this Section 2.3(b), the LC Issuer receives any payment related to the principal of or Interest on a Reimbursement Obligation (whether directly from the Seller or otherwise), or any payment of Interest on account thereof, the LC Issuer will distribute to each such Purchaser its pro rata share thereof in accordance with such Purchasers Percentage; provided that in the event that any such payment received by the LC Issuer shall be required to be returned by the LC Issuer, each of the Purchasers shall return to the LC Issuer the portion thereof previously distributed by the LC Issuer to it.¶
Section 2.7. Fees and LC Fees¶. The Seller shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Investor Parties the Fees and LC Fees, in the amounts and on the dates set forth in the Fee Letters, in addition to all transactional fees and expenses of the LC Issuer payable pursuant to any LC Application in connection with the issuance of a Letter of Credit or Modification.¶
Section 2.8. Letter of Credit Collateral Account¶. The Administrative Agent shall maintain the Letter of Credit Collateral Account in its own name at the Administrative Agents offices. Collections shall from time to time be deposited into the Letter of Credit Collateral Account pursuant to Article III or otherwise by the Seller and shall be removed by the Administrative Agent, as necessary, to reimburse LC Disbursements that are not otherwise repaid in accordance with Section 2.3. A Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be fully Cash Collateralized by the deposit of cash into the Letter of Credit Collateral Account in the amount of 105% of the maximum remaining face amount of such Letter of Credit. In addition to the Administrative Agents right to withdraw funds from time to time from the Letter of Credit Collateral Account pursuant to Section 2.3, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Amortization Event, the Administrative Agent shall have all of the rights and remedies of a secured party upon default under the UCC. For the avoidance of doubt, satisfaction of a Reimbursement Obligation through the application of Cash Collateral or the proceeds of a Purchase of a Purchaser Interest shall not give rise to an Amortization Event under Section 9.1(a).¶
ARTICLE III
PAYMENTS AND COLLECTIONS
Section 3.1. Section 2.1. Monthly Payment Dates. Notwithstanding any limitation on recourse contained in this Agreement, on each Monthly Payment Date, Seller shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of such Purchasersthe Investor Parties or the Servicer, as applicable, in each case, on a full recourse basis and without duplication (i) the Unused FeeFees and the LC Fees, (ii) all amounts payable as Interest and Yield, (iii) all amounts payable pursuant to Article X, if any, and (iv) all Servicer costs and expenses, including the Servicing Fee, in connection with servicing, administering and collecting the Receivables (all of the foregoing, together with the Administrative Agents Fee, collectively, the Recourse Obligations). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Agreement or any Fee Letter shall require the payment or permit the collection of any amounts hereunder in excess of the maximum permitted by applicable law. If at any time Seller receives any Collections or is deemed to receive any Collections, Seller shall immediately pay such Collections or Deemed Collections to the Servicer for application in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof and, at all times prior to such payment, such Collections or Deemed Collections shall be held in trust by Seller for the exclusive benefit of the Purchasers and the AgentsInvestor Parties.
Section 3.2. Section 2.2. Reinvestment Procedures. On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, including, without limitation, Section 6.2, on each Business Day prior to the Facility Termination Date, and provided that Section 2.33.3 shall not then be applicable, (i) the Servicer (or, after delivery of Collection Notices pursuant to Section 8.3, the Administrative Agent) shall set aside and hold in trust for the payment of any Aggregate Unpaids or for a Reinvestment as provided in this Section 2.23.2 any Collections received on or prior to such day and not previously set aside or paid; (ii) after payment of amounts (if any) due
and owing on such date pursuant to Sections 2.13.1 and 2.5,1.3(b), the Seller hereby requests and the applicable Purchasers hereby agree to make, simultaneously with such receipt, a reinvestment (each, a Reinvestment) with that portion of the balance of each and every Collection so received that is part of any Purchaser Interest, such that after giving effect to such Reinvestment, the amount of Capital of sucheach Purchaser Interest immediately after such receipt and corresponding Reinvestment shall be equal to the amount of Capital, if any, immediately prior to such receipt, and no Investment Excess exists; and (iii) the Servicer (and, after delivery of the Collection Notices, the Administrative Agent) shall remit the balance, if any, of such Collections remaining after the applications provided in clause (ii) to the Seller or its designee.
Section 3.3. Section 2.3. Liquidation Settlement Procedures.
(a) If on any Business Day on or prior to the Facility Termination Date, a payment is due pursuant to Section 2.5, the Servicer shall immediately pay to the Administrative Agent, for distribution to the Purchasers, from previously received Collections, the amount specified in such Section for application to reduction of the Aggregate Capital, ratably amongst the Purchasers.an Aggregate Reduction is required to be made pursuant to Section 1.3(b), the Servicer shall immediately pay to the Administrative Agents Account, previously received Collections in the amount specified in such Section for application to the reduction of the Aggregate Capital and, if Aggregate Capital is insufficient to absorb the entire Aggregate Reduction, Cash Collateralization of the Total LC Obligations.
(b) On each Business Day on which an Amortization Event has occurred and is continuing, and on the Facility Termination Date and each Business Day thereafter, the Servicer (or, after delivery of Collection Notices pursuant to Section 8.3, the Administrative Agent) shall, at any time upon the request from time to time by (or pursuant to standing instructions from) the Administrative Agent deposit to the Administrative Agents Account, for the benefit of the PurchasersInvestor Parties, all Collections received on such day, and the Administrative Agent shall distribute such funds in the following order of priority:
(i) first, to the Servicer in payment of the accrued Servicing Fee payable to the Servicer;
(ii) second, in payment in full of the accrued Yield and Unused Fees and other fees, if any, payable by the Seller to any of the Agents or Purchasers;, Interest, Fees and LC Fees payable by the Seller to any of the Investor Parties;
(iii) third, in reduction of the Aggregate Capital to zero; and
(iv) fourth, in payment in full of all other Aggregate Unpaids not covered in clauses (i) through (iii) above.to the Letter of Credit Collateral Account, to Cash Collateralize the Total LC Obligations in full; and ¶
(v) fifth, in payment in full of all other Aggregate Unpaids not covered in clauses (i) through (iv) above.
The Administrative Agent, upon its receipt of such amounts in the Administrative Agents Account, shall distribute such amounts to itself, the LC Issuer and the Purchasers entitled thereto;
provided that if the Administrative Agent shall have insufficient funds to pay all of the above amounts in full on any such date, the Administrative Agent shall pay such amounts in the order of priority set forth above and, with respect to any such category above for which the Administrative Agent shall have insufficient funds to pay all amounts owing on such date, ratably (based on the amounts in such categories owing to such Persons) among all such Persons entitled to payment thereof.
Section 3.4. Section 2.4. Payment Rescission. No payment of any of the Aggregate Unpaids shall be considered paid or applied hereunder to the extent that, at any time, all or any portion of such payment or application is rescinded by application of law or judicial authority, or must otherwise be returned or refunded for any reason. Seller shall remain obligated for the amount of any payment or application so rescinded, returned or refunded, and shall promptly pay to the Administrative Agent (for the account of the applicable Person or Persons who suffered such rescission, return or refund) the full amount thereof, plus Yield thereon at the Discount Rate applicable from and after the occurrence of an Amortization Event from the date of any such rescission, return or refunding.¶
Section 2.5. Maximum Purchaser Interests¶. Seller shall ensure that the Purchaser Interests shall at no time exceed in the aggregate 100%. If the aggregate of the Purchaser Interests exceeds 100%, Seller shall pay to the Administrative Agents Account for the ratable benefit of the Purchasers in accordance with their Percentages within one (1) Business Day an amount to be applied to reduce the Aggregate Capital, such that after giving effect to such payments, the aggregate of the Purchaser Interests equals or is less than l00%.
Section 3.5. Section 2.6. Clean-up CallClean-up Notice. In addition to Sellers rights pursuant to Section 1.3, the Servicer shall have the right (after providing not less than two (2) Business Days prior written notice to the Agents), to direct the Seller at any time following the reduction of the Aggregate Capital to a level that is less than 10.0% of the original Purchase Limit, repurchase from the Purchasers all, but not less than all, of the then outstanding Purchaser Interests (a Clean-up Call). The aggregate purchase price in respect thereof shall be an amount equal to the Aggregate Unpaids through the date of such repurchase, payable in immediately available funds. Such repurchase shall be without representation, warranty or recourse of any kind by, on the part of, or against any of the Purchasers or Agents, except that the Agents and the Purchasers shall represent and warrant that the Purchasers Interests are free and clear of any Adverse Claim created by any of them. Upon such payment in full of the Aggregate Unpaids following a Clean-up Call, the Commitments and this Agreement shall terminate and be of no further force and effect, except for provisions which expressly survive termination.the Sellers rights pursuant to Section 1.3, the Servicer shall have the right, after providing not less than two (2) Business Days prior written notice to the Purchasers (such notice, a Clean-up Notice), to direct the Seller at any time following the reduction of the Aggregate Credit Exposure to a level that is less than 10.0% of the original Purchase Limit, to repay or Cash Collateralize the Purchasers for all, but not less than all, of the Aggregate Unpaids (with outstanding Letters of Credit being required to be Cash Collateralized in an amount equal to 105% of the Aggregate Face Amount Outstanding). Upon such payment and Cash Collateralization in full of the Aggregate Unpaids following a Clean-up Notice, the Commitments and this Agreement shall terminate and be of no further force and effect, except for provisions which expressly survive termination.¶
ARTICLE III
[RESERVED]
ARTICLE IV
YIELD
Section 4.1. Yield. Each Purchaser Interest shall accrue Yield at a rate per annum equal to the Discount Rate.
Section 4.2. Yield Payments. On each Monthly Payment Date, Seller shall pay to the Administrative Agent (for the benefit of the Purchasers) an aggregates Account, an amount equal to the accrued and unpaid Yield on each Purchaser Interestthe Aggregate Capital for the Accrual Period (or portion thereof) then most recently ended.
Section 4.3. Suspension of LMIR.
(a) If any Purchaser notifies Seller and the Agents that it has determined that funding its Purchaser Interests at LMIR would violate any applicable law, rule, regulation, or directive of any governmental or regulatory authority, whether or not having the force of law, or that (i) deposits of a type and maturity appropriate to match fund its Purchaser Interests at LMIR are not available or (ii) LMIR does not accurately reflect the cost of acquiring or maintaining a Purchaser Interest at such rate, then the applicable Purchaser(s) shall suspend the availability of LMIR and their Purchaser Interests shall thereafter accrue Yield at the Alternate Base Rate.If any Purchaser notifies Seller and the Administrative Agent that it has determined that funding its cash Purchases at LMIR would violate any applicable law, rule, regulation, or directive of any governmental or regulatory authority, whether or not having the force of law, or that (i) deposits of a type and maturity appropriate to match-fund its Purchaser Interests at LMIR are not available or (ii) LMIR does not accurately reflect the cost of acquiring or maintaining its Purchaser Interests at such rate, then each applicable Purchaser shall suspend the availability of LMIR and its Capital shall thereafter accrue Yield at the Alternate Base Rate and all of the Reimbursement Obligations shall thereafter accrue Interest at the Alternate Base Rate applicable during the continuance of an Amortization Event. If LIBOR or the one-month Eurodollar Rate for U.S. dollar deposits permanently ceases to be quoted on Reuters or another similar rate quotation service, the parties will negotiate in good faith to agree upon a rate to replace LMIR based on then prevailing market practices for loans priced based on similar rates and, pending agreement on such new rate, Capital shall accrue Yield at the Alternate Base Rate, and Reimbursement Obligations shall accrue Interest at the Alternate Base Rate applicable during the continuance of an Amortization Event.
(b) If less than all of the Purchasers give a notice pursuant to Section 4.3(a), each Purchaser which gave such a notice shall be obliged, at the request of Seller, to assign all of its rights and obligations hereunder to another Purchaser willing to participate in this Agreement through the Scheduled Termination Date in the place of such notifying Purchaser; provided that (i) the notifying Purchaser receives payment in full, pursuant to an Assignment Agreement, of an amount equal to such notifying Purchasers Percentage of the Capital and Yield owing to all of the Purchasers and all accrued but unpaid fees and other costs and expenses payable
in respect of its Percentage of the Aggregate Purchaser InterestsInterest, and (ii) the replacement Purchaser otherwise satisfies the requirements of Section 12.1(b).
ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 5.1. Representations and Warranties of the Seller Parties. Each Seller Party hereby represents and warrants to the AgentsAdministrative Agent and the Purchasers, as to itself, as of the date hereof and as of the date of each Incremental Purchase and the date of each Reinvestment thatCredit Event:
(a) Existence and Power. Such Seller Party is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of Delaware, and is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign entity, and has and holds all organizational power and all governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals required to carry on its business in each jurisdiction in which its business is conducted except where the failure to so qualify or so hold could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Power and Authority; Due Authorization, Execution and Delivery. The execution and delivery by such Seller Party of this Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which it is a party, and the performance of its obligations hereunder and thereunder and, Sellers use of the proceeds of the purchases made hereunder, are within its organizational powers and authority and have been duly authorized by all necessary action on its part. This Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which such Seller Party is a party has been duly executed and delivered by such Seller Party.
(c) No Conflict. The execution and delivery by such Seller Party of this Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which it is a party, and the performance of its obligations hereunder and thereunder do not contravene or violate (i) its Organization Documents, (ii) any lawLaw, rule or regulation applicable to it, (iii) any restrictions under any agreement, contract or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound, or (iv) any order, writ, judgment, award, injunction or decree binding on or affecting it or its property, and do not result in the creation or imposition of any Adverse Claim on assets of such Seller Party (except as created under the Transaction Documents) except, in each case, where such contravention or violation could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and no transaction contemplated hereby requires compliance with any bulk sales act or similar law.
(d) Governmental Authorization. Other than the filing of the financing statements required hereunder and under the Receivable Sale Agreement, no authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory body is required for the due execution and delivery by such Seller Party of this Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which it is a party and the performance of its obligations hereunder and thereunder.
(e) Actions, Suits. There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending, or to the best of such Seller Partys knowledge, threatened, against or affecting such Seller Party,
or any of its properties, in or before any Governmental Authority, which (a) purport to affect or pertain to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby; or (b) if determined adversely to a Seller Party or an Originator, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No injunction, writ, temporary restraining order or any order of any nature has been issued by any court or other Governmental Authority purporting to enjoin or restrain the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or directing that the transactions provided for herein or therein not be consummated as herein or therein provided.
(f) Binding Effect. This Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which such Seller Party is a party constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of such Seller Party enforceable against such Seller Party in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws relating to or limiting creditors rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(g) Accuracy of Information. All information heretofore furnished by such Seller Party or any of its Affiliates to the Administrative Agent or any of the Agents or Purchasers for purposes of or in connection with this Agreement, any of the other Transaction Documents or any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby is, and all such information hereafter furnished by such Seller Party or any of its Affiliates to the Administrative Agent or any of the Agents or Purchasers will be, true and accurate in every material respect on the date such information is stated or certified and does not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading as of the time when made or delivered.
(h) Use of Proceeds. No proceeds of any purchase hereunder will be used (i) for a purpose that violates, or would be inconsistent with, Regulation T, U or X promulgated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from time to time or (ii) to acquire any security in any transaction which is subject to Section 12, 13 or 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.Seller is not engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock (as defined in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as in effect from time to time). No proceeds of any Purchase or Collateral hereunder will be used (i) for a purpose that violates, or would be inconsistent with, Regulation T, U or X promulgated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from time to time or (ii) to acquire any security in any transaction which is subject to Section 12, 13 or 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(i) Good Title. Immediately prior to each PurchaseCredit Event hereunder, Seller shall be the legal and beneficial owner of the Receivables, free and clear of any Adverse Claim, except as created by the Transaction Documents. There have been duly filed all financing statements or other similar instruments or documents necessary under the UCC (or any comparable law) of all appropriate jurisdictions to perfect Sellers ownership interest in the Receivables.
(j) Perfection. This Agreement, together with the filing of the financing statements contemplated hereby, is effective to, and shall, upon each purchase hereunder, transfer to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the relevant Purchaser or Purchasers (and the Administrative Agent for the benefit of such Purchaser or Purchasers shall acquire from Seller) a valid and perfected first priority undivided percentage ownership or security interest in the Receivables and Related Security, free and clear of any Adverse Claim, except as created by the Transactions Documents. There have been duly filed all financing statements or other similar instruments or documents necessary under the UCC (or any comparable law) of all appropriate jurisdictions to perfect the Administrative Agents (on behalf of the Purchasers) ownership or security interest in the Receivables.. This Agreement creates in favor of Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Investor Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral, except to the extent such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally or by generally applicable principles of equity relating to enforceability. There have been duly filed all financing statements or other similar instruments or documents necessary under the UCC (or any comparable law) of all appropriate jurisdictions to perfect the Administrative Agents (on behalf of the Purchasers) security interest in the Receivables.
(k) Places of Business and Locations of Records. The offices where the Seller Parties keep all of their respective records regarding the Purchaser Interests are located at the address(es) listed on Exhibit III or such other locations of which the Administrative Agent has been notified in accordance with Section 7.15(a). Sellers Federal Employer Identification Number is correctly set forth on Exhibit III.
(l) Collections. The conditions and requirements set forth in Section 7.12 hereof and in Section 5.12 of the Receivable Sale Agreement have at all times been satisfied and duly performed. Seller has not granted any Person, other than the Servicer, dominion and control of any Lock-Box or Collection Account, or the right to take dominion and control of any such Lock-Box or Collection Account at a future time or upon the occurrence of a future event. Servicer or Seller has not granted any Person, other than the Administrative Agent, dominion and control of the Servicers Concentration Account, or the right to take dominion and control of the Servicers Concentration Account at a future time or upon the occurrence of a future event. Seller has not granted any Person, other than the Administrative Agent, dominion and control of the Facility Account, or the right to take dominion and control of the Facility Account at a future time or upon the occurrence of a future event.Each of the accounts listed on Schedule D hereto is subject to a Blocked Account Agreement in favor of the Administrative Agent that is in full force and effect. Seller has not granted any Person, other than the Administrative Agent, control of any Collection Account, or the right to take control of any Collection Account at a future time or upon the occurrence of a future event, and Seller has not granted any Person, other than the Servicer, access to any Collection Account, prior to the Administrative Agents exercise of its right to exclusive control thereof. Seller represents and warrants that all Collection Accounts are either listed on Schedule C or Schedule D hereto, as such Schedules may be updated from time to time in writing by delivering dated updated copies thereof together with, in the case of the addition of new Collection Accounts to Schedule D, a new Blocked Account Agreement or amendment to an existing Blocked Account Agreement giving the Administrative Agent control over such new account.
(m) Material Adverse Effect. (i) The initial Servicer represents and warrants that since June 30, 2011,July 31, 2017, no event has occurred that would have a material adverse effect on the financial condition or operations of the initial Servicer and its Subsidiaries or the ability of the initial Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement, and (ii) Seller represents and warrants that since the date of this Agreement, no event has occurred that would have a material adverse effect on (A) the financial condition or operations of Seller, (B) the ability of Seller to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents, or (C) the collectability of the Receivables generally or any material portion of the Receivables.
(n) Names. In the past five (5) years, Seller has not used any legal names, trade names or assumed names other than the name in which it has executed this Agreement.
(o) Ownership of Seller. Ferrellgas directly owns, directly or indirectly, 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of Seller, free and clear of any Adverse Claim. Such Equity Interests are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and there are no options, warrants or other rights to acquire securities of Seller.
(p) Not a Regulated Entity. Such Seller Party is not an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or any successor statute. Such Seller Party is not subject to regulation under the Federal Power Act, the Interstate Commerce Act, any state public utilities code, or any other Federal or state statute or regulation limiting its ability to incur Indebtedness or to sell interests in the Receivables or Related SecuritySeller is not subject to regulation under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005, the Federal Power Act or the Investment Company Act of 1940 or under any other federal or state statute or regulation which may limit its ability to incur Indebtedness hereunder or which may otherwise render all or any portion of the Aggregate Unpaids unenforceable. Seller is not a registered investment company or a company controlled by a registered investment company or a principal underwriter of a registered investment company as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. Seller is not a covered fund under Section 13 of the U.S. Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder (the Volcker Rule). In determining that Seller is not a covered fund under the Volcker Rule, Seller is entitled to rely on the exemption from the definition of investment company set forth in Section 3(c)(5)(A) or (B) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(q) Compliance with Law. Such Seller Party has complied with all applicable lawsLaws, rules, regulations, orders, writs, judgments, injunctions, decrees or awards to which it may be subject, except where the failure to so comply could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each Receivable, together with the Contract related thereto, does not contravene any laws, rules or regulations applicable thereto (including, without limitation, laws, rules and regulations relating to truth in lending, fair credit billing, fair credit reporting, equal credit opportunity, fair debt collection practices and privacy), and no part of such Contract is in violation of any such law, rule or regulation, except where such contravention or violation could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(r) Compliance with Credit and Collection Policy. Such Seller Party has complied in all material respects with the Credit and Collection Policy with regard to each Receivable and the related Contract, and has not made any material change to such Credit and Collection Policy, except as to which the AgentsPurchasers have been notified in accordance with Section 7.3(c) and has consented.
(s) Payments to the Applicable Originator. Seller has given reasonably equivalent value to the applicable Originator in consideration for the Receivables originated by such Originator and such transfer was not made for or on account of an antecedent debt. The transfer by each Originator of the Receivables originated by it under the Receivable Sale Agreement is not voidable under any section of the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 (11 U.S.C. §§ 101 et seq.), as amended.
(t) Enforceability of Contracts. Each Contract with respect to each Receivable is effective to create, and has created, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the related Obligor to pay the Outstanding Balance of the Receivable created thereunder and any accrued interest thereon, enforceable against the Obligor in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws relating to or limiting creditors rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(u) Eligible Receivables. Each Receivable included in the Net Receivables Balance as an Eligible Receivable on any Monthly Report or Interim Report is, as of the date specified in such report, an Eligible Receivable.
(v) Net Receivables BalanceInvestment Excess. Seller has determined that, immediately after giving effect to each Incremental Purchase and Reinvestment hereunder, the Net Receivables Balance minus the Required Reserves will equal or exceed the Aggregate Capital then outstandingThe Seller has determined that, immediately after giving effect to each Credit Event hereunder, no Investment Excess will exist and be continuing.
(w) Accounting. The manner in which such Seller Party accounts for the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Receivable Sale Agreement does not jeopardize the true sale analysis with regard to the transactions under the Receivable Sale Agreement. Seller further represents and warrants that its assets and liabilities are consolidated with the assets and liabilities of the MLP for purposes of GAAP.¶
(x) Collection Accounts¶. Schedules C and D set forth a complete and accurate list as of May 11, 2018 of all Collection Accounts, together with a description thereof (i.e., the bank at which such Collection Account is maintained, the account number and the name of the account holder).¶
(y) Disregarded Entity. Seller is, and shall at all relevant times continue to be, a disregarded entity within the meaning of U.S. Treasury Regulation § 301.7701-3 that is disregarded as separate from a United States person within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code and is not and will at all relevant times not be required to withhold or
otherwise be subject to liability under Sections 1441, 1445 and 1461 of the Internal Revenue Code.¶
(z) Liquidity Coverage Ratio. Seller has not issued, and will not during this Agreement issue, any LCR Security.¶
(aa) Anti-Terrorism Laws¶. To the extent applicable, each Seller Party is in compliance with (a) the laws, regulations and Executive Orders administered by OFAC, and (b) the Bank Secrecy Act, as amended by the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT Act) of 2001 (the PATRIOT Act). Neither the Seller Parties nor any of their officers, directors, employees, agents or shareholders acting on the Seller Parties behalf shall use the proceeds of the Purchases to make any payments, directly or indirectly (including through any third party intermediary), to any Foreign Official in violation of the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended or otherwise in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law. Each Seller Party represents and warrants that (i) no Covered Entity is a Sanctioned Person and (ii) no Covered Entity, either in its own right or, to its knowledge, through any third party, (A) has any of its assets in a Sanctioned Country or in the possession, custody or control of a Sanctioned Person in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law, (B) does business in or with, or derives any of its income from investments in or transactions with, any Sanctioned Country or Sanctioned Person in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law, or (C) engages in any dealings or transactions prohibited by any Anti-Terrorism Law.¶
(bb) Employee Benefit Plans¶. Except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (a) Ferrellgas, Inc., Ferrellgas and Seller and each of their respective ERISA Affiliates are in compliance with all applicable provisions and requirements of ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder with respect to each Employee Benefit Plan, and have performed all their obligations under each Employee Benefit Plan, (b) each Employee Benefit Plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) which is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code has received a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service indicating that such Employee Benefit Plan is so qualified and nothing has occurred subsequent to the issuance of such determination letter which would cause such Employee Benefit Plan to lose its qualified status, (c) no liability to the PBGC (other than required premium payments), the Internal Revenue Service (with respect to any Employee Benefit Plan), or any Employee Benefit Plan (other than with respect to employer contributions in the ordinary course) has been or is expected to be incurred by Ferrellgas, Inc., Ferrellgas and Seller or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates, and (d) except to the extent required under Section 4980B of the Internal Revenue Code or similar state laws, no Employee Benefit Plan provides health or welfare benefits (through the purchase of insurance or otherwise) for any retired or former employee of Ferrellgas, Inc., Ferrellgas and Seller or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates. No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that could reasonably be expected to result in a liability in excess of $25,000,000.¶
(cc) Solvency¶. Seller is and, upon each Credit Event, will be, Solvent.
ARTICLE VI
CONDITIONS OF PURCHASES
Section 6.1. Conditions Precedent. The parties hereto agree that this Agreement shall automatically be effective on the first day on which: (a) the Administrative Agent shall have received on or before the date hereof those documents listed on Schedule B in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, (b) the AgentsAdministrative Agent and the Purchasers shall have received all fees and expenses required to be paid pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the Fee Letters (or the Administrative Agent shall have been directed to disburse the same to itself and the AgentsPurchasers out of the proceeds of the initial purchase hereunder) and (c) the Administrative Agent shall have received a complete copy of the Credit Agreement, together with all amendments thereto and waivers thereof as of the date of this Agreement and the Security Agreement (as such term is defined in the Credit Agreement).
Section 6.2. Conditions Precedent to All Purchases and ReinvestmentsCredit Events. Each purchase of a Purchaser Interest and each ReinvestmentCredit Event (other than Incremental Purchases to reimburse LC Disbursements) shall be subject to the further conditions precedent that (a) the Servicer shall have delivered to each of the AgentsPurchasers on or prior to the date of such purchase or Reinvestment, in form and substance satisfactory to each of the AgentsPurchasers, all Monthly Reports and Interim Reports as and when due under Section 8.5; (b) the Facility Termination Date shall not have occurred; (c) each of the AgentsPurchasers shall have received such other approvals, opinions or documents as it may reasonably request and (d) on the date of each such Incremental Purchase or ReinvestmentCredit Event, the following statements shall be true (and acceptance of the proceeds of sucheach Incremental Purchase or Reinvestment, submission of each LC Application and request for each Modification shall be deemed a representation and warranty by Seller that such statements are then true):
(i) the representations and warranties set forth in Section 5.1 are true and correct on and as of the date of such Incremental Purchase or Reinvestment as though made on and as of such date;in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations or warranties that already are qualified or modified as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect in the text thereof, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects subject to such qualification) on and as of the date of such Credit Event as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent such representations and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations or warranties that already are qualified or modified as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect in the text thereof, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects subject to such qualification) on and as of such earlier date;¶
(ii) no Securitization Termination Notice has been delivered pursuant to the Intercreditor Agreement;
(iii) (ii) no event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such Incremental Purchase or ReinvestmentCredit Event, that will constitute an
Amortization Event, and no event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such Incremental Purchase or ReinvestmentCredit Event, that would constitute a Potential Amortization Event; and
(iv) (iii) the Aggregate Capital does not exceed the Purchase Limit and the aggregate Purchaser Interests do not exceed 100%.no Investment Excess exists or would result therefrom.
It is expressly understood that each Reinvestment shall, unless otherwise directed by any of the AgentsAdministrative Agent or any of the Purchasers, occur automatically on each day that the Servicer shall receive any Collections without the requirement that any further action be taken on the part of any Person and notwithstanding the failure of Seller to satisfy any of the foregoing conditions precedent in respect of such Reinvestment. The failure of the Seller to satisfy any of the foregoing conditions precedent in respect of any Reinvestment shall give rise to a right of each of the AgentsPurchasers, which right may be exercised at any time on demand of such AgentPurchaser, to rescind the related purchase and direct the Seller to pay to the Administrative Agent or, as applicable, ratably to the Purchasers, ratably in accordance with their respective Percentages, an aggregate amount equal to the Collections prior to the Amortization Date that shall have been applied to the affected Reinvestment.
ARTICLE VII
COVENANTS
Until the date on which the Aggregate Unpaids have been indefeasibly paid in full and this Agreement terminates in accordance with its termsFinal Payout Date, each Seller Party hereby covenants, as to itself, as set forth below:
Section 7.1. Financial Reporting. Seller shall deliver to the AgentsPurchasers (which delivery may be via electronic mail), in form and detail satisfactory to the Administrative AgentPurchasers:
(a) Annual Financial Statements of Seller. As soon as available, but not later than 100 days after the end of each fiscal year of Seller, an unaudited balance sheet of Seller as at the end of such year and the related statements of income or operations, members equity and cash flows for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, and certified by a Responsible Officer of Seller as fairly presenting, in accordance with GAAP, applied, if applicable, on a basis consistent with prior years, the financial position and the results of operations of Seller; and
(b) Quarterly Financial StatementsFinancial Statements and Other Items Delivered under Credit Agreement. As soon as available, but not later than 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of Seller, a copy of the unaudited balance sheet of Seller as of the end of such quarter and the related statements of income, members equity and cash flows for the period commencing on the first day and ending on the last day of such quarter, and certified by a Responsible Officer of Seller as fairly presenting, in accordance with GAAP (subject to ordinary, good faith year-end audit adjustments), the financial position and the results of operations of Seller;Simultaneously with their delivery under the Credit Agreement,
each of the financial statements, compliance certificates, reconciliations, notices, reports, financial plans, cash balance certificates and other deliverables under Sections 5.1(b), (c), (d), (f), (g), (h), and (i).
(c) Receivable Sale Agreement Financial StatementsOther Information¶¶. When and as required under the Receivable Sale Agreement, each of the financial statements required to be delivered under Section 5.1 thereof; and¶
(d) Credit Agreement Financial Statements¶. When and as required under the Credit Agreement, each of the annual and quarterly financial statements required to be delivered under Section 6.01 thereof Such additional information regarding the Originators and Seller Parties, their businesses and financial condition, and the Collateral as the Administrative Agent or any Purchaser may reasonably request.
Section 7.2. Certificates; Other Information. Such Seller Party shall furnish to the AgentsPurchasers (which may be via electronic mail):
(a) Receivable Sale Agreement Certificates. When and as required under the Receivable Sale Agreement, each of the certificates and other reports and information required to be delivered under Section 5.2 thereof; and
(b) Compliance Certificates. Concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Sections 7.1(a), (b) and (db), a compliance certificate in substantially the form of Exhibit IV hereto (or, in the case of the Servicer, in the form delivered pursuant to the Credit Agreement, on which compliance certificate each Agent and each Purchaser shall be permitted to rely as though each such compliance certificate was delivered to each Agent and each Purchaser) executed by a Responsible Officer of the applicable Seller Party with respect to the periods covered by such financial statements together with supporting calculations and such other supporting detail as the Administrative Agent shall require.
Section 7.3. Notices. Such Seller Party shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent (who will promptly notify the other AgentsPurchasers) in writing or via electronic mail:
(a) of the occurrence of any Amortization Event or Potential Amortization Event;
(b) of any matter described in Section 5.3(a)-(d) or (f) of the Receivable Sale Agreement;
(c) at least thirty (30) days prior to the effectiveness of any material change in or material amendment to a Credit and Collection Policy, a copy of such Credit and Collection Policy then in effect and a notice (A) indicating such change or amendment, and (B) if such proposed change or amendment would be reasonably likely to adversely affect the collectability of the Receivables or decrease the credit quality of any newly created Receivables, requesting the AgentsPurchasers consent thereto;
(d) of any material change in accounting policies or financial reporting practices by an Originator or any of its consolidated Subsidiaries;
(e) if any of the representations and warranties in Article V ceases to be true and correct in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations or warranties that already are qualified or modified as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect in the text thereof, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects subject to such qualification);
(f) of the occurrence of any event or condition that has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect;
(g) of the occurrence of the Termination Date under and as defined in the Receivable Sale Agreement; and
(h) of the decision to appoint a new director of the Seller as an Independent Director for purposes of this Agreement, such notice to be issued not less than ten (10) days prior to the effective date of such appointment (or such earlier date as the Administrative Agent may agree) and shall certify that the designated Person satisfies the criteria set forth in the definition herein of Independent Director.
Each notice under this Section shall be accompanied by a written statement by a Responsible Officer of such Seller Party setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein, and stating what action such Seller Party or any affected Affiliate proposes to take with respect thereto and at what time. Each notice under Section 7.3(a) shall describe with particularity any and all clauses or provisions of this Agreement or other Transaction Document that have been breached or violated.
Section 7.4. Compliance with Laws. ¶
(a) Generally. Such Seller Party shall comply with all Requirements of Law of any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over it or its business (including the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act), except such as may be contested in good faith or as to which a bona fide dispute may exist or the failure of which to comply with could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.¶
(b) Anti-Terrorism Laws. Such Seller Party covenants and agrees that (i) no Covered Entity will become a Sanctioned Person, (ii) no Covered Entity, either in its own right or through any third party, will (A) have any of its assets in a Sanctioned Country or in the possession, custody or control of a Sanctioned Person in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law; (B) do business in or with, or derive any of its income from investments in or transactions with, any Sanctioned Country or Sanctioned Person in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law; (C) engage in any dealings or transactions prohibited by any Anti-Terrorism Law or (D) use the Advances to fund any operations in, finance any investments or activities in, or, make any payments to, a Sanctioned Country or Sanctioned Person in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law, (iii) the funds used to repay the Aggregate Unpaids will not be derived from any unlawful activity, (iv) no Covered Entity shall fail to comply with all Anti-Terrorism Laws and (v) no Seller Party shall fail to promptly notify the Purchasers in writing upon the occurrence of a Reportable Compliance Event.
Section 7.5. Preservation of Existence, Etc. Such Seller Party shall:
(a) preserve and maintain in full force and effect its legal existence and good standing under the laws of its state or jurisdiction of organization except in connection with transactions permitted by the Credit Agreement;
(b) preserve and maintain in full force and effect all governmental rights, privileges, qualifications, permits, licenses and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business except in connection with transactions permitted by the Credit Agreement, except where the failure to so preserve or maintain such governmental rights, privileges, qualifications, permits, licenses and franchises could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(c) preserve its business organization and goodwill, except where the failure to so preserve its business organization or goodwill could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and
(d) preserve or renew all of its registered patents, trademarks, trade names and service marks, the non-preservation of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 7.6. Payment of Obligations. Such Seller Party shall pay and discharge as the same shall become due and payable (except to the extent the failure to so pay and discharge could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect), all of its obligations and liabilities, including:
(a) all tax liabilities, assessments and governmental charges or levies upon it or its properties or assets, unless the same are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP are being maintained by such Seller Party; and
(b) all lawful claims which, if unpaid, would by law become an Adverse Claim upon its property, unless such claims are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP are being maintained by such Seller Party.
Section 7.7. Audits. Such Seller Party will furnish to the Administrative Agent, for delivery to the other AgentsPurchasers, from time to time such information with respect to it and the Receivables as the Administrative Agent may (and shall, at the request of any Purchaser) reasonably request. Such Seller Party will, from time to time during regular business hours as requested by the Administrative Agent or any Purchaser, upon reasonable notice and at the sole cost of such Seller Party, permit the AgentsPurchasers or their respective agents or representatives (i) to examine and make copies of and abstracts from all Records in the possession or under the control of such Seller Party relating to the Receivables and the Related Security, including, without limitation, the related Contracts, and (ii) to visit the offices and properties of such Seller Party for the purpose of examining such materials described in clause (i) above, and to discuss matters relating to such Seller Partys financial condition or the Receivables and the Related Security or such Seller Partys performance under any of the Transaction Documents or the Originators performance under the Contracts and, in
each case, with any of the officers or employees of such Seller Party having knowledge of such matters.
Section 7.8. Keeping of Records and Books. The Servicer will maintain and implement administrative and operating procedures (including, without limitation, an ability to recreate records evidencing Receivables in the event of the destruction of the originals thereof), and keep and maintain all documents, books, records and other information reasonably necessary or advisable for the collection of all Receivables (including, without limitation, records adequate to permit the immediate identification of each new Receivable and all Collections of and adjustments to each existing Receivable). The Servicer will give the AgentsPurchasers notice of any material change in the administrative and operating procedures referred to in the previous sentence. Such Seller Party will on or prior to the date hereof, mark its master data processing records and other books and records relating to the Purchaser InterestsReceivables with a legend, acceptable to the Administrative Agent, describing the Purchaser Interestssecurity interest of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Investor Parties.
Section 7.9. Compliance with Contracts and Credit and Collection Policy. Such Seller Party will timely and fully (i) perform and comply with all provisions, covenants and other promises required to be observed by it under the Contracts related to the Receivables, except where the failure to so comply could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse impact on the overall collectability of the Receivables, and (ii) comply in all respects with the Credit and Collection Policy in regard to each Receivable and the related Contract, except where the failure to so comply could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse impact on the overall collectability of the Receivables.
Section 7.10. Purchasers RelianceInvestor Parties Reliance. Seller acknowledges that the PurchasersInvestor Parties are entering into the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in reliance upon Sellers identity as a legal entity that is separate from each of the Originators. Therefore, from and after the date of execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Seller shall take all reasonable steps, including, without limitation, all steps that any of the AgentsPurchasers may from time to time reasonably request, to maintain the Sellers identity as a separate legal entity and to make it manifest to third parties that the Seller is an entity with assets and liabilities distinct from those of each Originator and any Affiliates thereof and not just a division of an Originator or any such Affiliate. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing and in addition to the other covenants set forth herein, Seller will:
(a) conduct its own business in its own name and require that all full-time employees of Seller, if any, identify themselves as such and not as employees of an Originator (including, without limitation, by means of providing appropriate employees with business or identification cards identifying such employees as Sellers employees);
(b) (a) compensate all employees, consultants and agents directly, from Sellers own funds, for services provided to Seller by such employees, consultants and agents and, to the extent any employee, consultant or agent of Seller is also an employee, consultant or agent of an Originator or any Affiliate thereof, allocate the compensation of such employee, consultant or agent between Seller and such Originator or such Affiliate, as applicable, on a basis that reflects the services rendered to Seller and such Originator or such Affiliate, as applicable;
(c) (b) clearly identify its offices (by signage or otherwise) as its offices and allocate to Seller on a reasonable basis the costs of any space shared with an Originator;
(d) (c) have a separate telephone number, which will be answered only in its name and separate stationery, invoices and checks in its own name;
(e) (d) conduct all transactions with an Originator or the Servicer (including, without limitation, any delegation of its obligations hereunder as Servicer) strictly on an arms-length basis, allocate all overhead expenses (including, without limitation, telephone and other utility charges) for items shared between Seller and such Originator on the basis of actual use to the extent practicable and, to the extent such allocation is not practicable, on a basis reasonably related to actual use;
(f) (e) at all times have a Board of Directors consisting of at least three members, at least one member of which is an Independent Director;
(g) (f) observe all formalities as a distinct entity, and ensure that all actions relating to (i) the dissolution or liquidation of Seller or (ii) the initiation of, participation in, acquiescence in or consent to any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar proceeding involving Seller, are duly authorized by unanimous vote of its Board of Directors (including the Independent Director);
(h) (g) maintain Sellers books and records separate from those of an Originator and any Affiliate thereof and otherwise readily identifiable as its own assets rather than assets of such Originator and any Affiliate thereof;
(i) (h) prepare its financial statements separately from those of each Originator and insure that any consolidated financial statements of any Originator or any Affiliate thereof that include Seller and that are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other governmental agency have notes clearly stating that Seller is a separate entity and that its assets will be available first and foremost to satisfy the claims of the creditors of Seller;
(j) (i) except as herein specifically otherwise provided, maintain the funds or other assets of Seller separate from, and not commingled with, those of an Originator or any Affiliate thereof and only maintain bank accounts or other depository accounts to which Seller alone is the account party, into which Seller alone makes deposits and from which Seller alone (or the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Purchasers hereunder) has the power to make withdrawals;
(k) (j) pay all of Sellers operating expenses from Sellers own assets (except for certain payments by an Originator or other Persons pursuant to allocation arrangements that comply with the requirements of this Section 7.10);
(l) (k) operate its business and activities such that: it does not engage in any business or activity of any kind, or enter into any transaction or indenture, mortgage, instrument, agreement, contract, lease or other undertaking, other than the transactions contemplated and authorized by this Agreement and the Receivable Sale Agreement; and does not create, incur, guarantee, assume or suffer to exist any indebtedness or other liabilities, whether
direct or contingent, other than (1) as a result of the endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of business, (2) the incurrence of obligations under this Agreement, (3) the incurrence of obligations, as expressly contemplated in the Receivable Sale Agreement, to make payment to the applicable Originator thereunder for the purchase of Receivables from such Originator under the Receivable Sale Agreement, and (4) the incurrence of operating expenses in the ordinary course of business of the type otherwise contemplated by this Agreement;
(m) (l) maintain its charter in conformity with this Agreement, such that (1) it does not amend, restate, supplement or otherwise modify its Organization Documents in any respect that would impair its ability to comply with the terms or provisions of any of the Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, this Section 7.10; and (2) its corporate charter, at all times that this Agreement is in effect, provides for (x) not less than ten (10) days prior written notice to the AgentsPurchasers of the replacement or appointment of any director that is to serve as an Independent Director for purposes of this Agreement and (y) the condition precedent to giving effect to such replacement or appointment that the Administrative Agent shall have determined in its reasonable judgment that the designated Person satisfies the criteria set forth in the definition herein of Independent Director;
(n) (m) maintain the effectiveness of, and continue to perform under the Receivable Sale Agreement, such that it does not amend, restate, supplement, cancel, terminate or otherwise modify the Receivable Sale Agreement, or give any consent, waiver, directive or approval thereunder or waive any default, action, omission or breach under the Receivable Sale Agreement or otherwise grant any indulgence thereunder, without (in each case) the prior written consent of the AgentsPurchasers;
(o) (n) maintain its legal separateness such that it does not merge or consolidate with or into, or convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions, and except as otherwise contemplated herein) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to, or acquire all or substantially all of the assets of, any Person, nor at any time create, have, acquire, maintain or hold any interest in any Subsidiary;
(p) (o) maintain at all times adequate capital with which to conduct its business and to meet its obligations as they come due; and
(q) (p) take such other actions as are necessary on its part to ensure that the facts and assumptions set forth in the opinion issued by Bracewell & Giuliani LLP as counsel for the Seller Parties, in connection with the closing or initial Incremental Purchase under this Agreement and relating to substantive consolidation issues, and in the certificates accompanying such opinion, remain true and correct in all material respects at all times.
Section 7.11. Performance and Enforcement of Receivable Sale Agreement. Seller will, and will require the Originators to, perform each of their respective obligations and undertakings under and pursuant to the Receivable Sale Agreement, will purchase Receivables thereunder in strict compliance with the terms thereof and will vigorously enforce the rights and remedies accorded to Seller under the Receivable Sale Agreement. Seller will take all actions to perfect and enforce its
rights and interests (and the rights and interests of the Administrative Agent and the Purchasers as assignees of Seller) under the Receivable Sale Agreement as any of the AgentsPurchasers may from time to time reasonably request, including, without limitation, making claims to which it may be entitled under any indemnity, reimbursement or similar provision contained in the Receivable Sale Agreement.
Section 7.12. Collections. Each Seller Party will cause all Collections on the Receivables to be concentrated each Business Day into the Servicers Concentration Account; provided, however, that solely with respect to each account listed on Schedule C (as such Schedule C may be updated by the Servicer with a delivery of a revised Schedule C concurrent with the delivery of the Monthly Report pursuant to Article VIII, provided that no account may be added to Schedule C without the consent of the Agents if, after giving effect to such accounts addition and any prior or concurrent account closures and deletions, the aggregate Collections flowing through all accounts listed on Schedule C could reasonably be expected to exceed 5% of total weekly Collections on a pro forma basis), so long as the daily balance therein does not exceed $2,500, each Seller Party will concentrate the Collections therein into the Servicers Concentration Account not less than once per calendar week. The Servicer will sweep all such Collections from the Servicers Concentration Account no less than daily into the Facility Account and immediately thereafter transferred to the applicable Originators Account. Servicer will cause the Servicers Concentration Account to be subject at all times to a Blocked Account Agreement that is in full force and effect. Seller will cause the Facility Account to be subject at all times to a Blocked Account Agreement that is in full force and effect.¶
(a) The Seller Parties have directed the Obligors on all Receivables to make payment to a Collection Account listed on Schedule C or Schedule D. Such Schedules may be updated from time to time by the Seller Parties by delivering dated modified versions thereof to the Purchasers; provided that, without the prior written consent of the Purchasers, no new account may be added to Schedule C if the average daily balance in such account is expected to exceed $2,500 during any calendar week, or (ii) the aggregate Collections flowing through all accounts listed on Schedule C could reasonably be expected to exceed 5% of total weekly Collections on a pro forma basis.¶
(b) The Seller Parties shall cause the Collections to be concentrated into the Servicers Concentration Account each Business Day; provided that (i) unless the daily balance in any account listed on Schedule C exceeds $2,500, concentration of amounts deposited into such Schedule C account need only be made weekly, and (ii) if the aggregate Collections flowing through all other accounts listed on Schedule C are less than 5% of total weekly Collections, concentration of amounts deposited into all other Schedule C accounts need only be made weekly.¶
(c) Each Business Day, the Servicer will cause all Collections on deposit in in the Servicers Concentration Account to be swept into the Facility Account and, so long as each of the conditions precedent to a Reinvestment as set forth in Section 6.2 is satisfied, immediately thereafter, transferred to the applicable Originators Account for Reinvestment in accordance with Section 3.2.¶
(d) The Seller Parties will cause all accounts list on Schedule D to at all times be subject to a Blocked Account Agreement that is in full force and effect.
Section 7.13. Ownership. Seller will take all necessary action to (i) acquire and maintain legal and equitable title to the Receivables irrevocably in Seller, free and clear of any Adverse Claims other than Adverse Claims in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the PurchasersInvestor Parties (including, without limitation, the filing of all financing statements or other similar instruments or documents necessary under the UCC (or any comparable law) of all appropriate jurisdictions to perfect Sellers interest in the Receivables and such other action to perfect, protect or more fully evidence the interest of Seller therein as any of the AgentsPurchasers may reasonably request), and (ii) establish and maintain, in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the PurchasersInvestor Parties, a valid and perfected first priority undivided percentage ownership interest (and/or a valid and perfected first priority security interest) in the Receivables, Related Security and Collections to the full extent contemplated herein, free and clear of any Adverse Claims other than Adverse Claims in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the PurchasersInvestor Parties (including, without limitation, the filing of all financing statements or other similar instruments or documents necessary under the UCC (or any comparable law) of all appropriate jurisdictions to perfect the Administrative Agents (for the benefit of the PurchasersInvestor Parties) interest in the Receivables and other than, in the case of Collections, rights and claims of depositary and collecting banks arising under the UCC, and such other action to perfect, protect or more fully evidence the interest of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the PurchasersInvestor Parties as any of the AgentsPurchasers may reasonably request).
Section 7.14. Taxes. Such Seller Party will file all tax returns and reports required by law to be filed by it and will promptly pay all taxes and governmental charges at any time owing, except any such taxes which are not yet delinquent or are being diligently contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP will have been set aside on its books. Seller will pay when due any taxes payable in connection with the Receivables, exclusive of taxes on or measured by income or gross receipts of the Administrative Agent or any of the Agents or Purchasers.
Section 7.15. Negative Covenants of the Seller Parties. Until the date on which the Aggregate Unpaids have been indefeasibly paid in full and this Agreement terminates in accordance with its termsFinal Payout Date, each Seller Party hereby covenants, as to itself, that:
(a) Name Change, Offices and Records. Such Seller Party will not change its name, identity or, legal structure (within the meaning of Article 9 of any applicable enactment of the UCC) or jurisdiction of organization, or relocate its chief executive office or any office where Records are kept unless it will have: (i) given the Administrative Agent at least 15 days prior written notice thereof and (ii) delivered to the Administrative Agent all financing statements, instruments and other documents requested by any of the AgentsPurchasers in connection with such change or relocation (including, without limitation, in the case of a change of legal structure or jurisdiction of organization, a new organizational and UCC opinion).
(b) Change in Payment Instructions to Obligors. Such Seller Party will not authorize any Obligor to make payment to any account other than a Lock-Box or Collection
Account which is swept into the Servicers Concentration Account in accordance with Section 7.12.
(c) Modifications to Contracts and Credit and Collection Policy. Such Seller Party will not make any change to the Credit and Collection Policy that could adversely affect the collectability of the Receivables or decrease the credit quality of any newly created Receivables. Except as otherwise permitted pursuant to Article VIII hereof, such Seller Party will not extend, amend or otherwise modify the terms of any Receivable or any Contract related thereto other than in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy.
(d) Sales, Adverse Claims. Such Seller Party will not sell, assign (by operation of law or otherwise) or otherwise dispose of, or grant any option with respect to, or create or suffer to exist any Adverse Claim upon (including, without limitation, the filing of any financing statement) or with respect to, the Receivables, the Related Security, the Collections, the Facility Account or the Servicers Concentration Account, or assign any right to receive income with respect thereto (other than, in each case, the creation of the interests therein in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the PurchasersInvestor Parties, provided for herein and other than, in the case of Collections, rights and claims of depositary and collecting banks arising under the UCC), and such Seller Party will defend the right, title and interest of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the PurchasersInvestor Parties, in, to and under any of the foregoing property, against all claims of third parties claiming through or under such Seller Party.
(e) Net Receivables BalanceInvestment Excess. At no time prior to the Facility Termination Date will Seller permit the Aggregate Capital outstanding to exceed the Net Receivables Balance less the Required Reservesan Investment Excess to exist and be continuing.
(f) Termination Date Determination. Except as required under the Credit Agreement, Seller will not designate the Termination Date (as defined in the Receivable Sale Agreement), or send any written notice to an Originator in respect thereof, without the prior written consent of the AgentsPurchasers, except with respect to the automatic occurrence of such Termination Date arising in accordance with the proviso set forth in Section 7.2(i) of the Receivable Sale Agreement.
(g) Restricted Junior Payments. From and after the occurrence of any Amortization Event, Seller will not make any Restricted Junior Payment if, after giving effect thereto, Seller would fail to meet its obligations set forth in Section 7.10(p).¶
(h) Collection Accounts¶. No Seller Party will create, grant or suffer to exist any lien, pledge or other Adverse Claim on any Collection Account except in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Investor Parties. No Seller Party will deposit or will authorize any Obligor to deposit any funds into a Collection Account other than Collections.¶
(i) Liquidity Coverage Ratio. Seller shall not issue any LCR Security.
ARTICLE VIII
ADMINISTRATION AND COLLECTION
Section 8.1. Designation of Servicer. The servicing, administration and collection of the Receivables shall be conducted by such Person (the Servicer) so designated from time to time in accordance with Article VI of the Receivable Sale Agreement and this Article VIII. Ferrellgas is hereby designated as, and hereby agrees to perform the duties and obligations of, the Servicer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. The AgentsPurchasers, acting jointly, may designate as Servicer any Person to succeed Ferrellgas or any successor Servicer; provided, however, that unless an Amortization Event (or another event of the type described in the definition of Amortization Date has occurred), replacement of the Servicer shall not result in the occurrence of the Amortization Date.
Section 8.2. Certain Duties of Servicer.
(a) The Servicer shall administer the Collections in accordance with the procedures described herein and in Article II. The Servicer shall set aside and hold in trust for the account of Seller and the Purchasers their respective shares of the Collections in accordance with Article II. The Servicer shall, upon the request of the AgentsPurchasers, acting jointly, segregate, in a manner acceptable to the AgentsPurchasers all cash, checks and other instruments received by it from time to time constituting Collections from the general funds of the Servicer or Seller prior to the remittance thereof in accordance with Article II. If the Servicer shall be required to segregate Collections pursuant to the preceding sentence, the Servicer shall segregate and deposit with a bank designated by the Administrative Agent such allocable share of Collections of Receivables set aside for the Purchasers on the first Business Day following receipt by the Servicer of such Collections, duly endorsed or with duly executed instruments of transfer.
(b) The Servicer may, in accordance with the applicable Credit and Collection Policy, extend the maturity of any Receivable or adjust the Outstanding Balance of any Receivable as the Servicer determines to be appropriate to maximize Collections thereof; provided, however, that such extension or adjustment shall not alter the status of such Receivable as a Delinquent Receivable, Defaulted Receivable or Charged-Off Receivable or limit the rights of the AgentsAdministrative Agent or the Purchasers under this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, from and after the occurrence of an Amortization Event, the AgentsPurchasers shall have the absolute and unlimited right to direct the Servicer to commence or settle any legal action with respect to any Receivable or to foreclose upon or repossess any Related Security.
(c) The Servicer shall hold in trust for Seller and the Purchasers all Records that (i) evidence or relate to the Receivables or (ii) are otherwise necessary or desirable to collect the Receivables and shall, as soon as practicable upon demand of the Administrative Agent at the direction of the Required Purchasersany Purchaser following the occurrence of an Amortization Event, deliver or make available to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the PurchasersInvestor Parties, all such Records, at a place selected by the Administrative Agent. The Servicer shall, from time to time at the request of any PurchaserInvestor Party, furnish to the PurchasersInvestor Parties (promptly after any such request) a calculation of the amounts set aside for the PurchasersInvestor Parties pursuant to Article IIIII.
(d) Any payment by an Obligor in respect of any indebtedness owed by it to an Originator or Seller shall, except as otherwise specified by such Obligor or otherwise required by contract or law and unless otherwise instructed by the Administrative Agent, be applied as a Collection of any Receivable of such Obligor (starting with the oldest such Receivable) to the extent of any amounts then due and payable thereunder before being applied to any other receivable or other obligation of such Obligor.
Section 8.3. Collection Notices. TheUpon five (5) Business Days prior written notice to the Seller Parties, the Administrative Agent may and is hereby authorized to, and shall, at the direction of any two Purchasers, at any time to, date and to deliver to the applicable Collection BankBanks the applicable Collection NoticesNotice(s); provided, however, that (a) no prior notice shall be required to be given in the event a Securitization Termination Notice has been delivered in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement or any Amortization Event exists and is continuing, (b) nothing herein shall be deemed to give any of the AgentsAdministrative Agent or any of the Purchasers any claim to, Adverse Claim on or right to retain any amounts deposited into the Servicers Concentration Account or the Facility Account which do not constitute Collections, and provided, further, that(c) unless an Amortization Event (or another event of the type described in the definition of Amortization Date has occurred) or a Securitization Termination Notice has been delivered in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement, delivery of the Collection Notices shall not result in the occurrence of the Amortization Date. The Servicer and Seller hereby transfer to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the PurchasersInvestor Parties, exclusive control of the Servicers Concentration Account; provided, however, that the Servicer or Seller shall retain the right to direct the disposition of funds therefrom until the Administrative Agent delivers the applicable Collection Notice. The Seller hereby transfers to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the PurchasersInvestor Parties, exclusive control of the Facility Account and each other Collection Account (other than the Servicers Concentration Account) that is now or hereafter governed by a Blocked Account Agreement; provided, however, that the Seller shall retain the right to direct the disposition of funds therefrom until the Administrative Agent delivers the applicable Collection Notice. Each of the Seller Parties hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent, and agrees that the Administrative Agent shall be entitled: (i) at any time after delivery of the Collections Notices, to endorse such Seller Partys name on checks and other instruments representing Collections, (ii) at any time after the earlier to occur of an Amortization Event or replacement of the Servicer, to enforce the Receivables and the Related Security, and (iii) at any time after delivery of the Collections Notices, to take such action as shall be necessary or desirable to cause all cash, checks and other instruments constituting Collections to come into the possession of the Administrative Agent rather than such Seller Party.
Section 8.4. Responsibilities of Seller. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the exercise by the AgentsAdministrative Agent and the Purchasers of their rights hereunder shall not release the Servicer, the applicable Originator or Seller from any of their duties or obligations with respect to any Receivables or under the related Contracts. The Purchasers shall have no obligation or liability with respect to any Receivables or related Contracts, nor shall any of them be obligated to perform the obligations of Seller.
Section 8.5. Reports.
(a) The Servicer shall prepare and forward to the AgentsPurchasers (i) on the 18th day of each month hereafter or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each, a Monthly Reporting Date), a Monthly Report and (ii) at such times as any of the AgentsPurchasers shall reasonably request, a listing by Obligor of all Receivables together with an aging of all Receivables. Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 7.12, concurrent with the delivery of each Monthly Report, the Servicer may, but is not obligated to, provide an updated Schedule C so long as such updated Schedule C only adds new accounts and deletes previously listed accounts which have been closed. Upon such delivery, Schedule C attached hereto shall be automatically replaced in its entirety with such updated Schedule C without the consent of any other party hereto.
(b) In addition, on each Interim Reporting Date, the Servicer shall prepare and send to each of the AgentsPurchasers an Interim Report as of the close of business on the prior Business Day or week, as applicable; provided that the Servicer may provide an unsigned Interim Report by e-mail so long as such e-mail transmission confirms that such Interim Report is final and the Servicer delivers a signed hard copy by facsimile or mail within two Business Days.
ARTICLE IX
AMORTIZATION EVENTS
Section 9.1. Amortization Events. The occurrence of any one or more of the following events shall constitute an Amortization Event:
(a) (i) Except as provided in paragraph 9.1(e), any Seller Party shall fail to make any payment or deposit required hereunder when due and, for any such payment or deposit which is not in respect of Capital, such failure continues for two (2) Business Days, or (ii) any Seller Party shall fail to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement hereunder (other than as referred to in clause (i) of this paragraph (a) and paragraph 9.1(e)) and such failure shall continue for five (5) consecutive Business Days.(i) Except as provided in Section 9.1(e), any Seller Party shall fail to make any payment or deposit required hereunder when due and, for any such payment or deposit which is not in respect of Capital, such failure continues for two (2) Business Days, or ¶
(ii) Any Seller Party shall fail to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement hereunder (other than as referred to in clause (i) of this Section 9.1(a) or in Section 9.1(e)) and (A) in the case of Section 8.5, such failure shall continue for one (1) Business Day, provided that not more than once per calendar quarter, such (1) Business Day cure period shall be automatically extended to three (3) Business Days), and (B) in the case of all other Sections (other than as referred to in clause (i) of this paragraph (a) or in Section 9.1(e)), such failure shall continue for five (5) consecutive Business Days.
(b) Any representation, warranty, certification or statement made by any Seller Party in this Agreement, any other Transaction Document to which it is a party or in
any other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made.
(c) Failure of Seller to pay any Indebtedness when due; or the default by Seller in the performance of any term, provision or condition contained in any agreement under which any such Indebtedness was created or is governed, the effect of which is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness to cause, such Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity; or any such Indebtedness of Seller shall be declared to be due and payable or required to be prepaid (other than by a regularly scheduled payment) prior to the date of maturity thereof.
(d) (i) Any Seller Party shall generally not pay its debts as such debts become due or shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or (ii) any proceeding shall be instituted by or against any Seller Party or any of its Subsidiaries seeking to adjudicate it bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking liquidation, winding up, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, protection, relief or composition of it or its debts under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors, or seeking the entry of an order for relief or the appointment of a receiver, trustee or other similar official for it or any substantial part of its property or (iii) any Seller Party or any of its Subsidiaries shall take any action to authorize any of the actions set forth in clauses (i) or (ii) above in this subsection (d).
(e) Seller shall fail to comply with the terms of Section 2.5 hereof, or, on any day, the Aggregate Capital shall exceed the Purchase Limit on such day.Seller shall fail to comply with the terms of Section 1.3(b) or Section 7.15(e) hereof, and such failure shall continue unremedied for one (1) Business Day.
(f) As of the last day of any Measurement Period:
(i) the average of the Charged-Off Trigger Ratios for the three Measurement Periods then most recently ended shall exceed 0.9%, or
(ii) the average of the Dilution Ratios for the three Measurement Periods shall exceed (A) 5.0% for the three Measurement Periods ending in July, August, September or October of any year, or (B) 4.25% for the three Measurement Periods ending in November, December, January, February, March, April, May or June of any year.
(g) A Change of Control shall occur.
(h) One or more final judgments for the payment of money shall be entered against Seller on claims not covered by insurance or as to which the insurance carrier has denied its responsibility, and such judgment shall continue unsatisfied and in effect for fifteen (15) consecutive days without a stay of execution.
(i) The occurrence of any Termination Event or the Termination Date (each as defined in the Receivable Sale Agreement) shall occur.
(j) This Agreement shall terminate in whole or in part (except in accordance with its terms), or shall cease to be effective or to be the legally valid, binding and enforceable obligation of Seller, or any Obligor shall directly or indirectly contest in any manner such effectiveness, validity, binding nature or enforceability, or the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the PurchasersInvestor Parties shall cease to have either a valid and perfected first priority ownership or security interest in the Receivables.
(k) As of the last day of any Measurement Period ending during the periods specified in the table below, the average of the three Measurement Periods then most recently ended for the Outstanding Balance of all Receivables included in the Purchaser Interests (regardless of whether they are Eligible Receivables on the date of determination) as to which any payment, or part thereof, remains unpaid for 61 days or more from the original due date for such payment shall exceed the percentage specified in the table below opposite such period:As of the last day of any Measurement Period ending during the periods specified in the table below, the average of the three Measurement Periods then most recently ended for the Outstanding Balance of all Receivables included in the Aggregate Purchaser Interest (regardless of whether they are Eligible Receivables on the date of determination) as to which any payment, or part thereof, remains unpaid for 61 days or more from the original due date for such payment shall exceed the percentage specified in the table below opposite such period:¶
¶
(i) Any Loan Party (this and other capitalized terms in this Section 9.1(l) are used with the meanings attributed thereto in the Credit Agreement unless otherwise specified) or any Subsidiary thereof (A) fails to make any payment when due (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand, or otherwise, but after giving effect to any applicable grace periods) in respect of any Indebtedness or Guarantee (other than Indebtedness hereunder and Indebtedness under Swap Contracts) having an aggregate principal amount (including undrawn committed or available amounts and including amounts owing to all creditors under any combined or syndicated credit arrangement) of more than the Threshold Amount, or (B) fails to observe or perform any other agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or Guarantee or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto (in each case, after giving effect to any applicable grace periods), or any other event occurs, the effect of which default or other event is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness or the beneficiary or beneficiaries of such Guarantee (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries) to cause, with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness or such Guarantee to be demanded or to become due or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem such Indebtedness to be made, prior to its stated maturity, or cash collateral in respect thereof to be demanded; or (ii) there occurs under any Swap Contract an Early Termination Date (as defined in such Swap Contract) resulting from (A) any event of default under such Swap Contract as to which a Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof is the Defaulting Party (as defined in such Swap Contract) or (B) any Termination Event (as so defined) under such Swap Contract as to which a Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof is an Affected Party (as so defined) and, in either event, the Swap Termination Value owed by such Loan Party or such Subsidiary as a result thereof is greater than the Threshold Amount.¶
PERIOD IN WHICH |
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APPLICABLE |
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January, February, March or April |
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14.00 |
% |
May |
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18.50 |
% |
June |
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23.00 |
% |
July |
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27.00 |
% |
August or September |
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26.00 |
% |
October or November |
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20.00 |
% |
December |
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15.00 |
% |
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(l) (i) Failure of any Originator (this and other capitalized terms used in this Section 9.1(l) and not otherwise defined in this Agreement are used with the meanings attributed thereto in the Credit Agreement) to pay when due any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness referred to in Section 9.1(a)) in an aggregate principal amount of $25,000,000 or more, in each case beyond the grace period, if any, provided therefor, (ii) breach or default by any Originator with respect to any other material term of (A) one or more items of Indebtedness having an aggregate principal amount referred to in clause (i) above, or (B) any loan agreement, mortgage, indenture or other agreement relating to such item(s) of Indebtedness, in each case beyond the grace period, if any, provided therefor, if the effect of such breach or default is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of that Indebtedness (or a trustee on behalf of such holder or holders), to cause, that Indebtedness to become or be declared due and payable (or subject to a compulsory repurchase or redeemable) or to require the prepayment, redemption, repurchase or defeasance of, or to require such Originator to make any offer to prepay, redeem, repurchase or defease such Indebtedness, prior to its stated maturity or the stated maturity of any underlying obligation, as the case may be, or (iii) there occurs under any Hedging Agreement an Early Termination Date (as defined in such Hedging Agreement) resulting from (A) any event of default under such Hedging Agreement as to which an Originator is the Defaulting Party (as defined in such Hedging Agreement) or (B) any Termination Event (as so defined) under such Hedging Agreement as to which an Originator is an Affected Party (as so defined) and, in either event, the Hedge Liabilities owed by such Originator as a result thereof is greater than $25,000,000.
(m) Ferrellgas shall (i) for any fiscal quarter of Ferrellgas ending on or before April 30, 2018, permit the Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio (as defined in the Credit Agreement) as of the end of any fiscal quarter of Ferrellgas to be less than 1.75 to 1.00, or (ii) for any fiscal quarter of Ferrellgas ending thereafter, permit the Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio as of the end of any fiscal quarter of Ferrellgas to be less than 2.50 to 1.00.and its Restricted Subsidiaries (as defined in the Credit Agreement Agreement as in effect on May 14, 2018 and as thereafter amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time with the consent of the
Purchasers) shall permit the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (as defined, calculated and reported under the Credit Agreement as in effect on May 14, 2018 and as hereafter amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time with the consent of the Purchasers) as of the last day of any Fiscal Quarter (as defined in the Credit Agreement as in effect on May 14, 2018 and as thereafter amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time with the consent of the Purchasers), beginning with the Fiscal Quarter ending July 31, 2018, to be less than 1.00 to 1.00.¶
(n) Ferrellgas shall fail to maintain a Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio (as defined in the Credit Agreement) as of the end of any period of four fiscal quarters of not greater than 2.75 to 1.00.¶
(O) Ferrellgas shall (i) for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of Ferrellgas ending on or before April 30, 2018, permit the Consolidated Leverage Ratio (as defined in the Credit Agreement) as of the end of any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of Ferrellgas to be greater than 7.75 to 1.00, or (ii) ) for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of Ferrellgas ending thereafter, permit the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as of the end of any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of Ferrellgas to be greater than 5.50 to 1.00.¶
(n) Ferrellgas and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall permit the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio (as defined, calculated and reported under the Credit Agreement) as of the last day of any Fiscal Quarter, beginning with the Fiscal Quarter ending July 31, 2018, to exceed 3.00 to 1.00.
(po) Seller shall fail to hold at least one meeting each fiscal year of its Board of Directors or other comparable governing body.
(q) (p) Any Person shall be appointed as an Independent Director of the Seller without prior notice thereof having been given to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 7.3(h) or without the written acknowledgement by the Administrative Agent that such Person conforms, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent based on the Sellers representations, with the criteria set forth in the definition herein of Independent Director.¶
(q) There shall occur one or more ERISA Events which individually or in the aggregate results in or could reasonably be expected to result in liability in excess of $25,000,000.
Section 9.2. Remedies. Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Amortization Event, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the direction of any two or more Purchasers with Capital in excess of 50% of the Aggregate Capital, the Administrative Agent shall, take any of the following actions: (i) replace the Person then acting as Servicer (if not previously replaced), (ii) declare the Amortization Date to have occurred, whereupon the Amortization Date shall forthwith occur, without demand, protest or further notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by each Seller Party; provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an Amortization Event described in Section 9.1(d), or of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to any Seller Party under the Federal Bankruptcy Code, the Amortization Date shall automatically occur, without demand, protest or any notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by each Seller Party, and (iii) notify Obligors of the Purchasers interest in the
Receivables. The aforementioned rights and remedies shall be without limitation, and shall be in addition to all other rights and remedies of the AgentsAdministrative Agent and the Purchasers otherwise available under any other provision of this Agreement, by operation of law, at equity or otherwise, all of which are hereby expressly preserved, including, without limitation, all rights and remedies provided under the UCC, all of which rights shall be cumulative.
ARTICLE X
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 10.1. Indemnities by the Seller Parties. Without limiting any other rights that any of the AgentsAdministrative Agent or any of the Purchasers may have hereunder or under applicable law, (A) Seller hereby agrees to indemnify (and pay upon demand to) the Administrative Agent and each of the Agents and Purchasers and their respective assigns, officers, directors, agents and employees (each an Indemnified Party) from and against any and all damages, losses, claims, taxes, liabilities, costs, expenses including reasonable attorneys fees (which attorneys may be employees of suchthe Administrative Agent or such Purchaser) and disbursements (all of the foregoing being collectively referred to as Indemnified Amounts) awarded against or incurred by any of them arising out of or as a result of this Agreement or the acquisition, either directly or indirectly, by a Purchaser of an interest in the Receivables, and (B) the Servicer hereby agrees to indemnify (and pay upon demand to) each Indemnified Party for Indemnified Amounts awarded against or incurred by any of them arising out of the Servicers activities as Servicer hereunderbreach of any representation, warranty or covenant made by it hereunder, its commingling of any Collections or its violation of Law, excluding, however, in all of the foregoing instances under the preceding clauses (A) and (B):
(a) Indemnified Amounts to the extent a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction holds that such Indemnified Amounts resulted from gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Indemnified Party seeking indemnification;
(b) Indemnified Amounts to the extent the same includes losses in respect of Receivables that are uncollectible on account of the insolvency, bankruptcy or lack of creditworthiness of the related Obligor; or
(c) taxes imposed by the jurisdiction in which such Indemnified Partys principal executive office is located, on or measured by the overall net income of such Indemnified Party to the extent that the computation of such taxes is consistent with the characterization for income tax purposes of the acquisition by the Purchasers of Purchaser Interests as a loan or loans by the Purchasers to Seller secured by the Receivables and Related Security;
provided, however, that nothing contained in this sentence shall limit the liability of any Seller Party or limit the recourse of the Purchasers to any Seller Party for amounts otherwise specifically provided to be paid by such Seller Party under the terms of this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing indemnification, Seller shall indemnify the AgentsAdministrative Agent and the Purchasers for Indemnified Amounts (including, without limitation, losses in respect
of uncollectible receivables, regardless of whether reimbursement therefor would constitute recourse to Seller or the Servicer) relating to or resulting from:
(i) any representation or warranty made by any Seller Party or Originator (or any officers of any such Person) under or in connection with this Agreement, any other Transaction Document or any other information or report delivered by any such Person pursuant hereto or thereto, which shall have been false or incorrect when made or deemed made;
(ii) the failure by Seller, the Servicer or any Originator to comply with any applicable law, rule or regulation with respect to any Receivable or Contract related thereto, or the nonconformity of any Receivable or Contract included therein with any such applicable law, rule or regulation or any failure of any Originator to keep or perform any of its obligations, express or implied, with respect to any Contract;
(iii) any failure of Seller, the Servicer or any Originator to perform its duties, covenants or other obligations in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document;
(iv) any products liability, personal injury or damage suit, or other similar claim arising out of or in connection with merchandise, insurance or services that are the subject of any Contract or any Receivable;
(v) any dispute, claim, offset or defense (other than discharge in bankruptcy of the Obligor) of the Obligor to the payment of any Receivable (including, without limitation, a defense based on such Receivable or the related Contract not being a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Obligor enforceable against it in accordance with its terms), or any other claim resulting from the sale of the merchandise or service related to such Receivable or the furnishing or failure to furnish such merchandise or services;
(vi) the commingling of Collections at any time with other funds;
(vii) any investigation, litigation or proceeding related to or arising from this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, the transactions contemplated hereby, the use of the proceeds of an Incremental Purchase or a Reinvestment, the ownership of the Purchaser Interests or any other investigation, litigation or proceeding relating to Seller, the Servicer or any Originator in which any Indemnified Party becomes involved as a result of any of the transactions contemplated hereby;
(viii) any inability to litigate any claim against any Obligor in respect of any Receivable as a result of such Obligor being immune from civil and commercial law and suit on the grounds of sovereignty or otherwise from any legal action, suit or proceeding;
(ix) any Amortization Event described in Section 9.1(d);
(x) any failure of Seller to acquire and maintain legal and equitable title to, and ownership of all or any portion of the Receivables from the applicable Originator, free and clear of any Adverse Claim (other than as created hereunder); or any failure of Seller to give reasonably equivalent value to such Originator under the Receivable Sale Agreement in consideration of the transfer by such Originator of any portion of the Receivables, or any attempt by any Person to void such transfer under statutory provisions or common law or equitable action;
(xi) any failure to vest and maintain vested in the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the PurchasersInvestor Parties, or to transfer to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the PurchasersInvestor Parties, legal and equitable title to, and ownership of, a first priority perfected undivided percentage ownership interest (to the extent of the Aggregate Purchaser InterestsInterest contemplated hereunder) or security interest in the Receivables and Related Security, free and clear of any Adverse Claim (except as created by the Transaction Documents);
(xii) the failure to have filed, or any delay in filing, financing statements or other similar instruments or documents under the UCC of any applicable jurisdiction or other applicable laws with respect to the Receivables, and the proceeds of any thereof, whether at the time of any Incremental Purchase or Reinvestment or at any subsequent time;
(xiii) any action or omission by any Seller Party which reduces or impairs the rights of the AgentsAdministrative Agent or the Purchasers with respect to any Receivable or the value of any such Receivable;
(xiv) any attempt by any Person to void any Incremental Purchase or Reinvestment hereunder under statutory provisions or common law or equitable action; and
(xv) the failure of any Receivable included in the calculation of the Net Receivables Balance to be an Eligible Receivable at the time so included.
Section 10.2. Increased Cost and Reduced Return.
(a) If after the date hereof, any Affected Entity shall be charged any fee, expense or increased cost on account of the adoption of any applicable law, rule or regulation (including any applicable law, rule or regulation regarding capital adequacy), any accounting principles or any change therein in any of the foregoing, or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), any governmental authority, any central bank or any comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any such authority or agency (a Regulatory Change): (i) which subjects any Affected Entity to any charge or withholding on or with respect to this Agreement or an Affected Entitys obligations under this Agreement, or on or with respect to the Receivables, or changes the basis of taxation of payments to any Affected Entity of any amounts payable under this Agreement (except for changes in the rate of tax on the overall net income of an Affected
Entity) or (ii) which imposes, modifies or deems applicable any reserve, assessment, insurance charge, special deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of an Affected Entity, or credit extended by an Affected Entity pursuant to this Agreement or (iii) which imposes any other condition the result of which is to increase the cost to an Affected Entity of performing its obligations under this Agreement, or to reduce the rate of return on an Affected Entitys capital as a consequence of its obligations under this Agreement, or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by an Affected Entity under this Agreement or to require any payment calculated by reference to the amount of interests or loans held or interest received by it, then, upon demand by the applicable Purchaser, the Seller shall pay to such Purchaser, for the benefit of the relevant Affected Entity, such amounts charged to such Affected Entity or compensate such Affected Entity for such reduction; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a Regulatory Change subject to this Section 10.2(a) regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
(b) Payment of any sum pursuant to this Section 10.2 shall be made by the Seller to the applicable Purchaser, for the benefit of the relevant Affected Entity, not later than ten (10) days after any such demand is made. A certificate of any Affected Entity, signed by an authorized officer claiming compensation under this Section 10.2 and setting forth in reasonable detail the additional amount to be paid for its benefit and explaining the manner in which such amount was determined shall be presumptive evidence of the amount to be paid, absent manifest error. Amounts under this Section 10.2 may be demanded at any time within 180 days after the incurrence of such amount without regard to the timing of issuance of any financial statement by Seller, any Purchaser or any Affected Entity.
Section 10.3. Other Costs and Expenses. Seller shall pay to the AgentsAdministrative Agent and the Purchasers within 45 days after presentation of an invoice therefor setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for the fees and charges therein all costs and out-of-pocket expenses in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby and the other documents to be delivered hereunder, including without limitation, the cost of the Administrative Agents auditors auditing the books, records and procedures of Seller, reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of shared legal counsel for the AgentsAdministrative Agent and the Purchasers with respect thereto and with respect to advising the Agentsthem as to their respective rights and remedies under this Agreement. Seller shall pay to each of the AgentsAdministrative Agent and the Purchasers within 45 days after presentation of an invoice therefor setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for the fees and charges therein any and all costs and expenses of the AgentsAdministrative Agent and the Purchasers, if any, including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel in connection with the enforcement of this Agreement and the other documents delivered hereunder and in connection with any restructuring or workout of this Agreement or such documents, or the administration of this Agreement following an Amortization Event.
ARTICLE XI
THE AGENTSTHE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Section 11.1. Authorization and Action. Each Purchaser hereby designates and appoints Wells to act as its administrative agent hereunder and under each other Transaction Document, and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions as Administrative Agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each of Wells, SunTrust and Fifth Third hereby designates and appoints itself to act as its managing agent hereunder, and authorizes itself to take such actions as managing agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to such managing agent by the terms of this Agreement, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each of the AgentsThe Administrative Agent hereby agrees to deliver a copy of each notice, certificate or report received by it from the Seller Parties to the applicable Purchasers promptly after receipt thereof. The AgentsAdministrative Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein or in any other Transaction Document, or any fiduciary relationship with any Purchaser, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities on the part of any of the AgentsAdministrative Agent shall be read into this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or otherwise exist for any of the AgentsAdministrative Agent. In performing its functions and duties hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents, the Administrative Agent shall act solely as agent for the Purchasers and does not assume nor shall be deemed to have assumed any obligation or relationship of trust or agency with or for any Seller Party or any of such Seller Partys successors or assigns, and each of the Co-Agents shall act solely as agent for itself and does not assume nor shall be deemed to have assumed any obligation or relationship of trust or agency with or for any Seller Party, any of such Seller Partys successors or assigns, or any other Purchaser. None of the Agents. The Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that exposes it to personal liability or that is contrary to this Agreement, any other Transaction Document or applicable law. The appointment and authority of the AgentsAdministrative Agent hereunder shall terminate upon the indefeasible payment in full of all Aggregate Unpaids. Each of the Purchasers hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to file UCC financing statements and execute the Blocked Account Agreements on behalf of such Purchaser (the terms of which shall be binding on such Purchaser).
Section 11.2. Delegation of Duties. Each of the AgentsThe Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement and each other Transaction Document by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. None of the AgentsThe Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care.
Section 11.3. Exculpatory Provisions. None ofNeither the AgentsAdministrative Agent nor any of its directors, officers, agents or employees shall be (i) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or them under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Transaction Document (except for its, their or such Persons own gross negligence or willful misconduct), or (ii) responsible in any manner to any of the Purchasers or other Agents for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by any Seller Party contained in this Agreement, any other Transaction Document or any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received under or in connection with, this Agreement, or any other
Transaction Document or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement, or any other Transaction Document or any other document furnished in connection herewith or therewith, or for any failure of any Seller Party to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder, or for the satisfaction of any condition specified in Article VI, or for the perfection, priority, condition, value or sufficiency of any collateral pledged in connection herewith. None of the AgentsThe Administrative Agent shall not be under any obligation to any Purchaser or any other Agent to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements or covenants contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of the Seller Parties. None of the AgentsThe Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Amortization Event or Potential Amortization Event unless suchthe Administrative Agent has received notice from Seller or a Purchaser.
Section 11.4. Reliance by Agentsthe Administrative Agent. The AgentsAdministrative Agent shall in all cases be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any document or conversation 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, without limitation, counsel to Seller), independent accountants and other experts selected by suchthe Administrative Agent. Each of the AgentsThe Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of such Purchasers as it deems appropriate and it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the applicable Purchasers, provided that unless and until suchthe Administrative Agent shall have received such advice, suchthe Administrative Agent may take or refrain from taking any action, as suchthe Administrative Agent shall deem advisable and in the best interests of the Purchasers. Each of the AgentsThe Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, in accordance with a request of the Required Purchasers or all of the Purchasers, as applicable, and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all of the PurchasersInvestor Parties.
Section 11.5. Non-Reliance on Agents and Other PurchasersOther Investor Parties. Each Purchaser expressly acknowledges that none of the Agents,Administrative Agent, the LC Issuer nor any of such Agentstheir respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates has made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by anythe Administrative Agent or the LC Issuer hereafter taken, including, without limitation, any review of the affairs of any Seller Party, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by such AgentPerson. Each Purchaser represents and warrants to the AgentsAdministrative Agent and the LC Issuer that it has and will, independently and without reliance upon any of the Agents or any other PurchaserInvestor Party and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of and investigation into the business, operations, property, prospects, financial and other conditions and creditworthiness of Seller and made its own decision to enter into this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and all other documents related hereto or thereto.
Section 11.6. Reimbursement and Indemnification. The Purchasers agree to reimburse and indemnify the Administrative Agent and its officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents ratably according to their respective CommitmentsPercentages, to the extent not paid or reimbursed by the Seller Parties (i) for any amounts for which the Administrative
AgentWells, acting in its capacity as Administrative Agent or LC Issuer, is entitled to reimbursement by the Seller Parties hereunder and (ii) for any other expenses incurred by the Administrative AgentWells, in its capacity as Administrative Agent andor LC Issuer, acting on behalf of the PurchasersInvestor Parties, in connection with the administration and enforcement of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.
Section 11.7. Agents in their Individual CapacityAdministrative Agent in its Individual Capacity. Each of the Agents, the PurchasersInvestor Parties and their respective Affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from and generally engage in any kind of business with Seller or any Affiliate of Seller as though it were not an Agent or a Purchaser (as applicable)Investor Party hereunder. With respect to the acquisition of Purchaser Interests pursuant to this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement in its individual capacity as any other Purchaser and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and the terms Purchaser and Purchasers shall include Wells, SunTrust and Fifth Third.
Section 11.8. Successor Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may, upon five days notice to Seller and the Purchasers, and the Administrative Agent will, upon the direction of all of the Purchasers (other than the Administrative Agent, in its individual capacity) resign as Administrative Agent. If the Administrative Agent shall resign, then the Requiredremaining Purchasers during such five-day period shall appoint from among the remaining Purchasers a successor administrative agent. If for any reason no successor Administrative Agent is appointed by the Requiredremaining Purchasers during such five-day period, then effective upon the termination of such five -day period, the Purchasers shall perform all of the duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents and Seller and the Servicer (as applicable) shall make all payments in respect of the Aggregate Unpaids directly to the applicable Purchasers and for all purposes shall deal directly with the Purchasers. After the effectiveness of any retiring Administrative Agents resignation hereunder as Administrative Agent, the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents and the provisions of this Article XI and Article X shall continue in effect for its benefit with respect to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Administrative Agent under this Agreement and under the other Transaction Documents.
ARTICLE XII
ASSIGNMENTS; PARTICIPATIONS
Section 12.1. Assignments.
(a) Neither Seller nor the Servicer shall have the right to assign its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of each of the AgentsPurchasers.
(b) With the consent of the Seller as long as no Amortization Event has occurred and is continuing (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), any Purchaser (Assigning Purchaser) may at any time and from time to time assign to one or more Persons (Assignee Purchaser) all or any part of its rights and obligations under this Agreement pursuant to an assignment agreement, in a form reasonably acceptable to the parties thereto, Seller and Administrative Agent (an Assignment Agreement) executed by such Assignee Purchaser and such Assigning Purchaser. Upon delivery of an executed Assignment Agreement to the Administrative Agent, such Assigning Purchaser shall be released from its obligations hereunder to the extent of such assignment. Thereafter the Assignee Purchaser shall for all purposes be a Purchaser party to this Agreement and shall have all the rights and obligations of a Purchaser under this Agreement to the same extent as if it were an original party hereto and no further consent or action by Seller, the Purchasers or the AgentsAdministrative Agent shall be required.
Section 12.2. Participations. Any Purchaser may, in the ordinary course of its business at any time sell to one or more Persons (each, a Participant), participating interests in its Purchaser Interests or any other interest of such Purchaser hereunder. Notwithstanding any such sale by such a Purchaser of a participating interest to a Participant, such Purchasers rights and obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, such Purchaser shall remain solely responsible for the performance of its obligations hereunder, and Seller, the AgentsAdministrative Agent and the other Purchasers shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Purchaser in connection with such Purchasers rights and obligations under this Agreement. Each Purchaser agrees that any agreement between such Purchaser and any such Participant in respect of such participating interest shall not restrict such Purchasers right to agree to any amendment, supplement, waiver or modification to this Agreement, except for any amendment, supplement, waiver or modification described in Section 14.l(b)(i).
Section 12.3. Federal Reserve. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, any Purchaser may at any time pledge or grant a security interest in all or any portion of its rights (including, without limitation, any Receivable and any rights to payment of Capital and Yield) under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Purchaser to a Federal Reserve Bank, without notice to or consent of the Seller, any other Purchaser or any Agent; provided that no such pledge or grant of a security interest shall release any Purchaser from any of its obligations hereunder, or substitute any such pledgee or grantee for such Purchaser as a party hereto.
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Section 14.1. Waivers and Amendments.
(a) No failure or delay on the part of any of the AgentsAdministrative Agent or Purchasers in exercising any power, right or remedy under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or remedy preclude any other further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other power, right or remedy. The rights and remedies herein provided shall be cumulative and nonexclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law. Any waiver of this Agreement shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given.
(b) No provision of this Agreement may be amended, supplemented, modified or waived except in writing in accordance with the provisions of this Section 14.1(b). The Seller Parties and Administrative Agent, at the direction of the Required Purchasers, may enter into written modifications or waivers of any provisions of this Agreement, provided, however, that no such modification or waiver shall: No provision of this Agreement may be amended, supplemented, modified or waived except in writing signed by the Seller Parties and the Investor Parties; provided, however, the Administrative Agent and the Purchasers may enter into amendments to modify any of the terms or provisions of Article XI or Article XII or any other provision of this Agreement without the consent of the Seller Parties, provided that such amendment has no negative impact upon either of the Seller Parties. Any modification or waiver made in accordance with this Section 14.1 shall apply to each of the Purchasers equally and shall be binding upon the Seller Parties and the Investor Parties.¶
(1) without the consent of each affected Purchaser, (A) extend the Scheduled Termination Date or the date of any payment or deposit of Collections by Seller or the Servicer, (B) reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of Yield (or any component of Yield), (C) reduce any fee payable to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Purchasers, (D) except pursuant to Article XII hereof, change the amount of the Capital of any Purchaser, any Purchasers Percentage or any Purchasers Commitment, (E) amend, modify or waive any provision of the definition of Required Purchasers or this Section 14.1(b), (F) consent to or permit the assignment or transfer by Seller of any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement, (G) change the definition of Required Reserve or any component thereof, or (H) amend or modify any defined term (or any defined term
used directly or indirectly in such defined term) used in clauses (A) through (G) above in a manner that would circumvent the intention of the restrictions set forth in such clauses; or¶
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, (A) the Administrative Agent and Seller, with the consent of each Purchaser, may amend this Agreement on terms satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Seller to add additional Persons as Purchasers hereunder and (B) the Agents may enter into amendments to modify any of the terms or provisions of Article XI or Article XII or any other provision of this Agreement without the consent of the Seller Parties, provided that such amendment has no negative impact upon either of the Seller Parties. Any modification or waiver made in accordance with this Section 14.1 shall apply to each of the Purchasers equally and shall be binding upon the Seller Parties, the Purchasers and the Agents.
Section 14.2. Notices. Except as provided in this Section 14.2, all communications and notices provided for hereunder shall be in writing (including bank wire, telecopy or electronic facsimile transmission or similar writing, and electronic mail) and shall be given to the other parties hereto at their respective addresses or telecopy numbers set forth on the signature pages hereof or at such other address or telecopy number as such Person may hereafter specify for the purpose of notice to each of the other parties hereto. Each such notice or other communication shall be effective (i) if given by telecopy, upon the receipt thereof, (ii) if given by mail, five (5) Business Days after the time such communication is deposited in the mail with first class postage prepaid or (iii) if given by any other means, when received at the address specified in this Section 14.2. Seller hereby authorizes each of the AgentsAdministrative Agent, the LC Issuer and the Purchasers to effect purchasesPurchases based on telephonic notices made by any Person whom suchthe Administrative Agent or such Purchaser in good faith believes to be acting on behalf of Seller. Seller agrees to deliver promptly to anythe Administrative Agent a written confirmation of each telephonic notice signed by a Responsible Officer of Seller; provided, however, the absence of such confirmation shall not affect the validity of such notice. If the written confirmation differs from the action taken by any of the Agents orAdministrative Agent, the LC Issuer or the Purchasers, as the case may be, the records of such Agent or such PurchaserPerson, as applicable, shall govern absent manifest error.
Section 14.3. Ratable Payments. If any PurchaserInvestor Party, whether by setoff or otherwise, has payment made to it with respect to any portion of the Aggregate Unpaids owing to such PurchaserInvestor Party (other than payments received pursuant to Section 10.2 or 10.3) in a greater proportion than that received by any other PurchaserInvestor Party entitled to receive a ratable share of such Aggregate Unpaids, such PurchaserInvestor Party agrees, promptly upon demand, to purchase for cash without recourse or warranty a portion of such Aggregate Unpaids held by the other PurchasersInvestor Parties so that after such purchase each PurchaserInvestor Party will hold its ratable proportion of such Aggregate Unpaids; provided that if all or any portion of such excess amount is thereafter recovered from such PurchaserInvestor Party, such purchase shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, but without interest.
Section 14.4. Protection of Ownership Interests of the PurchasersInterests of the Investor Parties. ¶.
(a) Seller agrees that from time to time, at its expense, it will promptly execute and deliver all instruments and documents, and take all actions, that may be necessary or desirable, or that any oftwo Purchasers or the AgentsAdministrative Agent may request, to perfect, protect or more fully evidence the Purchaser Interests,interests of the Investor Parties or to enable the Agents or the Purchaserseach of the Investor Parties to exercise and enforce theirits rights and remedies hereunder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Seller hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to file a financing statement against Seller describing the collateral thereunder as all assets and the proceeds thereof or words of the same general effect. At any time after the occurrence of an Amortization Event, the Administrative Agent may, or the Administrative Agent mayand shall at the direction of any two Purchasers, (i) notify or direct the Seller or the ServicerParties to, notify the Obligors of Receivables, at Sellers expense, of the ownership or security interests of the PurchasersAdministrative Agent for the benefit of the Investor Parties under this Agreement, and may also(ii) direct that payments of all amounts due or that become due under any or all Receivables be made directly to the Administrative Agent or its designee. s Account or another account specified by it in writing. Seller or the Servicer (as applicable) shall, at any PurchaserInvestor Partys request, withhold the identity of such PurchaserInvestor Party in any such notification.
(b) If any Seller Party fails to perform any of its obligations hereunder: (i) any of the Agents or PurchasersInvestor Parties may (but shall not be required to) perform, or cause performance of, such obligations, and such Agents or such PurchaserInvestor Partys costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith shall be payable by Seller as provided in Section 10.3, (ii) each Seller Party irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent at any time and from time to time in the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent, and appoints the Administrative Agent as its attorney-in-fact, to act on behalf of such Seller Party (A) to execute on behalf of Seller as debtor and to file financing statements necessary or desirable in the Administrative Agents sole discretion to perfect and to maintain the perfection and priority of the interest of the Purchasers in the Receivables and (B) to file a carbon, photographic or other reproduction of this Agreement or any financing statement with respect to the Receivables as a financing statement in such offices as the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion deems necessary or desirable to perfect and to maintain the perfection and priority of the interests of the Purchasers in the Receivables. The appointment in the preceding clause (ii) is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable.
Section 14.5. Confidentiality.
(a) Each Seller Party and each PurchaserInvestor Party shall maintain and shall cause each of its employees and officers to maintain the confidentiality of the Fee Letters and the other confidential or proprietary information with respect to any Agent and their respectiveeach of the Investor Parties and its businesses obtained by it or them in connection with the structuring, negotiating and execution of the transactions contemplated herein, except that such Seller Party and such PurchaserInvestor Party and its officers and employees may disclose such information to such Seller Partys and such PurchaserInvestor Partys external accountants
and attorneys and as required by any applicable law or order of any judicial or administrative proceeding.
(b) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, each Seller Party hereby consents to the disclosure of any nonpublic information with respect to it (i) to the Agents or the PurchasersInvestor Parties by each other, (ii) by any of the Agents or the PurchasersInvestor Parties to any prospective or actual assignee or participant of any of them, and (iii) to any officers, directors, employees, outside accountants and attorneys of any of the foregoing, provided each such Person is informed of the confidential nature of such information. In addition, the Purchasers and the AgentsInvestor Parties may disclose any such nonpublic information pursuant to any law, rule, regulation, direction, request or order of any judicial, administrative or regulatory authority or proceedings (whether or not having the force or effect of law).
(c) Notwithstanding any other express or implied agreement to the contrary, the parties hereto agree that each of them and each of their employees, representatives, and other agents may disclose to any and all Persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of the transaction and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to any of them relating to such tax treatment and tax structure, except where confidentiality is reasonably necessary to comply with U.S. federal or state securities laws. For purposes of this paragraph, the terms tax treatment and tax structure have the meanings specified in Treasury Regulation section 1.6011-4(c).
Section 14.6. Patriot ActPATRIOT Act. The Agents and the PurchasersInvestor Parties hereby notify the Seller Parties that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act, Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001) (the Patriot Act)PATRIOT Act, they are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Seller Parties, which information includes their respective names and addresses and other information that will allow them to identify the Seller Parties in accordance with the Patriot Act.
Section 14.7. Limitation of Liability. Except with respect to any claim arising out of the willful misconduct or gross negligence of any of the Agents or PurchasersInvestor Parties, no claim may be made by any Seller Party or any other Person against any of the Agents or Purchasers or theirInvestor Parties or its respective Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, attorneys or agents for any special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages in respect of any claim for breach of contract or any other theory of liability arising out of or related to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or any act, omission or event occurring in connection therewith; and each Seller Party hereby waives, releases, and agrees not to sue upon any claim for any such damages, whether or not accrued and whether or not known or suspected to exist in its favor.
Section 14.8. CHOICE OF LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS (AND NOT THE LAW OF CONFLICTS) OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Section 14.9. CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. EACH SELLER PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR NEW YORK STATE COURT SITTING IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK
IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY DOCUMENT EXECUTED BY SUCH PERSON PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT, AND EACH SELLER PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN ANY SUCH COURT AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE AS TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT OR THAT SUCH COURT IS AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT OF ANY AGENT OR ANY PURCHASER TO BRING PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ANY SELLER PARTY IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING BY ANY SELLER PARTY AGAINST ANY AGENT OR ANY PURCHASER OR ANY AFFILIATE OF ANY AGENT OR ANY PURCHASER INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO, OR CONNECTED WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY DOCUMENT EXECUTED BY SUCH SELLER PARTY PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE BROUGHT ONLY IN A COURT IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK.
Section 14.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER (WHETHER SOUNDING IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO, OR CONNECTED WITH THIS AGREEMENT, ANY DOCUMENT EXECUTED BY ANY SELLER PARTY PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER.
Section 14.11. Integration; Binding Effect; Survival of Terms.
(a) This Agreement and each other Transaction Document contain the final and complete integration of all prior expressions by the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and shall constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof superseding all prior oral or written understandings.
(b) This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns (including any trustee in bankruptcy). This Agreement shall create and constitute the continuing obligations of the parties hereto in accordance with its terms and shall remain in full force and effect until terminated in accordance with its terms; provided, however, that the rights and remedies with respect to (i) any breach of any representation and warranty made by any Seller Party pursuant to Article V, (ii) the indemnification and payment provisions of Article X, and Sections 14.5 and 14.6 shall be continuing and shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
Section 14.12. Counterparts; Severability; Section References. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same Agreement. Any provisions of this Agreement which are 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. Unless otherwise expressly indicated, all references herein to Article, Section, Schedule or Exhibit shall mean articles and sections of, and schedules and exhibits to, this Agreement.
Section 14.13. Characterization. It is the intention of the parties hereto that each Purchase hereunder shall constitute and be treated as an absolute and irrevocable sale, which Purchase shall provide the applicable Purchaser with the full benefits of ownership of the applicable Purchaser Interest. Except as specifically provided in this Agreement, each sale of a Purchaser Interest hereunder is made without recourse to Seller; provided, however, that (i) Seller shall be liable to each of the Purchasers and the Agents for all representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities made by Sellera secured financing for all purposes. No Purchase pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and (ii) such sale does not shall constitute and is not intended to result in an assumption by any of the Purchasers or the AgentsInvestor Parties or any assignee thereof of any obligation of Seller or any Originator or any other Person arising in connection with the Receivables or any other obligations of Seller or any Originator.
In addition to any ownership interest in the Receivables and Related Security which the Administrative Agent may from time to time acquire pursuant hereto, to secure the prompt and complete payment of the Aggregate Unpaids, Seller hereby grants to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the PurchasersInvestor Parties a valid and perfected security interest in all of Sellers right, title and interest, now existing or hereafter arising, in (i) the Receivables, the Related Security and the Collections, (ii) the Letter of Credit Collateral Account, the Facility Account and, the Servicers Concentration Account and the other Collection Accounts, (iii) Sellers rights and remedies under the Receivable Sale Agreement, and (iv) all proceeds of any thereof prior to all other liens on and security interests therein. The Agents and the Purchasers (collectively, the Collateral). The Investor Parties shall have, in addition to the rights and remedies that they may have under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, all other rights and remedies provided to a secured creditor under the UCC and other applicable law, which rights and remedies shall be cumulative.
Section 14.14. No Proceedings¶. Each of the parties hereto (other than the Administrative Agent) hereby agrees that it will not institute against the Seller, or join any Person (other than the Administrative Agent) in instituting against the Seller, any insolvency proceeding (namely, any proceeding of the type referred to in Section 9.1(d)) so long as any Aggregate Unpaids shall be outstanding or there shall not have elapsed two years plus one day since the last day on which any such Aggregate Unpaids shall have been outstanding. The parties obligations under this Section 14.14 shall survive termination of this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered by their duly authorized officers as of the date hereof.
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EXHIBIT I
DEFINITIONS
As used in this Agreement:
(a) Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings attributed thereto in the Receivable Sale Agreement (hereinafter defined); and
(b) The following terms shall have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined):
Accrual Period means each calendar month, provided that the initial Accrual Period hereunder means the period from (and including) the date of the initial purchase hereunder to (and including) the last day of the calendar month thereafter.
Administrative Agent has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
Administrative Agents Account means account no. 2070482789126, account name: Leverage Finance NC, at Wachovia Bank, National Association, ABA No. 053000219, Reference: Ferrellgas Receivables, LLC, or any other account as the Administrative Agent may indicate from time to time.37235547964500224 at Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., account name: Ferrellgas Receivables, LLC, ABA No. 121-000-248, or any other account as the Administrative Agent may indicate from time to time.
Administrative Agents Fee Letter means the letter agreement dated as of July 27, 2016May 11, 2018 between Seller and the Administrative Agent, as the same may be amended, restated or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time.
Adverse Claim means a lien, security interest, charge or encumbrance, or other right or claim in, of or on any Persons assets or properties in favor of any other Person.
Affected Entity means (i) any Purchaser, or (ii) any bank holding company in respect of such Purchaser.
Affiliate means, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with, such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person. A Person shall be deemed to control another Person if the controlling Person owns 10% or more of any class of voting securities of the controlled Person or possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of the controlled Person, whether through ownership of stock, by contract or otherwise.¶
Agents has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
Aggregate Capital means, on any date of determination, the aggregate amount of Capital of all Purchaser Intereststhe Administrative Agent and the Purchasers outstanding on such date.
Aggregate Commitment means, on any date of determination, the aggregate of the Purchasers several Commitments.
Aggregate Reduction has the meaning specified in Section 1.3(a).Credit Exposure means, on any date of determination with respect to the Administrative Agent and all Purchasers, the sum of the Purchasers respective Credit Exposures.¶
Aggregate Face Amount Outstanding means, on any date of determination, the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit then outstanding.¶
Aggregate Purchaser Interest means, at any time, the aggregate of the Purchaser Interests of each Investor Party¶
Aggregate Reduction has the meaning specified in Section 1.3.
Aggregate Reserve Percentage means, on any date of determination the sum of (a) the Yield Reserve, (b) the Servicing Reserve and (c) the greater of (i) the Dynamic Reserve Percentage and (ii) the Floor Reserve Percentage.
Aggregate Unpaids means, at any time, an amount equal to the sum of all Capital, Total LC Obligations, accrued and unpaid fees under the Fee LettersFees, LC Fees, Yield, Aggregate CapitalInterest, and Indemnified Amounts and all other unpaid Recourse Obligations (whether due or accrued) at such time.
Agreement means this Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of January 19, 2012 among the Seller, Ferrellgasthe Servicer, the Purchasers, the LC Issuer and the AgentsAdministrative Agent, as it may be amended, restated or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time.
Alternate Base Rate means, on any date of determination, a floating rate per annum equal to the sum of (a) the greatest of (i) the Prime Rate, (ii) the sum of the Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 0.50%, and (iii) 0%, plus (b) the Applicable Margin.¶
Amendment No. 4 Effective Date means September 27, 2016.
Amortization Date means the earliest to occur of (i) the day on which any of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 6.2 are not satisfied, (ii) the Business Day immediately prior to the occurrence of an Amortization Event set forth in Section 9.1(d)(ii), (iii) the Business Day specified in a written notice from the Administrative Agent following the occurrence of any other Amortization Event, and (iv) the date which is 5 Business Days after the Administrative Agents receipt of written notice from Seller that it wishes to terminate the facility evidenced by this Agreement.
Amortization Event has the meaning specified in Article IX.¶
Anti-Terrorism Laws means any Laws relating to terrorism, trade sanctions programs and embargoes, import/export licensing, money laundering or bribery, and any
regulation, order, or directive promulgated, issued or enforced pursuant to such Laws, all as amended, supplemented or replaced from time to time.
Applicable Margin means: For the period beginning on April 28, 2017, the applicable percentage set forth below determined by reference to the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the Agents pursuant to Section 7.2(b): 2.0% per annum; provided, however, that the Applicable Margin shall increase to 4.0% per annum at any time during which an Amortization Event exists and is continuing.¶
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; provided, however, that each of the foregoing percentages shall increase by 200 basis points at any time during which an Amortization Event exists and is continuing. Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Margin resulting from a change in the Consolidated Leverage Ratio pursuant to the above, shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 7.2(b); provided, however, that if a Compliance Certificate is not delivered when due in accordance with such Section, then, upon the request of the Required Purchasers, the maximum percentage set forth above shall apply, in each case as of the first Business Day after the date on which such Compliance Certificate was required to have been delivered and in each case shall remain in effect until the date on which such Compliance Certificate is delivered.¶
If, as a result of any restatement of or other adjustment to the financial statements of Ferrellgas or for any other reason, Ferrellgas or the Purchasers determine that (i) the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as calculated by Ferrellgas as of any applicable date was inaccurate and (ii) a proper calculation of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio would have resulted in higher pricing for such period, Seller shall immediately and retroactively be obligated to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Purchasers, promptly on demand by the Administrative Agent (or, after the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to Ferrellgas under the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, automatically and without further action by any Agent or any Purchaser), an amount equal to the excess of the amount of interest and fees that should have been paid for such period over the amount of interest and fees actually paid for such period. This paragraph shall not limit the rights of any of the Agents or the Purchasers under Article IX. Sellers obligations under this paragraph shall survive until the date that is 365 days after the later to occur of (A) termination of the Aggregate Commitment and (B) repayment of all Aggregate Unpaids.
Assignee Purchaser has the meaning set forth in Section 12.1(b).
Assigning Purchaser has the meaning set forth in Section 12.1(b).
Assignment Agreement has the meaning set forth in Section 12.1(b).
Base Dilution Reserve Percentage means the product of (i) the average of the monthly Dilution Ratios during the 12 most recent Measurement Periods and (ii) the Dilution Horizon Ratio.
Blocked Account Agreement means an agreement among an Originator or the Seller, as applicable, the Administrative Agent and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (or other applicable Collection Bank) with respect to the Servicers Concentration Account, the Facility Account or such other Collection Account as the Administrative Agent may specify, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the parties thereto.
Business Day means any day on which banks are not authorized or required to close in Charlotte, North CarolinaPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Cincinnati, Ohio or Atlanta, Georgia, and, if the applicable Business Day relates to any computation or payment to be made with respect to LMIR, any day on which dealings in dollar deposits are carried on in the London interbank market.
Capital of any Purchaser Interest means, at any time, (A) the Cash Purchase Price of such Purchaser Interestpaid therefor, minus (B) the sum of the aggregate amount of Collections and other payments received by the Administrative Agent which in each case are applied to reduce such Capital in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement; provided that such Capital shall be restored (in accordance with Section 2.53.4) in the amount of any Collections or other payments so received and applied if at any time the distribution of such Collections or payments are rescinded, returned or refunded for any reason.
Capital Lease Obligation has the meaning set forth in the Credit Agreement.¶
Cash Collateralize means to pledge and deposit into the Letter of Credit Collateral Account at Wells, for the benefit of the LC Issuer, as collateral for the Total LC Obligations, immediately available funds pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the LC Issuer. The term Cash Collateral shall have a correlative meaning. In order to be considered fully-Cash Collateralized, a Letter of Credit must be covered by Cash Collateral in an amount equal to 105% of its maximum remaining face amount outstanding.¶
Cash Purchase Price has the meaning specified in Section 1.2(a).
Change of Control means (a) a Change of Control under and as defined in the Credit Agreement, or (b) Ferrellgas ceases to own 100% of the outstanding Equity Interests of Seller.i) a Change of Control as defined in the Credit Agreement exclusive of clause (e) and, except as it pertains to Ferrellgas, Blue Rhino or Seller, clause (g) of such definition, or (ii) Ferrellgas ceases to own 100% of the outstanding Equity Interests of Seller or Blue Rhino.
Charged-Off Receivable means a Receivable: (i) as to which the Obligor thereof has taken any action, or suffered any event to occur, of the type described in Section 9.1(d) (as if references to Seller Party therein refer to such Obligor); (ii) as to which the Obligor thereof, if a natural person, is deceased, (iii) which, consistent with the Credit and Collection Policy, would be written off Sellers books as uncollectible, or (iv) which has been identified by Seller as uncollectible.
Charged-Off Trigger Ratio means, as of any Cut-Off Date, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) computed by dividing (x) the total amount of Receivables that became Charged-Off Receivables during the Measurement Period ending on such Cut-Off Date, by (y) the aggregate
original Outstanding Balance of all Receivables originated during the six preceding Measurement Periods.
Co-Agent has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.Collateral has the meaning specified in Section 14.13.
Collection Account means each account designated as a Secondary Collection Account on Schedule D hereto and each other concentration account, depositary account, lock-box account or similar account (other than each of the Originators Accounts) in which any Collections are collected or deposited. concentration account, depositary account, lock-box account or similar account (other than any Originators Account) in which any Collections are collected or deposited, including, without limitation, each account designated on Schedule C or Schedule D hereto. For the avoidance of doubt, all Collection Accounts must be listed on either Schedule C or Schedule D hereto.
Collection Bank means any bank at which a Collection Account is maintained.
Collection Notice means a notice in the form attached to a Blocked Account Agreement from the Administrative Agent to the Collection Bank party thereto terminating the Servicers or Sellers authority to make withdrawals from each Collection Account subject thereto.
Collections means, with respect to any Receivable, all cash collections and other cash proceeds in respect of such Receivable, including, without limitation, all cash proceeds of Related Security with respect to such Receivable and all Deemed Collections (if any) with respect to such Receivable.
Commingling Risk Reserve Percentage means 7.50%, provided that if deemed necessary or advisable in the reasonable judgment of (a) the Administrative Agent or (b) Fifth Third and SunTrustPNC, acting jointly, in either case, following (i) an adverse change in financial condition or circumstances of SellerServicer and (ii) consultation with (which does not imply concurrence of) SellerServicer, the Administrative Agent may (and shall if directed to do so by Fifth Third and SunTrustPNC, acting jointly), increase this percentage to a higher percentage not to exceed 12.5%.
Commitment means for each Purchaser, its commitment to purchase Purchaser Interests from Seller in the aggregate amount set forth on Schedule A hereto, as the same may be updated from time to time pursuant to Section 1.1(b) or pursuant to the following proviso provided, however, that not more than once during the term of this Agreement, so long as no Amortization Event or Potential Amortization Event exists or would result therefrom, one or more of the Purchasers (each, an Increasing Purchaser) may, at the request of Seller, consent to an increase in its Commitment of not more than $50,000,000 in the aggregate for all Purchasers, and each of the applicable Purchasers, in its sole and absolute discretion, may consent to or decline to consent to its share, if any, of the requested increase. Any increase in an Increasing Purchasers Commitment may be effectuated pursuant to an instrument signed by such Increasing Purchaser and the Seller, and concurrently therewith Schedule A hereto shall be deemed automatically updated to reflect the increased Commitment of each Increasing Lender documented
therein.(through the Administrative Agent) in the aggregate amount set forth on Schedule A hereto, as the same may be updated from time to time pursuant to Section 1.1(b).
Commitment Availability means, as to each Purchaser, at any time the positive difference (if any) between (a) its Commitment at such time, minus (b) such Purchasers Capital outstandingCredit Exposure at such time.
Concentration Percentage means, at any time in relation to the aggregate Outstanding Balance of Receivables owed by any single Obligor and its Affiliates (if any), the percentage determined according to the following table for Obligors who have a non-credit-enhanced, senior unsecured short term debt rating currently assigned to them by S&P or Moodys (or in the absence thereof, the equivalent non-credit enhanced long-term unsecured senior debt ratings):¶
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Level |
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S&P Short- |
|
Moodys |
|
S&P Rating |
|
Moodys |
|
Concentration |
1 |
|
A-1+ |
|
P-1 |
|
AA or better |
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Aa2 or better |
|
10% |
2 |
|
A-1 |
|
P-1 |
|
> A |
|
> A2 |
|
8% |
3 |
|
A-2 |
|
P-2 |
|
> BBB |
|
> Baa2 |
|
6% |
4 |
|
A-3 |
|
P-3 |
|
BBB- |
|
Baa3 |
|
4% |
5 |
|
Below A-3 or Not Rated by either S&P or Moodys |
|
Below P-3 or Not Rated by either S&P or Moodys |
|
Below BBB- or Not Rated by either S&P or Moodys |
|
Below Baa3 or Not Rated by either S&P or Moodys |
|
2.5% |
; provided, however, that (i) if any Obligor has a split rating, the applicable rating will be the lower of the two (if there is only one rating level difference), and one rating above the lower rating (if there are two or more rating levels difference), (ii) if any Obligor has only one rating available, the next lower rating category will apply, (iii) if any Obligor is not rated by either S&P or Moodys,
the Concentration Percentage shall be the percentage set forth in level 5 above shall apply, (iv) if any Obligors payment obligation with respect to a Receivable is guaranteed by such Obligors parent, the parents ratings will be used but shall be subject to the other provisions of this definition, and (v) upon Sellers request from time to time, the Purchasers, in their sole discretion, may agree to a higher percentage of Eligible Receivables for a particular Obligor and its Affiliates (each such higher percentage, a Special Concentration Limit), it being understood that any Special Concentration Limit may be cancelled by the Requiredall Purchasers upon not less than thirty (30) days written notice to the Seller and the Purchasers.¶
Covered Entity shall mean (a) each Originator, each Seller Party, each Subsidiary of an Originator or a Seller Party, and (b) each Person that, directly or indirectly, is in control of a Person described in clause (a) above. For purposes of this definition, control of a Person shall mean the direct or indirect (x) ownership of, or power to vote, 25% or more of the issued and outstanding equity interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such Person or other Persons performing similar functions for such Person, or (y) power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by ownership of equity interests, contract or otherwise.
Credit Agreement means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of November 2, 2009, by and among Ferrellgas, the General Partner, each lender from time to time party thereto and Bank of America, N.A. as administrative agent, as in effect on the date of this Agreement and as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement dated as of September 23, 2011, Amendment No. 2 to Credit Agreement dated as of October 21, 2013, Amendment No. 3 dated as of June 6, 2014, Amendment No. 4 dated as of May 29, 2015, Amendment No. 5 dated as of September 23, 2016, and Amendment No. 6 dated as of April 28, 2017, and as further amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time with the consent of the Agents under this Agreement in their capacities as such unless otherwise expressly provided herein, regardless of whether the same remains in effect.Financing Agreement, dated as of May 4, 2018, by and among Ferrellgas, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Ferrellgas, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and certain Subsidiaries of Ferrellgas, L.P. as guarantors, the lenders from time to time party hereto, TPG Specialty Lending, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as administrative agent for the Lenders, as collateral agent for the Lenders and lead arranarranger, as in effect on May 14, 2018 and as thereafter amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time except as may be prohibited by the Intercreditor Agreement, regardless of whether such Financing Agreement remains in effectger.
Credit and Collection Policy means, as to an Originator, such Originators credit and collection policies and practices relating to Contracts and Receivables existing on the date hereof and summarized in Exhibit IV to the Receivable Sale Agreement, as modified from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.¶
Credit Event means the making of any Investment or Reinvestment, or the issuance or any Modification of a Letter of Credit pursuant to this Agreement.¶
Credit Exposure means, on any date of determination with respect to any Purchaser, the sum of (i) such Purchasers Capital, plus (ii) its Percentage of the LC Obligations. In computing a Purchasers Credit Exposure in connection with an Incremental Purchase, the
proceeds of which will be used to refinance an LC Disbursement, the Seller need not count both such Purchasers Percentage of the Reimbursement Obligations and its Percentage of the Cash Purchase Price of such Purchaser Interest. In addition, in computing a Purchasers Credit Exposure in connection with any Credit Event, the Seller need not count such Purchasers Percentage of the amount of any LC Obligations that are fully Cash Collateralized.
Cut-Off Date means the last day of each Measurement Period.
Days Sales Outstanding means, as of any day, an amount equal to the product of (1) 91, multiplied by (2) the amount obtained by dividing (i) the aggregate outstanding balance of Receivables as of the last day of the most recent Measurement Period, by (ii) the aggregate amount of Receivables created during the three (3) Measurement Periods ending on the last day of the current Measurement Period.
Deemed Collections means Collections deemed to be received by the applicable Originator in accordance with Section 1.3 of the Receivable Sale Agreement. Deemed Collections shall constitute Collections required to be remitted pursuant to Sections 2.2 and 2.3Section 3.1 of this Agreement when and as they are deemed to arise under the Receivable Sale Agreement.
Default Ratio means, for any Measurement Period, a ratio (expressed as a percentage) equal to (a) the sum of (i) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Receivables as to which any payment or part thereof remains unpaid for more than 90 but less than 121 days after the original due date for such payment and (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Receivables that were less than 90 days past due that became Charged-Off Receivables during such Measurement Period, divided by (b) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Receivables originated during the fourth preceding Measurement Period.
Defaulted Receivable means a Receivable as to which any payment, or part thereof, remains unpaid for more than 6160 days from the original due date for such payment.
Delinquency Trigger Event means, as of the last day of any Measurement Period, the Delinquency Trigger Ratio for such Measurement Period exceeds (A) 11% for each Measurement Period ending in April through and including October of any year, or (B) 9.1% for each Measurement Period ending in November through and including March of any year.
Delinquency Trigger Ratio means, as of any Cut-Off Date, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) computed by dividing (i) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Delinquent Receivables as of such Cut-Off Date, by (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Retail Receivables as of such Cut-Off Date.
Delinquent Receivable means a Retail Receivable as to which any payment, or part thereof, remains unpaid for 31-60 days from the original due date for such payment.
Dilution Horizon Ratio means, as of any date of determination, a fraction (expressed as a percentage), the numerator of which equals the aggregate sales generating Receivables originated during the most recently ended Measurement Period (including, without limitation, all invoices, debit memos and Finance Charges), and the denominator of which equals the Net Receivables Balance as of the last day of the most recently ended Measurement Period, or,
in each case, a longer period if it is determined during the most recently completed field examination that the average lag between the issuance of credit memoranda and the date of the related invoice is longer than 30 days.
Dilution Ratio means, for any Measurement Period, a percentage equal to (i) the aggregate amount of Dilutions which occurred during such Measurement Period divided by (ii) the aggregate sales generating Receivables originated during the preceding Measurement Period.
Dilution Reserve Percentage means, as of any date of determination, a percentage calculated in accordance with the following formula:
[(SF x ED) + [(DS - ED) x (DS/ED)]] x DHR
where:¶
¶
SF |
= |
2.25; |
ED |
= |
The average of the monthly Dilution Ratios occurring during the 12 most recent Measurement Periods; |
DS |
= |
The highest three-month rolling average of the Dilution Ratios occurring during the 12 most recent Measurement Periods; and |
DHR |
= |
The Dilution Horizon Ratio at such time. |
Dilutions means, at any time, the aggregate amount of any reduction or cancellation of the outstanding principal balance of a Receivable due to (a) any defective or rejected goods or services, any cash discount or any other adjustment by any Originator or any Affiliate thereof (other than as a result of any Collections), or as a result of any governmental or regulatory action, (b) any setoff in respect of any claim by the Obligor thereof (whether such claim arises out of the same or a related or an unrelated transaction), (c) any warranty claim, rebate or refund, (d) any misstatement of the amount thereof, or (e) any misrepresentation.
Discount Rate means, if available, LMIR (otherwise, the Alternate Base Rate).
Dynamic Reserve Percentage means on any date of determination, the sum of the Loss Reserve Percentage and the Dilution Reserve Percentage.
Eligible Receivable means, at any time, a Receivable:
(i) the Obligor of which (a) if a natural person, is a resident of the United States or, if a corporation or other business organization, is organized under the laws of the United States or any political subdivision thereof and has its chief executive office in the United States (each such Receivable, a Domestic Receivable), except that Receivables which are not Domestic Receivables in an amount that does not exceed 2% of the aggregate Outstanding Balance of total Receivables may be included as Eligible Receivables without the need to perfect the Administrative Agents security interest in such Receivables
under the laws of any foreign jurisdiction; (b) is not an Affiliate of any of the parties hereto; (c) is not a Sanctioned Person; and (cd) is not a Governmental Authority against which claims may only be assigned in compliance with the Federal Assignment of Claims Act or similar legislation (each such Receivable, the Obligor of which is a Governmental Authority against which claims may only be assigned in compliance with the Federal Assignment of Claims Act or similar legislation, being a Government Receivable), except that a portion of Government Receivables not to exceed 2% of the aggregate Outstanding Balance of total Receivables may be included as Eligible Receivables without the need to comply with the Federal Assignment of Claims Act or similar legislation,
(ii) the Obligor of which is not the Obligor on Defaulted Receivables, the aggregate Outstanding Balance of which exceeds 50% of such Obligors total Receivables,
(iii) which is not, on any date of determination, a Defaulted Receivable, a Charged-Off Receivable, or, if a Delinquency Trigger Event has occurred, a Delinquent Receivable,
(iv) which by its terms is due and payable within 30 days of the original billing date therefore and has not had its payment terms extended, provided that Receivables due and payable between 31 and 90 days of the original billing date in an aggregate amount not to exceed 15% of total Receivables may be included in Eligible Receivables,
(v) which is an account within the meaning of Article 9 of the UCC of all applicable jurisdictions,
(vi) which is denominated and payable only in United States dollars in the United States,
(vii) which arises under an invoice, which, together with such Receivable, is in full force and effect and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the related Obligor enforceable against such Obligor in accordance with its terms subject to no offset, counterclaim or other defense,
(viii) which arises under an invoice which (A) does not require the Obligor under such invoice to consent to the transfer, sale or assignment of the rights and duties of the applicable Originator or any of its assignees under such invoice and (B) does not contain a confidentiality provision that purports to restrict the ability of the Administrative Agent to exercise its rights, on behalf of the Purchasers, under the Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, its right to review such invoice,
(ix) which arises under an invoice that contains an obligation to pay a specified sum of money, contingent only upon the sale of propane, propane appliances or other related goods or the provision of services by the applicable Originator,
(x) which, together with the invoice related thereto, does not contravene any law, rule or regulation applicable thereto (including, without limitation, any law, rule and regulation relating to truth in lending, fair credit billing, fair credit reporting, equal credit
opportunity, fair debt collection practices and privacy) and with respect to which no part of the invoice related thereto is in violation of any such law, rule or regulation,
(xi) which satisfies all material requirements of the applicable Credit and Collection Policy,
(xii) which was generated in the ordinary course of the applicable Originators business,
(xiii) which arises solely from the sale of propane, propane appliances or other related goods or the provision of services to the related Obligor by the applicable Originator, and not by any other Person (in whole or in part),
(xiv) as to which the Administrative Agent has not notified Seller that the Administrative Agent has determined, in the exercise of its commercially reasonable credit judgment, that such Receivable or class of Receivables is not acceptable as an Eligible Receivable,
(xv) which is not subject to any right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim, any other defense (including defenses arising out of violations of usury laws) of the applicable Obligor against the applicable Originator or any other Adverse Claim, and the Obligor thereon holds no right as against such Originator to cause such Originator to repurchase the propane, propane appliances or other related goods the sale of which shall have given rise to such Receivable (except with respect to sale discounts effected pursuant to the invoice, or defective goods returned in accordance with the terms of the invoice),
(xvi) as to which the applicable Originator has satisfied and fully performed all obligations on its part with respect to such Receivable required to be fulfilled by it, and no further action is required to be performed by any Person with respect thereto other than payment thereon by the applicable Obligor,
(xvii) in which Sellers ownership interest therein is free and clear of any Adverse Claim other than a first priority perfected security interest in favor of the Administrative Agent, and
(xviii) which is reported on PeopleSoft or Navision or such other similar system that is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Receivables associated with the level-pay program shall be Eligible Receivables to the extent that the aggregate amount of such Receivables does not exceed 20% of total Retail Receivables. For the avoidance of doubt, (a) Receivables associated with the level-pay program shall be counted towards the percentage in the preceding sentence and shall be Eligible Receivables only if the account balance of the Obligor participating in the level-pay program is a debit, and (b) anything contained in the representations, covenants or indemnities of this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in no event will the failure to perfect the Administrative Agents security interest in Eligible Receivables permitted under clause (i)(a), (i)(b) or (i)(c) of this
definition under foreign law, the Federal Assignment of Claims Act or similar legislation, as applicable, give rise to an Amortization Event or to Indemnified Amounts.¶
Employee Benefit Plan means any employee benefit plan as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA which is or was, within the past six (6) years, sponsored, maintained or contributed to by, or required to be contributed by, either Seller Party or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates.¶
ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and any successor thereto.¶
ERISA Affiliate means, as applied to any Person, (a) any corporation which is a member of a controlled group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of which that Person is a member, (b) any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which is a member of a group of trades or businesses under common control within the meaning of Section 414(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of which that Person is a member, and (c) solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, any member of an affiliated service group within the meaning of Section 414(m) or (o) of the Internal Revenue Code of which that Person, any corporation described in clause (a) above or any trade or business described in clause (b) above is a member. Any former ERISA Affiliate of either of the Seller Parties shall continue to be considered an ERISA Affiliate of such Seller Party within the meaning of this definition with respect to the period such entity was an ERISA Affiliate of such Seller Party and with respect to liabilities arising after such period for which either Seller Party could be liable under the Internal Revenue Code or ERISA.¶
ERISA Event means (a) a reportable event within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations issued thereunder with respect to any Pension Plan (excluding those for which the provision for thirty day notice to the PBGC has been waived by regulation), (b) the failure to meet the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to any Pension Plan (whether or not waived in accordance with Section 412(d) of the Internal Revenue Code) or the failure to make by its due date a required installment under Section 412(m) of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to any Pension Plan or the failure to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan or a determination that any Pension Plan is, or is expected to be, in at risk status (as defined in Section 430 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 303 of ERISA) or that any Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, in critical or endangered status under Section 432 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 305 of ERISA, (c) the provision by the administrator of any Pension Plan pursuant to Section 4041(a)(2) of ERISA of a notice of intent to terminate such plan in a distress termination described in Section 4041(c) of ERISA, (d) the withdrawal by either Seller Party or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates from any Pension Plan with two or more contributing sponsors or the termination of any such Pension Plan resulting in liability to either of the Seller Parties or any of their respective Affiliates pursuant to Section 4063 or 4064 of ERISA, (e) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate any Pension Plan, or the occurrence of any event or condition which might constitute grounds under ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan, (f) the imposition of liability on either of the Seller Parties or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates pursuant to Section 4062(e) or 4069 of ERISA or by reason of the application of Section 4212(c) of ERISA, (g) the withdrawal of either of the Seller Parties or any of their
respective ERISA Affiliates in a complete or partial withdrawal (within the meaning of Sections 4203 and 4205 of ERISA) from any Multiemployer Plan if there is any potential liability therefor, or the receipt by either of the Seller Parties or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates of notice from any Multiemployer Plan that it is in insolvency pursuant to Section 4245 of ERISA, or that it intends to terminate or has terminated under Section 4041A or 4042 of ERISA, or (h) the imposition of a Lien pursuant to ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan.
Facility Account means the account in the name of the Seller at Wells Fargo Bank in Dallas, Texas designated on Schedule D hereof as the Facility Account or such other account designated in writing by the Seller or the Servicer and the Administrative Agent as being the Facility Account.
Facility Termination Date means the earlier of (i) the Amortization Date and (ii) the Scheduled Termination Date.
Federal Bankruptcy Code means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled Bankruptcy, as amended and any successor statute thereto.
Federal Funds Effective Rate means, for any period, a fluctuating interest rate per annum for each day during such period equal to (a) the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers, as published for such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, for the preceding Business Day) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in the Composite Closing Quotations for U.S. Government Securities; or (b) if such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the average of the quotations at approximately 10:30 a.m. (Chicago time) for such day on such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
Fee LetterLetters means each of the Administrative Agents Fee Letter and the Purchasers Fee Letter.¶
Fees means, collectively, any fees (other than LC Fees) payable pursuant to the Purchasers Fee Letter or the Administrative Agents Fee Letter.
Ferrellgas has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
Fifth Third has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.¶
Final Payout Date means the date on or after the Facility Termination Date on which (i) the Purchase Limit and all Commitments have been reduced to zero ($0), and (ii) all Aggregate Unpaids have been paid or Cash Collateralized in full.
Floor Reserve Percentage means the sum of the Concentration Percentage12.5%, the Base Dilution Reserve Percentage and the Commingling Risk Reserve Percentage. ¶
Fronting Fee has the meaning specified in the Administrative Agents Fee Letter.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles set forth from time to time in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (or agencies with similar functions of comparable stature and authority within the U.S. accounting profession), which are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination.
General Partner means Ferrellgas, Inc., a Delaware corporation and the sole general partner of Ferrellgas.
Governmental Authority means any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, any central bank (or similar monetary or regulatory authority) thereof, any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, and any corporation or other entity owned or controlled, through stock or capital ownership or otherwise, by any of the foregoing.
Guaranty Obligation means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect liability of that Person, whether or not contingent, with or without recourse, with respect to any Indebtedness, lease, dividend, distribution, letter of credit or other obligation (the primary obligations) of another Person (the primary obligor), including any obligation of that Person (i) to purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire such primary obligations or any security therefor, (ii) to advance or provide funds for the payment or discharge of any such primary obligation, or to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency or any balance sheet item, level of income or financial condition of the primary obligor, (iii) 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, or (iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the holder of any such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof. The amount of any Guaranty Obligation shall be deemed equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such Guaranty Obligation is made or, if not stated or if indeterminable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof.¶
Hedging Obligations means, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person under (a) interest rate swap agreements, interest rate cap agreements and interest rate collar agreements and (b) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in interest rates.
Indebtedness of any Person means, without duplication: (a) all indebtedness for borrowed money; (b) all obligations issued, undertaken or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade payables entered into in the ordinary course of business on ordinary terms); (c) all non-contingent reimbursement or payment obligations with respect to Surety Instruments; (d) all obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, including obligations so evidenced incurred in connection with the acquisition of property, assets or businesses; (e) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, or incurred as financing, in either case with respect to property acquired by the Person (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or bank under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property); (f) all Capital
Lease Obligations; (g) all Hedging Obligations; (h) all obligations in respect of Accounts Receivable Securitizations (as defined in the Credit Agreement); (i) all indebtedness referred to in clauses (a) through (h) above secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Adverse Claim upon or in property (including accounts and contracts rights) owned by such Person, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such Indebtedness; and (j) all Guaranty Obligations in respect of indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds referred to in clauses (a) through (i) above; provided, however, that Indebtedness shall not include Synthetic Lease Obligations.has the meaning provided in the Credit Agreement.
Incremental Purchase means a purchase of one or more Purchaser Interests which increases the total outstanding Aggregate CapitalCredit Exposure hereunder.
Independent Director means a member of the Board of Directors of Seller who (i) shall not have been at the time of such Persons appointment or at any time during the preceding five years, and shall not be as long as such Person is a director of the Seller, (A) a director, officer, employee, partner, shareholder, member, manager or Affiliate of any of the following Persons (collectively, the Independent Parties): the Servicer, the Originators, the General Partner or any of their respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates (other than the Seller), (B) a supplier to any of the Independent Parties or the Seller, (C) a Person controlling or under common control with any partner, shareholder, member, manager, Affiliate or supplier of any of the Independent Parties or the Seller, or (D) a member of the immediate family of any director, officer, employee, partner, shareholder, member, manager, Affiliate or supplier of any of the Independent Parties or the Seller; (ii) has prior experience as an independent director for a corporation or limited liability company whose charter documents required the unanimous consent of all independent directors thereof before such corporation or limited liability company could consent to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it or could file a petition seeking relief under any applicable federal or state law relating to bankruptcy and (iii) has at least three years of experience with one or more entities that provide, in the ordinary course of their respective businesses, advisory, management or placement services to issuers of securitization or structured finance transactions, instruments, agreements or securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term Independent Director includes Benjamin Abedine, who is the independent director of Seller as of the date of this Agreement. ¶
Intercreditor Agreement means an agreement by and between the Administrative Agent and TPG Specialty Lending, Inc., as administrative agent and collateral agent under the Credit Agreement, and acknowledged by Ferrellgas and the Seller with respect to certain matters concerning the facility evidenced by the Transaction Documents.¶
Interest has the meaning specified in Section 2.3(b) of this Agreement.
Interim Report means a report in substantially the form of Exhibit VII hereto (appropriately completed), furnished by the Servicer to the AgentsPurchasers pursuant to Section 8.5(b).
Interim Reporting Date means (a) the third Business Day of each calendar week, (b) the eighth Business Day of each calendar month beginning on or after May 1, 2012, (c) each
Business Day following not less than three Business Days prior written notice from the Administrative Agent that it desires daily reporting, and (d) each other Business Day selected by the Servicer.each Business Day.¶
Internal Revenue Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended to the date hereof and from time to time hereafter, and any successor statute.
Investment Base has the meaning set forthspecified in Section 1.1(a).¶
Investment Excess means, on any Business Day, that (a) the Aggregate Credit Exposure hereunder exceeds the lesser of (i) the Purchase Limit and (ii) the Investment Base, or (b) the Purchaser Interest Coverage Percentage shall exceed 100%.¶
Investor Parties has the meaning specified in the preamble, and Investor Party means any of them.¶
Law(s) shall mean any law(s) (including common law and equitable principles), constitution, statute, treaty, regulation, rule, ordinance, opinion, issued guidance, code, release, ruling, order, executive order, injunction, writ, decree, bond, judgment, authorization or approval, lien or award of or any settlement arrangement, by agreement, consent or otherwise, with any Governmental Authority, foreign or domestic.¶
LC Application means an application, duly completed and signed by the Seller, in substantially the form of Exhibit V hereto, as such form may be updated from time to time by the LC Issuer.¶
LC Disbursement has the meaning specified in Section 2.3 of this Agreement.¶
LC Fee has the meaning specified in the Purchasers Fee Letter.¶
LC Obligation means, at any time, the sum, without duplication, of (a) the Aggregate Face Amount Outstanding at such time plus (b) the aggregate unpaid amount at such time of all Reimbursement Obligations.¶
LC Sublimit means $50,000,000.¶
LCR Security means any commercial paper or security (other than equity securities issued to the MLP or any Originator that is a consolidated subsidiary of the MLP under GAAP) within the meaning of Paragraph .32(e)(viii) of the final rules titled Liquidity Coverage Ratio: Liquidity Risk Measurement Standards, 79 Fed. Reg. 197, 61440 et seq. (October 10, 2014).¶
Letter of Credit has the meaning specified in the Receivable Sale Agreement.¶
Letter of Credit Collateral Account means a segregated Cash Collateral account at Wells in the Administrative Agents name that is under the exclusive control of the Administrative Agent (for the benefit of the LC Issuer).¶
Letter of Credit Request has the meaning specified in the Receivable Sale Agreement.
LMIR means, for any day, the sum of (a) the greater of (i) the one-month Eurodollar Rate for U.S. dollar deposits as reported on the Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or such other page as may replace Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page), and (ii) 0%, plus (b) the Applicable Margin.¶
Lock-Box means each locked postal box with respect to which a bank has been granted exclusive access for the purpose of retrieving and processing payments made on the Receivables.
Loss Horizon Ratio means, as of any date of determination, a fraction (expressed as a percentage), the numerator of which equals the aggregate sales generating Receivables originated during the immediately preceding three Measurement Periods (including, without limitation, all invoices, debit memos and Finance Charges), and the denominator of which equals the Net Receivables Balance as of the last day of the most recently ended Measurement Period.
Loss Reserve Percentage means at any time a percentage calculated in accordance with the following formula:
SF x LHR x LR
Where:¶
¶
SF |
= |
2.25; |
LHR |
= |
The Loss Horizon Ratio; and |
LR |
= |
The highest three-month rolling average of the Default Ratio occurring during the 12 most recent Measurement Periods. |
Material Adverse Effect means a material adverse effect on (i) the financial condition or operations of any Seller Party and its Subsidiaries, (ii) the ability of any Seller Party to perform its obligations under this Agreement, (iii) the legality, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, (iv) any Purchasers interest in the Receivables generally or in any significant portion of the Receivables, the Related Security or the Collections with respect thereto, or (v) the collectability of the Receivables generally or of any material portion of the Receivables.business operations, properties, assets, financial condition, or liabilities of the Servicer and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (ii) the ability of any Seller Party to fully and timely perform its obligations under any Transaction Document to which it is a party, (iii) the legality, validity, binding effect, or enforceability against a Seller Party of any Transaction Document to which it is a party, (iv) any Investor Partys interest in the Receivables generally or in any significant portion of the Collateral, (v) the collectability of the Receivables generally or of any material portion of the Receivables, or (vi) the rights, remedies and benefits available to, or conferred upon, any Investor Party under any Transaction Document.
Measurement Period means a calendar month.
Monthly Payment Date means the fifth day of each calendar month or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day.
Monthly Report means a report, in substantially the form of Exhibit VI hereto (appropriately completed), furnished by the Servicer to the AgentsPurchasers pursuant to Section 8.5(a).
Monthly Reporting Date has the meaning set forth in Section 8.5(a).¶
Multiemployer Plan means any Employee Benefit Plan which is a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA.
Net Receivables Balance means, at any time, the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables at such time, reduced by the aggregate amount (without double-counting) by which the Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables of any one Obligor exceeds the Concentration Percentage of the Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables.¶
OFAC means the U.S. Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Originator means each of Ferrellgas and Blue Rhino Global Sourcing, Inc. in its capacity as seller under the Receivable Sale Agreement.
Outstanding Balance of any Receivable at any time means the then outstanding principal balance thereof.
Participant has the meaning set forth in Section 12.2.¶
PATRIOT Act has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1(aa).¶
PBGC means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor thereto.¶
Pension Plan means any Employee Benefit Plan, other than a Multiemployer Plan, which is subject to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 302 of ERISA.
Percentage means, for each Purchaser on any date of determination, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of its Commitment to the Aggregate Commitments.
Person means an individual, partnership, corporation (including a business trust), limited liability company, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture or other entity, or a government or any political subdivision or agency thereof.¶
PNC has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
Potential Amortization Event means an event which, with the passage of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute an Amortization Event.
Prime Rate means a rate per annum equal to the prime rate of interest announced from time to time by Wells or its parent (which is not necessarily the lowest rate charged to any customer), changing when and as said prime rate changes.
Proposed Reduction Date has the meaning set forth in Section 1.3.
Purchase means an Incremental Purchase or a Reinvestment.each purchase of a Purchaser Interest hereunder, regardless of whether the Purchase Price therefor is paid in cash or through the issuance of a Letter of Credit.
Purchase Account has the meaning set forth in Section 1.7.¶
Purchase Date means the Business Day on which a Credit Event occurs pursuant to this Agreement.
Purchase Limit means, on any date of determination, an amount equal to the Aggregate Commitment which shall not exceed $250,000,000 without the consent of the Seller Parties and all Investor Parties.
Purchase Notice has the meaning set forth in Section 1.2.
Purchase Price means, with respect to any Incremental Purchase of a Purchaser Interest, the amount paid to Seller for such Purchaser Interest which shall not exceed the least of (a) the amount requested by Seller in the applicable Purchase Notice, (b) the unused portion of the Purchase Limit on the applicable purchase date and (c) the excess, if any, of (i) the Net Receivables Balance less the Required Reserves on the applicable purchase date over (ii) the aggregate outstanding amount of Aggregate Capital determined as of the date of the most recent Monthly Report or Interim Report, as applicable, taking into account such proposed Incremental Purchase.for any Purchaser Interest, the sum of the Cash Purchase Price therefor (if any) plus the maximum face amount of any Letters of Credit issued or extended in consideration therefor.
Purchaser means any of Wells, Fifth Third or SunTrustPNC.
Purchaser Interest means, for any Investor Party at any time, for the Administrative Agent or any Purchaser, an undivided percentage ownership interest associated with a designated amount of Capital selected pursuant to the terms and conditions hereofits Credit Exposure in (i) each Receivable arising prior to the time of the most recent computation or recomputation of such undivided interest, (ii) all Related Security with respect to each such Receivable, and (iii) all Collections with respect to, and other proceeds of, each such Receivable. Such undivided percentage interest shall equal:
CE |
IB |
where:
CE |
= |
Such Investor Partys Credit Exposure; and |
IB |
= |
Investment Base |
provided, however, that from and after the Facility Termination Date, theeach Purchasers Purchaser Interest shall equal 100%its Percentage.¶
Purchaser Interest Coverage Percentage means, at any time, the percentage computed as:¶
Aggregate Credit Exposure + Required Reserve |
Net Receivables Balance |
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The Purchaser Interest Coverage Percentage shall be determined on May 11, 2018. Thereafter, until the Facility Termination Date, such Purchaser Interest Coverage Percentage shall be automatically recomputed on each Business Day. From and after the Facility Termination Date, the Purchaser Interest Coverage Percentage shall be deemed to be 100%. The Purchaser Interest Coverage Percentage shall become zero when the Final Payout Date has occurred, and the Servicer shall have received all accrued and unpaid Servicing Fees owing to it.
Purchasers Fee Letter means the letter agreement dated as of the date hereofMay 11, 2018 between Seller, the Administrative Agent and each other Purchaser and the Investor Parties, as the same may be amended, restated or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time.
Receivable Sale Agreement means that certain Amended and Restated Receivable Sale Agreement, dated as of January 19, 2012, among the Originators and Seller, as the same may be amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
Recourse Obligations shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.3.1.
Reduction Notice has the meaning set forth in Section 1.3.
Regulatory Change has the meaning set forth in Section 10.2(a).¶
Reimbursement Obligations means, at any time, the aggregate of all obligations of the Seller then outstanding under Section 2.3 to reimburse the LC Issuer for amounts paid by the LC Issuer in respect of any one or more LC Disbursements.
Reinvestment has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.3.2.
Related Security means, in respect of the Receivables: (i) all Records, (ii) all of Sellers rights and remedies under the Receivable Sale Agreement, and (iii) all proceeds of the Receivables and of the foregoing.
Required Purchasers means, (a) at any time there are Commitments outstanding and at least two Purchasers party hereto, Purchasers with Commitments in excess of 66-2/3% of the Aggregate Commitment but in no event less than two Purchasers, (b) at any time there no Commitments outstanding and at least two Purchasers party hereto, Purchasers with Capital in
excess of 66-2/3% of the Aggregate Capital but in no event less than two Purchasers, and (c) at any time there is only one Purchaser party hereto, such Purchaser.Reportable Compliance Event means that any Covered Entity becomes a Sanctioned Person, or is charged by indictment, criminal complaint or similar charging instrument, arraigned, or custodially detained in connection with any Anti-Terrorism Law or any predicate crime to any Anti-Terrorism Law, or has knowledge of facts or circumstances to the effect that it is reasonably likely that any aspect of its operations is in actual or probable violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law.
Required Reserve means, on any date of determination, the product of the Aggregate Reserve Percentage times the Net Receivables Balance.
Responsible Officer means (a) with respect to Servicer, the chief executive officer, the president, the chief financial officer, vice president accounting and finance, manager of finance, the treasurer or assistant treasurer of the General Partner or any other officer having substantially the same authority and responsibility to act for the General Partner on behalf of Seller and (b) with respect to Seller, the chief executive officer, the president, the chief financial officer, vice president of finance, manager of finance, the treasurer or assistant treasurer of Seller or any other officer having substantially the same authority and responsibility to act on behalf of Seller.
Restricted Junior Payment means (i) any dividend or other distribution, direct or indirect, on account of any shares of any class of capital stock of Seller now or hereafter outstanding, except a dividend payable solely in shares of that class of stock or in any junior class of stock of Seller, (ii) any redemption, retirement, sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct or indirect, of any shares of any class of capital stock of Seller now or hereafter outstanding, (iii) any payment or prepayment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest, fees or other charges on or with respect to, and any redemption, purchase, retirement, defeasance, sinking fund or similar payment and any claim for rescission with respect to the Subordinated Loans (as defined in the Receivable Sale Agreement), (iv) any payment made to redeem, purchase, repurchase or retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire shares of any class of capital stock of Seller now or hereafter outstanding, and (v) any payment of management fees by Seller (except for reasonable management fees to an Originator or its Affiliates in reimbursement of actual management services performed).
Restricted Subsidiaries has the meaning set forth in the Credit Agreement.
Retail Receivable means each account receivable owed to Ferrellgas (at the time it arises, and before giving effect to any transfer or conveyance under the Receivable Sale Agreement), arising in connection with the sale of propane or provision of related services by Ferrellgas (other than sales made under the trade name of Ferrell North America and tank exchange sales made under the trade name of Blue Rhino), including, without limitation, the obligation to pay any Finance Charges with respect thereto. Accounts receivable arising from any one transaction, including, without limitation, accounts receivable represented by a single invoice, shall constitute a Receivable separate from a Receivable consisting of the accounts arising from any other transaction; provided, further, that any account receivable referred to in the immediately preceding sentence shall be a Receivable regardless of whether the Obligor or Ferrellgas treats such obligation as a separate payment obligation.¶
Sanctioned Country means a country subject to a sanctions program maintained under any Anti-Terrorism Law.¶
Sanctioned Person means any individual person, group, regime, entity or thing listed or otherwise recognized as a specially designated, prohibited, sanctioned or debarred person, group, regime, entity or thing, or subject to any limitations or prohibitions (including but not limited to the blocking of property or rejection of transactions), under any Anti-Terrorism Law.
Scheduled Termination Date means the earlier to occur of (a) the stated maturity date under the Credit Agreement (or any replacement thereof and as the same may be modified from time to time regardless of whether the Agents under this Agreement consent to such modification), and (b) July 29, 2019.Purchasers under this Agreement consent to such modification), and (b) May 11, 2021; provided, however, that Seller may request, and the Investor Parties may, in their sole discretion and subject to such additional due diligence, credit approval and other conditions as they may deem necessary or appropriate agree to extensions of the date set forth in the foregoing clause (b) but in no event will such date be extended beyond the earlier to occur of (i) three (3) years from the effective date of such extension and (ii) the maturity date of the Credit Agreement.¶
Securitization Termination Notice means a written notice issued in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement by the Collateral Agent (as defined in the Credit Agreement) at any time (i) that an Event of Default (as defined in the Credit Agreement) has occurred and is continuing under Section 8.1(a) thereof (but in the case of Section 8.1(a)(iv) thereof, (x) arising from the failure to pay any interest on the Loans (as defined in the Credit Agreement) due under the Credit Agreement or (y) arising from the failure to make payment on an amount (other than principal or interest on any Loan) due under the Credit Agreement in an amount in excess of $500,000), Section 8.1(f) of the Credit Agreement or Section 8.1(g) of the Credit Agreement or (ii) the Purchase Limit under this Agreement is greater than $250,000,000.
Seller has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
Seller Parties has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
Servicer means at any time the Person (which may be an Agenta Purchaser) then authorized pursuant to Article VIII to service, administer and collect Receivables.
Servicers Concentration Account has the meaning set forth in the Receivable Sale Agreement.¶
Servicing Fee means a fee payable to the Servicer as compensation for its servicing activities during the Measurement Period, or portion thereof, then most recently ended, at a rate per annum equal to 1% (or such higher percentage as may be reported as the rate for the Servicing Fee in the immediately preceding Measurement Period on any Monthly Report with the consent of the Purchasers) multiplied by the average aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Receivables during such period. The Servicing Fee shall be computed for actual days elapsed on the basis of a year consisting of 365 (or, when appropriate, 366) days.
Servicing Reserve means, for any Measurement Period, the product (expressed as a percentage) of (1) 1% (or such higher percentage as may be reported as the rate for the Servicing Fee in the immediately preceding Measurement Period on any Monthly Report with the consent of the Purchasers), times (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is the highest Days Sales Outstanding for the most recent twelve (12) Measurement Periods and the denominator of which is 360.¶
Solvent means, with respect to Seller, that as of the date of determination, both (a)(i) the sum of Sellers debt (including contingent liabilities) does not exceed the present fair saleable value of its present assets; (ii) Sellers capital is not unreasonably small in relation to its business as contemplated on the Closing Date or with respect to any transaction contemplated or undertaken after the Closing Date; and (iii) Seller has not incurred and does not intend to incur, or believe (nor should it reasonably believe) that it will incur, debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they become due (whether at maturity or otherwise); and (b) Seller is solvent within the meaning given that term and similar terms under applicable laws relating to fraudulent transfers and conveyances. For purposes of this definition, the amount of any contingent liability at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all of the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability (irrespective of whether such contingent liabilities meet the criteria for accrual under Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No.5).
Subsidiary of a Person means (i) any corporation more than 50% of the outstanding securities having ordinary voting power of which shall at the time be owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or by one or more of its Subsidiaries or by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries, or (ii) any partnership, association, limited liability company, joint venture or similar business organization more than 50% of the ownership interests having ordinary voting power of which shall at the time be so owned or controlled. Unless otherwise expressly provided, all references herein to a Subsidiary means a Subsidiary of Seller.¶
SunTrust has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
Surety Instruments means all letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers acceptances, bank guaranties, shipside bonds, surety bonds and similar instruments.
Synthetic Lease means each arrangement, however described, under which the obligor accounts for its interest in the property covered thereby under GAAP as lessee of a lease which is not a capital lease under GAAP and accounts for its interest in the property covered thereby for Federal income tax purposes as the owner.Total LC Obligations means, on any date of determination, the sum of all outstanding LC Obligations (whether actual or contingent), any accrued and unpaid Interest, all unpaid LC Fees, and all other transactional fees and expenses of the LC Issuer payable by the Seller pursuant to the LC Application in connection with any Letter of Credit or Modification.¶
Synthetic Lease Obligation means, as to any Person with respect to any Synthetic Lease at any time of determination, the amount of the liability of such Person in respect of such
Synthetic Lease that would (if such lease was required to be classified and accounted for as a capital lease on a balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP) be required to be capitalized on the balance sheet of such Person at such time.
Transaction Documents means, collectively, this Agreement, each Purchase Notice, the Receivable Sale Agreement, the Fee Letters, the Subordinated Notes (as defined in the Receivable Sale Agreement), each Blocked Account Agreement, each LC Application, the Intercreditor Agreement, and all other instruments, documents and agreements executed and delivered in connection herewith.
UCC means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the specified jurisdiction.
Unrestricted Subsidiary means any Subsidiary which is not a Restricted Subsidiary.
Unused Fee means, on each Monthly Payment Date, a fully-earned and non-refundable fee payable by the Seller to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable account of the Purchasers, equal to 0.35% per annum multiplied by the average daily excess, if any, during the Accrual Period then most recently ended of (i) the Aggregate Commitments over (ii) the Aggregate CapitalCredit Exposure outstanding. For the avoidance of doubt, in no event may any reduction in the Aggregate Commitment become effective for purposes of computing the Unused Fee if, after giving effect to such reduction, the Aggregate CapitalCredit Exposure outstanding would exceed the Aggregate Commitments as so reduced.
Yield means for each Accrual Period (or portion thereof) relating to a Purchaser Interest, an amount equal to the product of the applicable Discount Rate for such Purchaser Interest multiplied by the Capital of such Purchaser Interest for each day elapsed during such period, annualized on a 360-day basis in the case of Yield computed on the basis of LMIR and on a 365- (or, when appropriate, 366-) day basis in all other cases.
Yield Reserve means, for any Measurement Period, the product (expressed as a percentage) of (1) 1.5 times (2) the Alternate Base Rate as of the immediately preceding Cut-Off Date times (3) a fraction the numerator of which is the highest Days Sales Outstanding for the most recent twelve (12) Measurement Periods and the denominator of which is 360.
All accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall be construed in accordance with GAAP.
All terms used in Article 9 of the UCC in the State of New York, and not specifically defined herein, are used herein as defined in such Article 9.
EXHIBIT II-A
[FORM OF] PURCHASE NOTICE
[DATE]¶
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To: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., individually and as Administrative Agent,¶
Fifth Third Bank and¶
PNC Bank, National Association¶
¶
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is hereby made to the Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 19, 2012, by and among Ferrellgas Receivables, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (Seller), Ferrellgas, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, as Servicer, the purchasers and agents from time to time party thereto, and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the Agreement). Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Agreement. from time to time party thereto, and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the Agreement). Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Agreement.¶
You are hereby notified of the following Incremental Purchase:¶
Please credit the Purchase Price in immediately available funds to our Facility Account and then wire-transfer the Purchase Price in immediately available funds on the above-specified date of purchase to:¶
This letter constitutes a Purchase Notice pursuant to Section 1.2(a) of the Receivables Purchase Agreement. Seller requests that the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Purchasers) and, if applicable, the LC Issuer, purchase a Purchaser Interest on , 20 , for a total Purchase Price of $ , a Cash Purchase Price of $ , and the issuance of Letters of Credit with an aggregate face amount of $ .¶
Subsequent to this Purchase, the Aggregate Capital will be $ , and the Aggregate Credit Exposure will be $ .¶
In the event that the Administrative Agent elects not to fund such Purchase, each of the Purchasers will wire its Percentage of the Cash Purchase Price (i.e., $ for Wells, $ for PNC and $ for Fifth Third) to the Administrative Agents Account.¶
The Administrative Agent shall credit the aggregate Cash Purchase Price in immediately available funds to the following account:¶
[Account Name]
[Account No.]
[Bank Name & Address]
[ABA #]
Reference:
Telephone advice to: [Name] @ tel. no. ( ) .
In connection with the Incremental Purchase to be made on the above listed Date of-specified Purchase (the Purchase Date), the Date, Seller hereby certifies that the following statements are true on the date hereof, and will be true on the Purchase Date (before and after giving effect to the proposed Incremental Purchase):¶
(i) the representations and warranties of the Seller set forth in Section 5.1 of the Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Purchase Date as though made on and as of such date;set forth in Section 5.1 of the Agreement are true and correct in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations or warranties that already are qualified or modified as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect in the text thereof, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects subject to such qualification) on and as of the date of such Credit Event as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent such representations and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects (except that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations or warranties that already are qualified or modified as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect in the text thereof, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects subject to such qualification) on and as of such earlier date;¶
(ii) no Securitization Termination Notice has been delivered pursuant to the Intercreditor Agreement;
(iii) (ii) no event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from the proposed Incremental Purchase, that will constitute an Amortization Event or a Potential Amortization Event;such Purchase, that will constitute an Amortization Event, and no event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such Purchase, that would constitute a Potential Amortization Event;¶
(iv) no Investment Excess exists or would result from such Credit Event; and
(iii) the Facility Termination Date has not occurred, the Aggregate Capital does not exceed the Purchase Limit and the aggregate Purchaser Interests do not exceed 100%; and¶(iv) the amount of Aggregate Capital is $ after giving effect to the Incremental Purchase to be made on the Purchase Date.(iv) the Facility Termination Date has not occurred.¶
EXHIBIT II-B
[FORM OF] REDUCTION NOTICE
[DATE]¶
To: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., individually and as Administrative Agent,¶
Fifth Third Bank and¶
PNC Bank, National Association
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is hereby made to the Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 19, 2012, by and among Ferrellgas Receivables, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (Seller), Ferrellgas, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, as Servicer, the purchasers and agentsPurchasers from time to time party thereto, and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as LC Issuer and Administrative Agent (the Agreement). Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Agreement. EachThe Administrative Agent and each of the AgentsPurchasers is hereby notified of the following Aggregate Reduction:¶
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Aggregate Reduction: |
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$ |
Amount to be applied to reduce Aggregate Capital: |
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$ |
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[Wells Percentage:
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%: $ |
Fifth Thirds Percentage: |
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%: $ |
PNCs Percentage: |
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%: $ |
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Amount to Cash Collateralize Total LC Obligations: |
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$ ](1) |
Aggregate Capital after giving effect to the Aggregate Reduction: |
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$ |
Aggregate Credit Exposure after giving effect to the Aggregate Reduction: |
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$ |
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Reduction Date: |
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(1) Bracketed information not required unless Wells does not have a sufficiently large outstanding Capital to absorb the entire Aggregate Reduction.
EXHIBIT III
PRINCIPAL PLACES OF BUSINESS AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICES OF THE
SELLER PARTIES; LOCATIONS OF RECORDS; FEDERAL EMPLOYER
IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS
Places of Business:
Seller: Principal Place of Business and Chief Executive Office
One Liberty Plaza
Liberty, Missouri, 64068
Servicer: Principal Place of Business and Chief Executive Office
7500 College Blvd., Suite 1000One Liberty Plaza
Overland Park, Kansas 66210
Liberty, Missouri, 64068
Locations of Records:
Seller: Sellers and Servicers addresses above and the following:
Blue Rhino Global Sourcing, Inc.
470 W. Hanes Mill Road, Suite 20010 Hub Drive¶
Winston-Salem, NC 27105
Melville, NY 11747
Servicer: Sellers and Servicers addresses above
Federal Employer Identification Numbers:
Seller: 43-1698481
Servicer: 43-1698481
EXHIBIT IV
FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
To: The AgentsWells Fargo Bank, N.A., individually and as Administrative Agent
Fifth Third Bank
PNC Bank, National Association¶
This Compliance Certificate is furnished pursuant to that certain Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 19, 2012, as amended, by and among Ferrellgas Receivables, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (Seller), Ferrellgas, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, as Servicer (Servicer), the purchasers and agents from time to time party thereto, and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as LC Issuer and Administrative Agent (the Agreement). Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Agreement.
THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY CERTIFIES THAT:
1. I am the duly elected of [Seller/Servicer].
2. I have reviewed the terms of the Agreement and I have made, or have caused to be made under my supervision, a detailed review of the transactions and conditions of [Seller/Servicer and its Subsidiaries] during the accounting period covered by the attached financial statements.
3. The examinations described in paragraph 2 did not disclose, and I have no knowledge of, the existence of any condition or event which constitutes an Amortization Event or Potential Amortization Event, as each such term is defined under the Agreement, at the end of the accounting period covered by the attached financial statements or as of the date of this Certificate, except as set forth in paragraph 5 below.
4. Schedule I attached hereto sets forth financial data and computations evidencing the compliance with certain covenants of the Agreement, all of which data and computations are true, complete and correct.
5. Described below are the exceptions, if any, to paragraph 3 by listing, in detail, the nature of the condition or event, the period during which it has existed and the action which [Seller/Servicer] has taken, is taking, or proposes to take with respect to each such condition or event:
THE FOREGOING CERTIFICATIONS, TOGETHER WITH THE COMPUTATIONS SET FORTH IN SCHEDULE I HERETO AND THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS DELIVERED WITH THIS CERTIFICATE IN SUPPORT HEREOF, ARE MADE AND DELIVERED THIS DAY OF , .
BY: |
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NAME: |
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TITLE: |
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SCHEDULE I TO COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
A. Schedule of Compliance as of [Date] with Sections 9.1[(f) and (k)]5 (2)/[(m)-(o)]6(3) of the Agreement. Unless otherwise defined herein, the terms used in this Compliance Certificate have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Agreement.
This schedule relates to the month ended:
(2) For Seller
(3) For Servicer
SCHEDULE A
COMMITMENTS
[as of July 26, 2016]May 11, 2018]¶
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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FERRELLGAS SEASONAL COMMITMENTS |
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Total |
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Wells Fargo |
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5/3rd |
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PNC |
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January |
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250,000,000 |
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100,000,000 |
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65,000,000 |
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85,000,000 |
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February |
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250,000,000 |
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100,000,000 |
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65,000,000 |
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85,000,000 |
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March |
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250,000,000 |
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100,000,000 |
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65,000,000 |
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85,000,000 |
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April |
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200,000,000 |
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80,000,000 |
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52,000,000 |
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68,000,000 |
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May |
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200,000,000 |
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80,000,000 |
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52,000,000 |
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68,000,000 |
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June |
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150,000,000 |
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60,000,000 |
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39,000,000 |
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51,000,000 |
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July |
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150,000,000 |
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60,000,000 |
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39,000,000 |
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51,000,000 |
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August |
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150,000,000 |
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60,000,000 |
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39,000,000 |
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51,000,000 |
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September |
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150,000,000 |
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60,000,000 |
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39,000,000 |
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51,000,000 |
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October |
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150,000,000 |
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60,000,000 |
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39,000,000 |
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51,000,000 |
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November |
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200,000,000 |
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80,000,000 |
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52,000,000 |
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68,000,000 |
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December |
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250,000,000 |
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100,000,000 |
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65,000,000 |
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85,000,000 |
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Percentages: |
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100 |
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40 |
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26 |
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34 |
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SCHEDULE B
DOCUMENTS TO BE DELIVERED TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT ON OR
PRIOR TO THE INITIAL PURCHASE
1. Payout Agreement among Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Fifth Third Bank, BNP Paribas, the Seller and the Servicer.[Reserved]
2. Executed copies of the Receivable Sale Agreement, duly executed by the parties thereto, and all closing documents and opinions required thereunder.
3. Executed copies of this Agreement, duly executed by the parties thereto.
4. Copy of the Resolutions of the Board of Directors of Seller certified by its Assistant Secretary authorizing Sellers execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other documents to be delivered by it hereunder.
5. Copy of the Resolutions of the Board of Directors of the General Partner of the Servicer certified by its Assistant Secretary authorizing the Servicers execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other documents to be delivered by it hereunder.
6. Organization Documents of each of the Seller Parties certified by the Secretary of State of Delaware on or within thirty (30) days prior to the initial Incremental Purchase.
7. Good Standing Certificates issued by the Secretaries of State of:
a. With respect to the Seller, Delaware and Missouri
b. With respect to the Servicer, Delaware and Kansas
8. A certificate of the Assistant Secretary of Seller certifying the names and signatures of the officers authorized on its behalf to execute this Agreement and any other documents to be delivered by it hereunder.
9. A certificate of the Assistant Secretary of the General Partner certifying the names and signatures of the officers authorized on its behalf to execute on behalf of the Servicer this Agreement and any other documents to be delivered by it hereunder.
10. Evidence that UCC financing statements, have been or, contemporaneously with closing, will be filed in all jurisdictions as may be necessary or, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, desirable, under the UCC of all appropriate jurisdictions or any comparable law in order to perfect the ownership interests contemplated by this Agreement.
11. Opinions of counsel to the Originators and the Seller which addresses such matters as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.
13. The Administrative Agents Fee Letter.
14. The Purchasers Fee Letter.
15. An Interim Report for the day/week prior to the date of this Agreement.
16. In connection with the Payout Agreement referenced above, UCC-3 terminations and the termination for existing blocked account control agreements for the facility for the Facility Account and the Servicers Concentration Account. ¶17. Blocked Account Agreements for the bank accounts listed on Schedule D.
SCHEDULE C
LIST OF ACCOUNTS WITH BALANCES THAT CAN BE CONCENTRATED ON A
WEEKLY BASIS IF DAILY BALANCES ARE UNDER $2,500
Date: September 23, 2016May 14, 2018¶
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SCHEDULE D
LIST OF ACCOUNTS FOR BLOCKED ACCOUNT AGREEMENTS¶
[as of July 26, 2016][as of May 14, 2018]¶
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Exhibit B
Closing Documents
Each of the following to be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Investor Parties:
DOCUMENT |
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SIGNATORIES |
1. Assignment Agreement by and among SunTrust, as assignor, PNC, as assignee, and the Administrative Agent and Seller. |
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SunTrust PNC Admin. Agent SPE |
2. Funds Flow Statement |
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Servicer SPE |
3. Redlined Amended and Restated Receivable Sale Agreement, dated as of January 19, 2012 as amended from time to time, the RSA) , by and among Ferrellgas and Blue Rhino, as Originators and the SPE, as Buyer |
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n/a |
4. Amendment No. 1 to RSA (to which will be attached a redlined version of #2 above) |
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Originators SPE |
5. Redline of Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of January 19, 2012 as amended from time to time, the RPA) |
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n/a |
6. Amendment No. 7 to RPA |
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SPE Servicer Wells Fargo( individually, as LC Issuer and as Administrative Agent) Fifth Third PNC |
7. Administrative Agents Fee Letter |
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Administrative Agent SPE |
8. Purchasers Fee Letter |
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Purchasers LC Issuer SPE |
9. Existing DACAs |
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Already Executed |
10. [Second] Amended and Restated Subordinated Notes |
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SPE |
11. UCC, tax and judgment lien searches against Originators and SPE |
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n/a |
12. UCC1s filed against each Originator |
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n/a |
13. All Assets DE UCC1 filed against the SPE |
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n/a |
14. Corporate/Enforceability/UCC Opinion |
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Bracewell |
15. True Sale/Non-Consolidation Opinion |
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Bracewell |
DOCUMENT |
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SIGNATORIES |
16. Secretarys Certificate for SPE attaching: · Resolutions · Certificate of Formation · LLC Agreement · Good Standing Certificate · Incumbency w/ specimen signatures |
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SPE |
17. Secretarys Certificate for Ferrellgas attaching: · Resolutions · Certificate of Formation · Partnership Agreement · Good Standing Certificate · Incumbency w/ specimen signatures |
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Ferrellgas |
18. Secretarys Certificate for Blue Rhino attaching: · Resolutions · Certificate of Incorporation · By-laws · Good Standing Certificate · Incumbency w/ specimen signatures |
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Blue Rhino |
19. Intercreditor Agreement |
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Wells Fargo TPG Specialty Lending Inc. |
20. Post-Closing notices to DACA Banks regarding change in Wells Fargo notice address requesting receipt acknowledgment |
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Wells Fargo |
21. Lien searches reflecting TPGs filings |
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n/a |
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