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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549 
_______________________________________________________________________
FORM 10-Q 
______________________________________________________________________
ý
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended September 29, 2019
OR 
¨
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from                  to                     
Commission File Number: 001-13687 
____________________________________
CEC ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
____________________________________
Kansas
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  
48-0905805
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
1707 Market Place Blvd
Irving, Texas
  
75063
(Address of principal executive offices)
  
(Zip Code)
(972) 258-8507
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not applicable
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report) 
____________________________________
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.     Yes   ý     No   ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).     Yes   ý     No   ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:
Large accelerated filer
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Accelerated filer
¨
Non-accelerated filer
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Smaller reporting company
¨
 
 
Emerging growth company
¨

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 ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ¨    No  ý
As of October 30, 2019, an aggregate of 200 shares of the registrant’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share were outstanding.


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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. Financial Statements.
CEC ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited)
(in thousands, except share information)
 
 
September 29,
2019
 
December 30,
2018
ASSETS
 
 
 
 
Current assets:
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
105,059

 
$
63,170

Restricted cash
 
212

 
151

Accounts receivable
 
20,576

 
24,020

Income taxes receivable
 

 
10,160

Inventories
 
27,579

 
23,807

Prepaid expenses
 
14,274

 
25,424

Total current assets
 
167,700

 
146,732

Property and equipment, net
 
525,107

 
539,185

Operating lease right-of-use assets, net
 
536,057

 

Goodwill
 
484,438

 
484,438

Intangible assets, net
 
469,218

 
477,085

Other noncurrent assets
 
16,794

 
18,725

Total assets
 
$
2,199,314

 
$
1,666,165

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDER’S EQUITY
 
 
 
 
Current liabilities:
 
 
 
 
Bank indebtedness and other long-term debt, current portion
 
$
7,600

 
$
7,600

Operating lease liability, current portion
 
49,203

 

Accounts payable
 
43,701

 
31,410

Accrued expenses
 
44,156

 
36,030

Unearned revenues
 
21,869

 
18,124

Accrued interest
 
8,223

 
7,463

Other current liabilities
 
4,548

 
5,955

Total current liabilities
 
179,300

 
106,582

Operating lease obligations, less current portion
 
522,380

 

Bank indebtedness and other long-term debt, net of deferred financing costs, less current portion
 
958,986

 
961,514

Deferred tax liability
 
102,721

 
107,058

Other noncurrent liabilities
 
196,030

 
248,440

Total liabilities
 
1,959,417

 
1,423,594

Stockholder’s equity:
 
 
 
 
Common stock, $0.01 par value; authorized 1,000 shares; 200 shares issued as of September 29, 2019 and December 30, 2018
 

 

Capital in excess of par value
 
359,930

 
359,570

Accumulated deficit
 
(118,482
)
 
(115,660
)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
 
(1,551
)
 
(1,339
)
Total stockholder’s equity
 
239,897

 
242,571

Total liabilities and stockholder’s equity
 
$
2,199,314

 
$
1,666,165


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited interim Consolidated Financial Statements.

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CEC ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
COSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS
(Unaudited)
(in thousands)
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
September 29,
2019
 
September 30,
2018
 
September 29,
2019
 
September 30,
2018
REVENUES:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Food and beverage sales
$
92,645

 
$
94,023

 
$
302,111

 
$
308,658

Entertainment and merchandise sales
119,688

 
121,611

 
386,778

 
368,633

Total company venue sales
212,333


215,634

 
688,889

 
677,291

Franchise fees and royalties
5,261

 
5,311

 
17,194

 
15,917

Total revenues
217,594


220,945

 
706,083

 
693,208

OPERATING COSTS AND EXPENSES:

 
 
 
 
 
 
Company venue operating costs and expenses (excluding Depreciation and amortization):


 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of food and beverage
21,302

 
22,520

 
69,239

 
72,774

Cost of entertainment and merchandise
10,113

 
9,874

 
31,311

 
27,676

Total cost of food, beverage, entertainment and merchandise
31,415


32,394

 
100,550

 
100,450

Labor expenses
63,213

 
65,028

 
199,693

 
194,994

Lease costs
27,559

 
23,851

 
82,102

 
72,615

Other venue operating expenses
34,586


38,232

 
102,536

 
113,363

Total company venue operating costs and expenses
156,773

 
159,505

 
484,881

 
481,422

Other costs and expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 


Advertising expense
10,803

 
11,058

 
34,033

 
38,010

General and administrative expenses
13,051

 
13,193

 
42,944

 
39,519

Depreciation and amortization
24,622

 
24,739

 
73,074

 
76,804

Transaction, severance and related litigation costs
371

 
(263
)
 
402

 
463

Asset impairments
8,202

 
5,344

 
9,487

 
6,935

Total operating costs and expenses
213,822


213,576

 
644,821

 
643,153

Operating income
3,772


7,369

 
61,262

 
50,055

Interest expense
22,029

 
19,069

 
61,816

 
56,740

Loss on extinguishment of debt
2,910

 


2,910

 

Loss before income taxes
(21,167
)

(11,700
)
 
(3,464
)
 
(6,685
)
Income tax benefit
(5,833
)
 
(2,213
)
 
(642
)
 
(454
)
Net loss
$
(15,334
)

$
(9,487
)
 
$
(2,822
)
 
$
(6,231
)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited interim Consolidated Financial Statements.


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CEC ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
(Unaudited)
(in thousands)

 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
September 29,
2019
 
September 30,
2018
 
September 29,
2019
 
September 30,
2018
Net loss
$
(15,334
)
 
$
(9,487
)
 
$
(2,822
)
 
$
(6,231
)
Foreign currency translation adjustments
73

 
(172
)
 
(212
)
 
127

Comprehensive loss
$
(15,261
)
 
$
(9,659
)
 
$
(3,034
)
 
$
(6,104
)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited interim Consolidated Financial Statements.



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CEC ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
(in thousands)
 
Nine Months Ended
 
September 29,
2019
 
September 30,
2018
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
 
 
 
Net loss
$
(2,822
)
 
$
(6,231
)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:
 
 
 
  Loss on extinguishment of debt
2,910

 

  Depreciation and amortization
73,074

 
76,804

  Deferred income taxes
(4,261
)
 
(3,314
)
  Stock-based compensation expense
1,985

 
169

  Amortization of lease related liabilities

 
(749
)
  Amortization of original issue discount and deferred debt financing costs
3,544

 
3,284

  Debt refinancing costs
694

 

  Loss on asset disposals, net
2,903

 
2,551

  Asset impairments
9,487

 
6,935

  Non-cash lease costs
2,438

 
4,109

  Change in operating lease liabilities
(1,219
)
 

  Other adjustments
(170
)
 
531

  Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
 
 
 
  Accounts receivable
4,222

 
2,016

  Inventories
(3,871
)
 
(84
)
  Prepaid expenses
2,167

 
(3,479
)
  Accounts payable
7,356

 
886

  Accrued expenses
932

 
3,847

  Unearned revenues
3,740

 
(3,263
)
  Accrued interest
972

 
(5,291
)
  Income taxes payable
11,563

 
1,994

  Deferred landlord contributions

 
1,760

Net cash provided by operating activities
115,644

 
82,475

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
 
 
 
Purchases of property and equipment
(60,388
)
 
(55,202
)
Development of internal use software
(787
)
 
(1,992
)
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment
160

 
464

Net cash used in investing activities
(61,015
)
 
(56,730
)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
 
 
 
Proceeds from refinancing of senior term loan
479,449

 

Repayments on senior term loan
(473,749
)
 
(5,700
)
Payment of debt financing costs
(15,375
)
 
(395
)
Payments on financing lease obligations
(530
)
 
(442
)
Payments on sale leaseback obligations
(2,469
)
 
(2,119
)

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CEC ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS, CONT'D
(Unaudited)
(in thousands)

Net cash used in financing activities
(12,674
)
 
(8,656
)
Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash
(5
)
 
51

Change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
41,950

 
17,140

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period
63,321

 
67,312

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period
$
105,271

 
$
84,452

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nine Months Ended
 
September 29,
2019
 
September 30,
2018
SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
 
 
 
Interest paid
$
57,232

 
$
59,229

Income taxes (refunded) paid, net
$
(7,944
)
 
$
867

Non cash portion of Loss on debt extinguishment
2,364

 

NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
 
 
 
Accrued construction costs
$
5,687

 
$
1,659

 

The following table provides a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash reported within the statements of financial position that sum to the total of the same such amounts shown in the statements of cash flows.
 
September 29,
2019
 
September 30,
2018
Cash and cash equivalents
$
105,059

 
$
84,429

Restricted cash(1)
212

 
23

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
$
105,271

 
$
84,452

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(1) 
Restricted cash represents cash balances held by the Association that are restricted for use in our advertising, entertainment and media programs.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited interim Consolidated Financial Statements.

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CEC ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
Note 1. Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies:
Description of Business
The use of the terms “CEC Entertainment,” the “Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” throughout these unaudited notes to the interim Consolidated Financial Statements refer to CEC Entertainment, Inc. and its subsidiaries.
We currently operate and franchise Chuck E. Cheese and Peter Piper Pizza family dining and entertainment venues in 47 states and 15 foreign countries and territories. As of September 29, 2019, we and our franchisees operated a total of 738 venues, of which 553 were Company-operated venues located in 44 states and Canada. Our franchisees operated a total of 185 venues located in 14 states and 14 foreign countries and territories, including Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guam, Guatemala, Honduras, Jordan, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saudi Arabia, Trinidad & Tobago, and the United Arab Emirates. As of September 29, 2019, a total of 181 Chuck E. Cheese venues are located in California, Texas, and Florida (178 are Company-operated and three are franchised locations), and a total of 118 Peter Piper Pizza venues are located in Arizona, Texas, and Mexico (33 are Company-operated and 85 are franchised locations).
All of our venues utilize a consistent restaurant-entertainment format that features both family dining and entertainment areas with a mix of food, entertainment and merchandise. The economic characteristics, products and services, preparation processes, distribution methods and types of customers are substantially similar for each of our venues. Therefore, we aggregate each venue’s operating performance into one reportable segment for financial reporting purposes.
Basis of Presentation
The Company has a controlling financial interest in International Association of CEC Entertainment, Inc. (the “Association”), a variable interest entity (“VIE”). The Association primarily administers the collection and disbursement of funds (the “Association Funds”) used for advertising, entertainment and media programs that benefit both us and our Chuck E. Cheese franchisees. We and our franchisees are required to contribute a percentage of gross sales to these funds and could be required to make additional contributions to fund any deficits that may be incurred by the Association. We include the Association in our Consolidated Financial Statements, as we concluded that we are the primary beneficiary of its variable interests because we (a) have the power to direct the majority of its significant operating activities; (b) provide it unsecured lines of credit; and (c) own the majority of the venues that benefit from the Association’s advertising, entertainment and media expenditures. We eliminate the intercompany portion of transactions with VIEs from our financial results. The assets, liabilities and operating results of the Association are not material to our Consolidated Financial Statements.
The Association Funds are required to be segregated and used for specified purposes. Cash balances held by the Association are restricted for use in our advertising, entertainment and media programs, and are recorded as “Restricted cash” on our Consolidated Balance Sheets. Contributions to the advertising, entertainment and media funds from our franchisees were $2.3 million and $1.8 million for the nine months ended September 29, 2019 and September 30, 2018, respectively. Our contributions to the Association Funds are eliminated in consolidation.
The preparation of these unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of our unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
We operate on a 52 or 53 week fiscal year that ends on the Sunday nearest to December 31. Each quarterly period has 13 weeks, except for a 53 week year when the fourth quarter has 14 weeks. Our current fiscal year, which ends on December 29, 2019, and our fiscal year ended December 30, 2018, each consist of 52 weeks. References to the three and nine-month periods ended ended September 29, 2019 and September 30, 2018 are for the 13-week and 39-week periods ended September 29, 2019 and September 30, 2018, respectively.
Interim Financial Statements
The accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements as of and for the three and nine months ended September 29, 2019 and September 30, 2018 are unaudited and are presented in accordance with the requirements for quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and, consequently, do not include all of the information and footnote disclosures required by GAAP. In the opinion of management, the Consolidated Financial Statements include all adjustments (consisting solely of normal recurring adjustments) necessary for the fair statement of its consolidated results of operations, financial position and cash flows as of the

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dates and for the periods presented in accordance with GAAP and the rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). All intercompany accounts have been eliminated in consolidation.
Consolidated results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results for the full year. The unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2018, filed with the SEC on March 12, 2019.
Recently Adopted Accounting Guidance
Effective December 31, 2018, the beginning of our Fiscal 2019 year, we adopted Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) (“ASU 2016-02”) and the subsequent amendment ASU 2018-11, Leases (Topic 842): Target Improvements (“ASU 2018-11”). ASU 2016-02 introduces a new lease model that requires the recognition of lease right-of-use assets and operating lease liabilities on the balance sheet and the disclosure of key information about leasing arrangements. ASU 2018-11 provides for another transition method in addition to the modified retrospective approach required by ASU 2016-02. This option allows for entities to initially apply ASU 2016-02 at the adoption date and recognize a cumulative adjustment to the opening balance sheet in the period of adoption. The cumulative impact of adopting ASU 2016-02 did not require us to record an adjustment to our opening accumulated deficit as of December 31, 2018 in our Consolidated Balance Sheet.
Upon the adoption of ASU 2016-02, we applied the package of practical expedients included therein, which eliminated the requirements to reassess prior conclusions about lease identification, lease classification, and initial direct costs. We did not elect the hindsight practical expedient, which permits the use of hindsight when determining lease term. Further, we elected a short-term lease exception policy, permitting us to not apply the recognition requirements of this standard to short-term leases (i.e. leases with terms of 1 year or less) and an accounting policy to account for lease and non-lease components as a single component for real estate operating leases. We also utilized the transition method included in ASU 2018-11. By applying ASU 2016-02 at the adoption date, as opposed to at the beginning of the earliest period presented, the presentation of financial information for periods prior to December 31, 2018 remained unchanged and in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 840 Leases (Topic 840). The adoption of ASU 2016-02 resulted in the recognition as of December 31, 2018 of Right-of-Use assets related to our operating leases of $557.1 million and lease liabilities related to our operating leases of $590.8 million. In addition, as a result of electing to account for lease and non-lease components as a single component for certain classes of assets, lease costs for the three and nine months ended September 29, 2019 include $3.4 million and $10.5 million, respectively, of common area maintenance charges, which was previously included in “Other venue operating expenses” in our Consolidated Statement of Earnings. Other venue operating expenses in our Consolidated Statement of Earnings for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 includes common area maintenance charges of $3.2 million and $10.2 million, respectively. The adoption of the guidance did not have a material impact on our Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows.
Note 2. Unearned Revenues:
Liabilities relating to unused game credits, gift card liabilities and deferred franchise and development fees are included in “Unearned revenues” on our Consolidated Balance Sheets. The following table presents changes in the Company’s Unearned revenue balances during the nine months ended September 29, 2019:
 
Balance at
 
 
 
 
 
Balance at
 
December 31, 2018
 
Revenue Deferred
 
Revenue Recognized
 
September 29, 2019
 
(in thousands)
PlayPass and ticket related deferred revenue
$
5,561

 
$
36,541

 
$
(35,331
)
 
$
6,771

Gift card related deferred revenue
5,253

 
7,814

 
(8,003
)
 
5,064

Unearned franchise and development fees
6,321

 
2,324

 
(145
)
 
8,500

Other unearned revenues
989

 
19,944

 
(19,399
)
 
1,534

Total unearned revenues
$
18,124

 
$
66,623

 
$
(62,878
)
 
$
21,869



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Note 3. Property and Equipment
Asset Impairments
During the three and nine months ended September 29, 2019, we recognized an asset impairment charge of $8.2 million and $9.5 million, primarily related to 10 and 12 venues, respectively. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, we recognized an asset impairment charge of $5.3 million and $6.9 million primarily related to eight and nine venues, respectively. These impairment charges were the result of a decline in the venues’ financial performance, primarily related to various competitive and economic factors in the market in which the venues are located. As of September 29, 2019, the aggregate carrying value of the property and equipment at impaired venues, after the impairment charges, was $7.2 million for venues impaired in 2019.
Note 4. Intangible Assets, Net:
The following table presents our indefinite and definite-lived intangible assets at September 29, 2019:
 
Weighted Average Life (Years)
 
Gross Carrying Amount
 
Accumulated Amortization
 
Net Carrying Amount
 
 
 
(in thousands)
Chuck E. Cheese tradename
Indefinite
 
$
400,000

 

 
$
400,000

Peter Piper Pizza tradename
Indefinite
 
26,700

 

 
26,700

Franchise agreements
25
 
53,300

 
(10,782
)
 
42,518

 
 
 
$
480,000

 
$
(10,782
)
 
$
469,218

In connection with the adoption of ASU 2016-02 effective December 31, 2018, we reclassified $6.3 million related to the net carrying amount of our favorable lease definite-lived intangible asset from “Intangible Assets, Net” to “Operating lease right-of-use assets, net” on our Consolidated Balance Sheets. See Note 1. “Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Recently Adopted Accounting Guidance” and Note 5. “Leases” for further discussion on the adoption of ASU 2016-02.
Amortization expense related to favorable lease agreements was $0.3 million and $1.0 million for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2018, respectively, and is included in “Lease costs” in our Consolidated Statements of Earnings. As described above, in connection with the adoption of ASU 2016-02 at the beginning of Fiscal 2019, our favorable lease definite-lived intangible asset was reclassified from “Intangible Assets, Net” to “Operating lease right-of-use assets, net” and therefore we no longer have any amortization expense related to favorable lease agreements. Amortization expense related to franchise agreements was $0.5 million for both the three months ended September 29, 2019 and September 30, 2018, respectively, and $1.5 million for both the nine months ended September 29, 2019 and September 30, 2018, respectively, and is included in “Depreciation and amortization” in our Consolidated Statements of Earnings.
Note 5. Leases:
We lease certain venues, warehouses, office space and equipment. The leases generally require us to pay minimum rent, property taxes, insurance, and other maintenance costs. Certain lease agreements include rental payments based on a percentage of retail sales over contractual levels and others include rental payments adjusted periodically for inflation. Our lease agreements do not contain any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants.
    

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Most of the Company's leases generally have initial terms of 10 to 20 years and include one or more options to renew. The exercise of lease renewal options is at our sole discretion, and based on our history of exercising renewal lease options, our operating lease liabilities typically assume the exercise of two lease renewal options. The depreciable life of assets and leasehold improvements are limited by the expected lease term.
 
 
September 29, 2019
 
Balance Sheet Classification
(in thousands)
Assets
 
 
Operating
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net (1)
$
536,057

Finance
Property and equipment, net (2)
9,346

Total leased assets
 
$
545,403

 
 
 
Liabilities
 
 
Current
 
 
Operating
Operating lease liability, current portion
$
49,203

Finance
Other current liabilities
803

Noncurrent
 
 
Operating
Operating lease obligations, less current portion
522,380

Finance
Other noncurrent liabilities
11,675

Total leased liabilities
 
$
584,061

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(1) During the nine months ended September 29, 2019, we recognized impairment charges of $0.2 million against our operating right-of-use lease assets related to three Peter Piper Pizza venues in Oklahoma that were closed in 2018. These impairment charges represent a change in the sublease income assumptions for these locations to reflect a longer than expected period to secure subtenants.
(2) Finance lease assets are recorded net of accumulated amortization of $5.7 million as of September 29, 2019.
As most of our leases do not provide an implicit rate, we use our estimated incremental borrowing rate based on the current cost of debt on our Secured Credit Facilities at commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments.
 
 
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
 
 
 
September 29, 2019
 
September 29, 2019
 
 
Statement of Earnings Classification
 
(in thousands)
 
(in thousands)
Operating lease cost (1)
 
Lease costs
 
$
27,559

 
$
82,102

Operating lease cost (2)
 
General and administrative
 
326

 
976

Finance lease cost
 
 
 
 
 
 
Amortization of leased assets
 
Depreciation and amortization
 
246

 
742

Interest on lease liabilities
 
Net interest expense
 
366

 
1,123

Net lease cost
 
 
 
$
28,497

 
$
84,943

__________________
(1) Includes common area maintenance charges of $3.4 million and $10.5 million for the three and nine months ended September 29, 2019, respectively.
(2) Represents the lease cost associated with operating leases relating to our corporate offices and warehouse facilities.
    

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The following table illustrates the Company’s future minimum rental payments for non-cancelable leases as of September 29, 2019:
 
 
Operating
Leases (1)
 
Finance
Leases (2)
 
Total
 
 
(in thousands)
Remainder of 2019
 
$
22,694

 
$
548

 
$
23,242

2020
 
91,537

 
2,194

 
93,731

2021
 
89,203

 
2,173

 
91,376

2022
 
87,221

 
2,147

 
89,368

2023
 
84,861

 
1,920

 
86,781

After 2023
 
472,432

 
12,931

 
485,363

Total lease payments
 
847,948

 
21,913

 
869,861

Less: interest
 
276,365

 
9,435

 
285,800

Present value of minimum lease payments (3)
 
$
571,583

 
$
12,478

 
$
584,061

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(1) Operating lease payments include payments related to options to extend lease terms that are reasonably certain of being exercised and exclude legally binding minimum lease payments for leases signed but not yet commenced.
(2) Finance lease payments include payments related to options to extend lease terms that are reasonably certain of being exercised and exclude legally binding minimum lease payments for leases signed but not yet commenced.
(3) The present value of minimum operating lease payments of $49.2 million and $522.4 million are included in “Operating lease liability, current portion” and “Operating lease obligations, less current portion”, respectively, in our Consolidated Balance Sheet. The present value of minimum finance lease payments of $0.8 million and $11.7 million are included in “Other current liabilities” and “Other noncurrent liabilities”, respectively, in our Consolidated Balance Sheet.

 
 
Nine Months Ended
Lease Term and Discount Rate
September 29, 2019
Weighted average remaining lease term (years):
 
Operating leases
 
10

Finance leases
 
11

Weighted average discount rate:
 
 
Operating leases
 
8.0
%
Finance leases
 
13.2
%
The following table includes supplemental cash flow information related to leases:
 
 
Nine Months Ended
 
September 29, 2019
 
 
(in thousands)
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
 
Operating cash flows for operating leases
$
64,237

Operating cash flows for finance leases
1,123

Financing cash flows for finance leases
488

Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations:
 
Operating lease liabilities
 
17,397

Finance lease liabilities
 


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The following table illustrates the Company’s future minimum rental payments for non-cancelable leases as of December 30, 2018:
 
Financing
 
Operating
Fiscal Years
(in thousands)
2019
2,182

 
92,435

2020
2,214

 
90,983

2021
2,201

 
88,914

2022
2,184

 
87,183

2023
1,956

 
84,806

After 2023
13,266

 
457,277

Future minimum lease payments
24,003

 
901,598

Less amounts representing interest
(10,996
)
 
 
Present value of future minimum lease payments
13,007

 
 
Less current portion
(677
)
 
 
Finance lease liability, net of current portion
$
12,330

 
 

Note 6. Accounts Payable:
Accounts payable consisted of the following as of the dates presented:
 
September 29,
2019
 
December 30, 2018
 
(in thousands)
Trade and other amounts payable
$
33,312

 
$
20,685

Book overdraft
10,389

 
10,725

       Accounts payable
$
43,701

 
$
31,410


The book overdraft balance represents payments we have issued but that have not cleared the banks.


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Note 7. Indebtedness and Interest Expense:
 Our long-term debt consisted of the following as of the dates presented:
 
September 29,
2019
 
December 30,
2018
 
(in thousands)
Term loan facility
$
760,000

 
$
723,900

Revolving credit facility

 

Senior notes
255,000

 
255,000

     Total debt outstanding
1,015,000

 
978,900

Less:
 
 
 
    Deferred financing costs, net
(18,003
)
 
(8,633
)
    Unamortized original issue discount
(30,411
)
 
(1,153
)
    Current portion of Term Loan Facility
(7,600
)
 
(7,600
)
Bank indebtedness and other long-term debt, net of deferred financing costs, less current portion
$
958,986

 
$
961,514

We were in compliance with the debt covenants in effect as of September 29, 2019 for both the Secured Credit Facilities and the Senior Notes.
We monitor the capital markets and our capital structure and make changes from time to time, with the goal of maintaining financial flexibility, preserving or improving liquidity and/or achieving cost efficiency. From time to time we may opportunistically pursue financing transactions. In addition, we may elect to repurchase amounts of our outstanding debt, including the Senior Notes (as defined below under “Senior Unsecured Debt”), for cash, through open market repurchases or privately negotiated transactions with certain of our debt holders, although there is no assurance we will do so.
Secured Credit Facilities
On August 30, 2019 the Company entered into a new credit agreement and related security agreements with Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as administrative and collateral agent. The new credit agreement provides senior secured financing consisting of:

(i)
a $114 million secured revolving credit facility which includes a $50 million letter of credit sub-facility (collectively the “2019 Revolving Credit Facility”) with a maturity date of August 30, 2024 (the “revolver maturity date); and
(ii)
a $760 million secured term loan facility (the “2019 Term Loan Facility” and together with the 2019 Revolving Credit Facility, the “2019 Secured Credit Facilities”) with a maturity date of August 30, 2026 (the “term loan maturity date”).

In the event more than $50 million of the Company’s 8.0% Senior Notes maturing February 15, 2022 remain outstanding on the date that is 91 days prior to the stated maturity date of the notes, the term loan maturity date will spring to such earlier date, November 16, 2021.
The net proceeds from the 2019 Secured Credit Facilities, plus cash on hand, were used to pay the outstanding principal, accrued interest and fees related to our secured credit facilities dated as of February 14, 2014, as amended by an incremental assumption agreement, dated as of May 8, 2018 (the “2014 Secured Credit Facilities”), and debt issuance costs related to the 2019 Secured Credit Facilities. All obligations under the 2014 Secured Credit Facilities have been terminated.
The 2019 secured term loan was issued net of $30.4 million of original issue discount. We also incurred a total of $15.4 million in debt issuance costs ($13.4 million related to the issuance of the 2019 Term Loan Facility and $2.0 million related to the 2019 Revolving Credit Facility). The debt issuance costs are reflected in our consolidated financial statements as follows:
Loss on Extinguishment of Debt: We recorded a loss on extinguishment of debt totaling $2.9 million which includes $0.5 million of fees paid to lenders in connection with the 2019 Term Loan Facility and wrote off $2.4 million of unamortized deferred financing costs and original issue discount related to the 2014 Secured Credit

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Facilities;
Transaction related costs: We expensed third party fees totaling $0.3 million related to legal fees incurred in connection with the 2019 Term Loan Facility. The transaction related costs are included in “Transaction, severance and related litigation costs” in our Consolidated Statement of Earnings;
Interest Expense: We expensed third party fees totaling $0.4 million related to rating agency fees incurred in connection with the 2019 Secured Credit Facilities. These fees are included in “Interest Expense” in our Consolidated Statement of Earnings; and
Deferred Financing Costs: Debt issuance costs totaling $14.2 million related to the 2019 Secured Credit Facilities were capitalized and are included in “Bank indebtedness and other long-term debt, net of deferred financing costs” on our Consolidated Balance Sheets. We also continued to defer $2.1 million of unamortized deferred financing costs related to the 2014 Secured Credit Facilities.
The deferred financing costs related to the 2019 Term Loan Facility and original issue discount are amortized through the 2019 term loan maturity date, and the deferred financing costs related to the 2019 Revolving Credit Facility are being amortized through the 2019 revolver maturity date. The amortization of the deferred financing costs and original issue discount is included in “Interest expense” in our Consolidated Statements of Earnings.
The 2019 Secured Credit Facilities allow the Company to request one or more incremental term loan facilities and/or increase the commitments under our revolving credit facility in an aggregate amount of up to the sum of (a) $50.0 million plus (b) such additional amount so long as, (i) in the case of loans that rank equally and without preference with the liens on the collateral securing the 2019 Secured Credit Facilities, our net first lien senior secured leverage ratio (the ratio of total consolidated debt secured by first-priority liens on the collateral net of unrestricted cash to the last twelve month’s EBITDA, as defined in the 2019 Senior Credit Facilities agreement) would be no greater than 2.75 to 1.00 and (ii) in the case of loans that rank junior to the liens on the collateral securing the 2019 Secured Credit Facilities, our total net secured leverage ratio (as defined in the 2019 Senior Credit Facilities agreement) would be no greater than 5.00 to 1.00, subject to certain conditions, and receipt of commitments by existing or additional lenders.
The 2019 Secured Credit Facilities include certain mandatory prepayment requirements:

Excess Cash Flow- Subject to certain exceptions, to the extent we have excess cash flow determined on an annual basis (as defined in the 2019 Secured Credit Facilities agreement), we are required to make a mandatory prepayment of term loan principal (reduced by any optional prepayments of principal that may have occurred during the fiscal year) to the extent that 75% (the “required percentage” which is subject to step downs discussed below) times the excess cash flow exceeds $10.0 million. The required percentage steps down from 75% to 50% provided our Net Total Leverage Ratio (the ratio of total consolidated debt including lease related obligations net of unrestricted cash to the last twelve month’s EBITDA, as defined in the 2019 Senior Credit Facilities agreement) is less than or equal to 4.50 to 1.00 and greater than 4.25 to 1.00, steps down to 25% provided our Net Total Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 4.25 to 1.00 and greater than 4.00 to 1.00, and steps down to 0% provided our Net Total Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 4.00 to 1.00.
Sales and Disposition of Assets- Subject to certain exceptions, we are required to make a mandatory prepayment of term loan principal of 100% of the net cash proceeds of all non-ordinary course asset sales, other dispositions of property or certain casualty events, in each case subject to certain exceptions and provided that the Company may (i) reinvest within 12 months or (ii) commit to reinvest those proceeds and does reinvest such proceeds within 18 months in assets to be used in its business, or certain other permitted investments; and
Issuance or incurrence of Debt- Subject to certain exceptions, we are required to make a mandatory prepayment of term loan principal of 100% of the net cash proceeds of any issuance or incurrence of debt, other than proceeds from debt permitted under the 2019 Secured Credit Facilities.
The Company may voluntarily repay outstanding loans under the 2019 Secured Credit Facilities at any time, without prepayment premium or penalty except in connection with a repricing event as described below, subject to customary “breakage” costs with respect to LIBOR rate loans. Any refinancing through the issuance or repricing amendment of any debt that results in a repricing event applicable to the 2019 Term Loan Facility resulting in a lower yield occurring at any time during the first twelve months following August 30, 2019 will be accompanied by a 1.00% prepayment premium or fee, as applicable.
The 2019 Term Loan Facility requires scheduled quarterly payments equal to $1.9 million (0.25% of the original principal amount) from December 2019 to June 2026, with the remaining balance due at maturity, August 30, 2026.

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As of September 29, 2019, we had no borrowings outstanding and an $8.5 million letter of credit issued but undrawn under the 2019 Revolving Credit Facility. As of December 30, 2018 we had a $9.0 million letter of credit issued but undrawn under the revolving credit facility related to the 2014 Senior Secured Facilities.
Borrowings under the 2019 Secured Credit Facilities bear interest at a rate equal to, at the option of the Company, either:
(a) a LIBOR rate determined by reference to the costs of funds for Eurodollar deposits for the interest period relevant to such borrowing, adjusted for certain additional costs, subject to a 1.00% floor; or
(b) a base rate determined by reference to the highest of (i) the federal funds rate plus 0.50%, (ii) the prime rate of Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, and (iii) the one-month adjusted LIBOR plus 1.00%.
In each case the interest rate is also subject to an applicable margin determined as follows:
2019 Term Loan Facility:
Margin for Base Rate Loans
 
Margin for LIBOR Loans
5.50%
 
6.50
%
2019 Revolving Credit Facility:
Net Total Leverage Ratio
 
Margin for Base Rate Loans
 
Margin for LIBOR Loans
Greater than 4.80 to 1.00
 
5.50%
 
6.50%
Less than or equal to 4.80 to 1.00 but greater than 4.30 to 1.00
 
5.25%
 
6.25%
Less than or equal to 4.30 to 1.00
 
5.00%
 
6.00%
During the period from August 30, 2019 through September 29, 2019 the applicable margin for LIBOR borrowings under the 2019 Secured Credit Facilities was 6.50%. During the period from December 31, 2018 through August 29, 2019 and the nine months ended September 30, 2018, the applicable margin for LIBOR borrowings under the 2014 Secured Credit Facilities was 3.25%.
In addition to paying interest on outstanding principal under both the 2019 and 2014 Secured Credit Facilities, the Company is required to pay a commitment fee to the lenders under the respective revolving credit facilities in respect of any unutilized commitments thereunder. The applicable commitment fee rate under the 2019 Revolving Credit Facility is determined as follows:
Net Total Leverage Ratio
 
Commitment Fee
Greater than 4.30 to 1.00
 
0.50%
Less than or equal to 4.30 to 1.00
 
0.375%
During the nine months ended September 29, 2019 and September 30, 2018 the commitment fee rate was 0.50%.
The Company is also required to pay customary agency fees as well as letter of credit participation fees computed at a rate per annum equal to the applicable margin for LIBOR rate borrowings on the dollar equivalent of the daily stated amount of outstanding letters of credit, plus such letter of credit issuer’s customary documentary and processing fees and charges, and a fronting fee computed at a rate equal to 0.125% per annum on the daily stated amount of each letter of credit.
During the nine months ended September 29, 2019, the federal funds rate ranged from 1.83% to 2.45%, the prime rate ranged from 5.00% to 5.50% and the one-month LIBOR ranged from 2.02% to 2.52%.
The weighted average effective interest rate incurred on our borrowings under both our 2019 and 2014 Secured Credit Facilities was 6.6% and 5.7% for the nine months ended September 29, 2019 and September 30, 2018, respectively, which includes amortization of deferred financing costs related to our Secured Credit Facilities, amortization of our Term Loan Facility original issue discount and commitment and other fees related to our Secured Credit Facilities but excludes the Loss on extinguishment of debt.
Obligations under the both the 2019 and 2014 Secured Credit Facilities are unconditionally guaranteed by Parent on a

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limited-recourse basis and each of our existing and future direct and indirect material, wholly-owned domestic subsidiaries, subject to certain exceptions. The obligations are secured by a pledge of our capital stock and substantially all of our assets and those of each subsidiary guarantor, including capital stock of the subsidiary guarantors and 65% of the capital stock of the first- tier foreign subsidiaries that are not subsidiary guarantors, in each case subject to exceptions. Such security interests consist of first priority liens with respect to the collateral.
The 2019 Secured Credit Facilities also contain customary affirmative and negative covenants, and events of default, which limit our ability to, among other things: incur additional debt or issue certain preferred shares; create liens on certain assets; make certain loans or investments (including acquisitions); pay dividends on or make distributions with respect to our capital stock or make other restricted payments; consolidate, merge, sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of our assets; sell assets; enter into certain transactions with our affiliates; enter into sale-leaseback transactions; change our lines of business; restrict dividends from our subsidiaries or restrict liens; change our fiscal year; and modify the terms of certain debt or organizational agreements. For a period of 18 months following August 30, 2019, we are prohibited from paying dividends to investment funds managed by Apollo or its affiliates.
Our 2019 Revolving Credit Facility includes a springing financial maintenance covenant that requires our net first lien senior secured leverage ratio not to exceed 5.25 to 1.00. The covenant will be tested quarterly if the 2019 Revolving Credit Facility is more than 30% drawn (excluding outstanding letters of credit) and will be a condition to drawings under the Revolving Credit Facility that would result in more than 30% drawn thereunder.
Senior Unsecured Debt
Our senior unsecured debt consists of $255.0 million aggregate principal amount borrowings of 8.0% Senior Notes due 2022 (the “Senior Notes”). The Senior Notes bear interest at a rate of 8.0% per year payable February 15th and August 15th each year and mature on February 15, 2022. We may call some or all of the Senior Notes at 102% on or after February 15, 2019 and at 100% on or after February 15, 2020 as set forth in the indenture governing the Senior Notes (the “indenture”).
We paid $6.4 million in debt issuance costs related to the Senior Notes, which we capitalized in “Bank indebtedness and other long-term debt, net of deferred financing costs” on our Consolidated Balance Sheets. The deferred financing costs are being amortized over the life of the Senior Notes and are included in “Interest expense” in our Consolidated Statements of Earnings.
Our obligations under the Senior Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, by our present and future direct and indirect wholly-owned material domestic subsidiaries that guarantee our 2019 Secured Credit Facilities.
The indenture contains restrictive covenants that limit our ability to, among other things: (i) incur additional debt or issue certain preferred shares; (ii) create liens on certain assets; (iii) make certain loans or investments (including acquisitions); (iv) pay dividends on or make distributions in respect of our capital stock or make other restricted payments; (v) consolidate, merge, sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of our assets; (vi) sell assets; (vii) enter into certain transactions with our affiliates; and (viii) restrict dividends from our subsidiaries.
The weighted average effective interest rate incurred on borrowings under our Senior Notes was 8.2% for both the nine months ended September 29, 2019 and September 30, 2018, which includes amortization of deferred financing costs and other fees related to our Senior Notes.

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Interest Expense
Interest expense consisted of the following for the periods presented:
 
Three Months Ended
 
September 29, 2019
 
September 30, 2018
 
(in thousands)
Term Loan Facility (1)
$
12,776

 
$
9,946

Senior notes
5,083

 
5,083

Finance lease obligations
366

 
394

Sale leaseback obligations
2,393

 
2,628

Amortization of deferred financing costs
970

 
923

Other
441

 
95

Total interest expense
$
22,029

 
$
19,069

 
Nine Months Ended
 
September 29, 2019
 
September 30, 2018
 
(in thousands)
Term Loan Facility (1)
$
34,019

 
$
28,747

Senior Notes
15,248

 
15,248

Finance lease obligations
1,123

 
1,253

Sale leaseback obligations
7,770

 
7,880

Amortization of deferred financing costs
2,817

 
2,878

Other
839

 
734

Total interest expense
$
61,816

 
$
56,740

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(1)    Includes amortization of original issue discount.
The weighted average effective interest rate incurred on our borrowings under our 2019 and 2014 Secured Credit Facilities and Senior Notes (including amortized debt issuance costs, amortization of original issue discount, commitment and other fees related to the Secured Credit Facilities and Senior Notes) was 7.0% for the nine months ended September 29, 2019 and 6.3% for the nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively.
Note 8. Fair Value of Financial Instruments:
Fair value measurements of financial instruments are determined based on the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. As a basis for considering market participant assumptions in fair value measurements, a fair value hierarchy that distinguishes between market participant assumptions based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity (observable inputs that are classified within Levels 1 and 2 of the hierarchy) and the reporting entity’s own assumptions about market participant assumptions (unobservable inputs classified within Level 3 of the hierarchy) has been established.
    

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The following table presents information on our financial instruments as of the periods presented:
 
 
September 29, 2019
 
 
December 30, 2018
 
 
Carrying Amount (1) 
 
Estimated Fair Value
 
 
Carrying Amount (1) 
 
Estimated Fair Value
 
 
(in thousands)
Financial Liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bank indebtedness and other long-term debt:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Current portion
 
$
7,600

 
$
7,464

 
 
$
7,600

 
$
7,051

     Long-term portion (2)
 
1,007,400

 
980,882

 
 
971,300

 
885,212

Bank indebtedness and other long-term debt:
 
$
1,015,000

 
$
988,346

 
 
$
978,900

 
$
892,263

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(1)    Excluding net deferred financing costs and original issue discount.
(2)    The unamortized portion of original issue discount was $30.4 million and 1.2 million at September 29, 2019 and December 30, 2018, respectively.
Our financial instruments consist of cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable, our 2019 and 2014 Secured Credit Facilities and our Senior Notes. The carrying amount of cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, accounts receivable and accounts payable approximates fair value because of their short maturities. The estimated fair value of both our 2019 and 2014 Secured Credit Facilities and our Senior Notes was determined by using their respective average of the ask and bid price as of the nearest open market date preceding the reporting period end. The average of the ask and bid price are classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.
Our non-financial assets, which include long-lived assets, including property, plant and equipment, operating lease right-of-use assets, goodwill and intangible assets, are reported at carrying value and are not required to be measured at fair value on a recurring basis. However, on a periodic basis, or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that their carrying value may not be recoverable, we assess our long-lived assets for impairment.
During the nine months ended September 29, 2019 and September 30, 2018, there were no significant transfers among Level 1, 2 or 3 fair value determinations.
Note 9. Other Noncurrent Liabilities:
Other noncurrent liabilities consisted of the following as of the dates presented:
 
 
September 29, 2019
 
December 30, 2018
 
 
(in thousands)
Sale leaseback obligations, less current portion (1)
 
$
171,729

 
$
174,520

Lease related liabilities (2)
 

 
45,195

Financing lease obligations, less current portion

 
11,675

 
12,330

Accrued insurance
 
6,724

 
9,861

Other
 
5,902

 
6,534

Total other noncurrent liabilities
 
$
196,030

 
$
248,440

 ________________
(1)  
The sale leaseback obligations are accounted for under the financing method, rather than as completed sales. Under the financing method the sales proceeds received are included in other long-term liabilities until our continuing involvement with the properties is terminated. The rental payments related to the sale leaseback properties are recorded as interest expense and a reduction of the sale leaseback obligation.
(2)  
Lease liabilities totaling $45.2 million were reclassified in connection with the adoption of ASU 2016-02 on December 31, 2018. See Note 1. “Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Recently Adopted Accounting Guidance” and Note 5. “Leases” for further discussion on the adoption of ASU 2016-02.

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Note 10. Income Taxes:
Our income tax expense (benefit) consists of the following for the periods presented:
 
Three Months Ended
 
September 29, 2019
 
September 30, 2018
 
(in thousands)
Federal and state income taxes
$
(5,900
)
 
$
(2,451
)
Foreign income taxes (1)
67

 
238

      Income tax benefit
$
(5,833
)
 
$
(2,213
)
 
Nine Months Ended
 
September 29, 2019
 
September 30, 2018
 
(in thousands)
Federal and state income taxes
$
(1,334
)
 
$
(1,167
)
Foreign income taxes (1)
692

 
713

      Income tax benefit
$
(642
)
 
$
(454
)
__________________
(1)    Including foreign taxes withheld.
Our effective income tax rate was 27.6% and 18.9% for the three months ended September 29, 2019 and September 30, 2018, respectively. Our effective income tax rate for the three months ended September 29, 2019 differs from the statutory rate primarily due to state income taxes and the unfavorable impact of nondeductible litigation costs related to the Merger (as defined in Note 13. “Consolidating Guarantor Financial Information”), foreign income taxes (withheld on royalties and franchise fees earned from international franchisees not offset by foreign tax credits due to the foreign tax credit limitation), and certain nondeductible penalties and other expenses, partially offset by the favorable impact of employment-related federal income tax credits. Our effective income tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2018, differs from the statutory tax rate primarily due to state income taxes, nondeductible litigation costs related to the Merger, foreign income taxes (withheld on royalties and franchise fees earned from international franchisees not offset by foreign tax credits due to the foreign tax credit limitation), non-deductible penalties and other expenses, and an increase in the reserve for uncertain tax positions, partially offset by the favorable impact of employment-related federal income tax credits.
Our effective income tax rate was 18.5% and 6.8% for the nine-month period ended September 29, 2019 and September 30, 2018, respectively. Our effective income tax rate for the nine-month period ended September 29, 2019 differs from the statutory rate primarily due to state income taxes net of the favorable impact of certain state tax legislation enacted during the second quarter of 2019 that decreased the amount of income subject to state taxation, nondeductible litigation costs related to the Merger (as defined in Note 13. “Consolidating Guarantor Financial Information”), foreign income taxes (withheld on royalties and franchise fees earned from international franchisees not offset by foreign tax credits due to the foreign tax credit limitation), and certain nondeductible penalties and other expenses, partially offset by the favorable impact of employment-related federal income tax credits. Our effective income tax rate for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2018 differs from the statutory tax rate primarily due to state income taxes including the impact of certain state tax legislation enacted during the second quarter of 2018 that increased the amount of income subject to state taxation, nondeductible litigation costs related to the Merger, foreign income taxes (withheld on royalties and franchise fees earned from international franchisees not offset by foreign tax credits due to the foreign tax credit limitation), certain non-deductible penalties and other expenses, an increase in the reserve for uncertain tax positions, an increase in a valuation allowance for deferred tax assets associated with a carryforward of certain state tax credits and deferred tax assets relating to our Canada operations that could expire before they are utilized, partially offset by the favorable impact of employment-related federal income tax credits, adjustments to the provisional estimate provided at the end of Fiscal 2017 to account for the impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”) enacted on December 22, 2017 pursuant to Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118 (“SAB 118”), a one-time adjustment to deferred tax (the tax effect of the cumulative foreign currency translation adjustment existing as of January 1, 2018) resulting from the change in our intent to no longer indefinitely reinvest monies loaned to our Canadian subsidiary.
For the periods presented herein, we have used the year-to-date effective tax rate (the “discrete method”), as prescribed by ASC 740-270, Accounting for Income Taxes-Interim Reporting when a reliable estimate of the estimated annual rate cannot be made. We believe at this time, the use of the discrete method is more appropriate than the annual effective tax rate method due to significant variations in the customary relationship between income tax expense and projected annual pre-tax income or

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loss which occurs when annual projected pre-tax income or loss nears a relatively small amount in comparison to the differences between income and deductions determined for financial statement purposes versus income tax purposes. Using the discrete method, we have determined our current and deferred income tax expense as if the interim period were an annual period.
Our liability for uncertain tax positions (excluding interest and penalties) was $4.2 million as of September 29, 2019 and $4.3 million as of December 30, 2018 and if recognized would decrease our provision for income taxes by $3.2 million. Within the next twelve months, we could settle or otherwise conclude certain ongoing income tax audits and resolve uncertain tax positions as a result of expiring statutes of limitations or payment. As such, it is reasonably possible that the liability for uncertain tax positions could decrease by as much as $3.7 million within the next twelve months.
Total accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits was $1.2 million as of September 29, 2019 and $1.1 million as of December 30, 2018, respectively. On the Consolidated Balance Sheets, we include current accrued interest related to unrecognized tax benefits in “Accrued interest,” current accrued penalties in “Accrued expenses” and noncurrent accrued interest and penalties in “Other noncurrent liabilities.”

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Note 11. Stock-Based Compensation Arrangements:
2014 Equity Incentive Plan
The 2014 Equity Incentive Plan provides Parent authority to grant equity incentive stock options, nonqualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, stock bonus awards or performance compensation awards to certain directors, officers or employees of the Company. A summary of the options outstanding under the equity incentive plan as of September 29, 2019 and the activity for the nine months ended September 29, 2019 is presented below:
 
Stock Options
Weighted Average Exercise Price (1)
Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term
Aggregate Intrinsic Value
 
 
($ per share)
 
($ in thousands)
Outstanding stock options, December 30, 2018
1,987,331

$8.87


     Options granted
424,985

$8.86


     Options forfeited
(114,921
)
$9.87


Outstanding stock options, September 29, 2019
2,297,395

$8.80
5.5
$

Stock options expected to vest, September 29, 2019
1,530,812

$8.97
5.9
$

Exercisable stock options, September 29, 2019
841,086

$8.31
4.5
$

__________________
(1)    The weighted average exercise price reflects the original grant date fair value per option as adjusted for the dividend payment made in August 2015.
As of September 29, 2019, we had $1.4 million of total unrecognized share-based compensation expense related to unvested options, which is expected to be amortized over the remaining weighted-average vesting period of 3.9 years.
Stock Awards
During the first quarter of 2019, certain officers of the Company were granted stock bonus awards under the 2014 Equity Incentive Plan. The number of common shares of Parent awarded was based on the fair market value of Parent’s common stock as of December 31, 2018. The shares granted to the officers were fully vested immediately on the date that they were granted. In addition, during 2019, the Company agreed to issue fully vested common shares of Parent to certain officers of the Company in the first quarter 2020 based on the Company’s financial performance for Fiscal 2019.

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The following tables summarize stock-based compensation expense and the associated tax benefit recognized in the Consolidated Financial Statements for the periods presented:
 
Three Months Ended
 
September 29,
2019
 
September 30,
2018
 
(in thousands)
Stock-based compensation costs related to stock awards
$
(182
)
 
$

Stock-based compensation costs related to incentive stock options, net (1)
71

 
(58
)
Stock-based compensation expense recognized
$
(111
)
 
$
(58
)

 
Nine Months Ended
 
September 29,
2019
 
September 30,
2018
 
(in thousands)
Stock-based compensation costs related to stock awards
$
1,632

 
$

Stock-based compensation costs related to incentive stock options, net (1)
353

 
169

Stock-based compensation expense recognized
$
1,985

 
$
169

Payroll taxes related to stock awards
$
15

 
$

 __________________
(1)
We capitalize the portion of stock-based compensation costs related to our design, construction, facilities and legal departments that are directly attributable to our venue development projects, such as the design and construction of a new venue and the remodeling and expansion of our existing venues. Capitalized stock-based compensation costs attributable to our venue development projects are included in “Property and equipment, net” in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

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Note 12. Stockholder’s Equity:
The following tables summarize the changes in stockholder’s equity during the three and nine-month periods ended September 29, 2019 and September 30, 2018, respectively:
 
 
 
Common Stock
 
Capital In
Excess of
Par Value
 
Accumulated Deficit
 
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
 
 
 
 
Shares
 
Amount
 
 
 
 
Total
 
 
(in thousands, except share information)
Balance at December 30, 2018
 
200

 
$

 
$
359,570

 
$
(115,660
)
 
$
(1,339
)
 
$
242,571

Net income
 

 

 

 
21,246

 

 
21,246

Other comprehensive loss
 

 

 

 

 
(155
)
 
(155
)
Stock-based compensation costs related to stock awards
 

 

 
126

 

 

 
126

Balance March 31, 2019
 
200

 
$

 
$
359,696

 
$
(94,414
)
 
$
(1,494
)
 
$
263,788

Net loss
 

 

 

 
(8,734
)
 

 
(8,734
)
Other comprehensive loss
 

 

 

 

 
(130
)
 
(130
)
Stock-based compensation costs related to stock awards
 

 

 
171

 

 

 
171

Balance June 30, 2019
 
200

 
$

 
$
359,867

 
$
(103,148
)
 
$
(1,624
)
 
$
255,095

Net loss
 

 
$

 
$

 
$
(15,334
)
 
$

 
$
(15,334
)
Other comprehensive income
 

 

 

 

 
73

 
73

Stock-based compensation costs related to stock awards
 

 

 
63

 

 

 
63

Balance September 29, 2019
 
200

 
$

 
$
359,930

 
$
(118,482
)
 
$
(1,551
)
 
$
239,897


 
 
Common Stock
 
Capital In
Excess of
Par Value
 
Accumulated Deficit
 
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
 
 
 
 
Shares
 
Amount
 
 
 
 
Total
 
 
(in thousands, except share information)
Balance at December 31, 2017
 
200

 
$

 
$
359,233

 
$
(95,199
)
 
$
(1,886
)
 
$
262,148

Net income
 

 

 

 
12,223

 

 
12,223

Other comprehensive income
 

 

 

 

 
154

 
154

Stock-based compensation costs related to stock awards
 

 

 
67

 

 

 
67

Balance April 1, 2018
 
200

 
$

 
$
359,300

 
$
(82,976
)
 
$
(1,732
)
 
$
274,592

Net loss
 

 

 

 
(8,965
)
 

 
(8,965
)
Other comprehensive income
 

 

 

 

 
145

 
145

Stock-based compensation costs related to stock awards
 

 

 
166

 

 

 
166

Balance July 1, 2018
 
200

 
$

 
$
359,466

 
$
(91,941
)
 
$
(1,587
)
 
$
265,938

Net loss
 

 

 

 
(9,487
)
 

 
(9,487
)
Other comprehensive loss
 

 

 

 

 
(172
)
 
(172
)
Stock-based compensation costs related to stock awards
 

 

 
(55
)
 

 

 
(55
)
Balance September 30, 2018
 
200

 

 
$
359,411

 
$
(101,428
)
 
$
(1,759
)
 
$
256,224



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13. Consolidating Guarantor Financial Information:
On February 14, 2014, CEC Entertainment, Inc. (the “Issuer”) merged with and into an entity controlled by Apollo Global Management, Inc. (“Apollo”) and its subsidiaries, which we refer to as the “Merger.” The Senior Notes issued by the Issuer, in conjunction with the Merger, are our unsecured obligations and are fully and unconditionally, jointly and severally guaranteed by all of our 100% wholly-owned U.S. subsidiaries (the “Guarantors”). Our wholly-owned foreign subsidiaries and our less-than-wholly-owned U.S. subsidiaries are not a party to the guarantees (the “Non-Guarantors”). The following schedules present the condensed consolidating financial statements of the Issuer, Guarantors and Non-Guarantors, as well as consolidated results, for the periods presented:

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CEC Entertainment, Inc.
Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet
As of September 29, 2019
(in thousands)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Issuer
 
Guarantors
 
Non-Guarantors
 
Eliminations
 
Consolidated
Current assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
94,627

 
$
7,712

 
$
2,720

 
$

 
$
105,059

Restricted cash
 

 

 
212

 

 
212

Accounts receivable
 
13,098

 
6,644

 
4,620

 
(3,786
)
 
20,576

Inventories
 
20,420

 
6,862

 
297

 

 
27,579

Prepaid expenses
 
6,754

 
6,776

 
744

 

 
14,274

Total current assets
 
134,899

 
27,994

 
8,593

 
(3,786
)
 
167,700

Property and equipment, net
 
456,798

 
63,281

 
5,028

 

 
525,107

Operating lease right-of-use assets, net
 
478,836

 
47,677

 
9,544

 

 
536,057

Goodwill
 
433,024

 
51,414

 

 

 
484,438

Intangible assets, net
 
8,152

 
461,066

 

 

 
469,218

Intercompany
 
41,679

 
96,942

 

 
(138,621
)
 

Investment in subsidiaries
 
497,945

 

 

 
(497,945
)
 

Other noncurrent assets
 
6,741

 
10,036

 
17

 

 
16,794

Total assets
 
$
2,058,074

 
$
758,410

 
$
23,182

 
$
(640,352
)
 
$
2,199,314

Current liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bank indebtedness and other long-term debt, current portion
 
$
7,600

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
7,600

Operating lease liability, current portion
 
44,413

 
3,749

 
1,041

 

 
49,203

Accounts payable, accrued expenses and unearned revenues
 
66,180

 
46,049

 
5,720

 

 
117,949

Other current liabilities
 
4,530

 

 
18

 

 
4,548

Total current liabilities
 
122,723

 
49,798

 
6,779

 

 
179,300

Operating lease obligations, less current portion
 
458,412

 
55,100

 
8,868

 

 
522,380

Bank indebtedness and other long-term debt, net of deferred financing costs, less current portion
 
958,986

 

 

 

 
958,986

Deferred tax liability
 
86,918

 
17,577

 
(1,774
)
 

 
102,721

Intercompany
 

 
116,739

 
25,668

 
(142,407
)
 

Other noncurrent liabilities
 
191,138

 
4,868

 
24

 

 
196,030

Total liabilities
 
1,818,177

 
244,082

 
39,565

 
(142,407
)
 
1,959,417

Stockholder's equity:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Common stock
 

 

 

 

 

Capital in excess of par value
 
359,930

 
466,114

 
3,241

 
(469,355
)
 
359,930

Accumulated earnings (deficit)
 
(118,482
)
 
48,214

 
(18,073
)
 
(30,141
)
 
(118,482
)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
 
(1,551
)
 

 
(1,551
)
 
1,551

 
(1,551
)
Total stockholder's equity
 
239,897

 
514,328

 
(16,383
)
 
(497,945
)
 
239,897

Total liabilities and stockholder's equity
 
$
2,058,074

 
$
758,410

 
$
23,182

 
$
(640,352
)
 
$
2,199,314


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CEC Entertainment, Inc.
Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet
As of December 30, 2018
(in thousands)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Issuer
 
Guarantors
 
Non-Guarantors
 
Eliminations
 
Consolidated
Current assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
54,775

 
$
6,725

 
$
1,670

 
$

 
$
63,170

Restricted cash
 

 

 
151

 

 
151

Accounts receivable
 
28,421

 
4,956

 
4,117

 
(3,314
)
 
34,180

Inventories
 
16,896

 
6,617

 
294

 

 
23,807

Prepaid expenses
 
14,264

 
10,562

 
598

 

 
25,424

Total current assets
 
114,356

 
28,860

 
6,830

 
(3,314
)
 
146,732

Property and equipment, net
 
468,827

 
64,721

 
5,637

 

 
539,185

Goodwill
 
433,024

 
51,414

 

 

 
484,438

Intangible assets, net
 
14,716

 
462,369

 

 

 
477,085

Intercompany
 
78,402

 
66,373

 

 
(144,775
)
 

Investment in subsidiaries
 
477,556

 

 

 
(477,556
)
 

Other noncurrent assets
 
7,292

 
11,409

 
24

 

 
18,725

Total assets
 
$
1,594,173

 
$
685,146

 
$
12,491

 
$
(625,645
)
 
$
1,666,165

Current liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bank indebtedness and other long-term debt, current portion
 
$
7,600

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
7,600

Accounts payable, accrued expenses and unearned revenues
 
56,277

 
34,429

 
2,321

 

 
93,027

Other current liabilities
 
5,429

 
510

 
16

 

 
5,955

Total current liabilities
 
69,306

 
34,939

 
2,337

 

 
106,582

Bank indebtedness and other long-term debt, net of deferred financing costs, less current portion
 
961,514

 

 

 

 
961,514

Deferred tax liability
 
91,049

 
17,866

 
(1,857
)
 

 
107,058

Intercompany
 

 
119,498

 
28,591

 
(148,089
)
 

Other noncurrent liabilities
 
229,733

 
18,191

 
516

 

 
248,440

Total liabilities
 
1,351,602

 
190,494

 
29,587

 
(148,089
)
 
1,423,594

Stockholder's equity:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Common stock
 

 

 

 

 

Capital in excess of par value
 
359,570

 
466,114

 
3,241

 
(469,355
)
 
359,570

Accumulated earnings (deficit)
 
(115,660
)
 
28,538

 
(18,691
)
 
(9,847
)
 
(115,660
)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
 
(1,339
)
 

 
(1,646
)
 
1,646

 
(1,339
)
Total stockholder's equity
 
242,571

 
494,652

 
(17,096
)
 
(477,556
)
 
242,571

Total liabilities and stockholder's equity
 
$
1,594,173

 
$
685,146

 
$
12,491

 
$
(625,645
)
 
$
1,666,165



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CEC Entertainment, Inc.
Consolidating Statement of Comprehensive Income (Loss)
For the Three Months Ended September 29, 2019
(in thousands)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Issuer
 
Guarantors
 
Non-Guarantors
 
Eliminations
 
Consolidated
Revenues:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Food and beverage sales
 
$
77,475

 
$
13,866

 
$
1,304

 
$

 
$
92,645

Entertainment and merchandise sales
 
106,258

 
10,651

 
2,779

 

 
119,688

Total company venue sales
 
183,733

 
24,517

 
4,083

 

 
212,333

Franchise fees and royalties
 
448

 
4,249

 
564

 

 
5,261

International Association assessments and other fees
 
258

 
8,485

 
8,763

 
(17,506
)
 

Total revenues
 
184,439

 
37,251

 
13,410

 
(17,506
)
 
217,594

Operating Costs and Expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Company venue operating costs:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of food and beverage
 
17,243

 
3,635

 
424

 

 
21,302

Cost of entertainment and merchandise
 
9,445

 
396

 
272

 

 
10,113

Total cost of food, beverage, entertainment and merchandise
 
26,688

 
4,031

 
696

 

 
31,415

Labor expenses
 
57,163

 
4,847

 
1,203

 

 
63,213

Lease costs
 
25,105

 
1,865

 
589

 

 
27,559

Other venue operating expenses
 
38,399

 
3,992

 
939

 
(8,744
)
 
34,586

Total company venue operating costs
 
147,355

 
14,735

 
3,427

 
(8,744
)
 
156,773

Advertising expense
 
8,649

 
1,190

 
9,726

 
(8,762
)
 
10,803

General and administrative expenses
 
4,240

 
8,561

 
250

 

 
13,051

Depreciation and Amortization
74,749

21,766

 
2,476

 
380

 

 
24,622

Transaction, severance and related litigation costs
 
371

 

 

 

 
371

Asset impairments
 
2,023

 
6,179

 

 

 
8,202

Total operating costs and expenses
 
184,404

 
33,141

 
13,783

 
(17,506
)
 
213,822

Operating income (loss)
 
35

 
4,110

 
(373
)
 

 
3,772

Equity in earnings in affiliates
 
658

 

 

 
(658
)
 

Interest expense
 
21,150

 
705

 
174

 

 
22,029

Loss on extinguishment of debt
 
2,910

 

 

 

 
2,910

Income (loss) before income taxes
 
(23,367
)
 
3,405

 
(547
)
 
(658
)
 
(21,167
)
Income tax expense (benefit)
 
(8,033
)
 
2,321

 
(121
)
 

 
(5,833
)
Net income (loss)
 
$
(15,334
)
 
$
1,084

 
$
(426
)
 
$
(658
)
 
$
(15,334
)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Components of other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Foreign currency translation adjustments
 
73

 


 
(73
)
 
73

 
73

Comprehensive income (loss)
 
$
(15,261
)
 
$
1,084

 
$
(499
)
 
$
(585
)
 
$
(15,261
)

28


CEC Entertainment, Inc.
Consolidating Statement of Comprehensive Income (Loss)
For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2018
(in thousands)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Issuer
 
Guarantors
 
Non-Guarantors
 
Eliminations
 
Consolidated
Revenues:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Food and beverage sales
 
$
79,871

 
$
12,854

 
$
1,298

 
$

 
$
94,023

Entertainment and merchandise sales
 
108,461

 
10,380

 
2,770

 

 
121,611

Total company venue sales
 
188,332

 
23,234

 
4,068

 

 
215,634

Franchise fees and royalties
 
441

 
4,302

 
568

 

 
5,311

International Association assessments and other fees
 
221

 
9,588

 
8,862

 
(18,671
)
 

Total revenues
 
188,994

 
37,124

 
13,498

 
(18,671
)
 
220,945

Operating Costs and Expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Company venue operating costs:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of food and beverage
 
18,700

 
3,348

 
472

 

 
22,520

Cost of entertainment and merchandise
 
9,306

 
391

 
177

 

 
9,874

Total cost of food, beverage, entertainment and merchandise
 
28,006

 
3,739

 
649

 

 
32,394

Labor expenses
 
58,818

 
4,976

 
1,234

 

 
65,028

Lease costs
 
21,719

 
1,630

 
502

 

 
23,851

Other venue operating expenses
 
43,711

 
3,500

 
830

 
(9,809
)
 
38,232

Total company venue operating costs
 
152,254

 
13,845

 
3,215

 
(9,809
)
 
159,505

Advertising expense
 
8,984

 
1,150

 
9,786

 
(8,862
)
 
11,058

General and administrative expenses
 
5,017

 
8,499

 
(323
)
 

 
13,193

Depreciation and amortization
 
21,429

 
2,807

 
503

 

 
24,739

Transaction, severance and related litigation costs
 
(262
)
 
(1
)
 

 

 
(263
)
Asset impairments
 
2,505

 
2,836

 
3

 

 
5,344

Total operating costs and expenses
 
189,927

 
29,136

 
13,184

 
(18,671
)
 
213,576

Operating income (loss)
 
(933
)
 
7,988

 
314

 

 
7,369

Equity in earnings in affiliates
 
5,444

 

 

 
(5,444
)
 

Interest expense
 
18,205

 
692

 
172

 

 
19,069

Income (loss) before income taxes
 
(13,694
)
 
7,296

 
142

 
(5,444
)
 
(11,700
)
Income tax expense (benefit)
 
(4,207
)
 
2,113

 
(119
)
 

 
(2,213
)
Net income (loss)
 
$
(9,487
)
 
$
5,183

 
$
261

 
$
(5,444
)
 
$
(9,487
)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Components of other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Foreign currency translation adjustments
 
(172
)
 

 
(172
)
 
172

 
(172
)
Comprehensive income (loss)
 
$
(9,659
)
 
$
5,183

 
$
89

 
$
(5,272
)
 
$
(9,659
)


29


CEC Entertainment, Inc.
Consolidating Statement of Comprehensive Income (Loss)
For the Nine Months Ended September 29, 2019
(in thousands)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Issuer
 
Guarantors
 
Non-Guarantors
 
Eliminations
 
Consolidated
Revenues:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Food and beverage sales
 
$
256,765

 
$
41,416

 
$
3,930

 
$

 
$
302,111

Entertainment and merchandise sales
 
344,417

 
34,566

 
7,795

 

 
386,778

Total company venue sales
 
601,182

 
75,982

 
11,725

 

 
688,889

Franchise fees and royalties
 
1,784

 
13,235

 
2,175

 

 
17,194

International Association assessments and other fees
 
836

 
30,710

 
28,692

 
(60,238
)
 

Total revenues
 
603,802

 
119,927

 
42,592

 
(60,238
)
 
706,083

Operating Costs and Expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Company venue operating costs (excluding Depreciation and amortization):

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of food and beverage
 
57,048

 
10,870

 
1,321

 

 
69,239

Cost of entertainment and merchandise
 
29,315

 
1,266

 
730

 

 
31,311

Total cost of food, beverage, entertainment and merchandise
 
86,363

 
12,136

 
2,051

 

 
100,550

Labor expenses
 
181,397

 
14,591

 
3,705

 

 
199,693

Lease costs
 
74,749

 
5,587

 
1,766

 

 
82,102

Other venue operating expenses
 
119,942

 
11,617

 
2,549

 
(31,572
)
 
102,536

Total company venue operating costs
 
462,451

 
43,931

 
10,071

 
(31,572
)
 
484,881

Advertising expense
 
28,562

 
4,165

 
29,972

 
(28,666
)
 
34,033

General and administrative expenses
 
13,895

 
29,297

 
(248
)
 

 
42,944

Depreciation and amortization
 
64,461

 
7,414

 
1,199

 

 
73,074

Transaction, severance and related litigation costs
 
402

 

 

 

 
402

Asset Impairments
 
3,134

 
6,353

 

 

 
9,487

Total operating costs and expenses
 
572,905

 
91,160

 
40,994

 
(60,238
)
 
644,821

Operating income
 
30,897

 
28,767

 
1,598

 

 
61,262

Equity in earnings in affiliates
 
20,677

 

 

 
(20,677
)
 

Interest expense
 
59,093

 
2,210

 
513

 

 
61,816

Loss on debt extinguishment
 
2,910

 

 

 

 
2,910

Income before income taxes
 
(10,429
)
 
26,557

 
1,085

 
(20,677
)
 
(3,464
)
Income tax expense
 
(7,607
)
 
6,880

 
85

 

 
(642
)
Net income
 
$
(2,822
)
 
$
19,677

 
$
1,000

 
$
(20,677
)
 
$
(2,822
)

 


 


 


 


 


Components of other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Foreign currency translation adjustments
 
(212
)
 

 
(212
)
 
212

 
(212
)
Comprehensive income (loss)
 
$
(3,034
)
 
$
19,677

 
$
788

 
$
(20,465
)
 
$
(3,034
)

30


CEC Entertainment, Inc.
Consolidating Statement of Comprehensive Income (Loss)
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018
(in thousands)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Issuer
 
Guarantors
 
Non-Guarantors
 
Eliminations
 
Consolidated
Revenues:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Food and beverage sales
 
$
264,130

 
$
40,250

 
$
4,278

 
$

 
$
308,658

Entertainment and merchandise sales
 
324,231

 
36,255

 
8,147

 

 
368,633

Total company venue sales
 
588,361

 
76,505

 
12,425

 

 
677,291

Franchise fees and royalties
 
1,441

 
12,661

 
1,815

 

 
15,917

International Association assessments and other fees
 
794

 
28,339

 
27,951

 
(57,084
)
 

Total revenues
 
590,596

 
117,505

 
42,191

 
(57,084
)
 
693,208

Operating Costs and Expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Company venue operating costs (excluding Depreciation and amortization):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of food and beverage
 
60,432

 
10,845

 
1,497

 

 
72,774

Cost of entertainment and merchandise
 
25,972

 
1,238

 
466

 

 
27,676

Total cost of food, beverage, entertainment and merchandise
 
86,404

 
12,083

 
1,963

 

 
100,450

Labor expenses
 
176,106

 
15,065

 
3,823

 

 
194,994

Lease costs
 
65,417

 
5,638

 
1,560

 

 
72,615

Other venue operating expenses
 
129,006

 
10,882

 
2,634

 
(29,159
)
 
113,363

Total company venue operating costs
 
456,933

 
43,668

 
9,980

 
(29,159
)
 
481,422

Advertising expense
 
28,742

 
4,511

 
32,682

 
(27,925
)
 
38,010

General and administrative expenses
 
13,539

 
25,336

 
644

 

 
39,519

Depreciation and amortization
 
67,073

 
8,253

 
1,478

 

 
76,804

Transaction, severance and related litigation costs
 
197

 
266

 

 

 
463

Asset impairment
 
2,591

 
4,341

 
3

 

 
6,935

Total operating costs and expenses
 
569,075

 
86,375

 
44,787

 
(57,084
)
 
643,153

Operating income (loss)
 
21,521

 
31,130

 
(2,596
)
 

 
50,055

Equity in earnings in affiliates
 
19,869

 

 

 
(19,869
)
 

Interest expense
 
53,833

 
2,446

 
461

 

 
56,740

Income (loss) before income taxes
 
(12,443
)
 
28,684

 
(3,057
)
 
(19,869
)
 
(6,685
)
Income tax expense
 
(6,212
)
 
6,526

 
(768
)
 

 
(454
)
Net income (loss)
 
$
(6,231
)
 
$
22,158

 
$
(2,289
)
 
$
(19,869
)
 
$
(6,231
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Components of other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Foreign currency translation adjustments
 
127

 

 
127

 
(127
)
 
127

Comprehensive income (loss)
 
$
(6,104
)
 
$
22,158

 
$
(2,162
)
 
$
(19,996
)
 
$
(6,104
)





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Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows
For the Nine Months Ended September 29, 2019
(in thousands)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Issuer
 
Guarantors
 
Non-Guarantors
 
Consolidated
Cash flows provided by operating activities:
 
$
104,719

 
$
9,292

 
$
1,633

 
$
115,644

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash flows from investing activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Purchases of property and equipment
 
(52,180
)
 
(7,701
)
 
(507
)
 
(60,388
)
  Development of internal use software
 
(183
)
 
(604
)
 

 
(787
)
  Proceeds from sale of property and equipment
 
160

 

 

 
160

Cash flows used in investing activities
 
(52,203
)
 
(8,305
)
 
(507
)
 
(61,015
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash flows from financing activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Net proceeds from senior term loan, net of original issue discount
 
479,449

 

 

 
479,449

  Repayments on senior term loan
 
(473,749
)
 

 

 
(473,749
)
  Payment of debt financing costs
 
(15,375
)
 

 

 
(15,375
)
  Payments on financing lease obligations
 
(520
)
 

 
(10
)
 
(530
)
  Payments on sale leaseback transactions
 
(2,469
)
 

 

 
(2,469
)
Cash flows used in financing activities
 
(12,664
)
 

 
(10
)
 
(12,674
)
Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash
 

 

 
(5
)
 
(5
)
Change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
 
39,852

 
987

 
1,111

 
41,950

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period
 
54,775

 
6,725

 
1,821

 
63,321

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period
 
$
94,627

 
$
7,712

 
$
2,932

 
$
105,271



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CEC Entertainment, Inc.
Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018
(in thousands)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Issuer
 
Guarantors
 
Non-Guarantors
 
Consolidated
Cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities:
 
$
68,801

 
$
17,888

 
$
(4,214
)
 
$
82,475

 
 
 
 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities:
 

 

 

 

  Purchases of property and equipment
 
(38,536
)
 
(15,512
)
 
(1,154
)
 
(55,202
)
  Development of internal use software
 
(1,484
)
 
(508
)
 

 
(1,992
)
  Proceeds from the sale of property and equipment
 
464

 


 

 
464

Cash flows used in investing activities
 
(39,556
)

(16,020
)

(1,154
)

(56,730
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash flows from financing activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Repayments on senior term loan
 
(5,700
)
 

 

 
(5,700
)
 Payment of debt financing costs
 
(395
)
 

 

 
(395
)
 Payments on capital lease obligations
 
(436
)
 

 
(6
)
 
(442
)
 Payments on sale leaseback transactions
 
(2,119
)
 

 

 
(2,119
)
Cash flows used in financing activities
 
(8,650
)



(6
)

(8,656
)
Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash
 

 

 
51

 
51

Change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
 
20,595


1,868


(5,323
)

17,140

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period
 
59,948

 
410

 
6,954

 
67,312

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period
 
$
80,543

 
$
2,278

 
$
1,631

 
$
84,452

Note 14. Related Party Transactions:
We reimburse Apollo Management, L.P. for certain out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with travel and Board of Directors related expenses. In addition, CEC Entertainment engages Apollo portfolio companies to provide various services, including security services to its venues, licensed music video content for use in its venues, and employment screening services to its recruiting functions. Included in our Total operating costs and expenses are related expenses totaling $1.1 million and $0.4 million for the three months ended September 29, 2019 and September 30, 2018, respectively, and $1.8 million and $1.2 million, respectively, for the nine months ended September 29, 2019 and September 30, 2018.
In connection with the 2019 Secured Credit Facilities, an affiliate of Apollo received an arrangement fee of $1.1 million related to the 2019 Term Loan Facility (see Note 7 “Indebtedness and Interest Expense” for further discussion of the 2019 Secured Credit Facilities).
Included in our Accounts Receivable balance are amounts due from Parent totaling $3.0 million and $2.6 million at September 29, 2019 and December 30, 2018, respectively, primarily related to various general and administrative and transaction related expenses paid on behalf of Parent. Our Accrued Expenses balance includes amounts payable to Parent totaling $0.3 million and $0.1 million at September 29, 2019 and December 30, 2018, respectively, primarily related to stock bonus awards granted to certain officers of the Company (see Note 11 “Stock-Based Compensation Arrangements” for further discussion of stock bonus awards granted to officers).
Note 15. Commitments and Contingencies:
Legal Proceedings
From time to time, we are involved in various inquiries, investigations, claims, lawsuits and other legal proceedings that are incidental to the conduct of our business. These matters typically involve claims from customers, employees or other third parties involved in operational issues common to the retail, restaurant and entertainment industries. Such matters typically represent actions with respect to contracts, intellectual property, taxation, employment, employee benefits, personal injuries and

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other matters. A number of such claims may exist at any given time, and there are currently a number of claims and legal proceedings pending against us.
In the opinion of our management, after consultation with legal counsel, the amount of liability with respect to claims or proceedings currently pending against us is not expected to have a material effect on our consolidated financial condition, results of operations or cash flows. All necessary loss accruals based on the probability and estimate of loss have been recorded.
Litigation Related to the Merger: Following the January 16, 2014 announcement that CEC Entertainment had entered into an agreement (“Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which an entity controlled by Apollo Global Management, Inc. and its subsidiaries merged with and into CEC Entertainment, with CEC Entertainment surviving the merger (“the Merger”), four putative shareholder class actions were filed in the District Court of Shawnee County, Kansas, on behalf of purported stockholders of CEC Entertainment, against A.P. VIII Queso Holdings, L.P., CEC Entertainment, CEC Entertainment's directors, Apollo and Merger Sub (as defined in the Merger Agreement), in connection with the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby. These actions were consolidated into one action (the “Consolidated Shareholder Litigation”) in March 2014, and on July 21, 2015, a consolidated class action petition was filed as the operative consolidated complaint, asserting claims against CEC’s former directors, adding The Goldman Sachs Group (“Goldman Sachs”) as a defendant, and removing all Apollo entities as defendants (the “Consolidated Class Action Petition”). On October 8, 2018, the Plaintiff in the Consolidated Shareholder Litigation appealed the District Court’s decision to dismiss the lawsuit in its entirety, but after conducting oral arguments, on September 27, 2019 the Kansas Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court’s dismissal of the case, and Plaintiff did not file a notice of appeal from this last decision before the expiration of the deadline to do so.
Note 16. Subsequent Events:
The Company has evaluated subsequent events through November 11, 2019, and determined that there have been no events that have occurred that would require adjustments to our disclosures in the consolidated financial statements.


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ITEM 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
As used in this report, the terms “CEC Entertainment,” the “Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to CEC Entertainment, Inc. and its subsidiaries.
This Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (“MD&A”) is intended to provide the readers of our Consolidated Financial Statements with a narrative from the perspective of our management on our consolidated financial condition, results of operations, liquidity and certain other factors that may affect our future results. Our MD&A should be read in conjunction with (i) our Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes included in Part I, Item 1. “Financial Statements” of this report and (ii) Part II, Item 7. “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and Part II, Item 8. “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2018, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on March 12, 2019. Our MD&A includes the following sub-sections:
Presentation of Operating Results;
Executive Summary;
Key Measure of Our Financial Performance and Key Non-GAAP Measures;
Key Income Statement Line Item Descriptions;
Results of Operations;
Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources;
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements and Contractual Obligations;
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates;
Recently Issued Accounting Guidance;
Non-GAAP Financial Measures; and
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.

Presentation of Operating Results
We operate on a 52 or 53 week fiscal year that ends on the Sunday nearest to December 31. Each quarterly period has 13 weeks, except for a 53 week year when the fourth quarter has 14 weeks. Our current fiscal year, which ends on December 29, 2019, and our fiscal year ended December 30, 2018, each consist of 52 weeks. References to the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 29, 2019 and September 30, 2018 are for the 13-week and 39-week periods ended September 29, 2019 and September 30, 2018, respectively.
Seasonality and Variation in Quarterly Results
Our operating results fluctuate seasonally due to the timing of school vacations, holidays and changing weather conditions. As a result, we typically generate higher sales volumes during the first quarter of each fiscal year. School operating schedules, holidays and weather conditions may affect sales volumes in some operating regions differently than others. Because of the seasonality of our business, results for any quarter are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be achieved for the full fiscal year.
Executive Summary
General
We develop, operate and franchise family dining and entertainment centers (also referred to as “venues”) under the names “Chuck E. Cheese” (“Where A Kid Can Be A Kid”) and “Peter Piper Pizza” (“Pizza Made Fresh, Families Made Happy”). Our venues deliver a lively, kid-friendly atmosphere that feature a broad array of entertainment offerings including arcade-style and skill-oriented games, rides, live entertainment shows, and other attractions, with the opportunity for kids to win tickets that they can redeem for prizes. We combine this memorable entertainment experience with a broad and creative menu that combines kid-friendly classics as well as a selection of more sophisticated options for adults. We operate 553 venues and have an additional 185 venues operating under franchise arrangements across 47 states and 15 foreign countries and territories as of September 29, 2019.

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The following table summarizes information regarding the number of Company-operated and franchised venues for the periods presented:
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
 
September 29,
2019
 
September 30,
2018
 
September 29,
2019
 
September 30,
2018
Number of Company-operated venues:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Beginning of period
 
554

 
559

 
554

 
562

       New
 
1

 
1

 
1

 
1

Acquired from franchisee (1)
 

 

 
1

 

       Closed
 
(2
)
 
(3
)
 
(3
)
 
(6
)
End of period
 
553

 
557

 
553

 
557

Number of franchised venues:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Beginning of period
 
195

 
196

 
196

 
192

       New
 
4

 
1

 
7

 
7

Acquired from franchisee (1)
 

 

 
(1
)
 

       Closed
 
(14
)
 

 
(17
)
 
(2
)
End of period
 
185

 
197

 
185

 
197

Total number of venues:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Beginning of period
 
749

 
755

 
750

 
754

       New
 
5

 
2

 
8

 
8

Acquired from franchisee
 

 

 

 

       Closed
 
(16
)
 
(3
)
 
(20
)
 
(8
)
End of period
 
738

 
754

 
738

 
754

__________________
(1)
The number of new Company-operated venues and closed franchised venues during the nine months ended September 29, 2019 included one store that was acquired from a franchisee.
Key Measure of Our Financial Performance and Key Non-GAAP Measures
Comparable venue sales. We define “comparable venue sales” as the sales for our domestic Company-operated venues that have been open for more than 18 months as of the beginning of each respective fiscal year or acquired venues we have operated for at least 12 months as of the beginning of each respective fiscal year. Comparable venue sales excludes sales for our domestic Company-operated venues that are expected to be temporarily closed for more than three months primarily as a result of natural disasters, fires, floods and property damage. Company-operated venues that were temporarily closed for more than three months are included in comparable venue sales once they have been reopened for at least 12 months as of the beginning of each respective fiscal year. We define “comparable venue sales change” as the percentage change in comparable venue sales for each respective fiscal period. We believe comparable venue sales change to be a key performance indicator used within our industry; it is a critical factor when evaluating our performance, as it is indicative of acceptance of our strategic initiatives and local economic and consumer trends.
Adjusted EBITDA and Margin. We define Adjusted EBITDA, a measure used by management to assess operating performance, as net income (loss) plus interest expense, income tax expense (benefit), depreciation and amortization expense, impairments, gains and losses on asset disposals, and stock based compensation. In addition, Adjusted EBITDA excludes other items we consider unusual or non-recurring and certain other adjustments required or permitted in calculating covenant compliance under the indenture governing our Senior Notes and/or our 2019 and 2014 Secured Credit Facilities (as defined under “Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources - Debt Financing”). Adjusted EBITDA Margin represents Adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of total revenues.
Key Income Statement Line Item Descriptions
Revenues. Our primary source of revenues is sales at our Company-operated venues (“company venue sales”), which consist of the sale of food, beverages, unlimited game-play time blocks, game-play credits, and merchandise. A portion of our company venue sales are from sales of value-priced combination packages generally comprised of food, beverage, and through the end of the second quarter of 2018, game plays and/or time blocks, which we promote through in-venue menu pricing, our website and coupon offerings. Beginning in the third quarter of 2018, we offer combination packages comprised of food and beverage only (“Package Deals”), with game plays and/or time blocks available for purchase separately. Prior to the bifurcation

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of the “Food and beverage sales” and “Entertainment and merchandise sales” components of combination packages, we allocated the revenues recognized from the sale of combination packages and coupons between “Food and beverage sales” and “Entertainment and merchandise sales” based upon the price charged for each component when it is sold separately, or in limited circumstances, our best estimate of selling price if a component is not sold on a stand-alone basis, which we believe approximates each component’s fair value.
Food and beverage sales include all revenues recognized with respect to stand-alone food and beverage sales, and through the end of the second quarter of 2018, the portion of revenues allocated from combination packages and coupons that relate to food and beverage sales. Entertainment and merchandise sales include all revenues recognized with respect to stand-alone sales of game-play credits and unlimited game-play time blocks, and through the end of the second quarter of 2018, a portion of revenues allocated from combination packages and coupons that relate to entertainment and merchandise.
Franchise fees and royalties are another source of revenues. We earn monthly royalties from our franchisees based on a percentage of each franchise venue’s sales. We also receive development and initial franchise fees to establish new franchised venues, as well as earn fees from the sale of equipment and other items or services to franchisees. We recognize initial and renewal development and franchise fees as revenues on a straight-line basis over the life of the franchise agreement starting when the franchise venue has opened. Our national advertising fund receipts from members of the International Association of CEC Entertainment, Inc. (the “Association”) are accounted for on a gross basis as revenue from franchisees.
Company venue operating costs. Certain of our costs and expenses relate only to the operation of our Company-operated venues. These costs and expenses are listed and described below:
Cost of food and beverage includes all direct costs of food, beverages and costs of related paper and birthday supplies, less rebates from suppliers;
Cost of entertainment and merchandise includes all direct costs of tickets issued, stored-value PlayPass and All You Can Play (“AYCP”) cards, prizes provided and merchandise sold to our customers.
Labor expenses consist of salaries and wages, bonuses, related payroll taxes and benefits for venue personnel;
Lease costs include lease costs for Company-operated venues and, effective the first day of Fiscal 2019, in connection with the adoption of a new lease accounting standards, lease costs include common area maintenance (“CAM”) charges; and
Other venue operating expenses primarily include utilities, repair and maintenance costs, liability and property insurance, property taxes, credit card processing fees, licenses, preopening expenses, venue asset disposal gains and losses, CAM charges (through the end of Fiscal 2018 as discussed under Lease costs above) and all other costs directly related to the operation of a venue.
“Cost of food and beverage” and “Cost of entertainment and merchandise,” as a percentage of Total company venue sales, are influenced both by the cost of products and by the overall mix of our Package Deals and coupon offerings. “Entertainment and merchandise sales” have higher margins than “Food and beverage sales.”
Advertising expense. Advertising expense includes production costs for television commercials, newspaper inserts, Internet advertising, coupons, media expenses for national and local advertising, consulting fees and other forms of advertising such as social media.
General and administrative expenses. General and administrative expenses represent all costs associated with operating our corporate office, including regional and district management and corporate personnel payroll and benefits, back-office support systems, costs of outsourced functions, and other administrative costs not directly related to the operation of our Company-operated venues.
Depreciation and amortization. Depreciation and amortization includes expenses that are (i) directly related to our Company-operated venues’ property and equipment, including leasehold improvements, game and ride equipment, furniture, fixtures and other equipment, and (ii) depreciation and amortization of corporate assets and intangibles.

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Results of Operations
The following table summarizes our principal sources of company venue sales expressed in dollars and as a percentage of total company venue sales for the periods presented:
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
 
September 29, 2019
 
September 30, 2018
 
 
(in thousands, except percentages)
Food and beverage sales
 
$
92,645

 
43.6
%
 
$
94,023

 
43.6
%
Entertainment and merchandise sales
 
119,688

 
56.4
%
 
121,611

 
56.4
%
Total company venue sales
 
$
212,333

 
100.0
%
 
$
215,634

 
100.0
%
 
 
Nine Months Ended
 
 
September 29, 2019
 
September 30, 2018
 
 
(in thousands, except percentages)
Food and beverage sales
 
$
302,111

 
43.9
%
 
$
308,658

 
45.6
%
Entertainment and merchandise sales
 
386,778

 
56.1
%
 
368,633

 
54.4
%
Total company venue sales
 
$
688,889

 
100.0
%
 
$
677,291

 
100.0
%



The following table summarizes our revenues and expenses expressed in dollars and as a percentage of Total revenues (except as otherwise noted) for the periods presented:
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
 
September 29, 2019
 
September 30, 2018
 
 
(in thousands, except percentages (4))
Total company venue sales
 
$
212,333

 
97.6
 %
 
$
215,634

 
97.6
 %
Franchise fees and royalties
 
5,261

 
2.4
 %
 
5,311

 
2.4
 %
Total revenues
 
217,594

 
100.0
 %
 
220,945

 
100.0
 %
Operating Costs and Expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of food and beverage (1)
 
21,302

 
23.0
 %
 
22,520

 
24.0
 %
Cost of entertainment and merchandise (2)
 
10,113

 
8.4
 %
 
9,874

 
8.1
 %
Total cost of food, beverage, entertainment and merchandise (3)
 
31,415

 
14.8
 %
 
32,394

 
15.0
 %
Labor expenses (3)
 
63,213

 
29.8
 %
 
65,028

 
30.2
 %
Lease costs (3)
 
27,559

 
13.0
 %
 
23,851

 
11.1
 %
Other venue operating expenses (3)
 
34,586

 
16.3
 %
 
38,232

 
17.7
 %
Total company venue operating costs and expenses (3)
 
156,773

 
73.8
 %
 
159,505

 
74.0
 %
Other costs and expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Advertising expense
 
10,803

 
5.0
 %
 
11,058

 
5.0
 %
General and administrative expenses
 
13,051

 
6.0
 %
 
13,193

 
6.0
 %
Depreciation and amortization
 
24,622

 
11.3
 %
 
24,739

 
11.2
 %
Transaction, severance and related litigation costs
 
371

 
0.2
 %
 
(263
)
 
(0.1
)%
Asset impairments
 
8,202

 
3.8
 %
 
5,344

 
2.4
 %
Total operating costs and expenses
 
213,822

 
98.3
 %
 
213,576

 
96.7
 %
Operating income
 
3,772

 
1.7
 %
 
7,369

 
3.3
 %
Interest expense
 
22,029

 
10.1
 %
 
19,069

 
8.6
 %
Loss on extinguishment of debt
 
2,910

 
1.3
 %
 

 
 %
Loss before income taxes
 
$
(21,167
)
 
(9.7
)%
 
$
(11,700
)
 
(5.3
)%

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Nine Months Ended
 
 
September 29, 2019
 
September 30, 2018
 
 
(in thousands, except percentages (4))
Total company venue sales
 
$
688,889

 
97.6
 %
 
$
677,291

 
97.7
 %
Franchise fees and royalties
 
17,194

 
2.4
 %
 
15,917

 
2.3
 %
Total revenues
 
706,083

 
100.0
 %
 
693,208

 
100.0
 %
Operating Costs and Expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of food and beverage (1)
 
69,239

 
22.9
 %
 
72,774

 
23.6
 %
Cost of entertainment and merchandise (2)
 
31,311

 
8.1
 %
 
27,676

 
7.5
 %
Total cost of food, beverage, entertainment and merchandise (3)
 
100,550

 
14.6
 %
 
100,450

 
14.8
 %
Labor expenses (3)
 
199,693

 
29.0
 %
 
194,994

 
28.8
 %
Lease costs (3)
 
82,102

 
11.9
 %
 
72,615

 
10.7
 %
Other venue operating expenses (3)
 
102,536

 
14.9
 %
 
113,363

 
16.7
 %
Total company venue operating costs and expenses (3)
 
484,881

 
70.4
 %
 
481,422

 
71.1
 %
Other costs and expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Advertising expense
 
34,033

 
4.8
 %
 
38,010

 
5.5
 %
General and administrative expenses
 
42,944

 
6.1
 %
 
39,519

 
5.7
 %
Depreciation and amortization
 
73,074

 
10.3
 %
 
76,804

 
11.1
 %
Transaction, severance and related litigation costs
 
402

 
0.1
 %
 
463

 
0.1
 %
Asset impairments
 
9,487

 
1.3
 %
 
6,935

 
1.0
 %
Total operating costs and expenses
 
644,821

 
91.3
 %
 
643,153

 
92.8
 %
Operating income
 
61,262

 
8.7
 %
 
50,055

 
7.2
 %
Interest expense
 
61,816

 
8.8
 %
 
56,740

 
8.2
 %
Loss on extinguishment of debt
 
$
2,910

 
0.4
 %
 
$

 
 %
Loss before income taxes
 
$
(3,464
)
 
(0.5
)%
 
$
(6,685
)
 
(1.0
)%
 __________________
(1)
Percent amount expressed as a percentage of Food and beverage sales.
(2)
Percent amount expressed as a percentage of Entertainment and merchandise sales.
(3)
Percent amount expressed as a percentage of Total company venue sales.
(4)
Due to rounding, percentages presented in the table above may not sum to total. The percentage amounts for the components of Cost of food and beverage and the Cost of entertainment and merchandise may not sum to total due to the fact that Cost of food and beverage and Cost of entertainment and merchandise are expressed as a percentage of related Food and beverage sales and Entertainment and merchandise sales, as opposed to Total company venue sales. 
Three months ended September 29, 2019 Compared to the Three months ended September 30, 2018
Revenues
Company venue sales were $212.3 million and $215.6 million for the third quarter of 2019 and the third quarter of 2018, respectively. The decrease in company venue sales was primarily attributable to a 0.9% decrease in comparable venue sales, and net revenue deferrals related to a net Play Pass revenue deferral of $0.7 million for the third quarter of 2019 compared to $1.7 million in net breakage for the third quarter of 2018.
Franchise fees and royalties were $5.3 million for both the third quarter of 2019 and 2018.
Company Venue Operating Costs
The cost of food, beverage, entertainment and merchandise, as a percentage of Total company venue sales, was 14.8% and 15.0% for the third quarter of 2019 and 2018, respectively.
The cost of food and beverage, as a percentage of food and beverage sales, was 23.0% and 24.0% for the third quarter of 2019 and 2018, respectively. The decrease in the cost of food and beverage on a percentage basis in the third quarter of 2019 was primarily driven by higher average selling prices and favorability in commodity volume.

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The cost of entertainment and merchandise, as a percentage of entertainment and merchandise sales, was 8.4% and 8.1% for the third quarter of 2019 and 2018, respectively. The increase in the cost of entertainment and merchandise on a percentage of sales basis in the third quarter of 2019 reflects the impact of the AYCP and More Tickets initiatives we launched nationally in all of our Chuck E. Cheese Company-operated venues during the third quarter of 2018.
Gross profit, which represents Total revenues less total cost of food, beverage, entertainment and merchandise, as a percentage of Total revenues was 85.6% and 85.3% for the third quarter of 2019 and 2018, respectively.
Labor expenses, as a percentage of sales, were 29.8% and 30.2% for the third quarter of 2019 and 2018, respectively, as the favorable impact of a decrease in labor hours exceeded wage pressures. Our sales per labor hour improved approximately 4.0% in the third quarter of 2019 from the third quarter of 2018.
Lease costs, as a percentage of sales, were 13.0% and 11.1%, for the third quarter of 2019 and 2018, respectively. Lease costs for the third quarter of 2019 were impacted by the adoption of a new lease standard effective December 31, 2018, the first day of Fiscal 2019, that requires us to recognize lease and non-lease components, such as CAM charges, as lease costs, rather than reflecting CAM charges as Other venue operating expenses. Excluding CAM charges, Lease costs, as a percentage of sales, would have been 11.4% for the third quarter of 2019, primarily reflecting a decrease in Company venue sales.
Other venue operating expenses, as a percentage of sales, were 16.3% and 17.7% for the third quarter of 2019 and 2018, respectively. Other venue operating expenses for the third quarter of 2019 were impacted by the adoption of a new lease standard, as discussed in the previous paragraph under Lease costs. Other venue operating expenses as a percentage of sales, including the impact of CAM charges, would have been 17.9% for the third quarter of 2019, increasing primarily as a result of an increase in insurance costs associated with general liability claims.
Advertising Expense
Advertising expense was $10.8 million and $11.1 million for the third quarter of 2019 and 2018, respectively, due to a planned shift in our marketing strategy away from television to targeted digital and social media platforms.
General and Administrative Expenses
General and administrative expenses were $13.1 million and $13.2 million for the third quarter of 2019 and 2018, respectively. The decrease in general and administrative expenses for the third quarter of 2019 is primarily due to a decrease in miscellaneous professional services fees.
Transaction, severance and related litigation costs
Transaction, severance and related litigation costs were $0.4 million and $(0.3) million for the third quarter of 2019 and 2018, respectively. The Transaction, severance and related litigation costs for the third quarter of 2019 relate to third-party costs incurred in connection with the refinancing of our Secured Credit Facilities. See further discussion of the refinancing of our senior secured facilities in “Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources - Debt Financing” of this report. The Transaction, severance and related litigation costs for the third quarter of 2018 reflect an insurance settlement received relating to legal fees incurred in prior years.
Asset Impairments
In the third quarter of 2019 we recognized an asset impairment charge of $8.2 million primarily related to ten venues, of which none were previously impaired. In the third quarter of 2018, we recognized an asset impairment charge of $5.3 million related to eight venues, of which one was previously impaired. We continue to operate all of the venues that were impaired in the third quarter of 2019 and all but two of the venues that were impaired in the third quarter of 2018. The impairment charge was based on the determination that the financial performance of these venues was adversely impacted by various competitive and economic factors in the markets in which the venues are located.
Interest Expense
Interest expense was $22.0 million and $19.1 million for the third quarter of 2019 and 2018, respectively. The increase in interest expense is related to an increase in the weighted average effective rate incurred on our borrowings under our 2019 and 2014 Secured Credit Facilities driven by the increase in LIBOR rates and a higher interest margin on our recently refinanced secured credit facilities. The weighted average effective interest rate incurred on our borrowings under our secured credit facilities was 7.3% and 5.9% for the third quarter of 2019 and 2018, respectively, which includes amortization of deferred financing costs related to our secured credit facilities, amortization of our 2019 and 2014 Term Loan Facility original issue discount and commitment and other fees related to our secured credit facilities. See further discussion of the refinancing of our senior secured facilities in “Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources - Debt Financing” of this report.

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Loss on Extinguishment of Debt
In the third quarter of 2019 we recognized a Loss on Extinguishment of Debt of $2.9 million in connection with the refinancing of our 2014 Secured Credit Facilities. See further discussion of the refinancing of our senior secured facilities in “Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources - Debt Financing” of this report.
Income Taxes
Our effective income tax rate was 27.6% and 18.9% for the third quarter of 2019 and 2018, respectively. Our effective income tax rate for the third quarter of 2019 differs from the statutory rate primarily due to state income taxes and the unfavorable impact of nondeductible litigation costs related to the Merger (as defined in Note 13. “Consolidating Guarantor Financial Information”), foreign income taxes (withheld on royalties and franchise fees earned from international franchisees not offset by foreign tax credits due to the foreign tax credit limitation), and certain nondeductible penalties and other expenses, partially offset by the favorable impact of employment-related federal income tax credits.
Our effective income tax rate for the third quarter of 2018, differs from the statutory tax rate primarily due to state income taxes, nondeductible litigation costs related to the Merger, foreign income taxes (withheld on royalties and franchise fees earned from international franchisees not offset by foreign tax credits due to the foreign tax credit limitation), non-deductible penalties and other expenses, and an increase in the reserve for uncertain tax positions, partially offset by the favorable impact of employment-related federal income tax credits.
Nine months ended September 29, 2019 Compared to Nine months ended September 30, 2018
Revenues
Company venue sales were $688.9 million and $677.3 million for the first nine months of 2019 and 2018, respectively. The increase in company venue sales for the first nine months of 2019 was primarily attributable to a 2.7% increase in comparable venue sales, partially offset by a $2.0 million decrease in company venue sales due to temporary store closures and a net reduction of four Company-operated venues. In addition, net revenue deferrals related to PlayPass were $1.2 million for the first nine months of 2019 compared to $3.7 million in net revenue breakage for the first nine months of 2018, which further offset the increase in comparable venue sales.
Franchise fees and royalties increased from $15.9 million to $17.2 million primarily due to a net increase in average franchise locations during the first nine months of 2019.
Company Venue Operating Costs
The cost of food, beverage, entertainment and merchandise, as a percentage of Total company venue sales, was 14.6% and 14.8% for the first nine months of 2019 and 2018, respectively, as a sales shift towards higher margin Entertainment and merchandise sales from food and beverage sales was offset by cost pressures, primarily related to the impact of new initiatives launched by the Company in the third quarter of 2018.
The cost of food and beverage, as a percentage of food and beverage sales, was 22.9% and 23.6% for the first nine months of 2019 and 2018, respectively. The decrease in the cost of food and beverage on a percentage basis in the first nine months of 2019 was driven by an increase in average selling prices and favorability in commodity prices and volume.
The cost of entertainment and merchandise, as a percentage of entertainment and merchandise sales, was 8.1% and 7.5% for the first nine months of 2019 and 2018, respectively. The cost of entertainment and merchandise on a percentage basis for the first nine months of 2019 compared to the first nine months of 2018 was impacted by a combination of the impact of AYCP and More Tickets, which were launched nationally during the third quarter of 2018.
Gross profit, which represents Total revenues less total cost of food, beverage, entertainment and merchandise, as a percentage of Total revenues, was 85.8% and 85.5% for the first nine months of 2019 and 2018, respectively.
Labor expenses, as a percentage of sales, were 29.0% and 28.8% for the first nine months of 2019 and 2018, respectively, as wage pressures exceeded the favorable impact of a decrease in labor hours on higher sales. Our sales per labor hour improved approximately 5.2% in the first nine months of 2019 from the first nine months of 2018.
Lease costs, as a percentage of sales, were 11.9% and 10.7%, for the first nine months of 2019 and 2018, respectively. Lease costs for the first nine months of 2019 were impacted by the adoption of a new lease standard effective December 31, 2018, the first day of Fiscal 2019, that requires us to recognize lease and non-lease components, such as CAM charges, as lease costs, rather than reflecting CAM charges as Other venue operating expenses. Excluding CAM charges, Lease costs, as a percentage of sales, would have been 10.4% for the first nine months of 2019, reflecting an increase in Company venue sales.

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Other venue operating costs, as a percentage of sales, were 14.9% and 16.7% for the first nine months of 2019 and 2018, respectively. Other venue operating expenses for the first nine months of 2019 were impacted by the adoption of a new lease standard, as discussed in the previous paragraph under Lease costs. Other venue operating expenses as a percentage of sales, including the impact of CAM charges, would have been 16.4% for the first nine months of 2019, reflecting savings initiatives and efficiencies in general operating costs. The favorable impact of these savings was partially offset by an increase in bank and credit card service fees, as the percentage of credit card sales increased in the first nine months of 2019 from the first nine months of 2018.
Advertising Expense
Advertising expense was $34.0 million and $38.0 million for the first nine months of 2019 and 2018, respectively, due to a planned shift in our marketing strategy away from television to targeted digital and social media platforms.
General and Administrative Expenses
General and administrative expenses were $42.9 million and $39.5 million for the first nine months of 2019 and 2018, respectively. The increase in general and administrative expenses in the first nine months of 2019 is primarily due to an increase in performance-based compensation as a result of improved operating results.
Depreciation and Amortization
Depreciation and amortization was $73.1 million and $76.8 million for the first nine months of 2019 and 2018, respectively. The decrease in depreciation and amortization is primarily due to the impact of six venue closures and non-cash venue impairments recorded in 2018.
Transaction, Severance and Related Litigation Costs
Transaction, severance and related litigation costs were $0.4 million and $0.5 million for the first nine months of 2019 and 2018, respectively. The Transaction, severance and related litigation costs for the first nine months of 2019 relate to legal fees incurred in connection with Merger related litigation costs. The Transaction, severance and related litigation costs for the first nine months of 2018 relate to $0.2 million in legal fees incurred in connection with Merger related litigation, and severance payments of $0.3 million.
Asset Impairments
In the first nine months of 2019 we recognized an asset impairment charge of $9.5 million primarily related to 12 venues, of which none were previously impaired. In the first nine months of 2018, we recognized an asset impairment charge of $6.9 million related to 9 venues, of which one was previously impaired. We continue to operate all of the venues that were impaired in the first nine months of 2019 and all but three of the venues that were impaired in the first nine months of 2018. The impairment charge was based on the determination that the financial performance of these venues was adversely impacted by various competitive and economic factors in the markets in which the venues are located.
Interest Expense
Interest expense was $61.8 million and $56.7 million for the first nine months of 2019 and 2018, respectively. The increase in interest expense is related to an increase in the weighted average effective rate incurred on our borrowings under both our 2019 and 2014 Secured Credit Facilities, driven by the increase in LIBOR rates and a higher interest margin on our recently refinanced secured credit facilities. The weighted average effective interest rate incurred on our borrowings under our secured credit facilities was 6.6% and 5.7% for the first nine months of 2019 and 2018, respectively, which includes amortization of deferred financing costs related to both our 2019 and 2014 Secured Credit Facilities, amortization of our 2019 and 2014 Term Loan Facility original issue discount and commitment and other fees related to our secured credit facilities. See further discussion of the refinancing of our senior secured facilities in “Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources - Debt Financing” of this report.
Loss on Extinguishment of Debt
In the first nine months of 2019 we recognized a Loss on Extinguishment of Debt of $2.9 million in connection with the refinancing of our 2014 Secured Credit Facilities. See further discussion of the refinancing of our senior secured facilities in “Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources - Debt Financing” of this report.

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Income Taxes
Our effective income tax rate was 18.5% and 6.8% for the first nine months of 2019 and 2018, respectively. Our effective income tax rate for the first nine months of 2019 differs from the statutory rate primarily due to state taxes net of the favorable impact of certain state tax legislation enacted during the second quarter of 2019 that decreased the amount of income subject to state taxation, nondeductible litigation costs related to the Merger (as defined in Note 13. “Consolidating Guarantor Financial Information”), foreign income taxes (withheld on royalties and franchise fees earned from international franchisees not offset by foreign tax credits due to the foreign tax credit limitation), and certain nondeductible penalties and other expenses, partially offset by the favorable impact of employment-related federal income tax credits.
Our effective income tax rate for the first nine months of 2018 differs from the statutory tax rate primarily due to state income taxes including the impact of certain state tax legislation enacted during the second quarter of 2018 that increased the amount of income subject to state taxation, nondeductible litigation costs related to the Merger, foreign income taxes (withheld on royalties and franchise fees earned from international franchisees not offset by foreign tax credits due to the foreign tax credit limitation), certain non-deductible penalties and other expenses, an increase in the reserve for uncertain tax positions, an increase in a valuation allowance for deferred tax assets associated with a carryforward of certain state tax credits and deferred tax assets relating to our Canada operations that could expire before they are utilized, partially offset by the favorable impact of employment-related federal income tax credits, adjustments to the provisional estimate provided at the end of Fiscal 2017 to account for the impact of the TCJA enacted on December 22, 2017 pursuant to SAB 118, a one-time adjustment to deferred tax (the tax effect of the cumulative foreign currency translation adjustment existing as of January 1, 2018) resulting from the change in our intent to no longer indefinitely reinvest monies loaned to our Canadian subsidiary.
Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources
Overview of Liquidity
We finance our business activities through cash flows provided by our operations.
The primary components of working capital are as follows:
our guests pay for their purchases in cash or credit cards at the time of the sale and the cash from these sales is typically received before our related accounts payable to suppliers and employee payroll become due;
frequent inventory turnover results in a limited investment required in inventories; and
our accounts payable cash management strategies.
As a result of these factors, our requirement for working capital is not significant and we are able to operate with a net working capital deficit (current liabilities in excess of current assets), similar to other companies in the restaurant industry. As part of our capital allocation strategy, we may elect from time to time to retire certain of our debt obligations through voluntary prepayments or open market purchases.

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Sources and Uses of Cash
The following tables present summarized consolidated financial information that we believe is helpful in evaluating our liquidity and capital resources as of and for the periods presented:
 
 
Nine Months Ended
 
 
September 29,
2019
 
September 30,
2018
 
 
(in thousands)
Net cash provided by operating activities
 
$
115,644

 
$
82,475

Net cash used in investing activities
 
(61,015
)
 
(56,730
)
Net cash used in financing activities
 
(12,674
)
 
(8,656
)
Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash
 
(5
)
 
51

Change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
 
$
41,950

 
$
17,140

Interest paid
 
$
57,232

 
$
59,229

Income taxes paid (refunded), net
 
$
(7,944
)
 
$
867

 
 
September 29,
2019
 
December 30,
2018
 
 
($ in thousands)
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
105,059

 
$
63,170

Restricted cash
 
212

 
151

Available unused commitments under Revolving Credit Facility
 
105,538

 
141,000

Total cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and available unused commitments under Revolving Credit Facility
 
$
210,809

 
$
204,321

Term loan facility
 
760,000

 
723,900

Senior notes
 
255,000

 
255,000

Sources and Uses of Cash - Nine months ended September 29, 2019 Compared to the Nine months ended September 30, 2018
Net cash provided by operating activities was $115.6 million and $82.5 million in the nine months ended September 29, 2019 and September 30, 2018, respectively. The increase in net cash provided by operating activities is primarily due to income tax refunds and favorable fluctuations in our working capital.
Net cash used in investing activities was $61.0 million and $56.7 million in the nine months ended September 29, 2019 and September 30, 2018, respectively. Net cash used in investing activities in the nine months ended September 29, 2019 and September 30, 2018 relates primarily to capital expenditures.
Net cash used in financing activities was $12.7 million and $8.7 million in the nine months ended September 29, 2019 and September 30, 2018, respectively. The net cash used in financing activities for the nine months ended September 29, 2019 includes (i) $5.9 million in loan costs and third party legal and other professional fees paid, net of proceeds received, in connection with the refinancing of our secured credit facilities occurring in the third quarter of 2019, (ii) principal payments on our 2014 Secured Credit Facilities and (iii) other lease related obligations. See further discussion below under Debt Financing - Secured Credit Facilities. Net cash used in financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 relates primarily to principal payments on our 2014 Secured Credit Facilities and other lease related obligations.
Debt Financing
Secured Credit Facilities
On August 30, 2019 the Company entered into a new credit agreement and related security agreements with Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as administrative and collateral agent. The new credit agreement provides senior secured financing consisting of:

(i)
a $114 million secured revolving credit facility which includes a $50 million letter of credit sub-facility (collectively the “2019 Revolving Credit Facility”) with a maturity date of August 30, 2024 (the “revolver maturity date); and
(ii)
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Revolving Credit Facility, the “2019 Secured Credit Facilities”) with a maturity date of August 30, 2026 (the “term loan maturity date”).

In the event more than $50 million of the Company’s 8.0% Senior Notes maturing February 15, 2022 remain outstanding on the date that is 91 days prior to the stated maturity date of the notes, the term loan maturity date will spring to such earlier date, November 16, 2021.
The net proceeds from the 2019 Secured Credit Facilities, plus cash on hand, were used to pay the outstanding principal, accrued interest and fees related to our secured credit facilities dated as of February 14, 2014, as amended by an incremental assumption agreement, dated as of May 8, 2018 (the “2014 Secured Credit Facilities”), and debt issuance costs related to the 2019 Secured Credit Facilities. All obligations under the 2014 Secured Credit Facilities have been terminated.
The 2019 secured term loan was issued net of $30.4 million of original issue discount. We also incurred a total of $15.4 million in debt issuance costs ($13.4 million related to the issuance of the 2019 Term Loan Facility and $2.0 million related to the 2019 Revolving Credit Facility). The debt issuance costs are reflected in our consolidated financial statements as follows:
Loss on Extinguishment of Debt: We recorded a loss on extinguishment of debt totaling $2.9 million which includes $0.5 million of fees paid to lenders in connection with the 2019 Term Loan Facility and wrote off $2.4 million of unamortized deferred financing costs and original issue discount related to the 2014 Secured Credit Facilities;
Transaction related costs: We expensed third party fees totaling $0.3 million related to legal fees incurred in connection with the 2019 Term Loan Facility. The transaction related costs are included in “Transaction, severance and related litigation costs” in our Consolidated Statement of Earnings;
Interest Expense: We expensed third party fees totaling $0.4 million related to rating agency fees incurred in connection with the 2019 Secured Credit Facilities. These fees are included in “Interest Expense” in our Consolidated Statement of Earnings; and
Deferred Financing Costs: Debt issuance costs totaling $14.2 million related to the 2019 Secured Credit Facilities were capitalized and are included in “Bank indebtedness and other long-term debt, net of deferred financing costs” on our Consolidated Balance Sheets. We also continued to defer $2.1 million of unamortized deferred financing costs related to the 2014 Secured Credit Facilities.
The deferred financing costs related to the 2019 Term Loan Facility and original issue discount are amortized through the 2019 term loan maturity date, and the deferred financing costs related to the 2019 Revolving Credit Facility are being amortized through the 2019 revolver maturity date. The amortization of the deferred financing costs and original issue discount is included in “Interest expense” in our Consolidated Statements of Earnings.
The 2019 Secured Credit Facilities allow the Company to request one or more incremental term loan facilities and/or increase the commitments under our revolving credit facility in an aggregate amount of up to the sum of (a) $50.0 million plus (b) such additional amount so long as, (i) in the case of loans that rank equally and without preference with the liens on the collateral securing the 2019 Secured Credit Facilities, our net first lien senior secured leverage ratio (the ratio of total consolidated debt secured by first-priority liens on the collateral net of unrestricted cash to the last twelve month’s EBITDA, as defined in the 2019 Senior Credit Facilities agreement) would be no greater than 2.75 to 1.00 and (ii) in the case of loans that rank junior to the liens on the collateral securing the 2019 Secured Credit Facilities, our total net secured leverage ratio (as defined in the 2019 Senior Credit Facilities agreement) would be no greater than 5.00 to 1.00, subject to certain conditions, and receipt of commitments by existing or additional lenders.
The 2019 Secured Credit Facilities include certain mandatory prepayment requirements:

Excess Cash Flow- Subject to certain exceptions, to the extent we have excess cash flow determined on an annual basis (as defined in the 2019 Secured Credit Facilities agreement), we are required to make a mandatory prepayment of term loan principal (reduced by any optional prepayments of principal that may have occurred during the fiscal year) to the extent that 75% (the “required percentage” which is subject to step downs discussed below) times the excess cash flow exceeds $10.0 million. The required percentage steps down from 75% to 50% provided our Net Total Leverage Ratio (the ratio of total consolidated debt including lease related obligations net of unrestricted cash to the last twelve month’s EBITDA, as defined in the 2019 Senior Credit Facilities agreement) is less than or equal to 4.50 to 1.00 and greater than 4.25 to 1.00, steps down to 25% provided our Net Total Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 4.25 to 1.00 and greater than 4.00 to 1.00, and steps down to 0% provided our Net Total Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 4.00 to 1.00.
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other dispositions of property or certain casualty events, in each case subject to certain exceptions and provided that the Company may (i) reinvest within 12 months or (ii) commit to reinvest those proceeds and does reinvest such proceeds within 18 months in assets to be used in its business, or certain other permitted investments; and
Issuance or incurrence of Debt- Subject to certain exceptions, we are required to make a mandatory prepayment of term loan principal of 100% of the net cash proceeds of any issuance or incurrence of debt, other than proceeds from debt permitted under the 2019 Secured Credit Facilities.
The Company may voluntarily repay outstanding loans under the 2019 Secured Credit Facilities at any time, without prepayment premium or penalty except in connection with a repricing event as described below, subject to customary “breakage” costs with respect to LIBOR rate loans. Any refinancing through the issuance or repricing amendment of any debt that results in a repricing event applicable to the 2019 Term Loan Facility resulting in a lower yield occurring at any time during the first twelve months following August 30, 2019 will be accompanied by a 1.00% prepayment premium or fee, as applicable.
The 2019 Term Loan Facility requires scheduled quarterly payments equal to $1.9 million (0.25% of the original principal amount) from December 2019 to June 2026, with the remaining balance due at maturity, August 30, 2026.
As of September 29, 2019, we had no borrowings outstanding and an $8.5 million letter of credit issued but undrawn under the 2019 Revolving Credit Facility. As of December 30, 2018 we had a $9.0 million letter of credit issued but undrawn under the revolving credit facility related to the 2014 Senior Secured Facilities.
Borrowings under the 2019 Secured Credit Facilities bear interest at a rate equal to, at the option of the Company, either:
(a) a LIBOR rate determined by reference to the costs of funds for Eurodollar deposits for the interest period relevant to such borrowing, adjusted for certain additional costs, subject to a 1.00% floor; or
(b) a base rate determined by reference to the highest of (i) the federal funds rate plus 0.50%, (ii) the prime rate of Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, and (iii) the one-month adjusted LIBOR plus 1.00%.
In each case the interest rate is also subject to an applicable margin determined as follows:
2019 Term Loan Facility:
Margin for Base Rate Loans
 
Margin for LIBOR Loans
5.50%
 
6.50%
2019 Revolving Credit Facility:
Net Total Leverage Ratio
 
Margin for Base Rate Loans
 
Margin for LIBOR Loans
Greater than 4.80 to 1.00
 
5.50%
 
6.50%
Less than or equal to 4.80 to 1.00 but greater than 4.30 to 1.00
 
5.25%
 
6.25%
Less than or equal to 4.30 to 1.00
 
5.00%
 
6.00%
During the period from August 30, 2019 through September 29, 2019 the applicable margin for LIBOR borrowings under the 2019 Secured Credit Facilities was 6.50%. During the period from December 31, 2018 through August 29, 2019 and the nine months ended September 30, 2018, the applicable margin for LIBOR borrowings under the 2014 Secured Credit Facilities was 3.25%.
In addition to paying interest on outstanding principal under both the 2019 and 2014 Secured Credit Facilities, the Company is required to pay a commitment fee to the lenders under the respective revolving credit facilities in respect of any unutilized commitments thereunder. The applicable commitment fee rate under the 2019 Revolving Credit Facility is determined as follows:
Net Total Leverage Ratio
 
Commitment Fee
Greater than 4.30 to 1.00
 
0.50%
Less than or equal to 4.30 to 1.00
 
0.375%
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The Company is also required to pay customary agency fees as well as letter of credit participation fees computed at a rate per annum equal to the applicable margin for LIBOR rate borrowings on the dollar equivalent of the daily stated amount of outstanding letters of credit, plus such letter of credit issuer’s customary documentary and processing fees and charges, and a fronting fee computed at a rate equal to 0.125% per annum on the daily stated amount of each letter of credit.
During the nine months ended September 29, 2019, the federal funds rate ranged from 1.83% to 2.45%, the prime rate ranged from 5.00% to 5.50% and the one-month LIBOR ranged from 2.02% to 2.52%.
The weighted average effective interest rate incurred on our borrowings under both our 2019 and 2014 Secured Credit Facilities was 6.6% and 5.7% for the nine months ended September 29, 2019 and September 30, 2018, respectively, which includes amortization of deferred financing costs related to our Secured Credit Facilities, amortization of our Term Loan Facility original issue discount and commitment and other fees related to our Secured Credit Facilities but excludes the Loss on extinguishment of debt.
Obligations under the both the 2019 and 2014 Secured Credit Facilities are unconditionally guaranteed by Parent on a limited-recourse basis and each of our existing and future direct and indirect material, wholly-owned domestic subsidiaries, subject to certain exceptions. The obligations are secured by a pledge of our capital stock and substantially all of our assets and those of each subsidiary guarantor, including capital stock of the subsidiary guarantors and 65% of the capital stock of the first- tier foreign subsidiaries that are not subsidiary guarantors, in each case subject to exceptions. Such security interests consist of first priority liens with respect to the collateral.
The 2019 Secured Credit Facilities also contain customary affirmative and negative covenants, and events of default, which limit our ability to, among other things: incur additional debt or issue certain preferred shares; create liens on certain assets; make certain loans or investments (including acquisitions); pay dividends on or make distributions with respect to our capital stock or make other restricted payments; consolidate, merge, sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of our assets; sell assets; enter into certain transactions with our affiliates; enter into sale-leaseback transactions; change our lines of business; restrict dividends from our subsidiaries or restrict liens; change our fiscal year; and modify the terms of certain debt or organizational agreements. For a period of 18 months months following August 30, 2019, we are prohibited from paying dividends to investment funds managed by Apollo or its affiliates.
Our 2019 Revolving Credit Facility includes a springing financial maintenance covenant that requires our net first lien senior secured leverage ratio not to exceed 5.25 to 1.00. The covenant will be tested quarterly if the 2019 Revolving Credit Facility is more than 30% drawn (excluding outstanding letters of credit) and will be a condition to drawings under the Revolving Credit Facility that would result in more than 30% drawn thereunder.
Senior Unsecured Debt
Our senior unsecured debt consists of $255.0 million aggregate principal amount borrowings of 8.0% Senior Notes due 2022 (the “Senior Notes”). The Senior Notes bear interest at a rate of 8.0% per year payable February 15th and August 15th each year and mature on February 15, 2022. We may call some or all of the Senior Notes at 102% on or after February 15, 2019 and at 100% on or after February 15, 2020 as set forth in the indenture governing the Senior Notes (the “indenture”).
We paid $6.4 million in debt issuance costs related to the Senior Notes, which we capitalized in “Bank indebtedness and other long-term debt, net of deferred financing costs” on our Consolidated Balance Sheets. The deferred financing costs are being amortized over the life of the Senior Notes and are included in “Interest expense” in our Consolidated Statements of Earnings.
Our obligations under the Senior Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, by our present and future direct and indirect wholly-owned material domestic subsidiaries that guarantee our 2019 Secured Credit Facilities.
The indenture contains restrictive covenants that limit our ability to, among other things: (i) incur additional debt or issue certain preferred shares; (ii) create liens on certain assets; (iii) make certain loans or investments (including acquisitions); (iv) pay dividends on or make distributions in respect of our capital stock or make other restricted payments; (v) consolidate, merge, sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of our assets; (vi) sell assets; (vii) enter into certain transactions with our affiliates; and (viii) restrict dividends from our subsidiaries.
The weighted average effective interest rate incurred on borrowings under our Senior Notes was 8.2% for both the nine months ended September 29, 2019 and September 30, 2018, which includes amortization of deferred financing costs and other fees related to our Senior Notes.

Capital Expenditures
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operated venues. During the nine months ended September 29, 2019, we completed 252 game enhancements and 20 major remodels related to the re-imaging effort to update Chuck E. Cheese locations to a new look and feel.
We have funded and expect to continue to fund our capital expenditures through existing cash flows from operations. Capital expenditures in the first nine months of 2019 totaled approximately $61.2 million.
The following table reconciles the approximate total capital spend by initiative to our Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the periods presented:
 
 
Nine Months Ended
 
 
September 29, 2019

September 30, 2018
 
 
(in thousands)
Growth capital spend (1)
 
$
23,390

 
$
21,157

Maintenance capital spend (2)
 
35,264

 
33,048

IT capital spend
 
2,521

 
2,989

Total Capital Spend
 
$
61,175

 
$
57,194

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(1)
Growth capital spend includes major remodels, including the re-imaging effort to update Chuck E. Cheese venues to a new look and feel, venue expansions, new venue development, including relocations, and franchise acquisitions.
(2)    Maintenance capital spend includes game enhancements, general venue capital expenditures and corporate capital expenditures.
We currently estimate our capital expenditures in 2019 will total approximately $95 million to $105 million, inclusive of maintenance capital, growth capital and IT related capital.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements and Contractual Obligations
As of September 29, 2019, we had no off-balance sheet financing arrangements as described in Regulation S-K Item 303(a)(4)(ii).
For information regarding our contractual obligations, refer to “Off Balance Sheet Arrangements and Contractual Obligations” in Part II, Item 7. “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2018, filed with the SEC on March 12, 2019.
See further discussion of our indebtedness and future debt obligations in “Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources - Debt Financing” of this report. There have been no other material changes to our contractual obligations since December 30, 2018.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
Information with respect to our critical accounting policies and estimates, which we believe could have the most significant effect on our reported consolidated results and require difficult, subjective or complex judgment by management are described under “Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates” in Part II, Item 7. “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2018, filed with the SEC on March 12, 2019. Except for the adoption of Accounting Standards Update ASU 2016-12, Leases (Topic 842) and subsequent amendment ASU 2018-11, Leases (Topic 842): Target Improvements, there has been no other material change to the information concerning our critical accounting policies and estimates since December 30, 2018 (see Note 1.Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” to our Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1. “Financial Statements” of this report).
Recently Issued Accounting Guidance
Refer to Note 1 “Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” to our Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1. “Financial Statements” of this report for a description of recently issued accounting guidance.

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Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Adjusted EBITDA, a measure used by management to assess operating performance, is defined as Net income (loss) plus interest expense, income tax expense (benefit), depreciation and amortization expense, impairments, gains and losses on asset disposals, and stock based compensation. In addition, Adjusted EBITDA excludes other items we consider unusual or non-recurring and certain other adjustments required or permitted in calculating covenant compliance under our Secured Credit Facilities and the indenture governing our Senior Notes (see discussion of our Senior Notes in Note 7. “Indebtedness and Interest Expense” to our Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1. “Financial Statements” and above under the heading “Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources - Debt Financing”).
Adjusted EBITDA is presented because we believe that it provides useful information to investors regarding our operating performance and our capacity to incur and service debt and fund capital expenditures. We believe that Adjusted EBITDA is used by many investors, analysts and rating agencies as a measure of performance. We also present Adjusted EBITDA because it is substantially similar to Credit Agreement EBITDA, a measure used in calculating financial ratios and other calculations under our debt agreements, except for excluding (i) the annualized full year effect of Company-operated and franchised venues that were opened and closed during the year, (ii) the projected annualized run-rate expected to be achieved from major remodels under development, and (iii) the full-year effect of costs savings resulting from contract negotiations with suppliers, and investments in productivity enhancements or other operational initiatives. By reporting Adjusted EBITDA, we provide a basis for comparison of our business operations between current, past and future periods by excluding items that we do not believe are indicative of our core operating performance.
Our definition of Adjusted EBITDA allows for the exclusion of certain non-cash and other income and expense items that are used in calculating net income (loss) from continuing operations. However, these are items that may recur, vary greatly and can be difficult to predict. They can represent the effect of long-term strategies as opposed to short-term results. In addition, certain of these items can represent the reduction of cash that could be used for other corporate purposes. These measures should not be considered as alternatives to operating income, cash flows from operating activities or any other performance measures derived in accordance with GAAP as measures of operating performance, or cash flows as measures of liquidity. These measures have important limitations as analytical tools, and you should not consider them in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. Because of these limitations, we rely primarily on our U.S. GAAP results and use Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin, only supplementally.

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The following table sets forth a reconciliation of Net loss to Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin for the periods presented:
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
 
September 29,
2019
 
September 30,
2018
 
September 29,
2019
 
September 30,
2018
 
 
(in thousands, except percentages)
Total revenues
 
$
217,594

 
$
220,945

 
$
706,083

 
$
693,208

Net loss as reported
 
$
(15,334
)

$
(9,487
)

$
(2,822
)

$
(6,231
)
   Interest expense
 
22,029


19,069


61,816


56,740

   Income tax benefit
 
(5,833
)

(2,213
)

(642
)

(454
)
   Depreciation and amortization
 
24,622


24,739


73,074


76,804

EBITDA
 
25,484

 
32,108

 
131,426

 
126,859

Asset impairments
 
8,202


5,344


9,487


6,935

Loss on asset disposals, net (1)
 
920


513


2,903


2,551

Unrealized (gain) loss on foreign exchange (2)
 
168

 
(412
)
 
(469
)
 
283

Non-cash stock-based compensation (3)
 
(111
)

(58
)

2,000


169

Rent expense book to cash (4)
 
783


945


2,481


5,133

Franchise revenue, net cash received (5)
 
464


(30
)

1,634


712

Impact of purchase accounting (6)
 
31




31



Venue pre-opening costs (7)
 
170


81


386


105

One-time and unusual items (8)
 
2,781


44


3,566


1,511

Adjusted EBITDA
 
$
38,892

 
$
38,535

 
$
153,445

 
$
144,258

Adjusted EBITDA Margin
 
17.9
%
 
17.4
%
 
21.7
%
 
20.8
%
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(1)
Relates primarily to gains or losses upon disposal of property or equipment.
(2)
Relates to unrealized gains or losses on the revaluation of our indebtedness with our Canadian subsidiary.
(3)
Represents non-cash equity-based compensation expense.
(4)
Represents (i) the removal of the non-cash portion of rent expense relating to the impact of straight-line rent and the amortization of cash incentives and allowances received from landlords, plus (ii) the actual cash received from landlord incentives and allowances in the period in which it was received.
(5)
Represents the actual cash received for franchise fees received in the period for post-acquisition franchise development agreements, which we do not start recognizing into revenue until the franchise venue is opened.
(6)
Represents revenue related to unearned franchise fees that were removed in purchase accounting, and therefore were not recorded as revenue.
(7)
Relates to start-up and marketing costs incurred prior to the opening of new Company-operated venues and generally consists of payroll, recruiting, training, supplies and rent incurred prior to venue opening.
(8)
Represents non-recurring income and expenses primarily related to (i) legal fees, claims and settlements related to litigation in respect of the Merger; (ii) severance expense and executive termination benefits; (iii) legal claims and settlements related to employee class action lawsuits and settlements; (iv) one-time loss on extinguishment of debt related to the refinancing of our 2014 Secured Credit Facilities; (v) professional and legal fees incurred in connection with our 2019 Secured Credit Facilities; (vi) sales and use taxes relating to prior periods; (vii) professional fees incurred in connection with one-time strategic corporate and tax initiatives, such as accounting and consulting fees related to the acquisition of Peter Piper Pizza (such as transfer pricing and cost segregation); (viii) legal fees incurred in connection with certain potential transactions the Company did not pursue; (ix) removing current period property losses and insurance recoveries relating to prior period business interruption losses at certain venues, primarily relating to disaster recoveries, such as natural disasters, fires, floods and property damage; (x) one-time costs related to the early termination of a supplier contract in connection with the transition to a new supplier; (xi) one-time marketing expenses related to the grand openings of our re-imaged Chuck E. Cheese venues; and (xii) one-time training and travel-related costs incurred in connection with training venue employees in connection with the implementation of our PlayPass initiative and the re-imaging effort of the venues in our Chuck E. Cheese portfolio.
    

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Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This report contains forward-looking statements, which involve risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements are generally identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, including the terms “anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intent,” “may,” “plan,” “predict,” “potential,” “project,” “should,” “target,” “will,” “would” and, in each case, their negative or other various or comparable terminology. All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this report, including statements regarding our strategy, future operations, future financial position, future revenue, projected costs, prospects, plans, objections of management and expected market growth are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are made based on management’s current expectations and beliefs concerning future events and, therefore, involve a number of assumptions, risks and uncertainties, including the risk factors described in Part I, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2018, filed with the SEC on March 12, 2019. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may differ from those anticipated, estimated or expected. There are a number of important factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements, including, but are not limited to:
our strategy, outlook and growth prospects;
our operational and financial targets and dividend policy;
our planned expansion of the venue base and the implementation of the new design in our existing venues;
general economic trends and trends in the industry and markets; and
the competitive environment in which we operate.
These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause our results to vary from expectations include, but are not limited to:
negative publicity and changes in consumer preferences;
our ability to successfully expand and update our current venue base;
our ability to successfully implement our marketing strategy;
our ability to compete effectively in an environment of intense competition;
our ability to weather economic uncertainty and changes in discretionary spending;
increases in food, labor and other operating costs;
the impact of labor scheduling legislation;
our ability to successfully open international franchises and to operate under the United States and foreign anti-corruption laws that govern those international ventures;
risks related to our substantial indebtedness;
failure of our information technology systems to support our current and growing business;
disruptions to our commodity distribution system;
our dependence on third-party vendors to provide us with sufficient quantities of new entertainment-related equipment, prizes and merchandise at acceptable prices;
risks from product liability claims and product recalls;
the impact of governmental laws and regulations and the outcomes of legal proceedings;
potential liability under certain state property laws;
fluctuations in our financial results due to new venue openings;
local conditions, natural disasters, terrorist attacks and other events and public health issues;
the seasonality of our business;
inadequate insurance coverage;
labor shortages and immigration reform;
loss of certain personnel;
our ability to protect our trademarks or other proprietary rights;
our ability to pay our fixed rental payments;
impairment charges for goodwill, indefinite-lived intangible assets or other long-lived assets;
our ability to successfully integrate the operations of companies we acquire;

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our failure to maintain adequate internal controls over our financial and management systems; and
other risks, uncertainties and factors set forth in Part I, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2018, filed with the SEC on March 12, 2019.
The forward-looking statements made in this report reflect our views with respect to future events as of the date of this report and are based on assumptions and subject to risks and uncertainties. Given these uncertainties, undue reliance should not be placed on these forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements represent our estimates and assumptions only as of the date of this report and, except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update or review publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise after the date of this report. We anticipate that subsequent events and developments will cause our views to change. This report should be read completely and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from what we expect. Our forward-looking statements do not reflect the potential impact of any future acquisitions, mergers, dispositions, joint ventures or investments we may undertake. We qualify all of our forward-looking statements by these cautionary statements.


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ITEM 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
We are exposed to various types of market risk in the normal course of business, including the impact of interest rates, commodity price changes and foreign currency fluctuation.
Interest Rate Risk
We are exposed to market risk from changes in the variable interest rates related to borrowings from our 2019 Secured Credit Facilities. All of our borrowings outstanding under the 2019 Secured Credit Facilities, $760 million as of September 29, 2019, accrue interest at variable rates. Assuming the 2019 Revolving Credit Facility remains undrawn, each 1% change in assumed interest rates, excluding the impact of our 1% interest rate floor, would result in a $7.6 million change in annual interest expense on indebtedness under the 2019 Secured Credit Facilities.
Commodity Price Risk
We are exposed to commodity price changes related to certain food products that we purchase, primarily related to the prices of cheese and dough, which can vary throughout the year due to changes in supply, demand, and other factors. We have not entered into any hedging arrangements to reduce our exposure to commodity price volatility associated with such commodity prices; however, we typically enter into short-term purchasing contracts, which may contain pricing arrangements designed to minimize the impact of commodity price fluctuations, and derivative instruments such as futures contracts to mitigate our exposure to commodity price fluctuations.
For the three months ended September 29, 2019 and September 30, 2018, the average cost of a block of cheese was $1.94 and $1.77, respectively. The estimated increase in our food costs from a hypothetical 10% increase in the average cost of a block of cheese would have been $0.2 million and $0.3 million for the three months ended September 29, 2019 and September 30, 2018, respectively. For the nine months ended September 29, 2019 and September 30, 2018, the average cost of a block of cheese was $1.78 and $1.72, respectively. The estimated increase in our food costs from a hypothetical 10% increase in the average cost of a block of cheese would have been $0.7 million and $0.8 million for the nine months ended September 29, 2019 and September 30, 2018, respectively.
For the three and nine months ended September 29, 2019 and September 30, 2018, the average cost of dough per pound was $0.47. The estimated increase in our food costs from a hypothetical 10% increase in the average cost of dough per pound would have been $0.1 million for both the three months ended September 29, 2019 and September 30, 2018. The estimated increase in our food costs from a hypothetical 10% increase in the average cost of dough per pound would have been $0.3 million and $0.4 million for the nine months ended September 29, 2019 and September 30, 2018, respectively.
Foreign Currency Risk
We are exposed to foreign currency fluctuation risk associated with changes in the value of the Canadian dollar relative to the U.S. dollar as we operate a total of 10 Company-operated venues in Canada. For the three and nine months ended September 29, 2019, our Canadian venues generated operating income of less than $0.1 million and $0.7 million, respectively, compared to our consolidated operating income of $3.8 million and $61.3 million, respectively.
Changes in the currency exchange rate result in cumulative translation adjustments and are included in “Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)” on our Consolidated Balance Sheets and potentially result in transaction gains or losses, which are included in our earnings. The low and high currency exchange rates for a Canadian dollar into a United States dollar for the three and nine months ended September 29, 2019 were $0.750. $0.767, $0.733 and $0.767, respectively. A hypothetical 10% devaluation in the average quoted U.S. dollar-equivalent of the Canadian dollar exchange rate during the three and nine months ended September 29, 2019 would have decreased our reported consolidated operating results by $0.1 million for both the three and nine months ended September 29, 2019.

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ITEM 4. Controls and Procedures.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We performed an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on that evaluation, our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of September 29, 2019 to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, was (a) recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms; and (b) accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
During the quarterly period covered by this report there has been no change in our internal processes over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.


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PART II – OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1. Legal Proceedings.
Refer to Note 15 “Commitments and Contingencies” to our Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1. “Financial Statements” of this report for a discussion of our legal proceedings.
ITEM 1A. Risk Factors.
We believe there have been no material changes in our risk factors from those disclosed in Part I, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 30, 2018, filed with the SEC on March 12, 2019.
ITEM 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

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ITEM 6. Exhibits.
EXHIBIT INDEX
 
Exhibit
Number
 
Description
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
101.INS
 
XBRL Instance Document
 
 
101.SCH
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
 
 
101.CAL
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
 
 
101.DEF
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
 
 
101.LAB
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
 
 
101.PRE
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
 __________________
*    Filed herewith.
**    Furnished herewith.
    

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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
 
 
 
CEC ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
November 12, 2019
 
By:
 
/s/ James A. Howell
 
 
 
 
James A. Howell
 
 
 
 
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
 
 
 
 
(Principal Financial Officer)
 
 
 
 
 
November 12, 2019
 
By:
 
/s/ Tony Howard
 
 
 
 
Tony Howard
 
 
 
 
Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
 
 
 
 
 
(Principal Accounting Officer)
 
 
 
 
 

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EXECUTION VERSION

FIRST LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of August 30, 2019
Among
QUESO HOLDINGS INC.,
as Holdings,
CEC ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,
as Borrower,
THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO,
CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH,
as Administrative Agent,
_________________
CREDIT SUISSE LOAN FUNDING LLC,
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,
UBS SECURITIES LLC,
BMO CAPITAL MARKETS CORP.,
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.,
JEFFERIES FINANCE LLC
and
BOFA SECURITIES, INC.,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners,
and
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC,
as Syndication Agent
_________________
APOLLO GLOBAL SECURITIES, LLC,
as Co-Manager
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Page
ARTICLE I Definitions
1
Section 1.01
Defined Terms    1
Section 1.02
Terms Generally    58
Section 1.03
Effectuation of Transactions    58
Section 1.04
Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents    58
Section 1.05
Additional Alternate Currencies for Loans    59
Section 1.06
Change of Currency    59
Section 1.07
Timing of Payment or Performance    60
Section 1.08
Times of Day    60
Section 1.09
Holdings    60
Section 1.10
Election Date    60
ARTICLE II The Credits
60
Section 2.01
Commitments    60
Section 2.02
Loans and Borrowings    61
Section 2.03
Requests for Borrowings    61
Section 2.04
[Reserved]    62
Section 2.05
Letters of Credit    62
Section 2.06
Funding of Borrowings    68
Section 2.07
Interest Elections    68
Section 2.08
Termination and Reduction of Commitments    69
Section 2.09
Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt    70
Section 2.10
Repayment of Term Loans and Revolving Facility Loans    71
Section 2.11
Prepayment of Loans    72
Section 2.12
Fees    74
Section 2.13
Interest    75
Section 2.14
Alternate Rate of Interest    75
Section 2.15
Increased Costs    76
Section 2.16
Break Funding Payments    77
Section 2.17
Taxes    78
Section 2.18
Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set‑offs    81
Section 2.19
Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders    83
Section 2.20
Illegality    84
Section 2.21
Incremental Commitments    84
Section 2.22
Defaulting Lender    93
ARTICLE III Representations and Warranties
95
Section 3.01
Organization; Powers    95
Section 3.02
Authorization    95
Section 3.03
Enforceability    95
Section 3.04
Governmental Approvals    96
Section 3.05
Financial Statements    96
Section 3.06
No Material Adverse Effect    96
Section 3.07
Title to Properties; Possession Under Leases    96
Section 3.08
Subsidiaries    97
Section 3.09
Litigation; Compliance with Laws    97
Section 3.10
Federal Reserve Regulations    97
Section 3.11
Investment Company Act    97
Section 3.12
Use of Proceeds    97
Section 3.13
Tax Returns    98
Section 3.14
No Material Misstatements    98
Section 3.15
Employee Benefit Plans    98
Section 3.16
Environmental Matters    99
Section 3.17
Security Documents    99
Section 3.18
Location of Real Property    100
Section 3.19
Solvency    100
Section 3.20
Labor Matters    101
Section 3.21
Insurance    101
Section 3.22
No Default    101
Section 3.23
Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc.    101
Section 3.24
Senior Debt    101
Section 3.25
USA PATRIOT Act; OFAC    101
Section 3.26
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act    102
ARTICLE IV Conditions of Lending
102
Section 4.01
All Credit Events    102
Section 4.02
First Credit Event    103
ARTICLE V Affirmative Covenants
105
Section 5.01
Existence; Business and Properties    105
Section 5.02
Insurance    106
Section 5.03
Taxes    107
Section 5.04
Financial Statements, Reports, etc.    107
Section 5.05
Litigation and Other Notices    109
Section 5.06
Compliance with Laws    109
Section 5.07
Maintaining Records; Access to Properties and Inspections    109
Section 5.08
Use of Proceeds    110
Section 5.09
Compliance with Environmental Laws    110
Section 5.10
Further Assurances; Additional Security    110
Section 5.11
Rating    112
Section 5.12
Post-Closing    113
ARTICLE VI Negative Covenants
113
Section 6.01
Indebtedness    113
Section 6.02
Liens    119
Section 6.03
Sale and Lease-Back Transactions    124
Section 6.04
Investments, Loans and Advances    125
Section 6.05
Mergers, Consolidations, Sales of Assets and Acquisitions    129
Section 6.06
Dividends and Distributions    132
Section 6.07
Transactions with Affiliates    135
Section 6.08
Business of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries    138
Section 6.09
Limitation on Payments and Modifications of Indebtedness; Modifications of Certificate of Incorporation, By-Laws and Certain Other Agreements; etc.    138
Section 6.10
Fiscal Year    140
Section 6.11
Financial Covenant    141
ARTICLE VII Events of Default
141
Section 7.01
Events of Default    141
Section 7.02
Treatment of Certain Payments    144
Section 7.03
Right to Cure    144
ARTICLE VIII The Agents
145
Section 8.01
Appointment    145
Section 8.02
Delegation of Duties    145
Section 8.03
Exculpatory Provisions    146
Section 8.04
Reliance by Agents    146
Section 8.05
Notice of Default    147
Section 8.06
Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders    147
Section 8.07
Indemnification    148
Section 8.08
Agent in Its Individual Capacity    148
Section 8.09
Successor Administrative Agent    148
Section 8.10
Arrangers, Syndication Agent, and Co-Manager    149
Section 8.11
Security Documents and Collateral Agent    149
Section 8.12
Right to Realize on Collateral and Enforce Guarantees    150
Section 8.13
Withholding Tax    150
Section 8.14
Certain ERISA Matters.    151
ARTICLE IX Miscellaneous
152
Section 9.01
Notices; Communications    152
Section 9.02
Survival of Agreement    153
Section 9.03
Binding Effect    153
Section 9.04
Successors and Assigns    153
Section 9.05
Expenses; Indemnity    158
Section 9.06
Right of Set-off    160
Section 9.07
Applicable Law    160
Section 9.08
Waivers; Amendment    160
Section 9.09
Interest Rate Limitation    164
Section 9.10
Entire Agreement    164
Section 9.11
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL    164
Section 9.12
Severability    164
Section 9.13
Counterparts    164
Section 9.14
Headings    164
Section 9.15
Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process    164
Section 9.16
Confidentiality    165
Section 9.17
Platform; Borrower Materials    166
Section 9.18
Release of Liens and Guarantees    166
Section 9.19
Judgment Currency    168
Section 9.20
USA PATRIOT Act Notice    168
Section 9.21
Affiliate Lenders    168
Section 9.22
Agency of the Borrower for the Loan Parties    169
Section 9.23
No Liability of the Issuing Banks    169
Section 9.24
Acknowledgment and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions    170
Section 9.25
Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs    170

Exhibits, Schedules and Annex

Exhibit A    Form of Assignment and Acceptance
Exhibit B    Form of Administrative Questionnaire
Exhibit C    Form of Solvency Certificate
Exhibit D    Form of Borrowing Request
Exhibit E    Form of Interest Election Request
Exhibit F    Form of Mortgage
Exhibit G    Form of Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Acceptance
Exhibit H    Form of First Lien/First Lien Intercreditor Agreement
Exhibit I    Form of First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement
Exhibit J    Form of Non-Bank Tax Certificate
Exhibit K    Form of Intercompany Subordination Terms


Schedule 1.01(A)    Certain Excluded Equity Interests
Schedule 1.01(B)    Immaterial Subsidiaries
Schedule 1.01(C)    Existing Roll-Over Letters of Credit
Schedule 1.01(D)    Closing Date Unrestricted Subsidiaries
Schedule 1.01(E)    Closing Date Mortgaged Properties
Schedule 1.01(F)    Specified L/C Sublimit
Schedule 1.01(G)    Cash Management Banks and Hedge Banks
Schedule 2.01    Commitments
Schedule 3.01    Organization and Good Standing
Schedule 3.04    Governmental Approvals
Schedule 3.05    Financial Statements
Schedule 3.07(c)    Notices of Condemnation
Schedule 3.08(a)    Subsidiaries
Schedule 3.08(b)    Subscriptions
Schedule 3.13    Taxes
Schedule 3.16    Environmental Matters
Schedule 3.21    Insurance
Schedule 3.23    Intellectual Property
Schedule 5.12    Post-Closing Items
Schedule 6.01    Indebtedness
Schedule 6.02(a)    Liens
Schedule 6.04    Investments
Schedule 6.07    Transactions with Affiliates
Schedule 9.01    Notice Information



FIRST LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of August 30, 2019 (this “Agreement”), among QUESO HOLDINGS INC., a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), CEC ENTERTAINMENT, INC., a Kansas corporation (the “Company” or the “Borrower”), the LENDERS party hereto from time to time, and CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) for the Lenders.
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested the Lenders to extend credit in the form of (a) Term B Loans on the Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount of $760,000,000 and (b) Revolving Facility Loans and Letters of Credit at any time and from time to time prior to the Revolving Facility Maturity Date, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not in excess of $114,000,000;
WHEREAS, the proceeds of the Facilities will be used by the Borrower, on the Closing Date, (i) to repay all amounts outstanding under the Borrower’s existing First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of February 14, 2014, as amended by the Incremental Assumption Agreement (Extended Revolving Facility Commitment), dated as of May 8, 2018 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), (the “Existing Credit Agreement”), among Holdings, the Borrower, the lenders party thereto and Deutsche Bank AG New York, as administrative agent for such lenders, (ii) to pay the Transaction Expenses and (iii) for general corporate purposes.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks are willing to extend such credit to the Borrower on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Article I

Definitions
Section 1.01    Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings specified below:
ABR” shall mean, for any day, a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect for such day plus 0.50%, (b) the Prime Rate in effect on such day and (c) the Adjusted LIBO Rate for a one-month Interest Period on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) plus 1.00%; provided, that for the avoidance of doubt, the LIBO Rate for any day shall be based on the rate determined on such day at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) by reference to the ICE Benchmark Administration Interest Settlement Rates (or the successor thereto if the ICE Benchmark Administration is no longer making a LIBO Rate available) for deposits in Dollars (as set forth by any service selected by the Administrative Agent that has been nominated by the ICE Benchmark Administration (or the successor thereto if the ICE Benchmark Administration is no longer making a LIBO Rate available) as an authorized vendor for the purpose of displaying such rates). Any change in such rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate, as the case may be.
ABR Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of ABR Loans.
ABR Loan” shall mean any ABR Term Loan, ABR Revolving Loan.
ABR Revolving Facility Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of ABR Revolving Loans.
ABR Revolving Loan” shall mean any Revolving Facility Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the ABR in accordance with the provisions of Article II.
ABR Term Loan” shall mean any Term Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the ABR in accordance with the provisions of Article II.
Additional Mortgage” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.10(c).
Adjusted LIBO Rate” shall mean, with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum equal to (a) the LIBO Rate in effect for such Interest Period divided by (b) one minus the Statutory Reserves applicable to such Eurocurrency Borrowing, if any; provided that the Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be no less than 1.00%.
Adjustment Date” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the definition of “Pricing Grid”.
Administrative Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement, together with its successors and assigns.
Administrative Agent Fee Letter” shall mean that certain Agent Fee Letter dated as of August 30, 2019 by and between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
Administrative Agent Fees” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.12(c).
Administrative Questionnaire” shall mean an Administrative Questionnaire in the form of Exhibit B or such other form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
Affiliate” shall mean, when used with respect to a specified person, another person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the person specified. For purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, Jefferies LLC and its Affiliates shall be deemed to be Affiliates of Jefferies Finance LLC and its Affiliates.
Affiliate Lender” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.21(a).
Agents” shall mean the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.
Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement, as may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Agreement Currency” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.19.
All-in Yield” shall mean, as to any Loans (or Pari Term Loans, if applicable), the yield thereon payable to all Lenders (or other lenders, as applicable) providing such Loans (or Pari Term Loans, if applicable) in the primary syndication thereof, as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Borrower, whether in the form of interest rate, margin, original issue discount, up-front fees, rate floors or otherwise; provided, that original issue discount and up-front fees shall be equated to interest rate assuming a 4-year life to maturity (or, if less, the life of such Loans (or Pari Term Loans, if applicable)); and provided, further, that “All-in Yield” shall not include arrangement, commitment, underwriting, structuring or similar fees and customary consent fees for an amendment paid generally to consenting lenders.
Alternate Currency” shall mean (i) with respect to any Letter of Credit, Canadian Dollars, Euros, Pound Sterling, New Zealand Dollars and Australian Dollars and any other currency other than Dollars as may be acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank with respect thereto in their sole discretion and (ii) with respect to any Loan, any currency other than Dollars that is approved in accordance with Section 1.05.
Alternate Currency Equivalent” shall mean, at any time, with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, the equivalent amount thereof in the applicable Alternate Currency as determined by the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation Date) for the purchase of such Alternate Currency with Dollars.
Alternate Currency Letter of Credit” shall mean any Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternate Currency.
Alternate Currency Loan” shall mean any Loan denominated in an Alternate Currency.
Applicable Commitment Fee” shall mean for any day (i) with respect to any Revolving Facility Commitments relating to Initial Revolving Loans, 0.50% per annum; provided, however, that on and after the first Adjustment Date occurring after delivery of the financial statements and certificates required by Section 5.04 upon the completion of one full fiscal quarter of the Borrower after the Closing Date, the “Applicable Commitment Fee” will be determined pursuant to the Pricing Grid; or (ii) with respect to any Other Revolving Facility Commitments, the “Applicable Commitment Fee” set forth in the applicable Incremental Assumption Agreement.
Applicable Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.08(f).
Applicable Margin” shall mean for any day (i) with respect to any Term B Loan, 6.50% per annum in the case of any Eurocurrency Loan and 5.50% per annum in the case of any ABR Loan; (ii) with respect to any Initial Revolving Loan, 6.50% per annum in the case of any Eurocurrency Loan and 5.50% per annum in the case of any ABR Loan; provided, however, that on and after the first Adjustment Date occurring after delivery of the financial statements and certificates required by Section 5.04 upon the completion of one full fiscal quarter of the Borrower after the Closing Date, the “Applicable Margin” with respect to an Initial Revolving Loan will be determined pursuant to the Pricing Grid; and (iii) with respect to any Other Term Loan or Other Revolving Loan, the “Applicable Margin” set forth in the Incremental Assumption Agreement relating thereto.
Applicable Period” shall mean an Excess Cash Flow Period or an Excess Cash Flow Interim Period, as the case may be.
Approved Fund” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b)(ii).
Arrangers” shall mean, collectively, Credit Suisse Loan Funding LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., UBS Securities LLC, BMO Capital Markets Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Jefferies Finance LLC and BofA Securities, Inc.
Asset Sale” shall mean any loss, damage, destruction or condemnation of, or any Disposition (including any sale and leaseback of assets and any mortgage or lease of Real Property) to any person of, any asset or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary.
Assignee” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b)(i).
Assignor” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b)(iii).
Assignment and Acceptance” shall mean an assignment and acceptance entered into by a Lender and an Assignee, and accepted by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (if required by Section 9.04), in the form of Exhibit A or such other form as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent and reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower.
Availability Period” shall mean, with respect to any Class of Revolving Facility Commitments, the period from and including the Closing Date (or, if later, the effective date for such Class of Revolving Facility Commitments) to but excluding the earlier of the Revolving Facility Maturity Date for such Class and, in the case of each of the Revolving Facility Loans, Revolving Facility Borrowings and Letters of Credit, the date of termination of the Revolving Facility Commitments of such Class.
Available Unused Commitment” shall mean, with respect to a Revolving Facility Lender under any Class of Revolving Facility Commitments at any time, an amount equal to the Dollar Equivalent of the amount by which (a) the applicable Revolving Facility Commitment of such Revolving Facility Lender at such time exceeds (b) the applicable Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of such Revolving Facility Lender at such time.
Bail-In Action” shall mean the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.
Bail-In Legislation” shall mean, with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.
Below Threshold Asset Sale Proceeds” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of the term “Cumulative Credit”.
Beneficial Ownership Certification” shall mean a certification regarding beneficial ownership of the Borrower as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
Beneficial Ownership Regulation” shall mean 31 C.F.R. §1010.230.
Benefit Plan” means any (a) “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) “plan” as defined in and subject to Section 4975 of the Code or (c) Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”.
Board” shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.
Board of Directors” shall mean, as to any person, the board of directors or other governing body of such person, or if such person is owned or managed by a single entity, the board of directors or other governing body of such entity.
Borrower” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the first recital of this Agreement.
Borrower Materials” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.17(a).
Borrowing” shall mean a group of Loans of a single Type under a single Facility, and made on a single date and, in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.
Borrowing Minimum” shall mean (a) in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, $1,000,000, and (b) in the case of ABR Loans, $1,000,000.
Borrowing Multiple” shall mean (a) in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, $500,000 and (b) in the case of ABR Loans, $250,000.
Borrowing Request” shall mean a request by the Borrower in accordance with the terms of Section 2.03 and substantially in the form of Exhibit D or another form approved by the Administrative Agent.
Budget” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.04(e).
Business Day” shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided, that (a) when used in connection with a Eurocurrency Loan denominated in Dollars, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in deposits in Dollars in the London interbank market and (b) when used in connection with a Eurocurrency Loan denominated in any Alternate Currency, the term “Business Day” shall mean any day on which dealings in such Alternate Currency between banks may be carried on in London and the principal financial center of such Alternate Currency.
Capital Expenditures” shall mean, for any person in respect of any period, the aggregate of all expenditures incurred by such person during such period that, in accordance with GAAP, are or should be included in “additions to property, plant or equipment” or similar items reflected in the statement of cash flows of such person.
Capitalized Lease Obligations” shall mean, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease, a finance lease or other lease that would at such time be required to be capitalized and reflected as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) in accordance with GAAP.
Capitalized Software Expenditures” shall mean, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities) by a person during such period in respect of licensed or purchased software or internally developed software and software enhancements that, in accordance with GAAP, are or are required to be reflected as capitalized costs on the consolidated balance sheet of such person and its subsidiaries.
Cash Collateralize” shall mean to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of one or more of the Issuing Banks or Lenders, as collateral for Revolving L/C Exposure or obligations of the Lenders to fund participations in respect of Revolving L/C Exposure, cash or deposit account balances or, if the Collateral Agent and each Issuing Bank shall agree in their sole discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and each applicable Issuing Bank. “Cash Collateral” and “Cash Collateralization” shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and shall include the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support.
Cash Interest Expense” shall mean, with respect to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for any period, Interest Expense for such period to the extent such amounts are paid in cash for such period, excluding, without duplication, in any event (a) pay-in-kind Interest Expense or other non-cash Interest Expense (including as a result of the effects of purchase accounting), (b) to the extent included in Interest Expense, the amortization of any financing fees paid by, or on behalf of, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, including such fees paid in connection with the Transactions or upon entering into a Permitted Securitization Financing, and (c) the amortization of debt discounts, if any, or fees in respect of Hedging Agreements; provided, that Cash Interest Expense shall exclude any one time financing fees, including those paid in connection with the Transactions, or upon entering into a Permitted Securitization Financing or any amendment of this Agreement.
Cash Management Agreement” shall mean any agreement to provide to Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary cash management services for collections, treasury management services (including controlled disbursement, overdraft, automated clearing house fund transfer services, return items and interstate depository network services), any demand deposit, payroll, trust or operating account relationships, commercial credit cards, merchant card, purchase or debit cards, non-card e-payables services, and other cash management services, including electronic funds transfer services, lockbox services, stop payment services and wire transfer services.
Cash Management Bank” shall mean any person that, at the time it enters into a Cash Management Agreement (or on the Closing Date), is (a) an Agent, an Arranger, a Lender or an Affiliate of any such person, in each case, in its capacity as a party to such Cash Management Agreement or (b) listed on Schedule 1.01(G).
CFC” shall mean a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957(a) of the Code.
A “Change in Control” shall be deemed to occur if:
(a)    (i) at any time prior to a Qualified IPO, (x) the Permitted Holders in the aggregate shall at any time cease to have, directly or indirectly, the power to vote or direct the voting of at least 35% of the Voting Stock of the Borrower or (y) any person, entity or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act, but excluding any employee benefit plan of such person, entity or “group” and its subsidiaries and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan), other than the Permitted Holders, shall at any time have acquired direct or indirect beneficial ownership (as defined in Rules 13(d)-3 and 13(d)-5 under the Exchange Act) of a percentage of the voting power of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Borrower that is greater than the percentage of such voting power of such Voting Stock in the aggregate, directly or indirectly, beneficially owned by the Permitted Holders or (ii) at any time on and after a Qualified IPO, any person, entity or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act, but excluding any employee benefit plan of such person, entity or “group” and its subsidiaries and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan), other than the Permitted Holders (or any holding company parent of the Borrower owned directly or indirectly by the Permitted Holders), shall at any time have acquired direct or indirect beneficial ownership (as defined in Rules 13(d)-3 and 13(d)-5 under the Exchange Act) of voting power of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Borrower having more than the greater of (A) 35% of the ordinary voting power for the election of directors of the Borrower and (B) the percentage of the ordinary voting power for the election of directors of the Borrower owned in the aggregate, directly or indirectly, beneficially, by the Permitted Holders; unless in the case of either clause (i) or (ii) of this clause (a), the Permitted Holders have, at such time, the right or the ability by voting power, contract or otherwise to elect or designate for election at least a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Borrower; or
(b)    a “Change of Control” (as defined in (i) the Existing Senior Unsecured Notes Indenture, (ii) any indenture or credit agreement in respect of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness with respect to the Existing Senior Unsecured Notes constituting Material Indebtedness or (iii) any indenture or credit agreement in respect of any Junior Financing constituting Material Indebtedness) shall have occurred; or
(c)    Holdings shall fail to own, directly or indirectly, beneficially and of record, 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower (other than in connection with or after a Qualified IPO of the Borrower).
In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction in which the Borrower or a Parent Entity of the Borrower becomes a subsidiary of another person (such person, the “New Parent”) shall not constitute a Change of Control if (a) the equityholders of the Borrower or such Parent Entity immediately prior to such transaction beneficially own, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, at least a majority of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Borrower or such New Parent immediately following the consummation of such transaction, substantially in proportion to their holdings of the equity of the Borrower or such Parent Entity prior to such transaction or (b) immediately following the consummation of such transaction, no person, other than a Permitted Holder, the New Parent or any subsidiary of the New Parent, beneficially owns, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, more than the greater of (A) 35% of the ordinary voting power of the Voting Stock of the Borrower or the New Parent and (B) the percentage of the ordinary voting power for the election of directors of the Borrower owned in the aggregate, directly or indirectly, beneficially, by the Permitted Holders.
Change in Law” shall mean (a) the adoption of any law, rule or regulation after the Closing Date, (b) any change in law, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the Closing Date or (c) compliance by any Lender (or, for purposes of Section 2.15(b), by any Lending Office of such Lender or by such Lender’s holding company, if any) with any written request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the Closing Date; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives under or issued in connection with the Dodd‑Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, all interpretations and applications thereof and any compliance by a Lender with any request or directive relating thereto and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated under or in connection with, all interpretations and applications of, or any compliance by a Lender with any request or directive relating to International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States of America or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case under clauses (x) and (y) be deemed to be a “Change in Law” but only to the extent a Lender is imposing applicable increased costs or costs in connection with capital adequacy requirements similar to those described in clauses (a) and (b) of Section 2.15 generally on other borrowers of loans under United States of America cash flow term loan credit facilities.
Charges” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.09.
Class” shall mean, (a) when used in respect of any Loan or Borrowing, whether such Loan or the Loans comprising such Borrowing are Term B Loans, Other Term Loans, Initial Revolving Loans or Other Revolving Loans; and (b) when used in respect of any Commitment, whether such Commitment is in respect of a commitment to make Term B Loans, Other Term Loans, Initial Revolving Loans or Other Revolving Loans. Other Term Loans or Other Revolving Loans that have different terms and conditions (together with the Commitments in respect thereof) from the Term B Loans or the Initial Revolving Loans, respectively, or from other Other Term Loans or other Other Revolving Loans, as applicable, shall be construed to be in separate and distinct Classes.
Class Loans” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.08(f).
Closing Date” shall mean August 30, 2019.
Closing Date Mortgaged Properties” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Mortgaged Properties”.
Co-Manager” shall mean Apollo Global Securities, LLC.
Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Co-Investors” shall mean each of (a) the Fund and the Fund Affiliates (excluding any of their portfolio companies) and (b) the Management Group.
Collateral” shall mean all the “Collateral” as defined in any Security Document and shall also include the Mortgaged Properties and all other property that is subject to any Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Subagent for the benefit of the Lenders pursuant to any Security Document.
Collateral Agent” shall mean the Administrative Agent acting as collateral agent for the Secured Parties, together with its successors and permitted assigns in such capacity.
Collateral Agreement” shall mean the Collateral Agreement (First Lien) dated as of the Closing Date as may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, among the Borrower, each Subsidiary Loan Party and the Collateral Agent.
Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” shall mean the requirement that (in each case subject to the last paragraph of Section 4.02, Sections 5.10(d), (e) and (g) and Schedule 5.12):
(a)on the Closing Date, the Collateral Agent shall have received (i) from the Borrower, and each Subsidiary Loan Party, a counterpart of the Collateral Agreement and (ii) from each Subsidiary Loan Party, a counterpart of the Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement and (ii) from Holdings, a counterpart of the Holdings Guarantee and Pledge Agreement, in each case duly executed and delivered on behalf of such person;
(b)    on the Closing Date, (i)(x) all outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower and all other outstanding Equity Interests, in each case, directly owned by the Loan Parties, other than Excluded Securities, and (y) all Indebtedness owing to any Loan Party, other than Excluded Securities, shall have been pledged pursuant to the Collateral Agreement and (ii) the Collateral Agent shall have received certificates or other instruments (if any) representing such Equity Interests and any notes or other instruments required to be delivered pursuant to the applicable Security Documents, together with stock powers, note powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank;
(c)    in the case of any person that becomes a Subsidiary Loan Party after the Closing Date, the Collateral Agent shall have received (i) a supplement to the Collateral Agreement and the Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement and (ii) supplements to the other Security Documents, if applicable, in the form specified therefor or otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, in each case, duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Subsidiary Loan Party;
(d)    after the Closing Date, (x) all outstanding Equity Interests of any person that becomes a Subsidiary Loan Party after the Closing Date and (y) subject to Section 5.10(g), all Equity Interests directly acquired by a Loan Party after the Closing Date, other than Excluded Securities, shall have been pledged pursuant to the Collateral Agreement, together with stock powers or other instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank;
(e)    except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement or any Security Document, all documents and instruments, including Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, and filings with the United States Copyright Office and the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and all other actions reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent (including those required by applicable Requirements of Law) to be delivered, filed, registered or recorded to create the Liens intended to be created by the Security Documents (in each case, including any supplements thereto) and perfect such Liens to the extent required by, and with the priority required by, the Security Documents, shall have been delivered, filed, registered or recorded or delivered to the Collateral Agent for filing, registration or the recording concurrently with, or promptly following, the execution and delivery of each such Security Document;
(f)    within (x) 120 days after the Closing Date with respect to each Closing Date Mortgaged Property set forth on Schedule 1.01(E) (or on such later date as the Collateral Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion) and (y) within the time periods set forth in Section 5.10 with respect to Mortgaged Properties encumbered pursuant to said Section 5.10, the Collateral Agent shall have received (i) counterparts of each Mortgage to be entered into with respect to each such Mortgaged Property duly executed and delivered by the record owner of such Mortgaged Property and suitable for recording or filing in all filing or recording offices that the Collateral Agent may reasonably deem necessary or desirable in order to create a valid and enforceable Lien subject to no other Liens except Permitted Liens, at the time of recordation thereof, (ii) with respect to the Mortgage encumbering each such Mortgaged Property, opinions of counsel regarding the enforceability, due authorization, execution and delivery of the Mortgages and such other matters customarily covered in real estate counsel opinions as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent, (iii) with respect to each such Mortgaged Property, the Flood Documentation and (iv) such other documents as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request that are available to the Borrower without material expense with respect to any such Mortgage or Mortgaged Property;
(g)    within (x) 120 days after the Closing Date with respect to each Closing Date Mortgaged Property set forth on Schedule 1.01(E) (or on such later date as the Collateral Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion) and (y) within the time periods set forth in Section 5.10 with respect to Mortgaged Properties encumbered pursuant to said Section 5.10, the Collateral Agent shall have received (i) a policy or policies of, marked-up unconditional binder of or commitment for title insurance with respect to properties located in the United States of America, or a date-down and modification endorsement, if available, paid for by the Borrower, issued by a nationally recognized title insurance company insuring the Lien of each Mortgage as a valid Lien on the Mortgaged Property described therein, free of any other Liens except Permitted Liens, in such amounts and together with such customary endorsements, coinsurance and reinsurance as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request and which are available at commercially reasonable rates in the jurisdiction where the applicable Mortgaged Property is located and (ii) a survey of each Mortgaged Property (including all improvements, easements and other customary matters thereon reasonably required by the Collateral Agent), as applicable, for which all necessary fees (where applicable) have been paid with respect to properties located in the United States of America, which is (A) complying in all material respects with the minimum detail requirements of the American Land Title Association and American Congress of Surveying and Mapping as such requirements are in effect on the date of preparation of such survey and (B) sufficient for such title insurance company to remove all standard survey exceptions from the title insurance policy relating to such Mortgaged Property and issue the customary endorsements required in clause (i) above or otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent;
(h)    the Collateral Agent shall have received evidence of the insurance required by the terms of Section 5.02 hereof; and
(i)    after the Closing Date, the Collateral Agent shall have received (i) such other Security Documents as may be required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.10 or the Collateral Agreement, and (ii) upon reasonable request by the Collateral Agent, evidence of compliance with any other requirements of Section 5.10.
Commitment Fee” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.12(a).
Commitments” shall mean with respect to any Lender, such Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitment and Term Facility Commitment.
Commodity Exchange Act” shall mean the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
Company” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the first recital of this Agreement.
Conduit Lender” shall mean any special purpose corporation organized and administered by any Lender for the purpose of making Loans otherwise required to be made by such Lender and designated by such Lender in a written instrument; provided, that the designation by any Lender of a Conduit Lender shall not relieve the designating Lender of any of its obligations to fund a Loan under this Agreement if, for any reason, its Conduit Lender fails to fund any such Loan, and the designating Lender (and not the Conduit Lender) shall have the sole right and responsibility to deliver all consents and waivers required or requested under this Agreement with respect to its Conduit Lender; provided, further, that no Conduit Lender shall (a) be entitled to receive any greater amount pursuant to Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 or 9.05 than the designating Lender would have been entitled to receive in respect of the extensions of credit made by such Conduit Lender unless the designation of such Conduit Lender is made with the prior written consent of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), which consent shall specify that it is being made pursuant to the proviso in the definition of “Conduit Lender” and provided that the designating Lender provides such information as the Borrower reasonably requests in order for the Borrower to determine whether to provide its consent or (b) be deemed to have any Commitment.
Consolidated Debt” at any date shall mean the sum of (without duplication) all Indebtedness (other than letters of credit or bank guarantees, to the extent undrawn) consisting of Indebtedness for borrowed money and Disqualified Stock of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis on such date in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Net Income” shall mean, with respect to any person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such person and its subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis; provided, however, that, without duplication,
(i)    any net after-tax extraordinary, nonrecurring or unusual gains or losses or income or expense or charge (less all fees and expenses relating thereto), any severance, relocation or other restructuring expenses, any expenses related to any New Project or any reconstruction, decommissioning, recommissioning or reconfiguration of fixed assets for alternative uses, fees, expenses or charges relating to facility or store closing costs, store rebranding costs, curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans, excess pension charges, acquisition integration costs, facility or store opening costs, signing, retention or completion bonuses, and expenses or charges related to any offering of Equity Interests or debt securities of the Borrower, Holdings or any Parent Entity, any Investment, acquisition, Disposition, recapitalization or incurrence, issuance, repayment, repurchase, refinancing, amendment or modification of Indebtedness (in each case, whether or not successful), and any fees, expenses, charges or change in control payments related to the Transactions (including any costs relating to auditing prior periods, any transition-related expenses, and Transaction Expenses incurred before, on or after the Closing Date), in each case, shall be excluded,
(ii)    any net after-tax income or loss from Disposed of, abandoned, closed or discontinued operations or fixed assets and any net after-tax gain or loss on the Dispositions of Disposed of, abandoned, closed or discontinued operations or fixed assets shall be excluded,
(iii)    any net after-tax gain or loss (less all fees and expenses or charges relating thereto) attributable to business Dispositions or asset Dispositions other than in the ordinary course of business (as determined in good faith by the management of the Borrower) shall be excluded,
(iv)    any net after-tax income or loss (less all fees and expenses or charges relating thereto) attributable to the early extinguishment or buy-back of indebtedness, Hedging Agreements or other derivative instruments shall be excluded,
(v)    (A)    the Net Income for such period of any person that is not a subsidiary of such person, or is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall be included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to the referent person or a subsidiary thereof (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary of such referent person) in respect of such period and (B) the Net Income for such period shall include any dividend, distribution or other payment in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) received by the referent person or a subsidiary thereof (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary of such referent person) from any person in excess of, but without duplication of, the amounts included in subclause (A),
(vi)    the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles during such period shall be excluded,
(vii)    effects of purchase accounting adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to such person and its subsidiaries and including the effects of adjustments to (A) deferred rent, (B) deferred franchise fees, (C) Capitalized Lease Obligations or other obligations or deferrals attributable to capital spending funds with suppliers or (D) any other deferrals of income) in component amounts required or permitted by GAAP, resulting from the application of purchase accounting or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof, net of taxes, shall be excluded,
(viii)    any impairment charges or asset write-offs, in each case pursuant to GAAP, and the amortization of intangibles and other fair value adjustments arising pursuant to GAAP, shall be excluded,
(ix)    any non-cash compensation charge or expenses realized or resulting from stock option plans, employee benefit plans or post-employment benefit plans, or grants or sales of stock, stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options, restricted stock, preferred stock or other rights shall be excluded,
(x)    accruals and reserves that are established or adjusted within twelve months after the Closing Date and that are so required to be established or adjusted in accordance with GAAP or as a result of adoption or modification of accounting policies shall be excluded,
(xi)    non-cash gains, losses, income and expenses resulting from fair value accounting required by the applicable standard under GAAP and related interpretation shall be excluded,
(xii)    any gain, loss, income, expense or charge resulting from the application of any LIFO method shall be excluded,
(xiii)    any non-cash charges for deferred tax asset valuation allowances shall be excluded,
(xiv)    any currency translation gains and losses related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness, and any net loss or gain resulting from Hedging Agreements for currency exchange risk, shall be excluded,
(xv)    any deductions attributable to minority interests shall be excluded,
(xvi)    (A) the non-cash portion of “straight-line” rent expense shall be excluded, (B) the cash portion of “straight-line” rent expense which exceeds the amount expensed in respect of such rent expense shall be included, (C) the non-cash amortization of tenant allowances shall be excluded, (D) cash received from landlords for tenant allowances shall be included and (E) to the extent not already included in Net Income, the cash portion of sublease rentals received shall be included (for the avoidance of doubt, the net effect of the adjustments in this clause (xvi) as well as any related adjustments pursuant to clause (vii) above shall be to compute rent expense and rental income on a cash basis for purposes of determining Consolidated Net Income),
(xvii)    (A) to the extent covered by insurance and actually reimbursed, or, so long as such person has made a determination that there exists reasonable evidence that such amount will in fact be reimbursed by the insurer and only to the extent that such amount is (x) not denied by the applicable carrier in writing within 180 days and (y) in fact reimbursed within 365 days following the date of such evidence (with a deduction for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed within such 365 days), expenses with respect to liability or casualty events or business interruption shall be excluded; and (B) amounts estimated in good faith to be received from insurance in respect of lost revenues or earnings in respect of liability or casualty events or business interruption shall be included (with a deduction for amounts actually received up to such estimated amount to the extent included in Net Income in a future period),
(xviii) (A) franchise development fees received during the relevant period in advance of revenue recognition, for which recognition has been deferred under GAAP, shall be included in the relevant period and (B) the amount of deferred franchise development fees recognized under GAAP during the relevant period shall be excluded to the extent such revenues were recognized in a prior period, and
(xix)    without duplication, an amount equal to the amount of distributions actually made to any parent or equity holder of such person in respect of such period in accordance with Section 6.06(b)(v) shall be included as though such amounts had been paid as income taxes directly by such person for such period.
Consolidated Total Assets” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the total assets of the Borrower and the consolidated Subsidiaries without giving effect to any impairment or amortization of the amount of intangible assets since the Closing Date, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, as set forth on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower as of the last day of the fiscal quarter most recently ended for which financial statements have been (or were required to be) delivered pursuant to Section 4.02(e), 5.04(a) or 5.04(b), as applicable, calculated on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to any acquisition or Disposition of a person or assets that may have occurred on or after the last day of such fiscal quarter.
Continuing Letter of Credit” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(k).
Control” shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and “Controlling” and “Controlled” shall have meanings correlative thereto. For the avoidance of doubt, neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary will be deemed to Control a franchisee that is not a Subsidiary.
Credit Event” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Article IV.
Cumulative Credit” shall mean, at any date, an amount, not less than zero in the aggregate, determined on a cumulative basis equal to, without duplication:
(a)    [reserved], plus
(b)    the Cumulative Retained Excess Cash Flow Amount at such time, plus
(c)    (i) the aggregate amount of proceeds received after the Closing Date and prior to such time that would have constituted Net Proceeds pursuant to clause (a) of the definition thereof, except for the operation of clause (x) or (y) of the second proviso thereof (the “Below Threshold Asset Sale Proceeds”) and (ii) the aggregate amount of any Declined Proceeds, plus
(d)    (i) the cumulative amount of proceeds (including cash and the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) of property other than cash) from the sale of Equity Interests of the Borrower, Holdings or any Parent Entity after the Closing Date and on or prior to such time (including upon exercise of warrants or options), which proceeds have been contributed as common equity to the capital of the Borrower, and (ii) common Equity Interests of Holdings, the Borrower or any Parent Entity issued upon conversion of Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness that is contractually subordinated to the Loan Obligations in right of payment) of the Borrower or any Subsidiary owed to a person other than the Borrower or a Subsidiary not previously applied for a purpose other than use in the Cumulative Credit; provided, that this clause (d) shall exclude Permitted Cure Securities, sales of Equity Interests financed as contemplated by Section 6.04(e) or used as described in clause (ix) of the definition of “EBITDA” and any amounts used to finance the payments or distributions in respect of any Junior Financing pursuant to Section 6.09(b), plus
(e)    100% of the aggregate amount of contributions as common equity to the capital of the Borrower received in cash (and the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) of property other than cash) after the Closing Date (subject to the same exclusions as are applicable to clause (d) above); plus
(f)    100% of the aggregate principal amount of any Indebtedness (including the liquidation preference or maximum fixed repurchase price, as the case may be, of any Disqualified Stock) of the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof issued after the Closing Date (other than Indebtedness issued to a Subsidiary), which has been converted into or exchanged for Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) in the Borrower, Holdings or any Parent Entity, plus
(g)    100% of the aggregate amount received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in cash (and the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) of property other than cash received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary) after the Closing Date from:
(A)    the issuance or sale (other than to the Borrower or any Subsidiary) of the Equity Interests of an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or
(B)    any dividend or other distribution by an Unrestricted Subsidiary, plus
(h)    in the event any Unrestricted Subsidiary has been redesignated as a Subsidiary or has been merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys its assets to, or is liquidated into, Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) of the Investments of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary in such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation, combination or transfer (or of the assets transferred or conveyed, as applicable), plus
(i)    an amount equal to any returns (including dividends, interest, distributions, returns of principal, profits on sale or other disposition, repayments, repurchases, redemptions, income and similar amounts) actually received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of any Investments made pursuant to Section 6.04(j)(Y), minus
(j)    any amounts thereof used to make Investments pursuant to Section 6.04(j)(Y) after the Closing Date prior to such time, minus
(k)    the cumulative amount of Restricted Payments made pursuant to Section 6.06(e) prior to such time, minus
(l)    any amount thereof used to make payments or distributions in respect of Junior Financings pursuant to Section 6.09(b)(i)(E) (other than payments made with proceeds from the issuance of Equity Interests that were excluded from the calculation of the Cumulative Credit pursuant to clause (d) above);
provided, however, (A) for purposes of Section 6.06(e), the calculation of the Cumulative Credit shall not include any Below Threshold Asset Sale Proceeds except to the extent they are used as contemplated in clauses (i) and (k) above, and (B) Cumulative Credit shall only be increased pursuant to clause (a) above to the extent that Excess Cash Flow for any Excess Cash Flow Period exceeds the ECF Threshold Amount (or, with respect to any Excess Cash Flow Interim Period, a pro rata portion of such amount).
Cumulative Retained Excess Cash Flow Amount” shall mean, at any date, an amount (which shall not be less than zero in the aggregate) determined on a cumulative basis equal to:
(a)    the aggregate cumulative sum of the Retained Percentage of Excess Cash Flow for all Excess Cash Flow Periods ending after the Closing Date and prior to such date, plus
(b)    for each Excess Cash Flow Interim Period ended prior to such date but as to which the corresponding Excess Cash Flow Period has not ended, an amount equal to the Retained Percentage of Excess Cash Flow for such Excess Cash Flow Interim Period, minus
(c)    the cumulative amount of all Retained Excess Cash Flow Overfundings as of such date.
Cure Amount” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.03.
Cure Right” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.03.
Current Assets” shall mean, with respect to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis at any date of determination, the sum of (a) all assets (other than cash and Permitted Investments or other cash equivalents) that would, in accordance with GAAP, be classified on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries as current assets at such date of determination, other than amounts related to current or deferred Taxes based on income or profits, and (b) in the event that a Permitted Securitization Financing is accounted for off balance sheet, (x) gross accounts receivable comprising part of the Securitization Assets subject to such Permitted Securitization Financing less (y) collections against the amounts sold pursuant to clause (x).
Current Liabilities” shall mean, with respect to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis at any date of determination, all liabilities that would, in accordance with GAAP, be classified on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries as current liabilities at such date of determination, other than (a) the current portion of any Indebtedness, (b) accruals of Interest Expense (excluding Interest Expense that is due and unpaid), (c) accruals for current or deferred Taxes based on income or profits, (d) accruals, if any, of transaction costs resulting from the Transactions, (e) accruals of any costs or expenses related to (i) severance or termination of employees prior to the Closing Date or (ii) bonuses, pension and other post-retirement benefit obligations, and (f) accruals for add-backs to EBITDA included in clauses (a)(iv), (a)(v), and (a)(vii) of the definition of such term.
Debt Fund Affiliate Lender” shall mean entities managed by the Fund or funds advised by its affiliated management companies that are primarily engaged in, or advises funds or other investment vehicles that are engaged in, making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans, bonds and similar extensions of credit or securities in the ordinary course and for which no personnel making investment decisions in respect of any equity fund which has a direct or indirect equity investment in Holdings, the Borrower or the Subsidiaries has the right to make any investment decisions.
Debt Service” shall mean, with respect to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for any period, Cash Interest Expense for such period, plus the portion of any cash payment allocable to principal amortization with respect to Capitalized Lease Obligations and obligations that resulted from any Sale and Lease-Back Transaction provided that such obligations were accounted for using the financing method for GAAP purposes, plus scheduled principal amortization of Consolidated Debt for such period.
Debtor Relief Laws” shall mean the Bankruptcy Code of the United States of America, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief laws of the United States of America or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.
Declined Proceeds” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.10(c)(i).
Declining Lender” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.10(c)(i).
Default” shall mean any event or condition that upon notice, lapse of time or both would constitute an Event of Default.
Defaulting Lender” shall mean, subject to Section 2.22, any Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of its Loans within two Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be funded hereunder or (ii) pay to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder (including in respect of its participation in Letters of Credit) within two Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified the Borrower, Administrative Agent or any Issuing Bank in writing that it does not intend or expect to comply with its funding obligations hereunder or generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, or has made a public statement to that effect, (c) has failed, within three Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower), (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity or (e) has become the subject of a Bail-In Action; provided, that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States of America or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (a) through (d) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 2.22) upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the Borrower, each Issuing Bank and each Lender.
Delaware Divided LLC” shall mean any limited liability company which has been formed upon the consummation of a Delaware LLC Division.
Delaware LLC Division” shall mean the statutory division of any limited liability company into two or more limited liability companies pursuant to Section 18-217 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act or a comparable provision of any other Requirement of Law.
Designated Non-Cash Consideration” shall mean the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) of non-cash consideration received by the Borrower or one of its Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, setting forth such valuation, less the amount of cash or cash equivalents received in connection with a subsequent disposition of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration.
Disinterested Director” shall mean, with respect to any person and transaction, a member of the Board of Directors of such person who does not have any material direct or indirect financial interest in or with respect to such transaction.
Dispose” or “Disposed of” shall mean to convey, sell, lease, sell and leaseback, assign, farm-out, transfer or otherwise dispose of any property, business or asset (including to dispose of any property, business or asset to a Delaware Divided LLC pursuant to a Delaware LLC Division). The term “Disposition” shall have a correlative meaning to the foregoing.
Disqualified Stock” shall mean, with respect to any person, any Equity Interests of such person that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security or other Equity Interests into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event or condition (a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (except as a result of a change of control or asset sale so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control or asset sale event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Loans and all other Loan Obligations that are accrued and payable and the termination of the Commitments), (b) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests), in whole or in part, (c) provides for the scheduled payments of dividends in cash, or (d) is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or any other Equity Interests that would constitute Disqualified Stock, in each case, prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the Latest Maturity Date in effect at the time of issuance thereof (provided, that only the portion of the Equity Interests that so mature or are mandatorily redeemable, are so convertible or exchangeable or are so redeemable at the option of the holder thereof prior to such date shall be deemed to be Disqualified Stock). Notwithstanding the foregoing: (i) any Equity Interests issued to any employee or to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Borrower or the Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because they may be required to be repurchased by the Borrower in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employee’s termination, death or disability and (ii) any class of Equity Interests of such person that by its terms authorizes such person to satisfy its obligations thereunder by delivery of Equity Interests that are not Disqualified Stock shall not be deemed to be Disqualified Stock.
Dollar Equivalent” shall mean, at any time, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, such amount, and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in any currency other than Dollars, the equivalent amount thereof in Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation Date or other applicable date of determination) for the purchase of Dollars with such currency.
Dollars” or “$” shall mean lawful money of the United States of America.
Domestic Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary that is not a Foreign Subsidiary.
EBITDA” shall mean, with respect to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such period plus (a) the sum of (in each case without duplication and to the extent the respective amounts described in subclauses (i) through (xiii) of this clause (a) reduced such Consolidated Net Income (and were not excluded therefrom) for the respective period for which EBITDA is being determined):
(i)    provision for Taxes based on income, profits or capital of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such period, including, without limitation, state, franchise and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes (including penalties and interest related to taxes or arising from tax examinations),
(ii)    Interest Expense (and to the extent not included in Interest Expense, (x) all cash dividend payments (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of preferred stock or Disqualified Stock and (y) costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities) of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such period,
(iii)    depreciation and amortization expenses of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such period including the amortization of intangible assets, deferred financing fees, original issue discount and Capitalized Software Expenditures and amortization of unrecognized prior service costs and actuarial gains and losses related to pensions and other post-employment benefits,
(iv)    business optimization expenses and other restructuring charges or reserves (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include the effect of inventory optimization programs, facility or store closure, facility or store consolidations, retention, severance, systems establishment costs, contract termination costs, future lease commitments and excess pension charges) and Pre-Opening Expenses,
(v)    any other non-cash charges; provided, that for purposes of this subclause (v) of this clause (a), any non-cash charges or losses shall be treated as cash charges or losses in any subsequent period during which cash disbursements attributable thereto are made (but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period),
(vi)    the amount of management, consulting, monitoring, transaction and advisory fees and related expenses paid to the Fund or any Fund Affiliate (or any accruals related to such fees and related expenses) during such period not in contravention of this Agreement,
(vii)    any expenses or charges (other than depreciation or amortization expense as described in the preceding clause (iii)) related to any issuance of Equity Interests, Investment, acquisition, New Project, Disposition, recapitalization or the incurrence, modification or repayment of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by this Agreement (including a refinancing thereof) (whether or not successful), including (x) such fees, expenses or charges related to the Existing Senior Unsecured Notes and this Agreement, (y) any amendment or other modification of the Obligations or other Indebtedness and (z) commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges (including any interest expense) related to any Permitted Securitization Financing,
(viii)    the amount of loss or discount in connection with a Permitted Securitization Financing,
(ix)    any costs or expense incurred pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement, to the extent that such costs or expenses are funded with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of the Borrower or a Subsidiary Loan Party (other than contributions received from the Borrower or another Subsidiary Loan Party) or net cash proceeds of an issuance of Equity Interests of the Borrower (other than Disqualified Stock),
(x)    [reserved],
(xi)    the amount of any loss attributable to a New Project, until the date that is 12 months after the date of completing the construction, acquisition, assembling or creation of such New Project, as the case may be; provided, that (A) such losses are reasonably identifiable and factually supportable and certified by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower and (B) losses attributable to such New Project after 12 months from the date of completing such construction, acquisition, assembling or creation, as the case may be, shall not be included in this clause (xi),
(xii)    with respect to any joint venture that is not a Subsidiary and solely to the extent relating to any net income referred to in clause (v) of the definition of “Consolidated Net Income”, an amount equal to the proportion of those items described in clauses (i) and (ii) above relating to such joint venture corresponding to the Borrower’s and the Subsidiaries’ proportionate share of such joint venture’s Consolidated Net Income (determined as if such joint venture were a Subsidiary), and
(xiii)    one-time costs associated with commencing Public Company Compliance;
minus (b) the sum of (without duplication and to the extent the amounts described in this clause (b) increased such Consolidated Net Income for the respective period for which EBITDA is being determined) non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such period (but excluding any such items (A) in respect of which cash was received in a prior period or will be received in a future period or (B) which represent the reversal of any accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges that reduced EBITDA in any prior period).
ECF Threshold Amount” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.11(c).
EEA Financial Institution” shall mean (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
EEA Member Country” shall mean any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
EEA Resolution Authority” shall mean any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
Election Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.10.
EMU Legislation” shall mean the legislative measures of the European Council for the introduction of, changeover to or operation of a single or unified European currency.
Environment” shall mean ambient and indoor air, surface water and groundwater (including potable water, navigable water and wetlands), the land surface or subsurface strata, natural resources such as flora and fauna, the workplace or as otherwise defined in any Environmental Law.
Environmental Laws” shall mean all applicable laws (including common law), rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, binding agreements, decrees or judgments, promulgated or entered into by or with any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the Environment, preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the generation, use, transport, management, Release or threatened Release of, or exposure to, any Hazardous Material or to public or employee health and safety matters (to the extent relating to the environment or Hazardous Materials).
Environmental Permits” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.16.
Equity Interests” of any person shall mean any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase or otherwise acquire, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) equity or ownership of such person, including any preferred stock, any limited or general partnership interest and any limited liability company membership interest, and any securities or other rights or interests convertible into or exchangeable for any of the foregoing.
ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as the same may be amended from time to time and any final regulations promulgated and the rulings issued thereunder.
ERISA Affiliate” shall mean any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with Holdings, the Borrower or a Subsidiary, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code, or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.
ERISA Event” shall mean (a) any Reportable Event or the requirements of Section 4043(b) of ERISA apply with respect to a Plan; (b) with respect to any Plan, the failure to satisfy the minimum funding standard under Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, whether or not waived; (c) a determination that any Plan is, or is expected to be, in “at-risk” status (as defined in Section 303(i)(4) of ERISA or Section 430(i)(4) of the Code); (d) the filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan, the failure to make by its due date a required installment under Section 430(j) of the Code with respect to any Plan or the failure to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (e) the incurrence by Holdings, the Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (f) the receipt by Holdings, the Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA; (g) the incurrence by Holdings, the Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (h) the receipt by Holdings, the Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from Holdings, the Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the impending imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA, or in “endangered” or “critical” status, within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code or Section 305 of ERISA; (i) the conditions for imposition of a lien under Section 303(k) of ERISA shall have been met with respect to any Plan; or (j) the withdrawal of any of Holdings, the Borrower, a Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate from a Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which such entity was a “substantial employer” as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA.
“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” shall mean the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time
Euro” shall mean the lawful currency of the Participating Member States introduced in accordance with the EMU Legislation.
Eurocurrency Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Eurocurrency Loans.
Eurocurrency Loan” shall mean any Eurocurrency Term Loan or Eurocurrency Revolving Loan.
Eurocurrency Revolving Facility Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Eurocurrency Revolving Loans.
Eurocurrency Revolving Loan” shall mean any Revolving Facility Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate in accordance with the provisions of Article II.
Eurocurrency Term Loan” shall mean any Term Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate in accordance with the provisions of Article II.
Event of Default” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.01.
Excess Cash Flow” shall mean, with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for any Applicable Period, EBITDA of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such Applicable Period, minus, without duplication, (A):
(a)    Debt Service for such Applicable Period,
(b)    the amount of any voluntary payment permitted hereunder of term Indebtedness during such Applicable Period (other than any voluntary prepayment of the Term Loans, which shall be the subject of Section 2.11(c)(ii)(A)) and the amount of any voluntary payments of revolving Indebtedness to the extent accompanied by permanent reductions of any revolving facility commitments during such Applicable Period (other than any voluntary prepayments of the Revolving Facility Commitment, which shall be the subject of Section 2.11(c)(ii)(B)), so long as the amount of such prepayment is not already reflected in Debt Service,
(c)    (i) Capital Expenditures by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis during such Applicable Period that are paid in cash and (ii) the aggregate consideration paid in cash during the Applicable Period in respect of Permitted Business Acquisitions, New Project expenditures and other Investments permitted hereunder (excluding Permitted Investments, intercompany Investments in Subsidiaries and Investments made pursuant to Section 6.04(j)(Y) (unless made pursuant to clause (b) of the definition of “Cumulative Credit”)) and payments in respect of restructuring activities,
(d)    Capital Expenditures, Permitted Business Acquisitions, New Project expenditures or other permitted Investments (excluding Permitted Investments and intercompany Investments in Subsidiaries), or payments in respect of planned restructuring activities, that the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall, during such Applicable Period, become obligated to make or otherwise anticipated to make payments with respect thereto but that are not made during such Applicable Period; provided, that (i) the Borrower shall deliver a certificate to the Administrative Agent not later than the date required for the delivery of the certificate pursuant to Section 2.11(c), signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower and certifying that payments in respect of such Capital Expenditures, Permitted Business Acquisitions, New Project expenditures or other permitted Investments or planned restructuring activities are expected to be made in the following Excess Cash Flow Period, and (ii) any amount so deducted shall not be deducted again in a subsequent Applicable Period,
(e)    Taxes paid in cash by Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis during such Applicable Period or that will be paid within six months after the close of such Applicable Period and the amount of any distributions made pursuant to Section 6.06(b)(iii) and Section 6.06(b)(v) during such Applicable Period or that will be made within six months after the close of such Applicable Period; provided, that with respect to any such amounts to be paid or distributed after the close of such Applicable Period, (i) any amount so deducted shall not be deducted again in a subsequent Applicable Period, and (ii) appropriate reserves shall have been established in accordance with GAAP,
(f)    an amount equal to any increase in Working Capital (other than any increase arising from the recognition or de-recognition of any Current Assets or Current Liabilities upon an acquisition or disposition of a business) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such Applicable Period and, at the Borrower’s option, any anticipated increase, estimated by the Borrower in good faith, for the following Excess Cash Flow Period,
(g)    cash expenditures made in respect of Hedging Agreements during such Applicable Period, to the extent not reflected in the computation of EBITDA or Interest Expense,
(h)    permitted Restricted Payments paid in cash by the Borrower during such Applicable Period and permitted Restricted Payments paid by any Subsidiary to any person other than the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries during such Applicable Period, in each case in accordance with Section 6.06 (other than Section 6.06(e) (unless made pursuant to clause (a) of the definition of “Cumulative Credit”)),
(i)    amounts paid in cash during such Applicable Period on account of (A) items that were accounted for as non-cash reductions of Net Income in determining Consolidated Net Income or as non-cash reductions of Consolidated Net Income in determining EBITDA of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in a prior Applicable Period and (B) reserves or accruals established in purchase accounting,
(j)    to the extent not deducted in the computation of Net Proceeds in respect of any asset disposition or condemnation giving rise thereto, the amount of any mandatory prepayment of Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness created hereunder or under any other Loan Document), together with any interest, premium or penalties required to be paid (and actually paid) in connection therewith,
(k)    the amount related to items that were added to or not deducted from Net Income in calculating Consolidated Net Income or were added to or not deducted from Consolidated Net Income in calculating EBITDA to the extent such items represented a cash payment which had not reduced Excess Cash Flow upon the accrual thereof in a prior Applicable Period, or an accrual for a cash payment, by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or did not represent cash received by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, in each case on a consolidated basis during such Applicable Period, and
(l)     the amount of (A) any deductions attributable to minority interests that were added to or not deducted from Net Income in calculating Consolidated Net Income and (B) EBITDA of joint ventures and minority investees added to Consolidated Net Income in calculating EBITDA,
plus, without duplication, (B):
(a)    an amount equal to any decrease in Working Capital (other than any decrease arising from the recognition or de-recognition of any Current Assets or Current Liabilities upon an acquisition or disposition of a business) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such Applicable Period,
(b)    all amounts referred to in clauses (A)(b), (A)(c) and (A)(d) above to the extent funded with the proceeds of the issuance or the incurrence of Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease Obligations and purchase money Indebtedness, but excluding proceeds of extensions of credit under any revolving credit facility), the sale or issuance of any Equity Interests (including any capital contributions) and any loss, damage, destruction or condemnation of, or any sale, transfer or other disposition (including any sale and leaseback of assets and any mortgage or lease of Real Property) to any person of any asset or assets, in each case to the extent there is a corresponding deduction from Excess Cash Flow above,
(c)    to the extent any permitted Capital Expenditures, Permitted Business Acquisitions, New Project expenditures or permitted Investments or payments in respect of planned restructuring activities referred to in clause (A)(d) above do not occur in the following Applicable Period of the Borrower specified in the certificate of the Borrower provided pursuant to clause (A)(d) above, the amount of such Capital Expenditures, Permitted Business Acquisitions, New Project expenditures or permitted Investments or payments in respect of planned restructuring activities that were not so made in such following Applicable Period,
(d)    cash payments received in respect of Hedging Agreements during such Applicable Period to the extent (i) not included in the computation of EBITDA or (ii) such payments do not reduce Cash Interest Expense,
(e)    any extraordinary or nonrecurring gain realized in cash during such Applicable Period (except to the extent such gain consists of Net Proceeds subject to Section 2.11(b)), and
(f)    the amount related to items that were deducted from or not added to Net Income in connection with calculating Consolidated Net Income or were deducted from or not added to Consolidated Net Income in calculating EBITDA to the extent either (i) such items represented cash received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or (ii) such items do not represent cash paid by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, in each case on a consolidated basis during such Applicable Period.
Excess Cash Flow Interim Period” shall mean, (x) during any Excess Cash Flow Period, any one, two, or three-quarter period (a) commencing on the later of (i) the end of the immediately preceding Excess Cash Flow Period and (ii) if applicable, the end of any prior Excess Cash Flow Interim Period occurring during the same Excess Cash Flow Period and (b) ending on the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter (other than the last day of the fiscal year) during such Excess Cash Flow Period for which financial statements are available and (y) during the period from the Closing Date until the beginning of the first Excess Cash Flow Period, any period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter for which financial statements are available.
Excess Cash Flow Period” shall mean each fiscal year of the Borrower, commencing with the fiscal year of the Borrower ending on December 29, 2019.
Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Excluded Contributions” shall mean the cash and Permitted Investments received by the Borrower after the Closing Date from: (a) contributions to its common Equity Interests, and (b) the sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Borrower or to any Subsidiary management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement) of Qualified Equity Interests of the Borrower, in each case designated as Excluded Contributions pursuant to a certificate of a Responsible Officer of Holdings or the Borrower on or promptly after the date such capital contributions are made or the date such Equity Interest is sold, as the case may be.
Excluded Indebtedness” shall mean all Indebtedness not incurred in violation of Section 6.01.
Excluded Property” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.10(g).
Excluded Resale” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.05(o).
Excluded Securities” shall mean any of the following:
(a)    any Equity Interests or Indebtedness with respect to which the Collateral Agent and the Borrower reasonably agree that the cost or other consequences of pledging such Equity Interests or Indebtedness in favor of the Secured Parties under the Security Documents are likely to be excessive in relation to the value to be afforded thereby;
(b)    in the case of any pledge of voting Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary (in each case, that is owned directly by the Borrower or a Subsidiary Loan Party) to secure the Obligations, any voting Equity Interest of such Foreign Subsidiary in excess of 65% of the outstanding Equity Interests of such class;
(c)    in the case of any pledge of voting Equity Interests of any FSHCO (in each case, that is owned directly by the Borrower or a Subsidiary Loan Party) to secure the Obligations, any voting Equity Interest of such FSHCO in excess of 65% of the outstanding Equity Interests of such class;
(d)    any Equity Interests or Indebtedness to the extent the pledge thereof would be prohibited by any Requirement of Law;
(e)    any Equity Interests of any person that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary to the extent (A) that a pledge thereof to secure the Obligations is prohibited by (i) any applicable organizational documents, joint venture agreement or shareholder agreement or (ii) any other contractual obligation with an unaffiliated third party not in violation of Section 6.09(c) (other than, in this subclause (A)(ii), customary non-assignment provisions which are ineffective under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable Requirements of Law), (B) any organizational documents, joint venture agreement or shareholder agreement (or other contractual obligation referred to in subclause (A)(ii) above) prohibits such a pledge without the consent of any other party; provided, that this clause (B) shall not apply if (1) such other party is a Loan Party or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary or (2) consent has been obtained to consummate such pledge (it being understood that the foregoing shall not be deemed to obligate the Borrower or any Subsidiary to obtain any such consent) and for so long as such organizational documents, joint venture agreement or shareholder agreement or replacement or renewal thereof is in effect, or (C) a pledge thereof to secure the Obligations would give any other party (other than a Loan Party or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary) to any organizational documents, joint venture agreement or shareholder agreement governing such Equity Interests (or other contractual obligation referred to in subclause (A)(ii) above) the right to terminate its obligations thereunder (other than, in the case of other contractual obligations referred to in subclause (A)(ii), customary non-assignment provisions which are ineffective under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable Requirement of Law);
(f)    any Equity Interests of any Immaterial Subsidiary, any Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Special Purpose Securitization Subsidiary;
(g)    any Equity Interests of any Subsidiary of, or other Equity Interests owned by, a Foreign Subsidiary;
(h)    any Equity Interests of any Subsidiary to the extent that the pledge of such Equity Interests could reasonably be expected to result in material adverse tax consequences to the Borrower or any Subsidiary as determined in good faith by the Borrower;
(i)    any Equity Interests that are set forth on Schedule 1.01(A) to this Agreement or that have been identified on or prior to the Closing Date in writing to the Agent by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower and agreed to by the Administrative Agent;
(j)    (x) any Equity Interests owned by Holdings, other than Equity Interests in the Borrower and (y) any Indebtedness owned by Holdings; and
(k)    any Margin Stock.
Excluded Subsidiary” shall mean any of the following (except as otherwise provided in clause (b) of the definition of “Subsidiary Loan Party”):
(a)each Immaterial Subsidiary,
(b)each Domestic Subsidiary that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary (for so long as such Subsidiary remains a non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary),
(c)each Domestic Subsidiary that is prohibited from Guaranteeing or granting Liens to secure the Obligations by any Requirement of Law or that would require consent, approval, license or authorization of a Governmental Authority to Guarantee or grant Liens to secure the Obligations (unless such consent, approval, license or authorization has been received),
(d)each Domestic Subsidiary that is prohibited by any applicable contractual requirement from Guaranteeing or granting Liens to secure the Obligations on the Closing Date or at the time such Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary not in violation of Section 6.09(c) (and for so long as such restriction or any replacement or renewal thereof is in effect),
(e)any Special Purpose Securitization Subsidiary,
(f)any Foreign Subsidiary,
(g)any Domestic Subsidiary (i) that is an FSHCO or (ii) that is a Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary,
(h)any other Domestic Subsidiary with respect to which, (x) the Administrative Agent and the Borrower reasonably agree that the cost or other consequences of providing a Guarantee of or granting Liens to secure the Obligations are likely to be excessive in relation to the value to be afforded thereby or (y) providing such a Guarantee or granting such Liens could reasonably be expected to result in material adverse tax consequences as determined in good faith by the Borrower,
(i)each Unrestricted Subsidiary, and
(j)with respect to any Swap Obligation, any Subsidiary that is not an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder.
Excluded Swap Obligation” shall mean, with respect to any Guarantor, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guarantee of such Guarantor of, or the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any Guarantee 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 Guarantor’s 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 Guarantee of such Guarantor or the grant of such security interest becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation, unless otherwise agreed between the Administrative Agent and the Borrower. 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 Guarantee or security interest is or becomes illegal.
Excluded Taxes” shall mean, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document, (i) Taxes imposed on or measured by its overall net income or branch profits (however denominated), and franchise (and similar) Taxes imposed on it, in each case by a jurisdiction (including any political subdivision thereof) as a result of such recipient being organized in, having its principal office in, or in the case of any Lender, having its applicable lending office in, such jurisdiction, or as a result of any other present or former connection with such jurisdiction (other than any such connection arising solely from this Agreement or any other Loan Documents or any transactions contemplated thereunder), (ii) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed on any payment by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document that is required to be imposed on amounts payable to such Lender (other than to the extent such Lender is an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 2.19(b) or 2.19(c)) pursuant to laws in force at the time such Lender becomes a party hereto (or designates a new lending office), except to the extent that such Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, immediately prior to the designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts or indemnification payments from any Loan Party with respect to such withholding Tax pursuant to Section 2.17, (iii) any withholding Tax imposed on any payment by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document that is attributable to the Administrative Agent’s, any Lender’s or any other recipient’s failure to comply with Section 2.17(d) or (e) or (iv) any Tax imposed under FATCA.
Excluded Transaction Debt” shall mean, for the first four fiscal quarters following the Closing Date only, all Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower in connection with the Transactions consisting of, or incurred to fund the payment of, any original issue discount or upfront fees in respect of the Term B Loans and/or the Revolving Facility.
Existing Class Loans” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.08(f).
Existing Credit Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the second recital hereto.
Existing Roll-Over Letters of Credit” shall mean those letters of credit or bank guarantees issued and outstanding as of the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 1.01(C), which shall each be deemed to constitute a Letter of Credit issued hereunder on the Closing Date.
Existing Senior Unsecured Note Documents” shall mean the Existing Senior Unsecured Notes Indenture and the other “Note Documents” under and as defined in the Existing Senior Unsecured Notes Indenture, as each such document may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Existing Senior Unsecured Notes” shall mean the $255,000,000 in the aggregate principal amount of the Borrower’s 8.000% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2022.
Existing Senior Unsecured Notes Indenture” shall mean the Indenture dated as of February 19, 2014, among the Borrower, as issuer, the Subsidiary Loan Parties party thereto and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as indenture trustee, as such document may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Extended Revolving Facility Commitment” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(e).
Extended Revolving Loan” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(e).
Extended Term Loan” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(e).
Extending Lender” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(e).
Extension” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(e).
Facility” shall mean the respective facility and commitments utilized in making Loans and credit extensions hereunder, it being understood that, as of the Closing Date there are two Facilities (i.e., the Term B Facility and the Revolving Facility Commitments established on the Closing Date and the extensions of credit thereunder) and thereafter, the term “Facility” may include any other Class of Commitments and the extensions of credit thereunder.
FATCA” shall mean Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, 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), or any Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder or official administrative interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code or any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of such Sections of the Code.
Federal Funds Effective Rate” shall mean, for any day, the rate per annum calculated by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York based on such day’s federal funds transactions by depository institutions (as determined in such manner as the Federal Reserve Bank of New York shall set forth on its public website from time to time), as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day.
Fees” shall mean the Commitment Fees, the L/C Participation Fees, the Issuing Bank Fees and the Administrative Agent Fees.
Financial Covenant” shall mean the covenant of the Borrower set forth in Section 6.11.
Financial Officer” of any person shall mean the Chief Financial Officer, principal accounting officer, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer or Controller of such person.
First Lien/First Lien Intercreditor Agreement” shall mean an intercreditor agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, or such other customary form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, as such document may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement” shall mean an intercreditor agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit I hereto, or such other customary form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, as such document may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Flood Documentation” shall mean, with respect to each Mortgaged Property located in the United States of America or any territory thereof, (i) a completed “life-of-loan” Federal Emergency Management Agency standard flood hazard determination (to the extent a Mortgaged Property is located in a Special Flood Hazard Area, together with a notice about Special Flood Hazard Area status and flood disaster assistance duly executed by the Borrower and the applicable Loan Party relating thereto) and (ii) a copy of, or a certificate as to coverage under, and a declaration page relating to, the insurance policies required by Section 5.02(c) hereof and the applicable provisions of the Security Documents, each of which shall (A) be endorsed or otherwise amended to include a “standard” or “New York” lender’s loss payable or mortgagee endorsement (as applicable), (B) name the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, as additional insured and loss payee/mortgagee, (C) identify the address of each property located in a Special Flood Hazard Area, the applicable flood zone designation and the flood insurance coverage and deductible relating thereto and (D) be otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.
Flood Insurance Laws” shall mean, collectively, (i) the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (ii) the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (iii) the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto and (iv) the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto.
Foreign Lender” shall mean any Lender (a) that is not disregarded as separate from its owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes and that is not a “United States person” as defined by Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code or (b) that is disregarded as separate from its owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes and whose regarded owner is not a “United States person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
Foreign Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary that is incorporated or organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia.
Fronting Exposure” shall mean, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, with respect to any Issuing Bank, such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Facility Percentage of Revolving L/C Exposure with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank other than such Revolving L/C Exposure as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof.
FSHCO” shall mean any Subsidiary that owns no material assets other than the Equity Interests of one or more Foreign Subsidiaries that are CFCs and/or of one or more FSHCOs.
Fund” shall mean, collectively, investment funds managed by Affiliates of Apollo Global Management, LLC.
Fund Affiliate” shall mean (i) each Affiliate of the Fund that is neither a “portfolio company” (which means a company actively engaged in providing goods or services to unaffiliated customers), whether or not controlled, nor a company controlled by a “portfolio company” and (ii) any individual who is a partner or employee of Apollo Management, L.P. or Apollo Management VIII, L.P.
GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in effect from time to time in the United States of America, applied on a consistent basis, subject to the provisions of Section 1.02; provided, that any reference to the application of GAAP in Sections 3.13(b), 3.20, 5.03, 5.07 and 6.02(e) to a Foreign Subsidiary (and not as a consolidated Subsidiary of the Borrower) shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in effect from time to time in the jurisdiction of organization of such Foreign Subsidiary.
Governmental Authority” shall mean any federal, state, local or foreign court or governmental agency, authority, instrumentality or regulatory or legislative body.
Guarantee” of or by any person (the “guarantor”) shall mean (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other monetary obligation payable or performable by another person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the holders of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof or to protect such holders against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b) any Lien on any assets of the guarantor securing any Indebtedness or other obligation (or any existing right, contingent or otherwise, of the holder of Indebtedness or other obligation to be secured by such a Lien) of any other person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by the guarantor; provided, however, that the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business or customary and reasonable indemnity obligations in effect on the Closing Date or entered into in connection with any acquisition or Disposition of assets permitted by this Agreement (other than such obligations with respect to Indebtedness). The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the Indebtedness in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by such person in good faith.
guarantor” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of the term “Guarantee.”
Guarantors” shall mean the Loan Parties other than the Borrower.
Hazardous Materials” shall mean all pollutants, contaminants, wastes, chemicals, materials, substances and constituents, including, without limitation, explosive or radioactive substances or petroleum by products or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas or pesticides, fungicides, fertilizers or other agricultural chemicals, of any nature subject to regulation or which can give rise to liability under any Environmental Law.
Hedge Bank” shall mean any person that is (or an Affiliate thereof is) (a) an Agent, an Arranger or a Lender on the Closing Date (or any person that becomes an Agent, Arranger or Lender or Affiliate thereof after the Closing Date) and that enters into a Hedging Agreement, in each case, in its capacity as a party to such Hedging Agreement or (b) listed in Schedule 1.01(G). For the avoidance of doubt, any Hedge Bank under clause (a) above shall continue to be a Hedge Bank with respect to the applicable Hedging Agreement even if it ceases to be an Agent, Arranger, Lender or Affiliate thereof after the Closing Date.
Hedging Agreement” shall mean any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction, or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value, or credit spread transaction, repurchase transaction, reserve repurchase transaction, securities lending transaction, weather index transaction, spot contracts, fixed price physical delivery contracts, or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions, in each case of the foregoing, whether or not exchange traded; provided, that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries shall be a Hedging Agreement.
Holdings” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
Holdings Guarantee and Pledge Agreement” shall mean the Holdings Guarantee and Pledge Agreement (First Lien) dated as of the Closing Date as may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, between Holdings and the Collateral Agent.
Immaterial Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary that (a) did not, as of the last day of the fiscal quarter of the Borrower most recently ended for which financial statements have been (or were required to be) delivered pursuant to Section 4.02(e), 5.04(a) or 5.04(b), have assets with a value in excess of 5.0% of the Consolidated Total Assets or revenues representing in excess of 5.0% of total revenues of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of such date, and (b) taken together with all Immaterial Subsidiaries as of such date, did not have assets with a value in excess of 10% of Consolidated Total Assets or revenues representing in excess of 10% of total revenues of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of such date; provided, that the Borrower may elect in its sole discretion to exclude as an Immaterial Subsidiary any Subsidiary that would otherwise meet the definition thereof. Each Immaterial Subsidiary as of the Closing Date shall be set forth in Schedule 1.01(B), and the Borrower shall update such Schedule from time to time after the Closing Date as necessary to reflect all Immaterial Subsidiaries at such time (the selection of Subsidiaries to be added to or removed from such Schedule to be made as the Borrower may determine).
Increased Amount” of any Indebtedness shall mean any increase in the amount of such Indebtedness in connection with any accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value, the amortization of original issue discount or deferred financing fees, the payment of interest or dividends in the form of additional Indebtedness or in the form of Equity Interests, as applicable, the accretion of original issue discount, deferred financing fees or liquidation preference and increases in the amount of Indebtedness outstanding solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies.
Incremental Amount” shall mean, at any time, the sum of:
(i)    the excess (if any) of (a) $55,000,000 over (b) the sum of (x) the aggregate amount of all Incremental Term Loan Commitments and Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments, in each case established after the Closing Date and prior to such time pursuant to Section 2.21 utilizing this clause (i) (other than Incremental Term Loan Commitments and Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments in respect of Refinancing Term Loans, Extended Term Loans, Extended Revolving Facility Commitments or Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments, respectively) and (y) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to Section 6.01(z) at such time; plus
(ii)    any amounts so long as immediately after giving effect to the establishment of the commitments in respect thereof utilizing this clause (ii) (and assuming such Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments are fully drawn) and the use of proceeds of the loans thereunder, (a) in the case of Incremental Loans that rank pari passu in right of security with the Term B Loans or the Initial Revolving Loans, the Net First Lien Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis is not greater than 2.75 to 1.00 and (b) in the case of Incremental Loans that rank junior in right of security to the Term B Loans and the Initial Revolving Loans, the Net Secured Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis is not greater than 5.00 to 1.00; provided that, for purposes of this clause (ii) net cash proceeds of Incremental Loans incurred at such time shall not be netted against the applicable amount of Consolidated Debt for purposes of such calculation of the Net First Lien Leverage Ratio or the Net Secured Leverage Ratio.
Incremental Assumption Agreement” shall mean an Incremental Assumption Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and, if applicable, one or more Incremental Term Lenders and/or Incremental Revolving Facility Lenders.
Incremental Commitment” shall mean an Incremental Term Loan Commitment or an Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment.
Incremental Loan” shall mean an Incremental Term Loan or an Incremental Revolving Loan.
Incremental Revolving Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Incremental Revolving Loans.
Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment” shall mean the commitment of any Lender, established pursuant to Section 2.21, to make Incremental Revolving Loans to the Borrower.
Incremental Revolving Facility Lender” shall mean a Lender with an Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment or an outstanding Incremental Revolving Loan.
Incremental Revolving Loan” shall mean (i) Revolving Facility Loans made by one or more Revolving Facility Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to an Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment to make additional Initial Revolving Loans and (ii) to the extent permitted by Section 2.21 and provided for in the relevant Incremental Assumption Agreement, Other Revolving Loans (including in the form of Extended Revolving Loans or Replacement Revolving Loans, as applicable), or (iii) any of the foregoing.
Incremental Term Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Incremental Term Loans.
Incremental Term Facility” shall mean any Class of Incremental Term Loan Commitments and the Incremental Term Loans made thereunder.
Incremental Term Loan Installment Date” shall have, with respect to any Class of Incremental Term Loans established pursuant to an Incremental Assumption Agreement, the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.10(a)(ii).
Incremental Term Lender” shall mean a Lender with an Incremental Term Loan Commitment or an outstanding Incremental Term Loan.
Incremental Term Loan Commitment” shall mean the commitment of any Lender, established pursuant to Section 2.21, to make Incremental Term Loans to the Borrower.
Incremental Term Loans” shall mean (i) Term Loans made by one or more Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(c) consisting of additional Term B Loans and (ii) to the extent permitted by Section 2.21 and provided for in the relevant Incremental Assumption Agreement, Other Term Loans (including in the form of Extended Term Loans or Refinancing Term Loans, as applicable), or (iii) any of the foregoing.
Indebtedness” of any person shall mean, if and to the extent (other than with respect to clause (i)) the same would constitute indebtedness or a liability on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property or assets purchased by such person, (d) all obligations of such person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than such obligations accrued in the ordinary course of business), to the extent that the same would be required to be shown as a long term liability on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP, (e) all Capitalized Lease Obligations of such person, (f) all net payments that such person would have to make in the event of an early termination, on the date Indebtedness of such person is being determined, in respect of outstanding Hedging Agreements, (g) the principal component of all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such person as an account party in respect of letters of credit, (h) the principal component of all obligations of such person in respect of bankers’ acceptances, (i) all Guarantees by such person of Indebtedness described in clauses (a) to (h) above and (j) the amount of all obligations of such person with respect to the redemption, repayment or other repurchase of any Disqualified Stock (excluding accrued dividends that have not increased the liquidation preference of such Disqualified Stock); provided, that Indebtedness shall not include (A) trade and other ordinary-course payables, accrued expenses, and intercompany liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business, (B) prepaid or deferred revenue, (C) purchase price holdbacks arising in the ordinary course of business in respect of a portion of the purchase prices of an asset to satisfy unperformed obligations of the seller of such asset, (D) earn-out obligations until such obligations become a liability on the balance sheet of such person in accordance with GAAP, (E) obligations in respect of Third Party Funds or (F) in the case of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (I) all intercompany Indebtedness having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any roll-over or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business and (II) intercompany liabilities in connection with the cash management, tax and accounting operations of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries. The Indebtedness of any person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership in which such person is a general partner, other than to the extent that the instrument or agreement evidencing such Indebtedness limits the liability of such person in respect thereof. To the extent not otherwise included, Indebtedness shall include the amount of any Receivables Net Investment.
Indemnified Taxes” shall mean all Taxes imposed on or with respect to or measured by any payment by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document other than (a) Excluded Taxes and (b) Other Taxes.
Indemnitee” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.05(b).
Ineligible Institution” shall mean (i) the persons identified as “Disqualified Lenders” in writing to the Arrangers by Holdings or the Borrower on or prior to the Closing Date, and (ii) the persons as may be identified in writing to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower from time to time thereafter (in the case of this clause (ii)) in respect of bona fide business competitors of the Borrower (in the good faith determination of the Borrower), by delivery of a notice thereof to the Administrative Agent setting forth such person or persons (or the person or persons previously identified to the Administrative Agent that are to be no longer considered “Ineligible Institutions”).
Information” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.14(a).
Initial Revolving Loan” shall mean a Revolving Facility Loan made (i) pursuant to the Revolving Facility Commitments in effect on the Closing Date (as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with this Agreement) or (ii) pursuant to any Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment on the same terms as the Revolving Facility Loans referred to in clause (i) of this definition.
Intellectual Property” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Collateral Agreement.
Intercreditor Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.11.
Interest Coverage Ratio” shall mean, on any date, the ratio of (a) EBITDA to (b) Interest Expense, in each case, for the Test Period most recently ended as of such date, all determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that the Interest Coverage Ratio shall be determined for the relevant Test Period on a Pro Forma Basis.
Interest Election Request” shall mean a request by the Borrower to convert or continue a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.07 and substantially in the form of Exhibit E or another form approved by the Administrative Agent.
Interest Expense” shall mean, with respect to any person for any period, the sum of (a) gross interest expense of such person for such period on a consolidated basis, including the portion of any payments or accruals with respect to Capitalized Lease Obligations allocable to interest expense and excluding additional interest expense in respect of the Existing Senior Unsecured Notes, amortization of deferred financing fees and original issue discount, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses, expensing of any bridge, commitment or other financing fees and non-cash interest expense attributable to movement in mark to market of obligations in respect of Hedging Agreements or other derivatives (in each case permitted hereunder) under GAAP), (b) capitalized interest of such person, and (c) commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges incurred in connection with any Permitted Securitization Financing which are payable to any person other than the Borrower or a Subsidiary Loan Party, minus interest income for such period. For purposes of the foregoing, gross interest expense shall be determined after giving effect to any net payments made or received and costs incurred by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries with respect to Hedging Agreements, and interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by the Borrower to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP.
Interest Payment Date” shall mean, (a) with respect to any Eurocurrency Loan, (i) the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part, (ii) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, each day that would have been an Interest Payment Date had successive Interest Periods of three months’ duration been applicable to such Borrowing and (iii) in addition, the date of any refinancing or conversion of such Borrowing with or to a Borrowing of a different Type and (b) with respect to any ABR Loan, the last Business Day of each calendar quarter.
Interest Period” shall mean, as to any Eurocurrency Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing or on the last day of the immediately preceding Interest Period applicable to such Borrowing, as applicable, and ending on the numerically corresponding day (or, if there is no numerically corresponding day, on the last day) in the calendar month that is 1, 2, 3 or 6 months thereafter (or 12 months, if at the time of the relevant Borrowing, all relevant Lenders make interest periods of such length available or, if agreed to by the Administrative Agent in connection with a material transaction, any shorter period), as the Borrower may elect; provided, however, that if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day. Interest shall accrue from and including the first day of an Interest Period to but excluding the last day of such Interest Period.
Interpolated Rate” shall mean, in relation to any Eurocurrency Borrowing, the rate which results from interpolating on a linear basis between: (a) the rate appearing on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or otherwise on the Reuters screen) for the longest period (for which that rate is available) which is less than the Interest Period and (b) the rate appearing on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or otherwise on the Reuters screen) for the shortest period (for which that rate is available) which exceeds the Interest Period, each as of approximately 11:00 A.M., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period.
Investment” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.04.
IPO Entity” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of “Qualified IPO”.
Issuing Bank” shall mean (i) the Administrative Agent, (ii) for purposes of the Existing Roll-Over Letters of Credit, the Issuing Bank set forth on Schedule 1.01(C), and (iii) each other Issuing Bank designated pursuant to Section 2.05(l), in each case in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, and its successors in such capacity. An Issuing Bank may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of such Issuing Bank, in which case the term “Issuing Bank” shall include any such Affiliate with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate. Jefferies Finance LLC will cause Letters of Credit to be issued by unaffiliated financial institutions and such Letters of Credit shall be treated as issued by Jefferies Finance LLC for all purposes under the Loan Documents.
Issuing Bank Fees” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.12(b).
Joint Bookrunners” shall mean, collectively, Credit Suisse Loan Funding LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., UBS Securities LLC, BMO Capital Markets Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Jefferies Finance LLC and BofA Securities, Inc.
Judgment Currency” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.19.
Junior Financing” shall mean any Indebtedness that is subordinated in right of payment to the Loan Obligations.
Junior Liens” means Liens on the Collateral that are junior to the Liens thereon securing the Term B Loans (and other Loan Obligations that are pari passu with the Term B Loans) pursuant to a Permitted Junior Intercreditor Agreement (it being understood that Junior Liens are not required to be pari passu with other Junior Liens, and that Indebtedness secured by Junior Liens may have Liens that are senior in priority to, or pari passu with, or junior in priority to, other Liens constituting Junior Liens).
L/C Disbursement” shall mean a payment or disbursement made by an Issuing Bank pursuant to a Letter of Credit.
L/C Participation Fee” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.12(b).
Latest Maturity Date” shall mean, at any date of determination, the latest of the latest Revolving Facility Maturity Date and the latest Term Facility Maturity Date, in each case then in effect on such date of determination.
Lender” shall mean each financial institution listed on Schedule 2.01 (other than any such person that has ceased to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance in accordance with Section 9.04), as well as any person that becomes a “Lender” hereunder pursuant to Section 9.04 or Section 2.21.
Lender Presentation” shall mean the Lender Presentation dated August 1, 2019, as modified or supplemented prior to the Closing Date
Lending Office” shall mean, as to any Lender, the applicable branch, office or Affiliate of such Lender designated by such Lender to make Loans.
Letter of Credit” shall mean any letter of credit or bank guarantee issued pursuant to Section 2.05, including any Alternate Currency Letter of Credit. Each Existing Roll-Over Letter of Credit shall be deemed to constitute a Letter of Credit issued hereunder on the Closing Date for all purposes of the Loan Documents.
Letter of Credit Commitment” shall mean, with respect to each Issuing Bank, the commitment of such Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 2.05.
Letter of Credit Sublimit” shall mean the aggregate Letter of Credit Commitments of the Issuing Banks, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000,000 (calculated, in the case of Alternate Currency Letters of Credit, based on the Dollar Equivalent thereof) or such larger amount not to exceed the Revolving Facility Commitment as the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank may agree.
LIBO Rateshall mean, with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing for any Interest Period, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the date that is two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period by reference to the ICE Benchmark Administration Interest Settlement Rates (or the successor thereto if the ICE Benchmark Administration is no longer making such rates available) for Dollar deposits or applicable Alternate Currency (as set forth by any service selected by the Administrative Agent that has been nominated by the ICE Benchmark Administration (or its successor) as an authorized information vendor for the purpose of displaying such rates) for a period equal to such Interest Period; provided that, to the extent that an interest rate is not ascertainable pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this definition, the “LIBO Rate” shall be the Interpolated Rate.
Lien” shall mean, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, hypothecation, pledge, charge, security interest or similar monetary encumbrance in or on such asset and (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset; provided, that in no event shall an operating lease or an agreement to sell be deemed to constitute a Lien.
Loan Documents” shall mean (i) this Agreement, (ii) the Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement, (iii) the Security Documents, (iv) each Incremental Assumption Agreement, (v) any Intercreditor Agreement, (vi) any Note issued under Section 2.09(e), (vii) the Letters of Credit and (viii) solely for the purposes of Sections 4.02 and 7.01 hereof, the Administrative Agent Fee Letter.
Loan Obligations” shall mean (a) the due and punctual payment by the Borrower of (i) the unpaid principal of and interest (including interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on the Loans made to the Borrower under this Agreement, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or otherwise, (ii) each payment required to be made by the Borrower under this Agreement in respect of any Letter of Credit, when and as due, including payments in respect of reimbursement of disbursements, interest thereon (including interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) and obligations to provide Cash Collateral and (iii) all other monetary obligations of the Borrower owed under or pursuant to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, including obligations to pay fees, expense reimbursement obligations and indemnification obligations, whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), and (b) the due and punctual payment of all obligations of each other Loan Party under or pursuant to each of the Loan Documents.
Loan Parties” shall mean Holdings (prior to a Qualified IPO of the Borrower), the Borrower and the Subsidiary Loan Parties.
Loans” shall mean the Term Loans and the Revolving Facility Loans.
Local Time” shall mean New York City time (daylight or standard, as applicable); provided that, with respect to any Alternate Currency Loan, “Local Time” shall mean the local time of the applicable Lending Office.
Majority Lenders” of any Facility shall mean, at any time, Lenders under such Facility having Loans and unused Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of all Loans outstanding under such Facility and unused Commitments under such Facility at such time (subject to the last paragraph of Section 9.08(b)).
Management Group” shall mean the group consisting of the directors, executive officers and other management personnel of the Borrower, Holdings or any Parent Entity, as the case may be, on the Closing Date together with (a) any new directors whose election by such boards of directors or whose nomination for election by the shareholders of the Borrower, Holdings or any Parent Entity, as the case may be, was approved by a vote of a majority of the directors of the Borrower, Holdings or any Parent Entity, as the case may be, then still in office who were either directors on the Closing Date or whose election or nomination was previously so approved and (b) executive officers and other management personnel of the Borrower, Holdings or any Parent Entity, as the case may be, hired at a time when the directors on the Closing Date together with the directors so approved constituted a majority of the directors of the Borrower or Holdings, as the case may be.
Margin Stock” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Regulation U.
Market Capitalization” shall means an amount equal to (i) the total number of issued and outstanding shares of common (or common equivalent) Equity Interests of the IPO Entity on the date of the declaration of the relevant Restricted Payment multiplied by (ii) the arithmetic mean of the closing prices per share of the common (or common equivalent) Equity Interests for the 30 consecutive trading days immediately preceding the date of declaration of such Restricted Payment.
Material Adverse Effect” shall mean a material adverse effect on the business, property, operations or financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or the validity or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents or the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders thereunder.
Material Indebtedness” shall mean Indebtedness (other than Loans and Letters of Credit) of any one or more of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $50,000,000; provided that in no event shall any Permitted Securitization Financing be considered Material Indebtedness.
Material Real Property” shall mean any parcel or parcels of Real Property located in the United States now or hereafter owned in fee by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party and having a fair market value (on a per-property basis) of at least $5,000,000 as of (x) the Closing Date, for Real Property now owned or (y) the date of acquisition, for Real Property acquired after the Closing Date, in each case as determined by the Borrower in good faith; provided, that “Material Real Property” shall not include (i) any Real Property in respect of which the Borrower or a Subsidiary Loan Party does not own the land in fee simple or (ii) any Real Property which the Borrower or a Subsidiary Loan Party leases to a third party or franchisee.
Material Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary other than an Immaterial Subsidiary.
Maximum Rate” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.09.
Minimum L/C Collateral Amount” shall mean, at any time, in connection with any Letter of Credit, (i) with respect to Cash Collateral consisting of cash or deposit account balances, an amount equal to 102% of the Revolving L/C Exposure with respect to such Letter of Credit at such time and (ii) otherwise, an amount sufficient to provide credit support with respect to such Revolving L/C Exposure as determined by the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Banks in their sole discretion.
Moody’s” shall mean Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
Mortgaged Properties” shall mean the Material Real Properties owned in fee by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party that are identified as such on Schedule 1.01(E) (the “Closing Date Mortgaged Properties”) and each additional Material Real Property encumbered by a Mortgage pursuant to Section 5.10.
Mortgages” shall mean, collectively, the mortgages, trust deeds, deeds of trust, deeds to secure debt, assignments of leases and rents, and other security documents (including amendments to any of the foregoing) delivered with respect to Mortgaged Properties, each substantially in the form of Exhibit F (with such changes as are reasonably consented to by the Collateral Agent to account for local law matters) or in such other form as is reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and the Borrower, in each case, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Multiemployer Plan” shall mean a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which the Borrower, Holdings or any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate (other than one considered an ERISA Affiliate only pursuant to subsection (m) or (o) of Code Section 414) is making or accruing an obligation to make contributions, or has within any of the preceding six plan years made or accrued an obligation to make contributions.
Net First Lien Leverage Ratio” shall mean on any date, the ratio of (A) (i) the sum of, without duplication, (x) the aggregate principal amount of any Consolidated Debt consisting of Loan Obligations outstanding as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended as of such date (other than Excluded Transaction Debt and other than Loan Obligations secured only by Junior Liens) and (y) the aggregate principal amount of any other Consolidated Debt of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the last day of such Test Period that is then secured by Liens on Collateral that are Other First Liens (other than Excluded Transaction Debt) less (ii) without duplication, the Unrestricted Cash and unrestricted Permitted Investments of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the last day of such Test Period, to (B) EBITDA for such Test Period, all determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided, that the Net First Lien Leverage Ratio shall be determined for the relevant Test Period on a Pro Forma Basis.
Net Income” shall mean, with respect to any person, the net income (loss) of such person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends.
Net Proceeds” shall mean:
(a)    100% of the cash proceeds actually received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party (including any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or purchase price adjustment receivable or otherwise and including casualty insurance settlements and condemnation awards, but only as and when received) from any Asset Sale under Section 6.05(g) (or Sale and Lease-Back Transactions under Section 6.03(b)(x)), net of (i) attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, investment banking fees, survey costs, title insurance premiums, and related search and recording charges, transfer taxes, deed or mortgage recording taxes, required debt payments and required payments of other obligations relating to the applicable asset to the extent such debt or obligations are secured by a Lien permitted hereunder (other than pursuant to the Loan Documents) on such asset, other customary expenses and brokerage, consultant and other customary fees actually incurred in connection therewith, (ii) Taxes paid or payable (in the good faith determination of the Borrower) as a result thereof and (iii) the amount of any reasonable reserve established in accordance with GAAP against any adjustment to the sale price or any liabilities (other than any taxes deducted pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) above) (x) related to any of the applicable assets and (y) retained by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries including, without limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations (however, the amount of any subsequent reduction of such reserve (other than in connection with a payment in respect of any such liability) shall be deemed to be cash proceeds of such Asset Sale occurring on the date of such reduction); provided, that, if Holdings or the Borrower shall deliver a certificate of a Responsible Officer of Holdings or the Borrower to the Administrative Agent promptly following receipt of any such proceeds setting forth Holdings’ or the Borrower’s intention to use any portion of such proceeds, within 12 months of such receipt, to acquire, maintain, develop, construct, improve, upgrade or repair assets useful in the business of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries or to make Permitted Business Acquisitions and other Investments permitted hereunder (excluding Permitted Investments or intercompany Investments in Subsidiaries) or to reimburse the cost of any of the foregoing incurred on or after the date on which the Asset Sale giving rise to such proceeds was contractually committed, such portion of such proceeds shall not constitute Net Proceeds except to the extent not, within 12 months of such receipt, so used or contractually committed to be so used (it being understood that if any portion of such proceeds are not so used within such 12 month period but within such 12 month period are contractually committed to be used, then such remaining portion if not so used within six months following the end of such 12 month period shall constitute Net Proceeds as of such date without giving effect to this proviso); provided, further, that (x) no net cash proceeds calculated in accordance with the foregoing realized in a single transaction or series of related transactions shall constitute Net Proceeds unless such net cash proceeds shall exceed $15,000,000 (and thereafter only net cash proceeds in excess of such amount shall constitute Net Proceeds) and (y) no net cash proceeds calculated in accordance with the foregoing shall constitute Net Proceeds in any fiscal year until the aggregate amount of all such net cash proceeds otherwise constituting Net Proceeds pursuant to the foregoing clause (x) in such fiscal year shall exceed $50,000,000 (and thereafter only net cash proceeds in excess of such amount shall constitute Net Proceeds); and
(b)    100% of the cash proceeds from the incurrence, issuance or sale by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party of any Indebtedness (other than Excluded Indebtedness), net of all taxes and fees (including investment banking fees), commissions, costs and other expenses, in each case incurred in connection with such incurrence, issuance or sale.
Net Secured Leverage Ratio” shall mean, on any date, the ratio of (A) (i) the sum of, without duplication, (x) the aggregate principal amount of any Consolidated Debt consisting of Loan Obligations outstanding as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended as of such date (other than Excluded Transaction Debt) and (y) the aggregate principal amount of any other Consolidated Debt of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the last day of such Test Period that is then secured by Liens on Collateral (other than Excluded Transaction Debt) less (ii) without duplication, the Unrestricted Cash and unrestricted Permitted Investments of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the last day of such Test Period, to (B) EBITDA for such Test Period, all determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided, that the Net Secured Leverage Ratio shall be determined for the relevant Test Period on a Pro Forma Basis.
Net Total Leverage Ratio” shall mean, on any date, the ratio of (A) (i) without duplication, the aggregate principal amount of any Consolidated Debt of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries outstanding as of the last day of the Test Period most recently ended as of such date (other than Excluded Transaction Debt) less (ii) without duplication, the Unrestricted Cash and unrestricted Permitted Investments of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the last day of such Test Period, to (B) EBITDA for such Test Period, all determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided, that the Net Total Leverage Ratio shall be determined for the relevant Test Period on a Pro Forma Basis.
New Class Loans” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.08(f).
New Parent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of the term “Change of Control”.
New Project” shall mean (x) each plant, facility, branch or store which is either a new plant, facility, branch or store or an expansion, relocation, remodeling or substantial modernization of an existing plant, facility, branch or store owned by the Borrower or the Subsidiaries and (y) each creation (in one or a series of related transactions) of a business unit (including, without limitation, individual stores) or each expansion (in one or a series of related transactions) of business into a new market, in each case, which is under development or otherwise in process.
Non-Consenting Lender” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.19(c).
Non-Defaulting Lender” shall mean, at any time, each Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender at such time.
Note” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.09(e).
Obligations” shall mean, collectively, (a) the Loan Obligations, (b) obligations in respect of any Secured Cash Management Agreement and (c) obligations in respect of any Secured Hedge Agreement.
OFAC” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.25(b).
Other First Lien Debt” means obligations secured by Other First Liens.
Other First Liens” means Liens on the Collateral that are pari passu with the Liens thereon securing the Term B Loans (and other Loan Obligations that are pari passu with the Term B Loans) pursuant to a Permitted Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement.
Other Revolving Facility Commitments” shall mean Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments to make Other Revolving Loans.
Other Revolving Loans” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21.
Other Taxes” shall mean any and all present or future stamp or documentary Taxes or any other excise, transfer, sales, property, intangible, mortgage recording or similar Taxes arising from any payment made hereunder or under any other Loan Document or from the execution, registration, delivery or enforcement of, consummation or administration of, from the receipt or perfection of security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, the Loan Documents (but excluding any Excluded Taxes).
Other Term Loans” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21 (including in the form of Extended Term Loans or Refinancing Term Loans, as applicable).
Parent Entity” shall mean any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower.
Pari Term Loans” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.02.
Pari Yield Differential” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.02.
Participant” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(d)(i).
Participant Register” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(d)(ii).
Participating Member State” shall mean each state so described in any EMU Legislation.
PBGC” shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA.
Perfection Certificate” shall mean the Perfection Certificate with respect to the Borrower and the other Loan Parties in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, as the same may be supplemented from time to time to the extent required by Section 5.04(f).
Permitted Business Acquisition” shall mean any acquisition of all or substantially all the assets of, or all or substantially all the Equity Interests (other than directors’ qualifying shares) not previously held by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in, or merger, consolidation or amalgamation with, a person or division, line of business or individual store of a person (or any subsequent investment made in a person or division, line of business or individual store previously acquired in a Permitted Business Acquisition), if immediately after giving effect thereto: (i) no Event of Default under clause (b), (c), (h) or (i) of Section 7.01 shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, provided, however, that with respect to a proposed acquisition pursuant to an executed acquisition agreement, at the option of the Borrower, the determination of whether such an Event of Default shall exist shall be made solely at the time of the execution of the acquisition agreement related to such Permitted Business Acquisition; (ii) all transactions related thereto shall be consummated in accordance with applicable laws; (iii) with respect to any such acquisition or investment with cash consideration in excess of $50,000,000, the Borrower shall be in Pro Forma Compliance immediately after giving effect to such acquisition or investment and any related transaction; (iv) any acquired or newly formed Subsidiary shall not be liable for any Indebtedness except for Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01; (v) to the extent required by Section 5.10, any person acquired in such acquisition, if acquired by the Borrower or a Domestic Subsidiary, shall be merged into the Borrower or a Subsidiary Loan Party or become upon consummation of such acquisition a Subsidiary Loan Party; and (vi) the aggregate cash consideration in respect of such acquisitions and investments in assets that are not owned by the Borrower or Subsidiary Loan Parties or in Equity Interests in persons that are not Subsidiary Loan Parties or do not become Subsidiary Loan Parties, in each case upon consummation of such acquisition, shall not exceed $15,000,000 (excluding for purposes of the calculation in this clause (vi), (A) any such assets or Equity Interests that are no longer owned by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and (B) acquisitions and investments made at a time when, immediately after giving effect thereto, the Net Total Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis would not exceed 3.25 to 1.00, which acquisitions and investments shall be permitted under this clause (vi) without regard to such calculation).
Permitted Cure Securities” shall mean any equity securities of the Borrower, Holdings or any Parent Entity issued pursuant to the Cure Right other than Disqualified Stock.
Permitted Holder Group” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Permitted Holders.”
Permitted Holders” shall mean (i) the Co-Investors, (ii) any person that, directly or indirectly, holds or acquires beneficial ownership of 100% on a fully diluted basis of the voting Equity Interests of the Borrower, and of which no other person or “group” (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act as in effect on the Closing Date), other than any of the other Permitted Holders, beneficially owns more than 50% (or, following a Qualified IPO, the greater of 35% and the percentage beneficially owned by the Permitted Holders specified in clause (i) and this clause (ii)) on a fully diluted basis of the voting Equity Interests thereof, and any New Parent and its subsidiaries, (iii) any person who is acting solely as an underwriter in connection with a public or private offering of Equity Interests of the Borrower or any Parent Entity, acting in such capacity and (iv) any “group” (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act as in effect on the Closing Date) the members of which include any of the other Permitted Holders and that, directly or indirectly, hold or acquire beneficial ownership of the voting Equity Interests of the Borrower (a “Permitted Holder Group”), so long as (1) no member of the Permitted Holder Group (other than Permitted Holders specified in clause (i), (ii) or (iii)) has the right to elect a number of directors that is greater than such member’s proportional share of directors (with such member’s proportional share of directors being determined based on the total number of directors on the applicable board of directors multiplied by the percentage of voting Equity Interests held or acquired by such member) and (2) no person or other “group” (other than the other Permitted Holders) beneficially owns more than 50% (or, following a Qualified IPO, the greater of 35% and the percentage beneficially owned by the Permitted Holders) on a fully diluted basis of the voting Equity Interests held by the Permitted Holder Group.
Permitted Investments” shall mean:
(a)    direct obligations of the United States of America or any member of the European Union or any agency thereof or obligations guaranteed by the United States of America or any member of the European Union or any agency thereof, in each case with maturities not exceeding two years from the date of acquisition thereof;
(b)    time deposit accounts, certificates of deposit, money market deposits, banker’s acceptances and other bank deposits maturing within 180 days of the date of acquisition thereof issued by a bank or trust company that is organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or any foreign country recognized by the United States of America having capital, surplus and undivided profits in excess of $250,000,000 and whose long-term debt, or whose parent holding company’s long-term debt, is rated A (or such similar equivalent rating or higher by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization (as defined in Rule 436 under the Securities Act));
(c)    repurchase obligations with a term of not more than 180 days for underlying securities of the types described in clause (a) above entered into with a bank meeting the qualifications described in clause (b) above;
(d)    commercial paper, maturing not more than one year after the date of acquisition, issued by a corporation (other than an Affiliate of the Borrower) organized and in existence under the laws of the United States of America or any foreign country recognized by the United States of America with a rating at the time as of which any investment therein is made of P 1 (or higher) according to Moody’s, or A 1 (or higher) according to S&P (or such similar equivalent rating or higher by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization (as defined in Rule 436 under the Securities Act));
(e)    securities with maturities of two years or less from the date of acquisition, issued or fully guaranteed by any State, commonwealth or territory of the United States of America, or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof, and rated at least A by S&P or A by Moody’s (or such similar equivalent rating or higher by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization (as defined in Rule 436 under the Securities Act));
(f)    shares of mutual funds whose investment guidelines restrict 95% of such funds’ investments to those satisfying the provisions of clauses (a) through (e) above;
(g)    money market funds that (i) comply with the criteria set forth in Rule 2a 7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, (ii) are rated AAA by S&P and Aaa by Moody’s and (iii) have portfolio assets of at least $5,000,000,000;
(h)    time deposit accounts, certificates of deposit, money market deposits, banker’s acceptances and other bank deposits in an aggregate face amount not in excess of 0.5% of the total assets of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, as of the end of the Borrower’s most recently completed fiscal year; and
(j)    instruments equivalent to those referred to in clauses (a) through (i) above denominated in any foreign currency comparable in credit quality and tenor to those referred to above and commonly used by corporations for cash management purposes in any jurisdiction outside the United States of America to the extent reasonably required in connection with any business conducted by any Subsidiary organized in such jurisdiction.
Permitted Junior Intercreditor Agreement” shall mean, with respect to any Liens on Collateral that are intended to be junior to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Term B Loans (and other Loan Obligations that are secured by Liens on the Collateral that are pari passu with the Liens thereon securing the Term B Loans) (including, for the avoidance of doubt, junior Liens pursuant to Section 2.21(b)(ii) or (v)), either (as the Borrower shall elect) (x) the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement if such Liens secure “Second Lien Obligations” (as defined therein), (y) another intercreditor agreement not materially less favorable to the Lenders vis-à-vis such junior Liens than the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) or (z) another intercreditor agreement the terms of which are consistent with market terms governing security arrangements for the sharing of liens on a junior basis at the time such intercreditor agreement is proposed to be established in light of the type of Indebtedness to be secured by such liens, as determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in the exercise of reasonable judgment.
Permitted Liens” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.02.
Permitted Loan Purchase” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(i).
Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Acceptance” shall mean an assignment and acceptance entered into by a Lender as an Assignor and the Borrower as an Assignee, as accepted by the Administrative Agent (if required by Section 9.04) in the form of Exhibit G or such other form as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
Permitted Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement” shall mean, with respect to any Liens on Collateral that are intended to be pari passu with the Liens on the Collateral securing the Term B Loans (and other Loan Obligations that are secured by Liens on the Collateral that are pari passu with the Liens thereon securing the Term B Loans), either (as the Borrower shall elect) (x) the First Lien/First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, (y) another intercreditor agreement not materially less favorable to the Lenders vis-à-vis such pari passu Liens than the First Lien/First Lien Intercreditor Agreement (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) or (z) another intercreditor agreement the terms of which are consistent with market terms governing security arrangements for the sharing of liens on a pari passu basis at the time such intercreditor agreement is proposed to be established in light of the type of Indebtedness to be secured by such liens, as determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in the exercise of reasonable judgment.
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness” shall mean any Indebtedness issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund (collectively, to “Refinance”), the Indebtedness being Refinanced (or previous refinancings thereof constituting Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness); provided, that (a) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so Refinanced (plus unpaid accrued interest and premium (including tender premiums) thereon and underwriting discounts, defeasance costs, fees, commissions, expenses, plus an amount equal to any existing commitment unutilized thereunder and letters of credit undrawn thereunder), (b) except with respect to Section 6.01(i), (i) the final maturity date of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is on or after the earlier of (x) the final maturity date of the Indebtedness being Refinanced and (y)  the Latest Maturity Date in effect at the time of incurrence thereof and (ii) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is greater than or equal to the lesser of (i) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Indebtedness being Refinanced and (ii) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Class of Term Loans then outstanding with the greatest remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity, (c) if the Indebtedness being Refinanced is subordinated in right of payment to the Loan Obligations under this Agreement, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to such Loan Obligations on terms in the aggregate not materially less favorable to the Lenders as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being Refinanced, (d) no Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall have obligors that are not (or would not have been) obligated with respect to the Indebtedness being so Refinanced (except that a Loan Party may be added as an additional obligor) and (e) if the Indebtedness being Refinanced is secured by Liens on any Collateral (whether senior to, equally and ratably with, or junior to the Liens on such Collateral securing the Loan Obligations or otherwise), such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness may be secured by such Collateral (including any Collateral pursuant to after-acquired property clauses to the extent any such Collateral secured (or would have secured) the Indebtedness being Refinanced) on terms in the aggregate that are substantially similar to, or not materially less favorable to the Secured Parties than, the Indebtedness being refinanced or on terms otherwise permitted by Section 6.02.
Permitted Securitization Documents” shall mean all documents and agreements evidencing, relating to or otherwise governing a Permitted Securitization Financing.
Permitted Securitization Financing” shall mean one or more transactions pursuant to which (i) Securitization Assets or interests therein are sold to or financed by one or more Special Purpose Securitization Subsidiaries, and (ii) such Special Purpose Securitization Subsidiaries finance their acquisition of such Securitization Assets or interests therein, or the financing thereof, by selling or borrowing against Securitization Assets and any Obligations in respect of any Secured Hedge Agreement entered into in connection with such Securitization Assets; provided, that recourse to the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than the Special Purpose Securitization Subsidiaries) in connection with such transactions shall be limited to the extent customary (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) for similar transactions in the applicable jurisdictions (including, to the extent applicable, in a manner consistent with the delivery of a “true sale”/“absolute transfer” opinion with respect to any transfer by the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than a Special Purpose Securitization Subsidiary).
person” shall mean any natural person, corporation, business trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, limited liability company or government, individual or family trusts, or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
Plan” shall mean any employee pension benefit plan as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA (other than a Multiemployer Plan) that is (i) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, (ii) sponsored, maintained or contributed to (at the time of determination or at any time within the five years prior thereto) by Holdings, the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate, and (iii) in respect of which Holdings, the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
Platform” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.17(a).
Pledged Collateral” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Collateral Agreement.
Pre-Opening Expenses” shall mean, with respect to any fiscal period, the amount of expenses (other than interest expense) incurred with respect to stores which are classified as “pre-opening expenses” or “store-opening costs” (or any similar or equivalent caption) in the applicable financial statements of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such period, prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Pricing Grid” shall mean, with respect to the Revolving Facility Loans and Revolving Facility Commitments, the table set forth below:
Pricing Grid for Revolving Facility Loans
Net Total Leverage Ratio
Applicable Margin for ABR Loans
Applicable Margin for Eurocurrency Loans
Greater than 4.80 to 1.00
5.50%
6.50%
Less than or equal to 4.80 to 1.00 but greater than 4.30 to 1.00
5.25%
6.25%
Less than or equal to 4.30 to 1.00
5.00%
6.00%

Pricing Grid for Revolving Facility Commitments
Net Total Leverage Ratio
Applicable Commitment Fee
Greater than 4.30 to 1.00
0.50%
Less than or equal to 4.30 to 1.00
0.375%

For the purposes of the Pricing Grid, changes in the Applicable Margin and Applicable Commitment Fee resulting from changes in the Net Total Leverage Ratio shall become effective on the date (the “Adjustment Date”) that is three Business Days after the date on which the relevant financial statements are delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 5.04 for each fiscal quarter beginning with the first full fiscal quarter of the Borrower ended after the Closing Date, and shall remain in effect until the next change to be effected pursuant to this paragraph. If any financial statements referred to above are not delivered within the time periods specified in Section 5.04, then, at the option of the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, until the date that is three Business Days after the date on which such financial statements are delivered, the pricing level that is one pricing level higher than the pricing level theretofore in effect shall apply as of the first Business Day after the date on which such financial statements were to have been delivered but were not delivered.
primary obligor” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of the term “Guarantee.”
Prime Rate” shall mean the rate of interest per annum as announced from time to time by Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City.
Pro Forma Basis” shall mean, as to any person, for any events as described below that occur subsequent to the commencement of a period for which the financial effect of such events is being calculated, and giving effect to the events for which such calculation is being made, such calculation as will give pro forma effect to such events as if such events occurred on the first day of the four consecutive fiscal quarter period ended on or before the occurrence of such event (the “Reference Period”): (i) pro forma effect shall be given to any Disposition, any acquisition, Investment, capital expenditure, construction, repair, replacement, improvement, development, disposition, merger, amalgamation, consolidation (including the Transactions) (or any similar transaction or transactions not otherwise permitted under Section 6.04 or 6.05 that require a waiver or consent of the Required Lenders and such waiver or consent has been obtained), any dividend, distribution or other similar payment, any designation of any Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary and any Subsidiary Redesignation, New Project, and any restructurings of the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries has determined to make and/or made and are expected to have a continuing impact and are factually supportable, which would include cost savings resulting from head count reduction, closure of facilities and similar operational and other cost savings, which adjustments the Borrower determines are reasonable as set forth in a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower (the foregoing, together with any transactions related thereto or in connection therewith, the “relevant transactions”), in each case that occurred during the Reference Period (or, in the case of determinations made pursuant to Section 2.21 or Article VI (other than Section 6.11), occurring during the Reference Period or thereafter and through and including the date upon which the relevant transaction is consummated), (ii) in making any determination on a Pro Forma Basis, (x) all Indebtedness (including Indebtedness issued, incurred or assumed as a result of, or to finance, any relevant transactions and for which the financial effect is being calculated, whether incurred under this Agreement or otherwise, but excluding normal fluctuations in revolving Indebtedness incurred for working capital purposes and amounts outstanding under any Permitted Securitization Financing, in each case not to finance any acquisition) issued, incurred, assumed or permanently repaid during the Reference Period (or, in the case of determinations made pursuant to Section 2.21 or Article VI (other than Section 6.11), occurring during the Reference Period or thereafter and through and including the date upon which the relevant transaction is consummated) shall be deemed to have been issued, incurred, assumed or permanently repaid at the beginning of such period, (y) Interest Expense of such person attributable to interest on any Indebtedness, for which pro forma effect is being given as provided in the preceding clause (x), bearing floating interest rates shall be computed on a pro forma basis as if the rates that would have been in effect during the period for which pro forma effect is being given had been actually in effect during such periods, and (z) in giving effect to clause (i) above with respect to each New Project which commences operations and records not less than one full fiscal quarter’s operations during the Reference Period, the operating results of such New Project shall be annualized on a straight line basis during such period, taking into account any seasonality adjustments determined by the Borrower in good faith, and (iii) (A) any Subsidiary Redesignation then being designated, effect shall be given to such Subsidiary Redesignation and all other Subsidiary Redesignations after the first day of the relevant Reference Period and on or prior to the date of the respective Subsidiary Redesignation then being designated, collectively, and (B) any designation of a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, effect shall be given to such designation and all other designations of Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries after the first day of the relevant Reference Period and on or prior to the date of the then applicable designation of a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, collectively.
In the event that EBITDA or any financial ratio is being calculated for purposes of determining whether Indebtedness or any Lien relating thereto may be incurred or whether any Investment may be made, the Borrower may elect pursuant to a certificate of a Responsible Officer delivered to the Administrative Agent to treat all or any portion of the commitment relating thereto as being incurred at the time of such commitment, in which case any subsequent incurrence of Indebtedness under such commitment shall not be deemed, for purposes of this calculation, to be an incurrence at such subsequent time.
Pro forma calculations made pursuant to the definition of the term “Pro Forma Basis” shall be determined in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower and may include adjustments to reflect (1) operating expense reductions and other operating improvements, synergies or cost savings reasonably expected to result from any relevant pro forma event (including, to the extent applicable, the Transactions), (2) all adjustments of the type used in connection with the calculation of “Adjusted EBITDA” as set forth in the Lender Presentation to the extent such adjustments, without duplication, continue to be applicable to such Reference Period and (3) anticipated run-rate EBITDA reasonably expected to be achieved (in the good faith determination of the Borrower) from New Projects (and the achievement of related operating expense reductions and other operating improvements, synergies or cost savings associated therewith) so long as such New Project is then under development or is otherwise in process; provided that the adjustments pursuant to clause (1) and (3) above (x) shall not exceed 25% of EBITDA for the Reference Period (calculated prior to giving effect to such capped adjustments (but, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to other uncapped pro forma adjustments)) and (y) shall only be included to the extent that the actions resulting in such operating expense reductions and other operating improvements, synergies or costs savings are taken or commenced or expected to be taken or commenced (in the good faith determination of the Borrower) within 18 months after the date any such calculation is performed. The Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower setting forth such operating expense reductions, other operating improvements or synergies and adjustments pursuant to clause (2) above, and information and calculations supporting them in reasonable detail.
For purposes of this definition, any amount in a currency other than Dollars will be converted to Dollars based on the average exchange rate for such currency for the most recent twelve month period immediately prior to the date of determination in a manner consistent with that used in calculating EBITDA for the applicable period.
Pro Forma Compliance” shall mean, at any date of determination, that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be in compliance, on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect on a Pro Forma Basis to the relevant transactions (including the assumption, the issuance, incurrence and permanent repayment of Indebtedness), with the Financial Covenant recomputed as at the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for which the financial statements and certificates required pursuant to Section 5.04 have been delivered. For the avoidance of doubt, Pro Forma Compliance shall be tested without regard to whether or not the Financial Covenant was or was required to be tested on the applicable quarter-end date.
Pro Rata Extension Offers” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(e).
Pro Rata Share” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.08(f).
Projections” shall mean the projections of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries included in the Lender Presentation and any other projections and any forward-looking statements (including statements with respect to booked business) of such entities furnished to the Lenders or the Administrative Agent by or on behalf of the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries prior to the Closing Date.
PTE” means a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.
Public Company Compliance” shall mean compliance with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith, the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, and the rules of national securities exchange listed companies (in each case, as applicable to companies with equity or debt securities held by the public), including procuring directors’ and officers’ insurance, legal and other professional fees, and listing fees.
Public Lender” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.17(b).
Qualified Equity Interests” shall mean any Equity Interest other than Disqualified Stock.
Qualified IPO” shall mean (i) an underwritten public offering of the Equity Interests of the Borrower, Holdings or any Parent Entity which generates (individually or in the aggregate together with any prior underwritten public offering) gross cash proceeds of at least $50,000,000 or (ii) the merger of the Borrower, Holdings or any Parent Entity into an entity that has, or whose direct or indirect parent has, previously consummated a public offering of Equity Interests and is a public company at the applicable time (any such entity referred to in clause (i) or (ii), the “IPO Entity”).
Rate” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of the term “Type”.
Real Property” shall mean, collectively, all right, title and interest (including any leasehold estate) in and to any and all parcels of or interests in real property owned in fee or leased by any Loan Party, whether by lease, license, or other means, together with, in each case, all easements, hereditaments and appurtenances relating thereto, all improvements and appurtenant fixtures and equipment, incidental to the ownership, lease or operation thereof.
Receivables Assets” shall mean accounts receivable (including any bills of exchange) and related assets and property from time to time originated, acquired or otherwise owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary.
Receivables Net Investment” shall mean the aggregate cash amount paid by the lenders or purchasers under any Permitted Securitization Financing in connection with their purchase of, or the making of loans secured by, Receivables Assets or interests therein, as the same may be reduced from time to time by collections with respect to such Receivables Assets or otherwise in accordance with the terms of the Permitted Securitization Documents (but excluding any such collections used to make payments of items included in clause (c) of the definition of “Interest Expense”); provided, however, that if all or any part of such Receivables Net Investment shall have been reduced by application of any distribution and thereafter such distribution is rescinded or must otherwise be returned for any reason, such Receivables Net Investment shall be increased by the amount of such distribution, all as though such distribution had not been made.
Reference Period” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of the term “Pro Forma Basis.”
Refinance” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of the term “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness,” and “Refinanced” and “Refinancings” shall have a meaning correlative thereto.
Refinancing Effective Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(j).
Refinancing Notes” shall mean any secured or unsecured notes or loans issued by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party (whether under an indenture, a credit agreement or otherwise) and the Indebtedness represented thereby; provided, that (a) (i) 100% of the Net Proceeds of such Refinancing Notes that are secured on a pari passu basis with the Term B Loans are used to permanently reduce Loans and/or replace Commitments substantially simultaneously with the issuance thereof or (ii) 90% of the Net Proceeds of any other Refinancing Notes are used to permanently reduce Loans and/or replace Commitments substantially simultaneously with the issuance thereof; (b) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Refinancing Notes does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the aggregate portion of the Loans so reduced and/or Commitments so replaced (plus unpaid accrued interest and premium (including tender premiums) thereon and underwriting discounts, defeasance costs, fees, commissions and expenses); (c) the final maturity date of such Refinancing Notes is on or after the Term Facility Maturity Date or the Revolving Facility Maturity Date, as applicable, of the Term Loans so reduced or the Revolving Facility Commitments so replaced; (d) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Refinancing Notes is greater than or equal to the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Term Loans so reduced or the Revolving Facility Commitments so replaced, as applicable; (e) in the case of Refinancing Notes in the form of notes issued under an indenture, the terms thereof do not provide for any scheduled repayment, mandatory redemption or sinking fund obligations prior to the Term Facility Maturity Date of the Term Loans so reduced or the Revolving Facility Maturity Date of the Revolving Facility Commitments so replaced, as applicable (other than customary offers to repurchase or mandatory prepayment provisions upon a change of control, asset sale or event of loss and customary acceleration rights after an event of default); (f) the other terms of such Refinancing Notes (other than interest rates, fees, floors, funding discounts and redemption or prepayment premiums and other pricing terms), taken as a whole, are substantially similar to, or not materially less favorable to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries than the terms, taken as a whole, applicable to the Term B Loans (except for covenants or other provisions applicable only to periods after the Latest Maturity Date in effect at the time such Refinancing Notes are issued or those that are otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent), as determined by the Borrower in good faith (or, if more restrictive, the Loan Documents are amended to contain such more restrictive terms to the extent required to satisfy the foregoing standard); (g) there shall be no obligor in respect of such Refinancing Notes that is not a Loan Party; and (h) Refinancing Notes that are secured by Collateral shall be subject to the provisions of a Permitted Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement or a Permitted Junior Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable.
Refinancing Term Loans” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(j).
Register” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b)(iv).
Regulation T” shall mean Regulation T of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
Regulation U” shall mean Regulation U of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
Regulation X” shall mean Regulation X of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
Related Fund” shall mean, with respect to any Lender that is a fund that invests in bank or commercial loans and similar extensions of credit, any other fund that invests in bank or commercial loans and similar extensions of credit and is advised or managed by (a) such Lender, (b) an Affiliate of such Lender or (c) an entity (or an Affiliate of such entity) that administers, advises or manages such Lender.
Related Parties” shall mean, with respect to any specified person, such person’s Controlled or Controlling Affiliates and the respective directors, trustees, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such person and such person’s Controlled or Controlling Affiliates.
Related Sections” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.04.
Release” shall mean any spilling, leaking, seepage, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, disposing, depositing, emanating or migrating in, into, onto or through the Environment.
Replacement Revolving Facilities” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(l).
Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(l).
Replacement Revolving Facility Effective Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(l).
Replacement Revolving Loans” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(l).
Reportable Event” shall mean any reportable event as defined in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, other than those events as to which the 30-day notice period referred to in Section 4043(c) of ERISA has been waived, with respect to a Plan (other than a Plan maintained by an ERISA Affiliate that is considered an ERISA Affiliate only pursuant to subsection (m) or (o) of Section 414 of the Code).
Required Lenders” shall mean, at any time, Lenders having (a)  Loans outstanding, (b) Revolving L/C Exposures and (c) Available Unused Commitments that, taken together, represent more than 50% of the sum of (w) all Loans outstanding, (x) all Revolving L/C Exposures and (y)  the total Available Unused Commitments at such time; provided, that (i) the Loans, Revolving L/C Exposures and Available Unused Commitment of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in determining Required Lenders at any time and (ii) the portion of any Term Loans held by Debt Fund Affiliate Lenders in the aggregate in excess of 49.9% of the Required Amount of Loans shall be disregarded in determining Required Lenders at any time. For purposes of the foregoing, “Required Amount of Loans” means, at any time, the amount of Loans required to be held by Lenders in order for such Lenders to constitute “Required Lenders” (without giving effect to the foregoing clause (ii)).
Required Percentage” shall mean, with respect to an Applicable Period, 75%; provided, that if (a) if the Net Total Leverage Ratio as at the end of the Applicable Period is less than or equal to 4.50 to 1.00 but greater than 4.25 to 1.00, such percentage shall be 50%, (b) if the Net Total Leverage Ratio as at the end of the Applicable Period is less than or equal to 4.25 to 1.00 but greater than 4.00 to 1.00, such percentage shall be 25% and (c) if the Net Total Leverage Ratio as at the end of the Applicable Period is less than or equal to 4.00 to 1.00, such percentage shall be 0%.
Required Prepayment Lenders” shall mean, at any time, the holders of more than 50% of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Term Loans at such time (subject to the last paragraph of Section 9.08(b)).
Required Revolving Facility Lenders” shall mean, at any time, Revolving Facility Lenders having (a) Revolving Facility Loans outstanding, (b) Revolving L/C Exposures and (c)  Available Unused Commitments that, taken together, represent more than 50% of the sum of (w) all Revolving Facility Loans outstanding, (x) all Revolving L/C Exposures and (y) the total Available Unused Commitments at such time; provided, that the Revolving Facility Loans, Revolving L/C Exposures and Available Unused Commitment of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in determining Required Revolving Facility Lenders at any time.
Requirement of Law” shall mean, as to any person, any law, treaty, rule, regulation, statute, order, ordinance, decree, judgment, consent decree, writ, injunction, settlement agreement or governmental requirement enacted, promulgated or imposed or entered into or agreed by any Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such person or any of its property or assets or to which such person or any of its property or assets is subject.
Responsible Officer” of any person shall mean any executive officer or Financial Officer of such person and any other officer or similar official thereof responsible for the administration of the obligations of such person in respect of this Agreement, or any other duly authorized employee or signatory of such person.
Restricted Payments” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.06. The amount of any Restricted Payment made other than in the form of cash or cash equivalents shall be the fair market value thereof (as determined by the Borrower in good faith).
Retained Excess Cash Flow Overfunding” shall mean, at any time, in respect of any Excess Cash Flow Period, the amount, if any, by which the portion of the Cumulative Credit attributable to the Retained Percentage of Excess Cash Flow for all Excess Cash Flow Interim Periods used in such Excess Cash Flow Period exceeds the actual Retained Percentage of Excess Cash Flow for such Excess Cash Flow Period.
Retained Percentage” shall mean, with respect to any Excess Cash Flow Period (or Excess Cash Flow Interim Period), (a) 100% minus (b) the Required Percentage with respect to such Excess Cash Flow Period (or Excess Cash Flow Interim Period).
Revaluation Date” shall mean (a) with respect to any Alternate Currency Letter of Credit, each of the following: (i) each date of issuance, extension or renewal of an Alternate Currency Letter of Credit, (ii) each date of an amendment of any Alternate Currency Letter of Credit having the effect of increasing the amount thereof, (iii) each date of any payment by the Issuing Bank under any Alternate Currency Letter of Credit, and (iv) such additional dates as the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank shall determine or the Required Lenders shall require and (b) with respect to any Alternate Currency Loans, each of the following: (i) each date of a Borrowing of Eurocurrency Revolving Loans denominated in an Alternate Currency, (ii) each date of a continuation of a Eurocurrency Revolving Loan denominated in an Alternate Currency pursuant to Section 2.07, and (iii) such additional dates as the Administrative Agent shall determine or the Majority Lenders under the Revolving Facility shall require.
Revolving Facility” shall mean the Revolving Facility Commitments of any Class and the extensions of credit made hereunder by the Revolving Facility Lenders of such Class and, for purposes of Section 9.08(b), shall refer to all such Revolving Facility Commitments as a single Class.
Revolving Facility Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Revolving Facility Loans of the same Class.
Revolving Facility Commitment” shall mean, with respect to each Revolving Facility Lender, the commitment of such Revolving Facility Lender to make Revolving Facility Loans pursuant to Section 2.01(b), expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate permitted amount of such Revolving Facility Lender’s Revolving Facility Credit Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.08, (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender under Section 9.04, and (c) increased (or replaced) as provided under Section 2.21. The initial amount of each Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and Acceptance or Incremental Assumption Agreement pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Revolving Facility Commitment (or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment), as applicable. The aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Revolving Facility Commitments on the Closing Date is $114,000,000. On the Closing Date, there is only one Class of Revolving Facility Commitments. After the Closing Date, additional Classes of Revolving Facility Commitments may be added or created pursuant to Incremental Assumption Agreements.
Revolving Facility Credit Exposure” shall mean, at any time with respect to any Class of Revolving Facility Commitments, the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Facility Loans of such Class outstanding at such time (calculated, in the case of Alternate Currency Loans, based on the Dollar Equivalent thereof) and (b)  the Revolving L/C Exposure applicable to such Class at such time minus, for the purpose of Sections 6.11 and 7.03, the amount of Letters of Credit that have been Cash Collateralized in an amount equal to the Minimum L/C Collateral Amount at such time. The Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of any Revolving Facility Lender at any time shall be the product of (x) such Revolving Facility Lender’s Revolving Facility Percentage of the applicable Class and (y) the aggregate Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of such Class of all Revolving Facility Lenders, collectively, at such time.
Revolving Facility Lender” shall mean a Lender (including an Incremental Revolving Facility Lender) with a Revolving Facility Commitment or with outstanding Revolving Facility Loans.
Revolving Facility Loan” shall mean a Loan made by a Revolving Facility Lender pursuant to Section 2.01(b). Unless the context otherwise requires, the term “Revolving Facility Loans” shall include the Other Revolving Loans.
Revolving Facility Maturity Date” shall mean, as the context may require, (a) with respect to the Revolving Facility in effect on the Closing Date, August 30, 2024 and (b) with respect to any other Classes of Revolving Facility Commitments, the maturity dates specified therefor in the applicable Incremental Assumption Agreement; provided that in the event more than $50,000,000 in principal amount of Existing Senior Unsecured Notes remain outstanding on the date that is 91 days prior to the stated maturity thereof (such date, the “Revolving Facility Springing Maturity Date”), the Revolving Facility Maturity Date in respect of the Revolving Facility shall be the Revolving Facility Springing Maturity Date.
Revolving Facility Percentage” shall mean, with respect to any Revolving Facility Lender of any Class, the percentage of the total Revolving Facility Commitments of such Class represented by such Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitment of such Class. If the Revolving Facility Commitments of such Class have terminated or expired, the Revolving Facility Percentages of such Class shall be determined based upon the Revolving Facility Commitments of such Class most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments pursuant to Section 9.04.
Revolving Facility Termination Event” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.05(k).
Revolving L/C Exposure” of any Class shall mean at any time the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn amount of all Letters of Credit applicable to such Class outstanding at such time (calculated, in the case of Alternate Currency Letters of Credit, based on the Dollar Equivalent thereof) and (b) the aggregate principal amount of all L/C Disbursements applicable to such Class that have not yet been reimbursed at such time (calculated, in the case of Alternate Currency Letters of Credit, based on the Dollar Equivalent thereof). The Revolving L/C Exposure of any Class of any Revolving Facility Lender at any time shall mean its applicable Revolving Facility Percentage of the aggregate Revolving L/C Exposure applicable to such Class at such time. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the International Standard Practices, International Chamber of Commerce No. 590, or similar regulations, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn. Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided, that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.
Revolving Yield Differential” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(b)(viii).
S&P” shall mean Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, Inc.
Sale and Lease-Back Transaction” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.03.
SEC” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto.
Secured Cash Management Agreement” shall mean any Cash Management Agreement that is entered into by and between any Loan Party and any Cash Management Bank, or any Guarantee by any Loan Party of any Cash Management Agreement entered into by and between any Subsidiary and any Cash Management Bank, in each case to the extent that such Cash Management Agreement or such Guarantee, as applicable, is not otherwise designated in writing by the Borrower and such Cash Management Bank to the Administrative Agent to not be included as a Secured Cash Management Agreement.
Secured Hedge Agreement” shall mean any Hedging Agreement that is entered into by and between any Loan Party and any Hedge Bank, or any Guarantee by any Loan Party of any Hedging Agreement entered into by and between any Subsidiary and any Hedge Bank, in each case to the extent that such Hedging Agreement or such Guarantee, as applicable, is not otherwise designated in writing by the Borrower and such Hedge Bank to the Administrative Agent to not be included as a Secured Hedge Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for all purposes of the Loan Documents, any Guarantee of, or grant of any Lien to secure, any obligations in respect of a Secured Hedge Agreement by a Guarantor shall not include any Excluded Swap Obligations.  
Secured Parties” shall mean, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, each Lender, each Issuing Bank, each Hedge Bank that is party to any Secured Hedge Agreement, each Cash Management Bank that is party to any Secured Cash Management Agreement and each sub-agent appointed pursuant to Section 8.02 by the Administrative Agent with respect to matters relating to the Loan Documents or by the Collateral Agent with respect to matters relating to any Security Document.
Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Securitization Assets” shall mean any of the following assets (or interests therein) from time to time originated, acquired or otherwise owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or in which the Borrower or any Subsidiary has any rights or interests, in each case, without regard to where such assets or interests are located: (a) Receivables Assets, (b) franchise fee payments and other revenues related to franchise agreements, (c) royalty and other similar payments made related to the use of trade names and other Intellectual Property, business support, training and other services, (d) revenues related to distribution and merchandising of the products of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (e) rents, real estate taxes and other non-royalty amounts due from franchisees, (f) Intellectual Property rights relating to the generation of any of the foregoing types of assets, (g) parcels of or interests in real property, together with all easements, hereditaments and appurtenances thereto, all improvements and appurtenant fixtures and equipment, incidental to the ownership, lease or operation thereof, and (h) any other assets and property to the extent customarily included in securitization transactions of the relevant type in the applicable jurisdictions (as determined by the Borrower in good faith).
Security Documents” shall mean the Mortgages, the Collateral Agreement, the Holdings Guarantee and Pledge Agreement, the IP Security Agreements (as defined in the Collateral Agreement), and each of the security agreements, pledge agreements and other instruments and documents executed and delivered pursuant to any of the foregoing or pursuant to Section 5.10.
Similar Business” shall mean any business, the majority of whose revenues are derived from (i) business or activities conducted by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date, (ii) any business that is a natural outgrowth or reasonable extension, development or expansion of any such business or any business similar, reasonably related, incidental, complementary or ancillary to any of the foregoing or (iii) any business that in the Borrower’s good faith business judgment constitutes a reasonable diversification of businesses conducted by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
Special Flood Hazard Area” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.02(c).
Special Purpose Securitization Subsidiary” shall mean (i) a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower established in connection with a Permitted Securitization Financing for the acquisition of Securitization Assets or interests therein, and which is organized in a manner (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) intended to reduce the likelihood that it would be substantively consolidated with Holdings (prior to a Qualified IPO), the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries (other than Special Purpose Securitization Subsidiaries) in the event Holdings (prior to a Qualified IPO), the Borrower or any such Subsidiary becomes subject to a proceeding under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code (or other insolvency law) and (ii) any subsidiary of a Special Purpose Securitization Subsidiary.
Specified L/C Sublimit” shall mean, with respect to any Issuing Bank, the amounts set forth beside such Issuing Bank’s name on Schedule 1.01(F) hereto or, in each case, such other amount as specified in the agreement pursuant to which such person becomes an Issuing Bank hereunder or, in each case, such larger amount not to exceed the Revolving Facility Commitment as the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank may agree or, with respect to the Issuing Bank under an Existing Roll-Over Letter of Credit, the additional amount of such Existing Roll-Over Letter of Credit.
Spot Rate” shall mean, with respect to any currency, the rate determined by the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank, as applicable, to be the rate quoted by the person acting in such capacity as the spot rate for the purchase by such person of such currency with another currency through its principal foreign exchange trading office at approximately 11:00 a.m., Local Time on the date three Business Days prior to the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made or if such rate cannot be computed as of such date such other date as the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank shall reasonably determine is appropriate under the circumstances; provided, that the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank may obtain such spot rate from another financial institution designated by the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank if the person acting in such capacity does not have as of the date of determination a spot buying rate for any such currency.
Standby Letters of Credit” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(a).
Statutory Reserves” shall mean the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the Board and any other banking authority, domestic or foreign, to which the Administrative Agent or any Lender (including any branch, Affiliate or other fronting office making or holding a Loan) is subject for Eurocurrency Liabilities (as defined in Regulation D of the Board). Eurodollar Loans shall be deemed to constitute Eurocurrency Liabilities (as defined in Regulation D of the Board) and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under such Regulation D. Statutory Reserves shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.
Subagent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.02.
subsidiary” shall mean, with respect to any person (herein referred to as the “parent”), any corporation, partnership, association or other business entity (a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, at the time any determination is being made, directly or indirectly, owned, Controlled or held, or (b) that is, at the time any determination is made, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.
Subsidiary” shall mean, unless the context otherwise requires, a subsidiary of the Borrower. Notwithstanding the foregoing (and except for purposes of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” contained herein) an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be deemed not to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries for purposes of this Agreement.
Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement” shall mean the Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement (First Lien) dated as of the Closing Date as may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, between each Subsidiary Loan Party and the Collateral Agent.
Subsidiary Loan Party” shall mean (a) each Wholly Owned Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not an Excluded Subsidiary and (b) any other Subsidiary of the Borrower that may be designated by the Borrower (by way of delivering to the Collateral Agent a supplement to the Collateral Agreement and a supplement to the Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement, in each case, duly executed by such Subsidiary) in its sole discretion from time to time to be a guarantor in respect of the Obligations and the obligations in respect of the Loan Documents, whereupon such Subsidiary shall be obligated to comply with the other requirements of Section 5.10(d) as if it were newly acquired.
Subsidiary Redesignation” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” contained in this Section 1.01.
Successor Borrower” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.05(n).
Swap Obligation” shall mean, 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.
Syndication Agent” shall mean Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC.
Taxes” shall mean any and all present or future taxes, duties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding) or other similar charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, whether computed on a separate, consolidated, unitary, combined or other basis and any interest, fines, penalties or additions to tax with respect to the foregoing.
Term B Borrowing” shall mean any Borrowing comprised of Term B Loans.
Term B Facility” shall mean the Term B Loan Commitments and the Term B Loans made hereunder.
Term B Facility Maturity Date” shall mean August 30, 2026; provided that in the event more than $50,000,000 in principal amount of Existing Senior Unsecured Notes remain outstanding on the date that is 91 days prior to the stated maturity thereof (such date, the “Term B Facility Springing Maturity Date”), the Term B Facility Maturity Date in respect of the Term B Facility shall be the Term B Facility Springing Maturity Date.
Term B Loan Commitment” shall mean, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Term B Loans hereunder. The amount of each Lender’s Term B Loan Commitment as of the Closing Date is set forth on Schedule 2.01. The aggregate amount of the Term B Loan Commitments as of the Closing Date is $760,000,000.
Term B Loan Installment Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.10(a)(i).
Term B Loans” shall mean (a) the term loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(a), and (b) any Incremental Term Loans in the form of Term B Loans made by the Incremental Term Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(c).
Term Borrowing” shall mean any Term B Borrowing or any Incremental Term Borrowing.
Term Facility” shall mean the Term B Facility and/or any or all of the Incremental Term Facilities.
Term Facility Commitment” means the commitment of a Lender to make Term Loans, including Term B Loans and/or Other Term Loans.
Term Facility Lender” shall mean a Lender (including Incremental Term Lender) with a Term Facility Commitment or with outstanding Term Loans.
Term Facility Maturity Date” shall mean, as the context may require, (a) with respect to the Term B Facility in effect on the Closing Date, the Term B Facility Maturity Date and (b) with respect to any other Class of Term Loans, the maturity dates specified therefor in the applicable Incremental Assumption Agreement.
Term Loan Installment Date” shall mean any Term B Loan Installment Date or any Incremental Term Loan Installment Date.
Term Loans” shall mean the Term B Loans and/or the Incremental Term Loans.
Term Yield Differential” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.21(b)(vii).
Termination Date” shall mean the date on which (a) all Commitments shall have been terminated, (b) the principal of and interest on each Loan, all Fees and all other expenses or amounts payable under any Loan Document shall have been paid in full (other than in respect of contingent indemnification and expense reimbursement claims not then due) and (c) all Letters of Credit (other than those that have been Cash Collateralized) have been cancelled or have expired and all amounts drawn or paid thereunder have been reimbursed in full.
Testing Condition” shall be satisfied at any time if as of such time (i) the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Revolving Facility Loans at such time (calculated, in the case of Alternate Currency Loans, based on the Dollar Equivalent thereof and excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any Letter of Credit) exceeds (ii) an amount equal to 30% of the aggregate amount of the Revolving Facility Commitments at such time.
Test Period” shall mean, on any date of determination, the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower then most recently ended (taken as one accounting period) for which financial statements have been (or were required to be) delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or 5.04(b); provided that prior to the first date financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(a) or 5.04(b), the Test Period in effect shall be the four fiscal quarter period ending September 30, 2018.
Third Party Funds” shall mean any accounts or funds, or any portion thereof, received by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as agent on behalf of third parties in accordance with a written agreement that imposes a duty upon Borrower or one or more of its Subsidiaries to collect and remit those funds to such third parties.
Trade Letters of Credit” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(a).
Transaction Documents” shall mean the Loan Documents.
Transaction Expenses” shall mean any fees or expenses incurred or paid by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates in connection with the Transactions, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
Transactions” shall mean, collectively, the transactions to occur pursuant to the Transaction Documents, including (a) the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents, the creation of the Liens pursuant to the Security Documents, and the initial borrowings hereunder and the use of proceeds thereof; (b) the repayment in full of, and the termination of all obligations and commitments under, the Existing Credit Agreement; and (c) the payment of all fees and expenses to be paid and owing in connection with the foregoing.
Type” shall mean, when used in respect of any Loan or Borrowing, the Rate by reference to which interest on such Loan or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing is determined. For purposes hereof, the term “Rate” shall include the Adjusted LIBO Rate and the ABR.
Uniform Commercial Code” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as the same may from time to time be in effect in the State of New York or the Uniform Commercial Code (or similar code or statute) of another jurisdiction, to the extent it may be required to apply to any item or items of Collateral.
Unreimbursed Amount” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(e).
Unrestricted Cash” shall mean cash or cash equivalents of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that would not appear as “restricted” on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
Unrestricted Subsidiary” shall mean (1) any Subsidiary of the Borrower identified on Schedule 1.01(D), (2) any other Subsidiary of the Borrower, whether now owned or acquired or created after the Closing Date, that is designated by the Borrower as an Unrestricted Subsidiary hereunder by written notice to the Administrative Agent; provided, that the Borrower shall only be permitted to so designate a new Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date so long as (a) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, (b) immediately after giving effect to such designation, the Borrower shall be in Pro Forma Compliance with the Financial Covenant as of the last day of the then most recently ended Test Period, (c) such Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be capitalized (to the extent capitalized by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) through Investments as permitted by, and in compliance with, Section 6.04, and any prior or concurrent Investments in such Subsidiary by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to have been made under Section 6.04, and (d) without duplication of clause (c), any net assets owned by such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of the initial designation thereof shall be treated as Investments pursuant to Section 6.04; and (3) any subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Borrower may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Subsidiary for purposes of this Agreement (each, a “Subsidiary Redesignation”); provided, that (i)  no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, and (ii) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officer’s certificate executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, certifying to the best of such officer’s knowledge, compliance with the requirements of preceding clause (i).
U.S. Bankruptcy Code” shall mean Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended, or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.
U.S. Dollars”, “Dollars” or “$” shall mean lawful money of the United States of America.
U.S. Lender” shall mean any Lender other than a Foreign Lender.
USA PATRIOT Act” shall mean the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Title III of Pub. L. No. 107 56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)).
Voting Stock” shall mean, with respect to any person, such person’s Equity Interests having the right to vote for the election of directors of such person under ordinary circumstances.
Weighted Average Life to Maturity” shall mean, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing: (a) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (i) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (ii) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by (b) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.
Wholly Owned Domestic Subsidiary” shall mean a Wholly Owned Subsidiary that is also a Domestic Subsidiary.
Wholly Owned Subsidiary” of any person shall mean a subsidiary of such person, all of the Equity Interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares or nominee or other similar shares required pursuant to applicable law) are owned by such person or another Wholly Owned Subsidiary of such person. Unless the context otherwise requires, “Wholly Owned Subsidiary” shall mean a Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower.
Withdrawal Liability” shall mean liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
Working Capital” shall mean, with respect to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis at any date of determination, Current Assets at such date of determination minus Current Liabilities at such date of determination; provided, that, for purposes of calculating Excess Cash Flow, increases or decreases in Working Capital shall be calculated without regard to any changes in Current Assets or Current Liabilities as a result of (a) any reclassification in accordance with GAAP of assets or liabilities, as applicable, between current and noncurrent or (b) the effects of purchase accounting.
Write-Down and Conversion Powers” shall mean, with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.
Section 1.02    Terms Generally. The definitions set forth or referred to in Section 1.01 shall apply equally to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” All references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be deemed references to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement unless the context shall otherwise require. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, any reference in this Agreement to any Loan Document shall mean such document as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided, that, if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the Closing Date in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith.
Section 1.03    Effectuation of Transactions. Each of the representations and warranties of the Borrower contained in this Agreement (and all corresponding definitions) are made after giving effect to the Transactions, unless the context otherwise requires.
Section 1.04    Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents. 1.%2.%3. The Administrative Agent shall determine the Spot Rate as of each Revaluation Date to be used for calculating Dollar Equivalent amounts of Alternate Currency Letters of Credit and Alternate Currency Loans. Such Spot Rate shall become effective as of such Revaluation Date and shall be the Spot Rate employed in converting any amounts between the Dollars and each Alternate Currency until the next Revaluation Date to occur. Except for purposes of financial statements delivered by Loan Parties hereunder or calculating financial ratios hereunder or except as otherwise provided herein, the applicable amount of any currency (other than Dollars) for purposes of the Loan Documents shall be such Dollar Equivalent amount as determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with this Agreement. No Default or Event of Default shall arise as a result of any limitation or threshold set forth in Dollars in Article VI or clause (f) or (j) of Section 7.01 being exceeded solely as a result of changes in currency exchange rates from those rates applicable on the first day of the fiscal quarter in which such determination occurs or in respect of which such determination is being made.
(a)    Wherever in this Agreement in connection with a Borrowing, conversion, continuation or prepayment of a Eurocurrency Loan or the issuance, amendment or extension of a Letter of Credit, an amount, such as a required minimum or multiple amount, is expressed in Dollars, but such Borrowing, Eurocurrency Loan or Letter of Credit is denominated in an Alternate Currency, such amount shall be the Alternate Currency Equivalent of such Dollar amount (rounded to the nearest unit of such Alternate Currency, with 0.5 of a unit being rounded upward), as determined by the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank, as applicable.
Section 1.05    Additional Alternate Currencies for Loans.
(a)    The Borrower may from time to time request that Eurocurrency Revolving Loans be made in a currency other than Dollars; provided that such requested currency is a lawful currency (other than Dollars) that is readily available and freely transferable and convertible into Dollars. Such request shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent.
(b)    Any such request shall be made to the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m., 20 Business Days prior to the date of the desired Credit Event (or such other time or date as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion). The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Facility Lender thereof. Each Revolving Facility Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent, not later than 11:00 a.m., 10 Business Days after receipt of such request whether it consents, in its sole discretion, to the making of Eurocurrency Revolving Loans in such requested currency.
(c)    Any failure by a Revolving Facility Lender to respond to such request within the time period specified in the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be a refusal by such Revolving Facility Lender to permit Eurocurrency Revolving Loans to be made in such requested currency. If the Administrative Agent and all the Revolving Facility Lenders consent to making Eurocurrency Revolving Loans in such requested currency, the Administrative Agent shall so notify the Borrower and such currency shall thereupon be deemed for all purposes to be an Alternate Currency hereunder for purposes of any Borrowings of Eurocurrency Revolving Loans. If the Administrative Agent shall fail to obtain consent to any request for an additional currency under this Section 1.05, the Administrative Agent shall promptly so notify the Borrower.
Section 1.01    Change of Currency.
(a)    Each obligation of the Borrower to make a payment denominated in the national currency unit of any member state of the European Union that adopts the Euro as its lawful currency after the date hereof shall be redenominated into Euro at the time of such adoption (in accordance with the EMU Legislation). If, in relation to the currency of any such member state, the basis of accrual of interest expressed in this Agreement in respect of that currency shall be inconsistent with any convention or practice in the London interbank market for the basis of accrual of interest in respect of the Euro, such expressed basis shall be replaced by such convention or practice with effect from the date on which such member state adopts the Euro as its lawful currency; provided that if any Borrowing in the currency of such member state is outstanding immediately prior to such date, such replacement shall take effect, with respect to such Borrowing, at the end of the then current Interest Period.
(b)    Each provision of this Agreement shall be subject to such reasonable changes of construction as the Administrative Agent may from time to time specify to be appropriate to reflect the adoption of the Euro by any member state of the European Union and any relevant market conventions or practices relating to the Euro.
(c)    Each provision of this Agreement also shall be subject to such reasonable changes of construction as the Administrative Agent may from time to time specify to be appropriate to reflect a change in currency of any other country and any relevant market conventions or practices relating to the change in currency.
Section 1.02    Timing of Payment or Performance. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, when the payment of any obligation or the performance of any covenant, duty or obligation is stated to be due or performance required on a day which is not a Business Day, the date of such payment or performance shall extend to the immediately succeeding Business Day.
Section 1.03    Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified herein, all references herein to times of day shall be references to New York City time (daylight or standard, as applicable).
Section 1.04    Holdings. From time to time after the Closing Date, Holdings may form one or more new Subsidiaries to become direct or indirect parent companies of the Borrower; provided that, prior to a Qualified IPO, contemporaneously with the formation of the new direct parent company of the Borrower (an “Intermediate Holdings”), such person enters into a supplement to the Holdings Guarantee and Pledge Agreement (or, at the option of such person, a new Holdings Guarantee and Pledge Agreement in substantially similar form or such other form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) duly executed and delivered on behalf of such person. Immediately after any Intermediate Holdings complying with the proviso in the foregoing sentence, the Guarantee incurred by the then existing Holdings of the Obligations shall automatically terminate and Holdings shall be released from its obligations under the Loan Documents, shall cease to be a Loan Party and any Liens created by any Loan Documents on any assets or Equity Interests owned by Holdings shall automatically be released (unless, in each case, the Borrower shall elect in its sole discretion that such release of Holdings shall not be effective), and thereafter Intermediate Holdings shall be deemed to be Holdings for all purposes of this Agreement (until any additional Intermediate Holdings shall be formed in accordance with this Section 1.09).
Section 1.05    Election Date. In connection with any commitment, definitive agreement or similar event relating to a Restricted Payment, Investment or Disposition, the Borrower or applicable Subsidiary may designate such Restricted Payment, Investment or Disposition as having occurred on the date of the commitment, definitive agreement or similar event relating thereto (such date, the “Election Date”) if, after giving pro forma effect to such Restricted Payment, Investment or Disposition and all related transactions in connection therewith and any related pro forma adjustments, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries would have been permitted to make such Restricted Payment, Investment or Disposition on the relevant Election Date in compliance with this Agreement, and any related subsequent actual making of such Restricted Payment, Investment or Disposition will be deemed for all purposes under this Agreement to have been made on such Election Date, including, without limitation, for purposes of calculating any ratio, compliance with any test, usage of any baskets hereunder (if applicable) and EBITDA and for purposes of determining whether there exists any Default or Event of Default (and all such calculations on and after such Election Date until the termination, expiration, passing, rescission, retraction or rescindment of such commitment, definitive agreement or similar event shall be made on a Pro Forma Basis giving effect thereto and all related transactions in connection therewith).
ARTICLE II    

The Credits
Section 2.01    Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein:
(a)    each Lender agrees to make Term B Loans in Dollars to the Borrower on the Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed its Term B Loan Commitment,
(b)    each Lender agrees to make Revolving Facility Loans of a Class in Dollars (or, subject to Section 1.05, in an Alternate Currency) to the Borrower from time to time during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in (i) such Lender’s Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of such Class exceeding such Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitment of such Class or (ii) the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of such Class exceeding the total Revolving Facility Commitments of such Class. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Facility Loans,
(c)    each Lender having an Incremental Term Loan Commitment agrees, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the applicable Incremental Assumption Agreement to make Incremental Term Loans to the Borrower, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed its Incremental Term Loan Commitment, and
(d)    amounts of Term B Loans borrowed under Section 2.01(a) or Section 2.01(c) that are repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed.
Section 2.02    Loans and Borrowings. 2.%2.%3.  Each Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans under the same Facility and of the same Type made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments under the applicable Facility; provided, however, that Revolving Facility Loans of any Class shall be made by the Revolving Facility Lenders of such Class ratably in accordance with their respective Revolving Facility Percentages on the date such Loans are made hereunder. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided, that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required.
(a)    Subject to Section 2.14, each Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans or Eurocurrency Loans as the Borrower may request in accordance herewith. Each Lender at its option may make any ABR Loan or Eurocurrency Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided, that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and such Lender shall not be entitled to any amounts payable under Section 2.15 or 2.17 solely in respect of increased costs resulting from such exercise and existing at the time of such exercise.
(b)    At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Eurocurrency Revolving Facility Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and not less than the Borrowing Minimum. At the time that each ABR Revolving Facility Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and not less than the Borrowing Minimum; provided, that an ABR Revolving Facility Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused available balance of the Revolving Facility Commitments or that is required to finance the reimbursement of an L/C Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.05(e). Borrowings of more than one Type may be outstanding at the same time; provided, however, that the Borrower shall not be entitled to request any Borrowing that, if made, would result in more than (i) 10 Eurocurrency Borrowings outstanding under all Term Facilities at any time and (ii) 10 Eurocurrency Borrowings outstanding under all Revolving Facilities at any time. Borrowings having different Interest Periods, regardless of whether they commence on the same date, shall be considered separate Borrowings.
(c)    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not be entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Borrowing of any Class if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Revolving Facility Maturity Date or the Term Facility Maturity Date for such Class, as applicable.
Section 2.03    Requests for Borrowings. To request a Revolving Facility Borrowing and/or a Term Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request electronically (a) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, not later than 12:00 noon, Local Time, three Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing or (b) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 10:00 a.m. Local Time, on the Business Day of the proposed Borrowing (or, in each case, such shorter period as the Administrative Agent may agree); provided, that, (i) to request a Eurocurrency Borrowing or ABR Borrowing on the Closing Date, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request electronically not later than 12:00 p.m., Local Time, one Business Day prior to the Closing Date (or such later time as the Administrative Agent may agree), (ii) any such notice of an ABR Revolving Facility Borrowing to finance the reimbursement of an L/C Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.05(e) may be given not later than 12:00 noon, Local Time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing and (iii) any such notice of an Incremental Revolving Borrowing or Incremental Term Borrowing may be given at such time as provided in the applicable Incremental Assumption Agreement. Each such electronic Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable (other than in the case of any notice given in respect of the Closing Date or, in the case of notice given in respect of Incremental Commitments, which may be conditioned as provided in the applicable Incremental Assumption Agreement) and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or electronic means to the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request signed by the Borrower. Each such electronic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i)    whether such Borrowing is to be a Borrowing of Term B Loans, Revolving Facility Loans, Refinancing Term Loans, Other Term Loans, Other Revolving Loans or Replacement Revolving Loans as applicable;
(ii)    the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing;
(iii)    the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
(iv)    whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurocurrency Borrowing;
(v)    in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”;
(vi)    in the case of a Eurocurrency Revolving Facility Borrowing, the currency in which such Borrowing is to be denominated (which shall be Dollars or an Alternate Currency); and
(vii)    the location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed.
If no election as to the currency of any Revolving Facility Borrowing is made, then the requested Borrowing shall be made in Dollars. If no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified, then the requested Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurocurrency Borrowing, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section 2.03, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.
Section 2.04    [Reserved].
Section 2.05    Letters of Credit. 3.%2.%3. General. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may request the issuance of one or more letters of credit or bank guarantees in Dollars or any Alternate Currency in the form of (x) trade letters of credit in support of trade obligations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course of business (such letters of credit issued for such purposes, “Trade Letters of Credit”) and (y) standby letters of credit or bank guarantees issued for any other lawful purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (such letters of credit or bank guarantees issued for such purposes, “Standby Letters of Credit”; each such letter of credit or bank guarantee, issued hereunder, a “Letter of Credit” and collectively, the “Letters of Credit”) for its own account or for the account of any Subsidiary (subject to the applicable Issuing Bank’s review and satisfaction of compliance with all applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act, with respect to any such Subsidiary) in a form reasonably acceptable to the applicable Issuing Bank, at any time and from time to time during the applicable Availability Period and prior to the date that is five Business Days prior to the applicable Revolving Facility Maturity Date; provided that no Issuing Bank shall be required to issue any Trade Letter of Credit or bank guarantees hereunder without its consent. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any form of letter of credit application or other agreement submitted by the Borrower to, or entered into by the Borrower with, an Issuing Bank relating to any Letter of Credit, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control. For the avoidance of doubt: (i) no Issuing Bank shall be obligated to issue a Trade Letter of Credit if such Issuing Bank does not otherwise issue Trade Letters of Credit, (ii) the Administrative Agent shall not obligated to issue any Letter of Credit in New Zealand Dollars, (iii) Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch or its Affiliates shall have no obligation to issue or maintain Trade Letters of Credit and (iv) Jefferies Finance LLC or its Affiliates shall not be required to issue any Letter of Credit in a currency other than Dollars.
(a)    Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal, Extension: Certain Conditions. To request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment, renewal (other than an automatic extension in accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section 2.05) or extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit), the Borrower shall hand deliver or telecopy (or transmit by electronic communication, if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the applicable Issuing Bank) to the applicable Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent (at least three Business Days in advance of the requested date of issuance, amendment or extension or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank in their sole discretion may agree) a notice requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or identifying the Letter of Credit to be amended or extended, and specifying the date of issuance, amendment or extension (which shall be a Business Day), the date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire (which shall comply with paragraph (c) of this Section 2.05), the amount and currency (which may be Dollars or any Alternate Currency) of such Letter of Credit, the name and address of the beneficiary thereof, whether such Letter of Credit constitutes a Standby Letter of Credit or a Trade Letter of Credit and such other information as shall be necessary to issue, amend or extend such Letter of Credit. If requested by the applicable Issuing Bank, the Borrower also shall submit a letter of credit application on such Issuing Bank’s standard form in connection with any request for a Letter of Credit. A Letter of Credit shall be issued, amended or extended only if (and upon issuance, amendment or extension of each Letter of Credit the Borrower shall be deemed to represent and warrant that), after giving effect to such issuance, amendment or extension, (i) the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure shall not exceed the applicable Revolving Facility Commitments, (ii) the Revolving L/C Exposure shall not exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit and (iii) with respect to the applicable Issuing Bank, the stated amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank shall not exceed the applicable Specified L/C Sublimit of such Issuing Bank then in effect. For the avoidance of doubt, no Issuing Bank shall be obligated to issue an Alternate Currency Letter of Credit if such Issuing Bank does not otherwise issue letters of credit in such Alternate Currency.
(b)    Expiration Date. Each Letter of Credit shall expire at or prior to the close of business on the earlier of (i) the date one year (unless otherwise agreed upon by the Borrower and the Issuing Bank in their sole discretion) after the date of the issuance of such Letter of Credit (or, in the case of any extension thereof, one year (unless otherwise agreed upon by the Borrower and the Issuing Bank in their sole discretion) after such renewal or extension) and (ii) the date that is five Business Days prior to the applicable Revolving Facility Maturity Date; provided, that any Letter of Credit with a one year tenor may provide for automatic renewal or extension thereof for additional one year periods (which, in no event, shall extend beyond the date referred to in clause (ii) of this paragraph (c)) so long as such Letter of Credit permits the Issuing Bank to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof within a time period during such twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued; provided, further, that if the Issuing Bank consents in its sole discretion, the expiration date on any Letter of Credit may extend beyond the date referred to in clause (ii) above, provided, that if any such Letter of Credit is outstanding or is issued under the Revolving Facility Commitments of any Class after the date that is five Business Days prior to the Revolving Facility Maturity Date for such Class the Borrower shall provide Cash Collateral pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and the relevant Issuing Bank in an amount equal to the face amount of each such Letter of Credit on or prior to the date that is five Business Days prior to such Revolving Facility Maturity Date or, if later, such date of issuance.
(c)    Participations. By the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an amendment to a Letter of Credit increasing the amount thereof) under the Revolving Facility Commitments of any Class and without any further action on the part of the applicable Issuing Bank or the Revolving Facility Lenders, such Issuing Bank hereby grants to each Revolving Facility Lender under such Class, and each such Revolving Facility Lender hereby acquires from such Issuing Bank, a participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such Revolving Facility Lender’s applicable Revolving Facility Percentage of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit (calculated, in the case of Alternate Currency Letters of Credit, based on the Dollar Equivalent thereof). In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Revolving Facility Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the applicable Issuing Bank, in Dollars, such Revolving Facility Lender’s applicable Revolving Facility Percentage of each L/C Disbursement made by such Issuing Bank and not reimbursed by the Borrower on the date due as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section 2.05, or of any reimbursement payment required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason (calculated, in the case of any Alternate Currency Letter of Credit, based on the Dollar Equivalent thereof). Each Revolving Facility Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations pursuant to this paragraph in respect of Letters of Credit is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default or Event of Default or reduction or termination of the Commitments or the fact that, as a result of changes in currency exchange rates, such Revolving Facility Lender’s Revolving Facility Credit Exposure at any time might exceed its Revolving Facility Commitment at such time (in which case Section 2.11(f) would apply), and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.
(d)    Reimbursement. If the applicable Issuing Bank shall make any L/C Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall reimburse such L/C Disbursement by paying to the Administrative Agent an amount in Dollars equal to such L/C Disbursement (or, in the case of an Alternate Currency Letter of Credit, the Dollar Equivalent thereof) not later than 2:00 p.m., Local Time, on the first Business Day after the Borrower receives notice under paragraph (g) of this Section 2.05 of such L/C Disbursement (or the second Business Day, if such notice is received after 12:00 noon, Local Time), together with accrued interest thereon from the date of such L/C Disbursement at the rate applicable to ABR Revolving Loans of the applicable Class; provided, that the Borrower may, subject to the conditions to borrowing set forth herein, request in accordance with Section 2.03 that such payment be financed with an ABR Revolving Facility Borrowing of the applicable Class in an equivalent amount and, to the extent so financed, the Borrower’s obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting ABR Revolving Facility Borrowing. If the Borrower fails to reimburse any L/C Disbursement when due, then the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the applicable Issuing Bank and each other applicable Revolving Facility Lender of the applicable L/C Disbursement, the payment then due from the Borrower in respect thereof (the “Unreimbursed Amount”) and, in the case of a Revolving Facility Lender, such Lender’s Revolving Facility Percentage thereof. Promptly following receipt of such notice, each Revolving Facility Lender with a Revolving Facility Commitment of the applicable Class shall pay to the Administrative Agent in Dollars (calculated, in the case of Alternate Currency Letters of Credit, based on the Dollar Equivalent thereof) its Revolving Facility Percentage of the Unreimbursed Amount in the same manner as provided in Section 2.06 with respect to Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.06 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Revolving Facility Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the applicable Issuing Bank the amounts so received by it from the Revolving Facility Lenders. Promptly following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any payment from the Borrower pursuant to this paragraph, the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the applicable Issuing Bank or, to the extent that Revolving Facility Lenders have made payments pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse such Issuing Bank, then to such Lenders and such Issuing Bank as their interests may appear. Any payment made by a Revolving Facility Lender pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse an Issuing Bank for any L/C Disbursement (other than the funding of an ABR Revolving Loan as contemplated above) shall not constitute a Loan and shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such L/C Disbursement.
(e)    Obligations Absolute. The obligation of the Borrower to reimburse L/C Disbursements as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section 2.05 shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any and all circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit or this Agreement, or any term or provision therein, (ii) any draft or other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, (iii) payment by the applicable Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit or (iv) any other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this Section 2.05, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right of setoff against, the Borrower’s obligations hereunder. Neither the Administrative Agent, the Lenders nor any Issuing Bank, nor any of their Related Parties, shall have any liability or responsibility by reason of or in connection with the issuance or transfer of any Letter of Credit or any payment or failure to make any payment thereunder (irrespective of any of the circumstances referred to in the preceding sentence), or any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or other communication under or relating to any Letter of Credit (including any document required to make a drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of technical terms or any consequence arising from causes beyond the control of such Issuing Bank, or any of the circumstances referred to in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of the first sentence; provided, that the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse the applicable Issuing Bank from liability to the Borrower to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to consequential damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by the Borrower that are determined by final and binding decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have been caused by such Issuing Bank’s failure to exercise care when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof. The parties hereto expressly agree that, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the applicable Issuing Bank, such Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have exercised care in each such determination. In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, the parties agree that, with respect to documents presented that appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit, the applicable Issuing Bank may, in its sole discretion, either accept and make payment upon such documents without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit.
(f)    Disbursement Procedures. The applicable Issuing Bank shall, promptly following its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit. Such Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower by telephone (confirmed by electronic means) of any such demand for payment under a Letter of Credit and whether such Issuing Bank has made or will make an L/C Disbursement thereunder; provided, that any failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such Issuing Bank and the Revolving Facility Lenders with respect to any such L/C Disbursement.
(g)    Interim Interest. If an Issuing Bank shall make any L/C Disbursement, then, unless the Borrower shall reimburse such L/C Disbursement in full on the date such L/C Disbursement is made, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including the date such L/C Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that the Borrower reimburses such L/C Disbursement, at the rate per annum then applicable to ABR Revolving Loans of the applicable Class; provided, that, if such L/C Disbursement is not reimbursed by the Borrower when due pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section 2.05, then Section 2.13(c) shall apply. Interest accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be for the account of the applicable Issuing Bank, except that interest accrued on and after the date of payment by any Revolving Facility Lender pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section 2.05 to reimburse such Issuing Bank shall be for the account of such Revolving Facility Lender to the extent of such payment.
(h)    Replacement and Removal of an Issuing Bank.
(i)    An Issuing Bank may be replaced at any time by written agreement among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the replaced Issuing Bank and the successor Issuing Bank. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of any such replacement of an Issuing Bank. At the time any such replacement shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the replaced Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.12. From and after the effective date of any such replacement, (i) the successor Issuing Bank shall have all the rights and obligations of the replaced Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit to be issued thereafter and (ii) references herein to the term “Issuing Bank” shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous Issuing Bank, or to such successor and all previous Issuing Banks, as the context shall require. After the replacement of an Issuing Bank hereunder, the replaced Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of such Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such replacement but shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit.
(ii)    An Issuing Bank may be removed, or have its Letter of Credit Commitment reduced, at any time by written agreement among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the affected Issuing Bank. At the time any such removal shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the replaced Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.12. After the removal of an Issuing Bank hereunder, the removed Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of such Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such removal but shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit.
(i)    Cash Collateralization Following Certain Events. If and when the Borrower is required to Cash Collateralize any Revolving L/C Exposure relating to any outstanding Letters of Credit pursuant to any of Section 2.05(c), 2.11(e), 2.11(f), 2.11(g), 2.22(a)(v) or 7.01, the Borrower shall deposit in an account with or at the direction of the Collateral Agent, in the name of the Collateral Agent and for the benefit of the Lenders, an amount in cash in Dollars equal to the Revolving L/C Exposure as of such date (or, in the case of Sections 2.05(c), 2.11(e), 2.11(f) and 2.22(a)(v), the portion thereof required by such sections). Each deposit of Cash Collateral (x) made pursuant to this paragraph or (y) made by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.22(a)(ii), in each case, shall be held by the Collateral Agent as collateral for the payment and performance of the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement. The Collateral Agent shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal, over such account. Other than any interest earned on the investment of such deposits, which investments shall be made at the option and sole discretion of (i) for so long as an Event of Default shall be continuing, the Collateral Agent and (ii) at any other time, the Borrower, in each case, in Permitted Investments and at the risk and expense of the Borrower, such deposits shall not bear interest. Interest or profits, if any, on such investments shall accumulate in such account. Moneys in such account shall be applied by the Collateral Agent to reimburse each Issuing Bank for L/C Disbursements for which such Issuing Bank has not been reimbursed and, to the extent not so applied, shall be held for the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the Borrower for the Revolving L/C Exposure at such time or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated (but subject to the consent of Lenders with Revolving L/C Exposure representing greater than 50% of the total Revolving L/C Exposure), be applied to satisfy other obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement. If the Borrower is required to provide an amount of Cash Collateral hereunder as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default or the existence of a Defaulting Lender or the occurrence of a limit under Section 2.11(e) or (f) being exceeded, such amount (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrower within three Business Days after all Events of Default have been cured or waived or the termination of the Defaulting Lender status or the limits under Sections 2.11(e) and (f) no longer being exceeded, as applicable.
(j)    Cash Collateralization Following Termination of the Revolving Facility. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in the event of the prepayment in full of all outstanding Revolving Facility Loans and the termination of all Revolving Facility Commitments (a “Revolving Facility Termination Event”) in connection with which the Borrower notifies any one or more Issuing Banks that it intends to maintain one or more Letters of Credit initially issued under this Agreement in effect after the date of such Facility Termination Event (each, a “Continuing Letter of Credit”), then the security interest of the Collateral Agent in the Collateral under the Security Documents may be terminated in accordance with Section 9.18 if each such Continuing Letter of Credit is Cash Collateralized in an amount equal to the Minimum L/C Collateral Amount, which shall be deposited with or at the direction of each such Issuing Bank.
(k)    Additional Issuing Banks. From time to time, the Borrower may by notice to the Administrative Agent designate any Lender (in addition to the initial Issuing Bank) each of which agrees (in its sole discretion) to act in such capacity and is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent as an Issuing Bank. Each such additional Issuing Bank shall execute a counterpart of this Agreement upon the approval of the Administrative Agent (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld) and shall thereafter be an Issuing Bank hereunder for all purposes.
(l)    Reporting. Unless otherwise requested by the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank shall (i) provide to the Administrative Agent copies of any notice received from the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.05(b) no later than the next Business Day after receipt thereof and (ii) report in writing to the Administrative Agent (A) on or prior to each Business Day on which such Issuing Bank expects to issue, amend or extend any Letter of Credit, the date of such issuance, amendment or extension, and the aggregate face amount of the Letters of Credit to be issued, amended or extended by it and outstanding after giving effect to such issuance, amendment or extension occurred (and whether the amount thereof changed), and the Issuing Bank shall be permitted to issue, amend or extend such Letter of Credit if the Administrative Agent shall not have advised the Issuing Bank that such issuance, amendment or extension would not be in conformity with the requirements of this Agreement, (B) on each Business Day on which such Issuing Bank makes any L/C Disbursement, the date of such L/C Disbursement and the amount of such L/C Disbursement and (C) on any other Business Day, such other information with respect to the outstanding Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request.
Section 2.06    Funding of Borrowings. 4.%2.%3.  Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 12:00 noon, Local Time, to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders; provided, that all payments made in Alternate Currency shall be delivered to the Administrative Agent no later than 8:00 a.m. Local Time. The Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to an account or accounts designated by the Borrower as specified in the applicable Borrowing Request; provided, that ABR Revolving Loans made to finance the reimbursement of a L/C Disbursement and reimbursements as provided in Section 2.05(e) shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the applicable Issuing Bank.
(a)    Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with clause (a) of this Section 2.06 and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand (without duplication) such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of a payment to be made by such Lender, the greater of (A) the Federal Funds Effective Rate and (B) a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation or (ii) in the case of a payment to be made by the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to ABR Loans at such time. If the Borrower and such Lender shall pay such interest to the Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the Borrower the amount of such interest paid by the Borrower for such period. If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing. Any payment by the Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim the Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the Administrative Agent.
(b)    The foregoing notwithstanding, the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, may from its own funds make a Revolving Facility Loan on behalf of the Lenders. In such event, the applicable Lenders on behalf of whom the Administrative Agent made the Revolving Facility Loan shall reimburse the Administrative Agent for all or any portion of such Revolving Facility Loan made on its behalf upon written notice given to each applicable Lender not later than 2:00 p.m., Local Time, on the Business Day such reimbursement is requested. The entire amount of interest attributable to such Revolving Facility Loan for the period from and including the date on which such Revolving Facility Loan was made on such Lender’s behalf to but excluding the date the Administrative Agent is reimbursed in respect of such Revolving Facility Loan by such Lender shall be paid to the Administrative Agent for its own account.
Section 2.07    Interest Elections. 5.%2.%3.  Each Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request. Thereafter, the Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing to a different Type or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section 2.07. The Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing.
(a)    To make an election pursuant to this Section 2.07, the Borrower shall electronically notify the Administrative Agent of such election, by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if the Borrower were requesting a Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election. Each such electronic Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or electronic means to the Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election Request signed by the Borrower.
(b)    Each electronic and written Interest Election Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i)    the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing);
(ii)    the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii)    whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurocurrency Borrowing; and
(iv)    if the resulting Borrowing is a Eurocurrency Borrowing, the Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period.”
If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurocurrency Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. If less than all the outstanding principal amount of any Borrowing shall be converted or continued, then each resulting Borrowing shall be in an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and not less than the Borrowing Minimum and satisfy the limitations specified in Sections 2.02(c) regarding the maximum number of Borrowings of the relevant Type.
(c)    Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender to which such Interest Election Request relates of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing.
(d)    If the Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a Eurocurrency Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period such Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the written request (including a request through electronic means) of the Required Lenders, so notifies the Borrower, then, so long as an Event of Default is continuing (i) no outstanding Borrowing may be converted to or continued as a Eurocurrency Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid, each Eurocurrency Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto.
Section 2.08    Termination and Reduction of Commitments. 6.%2.%3. Unless previously terminated, the Revolving Facility Commitments of each Class shall terminate on the applicable Revolving Facility Maturity Date for such Class. On the Closing Date (after giving effect to the funding of the Term B Loans to be made on such date), the Term B Loan Commitments of each Lender as of the Closing Date will terminate.
(a)    The Borrower may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Revolving Facility Commitments of any Class; provided, that (i) each reduction of the Revolving Facility Commitments of any Class shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $500,000 and not less than $1,000,000 (or, if less, the remaining amount of the Revolving Facility Commitments of such Class) and (ii) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Revolving Facility Commitments of any Class if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Revolving Facility Loans in accordance with Section 2.11 and any Cash Collateralization of Letters of Credit in accordance with Section 2.05(j) or (k), the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of such Class (excluding any Cash Collateralized Letter of Credit) would exceed the total Revolving Facility Commitments of such Class.
(b)    The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce the Revolving Facility Commitments of any Class under paragraph (b) of this Section 2.08 at least three Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction (or such shorter period acceptable to the Administrative Agent), specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the applicable Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.08 shall be irrevocable; provided, that a notice of termination or reduction of the Revolving Facility Commitments of any Class delivered by the Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities, indentures or similar agreements or other transactions, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied (or waived by the Borrower in its sole discretion) and/or rescinded at any time by the Borrower if the Borrower determines in its sole discretion that any or all of such conditions will not be satisfied (or waived). Any termination or reduction of the Commitments shall be permanent. Each reduction of the Commitments of any Class shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments of such Class.
Section 2.09    Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt. 7.%2.%3.  The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Facility Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Facility Loan to the Borrower on the Revolving Facility Maturity Date applicable to such Revolving Facility Loans and (ii) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Term Loan of such Lender as provided in Section 2.10.
(a)    Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.
(b)    The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Facility and Type thereof and the Interest Period (if any) applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) any amount received by the Administrative Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof.
(c)    The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to clause (b) or (c) of this Section 2.09 shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided, that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(d)    Any Lender may request that Loans made by it be evidenced by a promissory note (a “Note”). In such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) and in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and reasonably acceptable to the Borrower. Thereafter, unless otherwise agreed to by the applicable Lender, the Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 9.04) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the payee named therein (or, if requested by such payee, to such payee and its registered assigns).
Section 2.10    Repayment of Term Loans and Revolving Facility Loans. 8.%2.%3.  Subject to the other clauses of this Section 2.10 and to Section 9.08(e), 
(i)    the Borrower shall repay Term B Loans incurred on the Closing Date on the last day of each March, June, September and December of each year (commencing on the last day of the first full fiscal quarter of the Borrower after the Closing Date) and on the applicable Term Facility Maturity Date or, if any such date is not a Business Day, on the next preceding Business Day (each such date being referred to as a “Term B Loan Installment Date”), in an aggregate principal amount of such Term B Loans equal to (A) in the case of quarterly payments due prior to the applicable Term Facility Maturity Date, an amount equal to 0.25% of the aggregate principal amount of such Term B Loans outstanding immediately after the Closing Date, and (B) in the case of such payment due on the applicable Term Facility Maturity Date, an amount equal to the then unpaid principal amount of such Term B Loans outstanding;
(ii)    in the event that any Incremental Term Loans are made, the Borrower shall repay such Incremental Term Loans on the dates and in the amounts set forth in the related Incremental Assumption Agreement (each such date being referred to as an “Incremental Term Loan Installment Date”); and
(iii)    to the extent not previously paid, outstanding Term Loans shall be due and payable on the applicable Term Facility Maturity Date.
(b)    To the extent not previously paid, outstanding Revolving Facility Loans shall be due and payable on the applicable Revolving Facility Maturity Date.
(c)    Prepayment of the Loans from:
(i)    all Net Proceeds pursuant to Section 2.11(b) and Excess Cash Flow pursuant to Section 2.11(c) shall be allocated to the Class or Classes of Term Loans determined pursuant to Section 2.10(d), with the application thereof to reduce in direct order amounts due on the succeeding Term Loan Installment Dates under such Classes as provided in the remaining scheduled amortization payments under such Classes; provided, that any Lender, at its option, may elect to decline all, but not less than all, of any such prepayment of any Term Loan held by it if it shall give written notice to the Administrative Agent thereof by 5:00 p.m. Local Time at least three Business Days prior to the date of such prepayment (any such Lender, a “Declining Lender”) and on the date of any such prepayment, any amounts that would otherwise have been applied to prepay Term Loans owing to Declining Lenders (such amounts, the “Declined Proceeds”) shall instead be retained by the Borrower for application for any purpose not prohibited by this Agreement, and
(ii)    any optional prepayments of the Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.11(a) shall be applied to the remaining installments of the Term Loans under the applicable Class or Classes as the Borrower may in each case direct.
(d)    Any mandatory prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.11(b) or (c) shall be applied so that the aggregate amount of such prepayment is allocated among the Term B Loans and the Other Term Loans, if any, pro rata based on the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Term B Loans and Other Term Loans, if any; provided, that, subject to the pro rata application to Loans outstanding within any Class of Term Loans, the Borrower may allocate such prepayment in its discretion among the Class or Classes of Term Loans as the Borrower may specify (so long as such allocation complies with Section 2.21(b) or Section 2.21(f), as applicable). Prior to any prepayment of any Loan under any Facility hereunder, the Borrower shall select the Borrowing or Borrowings under the applicable Facility to be prepaid and shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by electronic means) of such selection not later than 2:00 p.m., Local Time, (i) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, at least one Business Day before the scheduled date of such prepayment and (ii) in the case of a Eurocurrency Borrowing, at least three Business Days before the scheduled date of such prepayment (or, in each case such shorter period acceptable to the Administrative Agent); provided, that a notice of prepayment may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities, indentures or similar agreements or other transactions, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied (or waived by the Borrower in its sole discretion) and/or rescinded at any time by the Borrower if the Borrower determines in its sole discretion that any or all of such conditions will not be satisfied (or waived). Each repayment of a Borrowing (x) in the case of the Revolving Facility of any Class, shall be applied to the Revolving Facility Loans included in the repaid Borrowing such that each Revolving Facility Lender receives its ratable share of such repayment (based upon the respective Revolving Facility Credit Exposures of the Revolving Facility Lenders of such Class at the time of such repayment) and (y) in all other cases, shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the repaid Borrowing. All repayments of Loans shall be accompanied by accrued interest on the amount repaid to the extent required by Section 2.13(d).
Section 2.11    Prepayment of Loans. 9.%2.%3.  The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Loan in whole or in part, without premium or penalty (but subject to Section 2.12(d) and Section 2.16), in an aggregate principal amount that is an integral multiple of the Borrowing Multiple and not less than the Borrowing Minimum or, if less, the amount outstanding, subject to prior notice in accordance with Section 2.10(d).
(a)    The Borrower shall apply all Net Proceeds promptly upon receipt thereof to prepay Term Loans in accordance with clauses (c) and (d) of Section 2.10. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower may use a portion of such Net Proceeds to prepay or repurchase any Other First Lien Debt, in each case in an amount not to exceed the product of (x) the amount of such Net Proceeds and (y) a fraction, (A) the numerator of which is the outstanding principal amount of such Other First Lien Debt and (B) the denominator of which is the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Other First Lien Debt and the outstanding principal amount of all Classes of Term Loans.
(b)    Not later than 5 Business Days after the date on which the annual financial statements are, or are required to be, delivered under Section 5.04(a) with respect to each Excess Cash Flow Period, the Borrower shall calculate Excess Cash Flow for such Excess Cash Flow Period and the Borrower shall apply an amount equal to (i) the amount by which the Required Percentage of such Excess Cash Flow exceeds $10,000,000 (the “ECF Threshold Amount”) minus (ii) to the extent not financed using the proceeds of the incurrence of funded term Indebtedness, the sum of (A) the amount of any voluntary payments during such Excess Cash Flow Period (plus, without duplication of any amounts previously deducted under this clause (A), the amount of any voluntary payments after the end of such Excess Cash Flow Period but before the date of prepayment under this clause (c)) of (x) Term Loans (it being understood that the amount of any such payment constituting a below-par Permitted Loan Purchase shall be calculated to equal the amount of cash used and not the principal amount deemed prepaid therewith) and (y) Other First Lien Debt (provided that (i) in the case of the prepayment of any revolving Indebtedness, there was a corresponding reduction in commitments and (ii) the maximum amount of each such prepayment of Other First Lien Debt that may be counted for purposes of this clause (A)(y) shall not exceed the amount that would have been prepaid in respect of such Other First Lien Debt if such prepayment had been applied on a ratable basis among the Term Loans and such Other First Lien Debt (determined based on the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Term Loans and the aggregate principal amount of such Other First Lien Debt on the date of such prepayment of such Other First Lien Debt)) and (B) the amount of any permanent voluntary reductions during such Excess Cash Flow Period (plus, without duplication of any amounts previously deducted under this clause (B), the amount of any permanent voluntary reductions after the end of such Excess Cash Flow Period but before the date of prepayment under this clause (c)) of Revolving Facility Commitments to the extent that an equal amount of Revolving Facility Loans was simultaneously repaid (I) to prepay Term Loans in accordance with clauses (c) and (d) of Section 2.10 or (II) to prepay Term Loans in accordance with clauses (c) and (d) of Section 2.10 and to prepay any Other First Lien Debt in accordance with the agreement(s) governing such Other First Lien Debt so long as the prepayments under this clause (II) are applied in a manner such that the Term Loans are prepaid on at least a ratable basis with such Other First Lien Debt (determined based on the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Term Loans and the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Other First Lien Debt being prepaid under this clause (II) on the date of such prepayment). Such calculation will be set forth in a certificate signed by a Financial Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent setting forth the amount, if any, of Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year, the amount of any required prepayment in respect thereof and the calculation thereof in reasonable detail.
(c)    Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 2.11 to the contrary, (i) to the extent that any Net Proceeds of any Asset Sale by a Foreign Subsidiary or Excess Cash Flow attributable to a Foreign Subsidiary would otherwise be required to be applied pursuant to Section 2.11(b) or Section 2.11(c) but is prohibited, restricted or delayed by applicable local law from being repatriated to the United States of America, the portion of such Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so affected will not be required to be applied to repay Term Loans or Other First Lien Debt at the times provided in Section 2.11(b) or Section 2.11(c) but may be retained by the applicable Foreign Subsidiary so long, but only so long, as the applicable local law will not permit repatriation to the United States of America, and once such repatriation of any of such affected Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow is permitted under the applicable local law, such repatriation will be effected and such repatriated Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow will be promptly applied (net of additional taxes payable or reserved against as a result thereof) to the repayment of the Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.11(b) or Section 2.11(c), to the extent provided therein and (ii) to the extent that the Borrower has determined in good faith that repatriation of any or all of such Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow that would otherwise be required to be applied pursuant to Section 2.11(b) or Section 2.11(c) would have a material adverse tax consequence with respect to such Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow, the Net Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so affected may be retained by the applicable Foreign Subsidiary (the Borrower hereby agreeing to cause the applicable Subsidiary to promptly use commercially reasonable efforts to take all actions within the reasonable control of the Borrower that are reasonably required to eliminate such tax effects).
(d)    In the event that the aggregate amount of Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of any Class exceeds the total Revolving Facility Commitments of such Class (other than as a result of changes in currency exchange rates), the Borrower shall prepay Revolving Facility Borrowings of such Class (or, if no such Borrowings are outstanding, provide Cash Collateral in respect of outstanding Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 2.05(j)) in an aggregate amount equal to such excess.
(e)    If as a result of changes in currency exchange rates, on any Revaluation Date, the total Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of any Class exceeds the total Revolving Facility Commitments of such Class, the Borrower shall, at the request of the Administrative Agent, within ten (10) days of such Revaluation Date (A) prepay Revolving Facility Borrowings or (B) provide Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 2.05(j), in an aggregate amount such that the applicable exposure does not exceed the applicable commitment set forth above.
Section 2.12    Fees. 10.%2.%3.  The Borrower agrees to pay to each Lender (other than any Defaulting Lender), through the Administrative Agent, on the date that is three Business Days after the last day of March, June, September and December in each year and on the date on which the Revolving Facility Commitments of all the Lenders shall be terminated as provided herein, a commitment fee (a “Commitment Fee”) on the daily amount of the applicable Available Unused Commitment of such Lender during the preceding quarter (or other period commencing with the Closing Date or ending with the date on which the last of the Commitments of such Lender shall be terminated) at a rate equal to the Applicable Commitment Fee. All Commitment Fees shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a year of 360 days. The Commitment Fee due to each Lender shall commence to accrue on the Closing Date and shall cease to accrue on the date on which the last of the Commitments of such Lender shall be terminated as provided herein.
(a)    The Borrower from time to time agrees to pay (i) to each Revolving Facility Lender of each Class (other than any Defaulting Lender), through the Administrative Agent, on the date that is three Business Days after the last day of March, June, September and December of each year and on the date on which the Revolving Facility Commitments of all the Lenders shall be terminated as provided herein, a fee in Dollars (an “L/C Participation Fee”) on such Lender’s Revolving Facility Percentage of the daily aggregate Revolving L/C Exposure (excluding the portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed L/C Disbursements) of such Class, during the preceding quarter (or shorter period commencing with the Closing Date or ending with the Revolving Facility Maturity Date or the date on which the Revolving Facility Commitments of such Class shall be terminated) at the rate per annum equal to the Applicable Margin for Eurocurrency Revolving Facility Borrowings of such Class effective for each day in such period, and (ii) to each Issuing Bank, for its own account (x) the date that is three Business Days after the last day of March, June, September and December of each year and on the date on which the Revolving Facility Commitments of all the Lenders shall be terminated, a fronting fee in respect of each Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank for the period from and including the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit to and including the termination of such Letter of Credit, computed at a rate equal to 1/8 of 1% per annum of the Dollar Equivalent of the daily stated amount of such Letter of Credit), plus (y) in connection with the issuance, amendment or transfer of any such Letter of Credit or any L/C Disbursement thereunder, such Issuing Bank’s customary documentary and processing fees and charges (collectively, “Issuing Bank Fees”). All L/C Participation Fees and Issuing Bank Fees that are payable on a per annum basis shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a year of 360 days.
(b)    The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Administrative Agent, the “Administration Fee” as set forth in the Administrative Agent Fee Letter, as may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, at the times specified therein (the “Administrative Agent Fees”).
(c)    In the event that, on or prior to the date that is twelve months after the Closing Date, the Borrower shall (x) make a prepayment of the Term B Loans pursuant to Section 2.11(a) with the proceeds of any new or replacement tranche of long-term secured term loans that are broadly syndicated to banks and other institutional investors in financings similar to the Term Loans and have an All-in Yield that is less than the All-in Yield of such Term B Loans or (y) effect any amendment to this Agreement which reduces the All-in Yield of the Term B Loans (other than, in the case of each of clauses (x) and (y), in connection with a Qualified IPO, a Change of Control or a transformative acquisition referred to in the last sentence of this paragraph), the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable account of each of the applicable Term Facility Lenders, (A) in the case of clause (x), a prepayment premium of 1.00% of the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans so prepaid and (B) in the case of clause (y), a fee equal to 1.00% of the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Term Loans for which the All-in Yield has been reduced pursuant to such amendment. Such amounts shall be due and payable on the date of such prepayment or the effective date of such amendment, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 2.12(d), a transformative acquisition is any acquisition by the Borrower or any Subsidiary that is (i) not permitted by the terms of the Loan Documents immediately prior to the consummation of such acquisition or (ii) if permitted by the terms of the Loan Documents immediately prior to the consummation of such acquisition, would not provide the Borrower and its Subsidiaries with adequate flexibility under the Loan Documents for the continuation and/or expansion of their combined operations following such consummation, as determined by the Borrower in good faith.
(d)    All Fees shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent for distribution, if and as appropriate, among the Lenders, except that Issuing Bank Fees shall be paid directly to the applicable Issuing Banks. Once paid, none of the Fees shall be refundable under any circumstances.
Section 2.13    Interest. 11.%2.%3.  The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing shall bear interest at the ABR plus the Applicable Margin.
(a)    The Loans comprising each Eurocurrency Borrowing shall bear interest at the Adjusted LIBO Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Margin.
(b)    Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on any Loan or any Fees or other amount payable by the Borrower hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of any Loan, 2% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the preceding clauses of this Section 2.13 or (ii) in the case of any other overdue amount, 2% plus the rate applicable to ABR Loans as provided in clause (a) of this Section 2.13; provided, that this clause (c) shall not apply to any Event of Default that has been waived by the Lenders pursuant to Section 9.08.
(c)    Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears (i) on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan, (ii) in the case of Revolving Facility Loans, upon termination of the applicable Revolving Facility Commitments and (iii) in the case of the Term Loans, on the applicable Term Facility Maturity Date; provided, that (A) interest accrued pursuant to clause (c) of this Section 2.13 shall be payable on demand, (B) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than a prepayment of a Revolving Facility Loan that is an ABR Loan that is not made in conjunction with a permanent commitment reduction), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (C) in the event of any conversion of any Eurocurrency Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.
(d)    All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that interest computed on ABR shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). The applicable ABR, Adjusted LIBO Rate or LIBO Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
Section 2.14    Alternate Rate of Interest. If prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Eurocurrency Borrowing:
(a)    the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error), or the Required Lenders notify the Administrative Agent (with a copy to Borrower) that the Required Lenders have determined, that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBO Rate for such Interest Period; or
(b)    the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the Adjusted LIBO Rate for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining their Loans included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period;
then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders by telephone or electronic means as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (i) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a Eurocurrency Borrowing shall be ineffective and such Borrowing shall be converted to or continued as on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto an ABR Borrowing, and (ii) if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurocurrency Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing.
If at any time the Administrative Agent and the Borrower determine (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error), or the Required Lenders notify the Administrative Agent (with a copy to the Borrower) that the Required Lenders have determined, that (i) the circumstance set forth in Section 2.14(a) above has arisen and such circumstance is unlikely to be temporary, (ii) the circumstance set forth in Section 2.14(a) has not arisen but the supervisor for the administrator of the LIBO Rate, or the administrator of the LIBO Rate, or a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which the LIBO Rate shall no longer be published or used for determining interest rates for loans, or (iii) the circumstance set forth in Section 2.14(a) have not arisen but syndicated loans currently being executed, or that include language similar to that contained in this Section, are being executed or amended (as applicable) to incorporate or adopt a new benchmark interest rate to replace the LIBO Rate, then (A) if the Administrative Agent and the Borrower reasonably determine that there exists a then prevailing market convention for determining a reference rate of interest for syndicated loans in the U.S. as the successor to interest rates based on the LIBO Rate, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall enter into an amendment to this Agreement to reflect such alternate rate of interest (including any mathematical or other adjustments to the benchmark (if any) incorporated therein) and such other related changes to this Agreement as may be applicable, or (B) if the Administrative Agent and the Borrower are unable to reasonably determine that a then prevailing market convention for determining a rate of interest for syndicated loans in the U.S. as the successor to interest rates based on the LIBO Rate does exist, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall enter into an amendment to this Agreement to reflect an alternate rate of interest (including any mathematical or other adjustments to the benchmark (if any) incorporated therein) and such other related changes to this Agreement as may be applicable, in each case that are acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (and any such amendment described in clauses (A) or (B) above shall, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 9.08, become effective at 5:00 p.m. (New York time) on the fifth Business Day after the Administrative Agent shall have posted such proposed amendment to all Lenders and the Borrower unless, prior to such time, Lenders comprising the Required Lenders have delivered to the Administrative Agent notice that such Required Lenders do not accept such amendment).
Section 2.15    Increased Costs. 12.%2.%3.  If any Change in Law shall:
(i)    impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate) or Issuing Bank; or
(ii)    subject any Lender to any Tax with respect to any Loan Document (other than (i) Taxes indemnifiable under Section 2.17 or (ii) Excluded Taxes); or
(iii)    impose on any Lender or Issuing Bank or the London interbank market any other condition affecting this Agreement or Eurocurrency Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any Eurocurrency Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan) or to increase the cost to such Lender or Issuing Bank of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or Issuing Bank hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then the Borrower will pay to such Lender or Issuing Bank, as applicable, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or Issuing Bank, as applicable, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
(b)    If any Lender or Issuing Bank determines that any Change in Law regarding capital requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, to a level below that which such Lender or such Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the Borrower shall pay to such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as applicable, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.
(c)    A certificate of a Lender or an Issuing Bank setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or Issuing Bank or its holding company, as applicable, as specified in clause (a) or (b) of this Section 2.15 shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error; provided, that any such certificate claiming amounts described in clause (x) or (y) of the definition of “Change in Law” shall, in addition, state the basis upon which such amount has been calculated and certify that such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s demand for payment of such costs hereunder, and such method of allocation is not inconsistent with its treatment of other borrowers which, as a credit matter, are similarly situated to the Borrower and which are subject to similar provisions. The Borrower shall pay such Lender or Issuing Bank, as applicable, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.
(d)    Promptly after any Lender or any Issuing Bank has determined that it will make a request for increased compensation pursuant to this Section 2.15, such Lender or Issuing Bank shall notify the Borrower thereof. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or Issuing Bank to demand compensation pursuant to this Section 2.15 shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s right to demand such compensation; provided, that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or an Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section 2.15 for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender or Issuing Bank, as applicable, notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided, further, that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 180 day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.
Section 2.16    Break Funding Payments. In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of any Eurocurrency Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the conversion of any Eurocurrency Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to borrow (other than due to the default of the relevant Lender), convert, continue or prepay any Eurocurrency Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto or (d) the assignment of any Eurocurrency Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.19, then, in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event. In the case of a Eurocurrency Loan, such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be deemed to be the amount determined by such Lender (it being understood that the deemed amount shall not exceed the actual amount) to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest that would have accrued on the principal amount of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the LIBO Rate that would have been applicable to such Loan, for the period from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue a Eurocurrency Loan, for the period that would have been the Interest Period for such Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest that would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate which such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for deposits in Dollars of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the Eurocurrency market. A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section 2.16 shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.
Section 2.17    Taxes. 13.%2.%3.  Any and all payments made by or on behalf of a Loan Party under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on account of, any Taxes; provided, that if a Loan Party, the Administrative Agent or any other applicable withholding agent shall be required by applicable Requirement of Law to deduct or withhold any Taxes from such payments, then (i) the applicable withholding agent shall make such deductions or withholdings as are reasonably determined by the applicable withholding agent to be required by any applicable Requirement of Law, (ii) the applicable withholding agent shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority within the time allowed and in accordance with applicable Requirement of Law, and (iii) to the extent withholding or deduction is required to be made on account of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, the sum payable by the Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after all required deductions and withholdings have been made (including deductions or withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.17) the Administrative Agent or any Lender, as applicable, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions or withholdings been made. Whenever any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes are payable by a Loan Party, as promptly as possible thereafter, such Loan Party shall send to the Administrative Agent for its own account or for the account of a Lender, as the case may be, a certified copy of an official receipt (or other evidence acceptable to the Administrative Agent or such Lender, acting reasonably) received by the Loan Party showing payment thereof. Without duplication, after any payment of Taxes by any Loan Party or the Administrative Agent to a Governmental Authority as provided in this Section 2.17, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent or the Administrative Agent shall deliver to the Borrower, as the case may be, a copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of any return required by applicable Requirements of Law to report such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be.
(a)    The Borrower shall timely pay any Other Taxes in accordance with the applicable Requirements of Law.
(b)    The Loan Parties shall jointly and severally indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent and each Lender within 15 Business Days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed on the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as applicable, as the case may be (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 2.17), and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the basis and calculation of the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender or by the Administrative Agent (as applicable) on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(c)    Each Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law and such other reasonably requested information as will permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, to determine (A) whether or not any payments made hereunder or under any other Loan Document are subject to withholding of Taxes, (B) if applicable, the required rate of withholding or deduction, and (C) such Lender’s entitlement to any available exemption from, or reduction of, any such withholding of Taxes in respect of any payments to be made to such Lender by any Loan Party pursuant to any Loan Document or otherwise to establish such Lender’s status for withholding tax purposes in the applicable jurisdiction. In addition, any Lender, if requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements.
(d)    Without limiting the generality of Section 2.17(d), each Foreign Lender with respect to any Loan made to the Borrower shall, to the extent it is legally eligible to do so:
(i)    deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, prior to the date on which the first payment to the Foreign Lender is due hereunder, two copies of (A) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming exemption from U.S. federal withholding tax under Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code with respect to payments of “portfolio interest,” United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, as applicable, (or any applicable successor form) (together with a certificate (substantially in the form of Exhibit J hereto, such certificate, the “Non-Bank Tax Certificate”) certifying that such Foreign Lender is not a bank for purposes of Section 881(c) of the Code, is not a “10-percent shareholder” (within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code) of the Borrower and is not a CFC related to the Borrower (within the meaning of Section 864(d)(4) of the Code), and that the interest payments in question are not effectively connected with the conduct by such Lender of a trade or business within the United States of America), (B) Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN, W-8BEN-E, as applicable, (or any applicable successor form), or Form W-8ECI (or any applicable successor form), in each case properly completed and duly executed by such Foreign Lender claiming complete exemption from, or reduced rate of, U.S. federal withholding tax on payments by the Borrower under this Agreement, (C) Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY (or any applicable successor form) and all necessary attachments (including the forms described in clauses (A) and (B) above, provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership, and one or more of the partners is claiming portfolio interest treatment, the Non-Bank Tax Certificate may be provided by such Foreign Lender on behalf of such partners) or (D) any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in United States federal withholding tax duly completed together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and
(ii)    deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent two further copies of any such form or certification (or any applicable successor form) on or before the date that any such form or certification expires or becomes obsolete or invalid, after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent form previously delivered by it to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and from time to time thereafter if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent.
Any Foreign Lender that becomes legally ineligible to update any form or certification previously delivered shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of such Foreign Lender’s inability to do so.
Each person that shall become a Participant pursuant to Section 9.04 or a Lender pursuant to Section 9.04 shall, upon the effectiveness of the related transfer, be required to provide all the forms and statements required pursuant to Section 2.17(d) or this Section 2.17(e); provided that a Participant shall furnish all such required forms and statements to the person from which the related participation shall have been purchased.
In addition, each Agent shall deliver to the Borrower (x)(I) prior to the date on which the first payment by the Borrower is due hereunder or (II) prior to the first date on or after the date on which such Agent becomes a successor Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 8.09 on which payment by the Borrower is due hereunder, as applicable, two copies of a properly completed and executed Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 certifying its exemption from U.S. federal backup withholding or such other properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law certifying its entitlement to an available exemption from applicable U.S. federal withholding taxes in respect of any payments to be made to such Agent by any Loan Party pursuant to any Loan Document including, as applicable, an Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY certifying that the Agent is a U.S. branch and intends to be treated as a U.S. person for purposes of withholding under Chapter 3 of the Code pursuant to Section 1.1441-1(b)(2)(iv) of the Treasury Regulations, and (y) on or before the date on which any such previously delivered documentation expires or becomes obsolete or invalid, after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent documentation previously delivered by it to the Borrower, and from time to time if reasonably requested by the Borrower, two further copies of such documentation.
(e)    If any Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, determines, in its sole discretion, that it has received a refund of an Indemnified Tax or Other Tax for which a payment has been made by a Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, which refund in the good faith judgment of such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, is attributable to such payment made by such Loan Party, then the Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, shall reimburse the Loan Party for such amount (net of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, and without interest other than any interest received thereon from the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund) as the Lender or Administrative Agent, as the case may be, determines in its sole discretion to be the proportion of the refund as will leave it, after such reimbursement, in no better or worse position (taking into account expenses or any Taxes imposed on the refund) than it would have been in if the Indemnified Tax or Other Tax giving rise to such refund had not been imposed in the first instance; provided that the Loan Party, upon the request of the Lender or the Administrative Agent agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Loan Party (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Lender or the Administrative Agent in the event the Lender or the Administrative Agent is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. In such event, such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, shall, at the Borrower’s request, provide the Borrower with a copy of any notice of assessment or other evidence of the requirement to repay such refund received from the relevant Governmental Authority (provided that such Lender or the Administrative Agent may delete any information therein that it deems confidential). A Lender or the Administrative Agent shall claim any refund that it determines is available to it, unless it concludes in its sole discretion that it would be adversely affected by making such a claim. Neither any Lender nor the Administrative Agent shall be obliged to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes that it deems confidential) to any Loan Party in connection with this clause (f) or any other provision of this Section 2.17.
(f)    If the Borrower determines that a reasonable basis exists for contesting an Indemnified Tax or Other Tax for which a Loan Party has paid additional amounts or indemnification payments, each affected Lender or Agent, as the case may be, shall use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrower as the Borrower may reasonably request in challenging such Tax. The Borrower shall indemnify and hold each Lender and Agent harmless against any out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such person in connection with any request made by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.17(g). Nothing in this Section 2.17(g) shall obligate any Lender or Agent to take any action that such person, in its sole judgment, determines may result in a material detriment to such person.
(g)    Each U.S. Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent two Internal Revenue Service Forms W-9 (or substitute or successor form), properly completed and duly executed, certifying that such U.S. Lender is exempt from United States federal backup withholding (i) on or prior to the Closing Date (or on or prior to the date it becomes a party to this Agreement), (ii) on or before the date that such form expires or becomes obsolete or invalid, (iii) after the occurrence of a change in the U.S. Lender’s circumstances requiring a change in the most recent form previously delivered by it to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and (iv) from time to time thereafter if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent.
(h)    If a payment made to any Lender or any Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender or such Agent were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender or such Agent shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA, to determine whether such Lender has or has not complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount, if any, to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this Section 2.17(i), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
(i)    The agreements in this Section 2.17 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable under any Loan Document.
For purposes of this Section 2.17, the term “Lender” includes any Issuing Bank and the terms “applicable law” and “applicable Requirement of Law” include FATCA.
Section 2.18    Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set‑offs. 14.%2.%3.  Unless otherwise specified, the Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder (whether of principal, interest, fees or reimbursement of L/C Disbursements, or of amounts payable under Sections 2.15, 2.16 or 2.17, or otherwise) prior to 2:00 p.m., Local Time, on the date when due, in immediately available funds. Each such payment shall be made without condition or deduction for any defense, recoupment, set-off or counterclaim; provided, however, that all payments made in Alternate Currency shall be delivered to the Administrative Agent no later than 8:00 a.m. Local Time. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such payments shall be made to the Administrative Agent to the applicable account designated to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent, except payments to be made directly to the applicable Issuing Bank as expressly provided herein and except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.05 shall be made directly to the persons entitled thereto. The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for the account of any other person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, if any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension. All payments made under the Loan Documents shall be made in Dollars (or, in the case of Alternate Currency Loans or Alternate Currency Letters of Credit, in the applicable Alternate Currency). Any payment required to be made by the Administrative Agent hereunder shall be deemed to have been made by the time required if the Administrative Agent shall, at or before such time, have taken the necessary steps to make such payment in accordance with the regulations or operating procedures of the clearing or settlement system used by the Administrative Agent to make such payment.
(a)    Subject to Section 7.02, if at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent from the Borrower to pay fully all amounts of principal, unreimbursed L/C Disbursements, interest and fees then due from the Borrower hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, towards payment of interest and fees then due from the Borrower hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties, (ii) second, towards payment of principal of unreimbursed L/C Disbursements then due from the Borrower hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal and unreimbursed L/C Disbursements then due to such parties, and (iii) third, towards payment of principal then due from the Borrower hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal then due to such parties.
(b)    If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of, or interest on, any of its Term Loans, Revolving Facility Loans or participations in L/C Disbursements of a given Class resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Term Loans, Revolving Facility Loans and participations in L/C Disbursements of such Class and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender entitled to receive the same proportion of such payment, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase participations in the Term Loans, Revolving Facility Loans and participations in L/C Disbursements of such Class of such other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by all such Lenders entitled thereto ratably in accordance with the principal amount of each such Lender’s respective Term Loans, Revolving Facility Loans and participations in L/C Disbursements of such Class and accrued interest thereon; provided, that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this clause (c) shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or participations in L/C Disbursements to any assignee or participant. The Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of set-off and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.
(c)    Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or the applicable Issuing Bank hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders or the applicable Issuing Bank, as applicable, the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders or the applicable Issuing Bank, as applicable, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or Issuing Bank with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
(d)    If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to 2.05(d) or (e), 2.06, or 2.18(d), then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender’s obligations under such Sections until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid.
Section 2.19    Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders. 15.%2.%3.  If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17 or any event that gives rise to the operation of Section 2.20, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different Lending Office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or Affiliates, if, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.15 or 2.17 or mitigate the applicability of Section 2.20, as applicable, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender in any material respect. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.
(a)    If (i) any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15 or gives notice under Section 2.20, (ii) the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17, or (iii) any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require any such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that (i) the Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (and, if in respect of any Revolving Facility Commitment or Revolving Facility Loan and the Issuing Bank), to the extent consent would be required under Section 9.04(b) for an assignment of Loans or Commitments, as applicable, which consent, in each case, shall not unreasonably be withheld, (ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and participations in L/C Disbursements, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts) and (iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.15, payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.17 or a notice given under Section 2.20, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments. Nothing in this Section 2.19 shall be deemed to prejudice any rights that the Borrower may have against any Lender that is a Defaulting Lender. No action by or consent of the removed Lender shall be necessary in connection with such assignment, which shall be immediately and automatically effective upon payment of such purchase price. In connection with any such assignment the Borrower, Administrative Agent, such removed Lender and the replacement Lender shall otherwise comply with Section 9.04, provided, that if such removed Lender does not comply with Section 9.04 within one Business Day after the Borrower’s request, compliance with Section 9.04 shall not be required to effect such assignment.
(b)    If any Lender (such Lender, a “Non-Consenting Lender”) has failed to consent to a proposed amendment, waiver, discharge or termination which pursuant to the terms of Section 9.08 requires the consent of all of the Lenders affected and with respect to which the Required Lenders shall have granted their consent, then the Borrower shall have the right (unless such Non-Consenting Lender grants such consent) at its sole expense (including with respect to the processing and recordation fee referred to in Section 9.04(b)(ii)(B)) to replace such Non-Consenting Lender by requiring such Non-Consenting Lender to (and any such Non-Consenting Lender agrees that it shall, upon the Borrower’s request) assign its Loans and its Commitments (or, at the Borrower’s option, the Loans and Commitments under the Facility that is the subject of the proposed amendment, waiver, discharge or termination) hereunder to one or more assignees reasonably acceptable to (i) the Administrative Agent (unless such assignee is a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund) and (ii) if in respect of any Revolving Facility Commitment or Revolving Facility Loan and the Issuing Bank; provided, that: (a) all Loan Obligations of the Borrower owing to such Non-Consenting Lender being replaced shall be paid in full to such Non-Consenting Lender concurrently with such assignment, (b) the replacement Lender shall purchase the foregoing by paying to such Non-Consenting Lender a price equal to the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon and the replacement Lender or, at the option of the Borrower, the Borrower shall pay any amount required by Section 2.12(d)(y), if applicable, and (c) the replacement Lender shall grant its consent with respect to the applicable proposed amendment, waiver, discharge or termination. No action by or consent of the Non-Consenting Lender shall be necessary in connection with such assignment, which shall be immediately and automatically effective upon payment of such purchase price. In connection with any such assignment the Borrower, Administrative Agent, such Non-Consenting Lender and the replacement Lender shall otherwise comply with Section 9.04; provided, that if such Non-Consenting Lender does not comply with Section 9.04 within one Business Day after the Borrower’s request, compliance with Section 9.04 shall not be required to effect such assignment.
Section 2.20    Illegality. If any Lender reasonably determines that any Change in Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted after the Closing Date that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable lending office to make or maintain any Eurocurrency Loans, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower through the Administrative Agent, any obligations of such Lender to make or continue Eurocurrency Loans or to convert ABR Borrowings to Eurocurrency Borrowings shall be suspended until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower shall upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), convert all Eurocurrency Borrowings of such Lender to ABR Borrowings, either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Eurocurrency Borrowings to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Loans. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so converted.
Section 2.21    Incremental Commitments. 16.%2.%3.  The Borrower may, by written notice to the Administrative Agent from time to time, establish Incremental Term Loan Commitments and/or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments, as applicable, in an amount not to exceed the Incremental Amount available at the time such Incremental Commitments are established from one or more Incremental Term Lenders and/or Incremental Revolving Facility Lenders (which may include any existing Lender) willing to provide such Incremental Term Loans and/or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments, as the case may be, in their own discretion; provided, that each Incremental Revolving Facility Lender providing a commitment to make revolving loans shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent and, to the extent the same would be required for an assignment under Section 9.04, the Issuing Bank (which approvals shall not be unreasonably withheld) unless such Incremental Revolving Facility Lender is a Revolving Facility Lender. Such notice shall set forth (i) the amount of the Incremental Term Loan Commitments and/or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments being established (which shall be in minimum increments of $5,000,000 and a minimum amount of $10,000,000, or equal to the remaining Incremental Amount or, in each case, such lesser amount approved by the Administrative Agent), (ii) the date on which such Incremental Term Loan Commitments and/or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments are anticipated to become effective, (iii) in the case of Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments, whether such Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments are to be (x) commitments to make additional Revolving Facility Loans on the same terms as the Initial Revolving Loans or (y) commitments to make revolving loans with pricing terms, final maturity dates, participation in mandatory prepayments or commitment reductions and/or other terms different from the Initial Revolving Loans (“Other Revolving Loans”) and (iv) in the case of Incremental Term Loan Commitments, whether such Incremental Term Loan Commitments are to be (x) commitments to make term loans with terms identical to Term B Loans or (y) commitments to make term loans with pricing, maturity, amortization, participation in mandatory prepayments and/or other terms different from the Term B Loans (“Other Term Loans”).
(a)    The Borrower and each Incremental Term Lender and/or Incremental Revolving Facility Lender shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Incremental Assumption Agreement and such other documentation as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably specify to evidence the Incremental Term Loan Commitment of such Incremental Term Lender and/or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment of such Incremental Revolving Facility Lender. Each Incremental Assumption Agreement shall specify the terms of the applicable Incremental Term Loans and/or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments; provided, that:
(i)    any commitments to make additional Term B Loans and/or additional Initial Revolving Loans shall have the same terms as the Term B Loans or Initial Revolving Loans, respectively,
(ii)    the Other Term Loans incurred pursuant to clause (a) of this Section 2.21 shall rank pari passu or, at the option of the Borrower, junior in right of security with the Liens on the Collateral securing the Term B Loans (provided, that if such Other Term Loans rank junior in right of security with the Liens on the Collateral securing the Term B Loans, such Other Term Loans shall be subject to a Permitted Junior Intercreditor Agreement and, for the avoidance of doubt, if such Other Term Loans rank junior in right of security with the Liens on the Collateral securing the Term B Loans, such Other Term Loans shall not be subject to clause (vii) below),
(iii)    the final maturity date of any such Other Term Loans shall be no earlier than the Term B Facility Maturity Date and, except as to pricing, amortization, final maturity date, participation in mandatory prepayments and ranking as to security (which shall, subject to the other clauses of this proviso, be determined by the Borrower and the Incremental Term Lenders in their sole discretion), shall have (x) substantially similar terms as the Term B Loans or (y) such other terms (including as to guarantees and collateral) as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent,
(iv)    the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any such Other Term Loans shall be no shorter than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Term B Loans,
(v)    the Other Revolving Loans incurred pursuant to clause (a) of this Section 2.21 shall rank pari passu or, at the option of the Borrower, junior in right of security with the Liens on the Collateral securing the Initial Revolving Loans (provided, that if such Other Revolving Loans rank junior in right of security with the Liens on the Collateral securing the Initial Revolving Loans, such Other Revolving Loans shall be subject to a Permitted Junior Intercreditor Agreement),
(vi)    the final maturity date of any such Other Revolving Loans shall be no earlier than the Revolving Facility Maturity Date with respect to the Initial Revolving Loans and, except as to pricing, final maturity date, participation in mandatory prepayments and commitment reductions and ranking as to security (which shall, subject to the other clauses of this proviso, be determined by the Borrower and the Incremental Revolving Facility Lenders in their sole discretion), shall have (x) substantially similar terms as the Initial Revolving Loans or (y) such other terms (including as to guarantees and collateral) as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent,
(vii)    with respect to any Other Term Loan incurred pursuant to clause (a) of this Section 2.21 that is secured by Liens on the Collateral that are pari passu in right of security with the Liens thereon securing the Term B Loans, the All-in Yield shall be the same as that applicable to the Term B Loans on the Closing Date, except that the All-in Yield in respect of any such Other Term Loan may exceed the All-in Yield in respect of such Term B Loans on the Closing Date by no more than 0.50%, or if it does so exceed such All-in Yield by more than 0.50% (such difference, the “Term Yield Differential”) then the Applicable Margin (or the “LIBOR floor” as provided in the following proviso) applicable to such Term B Loans shall be increased such that after giving effect to such increase, the Term Yield Differential shall not exceed 0.50%; provided that, to the extent any portion of the Term Yield Differential is attributable to a higher “LIBOR floor” being applicable to such Other Term Loans, such floor shall only be included in the calculation of the Term Yield Differential to the extent such floor is greater than the Adjusted LIBO Rate in effect for an Interest Period of three months’ duration at such time, and, with respect to such excess, the “LIBOR floor” applicable to the outstanding Term B Loans shall be increased to an amount not to exceed the “LIBOR floor” applicable to such Other Term Loans prior to any increase in the Applicable Margin applicable to such Term B Loans then outstanding;
(viii)    (A) such Other Revolving Loans may participate on a pro rata basis or a less than pro rata basis (but not a greater than pro rata basis) than the Initial Revolving Loans in (x) any voluntary or mandatory prepayment or commitment reduction hereunder and (y) any Borrowing at the time such Borrowing is made and (B) such Other Term Loans may participate on a pro rata basis or a less than pro rata basis (but not a greater than pro rata basis) than the Term B Loans in any mandatory prepayment hereunder; and
(ix)    there shall be no obligor in respect of any Incremental Term Loan Commitments or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments that is not a Loan Party.
Each party hereto hereby agrees that, upon the effectiveness of any Incremental Assumption Agreement, this Agreement shall be amended to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to reflect the existence and terms of the Incremental Term Loan Commitments and/or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments evidenced thereby as provided for in Section 9.08(e). Any amendment to this Agreement or any other Loan Document that is necessary to effect the provisions of this Section 2.21 and any such collateral and other documentation shall be deemed “Loan Documents” hereunder and may be memorialized in writing by the Administrative Agent with the Borrower’s consent (not to be unreasonably withheld) and furnished to the other parties hereto.
(b)    Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Incremental Term Loan Commitment or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment shall become effective under this Section 2.21 unless (i) on the date of such effectiveness, to the extent required by the relevant Incremental Assumption Agreement, the conditions set forth in clause (c) of Section 4.01 shall be satisfied and the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate to that effect dated such date and executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower and (ii) the Administrative Agent shall have received customary legal opinions, board resolutions and other customary closing certificates and documentation as required by the relevant Incremental Assumption Agreement and, to the extent required by the Administrative Agent, consistent with those delivered on the Closing Date under Section 4.02 and such additional customary documents and filings (including amendments to the Mortgages and other Security Documents and title endorsement bringdowns) as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request to assure that the Incremental Term Loans and/or Revolving Facility Loans in respect of Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments are secured by the Collateral ratably with (or, to the extent set forth in the applicable Incremental Assumption Agreement, junior to) one or more Classes of then-existing Term Loans and Revolving Facility Loans.
(c)    Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that the Administrative Agent may take any and all action as may be reasonably necessary to ensure that (i) all Incremental Term Loans (other than Other Term Loans of a different Class), when originally made, are included in each Borrowing of the outstanding applicable Class of Term Loans on a pro rata basis, and (ii) all Revolving Facility Loans in respect of Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments (other than Revolving Facility Loans of a different Class), when originally made, are included in each Borrowing of the applicable Class of outstanding Revolving Facility Loans on a pro rata basis. The Borrower agrees that Section 2.16 shall apply to any conversion of Eurocurrency Loans to ABR Loans reasonably required by the Administrative Agent to effect the foregoing.
(d)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, including Section 2.18(c) (which provisions shall not be applicable to clauses (e) through (i) of this Section 2.21), pursuant to one or more offers made from time to time by the Borrower to all Lenders of any Class of Term Loans and/or Revolving Facility Commitments, on a pro rata basis (based, in the case of an offer to the Lenders under any Class of Term Loans, on the aggregate outstanding Term Loans of such Class and, in the case of an offer to the Lenders under any Revolving Facility, on the aggregate outstanding Revolving Facility Commitments under such Revolving Facility, as applicable) and on the same terms (“Pro Rata Extension Offers”), the Borrower is hereby permitted to consummate transactions with individual Lenders from time to time to extend the maturity date of such Lender’s Loans and/or Commitments of such Class and to otherwise modify the terms of such Lender’s Loans and/or Commitments of such Class pursuant to the terms of the relevant Pro Rata Extension Offer (including, without limitation, increasing the interest rate or fees payable in respect of such Lender’s Loans and/or Commitments and/or modifying the amortization schedule in respect of such Lender’s Loans). For the avoidance of doubt, the reference to “on the same terms” in the preceding sentence shall mean, (i) in the case of an offer to the Lenders under any Class of Term Loans, that all of the Term Loans of such Class are offered to be extended for the same amount of time and that the interest rate changes and fees payable with respect to such extension are the same and (ii) in the case of an offer to the Lenders under any Revolving Facility, that all of the Revolving Facility Commitments of such Facility are offered to be extended for the same amount of time and that the interest rate changes and fees payable with respect to such extension are the same. Any such extension (an “Extension”) agreed to between the Borrower and any such Lender (an “Extending Lender”) will be established under this Agreement by implementing an Incremental Term Loan for such Lender if such Lender is extending an existing Term Loan (such extended Term Loan, an “Extended Term Loan”) or an Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment for such Lender if such Lender is extending an existing Revolving Facility Commitment (such extended Revolving Facility Commitment, an “Extended Revolving Facility Commitment”). Each Pro Rata Extension Offer shall specify the date on which the Borrower proposes that the Extended Term Loan shall be made, which shall be a date not earlier than five Business Days after the date on which notice is delivered to the Administrative Agent (or such shorter period agreed to by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion).
(e)    The Borrower and each Extending Lender shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Incremental Assumption Agreement and such other documentation as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably specify to evidence the Extended Term Loans and/or Extended Revolving Facility Commitments of such Extending Lender. Each Incremental Assumption Agreement shall specify the terms of the applicable Extended Term Loans and/or Extended Revolving Facility Commitments; provided, that (i) except as to interest rates, fees and any other pricing terms (which interest rates, fees and other pricing terms shall not be subject to the provisions set forth in Section 2.21(b)(vii)), and amortization, final maturity date and participation in prepayments and commitment reductions (which shall, subject to clauses (ii) and (iii) of this proviso, be determined by the Borrower and set forth in the Pro Rata Extension Offer), the Extended Term Loans shall have (x) the same terms as an existing Class of Term Loans or (y) such other terms as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (ii) the final maturity date of any Extended Term Loans shall be no earlier than the latest Term Facility Maturity Date in effect on the date of incurrence, (iii) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any Extended Term Loans shall be no shorter than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Class of Term Loans to which such offer relates, (iv) except as to interest rates, fees, any other pricing terms, participation in mandatory prepayments and commitment reductions and final maturity (which shall be determined by the Borrower and set forth in the Pro Rata Extension Offer), any Extended Revolving Facility Commitment shall have (x) the same terms as an existing Class of Revolving Facility Commitments or (y) have such other terms as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and, in respect of any other terms that would affect the rights or duties of any Issuing Bank, such terms as shall be reasonably satisfactory to such Issuing Bank, (v) any Extended Revolving Facility Commitments may participate on a pro rata basis or a less than pro rata basis (but not greater than a pro rata basis) than the Initial Revolving Loans in any voluntary or mandatory prepayment or commitment reduction hereunder and (vi) any Extended Term Loans may participate on a pro rata basis or a less than pro rata basis (but not a greater than pro rata basis) than the Term B Loans in any mandatory prepayment hereunder. Upon the effectiveness of any Incremental Assumption Agreement, this Agreement shall be amended to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to reflect the existence and terms of the Extended Term Loans and/or Extended Revolving Facility Commitments evidenced thereby as provided for in Section 9.08(e). Any such deemed amendment may be memorialized in writing by the Administrative Agent with the Borrower’s consent (not to be unreasonably withheld) and furnished to the other parties hereto. If provided in any Incremental Assumption Agreement with respect to any Extended Revolving Facility Commitments, and with the consent of each Issuing Bank, participations in Letters of Credit shall be reallocated to lenders holding such Extended Revolving Facility Commitments in the manner specified in such Incremental Assumption Agreement, including upon effectiveness of such Extended Revolving Facility Commitment or upon or prior to the maturity date for any Class of Revolving Facility Commitments.
(f)    Upon the effectiveness of any such Extension, the applicable Extending Lender’s Term Loan will be automatically designated an Extended Term Loan and/or such Extending Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitment will be automatically designated an Extended Revolving Facility Commitment. For purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (i) if such Extending Lender is extending a Term Loan, such Extending Lender will be deemed to have an Incremental Term Loan having the terms of such Extended Term Loan and (ii) if such Extending Lender is extending a Revolving Facility Commitment, such Extending Lender will be deemed to have an Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment having the terms of such Extended Revolving Facility Commitment.
(g)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement or any other Loan Document (including without limitation this Section 2.21), (i) the aggregate amount of Extended Term Loans and Extended Revolving Facility Commitments will not be included in the calculation of the Incremental Amount, (ii) no Extended Term Loan or Extended Revolving Facility Commitment is required to be in any minimum amount or any minimum increment, (iii) any Extending Lender may extend all or any portion of its Term Loans and/or Revolving Facility Commitment pursuant to one or more Pro Rata Extension Offers (subject to applicable proration in the case of over participation) (including the extension of any Extended Term Loan and/or Extended Revolving Facility Commitment), (iv) there shall be no condition to any Extension of any Loan or Commitment at any time or from time to time other than notice to the Administrative Agent of such Extension and the terms of the Extended Term Loan or Extended Revolving Facility Commitment implemented thereby, (v) all Extended Term Loans, Extended Revolving Facility Commitments and all obligations in respect thereof shall be Loan Obligations of the relevant Loan Parties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents that are secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis with all other Obligations relating to an existing Class of Term Loans of the relevant Loan Parties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (vi) no Issuing Bank shall be obligated to provide issue Letters of Credit under such Extended Revolving Facility Commitments unless it shall have consented thereto and (vii) there shall be no obligor in respect of any such Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Facility Commitments that is not a Loan Party.
(h)    Each Extension shall be consummated pursuant to procedures set forth in the associated Pro Rata Extension Offer; provided, that the Borrower shall cooperate with the Administrative Agent prior to making any Pro Rata Extension Offer to establish reasonable procedures with respect to mechanical provisions relating to such Extension, including, without limitation, timing, rounding and other adjustments.
(i)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, including Section 2.18(c) (which provisions shall not be applicable to clauses (j) through (o) of this Section 2.21), the Borrower may by written notice to the Administrative Agent establish one or more additional tranches of term loans under this Agreement (such loans, “Refinancing Term Loans”), the net cash proceeds of which are used to Refinance in whole or in part any Class of Term Loans. Each such notice shall specify the date (each, a “Refinancing Effective Date”) on which the Borrower proposes that the Refinancing Term Loans shall be made, which shall be a date not earlier than five Business Days after the date on which such notice is delivered to the Administrative Agent (or such shorter period agreed to by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion); provided, that:
(i)    before and after giving effect to the borrowing of such Refinancing Term Loans on the Refinancing Effective Date each of the conditions set forth in Section 4.01 shall be satisfied to the extent required by the relevant Incremental Assumption Agreement governing such Refinancing Term Loans;
(ii)    the final maturity date of the Refinancing Term Loans shall be no earlier than the Term Facility Maturity Date of the refinanced Term Loans,
(iii)    the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Refinancing Term Loans shall be no shorter than the then-remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the refinanced Term Loans;
(iv)    the aggregate principal amount of the Refinancing Term Loans shall not exceed the outstanding principal amount of the refinanced Term Loans plus amounts used to pay fees, premiums, costs and expenses (including original issue discount) and accrued interest associated therewith;
(v)    all other terms applicable to such Refinancing Term Loans (other than provisions relating to original issue discount, upfront fees, interest rates and any other pricing terms (which original issue discount, upfront fees, interest rates and other pricing terms shall not be subject to the provisions set forth in Section 2.21(b)(vii)) and optional prepayment or mandatory prepayment or redemption terms, which shall be as agreed between the Borrower and the Lenders providing such Refinancing Term Loans) taken as a whole shall be substantially similar to, or not materially less favorable to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries than, the terms, taken as a whole, applicable to the Term B Loans (except to the extent such covenants and other terms apply solely to any period after the Term B Facility Maturity Date or are otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent), as determined by the Borrower in good faith. In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower may establish Refinancing Term Loans to refinance and/or replace all or any portion of a Revolving Facility Commitment (regardless of whether Revolving Facility Loans are outstanding under such Revolving Facility Commitments at the time of incurrence of such Refinancing Term Loans), so long as (1) the aggregate amount of such Refinancing Term Loans does not exceed the aggregate amount of Revolving Facility Commitments terminated at the time of incurrence thereof, (2) if the Revolving Facility Credit Exposure outstanding on the Refinancing Effective Date would exceed the aggregate amount of Revolving Facility Commitments outstanding in each case after giving effect to the termination of such Revolving Facility Commitments, the Borrower shall take one or more actions such that such Revolving Facility Credit Exposure does not exceed such aggregate amount of Revolving Facility Commitments in effect on the Refinancing Effective Date after giving effect to the termination of such Revolving Facility Commitments (it being understood that (x) such Refinancing Term Loans may be provided by the Lenders holding the Revolving Facility Commitments being terminated and/or by any other person that would be a permitted Assignee hereunder and (y) the proceeds of such Refinancing Term Loans shall not constitute Net Proceeds hereunder), (3) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Refinancing Term Loans shall be no shorter than the remaining life to termination of the terminated Revolving Facility Commitments, (4) the final maturity date of the Refinancing Term Loans shall be no earlier than the termination date of the terminated Revolving Facility Commitments and (5) all other terms applicable to such Refinancing Term Loans (other than provisions relating to original issue discount, upfront fees, interest rates and any other pricing terms (which original issue discount, upfront fees, interest rates and other pricing terms shall not be subject to the provisions set forth in Section 2.21(b)(vii)) and optional prepayment or mandatory prepayment or redemption terms, which shall be as agreed between the Borrower and the Lenders providing such Refinancing Term Loans) taken as a whole shall be substantially similar to, or not materially less favorable to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries than, the terms, taken as a whole, applicable to the Term B Loans (except to the extent such covenants and other terms apply solely to any period after the Term B Facility Maturity Date or are otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent), as determined by the Borrower in good faith;
(vi)    with respect to Refinancing Term Loans secured by Liens on the Collateral that rank junior in right of security to the Term B Loans, such Liens will be subject to a Permitted Junior Intercreditor Agreement; and
(vii)    there shall be no obligor in respect of such Refinancing Term Loans that is not a Loan Party.
(j)    The Borrower may approach any Lender or any other person that would be a permitted Assignee pursuant to Section 9.04 to provide all or a portion of the Refinancing Term Loans; provided, that any Lender offered or approached to provide all or a portion of the Refinancing Term Loans may elect or decline, in its sole discretion, to provide a Refinancing Term Loan. Any Refinancing Term Loans made on any Refinancing Effective Date shall be designated an additional Class of Term Loans for all purposes of this Agreement; provided, further, that any Refinancing Term Loans may, to the extent provided in the applicable Incremental Assumption Agreement governing such Refinancing Term Loans, be designated as an increase in any previously established Class of Term Loans made to the Borrower.
(k)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, including Section 2.18(c) (which provisions shall not be applicable to clauses (l) through (o) of this Section 2.21), the Borrower may by written notice to the Administrative Agent establish one or more additional Facilities providing for revolving commitments (“Replacement Revolving Facilities” and the commitments thereunder, “Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments” and the revolving loans thereunder, “Replacement Revolving Loans”), which replace in whole or in part any Class of Revolving Facility Commitments under this Agreement. Each such notice shall specify the date (each, a “Replacement Revolving Facility Effective Date”) on which the Borrower proposes that the Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments shall become effective, which shall be a date not less than five Business Days after the date on which such notice is delivered to the Administrative Agent (or such shorter period agreed to by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion); provided that: (i) before and after giving effect to the establishment of such Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments on the Replacement Revolving Facility Effective Date, each of the conditions set forth in Section 4.01 shall be satisfied to the extent required by the relevant Incremental Assumption Agreement governing such Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments; (ii) after giving effect to the establishment of any Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments and any concurrent reduction in the aggregate amount of any other Revolving Facility Commitments, the aggregate amount of Revolving Facility Commitments shall not exceed the aggregate amount of the Revolving Facility Commitments outstanding immediately prior to the applicable Replacement Revolving Facility Effective Date; (iii) no Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments shall have a final maturity date (or require commitment reductions or amortizations) prior to the Revolving Facility Maturity Date in effect at the time of incurrence for the Revolving Facility Commitments being replaced; (iv) all other terms applicable to such Replacement Revolving Facility (other than provisions relating to (x) fees, interest rates and other pricing terms and prepayment and commitment reduction and optional redemption terms which shall be as agreed between the Borrower and the Lenders providing such Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments and (y) the amount of any letter of credit sublimit and swingline commitment under such Replacement Revolving Facility, which shall be as agreed between the Borrower, the Lenders providing such Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments, the Administrative Agent and the replacement issuing bank and replacement swingline lender, if any, under such Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments) taken as a whole shall be substantially similar to, or not materially more favorable to the Lenders providing such Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments than, those, taken as a whole, applicable to the Initial Revolving Loans (except to the extent such covenants and other terms apply solely to any period after the latest Revolving Facility Maturity Date in effect at the time of incurrence or are otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent); and (v) there shall be no obligor in respect of such Replacement Revolving Facility that is not a Loan Party. In addition, the Borrower may establish Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments to refinance and/or replace all or any portion of a Term Loan hereunder (regardless of whether such Term Loan is repaid with the proceeds of Replacement Revolving Loans or otherwise), so long as the aggregate amount of such Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments does not exceed the aggregate amount of Term Loans repaid at the time of establishment thereof (it being understood that such Replacement Revolving Facility Commitment may be provided by the Lenders holding the Term Loans being repaid and/or by any other Person that would be a permitted Assignee hereunder) so long as (i) before and after giving effect to the establishment such Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments on the Replacement Revolving Facility Effective Date each of the conditions set forth in Section 4.01 shall be satisfied to the extent required by the relevant agreement governing such Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments, (ii) the remaining life to termination of such Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments shall be no shorter than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity then applicable to the refinanced Term Loans, (iii) the final termination date of the Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments shall be no earlier than the Term Facility Maturity Date of the refinanced Term Loans, (iv) with respect to Replacement Revolving Loans secured by Liens on Collateral that rank junior in right of security to the Initial Revolving Loans, such Liens will be subject to a Permitted Junior Intercreditor Agreement and (v) the requirement of clause (v) in the preceding sentence shall be satisfied mutatis mutandis. Solely to the extent that an Issuing Bank is not a replacement issuing bank or replacement swingline lender, as the case may be, under a Replacement Revolving Facility, it is understood and agreed that such Issuing Bank shall not be required to issue any letters of credit or swingline loan under such Replacement Revolving Facility and, to the extent it is necessary for such Issuing Bank to withdraw as an Issuing Bank, as the case may be, at the time of the establishment of such Replacement Revolving Facility, such withdrawal shall be on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, in its sole discretion. The Borrower agrees to reimburse each Issuing Bank, as the case may be, in full upon demand, for any reasonable and documented out-of-pocket cost or expense attributable to such withdrawal.
(l)    The Borrower may approach any Lender or any other person that would be a permitted Assignee of a Revolving Facility Commitment pursuant to Section 9.04 to provide all or a portion of the Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments; provided that any Lender offered or approached to provide all or a portion of the Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments may elect or decline, in its sole discretion, to provide a Replacement Revolving Facility Commitment. Any Replacement Revolving Facility Commitment made on any Replacement Revolving Facility Effective Date shall be designated an additional Class of Revolving Facility Commitments for all purposes of this Agreement; provided that any Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments may, to the extent provided in the applicable Incremental Assumption Agreement, be designated as an increase in any previously established Class of Revolving Facility Commitments.
(m)    On any Replacement Revolving Facility Effective Date, subject to the satisfaction of the foregoing terms and conditions, each of the Lenders with Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments of such Class shall purchase from each of the other Lenders with Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments of such Class, at the principal amount thereof and in the applicable currencies, such interests in the Replacement Revolving Loans and participations in Letters of Credit under such Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments of such Class then outstanding on such Replacement Revolving Facility Effective Date as shall be necessary in order that, after giving effect to all such assignments and purchases, the Replacement Revolving Loans and participations of such Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments of such Class will be held by the Lenders thereunder ratably in accordance with their Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments.
(n)    For purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (i) if a Lender is providing a Refinancing Term Loan, such Lender will be deemed to have an Incremental Term Loan having the terms of such Refinancing Term Loan and (ii) if a Lender is providing a Replacement Revolving Facility Commitment, such Lender will be deemed to have an Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment having the terms of such Replacement Revolving Facility Commitment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement or any other Loan Document (including without limitation this Section 2.21), (i) the aggregate amount of Refinancing Term Loans and Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments will not be included in the calculation of the Incremental Amount, (ii) no Refinancing Term Loan or Replacement Revolving Facility Commitment is required to be in any minimum amount or any minimum increment, (iii) there shall be no condition to any incurrence of any Refinancing Term Loan or Replacement Revolving Facility Commitment at any time or from time to time other than those set forth in clauses (j) or (l) above, as applicable, and (iv) all Refinancing Term Loans, Replacement Revolving Facility Commitments and all obligations in respect thereof shall be Obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents that are secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis with all other Obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
(o)    Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing to the contrary, (i) for the purpose of determining the number of outstanding Eurocurrency Borrowings upon the incurrence of any Incremental Loans, (x) to the extent the last date of Interest Periods for multiple Eurocurrency Borrowings under the Term Facilities fall on the same day, such Eurocurrency Borrowings shall be considered a single Eurocurrency Borrowing and (y) to the extent the last date of Interest Periods for multiple Eurocurrency Borrowings under the Revolving Facilities fall on the same day, such Eurocurrency Borrowings shall be considered a single Eurocurrency Borrowing and (ii) the initial Interest Period with respect to any Eurocurrency Borrowing of Incremental Loans may, at the Borrower’s option, be of a duration of a number of Business Days that is less than one month, and the Adjusted LIBO Rate with respect to such initial Interest Period shall be the same as the Adjusted LIBO Rate applicable to any then-outstanding Eurocurrency Borrowing as the Borrower may direct, so long as the last day of such initial Interest Period is the same as the last day of the Interest Period with respect to such outstanding Eurocurrency Borrowing.
Section 2.22    Defaulting Lender. 17.%2.%3.  Defaulting Lender Adjustments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as such Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable law:
(i)    Waivers and Amendments. Such Defaulting Lender’s right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in the definitions of “Required Lenders” or “Required Revolving Facility Lenders.”
(ii)    Defaulting Lender Waterfall. Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, following an Event of Default or otherwise) or received by the Administrative Agent from a Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 9.06 shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder, second, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to any Issuing Bank hereunder, third, to Cash Collateralize the Issuing Banks’ Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender in accordance with Section 2.05(j), fourth, as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent, fifth, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a deposit account and released pro rata in order to (x) satisfy such Defaulting Lender’s potential future funding obligations with respect to Loans under this Agreement and (y) Cash Collateralize the Issuing Banks’ future Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender with respect to future Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement, in accordance with Section 2.05(j), sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, Issuing Bank against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement, seventh, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement, and eighth, to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction. Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section 2.22 shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.
(iii)    Certain Fees. (A) No Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive any Commitment Fee for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender.
(A)    Each Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive L/C Participation Fees for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender only to the extent allocable to its pro rata share of the stated amount of Letters of Credit for which it has provided Cash Collateral.
(B)    With respect to any Commitment Fee or L/C Participation Fee not required to be paid to any Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (A) or (B) above, the Borrower shall (x) pay to each Non-Defaulting Lender that portion of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s participation in Letters of Credit that has been reallocated to such Non-Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (iv) below, (y) pay to each Issuing Bank the amount of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender to the extent allocable to such Issuing Bank’s Fronting Exposure to such Defaulting Lender, and (z) not be required to pay the remaining amount of any such fee.
(iv)    Reallocation of Participations to Reduce Fronting Exposure. All or any part of such Defaulting Lender’s participation in Letters of Credit shall be reallocated among the Non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective pro rata Commitments (calculated without regard to such Defaulting Lender’s Commitment) but only to the extent that (x) the conditions set forth in Section 4.01 are satisfied at the time of such reallocation and (y) such reallocation does not cause the aggregate Revolving Facility Credit Exposure of any Non-Defaulting Lender to exceed such Non-Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitment. No reallocation hereunder shall constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder against a Defaulting Lender arising from that Lender having become a Defaulting Lender, including any claim of a Non-Defaulting Lender as a result of such Non-Defaulting Lender’s increased exposure following such reallocation.
(v)    Cash Collateral. If the reallocation described in clause (iv) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Borrower shall, without prejudice to any right or remedy available to it hereunder or under law, within three (3) Business Days following the written request of (i) the Administrative Agent or (ii) any Issuing Bank, as applicable (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), Cash Collateralize the Issuing Banks’ Fronting Exposure in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.05(j).
(b)    Defaulting Lender Cure. If the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Issuing Bank agree in writing that a Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any Cash Collateral), that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase at par that portion of outstanding Revolving Facility Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit to be held pro rata by the Lenders in accordance with their Revolving Facility Commitments (without giving effect to Section 2.22(a)(iv)), whereupon such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that, no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; provided, further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.
(c)    New Letters of Credit. So long as any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the Issuing Banks shall not be required to issue, extend, renew or increase any Letter of Credit unless it is satisfied that it will have no Fronting Exposure after giving effect thereto.
ARTICLE III    

Representations and Warranties
On the date of each Credit Event, the Borrower represents and warrants to each of the Lenders that:
Section 3.01    Organization; Powers. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.01, each of Holdings (prior to a Qualified IPO), the Borrower and each of the Material Subsidiaries (a) is a partnership, limited liability company or corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing (or, if applicable in a foreign jurisdiction, enjoys the equivalent status under the laws of any jurisdiction of organization outside the United States of America) under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (b) has all requisite power and authority to own its property and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted, (c) is qualified to do business in each jurisdiction where such qualification is required, except where the failure so to qualify would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (d) has the power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under each of the Loan Documents and each other agreement or instrument contemplated thereby to which it is or will be a party and, in the case of the Borrower, to borrow and otherwise obtain credit hereunder.
Section 3.02    Authorization. The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower and each of the Subsidiary Loan Parties and, in the case of Section 3.02(a) and 3.02(b)(i)(B), Holdings (prior to a Qualified IPO), of each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and the borrowings hereunder (a) have been duly authorized by all corporate, stockholder, partnership or limited liability company action required to be obtained by Holdings, the Borrower and such Subsidiary Loan Parties and (b) will not (i) violate (A) any provision of law, statute, rule or regulation applicable to Holdings, the Borrower or any such Subsidiary Loan Party, (B) the certificate or articles of incorporation or other constitutive documents (including any partnership, limited liability company or operating agreements) or by-laws of Holdings, the Borrower, or any such Subsidiary Loan Party, (C) any applicable order of any court or any rule, regulation or order of any Governmental Authority applicable to the Borrower or any such Subsidiary Loan Party or (D) any provision of any indenture, certificate of designation for preferred stock, agreement or other instrument to which the Borrower or any such Subsidiary Loan Party is a party or by which any of them or any of their property is or may be bound, (ii) result in a breach of or constitute (alone or with due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, give rise to a right of or result in any cancellation or acceleration of any right or obligation (including any payment) under any such indenture, certificate of designation for preferred stock, agreement or other instrument, where any such conflict, violation, breach or default referred to in clause (i) or (ii) of this Section 3.02(b), would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, or (iii) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon or with respect to (x) any property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired by the Borrower or any such Subsidiary Loan Party, other than the Liens created by the Loan Documents and Permitted Liens, or (y) any Equity Interests of the Borrower now owned or hereafter acquired by Holdings (prior to a Qualified IPO), other than Liens created by the Loan Documents or Liens permitted by Article VIA.
Section 3.03    Enforceability. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Holdings and the Borrower and constitutes, and each other Loan Document when executed and delivered by the Borrower and each Subsidiary Loan Party that is party thereto will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party enforceable against the Borrower and each such Subsidiary Loan Party in accordance with its terms, subject to (i) the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), (iii) implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing and (iv) any foreign laws, rules and regulations as they relate to pledges of Equity Interests in Foreign Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties.
Section 3.04    Governmental Approvals. No action, consent or approval of, registration or filing with or any other action by any Governmental Authority is or will be required for the execution, delivery or performance of each Loan Document to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party is a party, except for (a) the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, (b) filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, (c) recordation of the Mortgages, (d) such as have been made or obtained and are in full force and effect, (e) such actions, consents and approvals the failure of which to be obtained or made would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (f) filings or other actions listed on Schedule 3.04 and any other filings or registrations required by the Security Documents.
Section 3.05    Financial Statements. The audited consolidated balance sheets and the statements of income, stockholders’ equity, and cash flow as of and for the fiscal years ended January 1, 2017, December 30, 2017 and December 30, 2018 for the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, and (b) the unaudited consolidated balance sheets and statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flow as of and for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2019 for the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, including the notes thereto, if applicable, present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates and for the periods referred to therein and the results of operations and, if applicable, cash flows for the periods then ended, and, except as set forth on Schedule 3.05, were prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby, except, in the case of interim period financial statements, for the absence of notes and for normal year-end adjustments and except as otherwise noted therein.
Section 3.06    No Material Adverse Effect. Since December 31, 2018, there has been no event or circumstance that, individually or in the aggregate with other events or circumstances, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.07    Title to Properties; Possession Under Leases. 18.%2.%3. Each of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries has valid title in fee simple or equivalent to, or valid leasehold interests in, or easements or other limited property interests in, all its Real Properties (including all Mortgaged Properties) and has valid title to its personal property and assets, in each case, except for Permitted Liens and except for defects in title that do not materially interfere with its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted or to utilize such properties and assets for their intended purposes and except where the failure to have such title would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. All such properties and assets are free and clear of Liens, other than Permitted Liens or Liens arising by operation of law. The Equity Interests of the Borrower owned by Holdings (prior to a Qualified IPO) are free and clear of Liens, other than Liens permitted by Article VIA.
(a)    The Borrower and each of the Subsidiaries has complied with all material obligations under all leases to which it is a party, except where the failure to comply would not reasonably be expected to have Material Adverse Effect, and all such leases are in full force and effect, except leases in respect of which the failure to be in full force and effect would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b)    As of the Closing Date, none of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries has received any written notice of any pending or contemplated condemnation proceeding affecting any material portion of the Mortgaged Properties or any sale or disposition thereof in lieu of condemnation that remains unresolved as of the Closing Date, except as set forth on Schedule 3.07(c).
(c)    As of the Closing Date, none of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries is obligated under any right of first refusal, option or other contractual right to sell, assign or otherwise dispose of any Mortgaged Property or any interest therein, except as permitted under Section 6.02 or 6.05 or as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(d)    Schedule 1.01(E) lists each Material Real Property owned by any Loan Party as of the Closing Date.
Section 3.08    Subsidiaries. 19.%2.%3.  Schedule 3.08(a) sets forth as of the Closing Date the name and jurisdiction of incorporation, formation or organization of each subsidiary of the Borrower and, as to each such subsidiary, the percentage of each class of Equity Interests owned by the Borrower or by any such subsidiary.
(a)    As of the Closing Date, after giving effect to the Transactions, there are no outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, calls, rights or other agreements or commitments (other than stock options granted to employees or directors (or entities controlled by directors) and shares held by directors (or entities controlled by directors)) relating to any Equity Interests of the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, except as set forth on Schedule 3.08(b).
Section 3.09    Litigation; Compliance with Laws. 20.%2.%3.  There are no actions, suits or proceedings at law or in equity or by or on behalf of any Governmental Authority or in arbitration now pending, or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened in writing against the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries or any business, property or rights of any such person (i) that involve any Loan Document or the Transactions or (ii) that would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, except (in the case of this clause (ii) only) for any action, suit or proceeding at law or in equity or by or on behalf of any Governmental Authority or in arbitration which has been disclosed in any of the Company’s public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission prior to the Closing Date or which arises out of the same facts and circumstances, and alleges substantially the same complaints and damages, as any action, suit or proceeding so disclosed and in which there has been no material adverse change since the date of such disclosure.
(a)    None of the Borrower, the Subsidiaries and their respective properties or assets is in violation of (nor will the continued operation of their material properties and assets as currently conducted violate) any law, rule or regulation (including any zoning, building, ordinance, code or approval or any building permit, but excluding any Environmental Laws, which are the subject of Section 3.16) or any restriction of record or agreement affecting any Mortgaged Property, or is in default with respect to any judgment, writ, injunction or decree of any Governmental Authority, where such violation or default would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.10    Federal Reserve Regulations. Neither the making of any Loan (or the extension of any Letter of Credit) hereunder nor the use of the proceeds thereof will violate the provisions of Regulation T, Regulation U or Regulation X of the Board.
Section 3.11    Investment Company Act. None of Holdings (prior to a Qualified IPO), the Borrower and the Subsidiaries is required to be registered as an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
Section 3.12    Use of Proceeds. (a)  The Borrower will use the proceeds of the Revolving Facility Loans, and may request the issuance of Letters of Credit, solely for general corporate purposes (including, without limitation, for the Transactions, for Permitted Business Acquisitions and, in the case of Letters of Credit, for the back-up or replacement of existing letters of credit) and (b) the Borrower will use the proceeds of the Term B Loans made on the Closing Date to finance a portion of the Transactions, for the payment of Transaction Expenses and for general corporate purposes.
Section 3.13    Tax Returns. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.13:
(a)    Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, Holdings, the Borrower and each of the Subsidiaries has filed or caused to be filed all federal, state, local and non-U.S. Tax returns required to have been filed by it (including in its capacity as withholding agent) and each such Tax return is true and correct;
(b)    Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, Holdings, the Borrower and each of the Subsidiaries has timely paid or caused to be timely paid all Taxes shown to be due and payable by it on the returns referred to in clause (a) and all other Taxes or assessments (or made adequate provision (in accordance with GAAP) for the payment of all Taxes due), except Taxes or assessments that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings in accordance with Section 5.03 and for which Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries (as the case may be) has set aside on its books adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP; and
(c)    Other than as would not be, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, as of the Closing Date, with respect to Holdings, the Borrower and each of the Subsidiaries, there are no claims being asserted in writing with respect to any Taxes.
Section 3.14    No Material Misstatements. 21.%2.%3.  All written factual information (other than the Projections, forward looking information and information of a general economic nature or general industry nature) (the “Information”) concerning the Borrower, the Subsidiaries, the Transactions and any other transactions contemplated hereby included in the Lender Presentation or otherwise prepared by or on behalf of the foregoing or their representatives and made available to any Lenders or the Administrative Agent in connection with the Transactions or the other transactions contemplated hereby, when taken as a whole, was true and correct in all material respects, as of the date such Information was furnished to the Lenders and as of the Closing Date and did not, taken as a whole, contain any untrue statement of a material fact as of any such date or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein, taken as a whole, not materially misleading in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made (giving effect to all supplements and updates provided thereto).
(a)    The Projections and other forward looking information and information of a general economic nature prepared by or on behalf of the Borrower or any of its representatives and that have been made available to any Lenders or the Administrative Agent in connection with the Transactions or the other transactions contemplated hereby have been prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by the Borrower to be reasonable as of the date thereof (it being understood that such Projections are as to future events and are not to be viewed as facts, such Projections are subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any such Projections may differ significantly from the projected results, and that no assurance can be given that the projected results will be realized), as of the date such Projections and information were furnished to the Lenders.
(b)    As of the Closing Date, the information included in the Beneficial Ownership Certification is true and correct in all material respects.
Section 3.15    Employee Benefit Plans. Except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect: (i)  no Reportable Event has occurred during the past five years as to which the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate was required to file a report with the PBGC, other than reports that have been filed; (ii) no ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; and (iii)  none of the Borrower, the Subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates has received any written notification that any Multiemployer Plan is in endangered or critical status within the meaning of Title I of ERISA or has been terminated within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.
Section 3.16    Environmental Matters. Except as to matters that would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect: (i) no written notice, request for information, order, complaint or penalty has been received by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and there are no judicial, administrative or other actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the Borrower’s knowledge, threatened which allege a violation of or liability under any Environmental Laws, in each case relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has all environmental permits, licenses and other approvals necessary for its operations to comply with all Environmental Laws (“Environmental Permits”) and is, and in the prior eighteen (18) month period, has been, in compliance with the terms of such Environmental Permits and with all other Environmental Laws, (iii) except as set forth on Schedule 3.16, no Hazardous Material is located at, on or under any property currently or, to the Borrower’s knowledge, formerly owned, operated or leased by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that would reasonably be expected to give rise to any cost, liability or obligation of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under any Environmental Laws or Environmental Permits, and no Hazardous Material has been generated, used, treated, stored, handled, disposed of or controlled, transported or Released at any location in a manner that would reasonably be expected to give rise to any cost, liability or obligation of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under any Environmental Laws or Environmental Permits, (iv) there are no agreements in which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has expressly assumed or undertaken responsibility for any known or reasonably likely liability or obligation of any other person arising under or relating to Environmental Laws, which in any such case has not been made available to the Administrative Agent prior to the Closing Date, and (v) there has been no material written environmental assessment or audit conducted (other than customary assessments not revealing anything that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect), by or on behalf of the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries of any property currently or, to the Borrower’s knowledge, formerly owned or leased by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries that has not been made available to the Administrative Agent prior to the Closing Date.
Section 3.17    Security Documents. 22.%2.%3.  The Collateral Agreement is effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties), in each case, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral described therein and proceeds thereof. As of the Closing Date, in the case of the Pledged Collateral described in the Collateral Agreement, when certificates or promissory notes, as applicable, representing such Pledged Collateral and required to be delivered under the applicable Security Document are delivered to the Collateral Agent, and in the case of the other Collateral described in the Collateral Agreement (other than the Intellectual Property), when financing statements and other filings specified in the Perfection Certificate are filed in the offices specified in the Perfection Certificate, the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) shall have a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in such Collateral and, subject to Section 9-315 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code, the proceeds thereof, as security for the Obligations to the extent perfection can be obtained by filing Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, in each case prior and superior in right to the Lien of any other person (except Permitted Liens).
(a)    When the Collateral Agreement or an ancillary document thereunder is properly filed and recorded in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office, and, with respect to Collateral in which a security interest cannot be perfected by such filings, upon the proper filing of the financing statements referred to in clause (a) above, the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) shall have a fully perfected (subject to exceptions arising from defects in the chain of title, which defects in the aggregate do not constitute a Material Adverse Effect hereunder) Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties thereunder in the material domestic Intellectual Property included in the Collateral (but, in the case of the United States registered copyrights included in the Collateral, only to the extent such United States registered copyrights are listed in such ancillary document filed with the United States Copyright Office) listed in such ancillary document, in each case prior and superior in right to the Lien of any other person, except for Permitted Liens (it being understood that subsequent recordings in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office may be necessary to perfect a Lien on material registered trademarks and patents, trademark and patent applications and registered copyrights acquired by the Loan Parties after the Closing Date).
(b)    The Mortgages, if any, executed and delivered on the Closing Date are, and the Mortgages executed and delivered after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 5.10 shall be, effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) legal, valid and enforceable Liens on all of the Loan Parties’ rights, titles and interests in and to the Mortgaged Property thereunder and the proceeds thereof, and when such Mortgages are filed or recorded in the proper real estate filing or recording offices, and all relevant mortgage taxes and recording charges are duly paid, the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) shall have valid Liens with record notice to third parties on, and security interests in, all rights, titles and interests of the Loan Parties in such Mortgaged Property and, to the extent applicable, subject to Section 9-315 of the Uniform Commercial Code, the proceeds thereof, in each case prior and superior in right to the Lien of any other person, except for Permitted Liens.
(c)    Notwithstanding anything herein (including this Section 3.17) or in any other Loan Document to the contrary, no Borrower or any other Loan Party makes any representation or warranty as to the effects of perfection or non-perfection, the priority or the enforceability of any pledge of or security interest in any Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary, or as to the rights and remedies of the Agents or any Lender with respect thereto, under foreign law.
Section 3.18    Location of Real Property. The Perfection Certificate lists correctly, in all material respects, as of the Closing Date all Material Real Property owned by the Borrower and the Subsidiary Loan Parties and the addresses thereof. As of the Closing Date, the Borrower and the Subsidiary Loan Parties own in fee all the Real Property set forth as being owned by them in the Perfection Certificate except to the extent set forth therein.
Section 3.19    Solvency. 23.%2.%3.  Immediately after giving effect to the Transactions on the Closing Date, (i) the fair value of the assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, at a fair valuation, will exceed the debts and liabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis; (ii) the present fair saleable value of the property of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis on their debts and other liabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured; (iii) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will be able to pay their debts and liabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured; and (iv) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged as such businesses are now conducted and are proposed to be conducted following the Closing Date.
(a)    As of the Closing Date, immediately after giving effect to the consummation of the Transactions, the Borrower does not intend to, and the Borrower does not believe that it or any of its Subsidiaries will, incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature, taking into account the timing and amounts of cash to be received by it or any such Subsidiary and the timing and amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its Indebtedness or the Indebtedness of any such Subsidiary.
Section 3.20    Labor Matters. Except as, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (a) there are no strikes or other labor disputes pending or threatened against the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries; (b) the hours worked and payments made to employees of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable law dealing with such matters; and (c) all payments due from the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries or for which any claim may be made against the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, on account of wages and employee health and welfare insurance and other benefits have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of the Borrower or such Subsidiary to the extent required by GAAP. Except as, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the consummation of the Transactions will not give rise to a right of termination or right of renegotiation on the part of any union under any material collective bargaining agreement to which the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries (or any predecessor) is a party or by which the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries (or any predecessor) is bound.
Section 3.21    Insurance. Schedule 3.21 sets forth a true, complete and correct description, in all material respects, of all material insurance (excluding any title insurance) maintained by or on behalf of the Borrower or the Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date. As of such date, such insurance is in full force and effect.
Section 3.22    No Default. No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
Section 3.23    Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or as set forth in Schedule 3.23, (a) the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries owns, or possesses the right to use, all Intellectual Property that is used or held for use in or is otherwise reasonably necessary for the present conduct of their respective businesses, (b) to the knowledge of the Borrower, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are not interfering with, infringing upon, misappropriating or otherwise violating Intellectual Property of any person, and (c) (i) no claim or litigation regarding any of the Intellectual Property owned by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries is pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened and (ii) to the knowledge of the Borrower, no claim or litigation regarding any other Intellectual Property described in the foregoing clauses (a) and (b) is pending or threatened.
Section 3.24    Senior Debt. The Loan Obligations constitute “Senior Debt” (or the equivalent thereof) under the documentation governing any Material Indebtedness of any Loan Party permitted to be incurred hereunder constituting Indebtedness that is subordinated in right of payment to the Loan Obligations.
Section 3.25    USA PATRIOT Act; OFAC.
(a)    The Borrower and each Subsidiary Loan Party is in compliance in all material respects with the material provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act, and, (i) on or prior to the Closing Date, the Borrower has provided to the Administrative Agent all information related to the Loan Parties (including names, addresses and tax identification numbers (if applicable)) reasonably requested in writing by the Administrative Agent not less than ten (10) Business Days prior to the Closing Date and mutually agreed to be required under “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act, to be obtained by the Administrative Agent or any Lender and (ii) at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, to the extent the Borrower qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, any Lender or Agent that has requested, in a written notice to the Borrower not less than ten (10) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, a Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to the Borrower, shall have received such Beneficial Ownership Certification.
(b)    None of Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of Borrower, any director, officer, agent, employee or Affiliate of the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”). The Borrower will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the Loans or the Letters of Credit or otherwise make available such proceeds to any person, for the purpose of financing activities or business of or with any person, or in any country, that, at the time of such financing, is the subject of any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
Section 3.26    Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, and, to the knowledge of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, their directors, officers, agents and employees, are in compliance with the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 and all similar laws of the jurisdictions in which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries conduct their business and to which they are lawfully subject, in each case, in all material respects. No part of the proceeds of the Loans made hereunder or the Letters of Credit will be used to make any unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment.
ARTICLE IV    

Conditions of Lending
The obligations of (a) the Lenders to make Loans and (b) any Issuing Bank to issue, amend, extend or renew Letters of Credit or increase the stated amounts of Letters of Credit hereunder (each, a “Credit Event”) are subject to the satisfaction (or waiver in accordance with Section 9.08) of the following conditions:
Section 4.01    All Credit Events. On the date of each Borrowing and on the date of each issuance, amendment, extension or renewal of a Letter of Credit (in each case, other than pursuant to an Incremental Assumption Agreement):
(a)    The Administrative Agent shall have received, in the case of a Borrowing, a Borrowing Request as required by Section 2.03 (or a Borrowing Request shall have been deemed given in accordance with the last paragraph of Section 2.03) or, in the case of the issuance of a Letter of Credit, the applicable Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent shall have received a notice requesting the issuance of such Letter of Credit as required by Section 2.05(b).
(b)    The representations and warranties set forth in the Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such date (other than an amendment, extension or renewal of a Letter of Credit without any increase in the stated amount of such Letter of Credit), as applicable, with the same effect as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date).
(c)    In the case of each Borrowing or other Credit Event that occurs after the Closing Date, at the time of and immediately after such Borrowing or issuance, amendment, extension or renewal of a Letter of Credit (other than an amendment, extension or renewal of a Letter of Credit without any increase in the stated amount of such Letter of Credit), as applicable, no Event of Default or Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
(d)    Each Borrowing and other Credit Event that occurs after the Closing Date shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower on the date of such Borrowing, issuance, amendment, extension or renewal as applicable, as to the matters specified in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Section 4.01.
Section 4.02    First Credit Event. On or prior to the Closing Date:
(a)    The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from each of Holdings, the Borrower, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders (i) a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party or (ii) written evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include delivery of a signed signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or other means of electronic transmission (e.g., “pdf”)) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement.
(b)    The Administrative Agent shall have received, on behalf of itself, the Lenders and each Issuing Bank, a written opinion of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, and Posinelli P.C., each as special counsel for the Loan Parties, in each case (A) dated the Closing Date, (B) addressed to each Issuing Bank, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders on the Closing Date and (C) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent covering such matters relating to the Loan Documents as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request.
(c)    The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary or similar officer of each Loan Party dated the Closing Date and certifying:
(i)    a copy of the certificate or articles of incorporation, certificate of limited partnership, certificate of formation or other equivalent constituent and governing documents, including all amendments thereto, of such Loan Party, (1) in the case of a corporation, certified as of a recent date by the Secretary of State (or other similar official) of the jurisdiction of its organization, or (2) otherwise certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of such Loan Party or other person duly authorized by the constituent documents of such Loan Party,
(ii)    a certificate as to the good standing (to the extent such concept or a similar concept exists under the laws of such jurisdiction) of such Loan Party as of a recent date from such Secretary of State (or other similar official),
(iii)    that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of the by-laws (or partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement or other equivalent constituent and governing documents) of such Loan Party as in effect on the Closing Date and at all times since a date prior to the date of the resolutions described in clause (iv) below,
(iv)    that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of resolutions (or equivalent documentation) duly adopted by the Board of Directors (or equivalent governing body) of such Loan Party (or its managing general partner or managing member) authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents dated as of the Closing Date to which such person is a party and, in the case of the Borrower, the borrowings hereunder, and that such resolutions (or equivalent documentation) have not been modified, rescinded or amended and are in full force and effect on the Closing Date,
(v)    as to the incumbency and specimen signature of each officer executing any Loan Document or any other document delivered in connection herewith on behalf of such Loan Party, and
(vi)    as to the absence of any pending proceeding for the dissolution or liquidation of such Loan Party or, to the knowledge of such person, threatening the existence of such Loan Party.
(d)    The Administrative Agent shall have received a completed Perfection Certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, together with all attachments contemplated thereby, and the results of a search of the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent), tax and judgment, United States Patent and Trademark Office and United States Copyright Office filings made with respect to the Loan Parties in the jurisdictions contemplated by the Perfection Certificate and copies of the financing statements (or similar documents) disclosed by such search and evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that the Liens indicated by such financing statements (or similar documents) are Permitted Liens or have been, or will be simultaneously or substantially concurrently with the closing under this Agreement, released (or arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent for such release shall have been made).
(e)    The Administrative Agent shall have received the financial statements referred to in Section 3.05.
(f)    On the Closing Date, after giving effect to the Transactions and the other transactions contemplated hereby, none of Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries shall have any third party Indebtedness of the type described in clause (a) of the definition thereof other than (i) the Loans and other extensions of credit under this Agreement (including the Existing Roll-Over Letters of Credit, which shall be deemed to be Letters of Credit issued under and subject to this Agreement), (ii) the Existing Senior Unsecured Notes, (iii) any then existing Capitalized Lease Obligations, (iv) other Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including intercompany Indebtedness of the Borrower and Indebtedness for capital expenditures and working capital purposes and (v) other Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01 or approved by the Arrangers in their reasonable discretion.
(g)    The Lenders shall have received a solvency certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C and signed by a Financial Officer of the Borrower confirming the solvency of Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis after giving effect to the Transactions on the Closing Date.
(h)    The Agents shall have received all fees payable thereto or to any Lender on or prior to the Closing Date and, to the extent invoiced at least three Business Days prior to the Closing Date, reimbursement or payment of all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP) required to be reimbursed or paid by the Loan Parties hereunder or under any Loan Document on or prior to the Closing Date (which amounts may be offset against the proceeds of the Loans).
(i)    Except as set forth in Schedule 5.12 (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall override the applicable clauses of the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” for the purposes of this Section 4.02) and subject to the grace periods and post-closing periods set forth in such definition, the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement shall be satisfied (or waived) as of the Closing Date.
(j)    The Administrative Agent shall have received all documentation and other information required by Section 3.25(a), to the extent such information has been requested not less than ten (10) Business Days prior to the Closing Date.
(k)    The Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect set forth in Section 4.01(b).
For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 4.02, each Lender shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to the Lenders unless an officer of the Administrative Agent responsible for the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the Closing Date specifying its objection thereto and, in the case of a Borrowing, such Lender shall not have made available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s ratable portion of the initial Borrowing.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, it is understood that to the extent any security interest in the intended Collateral or any deliverable (including those referred to in Sections 4.02(d) and (k)) related to the perfection of security interests in the intended Collateral (other than any Collateral the security interest in which may be perfected by the filing of a UCC financing statement or possession of the stock certificates (if any) of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary (to the extent, with respect to such Subsidiaries, such stock certificates are received from the Company on or prior to the Closing Date)) is not or cannot be provided and/or perfected on the Closing Date (1) without undue burden or expense or (2) after the Borrower has used commercially reasonable efforts to do so, then the provision and/or perfection of such security interest(s) or deliverable shall not constitute a condition precedent to the availability of the Commitments on the Closing Date but, to the extent otherwise required hereunder, shall be delivered after the Closing Date in accordance with Section 5.12.
ARTICLE V    

Affirmative Covenants
The Borrower covenants and agrees with each Lender that, until the Termination Date, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing, the Borrower will, and will cause each of the Subsidiaries to:
Section 5.01    Existence; Business and Properties. 24.%2.%3.  Do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence, except, in the case of a Subsidiary of the Borrower, where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and except as otherwise permitted under Section 6.05, and except for the liquidation or dissolution of Subsidiaries if the assets of such Subsidiaries to the extent they exceed estimated liabilities are acquired by the Borrower or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower in such liquidation or dissolution; provided, that Subsidiary Loan Parties may not be liquidated into Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties and Domestic Subsidiaries may not be liquidated into Foreign Subsidiaries (except in each case as permitted under Section 6.05).
(a)    Except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, do or cause to be done all things necessary to (i) lawfully obtain, preserve, renew, extend and keep in full force and effect the permits, franchises, authorizations, Intellectual Property, licenses and rights with respect thereto necessary to the normal conduct of its business, and (ii) at all times maintain, protect and preserve all property necessary to the normal conduct of its business and keep such property in good repair, working order and condition (ordinary wear and tear excepted), from time to time make, or cause to be made, all needful and proper repairs, renewals, additions, improvements and replacements thereto necessary in order that the business carried on in connection therewith, if any, may be properly conducted at all times (in each case except as permitted by this Agreement).
Section 5.02    Insurance. 25.%2.%3.  Maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance (subject to customary deductibles and retentions) in such amounts and against such risks as are customarily maintained by similarly situated companies engaged in the same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations, cause the Collateral Agent to be listed as a co-loss payee on property and casualty policies with respect to Mortgaged Property located in the United States of America and as an additional insured on liability policies. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries may self-insure with respect to such risks with respect to which companies of established reputation engaged in the same general line of business in the same general area usually self-insure.
(a)    Except as the Collateral Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion, cause all such property and casualty insurance policies with respect to the Mortgaged Property located in the United States of America to be endorsed or otherwise amended to include a “standard” or “New York” lender’s loss payable endorsement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, deliver a certificate of an insurance broker to the Collateral Agent; cause each such policy covered by this clause (b) to provide that it shall not be cancelled or not renewed upon less than 30 days’ prior written notice thereof by the insurer to the Collateral Agent; deliver to the Collateral Agent, prior to or concurrently with the cancellation or nonrenewal of any such policy of insurance covered by this clause (b), a copy of a renewal or replacement policy (or other evidence of renewal of a policy previously delivered to the Collateral Agent), or insurance certificate with respect thereto, together with evidence satisfactory to the Collateral Agent of payment of the premium therefor, in each case of the foregoing, to the extent customarily maintained, purchased or provided to, or at the request of, lenders by similarly situated companies in connection with credit facilities of this nature.
(b)    If any building comprising part of any Mortgaged Property is at any time located in an area identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (or any successor agency) as a special flood hazard area (each a “Special Flood Hazard Area”) with respect to which flood insurance has been made available under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (as now or hereafter in effect or successor act thereto), (i) maintain, or cause to be maintained, with a financially sound and reputable insurer, flood insurance in an amount and otherwise sufficient to comply with all applicable rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the Flood Insurance Laws and (ii) deliver to the Collateral Agent evidence of such compliance in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent.
(c)    In connection with the covenants set forth in this Section 5.02, it is understood and agreed that:
(i)    the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and their respective agents or employees shall not be liable for any loss or damage insured by the insurance policies required to be maintained under this Section 5.02, it being understood that (A) the Loan Parties shall look solely to their insurance companies or any other parties other than the aforesaid parties for the recovery of such loss or damage and (B) such insurance companies shall have no rights of subrogation against the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Lenders, any Issuing Bank or their agents or employees. If, however, the insurance policies, as a matter of the internal policy of such insurer, do not provide waiver of subrogation rights against such parties, as required above, then each of Holdings and the Borrower, on behalf of itself and behalf of each of its Subsidiaries, hereby agrees, to the extent permitted by law, to waive, and further agrees to cause each of their Subsidiaries to waive, its right of recovery, if any, against the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Lenders, any Issuing Bank and their agents and employees;
(ii)    the designation of any form, type or amount of insurance coverage by the Collateral Agent (including acting in the capacity as the Collateral Agent) under this Section 5.02 shall in no event be deemed a representation, warranty or advice by the Collateral Agent or the Lenders that such insurance is adequate for the purposes of the business of Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries or the protection of their properties; and
(iii)    the amount and type of insurance that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has in effect as of the Closing Date satisfies for all purposes the requirements of this Section 5.02.
Section 5.03    Taxes. Pay its obligations in respect of all Tax liabilities, assessments and governmental charges, before the same shall become delinquent or in default, except where (i) the amount or validity thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and the Borrower or a Subsidiary thereof has set aside on its books adequate reserves therefor in accordance with GAAP or (ii) the failure to make payment could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.04    Financial Statements, Reports, etc. Furnish to the Administrative Agent (which will promptly furnish such information to the Lenders):
(a)    within 90 days after the end of the fiscal year of each fiscal year (commencing with the fiscal year ending December 29, 2019), a consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, cash flows and owners’ equity showing the financial position of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the close of such fiscal year and the consolidated results of their operations during such year and setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the prior fiscal year, which consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, cash flows and owners’ equity shall be accompanied by customary management’s discussion and analysis and audited by independent public accountants of recognized national standing and accompanied by an opinion of such accountants (which opinion shall not be qualified as to scope of audit or as to the status of the Borrower or any consolidated Material Subsidiary as a going concern, other than with respect to, or resulting from, an upcoming maturity date under any series of Indebtedness, any breach of a financial maintenance covenant or any potential inability to satisfy a financial maintenance covenant on a future date or in a future period) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements fairly present, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (it being understood that the delivery by the Borrower of annual reports on Form 10-K (or any successor or comparable form) of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries shall satisfy the requirements of this Section 5.04(a) to the extent such annual reports include the information specified herein);
(b)    within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year (commencing with the fiscal quarter ending September 29, 2019), a consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations and cash flows showing the financial position of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the close of such fiscal quarter and the consolidated results of their operations during such fiscal quarter and the then-elapsed portion of the fiscal year and setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the corresponding periods of the prior fiscal year, all of which shall be in reasonable detail, which consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations and cash flows shall be accompanied by customary management’s discussion and analysis and which consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations and cash flows shall be certified by a Financial Officer of the Borrower on behalf of the Borrower as fairly presenting, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes) (it being understood that the delivery by the Borrower of quarterly reports on Form 10-Q (or any successor or comparable form) of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries shall satisfy the requirements of this Section 5.04(b) to the extent such quarterly reports include the information specified herein);
(c)    (x) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) or (b) above, a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower (i) certifying that no Event of Default or Default has occurred since the date of the last certificate delivered pursuant to this Section 5.04(c) or, if such an Event of Default or Default has occurred, specifying the nature and extent thereof and any corrective action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto, (ii) commencing with the end of the first full fiscal quarter after the Closing Date, setting forth computations in reasonable detail satisfactory to the Administrative Agent demonstrating compliance with the Financial Covenant and (iii) setting forth the calculation and uses of the Cumulative Credit for the fiscal period then ended if the Borrower shall have used the Cumulative Credit for any purpose during such fiscal period and (y) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) above, if the accounting firm is not restricted from providing such a certificate by its policies office, a certificate of the accounting firm opining on or certifying such statements stating whether they obtained knowledge during the course of their examination of such statements of any Default or Event of Default (which certificate may be limited to accounting matters and disclaim responsibility for legal interpretations);
(d)    promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all periodic and other publicly available reports, proxy statements and, to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, other materials filed by Holdings (prior to a Qualified IPO), the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries with the SEC, or after an initial public offering, distributed to its stockholders generally, as applicable; provided, however, that such reports, proxy statements, filings and other materials required to be delivered pursuant to this clause (d) shall be deemed delivered for purposes of this Agreement when posted to the website of the Borrower (or Holdings or any Parent Entity referred to in Section 5.04(h)) or the website of the SEC and written notice of such posting has been delivered to the Administrative Agent;
(e)    within 90 days (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion) after the beginning of each fiscal year (commencing with the fiscal year ending December 29, 2019), a consolidated annual budget for such fiscal year consisting of a projected consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower (or a Parent Entity) and its Subsidiaries as of the end of the following fiscal year and the related consolidated statements of projected cash flow and projected income (collectively, the “Budget”), which Budget shall in each case be accompanied by the statement of a Financial Officer of the Borrower (or a Parent Entity) to the effect that the Budget is based on assumptions believed by the Borrower (or a Parent Entity) to be reasonable as of the date of delivery thereof;
(f)    upon the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent not more frequently than once a year, an updated Perfection Certificate (or, to the extent such request relates to specified information contained in the Perfection Certificate, such information) reflecting all changes since the date of the information most recently received pursuant to this clause (f) or Section 5.10(f);
(g)    promptly, from time to time, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, or compliance with the terms of any Loan Document as in each case the Administrative Agent may reasonably request (for itself or on behalf of any Lender);
(h)    in the event that Holdings or any Parent Entity reports on a consolidated basis, such consolidated reporting at Holdings or such Parent Entity’s level in a manner consistent with that described in clauses (a) and (b) of this Section 5.04 for the Borrower (together with a reconciliation showing the adjustments necessary to determine compliance by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries with the Financial Covenant) will satisfy the requirements of such paragraphs;
(i)    promptly following any request therefor, information and documentation reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender for purposes of compliance with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money-laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the USA PATRIOT Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation; and
(j)    no later than 10 Business Days after the delivery of the financial statements required pursuant to clauses (a) and (b) of this Section 5.04, commencing with the financial statements for the first full fiscal period ending after the Closing Date, the Borrower shall hold a customary conference call for Lenders.
The Borrower hereby acknowledges and agrees that all financial statements furnished pursuant to paragraphs (a), (b) and (d) above are hereby deemed to be Borrower Materials suitable for distribution, and to be made available, to Public Lenders as contemplated by Section 9.17 and may be treated by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as if the same had been marked “PUBLIC” in accordance with such paragraph (unless the Borrower otherwise notifies the Administrative Agent in writing on or prior to delivery thereof).
Section 5.05    Litigation and Other Notices. Furnish to the Administrative Agent (which will promptly thereafter furnish to the Lenders) written notice of the following promptly after any Responsible Officer of Holdings (prior to a Qualified IPO) or the Borrower obtains actual knowledge thereof:
(a)    any Event of Default or Default, specifying the nature and extent thereof and the corrective action (if any) proposed to be taken with respect thereto;
(b)    the filing or commencement of, or any written threat or notice of intention of any person to file or commence, any action, suit or proceeding, whether at law or in equity or by or before any Governmental Authority or in arbitration, against Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries as to which an adverse determination is reasonably probable and which, if adversely determined, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(c)    any other development specific to Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries that is not a matter of general public knowledge and that has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect; and
(d)    the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, together with all other ERISA Events that have occurred, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.06    Compliance with Laws. Comply with all laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; provided, that this Section 5.06 shall not apply to Environmental Laws, which are the subject of Section 5.09, or to laws related to Taxes, which are the subject of Section 5.03.
Section 5.07    Maintaining Records; Access to Properties and Inspections. Maintain all financial records in accordance with GAAP and permit any persons designated by the Administrative Agent or, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any Lender to visit and inspect the financial records and the properties of Holdings (prior to a Qualified IPO), the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries at reasonable times, upon reasonable prior notice to Holdings (prior to a Qualified IPO) or the Borrower, and as often as reasonably requested and to make extracts from and copies of such financial records, and permit any persons designated by the Administrative Agent or, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any Lender upon reasonable prior notice to Holdings (prior to a Qualified IPO) or the Borrower to discuss the affairs, finances and condition of Holdings (prior to a Qualified IPO), the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries with the officers thereof and independent accountants therefor (so long as the Borrower has the opportunity to participate in any such discussions with such accountants), in each case, subject to reasonable requirements of confidentiality, including requirements imposed by law or by contract.
Section 5.08    Use of Proceeds. Use the proceeds of the Loans made and Letters of Credit issued in the manner contemplated by Section 3.12.
Section 5.09    Compliance with Environmental Laws. Comply, and make reasonable efforts to cause all lessees and other persons occupying its properties to comply, with all Environmental Laws applicable to its operations and properties; and obtain and renew all material authorizations and permits required pursuant to Environmental Law for its operations and properties, in each case in accordance with Environmental Laws, except, in each case with respect to this Section 5.09, to the extent the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.10    Further Assurances; Additional Security.
(a)    Execute any and all further documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and take all such further actions (including the filing and recording of financing statements, fixture filings, Mortgages and other documents), that the Collateral Agent may reasonably request (including, without limitation, those required by applicable law), to satisfy the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement and to cause the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be and remain satisfied, all at the expense of the Loan Parties and provide to the Collateral Agent, from time to time upon reasonable request, evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent as to the perfection and priority of the Liens created or intended to be created by the Security Documents.
(b)    If any asset (other than Real Property) that has an individual fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) in an amount greater than $10,000,000 is acquired by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party after the Closing Date or owned by an entity at the time it becomes a Subsidiary Loan Party (in each case other than (x) assets constituting Collateral under a Security Document that become subject to the Lien of such Security Document upon acquisition thereof and (y) assets constituting Excluded Property), the Borrower or such Subsidiary Loan Party, as applicable, will (i) notify the Collateral Agent of such acquisition or ownership and (ii) cause such asset to be subjected to a Lien (subject to any Permitted Liens) securing the Obligations by, and take, and cause the Subsidiary Loan Parties to take, such actions as shall be reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to grant and perfect such Liens, including actions described in clause (a) of this Section 5.10, all at the expense of the Loan Parties, subject to clause (g) below.
(c)    (i) Grant and cause each of the Subsidiary Loan Parties to grant to the Collateral Agent security interests in, and Mortgages on, any Material Real Property of the Borrower or such Subsidiary Loan Parties, as applicable, that are not Mortgaged Property as of the Closing Date, to the extent acquired after the Closing Date, within 120 days after such acquisition (or such later date as the Collateral Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion) pursuant to documentation substantially in the form of Exhibit F (with such changes as are reasonably consented to by the Collateral Agent to account for local law matters) or in such other form as is reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and the Borrower (each, an “Additional Mortgage”), which security interest and Mortgage shall constitute valid and enforceable Liens subject to no other Liens except Permitted Liens, (ii) record or file, and cause each such Subsidiary to record or file, the Additional Mortgage or instruments related thereto in such manner and in such places as is required by law to establish, perfect, preserve and protect the Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) required to be granted pursuant to the Additional Mortgages and pay, and cause each such Subsidiary to pay, in full, all Taxes, fees and other charges required to be paid in connection with such recording or filing, in each case subject to clause (g) below, and (iii) deliver to the Collateral Agent an updated Schedule 1.01(E) reflecting such additional Mortgaged Properties. Unless otherwise waived by the Collateral Agent, with respect to each such Additional Mortgage, the Borrower shall cause the requirements set forth in clauses (f) and (g) of the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” to be satisfied with respect to such Material Real Property.
(d)    If any additional direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower is formed or acquired after the Closing Date (including, without limitation, pursuant to a Delaware LLC Division) (with any Subsidiary Redesignation resulting in an Unrestricted Subsidiary becoming a Subsidiary being deemed to constitute the acquisition of a Subsidiary) and if such Subsidiary is a Subsidiary Loan Party, within 15 Business Days after the date such Subsidiary is formed or acquired (or such longer period as the Collateral Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion), notify the Collateral Agent thereof and, within 20 Business Days after the date such Subsidiary is formed or acquired or such longer period as the Collateral Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion (or, with respect to clauses (f), (g) and (h) of the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement”, within 90 days after such formation or acquisition or such longer period as set forth therein or as the Collateral Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion, as applicable), cause the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be satisfied with respect to such Subsidiary and with respect to any Equity Interest in or Indebtedness of such Subsidiary owned by or on behalf of any Loan Party, subject to clause (g) below.
(e)    If any additional Foreign Subsidiary of the Borrower is formed or acquired after the Closing Date (with any Subsidiary Redesignation resulting in an Unrestricted Subsidiary becoming a Subsidiary being deemed to constitute the acquisition of a Subsidiary) and if such Subsidiary is a “first tier” Foreign Subsidiary of a Loan Party, within 15 Business Days after the date such Foreign Subsidiary is formed or acquired (or such longer period as the Collateral Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion), notify the Collateral Agent thereof and, within 50 Business Days after the date such Foreign Subsidiary is formed or acquired or such longer period as the Collateral Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion, cause the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be satisfied with respect to any Equity Interest in such Foreign Subsidiary owned by or on behalf of any Loan Party, subject to clause (g) below.
(f)    Furnish to the Collateral Agent prompt written notice of any change (A) in any Loan Party’s corporate or organization name, (B) in any Loan Party’s identity or organizational structure, (C) in any Loan Party’s organizational identification number, (D) in any Loan Party’s jurisdiction of organization or (E) in the location of the chief executive office of any Loan Party that is not a registered organization; provided, that the Borrower shall not effect or permit any such change unless all filings have been made, or will have been made within 30 days following such change (or such longer period as the Collateral Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion), under the Uniform Commercial Code that are required in order for the Collateral Agent to continue at all times following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected security interest in all the Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by such filing, for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
(g)    The Collateral and Guarantee Requirement and the other provisions of this Section 5.10 and the other Loan Documents with respect to Collateral need not be satisfied with respect to any of the following (collectively, the “Excluded Property”): (i) any Real Property other than Material Real Property, (ii) motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title and letter of credit rights (in each case, other than to the extent a Lien on such assets or such rights can be perfected by filing a UCC-1) and commercial tort claims with a value of less than $10,000,000, (iii) pledges and security interests prohibited by applicable law, rule, regulation or contractual obligation (in each case, except to the extent such prohibition is unenforceable after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code) or which could require governmental (including regulatory) consent, approval, license or authorization to be pledged (unless such consent, approval, license or authorization has been received), (iv) assets to the extent a security interest in such assets could reasonably be expected to result in material adverse tax consequences as determined in good faith by the Borrower, (v) any lease, license or other agreement to the extent that a grant of a security interest therein would violate or invalidate such lease, license or agreement or create a right of termination in favor of any other party thereto (other than the Borrower or any Guarantor) after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, (vi) those assets as to which the Collateral Agent and the Borrower reasonably agree that the cost or other consequence of obtaining such a security interest or perfection thereof are excessive in relation to the value afforded thereby, (vii) any governmental licenses or state or local franchises, charters and authorizations, to the extent security interests in such licenses, franchises, charters or authorizations are prohibited or restricted thereby after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, (viii) any “intent-to-use” applications for trademark or service mark registrations filed pursuant to Section 1(b) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. §1051, unless and until an Amendment to Allege Use or a Statement of Use under Section 1(c) or 1(d) of the Lanham Act has been filed, (ix) other customary exclusions under applicable local law or in applicable local jurisdictions, (x) Securitization Assets sold to any Special Purpose Securitization Subsidiary or otherwise pledged, factored, transferred or sold in connection with any Permitted Securitization Financing, and any other assets subject to Liens securing Permitted Securitization Financings, (xi) any Excluded Securities, (xii) any Third Party Funds, (xiii) any equipment or other asset that is subject to a Lien permitted by any of clauses (c)(i), (i), (j) or (aa) of Section 6.02 or is otherwise subject to a purchase money debt or a Capitalized Lease Obligation, in each case, as permitted by Section 6.01, if the contract or other agreement providing for such debt or Capitalized Lease Obligation prohibits or requires the consent of any person as a condition to the creation of any other security interest on such equipment or asset and, in each case, such prohibition or requirement is permitted hereunder, (xiv) all assets of Holdings other than Equity Interests in the Borrower directly held by Holdings and pledged pursuant to the Holdings Guarantee and Pledge Agreement and (xv) any other exceptions mutually agreed upon between the Borrower and the Collateral Agent; provided, that the Borrower may in its sole discretion elect to exclude any property from the definition of “Excluded Property”. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (A) the Collateral Agent may grant extensions of time or waiver of requirement for the creation or perfection of security interests in or the obtaining of insurance (including title insurance) or surveys with respect to particular assets (including extensions beyond the Closing Date for the perfection of security interests in the assets of the Loan Parties on such date) where it reasonably determines, in consultation with the Borrower, that perfection or obtaining of such items cannot be accomplished without undue effort or expense by the time or times at which it would otherwise be required by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, (B) no control agreement or control, lockbox or similar arrangement shall be required with respect to any deposit accounts, securities accounts or commodities accounts, (C) no landlord, mortgagee or bailee waivers shall be required, (D) no foreign-law governed security documents or perfection under foreign law shall be required, (E) no notice shall be required to be sent to account debtors or other contractual third parties, (F) Liens required to be granted from time to time pursuant to, or any other requirements of, the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement and the Security Documents shall be subject to exceptions and limitations set forth in the Security Documents and (G) to the extent any Mortgaged Property is located in a jurisdiction with mortgage recording or similar tax, the amount secured by the Security Document with respect to such Mortgaged Property shall be limited to the fair market value of such Mortgaged Property as determined in good faith by the Borrower (subject to any applicable laws in the relevant jurisdiction or such lesser amount agreed to by the Collateral Agent).
Section 5.11    Rating. Exercise commercially reasonable efforts to obtain and to maintain (a) public ratings (but not to obtain a specific rating) from Moody’s and S&P for the Term B Loans and (b) public corporate credit ratings and corporate family ratings (but, in each case, not to obtain a specific rating) from Moody’s and S&P in respect of the Borrower.
Section 5.12    Post-Closing. Take all necessary actions to satisfy the items described on Schedule 5.12 within the applicable period of time specified in such Schedule (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion).
ARTICLE VI    

Negative Covenants
The Borrower covenants and agrees with each Lender that, until the Termination Date, unless the Required Lenders (or, in the case of Section 6.11, the Required Revolving Facility Lenders voting as a single Class) shall otherwise consent in writing, the Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Subsidiaries to:
Section 6.01    Indebtedness. Incur, create, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except:
(a)    Indebtedness existing or committed on the Closing Date (provided, that any such Indebtedness that is (x) not intercompany Indebtedness and (y) in excess of $5,000,000 shall be set forth on Schedule 6.01) and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness (other than intercompany indebtedness Refinanced with Indebtedness owed to a person not affiliated with the Borrower or any Subsidiary);
(b)    Indebtedness created hereunder (including pursuant to Section 2.21) and under the other Loan Documents and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance such Indebtedness;
(c)    Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary pursuant to Hedging Agreements entered into for non-speculative purposes;
(d)    Indebtedness owed to (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees or similar instruments for the benefit of) any person providing workers’ compensation, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance to the Borrower or any Subsidiary, pursuant to reimbursement or indemnification obligations to such person, in each case in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or industry practices;
(e)    Indebtedness of the Borrower to Holdings or any Subsidiary and of any Subsidiary to Holdings, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary; provided, that (i) Indebtedness of any Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party owing to the Loan Parties incurred pursuant to this Section 6.01(e) shall be subject to Section 6.04 and (ii) Indebtedness owed by any Loan Party to any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party incurred pursuant to this Section 6.01(e) shall be subordinated to the Loan Obligations under this Agreement on subordination terms described in the intercompany note substantially in the form of Exhibit K hereto or on other subordination terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower;
(f)    Indebtedness in respect of performance bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds, surety bonds and completion guarantees and similar obligations, in each case provided in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or industry practices, including those incurred to secure health, safety and environmental obligations in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or industry practices;
(g)    Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business or other cash management services, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(h)    (i)  Indebtedness of a Subsidiary acquired after the Closing Date or a person merged or consolidated with the Borrower or any Subsidiary after the Closing Date and Indebtedness otherwise incurred or assumed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with the acquisition of assets or Equity Interests (including a Permitted Business Acquisition), where such acquisition, merger or consolidation is not prohibited by this Agreement; provided, that, (w) in the case of any such Indebtedness secured by Liens on Collateral that are Other First Liens, the Net First Lien Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis immediately after giving effect to such acquisition, merger or consolidation, the incurrence of such Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof and any related transactions is (I) not greater than 2.75 to 1.00 or (II) no greater than the Net First Lien Leverage Ratio in effect immediately prior thereto, (x) in the case of any such Indebtedness secured by Liens on Collateral that are Junior Liens, the Net Secured Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis immediately after giving effect to such acquisition, merger or consolidation, the incurrence of such Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof and any related transactions is (I) not greater than 5.00 to 1.00 or (II) no greater than the Net Secured Leverage Ratio in effect immediately prior thereto, (y) in the case of any other such Indebtedness, the Interest Coverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis immediately after giving effect to such acquisition, merger or consolidation, the incurrence of such Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof and any related transactions is (I) not less than 2.00 to 1.00 or (II) no less than the Interest Coverage Ratio in effect immediately prior thereto and (z) in the case of any such Indebtedness incurred under this clause (h) by a Subsidiary other than a Subsidiary Loan Party, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness immediately after giving effect to such acquisition, merger or consolidation, the incurrence of such Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof and any related transactions shall not exceed the greater of $45,000,000 and 0.25 times the EBITDA calculated on a Pro Forma Basis for the then most recently ended Test Period; provided, further, that (A) any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (h)(i)(w) in the form of Pari Term Loans shall be subject to the last paragraph of Section 6.02 and (B) with respect to any term Indebtedness for borrowed money incurred pursuant to this clause (h)(i), (x) the final maturity date of such Indebtedness shall be no earlier than the Latest Maturity Date and (y) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Indebtedness shall be no shorter than the average remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any Class of Term Loans then outstanding, and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance any such Indebtedness;
(i)    (x) Capitalized Lease Obligations, mortgage financings and other Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any Subsidiary prior to or within 270 days after the acquisition, lease, construction, installation, repair, replacement or improvement of the respective property (real or personal), equipment or other asset (whether through the direct purchase of property or the Equity Interest of any person owning such property) permitted under this Agreement in order to finance such acquisition, lease, construction, installation repair, replacement or improvement, in an aggregate principal amount that immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof, together with the aggregate principal amount of any other Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to this Section 6.01(i)(x), would not exceed the greater of $100,000,000 and 5.5% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the then most recently ended Test Period, (y) Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease Obligations) incurred by the Borrower or any Subsidiary to finance (whether prior to or within 270 days after) the acquisition, lease, construction, installation, repair, replacement or improvement of property, equipment and related assets (including stores) used in the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (z) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;
(j)    (i) Capitalized Lease Obligations and any other Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any Subsidiary arising from any Sale and Lease-Back Transaction that is permitted under Section 6.03 and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof and (ii) Capitalized Lease Obligations or other obligations or deferrals attributable to capital spending or other funds made available by food, beverage and packaging suppliers in connection with incentive arrangements;
(k)    other Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, in an aggregate principal amount outstanding that, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof, together with the aggregate principal amount of any other Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to this Section 6.01(k), would not exceed $10,000,000, and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;
(l)    Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiaries in an aggregate outstanding principal amount not greater than 100% of the net cash proceeds received by the Borrower from (x) the issuance or sale of its Qualified Equity Interests or (y) a contribution to its common equity with the net cash proceeds from the issuance and sale by Holdings or a Parent Entity of its Qualified Equity Interests or a contribution to its common equity (in each case of (x) and (y), other than proceeds from the sale of Equity Interests to, or contributions from, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries), to the extent such net cash proceeds do not constitute Excluded Contributions;
(m)    Guarantees (i) by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party of any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party permitted to be incurred under this Agreement, (ii) by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party of Indebtedness otherwise permitted hereunder of any Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party to the extent such Guarantees are permitted by Section 6.04 (other than Section 6.04(v)), (iii) by any Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party of Indebtedness of another Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party, and (iv) by the Borrower of Indebtedness of Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Loan Parties incurred for working capital purposes in the ordinary course of business on ordinary business terms so long as such Indebtedness is permitted to be incurred under Section 6.01(t) to the extent such Guarantees are permitted by Section 6.04 (other than Section 6.04(v)); provided, that Guarantees by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party under this Section 6.01(m) of any other Indebtedness of a person that is subordinated to other Indebtedness of such person shall be expressly subordinated to the Loan Obligations to at least the same extent as such underlying Indebtedness is subordinated;
(n)    Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Borrower or any Subsidiary providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase or acquisition price or similar obligations (including earn-outs), in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the Transactions, any Permitted Business Acquisition, other Investments or the disposition of any business, assets or a Subsidiary not prohibited by this Agreement;
(o)    Indebtedness in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees, warehouse receipts or similar instruments issued to support performance obligations and trade letters of credit (other than obligations in respect of other Indebtedness) in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or industry practices;
(p)    (i) Guarantees of Indebtedness of franchisees in an aggregate principal amount outstanding that, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof, would not exceed the sum of (A) an amount that, when taken together with the aggregate principal amount of any other Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to this Section 6.01(p)(i)(A) and Section 6.01(t), would not exceed the greater of $45,000,000 and 2.5% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the then most recently ended Test Period and (B) $25,000,000 and (ii) Guarantees in the ordinary course of business of lease obligations of franchisees incurred in connection with the operation of franchises (including Guarantees arising upon the disposition of stores to franchisees);
(q)    (i) Indebtedness secured by Liens on Collateral that are Other First Liens so long as immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof, the Net First Lien Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis is not greater than 2.75 to 1.00; provided, that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding under this clause (q)(i) at such time that is incurred by a Subsidiary other than a Subsidiary Loan Party shall not exceed, when taken together with the aggregate principal amount of any other Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to this Section 6.01(q)(i), Section 6.01(r)(i) and Section 6.01(s)(i) that are incurred by Subsidiaries other than the Subsidiary Loan Parties, the greater of $45,000,000 and 0.25 times the EBITDA calculated on a Pro Forma Basis for the then most recently ended Test Period; provided, further, that (A) any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (q)(i) in the form of Pari Term Loans shall be subject to the last paragraph of Section 6.02 and (B) with respect to any term Indebtedness for borrowed money incurred pursuant to this clause (q)(i), (x) the final maturity date of such Indebtedness shall be no earlier than the Latest Maturity Date and (y) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Indebtedness shall be no shorter than the average remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any Class of Term Loans then outstanding, and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;
(r)    (i) Indebtedness secured by Liens on Collateral that are Junior Liens so long as immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof, the Net Secured Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis is not greater than 5.00 to 1.00; provided, that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding under this clause (r)(i) at such time that is incurred by a Subsidiary other than a Subsidiary Loan Party shall not exceed, when taken together with the aggregate principal amount of any other Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to Section 6.01(q)(i), this Section 6.01(r)(i) and Section 6.01(s)(i) that are incurred by Subsidiaries other than the Subsidiary Loan Parties, the greater of $45,000,000 and 0.25 times the EBITDA calculated on a Pro Forma Basis for the then most recently ended Test Period; provided, further, that with respect to any term Indebtedness for borrowed money incurred pursuant to this clause (r)(i), (x) the final maturity date of such Indebtedness shall be no earlier than the Latest Maturity Date and (y) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Indebtedness shall be no shorter than the average remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any Class of Term Loans then outstanding, and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;
(s)    (i) other Indebtedness so long as immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof, the Interest Coverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis is not less than 2.00 to 1.00; provided, that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding under this clause (s)(i) at such time that is incurred by a Subsidiary other than a Subsidiary Loan Party shall not exceed, when taken together with the aggregate principal amount of any other Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to Section 6.01(q)(i), Section 6.01(r)(i) and this Section 6.01(s)(i) that are incurred by Subsidiaries other than the Subsidiary Loan Parties, the greater of $45,000,000 and 0.25 times the EBITDA calculated on a Pro Forma Basis for the then most recently ended Test Period; provided, further, that with respect to any term Indebtedness for borrowed money incurred pursuant to this clause (s)(i), (x) the final maturity date of such Indebtedness shall be no earlier than the Latest Maturity Date and (y) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Indebtedness shall be no shorter than the average remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any Class of Term Loans then outstanding, and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;
(t)    Indebtedness of Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Loan Parties in an aggregate principal amount outstanding that, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof, together with the aggregate principal amount of any other Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to this Section 6.01(t) and Section 6.01(p)(i)(A), would not exceed the greater of $45,000,000 and 2.5% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the then most recently ended Test Period, and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;
(u)    Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business in respect of obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to pay the deferred purchase price of goods or services or progress payments in connection with such goods and services; provided, that such obligations are incurred in connection with open accounts extended by suppliers on customary trade terms in the ordinary course of business and not in connection with the borrowing of money or any Hedging Agreements;
(v)    Indebtedness representing deferred compensation to employees, consultants or independent contractors of the Borrower (or, to the extent such work is done for the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, any direct or indirect parent thereof) or any Subsidiary incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(w)    Indebtedness in connection with Permitted Securitization Financings;
(x)    obligations in respect of Cash Management Agreements;
(y)    Refinancing Notes and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred in respect thereof;
(z)    (i) Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount outstanding not to exceed at the time of incurrence the Incremental Amount available at such time; provided that (A) the incurrence of any Indebtedness in the form of Pari Term Loans pursuant to this clause (z)(i) shall be subject to the last paragraph of Section 6.02 and (B) with respect to any term Indebtedness for borrowed money incurred pursuant to this clause (z)(i), (x) the final maturity date of such Indebtedness shall be no earlier than the Latest Maturity Date and (y) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Indebtedness shall be no shorter than the average remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any Class of Term Loans then outstanding, and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;
(aa)    Guarantees of Indebtedness under customer financing lines of credit entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(bb)    Indebtedness of, incurred on behalf of, or representing Guarantees of Indebtedness of, joint ventures in an aggregate principal amount that, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof, together with the aggregate principal amount of any other Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to this Section 6.01(bb), would not exceed the greater of $45,000,000 and 0.25 times the EBITDA calculated on a Pro Forma Basis for the then most recently ended Test Period, and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;
(cc)    Indebtedness issued by the Borrower or any Subsidiary to current or former officers, directors and employees, their respective estates, spouses or former spouses to finance the purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of Holdings or any Parent Entity permitted by Section 6.06;
(dd)    Indebtedness consisting of obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary under deferred compensation or other similar arrangements incurred by such person in connection with the Transactions and Permitted Business Acquisitions or any other Investment permitted hereunder;
(ee)    Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to or on behalf of any joint venture (regardless of the form of legal entity) that is not a Subsidiary arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management operations (including with respect to intercompany self-insurance arrangements) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;
(ff)    Indebtedness consisting of (i) the financing of insurance premiums or (ii) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;
(gg)    Indebtedness supported by a Letter of Credit, in a principal amount not in excess of the stated amount of such Letter of Credit (or a letter of credit issued under any other revolving credit or letter of credit facility permitted by Section 6.01);
(hh)    (i)  Indebtedness, including in respect of the Existing Senior Unsecured Notes, in an aggregate principal amount outstanding pursuant to this Section 6.01(hh)(i) not to exceed $255,000,000 and (ii) any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;
(ii)    Indebtedness owing to former franchisees representing the deferred purchase price (or a deferred portion of such purchase price) payable by the Borrower or any Subsidiary to such former franchisee in connection with the purchase by the Borrower or any such Subsidiary of one or more stores from such former franchisee in an aggregate principal amount for all such Indebtedness not to exceed $40,000,000 at any one time outstanding; and
(jj)    all premium (if any, including tender premiums) expenses, defeasance costs, interest (including post-petition interest), fees, expenses, charges and additional or contingent interest on obligations described in clauses (a) through (ii) above or refinancings thereof.
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 6.01 or Section 6.02, the amount of any Indebtedness denominated in any currency other than Dollars shall be calculated based on customary currency exchange rates in effect, in the case of such Indebtedness incurred (in respect of term Indebtedness) or committed (in respect of revolving Indebtedness) on or prior to the Closing Date, on the Closing Date and, in the case of such Indebtedness incurred (in respect of term Indebtedness) or committed (in respect of revolving Indebtedness) after the Closing Date, on the date on which such Indebtedness was incurred (in respect of term Indebtedness) or committed (in respect of revolving Indebtedness); provided, that if such Indebtedness is incurred to refinance other Indebtedness denominated in a currency other than Dollars (or in a different currency from the Indebtedness being refinanced), and such refinancing would cause the applicable Dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such refinancing, such Dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed (i) the outstanding or committed principal amount, as applicable, of such Indebtedness being refinanced plus (ii) the aggregate amount of fees, underwriting discounts, premiums (including tender premiums), accrued interest, defeasance costs and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with such refinancing.
Further, for purposes of determining compliance with this Section 6.01, (A) Indebtedness need not be permitted solely by reference to one category of permitted Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) described in Sections 6.01(a) through (jj) (including, for the avoidance of doubt, with respect to the clauses set forth in the definition of “Incremental Amount”) but may be permitted in part under any combination thereof, (B) in the event that an item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of one or more of the categories of permitted Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) described in Sections 6.01(a) through (jj) (including, for the avoidance of doubt, with respect to the clauses set forth in the definition of “Incremental Amount”), the Borrower may, in its sole discretion, divide, classify or reclassify, or later divide, classify or reclassify (as if incurred at such later time), such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this Section 6.01 and at the time of incurrence, division, classification or reclassification will be entitled to only include the amount and type of such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) in one of the above clauses (or any portion thereof) and such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) shall be treated as having been incurred or existing pursuant to only such clause or clauses (or any portion thereof) without giving pro forma effect to such item (or any portion thereof) when calculating the amount of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) that may be incurred, divided, classified or reclassified pursuant to any other clause (or any portion thereof) at such time; provided, that (x) all Indebtedness outstanding on the Closing Date under this Agreement shall at all times be deemed to have been incurred pursuant to clause (b) of this Section 6.01 and (y) all Indebtedness outstanding on the Closing Date under the Existing Senior Unsecured Notes shall at all times be deemed to have been incurred pursuant to clause (hh) of this Section 6.01, (C) in connection with (1) the incurrence of revolving loan Indebtedness under this Section 6.01 or (2) any commitment relating to the incurrence of Indebtedness under this Section 6.01 and the granting of any Lien to secure such Indebtedness, the Borrower or applicable Subsidiary may designate the incurrence of such Indebtedness and the granting of such Lien therefor as having occurred on the date of first incurrence of such revolving loan Indebtedness or commitment (such date, the “Deemed Date”), and any related subsequent actual incurrence and the granting of such Lien therefor will be deemed for purposes of this Section 6.01 and Section 6.02 of this Agreement to have been incurred or granted on such Deemed Date, including, without limitation, for purposes of calculating usage of any baskets hereunder (if applicable), the Net Total Leverage Ratio, the Net Secured Leverage Ratio, the Net First Lien Leverage Ratio, the Interest Coverage Ratio and EBITDA (and all such calculations, without duplication, on the Deemed Date and on any subsequent date until such commitment is funded or terminated or such election is rescinded without the incurrence thereby shall be made on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to the deemed incurrence, the granting of any Lien therefor and related transactions in connection therewith) and (D) for purposes of calculating the Interest Coverage Ratio, the Net Secured Leverage Ratio and the Net First Lien Leverage Ratio under Section 6.01(h), (q), (r) and/or (z) on any date of incurrence of Indebtedness pursuant to such Section 6.01(h), (q), (r) and/or (z), the net cash proceeds funded by financing sources upon the incurrence of such Indebtedness incurred at such time of calculation shall not be netted against the applicable amount of Consolidated Debt for purposes of such calculation of the Interest Coverage Ratio, the Net Secured Leverage Ratio or the Net First Lien Leverage Ratio, as applicable, at such time. In addition, with respect to any Indebtedness that was permitted to be incurred hereunder on the date of such incurrence, any Increased Amount of such Indebtedness shall also be permitted hereunder after the date of such incurrence.
This Agreement will not treat (1) unsecured Indebtedness as subordinated or junior to secured Indebtedness merely because it is unsecured or (2) senior Indebtedness as subordinated or junior to any other senior Indebtedness merely because it has a junior priority with respect to the same collateral.
Section 6.02    Liens. Create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any property or assets (including stock or other securities of any person) of the Borrower or any Subsidiary at the time owned by it or on any income or revenues or rights in respect of any thereof, except the following (collectively, “Permitted Liens”):
(a)    Liens on property or assets of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries existing on the Closing Date (or created following the Closing Date pursuant to agreements in existence on the Closing Date (or refinancings thereof) requiring the creation of such Liens) and, to the extent securing Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount in excess of $5,000,000, set forth on Schedule 6.02(a) and any modifications, replacements, renewals or extensions thereof; provided, that such Liens shall secure only those obligations that they secure on the Closing Date (and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of such obligations permitted by Section 6.01) and shall not subsequently apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary other than (A) after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into the property covered by such Lien, and (B) proceeds and products thereof;
(b)    any Lien created under the Loan Documents (including Liens created under the Security Documents securing obligations in respect of Secured Hedge Agreements and Secured Cash Management Agreements) or permitted in respect of any Mortgaged Property by the terms of the applicable Mortgage;
(c)    any Lien on any property or asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary securing Indebtedness or Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(h); provided, that (i) in the case of Liens that do not extend to the Collateral, such Lien does not apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries not securing such Indebtedness at the date of the acquisition of such property or asset and accessions and additions thereto and proceeds and products thereof (other than after-acquired property required to be subjected to such Lien pursuant to the terms of such Indebtedness (and refinancings thereof)), (ii) in the case of Liens on the Collateral that are (or are intended to be) junior in priority to the Liens securing the Term B Loans, such Liens shall be subject to a Permitted Junior Intercreditor Agreement, (iii) in the case of Liens on the Collateral that are (or are intended to be) pari passu with the Liens on the Collateral securing the Term B Loans, such Liens shall be subject to a Permitted Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and (iv) any Indebtedness incurred in the form of Pari Term Loans secured by Other First Liens pursuant to this clause (c) shall be subject to the last paragraph of this Section 6.02;
(d)    Liens for Taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or levies not yet delinquent by more than 30 days or that are being contested in compliance with Section 5.03;
(e)    Liens imposed by law, such as landlord’s, carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s, supplier’s, construction or other like Liens, securing obligations that are not overdue by more than 30 days or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and in respect of which, if applicable, the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall have set aside on its books reserves in accordance with GAAP;
(f)    (i) pledges and deposits and other Liens made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with the Federal Employers Liability Act or any other workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations and deposits securing liability to insurance carriers under insurance or self-insurance arrangements in respect of such obligations and (ii) pledges and deposits and other Liens securing liability for reimbursement or indemnification obligations of (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees for the benefit of) insurance carriers providing property, casualty or liability insurance to the Borrower or any Subsidiary;
(g)    deposits and other Liens to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for Indebtedness), leases (other than Capitalized Lease Obligations), statutory obligations, surety and appeal or similar bonds, performance and return of money bonds, bids, leases, government contracts, trade contracts, agreements with utilities, and other obligations of a like nature (including letters of credit in lieu of any such bonds or to support the issuance thereof) incurred in the ordinary course of business, including those incurred to secure health, safety and environmental obligations in the ordinary course of business;
(h)    zoning restrictions, easements, survey exceptions, trackage rights, leases (other than Capitalized Lease Obligations), licenses, special assessments, rights-of-way, covenants, conditions, restrictions and declarations on or with respect to the use of Real Property, servicing agreements, development agreements, site plan agreements and other similar encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business and title defects or irregularities that are of a minor nature and that, in the aggregate, do not interfere in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower or any Subsidiary;
(i)    Liens securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(i); provided, that such Liens do not apply to any property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary other than the property or assets acquired, leased, constructed, replaced, repaired or improved with such Indebtedness (or the Indebtedness Refinanced thereby) or sold in the applicable Sale and Lease-Back Transaction, and accessions and additions thereto, proceeds and products thereof, customary security deposits and related property; provided, further, that individual financings provided by one lender may be cross-collateralized to other financings provided by such lender (and its Affiliates) (it being understood that with respect to any Liens on the Collateral being incurred under this clause (i) to secure Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, if Liens on the Collateral securing the Indebtedness being Refinanced (if any) were Junior Liens, then any Liens on such Collateral being incurred under this clause (i) to secure Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall also be Junior Liens);
(j)    Liens arising out of Sale and Lease-Back Transactions permitted under Section 6.03, so long as such Liens attach only to the property sold and being leased in such transaction and any accessions and additions thereto or proceeds and products thereof, customary security deposits and related property;
(k)    Liens securing judgments that do not constitute an Event of Default under Section 7.01(j);
(l)    Liens disclosed by the title insurance policies delivered on or subsequent to the Closing Date and pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, Section 5.10 or Schedule 5.12 and any replacement, extension or renewal of any such Lien; provided, that such replacement, extension or renewal Lien shall not cover any property other than the property that was subject to such Lien prior to such replacement, extension or renewal and any accessions and additions thereto or proceeds and products thereof and related property; provided, further, that the Indebtedness and other obligations secured by such replacement, extension or renewal Lien are permitted by this Agreement;
(m)    any interest or title of a lessor or sublessor under any leases or subleases entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
(n)    Liens that are contractual rights of set-off (and related pledges) (i) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks and other financial institutions not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, (ii) relating to pooled deposits, sweep accounts, reserve accounts or similar accounts of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, including with respect to credit card charge-backs and similar obligations, or (iii) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers, suppliers or service providers of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
(o)    Liens (i) arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provision relating to banker’s liens, rights of set-off or similar rights, (ii) attaching to commodity trading accounts or other commodity brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business, (iii) encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes, (iv) in respect of Third Party Funds or (v) in favor of credit card companies pursuant to agreements therewith;
(p)    Liens securing obligations in respect of trade-related letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances or similar obligations and completion guarantees permitted under Section 6.01(f), (k) or (o) and covering the property (or the documents of title in respect of such property) financed by such letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances or similar obligations and completion guarantees and the proceeds and products thereof;
(q)    leases or subleases, licenses or sublicenses (including with respect to Intellectual Property) granted to others in the ordinary course of business not interfering in any material respect with the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(r)    Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods;
(s)    Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement in respect of any Investment permitted hereunder;
(t)    (i) Liens with respect to property or assets of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party securing obligations of a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party permitted under Section 6.01 and (ii) Liens with respect to property or assets of any person securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01(bb) (it being understood that with respect to any Liens on the Collateral being incurred under this clause (t)(ii) to secure Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, if Liens on the Collateral securing the Indebtedness being Refinanced (if any) were Junior Liens, then any Liens on such Collateral being incurred under this clause (t)(ii) to secure Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness shall also be Junior Liens);
(u)    Liens on any amounts held by a trustee or agent under any indenture or other debt agreement issued in escrow pursuant to customary escrow arrangements pending the release thereof, or under any indenture or other debt agreement pursuant to customary discharge, redemption or defeasance provisions;
(v)    the prior rights of consignees and their lenders under consignment arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(w)    agreements to subordinate any interest of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in any accounts receivable or other proceeds arising from inventory consigned by the Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries pursuant to an agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(x)    Liens arising from precautionary Uniform Commercial Code financing statements regarding operating leases or other obligations not constituting Indebtedness;
(y)    Liens (i) on Equity Interests in joint ventures (A) securing obligations of such joint venture or (B) pursuant to the relevant joint venture agreement or arrangement and (ii) on Equity Interests in Unrestricted Subsidiaries;
(z)    Liens on securities that are the subject of repurchase agreements constituting Permitted Investments under clause (c) of the definition thereof;
(aa)    Liens in respect of Permitted Securitization Financings that extend only to the assets subject thereto;
(bb)    Liens securing insurance premiums financing arrangements; provided, that such Liens are limited to the applicable unearned insurance premiums;
(cc)    in the case of Real Property that constitutes a leasehold interest, any Lien to which the fee simple interest (or any superior leasehold interest) is subject;
(dd)    Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligation (i) of the Borrower or a Subsidiary in favor of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party and (ii) of any Subsidiary that is not Loan Party in favor of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party;
(ee)    Liens (i) on not more than $15,000,000 of deposits securing Hedging Agreements entered into for non-speculative purposes and (ii) on cash or Permitted Investments securing Hedging Agreements in the ordinary course of business submitted for clearing in accordance with applicable Requirements of Law;
(ff)    Liens on goods or inventory the purchase, shipment or storage price of which is financed by a documentary letter of credit, bank guarantee or bankers’ acceptance issued or created for the account of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business; provided, that such Lien secures only the obligations of the Borrower or such Subsidiaries in respect of such letter of credit, bank guarantee or banker’s acceptance to the extent permitted under Section 6.01;
(gg)    Liens on Collateral that are Junior Liens, so long as immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of the Indebtedness secured by such Junior Liens and the use of proceeds thereof, the Net Secured Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis is not greater than 5.00 to 1.00;
(hh)    Liens on Collateral that are Other First Liens, so long as immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of the Indebtedness secured by such Other First Liens and the use of proceeds thereof, the Net First Lien Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis is not greater than 2.75 to 1.00; provided, that any Indebtedness incurred in the form of Pari Term Loans secured by Other First Liens shall be subject to the last paragraph of this Section 6.02;
(ii)    Liens on Collateral that are Other First Liens, so long as such Other First Liens secure Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(b), 6.01(h)(i)(w), 6.01(q), 6.01(y) or 6.01(z) (and, in each case, Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof);
(jj)    Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention or similar arrangements for the sale or purchase of goods by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(kk)    Liens to secure any Indebtedness issued or incurred to Refinance (or successive Indebtedness issued or incurred for subsequent Refinancings) as a whole, or in part, any Indebtedness secured by any Lien permitted by this Section 6.02; provided, however, that (v) with respect to any Liens on the Collateral being incurred were under this clause (kk), if Liens on the Collateral securing the Indebtedness being Refinanced (if any) Junior Liens, then such Liens on such Collateral being incurred under this clause (kk) shall also be Junior Liens, (w) with respect to any Liens on the Collateral being incurred under this clause (kk), if Liens on the Collateral securing the Indebtedness being Refinanced (if any) were Other First Liens, then such Liens on such Collateral being incurred under this clause (kk) may also be Other First Liens, as applicable, (x) (other than Liens contemplated by the foregoing clauses (v) and (w)) such new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same type of property that secured the original Lien (plus improvements on and accessions to such property, proceeds and products thereof, customary security deposits and any other assets pursuant to after-acquired property clauses to the extent such assets secured (or would have secured) the Indebtedness being Refinanced), (y) the Indebtedness secured by such Lien at such time is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (A) the outstanding principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) or, if greater, committed amount of the applicable Indebtedness at the time the original Lien became a Lien permitted hereunder, (B) unpaid accrued interest and premium (including tender premiums) and (C) an amount necessary to pay any associated underwriting discounts, defeasance costs, fees, commissions and expenses, and (z) on the date of the incurrence of the Indebtedness secured by such Liens, the grantors of any such Liens shall be no different from the grantors of the Liens securing the Indebtedness being Refinanced or grantors that would have been obligated to secure such Indebtedness or a Loan Party; and
(ll)    other Liens with respect to property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary securing obligations in an aggregate principal amount outstanding that, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such Liens, would not exceed $10,000,000.
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 6.02, (A) a Lien securing an item of Indebtedness need not be permitted solely by reference to one category of permitted Liens (or any portion thereof) described in Sections 6.02(a) through (ll) but may be permitted in part under any combination thereof and (B) in the event that a Lien securing an item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of one or more of the categories of permitted Liens (or any portion thereof) described in Sections 6.02(a) through (ll), the Borrower may, in its sole discretion, divide, classify or reclassify, or later divide, classify or reclassify (as if incurred at such later time), such Lien securing such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this Section 6.02 and at the time of incurrence, division, classification or reclassification will be entitled to only include the amount and type of such Lien or such item of Indebtedness secured by such Lien (or any portion thereof) in one of the above clauses (or any portion thereof) and such Lien securing such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) will be treated as being incurred or existing pursuant to only such clause or clauses (or any portion thereof) without giving pro forma effect to such item (or any portion thereof) when calculating the amount of Liens or Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) that may be incurred, divided, classified or reclassified pursuant to any other clause (or any portion thereof) at such time. In addition, with respect to any revolving loan Indebtedness or commitment to incur Indebtedness that is designated to be incurred on any Deemed Date pursuant to clause (C) of the second to last paragraph of Section 6.01, any Lien that does or that shall secure such Indebtedness may also be designated by the Borrower or any Subsidiary to be incurred on such Deemed Date and, in such event, any related subsequent actual incurrence of such Lien shall be deemed for purposes of Section 6.01 and 6.02 of this Agreement, without duplication, to be incurred on such prior date (and on any subsequent date until such commitment is funded or terminated or such election is rescinded or until such time as the related Indebtedness is no longer deemed outstanding pursuant to clause (C) of the second to last paragraph of Section 6.01), including for purposes of calculating usage of any Permitted Lien. In addition, with respect to any Lien securing Indebtedness that was permitted to secure such Indebtedness at the time of the incurrence of such Indebtedness, such Lien shall also be permitted to secure any Increased Amount of such Indebtedness.
With respect to (x) Indebtedness for borrowed money incurred in the form of term loans that are secured by Liens on the Collateral that are Other First Liens incurred under Section 6.02(c) (to the extent set forth therein) or Section 6.02(hh) or (y) any Indebtedness for borrowed money incurred (but not assumed) in the form of term loans pursuant to Section 6.01(h)(i)(w) (to the extent set forth therein) or any Indebtedness for borrowed money in the form of term loans incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(q)(i) or Section 6.01(z)(i), in each case, that is secured by Liens on the Collateral that are Other First Liens (any such Indebtedness, “Pari Term Loans”), if the All-in Yield in respect of such Pari Term Loans exceeds the All-in Yield in respect of the Term B Loans on the Closing Date by more than 0.50% (such difference, the “Pari Yield Differential”), then the Applicable Margin (or “LIBOR floor” as provided in the following proviso) applicable to such Term B Loans on the Closing Date shall be increased such that after giving effect to such increase, the Pari Yield Differential shall not exceed 0.50%; provided that, to the extent any portion of the Pari Yield Differential is attributable to a higher “LIBOR floor” being applicable to such Pari Term Loans, such floor shall only be included in the calculation of the Pari Yield Differential to the extent such floor is greater than the Adjusted LIBO Rate in effect for an Interest Period of three months’ duration at such time, and, with respect to such excess, the “LIBOR floor” applicable to such outstanding Term B Loans shall be increased to an amount not to exceed the “LIBOR floor” applicable to such Pari Term Loans prior to any increase in the Applicable Margin applicable to such Term B Loans.
Section 6.03    Sale and Lease-Back Transactions. Enter into any arrangement, directly or indirectly, with any person whereby it shall sell or transfer any property, real or personal, used or useful in its business, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and thereafter, as part of such transaction, rent or lease such property or other property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold or transferred (a “Sale and Lease-Back Transaction”); provided, that a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction shall be permitted (a) with respect to (i) Excluded Property, (ii) property owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party that is acquired after the Closing Date so long as such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction is consummated within 365 days of the acquisition of such property or (iii) property owned by any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party regardless of when such property was acquired, and (b) with respect to any other property owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party, (x) if such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction is of property owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party as of the Closing Date, the Net Proceeds therefrom are used to prepay the Term Loans to the extent required by Section 2.11(b) and (y) with respect to any Sale and Lease-Back Transaction pursuant to this clause (b) with Net Proceeds in excess of $2,000,000 individually or $10,000,000 in the aggregate in any fiscal year, the requirements of the last paragraph of Section 6.05 shall apply to such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction to the extent provided therein.
Section 6.04    Investments, Loans and Advances. (i) Purchase or acquire (including pursuant to any merger with a person that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary immediately prior to such merger) any Equity Interests, evidences of Indebtedness or other securities of any other person, (ii) make any loans or advances to or Guarantees of the Indebtedness of any other person (other than in respect of (A)  intercompany liabilities incurred in connection with the cash management, tax and accounting operations of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries and (B) intercompany loans, advances or Indebtedness having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any roll-overs or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business or consistent with industry practices), or (iii) purchase or otherwise acquire, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, (x) all or substantially all of the property and assets or business of another person or (y) assets constituting a business unit, line of business or division of such person (each of the foregoing, an “Investment”), except:
(a)    the Transactions;
(b)     (i) Investments by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the Equity Interests of the Borrower or any Subsidiary (or any entity that will become a Subsidiary as a result of such Investment); (ii) intercompany loans from the Borrower or any Subsidiary to the Borrower or any Subsidiary; and (iii) Guarantees by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of Indebtedness otherwise permitted hereunder of the Borrower or any Subsidiary; provided, that as at any date of determination, the aggregate outstanding amount (valued at the time of the making thereof, and without giving effect to any subsequent change in value) of (A) Investments made after the Closing Date by the Loan Parties pursuant to subclause (i) in Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Loan Parties, plus (B) net outstanding intercompany loans made after the Closing Date by the Loan Parties to Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Loan Parties pursuant to subclause (ii), plus (C) outstanding Guarantees by the Loan Parties of Indebtedness after the Closing Date of Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Loan Parties pursuant to subclause (iii)  shall not exceed $15,000,000 plus (Y)  an amount equal to any returns (including dividends, interest, distributions, returns of principal, profits on sale, repayments, income and similar amounts) actually received in respect of any such Investment;
(c)    Permitted Investments and Investments that were Permitted Investments when made;
(d)    Investments arising out of the receipt by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of non-cash consideration for the Disposition of assets permitted under Section 6.05;
(e)    loans and advances to, or Guarantees of Indebtedness of, officers, directors, employees or consultants of the Borrower or any Subsidiary (i) in the ordinary course of business in an aggregate outstanding amount (valued at the time of the making thereof, and without giving effect to any subsequent change in value) not to exceed the greater of $20,000,000 and 1% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the then most recently ended Test Period, (ii) in respect of payroll payments and expenses in the ordinary course of business and (iii) in connection with such person’s purchase of Equity Interests of Holdings (or any Parent Entity) solely to the extent that the amount of such loans and advances shall be contributed to the Borrower in cash as common equity;
(f)    accounts receivable, security deposits and prepayments arising and trade credit granted in the ordinary course of business and any assets or securities received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors to the extent reasonably necessary in order to prevent or limit loss and any prepayments and other credits to suppliers made in the ordinary course of business;
(g)    Hedging Agreements entered into for non-speculative purposes;
(h)    Investments existing on, or contractually committed as of, the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 6.04 and any extensions, renewals, replacements or reinvestments thereof, so long as the aggregate amount of all Investments pursuant to this clause (h) is not increased at any time above the amount of such Investment existing or committed on the Closing Date (other than pursuant to an increase as required by the terms of any such Investment or contractual commitment as in existence on the Closing Date or as otherwise permitted by this Section 6.04);
(i)    Investments resulting from pledges and deposits under Sections 6.02(f), (g), (o), (r), (s), (ee) and (ll);
(j)    Investments by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in an aggregate outstanding amount (valued at the time of the making thereof, and without giving effect to any subsequent change in value) not to exceed the sum of (X) $25,000,000 plus (Y) any portion of the Cumulative Credit on the date of such election that the Borrower elects to apply to this Section 6.04(j)(Y) in a written notice of a Responsible Officer thereof, which notice shall set forth calculations in reasonable detail the amount of Cumulative Credit immediately prior to such election and the amount thereof elected to be so applied, and plus (Z) an amount equal to any returns (including dividends, interest, distributions, returns of principal, profits on sale, repayments, income and similar amounts) actually received in respect of any such Investment pursuant to clause (X); provided, that if any Investment pursuant to this Section 6.04(j) is made in any person that was not a Subsidiary on the date on which such Investment was made but becomes a Subsidiary thereafter, then such Investment may, at the option of the Borrower, upon such person becoming a Subsidiary and so long as such person remains a Subsidiary, be deemed to have been made pursuant to Section 6.04(b) (to the extent permitted by the proviso thereto in the case of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party) and not in reliance on this Section 6.04(j);
(k)    Investments constituting Permitted Business Acquisitions;
(l)    intercompany loans between Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties and Guarantees by Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties permitted by Section 6.01(m);
(m)    Investments received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of, or settlement of delinquent accounts and disputes with or judgments against, customers and suppliers, in each case in the ordinary course of business or Investments acquired by the Borrower or a Subsidiary as a result of a foreclosure by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries with respect to any secured Investments or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment in default;
(n)    Investments of a Subsidiary acquired after the Closing Date or of a person merged into the Borrower or merged into or consolidated with a Subsidiary after the Closing Date, in each case, (i) to the extent such acquisition, merger or consolidation is permitted under this Section 6.04, (ii) in the case of any acquisition, merger or consolidation, in accordance with Section 6.05 and (iii) to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition, merger or consolidation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger or consolidation;
(o)    acquisitions by the Borrower of obligations of one or more officers or other employees of Holdings, any Parent Entity, the Borrower or its Subsidiaries in connection with such officer’s or employee’s acquisition of Equity Interests of Holdings or any Parent Entity, so long as no cash is actually advanced by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries to such officers or employees in connection with the acquisition of any such obligations;
(p)    Guarantees by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of operating leases (other than Capitalized Lease Obligations) or of other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness, in each case entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
(q)    Investments to the extent that payment for such Investments is made with Equity Interests of the Borrower, Holdings or any Parent Entity; provided, that the issuance of such Equity Interests are not included in any determination of the Cumulative Credit;
(r)    Investments in the Equity Interests of one or more newly formed persons that are received in consideration of the contribution by Holdings, the Borrower or the applicable Subsidiary of assets (including Equity Interests and cash) to such person or persons; provided, that (i) the fair market value of such assets, determined in good faith by the Borrower, so contributed pursuant to this clause (r) shall not in the aggregate exceed $10,000,000 and (ii) in respect of each such contribution, a Responsible Officer of the Borrower shall certify, in a form to be agreed upon by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (x) immediately after giving effect to such contribution, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, (y) the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) of the assets so contributed and (z) that the requirements of clause (i) of this proviso remain satisfied;
(s)    Investments consisting of Restricted Payments permitted under Section 6.06;
(t)    Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of Uniform Commercial Code Article 3 endorsements for collection or deposit and Uniform Commercial Code Article 4 customary trade arrangements with customers;
(u)    Investments in Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties after giving effect to the applicable Investments, in an aggregate outstanding amount (valued at the time of the making thereof and without giving effect to any write-downs or write-offs thereof) not to exceed $15,000,000 in the aggregate plus (y) an amount equal to any returns (including dividends, interest, distributions, returns of principal, profits on sale, repayments, income and similar amounts) actually received in respect of Investments theretofore made pursuant to this Section 6.04(u);
(v)    Guarantees permitted under Section 6.01 (except to the extent such Guarantee is expressly subject to this Section 6.04);
(w)    advances in the form of a prepayment of expenses, so long as such expenses are being paid in accordance with customary trade terms of the Borrower or such Subsidiary;
(x)    Investments by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including loans to any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower, if the Borrower or any other Subsidiary would otherwise be permitted to make a Restricted Payment in such amount (provided, that the amount of any such Investment shall also be deemed to be a Restricted Payment under the appropriate clause of Section 6.06 for all purposes of this Agreement);
(y)    Investments consisting of Securitization Assets or arising as a result of Permitted Securitization Financings;
(z)    Investments consisting of the licensing or contribution of Intellectual Property pursuant to joint marketing or other arrangements with other persons;
(aa)    to the extent constituting Investments, purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, materials and equipment or purchases of contract rights or licenses or leases of Intellectual Property in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(bb)    Investments received substantially contemporaneously in exchange for Equity Interests of the Borrower, Holdings or any Parent Entity; provided, that the issuance of such Equity Interests are not included in any determination of the Cumulative Credit;
(cc)    Investments in joint ventures; provided that the aggregate outstanding amount (valued at the time of the making thereof and without giving effect to any subsequent changes in value) of Investments made after the Closing Date pursuant to this Section 6.04(cc)shall not exceed the sum of (X) $25,000,000 plus (Y) an aggregate amount equal to any returns (including dividends, interest, distributions, returns of principal, profits on sale, repayments, income and similar amounts) actually received in respect of any such Investment; provided, that if any Investment pursuant to this Section 6.04(cc) is made in any person that was not a Subsidiary on the date on which such Investment was made but becomes a Subsidiary thereafter, then such Investment may, at the option of the Borrower, upon such person becoming a Subsidiary and so long as such person remains a Subsidiary, be deemed to have been made pursuant to Section 6.04(b) (to the extent permitted by the proviso thereto in the case of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party) and not in reliance on this Section 6.04(cc);
(dd)    Investments in Similar Businesses in an aggregate outstanding amount (valued at the time of the making thereof, and without giving effect to any subsequent changes in value) not to exceed the sum of (X) $25,000,000 plus (Y) an amount equal to any returns (including dividends, interest, distributions, returns of principal, profits on sale, repayments, income and similar amounts) actually received in respect of any such Investment; provided, that if any Investment pursuant to this Section 6.04(dd) is made in any person that was not a Subsidiary on the date on which such Investment was made but becomes a Subsidiary thereafter, then such Investment may, at the option of the Borrower, upon such person becoming a Subsidiary and so long as such person remains a Subsidiary, be deemed to have been made pursuant to Section 6.04(b) (to the extent permitted by the proviso thereto in the case of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party) and not in reliance on this Section 6.04(dd);
(ee)    Investments in any Unrestricted Subsidiaries after giving effect to the applicable Investments, in an aggregate outstanding amount (valued at the time of the making thereof, and without giving effect to any subsequent changes in value) not to exceed $10,000,000 plus (Y) an amount equal to any returns (including dividends, interest, distributions, returns of principal, profits on sale, repayments, income and similar amounts) actually received in respect of any such Investment; provided, that if any Investment pursuant to this Section 6.04(ee) is made in any person that was not a Subsidiary on the date on which such Investment was made but becomes a Subsidiary thereafter, then such Investment may, at the option of the Borrower, upon such person becoming a Subsidiary and so long as such person remains a Subsidiary, be deemed to have been made pursuant to Section 6.04(b) (to the extent permitted by the proviso thereto in the case of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party) and not in reliance on this Section 6.04(ee);
(ff)    any Investment so long as, immediately after giving effect to such Investment, the Net Total Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis would not exceed 3.25 to 1.00;
(gg)    any loans to, or guarantees of loans to, franchisees made by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; provided, that the aggregate amount at any time outstanding of all loans made pursuant to this Section 6.04(gg) (valued at the time of the making thereof, and without giving effect to any write downs or write offs thereof) shall not exceed the sum of (X) $100,000,000 plus (Y) an amount equal to any returns (including dividends, interest, distributions, returns of principal, profits on sale, repayments, income and similar amounts) actually received in respect of any such loans; provided, further, that if any loans pursuant to this Section 6.04(gg) are made in any person that was not a Subsidiary on the date on which such loans were made but becomes a Subsidiary thereafter, then such loans may, at the option of the Borrower, upon such person becoming a Subsidiary and so long as such person remains a Subsidiary, be deemed to have been made pursuant to Section 6.04(b) (to the extent permitted by the proviso thereto in the case of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party) and not in reliance on this Section 6.04(gg); and
(hh)    purchases or acquisitions in connection with Excluded Resales permitted by Section 6.05(o).
The amount of Investments that may be made at any time pursuant to Section 6.04(b), 6.04(j) or 6.04(dd) (such Sections, the “Related Sections”) may, at the election of the Borrower, be increased by the amount of Investments that could be made at such time under the other Related Section; provided, that the amount of each such increase in respect of one Related Section shall be treated as having been used under the other Related Section.
Any Investment in any person other than the Borrower or a Subsidiary Loan Party that is otherwise permitted by this Section 6.04 may be made through intermediate Investments in Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties and such intermediate Investments shall be disregarded for purposes of determining the outstanding amount of Investments pursuant to any clause set forth above. The amount of any Investment made other than in the form of cash or cash equivalents shall be the fair market value thereof (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) valued at the time of the making thereof, and without giving effect to any subsequent write-downs or write-offs thereof.
The amount of any Investment made other than in the form of cash or cash equivalents shall be the fair market value thereof, which shall be determined in good faith by the Borrower and may be determined either, at the option of the Borrower, at the time of such Investment or as of the date of the definitive agreement with respect to such Investment, and without giving effect to any subsequent change in value.
Section 6.05    Mergers, Consolidations, Sales of Assets and Acquisitions. Merge into or consolidate with any other person, or permit any other person to merge into or consolidate with it, or Dispose of (in one transaction or in a series of related transactions) all or any part of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired), effect any Delaware LLC Division or Dispose of any Equity Interests of any Subsidiary, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) all of the assets of any other person or division or line of business of a person, except that this Section 6.05 shall not prohibit:
(a)    (i) the purchase and Disposition of inventory, or the sale of receivables pursuant to non-recourse factoring arrangements, in each case in the ordinary course of business by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or the conversion of accounts receivable to notes receivable, (ii) the acquisition or lease (pursuant to an operating lease) of any other asset in the ordinary course of business by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or, with respect to operating leases, otherwise for fair market value on market terms (as determined in good faith by the Borrower), (iii) the Disposition of surplus, obsolete, damaged or worn out equipment or other property by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business or determined in good faith by the Borrower to be no longer used or useful or necessary in the operation of the business of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or (iv) the Disposition of Permitted Investments in the ordinary course of business;
(b)    if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, (i) the merger or consolidation of any Subsidiary with or into the Borrower in a transaction in which the Borrower is the survivor, (ii) the merger or consolidation of any Subsidiary with or into any Subsidiary Loan Party in a transaction in which the surviving or resulting entity is or becomes a Subsidiary Loan Party and, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii), no person other than the Borrower or a Subsidiary Loan Party receives any consideration (unless otherwise permitted by Section 6.04), (iii) the merger or consolidation of any Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party with or into any other Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party, (iv) the liquidation or dissolution or change in form of entity of any Subsidiary if the Borrower determines in good faith that such liquidation, dissolution or change in form is in the best interests of the Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders, (v) any Subsidiary may merge or consolidate with any other person in order to effect an Investment permitted pursuant to Section 6.04 so long as the continuing or surviving person shall be a Subsidiary (unless otherwise permitted by Section 6.04), which shall be a Loan Party if the merging or consolidating Subsidiary was a Loan Party and which together with each of its Subsidiaries shall have complied with any applicable requirements of Section 5.10 or (vi) any Subsidiary may merge or consolidate with any other person in order to effect an Asset Sale otherwise permitted pursuant to this Section 6.05;
(c)    Dispositions to the Borrower or a Subsidiary (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise); provided, that any Dispositions by a Loan Party to a Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party in reliance on this clause (c) shall be made in compliance with Section 6.07;
(d)    Sale and Lease-Back Transactions permitted by Section 6.03;
(e)    Investments permitted by Section 6.04, Permitted Liens, and Restricted Payments permitted by Section 6.06;
(f)    Dispositions of defaulted receivables in the ordinary course of business and not as part of an accounts receivables financing transaction;
(g)    other Dispositions of assets; provided, that the Net Proceeds thereof, if any, are applied in accordance with Section 2.11(b) to the extent required thereby;
(h)    Permitted Business Acquisitions (including any merger, consolidation or amalgamation in order to effect a Permitted Business Acquisition); provided, that following any such merger, consolidation or amalgamation involving the Borrower, the Borrower is the surviving entity or the requirements of Section 6.05(n) are otherwise complied with;
(i)    leases, assignments, licenses or subleases or sublicenses of any real or personal property in the ordinary course of business;
(j)    Dispositions of inventory or Dispositions or abandonment of Intellectual Property of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries determined in good faith by the management of the Borrower to be no longer useful or necessary in the operation of the business of the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries;
(k)    acquisitions and purchases made with the proceeds of any Asset Sale pursuant to the first proviso of clause (a) of the definition of “Net Proceeds”;
(l)    the purchase and Disposition (including by capital contribution) of Securitization Assets including pursuant to Permitted Securitization Financings;
(m)    any exchange of assets for services and/or other assets of comparable or greater value; provided, that (i) at least 90% of the consideration received by the transferor consists of assets that will be used in a business or business activity permitted hereunder, (ii) in the event of a swap with a fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) in excess of $10,000,000, the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from a Responsible Officer of the Borrower with respect to such fair market value and (iii) in the event of a swap with a fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) in excess of $15,000,000, such exchange shall have been approved by at least a majority of the Board of Directors of Holdings or the Borrower; provided, further, that (A) no Default or Event of Default exists or would result therefrom, (B) the Net Proceeds, if any, thereof are applied in accordance with Section 2.11(b) to the extent required thereby and (C) with respect to any exchange of assets for services, immediately after giving effect thereto, the Borrower shall be in Pro Forma Compliance.
(n)    if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, any Subsidiary or any other person may be merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into the Borrower, provided that (A) the Borrower shall be the surviving entity or (B) if the surviving entity is not the Borrower (such other person, the “Successor Borrower”), (1) the Successor Borrower shall be an entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof, (2) the Successor Borrower shall expressly assume all the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents pursuant to a supplement hereto or thereto in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (3) each Guarantor, unless it is the other party to such merger or consolidation, shall have by a supplement to the Holdings Guarantee and Pledge Agreement or the Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement, as applicable, confirmed that its guarantee thereunder shall apply to any Successor Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement, (4) each Subsidiary Loan Party, unless it is the other party to such merger or consolidation, shall have by a supplement to any applicable Security Document affirmed that its obligations thereunder shall apply to its guarantee as reaffirmed pursuant to clause (3), (5) each mortgagor of a Mortgaged Property, unless it is the other party to such merger or consolidation, shall have affirmed that its obligations under the applicable Mortgage shall apply to its guarantee as reaffirmed pursuant to clause (3) and (6) the Successor Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent (x) an officer’s certificate stating that such merger or consolidation does not violate this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (y) if requested by the Administrative Agent, an opinion of counsel to the effect that such merger or consolidation does not violate this Agreement or any other Loan Document and covering such other matters as are contemplated by the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to be covered in opinions of counsel (it being understood that if the foregoing are satisfied, the Successor Borrower will succeed to, and be substituted for, the Borrower under this Agreement) and (z) information and documentation with respect to the Successor Borrower for purposes of compliance with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT ACT and the Act and Beneficial Ownership Regulation;
(o)    any purchase or Disposition by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of a store of the Borrower or such Subsidiary not otherwise permitted by this Section 6.05 so long as (i) such store was acquired by the Borrower or such Subsidiary from a franchisee with the intent of reselling such store and the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent at the time of such acquisition that such property is being acquired in connection with an Excluded Resale and (ii) such sale occurs within 12 months of the acquisition of such store by the Borrower or such Subsidiary (each, an “Excluded Resale”);
(p)    any Disposition in connection with refranchising activities or Disposing of stores and related assets to franchisees;
(q)    Dispositions of food, beverages and other goods held for sale or consumed in the ordinary course of operation of the dining and entertainment center business.
(r)    any termination, non-renewal, expiration, amendment or other modification of franchise agreements or development agreements with franchisees of the Borrower or any Subsidiary; and
(s)    any Disposition to effect the formation of any Subsidiary that is a Delaware Divided LLC and would otherwise not be prohibited hereunder; provided that any disposition or other allocation of any assets (including any equity interests of such Delaware Divided LLC) in connection therewith is otherwise permitted hereunder.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 6.05 above, no Disposition of assets under Section 6.05(g) or, solely with respect to Sale and Lease-Back Transactions referred to in clause (b)(y) of Section 6.03, under Section 6.05(d), shall be permitted unless (i) such Disposition is for fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower), or if not for fair market value, the shortfall is permitted as an Investment under Section 6.04, and (ii) at least 75% of the proceeds of such Disposition (except to Loan Parties) consist of cash or Permitted Investments; provided, that the provisions of this clause (ii) shall not apply to any individual transaction or series of related transactions involving assets with a fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) of less than $15,000,000 or to other transactions involving assets with a fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) of not more than the greater of $50,000,000 and 3% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the then most recently ended Test Period in the aggregate for all such transactions during the term of this Agreement; provided, further, that for purposes of this clause (ii), each of the following shall be deemed to be cash: (a) the amount of any liabilities (as shown on the Borrower’s or such Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet or in the notes thereto) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets or are otherwise cancelled in connection with such transaction, (b) any notes or other obligations or other securities or assets received by the Borrower or such Subsidiary from the transferee that are converted by the Borrower or such Subsidiary into cash within 180 days after receipt thereof (to the extent of the cash received), (c) any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in such Disposition having an aggregate fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower), taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (c) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of $75,000,000 and 4.0% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the Test Period ended immediately prior to the receipt of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration (with the fair market value of each item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value), (d) the amount of Indebtedness of any Subsidiary that is no longer a Subsidiary as a result of such Asset Sale, to the extent that Holdings, the Borrower and each other Subsidiary are released from any guarantee of payment of such Indebtedness in connection with the Asset Sale and (e) consideration consisting of Indebtedness of the Borrower or a Subsidiary (other than Indebtedness that is subordinated in right of payment to the Loan Obligations) received from persons who are not Holdings, the Borrower or a Subsidiary in connection with the Asset Sale and that is cancelled.
For purposes of this Agreement, the fair market value of any assets acquired, leased, exchanged, Disposed of, sold, conveyed or transferred by the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall be determined in good faith by the Borrower and may be determined either, at the option of the Borrower, at the time of such acquisition, lease, exchange, Disposition, sale, conveyance or transfer, as applicable, or as of the date of the definitive agreement with respect to such acquisition, lease, exchange, Disposition, sale, conveyance or transfer, as applicable.
Section 6.06    Dividends and Distributions. Declare or pay any dividend or make any other distribution (by reduction of capital or otherwise), whether in cash, property, securities or a combination thereof, with respect to any of its Equity Interests (other than dividends and distributions on Equity Interests payable solely by the issuance of additional Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the person paying such dividends or distributions) or directly or indirectly redeem, purchase, retire or otherwise acquire for value (or permit any Subsidiary to purchase or acquire) any of the Borrower’s Equity Interests or set aside any amount for any such purpose (other than through the issuance of additional Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the person redeeming, purchasing, retiring or acquiring such shares) (all of the foregoing, “Restricted Payments”); provided, however, that:
(a)    Restricted Payments may be made to the Borrower or any Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower (or, in the case of non-Wholly Owned Subsidiaries, to the Borrower or any Subsidiary that is a direct or indirect parent of such Subsidiary and to each other owner of Equity Interests of such Subsidiary on a pro rata basis (or more favorable basis from the perspective of the Borrower or such Subsidiary) based on their relative ownership interests);
(b)    Restricted Payments may be made in respect of (i) overhead, legal, accounting and other professional fees and expenses of Holdings or any Parent Entity, (ii) fees and expenses related to any public offering or private placement of Equity Interests or Indebtedness of Holdings or any Parent Entity whether or not consummated, (iii) franchise and similar taxes and other fees and expenses in connection with the maintenance of its (and any Parent Entity’s) existence and its (or any Parent Entity’s indirect) ownership of the Borrower, (iv) payments permitted by Section 6.07(b) (other than Section 6.07(b)(vii)), (v) in respect of any taxable period for which the Borrower and/or any of its Subsidiaries are members of a consolidated, combined, affiliated, unitary or similar tax group for U.S. federal and/or applicable state, local or foreign tax purposes of which a direct or indirect parent of the Borrower is the common parent, or for which the Borrower is a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes that is wholly owned (directly or indirectly) by a C corporation for U.S. federal and/or applicable state or local income tax purposes, distributions to any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower in an amount not to exceed the amount of any U.S. federal, state, local or foreign taxes that the Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, would have paid for such taxable period had the Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, been a stand-alone corporate taxpayer or a stand-alone corporate group, and (vi) customary salary, bonus and other benefits payable to, and indemnities provided on behalf of, officers, directors and employees of Holdings or any Parent Entity, in each case in order to permit Holdings or any Parent Entity to make such payments; provided, that in the case of subclauses (i) and (iii), the amount of such Restricted Payments shall not exceed the portion of any amounts referred to in such subclauses (i) and (iii) that are allocable to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (which shall be 100% at any time that, as the case may be, (x) Holdings owns no material assets other than the Equity Interests in the Borrower and assets incidental to such equity ownership or (y) any Parent Entity owns directly or indirectly no material assets other than Equity Interests in Holdings and any other Parent Entity and assets incidental to such equity ownership);
(c)    Restricted Payments may be made to Holdings, the proceeds of which are used to purchase or redeem the Equity Interests of Holdings or any Parent Entity (including related stock appreciation rights or similar securities) held by then present or former directors, consultants, officers, employees or franchisees of any Parent Entity, Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries or by any Plan or any shareholders’ agreement then in effect upon such person’s death, disability, retirement or termination of employment or under the terms of any such Plan or any other agreement under which such shares of stock or related rights were issued; provided, that the aggregate amount of such purchases or redemptions under this clause (c) shall not exceed in any fiscal year $15,000,000 (which shall increase to $30,000,000 subsequent to a Qualified IPO) (plus (x) the amount of net proceeds contributed to the Borrower that were (x) received by Holdings or any Parent Entity during such calendar year from sales of Equity Interests of Holdings or any Parent Entity to directors, consultants, officers, employees or franchisees of Holdings, any Parent Entity, the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with permitted employee compensation and incentive arrangements; provided, that such proceeds are not included in any determination of the Cumulative Credit, (y) the amount of net proceeds of any key-man life insurance policies received during such calendar year, and (z) the amount of any cash bonuses otherwise payable to members of management, directors or consultants of Holdings, any Parent Entity, the Borrower or the Subsidiaries in connection with the Transactions that are foregone in return for the receipt of Equity Interests), which, if not used in any year, may be carried forward to any subsequent calendar year; and provided, further, that cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Borrower or any Subsidiary from members of management of Holdings, any Parent Entity, the Borrower or its Subsidiaries in connection with a repurchase of Equity Interests of Holdings or any Parent Entity will not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this Section 6.06;
(d)    any person may make non-cash repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options;
(e)    Restricted Payments may be made in an aggregate amount equal to a portion of the Cumulative Credit on the date of such election that the Borrower elects to apply to this Section 6.06(e), which such election shall (unless such Restricted Payment is made pursuant to clause (b) of the definition of “Cumulative Credit”) be set forth in a written notice of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, which notice shall set forth calculations in reasonable detail the amount of Cumulative Credit immediately prior to such election and the amount thereof elected to be so applied; provided, that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom and after giving effect thereto and after giving effect to such Restricted Payment, the Net Total Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis would not exceed 4.75 to 1.00;
(f)    [Reserved];
(g)    Restricted Payments may be made to pay, or to allow Holdings or any Parent Entity to make payments, in cash, in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares, upon the exercise of warrants or upon the conversion or exchange of Equity Interests of any such person;
(h)    after a Qualified IPO, Restricted Payments may be made to pay, or to allow Holding or any Parent Entity to pay, dividends and make distributions to, or repurchase or redeem shares from, its equity holders in an amount per annum no greater than 6.0% of the Market Capitalization;
(i)    Restricted Payments may be made to Holdings or any Parent Entity to finance any Investment that if made by the Borrower or any Subsidiary directly would be permitted to be made pursuant to Section 6.04; provided, that (A) such Restricted Payment shall be made substantially concurrently with the closing of such Investment and (B) such parent shall, immediately following the closing thereof, cause (1) all property acquired (whether assets or Equity Interests) to be contributed to the Borrower or a Subsidiary or (2) the merger, consolidation or amalgamation (to the extent permitted in Section 6.05) of the person formed or acquired into the Borrower or a Subsidiary in order to consummate such Permitted Business Acquisition or Investment, in each case, in accordance with the requirements of Section 5.10;
(j)    other Restricted Payments may be made in an aggregate amount not to exceed $5,000,000; provided, that no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(k)    any Restricted Payment may be made so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom and after giving effect to such Restricted Payment, the Net Total Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis would not exceed 3.00 to 1.00; and
(l)    Restricted Payments may be made with Excluded Contributions.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary (but subject to the immediately succeeding paragraph), the foregoing provisions of Section 6.06 will not prohibit the payment of any Restricted Payment or the consummation of any redemption, purchase, defeasance or other payment within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof or the giving of notice, as applicable, if at the date of declaration or the giving of such notice such payment would have complied with the provisions of this Agreement.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Restricted Payment to any Fund or Fund Affiliate shall be made under Section 6.06(e), Section 6.06(j) or Section 6.06(k) on any date prior to the date that is eighteen months after the Closing Date.
The amount of any Restricted Payment made other than in the form of cash or cash equivalents shall be the fair market value thereof, which shall be determined in good faith by the Borrower and may be determined either, at the option of the Borrower, at the time of such Restricted Payment or as of the date of the definitive agreement with respect to such Restricted Payment.
Section 6.07    Transactions with Affiliates. 26.%2.%3.  Sell or transfer any property or assets to, or purchase or acquire any property or assets from, or otherwise engage in any other transaction with, any of its Affiliates (other than the Borrower, Holdings, and the Subsidiaries or any person that becomes a Subsidiary as a result of such transaction) in a transaction (or series of related transactions) involving aggregate consideration in excess of $20,000,000, unless such transaction is (i) otherwise permitted (or required) under this Agreement or (ii) upon terms that are substantially no less favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable, than would be obtained in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a person that is not an Affiliate, as determined by the Board of Directors of the Borrower or such Subsidiary in good faith.
(a)    The foregoing clause (a) shall not prohibit, to the extent otherwise permitted under this Agreement,
(i)    any issuance of securities, or other payments, awards or grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment arrangements, equity purchase agreements, stock options and stock ownership plans approved by the Board of Directors of Holdings (or any Parent Entity) or of the Borrower,
(ii)    loans or advances to employees or consultants of Holdings (or any Parent Entity), the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries in accordance with Section 6.04(e),
(iii)    transactions among the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any entity that becomes a Subsidiary as a result of such transaction (including via merger, consolidation or amalgamation in which the Borrower or a Subsidiary is the surviving entity),
(iv)    the payment of fees, reasonable out-of-pocket costs and indemnities and employment and severance arrangements provided to, or on behalf of or for the benefit of, directors, officers, consultants and employees of Holdings, any Parent Entity, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business (limited, in the case of any Parent Entity, to the portion of such fees and expenses that are allocable to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (which (x) shall be 100% for so long as Holdings or such Parent Entity, as the case may be, owns no assets other than the Equity Interests in the Borrower, Holdings or any Parent Entity and assets incidental to the ownership of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (y) in all other cases shall be as determined in good faith by management of the Borrower)),
(v)    subject to the limitations set forth in Section 6.07(b)(xiv), if applicable, the Transactions and any transactions pursuant to the Transaction Documents and permitted transactions, agreements and arrangements in existence on the Closing Date and, to the extent involving aggregate consideration in excess of $5,000,000, set forth on Schedule 6.07 or any amendment thereto or replacement thereof or similar arrangement to the extent such amendment, replacement or arrangement is not adverse to the Lenders when taken as a whole in any material respect (as determined by the Borrower in good faith),
(vi)    (A) any employment agreements entered into by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, (B) any subscription agreement or similar agreement pertaining to the repurchase of Equity Interests pursuant to put/call rights or similar rights with employees, officers or directors, and (C) any employee compensation, benefit plan or arrangement, any health, disability or similar insurance plan which covers employees, and any reasonable employment contract and transactions pursuant thereto,
(vii)    Restricted Payments permitted under Section 6.06, including payments to Holdings (and any Parent Entity), and Investments permitted under Section 6.04,
(viii)    any purchase by Holdings of the Equity Interests of the Borrower; provided, that any Equity Interests of the Borrower purchased by Holdings (prior to a Qualified IPO of the Borrower) shall be pledged to the Collateral Agent (and deliver the relevant certificates or other instruments (if any) representing such Equity Interests to the Collateral Agent) on behalf of the Lenders to the extent required by the Collateral Agreement,
(ix)    payments by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries to the Fund or any Fund Affiliate made for any financial advisory, financing, underwriting or placement services or in respect of other investment banking activities, including in connection with acquisitions or divestitures, which payments are approved by the majority of the Board of Directors of the Borrower in good faith,
(x)    transactions for the purchase or sale of goods, equipment, products, parts and services entered into in the ordinary course of business,
(xi)    any transaction in respect of which the Borrower delivers to the Administrative Agent a letter addressed to the Board of Directors of the Borrower from an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm, in each case of nationally recognized standing that is in the good faith determination of the Borrower qualified to render such letter, which letter states that (i) such transaction is on terms that are substantially no less favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable, than would be obtained in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a person that is not an Affiliate or (ii) such transaction is fair to the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable, from a financial point of view,
(xii)    subject to subclause (xiv) below, if applicable, the payment of all fees, expenses, bonuses and awards related to the Transactions, including fees to the Fund or any Fund Affiliate,
(xiii)    transactions with joint ventures for the purchase or sale of goods, equipment, products, parts and services entered into in the ordinary course of business,
(xiv)    any agreement to pay, and the payment of, monitoring, consulting, management, transaction, advisory or similar fees payable to the Fund or any Fund Affiliate (A) in an aggregate amount in any fiscal year not to exceed the sum of (1) the greater of $1,000,000 and 0.50% of EBITDA calculated on a Pro Forma Basis for any such fiscal year, plus reasonable out of pocket costs and expenses in connection therewith in any fiscal year and unpaid amounts for any prior periods from and including the fiscal year in which the Closing Date occurs; plus (2) any deferred, accrued or other fees in respect of any fiscal years from and including the fiscal year in which the Closing Date occurs (to the extent such fees in the aggregate do not exceed the amounts described in clause (A)(1) above in respect of such fiscal years), plus (B) 1% of the value of transactions with respect to which the Fund or any Fund Affiliate provides any transaction, advisory or other services, plus (C)  so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the present value of all future amounts payable pursuant to any agreement referred to in clause (A)(1) above in connection with the termination of such agreement with the Fund and its Fund Affiliates; provided, that if any such payment pursuant to clause (C) is not permitted to be paid as a result of an Event of Default, such payment shall accrue and may be payable when no Events of Default are continuing to the extent that no further Event of Default would result therefrom,
(xv)    the issuance, sale or transfer of Equity Interests of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to Holdings (or any Parent Entity) and capital contributions by Holdings (or any Parent Entity) to the Borrower or any Subsidiary,
(xvi)    the issuance, sale or transfer of Equity Interests to the management of Holdings, any Parent Entity, the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with the Transactions,
(xvii)    payments by Holdings (or any Parent Entity), the Borrower and the Subsidiaries pursuant to a tax sharing agreement or arrangement (whether written or as a matter of practice) that complies with clause (v) of Section 6.06(b),
(xviii)    transactions pursuant to any Permitted Securitization Financing,
(xix)    payments, loans (or cancellation of loans) or advances to employees or consultants that are (i) approved by a majority of the Disinterested Directors of Holdings (or any Parent Entity) or the Borrower in good faith, (ii) made in compliance with applicable law and (iii) otherwise permitted under this Agreement,
(xx)    transactions with customers, clients or suppliers, or purchasers or sellers of goods or services, in each case in the ordinary course of business or otherwise in compliance with the terms of this Agreement that are fair to the Borrower or the Subsidiaries (in the good faith determination of the Borrower),
(xxi)    transactions between the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries and any person, a director of which is also a director of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower; provided, however, that (A) such director abstains from voting as a director of the Borrower or such direct or indirect parent company, as the case may be, on any matter involving such other person and (B) such person is not an Affiliate of the Borrower for any reason other than such director’s acting in such capacity,
(xxii)    transactions permitted by, and complying with, the provisions of Section 6.05,
(xxiii)    intercompany transactions undertaken in good faith (as certified by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower) for the purpose of improving the consolidated tax efficiency of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries and not for the purpose of circumventing any covenant set forth herein, and
(xxiv)    Investments by the Fund or a Fund Affiliate in securities of the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries so long as (A) the Investment is being offered generally to other investors on the same or more favorable terms and (B) the Investment constitutes less than 5.0% of the outstanding issue amount of such class of securities.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any portfolio company that is an Affiliate of the Fund or a Fund Affiliate shall not be considered an Affiliate of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries with respect to any transaction, so long as such transaction is in the ordinary course of business.
Section 6.08    Business of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, engage at any time to any material respect in any business or business activity substantially different from any business or business activity conducted by any of them on the Closing Date or any Similar Business, and in the case of a Special Purpose Securitization Subsidiary, Permitted Securitization Financings.
Section 6.09    Limitation on Payments and Modifications of Indebtedness; Modifications of Certificate of Incorporation, By-Laws and Certain Other Agreements; etc.

27.%2.%3. Amend or modify in any manner materially adverse to the Lenders when taken as a whole (as determined in good faith by the Borrower), or grant any waiver or release under or terminate in any manner (if such granting or termination shall be materially adverse to the Lenders when taken as a whole (as determined in good faith by the Borrower)), the articles or certificate of incorporation, by-laws, limited liability company operating agreement, partnership agreement or other organizational documents of the Borrower or any of the Subsidiary Loan Parties.
(a)    1.%2.%3.%4. Make, directly or indirectly, any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) of, or in respect of, principal of or interest on any Junior Financing, or any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination in respect of any Junior Financing, except for:
(A)    Refinancings with any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under Section 6.01;
(B)    payments of regularly-scheduled interest and fees due thereunder, other non-principal payments thereunder, any mandatory prepayments of principal, interest and fees thereunder, scheduled payments thereon necessary to avoid the Junior Financing from constituting “applicable high yield discount obligations” within the meaning of Section 163(i)(l) of the Code, and, to the extent this Agreement is then in effect, principal on the scheduled maturity date of any Junior Financing (or within twelve months thereof);
(C)    payments or distributions in respect of all or any portion of the Junior Financing with the proceeds contributed to the Borrower by Holdings from the issuance, sale or exchange by Holdings (or any Parent Entity) of Equity Interests that are not Disqualified Stock made within eighteen months prior thereto; provided, that such proceeds are not included in any determination of the Cumulative Credit;
(D)    the conversion of any Junior Financing to Equity Interests of the Borrower, Holdings or any Parent Entity;
(E)    so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, payments or distributions in respect of Junior Financings prior to any scheduled maturity made, in an aggregate amount, not to exceed a portion of the Cumulative Credit on the date of such election that the Borrower elects to apply to this Section 6.09(b)(i)(E) in a written notice of a Responsible Officer thereof, which notice shall set forth calculations in reasonable detail of the amount of Cumulative Credit immediately prior to such election and the amount thereof elected to be so applied; and
(F)    other payments and distributions in an aggregate amount (valued at the time of the making thereof and without giving effect to any subsequent change in value) not to exceed the greater of $50,000,000 and 0.30 times the EBITDA calculated on a Pro Forma Basis for the then most recently ended Test Period; or
(ii)    Amend or modify, or permit the amendment or modification of, any provision of any Junior Financing that constitutes Material Indebtedness, or any agreement, document or instrument evidencing or relating thereto, other than amendments or modifications that (A) are not materially adverse to Lenders when taken as a whole (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) and that do not affect the subordination or payment provisions thereof (if any) in a manner adverse to the Lenders when taken as a whole (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) or (B) otherwise comply with the definition of “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness”.
(b)    Permit any Material Subsidiary to enter into any agreement or instrument that by its terms restricts (i) the payment of dividends or distributions or the making of cash advances to the Borrower or any Subsidiary that is a direct or indirect parent of such Subsidiary or (ii) the granting of Liens by the Borrower or such Material Subsidiary that is a Loan Party pursuant to the Security Documents, in each case other than those arising under any Loan Document, except, in each case, restrictions existing by reason of:
(A)    restrictions imposed by applicable law;
(B)    contractual encumbrances or restrictions in effect on the Closing Date, including under Indebtedness existing on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 6.01, the Existing Senior Unsecured Note Documents, any Refinancing Notes or any agreements related to any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of any such Indebtedness and, in each case, any similar contractual encumbrances or restrictions and any amendment, modification, supplement, replacement or refinancing of such agreements or instruments that does not materially expand the scope of any such encumbrance or restriction (as determined in good faith by the Borrower);
(C)    any restriction on a Subsidiary imposed pursuant to an agreement entered into for the sale or disposition of the Equity Interests or assets of a Subsidiary pending the closing of such sale or disposition;
(D)    customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements applicable to joint ventures entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(E)    any restrictions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement to the extent that such restrictions apply only to the property or assets securing such Indebtedness;
(F)    any restrictions imposed by any agreement relating to Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 6.01 or Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof, to the extent such restrictions are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, than the restrictions contained in this Agreement or are market terms at the time of issuance (in each case as determined in good faith by the Borrower);
(G)    customary provisions contained in leases or licenses of Intellectual Property and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(H)    customary provisions restricting subletting or assignment (including any change of control deemed an assignment) of any lease governing a leasehold interest;
(I)    customary provisions restricting assignment of any agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(J)    customary restrictions and conditions contained in any agreement relating to the sale, transfer, lease or other disposition of any asset permitted under Section 6.05 pending the consummation of such sale, transfer, lease or other disposition;
(K)    customary restrictions and conditions contained in the document relating to any Lien, so long as (1) such Lien is a Permitted Lien and such restrictions or conditions relate only to the specific asset subject to such Lien, and (2) such restrictions and conditions are not created for the purpose of avoiding the restrictions imposed by this Section 6.09;
(L)    customary net worth provisions imposed by suppliers, customers or landlords of Real Property under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or industry norm or customary restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth arising in connection with any Liens permitted under Section 6.02 so long as the Borrower has determined in good faith that such net worth provisions would not reasonably be expected to impair the ability of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to meet their ongoing obligations under the Loan Documents;
(M)    any agreement in effect at the time such subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary, so long as such agreement was not entered into in contemplation of such person becoming a Subsidiary;
(N)    restrictions in agreements representing Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01 of a Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party;
(O)    customary restrictions contained in leases, subleases, licenses or Equity Interests or asset sale agreements otherwise permitted hereby as long as such restrictions relate to the Equity Interests and assets subject thereto;
(P)    restrictions on cash or other deposits imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(Q)    restrictions contained in any Permitted Securitization Document with respect to any Special Purpose Securitization Subsidiary; and
(R)    any encumbrances or restrictions of the type referred to in Section 6.09(c)(i) and 6.09(c)(ii) above imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of or similar arrangements to the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (A) through (Q) above; provided, that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements, refinancings or similar arrangements are, in the good faith judgment of the Borrower, not materially more restrictive with respect to such dividend and other payment restrictions than those contained in the dividend or other payment restrictions as contemplated by such provisions prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement, refinancing or similar arrangement.
Section 6.10    Fiscal Year. In the case of the Borrower, permit any change to its fiscal year without prior notice to the Administrative Agent, in which case, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent will, and are hereby authorized by the Lenders to, make any adjustments to this Agreement that are necessary to reflect such change in fiscal year.
Section 6.11    Financial Covenant. With respect to the Revolving Facility only, permit the Net First Lien Leverage Ratio as of the last day of any fiscal quarter (beginning with the end of the first full fiscal quarter after the Closing Date), solely to the extent that on such date the Testing Condition is satisfied, to exceed 5.25 to 1.00.
ARTICLE VIA

Holdings Negative Covenants
Holdings (prior to a Qualified IPO) hereby covenants and agrees with each Lender that, from and after the Closing Date and until the Termination Date, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing, (a) Holdings will not create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien other than (i) Liens created under the Loan Documents and (ii) Liens not prohibited by Section 6.02 on any of the Equity Interests issued by the Borrower held by Holdings and (b) Holdings shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence; provided, that so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, Holdings may merge with any other person (and if it is not the survivor of such merger, the survivor shall assume Holdings’ obligations, as applicable, under the Loan Documents).
ARTICLE VII    

Events of Default
Section 7.01    Events of Default. In case of the happening of any of the following events (each, an “Event of Default”):
(a)    any representation or warranty made or deemed made by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party herein or in any other Loan Document or any certificate or document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto shall prove to have been false or misleading in any material respect when so made or deemed made and such false or misleading representation or warranty (if curable) shall remain false or misleading for a period of 30 days after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower;
(b)    default shall be made in the payment of any principal of any Loan when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or by acceleration thereof or otherwise;
(c)    default shall be made in the payment of any interest on any Loan or the reimbursement with respect to any L/C Disbursement or in the payment of any Fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in clause (b) above) due under any Loan Document, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of five Business Days;
(d)    default shall be made in the due observance or performance by the Borrower of any covenant, condition or agreement contained in, Section 5.01(a), 5.05(a) or 5.08 or in Article VI; provided, that any breach of the Financial Covenant shall not, by itself, constitute an Event of Default under any Term Facility and the Term Loans may not be accelerated as a result thereof unless there are Revolving Facility Loans outstanding that have been accelerated by the Required Revolving Facility Lenders pursuant to the penultimate sentence of this Section 7.01 as a result of such breach of the Financial Covenant;
(e)    default shall be made in the due observance or performance by Holdings (prior to a Qualified IPO of the Borrower) of Article VIA or by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiary Loan Parties of any covenant, condition or agreement contained in any Loan Document (other than those specified in clauses (b), (c) and (d) above) and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days (or 60 days if such default results solely from the failure of a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to duly observe or perform any such covenant, condition or agreement) after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower;
(f)    (i) any event or condition occurs that (A) results in any Material Indebtedness becoming due prior to its scheduled maturity (other than, for avoidance of doubt, Material Indebtedness with respect to Permitted Securitization Financings) or (B) enables or permits (with all applicable grace periods having expired) the holder or holders of any Material Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to cause any Material Indebtedness to become due, or to require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity; or (ii) the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries shall fail to pay the principal of any Material Indebtedness at the stated final maturity thereof; provided, that this clause (f) shall not apply to any secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness if such sale or transfer is permitted hereunder and under the documents providing for such Indebtedness;
(g)    there shall have occurred a Change in Control;
(h)    an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed in a court of competent jurisdiction seeking (i) relief in respect of the Borrower or any of the Material Subsidiaries, or of a substantial part of the property or assets of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary, under Title 11 of the United States Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or any other federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law, (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Borrower or any of the Material Subsidiaries or for a substantial part of the property or assets of the Borrower or any of the Material Subsidiaries or (iii) the winding-up or liquidation of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary (except in a transaction permitted hereunder); and such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;
(i)    the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or any other federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or the filing of any petition described in clause (h) above, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Borrower or any of the Material Subsidiaries or for a substantial part of the property or assets of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (vi) become unable or admit in writing its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;
(j)    the failure by the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary to pay one or more final judgments aggregating in excess of $50,000,000 (to the extent not covered by insurance), which judgments are not discharged or effectively waived or stayed for a period of 45 consecutive days, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to levy upon assets or properties of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary to enforce any such judgment;
(k)    (i) an ERISA Event shall have occurred, (ii) the PBGC shall institute proceedings (including giving notice of intent thereof) to terminate any Plan or Plans, (iii) the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate shall have been notified by the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan that such Multiemployer Plan is in endangered or critical status within the meaning of Title I of ERISA or is being terminated within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA, or (iv)  the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall engage in any “prohibited transaction” (as defined in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) involving any Plan; and in each case in clauses (i) through (iv) above, such event or condition, together with all other such events or conditions, if any, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or
(l)    (i) any Loan Document shall for any reason be asserted in writing by Holdings (prior to a Qualified IPO of the Borrower), the Borrower or any Subsidiary Loan Party not to be a legal, valid and binding obligation of any party thereto (other than in accordance with its terms), (ii) any security interest purported to be created by any Security Document and to extend to assets that constitute a material portion of the Collateral shall cease to be, or shall be asserted in writing by the Borrower or any other Loan Party not to be (other than, in each case, in accordance with its terms), a valid and perfected security interest (perfected as or having the priority required by this Agreement or the relevant Security Document and subject to such limitations and restrictions as are set forth herein and therein) in the securities, assets or properties covered thereby, except to the extent that any such loss of perfection or priority results from the limitations of foreign laws, rules and regulations as they apply to pledges of Equity Interests in Foreign Subsidiaries or the application thereof, or from the failure of the Collateral Agent to maintain possession of certificates actually delivered to it representing securities pledged under the Collateral Agreement or to file Uniform Commercial Code continuation statements or take the actions described on Schedule 3.04 and except to the extent that such loss is covered by a lender’s title insurance policy and the Collateral Agent shall be reasonably satisfied with the credit of such insurer, or (iii) a material portion of the Guarantees pursuant to the Security Documents by Holdings (prior to a Qualified IPO of the Borrower) or the Subsidiary Loan Parties guaranteeing the Obligations shall cease to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with the terms thereof), or shall be asserted in writing by Holdings (prior to a Qualified IPO of the Borrower) or any Subsidiary Loan Party not to be in effect or not to be legal, valid and binding obligations (other than in accordance with the terms thereof); provided, that no Event of Default shall occur under this Section 7.01(l) if the Loan Parties cooperate with the Collateral Agent to replace or perfect such security interest and Lien, such security interest and Lien is replaced and the rights, powers and privileges of the Secured Parties are not materially adversely affected by such replacement;
then, and in every such event (other than (x) an event with respect to the Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) above and (y) an event described in clause (d) above arising with respect to a failure to comply with the Financial Covenant, unless the conditions of the first proviso contained in clause (d) above have been satisfied), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, shall, by notice to the Borrower, take any or all of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate forthwith the Commitments, (ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be forthwith due and payable in whole or in part, whereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and any unpaid accrued Fees and all other liabilities of the Borrower accrued hereunder and under any other Loan Document, shall become forthwith due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower, anything contained herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding and (iii) if the Loans have been declared due and payable pursuant to clause (ii) above, demand Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 2.05(j); and in any event with respect to the Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) above, the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and any unpaid accrued Fees and all other liabilities of the Borrower accrued hereunder and under any other Loan Document, shall automatically become due and payable and the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to have made a demand for Cash Collateral to the full extent permitted under Section 2.05(j), without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower, anything contained herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding. In the case of an Event of Default under clause (d) above arising with respect to a failure to comply with the Financial Covenant, unless the conditions of the first proviso contained in clause (d) above have been satisfied, and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, subject to Section 7.03, the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Revolving Facility Lenders, shall, by notice to the Borrower, take either or both of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate forthwith the Revolving Facility Commitments and (ii) declare the Revolving Facility Loans then outstanding to be forthwith due and payable in whole or in part, whereupon the principal of the Revolving Facility Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and any unpaid accrued Fees and all other liabilities of the Borrower accrued hereunder with respect to such Revolving Facility Loans, shall become forthwith due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower, anything contained herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding.
For purposes of clauses (h) and (i) of this Section 7.01, “Material Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary that would not be an Immaterial Subsidiary under clause (a) of the definition thereof.
Section 7.02    Treatment of Certain Payments. Subject to the terms of any applicable Intercreditor Agreement, any amount received by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent from any Loan Party (or from proceeds of any Collateral) following any acceleration of the Obligations under this Agreement or any Event of Default with respect to the Borrower under Section 7.01(h) or (i), in each case that is continuing, shall be applied: (i) first, ratably, to pay any fees, indemnities or expense reimbursements then due to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent from the Borrower (other than in connection with any Secured Cash Management Agreement or Secured Hedge Agreement), (ii) second, towards payment of interest and fees then due from the Borrower hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties, (iii) third, towards payment of other Obligations (including Obligations of the Loan Parties owing under or in respect of any Secured Cash Management Agreement or Secured Hedge Agreement) then due from the Borrower hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of such Obligations then due to such parties and (iv) last, the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations have been paid in full, to the Borrower or as otherwise required by Requirements of Law.
Section 7.03    Right to Cure. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 7.01, in the event that the Borrower fails (or, but for the operation of this Section 7.03, would fail) to comply with the requirements of the Financial Covenant, from the last day of the applicable fiscal quarter until the expiration of the 10th Business Day subsequent to the date the certificate calculating such Financial Covenant is required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.04(c), Holdings, the Borrower and any Parent Entity shall have the right to issue Permitted Cure Securities for cash or otherwise receive cash contributions to the capital of such entities, and in each case, to contribute any such cash to the capital of the Borrower (collectively, the “Cure Right”), and upon the receipt by the Borrower of such cash (the “Cure Amount”), pursuant to the exercise of the Cure Right, the Financial Covenant shall be recalculated giving effect to a pro forma adjustment by which EBITDA shall be increased with respect to such applicable quarter and any four-quarter period that contains such quarter, solely for the purpose of measuring the Financial Covenant and not for any other purpose under this Agreement, by an amount equal to the Cure Amount; provided, that (i) in each four consecutive fiscal quarter period there shall be at least two fiscal quarters in which a Cure Right is not exercised, (ii) a Cure Right shall not be exercised more than five times during the term of the Revolving Facility, (iii) for purposes of this Section 7.03, the Cure Amount shall be no greater than the amount required for purposes of complying with the Financial Covenant and (iv) there shall be no pro forma reduction in Indebtedness with the proceeds of the exercise of the Cure Right for determining compliance with the Financial Covenant for the fiscal quarter in respect of which such Cure Right is exercised (either directly through prepayment or indirectly as a result of the netting of unrestricted cash) (other than, for future periods, with respect to any portion of such Cure Amount that is used to repay Term Loans). If, after giving effect to the adjustments in this Section 7.03, the Borrower shall then be in compliance with the requirements of the Financial Covenant, the Borrower shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements of the Financial Covenant as of the relevant date of determination with the same effect as though there had been no failure to comply therewith at such date, and the applicable breach or default of the Financial Covenant that had occurred shall be deemed cured for the purposes of this Agreement.
ARTICLE VIII    

The Agents
Section 8.01    Appointment. 28.%2.%3.  Each Lender (in its capacities as a Lender and on behalf of itself and its Affiliates as potential counterparties to Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedging Agreements) and each Issuing Bank (in such capacities and on behalf of itself and its Affiliates as potential counterparties to Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedging Agreements) hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Administrative Agent as the agent of such Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including as the Collateral Agent for such Lender and the other Secured Parties under the Security Documents, and each such Lender irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent, in such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. In addition, to the extent required under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States of America, each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby grants to the Administrative Agent any required powers of attorney to execute any Security Document governed by the laws of such jurisdiction on such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s behalf. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Lender, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against the Administrative Agent.
(a)    In furtherance of the foregoing, each Lender (in its capacities as a Lender and on behalf of itself and its Affiliates as potential counterparties to Secured Cash Management Agreements or Secured Hedge Agreements) and each Issuing Bank (in such capacities and on behalf of itself and its Affiliates as potential counterparties to Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedging Agreements) hereby appoints and authorizes the Collateral Agent to act as the agent of such Lender for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Collateral Agent (and any Subagents appointed by the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 8.02 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Security Documents, or for exercising any rights or remedies thereunder at the direction of the Collateral Agent) shall be entitled to the benefits of this Article VIII (including, without limitation, Section 8.07) as though the Collateral Agent (and any such Subagents) were an “Agent” under the Loan Documents, as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto.
Section 8.02    Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent may execute any of their respective duties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) by or through agents, employees or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel and other consultants or experts concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. No Agent shall be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care. Each Agent may also from time to time, when it deems it to be necessary or desirable, appoint one or more trustees, co-trustees, collateral co-agents, collateral subagents or attorneys-in-fact (each, a “Subagent”) with respect to all or any part of the Collateral; provided, that no such Subagent shall be authorized to take any action with respect to any Collateral unless and except to the extent expressly authorized in writing by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent. Should any instrument in writing from the Borrower or any other Loan Party be required by any Subagent so appointed by an Agent to more fully or certainly vest in and confirm to such Subagent such rights, powers, privileges and duties, the Borrower shall, or shall cause such Loan Party to, execute, acknowledge and deliver any and all such instruments promptly upon request by such Agent. If any Subagent, or successor thereto, shall become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all rights, powers, privileges and duties of such Subagent, to the extent permitted by law, shall automatically vest in and be exercised by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent until the appointment of a new Subagent. No Agent shall be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agent, attorney-in-fact or Subagent that it selects with reasonable care.
Section 8.03    Exculpatory Provisions. None of the Agents, or their respective Affiliates or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates shall be (a) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or such person under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except to the extent that any of the foregoing are found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from its or such person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct) or (b) responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by any Loan Party or any officer thereof contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by any Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for any failure of any Loan Party a party thereto to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. No Agent shall be under any obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of any Loan Party. No Agent shall have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) no Agent shall be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and (b) no Agent shall, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by such Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Agents shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless and until written notice describing such Default or Event of Default is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower, a Lender or an Issuing Bank. No Agent shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien purported to be created by the Security Documents, (v) the value or the sufficiency of any Collateral, or (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.
Section 8.04    Reliance by Agents. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) or conversation believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper person. Each Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to any Credit Event, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or any Issuing Bank, each Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or Issuing Bank unless such Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or Issuing Bank prior to such Credit Event. Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (including counsel to Holdings or the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts. Each Agent may deem and treat the Lender specified in the Register with respect to any amount owing hereunder as the owner thereof for all purposes unless a written notice of assignment, negotiation or transfer thereof shall have been filed with such Agent. Each Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any other Loan Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or other Lenders) as it deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense that may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. Each Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents in accordance with a request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or other Lenders), and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders and all future holders of the Loans.
Section 8.05    Notice of Default. Neither Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default unless such Agent has received written notice from a Lender, Holdings or the Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.” In the event that the Administrative Agent receives such a notice, the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as shall be reasonably directed by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all or other Lenders); provided, that unless and until the Administrative Agent shall have received such directions, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Lenders.
Section 8.06    Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders. Each Lender and Issuing Bank expressly acknowledges that neither the Agents nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates have made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by any Agent hereafter taken, including any review of the affairs of a Loan Party or any affiliate of a Loan Party, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by any Agent to any Lender. Each Lender and Issuing Bank represents to the Agents that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of, and investigation into the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of, the Loan Parties and their affiliates and made its own decision to make its Loans hereunder and enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their affiliates. Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, operations, property, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or creditworthiness of any Loan Party or any affiliate of a Loan Party that may come into the possession of the Administrative Agent or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates.
Section 8.07    Indemnification. The Lenders agree to indemnify each Agent and the Revolving Facility Lenders agree to indemnify each Issuing Bank in its capacity as such (to the extent not reimbursed by Holdings or the Borrower and without limiting the obligation of Holdings or the Borrower to do so), in the amount of its pro rata share (based on its aggregate Revolving Facility Credit Exposure and, in the case of the indemnification of each Agent, outstanding Term Loans and unused Commitments hereunder; provided, that the aggregate principal amount of L/C Disbursements owing to any Issuing Bank shall be considered to be owed to the Revolving Facility Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Revolving Facility Credit Exposure) (determined at the time such indemnity is sought), from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever that may at any time (whether before or after the payment of the Loans) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Agent or such Issuing Bank in any way relating to or arising out of the Commitments, this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted by such Agent or Issuing Bank under or in connection with any of the foregoing; provided, that no Lender shall be liable for the payment of any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements that are found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such Agent’s or Issuing Bank’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. The failure of any Lender to reimburse any Agent or Issuing Bank, as the case may be, promptly upon demand for its ratable share of any amount required to be paid by the Lenders to such Agent or Issuing Bank, as the case may be, as provided herein shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation hereunder to reimburse such Agent or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, for its ratable share of such amount, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to reimburse such Agent or Issuing Bank, as the case may be, for such other Lender’s ratable share of such amount. The agreements in this Section 8.07 shall survive the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
Section 8.08    Agent in Its Individual Capacity. Each Agent and its affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from, and generally engage in any kind of business with any Loan Party as though such Agent were not an Agent. With respect to its Loans made or renewed by it and with respect to any Letter of Credit issued, or Letter of Credit participated in, by it, each Agent shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as any Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and the terms “Lender” and “Lenders” shall include each Agent in its individual capacity.
Section 8.09    Successor Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may resign as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent upon 10 days’ notice to the Lenders and the Borrower. If the Administrative Agent shall resign as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Borrower shall have the right, subject to the reasonable consent of the Required Lenders (so long as no Event of Default under Section 7.01(b), (c), (h) or (i) shall have occurred and be continuing, in which case the Required Lenders shall have the right), to appoint a successor which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States, whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, and the term “Administrative Agent” shall mean such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and the former Administrative Agent’s rights, powers and duties as Administrative Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Administrative Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as Administrative Agent by the date that is 10 days following a retiring Administrative Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective (except in the case of the Collateral Agent holding collateral security on behalf of such Secured Parties, the retiring Collateral Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security as nominee until such time as a successor Collateral Agent is appointed), and the Lenders shall assume and perform all of the duties of the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the Borrower (or the Required Lenders) appoint a successor agent as provided for above. After any retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation as Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Section 8.09 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
Section 8.10    Arrangers, Syndication Agent, and Co-Manager. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any provision of any other Loan Document, each of the persons named on the cover page hereof as Joint Bookrunner, Joint Lead Arranger, Syndication Agent, or Co-Manager is named as such for recognition purposes only, and in its capacity as such shall have no rights, duties, responsibilities or liabilities with respect to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except that each such person and its Affiliates shall be entitled to the rights expressly stated to be applicable to them in Section 9.05 and 9.17 (subject to the applicable obligations and limitations as set forth therein).
Section 8.11    Security Documents and Collateral Agent . The Lenders and the other Secured Parties authorize the Collateral Agent to release any Collateral or Guarantors in accordance with Section 9.18 or if approved, authorized or ratified in accordance with Section 9.08.
The Lenders and the other Secured Parties hereby irrevocably authorize and instruct the Collateral Agent to, without any further consent of any Lender or any other Secured Party, enter into (or acknowledge and consent to) or amend, renew, extend, supplement, restate, replace, waive or otherwise modify any First Lien/First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, any First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, any other Permitted Junior Intercreditor Agreement, any other Permitted Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement or any other intercreditor agreement with the collateral agent or other representatives of the holders of Indebtedness that is to be secured by a Lien on the Collateral that is not prohibited (including with respect to priority) under this Agreement and to subject the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations to the provisions thereof (any of the foregoing, an “Intercreditor Agreement”). The Lenders and the other Secured Parties irrevocably agree that (x) the Collateral Agent may rely exclusively on a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower as to whether any such other Liens are not prohibited and (y) any Intercreditor Agreement entered into by the Collateral Agent shall be binding on the Secured Parties, and each Lender and the other Secured Parties hereby agrees that it will take no actions contrary to the provisions of, if entered into and if applicable, any Intercreditor Agreement. The foregoing provisions are intended as an inducement to any provider of any Indebtedness not prohibited by Section 6.01 hereof to extend credit to the Loan Parties and such persons are intended third-party beneficiaries of such provisions. Furthermore, the Lenders and the other Secured Parties hereby authorize the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to release any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document (i) to the holder of any Lien on such property that is permitted by clauses (c), (i), (j) and (aa) of Section 6.02 or Section 6.02(a) (if the Liens thereunder are of a type that is contemplated by any of the foregoing clauses) in each case to the extent the contract or agreement pursuant to which such Lien is granted prohibits any other Liens on such property or (ii) that is or becomes Excluded Property; and the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall do so upon request of the Borrower; provided, that prior to any such request, the Borrower shall have in each case delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying (x) that such Lien is permitted under this Agreement, (y) in the case of a request pursuant to clause (i) of this sentence, that the contract or agreement pursuant to which such Lien is granted prohibits any other Lien on such property and (z) in the case of a request pursuant to clause (ii) of this sentence, that (A) such property is or has become Excluded Property and (B) if such property has become Excluded Property as a result of a contractual restriction, such restriction does not violate Section 6.09(c).
Section 8.12    Right to Realize on Collateral and Enforce Guarantees. In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party, (i) the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Obligation shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise (A) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of any or all of the Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Administrative Agent and any Subagents allowed in such judicial proceeding, and (B) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same, and (ii) any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender and Issuing Bank to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, if the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender or Issuing Bank any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or Issuing Bank or to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender or Issuing Bank in any such proceeding.
Anything contained in any of the Loan Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and each Secured Party hereby agree that (a) no Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce the Guarantee, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies hereunder may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms hereof and all powers, rights and remedies under the Security Documents may be exercised solely by the Collateral Agent, and (b) in the event of a foreclosure by the Collateral Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or other disposition, the Collateral Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser or licensor of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale or other disposition and the Collateral Agent, as agent for and representative of the Secured Parties (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless the 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 the Collateral Agent at such sale or other Disposition.
Section 8.13    Withholding Tax. To the extent required by any applicable Requirement of Law, the Administrative Agent may withhold from any payment to any Lender an amount equivalent to any applicable withholding Tax. If the Internal Revenue Service or any authority of the United States or other jurisdiction asserts a claim that the Administrative Agent did not properly withhold Tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender for any reason (including because the appropriate form was not delivered, was not properly executed, or because such Lender failed to notify the Administrative Agent of a change in circumstances that rendered the exemption from, or reduction of, withholding Tax ineffective), such Lender shall indemnify the Administrative Agent (to the extent that the Administrative Agent has not already been reimbursed by any applicable Loan Party and without limiting the obligation of any applicable Loan Party to do so) fully for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by the Administrative Agent as Tax or otherwise, including penalties, fines, additions to Tax and interest, together with all expenses incurred, including legal expenses, allocated staff costs and any out of pocket expenses. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this Section 8.13.
Section 8.14    Certain ERISA Matters. 29.%2.%3.  Each Lender (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, that at least one of the following is and will be true:
(i)    such Lender is not using “plan assets” (within the meaning of Section 3(42) of ERISA or otherwise) of one or more Benefit Plans with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments or this Agreement,
(ii)    the prohibited transaction exemption set forth in one or more PTEs, such as PTE 84-14 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by independent qualified professional asset managers), PTE 95-60 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company general accounts), PTE 90-1 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTE 91-38 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving bank collective investment funds) or PTE 96-23 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by in-house asset managers), is applicable with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement,
(iii)    (A) such Lender is an investment fund managed by a “Qualified Professional Asset Manager” (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (B) such Qualified Professional Asset Manager made the investment decision on behalf of such Lender to enter into, participate in, administer and perform the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, (C) the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement satisfies the requirements of sub-sections (b) through (g) of Part I of PTE 84-14 and (D) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the requirements of subsection (a) of Part I of PTE 84-14 are satisfied with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, or
(iv)    such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and such Lender.
(b)    In addition, unless either (1) sub-clause (i) in the immediately preceding clause (a) is true with respect to a Lender or (2) a Lender has provided another representation, warranty and covenant in accordance with sub-clause (iv) in the immediately preceding clause (a), such Lender further (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, that the Administrative Agent is not a fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Lender involved in such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, any Loan Document or any documents related hereto or thereto).
ARTICLE IX    

Miscellaneous
Section 9.01    Notices; Communications. 30.%2.%3.  Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and except as provided in Section 9.01(b) below), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopier or other electronic means as follows, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:
(i)    if to any Loan Party or the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank as of the Closing Date to the address, telecopier number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such person on Schedule 9.01; and
(ii)    if to any other Lender or Issuing Bank, to the address, telecopier number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire.
(b)    Notices and other communications to the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided, that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender or Issuing Bank pursuant to Article II if such Lender or Issuing Bank, as applicable, has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication. The Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in their discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by them, provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.
(c)    Notices sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received. Notices sent by telecopier shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient). Notices delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in Section 9.01(b) above shall be effective as provided in such Section 9.01(b).
(d)    Any party hereto may change its address or telecopy number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto.
(e)    Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.04 (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered electronically (including as set forth in Section 9.17) and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Borrower’s website on the Internet at the website address listed on Schedule 9.01, or (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Borrower’s behalf on an Internet or intranet website, if any, to which each Lender entitled to access thereto and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent); provided, that the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent (by electronic mail) of the posting of any such documents and provide to the Administrative Agent by electronic mail electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents. Except for such certificates required by Section 5.04(c), the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery or to maintain copies of the documents referred to above, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Borrower with any such request for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such documents.
Section 9.02    Survival of Agreement. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Loan Parties herein, in the other Loan Documents and in the certificates or other instruments prepared or delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the Lenders and each Issuing Bank and shall survive the making by the Lenders of the Loans and the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the issuance of the Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation made by such persons or on their behalf, and shall continue in full force and effect until the Termination Date. Without prejudice to the survival of any other agreements contained herein, indemnification and reimbursement obligations contained herein (including pursuant to Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.05) shall survive the Termination Date.
Section 9.03    Binding Effect. This Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by Holdings, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received copies hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of Holdings, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank and each Lender and their respective permitted successors and assigns.
Section 9.04    Successors and Assigns. 31.%2.%3.  The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of the Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), except that (i) except as permitted by Section 6.05, the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section 9.04. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of the Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), Participants (to the extent provided in clause (c) of this Section 9.04), and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Agents, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.
(a)    1.%2.%3.%4. Subject to the conditions set forth in subclause (ii) below, any Lender may assign to one or more assignees (each, an “Assignee”) all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of:
(A)    the Borrower, which consent, with respect to the assignment of a Term B Loan, will be deemed to have been given if the Borrower has not responded within ten (10) Business Days after the delivery of any request for such consent; provided, that no consent of the Borrower shall be required for (i) an assignment of a Term B Loan to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, an Approved Fund (as defined below), (ii) in the case of assignments during the primary syndication of the Commitments and Loans to persons identified to and agreed by the Borrower in writing prior to the Closing Date, or (iii) for an assignment of a Term B Loan, a Revolving Facility Commitment or a Revolving Facility Loan, if an Event of Default under Section 7.01(b), (c), (h) or (i) has occurred and is continuing, any other person; and
(B)    the Administrative Agent; provided, that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment of all or any portion of a Term Loan to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, an Approved Fund, the Borrower or an Affiliate of the Borrower made in accordance with Section 9.04(i) or Section 9.21; and
(C)    each Issuing Bank; provided, that no consent of the Issuing Bank shall be required for an assignment of all or any portion of a Term Loan.
(ii)    Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:
(A)    except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitments or Loans under any Facility, the amount of the Commitments or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than (x) $1,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof in the case of Term Loans and (y) $5,000,000 or an integral multiple of $5,000,000 in excess thereof in the case of Revolving Facility Loans or Revolving Facility Commitments, unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent; provided, that such amounts shall be aggregated in respect of each Lender and its Affiliates or Approved Funds (with simultaneous assignments to or by two or more Related Funds shall be treated as one assignment), if any;
(B)    the parties to each assignment shall (1) execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance via an electronic settlement system acceptable to the Administrative Agent or (2) if previously agreed with the Administrative Agent, manually execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance, in each case together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500 (which fee may be waived or reduced in the reasonable discretion of the Administrative Agent);
(C)    the Assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire and any tax forms required to be delivered pursuant to Section 2.17; and
(D)    the Assignee shall not be the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries except in accordance with Section 9.04(i) or Section 9.21.
For the purposes of this Section 9.04, “Approved Fund” means any person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course and that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary herein, no Lender shall be permitted to assign or transfer any portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to (A) any Ineligible Institution, (B) any Defaulting Lender or any of its Subsidiaries, or any person who, upon becoming a Lender hereunder, would constitute any of the foregoing persons described in this clause (B), or (C) a natural person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Loan Party and the Lenders acknowledge and agree that the Administrative Agent shall not have any responsibility or obligation to determine whether any Lender or potential Lender is an Ineligible Institution and the Administrative Agent shall have no liability with respect to any assignment made to an Ineligible Institution. Any assigning Lender shall, in connection with any potential assignment, provide to the Borrower a copy of its request (including the name of the prospective assignee) concurrently with its delivery of the same request to the Administrative Agent irrespective of whether or not an Event of Default under Section 7.01(b), (c), (h) or (i) has occurred and is continuing.
(iii)    Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to subclause (v) below, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance the Assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.05 (subject to the limitations and requirements of those Sections)); provided, that an Assignee shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment pursuant to Section 2.17 than the applicable Assignor would have been entitled to receive had no such assignment occurred. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 9.04 shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with clause (d) of this Section 9.04 (except to the extent such participation is not permitted by such clause (d) of this Section 9.04, in which case such assignment or transfer shall be null and void).
(iv)    The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal and interest amounts of the Loans and Revolving L/C Exposure owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders shall treat each person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower, the Issuing Bank and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice; provided, that no Lender shall, in such capacity, have access to, or be otherwise permitted to review any information in the Register other than information with respect to such Lender.
(v)    Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning Lender and an Assignee, the Assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the Assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in clause (b) of this Section 9.04, if applicable, and any written consent to such assignment required by clause (b) of this Section 9.04 and any applicable tax forms, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Acceptance and promptly record the information contained therein in the Register. No assignment, whether or not evidenced by a promissory note, shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this subclause (v).
(b)    [Reserved].
(c)    2.%2.%3.%4. Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations in Loans and Commitments to one or more banks or other entities other than (I) any Ineligible Institution (to the extent that the list of Ineligible Institutions has been made available to all Lenders; provided, that regardless of whether the list of Ineligible Institutions has been made available to all Lenders, no Lender may sell participations in Loans or Commitments to an Ineligible Institution without the consent of the Borrower if the list of Ineligible Institutions has been made available to such Lender) or (II) any Defaulting Lender or any of its Subsidiaries, or any person who, upon becoming a Lender hereunder, would constitute any of the foregoing persons described in this clause (II) (a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans owing to it); provided, that (A) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (C) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; provided, that (x) such agreement may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver that both (1) requires the consent of each Lender directly affected thereby pursuant to clauses (i), (ii), (iii) or (vi) of the first proviso to Section 9.08(b) and (2) directly adversely affects such Participant (but, for the avoidance of doubt, not any waiver of any Default or Event of Default) and (y) no other agreement with respect to amendment, modification or waiver may exist between such Lender and such Participant. Subject to clause (d)(iii) of this Section 9.04, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16 and 2.17 (subject to the limitations and requirements of those Sections and Section 2.19) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to clause (b) of this Section 9.04. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.06 as though it were a Lender; provided, that such Participant shall be subject to Section 2.18(c) as though it were a Lender. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Loan Party and the Lenders acknowledge and agree that the Administrative Agent shall not have any responsibility or obligation to determine whether any Participant or potential Participant is an Ineligible Institution and the Administrative Agent shall have no liability with respect to any participation made to an Ineligible Institution.
(i)    Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts and interest amounts of each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the “Participant Register”). The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and each party hereto shall treat each person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. Without limitation of the requirements of this Section 9.04(d), no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of a Participant Register to any person (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any Commitments, Loans or other Loan Obligations under any Loan Document), except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Commitment, Loan or other Loan Obligation is in registered form for U.S. federal income tax purposes or is otherwise required by applicable law. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.
(ii)    A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.15, 2.16 or 2.17 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written consent, which consent shall state that it is being given pursuant to this Section 9.04(d)(iii); provided, that each potential Participant shall provide such information as is reasonably requested by the Borrower in order for the Borrower to determine whether to provide its consent.
(d)    Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank or other central bank and in the case of any Lender that is an Approved Fund, any pledge or assignment to any holders of obligations owed, or securities issued, by such Lender, including to any trustee for, or any other representative of, such holders, and this Section 9.04 shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided, that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or Assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
(e)    The Borrower, upon receipt of written notice from the relevant Lender, agrees to issue Notes to any Lender requiring Notes to facilitate transactions of the type described in clause (e) above.
(f)    Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Conduit Lender may assign any or all of the Loans it may have funded hereunder to its designating Lender without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent. Each of Holdings, the Borrower, each Lender and the Administrative Agent hereby confirms that it will not institute against a Conduit Lender or join any other person in instituting against a Conduit Lender any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceeding under any state bankruptcy or similar law, for one year and one day after the payment in full of the latest maturing commercial paper note issued by such Conduit Lender; provided, however, that each Lender designating any Conduit Lender hereby agrees to indemnify, save and hold harmless each other party hereto and each Loan Party for any loss, cost, damage or expense arising out of its inability to institute such a proceeding against such Conduit Lender during such period of forbearance.
(g)    If the Borrower wishes to replace the Loans or Commitments under any Facility with ones having different terms, it shall have the option, with the consent of the Administrative Agent and subject to at least three Business Days’ advance notice to the Lenders under such Facility, instead of prepaying the Loans or reducing or terminating the Commitments to be replaced, to (i) require the Lenders under such Facility to assign such Loans or Commitments to the Administrative Agent or its designees and (ii) amend the terms thereof in accordance with Section 9.08 (with such replacement, if applicable, being deemed to have been made pursuant to Section 9.08(d)). Pursuant to any such assignment, all Loans and Commitments to be replaced shall be purchased at par (allocated among the Lenders under such Facility in the same manner as would be required if such Loans were being optionally prepaid or such Commitments were being optionally reduced or terminated by the Borrower), accompanied by payment of any accrued interest and fees thereon and any amounts owing pursuant to Section 9.05(b). By receiving such purchase price, the Lenders under such Facility shall automatically be deemed to have assigned the Loans or Commitments under such Facility pursuant to the terms of the form of Assignment and Acceptance attached hereto as Exhibit A, and accordingly no other action by such Lenders shall be required in connection therewith. The provisions of this clause (h) are intended to facilitate the maintenance of the perfection and priority of existing security interests in the Collateral during any such replacement.
(h)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, including Section 2.18(c) (which provisions shall not be applicable to clauses (i) or (j) of this Section 9.04), any of Holdings or its Subsidiaries, including the Borrower, may purchase by way of assignment and become an Assignee with respect to Term Loans at any time and from time to time from Lenders in accordance with Section 9.04(b) hereof (each, a “Permitted Loan Purchase”); provided, that, in respect of any Permitted Loan Purchase, (A)  no Permitted Loan Purchase shall be made from the proceeds of any extensions of credit under the Revolving Facility, (B) upon consummation of any such Permitted Loan Purchase, the Loans purchased pursuant thereto shall be deemed to be automatically and immediately cancelled and extinguished in accordance with Section 9.04(j), (C) in connection with any such Permitted Loan Purchase, any of Holdings or its Subsidiaries, including the Borrower and such Lender that is the assignor (an “Assignor”) shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Acceptance (and for the avoidance of doubt, (x) shall make the representations and warranties set forth in the Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Acceptance and (y) shall not be required to execute and deliver an Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to Section 9.04(b)(ii)(B)) and shall otherwise comply with the conditions to assignments under this Section 9.04 and (D) no Default or Event of Default would exist immediately after giving effect on a Pro Forma Basis to such Permitted Loan Purchase.
(i)    Each Permitted Loan Purchase shall, for purposes of this Agreement be deemed to be an automatic and immediate cancellation and extinguishment of such Term Loans and the Borrower shall, upon consummation of any Permitted Loan Purchase, notify the Administrative Agent that the Register be updated to record such event as if it were a prepayment of such Loans.
(j)    In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall be effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties to the assignment shall make such additional payments to the Administrative Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of participations or subparticipations, or other compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, the applicable pro rata share of Loans previously requested but not funded by the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (x) pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank or any other Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon) and (y) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full pro rata share of all Loans and participations in Letters of Credit in accordance with its Revolving Facility Percentage; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective under applicable law without compliance with the provisions of this paragraph, then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance occurs.
Section 9.05    Expenses; Indemnity. 32.%2.%3.  The Borrower agrees to pay

(i) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses (including Other Taxes) incurred by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent in connection with the preparation of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, or by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent in connection with the administration of this Agreement and any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, counsel for the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Arrangers and the Co-Manager, and, if necessary, the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of one local counsel per jurisdiction, and (ii) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses (including Other Taxes) incurred by the Agents, any Issuing Bank or any Lender in connection with the enforcement of their rights in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, in connection with the Loans made or the Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including the fees, charges and disbursements of a single counsel for all such persons, taken as a whole, and, if necessary, a single local counsel in each appropriate jurisdiction for all such persons, taken as a whole (and, in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest where such person affected by such conflict informs the Borrower of such conflict and thereafter retains its own counsel with the Borrower’s prior written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld), of another firm of counsel for such affected person).
(a)    The Borrower agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Arrangers, the Joint Bookrunners, the Co-Manager each Issuing Bank, each Lender, the Syndication Agent, each of their respective Affiliates, successors and assignors, and each of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, advisors and members (each such person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and to hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including reasonable counsel fees, charges and disbursements (excluding the allocated costs of in house counsel and limited to not more than one counsel for all such Indemnitees, taken as a whole, and, if necessary, a single local counsel in each appropriate jurisdiction for all such Indemnitees, taken as a whole (and, in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest where the Indemnitee affected by such conflict informs the Borrower of such conflict and thereafter retains its own counsel with the Borrower’s prior written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld), of another firm of counsel for such affected Indemnitee)), incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in any way connected with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto and thereto of their respective obligations thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions and the other transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) the use of the proceeds of the Loans or the use of any Letter of Credit (including any refusal by any Issuing Bank to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any violation of or liability under Environmental Laws by or relating to the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (iv) any actual or alleged presence, Release or threatened Release of or exposure to Hazardous Materials at, under, on, from or to any property owned, leased or operated by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or (v) any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether or not any Indemnitee is a party thereto and regardless of whether such matter is initiated by a third party or by Holdings, the Borrower or any of their subsidiaries or Affiliates; provided, that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses (x) are determined by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or any of its Related Parties, (y) arose from a material breach of such Indemnitee’s or any of its Related Parties’ obligations under any Loan Document (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable judgment) or (z) arose from any claim, actions, suits, inquiries, litigation, investigation or proceeding that does not involve an act or omission of the Borrower or any of its Affiliates and is brought by an Indemnitee against another Indemnitee (other than any claim, actions, suits, inquiries, litigation, investigation or proceeding against any Agent, Arranger or Co-Manager in its capacity as such). None of the Indemnitees (or any of their respective affiliates) shall be responsible or liable to the Fund, Holdings, the Borrower or any of their respective subsidiaries, Affiliates or stockholders or any other person or entity for any special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages, which may be alleged as a result of the Facilities or the Transactions. The provisions of this Section 9.05 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the expiration of the term of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of any of the Obligations, the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender. All amounts due under this Section 9.05 shall be payable within 15 days after written demand therefor accompanied by reasonable documentation with respect to any reimbursement, indemnification or other amount requested.
(b)    Except as expressly provided in Section 9.05(a) with respect to Other Taxes, which shall not be duplicative with any amounts paid pursuant to Section 2.17, this Section 9.05 shall not apply to any Taxes (other than Taxes that represent losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses resulting from a non-Tax claim), which shall be governed exclusively by Section 2.17 and, to the extent set forth therein, Section 2.15.
(c)    To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Holdings and the Borrower shall not assert, and hereby waive, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof. No Indemnitee shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
(d)    The agreements in this Section 9.05 shall survive the resignation of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Issuing Bank, the replacement of any Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
Section 9.06    Right of Set-off. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each Issuing Bank is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other Indebtedness at any time owing by such Lender or such Issuing Bank to or for the credit or the account of Holdings (prior to a Qualified IPO), the Borrower or any Subsidiary against any of and all the obligations of Holdings (prior to a Qualified IPO) or the Borrower now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document held by such Lender or such Issuing Bank, irrespective of whether or not such Lender or such Issuing Bank shall have made any demand under this Agreement or such other Loan Document and although the obligations may be unmatured; provided, that in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff, (x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.22 and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and (y) the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff. The rights of each Lender and each Issuing Bank under this Section 9.06 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of set-off) that such Lender or such Issuing Bank may have.
Section 9.07    Applicable Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS AND ANY CLAIMS, CONTROVERSY, DISPUTE OR CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE) BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT (OTHER THAN AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS) SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY PRINCIPLE OF CONFLICTS OF LAW THAT COULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF ANY OTHER LAW.
Section 9.08    Waivers; Amendment. 33.%2.%3.  No failure or delay of the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder or under any Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank and the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or consent to any departure by Holdings, the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by clause (b) below, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice or demand on Holdings, the Borrower or any other Loan Party in any case shall entitle such person to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.
(a)    Neither this Agreement nor any other Loan Document nor any provision hereof or thereof may be waived, amended or modified except (x) as provided in Section 2.21, (y) in the case of this Agreement, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by Holdings (prior to a Qualified IPO), the Borrower and the Required Lenders (or, (A) in respect of any waiver, amendment or modification of Section 6.11 (or any Default or Event of Default in respect thereof) or of Section 4.01 after the Closing Date, the Required Revolving Facility Lenders voting as a single Class, rather than the Required Lenders, or (B) in respect of any waiver, amendment or modification of Section 2.11(b) or (c), the Required Prepayment Lenders, rather than the Required Lenders), and (z) in the case of any other Loan Document, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by each Loan Party party thereto and the Administrative Agent and consented to by the Required Lenders; provided, however, that no such agreement shall:
(i)    decrease or forgive the principal amount of, or extend the final maturity of, or decrease the rate of interest on, any Loan or any L/C Disbursement, or extend the stated expiration of any Letter of Credit beyond the applicable Revolving Facility Maturity Date (except as provided in Section 2.05(c)), without the prior written consent of each Lender directly adversely affected thereby (which, notwithstanding the foregoing, such consent of such Lender directly adversely affected thereby shall be the only consent required hereunder to make such modification); provided, that any amendment to the financial definitions in this Agreement shall not constitute a reduction in the rate of interest for purposes of this clause (i),
(ii)    increase or extend the Commitment of any Lender, or decrease the Commitment Fees, L/C Participation Fees or any other Fees of any Lender without the prior written consent of such Lender (which, notwithstanding the foregoing, such consent of such Lender shall be the only consent required hereunder to make such modification); provided, that waivers or modifications of conditions precedent, covenants, Defaults or Events of Default, mandatory prepayments or of a mandatory reduction in the aggregate Commitments shall not constitute an increase or extension of the Commitments of any Lender for purposes of this clause (ii),
(iii)    extend or waive any Term Loan Installment Date or reduce the amount due on any Term Loan Installment Date or extend any date on which payment of interest on any Loan or any L/C Disbursement or any Fees is due, without the prior written consent of each Lender directly adversely affected thereby (which, notwithstanding the foregoing, such consent of such Lender directly adversely affected thereby shall be the only consent required hereunder to make such modification),
(iv)    amend the provisions of Section 7.02 in a manner that would by its terms alter the pro rata application of payments required thereby, without the prior written consent of each Lender adversely affected thereby (which, notwithstanding the foregoing, such consent of such Lender directly adversely affected thereby shall be the only consent required hereunder to make such modification),
(v)    amend or modify the provisions of this Section 9.08 or the definition of the terms “Required Lenders,” “Majority Lenders,” “Required Revolving Facility Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the prior written consent of each Lender adversely affected thereby, in each case except, for the avoidance of doubt, as otherwise provided in Section 9.08(d) and (e) (it being understood that, with the consent of the Required Lenders, additional extensions of credit pursuant to this Agreement may be included in the determination of the Required Lenders on substantially the same basis as the Loans and Commitments are included on the Closing Date),
(vi)    release all or substantially all of the Collateral or all or substantially all of the Subsidiary Loan Parties from their respective Guarantees under the Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement, unless, in the case of a Subsidiary Loan Party, all or substantially all the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary Loan Party is sold or otherwise disposed of in a transaction permitted by this Agreement, without the prior written consent of each Lender other than a Defaulting Lender;
(vii)    effect any waiver, amendment or modification that by its terms adversely affects the rights in respect of payments or collateral of Lenders participating in any Facility differently from those of Lenders participating in another Facility, without the consent of the Majority Lenders participating in the adversely affected Facility except, for the avoidance of doubt, as otherwise provided in Section 9.08(d) and (e) (it being agreed that the Required Lenders may waive, in whole or in part, any prepayment or Commitment reduction required by Section 2.11 so long as the application of any prepayment or Commitment reduction still required to be made is not changed);
provided, further, that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent or an Issuing Bank hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent or such Issuing Bank acting as such at the effective date of such agreement, as applicable. Each Lender shall be bound by any waiver, amendment or modification authorized by this Section 9.08 and any consent by any Lender pursuant to this Section 9.08 shall bind any Assignee of such Lender.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have the right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be affected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender disproportionately adversely relative to other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender.
(b)    Without the consent of any Lender or Issuing Bank, the Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent and/or Collateral Agent may (in their respective sole discretion, or shall, to the extent required by any Loan Document) enter into any amendment, modification or waiver of any Loan Document, or enter into any new agreement or instrument, to effect the granting, perfection, protection, expansion or enhancement of any security interest in any Collateral or additional property to become Collateral for the benefit of the Secured Parties, to include holders of Other First Liens in the benefit of the Security Documents in connection with the incurrence of any Other First Lien Debt, or as required by local law to give effect to, or protect any security interest for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in any property or so that the security interests therein comply with applicable law or this Agreement or in each case to otherwise enhance the rights or benefits of any Lender under any Loan Document.
(c)    Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended (or amended and restated) with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent, Holdings (prior to a Qualified IPO) and the Borrower (a)  to permit additional extensions of credit to be outstanding hereunder from time to time and the accrued interest and fees and other obligations in respect thereof to share ratably in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the Term Loans and the Revolving Facility Loans and the accrued interest and fees and other obligations in respect thereof and (b) to include appropriately the holders of such extensions of credit in any determination of the requisite lenders required hereunder, including Required Lenders and the Required Revolving Facility Lenders.
(d)    Notwithstanding the foregoing, technical and conforming modifications to the Loan Documents may be made with the consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (but without the consent of any Lender) to the extent necessary (A) to integrate any Incremental Term Loan Commitments or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments in a manner consistent with Section 2.21, including, with respect to Other Revolving Loans or Other Term Loans, as may be necessary to establish such Incremental Term Loan Commitments or Revolving Facility Commitments as a separate Class or tranche from the existing Term B Loan Commitments or Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments, as applicable, and, in the case of Extended Term Loans, to reduce the amortization schedule of the related existing Class of Term Loans proportionately, (B) to integrate any Other First Lien Debt or (C) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency.
(e)    Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that the Administrative Agent may take any and all action as may be necessary to ensure that all Term Loans established pursuant to Section 2.21 after the Closing Date that will be included in an existing Class of Term Loans outstanding on such date (an “Applicable Date”), when originally made, are included in each Borrowing of outstanding Term Loans of such Class (the “Existing Class Loans”), on a pro rata basis, and/or to ensure that, immediately after giving effect to such new Term Loans (the “New Class Loans” and, together with the Existing Class Loans, the “Class Loans”), each Lender holding Class Loans will be deemed to hold its Pro Rata Share of each Class Loan on the Applicable Date (but without changing the amount of any such Lender’s Term Loans), and each such Lender shall be deemed to have effectuated such assignments as shall be required to ensure the foregoing. The “Pro Rata Share” of any Lender on the Applicable Date is the ratio of (1) the sum of such Lender’s Existing Class Loans immediately prior to the Applicable Date plus the amount of New Class Loans made by such Lender on the Applicable Date over (2) the aggregate principal amount of all Class Loans on the Applicable Date.
(f)    With respect to the incurrence of any secured or unsecured Indebtedness (including any intercreditor agreement relating thereto), the Borrower may elect (in its discretion, but shall not be obligated) to deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Responsible Officer at least three Business Days prior to the incurrence thereof (or such shorter time as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion), together with either drafts of the material documentation relating to such Indebtedness or a description of such Indebtedness (including a description of the Liens intended to secure the same or the subordination provisions thereof, as applicable) in reasonably sufficient detail to be able to make the determinations referred to in this paragraph, which certificate shall either, at the Borrower’s election, (x) state that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such Indebtedness satisfies the requirements of the applicable provisions of Sections 6.01 and 6.02 (taking into account any other applicable provisions of this Section 9.08), in which case such certificate shall be conclusive evidence thereof, or (y) request the Administrative Agent to confirm, based on the information set forth in such certificate and any other information reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, that such Indebtedness satisfies such requirements, in which case the Administrative Agent may determine whether, in its reasonable judgment, such requirements have been satisfied (in which case it shall deliver to the Borrower a written confirmation of the same), with any such determination of the Administrative Agent to be conclusive evidence thereof, and the Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to make such determinations.
(g)    Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended, waived or otherwise modified with the written consent of the Required Revolving Facility Lenders, the Administrative Agent, Holdings (prior to a Qualified IPO) and the Borrower with respect to (i) the provisions of Section 4.01, solely as they relate to the Revolving Facility Loans and Letters of Credit and (ii) the provisions of Section 6.11 (or Article VII or any other provision incorporating such Section 6.11 with respect to the effects thereof).
(h)    Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended, with the written consent of each Revolving Facility Lender, the Administrative Agent, Holdings and the Borrower to the extent necessary to integrate any Alternate Currency.
Section 9.09    Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the applicable interest rate, together with all fees and charges that are treated as interest under applicable law (collectively, the “Charges”), as provided for herein or in any other document executed in connection herewith, or otherwise contracted for, charged, received, taken or reserved by any Lender or any Issuing Bank, shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “Maximum Rate”) that may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by such Lender in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable hereunder, together with all Charges payable to such Lender or such Issuing Bank, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate; provided, that such excess amount shall be paid to such Lender or such Issuing Bank on subsequent payment dates to the extent not exceeding the legal limitation.
Section 9.10    Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the agreements regarding certain Fees referred to herein constitute the entire contract between the parties relative to the subject matter hereof. Any previous agreement among or representations from the parties or their Affiliates with respect to the subject matter hereof is superseded by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Nothing in this Agreement or in the other Loan Documents, expressed or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto and thereto any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.
Section 9.11    WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, AS APPLICABLE, BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 9.11.
Section 9.12    Severability. In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and therein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
Section 9.13    Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which, when taken together, shall constitute but one contract, and shall become effective as provided in Section 9.03. Delivery of an executed counterpart to this Agreement by facsimile transmission (or other electronic transmission pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent) shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed original.
Section 9.14    Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
Section 9.15    Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process. 34.%2.%3.  The Borrower and each other Loan Party irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that it will not commence any action, litigation or proceeding of any kind or description, whether in law or equity, whether in contract or in tort or otherwise, against the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Lender, or any Affiliate of the foregoing in any way relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions relating hereto or thereto, in any forum other than the courts of the State of New York sitting in New York County, and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, and each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the jurisdiction of such courts and agrees that all claims in respect of any such action, litigation or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State court or, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in such federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action, litigation or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against the Borrower or any other Loan Party or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
(a)    Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents in any New York State or federal court. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
(b)    Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.01. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
Section 9.16    Confidentiality. Each of the Lenders, each Issuing Bank and each of the Agents agrees that it shall maintain in confidence any information relating to Holdings, any Parent Entity, the Borrower and any Subsidiary furnished to it by or on behalf of Holdings, any Parent Entity, the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than information that (a) has become generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure by such party, (b) has been independently developed by such Lender, such Issuing Bank or such Agent without violating this Section 9.16 or (c) was available to such Lender, such Issuing Bank or such Agent from a third party having, to such person’s knowledge, no obligations of confidentiality to Holdings, any Parent Entity, the Borrower or any other Loan Party) and shall not reveal the same other than to its directors, trustees, officers, employees and advisors with a need to know and any numbering, administration or settlement service providers or to any person that approves or administers the Loans on behalf of such Lender (so long as each such person shall have been instructed to keep the same confidential in accordance with this Section 9.16), except: (A) to the extent necessary to comply with law or any legal process or the requirements of any Governmental Authority, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or of any securities exchange on which securities of the disclosing party or any Affiliate of the disclosing party are listed or traded, (B) as part of normal reporting or review procedures to, or examinations by, Governmental Authorities or self-regulatory authorities, including the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., (C) to its parent companies, Affiliates or auditors (so long as each such person shall have been instructed to keep the same confidential in accordance with this Section 9.16), (D) in order to enforce its rights under any Loan Document in a legal proceeding, (E) to any pledgee under Section 9.04(d) or any other prospective assignee of, or prospective Participant in, any of its rights under this Agreement (so long as such person shall have been instructed to keep the same confidential in accordance with this Section 9.16), (F) to any direct or indirect contractual counterparty in Hedging Agreements or such contractual counterparty’s professional advisor (so long as such contractual counterparty or professional advisor to such contractual counterparty agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Section 9.16) and (G) to CUSIP Service Bureau, Inc.; provided that, in the case of clauses (E) and (F), no information may be provided to any Ineligible Institution.
Section 9.17    Platform; Borrower Materials. The Borrower hereby acknowledges that (a)  the Administrative Agent and/or the Arrangers will make available to the Lenders and the Issuing Bank materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Borrower hereunder (collectively, “Borrower Materials”) by posting the Borrower Materials on IntraLinks or another similar electronic system (the “Platform”), and (b) certain of the Lenders may be “public-side” Lenders (i.e., Lenders that do not wish to receive material non-public information (or, if Holdings is not at the time a public reporting company, material information of a type that would not reasonably be expected to be publicly available if Holdings was a public reporting company) with respect to Holdings, the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or any of their respective securities) (each, a “Public Lender”). The Borrower hereby agrees that it will use commercially reasonable efforts to identify that portion of the Borrower Materials that may be distributed to the Public Lenders and that (i) all such Borrower Materials shall be clearly and conspicuously marked “PUBLIC” which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word “PUBLIC” shall appear prominently on the first page thereof, (ii) by marking Borrower Materials “PUBLIC,” the Borrower shall be deemed to have authorized the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, the Co-Manager, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as solely containing information that is either (A) publicly available information or (B) not material (although it may be sensitive and proprietary) with respect to Holdings, the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or any of their respective securities for purposes of United States Federal and state securities laws (provided, however, that such Borrower Materials shall be treated as set forth in Section 9.16, to the extent such Borrower Materials constitute information subject to the terms thereof), (iii) all Borrower Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated “Public Investor;” and (iv) the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers shall be entitled to treat any Borrower Materials that are not marked “PUBLIC” as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform not designated “Public Investor.”
Section 9.18    Release of Liens and Guarantees.
(a)    The Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the other Secured Parties hereby irrevocably agree that the Liens granted to the Collateral Agent by the Loan Parties on any Collateral shall be automatically released: (i) in full upon the occurrence of the Termination Date as set forth in Section 9.18(d) below; (ii) upon the Disposition of such Collateral by any Loan Party to a person that is not (and is not required to become) a Loan Party in a transaction not prohibited by this Agreement (and the Collateral Agent may rely conclusively on a certificate to that effect provided to it by any Loan Party upon its reasonable request without further inquiry), (iii) to the extent that such Collateral comprises property leased to a Loan Party, upon termination or expiration of such lease (and the Collateral Agent may rely conclusively on a certificate to that effect provided to it by any Loan Party upon its reasonable request without further inquiry), (iv) if the release of such Lien is approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other percentage of the Lenders whose consent may be required in accordance with Section 9.08), (v) to the extent that the property constituting such Collateral is owned by any Guarantor, upon the release of such Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee in accordance with the Holdings Guarantee and Pledge Agreement, the Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement or clause (b) below (and the Collateral Agent may rely conclusively on a certificate to that effect provided to it by any Loan Party upon its reasonable request without further inquiry), (vi) as provided in Section 8.11 (and the Collateral Agent may rely conclusively on a certificate to that effect provided to it by any Loan Party upon its reasonable request without further inquiry), and (vii) as required by the Collateral Agent to effect any Disposition of Collateral in connection with any exercise of remedies of the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents. Any such release (other than pursuant to clause (i) above) shall not in any manner discharge, affect, or impair the Obligations or any Liens (other than those being released) upon (or obligations (other than those being released) of the Loan Parties in respect of) all interests retained by the Loan Parties, including the proceeds of any Disposition, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral except to the extent otherwise released in accordance with the provisions of the Loan Documents.
(b)    In addition, (i) the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the other Secured Parties hereby irrevocably agree that the Guarantors shall be automatically released from the Guarantees upon consummation of any transaction not prohibited hereunder resulting in such Subsidiary ceasing to constitute a Subsidiary Loan Party or otherwise becoming an Excluded Subsidiary (and the Collateral Agent may rely conclusively on a certificate to that effect provided to it by any Loan Party upon its reasonable request without further inquiry), and (ii) immediately prior to the consummation of a Qualified IPO of the Borrower, the Guarantee incurred by Holdings of the Obligations shall automatically terminate and Holdings shall be released from its obligations under the Loan Documents, shall cease to be a Loan Party and any Liens created by any Loan Documents on any assets or Equity Interests owned by Holdings shall automatically be released (unless, in each case, the Borrower shall elect in its sole discretion that such release of Holdings shall not be effected).
(c)    The Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the other Secured Parties hereby authorize the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, as applicable, to execute and deliver any instruments, documents, and agreements necessary or desirable to evidence and confirm the release of any Guarantor or Collateral pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 9.18 and to return to Holdings or the Borrower all possessory collateral (including share certificates (if any)) held by it in respect of any Collateral so released, all without the further consent or joinder of any Lender or any other Secured Party. Any representation, warranty or covenant contained in any Loan Document relating to any such Collateral or Guarantor shall no longer be deemed to be made. In connection with any release hereunder, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall promptly (and the Secured Parties hereby authorize the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to) take such action and execute any such documents as may be reasonably requested by the Borrower and at the Borrower’s expense in connection with the release of any Liens created by any Loan Document in respect of such Subsidiary, property or asset; provided, that the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower containing such certifications as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request and any such release shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent.
(d)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or any other Loan Document, on the Termination Date, all Liens granted to the Collateral Agent by the Loan Parties on any Collateral and all obligations of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties under any Loan Documents (other than such obligations that expressly survive the Termination Date pursuant to the terms hereof) shall, in each case, be automatically released and, upon request of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, shall (without notice to, or vote or consent of, any Secured Party) take such actions as shall be required to evidence the release its security interest in all Collateral (including returning to Holdings or the Borrower all possessory collateral (including all share certificates (if any)) held by it in respect of any Collateral), and to evidence the release of all obligations under any Loan Document (other than such obligations that expressly survive the Termination Date pursuant to the terms hereof), whether or not on the date of such release there may be any (i) obligations in respect of any Secured Hedge Agreements or any Secured Cash Management Agreements and (ii) contingent indemnification obligations or expense reimburse claims not then due; provided, that the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower containing such certifications as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request. Any such release of obligations shall be deemed subject to the provision that such obligations shall be reinstated if after such release any portion of any payment in respect of the obligations guaranteed thereby shall be rescinded, avoided, or must otherwise be restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Borrower or any Guarantor, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee or similar officer for, the Borrower or any Guarantor or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made. The Borrower agrees to pay all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent (and their respective representatives) in connection with taking such actions to release security interest in all Collateral and all obligations under the Loan Documents as contemplated by this Section 9.18(d).
(e)    Obligations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under any Secured Cash Management Agreement or Secured Hedge Agreement (after giving effect to all netting arrangements relating to such Secured Hedge Agreements) shall be secured and guaranteed pursuant to the Security Documents only to the extent that, and for so long as, the other Obligations are so secured and guaranteed. No person shall have any voting rights under any Loan Document solely as a result of the existence of obligations owed to it under any such Secured Hedge Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, no release of Collateral or Guarantors effected in the manner permitted by this Agreement shall require the consent of any holder of obligations under Secured Hedge Agreements or any Secured Cash Management Agreements.
Section 9.19    Judgment Currency. If, for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court, it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder or any other Loan Document in one currency into another currency, the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent could purchase the first currency with such other currency on the Business Day preceding that on which final judgment is given. The obligation of the Borrower in respect of any such sum due from it to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders hereunder or under the other Loan Documents shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the “Judgment Currency”) other than that in which such sum is denominated in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement (the “Agreement Currency”), be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any sum adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency, the Administrative Agent may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase the Agreement Currency with the Judgment Currency. If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to the Administrative Agent from the Borrower in the Agreement Currency, the Borrower agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the Administrative Agent or the person to whom such obligation was owing against such loss. If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is greater than the sum originally due to the Administrative Agent in such currency, the Administrative Agent agrees to return the amount of any excess to the Borrower (or to any other person who may be entitled thereto under applicable law).
Section 9.20    USA PATRIOT Act Notice. Each Lender that is subject to the USA PATRIOT Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Loan Party, which information includes the name and address of each Loan Party and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify each Loan Party in accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
Section 9.21    Affiliate Lenders.
(a)    Each Lender who is an Affiliate of the Borrower, excluding (x) Holdings, the Borrower and their respective Subsidiaries and (y) any Debt Fund Affiliate Lender (each, an “Affiliate Lender”; it being understood that (x) neither Holdings, the Borrower, nor any of their Subsidiaries may be Affiliate Lenders and (y) Debt Fund Affiliate Lenders and Affiliate Lenders may be Lenders hereunder in accordance with Section 9.04, subject in the case of Affiliate Lenders, to this Section 9.21), in connection with any (i) consent (or decision not to consent) to any amendment, modification, waiver, consent or other action with respect to any of the terms of any Loan Document, (ii) other action on any matter related to any Loan Document or (iii) direction to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender to undertake any action (or refrain from taking any action) with respect to or under any Loan Document, agrees that, except with respect to any amendment, modification, waiver, consent or other action (1) described in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) of the first proviso of Section 9.08(b) or (2) that adversely affects such Affiliate Lender (in its capacity as a Lender) in a disproportionally adverse manner as compared to other Lenders, such Affiliate Lender shall be deemed to have voted its interest as a Lender without discretion in such proportion as the allocation of voting with respect to such matter by Lenders who are not Affiliate Lenders. Each Affiliate Lender hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent (such appointment being coupled with an interest) as such Affiliate Lender’s attorney-in-fact, with full authority in the place and stead of such Affiliate Lender and in the name of such Affiliate Lender, from time to time in the Administrative Agent’s discretion to take any action and to execute any instrument that the Administrative Agent may deem reasonably necessary to carry out the provisions of this clause (a).
(b)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no Affiliate Lender shall have any right to (1) attend (including by telephone) any meeting or discussions (or portion thereof) among the Administrative Agent or any Lender to which representatives of the Borrower are not then present, (2) receive any information or material prepared by Administrative Agent or any Lender or any communication by or among Administrative Agent and/or one or more Lenders, except to the extent such information or materials have been made available to the Borrower or its representatives, (3) make or bring (or participate in, other than as a passive participant in or recipient of its pro rata benefits of) any claim, in its capacity as a Lender, against Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any other Lender with respect to any duties or obligations or alleged duties or obligations of such Agent or any other such Lender under the Loan Documents, (4) purchase any Term Loan if, immediately after giving effect to such purchase, Affiliate Lenders in the aggregate would own Term Loans with an aggregate principal amount in excess of 30% of the aggregate principal amount of all Term Loans then outstanding or (5) purchase any Revolving Facility Loans or Revolving Facility Commitments. It shall be a condition precedent to each assignment to an Affiliate Lender that such Affiliate Lender shall have (x) represented to the assigning Lender in the applicable Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and notified the Administrative Agent, that it is (or will be, following the consummation of such assignment) an Affiliate Lender and that the aggregate amount of Term Loans held by it giving effect to such assignments shall not exceed the amount permitted by clause (d) of the preceding sentence and (y) represented in the applicable Assignment and Assumption Agreement that it is not in possession of material non-public information (within the meaning of United States federal and state securities laws) with respect to Holdings, the Borrower, its Subsidiaries or their respective securities (or, if Holdings is not at the time a public reporting company, material information of a type that would not be reasonably expected to be publicly available if Holdings were a public reporting company) that (A) has not been disclosed to the assigning Lender or the Lenders generally (other than because any such Lender does not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to Holdings, the Borrower or its Subsidiaries) and (B) could reasonably be expected to have a material effect upon, or otherwise be material to, the assigning Lender’s decision make such assignment.
Section 9.22    Agency of the Borrower for the Loan Parties. Each of the other Loan Parties hereby appoints the Borrower as its agent for all purposes relevant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including the giving and receipt of notices and the execution and delivery of all documents, instruments and certificates contemplated herein and therein and all modifications hereto and thereto.
Section 9.23    No Liability of the Issuing Banks. The Borrower assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee of any Letter of Credit with respect to its use of such Letter of Credit. Neither any Issuing Bank nor any of its officers or directors shall be liable or responsible for: (a) the use that may be made of any Letter of Credit or any acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee in connection therewith; (b) the validity, sufficiency or genuineness of documents, or of any endorsement thereon, even if such documents should prove to be in any or all respects invalid, insufficient, fraudulent or forged; (c) payment by such Issuing Bank against presentation of documents that do not comply with the terms of a Letter of Credit, including failure of any documents to bear any reference or adequate reference to the Letter of Credit; or (d) any other circumstances whatsoever in making or failing to make payment under any Letter of Credit, except that the Borrower shall have a claim against such Issuing Bank, and such Issuing Bank shall be liable to the Borrower, to the extent of any direct, but not consequential, damages suffered by the Borrower that the Borrower proves were caused by (i) such Issuing Bank’s willful misconduct or gross negligence as determined in a final, non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction in determining whether documents presented under any Letter of Credit comply with the terms of the Letter of Credit or (ii) such Issuing Bank’s willful failure to make lawful payment under a Letter of Credit after the presentation to it of a draft and certificates strictly complying with the terms and conditions of the Letter of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, such Issuing Bank may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary.
Section 9.24    Acknowledgment and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions. Solely to the extent any Lender or Issuing Bank that is an EEA Financial Institution is a party to this Agreement and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any Lender or Issuing Bank that is an EEA Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the write-down and conversion powers of an EEA Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:
(a)    the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by an EEA Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any Lender or Issuing Bank that is an EEA Financial Institution; and
(b)    the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:
(i)    a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;
(ii)    a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such EEA Financial Institution, its parent undertaking, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or
(iii)    the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the write-down and conversion powers of any EEA Resolution Authority.
Section 9.25    Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs. To the extent that the Loan Documents provide support, through a guarantee or otherwise, for Hedging Agreements or any other agreement or instrument that is a QFC (such support, “QFC Credit Support” and each such QFC a “Supported QFC”), the parties acknowledge and agree as follows with respect to the resolution power of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (together with the regulations promulgated thereunder, the “U.S. Special Resolution Regimes”) in respect of such Supported QFC and QFC Credit Support (with the provisions below applicable notwithstanding that the Loan Documents and any Supported QFC may in fact be stated to be governed by the laws of the State of New York and/or of the United States or any other state of the United States):
(a)    In the event a Covered Entity that is party to a Supported QFC (each, a “Covered Party”) becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer of such Supported QFC and the benefit of such QFC Credit Support (and any interest and obligation in or under such Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support, and any rights in property securing such Supported QFC or such QFC Credit Support) from such Covered Party will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support (and any such interest, obligation and rights in property) were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. In the event a Covered Party or a BHC Act Affiliate of a Covered Party becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under the Loan Documents that might otherwise apply to such Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support that may be exercised against such Covered Party are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and the Loan Documents were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. Without limitation of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that rights and remedies of the parties with respect to a Defaulting Lender shall in no event affect the rights of any Covered Party with respect to a Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support.
(b)    As used in this Section 9.25, the following terms have the following meanings:
BHC Act Affiliate” of a party means an “affiliate” (as such term is defined under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 1841(k)) of such party.
Covered Entity” means any of the following:
(i)    a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b);
(ii)    a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or
(iii)    a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).
Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.
QFC” has the meaning assigned to the term “qualified financial contract” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 5390(c)(8)(D).
[Signature Pages Follow]

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first written above.
QUESO HOLDINGS INC.
By:
/s/ Blake Huggins    
Name: Blake Huggins
Title: Assistant Treasurer

CEC ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
By:
/s/ Blake Huggins    
Name: Blake Huggins
Title:
Treasurer
CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH,
as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and Issuing Bank and as a Lender
By:
/s/ John D. Toronto    
Name: John D. Toronto
Title: Authorized Signatory

By:
/s/ Emerson Almeida    
Name: Emerson Almeida
Title: Authorized Signatory

DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Revolving Facility Lender and Issuing Bank



By:    
/s/ Yumi Okabe    
    Name:    Yumi Okabe
    Title: Vice President


By:    
/s/ Michael Strobel    
    Name:    Michael Strobel
    Title: Vice President

UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH,, as a Revolving Facility Lender and Issuing Bank


By:    
/s/ Kenneth Chin    
    Name:    Kenneth Chin
    Title: Director
By:    /s/ Robert Khan    
    Name:    Robert Khan
    Title: Associate Director

BANK OF MONTREAL, as a Revolving Facility Lender and Issuing Bank


By:    
/s/ Lindsay L. Goetz    
    Name:    Lindsay L. Goetz
    Title: Managing Director

CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., as a Revolving Facility Lender and Issuing Bank


By:    
/s/ David Tuder    
    Name:    David Tuder
    Title: Vice President

JEFFERIES FINANCE LLC, as a Revolving Facility Lender and Issuing Bank


By:    
/s/ Brian Buoye    
    Name:    Brian Buoye
    Title: Managing Director

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Revolving Facility Lender and Issuing Bank


By:    
/s/ John McDowell    
    Name:    John McDowell
    Title: Director




    
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE
Reference is made to the First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of August 30, 2019 (as the same may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Queso Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation, CEC Entertainment, Inc., a Kansas corporation (the “Borrower”), the lenders from time to time party thereto (“Lenders”), and Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) for the Lenders. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.
1. The Assignor hereby sells and assigns, without recourse, to the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby purchases and assumes, without recourse, from the Assignor, effective as of the Effective Date set forth below (the “Effective Date”) (but not prior to the registration of the information contained herein in the Register pursuant to Section 9.04(b)(v) of the Credit Agreement), the interests set forth below (the “Assigned Interest”) in the Assignor’s rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including, without limitation, the amounts and percentages set forth below of (i) the Commitments of the Assignor on the Effective Date set forth below and (ii) the Loans owing to the Assignor which are outstanding on the Effective Date. Each of the Assignor and the Assignee hereby makes and agrees to be bound by all the representations, warranties and agreements set forth in Exhibit A hereto. From and after the Effective Date (i) the Assignee shall be a party to and be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement and, to the extent of the interests assigned by this Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender thereunder and under the Loan Documents and (ii) the Assignor shall, to the extent of the interests assigned by this Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its rights and be released from its obligations under the Credit Agreement.
2. Pursuant to Section 9.04(b)(ii) of the Credit Agreement, this Assignment and Acceptance is being delivered to the Administrative Agent together with (i) if required by Section 9.04(b)(ii)(B) of the Credit Agreement, a processing and recordation fee of $3,500 and (ii) if the Assignee is not already a Lender under the Credit Agreement, a completed Administrative Questionnaire and any tax forms required to be delivered pursuant to Section 2.17 of the Credit Agreement.
3. This Assignment and Acceptance shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to any principle of conflicts of law that could require the application of any other law.
Date of Assignment:     
Legal Name of Assignor (“Assignor”):     
Legal Name of Assignee (“Assignee”):     
Assignee’s Address for Notices:     
    
Effective Date of Assignment:     
Facility/Commitment
Principal Amount 
Assigned
Percentage Assigned of Commitment (set forth, to at least 8 decimals, as a percentage of the Facility and the Aggregate Commitments of all Lenders thereunder)
Term Loans/Facility Commitments
$
%
Revolving Facility Loans/Commitments
$
%

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The terms set forth above are hereby agreed to:
Accepted
_______________, as Assignor
[CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH,
as Administrative Agent]
by: _________________________
Name:
Title:
_______________, as Assignee
by: _________________________
Name:
Title:
by: _________________________
Name:
Title:
by: _________________________
Name:
Title:
[INSERT NAME,
as Issuing Bank]
by: _________________________
Name:
Title:
 
[CEC ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,
as Borrower]
 
by: _________________________
Name:
Title:


EXHIBIT A
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.
By executing and delivering this Assignment and Acceptance, the assigning Lender hereunder and the Assignee hereunder shall be deemed to confirm to and agree with each other and the other parties hereto as follows:
1.
Such assigning Lender warrants that it is the legal and beneficial owner of the interest being assigned hereby free and clear of any adverse claim and that its applicable Commitment, and the outstanding balances of its Term Loans and Revolving Facility Loans, in each case without giving effect to assignments hereof which have not become effective, are as set forth in such Assignment and Acceptance.
2.
Except as set forth in (1) above, such assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement, or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto, or the financial condition of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary or the performance or observance by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any of its obligations under the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto.
3.
The Assignee represents and warrants that it is legally authorized to enter into such Assignment and Acceptance.
4.
The Assignee confirms that it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements referred to in Section 3.05 (or delivered pursuant to Section 5.04) of the Credit Agreement, and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into such Assignment and Acceptance.
5.
The Assignee will independently and without reliance upon any Agent, such assigning Lender or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Agreement.
6.
The Assignee appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Credit Agreement as are delegated to such Agent by the terms of the Credit Agreement, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.
The Assignee agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all the obligations which by the terms of the Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender.
FORM OF ADMINISTRATIVE QUESTIONNAIRE
PLEASE PROVIDE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING TAX FORMS
W-9, W-8BEN, W-8BEN-E, W-8ECI, W-8EXP, W-8IMY

LEGAL NAME
 
LEGAL ADDRESS
 
MEI
 

CREDIT CONTACT
Name
 
Title
 
Address
 
Phone
 
Fax
 
Email
 

DAILY OPERATIONS CONTACT
Name
 
Address
 
Phone
 
Email
 

USD – WIRE INSTRUCTIONS
Bank Name
 
ABA
 
Acct Name
 
Acct #
 







EUR – WIRE INSTRUCTIONS
Acct W/ Inst
 
Bene
 
IBAN
 
Acct #
 





GBP – WIRE INSTRUCTIONS
Acct W/ Ins
 
Sort Code
 
Bene
 
Acct #
 

CAD – WIRE INSTRUCTIONS
Acct W/ Inst.
 
Bene
 
Acct #
 

JPY – WIRE INSTRUCTIONS
Acct W/ Inst.
 
Bene
 
Acct #
 

AUD – WIRE INSTRUCTIONS
Acct W/ Inst.
 
Bene:
 
Acct #
 


FORM OF
SOLVENCY CERTIFICATE

August 30, 2019

This Solvency Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 4.02(g) of the Credit Agreement dated as of August 30, 2019 (the “Credit Agreement”), among Queso Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation, CEC Entertainment, Inc., a Kansas corporation (the “Borrower”), the lenders from time to time party thereto (“Lenders”), and Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.
The undersigned hereby certifies, solely in his capacity as an officer of the Borrower and not in his individual capacity, as follows:
1.I am the [Chief Financial Officer] of the Borrower. I am familiar with the Transactions, and have reviewed the Credit Agreement, financial statements referred to in Section 3.05 of the Credit Agreement and such documents and made such investigation as I have deemed relevant for the purposes of this Solvency Certificate.
2.As of the date hereof, immediately after giving effect to the consummation of the Transactions, on and as of such date (i) the fair value of the assets of the Borrower and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, at a fair valuation, will exceed the debts and liabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, of the Borrower and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis; (ii) the present fair saleable value of the property of the Borrower and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of the Borrower and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis on their debts and other liabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured; (iii) the Borrower and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will be able to pay their debts and liabilities, direct, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured; and (iv) the Borrower and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged as such businesses are now conducted and are proposed to be conducted following the Closing Date.
3.As of the date hereof, immediately after giving effect to the consummation of the Transactions, the Borrower does not intend to, and the Borrower does not believe that it or any of its subsidiaries will, incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature, taking into account the timing and amounts of cash to be received by it or any such subsidiary and the timing and amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its debts or the debts of any such subsidiary.
This Solvency Certificate is being delivered by the undersigned officer only in his capacity as [Chief Financial Officer] of the Borrower and not individually and the undersigned shall have no personal liability to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders with respect thereto.

(signature page follows)
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Solvency Certificate on the date first written above.

CEC ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
By:
 
 
 
Name:
Title: [Chief Financial Officer]





FORM OF BORROWING REQUEST
Date: ________________, __________
To:
Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) under that certain First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of August 30, 2019 (as the same may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Queso Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation, CEC Entertainment, Inc., a Kansas corporation (the “Borrower”), the Lenders from time to time party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the above-described Credit Agreement. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement, wherever used herein, unless otherwise defined herein, shall have the same meanings herein as are prescribed by the Credit Agreement. The undersigned hereby irrevocably notifies you, pursuant to Section 2.03 of the Credit Agreement, of the Borrowing specified below:
1.
The Borrowing will be a Borrowing of _________ Loans.
2.
The aggregate amount of the proposed Borrowing is: $_________.
3.
The Business Day of the proposed Borrowing is: _____________.
4.
The Borrowing is comprised of $___________ of ABR Loans and $____________ of the Eurocurrency Loans.
5.
The duration of the initial Interest Period for the Eurocurrency Loans, if any, included in the Borrowing shall be ____________ month(s).
6.
[The currency in which the Eurocurrency Revolving Facility Borrowing is to be denominated is: _____________.]
7.
The location and number of the account to which the proceeds of such Borrowing are to be disbursed is _________________.

The undersigned hereby certifies that the following statements are true on the date hereof, and will be true on the date of the proposed Borrowing, before and after giving effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds thereof:
(A)    The representations and warranties set forth in the Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof, with the same effect as though made on and as of the date hereof, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties were true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date); and
(B)    No Event of Default or Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the proposed Borrowing.

(signature page follows)

This Borrowing Request is issued pursuant to and is subject to the Credit Agreement, executed as of the date first written above.
CEC ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
By:
    
Name:

Title:



FORM OF INTEREST ELECTION REQUEST
Date: ________________, __________
To:
Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) under that certain First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of August 30, 2019 (as the same may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Queso Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation, CEC Entertainment, Inc., a Kansas corporation (the “Borrower”), the Lenders from time to time party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the above-described Credit Agreement. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement, wherever used herein, unless otherwise defined herein, shall have the same meanings herein as are prescribed by the Credit Agreement. This notice constitutes an Interest Election Request and the undersigned Borrower hereby makes an election with respect to Loans under the Credit Agreement, and in that connection such Borrower specifies the following information with respect to such election:
1.
Borrowing to which this request applies (including Facility, principal amount and Type of Loans subject to election): _________________.
2.
Effective date of election (which shall be a Business Day): _____________.
3.
The Loans are to be [converted into] [continued as] [ABR]
[Eurocurrency] Loans.
4.
The duration of the Interest Period for the Eurocurrency Loans, if any, included in the election shall be ______________ months.


(signature page follows)

This Interest Election Request is issued pursuant to and is subject to the Credit Agreement, executed as of the date first written above.
CEC ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
By:

Name:
Title:
 


MORTGAGE, SECURITY AGREEMENT, ASSIGNMENT OF RENTS AND LEASES AND FIXTURE FILING

by and from

[______________________],


Mortgagor

to


CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, in its capacity as Collateral Agent,
“Mortgagee”

Dated as of ________ ___, 201_
Location:
[_______________]
Municipality:
[_______________]
County:
[_______________]
State:
[_______________]
 
 

RECORDING REQUESTED BY,
AND WHEN RECORDED MAIL TO:
[______________________]
Prepared by [______________________]


MORTGAGE, SECURITY AGREEMENT, ASSIGNMENT OF RENTS AND LEASES AND FIXTURE FILING
THIS MORTGAGE, SECURITY AGREEMENT, ASSIGNMENT OF RENTS AND LEASES AND FIXTURE FILING (this “Mortgage”) is dated as of ______ ___, 201_ by and from [__________________________], a [________________], as mortgagor, assignor and debtor (in such capacities and, together with any successors and assigns in such capacities, “Mortgagor”), whose address is [______________________], to CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties, as mortgagee, assignee and secured party (in such capacities and, together with its successors and assigns in such capacities, “Mortgagee”), having an address at [l].
WHEREAS, reference is made to (a) that certain First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of August 30, 2019 (as amended, renewed, extended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Queso Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Holdings), CEC Entertainment, Inc., a Kansas corporation (the “Borrower”), the Lenders party thereto from time to time, Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as administrative agent, and the other parties party thereto and (b) that certain Collateral Agreement (First Lien) dated as of August 30, 2019 (as amended, renewed, extended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, “Collateral Agreement”), among Borrower, each Subsidiary Loan Party (as defined therein) party thereto and the Collateral Agent; and
WHEREAS, the Lenders have agreed to extend credit to the Borrower subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Credit Agreement. The obligations of the Lenders to extend such credit are conditioned upon, among other things, the execution and delivery of this Mortgage.
Mortgagor will derive substantial benefits from the extension of credit to the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement. Mortgagor is willing to execute and deliver this Mortgage in order to induce the Lenders to extend such credit under the Credit Agreement. Therefore, to induce the Lenders to make their respective extensions of credit and to induce the holders of any Other First Lien Obligations to make extensions of credit under the applicable Other First Lien Agreements, as applicable, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Article I DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1    Definitions. All capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Credit Agreement. The rules of construction specified in Section 1.02 of the Credit Agreement also apply to this Mortgage. As used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a)    Bankruptcy Code” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.2.
(b)    Borrower has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals hereof.
(c)    Charges” means any and all present and future real estate, property and other taxes, assessments and special assessments, levies, fees, all water and sewer rents and charges and all other governmental charges imposed upon or assessed against, and all claims (including, without limitation, claims for landlords’, carriers’, mechanics’, workmen’s, repairmen’s, laborer’s, materialmen’s, suppliers’ and warehousemen’s liens and other claims arising by operation of law), judgments or demands against, all or any portion of the Mortgaged Property or other amounts of any nature which, if unpaid, might result in or permit the creation of, a Lien on the Mortgaged Property or which might result in foreclosure of all or any portion of the Mortgaged Property except, in each case, Permitted Liens.
(d)    Collateral Agent means Mortgagee acting as the collateral agent for the Secured Parties, together with its successors in such capacity.
(e)    Collateral Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals of this Mortgage.
(f)    Credit Agreement has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals of this Mortgage.
(g)    Credit Agreement Documents” means (a) the “Loan Documents” as defined in the Credit Agreement and (b) any other related documents or instruments executed and delivered pursuant to the documents referred to in the foregoing clause (a), in each case, as such documents or instruments may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
(h)    Event of Default” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Collateral Agreement.
(i)    Excluded Other First Lien Obligations” means any Other First Lien Obligations (as defined in the Collateral Agreement) that have been excluded from the Secured Obligations for purposes of this Mortgage pursuant to (and in accordance with) Section 7.21.
(j)    Excluded Property” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Credit Agreement.
(k)    Holdings” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals of this Mortgage.
(l)    Intercreditor Agreements” means any intercreditor agreement entered into in compliance with the Credit Agreement and any Other First Lien Agreement.
(m)    Mortgage has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereof.
(n)    Mortgaged Property” means the fee interest in the real property described in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference, together with any greater estate therein as hereafter may be acquired by Mortgagor and all of Mortgagor’s right, title and interest in, to and under all rights, privileges, tenements, hereditaments, rights-of-way, easements, appendages and appurtenances appertaining to the foregoing in each case whether now owned or hereinafter acquired, including without limitation all water rights, mineral, oil and gas rights, easements and rights of way (collectively, the “Land”), and all of Mortgagor’s right, title and interest now or hereafter acquired in, to and under the following (in each case other than Excluded Property): (1) all buildings, structures and other improvements now owned or hereafter acquired by Mortgagor, now or at any time situated, placed or constructed upon the Land (the “Improvements”; the Land and Improvements are collectively referred to as the “Premises”), (2) all materials, supplies, equipment, apparatus and other items of personal property now owned or hereafter acquired by Mortgagor and now or hereafter attached to, installed in or used in connection with any of the Improvements or the Land, and water, gas, electrical, telephone, storm and sanitary sewer facilities and all other utilities whether or not situated in easements, and all equipment, inventory and other goods in which Mortgagor now has or hereafter acquires any rights or any power to transfer rights and (in each case in this clause (2)) that are or are to become fixtures (as defined in the UCC, defined below) related to the Land (the “Fixtures”), (3) all goods, accounts, inventory, general intangibles, instruments, documents, contract rights and chattel paper, including all such items as defined in the UCC, now owned or hereafter acquired by Mortgagor and now or hereafter affixed to, placed upon, used in connection with, arising from or otherwise related to the Premises (the “Personalty”), (4) all reserves, escrows or impounds required under the Credit Agreement or any of the other Credit Agreement Documents and all of Mortgagor’s right, title and interest in all reserves, deferred payments, deposits, refunds and claims of any nature that (in each case in this clause (4)) are specifically related to the Mortgaged Property (the “Deposit Accounts”), (5) all leases, licenses, concessions, occupancy agreements or other agreements (written or oral, now or at any time in effect) which grant to any person a possessory interest in, or the right to use, all or any part of the Mortgaged Property, together with all related security and other deposits (the “Leases”), (6) all of the rents, revenues, royalties, income, proceeds, profits, accounts receivable, security and other types of deposits, and other benefits paid or payable by parties to the Leases for using, leasing, licensing, possessing, operating from, residing in, selling or otherwise enjoying the Mortgaged Property (the “Rents”), (7) all other agreements, such as construction contracts, architects’ agreements, engineers’ contracts, utility contracts, maintenance agreements, management agreements, service contracts, listing agreements, guaranties, indemnities, warranties, permits, licenses, certificates and entitlements in any way relating specifically to the construction, use, occupancy, operation, maintenance, enjoyment or ownership of the Mortgaged Property (the “Property Agreements”), (8) all property tax refunds payable with respect to the Mortgaged Property (the “Tax Refunds”), (9) all accessions, replacements and substitutions for any of the foregoing and all proceeds thereof (the “Proceeds”), (10) all insurance policies, unearned premiums therefor and proceeds from such policies covering any of the above property now or hereafter acquired by Mortgagor (the “Insurance”), (11) all awards, damages, remunerations, reimbursements, settlements or compensation heretofore made or hereafter to be made by any governmental authority pertaining to any condemnation or other taking (or any purchase in lieu thereof) of all or any portion of the Land, Improvements or Fixtures (the “Condemnation Awards”) and (12) any and all right, title and interest of Mortgagor in and to any and all drawings, plans, specifications, file materials, operating and maintenance records, catalogues, tenant lists, correspondence, advertising materials, operating manuals, warranties, guarantees, appraisals, studies and data relating specifically to the Mortgaged Property or the construction of any alteration relating to the Premises or the maintenance of any Property Agreement (the “Records”). As used in this Mortgage, the term “Mortgaged Property” shall mean all or, where the context permits or requires, any portion of the above or any interest therein.
(o)    Mortgagee has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereof.
(p)    Mortgagor has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereof.
(q)    Other First Lien Agreement” means “Other First Lien Agreement” as defined in the Collateral Agreement, excluding any such Other First Lien Agreement relating to any Excluded Other First Lien Obligations.
(r)    Other First Lien Obligations” means “Other First Lien Obligations” as defined in the Collateral Agreement, excluding any Excluded Other First Lien Obligations.
(s)    Permitted Liens” means Liens that are not prohibited by the Credit Agreement or any Other First Lien Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the matters that are set forth on Exhibit B attached hereto are Permitted Liens.
(t)    Secured Amount has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.4.
(u)    Secured Obligations” means “Secured Obligations” as defined in the Collateral Agreement, excluding any Excluded Other First Lien Obligations.
(v)    Secured Parties” means the persons holding any Secured Obligations and in any event including all “Secured Parties” as defined in the Collateral Agreement (other than any person constituting a “Secured Party” under (and as defined in) the Collateral Agreement solely because such person holds, or acts as the agent, trustee or representative of the holders of, any Excluded Other First Lien Obligations).
(w)    Series” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Collateral Agreement.
(x)    UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code of [________] or, if the creation, perfection and enforcement of any security interest herein granted is governed by the laws of a state other than [_______], then, as to the matter in question, the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in that state.
ARTICLE II     GRANT
Section 2.1    Grant. To secure the payment or performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), as the case may be, in full of the Secured Obligations, Mortgagor MORTGAGES, GRANTS, BARGAINS, ASSIGNS, SELLS, CONVEYS and CONFIRMS, to Mortgagee, its successors and permitted assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and hereby grants to Mortgagee, its successors and permitted assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a mortgage lien upon and a security interest in all of Mortgagor’s estate, right, title and interest in and to the Mortgaged Property, subject, however, to Permitted Liens, TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the Mortgaged Property to Mortgagee, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and Mortgagor does hereby bind itself, its successors and assigns to WARRANT AND FOREVER DEFEND the title to the Mortgaged Property unto Mortgagee.
Section 2.2    Secured Obligations. This Mortgage secures, and the Mortgaged Property is collateral security for, the payment and performance in full when due of the Secured Obligations.
Section 2.3    Future Advances. This Mortgage shall secure all Secured Obligations including, without limitation, future advances whenever hereafter made with respect to or under any Credit Agreement Document or any Other First Lien Agreement and shall secure not only Secured Obligations with respect to presently existing indebtedness under the Credit Agreement Documents or any Other First Lien Agreement, but also any and all other indebtedness which may hereafter be owing to the Secured Parties under the Credit Agreement Documents or any Other First Lien Agreement, however incurred, whether interest, discount or otherwise, and whether the same shall be deferred, accrued or capitalized, including future advances and re-advances, pursuant to the Credit Agreement Documents or any Other First Lien Agreement, whether such advances are obligatory or to be made at the option of the Secured Parties, or otherwise, and any extensions, refinancings, modifications or renewals of all such Secured Obligations whether or not Mortgagor executes any extension agreement, renewal instrument or other agreement and, in each case, to the same extent as if such future advances were made on the date of the execution of this Mortgage.
Section 2.4    Maximum Amount of Indebtedness. The maximum aggregate amount of all indebtedness that is, or under any contingency may be secured at the date hereof or at any time hereafter by this Mortgage is $[           ] (the “Secured Amount”), plus, to the extent permitted by applicable law, collection costs, sums advanced for the payment of taxes, assessments, maintenance and repair charges, insurance premiums and any other costs incurred to protect the security encumbered hereby or the lien hereof, and expenses incurred by Mortgagee by reason of any default by Mortgagor under the terms hereof, together with interest thereon, all of which amount shall be secured hereby.
Section 2.5    Last Dollar Secured. So long as the aggregate amount of the Secured Obligations exceeds the Secured Amount, any payments and repayments of the Secured Obligations shall not be deemed to be applied against or to reduce the Secured Amount.
Section 2.6    No Release. Nothing set forth in this Mortgage shall relieve Mortgagor from the performance of any term, covenant, condition or agreement on Mortgagor’s part to be performed or observed under or in respect of any of the Mortgaged Property or from any liability to any person under or in respect of any of the Mortgaged Property or shall impose any obligation on Mortgagee or any other Secured Party to perform or observe any such term, covenant, condition or agreement on Mortgagor’s part to be so performed or observed or shall impose any liability on Mortgagee or any other Secured Party for any act or omission on the part of Mortgagor relating thereto or for any breach of any representation or warranty on the part of Mortgagor contained in this Mortgage or any other Credit Agreement Document or any Other First Lien Agreement or under or in respect of the Mortgaged Property or made in connection herewith or therewith. The obligations of Mortgagor contained in this Section 2.6 shall survive the termination hereof and the discharge of Mortgagor’s other obligations under this Mortgage, the other Credit Agreement Documents and any Other First Lien Agreement.
ARTICLE III     WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS AND COVENANTS
Mortgagor warrants, represents and covenants to Mortgagee as follows:
Section 3.1    Title to Mortgaged Property and Lien of this Instrument. Mortgagor has valid fee simple title to the Mortgaged Property free and clear of any liens, claims or interests, except Permitted Liens. Upon recordation in the official real estate records in the county (or other applicable jurisdiction) in which the Premises are located, this Mortgage will constitute a valid and enforceable mortgage lien, with record notice to third parties, on the Mortgaged Property in favor of Mortgagee for the benefit of the Secured Parties subject only to Permitted Liens.
Section 3.2    Priority. Mortgagor shall preserve and protect the priority of the lien and security interest of this Mortgage. If any lien or security interest other than a Permitted Lien is asserted against the Mortgaged Property, Mortgagor shall promptly, and at its expense, pay the underlying claim in full or take such other commercially reasonable action so as to cause it to be released or contest the same in compliance with the requirements of the Credit Agreement and any Other First Lien Agreement.
Section 3.3    Replacement of Fixtures and Personalty. Mortgagor shall not, without the prior written consent of Mortgagee, permit any of the Fixtures or Personalty owned or leased by Mortgagor to be removed at any time from the Land or Improvements, unless the removed item is (a) removed temporarily for its protection, maintenance or repair, (b) replaced by an item of similar functionality and quality, (c) obsolete or unnecessary for the then-current operation of the Premises, or (d) not prohibited from being removed by the Credit Agreement, the Collateral Agreement or any Other First Lien Agreement.
Section 3.4    Inspection. Mortgagor shall permit Mortgagee and its agents, representatives and employees, upon reasonable prior notice to Mortgagor and at reasonable times during regular business hours, to inspect the Mortgaged Property and all books and records of Mortgagor located thereon, and to conduct such environmental and engineering studies as Mortgagee may reasonably require, provided that such inspections and studies shall not materially or unreasonably interfere with the use and operation of the Mortgaged Property. The expense of any inspection shall be borne by the Mortgagee unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such inspection, in which case the Mortgagor shall pay, or reimburse the Mortgagee for, such expense.
Section 3.5    Insurance; Condemnation Awards and Insurance Proceeds.
(a)    Insurance. Mortgagor shall maintain or cause to be maintained the insurance required by Section 5.02 of the Credit Agreement and any applicable provision of any Other First Lien Agreement.
(b)    Condemnation Awards. Mortgagor shall cause all condemnation awards that constitute Net Proceeds (or any equivalent term) in accordance with the Credit Agreement or any Other First Lien Agreement to be applied in accordance with Section 2.11(b) of the Credit Agreement or any applicable provision of any Other First Lien Agreement.
(c)    Insurance Proceeds. Mortgagor shall cause all proceeds of any insurance policies insuring against loss or damage to the Mortgaged Property that constitute Net Proceeds (or any equivalent term) in accordance with the Credit Agreement or any Other First Lien Agreement to be applied in accordance with Section 2.11(b) of the Credit Agreement or any applicable provision of any Other First Lien Agreement.
(d)    Payment of Charges. Unless and to the extent not prohibited by the terms of the Credit Agreement or any Other First Lien Agreement, Mortgagor shall pay and discharge, or cause to be paid and discharged, from time to time prior to same becoming delinquent, all Charges. Mortgagor shall deliver to Mortgagee, upon Mortgagee’s reasonable written request, to the extent reasonably available to Mortgagor, receipts evidencing the payment of all such Charges.
Section 3.6    Mortgagor’s Covenants. In order to induce Mortgagee to enter into this Mortgage, the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Agreement Documents, Mortgagor agrees that the covenants of Borrower set forth in Articles [__] of the Credit Agreement, solely to the extent applicable to the Mortgaged Property, this Mortgage and/or Mortgagor in its capacity as mortgagor hereunder, are incorporated into this Mortgage by reference as if fully set forth herein and are of full force and effect as if made by Mortgagor herein.
Section 3.7    Limitation on Liens; Transfer Restrictions.
(a)    Except for the Permitted Liens, Mortgagor may not, without the prior written consent of Mortgagee, permit to exist or grant any Lien on all or any part of the Mortgaged Property or suffer or allow any of the foregoing to occur by operation of law or otherwise.
(b)    Except to the extent not prohibited by the Credit Agreement, Mortgagor may not, without the prior written consent of Mortgagee, sell, convey, assign, lease or otherwise transfer all or any part of the Mortgaged Property.
ARTICLE IV     DEFAULT AND FORECLOSURE
Section 4.1    Remedies. Subject to the Intercreditor Agreements, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Mortgagee may, at Mortgagee’s election, exercise any or all of the following rights, remedies and recourses:
(a)    Acceleration. Subject to and in accordance with any provisions of the Credit Agreement Documents and any Other First Lien Agreement providing for the automatic acceleration of the Secured Obligations, declare the Secured Obligations to be immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest, or any other notice of any kind (each of which hereby is expressly waived by Mortgagor).
(b)    Entry on Mortgaged Property. Enter the Mortgaged Property and take exclusive possession thereof and of all books, records and accounts relating thereto or located thereon. If Mortgagor remains in possession of the Mortgaged Property following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and without Mortgagee’s prior written consent, Mortgagee may invoke any legal remedies to dispossess Mortgagor.
(c)    Operation of Mortgaged Property. Hold, lease, develop, manage, operate, carry on the business thereof or otherwise use the Mortgaged Property upon such terms and conditions as Mortgagee may deem reasonable under the circumstances (making such repairs, alterations, additions and improvements and taking other actions, from time to time, as Mortgagee deems necessary or desirable), and apply all Rents and other amounts collected by Mortgagee in connection therewith in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.7.
(d)    Foreclosure and Sale. Institute proceedings for the complete foreclosure of this Mortgage by judicial action or by power of sale, in which case the Mortgaged Property may be sold for cash or credit in one or more parcels. With respect to any notices required or permitted under the UCC, Mortgagor agrees that ten (10) Business Days’ prior written notice shall be deemed commercially reasonable. At any such sale by virtue of any judicial proceedings, power of sale, or any other legal right, remedy or recourse, the title to and right of possession of any such property shall pass to the purchaser thereof, and to the fullest extent permitted by law, Mortgagor shall be completely and irrevocably divested of all of its right, title, interest, claim, equity, equity of redemption, and demand whatsoever, either at law or in equity, in and to the property sold and such sale shall be a perpetual bar both at law and in equity against Mortgagor, and against all other persons claiming or to claim the property sold or any part thereof, by, through or under Mortgagor. Mortgagee or any of the other Secured Parties may be a purchaser at such sale. If Mortgagee or such other Secured Party is the highest bidder, Mortgagee or such other Secured Party may credit the portion of the purchase price that would be distributed to Mortgagee or such other Secured Party against the Secured Obligations in lieu of paying cash. In the event this Mortgage is foreclosed by judicial action, appraisement of the Mortgaged Property is waived. Mortgagee may adjourn from time to time any sale by it to be made under or by virtue hereof by announcement at the time and place appointed for such sale or for such adjourned sale or sales, and Mortgagee, without further notice or publication, may make such sale at the time and place to which the same shall be so adjourned.
(e)    Receiver. Make application to a court of competent jurisdiction for, and obtain from such court as a matter of strict right and without notice to Mortgagor or regard to the adequacy of the Mortgaged Property for the repayment of the Secured Obligations, the appointment of a receiver of the Mortgaged Property, and Mortgagor irrevocably consents to such appointment. Any such receiver shall have all the usual powers and duties of receivers in similar cases, including the full power to rent, maintain and otherwise operate the Mortgaged Property upon such terms as may be approved by the court, and shall apply such Rents in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.7; provided, however, notwithstanding the appointment of any receiver, Mortgagee shall be entitled as pledgee to the possession and control of any cash, deposits or instruments at the time held by or payable or deliverable under the terms of the Credit Agreement or any Other First Lien Agreement to Mortgagee.
(f)    Other. Exercise all other rights, remedies and recourses granted under the Credit Agreement Documents and any Other First Lien Agreement or otherwise available at law or in equity.
Section 4.2    Separate Sales. The Mortgaged Property may be sold in one or more parcels and in such manner and order as Mortgagee in its sole discretion may elect. The right of sale arising out of any Event of Default shall not be exhausted by any one or more sales.
Section 4.3    Remedies Cumulative, Concurrent and Nonexclusive. Subject to the Intercreditor Agreements and Section 5.18 of the Collateral Agreement, Mortgagee and the other Secured Parties shall have all rights, remedies and recourses granted in the Credit Agreement Documents and any Other First Lien Agreement and available at law or equity (including the UCC), which rights (a) shall be cumulative and concurrent, (b) may be pursued separately, successively or concurrently against Mortgagor or others obligated under the Credit Agreement Documents and any Other First Lien Agreement, or against the Mortgaged Property, or against any one or more of them, at the sole discretion of Mortgagee or such other Secured Party, as the case may be, (c) may be exercised as often as occasion therefor shall arise, and the exercise or failure to exercise any of them shall not be construed as a waiver or release thereof or of any other right, remedy or recourse, and (d) are intended to be, and shall be, nonexclusive. No action by Mortgagee or any other Secured Party in the enforcement of any rights, remedies or recourses under the Credit Agreement Documents or any Other First Lien Agreement or otherwise at law or equity shall be deemed to cure any Event of Default.
Section 4.4    Release of and Resort to Collateral. Mortgagee may release, regardless of consideration and without the necessity for any notice to or consent by the holder of any subordinate lien on the Mortgaged Property, any part of the Mortgaged Property without, as to the remainder, in any way impairing, affecting, subordinating or releasing the lien or security interest created in or evidenced by the Credit Agreement Documents or any Other First Lien Agreement or the lien priority and security interest in and to the Mortgaged Property. For payment of the Secured Obligations, Mortgagee may resort to any other security in such order and manner as Mortgagee may elect.
Section 4.5    Appearance, Waivers, Notice and Marshalling of Assets. After the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default and immediately upon the commencement of any action, suit or legal proceedings to obtain judgment for the payment or performance of the Secured Obligations or any part thereof, or of any proceedings to foreclose the lien and security interest created and evidenced hereby or otherwise enforce the provisions hereof or of any other proceedings in aid of the enforcement hereof, Mortgagor shall enter its voluntary appearance in such action, suit or proceeding. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Mortgagor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives and releases (a) all benefit that might accrue to Mortgagor by virtue of any present or future statute of limitations or law or judicial decision exempting the Mortgaged Property from attachment, levy or sale on execution or providing for any stay of execution, exemption from civil process, redemption or extension of time for payment, (b) all notices of any Event of Default or of Mortgagee’s election to exercise or the actual exercise of any right, remedy or recourse provided for under the Credit Agreement Documents and any Other First Lien Agreement, and (c) any right to a marshalling of assets or a sale in inverse order of alienation. Mortgagor shall not claim, take or insist on any benefit or advantage of any law now or hereafter in force providing for the valuation or appraisal of the Mortgaged Property, or any part thereof, prior to any sale or sales of the Mortgaged Property which may be made pursuant to this Mortgage, or pursuant to any decree, judgment or order of any court of competent jurisdiction. Mortgagor covenants not to hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power granted or delegated to Mortgagee by this Mortgage but to suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law or laws had been made or enacted.
Section 4.6    Discontinuance of Proceedings. If Mortgagee or any other Secured Party shall have proceeded to invoke any right, remedy or recourse permitted under the Credit Agreement Documents or any Other First Lien Agreement and shall thereafter elect to discontinue or abandon it for any reason, Mortgagee or such other Secured Party, as the case may be, shall have the unqualified right to do so and, in such an event, Mortgagor, Mortgagee and the other Secured Parties shall be restored to their former positions with respect to the Secured Obligations, the Credit Agreement Documents, any Other First Lien Agreement, the Mortgaged Property and otherwise, and the rights, remedies, recourses and powers of Mortgagee and the other Secured Parties shall continue as if the right, remedy or recourse had never been invoked, but no such discontinuance or abandonment shall waive any Event of Default which may then exist or the right of Mortgagee or any other Secured Party thereafter to exercise any right, remedy or recourse under the Credit Agreement Documents or any Other First Lien Agreement for such Event of Default.
Section 4.7    Application of Proceeds. Mortgagee shall, subject to any applicable Intercreditor Agreement, promptly apply the proceeds, moneys or balances of any collection or sale of the Mortgaged Property, realized through the exercise by Mortgagee of its remedies hereunder, in accordance with Section 4.02 of the Collateral Agreement, which such Section is hereby incorporated herein mutatis mutandis.
Mortgagee shall have absolute discretion as to the time of application of any such proceeds, moneys or balances in accordance with this Mortgage. Upon any sale of Mortgaged Property by Mortgagee (including pursuant to a power of sale granted by statute or under a judicial proceeding), the receipt of the purchase money by Mortgagee or of the officer making the sale shall be a sufficient discharge to the purchaser or purchasers of the Mortgaged Property so sold and such purchaser or purchasers shall not be obligated to see to the application of any part of the purchase money paid over to Mortgagee or such officer or be answerable in any way for the misapplication thereof.
Section 4.8    Occupancy After Foreclosure. Any sale of the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof in accordance with Section 4.1(d) will divest all right, title and interest of Mortgagor in and to the property sold. Subject to applicable law, any purchaser at a foreclosure sale will receive immediate possession of the property purchased. If Mortgagor retains possession of such property or any part thereof subsequent to such sale, Mortgagor will be considered a tenant at sufferance of the purchaser, and will, if Mortgagor remains in possession after demand to remove, be subject to eviction and removal, forcible or otherwise, with or without process of law.
Section 4.9    Additional Advances and Disbursements; Costs of Enforcement.
(a)    Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, Mortgagee shall have the right, but not the obligation, to cure such Event of Default in the name and on behalf of Mortgagor. All reasonable sums advanced and reasonable documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred at any time by Mortgagee under this Section 4.9, or otherwise under this Mortgage or applicable law, that is payable under Section 4.9(b) shall, if not paid when due, bear interest at the rate provided therefor in Section 2.13(c) of the Credit Agreement and all such sums, together with interest thereon, shall be secured by this Mortgage.
(b)    To the extent contemplated by Section 9.05 of the Credit Agreement or any equivalent provision of any Other First Lien Agreement, Mortgagor shall pay all reasonable documented out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) of or incidental to the perfection and enforcement of this Mortgage or the enforcement, compromise or settlement of the Secured Obligations or any claim under this Mortgage, and for the curing thereof, or for defending or asserting the rights and claims of Mortgagee in respect thereof, by litigation or otherwise.
Section 4.10    No Mortgagee in Possession. Neither the enforcement of any of the remedies under this Article 4, the assignment of the Rents and Leases under Article 5, the security interests under Article 6, nor any other remedies afforded to Mortgagee under the Credit Agreement Documents or any Other First Lien Agreement, at law or in equity shall cause Mortgagee or any other Secured Party to be deemed or construed to be a mortgagee in possession of the Mortgaged Property, to obligate Mortgagee or any other Secured Party to lease the Mortgaged Property or attempt to do so, or to take any action, incur any expense, or perform or discharge any obligation, duty or liability whatsoever under any of the Leases or otherwise.
ARTICLE V     ASSIGNMENT OF RENTS AND LEASES
Section 5.1    Assignment. In furtherance of and in addition to the assignment made by Mortgagor in Section 2.1 of this Mortgage, Mortgagor hereby absolutely and unconditionally assigns, sells, transfers and conveys to Mortgagee all of its right, title and interest in and to all Leases (but only to the extent permitted under the existing Leases), whether now existing or hereafter entered into, and all of its right, title and interest in and to all Rents. This assignment is an absolute assignment and not an assignment for additional security only. So long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and Mortgagee shall not have made the election below, Mortgagor shall have a revocable license from Mortgagee to exercise all rights extended to the landlord under the Leases, including the right to receive and collect all Rents and to otherwise use the same. The foregoing license is granted subject to the conditional limitation that no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, whether or not legal proceedings have commenced, and without regard to waste, adequacy of security for the Secured Obligations or solvency of Mortgagor, the license herein granted shall, at the election of Mortgagee, expire and terminate, upon written notice to Mortgagor by Mortgagee.
Section 5.2    Perfection Upon Recordation. Mortgagor acknowledges that upon recordation of this Mortgage, Mortgagee shall have, to the extent permitted under applicable law and by the terms of the Leases, a valid and fully perfected, present assignment of the Rents arising out of the Leases and all security for such Leases. Mortgagor acknowledges and agrees that upon recordation of this Mortgage, Mortgagee’s interest in the Rents shall be deemed to be fully perfected, “choate” and enforced as to Mortgagor and to the extent permitted under applicable law, all third parties, including, without limitation, any subsequently appointed trustee in any case under Title 11 of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”), without the necessity of commencing a foreclosure action with respect to this Mortgage, making formal demand for the Rents, obtaining the appointment of a receiver or taking any other affirmative action.
Section 5.3    Bankruptcy Provisions. Without limitation of the absolute nature of the assignment of the Rents hereunder, Mortgagor and Mortgagee agree that (a) this Mortgage shall constitute a “security agreement” for purposes of Section 552(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, (b) the security interest created by this Mortgage extends to property of Mortgagor acquired before the commencement of a case in bankruptcy and to all amounts paid as Rents and (c) such security interest shall extend to all Rents acquired by the estate after the commencement of any case in bankruptcy.
ARTICLE VI     SECURITY AGREEMENT
Section 6.1    Security Interest. This Mortgage constitutes a “security agreement” on personal property within the meaning of the UCC and other applicable law with respect to the Personalty, Fixtures, Leases, Rents, Deposit Accounts, Property Agreements, Tax Refunds, Proceeds, Insurance, Condemnation Awards and Records. To this end, Mortgagor grants to Mortgagee a security interest in the Personalty, Fixtures, Leases, Rents, Deposit Accounts, Property Agreements, Tax Refunds, Proceeds, Insurance, Condemnation Awards, Records and all other Mortgaged Property which is personal property to secure the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations, and agrees that Mortgagee shall have all the rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC with respect to such property. Any notice of sale, disposition or other intended action by Mortgagee with respect to the Personalty, Fixtures, Leases, Rents, Deposit Accounts, Property Agreements, Tax Refunds, Proceeds, Insurance, Condemnation Awards and Records sent to Mortgagor at least ten (10) Business Days prior to any action under the UCC shall constitute reasonable notice to Mortgagor. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency whatsoever between the terms of this Mortgage and the terms of the Collateral Agreement with respect to the collateral covered both therein and herein, including, but not limited to, with respect to whether any such Mortgaged Property is to be subject to a security interest or the use, maintenance or transfer of any such Mortgaged Property, or the exercise or applicability of any remedies in respect thereof, the Collateral Agreement shall control, govern, and prevail, to the extent of any such conflict or inconsistency. For the avoidance of doubt, no personal property of Mortgagor that constitutes Excluded Property under the Collateral Agreement shall be subject to any security interest of Mortgagee or any Secured Party or constitute collateral hereunder.
Section 6.2    Financing Statements. Mortgagor shall prepare and deliver to Mortgagee such financing statements, and shall execute and deliver to Mortgagee such other documents, instruments and further assurances, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Mortgagee, as Mortgagee may, from time to time, reasonably consider necessary to create, perfect and preserve Mortgagee’s security interest hereunder. Mortgagor hereby irrevocably authorizes Mortgagee to cause financing statements (and amendments thereto and continuations thereof) and any such documents, instruments and assurances to be recorded and filed, at such times and places as may be required or permitted by law to so create, perfect and preserve such security interest.
Section 6.3    Fixture Filing. This Mortgage shall also constitute a “fixture filing” for the purposes of the UCC against all of the Mortgaged Property which is or is to become fixtures. The information provided in this Section 6.3 is provided so that this Mortgage shall comply with the requirements of the UCC for a mortgage instrument to be filed as a financing statement. Mortgagor is the “Debtor” and its name and mailing address are set forth in the preamble of this Mortgage. Mortgagee is the “Secured Party” and its name and mailing address from which information concerning the security interest granted herein may be obtained are also set forth in the preamble of this Mortgage. A statement describing the portion of the Mortgaged Property comprising the fixtures hereby secured is set forth in the definition of “Mortgaged Property” in Section 1.1 of this Mortgage. Mortgagor represents and warrants to Mortgagee that Mortgagor is the record owner of the Mortgaged Property.
ARTICLE VII     MISCELLANEOUS
Section 7.1    Notices. All communications and notices hereunder shall (except as otherwise expressly permitted herein) be in writing and given as provided in Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to Mortgagor shall be given to it in care of the Borrower, with such notice to be given as provided in Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement.
Section 7.2    Covenants Running with the Land. All grants, covenants, terms, provisions and conditions contained in this Mortgage are intended by Mortgagor and Mortgagee to be, and shall be construed as, covenants running with the Land. As used herein, “Mortgagor” shall refer to the party named in the first paragraph of this Mortgage and to any subsequent owner of all or any portion of the Mortgaged Property. All persons who may have or acquire an interest in the Mortgaged Property shall be deemed to have notice of, and be bound by, the terms of the Credit Agreement, the other Credit Agreement Documents and any Other First Lien Agreements; provided, however, that no such party shall be entitled to any rights thereunder without the prior written consent of Mortgagee.
Section 7.3    Attorney-in-Fact. Subject to the Intercreditor Agreements, Mortgagor hereby irrevocably appoints Mortgagee as its attorney-in-fact, which agency is coupled with an interest and with full power of substitution, with full authority in the place and stead of Mortgagor and in the name of Mortgagor or otherwise (a) to execute and/or record any notices of completion, cessation of labor or any other notices that Mortgagee reasonably deems appropriate to protect Mortgagee’s interest, if Mortgagor shall fail to do so within ten (10) days (or such longer period as Mortgagee may agree in its reasonable discretion) after written request by Mortgagee, (b) upon the issuance of a deed pursuant to the foreclosure of this Mortgage or the delivery of a deed in lieu of foreclosure, to execute all instruments of assignment, conveyance or further assurance with respect to the Personalty, Leases, Rents, Deposit Accounts, Property Agreements, Tax Refunds, Proceeds, Insurance, Condemnation Awards and Records in favor of the grantee of any such deed and as may be necessary or desirable for such purpose, (c) to prepare and file or record financing statements and continuation statements, and to prepare, execute and file or record applications for registration and like papers necessary to create, perfect or preserve Mortgagee’s security interests and rights in or to any of the Mortgaged Property, and (d) after the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, to perform any obligation of Mortgagor hereunder; provided, however, that (1) Mortgagee shall not under any circumstances be obligated to perform any obligation of Mortgagor; (2) any sums advanced by Mortgagee in such performance that are payable under Section 4.9(b) shall be added to and included in the Secured Obligations and, if not paid when due, shall bear interest at the rate provided therefor in Section 2.13(c) of the Credit Agreement; (3) Mortgagee as such attorney-in-fact shall only be accountable for such funds as are actually received by Mortgagee; and (4) Mortgagee shall not be liable to Mortgagor or any other person or entity for any failure to take any action which it is empowered to take under this Section 7.3. Mortgagor hereby ratifies all that such attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Section 7.4    Successors and Assigns. Whenever in this Mortgage any of the parties hereto is referred to, such reference shall be deemed to include the permitted successors and assigns of such party; and all covenants, promises and agreements by or on behalf of Mortgagor or Mortgagee that are contained in this Mortgage shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective permitted successors and assigns. Mortgagee hereunder shall at all times be the same person that is the “Collateral Agent” under the Collateral Agreement. Written notice of resignation by the “Collateral Agent” pursuant to the Collateral Agreement shall also constitute notice of resignation as Mortgagee under this Mortgage. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as the “Collateral Agent” under the Collateral Agreement by a successor “Collateral Agent”, that successor “Collateral Agent” shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Mortgagee pursuant hereto.
Section 7.5    Waivers; Amendment.
(a)    No failure or delay by Mortgagee or any other Secured Party in exercising any right, power or remedy hereunder or under any other Credit Agreement Document or Other First Lien Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or remedy, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right, power or remedy, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. The rights, powers and remedies of Mortgagee or any other Secured Party hereunder and under the other Credit Agreement Documents and any Other First Lien Agreement are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights, powers or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Mortgage or consent to any departure by Mortgagor therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section 7.5, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice or demand on Mortgagor in any case shall entitle any Loan Party to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.
(b)    Neither this Mortgage nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by Mortgagee and Mortgagor, subject to any consent required in accordance with Section 9.08 of the Credit Agreement, and the consent of each other Authorized Representative (as defined in the Collateral Agreement) if and to the extent required by (and in accordance with) the applicable Other First Lien Agreement, and except as otherwise provided in the Intercreditor Agreements. Mortgagee may conclusively rely on a certificate of an officer of Mortgagor as to whether any amendment contemplated by this Section 7.5(b) is permitted.
(c)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Mortgagee may grant extensions of time or waivers of the requirement for the creation or perfection of security interests in or the obtaining of insurance (including title insurance) or surveys with respect to particular assets (including extensions beyond the date hereof for the perfection of security interests in the assets of Mortgagor on such date) where it reasonably determines, in consultation with the Borrower, that perfection or obtaining of such items cannot be accomplished by the time or times at which it would otherwise be required by this Mortgage, the other Credit Agreement Documents or any Other First Lien Agreement.
Section 7.6    WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS MORTGAGE (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS MORTGAGE BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 7.6.
Section 7.7    Termination or Release.
In each case subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements:
(a)    This Mortgage and the Liens and security interests created by this Mortgage shall automatically terminate and be released upon the occurrence of the Termination Date or, if any Other First Lien Obligations are outstanding on the Termination Date, the date when any Other First Lien Obligations (other than contingent or unliquidated obligations or liabilities not then due and any other obligations that, by the terms of any Other First Lien Agreements, are not required to be paid in full prior to termination and release of the Mortgaged Property) have been paid in full and the Secured Parties have no further commitment to extend credit under any Other First Lien Agreement.
(b)    [Mortgagor shall automatically be released from its obligations hereunder and the security interests in and Liens on the Mortgaged Property shall be automatically released upon the consummation of any transaction not prohibited by the Credit Agreement or any Other First Lien Agreement then in effect as a result of which Mortgagor ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower or otherwise becomes an Excluded Subsidiary or ceases to be a Guarantor or is otherwise released from its obligations under the Guarantee, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party unless requested by Mortgagor, and all rights to the Mortgaged Property shall revert to such Mortgagor.]
(c)    The security interests in and Liens on the Mortgaged Property shall automatically be released, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party unless requested by Mortgagor, (i) upon any sale or other transfer thereof by Mortgagor that is not prohibited by the Credit Agreement or any Other First Lien Agreement to any person that is not a Loan Party, (ii) upon the effectiveness of any written consent to the release of the security interest granted hereby in such Mortgaged Property pursuant to Section 9.08 of the Credit Agreement and any equivalent provision of any Other First Lien Agreement (in each case, to the extent required thereby), or (iii) as otherwise may be provided in any applicable Intercreditor Agreement.
(d)    If the Mortgaged Property shall become subject to the release provisions set forth in Section [_________] of the applicable Intercreditor Agreement or Section 8.11 of the Credit Agreement, the Mortgaged Property shall be automatically released from the security interest hereunder in the Mortgaged Property to the extent provided therein.
(e)    Solely with respect to the Credit Agreement Secured Obligations (as defined in the Collateral Agreement), Mortgagor shall automatically be released from its obligations hereunder and/or the security interests in and Liens on the Mortgaged Property securing the Credit Agreement Secured Obligations shall in each case be automatically released upon the occurrence of any of the circumstances set forth in Section 9.18 of the Credit Agreement without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party, and all rights to the Mortgaged Property shall revert to Mortgagor.
(f)    Solely with respect to any Series of Other First Lien Obligations, Mortgagor shall automatically be released from its obligations hereunder and/or the security interests in and Liens on the Mortgaged Property securing such Series of Other First Lien Obligations shall in each case be automatically released upon the occurrence of any of the circumstances set forth in the section governing release of collateral in the applicable Other First Lien Agreement governing such Series of Other First Lien Obligations, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party, and all rights to the Mortgaged Property shall revert to Mortgagor.
(g)    In connection with any termination or release pursuant to this Section 7.7, Mortgagee shall execute and deliver to Mortgagor all documents that Mortgagor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination or release (including, without limitation, mortgage releases or UCC termination statements), and will duly assign and transfer to Mortgagor, such of the Mortgaged Property that may be in the possession of Mortgagee and has not theretofore been sold or otherwise applied or released pursuant to this Mortgage. Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this Section 7.7 shall be made without recourse to or warranty by Mortgagee. In connection with any termination or release pursuant to this Section 7.7, Mortgagor shall be permitted to take any action in connection therewith consistent with such release including, without limitation, the filing of mortgage releases or UCC termination statements. Upon the receipt of any necessary or proper instruments of termination, satisfaction or release prepared by Mortgagor, Mortgagee shall execute, deliver or acknowledge such instruments or releases to evidence the release of any Mortgaged Property permitted to be released pursuant to this Mortgage. Mortgagor agrees to pay all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Mortgagee (and its representatives and counsel) in connection with the execution and delivery of such release documents or instruments.
Section 7.8    Waiver of Stay, Moratorium and Similar Rights. Mortgagor agrees, to the full extent that it may lawfully do so, that it will not at any time insist upon or plead or in any way take advantage of any stay, marshalling of assets, extension, redemption or moratorium law now or hereafter in force and effect so as to prevent or hinder the enforcement of the provisions of this Mortgage or the Secured Obligations secured hereby, or any agreement between Mortgagor and Mortgagee or any rights or remedies of Mortgagee or any other Secured Party.
Section 7.9    Applicable Law. The provisions of this Mortgage shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the state in which the Mortgaged Property is located.
Section 7.10    Headings. Article and Section headings used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Mortgage and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Mortgage.
Section 7.11    Severability. In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Mortgage should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
Section 7.12    Mortgagee as Agent. Mortgagee has been appointed to act as Collateral Agent by the other Secured Parties pursuant to the Credit Agreement and the Collateral Agreement. Mortgagee shall have the right hereunder to make demands, to give notices, to exercise or refrain from exercising any rights, and to take or refrain from taking any action (including, without limitation, the release or substitution of the Mortgaged Property) in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement, the Collateral Agreement and this Mortgage. Mortgagor and all other persons shall be entitled to rely on releases, waivers, consents, approvals, notifications and other acts of Mortgagee, without inquiry into the existence of required consents or approvals of the Secured Parties therefor.
Section 7.13    Recording Documentation To Assure Security. Mortgagor shall promptly, from time to time, cause this Mortgage and any financing statement, continuation statement or similar instrument relating to any of the Mortgaged Property or to any property intended to be subject to the lien hereof or the security interests created hereby to be filed, registered and recorded in such manner and in such places as may be required by any present or future law and shall take such actions as Mortgagee shall reasonably deem necessary in order to publish notice of and fully to protect the validity and priority of the liens, assignment, and security interests purported to be created upon the Mortgaged Property and the interest and rights of Mortgagee therein. Mortgagor shall pay or cause to be paid all taxes and fees incident to such filing, registration and recording, and all expenses incident to the preparation, execution and acknowledgment thereof, and of any instrument of further assurance, and all Federal or state stamp taxes or other taxes, duties and charges arising out of or in connection with the execution and delivery of such instruments. In the event Mortgagee advances any sums to pay the amounts set forth in the preceding sentence, such advances shall be secured by this Mortgage.
Section 7.14    Further Acts. Mortgagor shall, at the sole cost and expense of Mortgagor, do, execute, acknowledge and deliver all and every such further acts, deeds, conveyances, mortgages, assignments, notices of assignment, transfers, financing statements, continuation statements, instruments and assurances as Mortgagee shall from time to time reasonably request, which may be necessary in the reasonable judgment of Mortgagee from time to time to assure, perfect, convey, assign, mortgage, transfer and confirm unto Mortgagee, the property and rights hereby conveyed or assigned or which Mortgagor may be or may hereafter become bound to convey or assign to Mortgagee or for carrying out the intention or facilitating the performance of the terms hereof or the filing, registering or recording hereof. In the event Mortgagor shall fail after written demand to execute any instrument or take any action required to be executed or taken by Mortgagor under this Section 7.14, Mortgagee may execute or take the same as the attorney-in-fact for Mortgagor, such power of attorney being coupled with an interest and is irrevocable. Mortgagor shall pay or cause to be paid all taxes and fees incident to such filing, registration and recording, and all expenses incident to the preparation, execution and acknowledgment thereof, and of any instrument of further assurance, and all Federal or state stamp taxes or other taxes, duties and charges arising out of or in connection with the execution and delivery of such instruments. In the event Mortgagee advances any sums to pay the amounts set forth in the preceding sentence, such advances shall be secured by this Mortgage.
Section 7.15    Additions to Mortgaged Property. All right, title and interest of Mortgagor in and to all extensions, amendments, relocations, restakings, improvements, betterments, renewals, substitutes and replacements of, and all additions and appurtenances to, the Mortgaged Property hereafter acquired by or released to Mortgagor or constructed, assembled or placed by Mortgagor upon the Land, and all conversions of the security constituted thereby, immediately upon such acquisition, release, construction, assembling, placement or conversion, as the case may be, and in each such case without any further mortgage, conveyance, assignment or other act by Mortgagor, shall become subject to the Lien and security interest of this Mortgage as fully and completely and with the same effect as though now owned by Mortgagor and specifically described in the grant of the Mortgaged Property above, but at any and all times Mortgagor will execute and deliver to Mortgagee any and all such further assurances, mortgages, conveyances or assignments thereof as Mortgagee may reasonably require for the purpose of expressly and specifically subjecting the same to the Lien and security interest of this Mortgage.
Section 7.16    Relationship. The relationship of Mortgagee to Mortgagor hereunder is strictly and solely that of lender and borrower and mortgagor and mortgagee and nothing contained in the Credit Agreement, any Other First Lien Agreement, this Mortgage or any other document or instrument now existing and delivered in connection therewith or otherwise in connection with the Secured Obligations is intended to create, or shall in any event or under any circumstance be construed as creating a partnership, joint venture, tenancy-in-common, joint tenancy or other relationship of any nature whatsoever between Mortgagee and Mortgagor other than as lender and borrower and mortgagor and mortgagee.
Section 7.17    No Claims Against Mortgagee. Nothing contained in this Mortgage shall constitute any consent or request by Mortgagee, express or implied, for the performance of any labor or services or the furnishing of any materials or other property in respect of the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof, nor as giving Mortgagor any right, power or authority to contract for or permit the performance of any labor or services or the furnishing of any materials or other property in such fashion as would permit the making of any claim against Mortgagee in respect thereof or any claim that any lien based on the performance of such labor or services or the furnishing of any such materials or other property is prior to the lien hereof, except Permitted Liens.
Section 7.18    Mortgagee’s Fees and Expenses; Indemnification.
(a)    Mortgagor agrees that Mortgagee shall be entitled to reimbursement of its expenses incurred hereunder by the Mortgagor and Mortgagee and other Indemnitees shall be indemnified by the Mortgagor, in each case of this clause (a), mutatis mutandis, as provided in Section 9.05 of the Credit Agreement or any equivalent provision of any Other First Lien Agreement.
(b)    Any such amounts payable as provided hereunder shall be additional Secured Obligations secured hereby. The provisions of this Section 7.18 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the termination of this Mortgage, any other Credit Agreement Document or any Other First Lien Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of any of the Secured Obligations, the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of this Mortgage, any other Credit Agreement Document or any Other First Lien Agreement, or any investigation made by or on behalf of Mortgagee or any other Secured Party. All amounts due under this Section 7.18 shall be payable within fifteen days (or such longer period as Mortgagee may reasonably agree to) on written demand therefor accompanied by reasonable documentation with respect to any reimbursement, indemnification or other amount requested.
(c)    The agreements in this Section 7.18 shall survive the resignation of Mortgagee and the termination of this Mortgage.
(d)    For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of Article [__] of the Credit Agreement or any equivalent provisions of any Other First Lien Agreement shall also apply to Mortgagee acting under or in connection with this Mortgage. No provision of this Mortgage shall require Mortgagee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers.
Section 7.19    Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.
(a)    Mortgagor irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that it will not commence any action, litigation or proceeding of any kind or description, whether in law or equity, whether in contract or in tort or otherwise, against the Mortgagee, any Secured Party, or any Affiliate of the foregoing, in any way relating to this Mortgage, any other Credit Agreement Document, any Other First Lien Agreement or the transactions relating hereto or thereto, in any forum other than the courts of the State of New York sitting in New York County, and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, and each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the jurisdiction of such courts and agrees that all claims in respect of any such action, litigation or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State court or, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in such federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action, litigation or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Mortgage or in any other Credit Agreement Document or any Other First Lien Agreement shall affect any right that Mortgagee or any Secured Party may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Mortgage, any other Credit Agreement Document or any Other First Lien Agreement against Mortgagor or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
(b)    Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Mortgage, the other Credit Agreement Documents or any Other First Lien Agreement in any New York State or federal court sitting in New York County and any appellate court from any thereof. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
(c)    Each party to this Mortgage irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 7.1. Nothing in this Mortgage will affect the right of any party to this Mortgage, any other Credit Agreement Document or any Other First Lien Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
Section 7.1    Subject to Intercreditor Agreements. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Liens and security interests granted to the Mortgagee for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to this Mortgage and (ii) the exercise of any right or remedy by the Mortgagee hereunder or the application of proceeds (including insurance and condemnation proceeds) of the Mortgaged Property are subject to the limitations and provisions of any applicable Intercreditor Agreement to the extent provided therein. In the event of any conflict between the terms of such applicable Intercreditor Agreements and the terms of this Mortgage, the terms of such applicable Intercreditor Agreement shall govern.
Section 7.2    Excluded Other First Lien Obligations. On or after the date hereof, Mortgagor may from time to time elect to exclude any Series of Other First Lien Obligations (as defined in the Collateral Agreement) from the Secured Obligations hereunder by delivering to the Collateral Agent a written notice identifying the Series to be excluded and stating that such Series shall be excluded from the Secured Obligations hereunder and certifying that such exclusion is permitted by the documents governing such Series, in which case such Series and the Other First Lien Obligations (as defined in the Collateral Agreement) thereunder shall, for all purposes of this Mortgage, not constitute “Secured Obligations” or “Other First Lien Obligations” (and shall be excluded from the definitions thereof and all derivative defined terms used herein), and shall not be secured by this Mortgage or otherwise subject to the terms hereof (it being understood that Mortgagor may execute and deliver a separate mortgage or other security agreement on the Mortgaged Property to secure such Series provided that such mortgage or other security agreement is made subject to the Intercreditor Agreements). Mortgagee agrees to execute any and all further documents, agreements and instruments (including amendments to this Mortgage) and take all such further actions that may be required or that Mortgagor may reasonably request, in each case in connection with any exclusion of Other First Lien Obligations (as defined in the Collateral Agreement) from the Secured Obligations hereunder pursuant to this Section 7.21.

ARTICLE VIII     LOCAL LAW PROVISIONS
Section 8.1    Local Law Provisions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Mortgage but subject to the Intercreditor Agreements and to Section 5.18 of the Collateral Agreement, in the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of this Article VIII and the other provisions of this Mortgage, the provisions of this Article VIII will govern.
[LOCAL LAW PROVISIONS TO FOLLOW]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Mortgagor has on the date set forth in the acknowledgement hereto, effective as of the date first above written, caused this instrument to be duly EXECUTED AND DELIVERED by authority duly given.
MORTGAGOR:
[______________],
 
a [______________]
 
 
 
 
 
By: _____________________________
 
   Name:
 
   Title:


STATE OF NEW YORK     )
)    ss:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK    )    

I, the undersigned, a notary public in and for said County and State aforesaid, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, that [_____________], personally known to me to be the Secretary, of [______________], a [______________], personally known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument, appeared before me this day in person and acknowledged that as such Secretary, he signed and delivered the said instrument of said corporation, pursuant to the authority given by the Board of Directors of said corporation a free and voluntary act, and as the free and voluntary act and deed of said corporation, for the uses and purposes therein set forth.
Given under my hand and official seal, this _____ day of ______, 201_.
Signature of Notary _________________________________________________
Commission expires _______________________, 201_.

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EXHIBIT A
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
Legal Description of premises commonly known as [COMMON NAME, IF ANY] and located at [INSERT ADDRESS]:
[to come from title policy]

EXHIBIT B
PERMITTED ENCUMBRANCES
Each of the liens and other encumbrances excepted as being prior to the Lien hereof as set forth in Schedule B to the marked [Pro Forma Policy] issued by [Title Insurance Company], dated as of the date hereof and delivered to Mortgagee on the date hereof, bearing [Title Insurance Company] reference number [Title Number] relating to the real property described in Schedule A attached hereto.








FORM OF PERMITTED LOAN PURCHASE ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE
Reference is made to the First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of August 30, 2019 (as may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Queso Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), CEC Entertainment, Inc., a Kansas corporation (the “Borrower”), the lenders from time to time party thereto (“Lenders”), and Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as administrative agent and collateral agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”). Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
The Assignor identified on Schedule l hereto (the “Assignor”) and the [Borrower][Holdings] agree as follows:
1.The Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the Assignee without recourse to the Assignor, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the Assignor without recourse to the Assignor, as of the Effective Date (as defined below) and pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the Credit Agreement for Permitted Loan Purchases (including, without limitation, Section 9.04(i) and 9.04(j) thereof), the interest described in Schedule 1 hereto (the “Assigned Interest”) in and to the Assignor’s rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement with respect to those credit facilities contained in the Credit Agreement as are set forth on Schedule 1 hereto (individually, an “Assigned Facility”; collectively, the “Assigned Facilities”), in a principal amount for each Assigned Facility as set forth on Schedule 1 hereto.
2.    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 Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Acceptance and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; (b) makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or with respect to the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto, other than that the Assignor has not created any adverse claim upon the interest being assigned by it hereunder and that such interest is free and clear of any such adverse claim; (c) makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of the Borrower, any of the Subsidiaries or any other obligor or the performance or observance by the Borrower, any of the Subsidiaries or any other obligor of any of their respective obligations under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto; and (d) attaches any Notes held by it evidencing the Assigned Facilities. To the extent the Assignor has retained any interest in the Assigned Facility and holds a Note evidencing such interest, the Assignor hereby requests that the Administrative Agent exchange the attached Notes for a new Note or Notes payable to the Assignor, in each case in amounts which reflect the assignment being made hereby (and after giving effect to any other assignments which have become effective on the Effective Date).
3.    The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that it is legally authorized to enter into this Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Acceptance and has taken all action necessary to execute and deliver this Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Acceptance and to consummate the transaction contemplated hereby; (b) represents and warrants that it satisfied the requirements, if any, specified in the Credit Agreement that are required to be satisfied in order to make a Permitted Loan Purchase of the Assigned Interest, (c) represents and warrants that it is not in possession of material non-public information (within the meaning of United States federal and state securities laws) with respect to Holdings, the Borrower, its Subsidiaries or their respective securities (or, if Holdings is not at the time a public reporting company, material information of a type that would not be reasonably expected to be publicly available if Holdings were a public reporting company) that (A) has not been disclosed to the Assignor or the Lenders generally (other than because any such Lender does not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to Holdings, the Borrower or its Subsidiaries) and (B) could reasonably be expected to have a material effect upon, or otherwise be material to, Assignor’s decision to assign the Assigned Facilities to the Assignee and (d) represents and warrants that it is (or will be, following the consummation of this assignment) an Affiliate Lender and that, immediately after giving effect to this assignment, the Affiliate Lenders in the aggregate would not own Term Loans with an aggregate principal amount in excess of 30% of the aggregate principal amount of all Term Loans then outstanding.
4.    The effective date of this Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Acceptance shall be the Effective Date of Assignment described in Schedule 1 hereto (the “Effective Date”). Following the execution of this Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Acceptance, the Assigned Interest shall be deemed to be automatically and immediately (contributed to the Borrower, if applicable, and) cancelled and extinguished. The Administrative Agent shall update the Register, effective as of the Effective Date, to record such event as if it were a prepayment of such Assigned Interest pursuant to Section 9.04(j) of the Credit Agreement.
5.    Upon such acceptance and recording, from and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of the Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to the Assignor for amounts which have accrued prior to the Effective Date. No payments in respect of the Assigned Interest (which shall be deemed to have been cancelled and extinguished as of the Effective Date) shall be due to the Assignor or the Assignee from and after the Effective Date.
6.    As of the Effective Date, the Assignor shall, to the extent provided in this Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Acceptance, relinquish its rights and be released from its obligations under the Credit Agreement.
7.    This Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Acceptance shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Acceptance 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 Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Acceptance by electronic means shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Acceptance.
8.    This Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Acceptance shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

(signature page follows)

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Permitted Loan Purchase Assignment and Acceptance to be executed as of the date first above written by their respective duly authorized officers on Schedule 1 hereto.

[INSERT NAME],
    as Assignor



By: ___________________
                         Name:                                               Title:

[INSERT NAME],
    as Assignee



By: ___________________
                         Name:                                               Title:

SCHEDULE 1
Assigned Interests
Facility Assigned
(1) Amount of Loans Assigned
(2) Aggregate Amount of Loans of the Assigned Facility
(3) Aggregate Amount of Outstanding Term Loans
(1) / (2) x 100%
(1) / (3) x 100%
Term B Loans
 
 
 
 
 
Refinancing Term Loans
 
 
 
 
 
Other Term Loans
 
 
 
 
 
Extended Term Loans
 
 
 
 
 



FORM OF
FIRST LIEN/FIRST LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT


dated as of



[__], 20[__]


among

CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH,
as Collateral Agent,



CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH,
as Authorized Representative under the Credit Agreement,



[__],
as the Initial Other Authorized Representative,


and



each additional Authorized Representative from time to time party hereto
relating to
CEC ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
ARTICLE I

Definitions
SECTION 1.01
Construction; Certain Defined Terms    1
ARTICLE II

Priorities and Agreements with Respect to Common Collateral
SECTION 2.01
Priority of Claims.    9
SECTION 2.02
Actions with Respect to Common Collateral; Prohibition on Contesting Liens    10
SECTION 2.03
No Interference; Payment Over    11
SECTION 2.04
Automatic Release of Liens; Amendments to First-Priority Collateral Documents    12
SECTION 2.05
Certain Agreements with Respect to Bankruptcy or Insolvency Proceedings    13
SECTION 2.06
Reinstatement    14
SECTION 2.07
Insurance    14
SECTION 2.08
Refinancings    14
SECTION 2.09
Possessory Collateral Agent as Gratuitous Bailee/Agent for Perfection    14
ARTICLE III

Existence and Amounts of Liens and Obligations
ARTICLE IV

The Collateral Agent
SECTION 4.01
Appointment and Authority    15
SECTION 4.02
Rights as a First-Priority Secured Party    16
SECTION 4.03
Exculpatory Provisions    17
SECTION 4.04
Reliance by Collateral Agent    18
SECTION 4.05
Delegation of Duties    19
SECTION 4.06
Resignation of Collateral Agent    19
SECTION 4.07
Non-Reliance on Collateral Agent and Other First-Priority Secured Parties    20
SECTION 4.08
Collateral and Guaranty Matters    20
ARTICLE V

Miscellaneous
SECTION 5.01
Notices    20
SECTION 5.02
Waivers; Amendment; Joinder Agreements    21
SECTION 5.03
Parties in Interest    22
SECTION 5.04
Survival of Agreement    22
SECTION 5.05
Counterparts    22
SECTION 5.06
Severability    22
SECTION 5.07
Governing Law    22
SECTION 5.08
Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers    22
SECTION 5.09
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL    23
SECTION 5.10
Headings    23
SECTION 5.11
Conflicts    23
SECTION 5.12
Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights    23
SECTION 5.13
Authorized Representatives    23
SECTION 5.14
Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreements    24


Annexes and Exhibits

Annex A    Consent of Grantors
This FIRST LIEN/FIRST LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT (as amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time, this “Agreement’), dated as of [__], 20[__], is among CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, as Collateral Agent for the First-Priority Secured Parties (in such capacity and together with its successors in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”), CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, as Authorized Representative for the Credit Agreement Secured Parties (in such capacity and together with its successors in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), [__], as Authorized Representative for the Initial Other First-Priority Secured Parties (in such capacity and together with its successors in such capacity, the “Initial Other Authorized Representative”), and each additional Authorized Representative from time to time party hereto for the Other First-Priority Secured Parties of the Series with respect to which it is acting in such capacity, as consented to by the Grantors in the Consent of Grantors.
In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent (for itself and on behalf of the Credit Agreement Secured Parties), the Initial Other Authorized Representative (for itself and on behalf of the Initial Other First-Priority Secured Parties) and each additional Authorized Representative (for itself and on behalf of the Other First-Priority Secured Parties of the applicable Series) agree as follows:
ARTICLE I

Definitions
SECTION 1.01    Construction; Certain Defined Terms.
(a)    The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context requires otherwise, (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument, other document, statute or regulation herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument, other document, statute or regulation as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, but shall not be deemed to include the subsidiaries of such Person unless express reference is made to such subsidiaries, (iii) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (iv) unless otherwise expressly stated herein, all references herein to Articles, Sections and Annexes shall be construed to refer to Articles, Sections and Annexes of this Agreement, (v) unless otherwise expressly qualified herein, the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights and (vi) the term “or” is not exclusive.
(b)    It is the intention of the First-Priority Secured Parties of each Series that the holders of First-Priority Obligations of such Series (and not the First-Priority Secured Parties of any other Series) bear the risk of (i) any determination by a court of competent jurisdiction that (x) any of the First-Priority Obligations of such Series are unenforceable under applicable law or are subordinated to any other obligations (other than another Series of First-Priority Obligations), (y) any of the First-Priority Obligations of such Series do not have an enforceable security interest in any of the Collateral securing any other Series of First-Priority Obligations and/or (z) any intervening security interest exists securing any other obligations (other than another Series of First-Priority Obligations and, without limiting the foregoing, after taking into account the effect of any applicable intercreditor agreements) on a basis ranking prior to the security interest of such Series of First-Priority Obligations but junior to the security interest of any other Series of First-Priority Obligations or (ii) the existence of any Collateral for any other Series of First-Priority Obligations that is not Common Collateral for such Series (any such condition referred to in the foregoing clauses (i) or (ii) with respect to any Series of First-Priority Obligations, an “Impairment” of such Series). In the event of any Impairment with respect to any Series of First-Priority Obligations, the results of such Impairment shall be borne solely by the holders of such Series of First-Priority Obligations, and the rights of the holders of such Series of First-Priority Obligations (including, without limitation, the right to receive distributions in respect of such Series of First-Priority Obligations pursuant to Section 2.01) set forth herein shall be modified to the extent necessary so that the effects of such Impairment are borne solely by the holders of the Series of such First-Priority Obligations subject to such Impairment. Additionally, in the event the First-Priority Obligations of any Series are modified pursuant to applicable law (including, without limitation, pursuant to Section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code), any reference to such First-Priority Obligations or the Secured Credit Documents governing such First-Priority Obligations shall refer to such obligations or such documents as so modified.
(c)    Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:
Administrative Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement, together with its successors and assigns.
Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
Applicable Authorized Representative” means, with respect to any Common Collateral, (i) until the earlier of (x) the Discharge of Credit Agreement Obligations and (y) the Non-Controlling Authorized Representative Enforcement Date, the Administrative Agent and (ii) from and after the earlier of (x) the Discharge of Credit Agreement Obligations and (y) the Non­Controlling Authorized Representative Enforcement Date, the Major Non-Controlling Authorized Representative.
Authorized Representative” means (i) in the case of any Credit Agreement Secured Obligations or the Credit Agreement Secured Parties, the Administrative Agent, (ii) in the case of the Initial Other First-Priority Obligations or the Initial Other First-Priority Secured Parties, the Initial Other Authorized Representative and (iii) in the case of any Series of Other First-Priority Obligations or Other First-Priority Secured Parties that become subject to this Agreement after the date hereof, the Authorized Representative named for such Series in the applicable Joinder Agreement.
Bankruptcy Case” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(b).
Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended.
Bankruptcy Law” means the Bankruptcy Code, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief laws of the United States of America or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.
Cash Management Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, all obligations, whether now owing or hereafter arising, of such Person in respect of overdrafts or other liabilities owed to any other Person that arise from treasury, depositary or cash management services, including any automated clearing house or other electronic transfers of funds, credit cards, purchase or debit cards, e-payable services or any similar transactions, including any services or transactions of the type referred to in the definition of “Cash Management Agreement” in the Credit Agreement.
Collateral” means all assets and properties subject to Liens created pursuant to any First-Priority Collateral Document to secure one or more Series of First-Priority Obligations.
Collateral Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph hereof, together with its successors and assigns.
Collateral Agreement” means the Collateral Agreement (First Lien) dated as of August 30, 2019 among the Company, each other pledgor party thereto, the Collateral Agent and the other parties thereto, as amended, modified, supplemented, replaced or restated from time to time.
Common Collateral” means, at any time, Collateral in which the holders of two or more Series of First-Priority Obligations (or their respective Authorized Representatives or the Collateral Agent on behalf of such holders) hold a valid and perfected security interest or Lien (including, without limitation, in respect of equity interests of Foreign Subsidiaries directly owned by any Grantor that have been pledged as Collateral) at such time. If more than two Series of First-Priority Obligations are outstanding at any time and the holders of less than all Series of First-Priority Obligations hold a valid and perfected security interest or Lien in any Collateral at such time, then such Collateral shall constitute Common Collateral for those Series of First-Priority Obligations that hold a valid and perfected security interest or Lien in such Collateral at such time and shall not constitute Common Collateral for any Series which does not have a valid and perfected security interest or Lien in such Collateral at such time.
Company” means CEC Entertainment, Inc., a Kansas corporation, and its successors and assigns.
Consent of Grantors” means the Consent of Grantors in the form of Annex A attached hereto.
Controlled” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
Controlling Secured Parties” means, with respect to any Common Collateral, the Series of First-Priority Secured Parties whose Authorized Representative is the Applicable Authorized Representative for such Common Collateral.
Credit Agreement” means that certain First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of August 30, 2019, among the Company, Holdings, the lending institutions from time to time parties thereto, the Administrative Agent and the other parties thereto as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, refinanced or replaced from time to time, including, in the event such Credit Agreement is terminated or replaced and the Company subsequently enters into any “Credit Agreement” (as defined in the Initial Other First-Priority Agreement (or the Equivalent Provision thereof)), the Credit Agreement designated in writing by the Company to the Collateral Agent and each Authorized Representative to be the “Credit Agreement” hereunder.
Credit Agreement Documents” means the Credit Agreement and the other “Loan Documents” as defined in the Credit Agreement (or any Equivalent Provision thereof).
Credit Agreement Obligations” means all “Loan Obligations” (as such term is defined in the Credit Agreement) of the Company and other obligors under the Credit Agreement or any of the other Credit Agreement Documents, and all other obligations to pay principal, premium, if any, and interest, fees and expenses (including any interest, fees and expenses accruing after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) when due and payable, and all other amounts due or to become due under or in connection with the Credit Agreement Documents and the performance of all other Obligations of the obligors thereunder to the lenders and agents under the Credit Agreement Documents, according to the respective terms thereof.
Credit Agreement Secured Obligations” means, collectively, (i) the Credit Agreement Obligations and (ii) any First-Priority Cash Management Obligations and First-Priority Hedging Obligations included in the term “Credit Agreement Secured Obligations” as defined in the Collateral Agreement.
Credit Agreement Secured Parties” means the “Secured Parties” as defined in the Credit Agreement (or the Equivalent Provision thereof).
DIP Financing” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(b).
DIP Financing Liens” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(b).
DIP Lenders” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(b).
Discharge” means, with respect to any Common Collateral and any Series of First-Priority Obligations, the date on which such Series of First-Priority Obligations is no longer secured by such Common Collateral. The term “Discharged” has a corresponding meaning.
Discharge of Credit Agreement Obligations” means, with respect to any Common Collateral, the Discharge of the Credit Agreement Obligations with respect to such Common Collateral; provided that the Discharge of Credit Agreement Obligations shall not be deemed to have occurred in connection with a Refinancing of such Credit Agreement Obligations or an incurrence of future Credit Agreement Obligations with additional First-Priority Obligations secured by such Common Collateral under an Other First-Priority Agreement which has been designated in writing by the Company to the Collateral Agent and each other Authorized Representative as the “Credit Agreement” for purposes of this Agreement.
Equivalent Provision” means, with respect to any reference to a specific provision of an agreement in effect on the date hereof (the “original agreement”), if such agreement is amended, restated, supplemented, modified or replaced after the date hereof in a manner permitted hereby, the provision in such amended, restated, supplemented, modified or replacement agreement that is the equivalent to such specific provision in such original agreement.
Event of Default” means an Event of Default under and as defined in the Credit Agreement or any Other First-Priority Agreement (or, in each case, the Equivalent Provision thereof).
First-Priority Cash Management Obligations” means any Cash Management Obligations secured by any Common Collateral under the First-Priority Collateral Documents.
First-Priority Collateral Documents” means any agreement, instrument or document entered into in favor of the Collateral Agent for purposes of securing any Series of First-Priority Obligations.
First-Priority Hedging Obligations” means any Hedging Obligations secured by any Common Collateral under the First-Priority Collateral Documents.
First-Priority Obligations” means, collectively, (i) the Credit Agreement Secured Obligations, (ii) each Series of Other First-Priority Obligations and (iii) any other First-Priority Hedging Obligations and First-Priority Cash Management Obligations (which shall be deemed to be part of the Series of Other First-Priority Obligations to which they relate to the extent provided in the applicable Other First-Priority Agreement).
First-Priority Secured Parties” means (a) the Credit Agreement Secured Parties and (b) the Other First-Priority Secured Parties with respect to each Series of Other First-Priority Obligations.
Grantors” means each of Holdings, the Company and such of the Subsidiaries of the Company that, in each case, has executed and delivered a First-Priority Collateral Document as a grantor thereunder with respect to two or more Series of First-Priority Obligations.
Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person under (a) currency exchange, interest rate or commodity swap agreements, currency exchange, interest rate or commodity cap agreements, and currency exchange, interest rate or commodity collar agreements and (b) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in currency exchange, interest rates or commodity prices, including any obligations of the type referred to in the definition of “Hedging Agreement” in the Credit Agreement.
Holdings” means Queso Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation, together with its successors and assigns.
Impairment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.01(b).
Initial Other Authorized Representative” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
Initial Other First-Priority Agreement” means [__], as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Initial Other First-Priority Obligations” means the Other First-Priority Obligations arising under or pursuant to the Initial Other First-Priority Agreement.
Initial Other First-Priority Secured Parties” means the holders of any Initial Other First-Priority Obligations and the Initial Other Authorized Representative.
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding” means:
(1)    any case or proceeding commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor under any Bankruptcy Law, any other proceeding for the reorganization, recapitalization or adjustment or marshalling of the assets or liabilities of the Company or any other Grantor, any receivership or assignment for the benefit of creditors relating to the Company or any other Grantor or any similar case or proceeding relative to the Company or any other Grantor or its creditors, as such, in each case whether or not voluntary;
(2)    any liquidation, dissolution, marshalling of assets or liabilities or other winding up of or relating to the Company or any other Grantor, in each case whether or not voluntary and whether or not involving bankruptcy or insolvency (except for any voluntary liquidation, dissolution or other winding up to the extent permitted by the applicable Secured Credit Documents); or
(3)    any other proceeding of any type or nature in which substantially all claims of creditors of the Company or any other Grantor are determined and any payment or distribution is or may be made on account of such claims.
Intervening Creditor” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01(a).
Joinder Agreement” means the documents required to be delivered by an Authorized Representative to the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 5.19 of the Collateral Agreement (or the Equivalent Provision thereof) in order to create an additional Series of Other First-Priority Obligations or a Refinancing of any Series of First-Priority Obligations.
Lien” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, hypothecation, pledge, charge, security interest or similar monetary encumbrance in or on such asset and (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset; provided that in no event shall an operating lease or an agreement to sell be deemed to constitute a Lien.
Major Non-Controlling Authorized Representative” means, with respect to any Common Collateral, the Authorized Representative of the Series of Other First-Priority Obligations that constitutes the largest outstanding principal amount of any then outstanding Series of First-Priority Obligations with respect to such Common Collateral.
New York UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York.
Non-Controlling Authorized Representative” means, at any time with respect to any Common Collateral, any Authorized Representative that is not the Applicable Authorized Representative at such time with respect to such Common Collateral.
Non-Controlling Authorized Representative Enforcement Date” means, with respect to any Non-Controlling Authorized Representative, the date which is 180 days (throughout which 180 day period such Non-Controlling Authorized Representative was the Major Non-Controlling Authorized Representative) after the occurrence of both (i) an Event of Default (under and as defined in the Other First-Priority Agreement under which such Non­Controlling Authorized Representative is the Authorized Representative) and (ii) the Collateral Agent’s and each other Authorized Representative’s receipt of written notice from such Non­Controlling Authorized Representative certifying that (x) such Non-Controlling Authorized Representative is the Major Non-Controlling Authorized Representative and that an Event of Default (under and as defined in the Other First-Priority Agreement under which such Non­Controlling Authorized Representative is the Authorized Representative) has occurred and is continuing and (y) the First-Priority Obligations of the Series with respect to which such Non­Controlling Authorized Representative is the Authorized Representative are currently due and payable in full (whether as a result of acceleration thereof or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of the applicable Other First-Priority Agreement; provided that the Non-Controlling Authorized Representative Enforcement Date shall be stayed and shall not occur and shall be deemed not to have occurred with respect to any Common Collateral (1) at any time the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent has commenced and is diligently pursuing any enforcement action with respect to such Common Collateral or (2) at any time the Grantor that has granted a security interest in such Common Collateral is then a debtor under or with respect to (or otherwise subject to) any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
Non-Controlling Secured Parties” means, with respect to any Common Collateral, the First-Priority Secured Parties which are not Controlling Secured Parties with respect to such Common Collateral.
Obligations” means any principal, interest, fees, expenses (including any interest, fees or expenses accruing after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), penalties, indemnifications, reimbursements (including reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances), damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any indebtedness[; provided, that Obligations with respect to the Initial Other First-Priority Obligations shall not include fees or indemnifications in favor of third parties other than the Initial Other Authorized Representative and the Initial Other First-Priority Secured Parties.]
Other First-Priority Agreement” means “Other First Lien Agreement” as defined in the Collateral Agreement (or the Equivalent Provision thereof) and includes the Initial Other First-Priority Agreement.
Other First-Priority Obligations” means “Other First Lien Obligations” as defined in the Collateral Agreement (or the Equivalent Provision thereof) and includes the Initial Other First-Priority Obligations.
Other First-Priority Secured Party” means the holders of any Other First-Priority Obligations and any Authorized Representative with respect thereto and includes the Initial Other First-Priority Secured Parties.
Person” means any natural person, corporation, business trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, limited liability company or government, individual or family trusts, or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
Possessory Collateral” means any Common Collateral in the possession of the Collateral Agent (or its agents or bailees), to the extent that possession thereof perfects a Lien thereon under the Uniform Commercial Code of any jurisdiction or otherwise. Possessory Collateral includes, without limitation, any Certificated Securities, Promissory Notes, Instruments, and Chattel Paper, in each case, delivered to or in the possession of the Collateral Agent under the terms of the First-Priority Collateral Documents. All capitalized terms used in this definition and not defined elsewhere in this Agreement have the meanings assigned to them in the New York UCC.
Proceeds” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01(a).
Refinance” means, in respect of any indebtedness, to refinance, extend, renew, defease, amend, increase, modify, supplement, restructure, refund, replace or repay, or to issue other indebtedness or enter alternative financing arrangements, in exchange or replacement for such indebtedness (in whole or in part), including by adding or replacing lenders, creditors, agents, borrowers and/or guarantors, and including in each case, but not limited to, after the original instrument giving rise to such indebtedness has been terminated and including, in each case, through any credit agreement, indenture or other agreement. “Refinanced” and “Refinancing” have correlative meanings.
Secured Credit Documents” means (i) the Credit Agreement Documents, (ii) the Initial Other First-Priority Agreement and (iii) each Other First-Priority Agreement.
‘‘Series” means (a) with respect to the First-Priority Secured Parties, each of (i) the Credit Agreement Secured Parties (in their capacities as such), (ii) the Initial Other First-Priority Secured Parties (in their capacities as such) and (iii) the Other First-Priority Secured Parties (other than the Initial Other First-Priority Secured Parties) that become subject to this Agreement after the date hereof that are represented by a common Authorized Representative (in its capacity as such for such Other First-Priority Secured Parties) and (b) with respect to any First-Priority Obligations, each of (i) the Credit Agreement Secured Obligations, (ii) the Initial Other First-Priority Obligations and (iii) the Other First-Priority Obligations incurred pursuant to any Other First-Priority Agreement (other than the Initial Other First-Priority Agreement), which pursuant to any Joinder Agreement, are to be represented hereunder by a common Authorized Representative (in its capacity as such for such Other First-Priority Obligations).
Subsidiary” means, with respect to any person (herein referred to as the “parent”), any corporation, partnership, association or other business entity (a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, at the time any determination is being made, directly or indirectly, owned, Controlled or held, or (b) that is, at the time any determination is made, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.
ARTICLE II

Priorities and Agreements with Respect to Common Collateral
SECTION 2.01    Priority of Claims.
(a)    Anything contained herein or in any of the Secured Credit Documents to the contrary notwithstanding (but subject to Section 1.01(b)), if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and the Collateral Agent or any First-Priority Secured Party is taking action to enforce rights in respect of any Common Collateral, or any distribution is made in respect of any Common Collateral in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding of any Grantor (including any adequate protection payments) or any First-Priority Secured Party receives any payment pursuant to any intercreditor agreement (other than this Agreement) with respect to any Common Collateral, the proceeds of any sale, collection or other liquidation of any such Common Collateral by any First-Priority Secured Party or received by the Collateral Agent or any First-Priority Secured Party pursuant to any such intercreditor agreement with respect to such Common Collateral and proceeds or payments of any such distribution to which the First-Priority Obligations are entitled under any intercreditor agreement (other than this Agreement) (subject, in the case of any such proceeds, payment or distribution, to the sentence immediately following) (all such payments, distributions, or proceeds of any sale, collection or other liquidation of any Common Collateral, all proceeds received pursuant to such intercreditor agreement and all proceeds of any such distribution being collectively referred to as “Proceeds”), shall be applied by the Collateral Agent in the order specified in Section 4.02 of the Collateral Agreement (or the Equivalent Provision thereof). Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Common Collateral for which a third party (other than a First-Priority Secured Party and, without limiting the foregoing, after taking into account the effect of any applicable intercreditor agreements) has a lien or security interest that is junior in priority to the security interest of any Series of First-Priority Obligations but senior (as determined by appropriate legal proceedings in the case of any dispute) to the security interest of any other Series of First-Priority Obligations (such third party an “Intervening Creditor”), the value of any Common Collateral or Proceeds which are allocated to such Intervening Creditor shall be deducted on a ratable basis solely from the Common Collateral or Proceeds to be distributed in respect of the Series of First-Priority Obligations with respect to which such Impairment exists.
(b)    It is acknowledged that the First-Priority Obligations of any Series may, subject to the limitations set forth in the then extant Secured Credit Documents, be increased, extended, renewed, replaced, restated, supplemented, restructured, repaid, refunded, Refinanced or otherwise amended or modified from time to time, all without affecting the priorities set forth in Section 2.01(a) or the provisions of this Agreement defining the relative rights of the First-Priority Secured Parties of any Series.
(c)    Notwithstanding the date, time, method, manner or order of grant, attachment or perfection of any Liens securing any Series of First-Priority Obligations granted on the Common Collateral and notwithstanding any provision of the Uniform Commercial Code of any jurisdiction, or any other applicable law or the Secured Credit Documents or any defect or deficiencies in the Liens securing the First-Priority Obligations of any Series or any other circumstance whatsoever (but, in each case, subject to Section 1.01(b) hereof), each First-Priority Secured Party hereby agrees that the Liens securing each Series of First-Priority Obligations on any Common Collateral shall be of equal priority.
SECTION 2.02    Actions with Respect to Common Collateral; Prohibition on Contesting Liens.
(a)    With respect to any Common Collateral, (i) notwithstanding Section 2.01, only the Collateral Agent shall act or refrain from acting with respect to the Common Collateral (including with respect to any intercreditor agreement with respect to any Common Collateral), and then only on the instructions of the Applicable Authorized Representative, (ii) the Collateral Agent shall not follow any instructions with respect to such Common Collateral (including with respect to any intercreditor agreement with respect to any Common Collateral) from any Non­Controlling Authorized Representative (or any other First-Priority Secured Party other than the Applicable Authorized Representative) and (iii) no Non-Controlling Authorized Representative or other First-Priority Secured Party (other than the Applicable Authorized Representative) shall or shall instruct the Collateral Agent to, commence any judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure proceedings with respect to, seek to have a trustee, receiver, liquidator or similar official appointed for or over, attempt any action to take possession of, exercise any right, remedy or power with respect to, or otherwise take any action to enforce its security interest in or realize upon, or take any other action available to it in respect of, any Common Collateral (including with respect to any intercreditor agreement with respect to any Common Collateral), whether under any First-Priority Collateral Document, applicable law or otherwise, it being agreed that only the Collateral Agent, acting on the instructions of the Applicable Authorized Representative and in accordance with the applicable First-Priority Collateral Documents, shall be entitled to take any such actions or exercise any such remedies with respect to Common Collateral. Notwithstanding the equal priority of the Liens with respect to the Common Collateral securing each Series of First-Priority Obligations, the Collateral Agent (acting on the instructions of the Applicable Authorized Representative) may deal with the Common Collateral as if such Applicable Authorized Representative had a senior Lien on such Collateral. No Non-Controlling Authorized Representative or Non-Controlling Secured Party will contest, protest or object to any foreclosure proceeding or action brought by the Collateral Agent, the Applicable Authorized Representative or the Controlling Secured Parties or any other exercise by the Collateral Agent, the Applicable Authorized Representative or the Controlling Secured Parties of any rights and remedies relating to the Common Collateral or to cause the Collateral Agent to do so. The foregoing shall not be construed to limit the rights and priorities of any First-Priority Secured Party, Collateral Agent or any Authorized Representative with respect to any Collateral not constituting Common Collateral.
(b)    Each of the Authorized Representatives agrees that it will not accept any Lien on any Common Collateral for the benefit of any Series of First-Priority Obligations (other than funds deposited for the discharge or defeasance of any Secured Credit Documents governing such Series of First-Priority Obligations) other than pursuant to the First-Priority Collateral Documents and, by executing this Agreement (or a Joinder Agreement), each Authorized Representative and the Series of First-Priority Secured Parties for which it is acting hereunder agree to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement and the other First-Priority Collateral Documents applicable to it.
(c)    Each of the First-Priority Secured Parties agrees that it will not (and hereby waives any right to) contest or support any other Person in contesting, in any proceeding (including any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), the perfection, priority, validity or enforceability of a Lien held by or on behalf of any of the First-Priority Secured Parties in all or any part of the Collateral, or the provisions of this Agreement; provided that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent or impair (i) the rights of any of the Collateral Agent or any First-Priority Secured Party to enforce this Agreement or (ii) the rights of any First-Priority Secured Party from contesting or supporting any other Person in contesting the enforceability of any Lien purporting to secure First-Priority Obligations constituting unmatured interest pursuant to Section 502(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code (or any similar provision of any other applicable Bankruptcy Law).
SECTION 2.03    No Interference; Payment Over.
(a)    Each First-Priority Secured Party agrees that (i) it will not challenge or question in any proceeding the validity or enforceability of any First-Priority Obligations of any Series or any First-Priority Collateral Document or the validity, attachment, perfection or priority of any Lien under any First-Priority Collateral Document or the validity or enforceability of the priorities, rights or duties established by or other provisions of this Agreement; provided that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of any First-Priority Secured Party from challenging or questioning the validity or enforceability of any First-Priority Obligations constituting unmatured interest or the validity of any Lien relating thereto pursuant to Section 502(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code (or any similar provision of any other applicable Bankruptcy Law); (ii) it will not take or cause to be taken any action the purpose or intent of which is, or could be, to interfere, hinder or delay, in any manner, whether by judicial proceedings or otherwise, any sale, transfer or other disposition of the Common Collateral by the Collateral Agent, (iii) except as provided in Section 2.02, it shall have no right to (A) direct the Collateral Agent or any other First-Priority Secured Party to exercise any right, remedy or power with respect to any Common Collateral (including pursuant to any intercreditor agreement) or (B) consent to the exercise by the Collateral Agent or any other First-Priority Secured Party of any right, remedy or power with respect to any Common Collateral, (iv) it will not institute any suit or assert in any suit, Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, or other proceeding any claim against the Collateral Agent or any other First-Priority Secured Party seeking damages from or other relief by way of specific performance, instructions or otherwise with respect to any Common Collateral, and none of the Collateral Agent, any Applicable Authorized Representative or any other First-Priority Secured Party shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by the Collateral Agent, such Applicable Authorized Representative or other First-Priority Secured Party with respect to any Common Collateral in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, (v) it will not seek, and hereby waives any right, to have any Common Collateral or any part thereof marshaled upon any foreclosure or other disposition of such Collateral and (vi) it will not attempt, directly or indirectly, whether by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to challenge the enforceability of any provision of this Agreement; provided that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of any of the Collateral Agent or any other First-Priority Secured Party to enforce this Agreement.
(b)    Each First-Priority Secured Party hereby agrees that, if it shall obtain possession of any Common Collateral or shall realize any Proceeds or payment in respect of any such Common Collateral, pursuant to any First-Priority Collateral Document or by the exercise of any rights available to it under applicable law or in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or through any other exercise of remedies (including pursuant to any intercreditor agreement), at any time prior to the Discharge of each Series of First-Priority Obligations, then it shall hold such Common Collateral, Proceeds or payment in trust for the other First-Priority Secured Parties and promptly transfer such Common Collateral, Proceeds or payment, as the case may be, to the Collateral Agent, to be distributed by the Collateral Agent in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.01(a) hereof.
SECTION 2.04    Automatic Release of Liens; Amendments to First-Priority Collateral Documents.
(a)    If at any time any Common Collateral is transferred to a third party or otherwise disposed of, in each case, in connection with any enforcement by the Collateral Agent in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, then (whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding is pending at the time) the Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of each Series of First-Priority Secured Parties upon such Common Collateral will automatically be released and discharged upon final conclusion of foreclosure proceeding; provided that any proceeds of any Common Collateral realized therefrom shall be applied pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof.
(b)    Each First-Priority Secured Party agrees that the Collateral Agent may enter into any amendment (and, upon request (and sole expense) of the Company, each Authorized Representative shall sign a consent to such amendment) to any First-Priority Collateral Document (including, without limitation, to release Liens securing any Series of First-Priority Obligations) so long as such amendment, subject to clause (d) below, is not prohibited by the terms of each then extant Secured Credit Document. Additionally, each First-Priority Secured Party agrees that the Collateral Agent may enter into any amendment (and, upon request (and sole expense) of the Company, each Authorized Representative shall sign a consent to such amendment) to any First-Priority Collateral Document solely as such First-Priority Collateral Document relates to a particular Series of First-Priority Obligations (including, without limitation, to release Liens securing such Series of First-Priority Obligations) so long as, subject to clause (d) below, (x) such amendment is in accordance with the Secured Credit Document pursuant to which such Series of First-Priority Obligations was incurred and (y) such amendment does not adversely affect the First-Priority Secured Parties of any other Series.
(c)    Each Authorized Representative agrees to execute and deliver (at the sole cost and expense of the Grantors) all such authorizations and other instruments as shall reasonably be requested by the Collateral Agent to evidence and confirm any release of Common Collateral, whether in connection with a sale of such assets by the relevant owner pursuant to the preceding clauses or otherwise, or amendment to any First-Priority Collateral Document provided for in this Section.
(d)    In determining whether an amendment to any First-Priority Collateral Document is not prohibited by this Section 2.04, the Collateral Agent may conclusively rely on a certificate of an officer of the Company stating in good faith that such amendment is not prohibited by Section 2.04(b) above.
SECTION 2.05    Certain Agreements with Respect to Bankruptcy or Insolvency Proceedings.
(a)    This Agreement shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding the commencement of any proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code or any other Bankruptcy Law by or against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(b)    If any Grantor shall become subject to a case (a “Bankruptcy Case”) under the Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable Bankruptcy Law and shall, as debtor(s)-in-possession, move for approval of financing (“DIP Financing”) to be provided by one or more lenders (the “DIP Lenders”) under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code and/or the use of cash collateral under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (or any similar provision of any other applicable Bankruptcy Law), each First-Priority Secured Party (other than any Controlling Secured Party or any Authorized Representative of any Controlling Secured Party) agrees that it will raise no objection to any such financing or to the Liens on the Common Collateral securing the same (“DIP Financing Liens”) and/or to any use of cash collateral that constitutes Common Collateral, unless any Controlling Secured Party, or an Authorized Representative of any Controlling Secured Party, shall then oppose or object to such DIP Financing or such DIP Financing Liens and/or use of cash collateral (and (i) to the extent that such DIP Financing Liens are senior to the Liens on any such Common Collateral for the benefit of the Controlling Secured Parties, each Non-Controlling Secured Party will subordinate its Liens with respect to such Common Collateral on the same terms as the Liens of the Controlling Secured Parties (other than any Liens of any First-Priority Secured Parties constituting DIP Financing Liens) are subordinated thereto, and (ii) to the extent that such DIP Financing Liens rank pari passu with the Liens on any such Common Collateral granted to secure the First-Priority Obligations of the Controlling Secured Parties, each Non-Controlling Secured Party will confirm the priorities with respect to such Common Collateral as set forth herein), in each case so long as (A) the First-Priority Secured Parties of each Series retain the benefit of their Liens on all such Common Collateral pledged to the DIP Lenders, including proceeds thereof arising after the commencement of such proceeding, with the same priority vis-a-vis all the other First-Priority Secured Parties (other than any Liens of the First-Priority Secured Parties constituting DIP Financing Liens) as existed prior to the commencement of the Bankruptcy Case, (B) the First-Priority Secured Parties of each Series are granted Liens on any additional collateral pledged to any First-Priority Secured Parties as adequate protection or otherwise in connection with such DIP Financing and/or use of cash collateral, with the same priority vis-a-vis the other First-Priority Secured Parties as set forth in this Agreement (other than any Liens of the First-Priority Secured Parties constituting DIP Financing Liens), (C) if any amount of such DIP Financing and/or cash collateral is applied to repay any of the First-Priority Obligations, such amount is applied pursuant to Section 2.01(a) of this Agreement, and (D) if any First-Priority Secured Parties are granted adequate protection, including in the form of periodic payments, in connection with such DIP Financing and/or use of cash collateral, the proceeds of such adequate protection is applied pursuant to Section 2.01(a) of this Agreement; provided that the First-Priority Secured Parties of each Series shall have a right to object to the grant of a Lien to secure the DIP Financing over any Collateral subject to Liens in favor of the First-Priority Secured Parties of such Series or its Authorized Representative that shall not constitute Common Collateral; and provided further that the First-Priority Secured Parties receiving adequate protection shall not object to any other First-Priority Secured Party receiving adequate protection comparable to any adequate protection granted to such First-Priority Secured Parties in connection with a DIP Financing and/or use of cash collateral.
SECTION 2.06    Reinstatement. In the event that any of the First-Priority Obligations shall be paid in full and such payment or any part thereof shall subsequently, for whatever reason (including an order or judgment for disgorgement of a preference, fraudulent transfer, or other avoidance action under the Bankruptcy Code, any other applicable Bankruptcy Law, or any similar law, or the settlement of any claim in respect thereof), be required to be returned or repaid, the terms and conditions of this Article II shall be fully applicable thereto until all such First-Priority Obligations shall again have been paid in full in cash.Insurance. As between the First-Priority Secured Parties, the Collateral Agent, acting at the direction of the Applicable Authorized Representative, shall have the right to adjust or settle any insurance policy or claim covering or constituting Common Collateral in the event of any loss thereunder and to approve any award granted in any condemnation or similar proceeding affecting the Common Collateral.Refinancings. The First-Priority Obligations of any Series may be Refinanced, in whole or in part, in each case without notice to, or the consent (except to the extent a consent is otherwise required to permit the refinancing transaction under any Secured Credit Document) of, any First-Priority Secured Party of any other Series, all without affecting the priorities provided for herein or the other provisions hereof; provided that the Authorized Representative of the holders of any such Refinancing indebtedness, if not already a party hereto, shall have executed a Joinder Agreement on behalf of the holders of such Refinancing indebtedness.Possessory Collateral Agent as Gratuitous Bailee/Agent for Perfection.
(a)    The Collateral Agent agrees to hold any Common Collateral constituting Possessory Collateral that is part of the Collateral in its possession or control (or in the possession or control of its agents or bailees) as gratuitous bailee and/or gratuitous agent for the benefit of each other First-Priority Secured Party and any assignee solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest granted in such Possessory Collateral, if any, pursuant to the applicable First-Priority Collateral Documents, in each case, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 2.09. Pending delivery to the Collateral Agent, each other Authorized Representative agrees to hold any Common Collateral constituting Possessory Collateral, from time to time in its possession, as gratuitous bailee and/or gratuitous agent for the benefit of each other First-Priority Secured Party and any assignee, solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest granted in such Possessory Collateral, if any, pursuant to the applicable First-Priority Collateral Documents, in each case, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 2.09.
(b)    The duties or responsibilities of the Collateral Agent and each other Authorized Representative under this Section 2.09 shall be limited solely to holding any Common Collateral constituting Possessory Collateral as gratuitous bailee and/or gratuitous agent for the benefit of each other First-Priority Secured Party for purposes of perfecting the Lien held by such First-Priority Secured Parties therein.
(c)    The agreement of the Collateral Agent to act as gratuitous bailee and/or gratuitous agent pursuant to this Section 2.09 is intended, among other things, to satisfy the requirements of Sections 8-106(d)(3), 8-301(a)(2), 9-104(a)(2) and 9-313(c) of the UCC.
ARTICLE III

Existence and Amounts of Liens and Obligations
Whenever the Collateral Agent or any Authorized Representative shall be required, in connection with the exercise of its rights or the performance of its obligations hereunder, to determine the existence or amount of any First-Priority Obligations of any Series, or the Common Collateral subject to any Lien securing the First-Priority Obligations of any Series, it may request that such information be furnished to it in writing by each other Authorized Representative and shall be entitled to make such determination on the basis of the information so furnished; provided, however, that, if an Authorized Representative shall fail or refuse reasonably promptly to provide the requested information, the requesting Collateral Agent or Authorized Representative shall be entitled to make any such determination or not make any determination by such method as it may, in the exercise of its good faith judgment, determine, including by reliance upon a certificate of the Company. The Collateral Agent and each Authorized Representative may rely conclusively, and shall be fully protected in so relying, on any determination made by it in accordance with the provisions of the preceding sentence (or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction) and shall have no liability to any Grantor, any First-Priority Secured Party or any other person as a result of such determination.
ARTICLE IV

The Collateral Agent
SECTION 4.01    Appointment and Authority.
(a)    Each of the First-Priority Secured Parties hereby irrevocably appoints Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, to act on its behalf as the Collateral Agent hereunder and under each of the other First-Priority Collateral Documents and authorizes the Collateral Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, including for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any Grantor to secure any of the First-Priority Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In connection therewith, the Collateral Agent and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 4.05 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under any of the First-Priority Collateral Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Applicable Authorized Representative, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Article IV and Section 8.07 and Section 9.05 of the Credit Agreement (or, in each case, the Equivalent Provision thereof) and the equivalent provision of any Other First-Priority Agreement (as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “Collateral Agent” under the First-Priority Collateral Documents) as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto.
(b)    Each Non-Controlling Secured Party acknowledges and agrees that the Collateral Agent shall be entitled, for the benefit of the First-Priority Secured Parties, to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of or deal with any Common Collateral as provided herein and in the First-Priority Collateral Documents, without regard to any rights to which Non­Controlling Secured Parties would otherwise be entitled as a result of holding any First-Priority Obligations. Without limiting the foregoing, each Non-Controlling Secured Party agrees that none of the Collateral Agent, the Applicable Authorized Representative or any other First-Priority Secured Party shall have any duty or obligation first to marshal or realize upon any type of Common Collateral (or any other Collateral securing any of the First-Priority Obligations), or to sell, dispose of or otherwise liquidate all or any portion of such Common Collateral (or any other Collateral securing any First-Priority Obligations), in any manner that would maximize the return to the Non-Controlling Secured Parties, notwithstanding that the order and timing of any such realization, sale, disposition or liquidation may affect the amount of proceeds actually received by the Non-Controlling Secured Parties from such realization, sale, disposition or liquidation. Each of the First-Priority Secured Parties waives any claim it may now or hereafter have against the Collateral Agent or the Authorized Representative of any other Series of First-Priority Obligations or any other First-Priority Secured Party of any other Series arising out of (i) any actions which the Collateral Agent, any Authorized Representative or any First-Priority Secured Party takes or omits to take (including, actions with respect to the creation, perfection or continuation of Liens on any Collateral, actions with respect to the foreclosure upon, sale, release or depreciation of, or failure to realize upon, any of the Collateral and actions with respect to the collection of any claim for all or any part of the First-Priority Obligations from any account debtor, guarantor or any other party) in accordance with the First-Priority Collateral Documents or any other agreement related thereto or to the collection of the First-Priority Obligations or the valuation, use, protection or release of any security for the First-Priority Obligations, (ii) any election by any Applicable Authorized Representative or any holders of First-Priority Obligations, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, of the application of Section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code (or any similar provision of any other applicable Bankruptcy Law) or (iii) subject to Section 2.05 of this Agreement, any borrowing or grant of a security interest or administrative expense priority under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code (or any similar provision of any other applicable Bankruptcy Law) by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as debtor-in-possession. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall not accept any Common Collateral in full or partial satisfaction of any First-Priority Obligations pursuant to Section 9-620 of the Uniform Commercial Code of any jurisdiction, without the consent of each Authorized Representative representing holders of First-Priority Obligations for whom such Collateral constitutes Common Collateral.
SECTION 4.02    Rights as a First-Priority Secured Party. The Person serving as the Collateral Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a First-Priority Secured Party under any Series of First-Priority Obligations that it holds as any other First-Priority Secured Party of such Series and may exercise the same as though it were not the Collateral Agent and the term “First-Priority Secured Party” or “First-Priority Secured Parties” or (as applicable) “Credit Agreement Secured Party”, “Credit Agreement Secured Parties”, “Initial Other First-Priority Secured Party”, “Initial Other First-Priority Secured Parties”, “Other First-Priority Secured Party” or “Other First-Priority Secured Parties” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Collateral Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Collateral Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to any other First-Priority Secured Party.Exculpatory Provisions.
(a)    The Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other First-Priority Collateral Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent:
(i)    shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties of any kind or nature to any Person, regardless of whether an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;
(ii)    shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other First-Priority Collateral Documents that the Collateral Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Applicable Authorized Representative; provided that the Collateral Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Collateral Agent to liability or that is contrary to any First-Priority Collateral Document, any Secured Credit Documents or applicable law;
(iii)    shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other First-Priority Collateral Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Company or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Collateral Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity;
(iv)    shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Applicable Authorized Representative or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct or (iii) in reliance on a certificate of an authorized officer of the Company stating that such action is not prohibited by the terms of this Agreement. The Collateral Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Event of Default under any Series of First-Priority Obligations unless and until notice describing such Event of Default is given to the Collateral Agent by the Authorized Representative of such First-Priority Obligations or the Company;
(v)    shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other First-Priority Collateral Document or Secured Credit Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other First-Priority Collateral Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien purported to be created by the First-Priority Collateral Documents, (v) the value or the sufficiency of any Collateral for any Series of First-Priority Obligations, or (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in any First-Priority Collateral Document (to the extent applicable) or Secured Credit Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Collateral Agent;
(vi)    shall not have any fiduciary duties or contractual obligations of any kind or nature under any Other First-Priority Agreement (but shall be entitled to all protections provided to the Collateral Agent therein);
(vii)    with respect to the Credit Agreement, any Other First-Priority Agreement or any First-Priority Collateral Document, may conclusively assume that the Grantors have complied with all of their obligations thereunder unless advised in writing by the Authorized Representative thereunder to the contrary specifically setting forth the alleged violation; and
(i)    may conclusively rely on any certificate of an officer of the Company provided pursuant to Section 2.04(d) hereof.
(b)    Each First-Priority Secured Party acknowledges that, in addition to acting as the initial Collateral Agent, Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch also serves as Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement and each First-Priority Secured Party hereby agrees not to assert any claim (including as a result of any conflict of interest) against Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, or any successor, arising from the role of Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement so long as Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, or any such successor is either acting in accordance with the express terms of such documents or otherwise has not engaged in gross negligence or willful misconduct.
(c)    The Initial Other Authorized Representative and the Initial Other First-Priority Secured Parties hereby waive any claim they may now or hereafter have against the Collateral Agent or any other First-Priority Secured Parties arising out of (i) any actions which the Collateral Agent (or any of its representatives) takes or omits to take (including actions with respect to the creation, perfection or continuation of Liens on any Collateral, actions with respect to the foreclosure upon, disposition, release or depreciation of, or failure to realize upon, any of the Collateral and actions with respect to the collection of any claim for all or any part of the Obligations from any account debtor, guarantor or any other party) in accordance with any relevant First-Priority Collateral Documents, or any other agreement related thereto, or to the collection of the Obligations or the valuation, use, protection or release of any security for the Obligations, (ii) any election by the Collateral Agent (or any of its agents), in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, of the application of Section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code (or any similar provision of any other applicable Bankruptcy Law), or (iii) subject to Section 2.05, any borrowing by, or grant of a security interest or administrative expense priority under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code (or any similar provision of any other applicable Bankruptcy Law) by, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as debtor-in-possession.
SECTION 4.03    Reliance by Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. The Collateral Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Collateral Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may include, but shall not be limited to counsel for the Company or counsel for the Administrative Agent), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.Delegation of Duties. The Collateral Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other First-Priority Collateral Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Collateral Agent. The Collateral 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 provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Affiliates of the Collateral Agent and any such sub-agent.Resignation of Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation as Collateral Agent under this Agreement and the other First-Priority Collateral Documents to each Authorized Representative and the Company. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Applicable Authorized Representative shall have the right (subject, unless an Event of Default relating to a payment default or the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has occurred and is continuing, to the consent of the Company (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed)), to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank or trust company with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank or trust company with an office in the United States. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Applicable Authorized Representative and shall have accepted such appointment within 10 days after the retiring Collateral Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Collateral Agent may, on behalf of the First-Priority Secured Parties, appoint a successor Collateral Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above; provided that, if the Collateral Agent shall notify the Company and each Authorized Representative that no qualifying Person has accepted such appointment, then such resignation shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice and (a) the retiring Collateral Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other First-Priority Collateral Documents (except that in the case of any collateral security held by the Collateral Agent on behalf of the First-Priority Secured Parties under any of the First-Priority Collateral Documents, the retiring Collateral Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security solely for purposes of maintaining the perfection of the security interests of the First-Priority Secured Parties therein until such time as a successor Collateral Agent is appointed but with no obligation to take any further action at the request of the Applicable Authorized Representative, any Other First-Priority Secured Parties or any Grantor) and (b) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Collateral Agent shall instead be made by or to each Authorized Representative directly, until such time as the Applicable Authorized Representative appoints a successor Collateral Agent as provided for above in this Section. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Collateral Agent hereunder and under the First-Priority Collateral Documents, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired) Collateral Agent, and the retiring Collateral Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other First-Priority Collateral Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this Section). After the retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other First-Priority Collateral Documents, the provisions of this Article, Sections 8.07 and 9.05 of the Credit Agreement (or, in each case, the Equivalent Provisions thereof) and the equivalent provision of any Other First-Priority Agreement and First-Priority Collateral Document shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Collateral Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Collateral Agent was acting as Collateral Agent. Upon any notice of resignation of the Collateral Agent hereunder and under the other First-Priority Collateral Documents, the Company agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to transfer (and maintain the validity and priority of) the Liens in favor of the retiring Collateral Agent under the First-Priority Collateral Documents to the successor Collateral Agent as promptly as practicable.Non-Reliance on Collateral Agent and Other First-Priority Secured Parties. Each First-Priority Secured Party, other than the Initial Other Authorized Representative, acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Collateral Agent, any Authorized Representative or any other First-Priority Secured Party or any of their Affiliates and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement and the other Secured Credit Documents. Each First-Priority Secured Party also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Collateral Agent, any Authorized Representative or any other First-Priority Secured Party or any of their Affiliates and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Secured Credit Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.Collateral and Guaranty Matters. Each of the First-Priority Secured Parties irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent, at its option and in its discretion, to release any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Collateral Agent under any First-Priority Collateral Document in accordance with Section 2.04 of this Agreement or upon receipt of a certificate from an officer of the Company stating that the release of such Lien is not prohibited by the terms of each then extant Secured Credit Document, on which the Collateral Agent may conclusively rely; and
(a)    to release any Grantor from its obligations under the First-Priority Collateral Documents upon receipt of a certificate from an officer of the Company stating that such release is not prohibited by the terms of each then extant Secured Credit Document, on which the Collateral Agent may conclusively rely.
ARTICLE V    

Miscellaneous
SECTION 5.01    Notices. All notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopy, as follows:if to the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent, to it as provided in the Credit Agreement;
(a)    if to the Initial Other Authorized Representative, to it at as provided in the Initial Other First-Priority Agreement; and
(b)    if to any additional other Authorized Representative, to it at the address set forth in the applicable Joinder Agreement.
Any party hereto may change its address or telecopy number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. All notices and other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on the date of receipt (if a Business Day) and on the next Business Day thereafter (in all other cases) if delivered by hand or overnight courier service or sent by telecopy or on the date five Business Days after dispatch by certified or registered mail if mailed, in each case delivered, sent or mailed (properly addressed) to such party as provided in this Section 5.01 or in accordance with the latest unrevoked direction from such party given in accordance with this Section 5.01. As agreed to in writing among the Collateral Agent and each Authorized Representative from time to time, notices and other communications may also be delivered by e-mail to the e-mail address of a representative of the applicable person provided from time to time by such person.
SECTION 5.02    Waivers; Amendment; Joinder Agreements.
(a)    No failure or delay on the part of any party hereto in exercising any right or power hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the parties hereto are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by any party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall not be prohibited by paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice or demand on any party hereto in any case shall entitle such party to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.
(b)    Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be terminated, waived, amended or modified (other than pursuant to any Joinder Agreement) except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by each Authorized Representative (or its authorized agent), the Collateral Agent and the Company. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 5.02(b) to the contrary, this Agreement may be amended from time to time at the request of the Company, at the Company’s expense, and without the consent of any Authorized Representative, the Collateral Agent or any First-Priority Secured Party to add other parties holding Other First-Priority Obligations (or any agent or trustee therefor) to the extent such obligations are not prohibited by any Secured Credit Document. Each party to this Agreement agrees that (i) at the request (and sole expense) of the Company, without the consent of any First-Priority Secured Party, each of the Authorized Representatives shall execute and deliver an acknowledgment and confirmation of such modifications and/or enter into an amendment, a restatement or a supplement of this Agreement to facilitate such modifications (it being understood that such actions shall not be required for the effectiveness of any such modifications) and (ii) the Company shall be a beneficiary of this Section 5.02(b).
(c)    Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the consent of any First-Priority Secured Party, any Authorized Representative may become a party hereto by execution and delivery of a Joinder Agreement in accordance with Section 5.19 of the Collateral Agreement (or the Equivalent Provision thereof) and, upon such execution and delivery, such Authorized Representative and the Other First-Priority Secured Parties and Other First-Priority Obligations of the Series for which such Authorized Representative is acting shall be subject to the terms hereof and the terms of the other First-Priority Collateral Documents applicable thereto.
SECTION 5.03    Parties in Interest. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, as well as the other First-Priority Secured Parties, all of whom are intended to be bound by, and to be third party beneficiaries of, this Agreement.Survival of Agreement. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by any party in this Agreement shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement.Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Agreement by facsimile transmission or via electronic mail shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Agreement.Severability. Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction. The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIMS, CONTROVERSY, DISPUTE OR CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE) BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY PRINCIPLE OF CONFLICTS OF LAW THAT COULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF ANY OTHER LAW.Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers. The Collateral Agent and each Authorized Representative, on behalf of itself and the First-Priority Secured Parties of the Series for whom it is acting, irrevocably and unconditionally:submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement and the First-Priority Collateral Documents, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the exclusive general jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in New York County and appellate courts from any thereof and waives any objection to any action instituted hereunder in any such court based on forum non conveniens, and any objection to the venue of any action instituted hereunder in any such court;
(a)    consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;
(b)    agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such Person (or its Authorized Representative) at the address referred to in Section 5.01 hereof;
(c)    agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right of any other party hereto (or any First-Priority Secured Party) to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law; and
(d)    waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section 5.08 any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.
SECTION 5.04    WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION BASED ON, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING, VERBAL OR WRITTEN STATEMENT OR ACTION OF ANY PARTY HERETO IN CONNECTION WITH THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF.Headings. Article, Section and Annex headings used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.Conflicts. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of any of the other Secured Credit Documents or First-Priority Collateral Documents, the terms of this Agreement shall govern.
SECTION 5.05    Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights. The provisions of this Agreement are and are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the First-Priority Secured Parties in relation to one another. None of the Company, any other Grantor or any other creditor thereof shall have any rights or obligations hereunder, except as expressly provided in this Agreement (provided that nothing in this Agreement (other than Section 2.04, 2.05, 2.08, 2.09 or Article V) is intended to or will amend, waive or otherwise modify the provisions of the Credit Agreement or any Other First-Priority Agreements), and none of the Company or any other Grantor may rely on the terms hereof (other than Sections 2.04, 2.05, 2.08, 2.09 and Article V). Nothing in this Agreement is intended to or shall impair the obligations of any Grantor, which are absolute and unconditional, to pay the First-Priority Obligations as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms.Authorized Representatives. Each of the Authorized Representative under the Credit Agreement and the Initial Other Authorized Representative is executing and delivering this Agreement solely in its capacity as such and pursuant to directions set forth in the Credit Agreement or the Initial Other First-Priority Agreement, as applicable; and in so doing, neither the Authorized Representative under the Credit Agreement nor the Initial Other Authorized Representative shall be responsible for the terms or sufficiency of this Agreement for any purpose. Each of the Authorized Representative under the Credit Agreement and the Initial Other Authorized Representative shall not have duties or obligations under or pursuant to this Agreement other than such duties expressly set forth in this Agreement as duties on its part to be performed or observed. In entering into this Agreement, or in taking (or forbearing from) any action under or pursuant to this Agreement, each of the Authorized Representative under the Credit Agreement and the Initial Other Authorized Representative shall have and be protected by all of the rights, immunities, indemnities and other protections granted to it under the Credit Agreement or the Initial Other First-Priority Agreement, as applicable.
SECTION 5.06    Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreements
The Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent, the Initial Other Authorized Representative and each other Authorized Representative hereby appoint the Collateral Agent to act as agent on their behalf pursuant to and in connection with the execution of any intercreditor agreements governing any Liens on the Common Collateral junior to Liens securing the First-Priority Obligations. The Collateral Agent, solely in such capacity under any such intercreditor agreements, shall take direction from the Applicable Authorized Representative with respect to the Common Collateral.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First Lien/First Lien Intercreditor Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH,
as Collateral Agent



By:
        
    Name:
    Title:
By:        
    Name:
    Title:
CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH,
as Authorized Representative under the Credit Agreement



By:
        
    Name:
    Title:
By:        
    Name:
    Title:
[__],
as Initial Other Authorized Representative



By:
        
    Name:
    Title
Annex A
to First Lien/First Lien Intercreditor Agreement
[Form of]
CONSENT OF GRANTORS
Dated: [____________]
Reference is made to the First Lien/First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of [__], 20[__], among Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral Agent, Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Authorized Representative under the Credit Agreement, and [__], as Initial Other Authorized Representative (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented, waived, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Intercreditor Agreement”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Intercreditor Agreement.
Each of the Grantors party hereto has read the foregoing Intercreditor Agreement and consents thereto. Each of the Grantors party hereto agrees that it will not take any action that would be contrary to the express provisions of the foregoing Intercreditor Agreement, agrees to abide by the requirements expressly applicable to it under the foregoing Intercreditor Agreement and agrees that, except as otherwise provided therein, no First-Priority Secured Party shall have any liability to any Grantor for acting in accordance with the provisions of the foregoing Intercreditor Agreement. Each of the Grantors party hereto confirms that the foregoing Intercreditor Agreement is for the sole benefit of the First-Priority Secured Parties and their respective successors and assigns, and that no Grantor is an intended beneficiary or third party beneficiary thereof except to the extent otherwise expressly provided therein.
Each of the Grantors party hereto agrees to take such further action and to execute and deliver such additional documents and instruments (in recordable form, if requested) as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request to effectuate the terms of and the lien priorities contemplated by the Intercreditor Agreement.
This Consent of Grantors shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. Notices delivered to the Grantors pursuant to this Consent of Grantors shall be delivered in accordance with the notice provisions set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement.
[Signatures follow.]
IN WITNESS HEREOF, this Consent of Grantors is hereby executed by each of the Grantors as of the date first written above.
[NAMES OF GRANTORS]

By:_____________________________
      Name:
Title:






FORM OF
FIRST LIEN/SECOND LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
dated as of
[__], 20[__]
among
CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH,
as Credit Agreement Agent,
CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH,
as First-Priority Collateral Agent,
[__],
as Initial Second-Priority Collateral Agent and Second-Priority Collateral Agent,
CEC ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
and
The Subsidiaries of CEC Entertainment, Inc. Named Herein


TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Section 1.Definitions    1
1.1Defined Terms    1
1.2Terms Generally    8
Section 2.Lien Priorities    9
2.1Subordination of Liens    9
2.2Prohibition on Contesting Liens    9
2.3No New Liens    10
2.4Perfection of Liens    10
2.5
Certain Cash Collateral    11
2.6
Nature of First-Priority Obligations    12
Section 3.Enforcement    11
3.1Exercise of Remedies    11
3.2Cooperation    12
3.3Second-Priority Collateral Agent and Second-Priority Secured Parties Waiver    13
Section 4.Payments    13
4.1Application of Proceeds    13
4.2Payments Over    13
Section 5.Other Agreements    14
5.1Releases    14
5.2Insurance    15
5.3Amendments to Second-Priority Collateral Documents.    15
5.4Rights As Unsecured Creditors    16
5.5First-Priority Collateral Agent as Gratuitous Bailee/Agent for Perfection    17
5.6Second-Priority Collateral Agent as Gratuitous Bailee/Agent for Perfection    18
5.7When Discharge of First-Priority Obligations Deemed to Not Have Occurred    19
5.8No Release If Event of Default    20
Section 6.Insolvency or Liquidation Proceedings    20
6.1Financing Issues    20
6.2Relief from the Automatic Stay    21
6.3Adequate Protection    21
6.4Preference Issues    22
6.5Application    22
6.6506(c) Claims    22
6.7
Reorganizationn Securities    25
Section 7.Reliance; Waivers; etc    24
7.1Reliance    24
7.2No Warranties or Liability    24
7.3Obligations Unconditional    25
Section 8.Miscellaneous    25
8.1Conflicts    25
8.2Continuing Nature of this Agreement; Severability    25
8.3Amendments; Waivers    26
8.4Information Concerning Financial Condition of the Company and the Subsidiaries    26
8.5Subrogation    27
8.6Application of Payments    27
8.7Consent to Jurisdiction; Waivers    27
8.8Notices    28
8.9Further Assurances    28
8.10Governing Law    28
8.11Binding on Successors and Assigns    28
8.12Specific Performance    29
8.13Section Titles    29
8.14Counterparts    29
8.15Authorization    29
8.16No Third Party Beneficiaries; Successors and Assigns    29
8.17Effectiveness    29
8.18First-Priority Representatives and Second-Priority Representatives    29
8.19Relative Rights    29
8.20Second-Priority Collateral Agent    30
8.21Joinder Requirements    30
8.22Intercreditor Agreements    30

Exhibits and Schedule
Exhibit A    Form of Joinder Agreement (Other First-Priority Obligations)
Exhibit B    Form of Joinder Agreement (Other Second-Priority Obligations)

Schedule I    Subsidiary Parties

FORM OF FIRST LIEN/SECOND LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
FIRST LIEN/SECOND LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT dated as of [__], [__], among CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH (“CS”), as Credit Agreement Agent, CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, as First-Priority Collateral Agent, [__], as Initial Second-Priority Collateral Agent and Second-Priority Collateral Agent, CEC Entertainment, Inc., a Kansas corporation (together with its successors and assigns, the “Company”) and each Subsidiary of the Company listed on Schedule I hereto.
A.    The Company, Queso Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (together with its successors and assigns, “Holdings”), the lenders party thereto from time to time, CS, as administrative agent, and others are party to the First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of August 30, 2019 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”).
B.    The Credit Agreement is included in the definition of “[Credit Agreement]” under the Initial Second-Priority Agreement (as defined below), and the Obligations of the Company and certain of its Subsidiaries under the Credit Agreement and the Credit Agreement Documents executed or delivered pursuant thereto constitute First-Priority Obligations.
C.    The Company, Holdings, certain of its Subsidiaries, the Initial Second-Priority Collateral Agent and others are party to the [__] dated as of [__], 20[__] (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Initial Second-Priority Agreement”). The Obligations of the Company [and certain of its Subsidiaries] under the Initial Second-Priority Agreement and the other Initial Second-Priority Documents constitute Initial Second-Priority Obligations hereunder.
Accordingly, in consideration of the foregoing, the mutual covenants and obligations herein set forth and for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
Section 1.
Definitions.
1.1    Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:
Agreement” shall mean this Intercreditor Agreement, as amended, renewed, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Bankruptcy Code” shall mean Title 11 of the United States Code, as now or hereinafter in effect.
Bankruptcy Law” means the Bankruptcy Code, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief laws of the United States of America or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.
Cash Management Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, all obligations, whether now owing or hereafter arising, of such Person in respect of overdrafts or other liabilities owed to any other Person that arise from treasury, depositary or cash management services, including any automated clearing house or other electronic transfers of funds, credit cards, purchase or debit cards, e-payable services or any similar transactions, including any services or transactions of the type referred to in the definition of “Cash Management Agreement” in the Credit Agreement.
Common Collateral” means all of the assets of any Grantor, whether real, personal or mixed, constituting both First-Priority Collateral and Second-Priority Collateral.
Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
Comparable Second-Priority Collateral Document” shall mean, in relation to any Common Collateral subject to any Lien created under any First-Priority Collateral Document, those Second-Priority Collateral Documents that create a Lien on the same Common Collateral, granted by the same Grantor.
Credit Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Credit Agreement Agent” shall mean CS, in its capacity as administrative agent under the Credit Agreement and as administrative agent and/or collateral agent, as applicable, under the other Credit Agreement Documents, and its permitted successors in such capacity.
Credit Agreement Collateral Agreement” means the Collateral Agreement (First Lien) dated as of August 30, 2019 among the Company, each other pledgor party thereto and CS, as collateral agent for the Credit Agreement Secured Parties and certain Other First-Priority Secured Parties, as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time.
Credit Agreement Collateral Documents” means the Credit Agreement Collateral Agreement and any other documents now existing or entered into after the date hereof that create Liens on any assets or properties of any Grantor to secure any Credit Agreement Obligations.
Credit Agreement Documents” means the Credit Agreement, the Credit Agreement Collateral Documents and the other “Loan Documents” as defined in the Credit Agreement.
Credit Agreement Obligations” means all “Loan Obligations” (as such term is defined in the Credit Agreement) of the Company and other obligors under the Credit Agreement or any of the other Credit Agreement Documents, and all other obligations to pay principal, premium, if any, and interest, fees and expenses (including any interest, fees and expenses accruing after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) when due and payable, and all other amounts due or to become due under or in connection with the Credit Agreement Documents and the performance of all other Obligations of the obligors thereunder to the lenders and agents under the Credit Agreement Documents, according to the respective terms thereof.
Credit Agreement Secured Obligations” means, collectively, (i) the Credit Agreement Obligations and (ii) any First-Priority Cash Management Obligations and First-Priority Hedging Obligations included in the term “Credit Agreement Secured Obligations” as defined in the Credit Agreement Collateral Agreement. “Credit Agreement Secured Parties” means the “Secured Parties” as defined in the Credit Agreement.
CS” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
Deposit Account” shall have the meaning set forth in the Uniform Commercial Code.
Deposit Account Collateral” shall mean that part of the Common Collateral (if any) comprised of or contained in Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts.
DIP Financing” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.
Discharge of First-Priority Obligations” shall mean, except to the extent otherwise provided in Section 5.7, payment in full in cash (except for contingent indemnities and cost and reimbursement obligations to the extent no claim has been made) of (a) all Obligations in respect of all outstanding First-Priority Obligations and, with respect to letters of credit or letter of credit guaranties outstanding thereunder, delivery of cash collateral or backstop letters of credit in respect thereof in compliance with the First-Priority Credit Documents, in each case after or concurrently with the termination of all commitments to extend credit thereunder and (b) any other First-Priority Obligations that are due and payable or otherwise accrued and owing at or prior to the time such principal and interest are paid.
First-Priority Cash Management Obligations” means any Cash Management Obligations secured by any Common Collateral under the First-Priority Collateral Documents.
First-Priority Collateral” shall mean all of the assets of any Grantor, whether real, personal or mixed, with respect to which a Lien is granted as security for any First-Priority Obligation.
First-Priority Collateral Agent” shall mean CS, in its capacity as collateral agent for the First-Priority Secured Parties, together with its successors and permitted assigns under the First-Priority Documents exercising substantially the same rights and powers (or if there is more than one First-Priority Credit Document, such agent or trustee as is designated “First-Priority Collateral Agent” by First-Priority Secured Parties pursuant to the terms of the First-Priority Documents).
First-Priority Collateral Documents” means (a) the Credit Agreement Collateral Documents and (b) any documents now existing or entered into after the date hereof that create Liens on any assets or properties of any Grantor to secure any Other First-Priority Obligations or any other First-Priority Cash Management Obligations or First-Priority Hedging Obligations.
First-Priority Credit Documents” means (a) the Credit Agreement Documents and (b) any Other First-Priority Documents.
First-Priority Documents” means (a) the Credit Agreement Documents, (b) the Other First-Priority Documents and (c) each agreement, document or instrument providing for or evidencing a First-Priority Hedging Obligation or First-Priority Cash Management Obligation.
First-Priority Hedging Obligations” means any Hedging Obligations secured by any Common Collateral under the First-Priority Collateral Documents.
First-Priority Obligations” means (a) the Credit Agreement Secured Obligations, (b) the Other First-Priority Obligations, and (c) any other First-Priority Hedging Obligations and First-Priority Cash Management Obligations (which shall be deemed to be part of the Series of Other First-Priority Obligations to which they relate to the extent provided in the applicable Other First-Priority Document).
First-Priority Representatives” shall mean (a) in the case of the Credit Agreement Secured Obligations, the Credit Agreement Agent and (b) in the case of any Series of Other First-Priority Obligations, the Other First-Priority Representative with respect thereto. The term “First-Priority Representatives” shall include the First-Priority Collateral Agent as the context requires.
First-Priority Secured Parties” shall mean (a) the Credit Agreement Secured Parties and (b) the Other First-Priority Secured Parties, including the First-Priority Representatives.
Grantors” shall mean each of Holdings, the Company and such of the Subsidiaries of the Company that, in each case, has executed and delivered both a First-Priority Collateral Document and a Second-Priority Collateral Document.
Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person under (a) currency exchange, interest rate or commodity swap agreements, currency exchange, interest rate or commodity cap agreements, and currency exchange, interest rate or commodity collar agreements and (b) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in currency exchange, interest rates or commodity prices, including any obligations of the type referred to in the definition of “Hedging Agreement” in the Credit Agreement.
Holdings” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
Initial Second-Priority Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Initial Second-Priority Collateral” shall mean all of the assets of any Grantor, whether real, personal or mixed, with respect to which a Lien is granted as security for any Initial Second-Priority Obligations.
Initial Second-Priority Collateral Agent” shall mean [ ], in its capacity as [trustee/agent under the Initial Second-Priority Agreement and] collateral agent under the Initial Second-Priority Collateral Documents, and its permitted successors in such capacities.
Initial Second-Priority Collateral Agreement” means the collateral agreement dated as of the date hereof, among the Company, certain of its Subsidiaries and the Initial Second-Priority Collateral Agent, as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time.
Initial Second-Priority Collateral Documents” means the Initial Second-Priority Collateral Agreement and any documents now existing or entered into after the date hereof that create Liens on any assets or properties of any Grantor to secure any Initial Second-Priority Obligations.
Initial Second-Priority Documents shall mean (a) the Initial Second-Priority Agreement and the Initial Second-Priority Collateral Documents and (b) any other related document or instrument executed and delivered pursuant to any Initial Second-Priority Document described in clause (a) above evidencing or governing any Obligations thereunder.
Initial Second-Priority Obligations” means all “[Obligations]” (as such term is defined in the Initial Second-Priority Agreement) of the Company and other obligors under the Initial Second-Priority Agreement or any of the other Initial Second-Priority Documents, and all other obligations to pay principal, premium, if any, and interest (including any interest accruing after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) when due and payable, and all other amounts due or to become due under or in connection with the Initial Second-Priority Documents and the performance of all other Obligations of the obligors thereunder to the Initial Second-Priority Secured Parties under the Initial Second-Priority Documents, according to the respective terms thereof.
Initial Second-Priority Secured Parties” shall mean the holders of any Initial Second-Priority Obligations, including the Initial Second-Priority Collateral Agent.
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding” means:
(1)    any case or proceeding commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor under any Bankruptcy Law, any other proceeding for the reorganization, recapitalization or adjustment or marshalling of the assets or liabilities of the Company or any other Grantor, any receivership or assignment for the benefit of creditors relating to the Company or any other Grantor or any similar case or proceeding relative to the Company or any other Grantor or its creditors, as such, in each case whether or not voluntary;
(2)    any liquidation, dissolution, marshalling of assets or liabilities or other winding up of or relating to the Company or any other Grantor, in each case whether or not voluntary and whether or not involving bankruptcy or insolvency (except for any voluntary liquidation, dissolution or other winding up to the extent permitted by the applicable Secured Credit Documents); or
(3)    any other proceeding of any type or nature in which substantially all claims of creditors of the Company or any other Grantor are determined and any payment or distribution is or may be made on account of such claims.
Lien” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, hypothecation, pledge, charge, security interest or similar monetary encumbrance in or on such asset and (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset; provided, that in no event shall an operating lease or an agreement to sell be deemed to constitute a Lien.
Obligations” means any principal, interest, fees, expenses (including any interest, fees and expenses accruing after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), penalties, indemnifications, reimbursements (including reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances), damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any indebtedness[; provided, that Obligations with respect to the Initial Second-Priority Obligations shall not include fees or indemnifications in favor of third parties other than the Initial Second-Priority Collateral Agent and the Initial Second-Priority Secured Parties].
Other First-Priority Collateral Agent” means, with respect to any Series of Other First-Priority Obligations, any Other First-Priority Representative that acts in the capacity of a collateral agent with respect thereto (which, with respect to any Other First-Priority Obligations that are secured under the Credit Agreement Collateral Documents, shall be the Credit Agreement Agent).
Other First-Priority Documents” means each of the agreements, documents and instruments providing for, evidencing or securing any Other First-Priority Obligations and any other related document or instrument executed or delivered pursuant to any Other First-Priority Document at any time or otherwise evidencing or securing any indebtedness arising under any Other First-Priority Document.
Other First-Priority Obligations” means (a) all “Secured Obligations” as defined in the Credit Agreement Collateral Agreement (other than Credit Agreement Secured Obligations) and (b) any other indebtedness or Obligations (other than Credit Agreement Secured Obligations) of the Grantors that are to be secured with a Lien on the Collateral senior to the Liens securing the Initial Second-Priority Obligations and are designated by the Company as Other First-Priority Obligations hereunder; provided, however, that with respect to this clause (b), the requirements set forth in Section 8.21 shall have been satisfied.
Other First-Priority Representative” means, with respect to any Series of Other First-Priority Obligations or any separate facility within such Series, the Person elected, designated or appointed as the administrative agent, trustee or other representative of such Series or facility by or on behalf of the holders of such Series or facility, and its respective successors in substantially the same capacity as may from time to time be appointed.
Other First-Priority Secured Parties” shall mean the Persons holding Other First-Priority Obligations, including the Other First-Priority Representatives.
Other Second-Priority Collateral Agent” with respect to any Series of Other Second-Priority Obligations, any Other Second-Priority Representative that acts in the capacity of a collateral agent with respect thereto (which, with respect to any Other Second-Priority Obligations that are secured under the Initial Second-Priority Collateral Documents, shall be the Initial Second-Priority Collateral Agent).
Other Second-Priority Documents” means each of the agreements, documents and instruments providing for, evidencing or securing any Other Second-Priority Obligations and any other related document or instrument executed or delivered pursuant to any Other Second-Priority Document at any time or otherwise evidencing or securing any indebtedness arising under any Second-Priority Obligations.
Other Second-Priority Obligations” means (a) all “[Obligations]” as defined in the Initial Second-Priority Agreement (other than Initial Second-Priority Obligations) and (b) any other indebtedness or Obligations (other than the Initial Second-Priority Obligations) of the Grantors that are to be equally and ratably secured with the Initial Second-Priority Obligations and are designated by the Company as Other Second-Priority Obligations hereunder; provided, however, that with respect to this clause (b), the requirements set forth in Section 8.21 shall have been satisfied.
Other Second-Priority Representative” means, with respect to any Series of Other Second-Priority Obligations or any separate facility within such Series, the Person elected, designated or appointed as the administrative agent, trustee or other representative of such Series or facility by or on behalf of the holders of such Series or facility, and its respective successors in substantially the same capacity as may from time to time be appointed.
Other Second-Priority Secured Parties” shall mean the Persons holding Other Second-Priority Obligations, including the Other Second-Priority Representatives.
Person” means any natural person, corporation, business trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, limited liability company or government, individual or family trusts, or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
Pledged Collateral” shall mean the Common Collateral in the possession of the First-Priority Collateral Agent (or its agents or bailees), to the extent that possession thereof is necessary to perfect a Lien thereon under the Uniform Commercial Code.
Recovery” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.4.
Required Lenders” shall mean, with respect to any First-Priority Credit Document, those First-Priority Secured Parties the approval of which is required to approve an amendment or modification of, termination or waiver of any provision of or consent to any departure from such First-Priority Credit Document (or would be required to effect such consent under this Agreement if such consent were treated as an amendment of such First-Priority Credit Document).
Second-Priority Collateral” shall mean the Initial Second-Priority Collateral and all of the assets of any Grantor, whether real, personal or mixed, with respect to which a Lien is granted as security for any Other Second-Priority Obligations.
Second-Priority Collateral Agent” shall mean such agent or trustee as is designated “Second-Priority Collateral Agent” by Second-Priority Secured Parties holding a majority in principal amount of the Second-Priority Obligations then outstanding; it being understood that as of the date of this Agreement, the Initial Second-Priority Collateral Agent shall be so designated Second-Priority Collateral Agent.
Second-Priority Collateral Documents” shall mean the Initial Second-Priority Collateral Agreement and any documents now existing or entered into after the date hereof that create Liens on any assets or properties of any Grantor to secure any Other Second-Priority Obligations.
Second-Priority Credit Documents” shall mean (a) the Initial Second-Priority Agreement and (b) any Other Second-Priority Documents.
Second-Priority Documents” shall mean (a) the Initial Second-Priority Documents and (b) the Other Second-Priority Documents.
Second-Priority Lien” shall mean any Lien on any assets of the Company or any other Grantor securing any Second-Priority Obligations.
Second-Priority Obligations” means (a) the Initial Second-Priority Obligations and (b) the Other Second-Priority Obligations.
Second-Priority Representatives” shall mean (a) in the case of the Initial Second-Priority Obligations, the Initial Second-Priority Collateral Agent and (b) in the case of any Series of Other Second-Priority Obligations, the Other Second-Priority Representative with respect thereto. The term “Second-Priority Representatives” shall include the Second-Priority Collateral Agent as the context requires.
Second-Priority Secured Parties” shall mean (a) the Initial Second-Priority Secured Parties and (b) the Other Second-Priority Secured Parties, including the Second-Priority Representatives.
Secured Parties” means the First-Priority Secured Parties and the Second-Priority Secured Parties.
Securities Account” shall have the meaning set forth in the Uniform Commercial Code.
Series” means (a) the Credit Agreement Secured Obligations and each series of Other First-Priority Obligations, each of which shall constitute a separate Series of First-Priority Obligations, except that to the extent that the Credit Agreement Secured Obligations and/or any one or more series of such Other First-Priority Obligations (i) are secured by identical collateral held by a common collateral agent and (ii) have their security interests documented by a single set of security documents, such Credit Agreement Secured Obligations and/or each such series of Other First-Priority Obligations shall collectively constitute a single Series and (b) the Initial Second-Priority Obligations and each series of Other Second-Priority Obligations, each of which shall constitute a separate Series Second-Priority Obligations, except that to the extent that the Initial Second-Priority Obligations and/or any one or more series of such Other Second-Priority Obligations (i) are secured by identical collateral held by a common collateral agent and (ii) have their security interests documented by a single set of security documents, such Initial Second-Priority Obligations and/or each such series of Other Second-Priority Obligations shall collectively constitute a single Series.
Subsidiary” means, with respect to any person (herein referred to as the “parent”), any corporation, partnership, association or other business entity (a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, at the time any determination is being made, directly or indirectly, owned, Controlled or held, or (b) that is, at the time any determination is made, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.
Uniform Commercial Code” or “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York.
1.2    Terms Generally. The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with this Agreement, (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (c) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder,” and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Sections shall be construed to refer to Sections of this Agreement and (e) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.
Section 2.
Lien Priorities.
2.1    Subordination of Liens. Notwithstanding the date, time, manner or order of filing or recordation of any document or instrument or grant, attachment or perfection of any Liens granted to the Second-Priority Secured Parties on the Common Collateral or of any Liens granted to the First-Priority Secured Parties on the Common Collateral and notwithstanding any provision of the UCC, or any applicable law or the Second-Priority Documents or the First-Priority Documents or any other circumstance whatsoever, each Second-Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each applicable Second-Priority Secured Party, hereby agrees that: (a) any Lien on the Common Collateral securing any First-Priority Obligations now or hereafter held by or on behalf of the any First-Priority Secured Parties or any agent or trustee therefor regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall have priority over and be senior in all respects and prior to any Lien on the Common Collateral securing any Second-Priority Obligations, (b) any Lien on the Common Collateral securing any Second-Priority Obligations now or hereafter held by or on behalf of any Second-Priority Secured Parties or any agent or trustee therefor regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall be junior and subordinate in all respects to all Liens on the Common Collateral securing any First-Priority Obligations and (c) with respect to any Second-Priority Obligations (and as among the Second-Priority Secured Parties), the Liens on the Common Collateral securing any Second-Priority Obligations now or hereafter held by or on behalf of any Second-Priority Secured Party or any agent or trustee therefor regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall rank equally and ratably in all respects, subject to the terms of the Second-Priority Documents. All Liens on the Common Collateral securing any First-Priority Obligations shall be and remain senior in all respects and prior to all Liens on the Common Collateral securing any Second-Priority Obligations for all purposes, whether or not such Liens securing any First-Priority Obligations are subordinated to any Lien securing any other obligation of the Company, any other Grantor or any other Person.
2.2    Prohibition on Contesting Liens. Each Second-Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each applicable Second-Priority Secured Party, and each First-Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each applicable First-Priority Secured Party, agrees that it shall not (and hereby waives any right to) contest or support any other Person in contesting, in any proceeding (including any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), the validity, allowability, perfection, priority or enforceability of (a) a Lien securing, or claim asserted with respect to, any First-Priority Obligations held (or purported to be held) by or on behalf of any of the First-Priority Secured Parties or any agent or trustee therefor in any First-Priority Collateral or (b) a Lien securing, or claim asserted with respect to, any Second-Priority Obligations held (or purported to be held) by or on behalf of any Second-Priority Secured Party in the Common Collateral, as the case may be; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of any First-Priority Secured Party or any agent or trustee therefor to enforce this Agreement (including the priority of the Liens securing the First-Priority Obligations as provided in Section 2.1) or any of the First-Priority Documents.
2.3    No New Liens. Subject to Section [ ] of the Initial Second-Priority Agreement and the corresponding provision of any other Second-Priority Credit Document, so long as the Discharge of First-Priority Obligations has not occurred, the parties hereto agree that, after the date hereof, if any Second-Priority Representative shall hold any Lien on any assets intended to be Common Collateral of the Company or any other Grantor securing any Second-Priority Obligations that are not also subject to the first-priority Lien in respect of the First-Priority Obligations under the First-Priority Documents, such Second-Priority Representative shall notify the First-Priority Collateral Agent promptly upon becoming aware thereof and, upon demand by the First-Priority Collateral Agent or the Company, will either (i) release such Lien or (ii) assign such Lien to the First-Priority Collateral Agent (and/or its designee) as security for the applicable First-Priority Obligations (and, in the case of an assignment, each Second-Priority Representative may retain a junior lien on such assets subject to the terms hereof). To the extent that the foregoing provisions are not complied with for any reason, without limiting any other rights and remedies available to the First-Priority Representatives and/or the First-Priority Secured Parties, each Second-Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and the applicable Second-Priority Secured Parties, agrees that any amounts received by or distributed to any of them pursuant to or as a result of Liens granted in contravention of this Section 2.3 shall be subject to Section 4.2. Subject to Section [ ] of the Initial Second-Priority Agreement and the corresponding provision of any Second-Priority Credit Document, each Second-Priority Representative agrees that, after the date hereof, if it shall hold any Lien on any assets of the Company or any other Grantor securing any Second-Priority Obligations that are not also subject to the Lien in favor of each other Second-Priority Representative such Second-Priority Representative shall notify any other Second-Priority Representative promptly upon becoming aware thereof.
2.4    Perfection of Liens. None of the First-Priority Secured Parties shall be responsible for perfecting and maintaining the perfection of Liens with respect to the Common Collateral for the benefit of the Second-Priority Secured Parties. The provisions of this Agreement are intended solely to govern the respective Lien priorities as between the First-Priority Secured Parties and the Second-Priority Secured Parties and shall not impose on the First-Priority Secured Parties or the Second-Priority Secured Parties or any agent or trustee therefor any obligations in respect of the disposition of proceeds of any Common Collateral which would conflict with prior perfected claims therein in favor of any other Person or any order or decree of any court or governmental authority or any applicable law.
2.5    Certain Cash Collateral. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any other First-Priority Documents or Second-Priority Documents to the contrary, collateral consisting of cash and cash equivalents pledged to secure First-Priority Obligations consisting of reimbursement obligations in respect of letters of credit or otherwise held by the First-Priority Collateral Agent pursuant to the Credit Agreement shall be applied as specified in the Credit Agreement and will not constitute Common Collateral.
2.6    Nature of First-Priority Obligations. The Second-Priority Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and each other Second-Priority Secured Party, acknowledges that (a) a portion of the First-Priority Obligations is revolving in nature and that the amount thereof that may be outstanding at any time or from time to time may be increased or reduced and subsequently reborrowed, (b) the terms of the First-Priority Documents and the First-Priority Obligations, or a portion thereof, may be refinanced at any time or from time to time and (c) the aggregate amount of the First-Priority Obligations may be increased, in each case, without notice to or consent by the Second-Priority Collateral Agent or the Second-Priority Secured Parties and without affecting the provisions hereof. The Lien priorities provided for in Section 2.1 shall not be altered or otherwise affected by any amendment, supplement or other modification, or any refinancing of either the First-Priority Obligations or the Second-Priority Obligations, or any portion thereof. As between the Grantors and the Second-Priority Secured Parties, the foregoing provisions will not limit or otherwise affect the obligations of the Grantors contained in any Second-Priority Document
Section 3.
Enforcement.
3.1    Exercise of Remedies.
(a)    So long as the Discharge of First-Priority Obligations has not occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor, (i) no Second-Priority Representative or any Second-Priority Secured Party will (x) exercise or seek to exercise any rights or remedies (including setoff) with respect to any Common Collateral in respect of any applicable Second-Priority Obligations, institute any action or proceeding with respect to such rights or remedies (including any action of foreclosure), (y) contest, protest or object to any foreclosure proceeding or action brought with respect to the Common Collateral by the First-Priority Collateral Agent or any First-Priority Secured Party in respect of the First-Priority Obligations, the exercise of any right by the First-Priority Collateral Agent or any First-Priority Secured Party (or any agent or sub-agent on their behalf) in respect of the First-Priority Obligations under any lockbox agreement, control agreement, landlord waiver or bailee’s letter or similar agreement or arrangement to which any Second-Priority Representative or any Second-Priority Secured Party either is a party or may have rights as a third party beneficiary, or any other exercise by any such party, of any rights and remedies relating to the Common Collateral under the First-Priority Documents or otherwise in respect of First-Priority Obligations, or (z) object to the forbearance by the First-Priority Secured Parties from bringing or pursuing any foreclosure proceeding or action or any other exercise of any rights or remedies relating to the Common Collateral in respect of First-Priority Obligations and (ii) except as otherwise provided herein, the First-Priority Collateral Agent and the First-Priority Secured Parties shall have the exclusive right to enforce rights, exercise remedies (including setoff and the right to credit bid their debt) and make determinations regarding the release, disposition or restrictions with respect to the Common Collateral without any consultation with or the consent of any Second-Priority Representative or any Second-Priority Secured Party; provided, however, that (A) in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor, each Second-Priority Representative may file a claim or statement of interest with respect to the applicable Second-Priority Obligations, in a manner and to the extent not inconsistent with the provisions hereof, and (B) each Second-Priority Representative may take any action (not adverse to the prior Liens on the Common Collateral securing the First-Priority Obligations, or the rights of the First-Priority Collateral Agent or the First-Priority Secured Parties to exercise remedies in respect thereof) in order to create, prove, perfect, preserve or protect (but not enforce) its rights in, and perfection and priority of its Lien on, the Common Collateral. In exercising rights and remedies with respect to the First-Priority Collateral, the First-Priority Collateral Agent and the First-Priority Secured Parties may enforce the provisions of the First-Priority Documents and exercise remedies thereunder, all in such order and in such manner as they may determine in the exercise of their sole discretion. Such exercise and enforcement shall include the rights of an agent appointed by them to sell or otherwise dispose of Common Collateral upon foreclosure, to incur expenses in connection with such sale or disposition, and to exercise all the rights and remedies of a secured lender under the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law of any applicable jurisdiction and of a secured creditor under Bankruptcy Laws of any applicable jurisdiction.
(b)    So long as the Discharge of First-Priority Obligations has not occurred, each Second-Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each applicable Second-Priority Secured Party, agrees that it will not take or receive any Common Collateral or any proceeds of Common Collateral in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy (including setoff) with respect to any Common Collateral in respect of the applicable Second-Priority Obligations. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, unless and until the Discharge of First-Priority Obligations has occurred, except as expressly provided in the proviso in clause (ii) of Section 3.1(a), the sole right of the Second-Priority Representatives and the Second-Priority Secured Parties with respect to the Common Collateral is to hold a Lien on the Common Collateral in respect of the applicable Second-Priority Obligations pursuant to the Second-Priority Documents, as applicable, for the period and to the extent granted therein and to receive a share of the proceeds thereof, if any, after the Discharge of First-Priority Obligations has occurred.
(c)    Subject to the proviso in clause (ii) of Section 3.1(a), (i) each Second-Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each applicable Second-Priority Secured Party, agrees that no Second-Priority Representative or Second-Priority Secured Party will take any action that would hinder or delay any exercise of remedies undertaken by the First-Priority Collateral Agent or the First-Priority Secured Parties with respect to the Common Collateral under the First-Priority Documents, including any sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition of the Common Collateral, whether by foreclosure or otherwise, and (ii) each Second-Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each applicable Second-Priority Secured Party, hereby waives any and all rights it or any Second-Priority Secured Party may have as a junior lien creditor or otherwise to object to the manner in which the First-Priority Collateral Agent or the First-Priority Secured Parties seek to enforce or collect the First-Priority Obligations or the Liens granted in any of the First-Priority Collateral, regardless of whether any action or failure to act by or on behalf of the First-Priority Collateral Agent or First-Priority Secured Parties is adverse to the interests of the Second-Priority Secured Parties.
(d)    Each Second-Priority Representative hereby acknowledges and agrees that no covenant, agreement or restriction contained in any applicable Second-Priority Document shall be deemed to restrict in any way the rights and remedies of the First-Priority Collateral Agent or the First-Priority Secured Parties with respect to the First-Priority Collateral as set forth in this Agreement and the First-Priority Documents.
3.2    Cooperation. Subject to the proviso in clause (ii) of Section 3.1(a), each Second-Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each applicable Second-Priority Secured Party, agrees that, unless and until the Discharge of First-Priority Obligations has occurred, it will not commence, or join with any Person (other than the First-Priority Secured Parties and the First-Priority Collateral Agent upon the request thereof) in commencing, any enforcement, collection, execution, levy or foreclosure action or proceeding with respect to any Lien held by it in the Common Collateral under any of the applicable Second-Priority Documents or otherwise in respect of the applicable Second-Priority Obligations.
3.3    Second-Priority Collateral Agent and Second-Priority Secured Parties Waiver. The Second-Priority Collateral Agent and the Second-Priority Secured Parties hereby waive any claim they may now or hereafter have against the First-Priority Collateral Agent or any First-Priority Secured Parties arising out of (i) any actions which the First-Priority Collateral Agent (or any of its representatives) takes or omits to take (including actions with respect to the creation, perfection or continuation of Liens on any Common Collateral, actions with respect to the foreclosure upon, disposition, release or depreciation of, or failure to realize upon, any of the Common Collateral and actions with respect to the collection of any claim for all or any part of the First-Priority Obligations from any account debtor, guarantor or any other party) in accordance with any relevant First-Priority Collateral Documents or any other agreement related thereto, or to the collection of the First-Priority Obligations or the valuation, use, protection or release of any security for the First-Priority Obligations, (ii) any election by the First-Priority Collateral Agent (or any of its agents), in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, of the application of Section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code (or any similar provision of any other applicable Bankruptcy Law), or (iii) subject to Section 6, any borrowing by, or grant of a security interest or administrative expense priority under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code (or any similar provision of any other applicable Bankruptcy Law) by, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as debtor-in-possession.
Section 4.
Payments.
4.1    Application of Proceeds. After an Event of Default under (and as defined in) any First-Priority Documents has occurred with respect to which the First-Priority Collateral Agent has provided written notice to each Second-Priority Representative, and until such event of default is cured or waived, so long as the Discharge of First-Priority Obligations has not occurred, the Common Collateral or proceeds thereof received in connection with the sale or other disposition of, or collection on, such Common Collateral upon the exercise of remedies, shall be applied by the First-Priority Collateral Agent to the First-Priority Obligations in such order as specified in the relevant First-Priority Documents until the Discharge of First-Priority Obligations has occurred. Upon the Discharge of First-Priority Obligations, the First-Priority Collateral Agent shall deliver promptly to the Second-Priority Collateral Agent any Common Collateral or proceeds thereof held by it in the same form as received, with any necessary endorsements or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct to be applied by the Second-Priority Collateral Agent ratably to the Second-Priority Obligations and, with respect to each class of Second-Priority Obligations, in such order as specified in the relevant Second-Priority Documents.
4.2    Payments Over. Any Common Collateral or proceeds thereof received by any Second-Priority Representative or any Second-Priority Secured Party in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy (including setoff) relating to the Common Collateral in contravention of this Agreement shall be segregated and held in trust for the benefit of and forthwith paid over to the First-Priority Collateral Agent (and/or its designees) for the benefit of the applicable First-Priority Secured Parties in the same form as received, with any necessary endorsements or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct. The First-Priority Collateral Agent is hereby authorized to make any such endorsements as agent for any Second-Priority Representative or any such Second-Priority Secured Party. This authorization is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable.
Section 5.
Other Agreements.
5.1    Releases.
(a)    If, at any time any Grantor, the First-Priority Collateral Agent or the holder of any First-Priority Obligation delivers notice to each Second-Priority Representative that any specified Common Collateral (including all or substantially all of the equity interests of a Grantor or any of its Subsidiaries) is sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of (x) by the owner of such Common Collateral in a transaction not prohibited by any First-Priority Credit Document or any Second-Priority Credit Document, (y) by way of enforcement by any First-Priority Secured Party under any applicable law, or (z) during the existence of any Event of Default under (and as defined in) the Credit Agreement or any other First-Priority Credit Document to the extent the First-Priority Collateral Agent is exercising remedies or has consented to such sale, transfer or disposition:
then (whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding is pending at the time) the Liens in favor of the Second-Priority Secured Parties upon such Common Collateral will automatically be released and discharged as and when, but only to the extent, such Liens on such Common Collateral securing First-Priority Obligations are released and discharged. Upon delivery to each Second-Priority Representative of a notice from the First-Priority Collateral Agent or the Company stating that any release of Liens securing or supporting the First-Priority Obligations has become effective (or shall become effective upon each First-Priority Representative’s release), whether in connection with a sale of such assets by the relevant owner pursuant to the preceding clauses or otherwise, each Second-Priority Representative will promptly execute and deliver such instruments, releases, termination statements or other documents confirming such release on customary terms. In the case of the sale of all or substantially all of the equity interests of a Grantor or any of its Subsidiaries, the guarantee in favor of the Second-Priority Secured Parties, if any, made by such Grantor or Subsidiary will automatically be released and discharged as and when, but only to the extent, the guarantee by such Grantor or Subsidiary of First-Priority Obligations is released and discharged.
(b)    Each Second-Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each applicable Second-Priority Secured Party, hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the First-Priority Collateral Agent and any officer or agent of the First-Priority Collateral Agent, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of each Second-Priority Representative or such Second-Priority Secured Party or in the First-Priority Collateral Agent’s own name, from time to time in the First-Priority Collateral Agent’s discretion, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this Section 5.1, to take any and all appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and instruments that may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this Section 5.1, including any termination statements, endorsements or other instruments of transfer or release.
(c)    Unless and until the Discharge of First-Priority Obligations has occurred, each Second-Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each applicable Second-Priority Secured Party, hereby consents to the application, whether prior to or after a default, of Deposit Account Collateral or proceeds of Common Collateral to the repayment of First-Priority Obligations pursuant to the First-Priority Documents; provided that nothing in this Section 5.1(c) shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of the Second-Priority Representatives or the Second-Priority Secured Parties to receive proceeds in connection with the Second-Priority Obligations not otherwise in contravention of this Agreement.
5.2    Insurance. Unless and until the Discharge of First-Priority Obligations has occurred, the First-Priority Collateral Agent and the First-Priority Secured Parties shall have the sole and exclusive right, subject to the rights of the Grantors under the First-Priority Documents, to adjust settlement for any insurance policy covering the Common Collateral in the event of any loss thereunder and to approve any award granted in any condemnation or similar proceeding affecting the Common Collateral. All proceeds of any such policy and any such award if in respect of the Common Collateral shall be paid, subject to the rights of the Grantors under the First-Priority Documents and the Second-Priority Documents, (a) first, prior to the occurrence of the Discharge of First-Priority Obligations, to the First-Priority Collateral Agent for the benefit of First-Priority Secured Parties pursuant to the terms of the First-Priority Documents, (b) second, after the occurrence of the Discharge of First-Priority Obligations, to the Second-Priority Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Second-Priority Secured Parties pursuant to the terms of the applicable Second-Priority Documents and (c) third, if no Second-Priority Obligations are outstanding, to the owner of the subject property, such other person as may be entitled thereto or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct. If any Second-Priority Representative or any Second-Priority Secured Party shall, at any time, receive any proceeds of any such insurance policy or any such award in contravention of this Agreement, it shall pay such proceeds over to the First-Priority Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms of Section 4.2.
5.3    Amendments to Second-Priority Collateral Documents.
(a)    Without the prior written consent of the First-Priority Collateral Agent and the Required Lenders, no Second-Priority Collateral Document may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified or entered into to the extent such amendment, supplement or modification, or the terms of any new Second-Priority Collateral Document, would be prohibited by or inconsistent with any of the terms of this Agreement. Unless otherwise agreed to by the First-Priority Collateral Agent, each Second-Priority Representative agrees that each applicable Second-Priority Collateral Document shall include language substantially the same as the following paragraph (or language to similar effect approved by the First-Priority Collateral Agent, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld):
“Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the liens and security interests granted to the [insert the relevant Second-Priority Representative] for the benefit of the [Secured Parties] pursuant to this Agreement are expressly subject and subordinate to the liens and security interests granted to (a) Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch as collateral agent (and its permitted successors) pursuant to the Collateral Agreement (First Lien) dated as of August 30, 2019 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), by and among CEC Entertainment, Inc., certain of its subsidiaries and Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as collateral agent or (b) any agent or trustee for any Other First-Priority Secured Parties (as defined in the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement referred to below) and (ii) the exercise of any right or remedy by the [insert the relevant Second-Priority Representative] hereunder or the application of proceeds (including insurance proceeds and condemnation proceeds) of any Common Collateral is subject to the limitations and provisions of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement dated as of [__] (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement”), by and among Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, in its capacity as the Credit Agreement Agent, Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, in its capacity as the First-Priority Collateral Agent, [__] in its capacity as the Initial Second-Priority Collateral Agent and Second-Priority Collateral Agent, CEC Entertainment, Inc. and its subsidiaries named therein.  In the event of any conflict between the terms of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall govern.”
(b)    In the event that the First-Priority Collateral Agent or the First-Priority Secured Parties enter into any amendment, waiver or consent in respect of or replace any of the First-Priority Collateral Documents for the purpose of adding to, or deleting from, or waiving or consenting to any departures from any provisions of, any First-Priority Collateral Document or changing in any manner the rights of the First-Priority Collateral Agent, the First-Priority Secured Parties, the Company or any other Grantor thereunder (including the release of any Liens in First-Priority Collateral), then such amendment, waiver or consent shall apply automatically to any comparable provision of each Comparable Second-Priority Collateral Document without the consent of any Second-Priority Representative or any Second-Priority Secured Party and without any action by any Second-Priority Representative, Second-Priority Secured Party, the Company or any other Grantor; provided, however, that (A) such amendment, waiver or consent does not materially adversely affect the rights of the Second-Priority Secured Parties or the interests of the Second-Priority Secured Parties in the Second-Priority Collateral and not the First-Priority Collateral Agent or the First-Priority Secured Parties, as the case may be, that have a security interest in the affected collateral in a like or similar manner, and (B) written notice of such amendment, waiver or consent shall have been given to each Second-Priority Representative.
5.4    Rights As Unsecured Creditors. The Second-Priority Representatives and the Second-Priority Secured Parties may exercise rights and remedies as an unsecured creditor against the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company that has guaranteed the Second-Priority Obligations in accordance with the terms of the applicable Second-Priority Documents and applicable law, in each case to the extent not inconsistent with or prohibited by the provisions of this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit the receipt by any Second-Priority Representative or any Second-Priority Secured Party of the required payments of interest and principal in respect of the Second-Priority Obligations so long as such receipt is not the direct or indirect result of the exercise by any Second-Priority Representative or any Second-Priority Secured Party of rights or remedies in respect of Common Collateral or enforcement in contravention of this Agreement of any Lien in respect of Second-Priority Obligations held by any of them. In the event any Second-Priority Representative or any Second-Priority Secured Party becomes a judgment lien creditor in respect of Common Collateral as a result of its enforcement of its rights as an unsecured creditor in respect of Second-Priority Obligations, such judgment lien shall be subordinated to the Liens securing First-Priority Obligations on the same basis as the other Liens securing the Second-Priority Obligations are so subordinated to such Liens securing First-Priority Obligations under this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement impairs or otherwise adversely affects any rights or remedies the First-Priority Collateral Agent or the First-Priority Secured Parties may have with respect to the First-Priority Collateral.
5.5    First-Priority Collateral Agent as Gratuitous Bailee/Agent for Perfection.
(a)    The First-Priority Collateral Agent agrees to hold the Pledged Collateral that is part of the Common Collateral in its possession or control (or in the possession or control of its agents or bailees) as gratuitous bailee and/or gratuitous agent for the benefit of each Second-Priority Representative and any assignee solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest granted in such Pledged Collateral pursuant to the Second-Priority Collateral Documents, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 5.5.
(b)    The First-Priority Collateral Agent agrees to hold the Deposit Account Collateral (if any) that is part of the Common Collateral and controlled by the First-Priority Collateral Agent as gratuitous bailee and/or gratuitous agent for the benefit of each Second-Priority Representative and any assignee solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest granted in such Deposit Account Collateral pursuant to the Second-Priority Collateral Documents, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 5.5.
(c)    In the event that the First-Priority Collateral Agent (or its agent or bailees) has Lien filings against Intellectual Property (as defined in the Initial Second-Priority Collateral Agreement) that is part of the Common Collateral that are necessary for the perfection of Liens in such Common Collateral, the First-Priority Collateral Agent agrees to hold such Liens as gratuitous bailee and/or gratuitous agent for the benefit of each Second-Priority Representative and any assignee solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest granted in such Liens pursuant to the Second-Priority Collateral Documents, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 5.5.
(d)    Except as otherwise specifically provided herein (including Sections 3.1 and 4.1), until the Discharge of First-Priority Obligations has occurred, the First-Priority Collateral Agent shall be entitled to deal with the Pledged Collateral in accordance with the terms of the First-Priority Documents as if the Liens under the Second-Priority Collateral Documents did not exist. The rights of the Second-Priority Representatives and the Second-Priority Secured Parties with respect to such Pledged Collateral shall at all times be subject to the terms of this Agreement.
(e)    The First-Priority Collateral Agent shall have no obligation whatsoever to any Second-Priority Representative or any Second-Priority Secured Party to assure that the Pledged Collateral is genuine or owned by the Grantors or to protect or preserve rights or benefits of any Person or any rights pertaining to the Common Collateral except as expressly set forth in this Section 5.5. The duties or responsibilities of the First-Priority Collateral Agent under this Section 5.5 shall be limited solely to holding the Pledged Collateral as gratuitous bailee and/or gratuitous agent for the benefit of each Second-Priority Representative for purposes of perfecting the Lien held by the Second-Priority Secured Parties.
(f)    The First-Priority Collateral Agent shall not have by reason of the Second-Priority Collateral Documents or this Agreement or any other document a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Second-Priority Representative or any Second-Priority Secured Party and the Second-Priority Representatives and the Second-Priority Secured Parties hereby waive and release the First-Priority Collateral Agent from all claims and liabilities arising pursuant to the First-Priority Collateral Agent’s role under this Section 5.5, as gratuitous bailee and/or gratuitous agent with respect to the Common Collateral.
(g)    Upon the Discharge of First-Priority Obligations, the First-Priority Collateral Agent shall deliver to the Second-Priority Collateral Agent, to the extent that it is legally permitted to do so, the Pledged Collateral (if any) and the Deposit Account Collateral (if any) that is part of the Common Collateral together with any necessary endorsements (or otherwise allow the Second-Priority Collateral Agent to obtain control of such Pledged Collateral and Deposit Account Collateral) or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct. The Company shall take such further action as is required to effectuate the transfer contemplated hereby and shall indemnify the First-Priority Collateral Agent for any loss or damage suffered by the First-Priority Collateral Agent as a result of such transfer except for any loss or damage suffered by the First-Priority Collateral Agent as a result of its own willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. The First-Priority Collateral has no obligation to follow instructions from any Second-Priority Representative in contravention of this Agreement.
(h)    Neither the First-Priority Collateral Agent nor the First-Priority Secured Parties shall be required to marshal any present or future collateral security for the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ obligations to the First-Priority Collateral Agent or the First-Priority Secured Parties under the First-Priority Credit Documents or the First-Priority Collateral Documents or any assurance of payment in respect thereof or to resort to such collateral security or other assurances of payment in any particular order, and all of their rights in respect of such collateral security or any assurance of payment in respect thereof shall be cumulative and in addition to all other rights, however existing or arising
(i)    The agreement of the First-Priority Collateral Agent to act as gratuitous bailee and/or gratuitous agent pursuant to this Section 5.5 is intended, among other things, to satisfy the requirements of Sections 8-106(d)(3), 8-301(a)(2), 9-104(a)(2) and 9-313(c) of the UCC.
5.6    Second-Priority Collateral Agent as Gratuitous Bailee/Agent for Perfection.
(a)    Upon the Discharge of First-Priority Obligations, the Second-Priority Collateral Agent agrees to hold the Pledged Collateral that is part of the Common Collateral in its possession or control (or in the possession or control of its agents or bailees) as gratuitous bailee and/or gratuitous agent for the benefit of the other Second-Priority Representatives and any assignee solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest granted in such Pledged Collateral pursuant to the applicable Second-Priority Collateral Document, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 5.6.
(b)    Upon the Discharge of First-Priority Obligations, the Second-Priority Collateral Agent agrees to hold the Deposit Account Collateral (if any) that is part of the Common Collateral and controlled by the Second-Priority Collateral Agent as gratuitous bailee and/or gratuitous agent for the benefit of other Second-Priority Representatives and any assignee solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest granted in such Deposit Account Collateral pursuant to the applicable Second-Priority Collateral Document, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 5.6.
(c)    In the event that the Second-Priority Collateral Agent (or its agent or bailees) has Lien filings against Intellectual Property (as defined in the Initial Second-Priority Collateral Agreement) that is part of the Common Collateral that are necessary for the perfection of Liens in such Common Collateral, upon the Discharge of First-Priority Obligations, the Second-Priority Collateral Agent agrees to hold such Liens as gratuitous bailee and/or gratuitous agent for the benefit of other Second-Priority Representatives and any assignee solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest granted in such Liens pursuant to the applicable Second-Priority Collateral Document, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 5.6.
(d)    The Second-Priority Collateral Agent, in its capacity as gratuitous bailee and/or gratuitous agent, shall have no obligation whatsoever to the other Second-Priority Representatives to assure that the Pledged Collateral is genuine or owned by the Grantors or to protect or preserve rights or benefits of any Person or any rights pertaining to the Common Collateral except as expressly set forth in this Section 5.6. The duties or responsibilities of the Second-Priority Collateral Agent under this Section 5.6 upon the Discharge of First-Priority Obligations shall be limited solely to holding the Pledged Collateral as gratuitous bailee and/or gratuitous agent for the benefit of other Second-Priority Representatives for purposes of perfecting the Lien held by the applicable Second-Priority Secured Parties.
(e)    The Second-Priority Collateral Agent shall not have by reason of the Second-Priority Collateral Documents or this Agreement or any other document a fiduciary relationship in respect of the other Second-Priority Representatives (or the Second-Priority Secured Parties for which such other Second-Priority Representatives are agent) and the other Second-Priority Representatives hereby waive and release the Second-Priority Collateral Agent from all claims and liabilities arising pursuant to the Second-Priority Collateral Agent’s role under this Section 5.6, as gratuitous bailee and/or gratuitous agent with respect to the Common Collateral.
(f)    In the event that the Second-Priority Collateral Agent shall cease to be so designated the Second-Priority Collateral Agent pursuant to the definition of such term, the then Second-Priority Collateral Agent shall deliver to the successor Second-Priority Collateral Agent, to the extent that it is legally permitted to do so, the Pledged Collateral (if any) and the Deposit Account Collateral (if any) together with any necessary endorsements (or otherwise allow the successor Second-Priority Collateral Agent to obtain control of such Pledged Collateral and Deposit Account Collateral) or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct, and such successor Second-Priority Collateral Agent shall perform all duties of the Second-Priority Collateral Agent as set forth herein. The Company shall take such further action as is required to effectuate the transfer contemplated hereby and shall indemnify the Second-Priority Collateral Agent for any loss or damage suffered by the Second-Priority Collateral Agent as a result of such transfer except for any loss or damage suffered by the Second-Priority Collateral Agent as a result of its own willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith. The Second-Priority Collateral Agent has no obligation to follow instructions from the successor Second-Priority Collateral Agent in contravention of this Agreement
(g)    The agreement of the Second-Priority Collateral Agent to act as gratuitous bailee and/or gratuitous agent pursuant to this Section 5.6 is intended, among other things, to satisfy the requirements of Sections 8-106(d)(3), 8-301(a)(2), 9-104(a)(2) and 9-313(c) of the UCC.
5.7    When Discharge of First-Priority Obligations Deemed to Not Have Occurred. If, at any time concurrently with or after the Discharge of First-Priority Obligations has occurred, the Company incurs and designates any Other First-Priority Obligations, then such Discharge of First-Priority Obligations shall automatically be deemed not to have occurred for all purposes of this Agreement (other than with respect to any actions taken prior to the date of such designation as a result of the occurrence of such first Discharge of First-Priority Obligations), and the applicable agreement governing such Other First-Priority Obligations shall automatically be treated as a First-Priority Credit Document (and, upon designation by the Company thereof, the “Credit Agreement” hereunder) for all purposes of this Agreement, including for purposes of the Lien priorities and rights in respect of Common Collateral set forth herein and the granting by the First-Priority Collateral Agent of amendments, waivers and consents hereunder. Upon receipt of notice of such designation (including the identity of the new First-Priority Collateral Agent), each Second-Priority Representative shall promptly (i) enter into such documents and agreements (at the expense of the Company), including amendments or supplements to this Agreement, as the Company or such new First-Priority Collateral Agent shall reasonably request in writing in order to provide the new First-Priority Representative the rights of the First-Priority Collateral Agent contemplated hereby and (ii) to the extent then held by any Second-Priority Representative, deliver to the First-Priority Collateral Agent the Pledged Collateral that is Common Collateral together with any necessary endorsements (or otherwise allow such First-Priority Collateral Agent to obtain possession or control of such Pledged Collateral).
5.8    No Release If Event of Default. Notwithstanding any other provisions contained in this Agreement, if an Event of Default (as defined in the Initial Second-Priority Agreement or any other Second-Priority Document, as applicable) exists on the date on which all First-Priority Obligations are repaid in full and terminated (including all commitments and letters of credit thereunder) resulting in a Discharge of First-Priority Obligations, the Second-Priority Liens on the Second-Priority Collateral securing the Second-Priority Obligations relating to such Event of Default will not be released, except to the extent such Second-Priority Collateral or any portion thereof was disposed of in order to repay the First-Priority Obligations secured by such Second-Priority Collateral, and thereafter the Second-Priority Collateral Agent will have the right to foreclose upon such Second-Priority Collateral (but in any such event, the Liens on such Second-Priority Collateral securing the applicable Second-Priority Obligations will be released when such Event of Default and all other Events of Default under the Initial Second-Priority Agreement or any other Second-Priority Document, as applicable, cease to exist).
Section 6.
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceedings.
6.1    Financing Issues. If the Company or any other Grantor shall be subject to any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding and the First-Priority Collateral Agent shall desire to permit the use of cash collateral or to permit the Company or any other Grantor to obtain financing under Section 363 or Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar provision in any other applicable Bankruptcy Law (“DIP Financing”), then each Second-Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each applicable Second-Priority Secured Party, agrees that it will raise no objection to (and will not otherwise contest) such use of cash collateral or DIP Financing and will not request adequate protection or any other relief in connection therewith (except to the extent permitted by the proviso in clause (ii) of Section 3.1(a) and Section 6.3) and, to the extent the Liens securing the First-Priority Obligations under the First-Priority Documents are subordinated or pari passu with such DIP Financing, will subordinate its Liens in the Common Collateral (x) to such DIP Financing (and all Obligations relating thereto) on the same basis as the other Liens securing the Second-Priority Obligations are so subordinated to Liens securing First-Priority Obligations under this Agreement, (y) to any adequate protection Liens granted to the First-Priority Secured Parties, and (z) to any “carve-out” for professional and United States Trustee fees agreed to by the First-Priority Collateral Agent. Each Second-Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each applicable Second-Priority Secured Party, further agrees that it will raise no (a) objection to (and will not otherwise contest) any motion for relief from the automatic stay or from any injunction against foreclosure or enforcement in respect of First-Priority Obligations made by the First-Priority Collateral Agent or any holder of First-Priority Obligations, (b) objection to (and will not otherwise contest) any lawful exercise by any holder of First-Priority Obligations of the right to credit bid First-Priority Obligations at any sale in foreclosure of First-Priority Collateral or otherwise under Section 363(k) of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar provision of any other applicable Bankruptcy Law, (c) objection to (and will not otherwise contest) any other request for judicial relief made in any court by any holder of First-Priority Obligations relating to the lawful enforcement of any Lien on First-Priority Collateral or (d) objection to (and will not otherwise contest) any order relating to a sale of assets of any Grantor for which the First-Priority Collateral Agent has consented that provides, to the extent the sale is to be free and clear of Liens, that the Liens securing the First-Priority Obligations and the Second-Priority Obligations will attach to the proceeds of the sale on the same basis of priority as the Liens securing the First-Priority Collateral rank to the Liens securing the Second-Priority Collateral in accordance with this Agreement.
6.2    Relief from the Automatic Stay. Until the Discharge of First-Priority Obligations has occurred, each Second-Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each applicable Second-Priority Secured Party, agrees that none of them shall seek relief from the automatic stay or any other stay in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in respect of the Common Collateral, without the prior written consent of the First-Priority Collateral Agent and the Required Lenders.
6.3    Adequate Protection. Each Second-Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each applicable Second-Priority Secured Party, agrees that none of them shall contest (or support any other Person contesting) (a) any request by the First-Priority Collateral Agent or the First-Priority Secured Parties for adequate protection or (b) any objection by the First-Priority Collateral Agent or the First-Priority Secured Parties to any motion, relief, action or proceeding based on the First-Priority Collateral Agent’s or the First-Priority Secured Parties’ claiming a lack of adequate protection. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, (i) if the First-Priority Secured Parties (or any subset thereof) are granted adequate protection in the form of a Lien on additional collateral in connection with any DIP Financing or use of cash collateral under Section 363 or Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar provision of any other applicable Bankruptcy Law, then each Second-Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and any applicable Second-Priority Secured Party, may seek or request adequate protection in the form of a Lien on such additional collateral, which Lien is subordinated to the Liens securing and providing adequate protection for the First-Priority Obligations and such DIP Financing (and all Obligations relating thereto) on the same basis as the other Liens securing the Second-Priority Obligations are so subordinated to the Liens securing First-Priority Obligations under this Agreement and (ii) in the event any Second-Priority Representative, on behalf of itself or any applicable Second-Priority Secured Party, seeks or requests adequate protection and such adequate protection is granted in the form of a Lien on additional collateral, then such Second-Priority Representative, on behalf of itself or each such Second-Priority Secured Party, agrees that the First-Priority Representatives shall also be granted a senior Lien on such additional collateral as security and adequate protection for the applicable First-Priority Obligations and any such DIP Financing and that any Lien on such additional collateral securing or providing adequate protection for the Second-Priority Obligations shall be subordinated to the Liens on such collateral securing the First-Priority Obligations and any such DIP Financing (and all Obligations relating thereto) and any other Liens granted to the First-Priority Secured Parties as adequate protection on the same basis as the other Liens securing the Second-Priority Obligations are so subordinated to such Liens securing First-Priority Obligations under this Agreement.
6.4    Preference Issues. If any First-Priority Secured Party is required in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise to turn over or otherwise pay to the estate of the Company or any other Grantor (or any trustee, receiver or similar person therefor), because the payment of such amount was declared to be fraudulent or preferential in any respect or for any other reason, any amount (a “Recovery”), whether received as proceeds of security, enforcement of any right of setoff or otherwise, then the First-Priority Obligations shall be reinstated to the extent of such Recovery and deemed to be outstanding as if such payment had not occurred and the First-Priority Secured Parties shall remain entitled to a Discharge of First-Priority Obligations with respect to all such recovered amounts and shall have all rights hereunder until such time. If this Agreement shall have been terminated prior to such Recovery, this Agreement shall be reinstated in full force and effect, and such prior termination shall not diminish, release, discharge, impair or otherwise affect the obligations of the parties hereto.
6.5    Application. This Agreement, which the parties hereto expressly acknowledge is a “subordination agreement” under Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar provision of any other applicable Bankruptcy Law, shall be applicable prior to and after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. All references herein to any Grantor shall apply to any trustee for such Person and such Person as debtor in possession. The relative rights as to the Common Collateral and proceeds thereof shall continue after the filing thereof on the same basis as prior to the date of the petition, subject to any court order approving the financing of, or use of cash collateral by, any Grantor.
6.6    506(c) Claims. Until the Discharge of First-Priority Obligations has occurred, each Second-Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each applicable Second-Priority Secured Party, will not assert or enforce any claim under Section 506(c) of the Bankruptcy Code senior to or on a parity with the Liens securing the First-Priority Obligations for costs or expenses of preserving or disposing of any Common Collateral.
6.7    Reorganization Securities. If, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, debt obligations of the reorganized debtor secured by Liens upon any property of the reorganized debtor are distributed, pursuant to a plan of reorganization or similar dispositive restructuring plan on account of both the First-Priority Obligations and the Second-Priority Obligations, then, to the extent the debt obligations distributed on account of the First-Priority Obligations and on account of the Second-Priority Obligations are secured by Liens upon the same assets or property, the provisions of this Agreement will survive the distribution of such debt obligations pursuant to such plan and will apply with like effect to the Liens securing such debt obligations.
6.8    Voting. Without the prior written consent of the First-Priority Representatives, neither the Second-Priority Collateral Agent nor any other Second-Priority Secured Party may propose, support or vote in favor of any plan of reorganization or similar dispositive restructuring plan that is inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement unless such plan (a) pays off, in cash in full, all First-Priority Obligations, (b) is accepted by the class of holders of First-Priority Obligations voting thereon in accordance with Section 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code (or any similar provision under any other applicable Bankrutpcy Law) and (c) otherwise provides the holders of First-Priority Obligations with the value of the Common Collateral in cash or otherwise, prior to any payment or distribution on account of the Second-Priority Obligations, subject to Section 6.7 hereof.
6.9    Post-Petition Interest.(a)    None of the Second-Priority Representative or any other Second-Priority Secured Party shall oppose or seek to challenge any claim by any First-Priority Representative or any other First-Priority Secured Party for allowance in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding of First-Priority Obligations consisting of post-petition interest, fees, or expenses under Section 506(b) of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise.
(b)    None of the First-Priority Representatives or any other First-Priority Secured Party shall oppose or seek to challenge any claim by any Second-Priority Representative or any other Second-Priority Secured Party for allowance in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding of Second-Priority Obligations consisting of post-petition interest, fees, or expenses under Section 506(b) of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise, to the extent of the value of the Lien of the Second-Priority Representative on behalf of the Second-Priority Secured Parties on the Common Collateral (after taking into account the First-Priority Obligations).
6.10    Separate Grants Of Security And Separate Classifications. Each Second-Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each applicable Second-Priority Secured Party, acknowledges and agrees that (a) the grants of Liens pursuant to the First-Priority Collateral Documents and the Second-Priority Collateral Documents constitute separate and distinct grants of Liens and (b) because of, among other things, their differing rights in the Common Collateral, the Second-Priority Obligations are fundamentally different from the First-Priority Obligations and must be separately classified in any plan of reorganization or similar dispositive restructuring plan proposed, confirmed, or adopted in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. To further effectuate the intent of the parties as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, if it is held that any claims of the First-Priority Secured Parties and the Second-Priority Secured Parties in respect of the Common Collateral constitute a single class of claims (rather than separate classes of senior and junior secured claims), then each Second-Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each applicable Second-Priority Secured Party, hereby acknowledges and agrees that all distributions from the Common Collateral shall be made as if there were separate classes of senior and junior secured claims against the Grantors in respect of the Common Collateral (with the effect being that, to the extent that the aggregate value of the Common Collateral is sufficient (for this purpose ignoring all claims held by the Second-Priority Secured Parties), the First-Priority Secured Parties shall be entitled to receive, in addition to amounts distributed to them in respect of principal, pre-petition interest, fees, and expenses, and other claims, all amounts owing in respect of post-petition interest, fees, and expenses (whether or not allowed or allowable in such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding) before any distribution is made from the Common Collateral in respect of the Second-Priority Obligations, with each Second-Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each applicable Second-Priority Secured Party, hereby acknowledging and agreeing to turn over to the First-Priority Collateral Agent amounts otherwise received or receivable by them from the Common Collateral to the extent necessary to effectuate the intent of this sentence, even if such turnover has the effect of reducing the claim or recovery of the Second-Priority Secured Parties.Reliance; Waivers; etc.
6.11    Reliance. The consent by the First-Priority Secured Parties to the execution and delivery of the Second-Priority Documents to which the First-Priority Secured Parties have consented and all loans and other extensions of credit made or deemed made on and after the date hereof by the First-Priority Secured Parties to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company shall be deemed to have been given and made in reliance upon this Agreement. Each Second-Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each applicable Second-Priority Secured Party, acknowledges that it and the applicable Second-Priority Secured Parties have, independently and without reliance on the First-Priority Collateral Agent or any First-Priority Secured Party, and based on documents and information deemed by them appropriate, made their own credit analysis and decision to enter into the applicable Second-Priority Documents, this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and they will continue to make their own credit decision in taking or not taking any action under the applicable Second-Priority Documents or this Agreement.
6.12    No Warranties or Liability. Each Second-Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each applicable Second-Priority Secured Party, acknowledges and agrees that neither the First-Priority Collateral Agent nor any First-Priority Secured Party has made any express or implied representation or warranty, including with respect to the execution, validity, legality, completeness, collectibility or enforceability of any of the First-Priority Documents, the ownership of any Common Collateral or the perfection or priority of any Liens thereon. The First-Priority Secured Parties will be entitled to manage and supervise their respective loans and extensions of credit under the First-Priority Documents in accordance with law and as they may otherwise, in their sole discretion, deem appropriate, and the First-Priority Secured Parties may manage their loans and extensions of credit without regard to any rights or interests that any Second-Priority Representative or any of the Second-Priority Secured Parties have in the Common Collateral or otherwise, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement. Neither the First-Priority Collateral Agent nor any First-Priority Secured Party shall have any duty to any Second-Priority Representative or any Second-Priority Secured Party to act or refrain from acting in a manner that allows, or results in, the occurrence or continuance of an event of default or default under any agreements with the Company or any Subsidiary thereof (including the Second-Priority Documents), regardless of any knowledge thereof that they may have or be charged with. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, the First-Priority Collateral Agent, the First-Priority Secured Parties, the Second-Priority Representatives and the Second-Priority Secured Parties have not otherwise made to each other, nor do they hereby make to each other, any warranties, express or implied, nor do they assume any liability to each other with respect to (a) the enforceability, validity, value or collectibility of any of the Second-Priority Obligations, the First-Priority Obligations or any guarantee or security which may have been granted to any of them in connection therewith, (b) the Company’s or any other Grantor’s title to or right to transfer any of the Common Collateral or (c) any other matter except as expressly set forth in this Agreement.
6.13    Obligations Unconditional. All rights, interests, agreements and obligations of the First-Priority Collateral Agent and the First-Priority Secured Parties, and the Second-Priority Representatives and the Second-Priority Secured Parties, respectively, hereunder shall remain in full force and effect irrespective of:
(a)    any lack of validity or enforceability of any First-Priority Documents or any Second-Priority Documents;
(b)    any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other terms of, all or any of the First-Priority Obligations or Second-Priority Obligations, or any amendment or waiver or other modification, including any increase in the amount thereof, whether by course of conduct or otherwise, of the terms of the Credit Agreement or any other First-Priority Document or of the terms of the Initial Second-Priority Agreement or any other Second-Priority Document;
(c)    any exchange of any security interest in any Common Collateral or any other collateral, or any amendment, waiver or other modification, whether in writing or by course of conduct or otherwise, of all or any of the First-Priority Obligations or Second-Priority Obligations or any guarantee thereof;
(d)    the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in respect of the Company or any other Grantor; or
(e)    any other circumstances that otherwise might constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Company or any other Grantor in respect of the First-Priority Obligations, or of any Second-Priority Representative or any Second-Priority Secured Party in respect of this Agreement.
Section 7.
Miscellaneous.
7.1    Conflicts. Subject to Section 8.19, in the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of any First-Priority Document or any Second-Priority Document, the terms of this Agreement shall govern.
7.2    Continuing Nature of this Agreement; Severability. Subject to Section 5.7 and Section 6.4, this Agreement shall continue to be effective until the Discharge of First-Priority Obligations shall have occurred or such later time as all the Obligations in respect of the Second-Priority Obligations shall have been paid in full. This is a continuing agreement of lien subordination and the First-Priority Secured Parties may continue, at any time and without notice to each Second-Priority Representative or any Second-Priority Secured Party, to extend credit and other financial accommodations and lend monies to or for the benefit of the Company or any other Grantor constituting First-Priority Obligations in reliance hereon. The terms of this Agreement shall survive, and shall continue in full force and effect, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate 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.
7.3    Amendments; Waivers. No amendment, modification or waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to be made unless the same shall be in writing signed on behalf of each Second-Priority Representative (or its authorized agent), each First-Priority Representative (or its authorized agent) and the Company and each waiver, if any, shall be a waiver only with respect to the specific instance involved and shall in no way impair the rights of the parties making such waiver or the obligations of the other parties to such party in any other respect or at any other time. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 8.3 to the contrary, this Agreement may be amended from time to time at the request of the Company, at the Company’s expense, and without the consent of any First-Priority Representative, any Second-Priority Representative, any First-Priority Secured Party or any Second-Priority Secured Party to (i) add other parties holding Other First-Priority Obligations (or any agent or trustee therefor) and Other Second-Priority Obligations (or any agent or trustee therefor) in each case to the extent such Obligations are not prohibited by any First-Priority Credit Document or any Second-Priority Credit Document, (ii) in the case of Other Second-Priority Obligations, (a) establish that the Lien on the Common Collateral securing such Other Second-Priority Obligations shall be junior and subordinate in all respects to all Liens on the Common Collateral securing any First-Priority Obligations and shall share in the benefits of the Common Collateral equally and ratably with all Liens on the Common Collateral securing any Second-Priority Obligations (subject to the terms of the Second-Priority Documents), and (b) provide to the holders of such Other Second-Priority Obligations (or any agent or trustee thereof) the comparable rights and benefits (including any improved rights and benefits that have been consented to by the First-Priority Collateral Agent) as are provided to the holders of Second-Priority Obligations under this Agreement (subject to the terms of the Second-Priority Documents), and (iii) in the case of Other First-Priority Obligations, (a) establish that the Lien on the Common Collateral securing such Other First-Priority Obligations shall be superior in all respects to all Liens on the Common Collateral securing any Second-Priority Obligations and shall share in the benefits of the Common Collateral equally and ratably with all Liens on the Common Collateral securing any First-Priority Obligations (subject to the terms of the First-Priority Documents), and (b) provide to the holders of such Other First-Priority Obligations (or any agent or trustee thereof) the comparable rights and benefits as are provided to the holders of First-Priority Obligations under this Agreement (subject to the terms of the First-Priority Documents), in each case so long as such modifications are not prohibited by any First-Priority Credit Document or any Second-Priority Credit Document. Any such additional party and each Representative shall be entitled to rely on the determination of an officer of the Company that such modifications are not prohibited by any First-Priority Credit Document or any Second-Priority Credit Document if such determination is set forth in an officer’s certificate delivered to such party, the First-Priority Collateral Agent and each Second-Priority Representative. At the request (and sole expense) of the Company, without the consent of any First-Priority Secured Party or Second-Priority Secured Party, each of the First-Priority Collateral Agent, the Second-Priority Collateral Agent and each other First-Priority Representative and Second-Priority Representative shall execute and deliver an acknowledgment and confirmation of such permitted modifications and/or enter into an amendment, a restatement or a supplement of this Agreement to facilitate such permitted modifications (it being understood that such actions shall not be required for the effectiveness of any such modifications).
7.4    Information Concerning Financial Condition of the Company and the Subsidiaries. The First-Priority Collateral Agent, the First-Priority Secured Parties, each Second-Priority Representative and the Second-Priority Secured Parties shall each be responsible for keeping themselves informed of (a) the financial condition of the Company and the Subsidiaries of the Company and all endorsers and/or guarantors of the Second-Priority Obligations or the First-Priority Obligations and (b) all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Second-Priority Obligations or the First-Priority Obligations. The First-Priority Collateral Agent, the First-Priority Secured Parties, each Second-Priority Representative and the Second-Priority Secured Parties shall have no duty to advise any other party hereunder of information known to it or them regarding such condition or any such circumstances or otherwise. In the event that the First-Priority Collateral Agent, any First-Priority Secured Party, any Second-Priority Representative or any Second-Priority Secured Party, in its or their sole discretion, undertakes at any time or from time to time to provide any such information to any other party, it or they shall be under no obligation (w) to make, and the First-Priority Collateral Agent, the First-Priority Secured Parties, the Second-Priority Representatives and the Second-Priority Secured Parties shall not make, any express or implied representation or warranty, including with respect to the accuracy, completeness, truthfulness or validity of any such information so provided, (x) to provide any additional information or to provide any such information on any subsequent occasion, (y) to undertake any investigation or (z) to disclose any information that, pursuant to accepted or reasonable commercial finance practices, such party wishes to maintain confidential or is otherwise required to maintain confidential.
7.5    Subrogation. Each Second-Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each applicable Second-Priority Secured Party, hereby waives any rights of subrogation it may acquire as a result of any payment hereunder until the Discharge of First-Priority Obligations has occurred.
7.6    Application of Payments. Except as otherwise provided herein, all payments received by the First-Priority Secured Parties may be applied, reversed and reapplied, in whole or in part, to such part of the First-Priority Obligations as the First-Priority Secured Parties, in their sole discretion, deem appropriate, consistent with the terms of the First-Priority Documents. Except as otherwise provided herein, each Second-Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each applicable Second-Priority Secured Party, assents to any extension or postponement of the time of payment of the First-Priority Obligations or any part thereof and to any other indulgence with respect thereto, to any substitution, exchange or release of any security that may at any time secure any part of the First-Priority Obligations and to the addition or release of any other Person primarily or secondarily liable therefor.
7.7    Consent to Jurisdiction; Waivers. The parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally agree that they will not commence any action, litigation or proceeding of any kind or description, whether in law or equity, whether in contract or in tort or otherwise, against the First-Priority Secured Parties or the Credit Agreement Agent, or any affiliate of the foregoing in any way relating to this Agreement or the transactions relating hereto, in any forum other than the courts of the State of New York sitting in New York County, and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof. The parties hereto consent to the jurisdiction of any state or federal court located in New York County, New York, and consent that all service of process may be made by registered mail directed to such party as provided in Section 8.8 for such party. Service so made shall be deemed to be completed three days after the same shall be posted as aforesaid. The parties hereto waive any objection to any action instituted hereunder in any such court based on forum non conveniens, and any objection to the venue of any action instituted hereunder in any such court. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION BASED ON, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING, VERBAL OR WRITTEN STATEMENT OR ACTION OF ANY PARTY HERETO IN CONNECTION WITH THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF.
7.8    Notices. All notices to the First-Priority Secured Parties and the Second-Priority Secured Parties permitted or required under this Agreement may be sent to the First-Priority Collateral Agent, the Initial Second-Priority Collateral Agent, or any other First-Priority Representative or Second-Priority Representative as provided in the Credit Agreement, the Initial Second-Priority Agreement, the relevant First-Priority Document or the relevant Second-Priority Document, as applicable. Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, any notice or other communication herein required or permitted to be given shall be in writing and may be personally served, telecopied, electronically mailed or sent by courier service or U.S. mail and shall be deemed to have been given when delivered in person or by courier service, upon receipt of a telecopy or electronic mail or upon receipt via U.S. mail (registered or certified, with postage prepaid and properly addressed). For the purposes hereof, the addresses of the parties hereto shall be as set forth below each party’s name on the signature pages hereto, or, as to each party, at such other address as may be designated by such party in a written notice to all of the other parties. Each First-Priority Representative hereby agrees to promptly notify each Second-Priority Representative upon payment in full in cash of all indebtedness under the applicable First-Priority Documents (except for contingent indemnities and cost and reimbursement obligations to the extent no claim therefor has been made).
7.9    Further Assurances. Each of the Second-Priority Representatives, on behalf of itself and each applicable Second-Priority Secured Party, and each of the First-Priority Representatives, on behalf of itself and each applicable First-Priority Secured Party, agrees that each of them shall take such further action and shall execute and deliver to the First-Priority Collateral Agent and the First-Priority Secured Parties such additional documents and instruments (in recordable form, if requested) as the First-Priority Collateral Agent or the First-Priority Secured Parties may reasonably request to effectuate the terms of and the lien priorities contemplated by this Agreement.
7.10    Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIMS, CONTROVERSY, DISPUTE OR CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE) BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY PRINCIPLE OF CONFLICTS OF LAW THAT COULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF ANY OTHER LAW.
7.11    Binding on Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the First-Priority Collateral Agent, the other First-Priority Representatives, the First-Priority Secured Parties, the Second-Priority Representatives, the Second-Priority Secured Parties, the Company, the Company’s Subsidiaries party hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns.
7.12    Specific Performance. The First-Priority Collateral Agent may demand specific performance of this Agreement. Each Second-Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each applicable Second-Priority Secured Party, hereby irrevocably waives any defense based on the adequacy of a remedy at law and any other defense that might be asserted to bar the remedy of specific performance in any action that may be brought by the First-Priority Collateral Agent.
7.13    Section Titles. The section titles contained in this Agreement are and shall be without substantive meaning or content of any kind whatsoever and are not a part of this Agreement.
7.14    Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, including by means of facsimile or in portable document format (pdf), each of which shall be an original and all of which shall together constitute one and the same document.
7.15    Authorization. By its signature, each Person executing this Agreement on behalf of a party hereto represents and warrants to the other parties hereto that it is duly authorized to execute this Agreement. Each First-Priority Representative represents and warrants that this Agreement is binding upon the applicable First-Priority Secured Parties for which such First-Priority Representative is acting. Each Second-Priority Representative represents and warrants that this Agreement is binding upon the applicable Second-Priority Secured Parties for which such Second-Priority Representative is acting.
7.16    No Third Party Beneficiaries; Successors and Assigns. This Agreement and the rights and benefits hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, each of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of each of, and be binding upon, the holders of First-Priority Obligations and Second-Priority Obligations. No other Person shall have or be entitled to assert rights or benefits hereunder.
7.17    Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective when executed and delivered by the parties hereto. This Agreement shall be effective both before and after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. All references to the Company or any other Grantor shall include the Company or any other Grantor as debtor and debtor-in-possession and any receiver or trustee for the Company or any other Grantor (as the case may be) in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
7.18    First-Priority Representatives and Second-Priority Representatives. It is understood and agreed that (a) CS is entering into this Agreement in its capacity as collateral agent under the Credit Agreement and the provisions of Article VIII of the Credit Agreement applicable to CS as collateral agent thereunder shall also apply to CS as First-Priority Collateral Agent hereunder and (b) [__] is entering into this Agreement in its capacity as Initial Second-Priority Collateral Agent under the Initial Second-Priority Agreement, and the provisions of [Article [__]] of the Initial Second-Priority Agreement applicable to the Initial Second-Priority Collateral Agent thereunder shall also apply to it as Second-Priority Collateral Agent and Initial Second-Priority Collateral Agent hereunder.
7.19    Relative Rights. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary (except to the extent contemplated by Sections 5.1 and 5.3(b)), nothing in this Agreement is intended to or will (a) amend, waive or otherwise modify the provisions of the Credit Agreement, the Initial Second-Priority Agreement or any other First-Priority Document or Second-Priority Document entered into in connection with the Credit Agreement, the Initial Second-Priority Agreement or any other First-Priority Document or Second-Priority Document or permit the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company to take any action, or fail to take any action, to the extent such action or failure would otherwise constitute a breach of, or default under, the Credit Agreement, the Initial Second-Priority Agreement or any other First-Priority Document or Second-Priority Document entered into in connection with the Credit Agreement, the Initial Second-Priority Agreement or any other First-Priority Document or Second-Priority Credit Document, (b) change the relative priorities of the First-Priority Obligations or the Liens granted under the First-Priority Documents on the Common Collateral (or any other assets) as among the First-Priority Secured Parties or (c) otherwise change the relative rights of the First-Priority Secured Parties in respect of the Common Collateral as among such First-Priority Secured Parties or (d) obligate the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company to take any action, or fail to take any action, that would otherwise constitute a breach of, or default under, the Credit Agreement, the Initial Second-Priority Agreement or any other First-Priority Document or Second-Priority Document entered into in connection with the Credit Agreement, the Initial Second-Priority Agreement or any other First-Priority Document or Second-Priority Document.
7.20    Second-Priority Collateral Agent. The Second-Priority Collateral Agent is executing and delivering this Agreement solely in its capacity as such and pursuant to directions set forth in the Initial Second-Priority Agreement; and in so doing, the Second-Priority Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for the terms or sufficiency of this Agreement for any purpose. The Second-Priority Collateral Agent shall not have duties or obligations under or pursuant to this Agreement other than such duties expressly set forth in this Agreement as duties on its part to be performed or observed. In entering into this Agreement, or in taking (or forbearing from ) any action under or pursuant to this Agreement, the Second-Priority Collateral Agent shall have and be protected by all of the rights, immunities, indemnities and other protections granted to it under the Initial Second-Priority Agreement and the Initial Second-Priority Collateral Agreement.
7.21    Joinder Requirements. The Company may designate additional obligations as Other First-Priority Obligations or Other Second-Priority Obligations pursuant to this Section 8.21 if (x) the incurrence of such obligations is not prohibited by any First-Priority Document or Second-Priority Document then in effect and (y) the Company shall have delivered an officer’s certificate to each Representative certifying the same. If not so prohibited, the Company shall (i) notify each Representative in writing of such designation and (ii) cause the applicable new First-Priority Representative or Second-Priority Representative to execute and deliver to each other First-Priority Representative and Second-Priority Representative, a Joinder Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A or Exhibit B, as applicable, hereto.
7.22    Intercreditor Agreements.
(a)    Each party hereto agrees that the First-Priority Secured Parties (as among themselves) and the Second-Priority Secured Parties (as among themselves) may each enter into intercreditor agreements (or similar arrangements) with the applicable First-Priority Representatives or Second-Priority Representatives, as the case may be, governing the rights, benefits and privileges as among the First-Priority Secured Parties or as among the Second-Priority Secured Parties, as the case may be, in respect of any or all of the Common Collateral, this Agreement and the other First-Priority Collateral Documents or the other Second-Priority Collateral Documents, as the case may be, including as to application of proceeds of any Common Collateral, voting rights, control of any Common Collateral and waivers with respect to any Common Collateral, in each case so long as the terms thereof do not violate or conflict with the provisions of this Agreement or the other First-Priority Collateral Documents or Second-Priority Collateral Documents, as the case may be. In any event, if a respective intercreditor agreement (or similar arrangement) exists, the provisions thereof shall not be (or be construed to be) an amendment, modification or other change to this Agreement or any other First-Priority Collateral Document or Second-Priority Collateral Document, and the provisions of this Agreement and the other First-Priority Collateral Documents and Second-Priority Collateral Documents shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof (as such provisions may be amended, modified or otherwise supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, including to give effect to any intercreditor agreement (or similar arrangement)).
(b)    In addition, in the event that the Company or any Subsidiary thereof incurs any Obligations secured by a Lien on any Common Collateral that is junior to Liens thereon securing any First-Priority Obligations or Second-Priority Obligations, as the case may be, and such Obligations are not designated by the Company as Second-Priority Obligations, then the First-Priority Collateral Agent and/or Second-Priority Collateral Agent shall upon the request of the Company enter into an intercreditor agreement with the agent or trustee for the creditors with respect to such secured Obligations to reflect the relative Lien priorities of such parties with respect to the relevant portion of the Common Collateral and governing the relative rights, benefits and privileges as among such parties in respect of such Common Collateral, including as to application of the proceeds of such Common Collateral, voting rights, control of such Common Collateral and waivers with respect to such Common Collateral, in each case, so long as such secured Obligations are not prohibited by, and the terms of such intercreditor agreement do not violate or conflict with, the provisions of this Agreement or any of the First-Priority Documents or Second-Priority Documents, as the case may be. If any such intercreditor agreement (or similar arrangement) is entered into, the provisions thereof shall not be (or be construed to be) an amendment, modification or other change to this Agreement or any First-Priority Documents, and the provisions of this Agreement, the First-Priority Documents and the Second-Priority Documents shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof (as such provisions may be amended, modified or otherwise supplemented from time to time in accordance with the respective terms thereof, including to give effect to any intercreditor agreement (or similar arrangement)).
7.23    Additional Guarantors. The Company agrees that, if any Subsidiary of the Company shall become a Grantor after the date hereof, it will promptly cause such Subsidiary to become party hereto by executing and delivering an instrument in a form reasonably acceptable to the First-Priority Collateral Agent. Upon such execution and delivery, such Subsidiary will become a Grantor hereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Grantor herein. The execution and delivery of such instrument shall not require the consent of any party hereunder. The rights and obligations of each Grantor hereunder shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new Grantor as a party to this Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH,
as Credit Agreement Agent
By:
        
Name:
Title:
CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH,
as First-Priority Collateral Agent
By:
        
Name:
Title:
[__],
as Initial Second-Priority Collateral Agent and
Second-Priority Collateral Agent
By:
        
Name:
Title:
[NAMES OF GRANTORS]
By:
        
Name:
Title:


EXHIBIT A
Joinder Agreement
JOINDER AGREEMENT
(Other First-Priority Obligations)

JOINDER AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of [__], [__], among [__] (the “New Representative”), as an Other First-Priority Representative, [[__] (the “New Collateral Agent”)], as an Other First-Priority Collateral Agent, CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, as collateral agent for the Credit Agreement Secured Parties (together with its successors and co-agents in substantially the same capacity as may from time to time be appointed) and as First-Priority Collateral Agent, CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, as Credit Agreement Agent, [__], as collateral agent for the Initial Second-Priority Secured Parties (together with its successors and co-agents in substantially the same capacity as may from time to time be appointed) and as Initial Second-Priority Collateral Agent and Second-Priority Collateral Agent and CEC Entertainment, Inc. (on behalf of itself and its Subsidiaries).
This Agreement is supplemental to that certain First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of [__], 20[__] (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement”), by and among the parties (other than the New Representative and the New Collateral Agent) referred to above. This Agreement has been entered into to record the accession of the New Representative[s] as Other First-Priority Representative[s] under the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement [and to record the accession of the New Collateral Agent as an Other First-Priority Collateral Agent under the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement].
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01    Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
ARTICLE II
Accession
SECTION 2.01 [The][/Each] New Representative agrees to become, with immediate effect, a party to and agrees to be bound by the terms of, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement as an Other First-Priority Representative as if it had originally been party to the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement as an Other First-Priority Representative.
SECTION 2.02 [The New Collateral Agent agrees to become, with immediate effect, a party to and agrees to be bound by the terms of, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement as an Other First-Priority Collateral Agent as if it had originally been party to the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement as an Other First-Priority Collateral Agent.]
SECTION 2.03 The New Representative[s] and the New Collateral Agent confirm[s] that their address details for notices pursuant to the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement [is][/are] as follows: [_____________].
SECTION 2.04 Each party to this Agreement (other than the New Representative[s] and the New Collateral Agent) confirms the acceptance of the New Representative[s] and New Collateral Agent as an Other First-Priority Representative and Other First-Priority Collateral Agent, respectively, for purposes of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
SECTION 2.05 [________] [is][/are] acting in the capacities of Other First-Priority Representative[s] and [________] is acting in its capacity as Other First-Priority Collateral Agent solely for the Secured Parties under [_____________].
ARTICLE III
Miscellaneous
SECTION 3.01 This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.
SECTION 3.02 This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Agreement by facsimile transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
[INSERT SIGNATURE BLOCKS]

EXHIBIT B
Joinder Agreement
JOINDER AGREEMENT
(Other Second-Priority Obligations)

JOINDER AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of [__], [__], among [__] (the “New Representative”), as an Other Second-Priority Representative, [[__] (the “New Collateral Agent”)], as an Other Second-Priority Collateral Agent, CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, as collateral agent for the Credit Agreement Secured Parties (together with its successors and co-agents in substantially the same capacity as may from time to time be appointed) and as First-Priority Collateral Agent, CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, as Credit Agreement Agent, [__], as collateral agent for the Initial Second-Priority Secured Parties (together with its successors and co-agents in substantially the same capacity as may from time to time be appointed) and as Initial Second-Priority Collateral Agent and Second-Priority Collateral Agent and CEC Entertainment, Inc. (on behalf of itself and its Subsidiaries).
This Agreement is supplemental to that certain First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of [__], 20[__] (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement”), by and among the parties (other than the New Representative and the New Collateral Agent) referred to above. This Agreement has been entered into to record the accession of the New Representative[s] as Other Second-Priority Representative[s] under the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement [and to record the accession of the New Collateral Agent as an Other Second-Priority Collateral Agent under the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement].
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01 Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
ARTICLE II
Accession
SECTION 2.01 [The][/Each] New Representative agrees to become, with immediate effect, a party to and agrees to be bound by the terms of, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement as an Other Second-Priority Representative as if it had originally been party to the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement as an Other Second-Priority Representative.
SECTION 2.02 [The New Collateral Agent agrees to become, with immediate effect, a party to and agrees to be bound by the terms of, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement as an Other Second-Priority Collateral Agent as if it had originally been party to the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement as an Other Second-Priority Collateral Agent.]
SECTION 2.03 The New Representative[s] and the New Collateral Agent confirm[s] that their address details for notices pursuant to the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement [is][/are] as follows: [_____________].
SECTION 2.04 Each party to this Agreement (other than the New Representative[s] and the New Collateral Agent) confirms the acceptance of the New Representative[s] and the New Collateral Agent as an Other Second-Priority Representative and an Other Second-Priority Collateral Agent, respectively, for purposes of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
SECTION 2.05 [________] [is][/are] acting in the capacities of Other Second-Priority Representative[s] and [________] is acting in its capacity as Other Second-Priority Collateral Agent solely for the Secured Parties under [_____________].
ARTICLE III
Miscellaneous
SECTION 3.01 This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.
SECTION 3.02 This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Agreement by facsimile transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
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SCHEDULE I
Subsidiary Parties
[To list names of Grantors that are Subsidiaries of the Company.]

EXHIBIT J-1
FORM OF U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
(For Foreign Lenders That Are Not Treated As Partnerships For
U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is made to the First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of August 30, 2019 (as may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Queso Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), CEC Entertainment, Inc., a Kansas corporation (the “Borrower”), the lenders from time to time party thereto (“Lenders”), and Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.17(e) of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) it is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iii) it is not a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, (iv) it is not a “controlled foreign corporation” related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code, and (v) no payments in connection with any Loan Document are effectively connected with the undersigned’s conduct of a U.S. trade or business.
The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent with a certificate of its non-U.S. person status on IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which payment is to be made by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding each such payment.
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[Foreign Lender]
By:
        
Name:    
Title:    
[Address]
Dated:    ______________________, 20[ ]

EXHIBIT J-2
FORM OF U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
(For Foreign Lenders That Are Treated As Partnerships For
U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is made to the First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of August 30, 2019 (as may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Queso Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), CEC Entertainment, Inc., a Kansas corporation (the “Borrower”), the lenders from time to time party thereto (“Lenders”), and Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.17(e) of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) its partners/members are the sole beneficial owners of such Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)), (iii) neither the undersigned nor any of its partners/members is a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iv) none of its partners/members is a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, (v) none of its partners/members is a “controlled foreign corporation” related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code, and (vi) no payments in connection with any Loan Document are effectively connected with the undersigned’s or its partners/members’ conduct of a U.S. trade or business.
The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Borrower with IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by one of the following forms from each of its partners/members claiming the portfolio interest exemption: (i) an IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E or (ii) an IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by an IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E from each of such partner’s/member’s beneficial owners that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding each such payment.
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[Foreign Lender]
By:
        
Name:    
Title:    
[Address]
Dated:    ______________________, 20[ ]


EXHIBIT J-3
FORM OF U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
(For Foreign Participants That Are Not Treated As Partnerships For
U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is made to the First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of August 30, 2019 (as may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Queso Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), CEC Entertainment, Inc., a Kansas corporation (the “Borrower”), the lenders from time to time party thereto (“Lenders”), and Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.17(e) and Section 9.04(d) of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) it is not a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iii) it is not a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, (iv) it is not a “controlled foreign corporation” related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code, and (v) no payments in connection with any Loan Document are effectively connected with the undersigned’s conduct of a U.S. trade or business.
The undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with a certificate of its non-U.S. person status on IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such Lender in writing and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished such Lender with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding each such payment.
[Signature Page Follows]
[Foreign Participant]
By:
        
Name:    
Title:    
[Address]
Dated:    ______________________, 20[ ]


EXHIBIT J-4
FORM OF U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
(For Foreign Participants That Are Treated As Partnerships For
U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is made to the First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of August 30, 2019 (as may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Queso Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), CEC Entertainment, Inc., a Kansas corporation (the “Borrower”), the lenders from time to time party thereto (“Lenders”), and Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.17(e) and Section 9.04(d) of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record owner of the participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) its partners/members are the sole beneficial owners of such participation, (iii) neither the undersigned nor any of its partners/members is a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iv) none of its partners/members is a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, (v) none of its partners/members is a “controlled foreign corporation” related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code, and (vi) no payments in connection with any Loan Document are effectively connected with the undersigned’s or its partners/members’ conduct of a U.S. trade or business.
The undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by one of the following forms from each of its partners/members claiming the portfolio interest exemption: (i) an IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E or (ii) an IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by an IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E from each of such partner’s/member’s beneficial owners that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such Lender in writing and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished such Lender with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding each such payment.
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[Foreign Participant]
By:
        
Name:    
Title:    
[Address]
Dated:    ______________________, 20[ ]


FORM OF INTERCOMPANY SUBORDINATION TERMS

SUBORDINATED INTERCOMPANY NOTE
[_], 20[_]

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, each of the undersigned listed on the signature page hereto, to the extent a borrower from time to time from any other person listed on the signature page hereto (each, in such capacity, a “Payor”), hereby promises to pay to the order of such other person listed below (each in such capacity, a “Payee”), in lawful money of the United States of America, or in such other currency as agreed to by such Payor and such Payee, in immediately available funds, at such location as such Payee shall from time to time designate, the unpaid principal amount of all Indebtedness of such Payor to such Payee on such date or dates as shall be agreed upon from time to time by such Payor and such Payee (or, if no such dates are specified, on demand). Each Payor promises also to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of all such loans and advances in like money at said location from the date of such loans and advances until paid at such rate per annum as shall be agreed upon from time to time by such Payor and such Payee.
Capitalized terms used in this intercompany promissory note (this “Note”) but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to them, as the context may require, in that certain First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of August 30, 2019 (as the same may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Queso Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), CEC Entertainment, Inc., a Kansas corporation (the “Borrower”), the lenders from time to time party thereto, and Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) for the Lenders and Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties.
For all purposes herein, the term “Applicable Administrative Agent” shall mean the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and the holders of other Senior Indebtedness (as defined below) or any other person serving as agent and/or bailee on its and their behalf pursuant to any applicable intercreditor agreement to which it is a party and subject to the terms thereof, until and unless another applicable agent is appointed pursuant to such intercreditor agreement.
The Indebtedness evidenced by this Note owed by any Payor that is the Borrower or a Subsidiary Loan Party to any Payee that is not a Loan Party (each such Payor or Payee referred to in this sentence hereinafter referred to as a “Loan Party Payor” and a “Subordinated Payee”, respectively) shall be subordinate and junior in right of payment, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth, to (a) all Obligations (under and as defined in the Credit Agreement) of such Payor, (b) any senior Indebtedness that renews, refunds, restructures or refinances any of the Indebtedness specified in clause (a), to the extent by its terms expressly requiring the subordination thereto of the Indebtedness evidenced by this Note, (c) any other senior Indebtedness of such Payor that by its terms expressly requires the subordination thereto of the Indebtedness evidenced by this Note and (d) interest on any of the foregoing, accruing after the commencement of any proceedings referred to in clause (i) below, whether or not such interest is an allowed claim in such proceeding (the Indebtedness specified in clauses (a) through (d) being hereinafter collectively referred to as “Senior Indebtedness”); and each reference in clauses (i) through (ix) below and the other subordination provisions in this Note to a Payor or a Payee shall be deemed to be a reference only to each Loan Party Payor and each Subordinated Payee, respectively), until the latest to occur of (x) the Termination Date under the Credit Agreement and (y) the date of payment in full in cash of any other Senior Indebtedness (other than contingent obligations as to which no claim has been made) (such latest date to occur, the “Payoff Date”); provided that each such Payor may make payments to the applicable Payee unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and such Payor shall have received notice from the Applicable Administrative Agent (provided that no such notice shall be required to be given in the case of any Event of Default arising under Section 7.01(h) or 7.01(i) of the Credit Agreement).
(i)    In the event of any insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings, and any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar proceedings in connection therewith, relating to any Payor or to its property, and in the event of any proceedings for involuntary liquidation, dissolution or other winding up of any Payor, or any voluntary liquidation, dissolution or other winding up of any Payor that violates the terms of the Credit Agreement, whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy, then, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under the Credit Agreement, until the Payoff Date shall have occurred, (x) no Payee shall be entitled to receive (whether directly or indirectly), or make any demand for, any payment from such Payor on account of any Indebtedness evidenced by this Note owed by such Payor to such Payee and (y) any such payment or distribution to which such Payee would otherwise be entitled, whether in cash, property or securities (other than a payment of debt securities of such Payor that are subordinated and junior in right of payment to the Senior Indebtedness to at least the same extent as the Indebtedness evidenced by this Note is subordinated and junior in right of payment to the Senior Indebtedness then outstanding (such securities being hereinafter referred to as “Restructured Debt Securities”)) shall instead be made to the Applicable Administrative Agent, subject to any applicable intercreditor agreement.
(ii)    If any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and after notice from the Applicable Administrative Agent (provided that no such notice shall be required to be given in the case of any Event of Default arising under Section 7.01(h) or 7.01(i) of the Credit Agreement), then until the earliest to occur of (x) the Payoff Date, (y) the date on which such Event of Default shall have been cured or waived and (z) the date on which the Applicable Administrative Agent shall have rescinded such notice, no payment or distribution of any kind or character shall be made by or on behalf of any Payor, or any other person on its behalf, with respect to any amounts evidenced by this Note.
(iii)    If any payment or distribution of any character, whether in cash, securities or other property (other than Restructured Debt Securities), and whether directly, by purchase, redemption, exercise of any right of setoff or otherwise, with respect to any amounts evidenced by this Note shall (despite these subordination provisions) be received by any Payee in violation of clause (i) or (ii) above prior to the occurrence of the Payoff Date, such payment or distribution shall be held by such Payee in trust (segregated from other property of such Payee) for the benefit of the Applicable Administrative Agent, and shall be paid over or delivered to the Applicable Administrative Agent promptly upon receipt, subject to any applicable intercreditor agreement.
(iv)    Each Payee agrees to file all claims against each relevant Payor in any bankruptcy or other proceeding in which the filing of claims is required by law in respect of any Senior Indebtedness, and the Applicable Administrative Agent shall be entitled to all of such Payee’s rights thereunder. If for any reason a Payee fails to file such claim at least ten Business Days prior to the last date on which such claim should be filed, such Payee hereby irrevocably appoints the Applicable Administrative Agent as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact and the Applicable Administrative Agent is hereby authorized to act as attorney-in-fact in such Payee’s name to file such claim or, in the Applicable Administrative Agent’s discretion, to assign such claim to and cause proof of claim to be filed in the name of the Applicable Administrative Agent or its nominee. In all such cases, whether in administration, bankruptcy or otherwise, the person or persons authorized to pay such claim shall pay to the Applicable Administrative Agent the full amount payable on the claim in the proceeding, and, to the full extent necessary for that purpose, each Payee hereby assigns to the Applicable Administrative Agent all of such Payee’s rights to any payments or distributions to which such Payee otherwise would be entitled. If the amount so paid is greater than such Payee’s liability hereunder, the Applicable Administrative Agent shall pay the excess amount to the party entitled thereto.
(v)    Each Payee waives the right to compel that any property of any Payor or any property of any guarantor of any Senior Indebtedness or any other person be applied in any particular order to discharge such Senior Indebtedness. Each Payee expressly waives the right to require the Applicable Administrative Agent or any other holder of Senior Indebtedness to proceed against any Payor, any guarantor of any Senior Indebtedness or any other person, or to pursue any other remedy in its or their power that such Payee cannot pursue and that would lighten such Payee’s burden, notwithstanding that the failure of the Applicable Administrative Agent or any such other holder to do so may thereby prejudice such Payee. Each Payee agrees that it shall not be discharged, exonerated or have its obligations hereunder reduced by the delay of the Applicable Administrative Agent or any other holder of Senior Indebtedness in proceeding against or enforcing any remedy against any Payor, any guarantor of any Senior Indebtedness or any other person; by the delay of the Applicable Administrative Agent or any holder of Senior Indebtedness in releasing any Payor, any guarantor of any Senior Indebtedness or any other person from all or any part of the Senior Indebtedness; or by the discharge of any Payor, any guarantor of any Senior Indebtedness or any other person by an operation of law or otherwise, with or without the intervention or omission of the Applicable Administrative Agent or any such holder.
(vi)    Each Payee waives all rights and defenses arising out of an election of remedies by the Applicable Administrative Agent or any other holder of Senior Indebtedness, even though that election of remedies, including any nonjudicial foreclosure with respect to any property securing any Senior Indebtedness, has impaired the value of such Payee’s rights of subrogation, reimbursement, or contribution against any Payor, any guarantor of any Senior Indebtedness or any other person. Each Payee expressly waives any rights or defenses it may have by reason of protection afforded to any Payor, any guarantor of any Senior Indebtedness or any other person with respect to the Senior Indebtedness pursuant to any anti‑deficiency laws or other laws of similar import that limit or discharge the principal debtor’s indebtedness upon judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure of property or assets securing any Senior Indebtedness.
(vii)    Each Payee agrees that, without the necessity of any reservation of rights against it, and without notice to or further assent by it, any demand for payment of any Senior Indebtedness made by the Applicable Administrative Agent or any other holder of Senior Indebtedness may be rescinded in whole or in part by the Applicable Administrative Agent or such holder, and any Senior Indebtedness may be continued, and the Senior Indebtedness or the liability of any Payee, any guarantor thereof or any other person obligated thereunder, or any right of offset with respect thereto, may, from time to time, in whole or in part, be renewed, extended, modified, accelerated, compromised, waived, surrendered or released by the Applicable Administrative Agent or any other holder of Senior Indebtedness, in each case without notice to or further assent by such Payee, which will remain bound hereunder, and without impairing, abridging, releasing or affecting the subordination provided for herein.
(viii)    Each Payee waives any and all notice of the creation, renewal, extension or accrual of any Senior Indebtedness, and any and all notice of or proof of reliance by holders of Senior Indebtedness upon the subordination provisions set forth herein. The Senior Indebtedness shall be deemed conclusively to have been created, contracted or incurred, and the consent to create the obligations of any Payee evidenced by this Note shall be deemed conclusively to have been given, in reliance upon the subordination provisions set forth herein.
(ix)    To the maximum extent permitted by law, each Payee waives any claim it might have against the Applicable Administrative Agent or any other holder of Senior Indebtedness with respect to, or arising out of, any action or failure to act or any error of judgment, negligence, or mistake or oversight whatsoever on the part of the Applicable Administrative Agent or any such holder, or any of their Related Parties, with respect to any exercise of rights or remedies under the Loan Documents, except to the extent due to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Applicable Administrative Agent or any such holder, as the case may be, or any of its Related Parties, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and nonappealable judgment. None of the Applicable Administrative Agent, any other holder of Senior Indebtedness or any of their Related Parties shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any guarantee of any Senior Indebtedness, or for any delay in doing so, or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any property upon the request of any Payor, any Payee or any other person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to any such guarantee or any other property.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Indebtedness evidenced by this Note owed by any Payor that is not a Loan Party shall not be subordinated to, and shall rank pari passu in right of payment with, any other obligation of such Payor.
Each Payee and each Payor hereby agree that the subordination provisions set forth in this Note are for the benefit of the Applicable Administrative Agent and the other holders of Senior Indebtedness. The Applicable Administrative Agent and the other holders of Senior Indebtedness are obligees under this Note to the same extent as if their names were written herein as such and the Applicable Administrative Agent may, on behalf of itself and such other holders, proceed to enforce the subordination provisions set forth herein.
All rights and interests of the Applicable Administrative Agent and the other holders of Senior Indebtedness hereunder, and the subordination provisions and the related agreements of the Payors and Payees set forth herein, shall remain in full force and effect irrespective of:
(i)    any lack of validity or enforceability of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document;
(ii)    any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Senior Indebtedness or any amendment or waiver or other modification, whether by course of conduct or otherwise, of, or consent to departure from, the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document;
(iii)    any release, amendment, waiver or other modification, whether in writing or by course of conduct or otherwise, of or consent to departure from, any guarantee of any Senior Indebtedness; or
(iv)    any other circumstances that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Payor in respect of any Senior Indebtedness or of any Payee or any Payor in respect of the subordination provisions set forth herein.
Nothing contained in the subordination provisions set forth above is intended to or will impair, as between each Payor and each Payee, the obligations of such Payor, which are absolute and unconditional, to pay to such Payee the principal of and interest on this Note as and when due and payable in accordance with its terms, or is intended to or will affect the relative rights of such Payee and other creditors of such Payor other than the Applicable Administrative Agent and the other holders of Senior Indebtedness, in each case subject to any applicable intercreditor agreement.
Each Payee is hereby authorized to record all Indebtedness made by it to any Payor (all of which shall be evidenced by this Note except as provided below), and all repayments or prepayments thereof, in its books and records, such books and records constituting prima facie evidence of the accuracy of the information contained therein.
Each Payor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind whatsoever in connection with this Note. All payments under this Note shall be made without offset, counterclaim or deduction of any kind.
This Note shall be binding upon each Payor and its successors and assigns, and the terms and provisions of this Note shall inure to the benefit of each Payee and its successors and assigns, including subsequent holders hereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in any other Loan Document or in any other promissory note or other instrument, (a) if any Indebtedness made on or before the date hereof by any Payee to any Payor is evidenced by a promissory note or other instrument or agreement in existence as of the date hereof (an “Existing Note”), it is agreed between such Payee and such Payor that the obligations under such Existing Note are hereafter to be evidenced by this Note, and that this Note replaces and supersedes any promissory note or instrument in respect of such other Indebtedness, except in each case any such Indebtedness evidenced by an Existing Note described on Schedule A hereto (as such Schedule may from time to time be amended) and (b) it is agreed between the Payor and Payee that the agreements in existence as of the date hereof with respect to any existing obligations (including agreements contained in any Existing Note) as to principal, amortization, currency, payment location and interest rate (if any) will continue to have effect under this Note until modified by agreement between such Payor and such Payee. For the avoidance of doubt, this Note as between each Payor and each Payee contains additional terms to any intercompany loan agreement between them and this Note does not in any way replace such intercompany loans between them nor does this Note in any way change the principal amount of any intercompany loans between them.
From time to time after the date hereof, additional subsidiaries of the Borrower may become parties hereto (as a Payor and/or a Payee, as the case may be) by executing a counterpart signature page to this Note (each additional subsidiary, an “Additional Party”). Upon delivery of such counterpart signature page to the Payees, notice of which is hereby waived by the other Payors, each Additional Party shall be a Payor and/or a Payee, as the case may be, and shall be as fully a party hereto as if such Additional Party were an original signatory hereof. Each Payor expressly agrees that its obligations arising hereunder shall not be affected or diminished by the addition or release of any other Payor or Payee hereunder. This Note shall be fully effective as to any Payor or Payee that is or becomes a party hereto regardless of whether any other person becomes or fails to become or ceases to be a Payor or Payee hereunder.
No amendment, modification or waiver of, or consent with respect to, any provisions of this Note shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed and delivered by each Payor and Payee whose rights or obligations shall be affected thereby; provided that, until the Payoff Date shall have occurred, the Applicable Administrative Agent shall have provided its prior written consent to such amendment, modification, waiver or consent of the subordination provisions hereof (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
THIS NOTE AND ANY CLAIMS, CONTROVERSY, DISPUTE OR CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE) BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS NOTE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY PRINCIPLE OF CONFLICTS OF LAW THAT COULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF ANY OTHER LAW.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Note to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first written above.
[NAME OF ENTITY],
a Loan Party, as Payor


By:            
Name:    
Title:    


[NAME OF ENTITY],
a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party, as Payee


By:            
Name:    
Title:    








SCHEDULE A
[List here any Existing Notes to be excluded in accordance with the fourth to last paragraph of this Note.]


Schedule 1.01(A)
Certain Excluded Equity Interests
None.


Schedule 1.01(B)
Immaterial Subsidiaries
None.


Schedule 1.01(C)
Existing Rollover Letters of Credit
A Letter of Credit (reference number: TS-07010487) issued by Credit Suisse AG, New York Branch for the benefit of ACE American Insurance Company in the amount of $8,462,000.
Schedule 1.01(D)
Closing Date Unrestricted Subsidiaries
None.


Schedule 1.01(E)
Closing Date Mortgaged Properties
None.

Schedule 1.01(F)
Specified L/C Sublimit
Letter of Credit Commitments

Lender Name
Letter of Credit Commitments
Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch
$10,964,912.28
Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch
$10,964,912.28
UBS AG, Stamford Branch
$10,964,912.28
Bank of Montreal
$8,333,333.33
Citicorp North America, Inc.
$4,385,964.91
Jefferies Finance LLC
$2,192,982.46
Bank of America, N.A.
$2,192,982.46
Total
$50,000,000.00

Schedule 1.01(G)
Cash Management Banks and Hedge Banks

J.P.Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.














Schedule 2.01
Commitments
Term B Loan Commitments

Lender Name
Term B Loan Commitments
Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch
$760,000,000.00
Total
$760,000,000.00

Revolving Facility Commitments

Lender Name
Revolving Facility Commitments
Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch
$25,000,000.00
Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch
$25,000,000.00
UBS AG, Stamford Branch
$25,000,000.00
Bank of Montreal
$19,000,000.00
Citicorp North America, Inc.
$10,000,000.00
Jefferies Finance LLC
$5,000,000.00
Bank of America, N.A.
$5,000,000.00
Total
$114,000,000.00




Schedule 3.01
Organization and Good Standing

None.



Schedule 3.04
Governmental Approvals
None.



Schedule 3.05
Financial Statements
None.


Schedule 3.07(c)
Notices of Condemnation
None.



Schedule 3.08(a)
Subsidiaries
 
Subsidiaries
Jurisdiction of Formation
Record Owner
Percentage of Equity Interest Owned
1.    
CEC Entertainment Holdings, LLC
Nevada
CEC Entertainment, Inc.
100%
2.    
SPT Distribution Company, Inc.
Texas
CEC Entertainment, Inc.
100%
3.    
BHC Acquisition Corporation
Texas
CEC Entertainment, Inc.
100%
4.    
CEC Entertainment Concepts, L.P.
Texas
CEC Entertainment, Inc.
0.1%
5.    
SB Hospitality Corporation
Texas
Hospitality Distribution Incorporated
100%
6.    
Peter Piper Holdings, Inc.
Delaware
CEC Entertainment, Inc.
100%
7.    
CEC Leaseholder, LLC

Delaware
CEC Entertainment, Inc.
100%
8.    
CEC Leaseholder #2, LLC
Delaware
CEC Entertainment, Inc.
100%
9.    
Peter Piper, Inc.
Arizona
Peter Piper Holdings, Inc.
100%
10.    
Peter Piper Texas, LLC
Texas
Peter Piper, Inc.
100%
11.    
Peter Piper Mexico, LLC
Arizona
Peter Piper, Inc.
100%
12.    
Peter Piper de Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V.
Mexico
Peter Piper, Inc.
Peter Piper Mexico, LLC
99%
1%
13.    
Texas PP Beverage, Inc.
Texas
Peter Piper Texas, LLC
100%
14.    
Hospitality Distribution Incorporated
Texas
BHC Acquisition Corporation
100%
15.    
CEC Entertainment Canada, ULC (f/k/a CEC Entertainment Canada, Inc.)
Canada
CEC Entertainment International, LLC
100%
16.    
CEC Entertainment International, LLC
Delaware
CEC Entertainment, Inc.
100%
17.    
CEC Entertainment Leasing Company
Delaware
CEC Entertainment, Inc.
100%

Schedule 3.08(b)
Subscriptions
None.


Schedule 3.13
Taxes
None.



Schedule 3.16
Environmental Matters
None.



Schedule 3.21
Insurance

[See Attached.]







Schedule 3.23
Intellectual Property
None.


Schedule 5.12
Post-Closing Items
The Borrower shall deliver to the Collateral Agent, with respect to the applicable Loan Parties, not later than 10 Business Days after the Closing Date (or such longer period as may be approved by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion) (i) evidence of insurance complying with the requirements of Section 5.02 and certificates naming the Collateral Agent as an additional insured and/or loss payee to the extent required pursuant to such Section 5.02 and (ii) endorsements to the related insurance policies meeting the requirements set forth in Section 5.02.


Schedule 6.01
Indebtedness
The following Capitalized Lease Obligations:
1.
$176,324,371 sale leaseback obligations on the balance sheet as of June 30, 2019 relating to (i) the sale leaseback of forty-nine properties across the United States, by and between the Borrower and National Retail Properties, Inc. and (ii) the sale leaseback of a property in Conyers, Georgia, by and between the Borrower and NADG NNN Acquisitions, Inc.
Schedule 6.02(a)
Liens

Debtor
Jurisdiction
Secured Party
Collateral
Original File Date
Original File Number
Peter Piper, Inc.
Arizona Secretary of State
U.S. BANK EQUIPMENT FINANCE, A DIVISION OF U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Equipment
9/8/2014
2014-002-7790-1
Peter Piper, Inc.
Arizona Secretary of State
U.S. BANK EQUIPMENT FINANCE
Equipment
6/28/2018
2018-002-6257-8

Schedule 6.04
Investments
1.
$15,000,000 intercompany line of credit between International Association of CEC Entertainment, Inc. (as borrower) and CEC Entertainment Concepts, L.P. (as lender).


Schedule 6.07
Transactions with Affiliates
None.


Schedule 9.01
Notice Information
Party
Notice Address
Any Loan Party
CEC Entertainment, Inc.
1707 Market Place Blvd., Suite 200
Irving, TX 75063
Attention:
Telephone:
Facsimile:
Email Address:

with copy to:

Apollo Management VIII, L.P.
9 West 57th Street, 43rd Floor
New York, NY 10019
Attention:
Telephone:
Facsimile:
Email Address:
 
with copy to:

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP 
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019
Attention:
Telephone:
Facsimile:
Email Address:

Administrative Agent
Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch
Eleven Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10010
Attention: Agency Manager
Facsimile:
Email:

with copy to:

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
450 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Attention:
Telephone:
Facsimile:
Email Address:

Deutsch Bank AG New York Branch
Primary Operations Contact
Deutsch Bank AG New York Branch
5022 Gate Parkway, Jacksonville, FL 32256
Attention:
Telephone:
Email Address:

Secondary Operations Contact
5022 Gate Parkway, Jacksonville, FL 32256
Attention:
Telephone:
Email Address:

With a cc to:
60 Wall Street, 2nd Floor New York, New York, 10005
Attention:
Telephone:
Email Address:


Primary Letters of Credit Contact
5022 Gate Parkway, Jacksonville, FL 32256
Attention:
Telephone:
Email Address:

Secondary Letters of Credit Contact
5022 Gate Parkway, Jacksonville, FL 32256
Attention:
Telephone:
Email Address:


with copy to:

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
450 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Attention:
Telephone:
Facsimile:
Email Address:
  
UBS AG, Stamford Branch
UBS AG, Stamford Branch
600 Washington Boulevard
Stamford, Connecticut 06901
Attention: UBS Agency Services
Telephone :
Fax:
Email:

with copy to:

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
450 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Attention:
Telephone:
Facsimile:
Email Address:

Bank of Montreal
Primary Credit Contact
Bank of Montreal
115 S. LaSalle St. – 25W
Chicago, IL 60603
Attention:
Telephone:
Email Address:

Secondary Credit Contact
115 S. LaSalle St. – 25W
Chicago, IL 60603
Attention:
Telephone:
Email Address:

Primary Operations Contact
111 W. Monroe St. | 17th Fl West
Chicago, IL 60603
Attention:
Telephone:

with copy to:

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
450 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Attention:
Telephone:
Facsimile:
Email Address:

Citicorp North America, Inc.
Citicorp North America, Inc.
388 Greenwich St., 36th Floor
New York, NY 10013
Attention:
Telephone:

with copy to:

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
450 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Attention:
Telephone:
Facsimile:
Email Address:
Jefferies Finance LLC
Jefferies Finance LLC
520 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Attention:
Fax:
Email: 


with copy to:

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
450 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Attention:
Telephone:
Facsimile:
Email Address:

Bank of America, N.A.
Bank of America, N.A.
100 N. Tryon St.
Mail Code: NC1-007-17-15
Charlotte, NC 28255-0001
Attention:
Telephone:
Mobile:
Email Address:

with copy to:

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
450 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Attention:
Telephone:
Facsimile:
Email Address:





Doc#: US1:13121661v1
    
EXECUTION VERSION





COLLATERAL AGREEMENT (FIRST LIEN)

dated and effective as of
August 30, 2019
among
CEC ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,
as Borrower,
each Subsidiary Loan Party
party hereto
and
CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH,
as Collateral Agent



TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
ARTICLE I

Definitions
SECTION 1.01.Credit Agreement    1
SECTION 1.02.Other Defined Terms    1
ARTICLE II

Pledge of Securities
SECTION 2.01.Pledge    8
SECTION 2.02.Delivery of the Pledged Collateral    10
SECTION 2.03.Representations, Warranties and Covenants    10
SECTION 2.04.Certification of Limited Liability Company and Limited Partnership Interests    12
SECTION 2.05.Registration in Nominee Name; Denominations    13
SECTION 2.06.Voting Rights; Dividends and Interest, Etc.    13
SECTION 2.07.Unlimited Liability Corporations    16
ARTICLE III

Security Interests in Other Personal Property
SECTION 3.01.Security Interest    16
SECTION 3.02.Representations and Warranties    18
SECTION 3.03.Covenants    21
SECTION 3.04.Other Actions    23
SECTION 3.05.Covenants Regarding Patent, Trademark and Copyright Collateral    24
ARTICLE IV

Remedies
SECTION 4.01.Remedies Upon Default    26
SECTION 4.02.Application of Proceeds    28
SECTION 4.03.Securities Act, Etc.    29
ARTICLE V

Miscellaneous
SECTION 5.01.Notices    30
SECTION 5.02.Security Interest Absolute    31
SECTION 5.03.Limitation By Law    31
SECTION 5.04.Binding Effect; Several Agreements    31
SECTION 5.05.Successors and Assigns    31
SECTION 5.06.Collateral Agent’s Fees and Expenses; Indemnification    32
SECTION 5.07.Collateral Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact    32
SECTION 5.08.Governing Law    33
SECTION 5.09.Waivers; Amendment    33
SECTION 5.10.WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL    34
SECTION 5.11.Severability    34
SECTION 5.12.Counterparts    35
SECTION 5.13.Headings    35
SECTION 5.14.Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process    35
SECTION 5.15.Termination or Release    36
SECTION 5.16.Additional Subsidiaries    37
SECTION 5.17.General Authority of the Collateral Agent    37
SECTION 5.18.Subject to Intercreditor Agreements; Conflicts    38
SECTION 5.19.Other First Lien Obligations    38
SECTION 5.20.Person Serving as Collateral Agent    39


Schedules

Schedule I    Subsidiary Loan Parties
Schedule II    Pledged Stock; Pledged Debt
Schedule III    Intellectual Property
Schedule IV    Commercial Tort Claims

Exhibits

Exhibit I    Form of Supplement to the Collateral Agreement (First Lien)
Exhibit II    Form of Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Intellectual Property
Exhibit III    Form of Other First Lien Secured Party Consent





COLLATERAL AGREEMENT (FIRST LIEN) dated and effective as of August 30, 2019, (this “Agreement”), is among CEC ENTERTAINMENT, INC. (together with its successors and assigns, the “Borrower”), each Subsidiary of the Borrower party hereto and CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, as collateral agent for the Secured Parties referred to herein (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”).
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
Reference is made to the First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of August 30, 2019 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Queso Holdings Inc. (together with its successors and assigns, “Holdings”), the Lenders party thereto from time to time, Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as administrative agent (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Credit Agreement Agent”) and as collateral agent, and the other parties party thereto.
The Lenders and the Issuing Banks have agreed to extend credit to the Borrower subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Credit Agreement. The obligations of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks to extend such credit are conditioned upon, among other things, the execution and delivery of this Agreement. The Subsidiary Loan Parties, as affiliates of the Borrower, will derive substantial benefits from the extension of credit to the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement. The Subsidiary Loan Parties are willing to execute and deliver this Agreement in order to induce the Lenders and the Issuing Banks to extend such credit under the Credit Agreement. Therefore, to induce the Lenders and the Issuing Banks to make their respective extensions of credit and to induce the holders of any Other First Lien Obligations to make extensions of credit under the applicable Other First Lien Agreements, as applicable, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I

Definitions
SECTION 1.01.    Credit Agreement. (%3) Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined herein have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Credit Agreement. All terms defined in the New York UCC (as defined herein) and not defined in this Agreement or the Credit Agreement have the meanings specified therein. The term “instrument” shall have the meaning specified in Article 9 of the New York UCC.
(a)    The rules of construction specified in Section 1.02 of the Credit Agreement also apply to this Agreement.
SECTION 1.02.    Other Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:
Account Debtor means any person who is or who may become obligated to any Pledgor under, with respect to or on account of an Account, Chattel Paper or General Intangibles.
Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this agreement, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Article 9 Collateral has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01.
Authorized Representative” means (a) the Credit Agreement Agent with respect to Credit Agreement Secured Obligations and (b) with respect to any Series of Other First Lien Obligations, the duly authorized representative of the Other First Lien Secured Parties of such Series designated as “Authorized Representative” for such Other First Lien Secured Parties in the Other First Lien Agreement for such Series (or, in the absence of such designation, the administrative agent or trustee appointed for such Series under such Other First Lien Agreement).
Borrower” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
Collateral means Article 9 Collateral and Pledged Collateral. For the avoidance of doubt, the term Collateral does not include any Excluded Property or Excluded Securities.
Collateral Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
Copyright License means any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting any right to any Pledgor under any Copyright now or hereafter owned by any third party, and all rights of any Pledgor under any such agreement (including any such rights that such Pledgor has the right to license).
Copyrights means all of the following: (a) all copyright rights in any work subject to the copyright laws of the United States or any other country, whether as author, assignee, transferee or otherwise; (b) all registrations and applications for registration of any such Copyright in the United States or any other country, including registrations, supplemental registrations and pending applications for registration in the United States Copyright Office and the right to obtain all renewals thereof, including those listed on Schedule III; (c) all claims for, and rights to sue for, past or future infringements of any of the foregoing; and (d) all income, royalties, damages and payments now or hereafter due and payable with respect to any of the foregoing, including damages and payments for past or future infringement thereof.
Credit Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statement of this Agreement.
Credit Agreement Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statement of this Agreement.
Credit Agreement Documents” means (a) the “Loan Documents” as defined in the Credit Agreement and (b) any other related documents or instruments executed and delivered pursuant to the documents referred to in the foregoing clause (a), in each case, as such documents or instruments may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Credit Agreement Secured Obligations” means the “Obligations” as defined in the Credit Agreement.
Credit Agreement Secured Parties” means the “Secured Parties” as defined in the Credit Agreement.
Equity Interests” of any person means any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase or otherwise acquire, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) equity or ownership of such person, including any preferred stock, any limited or general partnership interest and any limited liability company membership interest, and any securities or other rights or interests convertible into or exchangeable for any of the foregoing.
Event of Default” means an “Event of Default” under and as defined in the Credit Agreement or any Other First Lien Agreement.
Excluded Property” has the meaning set forth in the Credit Agreement; provided that with respect to any Series of Other First Lien Obligations, the term “Excluded Property” includes any Specified Excluded Collateral with respect to such Series of Other First Lien Obligations.
Excluded Securities” has the meaning set forth in the Credit Agreement; provided that with respect to any Series of Other First Lien Obligations, the term “Excluded Securities” includes any Equity Interests constituting Specified Excluded Collateral with respect to such Series of Other First Lien Obligations.
Federal Securities Laws has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.03.
First Lien/First Lien Intercreditor Agreement means a “Permitted Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement” as defined in the Credit Agreement.
General Intangibles means all “general intangibles” as defined in the New York UCC, including all choses in action and causes of action and all other intangible personal property of any Pledgor of every kind and nature (other than Accounts) now owned or hereafter acquired by any Pledgor, including corporate or other business records, indemnification claims, contract rights (including rights under leases, whether entered into as lessor or lessee, swap agreements and other agreements), Intellectual Property, goodwill, registrations, franchises, tax refund claims and any guarantee, claim, security interest or other security held by or granted to any Pledgor to secure payment by an Account Debtor of any of the Accounts.
Governmental Authority” means any federal, state, local or foreign court or governmental agency, authority, instrumentality or regulatory or legislative body.
Holdings” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statement of this Agreement.
Intellectual Property means all intellectual property of every kind and nature of any Pledgor, whether now owned or hereafter acquired by any Pledgor, including, inventions, designs, Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, Patent Licenses, Copyright Licenses, Trademark Licenses, trade secrets, domain names, confidential or proprietary technical and business information, know-how, show-how or other data or information and all related documentation.
Intellectual Property Collateral” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.02.
Intercreditor Agreements” means a First Lien/First Lien Intercreditor Agreement (upon and during the effectiveness thereof), a “Permitted Junior Intercreditor Agreement” as defined in the Credit Agreement (upon and during the effectiveness thereof), and any other intercreditor agreement (upon and during the effectiveness thereof) entered into in compliance with the Credit Agreement Documents and any Other First Lien Agreement.
IP Agreements” means all material Copyright Licenses, Patent Licenses and Trademark Licenses, including, without limitation, the agreements set forth on Schedule III hereto.
Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on the business, property, operations or financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or the validity or enforceability of any of the Credit Agreement Documents or Other First Lien Agreements or the rights and remedies of the Secured Parties thereunder.
New York UCC means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York.
Notices of Grant of Security Interest in Intellectual Property means the notices of grant of security interest substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit II or such other form as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent.
Other First Lien Agreement” means any credit agreement (other than the Credit Agreement), indenture or other agreement, document or instrument pursuant to which any Pledgor has or will incur Other First Lien Obligations; provided that, in each case, the indebtedness thereunder has been designated as Other First Lien Obligations pursuant to and in accordance with Section 5.19.
Other First Lien Obligations” means (a) the due and punctual payment by any Pledgor of (i) the unpaid principal of and interest (including interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable as a claim in such proceeding) on indebtedness under any Other First Lien Agreement, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or otherwise, and (ii) all other monetary obligations of such Pledgor to any Secured Party under any Other First Lien Agreement, including obligations to pay fees, expense reimbursement obligations and indemnification obligations, whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable as a claim in such proceeding), (b) the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of such Pledgor under or pursuant to any Other First Lien Agreement, and (c) the due and punctual payment and performance of all the obligations of each other Pledgor under or pursuant to any Other First Lien Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for all purposes of the Credit Agreement Documents and any Other First Lien Agreements, any Guarantee of, or grant of a Lien to secure, any obligations in respect of a Hedging Agreement by a Pledgor shall not include any Excluded Swap Obligations.
Other First Lien Secured Parties” means, collectively, the holders of Other First Lien Obligations and any Authorized Representative with respect thereto.
Other First Lien Secured Party Consent” means a consent substantially in the form of Exhibit III to this Agreement (or such other form as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent) executed by the Authorized Representative of any holders of Other First Lien Obligations pursuant to Section 5.19.
Patent License means any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting to any Pledgor any right to make, use or sell any invention covered by a Patent, now or hereafter owned by any third party (including any such rights that such Pledgor has the right to license).
Patents means all of the following: (a) all letters patent of the United States or the equivalent thereof in any other country or jurisdiction, including those listed on Schedule III, and all applications for letters patent of the United States or the equivalent thereof in any other country or jurisdiction, including those listed on Schedule III, (b) all provisionals, reissues, extensions, continuations, divisions, continuations-in-part, reexaminations or revisions thereof, and the inventions disclosed or claimed therein, including the right to make, use, import and/or sell the inventions disclosed or claimed therein, (c) all claims for, and rights to sue for, past or future infringements of any of the foregoing and (d) all income, royalties, damages and payments now or hereafter due and payable with respect to any of the foregoing, including damages and payments for past or future infringement thereof.
Perfection Certificate” means the Perfection Certificate with respect to the Borrower and the other Pledgors delivered to the Collateral Agent as of the Closing Date.
Permitted Liens” means Liens that are not prohibited by the Credit Agreement or any Other First Lien Agreement.
Pledged Collateral has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01.
Pledged Debt has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01.
Pledged Securities means any promissory notes, stock certificates or other certificated securities now or hereafter included in the Pledged Collateral, including all certificates, instruments or other documents representing or evidencing any Pledged Collateral.
Pledged Stock has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01.
Pledgor” means (i) with respect to the Credit Agreement Secured Obligations, the Borrower and each Subsidiary Loan Party; and (ii) with respect to any Series of Other First Lien Obligations, the Borrower and each Subsidiary Loan Party, excluding any of the foregoing if such Person or Persons are not intended to provide collateral with respect to such Series pursuant to the terms of the Other First Lien Agreement governing such Series.
Prior Collateral Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.20.
Proceeds” means “Proceeds” as defined in Article 9 of the New York UCC and, in any event, also includes all proceeds of, and all other profits, products, rents or receipts, in whatever form, arising from the collection, sale, lease, exchange, assignment, licensing or other disposition of, or other realization upon, any Collateral, including all claims of the relevant Pledgor against third parties for loss of, damage to or destruction of, or for proceeds payable under, or unearned premiums with respect to, policies of insurance in respect of, any Collateral, and any condemnation or requisition payments with respect to any Collateral.
Regulation S-X Excluded Collateral” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01.
Rule 3-10” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01.
Rule 3-16” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01.
SEC” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01.
Secured Obligations” means, collectively, the Credit Agreement Secured Obligations and any Other First Lien Obligations, or any of the foregoing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for all purposes of the Credit Agreement Documents and any Other First Lien Agreements, any Guarantee of, or grant of a Lien to secure, any obligations in respect of a Hedging Agreement by a Pledgor shall not include any Excluded Swap Obligations.
Secured Parties means the persons holding any Secured Obligations and in any event including (i) all Credit Agreement Secured Parties and (ii) all Other First Lien Secured Parties.
Security Documents” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Credit Agreement and any analogous term in any Other First Lien Agreement (but, with respect to the Secured Obligations of any Series, the term Security Documents shall not include any document which by its terms is solely for the benefit of the holders of one or more other Series of Secured Obligations and not such Series of Secured Obligations).
Security Interest has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01.
Series” means (a) with respect to any Secured Parties, each of (i) the Credit Agreement Secured Parties (in their capacities as such) and (ii) each group of Other First Lien Secured Parties that become subject to this Agreement and a First Lien/First Lien Intercreditor Agreement after the date hereof, which are to be represented hereunder by a common Authorized Representative (in its capacity as such for such Other First Lien Secured Parties), each of which shall constitute a separate Series of Secured Parties for purposes of this Agreement and (b) with respect to any Secured Obligations, each of (i) the Credit Agreement Secured Obligations and (ii) each group of Other First Lien Obligations incurred pursuant to any Other First Lien Agreement, which are to be represented hereunder by a common Authorized Representative (in its capacity as such for such Other First Lien Obligations), each of which shall constitute a separate Series of Secured Obligations for purposes of this Agreement.
Specified Excluded Collateral” means, solely with respect to any Series of Other First Lien Obligations, any asset (in addition to those specified in clause (A) of the definition of “Excluded Property”) that is not intended to be collateral with respect to such Series pursuant to the terms of the Other First Lien Agreement governing such Series (including the Regulation S-X Excluded Collateral to the extent applicable to such Series in accordance with the last paragraph of Section 2.01).
Subsidiary Loan Party means any Subsidiary set forth on Schedule I and any Subsidiary that becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 5.16 (other than, with respect to any Series of Other First Lien Obligations, any Subsidiary excluded pursuant to clause (ii) of the definition of Pledgor with respect to such Series of Other First Lien Obligations).
Successor Collateral Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.20.
Termination Date” means the “Termination Date” as defined in the Credit Agreement.
Trademark License means any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting to any Pledgor any right to use any Trademark now or hereafter owned by any third party (including any such rights that such Pledgor has the right to license).
Trademarks means all of the following: (a) all trademarks, service marks, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, trade dress, logos, other source or business identifiers, designs and general intangibles of like nature, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations thereof (if any), and all registration and recording applications filed in connection therewith, including registrations and registration applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or any similar offices in any State of the United States or any other country or any political subdivision thereof, and all renewals thereof, including those listed on Schedule III, (b) all goodwill associated with or symbolized by the foregoing, (c) all claims for, and rights to sue for, past or future infringements, dilutions or other violations of any of the foregoing and (d) all income, royalties, damages and payments now or hereafter due and payable with respect to any of the foregoing, including damages and payments for past or future infringement, dilutions or other violations thereof.
ULC” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.07.
ULC Interests” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.07.
ARTICLE II    

Pledge of Securities
SECTION 2.01.    Pledge. As security for the payment or performance, as the case may be, in full of the Secured Obligations, each Pledgor hereby pledges to the Collateral Agent, its successors and permitted assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, its successors and permitted assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in all of such Pledgor’s right, title and interest in, to and under:
(a)    the Equity Interests directly owned by it (including those listed on Schedule II) and any other Equity Interests obtained in the future by such Pledgor and any certificates representing all such Equity Interests (the “Pledged Stock”); provided that the Pledged Stock shall not include any Excluded Securities or Excluded Property;
(b)    (i) the debt obligations listed opposite the name of such Pledgor on Schedule II, (ii) any debt obligations in the future issued to such Pledgor having, in the case of each instance of debt obligations, an aggregate principal amount in excess of $10,000,000, and (iii) the certificates, promissory notes and any other instruments, if any, evidencing such debt obligations (the property described in clauses (b)(i), (ii) and (iii) above, the “Pledged Debt”); provided that the Pledged Debt shall not include any Excluded Securities or Excluded Property;
(c)    subject to Section 2.06, all payments of principal or interest, dividends, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of, in exchange for or upon the conversion of, and all other Proceeds received in respect of the Pledged Stock and the Pledged Debt;
(d)    subject to Section 2.06, all rights and privileges of such Pledgor with respect to the Pledged Stock, Pledged Debt and other property referred to in clause (c) above; and
(e)    all Proceeds of any of the foregoing (the Pledged Stock, Pledged Debt and other property referred to in this clause (e) and in clauses (c) through (d) above being collectively referred to as the “Pledged Collateral”); provided that the Pledged Collateral shall not include any Excluded Property.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the Pledged Collateral, together with all right, title, interest, powers, privileges and preferences pertaining or incidental thereto, unto the Collateral Agent, its successors and permitted assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, forever; subject, however, to the terms, covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth.
Notwithstanding anything else contained in this Agreement, to the extent this paragraph is expressly made applicable with respect to any Series of Other First Lien Obligations pursuant to the terms of any Other First Lien Agreement, with respect to such Series of Other First Lien Obligations, in the event that Rule 3-10 (“Rule 3-10”) or Rule 3-16 (“Rule 3-16”) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as amended, modified or interpreted by the Securities Exchange Commission (“SEC”), would require (or is replaced with another rule or regulation, or any other law, rule or regulation is adopted, which would require) the filing with the SEC (or any other Governmental Authority) of separate financial statements of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower due to the fact that such Person’s Equity Interests secure any Series of Other First Lien Obligations affected thereby, then the Equity Interests of such Person (the “Regulation S-X Excluded Collateral”) will automatically be deemed not to be part of the Collateral securing the relevant Series of Other First Lien Obligations affected thereby, as applicable, but only to the extent necessary to not be subject to such requirement and only for so long as required to not be subject to such requirement. In such event, this Agreement may be amended or modified, without the consent of any Secured Party, to the extent necessary to release the Lien on the Regulation S-X Excluded Collateral in favor of the Collateral Agent with respect only to the relevant Series of Other First Lien Obligations. In the event that Rule 3-10 or Rule 3-16 is amended, modified or interpreted by the SEC to permit (or is replaced with another rule or regulation, or any other law, rule or regulation is adopted, which would permit) any Regulation S-X Excluded Collateral to secure the relevant Series of Other First Lien Obligations in excess of the amount then pledged without the filing with the SEC (or any other Governmental Authority) of separate financial statements of such Person, then the Equity Interests of such Person will automatically be deemed to be a part of the Collateral for the relevant Series of Other First Lien Obligations. For the avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, nothing in this paragraph shall limit the pledge of such Equity Interests and other securities from securing the Secured Obligations (other than the relevant Series of Other First Lien Obligations) at all relevant times or from securing any Series of Other First Lien Obligations that are not in respect of securities subject to regulation by the SEC. To the extent any Proceeds of any collection or sale of Equity Interests deemed by this paragraph to no longer constitute part of the Collateral for the relevant Series of Other First Lien Obligations are to be applied by the Collateral Agent in accordance with Section 4.02 hereof, such Proceeds shall, notwithstanding the terms of Section 4.02 and any applicable First Lien/First Lien Intercreditor Agreement (upon and during the effectiveness thereof), not be applied to the payment of such Series of Other First Lien Obligations.
SECTION 2.02.    Delivery of the Pledged Collateral. (%3)  Each Pledgor agrees promptly to deliver or cause to be delivered to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, any and all Pledged Securities to the extent such Pledged Securities are either (i) Equity Interests in Subsidiaries or (ii) in the case of promissory notes or other instruments evidencing Indebtedness, are required to be delivered pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 2.02.
(a)    To the extent any Indebtedness for borrowed money constituting Pledged Collateral (other than (i) intercompany current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management operations of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (ii) to the extent that a pledge of such promissory note or instrument would violate applicable law) owed to any Pledgor is evidenced by a promissory note in an amount in excess of $10,000,000, such Pledgor shall promptly cause such promissory note to be pledged and delivered to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to the terms hereof. To the extent any such promissory note is a demand note, each Pledgor party thereto agrees, if requested by the Collateral Agent, to immediately demand payment thereunder upon an Event of Default specified under Section 7.01(b), (c), (h) or (i) of the Credit Agreement or any equivalent provision under any Other First Lien Agreement, unless such demand would not be commercially reasonable or would otherwise expose such Pledgor to liability to the maker.
(b)    Upon delivery to the Collateral Agent, (i) any Pledged Securities required to be delivered pursuant to the foregoing paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 2.02 shall be accompanied by stock powers or note powers, as applicable, duly executed in blank or other instruments of transfer reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, and by such other instruments and documents as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request and (ii) all other property comprising part of the Pledged Collateral delivered pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall be accompanied to the extent necessary to perfect the security interest in or allow realization on the Pledged Collateral by proper instruments of assignment duly executed by the applicable Pledgor and such other instruments or documents (including issuer acknowledgments in respect of uncertificated securities) as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request. Each delivery of Pledged Securities shall be accompanied by a schedule describing the securities, which schedule shall be attached hereto as Schedule II (or a supplement to Schedule II, as applicable) and made a part hereof; provided that failure to attach any such schedule hereto shall not affect the validity of such pledge of such Pledged Securities. Each schedule so delivered shall supplement any prior schedules so delivered.
SECTION 2.03.    Representations, Warranties and Covenants. The Pledgors, jointly and severally, represent, warrant and covenant to and with the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, that:
(a)    Schedule II correctly sets forth (and, with respect to any Pledged Stock issued by an issuer that is not a subsidiary of the Borrower, correctly sets forth, to the knowledge of the relevant Pledgor), as of the Closing Date, the percentage of the issued and outstanding units of each class of the Equity Interests of the issuer thereof represented by the Pledged Stock and includes (i) all Equity Interests pledged hereunder and (ii) all debt obligations and promissory notes or instruments evidencing Indebtedness, in each case under this clause (ii) pledged hereunder and in an aggregate principal amount in excess of $10,000,000;
(b)    the Pledged Stock and Pledged Debt (and, with respect to any Pledged Stock or Pledged Debt issued by an issuer that is not a subsidiary of the Borrower, to the knowledge of the relevant Pledgor), as of the Closing Date, (x) have been duly and validly authorized and issued by the issuers thereof and (y) (i) in the case of Pledged Stock, are fully paid and, with respect to Equity Interests constituting capital stock of a corporation, nonassessable (subject to the assessability of the shares of a ULC) and (ii) in the case of Pledged Debt, are legal, valid and binding obligations of the issuers thereof, subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity) and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing;
(c)    except for the security interests granted hereunder (or otherwise not prohibited by the Credit Agreement Documents or any Other First Lien Agreement), each Pledgor (i) is and, subject to any transfers made not in violation of the Credit Agreement or any Other First Lien Agreement, will continue to be the direct owner, beneficially and of record, of the Pledged Securities indicated on Schedule II (as may be supplemented from time to time pursuant to Section 2.02(c)) as owned by such Pledgor, (ii) holds the same free and clear of all Liens, other than Permitted Liens, (iii) will make no assignment, pledge, hypothecation or transfer of, or create or permit to exist any security interest in or other Lien on, the Pledged Collateral, other than pursuant to a transaction not prohibited by the Credit Agreement or any Other First Lien Agreement and other than Permitted Liens and (iv) subject to the rights of such Pledgor under the Credit Agreement Documents and any Other First Lien Agreement to Dispose of Pledged Collateral, will use commercially reasonable efforts to defend its title or interest thereto or therein against any and all Liens (other than Permitted Liens), however arising, of all persons;
(d)    other than as set forth in the Credit Agreement or any Other First Lien Agreement, and except for restrictions and limitations imposed by the Credit Agreement Documents, any Other First Lien Agreements or securities laws generally or otherwise not prohibited by the Credit Agreement or any Other First Lien Agreement (or, in the case of shares of a ULC, any requirement that transfers of such shares be approved by the directors of the ULC), the Pledged Stock (other than partnership interests) is and will continue to be freely transferable and assignable, and none of the Pledged Stock is or will be subject to any option, right of first refusal, shareholders agreement, charter, by-law, memorandum of association or articles of association provisions or contractual restriction of any nature that might prohibit, impair, delay or otherwise affect the pledge of such Pledged Stock hereunder, the Disposition thereof pursuant hereto or the exercise by the Collateral Agent of rights and remedies hereunder other than under applicable Requirements of Law;
(e)    each Pledgor has the power and authority to pledge the Pledged Collateral pledged by it hereunder in the manner hereby done or contemplated;
(f)    other than as set forth in the Credit Agreement, as of the Closing Date, no consent or approval of any Governmental Authority, any securities exchange or any other person was or is necessary to the validity of the pledge effected hereby (or the transfer of the Pledged Securities upon a foreclosure thereof (other than compliance with any securities law applicable to the transfer of securities, or, in the case of shares of a ULC, any requirement that transfers of such shares be approved by the directors of the ULC), in each case other than such as have been obtained and are in full force and effect;
(g)    by virtue of the execution and delivery by the Pledgors of this Agreement, when any Pledged Securities (including Pledged Stock of any Domestic Subsidiary) are delivered to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in accordance with this Agreement and a financing statement naming the Collateral Agent as the secured party and covering the Pledged Collateral to which such Pledged Securities relate is filed in the appropriate filing office, the Collateral Agent will obtain, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and perfected lien upon and security interest in such Pledged Collateral under the New York UCC (or in the case of uncertificated Pledged Collateral, the applicable Uniform Commercial Code), subject only to Permitted Liens, as security for the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations, to the extent such perfection is governed by the New York UCC (or in the case of uncertificated Pledged Collateral, the applicable Uniform Commercial Code); and
(h)    each Pledgor that is an issuer of the Pledged Collateral hereunder confirms that it has received notice of the security interest granted hereunder and consents to such security interest and, subject to the terms of any applicable Intercreditor Agreement, agrees to transfer record ownership of the securities issued by it in connection with any request by the Collateral Agent if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
SECTION 2.04.    Certification of Limited Liability Company and Limited Partnership Interests.
(a)    As of the Closing Date, except as set forth on Schedule II, the Equity Interests in limited liability companies that are pledged by the Pledgors hereunder and do not have a certificate number listed on Schedule II (and, with respect to any Pledged Stock issued by an issuer that is not a subsidiary of the Borrower, to the relevant Pledgor’s knowledge) do not constitute a security under Section 8-103 of the New York UCC or the corresponding code or statute of any other applicable jurisdiction.
(b)    The Pledgors shall at no time elect to treat any interest in any limited liability company or limited partnership Controlled by a Pledgor and pledged hereunder as a “security” within the meaning of Article 8 of the New York UCC or issue any certificate representing such interest, unless promptly thereafter (and in any event within 30 days or such longer period as the Collateral Agent may permit in its reasonable discretion) the applicable Pledgor provides notification to the Collateral Agent of such election and delivers, as applicable, any such certificate to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms hereof.
SECTION 2.05.    Registration in Nominee Name; Denominations. The Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, shall have the right (in its sole and absolute discretion) to hold the Pledged Securities (other than Pledged Securities that are ULC Interests) in the name of the applicable Pledgor, endorsed or assigned in blank or in favor of the Collateral Agent or, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, in its own name as pledgee or the name of its nominee (as pledgee or as sub-agent). During the continuance of any Event of Default, each Pledgor will promptly give to the Collateral Agent copies of any notices or other communications received by it with respect to Pledged Securities registered in the name of such Pledgor. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Collateral Agent shall have the right to exchange the certificates representing Pledged Securities (other than Pledged Securities that are ULC Interests) held by it for certificates of smaller or larger denominations for any purpose consistent with this Agreement. With respect to Pledged Securities that are ULC Interests, at any time at which an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Collateral Agent shall have the right to require the Pledgors to cause the ULC Interests to be transferred and registered as the Collateral Agent may direct and each applicable Pledgor covenants that, at the time of any such transfer, it will provide all required consents and approvals. Each Pledgor shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause any Subsidiary that is not a party to this Agreement to comply with a request by the Collateral Agent, pursuant to this Section 2.05, to exchange certificates representing Pledged Securities of such Subsidiary for certificates of smaller or larger denominations.
SECTION 2.06.    Voting Rights; Dividends and Interest, Etc.

(%3) Unless and until an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Collateral Agent shall have given written notice to the relevant Pledgors of the Collateral Agent’s intention to exercise its rights hereunder:
(i)    Each Pledgor shall be entitled to exercise any and all voting and/or other consensual rights and powers inuring to an owner of Pledged Collateral or any part thereof for any purpose not prohibited by the terms of this Agreement, the Credit Agreement Documents or any Other First Lien Agreement; provided that, except as not prohibited by the Credit Agreement or any Other First Lien Agreement, such rights and powers shall not be exercised in any manner that could be reasonably likely to materially and adversely affect the rights and remedies of any of the Collateral Agent or the other Secured Parties under this Agreement, any Credit Agreement Document or any Other First Lien Agreement or the ability of the Secured Parties to exercise the same.
(ii)    The Collateral Agent shall promptly execute and deliver to each Pledgor, or cause to be executed and delivered to such Pledgor, all such proxies, powers of attorney and other instruments as such Pledgor may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling such Pledgor to exercise the voting and/or consensual rights and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant to subparagraph (i) above.
(iii)    Each Pledgor shall be entitled to receive and retain any and all dividends, interest, principal and other distributions paid on or distributed in respect of the Pledged Collateral to the extent and only to the extent that such dividends, interest, principal and other distributions are not prohibited by, and otherwise paid or distributed in accordance with, the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement Documents, any Other First Lien Agreement and applicable laws; provided that (A) any non-cash dividends, interest, principal or other distributions, payments or other consideration in respect thereof, including any rights to receive the same to the extent not so distributed or paid, that would constitute Pledged Securities to the extent such Pledgor has the rights to receive such Pledged Securities if they were declared, distributed and paid on the date of this Agreement, whether resulting from a subdivision, combination or reclassification of the outstanding Equity Interests of the issuer of any Pledged Securities, received in exchange for Pledged Securities or any part thereof, or in redemption thereof, as a result of any merger, consolidation, acquisition or other exchange of assets to which such issuer may be a party or otherwise or (B) any non-cash dividends and other distributions paid or payable in respect of any Pledged Securities that would constitute Pledged Securities to the extent such Pledgor has the rights to receive such Pledged Securities if they were declared, distributed and paid on the date of this Agreement, in connection with a partial or total liquidation or dissolution or in connection with a reduction of capital, capital surplus or paid in surplus, shall be and become part of the Pledged Collateral, and, if received by any Pledgor, shall not be commingled by such Pledgor with any of its other funds or property but shall be held separate and apart therefrom, shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and shall be promptly delivered to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in the same form as so received (endorsed in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent).
(b)    Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and after written notice by the Collateral Agent to the relevant Pledgors of the Collateral Agent’s intention to exercise its rights hereunder, all rights of any Pledgor to receive dividends, interest, principal or other distributions with respect to Pledged Securities that are not ULC Interests that such Pledgor is authorized to receive pursuant to paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 2.06 shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in the Collateral Agent which shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority to receive and retain such dividends, interest, principal or other distributions; provided that the Collateral Agent shall have the right from time to time following and during the continuance of an Event of Default to permit the Pledgors to receive and retain such amounts; provided, further, that, notwithstanding the occurrence of an Event of Default, any Pledgor may continue to exercise dividend and distribution rights solely to the extent permitted under subclause (i), subclause (iii) and subclause (v) of Section 6.06(b) of the Credit Agreement. All dividends, interest, principal or other distributions received by any Pledgor contrary to the provisions of this Section 2.06 shall not be commingled by such Pledgor with any of its other funds or property but shall be held separate and apart therefrom, shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and shall be forthwith delivered to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in the same form as so received (endorsed in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent). Any and all money and other property paid over to or received by the Collateral Agent pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph (b) shall be retained by the Collateral Agent in an account to be established by the Collateral Agent upon receipt of such money or other property and shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.02. After all Events of Default have been cured or waived and the Borrower has delivered to the Collateral Agent a certificate to that effect, the Collateral Agent shall promptly repay to each Pledgor (without interest) all dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that such Pledgor would otherwise be permitted to retain pursuant to the terms of paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 2.06 and that remain in such account. With respect to Pledged Securities that are ULC Interests, all rights of any Pledgor to receive dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that such Pledgor is authorized to receive pursuant to paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 2.06 shall continue and not become vested or held in trust for or on behalf of the Collateral Agent.
(c)    Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and after written notice by the Collateral Agent to the Borrower of the Collateral Agent’s intention to exercise its rights hereunder, all rights of any Pledgor to exercise the voting and/or consensual rights and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) of this Section 2.06 with respect to Pledged Securities that are not ULC Interests, and the obligations of the Collateral Agent under paragraph (a)(ii) of this Section 2.06, shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, which shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority to exercise such voting and consensual rights and powers; provided that the Collateral Agent shall have the right from time to time following and during the continuance of an Event of Default to permit the Pledgors to exercise such rights. After all Events of Default have been cured or waived and the Borrower has delivered to the Collateral Agent a certificate to that effect, each Pledgor shall have the right to exercise the voting and/or consensual rights and powers that such Pledgor would otherwise be entitled to exercise pursuant to the terms of paragraph (a)(i) above and the obligations of the Collateral Agent under paragraph (a)(ii) shall be in effect. With respect to Pledged Securities that are ULC Interests, all rights of any Pledgor to exercise the voting and/or other consensual rights and powers that such Pledgor is authorized to exercise pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) of this Section 2.06 shall continue and all such rights shall not become vested in the Collateral Agent or the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
SECTION 2.07.    Unlimited Liability Corporations. Notwithstanding the grant of security interest made by a Pledgor in favor of the Collateral Agent, its successor and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, of all of its Pledged Securities, any Pledgor that controls any interest (for the purposes of this Article II, “ULC Interests”) in any unlimited liability corporation (for the purposes of this Article II, a “ULC”) pledged hereunder shall remain registered as the sole registered and beneficial owner of such ULC Interests and will remain as registered and beneficial owner until such time as such ULC Interests are effectively transferred into the name of the Collateral Agent or any other person on the books and records of such ULC. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to or shall constitute the Collateral Agent or any person as a shareholder of any ULC until such time as notice is given to such ULC and further steps are taken thereunder so as to register the Collateral Agent or any other person as the holder of the ULC Interests of such ULC. To the extent any provision hereof would have the effect of constituting the Collateral Agent or any other person as a shareholder of a ULC prior to such time, such provision shall be severed therefrom and ineffective with respect to the ULC Interests of such ULC without otherwise invalidating or rendering unenforceable this Agreement or invalidating or rendering unenforceable such provision insofar as it relates to Pledged Stock which are not ULC Interests. Except upon the exercise of rights to sell or otherwise dispose of ULC Interests following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default hereunder, no Pledgor shall cause or permit, or enable any ULC in which it holds ULC Interests to cause or permit, the Collateral Agent to: (a) be registered as shareholders of such ULC; (b) have any notation entered in its favor in the share register of such ULC; (c) be held out as a shareholder of such ULC; (d) receive, directly or indirectly, any dividends, property or other distributions from such ULC by reason of the Collateral Agent holding a security interest in such ULC; or (e) act as a shareholder of such ULC, or exercise any rights of a shareholder of such ULC including the right to attend a meeting of, or to vote the shares of, such ULC.
ARTICLE III    

Security Interests in Other Personal Property
SECTION 3.01.    Security Interest. (%3)  As security for the payment or performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), as the case may be, in full of the Secured Obligations, each Pledgor hereby assigns and pledges to the Collateral Agent, its successors and permitted assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, its successors and permitted assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest (the “Security Interest”) in all right, title and interest in or to any and all of the following assets and properties now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Pledgor or in which such Pledgor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest (collectively, the “Article 9 Collateral”):
(i)    all Accounts;
(ii)    all Chattel Paper;
(iii)    all cash and Deposit Accounts;
(iv)    all Documents;
(v)    all Equipment;
(vi)    all Fixtures;
(vii)    all General Intangibles;
(viii)    all Instruments (other than the Pledged Collateral, which are governed by Article II);
(ix)    all Inventory and all other Goods not otherwise described above;
(x)    all Investment Property (other than the Pledged Collateral, which are governed by Article II);
(xi)    all Letter of Credit Rights;
(xii)    all Commercial Tort Claims individually in excess of $10,000,000, as described on Schedule IV (as may be supplemented from time to time pursuant to Section 3.04);
(xiii)    all books and records pertaining to the Article 9 Collateral; and
(xiv)    to the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds, Supporting Obligations and products of any and all of the foregoing and all collateral security and guarantees given by any person with respect to any of the foregoing.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the other Credit Agreement Documents or any Other First Lien Agreement, this Agreement shall not constitute a grant of a security interest in (and the Article 9 Collateral shall not include), and the other provisions of the Credit Agreement Documents and any Other First Lien Agreement with respect to Collateral need not be satisfied with respect to, the Excluded Property.
(b)    Each Pledgor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent at any time and from time to time to file in any relevant jurisdiction any initial financing statements (including fixture filings) with respect to the Collateral or any part thereof and amendments thereto that contain the information required by Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code of each applicable jurisdiction for the filing of any financing statement or amendment, including (i) if required, whether such Pledgor is an organization, the type of organization and any organizational identification number issued to such Pledgor, (ii) in the case of a financing statement filed as a fixture filing, a sufficient description of the real property to which such Collateral relates and (iii) a description of collateral that describes such property in any other manner as the Collateral Agent may reasonably determine is necessary or advisable to ensure the perfection of the security interest in the Collateral granted under this Agreement, including describing such property as “all assets” or “all personal property” or words of similar effect. Each Pledgor agrees to provide such information to the Collateral Agent promptly upon request.
The Collateral Agent is further authorized to file with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or United States Copyright Office the Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Intellectual Property substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit II and such other documents as may be reasonably necessary or advisable for the purpose of perfecting, confirming, continuing, enforcing or protecting the Security Interest granted by each Pledgor in such Pledgor’s Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights and exclusive Copyright Licenses to any Pledgor under any United States registered Copyright, without the signature of such Pledgor, and naming such Pledgor or the Pledgors as debtors and the Collateral Agent as secured party. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Pledgor shall be required to take any action under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States of America (or any political subdivision thereof) and its territories and possessions for the purpose of perfecting the Security Interest in any Article 9 Collateral of such Pledgor constituting Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, exclusive Copyright Licenses to any Pledgor under any United States registered Copyright or any other assets.
(c)    The Security Interest is granted as security only and shall not subject the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to, or in any way alter or modify, any obligation or liability of any Pledgor with respect to or arising out of the Article 9 Collateral.
(d)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, none of the Pledgors shall be required to enter into any control agreements or control, lockbox or similar arrangements with respect to any Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts, Commodities Accounts or any other assets (other than the delivery of Pledged Securities to the Collateral Agent to the extent required by Article II).
SECTION 3.02.    Representations and Warranties. The Pledgors jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, that:
(a)    Each Pledgor has good and valid rights in and title to the Article 9 Collateral with respect to which it has purported to grant a Security Interest hereunder, except where the failure to have such rights and title would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and has full power and authority to grant to the Collateral Agent the Security Interest in such Article 9 Collateral pursuant hereto and to execute, deliver and perform its obligations in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, without the consent or approval of any other person as of the Closing Date other than any consent or approval that has been obtained and is in full force and effect or has otherwise been disclosed herein or in the Credit Agreement, any Other First Lien Agreement or any offering circular related thereto.
(b)    The Perfection Certificate has been duly prepared, completed and executed and the information set forth therein, including the exact legal name of each Pledgor, is correct and complete, in all material respects, as of the Closing Date. Except as provided in Section 5.10 of the Credit Agreement, the Uniform Commercial Code financing statements or other appropriate filings, recordings or registrations containing a description of the Article 9 Collateral that have been prepared for filing in each governmental, municipal or other office specified in the Perfection Certificate constitute all the filings, recordings and registrations (other than filings required to be made in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office in order to perfect the Security Interest in Article 9 Collateral consisting of United States Patents, United States registered Trademarks, United States registered Copyrights and exclusive Copyright Licenses to any Pledgor under any United States registered Copyright) that are necessary as of the Closing Date to publish notice of and protect the validity of and to establish a legal, valid and perfected security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) in respect of all Article 9 Collateral in which the Security Interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registration in the United States (or any political subdivision thereof), and no further or subsequent filing, refiling, recording, rerecording, registration or reregistration is necessary in any such jurisdiction, except as provided under applicable law with respect to the filing of continuation statements or amendments. Except as provided in Section 5.10 of the Credit Agreement, each Pledgor represents and warrants that the Notices of Grant of Security Interest in Intellectual Property executed by the applicable Pledgors containing descriptions of all Article 9 Collateral that consists of material United States federally issued Patents (and Patents for which United States federal registration applications are pending), material United States federally registered Trademarks (and Trademarks for which United States federal registration applications are pending), material United States federally registered Copyrights (and Copyrights for which United States federal registration applications are pending) and exclusive Copyright Licenses to any Pledgor under any United States federally registered Copyright have been delivered to the Collateral Agent for recording with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 261, 15 U.S.C. § 1060 or 17 U.S.C. § 205 and the regulations thereunder, as applicable, and reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent, to protect the validity of and to establish a legal, valid and perfected security interest (or, in the case of Patents and Trademarks, notice thereof) in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in respect of all Article 9 Collateral consisting of such Intellectual Property as of the Closing Date in which a security interest may be perfected by recording with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, and no further or subsequent filing, refiling, recording, rerecording, registration or reregistration is necessary (other than such actions as are necessary to perfect the Security Interest with respect to any Article 9 Collateral consisting of material United States federally issued, registered or pending Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights and exclusive Copyright Licenses to any Pledgor under any United States federally registered Copyright acquired or developed after the Closing Date).
(c)    The Security Interest constitutes (i) a legal and valid security interest in all the Article 9 Collateral securing the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations, as applicable, (ii) subject to the filings described in Section 3.02(b), as of the Closing Date a perfected security interest in all Article 9 Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registering a financing statement or analogous document in the United States (or any political subdivision thereof) pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law in such jurisdictions and (iii) a security interest that shall be perfected in all Article 9 Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected upon the receipt and recording of the Notices of Grant of Security Interest in Intellectual Property with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, as applicable. The Security Interest is and shall be prior to any other Lien on any of the Article 9 Collateral other than Permitted Liens.
(d)    The Article 9 Collateral is owned by the Pledgors free and clear of any Lien, other than Permitted Liens. None of the Pledgors has filed or consented to the filing of (i) any financing statement or analogous document under the Uniform Commercial Code or any other applicable laws covering any Article 9 Collateral, (ii) any assignment in which any Pledgor assigns any Article 9 Collateral or any security agreement or similar instrument covering any Article 9 Collateral with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office for the benefit of a third party or (iii) any assignment in which any Pledgor assigns any Article 9 Collateral or any security agreement or similar instrument covering any Article 9 Collateral with any foreign governmental, municipal or other office, which financing statement or analogous document, assignment, security agreement or similar instrument is still in effect, except, in each case, for Permitted Liens.
(e)    None of the Pledgors holds any Commercial Tort Claim individually reasonably estimated to exceed $10,000,000 as of the Closing Date except as indicated on Schedule IV.
(f)    As to itself and its Article 9 Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property (the “Intellectual Property Collateral”), to each Pledgor’s knowledge:
(i)    The Intellectual Property Collateral set forth on Schedule III includes a true and complete list of all of the material issued and applied for United States federal Patents, material registered and applied for United States federal Trademarks and material United States federal registered Copyrights owned, and material exclusive Copyright Licenses to any Pledgor under any United States federal registered Copyright held, by such Pledgor as of the Closing Date.
(ii)    The Intellectual Property Collateral is subsisting and has not been adjudged invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part and, to the best of such Pledgor’s knowledge, is valid and enforceable, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Such Pledgor is not aware of any current uses of any item of Intellectual Property Collateral that would be expected to lead to such item becoming invalid or unenforceable, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(iii)    Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (A) such Pledgor has made or performed all commercially reasonable acts, including without limitation filings, recordings and payment of all required fees and taxes, required to maintain and protect its interest in each and every item of Intellectual Property Collateral in full force and effect in the United States and (B) such Pledgor has used proper statutory notice in connection with its use of each Patent, Trademark and Copyright in the Intellectual Property Collateral.
(iv)    With respect to each IP Agreement, the absence, termination or violation of which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (A) such Pledgor has not received any notice of termination or cancellation under such IP Agreement; (B) such Pledgor has not received a notice of a breach or default under such IP Agreement, which breach or default has not been cured or waived; and (C) such Pledgor is not in breach or default thereof in any material respect, and no event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a breach or default or permit termination, modification or acceleration under such IP Agreement.
(v)    Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no Intellectual Property Collateral is subject to any outstanding consent, settlement, decree, order, injunction, judgment or ruling restricting the use of any Intellectual Property Collateral or that would impair the validity or enforceability of such Intellectual Property Collateral.
SECTION 3.03.    Covenants. (%3)  Each Pledgor agrees promptly to notify the Collateral Agent in writing of any change (i) in its corporate or organization name, (ii) in its identity or type of organization, (iii) in its organizational identification number or (iv) in its jurisdiction of organization. Each Pledgor agrees not to effect or permit any change referred to in the first sentence of this paragraph (a) unless all filings have been made, or will have been made within the time period required by the Credit Agreement, under the Uniform Commercial Code that are required in order for the Collateral Agent to continue at all times following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected security interest in all the Article 9 Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by such filing, for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
(a)    Subject to any rights of such Pledgor to Dispose of Collateral provided for in the Credit Agreement Documents and each Other First Lien Agreement, each Pledgor shall, at its own expense, use commercially reasonable efforts to defend title to the Article 9 Collateral against all persons and to defend the Security Interest of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in the Article 9 Collateral and the priority thereof against any Lien that is not a Permitted Lien.
(b)    Each Pledgor agrees, at its own expense, to execute, acknowledge, deliver and cause to be duly filed all such further instruments and documents and take all such actions as the Collateral Agent may from time to time reasonably request to better assure, preserve, protect, defend and perfect the Security Interest and the rights and remedies created hereby, including the payment of any fees and taxes required in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the granting of the Security Interest and the filing of any financing statements (including fixture filings) or other documents in connection herewith or therewith, all in accordance with the terms hereof and the terms of the Credit Agreement.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Pledgor hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent, with prompt notice thereof to the Pledgors, to supplement this Agreement by supplementing Schedule III or adding additional schedules hereto to specifically identify any asset or item that may constitute an issued or applied for United States federal Patent, registered or applied for United States federal Trademark, registered United States federal Copyright or exclusive Copyright Licenses to any Pledgor under any registered United States federal Copyright; provided that any Pledgor shall have the right, exercisable within 90 days after the Borrower has been notified by the Collateral Agent of the specific identification of such Article 9 Collateral (or such later date as the Collateral Agent may agree), to advise the Collateral Agent in writing of any inaccuracy of the representations and warranties made by such Pledgor hereunder with respect to such Article 9 Collateral. Each Pledgor agrees that it will use its commercially reasonable efforts to take such action as shall be necessary in order that all representations and warranties hereunder shall be true and correct with respect to such Article 9 Collateral within 45 days after the date it has been notified by the Collateral Agent of the specific identification of such Article 9 Collateral (or such later date as the Collateral Agent may agree).
(c)    After the occurrence of an Event of Default and during the continuance thereof, the Collateral Agent shall have the right to verify under reasonable procedures the validity, amount, quality, quantity, value, condition and status of, or any other matter relating to, the Article 9 Collateral, including, in the case of Accounts or Article 9 Collateral in the possession of any third person, by contacting Account Debtors or the third person possessing such Article 9 Collateral for the purpose of making such a verification. The Collateral Agent shall have the right to share any information it gains from such inspection or verification with any Secured Party, subject to Section 9.16 of the Credit Agreement and any equivalent provision of any Other First Lien Agreement.
(d)    The Collateral Agent may discharge past due taxes, assessments, charges, fees, Liens, security interests or other encumbrances at any time levied or placed on the Article 9 Collateral and not a Permitted Lien, and may pay for the maintenance and preservation of the Article 9 Collateral to the extent any Pledgor fails to do so as required by the Credit Agreement, this Agreement or any Other First Lien Agreement, and each Pledgor jointly and severally agrees to reimburse the Collateral Agent on demand for any reasonable and documented payment made or any reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expense incurred by the Collateral Agent pursuant to the foregoing authorization; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 3.03(e) shall be interpreted as excusing any Pledgor from the performance of, or imposing any obligation on the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party to cure or perform, any covenants or other promises of any Pledgor with respect to taxes, assessments, charges, fees, Liens, security interests or other encumbrances and maintenance as set forth herein or in the other Credit Agreement Documents or any Other First Lien Agreement.
(e)    Each Pledgor (rather than the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party) shall remain liable for the observance and performance of all the conditions and obligations to be observed and performed by it under each contract, agreement or instrument relating to the Article 9 Collateral and each Pledgor jointly and severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties from and against any and all liability for such performance.
(f)    None of the Pledgors shall make or permit to be made an assignment, pledge or hypothecation of the Article 9 Collateral or shall grant any other Lien in respect of the Article 9 Collateral, except as not prohibited by the Credit Agreement or any Other First Lien Agreement. None of the Pledgors shall make or permit to be made any transfer of the Article 9 Collateral, except as not prohibited by the Credit Agreement, any Other First Lien Agreement or any Intercreditor Agreement.
(g)    Each Pledgor irrevocably makes, constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent (and all officers, employees or agents designated by the Collateral Agent) as such Pledgor’s true and lawful agent (and attorney-in-fact) for the purpose, during the continuance of an Event of Default of making, settling and adjusting claims in respect of Article 9 Collateral under policies of insurance, endorsing the name of such Pledgor on any check, draft, instrument or other item of payment for the proceeds of such policies of insurance and for making all determinations and decisions with respect thereto. In the event that any Pledgor at any time or times shall fail to obtain or maintain any of the policies of insurance required by the Credit Agreement Documents or any Other First Lien Agreement or to pay any premium in whole or part relating thereto, the Collateral Agent may, without waiving or releasing any obligation or liability of the Pledgors hereunder or any Event of Default, in its sole discretion, obtain and maintain such policies of insurance and pay such premium and take any other actions with respect thereto as the Collateral Agent reasonably deems advisable. All sums disbursed by the Collateral Agent in connection with this Section 3.03(h), including reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees, court costs, expenses and other charges relating thereto, shall be payable, upon demand, by the Pledgors to the Collateral Agent and shall be additional Secured Obligations secured hereby.
SECTION 3.04.    Other Actions. In order to further ensure the attachment, perfection and priority of, and the ability of the Collateral Agent to enforce, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, the Security Interest in the Article 9 Collateral, each Pledgor agrees, in each case at such Pledgor’s own expense, to take the following actions with respect to the following Article 9 Collateral:
(a)    Instruments and Tangible Chattel Paper. If any Pledgor shall at any time own or acquire any Instruments (other than debt obligations which are governed by Article II and checks received and processed in the ordinary course of business) or Tangible Chattel Paper evidencing an amount in excess of $10,000,000, such Pledgor shall promptly (and in any event within 45 days of its acquisition or such longer period as the Collateral Agent may permit in its reasonable discretion) notify the Collateral Agent and promptly (and in any event within 5 days following such notice or such longer period as the Collateral Agent may permit in its reasonable discretion) endorse, assign and deliver the same to the Collateral Agent, accompanied by such instruments of transfer or assignment duly executed in blank as the Collateral Agent may from time to time reasonably request.
(b)    Commercial Tort Claims. If any Pledgor shall at any time hold or acquire a Commercial Tort Claim in an amount reasonably estimated to exceed $10,000,000, such Pledgor shall promptly notify the Collateral Agent thereof in a writing signed by such Pledgor, including a summary description of such claim, and deliver to the Collateral Agent in writing a supplement to Schedule IV including such description.
SECTION 3.05.    Covenants Regarding Patent, Trademark and Copyright Collateral. Except as not prohibited by the Credit Agreement or any Other First Lien Agreement:
(a)    Each Pledgor agrees that it will not knowingly do any act or omit to do any act (and will exercise commercially reasonable efforts to prevent its licensees from doing any act or omitting to do any act) whereby any Patent that is material to the normal conduct of such Pledgor’s business may become prematurely invalidated, abandoned, lapsed or dedicated to the public.
(b)    Each Pledgor will, and will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause its licensees or its sublicensees to, for each material Trademark necessary to the normal conduct of such Pledgor’s business, (i) maintain such Trademark in full force free from any adjudication of abandonment or invalidity for non-use and (ii) maintain the quality of products and services offered under such Trademark in a manner consistent with the operation of such Pledgor’s business.
(c)    Each Pledgor shall notify the Collateral Agent as promptly as practicable if it knows that any United States federally issued or applied for Patent, United States federally registered or applied for Trademark or United States federally registered Copyright material to the normal conduct of such Pledgor’s business may imminently become abandoned, lapsed or dedicated to the public, or of any materially adverse determination or development, excluding non-final office actions in the ordinary course of such Pledgor’s business and similar determinations or developments in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, United States Copyright Office, any court or any similar office of any country, regarding such Pledgor’s ownership of (or, if applicable, exclusive license to) any such material Patent, Trademark or Copyright or its right to register or to maintain the same.
(d)    Each Pledgor, either by itself or through any agent, employee, licensee or designee, shall (i) inform the Collateral Agent on an annual basis of each application for, or registration or issuance of, any Patent or Trademark with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and each registration of any Copyright or exclusive Copyright Licenses to any Pledgor under any registered United States Copyright with the United States Copyright Office filed by or on behalf of, or issued to, or acquired by, any Pledgor during the preceding twelve-month period, and (ii) upon the reasonable request of the Collateral Agent, execute and deliver any and all agreements, instruments, documents and papers necessary or as the Collateral Agent may otherwise reasonably request to evidence the Collateral Agent’s Security Interest in such Patent, Trademark, Copyright or exclusive Copyright License and the perfection thereof, provided that the provisions hereof shall automatically apply to any such Patent, Trademark, Copyright or exclusive Copyright License and any such Patent, Trademark, Copyright or exclusive Copyright License shall automatically constitute Collateral as if such would have constituted Collateral at the time of execution hereof and be subject to the Lien and Security Interest created by this Agreement without further action by any party.
(e)    Each Pledgor shall exercise its reasonable business judgment consistent with its past practice in any proceeding before the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office with respect to maintaining and pursuing each application relating to any Patent, Trademark and/or Copyright (and obtaining the relevant grant or registration) material to the normal conduct of such Pledgor’s business and to maintain (i) each United States federally issued Patent that is material to the normal conduct of such Pledgor’s business and (ii) the registrations of each United States federally registered Trademark and each United States federally registered Copyright that is material to the normal conduct of such Pledgor’s business, including, when applicable and necessary in such Pledgor’s reasonable business judgment, timely filings of applications for renewal, affidavits of use, affidavits of incontestability and payment of maintenance fees, and, if any Pledgor believes necessary in its reasonable business judgment, to initiate opposition, interference and cancellation proceedings against third parties.
(f)    In the event that any Pledgor knows or has reason to know that any Article 9 Collateral consisting of a Patent, Trademark, Copyright or exclusive Copyright License material to the normal conduct of its business has been materially infringed, misappropriated or diluted by a third party, such Pledgor shall, as promptly as practicable, notify the Collateral Agent and shall, if such Pledgor deems it necessary in its reasonable business judgment, promptly sue and recover any and all damages, and take such other actions as are reasonably appropriate under the circumstances.
(g)    Upon and during the continuance of an Event of Default, at the reasonable request of the Applicable Agent, each Pledgor shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all requisite consents or approvals from each licensor under each Copyright License, Patent License or Trademark License to effect the assignment of all such Pledgor’s right, title and interest thereunder to (in the Applicable Agent’s sole discretion) the designee of the Applicable Agent or the Applicable Agent; provided, however, that nothing contained in this Section 3.05(g) should be construed as an obligation of any Pledgor to incur any costs or expenses in connection with obtaining such approval.
ARTICLE IV    

Remedies
SECTION 4.01.    Remedies Upon Default. In accordance with, and to the extent consistent with, the terms of any applicable Intercreditor Agreement, the Collateral Agent may take any action specified in this Section 4.01. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Pledgor agrees to deliver each item of Collateral to the Collateral Agent on demand. It is agreed that the Collateral Agent shall have the right to take any of or all the following actions at the same or different times: (a) with respect to any Article 9 Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property, on demand, to cause the Security Interest to become an assignment, transfer and conveyance of any of or all such Article 9 Collateral by the applicable Pledgors to the Collateral Agent or to license or sublicense (subject to any such licensee’s obligation to maintain the quality of the goods and/or services provided under any Trademark consistent with the quality of such goods and/or services provided by the Pledgors immediately prior to the Event of Default), whether general, special or otherwise, and whether on an exclusive or a nonexclusive basis, any such Article 9 Collateral throughout the world on such terms and conditions and in such manner as the Collateral Agent shall determine (other than in violation of any then-existing licensing or trademark co-existence arrangements to the extent that waivers thereunder cannot be obtained with the use of commercially reasonable efforts, which each Pledgor hereby agrees to use) and (b) with or without legal process and with or without prior notice or demand for performance, to take possession of the Article 9 Collateral and without liability for trespass to the applicable Pledgor to enter any premises where the Article 9 Collateral may be located for the purpose of taking possession of or removing the Article 9 Collateral and, generally, to exercise any and all rights afforded to a secured party under the applicable Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law or in equity. The Collateral Agent agrees and covenants not to exercise any of the rights or remedies set forth in the preceding sentence unless and until the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Pledgor agrees that the Collateral Agent shall have the right, subject to the mandatory requirements of applicable law, but without demand of performance or other demand, presentment, protest, advertisement or notice of any kind (except any notice required by law referred to below) to or upon the Pledgors, the Borrower, or any other person (all and each of which demands, defenses, advertisements and notices are hereby waived), to forthwith collect, receive, appropriate and realize upon the Collateral, or any part thereof, and/or to forthwith sell or otherwise Dispose of all or any part of the Collateral at a public or private sale or at any broker’s board or on any securities exchange, for cash, upon credit or for future delivery as the Collateral Agent shall deem appropriate. The Collateral Agent shall be authorized in connection with any sale of a security (if it deems it advisable to do so) pursuant to the foregoing to restrict the prospective bidders or purchasers to persons who represent and agree that they are purchasing such security for their own account, for investment, and not with a view to the distribution or sale thereof. Upon consummation of any such Disposition of Collateral pursuant to this Section 4.01 the Collateral Agent shall have the right to assign, transfer and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers thereof the Collateral so sold (other than in violation of any then-existing licensing or trademark co-existence arrangements to the extent that waivers thereunder cannot be obtained with the use of commercially reasonable efforts, which each Pledgor hereby agrees to use). Each such purchaser at any such Disposition shall hold the property sold absolutely, free from any claim or right on the part of any Pledgor, and each Pledgor hereby waives and releases (to the extent permitted by law) all rights of redemption, stay, valuation and appraisal that such Pledgor now has or may at any time in the future have under any rule of law or statute now existing or hereafter enacted.
To the extent any notice is required by applicable law, the Collateral Agent shall give the applicable Pledgors 10 Business Days’ written notice (which each Pledgor agrees is reasonable notice within the meaning of Section 9-611 of the New York UCC or its equivalent in other jurisdictions) of the Collateral Agent’s intention to make any sale of Collateral. Such notice, in the case of a public sale, shall state the time and place for such sale, in the case of a private sale, shall state the time after which the sale is to be made and, in the case of a sale at a broker’s board or on a securities exchange, shall state the board or exchange at which such sale is to be made and the day on which the Collateral, or portion thereof, will first be offered for sale at such board or exchange. Any such public sale shall be held at such time or times within ordinary business hours and at such place or places as the Collateral Agent may fix and state in the notice (if any) of such sale. At any such sale, the Collateral, or the portion thereof, to be sold may be sold in one lot as an entirety or in separate parcels, as the Collateral Agent may (in its sole and absolute discretion) determine. The Collateral Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale of any Collateral if it shall determine not to do so, regardless of the fact that notice of sale of such Collateral shall have been given. The Collateral Agent may, without notice or publication, adjourn any public or private sale or cause the same to be adjourned from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed for sale, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which the same was so adjourned. In the case of any sale of all or any part of the Collateral made on credit or for future delivery, the Collateral so sold may be retained by the Collateral Agent until the sale price is paid by the purchaser or purchasers thereof, but the Collateral Agent shall not incur any liability in the event that any such purchaser or purchasers shall fail to take up and pay for the Collateral so sold and, in the case of any such failure, such Collateral may be sold again upon notice given in accordance with provisions above. At any public (or, to the extent permitted by law, private) sale made pursuant to this Section 4.01, any Secured Party may bid for or purchase for cash, free (to the extent permitted by law) from any right of redemption, stay, valuation or appraisal on the part of any Pledgor (all such rights being also hereby waived and released to the extent permitted by law), the Collateral or any part thereof offered for sale and such Secured Party may, upon compliance with the terms of sale, hold, retain and Dispose of such property in accordance with Section 4.02 without further accountability to any Pledgor therefor. For purposes hereof, a written agreement to purchase the Collateral or any portion thereof shall be treated as a sale thereof; the Collateral Agent shall be free to carry out such sale pursuant to such agreement and no Pledgor shall be entitled to the return of the Collateral or any portion thereof subject thereto, notwithstanding the fact that after the Collateral Agent shall have entered into such an agreement all Events of Default shall have been remedied and the Secured Obligations paid in full. As an alternative to exercising the power of sale herein conferred upon it, the Collateral Agent may proceed by a suit or suits at law or in equity to foreclose this Agreement and to sell the Collateral or any portion thereof pursuant to a judgment or decree of a court or courts having competent jurisdiction or pursuant to a proceeding by a court-appointed receiver. Any sale pursuant to the provisions of this Section 4.01 shall be deemed to conform to the commercially reasonable standards as provided in Section 9-610(b) of the New York UCC or its equivalent in other jurisdictions.
SECTION 4.02.    Application of Proceeds. The Collateral Agent shall, subject to any applicable Intercreditor Agreement, promptly apply the proceeds, moneys or balances of any collection or sale of Collateral realized through the exercise by the Collateral Agent of its remedies hereunder, as well as any Collateral consisting of cash at any time when remedies are being exercised hereunder, as follows:
FIRST, to the payment of all costs and expenses incurred by the Collateral Agent in connection with such collection or sale or otherwise in connection with any Credit Agreement Document, any Other First Lien Agreement or any of the Secured Obligations secured by such Collateral, including without limitation all court costs and the fees and expenses of its agents and legal counsel, the repayment of all advances made by the Collateral Agent under any Credit Agreement Document or any Other First Lien Agreement on behalf of any Pledgor, any other costs or expenses incurred in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy hereunder or under any other Credit Agreement Document or any Other First Lien Agreement, and all other fees, indemnities and other amounts owing or reimbursable to the Collateral Agent under any Credit Agreement Document or any Other First Lien Agreement in its capacity as such;
SECOND, to the payment in full of the Secured Obligations secured by such Collateral (the amounts so applied to be distributed between the Credit Agreement Secured Parties and any Other First Lien Secured Parties pro rata based on the respective amounts of such Secured Obligations owed to them on the date of any such distribution (or in accordance with such other method of distribution as may be set forth in any applicable Intercreditor Agreement), with (x) the portion thereof distributed to the Credit Agreement Secured Parties to be further distributed in accordance with the order of priority set forth in Section 7.02 of the Credit Agreement and (y) the portion thereof distributed to the Secured Parties of any other Series to be further distributed in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Other First Lien Agreements governing such Series; and
THIRD, to the Pledgors, their successors or assigns, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct;
provided that in no event shall the proceeds of any collection or sale of any Specified Excluded Collateral be applied to the relevant Series of Secured Obligations under any Other First Lien Agreement that is not secured by such Specified Excluded Collateral.
The Collateral Agent shall have absolute discretion as to the time of application of any such proceeds, moneys or balances in accordance with this Agreement. Upon the request of the Collateral Agent prior to any distribution under this Section 4.02, each Authorized Representative shall provide to the Collateral Agent certificates, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, setting forth the respective amounts referred to in this Section 4.02 that each applicable Secured Party or its Authorized Representative believes it is entitled to receive, and the Collateral Agent shall be fully entitled to rely on such certificates. Upon any sale of Collateral by the Collateral Agent (including pursuant to a power of sale granted by statute or under a judicial proceeding), the receipt of the purchase money by the Collateral Agent or of the officer making the sale shall be a sufficient discharge to the purchaser or purchasers of the Collateral so sold and such purchaser or purchasers shall not be obligated to see to the application of any part of the purchase money paid over to the Collateral Agent or such officer or be answerable in any way for the misapplication thereof.
SECTION 4.03.    Securities Act, Etc. In view of the position of the Pledgors in relation to the Pledged Collateral, or because of other current or future circumstances, a question may arise under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any similar federal statute hereafter enacted analogous in purpose or effect (such Act and any such similar statute as from time to time in effect being called the “Federal Securities Laws”) with respect to any Disposition of the Pledged Collateral permitted hereunder. Each Pledgor understands that compliance with the Federal Securities Laws might very strictly limit the course of conduct of the Collateral Agent if the Collateral Agent were to attempt to Dispose of all or any part of the Pledged Collateral, and might also limit the extent to which or the manner in which any subsequent transferee of any Pledged Collateral could Dispose of the same. Similarly, there may be other legal restrictions or limitations affecting the Collateral Agent in any attempt to Dispose of all or part of the Pledged Collateral under applicable Blue Sky or other state securities laws or similar laws analogous in purpose or effect. Each Pledgor acknowledges and agrees that in light of such restrictions and limitations, the Collateral Agent, subject to the terms of any applicable Intercreditor Agreement, in its sole and absolute discretion, (a) may proceed to make such a sale whether or not a registration statement for the purpose of registering such Pledged Collateral or part thereof shall have been filed under the Federal Securities Laws or, to the extent applicable, Blue Sky or other state securities laws and (b) may approach and negotiate with a single potential purchaser to effect such sale. Each Pledgor acknowledges and agrees that any such sale might result in prices and other terms less favorable to the seller than if such sale were a public sale without such restrictions. In the event of any such sale, the Collateral Agent shall incur no responsibility or liability for selling all or any part of the Pledged Collateral at a price that the Collateral Agent, subject to the terms of any applicable Intercreditor Agreement, in its sole and absolute discretion, may in good faith deem reasonable under the circumstances, notwithstanding the possibility that a substantially higher price might have been realized if the sale were deferred until after registration as aforesaid or if more than a single purchaser were approached. The provisions of this Section 4.03 will apply notwithstanding the existence of a public or private market upon which the quotations or sales prices may exceed substantially the price at which the Collateral Agent sells.
SECTION 4.04.    Grant of License to Use Intellectual Property. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, solely to the extent necessary for the purpose of enabling the Collateral Agent to exercise rights and remedies under this Agreement, each Pledgor hereby grants to the Collateral Agent an irrevocable (until terminated as provided below or upon cure of all Events of Default), non-exclusive license (exercisable without payment of royalty or other compensation to the Pledgors) to use or sublicense (to its contractors, agents or representatives, or otherwise exercising its remedies hereunder) any of the Article 9 Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property now owned or hereafter acquired by such Pledgor, and wherever the same may be located (and including in such license reasonable access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored and to all computer software and programs used for the compilation or printout thereof) to the extent that such non-exclusive license (a) does not violate the express terms of any agreement between a Pledgor and a third party governing such Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property, or give such third party any right of acceleration, modification, termination or cancellation therein, and (b) is not prohibited by any Requirements of Law; provided that such license and sublicenses (i) with respect to owned Trademarks, shall be subject to the maintenance of quality standards with respect to the goods and services on which such Trademarks are used sufficient to preserve the validity of such Trademarks and the inurement of any goodwill created by the use of such Trademarks to the benefit of the applicable Pledgors, and (ii) with respect to owned Copyrights, shall include reasonable restrictions on decompilation and reverse engineering of copyrighted software, and (iii) with respect to trade secrets, shall be subject to the requirement that the secret status of such trade secrets be maintained and reasonable steps are taken to ensure that they are maintained. The use of such license by the Collateral Agent and the use of any sublicense granted by the Collateral Agent may be exercised solely during the continuation of an Event of Default; provided, that any sublicense or other transaction entered into by the Collateral Agent in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon the Pledgors, notwithstanding any subsequent cure of an Event of Default. For the avoidance of doubt, at the time of the release of the Liens on any Collateral as set forth in Section 5.15, the license granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Section 4.04 with respect to such Collateral shall automatically and immediately terminate.

ARTICLE V    

Miscellaneous
SECTION 5.01.    Notices. All communications and notices hereunder shall (except as otherwise expressly permitted herein) be in writing and given as provided in Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to any Pledgor shall be given to it in care of the Borrower, with such notice to be given as provided in Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement. All communications and notices to any holders of obligations under any Other First Lien Agreement shall be addressed to the Authorized Representative of such holders at its address set forth in the Other First Lien Secured Party Consent, as such address may be changed by written notice to the Collateral Agent.
SECTION 5.02.    Security Interest Absolute. To the extent permitted by law, all rights of the Collateral Agent hereunder, the Security Interest in the Article 9 Collateral, the security interest in the Pledged Collateral and all obligations of each Pledgor hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of (a) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Credit Agreement Document, any Other First Lien Agreement, any other agreement with respect to any of the Secured Obligations or any other agreement or instrument relating to any of the foregoing, (b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Secured Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to any departure from any Credit Agreement Document, any Other First Lien Agreement, any Intercreditor Agreement or any other agreement or instrument, (c) any exchange, release or non-perfection of any Lien on other collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver of or consent under or departure from any guarantee, securing or guaranteeing all or any of the Secured Obligations or (d) any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Pledgor in respect of the Secured Obligations or this Agreement (other than a defense of payment or performance).
SECTION 5.03.    Limitation By Law. All rights, remedies and powers provided in this Agreement may be exercised only to the extent that the exercise thereof does not violate any applicable provision of law, and all the provisions of this Agreement are intended to be subject to all applicable mandatory provisions of law that may be controlling and to be limited to the extent necessary so that they shall not render this Agreement invalid, unenforceable, in whole or in part, or not entitled to be recorded, registered or filed under the provisions of any applicable law.
SECTION 5.04.    Binding Effect; Several Agreements. This Agreement shall become effective as to any party to this Agreement when a counterpart hereof executed on behalf of such party shall have been delivered to the Collateral Agent and a counterpart hereof shall have been executed on behalf of the Collateral Agent, and thereafter shall be binding upon such party and the Collateral Agent and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of such party, the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties and their respective permitted successors and assigns, except that no party shall have the right to assign or transfer its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein or in the Collateral (and any such assignment or transfer shall be void) except as not prohibited by this Agreement, the Credit Agreement or any Other First Lien Agreement. This Agreement shall be construed as a separate agreement with respect to each party and may be amended, modified, supplemented, waived or released in accordance with Section 5.09 or 5.15, as applicable.
SECTION 5.05.    Successors and Assigns. Whenever in this Agreement any of the parties hereto is referred to, such reference shall be deemed to include the permitted successors and assigns of such party and all covenants, promises and agreements by or on behalf of any Pledgor or the Collateral Agent that are contained in this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective permitted successors and assigns, provided that no Pledgor may assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement except as permitted by Section 5.04.
SECTION 5.06.    Collateral Agent’s Fees and Expenses; Indemnification.
(a)    The parties hereto agree that the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to reimbursement of its expenses incurred hereunder by the Pledgors, and the Collateral Agent and other Indemnitees shall be indemnified by the Pledgors, in each case of this clause (a), mutatis mutandis, as provided in Section 9.05 of the Credit Agreement or any equivalent provision of any Other First Lien Agreement.
(b)    Any such amounts payable as provided hereunder shall be additional Secured Obligations secured hereby and by the other Security Documents. The provisions of this Section 5.06 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the termination of this Agreement, any other Credit Agreement Document or any Other First Lien Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of any of the Secured Obligations, the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of this Agreement, any other Credit Agreement Document or any Other First Lien Agreement, or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party. All amounts due under this Section 5.06 shall be payable within fifteen days (or such longer period as the Collateral Agent may agree) of written demand therefor accompanied by reasonable documentation with respect to any reimbursement, indemnification or other amount requested.
(c)    The agreements in this Section 5.06 shall survive the resignation of the Collateral Agent and the termination of this Agreement.
SECTION 5.07.    Collateral Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact. Subject to the Intercreditor Agreements, each Pledgor hereby appoints the Collateral Agent the attorney-in-fact of such Pledgor for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Agreement and, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, taking any action and executing any instrument that the Collateral Agent may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes hereof, which appointment is irrevocable and coupled with an interest. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, subject to applicable Requirements of Law and the Intercreditor Agreements, the Collateral Agent shall have the right, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, with full power of substitution either in the Collateral Agent’s name or in the name of such Pledgor, (a) to receive, endorse, assign or deliver any and all notes, acceptances, checks, drafts, money orders or other evidences of payment relating to the Collateral or any part thereof; (b) to demand, collect, receive payment of, give receipt for and give discharges and releases of all or any of the Collateral; (c) to ask for, demand, sue for, collect, receive and give acquittance for any and all moneys due or to become due under and by virtue of any Collateral; (d) to sign the name of any Pledgor on any invoice or bill of lading relating to any of the Collateral; (e) to send verifications of Accounts to any Account Debtor; (f) to commence and prosecute any and all suits, actions or proceedings at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect or otherwise, realize on all or any of the Collateral or to enforce any rights in respect of any Collateral; (g) to settle, compromise, compound, adjust or defend any actions, suits or proceedings relating to all or any of the Collateral; (h) to notify, or to require any Pledgor to notify, Account Debtors to make payment directly to the Collateral Agent; and (i) to use, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with all or any of the Collateral, and to do all other acts and things necessary to carry out the purposes of this Agreement, as fully and completely as though the Collateral Agent were the absolute owner of the Collateral for all purposes; provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed as requiring or obligating the Collateral Agent to make any commitment or to make any inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by the Collateral Agent, or to present or file any claim or notice, or to take any action with respect to the Collateral or any part thereof or the moneys due or to become due in respect thereof or any property covered thereby. The Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties shall be accountable only for amounts actually received as a result of the exercise of the powers granted to them herein, and neither they nor their officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to any Pledgor for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for their own or their Related Parties’ gross negligence or willful misconduct. For the avoidance of doubt, Section 4.03 of any First Lien/First Lien Intercreditor Agreement entered into after the Closing Date in the form exhibited to the Credit Agreement (or the equivalent provision of any other First Lien/First Lien Intercreditor Agreement) shall apply to the Collateral Agent as agent for the Secured Parties hereunder.
SECTION 5.08.    Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIMS, CONTROVERSY, DISPUTE OR CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE) BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY PRINCIPLE OF CONFLICTS OF LAW THAT COULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF ANY OTHER LAW.
SECTION 5.09.    Waivers; Amendment.    (%3) No failure or delay by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party in exercising any right, power or remedy hereunder or under any other Credit Agreement Document or any Other First Lien Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or remedy, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right, power or remedy, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. The rights, powers and remedies of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties hereunder and under the other Credit Agreement Documents and any Other First Lien Agreements are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights, powers or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by any Pledgor therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section 5.09, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan or the issuance of a Letter of Credit or the incurrence of any Other First Lien Obligation shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default or Event of Default, regardless of whether the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party may have had notice or knowledge of such Default or Event of Default at the time. No notice or demand on any Pledgor in any case shall entitle any Pledgor to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.
(a)    Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Collateral Agent and the Pledgor or Pledgors with respect to which such waiver, amendment or modification is to apply, subject to any consent required in accordance with Section 9.08 of the Credit Agreement, and the consent of each other Authorized Representative if and to the extent required by (and in accordance with) the applicable Other First Lien Agreement, and except as otherwise provided in any applicable Intercreditor Agreement. The Collateral Agent may conclusively rely on a certificate of an officer of the Borrower as to whether any amendment contemplated by this Section 5.09(b) is permitted.
(b)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Collateral Agent may grant extensions of time or waivers of the requirement for the creation or perfection of security interests in or the obtaining of insurance (including title insurance) or surveys with respect to particular assets (including extensions beyond the Closing Date for the perfection of security interests in the assets of the Pledgors on such date) where it reasonably determines, in consultation with the Borrower, that perfection or obtaining of such items cannot be accomplished without undue effort or expense by the time or times at which it would otherwise be required by this Agreement, the other Credit Agreement Documents or any Other First Lien Agreement.
SECTION 5.10.    WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 5.10.
SECTION 5.11.    Severability. In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement, any other Credit Agreement Document or any Other First Lien Agreement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and therein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
SECTION 5.12.    Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute but one contract, and shall become effective as provided in Section 5.04. Delivery of an executed counterpart to this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed original.
SECTION 5.13.    Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
SECTION 5.14.    Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.

(%3)  Each party to this Agreement hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that it will not commence any action, litigation or proceeding of any kind or description, whether in law or equity, whether in contract or in tort or otherwise, against any other party or any affiliate thereof, in any way relating to this Agreement, any other Credit Agreement Document or any Other First Lien Agreement or the transactions relating hereto or thereto, in any forum other than the courts of the State of New York sitting in New York County, and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, and each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the jurisdiction of such courts and agrees that all claims in respect of any such action, litigation or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State court or, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in such federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action, litigation or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement, any other Credit Agreement Document or any Other First Lien Agreement shall affect any right that the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement, any other Credit Agreement Document or any Other First Lien Agreement against any Pledgor or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
(a)    Each party to this Agreement hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, any other Credit Agreement Document or any Other First Lien Agreement in any New York State or federal court sitting in New York County and any appellate court from any thereof. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
(b)    Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 5.01. Nothing in this Agreement, any other Credit Agreement Document or any Other First Lien Agreement will affect the right of any party to this Agreement, any other Credit Agreement Document or any Other First Lien Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
SECTION 5.15.    Termination or Release. In each case subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements:
(a)    This Agreement and the pledges made by the Pledgors herein and all other security interests granted by the Pledgors hereby shall automatically terminate and be released upon the occurrence of the Termination Date or, if any Other First Lien Obligations are outstanding on the Termination Date, the date when any Other First Lien Obligations (other than contingent or unliquidated obligations or liabilities not then due and any other obligations that, by the terms of any Other First Lien Agreements, are not required to be paid in full prior to termination and release of the Collateral) have been paid in full and the Secured Parties have no further commitment to extend credit under any Other First Lien Agreement.
(b)    A Subsidiary Loan Party shall automatically be released from its obligations hereunder and the security interests in the Collateral of such Subsidiary Loan Party shall be automatically released upon the consummation of any transaction not prohibited by the Credit Agreement or any Other First Lien Agreement then in effect as a result of which such Subsidiary Loan Party ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower or otherwise becomes an Excluded Subsidiary or ceases to be a Guarantor or is otherwise released from its obligations under the Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party, and all rights to the applicable portions of the Collateral shall revert to such Subsidiary Loan Party.
(c)    The security interests in any Collateral shall automatically be released, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party, (i) upon any sale or other transfer by any Pledgor of any Collateral that is not prohibited by the Credit Agreement or any Other First Lien Agreement to any person that is not a Pledgor, (ii) upon the effectiveness of any written consent to the release of the security interest granted hereby in such Collateral pursuant to Section 9.08 of the Credit Agreement and any equivalent provision of any Other First Lien Agreement (in each case, to the extent required thereby) or (iii) as otherwise may be provided in any applicable Intercreditor Agreement.
(d)    [Reserved].
(e)    Solely with respect to the Credit Agreement Secured Obligations, a Pledgor shall automatically be released from its obligations hereunder and/or the security interests in any Collateral securing the Credit Agreement Secured Obligations shall in each case be automatically released upon the occurrence of any of the circumstances set forth in Section 9.18 of the Credit Agreement without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party, and all rights to such Collateral shall revert to any applicable Pledgor.
(f)    [Reserved].
(g)    Solely with respect to any Series of Other First Lien Obligations, a Pledgor shall automatically be released from its obligations hereunder and/or the security interests in any Collateral securing such Series of Other First Lien Obligations shall in each case be automatically released upon the occurrence of any of the circumstances set forth in the section governing release of collateral in the applicable Other First Lien Agreement governing such Series of Other First Lien Obligations, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party, and all rights to such Collateral shall revert to any applicable Pledgor.
(h)    In connection with any termination or release pursuant to this Section 5.15, the Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver to any Pledgor all documents that such Pledgor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination or release (including Uniform Commercial Code termination statements), and will duly assign and transfer to such Pledgor, such of the Pledged Collateral that may be in the possession of the Collateral Agent and has not theretofore been sold or otherwise applied or released pursuant to this Agreement. Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this Section 5.15 shall be made without recourse to or warranty by the Collateral Agent. In connection with any release pursuant to this Section 5.15, the Pledgors shall be permitted to take any action in connection therewith consistent with such release including, without limitation, the filing of Uniform Commercial Code termination statements. Upon the receipt of any necessary or proper instruments of termination, satisfaction or release prepared by the Borrower, the Collateral Agent shall promptly execute, deliver or acknowledge such instruments or releases to evidence the release of any Collateral permitted to be released pursuant to this Agreement. The Pledgors agree to pay all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Collateral Agent (and its representatives and counsel) in connection with the execution and delivery of such release documents or instruments.
SECTION 5.16.    Additional Subsidiaries. Upon execution and delivery by any Subsidiary that is required or permitted to become a party hereto by Section 5.10 of the Credit Agreement or the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement of the Credit Agreement or by any Other First Lien Agreement of an instrument substantially in the form of Exhibit I hereto (or another instrument reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and the Borrower), such subsidiary shall become a Subsidiary Loan Party hereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Subsidiary Loan Party herein. The execution and delivery of any such instrument shall not require the consent of any other party to this Agreement. The rights and obligations of each party to this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new party to this Agreement.
SECTION 5.17.    General Authority of the Collateral Agent.
(a)    By acceptance of the benefits of this Agreement and any other Security Documents, each Secured Party (whether or not a signatory hereto) shall be deemed irrevocably (i) to consent to the appointment of the Collateral Agent as its agent hereunder and under such other Security Documents, (ii) to confirm that the Collateral Agent shall have the authority to act as the exclusive agent of such Secured Party for the enforcement of any provision of this Agreement and such other Security Documents against any Pledgor, the exercise of remedies hereunder or thereunder and the giving or withholding of any consent or approval hereunder thereunder relating to any Collateral or any Pledgor’s obligations with respect thereto, (iii) to agree that it shall not take any action to enforce any provisions of this Agreement or any other Security Document against any Pledgor, to exercise any remedy hereunder or thereunder or to give any consents or approvals hereunder or thereunder except as expressly provided in this Agreement or any other Security Document and (iv) to agree to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and any other Security Documents and any applicable Intercreditor Agreement then in effect.
(b)    Each Pledgor acknowledges that the rights and responsibilities of the Collateral Agent under this Agreement with respect to any action taken by the Collateral Agent or the exercise or non-exercise by the Collateral Agent of any option, voting right, request, judgment or other right or remedy provided for herein or resulting or arising out of this Agreement shall, as between the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties, be governed by the Credit Agreement, any Other First Lien Agreement and such other agreements with respect thereto as may exist from time to time among them (including any applicable Intercreditor Agreement then in effect), but, as between the Collateral Agent and the Pledgors, the Collateral Agent shall be conclusively presumed to be acting as agent for the applicable Secured Parties with full and valid authority so to act or refrain from acting, and no Pledgor shall be under any obligation, or entitlement, to make any inquiry respecting such authority.
SECTION 5.18.    Subject to Intercreditor Agreements; Conflicts. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Liens and security interests granted to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to this Agreement and (ii) the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent hereunder or the application of proceeds (including insurance and condemnation proceeds) of any Collateral, in each case, are subject to the limitations and provisions of any applicable Intercreditor Agreement to the extent provided therein. In the event of any conflict between the terms of such applicable Intercreditor Agreement and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of such applicable Intercreditor Agreement shall govern.
SECTION 5.19.    Other First Lien Obligations. On or after the Closing Date and so long as not prohibited by the Credit Agreement or any Other First Lien Agreement then in effect, the Borrower may from time to time designate obligations in respect of indebtedness to be secured (except with respect to any applicable Specified Excluded Collateral) on a pari passu basis with the then-outstanding Secured Obligations as Other First Lien Obligations hereunder by delivering to the Collateral Agent and each Authorized Representative (a) a certificate of the Borrower (i) identifying the obligations so designated and the initial aggregate principal amount or face amount thereof, (ii) stating that such obligations are designated as Other First Lien Obligations for purposes hereof, (iii) representing that such designation of such obligations as Other First Lien Obligations is not prohibited by the Credit Agreement or any Other First Lien Agreement then in effect, and (iv) specifying the name and address of the Authorized Representative for such obligations, (b) an Other First Lien Secured Party Consent executed by the Authorized Representative for such obligations and the Borrower and (c) if not already then in effect, execute and deliver a First Lien/First Lien Intercreditor Agreement (or, to the extent such First Lien/First Lien Intercreditor Agreement is then in effect, a joinder thereto to the extent required thereby). Upon the satisfaction of all conditions set forth in the preceding sentence, (x) the Collateral Agent shall act as collateral agent under and subject to the terms of the Security Documents for the benefit of all Secured Parties, including without limitation, any Secured Parties that hold any such Other First Lien Obligations (except with respect to any applicable Specified Excluded Collateral), and shall execute and deliver the acknowledgement at the end of the Other First Lien Secured Party Consent, (y) each Authorized Representative agrees to the appointment, and acceptance of the appointment, of the Collateral Agent as collateral agent for the holders of such Other First Lien Obligations as set forth in each Other First Lien Secured Party Consent and agrees, on behalf of itself and each Secured Party it represents, to be bound by this Agreement and the applicable Intercreditor Agreements and (z) such Other First Lien Obligations shall automatically be deemed to be “Other First-Priority Obligations” (or analogous term) in any First Lien/First Lien Intercreditor Agreement. The rights and obligations of each party to this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new Secured Obligations to this Agreement.
SECTION 5.20.    Person Serving as Collateral Agent. On the Closing Date, the Collateral Agent hereunder is the Credit Agreement Agent. Written notice of resignation by the Administrative Agent under (and as defined in) the Credit Agreement pursuant to the Credit Agreement shall also constitute notice of resignation as the Collateral Agent under this Agreement. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as the Administrative Agent under (and as defined in) the Credit Agreement by a successor, that successor shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Collateral Agent pursuant hereto. Immediately upon the occurrence of the Termination Date, if any other Series of Secured Obligations is then outstanding, the Authorized Representative of such Series (or, if more than one such Series is outstanding, the applicable Authorized Representative determined pursuant to the terms of (and as defined in) the applicable Intercreditor Agreement) shall be deemed the Collateral Agent for all purposes under this Agreement. The Collateral Agent immediately prior to any change in Collateral Agent pursuant to this Section 5.20 (the “Prior Collateral Agent”) shall be deemed to have assigned all of its rights, powers and duties hereunder to the successor Collateral Agent determined in accordance with this Section 5.20 (the “Successor Collateral Agent”) and the Successor Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have accepted, assumed and succeeded to such rights, powers and duties. The Prior Collateral Agent shall cooperate with the Pledgors and such Successor Collateral Agent to ensure that all actions are taken that are necessary or reasonably requested by the Successor Collateral Agent to vest in such Successor Collateral Agent the rights granted to the Prior Collateral Agent hereunder with respect to the Collateral, including (a) the filing of amended financing statements in the appropriate filing offices, (b) to the extent that the Prior Collateral Agent holds, or a third party holds on its behalf, physical possession of or “control” (as defined in the New York UCC or the Uniform Commercial Code of any other applicable jurisdiction) (or any similar concept under foreign law) over Collateral pursuant to this Agreement or any other Security Document, the delivery to the Successor Collateral Agent of the Collateral in its possession or control together with any necessary endorsements to the extent required by this Agreement; provided, however, the foregoing shall not impose any requirement for control not otherwise expressly set forth herein, and (c) the execution and delivery of any further documents, financing statements or agreements and the taking of all such further action that may be required under any applicable law, or that the Successor Collateral Agent may reasonably request, all without recourse to, or representation or warranty by, the Collateral Agent, and at the sole cost and expense of the Pledgors. In addition, the Collateral Agent hereunder shall at all times be the same person that is the “Collateral Agent” under any First Lien/First Lien Intercreditor Agreement. Written notice of resignation by the “Collateral Agent” pursuant to any First Lien/First Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall also constitute notice of resignation as the Collateral Agent under this Agreement. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as the “Collateral Agent” under any First Lien/First Lien Intercreditor Agreement by a successor “Collateral Agent”, the successor “Collateral Agent” shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement.
[Signature Pages Follow]    
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written
QUESO HOLDINGS INC.

By:
    /s/ Blake Huggins        
Name:
Blake Huggins
Title: Assistant Treasurer
CEC ENTERTAINMENT LEASING COMPANY
PETER PIPER HOLDINGS, INC.
PETER PIPER, INC.
SPT DISTRIBUTION COMPANY, INC.
CEC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, LLC
CEC ENTERTAINMENT CONCEPTS, L.P.
CEC ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
By:
    /s/ Blake Huggins        
Name:
Blake Huggins
Title:
Treasurer
CEC LEASEHOLDER, LLC
CEC LEASEHOLDER #2, LLC
CEC ENTERTAINMENT INTERNATIONAL,
LLC
TEXAS PP BEVERAGE, INC.


By:
    /s/ David A. Deck        
Name:
David A. Deck
Title:
Secretary
HOSPITALITY DISTRIBUTION
INCORPORATED


By:
    /s/ David A. Deck        
Name:
David A. Deck
Title:
President

BHC ACQUISITION CORPORATION
SB HOSPITALITY CORPORATION



By:
    /s/ Maribel Alamillo        
Name:
Maribel Alamillo
Title:
President
PETER PIPER MEXICO, LLC



By:    /s/ Thomas Leverton        
Name:
Thomas Leverton
Title:
Manager

PETER PIPER TEXAS, LLC



By:        /s/ David Schroedle        
Name:
David Schroedle
Title:
Manager


CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, as Collateral Agent

By:
/s/ John D. Toronto    
Name: John D. Toronto
Title: Authorized Signatory

By:
/s/ Emerson Almeida    
Name: Emerson Almeida
Title: Authorized Signatory



Schedule I to the
Collateral Agreement (First Lien)
Subsidiary Loan Parties
1.CEC Entertainment Holdings, LLC
2.CEC Entertainment Concepts, L.P.
3.SPT Distribution Company, Inc.
4.BHC Acquisition Corporation
5.Hospitality Distribution Incorporated
6.SB Hospitality Corporation
7.Peter Piper Holdings, Inc.
8.Peter Piper, Inc.
9.Peter Piper Texas, LLC
10.Peter Piper Mexico, LLC
11.Texas PP Beverage, Inc.
12.CEC Entertainment Leasing Company
13.CEC Leaseholder, LLC
14.CEC Leaseholder #2, LLC
15.CEC Entertainment International, LLC







Schedule II to the
Collateral Agreement (First Lien)
Pledged Stock; Pledged Debt
A.    Pledged Stock
Issuer
Record Owner
Certificate No.
Number and Class
Percentage of Equity Interest Owned
Percent (of Owned Equity Interests) Pledged
CEC Entertainment, Inc.
Queso Holdings Inc.
A-1
200 shares of common stock
100%
100%
CEC Entertainment Holdings, LLC
CEC Entertainment, Inc.
N/A
N/A
100%
100%
SPT Distribution Company, Inc.
CEC Entertainment, Inc.
2
1,000 shares of common stock
100%
100%
BHC Acquisition Corporation
CEC Entertainment, Inc.
5
1,000 shares of common stock
100%
100%
CEC Entertainment Leasing Company
CEC Entertainment, Inc.
1
100 shares of stock
100%
100%
Peter Piper Holdings, Inc.
CEC Entertainment, Inc.
1
100 shares of common stock
100%
100%
CEC Leaseholder, LLC
CEC Entertainment, Inc.
N/A
N/A
100%
100%
CEC Leaseholder #2, LLC
CEC Entertainment, Inc.
N/A
N/A
100%
100%
Peter Piper, Inc.
Peter Piper Holdings, Inc.
CA-70
PA-3
PB-16
3,518,345 shares of Class A Common Stock
100%
100%
3,341,200 shares of Class A Preferred Stock
760,115.20 shares of Class B Preferred Stock
Peter Piper Texas, LLC
Peter Piper, Inc.
N/A
N/A
100%
100%
Peter Piper Mexico, LLC
Peter Piper, Inc.
N/A
N/A
100%
100%
Peter Piper de Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V.
Peter Piper, Inc.
2

Series “A” Stock with a value of 1,974.00 pesos
99%
64%
Peter Piper Mexico, LLC
1
Series “A” Stock with a value of 3.00 pesos
1%
1%
Texas PP Beverage, Inc.
Peter Piper Texas, LLC
2
1,000 shares of common stock
100%
100%
Hospitality Distribution Incorporated
BHC Acquisition Corporation
2
1,000 shares of stock
100%
100%
SB Hospitality Corporation
Hospitality Distribution Incorporated
6
10,000 shares of stock
100%
100%
CEC Entertainment Canada, ULC
CEC Entertainment International, LLC
C-3
650 shares of common stock
100%
65%
CEC Entertainment International, LLC
CEC Entertainment, Inc.
N/A
N/A
100%
100%
CEC Entertainment Concepts, L.P.
CEC Entertainment, Inc.
N/A
N/A
0.1% general partnership interest
100%
CEC Entertainment Holdings, LLC
N/A
N/A
99.9% limited partnership interest


B.    Pledged Debt
Payee/Lender
Principal
Date of Issuance
Maturity Date
Subordinated Intercompany Note, by and among Queso Holdings, Inc., CEC Entertainment, Inc. and the Subsidiaries of CEC Entertainment, Inc.
All amounts outstanding, from time to time
Closing Date
N/A








Schedule III to the
Collateral Agreement (First Lien)
Intellectual Property
A.        
U.S. Federally Issued or Applied for Patents Owned by CEC Entertainment, Inc.
Patent
Patent No.
Issue Date
AUTOMATIC TOKEN DISPENSING APPARATUS AND METHOD

5980089
11/09/1999
AUTOMATIC TOKEN DISPENSING APPARATUS AND METHOD

6522946
02/18/2003
VIDEO COLORING BOOK
6238217
05/29/2001


B.    
U.S. Federally Registered Copyrights Owned by CEC Entertainment, Inc.
Copyright

Reg. No.
Year Registered
Chuck E. Cheese’s theme
EU780564
1979
How will I know?
EU780565
1979
Roots in the country
EU780566
1979
Endlessly awake, part 1
EU780567
1979
Chuck E. Cheese token
GP119569
 
Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time
Theatre; building sign
GU64516
1979
Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time
Theatre; sign above door
GU64517
1979
Chuck E. Cheese (sculptural)
GU64518
1979
Chuck E. Cheese (costume)
GU64519
1979
Crusty the cat (sculptural)
GU64520
1979
Crusty the cat (costume)
GU64521
1979
Billy Banjo Boggs (sculptural)
GU64522
1979
Pasqually (sculptural)
GU64523
1979
Singing magpies (sculptural)
GU64524
1979
Foxy Colleen
VA0000038343
1978
Madame Oink
VA0000038342
1978
Jasper T. Jowls
VA0000038345
1978
Mr. Munch
VA0000038344
1978
Mopsy sisters
VA0000038346
1978

U.S. Federally Registered Copyrights Owned by CEC Entertainment Concepts, L.P.
Copyright
Reg. No.
Year Registered
Chuck E. Cheese Full Body.
VA0001856368
2012
Chuck E. Cheese Head.
VA0001856369
2012
Chuck E. Cheese Head & Chuck E. Cheese's.
VA0001856360
2012
Chuck E. Cheese with Guitar & Chuck E. Cheese's.
VA0001856359
2012
Chuck E. Cheese's & Thumb Chuck Design.
VA0001789935
2004
Chuck E. Cheese character design.
VAu000654392
2004
Chuck E. Cheese costume design.
VAu000654387
2004
Helen Henny character design.
VAu000654390
2004
Jasper character design.
VAu000654389
2004
Munch character design.
VAu000654391
2004
Pasqually character design.
VAu000654388
2004
August 1996 show songbook
& 171 other titles.
V3511D285
2004
Billy Bob's busytime book.
TX0001067796
1982
August 1996 show song book.
PAu002180107
1996
Brain-I-Vac.
VAu000385170
1996
Can Man.
VAu000385165
1996
Celluloid.
VAu000385167
1996
Chuck E. Cheese 1997 song book.
PAu002228599
1997
Chuck E Cheese facade--1996 resculpting.
VAu000377909
1996
Chuck E. Cheese songbook.
PAu002102631
1996
Chuck E. door details.
VAu000377931
1996
Chuck E.'s Awesome Adventure Machine.
VAu000385188
1996
Chuck E's awesome adventure machine.
VAu000377908
1996
Command module--center stage to Chuck E.'s Awesome Adventure Machine.
VAu000385168
1996
Deuce.
VAu000385185
1996
Dr. TODD token dispenser interface.
TXu000789539
1997
Drive-In.
VAu000385166
1996
Duct head.
VAu000385169
1996
Dusty.
VAu000385171
1996
Flash.
VAu000385173
1996
Hammerhead.
VAu000385184
1996
Iron man.
VAu000385189
1996
Juice.
VAu000385178
1996
Kelvin.
VAu000385183
1996
Lisa.
VAu000385181
1996
MAOUI.
VAu000385174
1996
Mona.
VAu000385180
1996
Ohmer.
VAu000385175
1996
ORBIS.
VAu000385176
1996
Pinhead.
VAu000385179
1996
Richter.
VAu000385182
1996
Sinker.
VAu000385187
1996
Tank.
VAu000385177
1996
Tech totem.
VAu000385186
1996
Trike man.
VAu000385190
1996
Tweeker.
VAu000385164
1996
Wastoid.
VAu000385172
1996


Exclusive Copyright Licenses to CEC Entertainment, Inc.
None.
Exclusive Copyright Licenses to CEC Entertainment Concepts, L.P.
None.

C.    
U.S. Federally Registered or Applied for Trademarks Owned by CEC Entertainment Concepts, L.P.
Owner
Mark
Application No.
Application Date
Registration No.
Registration Date
CEC ENTERTAINMENT CONCEPTS, L.P.
C
 
85663450

27-JUN-2012
4861244

24-NOV-2015
CEC ENTERTAINMENT CONCEPTS, L.P.
CHUCK E. CHEESE
73239678

19-NOV-1979
1203974

03-AUG-1982
CEC ENTERTAINMENT CONCEPTS, L.P.
CHUCK E. CHEESE
78316469

21-OCT-2003
2945280

26-APR-2005
CEC ENTERTAINMENT CONCEPTS, L.P.
CHUCK E. CHEESE
78316515

21-OCT-2003
2979415

26-JUL-2005
CEC ENTERTAINMENT CONCEPTS, L.P.
CHUCK E. CHEESE’S

85663482

27-JUN-2012
4822415

29-SEP-2015
CEC ENTERTAINMENT CONCEPTS, L.P.
CHUCK E. CHEESE’S

78531496

13-DEC-2004
3065500

07-MAR-2006
CEC ENTERTAINMENT CONCEPTS, L.P.
CHUCK E. CHEESE’S

78466025

11-AUG-2004
3023398

06-DEC-2005
CEC ENTERTAINMENT CONCEPTS, L.P.
CHUCK E-CLUB
77045437

16-NOV-2006
3257636

03-JUL-2007
CEC ENTERTAINMENT CONCEPTS, L.P.
CHUCKTOBER
86426826

17-OCT-2014
4751711

09-JUN-2015
CEC ENTERTAINMENT CONCEPTS, L.P.
FUN BREAK!

88425256
10-MAY-2019
N/A
N/A
CEC ENTERTAINMENT CONCEPTS, L.P.
FUN FOR ALL. FUN FOR LESS.
85763330

25-OCT-2012
4769052

07-JUL-2015
CEC ENTERTAINMENT CONCEPTS, L.P.
HELEN HENRY
73760722

31-OCT-1988
1622935

13-NOV-1990
CEC ENTERTAINMENT CONCEPTS, L.P.
JASPER T. JOWLS
73760724

31-OCT-1988
1634418

05-FEB-1991
CEC ENTERTAINMENT CONCEPTS, L.P.
KID CHECK
75902468

24-JAN-2000
2640269

22-OCT-2002
CEC ENTERTAINMENT CONCEPTS, L.P.
MACCHEESY
87698200

27-NOV-2017
5523253

24-JUL-2018
CEC ENTERTAINMENT CONCEPTS, L.P.
C
78466654

12-AUG-2004
3001750

27-SEP-2005
CEC ENTERTAINMENT CONCEPTS, L.P.
Design Only

75563964

02-OCT-1998
2341950

11-APR-2000
CEC ENTERTAINMENT CONCEPTS, L.P.
Design Only

86766223

23-SEP-2015
5071333

01-NOV-2016
CEC ENTERTAINMENT CONCEPTS, L.P.
Design Only

85663429

27-JUN-2012
4822414

29-SEP-2015
CEC ENTERTAINMENT CONCEPTS, L.P.
MORE CHEESE
87698166

27-NOV-2017
5572115

25-SEP-2018
CEC ENTERTAINMENT CONCEPTS, L.P.
MORE CHEESE REWARDS
87698175

27-NOV-2017
5552481

28-AUG-2018
CEC ENTERTAINMENT CONCEPTS, L.P.
MR. MUNCH
73760725

31-OCT-1988
1630366

01-JAN-1991
CEC ENTERTAINMENT CONCEPTS, L.P.
Design Only
86935425

10-MAR-2016
5063633

18-OCT-2016
CEC ENTERTAINMENT CONCEPTS, L.P.
PASQUALLY
73760723

31-OCT-1988
1634417

05-FEB-1991
CEC ENTERTAINMENT CONCEPTS, L.P.
SKYTUBES
75981467

24-JAN-2000
2553761

26-MAR-2002
CEC ENTERTAINMENT CONCEPTS, L.P.
TICKET BLASTER

85191428

06-DEC-2010
3997217

19-JUL-2011
CEC ENTERTAINMENT CONCEPTS, L.P.
TICKET MUNCHER
76130820

19-SEP-2000
2886875

21-SEP-2004
CEC ENTERTAINMENT CONCEPTS, L.P.
TODDLER ZONE
75916998

10-FEB-2000
2791718

09-DEC-2003
CEC ENTERTAINMENT CONCEPTS, L.P.
TOKENS FOR GRADES
78358856

28-JAN-2004
2923211

01-FEB-2005
CEC ENTERTAINMENT CONCEPTS, L.P.
WHERE A KID CAN BE A KID
73694290

09-NOV-1987
1506573

27-SEP-1988
CEC ENTERTAINMENT CONCEPTS, L.P.
WHERE A KID CAN BE A KID
78316574

21-OCT-2003
3024483

06-DEC-2005
CEC ENTERTAINMENT CONCEPTS, L.P.
WHERE A KID CAN BE A KID
78522452

24-NOV-2004
3041434

10-JAN-2006
CEC ENTERTAINMENT CONCEPTS, L.P.
EVERY KID’S A WINNER
78722049

28-SEP-2005
3541874

02-DEC-2008

U.S. Federally Registered or Applied for Trademarks Owned by Peter Piper, Inc.
Owner
Mark
Application No.
Application Date
Registration No.
Registration Date
PETER PIPER INC.
Design Only

74435081

14-SEP-1993
1887334

04-APR-1995
PETER PIPER INC.
PETER PIPER PIZZA

75456836

26-MAR-1998
2228782

02-MAR-1999
PETER PIPER INC.
PETER PIPER PIZZA

75456837


26-MAR-1998

2230775

09-MAR-1999
PETER PIPER INC.
XTRASTUF

78819830

21-FEB-2006

3277885

07-AUG-2007
PETER PIPER INC.
PETER PIPER PIZZA

78899598

02-JUN-2006
3302290

02-OCT-2007
PETER PIPER INC.
PETER PIPER PIZZA

78899612

02-JUN-2006
3302291

02-OCT-2007
PETER PIPER INC.
EVERYONE GRAB A SLICE

85221006

19-JAN-2011
4101221

21-FEB-2012
PETER PIPER INC.
PETER PIPER PIZZA

85226037

25-JAN-2011
4101250

21-FEB-2012
PETER PIPER INC.
PETER PIPER PIZZA

85893991

03-APR-2013
4432382

12-NOV-2013
PETER PIPER INC.
Design Only

85919465

30-APR-2013
4432577

12-NOV-2013
PETER PIPER INC.
THE SOLUTION TO THE FAMILY NIGHT OUT

87372257

15-MAR-2017
 
 



D.    
IP Agreements.
1.
Master Agreement, by and between Workday, Inc. and CEC Entertainment Concepts, L.P., dated as of March 7, 2012, as amended.
2.
Mood Media Agreement dated October 31, 2017, by and between Muzak LLC d/b/a Mood Media and CEC Entertainment Inc.

3.
Master Agreement, dated March 26, 2015, by and between NCR Corporation and CEC Entertainment Concepts, L.P.

4.
Letter Agreement, dated July 1, 2018, by and between Dippin’ Dots, LLC and CEC Entertainment Concepts, L.P.

5.
SaaS Agreement, dated February 28, 2018, by and between Tango Analytics, LLC and CEC Entertainment Concepts, L.P.

6.
Master Agreement, dated November 14, 2018, by and between Motus, LLC and CEC Entertainment Concepts, L.P.

7.
Master Subscription Agreement, dated September 12, 2017, by and between Salesforce.com, Inc. and CEC Entertainment Concepts, L.P.

8.
Master Services Agreement, as amended, dated September 28, 2016, by and between Alert Logic, Inc. and CEC Entertainment Concepts, L.P.

9.
Master Services Agreement, dated March 20, 2012, and Purchase Order, dated March 29, 2018 by and between Future Com, Ltd. and CEC Entertainment Concepts, L.P. (Fortinet Firewall Agreement).
10.
Master Agreement, as amended, dated January 20, 2016, by and between Semnox Solutions LLC and CEC Entertainment Concepts, L.P. (attendant to this Master Agreement is the Three-Party Escrow Services Agreement, dated February 2, 2016, by and among Semnox Solutions LLC, CEC Entertainment Concepts, L.P. and Iron Mountain Intellectual Property Management, Inc.).


Schedule IV to the
Collateral Agreement (First Lien)
Commercial Tort Claims
None.

Exhibit I to the
Collateral Agreement (First Lien)
Form of Supplement to the Collateral Agreement (First Lien)
SUPPLEMENT NO. [●] (this “Supplement”), dated as of [●], 20[●][●] to the Collateral Agreement (First Lien) dated as of August 30, 2019 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Collateral Agreement”), among CEC ENTERTAINMENT, INC. (the “Borrower”), each Subsidiary of the Borrower from time to time party thereto (each, a “Subsidiary Loan Party”) and CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, as collateral agent (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”) for the Secured Parties (as defined therein).
A.  Reference is made to the First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of August 30, 2019 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Queso Holdings Inc. (“Holdings”), the Borrower, the Lenders party thereto from time to time, Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as administrative agent, and the other parties thereto.
B.  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement or the Collateral Agreement, as applicable.
C.  The Pledgors have entered into the Collateral Agreement pursuant to the requirements set forth in Section 5.10 of the Credit Agreement. Section 5.16 of the Collateral Agreement provides that additional Subsidiaries of the Borrower may become Subsidiary Loan Parties and Pledgors under the Collateral Agreement by execution and delivery of an instrument in the form of this Supplement. The undersigned Subsidiary (the “New Subsidiary”) is executing this Supplement in accordance with the requirements of the Credit Agreement to become a Subsidiary Loan Party and a Pledgor under the Collateral Agreement.
Accordingly, the New Subsidiary agrees as follows:
SECTION 1. In accordance with Section 5.16 of the Collateral Agreement, the New Subsidiary by its signature below becomes a Subsidiary Loan Party and a Pledgor under the Collateral Agreement with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Subsidiary Loan Party and a Pledgor and the New Subsidiary hereby (a) agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Collateral Agreement applicable to it as a Subsidiary Loan Party and a Pledgor thereunder and (b) represents and warrants that the representations and warranties made by it as a Pledgor thereunder are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof. In furtherance of the foregoing, the New Subsidiary, as security for the payment and performance in full of the Secured Obligations, does hereby create and grant to the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, their successors and assigns, a security interest in and lien on all of the New Subsidiary’s right, title and interest in and to the Collateral (as defined in the Collateral Agreement) of the New Subsidiary. Each reference to a “Subsidiary Loan Party” or a “Pledgor” in the Collateral Agreement shall be deemed to include the New Subsidiary (except as otherwise provided in clause (ii) of the definition of Pledgor to the extent applicable). The Collateral Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
SECTION 2. The New Subsidiary represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties that this Supplement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to (i) the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (iii) implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing.
SECTION 3. This Supplement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Supplement shall become effective when the Collateral Agent shall have received a counterpart of this Supplement that bears the signature of the New Subsidiary. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Supplement by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Supplement.
SECTION 4. The New Subsidiary hereby represents and warrants that, as of the date hereof, (a) set forth on Schedule I attached hereto is a true and correct schedule of any and all of (and, with respect to any Pledged Stock issued by an issuer that is not a subsidiary of the Borrower, correctly sets forth, to the knowledge of the New Subsidiary) the percentage of the issued and outstanding units of each class of the Equity Interests of the issuer thereof represented by the Pledged Stock and includes (i) all Equity Interests pledged hereunder and (ii) the debt obligations and promissory notes or instruments evidencing Indebtedness, in each case under this clause (ii) pledged hereunder and in an aggregate principal amount in excess of $10,000,000 now owned by the New Subsidiary required to be pledged in order to satisfy the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement or delivered pursuant to Section 2.02(a) and 2.02(b) of the Collateral Agreement, (b) set forth on Schedule II attached hereto is a list of any and all Intellectual Property now owned by the New Subsidiary consisting of Patents and Trademarks applied for or registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Copyrights registered with the United States Copyright Office and exclusive Copyright Licenses to New Subsidiary under any Copyright registered with the United States Copyright Office, (c) set forth on Schedule III hereto is a list of all Commercial Tort Claims in excess of $10,000,000 held by the New Subsidiary, and (d) set forth under its signature hereto is the true and correct legal name of the New Subsidiary, its jurisdiction of organization and the location of its chief executive office.
SECTION 5. Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Collateral Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 6. THIS SUPPLEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY PRINCIPLE OF CONFLICTS OF LAW THAT COULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF ANY OTHER LAW.
SECTION 7. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Supplement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and in the Collateral Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby (it being understood that the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not in and of itself affect the validity of such provision in any other jurisdiction). The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
SECTION 8. All communications and notices hereunder shall (except as otherwise expressly permitted by the Collateral Agreement) be in writing and given as provided in Section 5.01 of the Collateral Agreement.
SECTION 9. The New Subsidiary agrees to reimburse the Collateral Agent for its reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this Supplement, including the reasonable and documented fees, other charges and disbursements of counsel for the Collateral Agent.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Subsidiary has duly executed this Supplement to the Collateral Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
[Signature Page Follows]

[NAME OF NEW SUBSIDIARY]

BY:________________________
Name:
Title
Address:
Legal Name:
Jurisdiction of Formation:

Schedule I to
Supplement No. __ to the
Collateral Agreement (First Lien)
Pledged Stock; Pledged Debt
A.    Pledged Stock
Issuer
Record Owner
Certificate No.
 
Number and Class
Percentage of Equity Interest Owned
Percent Pledged
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

B.    Pledged Debt
Payee
Payor
Principal
Date of Issuance
Maturity Date
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 



Schedule II to
Supplement No. __ to the
Collateral Agreement (First Lien)
Intellectual Property
A.    U.S. Federally Issued or Applied for Patents Owned by [New Subsidiary]
U.S. Patent Registrations
Title
Patent No.
Issue Date
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

U.S. Patent Applications
Title
Application No.
Filing Date
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


B.    U.S. Federally Registered Copyrights Owned by [New Subsidiary]
U.S. Copyright Registrations
Title
Registration No.
Registration Date
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Exclusive Licenses to [New Subsidiary] under U.S. Federally Registered     Copyrights

U.S. Copyright Registration Title
Registration No.
Registration Date
Licensor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

C.    U.S. Federally Registered or Applied for Trademarks Owned by [New Subsidiary]
U.S. Trademark Registrations
Mark
Registration No.
Registration Date
 
 
 
 
 
 

U.S. Trademark Applications
Mark
Application No.
Filing Date
 
 
 
 
 
 

    

D.    IP Agreements










Schedule III to
Supplement No. __ to the
Collateral Agreement (First Lien)

Commercial Tort Claims

Exhibit II to the
Collateral Agreement (First Lien)
Form of Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Intellectual Property
[FORM OF] NOTICE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN [COPYRIGHTS] [PATENTS] [TRADEMARKS], dated as of [DATE] (this “Notice”), made by [●], a [●] [●] (the “Pledgor”), in favor of CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, as Collateral Agent (as defined below).
Reference is made to the Collateral Agreement (First Lien), dated as of August 30, 2019 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Collateral Agreement”), among CEC Entertainment, Inc. (the “Borrower”), each subsidiary of the Borrower identified therein and Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as collateral agent (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”) for the Secured Parties (as defined therein). The parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1.    Terms. Capitalized terms used in this Notice and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings specified in the Collateral Agreement. The rules of construction specified in Section 1.01(b) of the Collateral Agreement also apply to this Notice.
SECTION 2.    Grant of Security Interest. As security for the payment and performance, as the case may be, in full of the Secured Obligations, the Pledgor pursuant to the Collateral Agreement did, and hereby does, pledge and grant to the Collateral Agent, its successors and permitted assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a continuing security interest in all of such Pledgor’s right, title and interest in, to and under any and all of the following assets now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Pledgor or in which such Pledgor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest (collectively, but excluding any Excluded Property, the “[Patent] [Copyright] [Trademark] Collateral”):
[all Patents of the United States of America, including those listed on Schedule I;]
[all Copyrights and exclusive Copyright Licenses under United States federally registered Copyrights, including those listed on Schedule I;]  
[all Trademarks, including those listed on Schedule I;]
[provided, however, that the foregoing pledge, assignment and grant of security interest will not cover any “intent-to-use” applications for trademark or service mark registrations filed pursuant to Section 1(b) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. §1051, unless and until an Amendment to Allege Use or a Statement of Use under Section 1(c) or 1(d) of the Lanham Act has been filed, to the extent, if any, that any assignment of an “intent-to-use” application prior to such filing would violate the Lanham Act.]
SECTION 3.    Collateral Agreement. The security interests granted to the Collateral Agent herein are granted in furtherance, and not in limitation of, the security interests granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Collateral Agreement. Each Pledgor hereby acknowledges and affirms that the rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent with respect to the [Patent] [Copyright] [Trademark] Collateral are more fully set forth in the Collateral Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth herein. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Notice and the Collateral Agreement, the terms of the Collateral Agreement shall govern.
SECTION 4.    Counterparts. This Notice may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute but one contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart to this Notice by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed original.
SECTION 5.    Governing Law. THIS NOTICE AND ANY CLAIMS, CONTROVERSY, DISPUTE OR CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE) BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS NOTICE AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS NOTICE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY PRINCIPLE OF CONFLICTS OF LAW THAT COULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF ANY OTHER LAW.
[Signature Pages Follow]



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Notice as of the day and year first above written.  

[Name of Pledgor]

By: ________________________
Name:
Title:





CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH,
as Collateral Agent,

By: ________________________
Name:
Title:

By: ________________________
Name:
Title:

Schedule I
to Notice of Grant of Security Interest (First Lien) in Patents
Patents Owned by [Name of Pledgor]
U.S. Patent Registrations
Title
Patent No.
Issue Date
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

U.S. Patent Applications
Title
Application No.
Filing Date
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Schedule I
to Notice of Grant of Security Interest (First Lien) in Copyrights

Copyrights Owned by [Name of Pledgor]
U.S. Copyright Registrations
Title
Registration No.
Registration Date
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Exclusive Licenses to [Name of Pledgor]
under U.S. Federally Registered Copyrights
U.S. Copyright Registration Title
Registration No.
Registration Date
Licensor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Schedule I
to Notice of Grant of Security Interest (First Lien) in Trademarks
Trademarks Owned by [Name of Pledgor]
U.S. Trademark Registrations
Mark
Registration No.
Registration Date
 
 
 
 
 
 

U.S. Trademark Applications
Mark
Application No.
Filing Date
 
 
 
 
 
 


Exhibit III to the
Collateral Agreement (First Lien)
Form of Other First Lien Secured Party Consent
OTHER FIRST LIEN SECURED PARTY CONSENT
[Name of Authorized Representative]
[Address of Authorized Representative]

[Date]
[Name of Collateral Agent]
[Address of Collateral Agent]

The undersigned is the Authorized Representative for persons wishing to become Secured Parties (the “New Secured Parties”) under the Collateral Agreement (First Lien), dated as of August 30, 2019 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Collateral Agreement”), among CEC ENTERTAINMENT, INC. (the “Borrower”), each Subsidiary of the Borrower from time to time identified therein as a party and CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, as collateral agent (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”) for the Secured Parties (as defined therein). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Other First Lien Secured Party Consent have the meanings set forth in the Collateral Agreement (or, if not set forth therein, as set forth in the Credit Agreement referred to therein).
In consideration of the foregoing, the undersigned hereby:
(i)    represents that it has been duly authorized by the New Secured Parties to become a party to the Collateral Agreement on behalf of the New Secured Parties under that certain [DESCRIBE OPERATIVE AGREEMENT] (the “New Agreement” and the obligations under the New Agreement, the “New Secured Obligations”) and to act as the Authorized Representative for the New Secured Parties;
(ii)    acknowledges that it has received a copy of the Collateral Agreement and each Intercreditor Agreement;
(iii)    appoints and authorizes the Collateral Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and on behalf of all other Secured Parties and to exercise such powers under the Collateral Agreement, each other Security Document applicable to such New Secured Parties and the Intercreditor Agreements as are delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms thereof, together with all such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; and
(iv)    accepts and acknowledges the terms of the Collateral Agreement and each other Security Document applicable to such New Secured Parties and each Intercreditor Agreement applicable to it and the New Secured Parties and agrees to serve as Authorized Representative for the New Secured Parties with respect to the New Secured Obligations and agrees on its own behalf and on behalf of the New Secured Parties to be bound by the terms thereof applicable to holders of Other First Lien Obligations, with all the rights and obligations of a Secured Party thereunder and bound by all the provisions thereof as fully as if it had been a Secured Party on the date of the Collateral Agreement and, if applicable, the First Lien/First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and agrees that its address for receiving notices pursuant to the Security Documents shall be as follows:
[Address].
The Collateral Agent, by acknowledging and agreeing to this Other First Lien Secured Party Consent, accepts the appointment in clause (iii) above.
THIS OTHER FIRST LIEN SECURED PARTY CONSENT AND ANY CLAIMS, CONTROVERSY, DISPUTE OR CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE) BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS OTHER FIRST LIEN SECURED PARTY CONSENT (OTHER THAN AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS) AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY PRINCIPLE OF CONFLICTS OF LAW THAT COULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF ANY OTHER LAW.
[Signature pages follow]

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Other First Lien Secured Party Consent to be duly executed by its authorized officer as of the date first set forth above.
[NAME OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE]

By:

Name:
Title:

Acknowledged and Agreed:
CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH,
as Collateral Agent
By:

Name:
Title:


Acknowledged and Agreed:
CEC ENTERTAINMENT, INC., for itself and on behalf of the other Pledgors
By:

Name:
Title:






EXECUTION VERSION








HOLDINGS GUARANTEE AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT
dated and effective as of
August 30, 2019
between
QUESO HOLDINGS INC.,
as Holdings
and
CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH,
as Agent

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
1
SECTION 1.01.
Credit Agreement    1
SECTION 1.02.
Other Defined Terms    1
ARTICLE II GUARANTEE
5
SECTION 2.01.
The Guarantee    5
ARTICLE III PLEDGE OF EQUITY INTERESTS
7
SECTION 3.01.
Pledge    7
SECTION 3.02.
Delivery of Pledged Collateral    8
SECTION 3.03.
Representations and Warranties    8
SECTION 3.04.
Covenants    9
SECTION 3.05.
Registration in Nominee Name; Denominations    10
SECTION 3.06.
Financing Statements    10
SECTION 3.07.
[Reserved]    11
SECTION 3.08.
Voting Rights; Dividends and Interest, Etc.    11
SECTION 3.09.
Powers Coupled with an Interest    12
ARTICLE IV [RESERVED]
13
ARTICLE V REMEDIES
13
SECTION 5.01.
Remedies Upon Default    13
SECTION 5.02.
Application of Proceeds    14
SECTION 5.03.
Securities Act, Etc.    15
ARTICLE VI MISCELLANEOUS
15
SECTION 6.01.
Notices    15
SECTION 6.02.
Security Interest Absolute    16
SECTION 6.03.
Limitation by Law    16
SECTION 6.04.
Binding Effect; Several Agreement    16
SECTION 6.05.
Successors and Assigns    16
SECTION 6.06.
Agent’s Fees and Expenses    16
SECTION 6.07.
Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact    17
SECTION 6.08.
GOVERNING LAW    18
SECTION 6.09.
Waivers; Amendment; Extension of Time    18
SECTION 6.10.
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL    19
SECTION 6.11.
Severability    19
SECTION 6.12.
Counterparts    19
SECTION 6.13.
Headings    19
SECTION 6.14.
Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process    19
SECTION 6.15.
Termination or Release    20
SECTION 6.16.
Subject to Any Applicable Intercreditor Agreement    21
SECTION 6.17.
Other First Lien Obligations    21
SECTION 6.18.
Person Serving as Agent    21
SECTION 6.19.
General Authority of the Agent    23

Schedules
Schedule I
Description of Pledged Borrower Stock

Exhibits
Exhibit I    Form of Other First Lien Secured Party Consent

This HOLDINGS GUARANTEE AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT, dated and effective as of August 30, 2019, is between QUESO HOLDINGS INC., a Delaware corporation (together with its successors and assigns, “Holdings”), and CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, as collateral agent (together with its successors and permitted assigns in such capacity, the “Agent”) for the benefit of the Secured Parties (as defined below).
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, pursuant to the First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as may be amended, restated, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Holdings, CEC Entertainment, Inc., a Kansas corporation (together with its successors and assigns, the “Borrower”), the Lenders party thereto from time to time and Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Administrative Agent (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Credit Agreement Agent”), and the other parties thereto, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks have agreed to extend credit to the Borrower upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, including the execution and delivery of this Agreement;
WHEREAS, Holdings is the legal and beneficial owner of the Pledged Collateral (as hereinafter defined) issued by the Borrower and will derive substantial benefits from the extension of credit to the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement; and
WHEREAS, Holdings is willing to execute and deliver this Agreement in order to induce the Lenders and the Issuing Banks to extend such credit under the Credit Agreement and to induce the holders of any Other First Lien Obligations to make extensions of credit under the applicable Other First Lien Agreements, as applicable.
Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I

Definitions
SECTION 1.01.    Credit Agreement.
(a)    Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined herein have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Credit Agreement. All terms referred to herein that are defined in the New York UCC (as defined herein) and not defined in this Agreement or the Credit Agreement have the meanings specified in Article 9 of the New York UCC. The term “instrument” shall have the meaning specified in Article 9 of the New York UCC.
(b)    The rules of construction specified in Section 1.02 of the Credit Agreement also apply to this Agreement.
SECTION 1.02.    Other Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:
Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
Agreement” means this Holdings Guarantee and Pledge Agreement, as may be amended, restated, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time.
Authorized Representative” means (i) the Credit Agreement Agent with respect to the Credit Agreement Secured Obligations and (ii) with respect to any Series of Other First Lien Obligations, the duly authorized representative of the Other First Lien Secured Parties of such Series designated as “Authorized Representative” for such Other First Lien Secured Parties in the Other First Lien Agreement for such Series (or, in the absence of such designation, the administrative agent or trustee appointed for such Series under such Other First Lien Agreement).
Borrower” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals of this Agreement.
Credit Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals of this Agreement.
Credit Agreement Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals of this Agreement.
Credit Agreement Secured Obligations” means the “Obligations” as defined in the Credit Agreement.
Credit Agreement Secured Parties” means the “Secured Parties” as defined in the Credit Agreement.
Event of Default” means an “Event of Default” under and as defined in the Credit Agreement or any Other First Lien Agreement.
Federal Securities Laws” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.03.
First Lien Intercreditor Agreement” means a “Permitted Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement” as defined in the Credit Agreement (as may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time).
Guaranteed Obligations” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01.
Holdings” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
Intercreditor Agreement” means a First Lien Intercreditor Agreement (upon and during the effectiveness thereof) or a “Permitted Junior Intercreditor Agreement” as defined in the Credit Agreement (upon and during the effectiveness thereof), and any other intercreditor agreement (upon and during the effectiveness thereof) entered into in compliance with the Credit Agreement, the Loan Documents and each Other First Lien Agreement, as the case may be.
Loan Documents” means (a) the Credit Agreement, (b) all Other First Lien Agreements, (c) the Security Documents and (d) for purposes of Section 5.02 and Section 6.06 only, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement (upon and during the effectiveness thereof).
New York UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York.
Other First Lien Agreement” means any indenture, credit agreement (excluding the Credit Agreement) or other agreement, document or instrument, pursuant to which any Loan Party has or will incur Other First Lien Obligations; provided that, in each case, the Indebtedness thereunder has been designated as Other First Lien Obligations pursuant to and in accordance with Section 6.17.
Other First Lien Obligations” means (a) the due and punctual payment by any Loan Party of (i) the unpaid principal of and interest (including interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable as a claim in such proceeding) on Indebtedness under any Other First Lien Agreement, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or otherwise, and (ii) all other monetary obligations of such Loan Party to any Secured Party under any Other First Lien Agreement and any Security Document in respect of obligations governed by any Other First Lien Agreement, including obligations to pay fees, expense reimbursement obligations and indemnification obligations, whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable as a claim in such proceeding), (b) the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of such Loan Party under or pursuant to any Other First Lien Agreement and any Security Document in respect of obligations governed by any Other First Lien Agreement and (c) the due and punctual payment and performance of all the obligations of each other Loan Party under or pursuant to any Other First Lien Agreement and any Security Document in respect of obligations governed by any Other First Lien Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for all purposes of the Loan Documents and any Other First Lien Agreements, any Guarantee of, or grant of a Lien to secure, any obligations in respect of a Hedging Agreement by a Loan Party shall not include any Excluded Swap Obligations.
Other First Lien Secured Parties” means, collectively, the holders of Other First Lien Obligations and any Authorized Representative with respect thereto.
Other First Lien Secured Party Consent” means a consent substantially in the form of Exhibit I to this Agreement (or such other form as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent) executed by the Authorized Representative of any holders of Other First Lien Obligations pursuant to Section 6.17.
Permitted Liens” means Liens that are not prohibited by the Credit Agreement or any Other First Lien Agreement.
Pledged Borrower Stock” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01.
Pledged Collateral” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01.
Pledged Securities” means any promissory notes, stock certificates or other certificated securities now or hereafter included in the Pledged Collateral, including all certificates, instruments or other documents representing or evidencing any Pledged Collateral.
Prior Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.18.
Requirement of Law” means, as to any person, any law, treaty, rule, regulation, statute, order, ordinance, decree, judgment, consent decree, writ, injunction, settlement agreement or governmental requirement enacted, promulgated or imposed or entered into or agreed by any Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such person or any of its property or assets or to which such person or any of its property or assets is subject.
Secured Obligations” means, collectively, the Credit Agreement Secured Obligations and any Other First Lien Obligations, or any of the foregoing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for all purposes of the Loan Documents and any Other First Lien Agreements, any Guarantee of, or grant of a Lien to secure, any obligations in respect of a Hedging Agreement by a Loan Party shall not include any Excluded Swap Obligations.
Secured Parties” means the persons holding any Secured Obligations and in any event including (i) all Credit Agreement Secured Parties and (ii) all Other First Lien Secured Parties.
Security Documents” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Credit Agreement and any analogous term in any Other First Lien Agreement (but, with respect to the Secured Obligations of any Series, the term Security Documents shall not include any document which by its terms is solely for the benefit of the holders of one or more other Series of Secured Obligations and not such Series of Secured Obligations).
Series” means (a) with respect to any Secured Parties, each of (i) the Credit Agreement Secured Parties (in their capacities as such) and (ii) each group of Other First Lien Secured Parties that become subject to this Agreement and the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement after the date hereof, which are to be represented hereunder by a common Authorized Representative (in its capacity as such for such Other First Lien Secured Parties), each of which shall constitute a separate Series of Secured Parties for purposes of this Agreement and (b) with respect to any Secured Obligations, each of (i) the Credit Agreement Secured Obligations and (ii) each group of Other First Lien Obligations incurred pursuant to any Other First Lien Agreement, which are to be represented hereunder by a common Authorized Representative (in its capacity as such for such Other First Lien Obligations), each of which shall constitute a separate Series of Secured Obligations for purposes of this Agreement.
Specified Excluded Collateral” means, solely with respect to any Series of Other First Lien Obligations, any asset that is not intended to be collateral with respect to such Series pursuant to the terms of the Other First Lien Agreement (or related Security Documents) governing such Series (including the Regulation S-X Excluded Collateral (as defined in, and to the extent applicable to such Series in accordance with the last paragraph of Section 2.01 of, the Collateral Agreement referenced in the Credit Agreement)).
Successor Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.18.
Termination Date” means the “Termination Date” as defined in the Credit Agreement.
ARTICLE II    

Guarantee
SECTION 2.01.    The Guarantee.
(a)    Guarantee of Secured Obligations. Subject to the limitations set forth in clauses (g) and (h) of this Section 2.01, Holdings unconditionally guarantees to the Agent, jointly and severally with the other Guarantors, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, the due and punctual payment and performance of the Secured Obligations (such guaranteed obligations of Holdings, the “Guaranteed Obligations”) for the benefit of the Secured Parties. Holdings further agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice to or further assent from it, and that it will remain bound upon its guarantee notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Guaranteed Obligation. Holdings waives presentment to, demand of payment from and protest to the Borrower or any other Loan Party of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, and also waives notice of acceptance of its guarantee and notice of protest for nonpayment.
(b)    Guarantee of Payment. Holdings further agrees that its guarantee hereunder constitutes a guarantee of payment when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) and not of collection, and waives any right to require that any resort be had by the Agent or any other Secured Party to any security held for the payment of the Guaranteed Obligations or to any balance of any deposit account or credit on the books of the Agent or any other Secured Party in favor of the Borrower or any other person.
(c)    No Limitations. Except for termination or release of Holdings’ obligations hereunder as expressly provided for in Section 6.15 and subject to the limitations set forth in clauses (g) and (h) of this Section 2.01, the obligations of Holdings hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense or set-off, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise (other than defense of payment or performance). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of Holdings hereunder, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by: (i) the failure of the Agent or any other Secured Party to assert any claim or demand or to exercise or enforce any right or remedy under the provisions of any Loan Document or otherwise; (ii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of, or any release from any of the terms or provisions of, any Loan Document or any other agreement; (iii) the failure to perfect any security interest in, or the exchange, substitution, release or any impairment of, any security held by the Agent or any other Secured Party for the Guaranteed Obligations; (iv) any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the Guaranteed Obligations; (v) any other act or omission that may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Guarantor or otherwise operate as a discharge of any Guarantor as a matter of law or equity (other than the payment in full in cash in immediately available funds of all the Guaranteed Obligations); (vi) any illegality, lack of validity or enforceability of any Guaranteed Obligation; (vii) any change in the corporate existence, structure or ownership of the Borrower, or any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other similar proceeding affecting the Borrower or its assets or any resulting release or discharge of any Guaranteed Obligation (other than the payment in full in cash in immediately available funds of all the Guaranteed Obligations); (viii) the existence of any claim, set-off or other rights that Holdings may have at any time against the Borrower, the Agent, or any other corporation or person, whether in connection herewith or any unrelated transactions; provided, that nothing herein will prevent the assertion of any such claim by separate suit or compulsory counterclaim; and (ix) any other circumstance (including, without limitation, any statute of limitations) or any existence of or reliance on any representation by the Agent that might otherwise constitute a defense to, or a legal or equitable discharge of, the Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other guarantor or surety (other than defense of payment or performance).
Holdings expressly authorizes the Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, to take and hold security for the payment and performance of the Guaranteed Obligations, to exchange, waive or release any or all such security (with or without consideration), to enforce or apply such security and direct the order and manner of any sale thereof in their sole discretion or to release or substitute any one or more other guarantors or obligors upon or in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations, all without affecting the obligations of Holdings hereunder.
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Holdings waives any defense based on or arising out of any defense of any other Guarantor or the unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof from any cause, or the cessation from any cause of the liability of any other Guarantor, other than the payment in full in cash in immediately available funds of all the Guaranteed Obligations. The Agent may, at its election, foreclose on any security held by it by one or more judicial or nonjudicial sales, accept an assignment of any such security in lieu of foreclosure, compromise or adjust any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, make any other accommodation with the Borrower or any other Loan Party or exercise any other right or remedy available to it against the Borrower or any other Loan Party, without affecting or impairing in any way the liability of Holdings hereunder, except to the extent the Guaranteed Obligations have been paid in full in cash in immediately available funds. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Holdings waives any defense arising out of any such election even though such election operates, pursuant to applicable law, to impair or to extinguish any right of reimbursement or subrogation or other right or remedy of Holdings against any other Guarantor, as the case may be, or any security.
(d)    Reinstatement. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 6.15, Holdings agrees that its guarantee hereunder shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of any Guaranteed Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by the Agent or any other Secured Party upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee or similar officer for, the Borrower or any other Loan Party or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made.
(e)    Agreement To Pay. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right that the Agent or any other Secured Party has at law or in equity against Holdings by virtue hereof, but subject to the limitations set forth in clauses (g) and (h) of this Section 2.01, upon the failure of the Borrower or any other Loan Party to pay any Guaranteed Obligation when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, after notice of prepayment or otherwise, Holdings hereby promises to and will forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, to the Agent for distribution to the applicable Secured Party in cash in immediately available funds the amount of such unpaid Guaranteed Obligation.
(f)    Information. Holdings assumes all responsibility for being and keeping itself informed of the Borrower’s and each other Loan Party’s financial condition and assets, and of all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Guaranteed Obligations and the nature, scope and extent of the risks that Holdings assumes and incurs hereunder, and agrees that neither the Agent nor any other Secured Party will have any duty to advise Holdings of information known to it or any of them regarding such circumstances or risks.
(g)    Maximum Liability. Holdings, and by its acceptance of this Agreement, the Agent and each Secured Party, hereby confirm that it is the intention of all such persons that this Agreement and the Guaranteed Obligations not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or any other federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar foreign, federal or state law to the extent applicable to this Agreement and the Guaranteed Obligations. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Agent, the Secured Parties and Holdings hereby irrevocably agree that the Guaranteed Obligations at any time shall be limited to the maximum amount as will result in the Guaranteed Obligations not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
(h)    Limited Recourse. Notwithstanding anything herein or in the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or any Other First Lien Agreement to the contrary, the Guaranteed Obligations are limited recourse obligations payable solely from the Pledged Collateral pledged by Holdings hereunder and, following realization of the Pledged Collateral pledged by Holdings (whether through sale, foreclosure or otherwise) and the application thereof in accordance with this Agreement, such Guaranteed Obligations shall be extinguished and shall not revive.
ARTICLE III    

Pledge of Equity Interests
SECTION 3.01.    Pledge. As security for the payment or performance, as the case may be, in full of the Guaranteed Obligations, Holdings hereby assigns and pledges to the Agent, its successors and permitted assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and hereby grants to the Agent, its successors and permitted assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in all of Holdings’ right, title and interest in, to and under:
(a)    the Equity Interests of the Borrower directly owned by Holdings (which such Equity Interests as of the Closing Date shall be listed on Schedule I) and any certificates representing all such Equity Interests (collectively, the “Pledged Borrower Stock”);
(b)    subject to Section 3.08, all payments of principal or interest, dividends, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of, in exchange for or upon the conversion of, and all other Proceeds received in respect of, the Pledged Borrower Stock;
(c)    subject to Section 3.08, all rights and privileges of Holdings with respect to the Pledged Borrower Stock and other property referred to in clause (b) above; and
(d)    all Proceeds of any of the foregoing (the items referred to in clauses (a) through this clause (d) being collectively referred to as the “Pledged Collateral”); provided that the Pledged Collateral shall not include any Excluded Property.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the Pledged Collateral, together with all right, title, interest, powers, privileges and preferences pertaining or incidental thereto, unto the Agent, its successors and permitted assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, forever; subject, however, to the terms, covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth.
SECTION 3.02.    Delivery of Pledged Collateral.
(a)    Holdings agrees promptly to deliver or cause to be delivered to the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, any and all Pledged Securities.
(b)    Upon delivery to the Agent (i) any Pledged Securities required to be delivered pursuant to the foregoing paragraph (a) of this Section 3.02 shall be accompanied by stock powers, duly executed in blank or other instruments of transfer reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and by such other instruments and documents as the Agent may reasonably request and (ii) all other property comprising part of the Pledged Collateral delivered pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall be accompanied to the extent necessary to perfect the security interest in or allow realization on the Pledged Collateral by proper instruments of assignment duly executed by Holdings and such other instruments or documents as the Agent may reasonably request. Each delivery of Pledged Securities shall be accompanied by a schedule describing the securities, which schedule shall be attached hereto as Schedule I (or a supplement to Schedule I, as applicable) and made a part hereof; provided, that failure to attach any such schedule hereto shall not affect the validity of such pledge of such Pledged Collateral. Each schedule so delivered shall be deemed to supplement any prior schedules so delivered.
SECTION 3.03.    Representations and Warranties. Holdings represents and warrants to the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties:
(a)    the Pledged Borrower Stock listed on Schedule I (as such Schedule may be updated from time to time) constitutes all of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower issued to Holdings;
(b)    the Pledged Borrower Stock has been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid;
(c)    Holdings is the direct record and beneficial owner of, and has good title to, the Pledged Borrower Stock listed on Schedule I (as such Schedule may be updated from time to time) owned by Holdings, free of any and all Liens except Permitted Liens; and
(d)    other than as set forth in the Credit Agreement or the schedules thereto or in any Other First Lien Agreement, and except for restrictions and limitations imposed by the Loan Documents and any Other First Lien Agreement then in effect or securities laws generally or otherwise not prohibited by the Loan Documents and any Other First Lien Agreement then in effect, the Pledged Borrower Stock is and will continue to be freely transferable and assignable, and none of the Pledged Borrower Stock is or will be subject to any option, right of first refusal, shareholders agreement, charter, by-law, memorandum of association or articles of association provisions or contractual restriction of any nature that might prohibit, impair, delay or otherwise affect the pledge of the Pledged Collateral hereunder, the Disposition thereof pursuant hereto or the exercise by the Agent of rights and remedies hereunder other than under applicable Requirements of Law;
(e)    Holdings has the power and authority to pledge the Pledged Collateral pledged by it hereunder in the manner hereby done or contemplated;
(f)    other than as set forth in the Credit Agreement or the schedules thereto or in the other Loan Documents, as of the Closing Date, no consent or approval of any Governmental Authority, any securities exchange or any other person was or is necessary to the validity of the pledge effected hereby (other than such as have been obtained and are in full force and effect);
(g)    by virtue of the execution and delivery by Holdings of this Agreement, when the Pledged Securities are delivered to the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in accordance with this Agreement, and a Uniform Commercial Code financing statement naming the Agent as the secured party and covering the Pledged Collateral is filed in the appropriate filing office, the Agent will obtain, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and perfected lien upon and security interest in such Pledged Collateral, subject only to Permitted Liens, as security for the payment of the Guaranteed Obligations, to the extent such perfection is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code.
SECTION 3.04.    Covenants. Holdings covenants and agrees with the Agent and the Secured Parties, that, from and after the date of this Agreement until the date of its termination pursuant to Section 6.15(a):
(a)    Holdings agrees to furnish to the Agent prompt written notice of any change in (i) its organization name, (ii) its identity or type of organization, (iii) its organizational identification number or (iv) its jurisdiction of organization. Holdings agrees not to effect or permit any such change unless all filings have been made, or will have been made within the time period required by the Credit Agreement, under the Uniform Commercial Code that are required in order for the Agent to continue at all times following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected security interest in all the Pledged Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by such filing, for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
(b)    Holdings agrees it will make no assignment, pledge, hypothecation or transfer of, or create or permit to exist any security interest in or other Lien on, the Pledged Collateral, and will not Dispose of any other Pledged Collateral, in each case other than pursuant to a transaction not prohibited by any Loan Document and any Other First Lien Agreement then in effect and other than Permitted Liens.
(c)    Subject to the rights of Holdings under the Loan Documents and each Other First Lien Agreement then in effect to Dispose of Pledged Collateral, Holdings shall, at its own expense, use commercially reasonable efforts to defend its title to the Pledged Collateral against all persons and to defend the security interest of the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in the Pledged Collateral and the priority thereof against any Lien that is not a Permitted Lien.
(d)    Holdings agrees, at its own expense, to execute, acknowledge, deliver and cause to be duly filed all such further instruments and documents and take all such actions as the Agent may from time to time reasonably request to better assure, preserve, protect and perfect the Agent’s security interest and the rights and remedies created hereby, including the payment of any fees and taxes required in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the granting of the security interest and the filing of any financing statements or other documents in connection herewith or therewith.
SECTION 3.05.    Registration in Nominee Name; Denominations. The Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, shall have the right (in its sole and absolute discretion) to hold the Pledged Securities in the name of Holdings, endorsed or assigned in blank or in favor of the Agent or, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, in its own name as pledgee or the name of its nominee (as pledgee or as sub-agent). Following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Holdings will promptly give to the Agent copies of any notices or other communications received by it with respect to Pledged Securities registered in the name of Holdings. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Agent shall have the right to exchange the certificates representing Pledged Securities for certificates of smaller or larger denominations for any purpose consistent with this Agreement. Holdings shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Borrower to comply with a request by the Agent, pursuant to this Section 3.05, to exchange certificates representing Pledged Securities of the Borrower for certificates of smaller or larger denominations.

SECTION 3.06.    Financing Statements. Holdings hereby irrevocably authorizes the Agent at any time and from time to time to file in any relevant jurisdiction any initial financing statements with respect to the Pledged Collateral or any part thereof and amendments thereto that contain the information required by Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code of each applicable jurisdiction for the filing of any financing statement or amendment, including (i) if required, whether Holdings is an organization, the type of organization and any organizational identification number issued to Holdings to the extent required and (ii) a description of collateral that describes such property in any other manner as the Agent may reasonably determine is necessary or advisable to ensure the perfection of the security interest in the Pledged Collateral.
SECTION 3.07.    [Reserved].
SECTION 3.08.    Voting Rights; Dividends and Interest, Etc.
(a)    Unless and until an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Agent shall have given written notice to Holdings of the Agent’s intention to exercise its rights hereunder:
(i)    Holdings shall be entitled to exercise any and all voting and/or other consensual rights and powers inuring to an owner of Pledged Collateral or any part thereof for any purpose not prohibited by the terms of this Agreement, the Credit Agreement and each Other First Lien Agreement then in effect; provided that, except as not prohibited by the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Documents and each Other First Lien Agreement then in effect, such rights and powers shall not be exercised in any manner that could be reasonably likely to materially and adversely affect the rights and remedies of the Agent or any other Secured Party under this Agreement, the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Documents or any Other First Lien Agreement or the ability of the Secured Parties to exercise the same.
(ii)    The Agent shall promptly execute and deliver to Holdings, or cause to be executed and delivered to Holdings, all such proxies, powers of attorney and other instruments as Holdings may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling Holdings to exercise the voting and/or consensual rights and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant to subparagraph (i) above.
(iii)    Holdings shall be entitled to receive and retain any and all dividends, interest, principal and other distributions paid on or distributed in respect of the Pledged Collateral to the extent and only to the extent that such dividends, interest, principal and other distributions are not prohibited by, and otherwise paid or distributed in accordance with, the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Documents and each Other First Lien Agreement then in effect and applicable laws; provided that any noncash dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that would constitute Pledged Borrower Stock, whether resulting from a subdivision, combination or reclassification of the outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower, received in exchange for Pledged Borrower Stock or any part thereof, or in redemption thereof or as a result of any merger, consolidation, acquisition or other exchange of assets to which the Borrower may be a party or otherwise, shall be and become part of the Pledged Collateral, and, if received by Holdings, shall be promptly delivered to the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in the same form as so received (endorsed in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Agent).
(b)    Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and upon written notice by the Agent to Holdings of the Agent’s intention to exercise its rights hereunder, all rights of Holdings to receive dividends, interest, principal or other distributions with respect to the Pledged Securities that Holdings is authorized to receive pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section 3.08 shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in the Agent, which shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority to receive and retain such dividends, interest, principal or other distributions; provided that, notwithstanding the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default, Holdings may continue to receive dividends and distributions made pursuant to subclause (i), subclause (iii),  subclause (v) and subclause (vi) of Section 6.06(b) of the Credit Agreement. All dividends, interest, principal or other distributions received by Holdings contrary to the provisions of this Section 3.08 shall not be commingled by Holdings with any of its other funds or property but shall be held separate and apart therefrom, shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and shall be forthwith delivered to the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in the same form as so received (endorsed in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Agent). Any and all money and other property paid over to or received by the Agent pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph (b) shall be retained by the Agent in an account to be established by the Agent upon receipt of such money or other property and shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.02. After all Events of Default have been cured or waived and the Borrower has delivered to the Agent a certificate to that effect, the Agent shall promptly repay to Holdings (without interest) all dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that Holdings would otherwise be permitted to retain pursuant to the terms of paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 3.08 and that remain in such account.
(c)    Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and after written notice by the Agent to Holdings of the Agent’s intention to exercise its rights hereunder, all rights of Holdings to exercise the voting and/or consensual rights and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) of this Section 3.08, and the obligations of the Agent under paragraph (a)(ii) of this Section 3.08, shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, which shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority to exercise such voting and consensual rights and powers; provided that the Agent shall have the right from time to time following and during the continuance of an Event of Default to permit Holdings to exercise such rights. After all Events of Default have been cured or waived and the Borrower has delivered to the Agent a certificate to that effect, all rights of Holdings to exercise the voting and/or other consensual rights and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) of this Section 3.08 shall continue and all such rights shall no longer be vested in the Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and the obligations of the Agent under paragraph (a)(ii) of this Section 3.08 shall be reinstated.
(d)    Any notice given by the Agent to Holdings suspending Holdings’ rights under paragraph (a)(i) of this Section 3.08 may be given by telephone if promptly confirmed in writing and such notice may suspend the rights of Holdings under paragraph (a)(i) or paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 3.08 in part without suspending all such rights (as specified by the Agent in its sole and absolute discretion) and without waiving or otherwise affecting the Agent’s rights to give additional notices from time to time suspending other rights so long as an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
SECTION 3.09.    Powers Coupled with an Interest. All authorizations and agencies herein contained with respect to the Pledged Collateral are irrevocable and powers coupled with an interest.
ARTICLE IV    

[Reserved]
ARTICLE V    

Remedies
SECTION 5.01.    Remedies Upon Default. In accordance with, and to the extent consistent with, the terms of any applicable Intercreditor Agreement and applicable Requirements of Law, the Agent may take any action specified in this Section 5.01. If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing and the Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, may exercise, in addition to all other rights and remedies granted in this Agreement and in any other instrument or agreement securing, evidencing or relating to the Secured Obligations, all rights and remedies of a secured party under the New York UCC or applicable law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Agent, without demand of performance or other demand, presentment, protest, advertisement or notice of any kind (except any notice required by law referred to below) to or upon Holdings, the Borrower, or any other Person (all and each of which demands, defenses, advertisements and notices are hereby waived), may in such circumstances forthwith collect, receive, appropriate and realize upon the Pledged Collateral, or any part thereof, and/or may forthwith sell, assign, give option or options to purchase or otherwise Dispose of and deliver the Pledged Collateral or any part thereof (or contract to do any of the foregoing), in one or more parcels at public or private sale or sales, in the over-the-counter market, at any exchange or broker’s board or office of the Agent or any Secured Party or elsewhere upon such terms and conditions as it may deem advisable and at such prices as it may deem best, for cash or on credit or for future delivery without assumption of any credit risk. To the extent prior notice is required under applicable law, the Agent shall give Holdings 10 Business Days’ written notice (which Holdings agrees is reasonable notice within the meaning of Section 9‑611 of the New York UCC or its equivalent in other jurisdictions) of the Agent’s intention to make any Disposition of Pledged Collateral. Such notice, in the case of a public sale, shall state the time and place for such sale, in the case of a private sale, shall state the time after which the sale is to be made and, in the case of a sale at a broker’s board or on a securities exchange, shall state the board or exchange at which such sale is to be made and the day on which the Pledged Collateral, or portion thereof, will first be offered for sale at such board or exchange. Any such public sale shall be held at such time or times within ordinary business hours and at such place or places as the Agent may fix and state in the notice (if any) of such sale. At any such sale, the Pledged Collateral, or the portion thereof, to be sold may be sold in one lot as an entirety or in separate parcels, as the Agent may (in its sole and absolute discretion) determine. The Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale of any Pledged Collateral if it shall determine not to do so, regardless of the fact that notice of sale of such Pledged Collateral shall have been given. The Agent or any Secured Party shall have the right upon any such public sale or sales, and, to the extent permitted by law, upon any such private sale or sales, to purchase the whole or any part of the Pledged Collateral so sold, free of any right or equity of redemption in Holdings, which right or equity is hereby waived or released. As an alternative to exercising the power of sale herein conferred upon it, the Agent may proceed by a suit or suits at law or in equity to foreclose this Agreement and to sell the Pledged Collateral or any portion thereof pursuant to a judgment or decree of a court or courts having competent jurisdiction or pursuant to a proceeding by a court-appointed receiver. Any sale pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5.01 shall be deemed to conform to the commercially reasonable standards as provided in Section 9-610(b) of the New York UCC or its equivalent in other jurisdictions.
SECTION 5.02.    Application of Proceeds. The Agent shall, subject to any applicable Intercreditor Agreement, promptly apply the proceeds, moneys or balances of any collection or sale of Pledged Collateral realized through the exercise by the Agent of its remedies hereunder, as well as any Pledged Collateral consisting of cash at any time when remedies are being exercised hereunder, as follows:
FIRST, to the payment of all out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Agent in connection with such collection or sale or otherwise in connection with this Agreement, any other Loan Document, any Other First Lien Agreement or any of the Guaranteed Obligations, including all court costs and the fees and expenses of its agents and legal counsel, the repayment of all advances made by the Agent hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any Other First Lien Agreement on behalf of Holdings, any other costs or expenses incurred in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any Other First Lien Agreement, and other fees, indemnities and other amounts owing or reimbursable to the Agent under any Loan Document or any Other First Lien Agreement in its capacity as such;
SECOND, to the payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations secured by such Pledged Collateral (the amounts so applied to be distributed among the Series of Secured Obligations pro rata based on the respective amounts of such Secured Obligations owed to the applicable Secured Parties in respect of each Series on the date of any such distribution (or in accordance with such other method of distribution as may be set forth in any applicable Intercreditor Agreement), with (x) the portion thereof distributed to the Credit Agreement Secured Parties to be further distributed in accordance with the order of priority set forth in Section 7.02 of the Credit Agreement and (y) the portion thereof distributed to the Secured Parties of any other Series to be further distributed in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Other First Lien Agreements governing such Series); and
THIRD, to Holdings, its successors or assigns, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct;
provided, that in no event shall the proceeds of any collection or sale of any Specified Excluded Collateral be applied to the relevant Series of Other First Lien Obligations that is not secured by such Specified Excluded Collateral.
The Agent shall have absolute discretion as to the time of application of any such proceeds, moneys or balances in accordance with this Agreement. Upon the request of the Agent prior to any distribution under this Section 5.02, each Authorized Representative shall provide to the Agent certificates, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, setting forth the respective amounts referred to in this Section 5.02 that each applicable Secured Party or its Authorized Representative believes it is entitled to receive, and the Agent shall be fully entitled to rely on such certificates. Upon any sale of Pledged Collateral by the Agent (including pursuant to a power of sale granted by statute or under a judicial proceeding), the receipt of the purchase money by the Agent or of the officer making the sale shall be a sufficient discharge to the purchaser or purchasers of the Pledged Collateral so sold and such purchaser or purchasers shall not be obligated to see to the application of any part of the purchase money paid over to the Agent or such officer or be answerable in any way for the misapplication thereof.
SECTION 5.03.    Securities Act, Etc. In view of the position of Holdings in relation to the Pledged Collateral, or because of other current or future circumstances, a question may arise under the Securities Act, or any similar federal statute hereafter enacted analogous in purpose or effect (such Act and any such similar statute as from time to time in effect being called the “Federal Securities Laws”) with respect to any Disposition of the Pledged Collateral permitted hereunder. Holdings understands that compliance with the Federal Securities Laws might very strictly limit the course of conduct of the Agent if the Agent were to attempt to Dispose of all or any part of the Pledged Collateral, and might also limit the extent to which or the manner in which any subsequent transferee of any Pledged Collateral could Dispose of the same. Similarly, there may be other legal restrictions or limitations affecting the Agent in any attempt to Dispose of all or part of the Pledged Collateral under applicable Blue Sky or other state securities laws or similar laws analogous in purpose or effect. Holdings acknowledges and agrees that in light of such restrictions and limitations, the Agent, subject to any applicable Intercreditor Agreement, in its sole and absolute discretion, (a) may proceed to make such a sale whether or not a registration statement for the purpose of registering such Pledged Collateral or part thereof shall have been filed under the Federal Securities Laws or, to the extent applicable, Blue Sky or other state securities laws and (b) may approach and negotiate with a single potential purchaser to effect such sale. Holdings acknowledges and agrees that any such sale might result in prices and other terms less favorable to the seller than if such sale were a public sale without such restrictions. In the event of any such sale, the Agent shall incur no responsibility or liability for selling all or any part of the Pledged Collateral at a price that the Agent, subject to any applicable Intercreditor Agreement, in its sole and absolute discretion, may in good faith deem reasonable under the circumstances, notwithstanding the possibility that a substantially higher price might have been realized if the sale were deferred until after registration as aforesaid or if more than a single purchaser were approached. The provisions of this Section 5.03 will apply notwithstanding the existence of a public or private market upon which the quotations or sales prices may exceed substantially the price at which the Agent sells.
ARTICLE VI    

Miscellaneous
SECTION 6.01.    Notices. All communications and notices hereunder shall (except as otherwise expressly permitted herein) be in writing and given as provided in Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement (whether or not then in effect), and all notices to any holder of obligations under any Other First Lien Agreement shall be given at its address set forth in the Other First Lien Secured Party Consent or in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement (upon and during the effectiveness thereof), in each case of the foregoing, as such address may be changed by written notice to the Agent and Holdings.
SECTION 6.02.    Security Interest Absolute. To the extent permitted by applicable law and subject to clauses (g) and (h) of Section 2.01, all rights of the Agent hereunder, the security interest in the Pledged Collateral and all obligations of Holdings hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of (a) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Loan Document, any other agreement with respect to any of the Secured Obligations or any other agreement or instrument relating to any of the foregoing, (b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Secured Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to any departure from any Loan Document or any other agreement or instrument, (c) any exchange, release or non-perfection of any Lien on other collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver of or consent under or departure from any guarantee, securing or guaranteeing all or any of the Secured Obligations or (d) any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, Holdings in respect of the Secured Obligations or this Agreement (other than a defense of payment or performance).
SECTION 6.03.    Limitation by Law. All rights, remedies and powers provided in this Agreement may be exercised only to the extent that the exercise thereof does not violate any applicable Requirement of Law, and all the provisions of this Agreement are intended to be subject to all applicable Requirements of Law that may be controlling and to be limited to the extent necessary so that they shall not render this Agreement invalid, unenforceable, in whole or in part, or not entitled to be recorded, registered or filed under the provisions of any applicable Requirement of Law.
SECTION 6.04.    Binding Effect; Several Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective as to any party to this Agreement when a counterpart hereof executed on behalf of such party shall have been delivered to the Agent and a counterpart hereof shall have been executed on behalf of the Agent, and thereafter shall be binding upon such party and the Agent and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of such party, the Agent and the other Secured Parties and their respective permitted successors and assigns, except that no party shall have the right to assign or transfer its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein or in the Pledged Collateral (and any such assignment or transfer shall be void) except as not prohibited by this Agreement or the Credit Agreement or any Other First Lien Agreement. This Agreement shall be construed as a separate agreement with respect to each party and may be amended, modified, supplemented, waived or released in accordance with Section 6.09 or 6.15, as applicable.
SECTION 6.05.    Successors and Assigns. Whenever in this Agreement any of the parties hereto is referred to, such reference shall be deemed to include the permitted successors and assigns of such party; and all covenants, promises and agreements by or on behalf of Holdings or the Agent that are contained in this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective permitted successors and assigns.
SECTION 6.06.    Agent’s Fees and Expenses.
(a)    The parties hereto agree that the Agent shall be entitled to reimbursement of its expenses incurred hereunder by Holdings, and the Agent and other Indemnitees shall be indemnified by Holdings, in each case of this clause (a), mutatis mutandis, as provided in Section 9.05 of the Credit Agreement and the equivalent provision of any Other First Lien Agreement.
(b)    Any such amounts payable as provided hereunder shall be additional Secured Obligations secured hereby and by the other Security Documents. The provisions of this Section 6.06 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the termination of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any Other First Lien Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of any of the Secured Obligations, the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any Other First Lien Agreement, or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Agent or any other Secured Party. All amounts due under this Section 6.06 shall be payable within fifteen days (or such longer period as the Agent may agree in its sole and absolute discretion) of written demand therefor, accompanied by reasonable documentation with respect to any reimbursement, indemnification or other amount requested.
(c)    The agreements in this Section 6.06 shall survive the resignation of the Agent and the termination of this Agreement.
SECTION 6.07.    Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact. Subject to the Intercreditor Agreements, Holdings hereby appoints the Agent the attorney-in-fact of Holdings for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Agreement and, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, taking any action and executing any instrument that the Agent may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes hereof, which appointment is irrevocable and coupled with an interest. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, subject to any applicable Requirements of Law and any applicable Intercreditor Agreement, the Agent shall have the right, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, with full power of substitution either in the Agent’s name or in the name of Holdings, (a) to receive, endorse, assign or deliver any and all notes, acceptances, checks, drafts, money orders or other evidences of payment relating to the Pledged Collateral or any part thereof; (b) to demand, collect, receive payment of, give receipt for and give discharges and releases of all or any of the Pledged Collateral; (c) to ask for, demand, sue for, collect, receive and give acquittance for any and all moneys due or to become due under and by virtue of any Pledged Collateral; (d) to sign the name of Holdings on any invoice or bill of lading relating to any of the Pledged Collateral; (e) to commence and prosecute any and all suits, actions or proceedings at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect or otherwise realize on all or any of the Pledged Collateral or to enforce any rights in respect of any Pledged Collateral; (f) to settle, compromise, compound, adjust or defend any actions, suits or proceedings relating to all or any of the Pledged Collateral; and (g) to use, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with all or any of the Pledged Collateral, and to do all other acts and things necessary to carry out the purposes of this Agreement, as fully and completely as though the Agent were the absolute owner of the Pledged Collateral for all purposes; provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed as requiring or obligating the Agent to make any commitment or to make any inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by the Agent, or to present or file any claim or notice, or to take any action with respect to the Pledged Collateral or any part thereof or the moneys due or to become due in respect thereof or any property covered thereby. The Agent and the other Secured Parties shall be accountable only for amounts actually received as a result of the exercise of the powers granted to them herein, and neither they nor their officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to Holdings for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for their own or their Related Parties’ gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct. For the avoidance of doubt, Section 4.03 of any First Lien Intercreditor Agreement entered into after the Closing Date in the form exhibited to the Credit Agreement (or the equivalent provision of any other First Lien Intercreditor Agreement) shall apply to the Agent as agent for the Secured Parties hereunder.
SECTION 6.08.    GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIMS, CONTROVERSY, DISPUTE OR CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE) BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY PRINCIPLE OF CONFLICTS OF LAW THAT COULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF ANY OTHER LAW.
SECTION 6.09.    Waivers; Amendment; Extension of Time.
(a)    No failure or delay by the Agent, any Issuing Bank, any Lender or any other Secured Party in exercising any right, power or remedy hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any Other First Lien Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or remedy, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right, power or remedy, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. The rights, powers and remedies of the Agent (on behalf of any Issuing Bank, the Lenders or any other Secured Party) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and any Other First Lien Agreement are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights, powers or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by Holdings therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section 6.09, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan, the issuance of a Letter of Credit or the incurrence of any Other First Lien Obligations shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default or Event of Default, regardless of whether the Agent, any Lender, any Issuing Bank or any other Secured Party may have had notice or knowledge of such Default or Event of Default at the time. No notice or demand on Holdings in any case shall entitle any Loan Party to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.
(b)    Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Agent and Holdings, subject to any consent required in accordance with Section 9.08 of the Credit Agreement and any equivalent provision in each applicable Other First Lien Agreement and, by each other Authorized Representative to the extent required by (and in accordance with) such applicable Other First Lien Agreement, or, in each case, as otherwise provided in any applicable Intercreditor Agreement. The Agent may conclusively rely on a certificate of an officer of the Borrower as to whether any amendment contemplated by this Section 6.09(b) is permitted.
(c)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Agent may grant extensions of time or waivers of the requirement for the creation or perfection of security interests in or the obtaining of insurance (including title insurance) or surveys with respect to particular assets (including extensions beyond the date hereof for the perfection of security interests in the assets of Holdings on such date) where it reasonably determines, in consultation with the Borrower, that perfection or obtaining of such items cannot be accomplished without undue effort or expense by the time or times at which it would otherwise be required by this Agreement, any other Loan Documents or any Other First Lien Agreement.
SECTION 6.10.    WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 6.10.
SECTION 6.11.    Severability. In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
SECTION 6.12.    Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute but one contract, and shall become effective as provided in Section 6.04. Delivery of an executed counterpart to this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed original.
SECTION 6.13.    Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
SECTION 6.14.    Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.
(a)    Subject to the final sentence of this clause (a), each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that it will not commence any action, litigation or proceeding of any kind or description, whether in law or equity, whether in contract or in tort or otherwise, against any other party or any affiliate thereof in any way relating to this Agreement, any other Loan Document, any Other First Lien Agreement or the transactions relating hereto or thereto, in any forum other than the courts of the State of New York sitting in New York County, and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, and each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the jurisdiction of such courts and agrees that all claims in respect of any such action, litigation or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State court or, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in such federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action, litigation or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any Other First Lien Agreement shall affect any right that the Agent or any other Secured Party may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any Other First Lien Agreement against Holdings or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
(b)    Each party to this Agreement hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any Other First Lien Agreement in any New York State or federal court of the United States of America sitting in New York County, and any appellate court from any thereof. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
(c)    Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 6.01. Nothing in this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any Other First Lien Agreement will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
SECTION 6.15.    Termination or Release.
(a)    This Agreement, the pledges and guarantees made herein, the Liens in the Pledged Collateral created hereby and all other security interests granted hereby, shall automatically terminate and/or be released (i) upon the occurrence of the Termination Date or, if any Other First Lien Obligations secured by the Lien granted hereby are outstanding on the Termination Date, the date after the Termination Date when all such Other First Lien Obligations (other than contingent or unliquidated obligations or liabilities not then due and any other obligations that, by the terms of any Other First Lien Agreements, are not required to be paid in full prior to termination and release of the Pledged Collateral) have been paid in full and the Secured Parties have no further commitment to extend credit under any such Other First Lien Agreement, or (ii) otherwise in accordance with Section 9.18 of the Credit Agreement and the equivalent provision of any applicable Other First Lien Agreement.
(b)    The security interest in the Pledged Collateral shall be automatically released, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party, (i) upon any sale or other transfer by Holdings of any Pledged Collateral that is permitted by the Credit Agreement and each Other First Lien Agreement then in effect to any person that is not Holdings or a Pledgor (as defined in the Collateral Agreement), (ii) upon the effectiveness of any written consent to the release of the security interest granted hereby in any Pledged Collateral pursuant to Section 9.08 of the Credit Agreement and any equivalent provision of each applicable Other First Lien Agreement (in each case, to the extent required thereby), or (iii) as otherwise may be provided in any applicable Intercreditor Agreement.
(c)    In connection with any termination or release pursuant to this Section 6.15, the Agent shall execute and deliver to Holdings all documents that Holdings shall reasonably request to evidence such termination or release (including Uniform Commercial Code termination statements), and will duly assign and transfer to Holdings, such of the Pledged Collateral that may be in the possession of the Agent and has not theretofore been sold or otherwise applied or released pursuant to this Agreement. Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this Section 6.15 shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Agent. In connection with any release pursuant to this Section 6.15, Holdings shall be permitted to take any action in connection therewith consistent with such release including, without limitation, the filing of Uniform Commercial Code termination statements. Upon the receipt of any necessary or proper instruments of termination, satisfaction or release prepared by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 6.15, the Agent shall promptly execute, deliver or acknowledge such instruments or releases to evidence the release of any Pledged Collateral permitted to be released pursuant to this Agreement. Holdings agrees to pay all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agent (and its representatives and counsel) in connection with the execution and delivery of such release documents or instruments.
SECTION 6.16.    Subject to Any Applicable Intercreditor Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Liens and security interests granted to the Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to this Agreement are expressly subject to any applicable Intercreditor Agreement to the extent provided therein and (ii) the exercise of any right or remedy by the Agent hereunder or the application of proceeds (including insurance and condemnation proceeds) of any Pledged Collateral are subject to any applicable Intercreditor Agreement to the extent provided therein. In the event of any conflict between the terms of such applicable Intercreditor Agreement and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of such applicable Intercreditor Agreement shall govern.
SECTION 6.17.    Other First Lien Obligations.
(a)    On or after the Closing Date and so long as not prohibited by the Credit Agreement or any Other First Lien Agreement then in effect, the Borrower may from time to time designate obligations in respect of indebtedness to be secured (except with respect to any applicable Specified Excluded Collateral) on a pari passu basis with the then outstanding Secured Obligations as Other First Lien Obligations hereunder by delivering to the Agent and each Authorized Representative (a) a certificate of the Borrower (i) identifying the obligations so designated and the initial aggregate principal amount or face amount thereof, (ii) stating that such obligations are designated as Other First Lien Obligations for purposes hereof, (iii) representing that such designation of such obligations as Other First Lien Obligations is not prohibited by the Credit Agreement or any Other First Lien Agreement then in effect and (iv) specifying the name and address of the Authorized Representative for such obligations, (b) an Other First Lien Secured Party Consent executed by the Authorized Representative for such obligations and the Borrower and (c) if not already then in effect, execute and deliver a First Lien Intercreditor Agreement (or a joinder thereto in the form (and to the extent, if any) required thereby to the extent such First Lien Intercreditor Agreement is then in effect). Upon the satisfaction of all conditions set forth in the preceding sentence, (x) the Agent shall act as collateral agent under and subject to the terms of the Security Documents for the benefit of all Secured Parties, including without limitation, any Secured Parties that hold any such Other First Lien Obligations (except with respect to any applicable Specified Excluded Collateral), and shall execute and deliver the acknowledgment at the end of the Other First Lien Secured Party Consent, and (y) each Authorized Representative agrees to the appointment, and acceptance of the appointment, of the Agent as collateral agent for the holders of such Other First Lien Obligations as set forth in each Other First Lien Secured Party Consent and agrees, on behalf of itself and each Secured Party it represents, to be bound by this Agreement and each applicable Intercreditor Agreement and (z) such Other First Lien Obligations shall automatically be deemed to be “Other First-Priority Obligations” (or analogous term) in each Intercreditor Agreement. The rights and obligations of each party to this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new Secured Obligations to this Agreement.
(b)    In the event any Other First Lien Obligations are designated hereunder pursuant to this Section 6.17, the Credit Agreement Agent shall be entitled to act hereunder pursuant to instructions of the Applicable Authorized Representative (as defined in and subject to the terms of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement) and the Agent shall be entitled to all the benefits, indemnities and exculpatory provisions of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement afforded to the “Collateral Agent” (including Article III and Article IV of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement) as if the Agent were named as Collateral Agent under the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement.
SECTION 6.18.    Person Serving as Agent. On the Closing Date, the Agent hereunder is the Credit Agreement Agent. Written notice of resignation by the Credit Agreement Agent pursuant to the Credit Agreement shall also constitute notice of resignation as the Agent under this Agreement. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as the Administrative Agent under (and as defined in) the Credit Agreement by a successor, that successor shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent pursuant hereto. Immediately upon the occurrence of the Termination Date, if any other Series of Secured Obligations is then outstanding, the Authorized Representative of such Series (or, if more than one such Series is outstanding, the applicable Authorized Representative determined pursuant to the terms of (and as defined in) the applicable Intercreditor Agreement) shall be deemed the Agent for all purposes under this Agreement. The Agent immediately prior to any change in Agent pursuant to this Section 6.18 (the “Prior Agent”) shall be deemed to have assigned all of its rights, powers and duties hereunder to the successor Agent determined in accordance with this Section 6.18 (the “Successor Agent”) and the Successor Agent shall be deemed to have accepted, assumed and succeeded to such rights, powers and duties. The Prior Agent shall cooperate with Holdings and such Successor Agent to ensure that all actions are taken that are necessary or reasonably requested by the Successor Agent to vest in such Successor Agent the rights granted to the Prior Agent hereunder with respect to the Pledged Collateral, including (a) the filing of amended financing statements in the appropriate filing offices, (b) to the extent that the Prior Agent holds, or a third party holds on its behalf, physical possession of or “control” (as defined in the New York UCC or the Uniform Commercial Code of any other applicable jurisdiction) over Pledged Collateral pursuant to this Agreement or any other Security Document, the delivery to the Successor Agent of the Pledged Collateral in its possession or control together with any necessary endorsements to the extent required by this Agreement; provided, however, the foregoing shall not impose any requirement for control not otherwise expressly set forth herein and (c) the execution and delivery of any further documents, financing statements or agreements and the taking of all such further action that may be required under any applicable law, or that the Successor Agent may reasonably request, all without recourse to, or representation or warranty by, the Agent, and at the sole cost and expense of Holdings. The Agent hereunder shall at all times be the same person that is the “Collateral Agent” under the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement. Written notice of resignation by the “Collateral Agent” pursuant to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall also constitute notice of resignation as the Agent under this Agreement. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as the “Collateral Agent” under the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement by a successor “Collateral Agent”, that successor “Collateral Agent” shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent pursuant hereto.
SECTION 6.19.    General Authority of the Agent.
(a)    By acceptance of the benefits of this Agreement and any other Security Documents, each Secured Party (whether or not a signatory hereto) shall be deemed irrevocably (i) to consent to the appointment of the Agent as its agent hereunder and under such other Security Documents, (ii) to confirm that the Agent shall have the authority to act as the exclusive agent of such Secured Party for the enforcement of any provision of this Agreement and such other Security Documents against Holdings, the exercise of remedies hereunder or thereunder and the giving or withholding of any consent or approval hereunder thereunder relating to any Pledged Collateral or Holdings’ obligations with respect thereto, (iii) to agree that it shall not take any action to enforce any provisions of this Agreement or any other Security Document against Holdings, to exercise any remedy hereunder or thereunder or to give any consents or approvals hereunder or thereunder except as expressly provided in this Agreement or any other Security Document and (iv) to agree to be bound by the terms of this Agreement, any other Security Documents and any Intercreditor Agreement then in effect.
(b)    Holdings acknowledges that the rights and responsibilities of the Agent under this Agreement with respect to any action taken by the Agent or the exercise or non-exercise by the Agent of any option, voting right, request, judgment or other right or remedy provided for herein or resulting or arising out of this Agreement shall, as between the Agent and the Secured Parties, be governed by the Credit Agreement, any Other First Lien Agreement and such other agreements with respect thereto as may exist from time to time among them, but, as between the Agent and Holdings, the Agent shall be conclusively presumed to be acting as agent for the applicable Secured Parties with full and valid authority so to act or refrain from acting, and Holdings shall not be under any obligation, or entitlement, to make any inquiry respecting such authority.
[Signature Pages Follow]

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
QUESO HOLDINGS INC.,
as Holdings

By:    
/s/ Blake Huggins_________________
     Name: Blake Huggins
     Title: Assistant Treasurer

CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH,
as Agent


By:    
/s/ John D. Toronto___________________
     Name: John D. Toronto
     Title: Authorized Signatory
By:    /s/ Emerson Almeida__________________
     Name: Emerson Almeida
     Title: Authorized Signatory











































Schedule I
to Holdings Guarantee and Pledge Agreement




DESCRIPTION OF PLEDGED BORROWER STOCK





Pledgor
Issuer
Certificate
No.
Percentage of Issued Equity Interests

Queso Holdings Inc.

CEC Entertainment, Inc.

A-1

100%






Exhibit I
to Holdings Guarantee and Pledge Agreement

[Form of]

OTHER FIRST LIEN SECURED PARTY CONSENT

[Name of Authorized Representative]
[Address of Authorized Representative]


[Date]








The undersigned is the Authorized Representative for Persons wishing to become Secured Parties (the “New Secured Parties”) under the Holdings Guarantee and Pledge Agreement, dated as of August 30, 2019 (as heretofore amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “Guarantee and Pledge Agreement” (terms used without definition herein have the meanings set forth in the Guarantee and Pledge Agreement (or, if not set forth therein, as set forth in the Credit Agreement referred to therein))), between QUESO HOLDINGS INC. and CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, as collateral agent (the “Agent”).

In consideration of the foregoing, the undersigned hereby:

(i)    represents that it has been duly authorized by the New Secured Parties to become a party to the Guarantee and Pledge Agreement on behalf of the New Secured Parties under that certain [DESCRIBE OPERATIVE AGREEMENT] (the “New Agreement” and the obligations under the New Agreement, the “New Secured Obligations”) and to act as the Authorized Representative for the New Secured Parties;

(ii)    acknowledges that it has received a copy of the Guarantee and Pledge Agreement and each Intercreditor Agreement;

(iii)    appoints and authorizes the Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and on behalf of all other Secured Parties and to exercise such powers under the Guarantee and Pledge Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreements as are delegated to the Agent by the terms thereof, together with all such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto;

(iv)    accepts and acknowledges the terms of the Guarantee and Pledge Agreement and each Intercreditor Agreement applicable to it and the New Secured Parties and agrees to serve as Authorized Representative for the New Secured Parties with respect to the New Secured Obligations and agrees on its own behalf and on behalf of the New Secured Parties to be bound by the terms thereof applicable to holders of Other First Lien Obligations, with all the rights and obligations of a Secured Party thereunder and bound by all the provisions thereof as fully as if it had been a Secured Party on the date of the Guarantee and Pledge Agreement and each of the Intercreditor Agreements and agrees that its address for receiving notices pursuant to the Security Documents shall be as follows:

[Address].

The Agent, by acknowledging and agreeing to this Other First Lien Secured Party Consent, accepts the appointment in clause (iii) above.

THIS OTHER FIRST LIEN SECURED PARTY CONSENT AND ANY CLAIMS, CONTROVERSY, DISPUTE OR CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE) BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS OTHER FIRST LIEN SECURED PARTY CONSENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY PRINCIPLE OF CONFLICTS OF LAW THAT COULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF ANY OTHER LAW.


[Signature pages follow]




IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Other First Lien Secured Party Consent to be duly executed by its authorized officer as of the date first set forth above.
[NAME OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE]

By:

Name:
Title:

Acknowledged and Agreed:
CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH,
as Collateral Agent
By:

Name:
Title:































Doc#: US1:13053454v8
EXECUTION VERSION






SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE AGREEMENT (FIRST LIEN)
dated and effective as of
August 30, 2019,
among
The Subsidiaries of CEC Entertainment, Inc. Named Herein
and
CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH,
as Administrative Agent

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
1.DEFINITIONS    1
2.THE GUARANTY    1
3.FURTHER ASSURANCES    4
4.PAYMENTS FREE AND CLEAR OF TAXES    4
5.OTHER TERMS    5
6.INDEMNITY; SUBROGATION AND SUBORDINATION    6
7.GOVERNING LAW    8
8.JURISDICTION; CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS    8
9.WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL    9
10.RIGHT OF SET-OFF    9
11.ADDITIONAL SUBSIDIARIES    10
12.AGENCY OF BORROWER FOR SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS    10

This SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE AGREEMENT (FIRST LIEN), dated as of August 30, 2019 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Guaranty”), by and among each Subsidiary listed on the signature page hereof and each other Subsidiary that becomes a party hereto after the date hereof (collectively, the “Subsidiary Guarantors”) and CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, as administrative agent (in such capacity, together with any successors and permitted assigns thereto, the “Administrative Agent”) for the Secured Parties.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, Queso Holdings Inc. a Delaware corporation (together with its successors and assigns, “Holdings”), CEC Entertainment, Inc., a Kansas corporation (together with its successors and assigns, the “Borrower”), the Lenders party thereto from time to time and Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Administrative Agent, have entered into that certain First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “First Lien Credit Agreement”), providing for the extension of credit to the Borrower;
WHEREAS, it is a condition to the extension of credit to the Borrower under the First Lien Credit Agreement that each Subsidiary Guarantor shall have executed and delivered this Guaranty to guarantee the Obligations; and
WHEREAS, each Subsidiary Guarantor will obtain benefits from the extension of credit to the Borrower, and accordingly desires to execute this Guaranty in order to satisfy the conditions described in the preceding paragraph and to induce the Lenders to extend credit to the Borrower.
Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1.DEFINITIONS
Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the First Lien Credit Agreement unless otherwise defined herein. References to this “Guaranty” shall mean this Guaranty, including all amendments, modifications and supplements and any annexes, exhibits and schedules to any of the foregoing, and shall refer to this Guaranty as the same may be in effect at the time such reference becomes operative. The rules of construction specified in Section 1.02 of the First Lien Credit Agreement also apply to this Guaranty.
2.    THE GUARANTY
(a)    Guaranty of Guaranteed Obligations. Subject to the limitations set forth in clause (g) of this Section 2, each Subsidiary Guarantor unconditionally guarantees to the Administrative Agent, jointly and severally with the other Subsidiary Guarantors, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, the due and punctual payment and performance of the Obligations (the “Guaranteed Obligations”) for the benefit of the Secured Parties. Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice to or further assent from it, and that it will remain bound upon its guarantee notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Guaranteed Obligation. Each Subsidiary Guarantor waives presentment to, demand of payment from and protest to the Borrower or any other Loan Party of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, and also waives notice of acceptance of its guarantee and notice of protest for nonpayment.
(b)    Guaranty of Payment. Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that its guarantee hereunder constitutes a guarantee of payment when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) and not of collection, and waives any right to require that any resort be had by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party to any security held for the payment of the Guaranteed Obligations or to any balance of any deposit account or credit on the books of the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party in favor of the Borrower or any other person.
(c)    No Limitations. Except for termination or release of a Subsidiary Guarantor’s obligations hereunder as expressly provided for in Section 5(g), and subject to the limitations set forth in clause (g) of this Section 2, the obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense or set-off, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise (other than defense of payment or performance). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by: (i) the failure of the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party to assert any claim or demand or to exercise or enforce any right or remedy under the provisions of any Loan Document or otherwise; (ii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of, or any release from any of the terms or provisions of, any Loan Document or any other agreement, including with respect to any other Subsidiary Guarantor under this Guaranty; (iii) the failure to perfect any security interest in, or the exchange, substitution, release or any impairment of, any security held by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party for the Guaranteed Obligations; (iv) any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the Guaranteed Obligations; (v) any other act or omission that may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Subsidiary Guarantor or otherwise operate as a discharge of any Subsidiary Guarantor as a matter of law or equity (other than the payment in full in cash in immediately available funds of all the Guaranteed Obligations); (vi) any illegality, lack of validity or enforceability of any Guaranteed Obligation; (vii) any change in the corporate existence, structure or ownership of the Borrower, or any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other similar proceeding affecting the Borrower or its assets or any resulting release or discharge of any Guaranteed Obligation (other than the payment in full in cash in immediately available funds of all the Guaranteed Obligations); (viii) the existence of any claim, set-off or other rights that such Subsidiary Guarantor may have at any time against the Borrower, any Agent, or any other corporation or person, whether in connection herewith or any unrelated transactions; provided that nothing herein will prevent the assertion of any such claim by separate suit or compulsory counterclaim; and (ix) any other circumstance (including, without limitation, any statute of limitations) or any existence of or reliance on any representation by any Agent that might otherwise constitute a defense to, or a legal or equitable discharge of, the Borrower or any other Loan Party or any other guarantor or surety (other than defense of payment or performance). Each Subsidiary Guarantor expressly authorizes the Secured Parties (or the Agents on behalf of the Secured Parties) to take and hold security for the payment and performance of the Guaranteed Obligations, to exchange, waive or release any or all such security (with or without consideration), to enforce or apply such security and direct the order and manner of any sale thereof in their sole discretion or to release or substitute any one or more other guarantors or obligors upon or in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations, all without affecting the obligations of any Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Subsidiary Guarantor waives any defense based on or arising out of any defense of any other Subsidiary Guarantor or the unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof from any cause, or the cessation from any cause of the liability of any other Subsidiary Guarantor, other than the payment in full in cash in immediately available funds of all the Guaranteed Obligations. The Agents and the other Secured Parties may, at their election, foreclose on any security held by one or more of them by one or more judicial or nonjudicial sales, accept an assignment of any such security in lieu of foreclosure, compromise or adjust any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, make any other accommodation with the Borrower or any other Loan Party or exercise any other right or remedy available to them against the Borrower or any other Loan Party, without affecting or impairing in any way the liability of any Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder except to the extent the Guaranteed Obligations have been paid in full in cash in immediately available funds. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Subsidiary Guarantor waives any defense arising out of any such election even though such election operates, pursuant to applicable law, to impair or to extinguish any right of reimbursement or subrogation or other right or remedy of such Subsidiary Guarantor against any other Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, or any security.
(d)    Reinstatement. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5(g)(i), each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that its guarantee hereunder shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of any Guaranteed Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee or similar officer for, the Borrower or any other Loan Party or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made.
(e)    Agreement To Pay; Subrogation. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right that the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party has at law or in equity against any Subsidiary Guarantor by virtue hereof, but subject to the limitations set forth in clause (g) of this Section 2, upon the failure of the Borrower or any other Loan Party to pay any Guaranteed Obligation when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, after notice of prepayment or otherwise, each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby promises to and will forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, to the Administrative Agent for distribution to the applicable Secured Party in cash in immediately available funds the amount of such unpaid Guaranteed Obligation. Upon payment by any Subsidiary Guarantor of any sums to the Administrative Agent as provided above, all rights of such Subsidiary Guarantor against the Borrower or any other Loan Party arising as a result thereof by way of right of subrogation, contribution, reimbursement, indemnity or otherwise shall in all respects be subject to Section 6.
(f)    Information. Each Subsidiary Guarantor assumes all responsibility for being and keeping itself informed of the Borrower’s and each other Loan Party’s financial condition and assets, and of all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Guaranteed Obligations and the nature, scope and extent of the risks that such Subsidiary Guarantor assumes and incurs hereunder, and agrees that neither the Administrative Agent nor any other Secured Party will have any duty to advise such Subsidiary Guarantor of information known to it or any of them regarding such circumstances or risks.
(g)    Maximum Liability. Each Subsidiary Guarantor, and by its acceptance of this Guaranty, the Administrative Agent and each Secured Party hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such persons that this Guaranty and the Guaranteed Obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or any other federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar foreign, federal or state law to the extent applicable to this Guaranty and the Guaranteed Obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Administrative Agent, the Secured Parties and the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the Guaranteed Obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor under this Guaranty at any time shall be limited to the maximum amount as will result in the Guaranteed Obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under this Guaranty not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
3.    FURTHER ASSURANCES
Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees, upon the written request of the Administrative Agent, to execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent, from time to time, any additional instruments or documents reasonably considered necessary by the Administrative Agent to cause this Guaranty to be, become or remain valid and effective in accordance with its terms.
4.    PAYMENTS FREE AND CLEAR OF TAXES
Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that it will perform or observe all of the terms, covenants and agreements that Section 2.17 of the First Lien Credit Agreement requires such Subsidiary Guarantor to perform or observe, subject to the qualifications set forth therein.
5.    OTHER TERMS
(a)    Entire Agreement. This Guaranty, together with the other Loan Documents, constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements relating to a guaranty of the Loans and other extensions of credit under the Loan Documents.
(b)    Headings. The headings in this Guaranty are for convenience of reference only and are not part of the substance of this Guaranty.
(c)    Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this Guaranty shall be interpreted in such a manner to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Guaranty shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law in any jurisdiction, such provision shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Guaranty and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.
(d)    Notices. All communications and notices hereunder shall (except as otherwise expressly permitted herein) be given as provided in Section 9.01 of the First Lien Credit Agreement.
(e)    Successors and Assigns. Whenever in this Guaranty any Subsidiary Guarantor is referred to, such reference shall be deemed to include the permitted successors and assigns of such party (in accordance with the terms of the First Lien Credit Agreement); and all covenants, promises and agreements by any Subsidiary Guarantor that are contained in this Guaranty shall bind and inure to the benefit of its respective permitted successors and assigns.
(f)    No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Amendments. No failure or delay by any Agent in exercising any right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or remedy preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. The rights, powers and remedies of the Administrative Agent hereunder are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights, powers or remedies that it would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Guaranty or consent to any departure by any Subsidiary Guarantor therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by this Section 5(f), and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of any Loan or the issuance of any Letter of Credit shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default or Event of Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent may have had notice or knowledge of such Default or Event of Default at the time. No notice or demand on any Subsidiary Guarantor in any case shall entitle any Subsidiary Guarantor to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances. When making any demand hereunder against any of the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party may, but shall be under no obligation to, make a similar demand on the Borrower or any other Subsidiary Guarantor or guarantor, and any failure by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party to make any such demand or to collect any payments from the Borrower or any other Subsidiary Guarantor or guarantor or any release of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary Guarantor or guarantor shall not relieve any of the Subsidiary Guarantors in respect of which a demand or collection is not made or any of the Subsidiary Guarantors not so released of their several obligations or liabilities hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the rights and remedies, express or implied, or as a matter of law, of the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party against any of the Subsidiary Guarantors. For the purposes hereof “demand” shall include the commencement and continuance of any legal proceedings. Neither this Guaranty nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended or modified (other than termination or release of this Guaranty pursuant to Section 5(g)) except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Administrative Agent and the Subsidiary Guarantor or Subsidiary Guarantors with respect to which such waiver, amendment or modification is to apply, subject to any consent required in accordance with Section 9.08 of the First Lien Credit Agreement.
(g)    Termination and Release.
(i)    This Guaranty shall automatically terminate on the Termination Date.
(ii)    A Subsidiary Guarantor shall automatically be released from its obligations hereunder in accordance with Section 9.18 of the First Lien Credit Agreement.
(iii)    In connection with any termination or release pursuant to this Section 5(g), the Administrative Agent shall execute and deliver to the Borrower all documents that the Borrower shall reasonably request to evidence such termination or release. Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this Section 5(g) shall be made without recourse to or warranty by the Administrative Agent. The Borrower agrees to pay all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with the execution and delivery of such documents.
(h)    Counterparts. This Guaranty may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which, when taken together, shall constitute but one contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart to this Guaranty by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed original.
6.    INDEMNITY; SUBROGATION AND SUBORDINATION
(a)    Indemnity and Subrogation. In addition to all such rights of indemnity and subrogation as the Subsidiary Guarantors may have under applicable law (but subject to Section 6(c)), the Borrower agrees that (i) in the event a payment shall be made by any Subsidiary Guarantor under this Guaranty in respect of any Guaranteed Obligation of the Borrower, the Borrower shall indemnify such Subsidiary Guarantor for the full amount of such payment and such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be subrogated to the rights of the person to whom such payment shall have been made to the extent of such payment and (ii) in the event any assets of any Subsidiary Guarantor shall be sold pursuant to any Security Document to satisfy in whole or in part a Guaranteed Obligation of the Borrower, the Borrower shall indemnify such Subsidiary Guarantor in an amount equal to the greater of the book value or the fair market value of the assets so sold.
(b)    Contribution and Subrogation. Each Subsidiary Guarantor (a “Contributing Guarantor”) agrees (subject to Section 6(c)) that, in the event a payment shall be made by any other Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder in respect of any Guaranteed Obligation or assets of any other Subsidiary Guarantor shall be sold pursuant to any Security Document to satisfy any Guaranteed Obligation owed to any Secured Party and such other Subsidiary Guarantor (the “Claiming Guarantor”) shall not have been fully indemnified by the Borrower as provided in Section 6(a) hereof, the Contributing Guarantor shall indemnify the Claiming Guarantor in an amount equal to the amount of such payment or the greater of the book value or the fair market value of such assets, as applicable, in each case multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the net worth of such Contributing Guarantor on the date hereof and the denominator shall be the aggregate net worth of all the Subsidiary Guarantors on the date hereof (or, in the case of any Subsidiary Guarantor becoming a party hereto pursuant to Section 5.10 of the First Lien Credit Agreement, the date of the supplement hereto executed and delivered by such Subsidiary Guarantor). Any Contributing Guarantor making any payment to a Claiming Guarantor pursuant to this Section 6(b) shall be subrogated to the rights of such Claiming Guarantor under Section 6(a) hereof to the extent of such payment. The provisions of this Section 6(b) shall in no respect limit the obligations and liabilities of any Subsidiary Guarantor to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties, and each Subsidiary Guarantor shall remain liable to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties for the full amount guaranteed by such Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder.
(c)    Subordination. Notwithstanding any provision of this Guaranty to the contrary, all rights of the Subsidiary Guarantors under Sections 6(a) and 6(b) and all other rights of indemnity, contribution or subrogation of any Subsidiary Guarantor under applicable law or otherwise shall be fully subordinated to the Guaranteed Obligations until the occurrence of the Termination Date. Notwithstanding any payment or payments made by any of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereunder or any set-off or appropriation or application of funds of any of the Subsidiary Guarantors by any Secured Party, no Subsidiary Guarantor shall be entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights of the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party against the Borrower or any other Subsidiary Guarantor or any collateral security or guarantee or right of set-off held by any Secured Party for the payment of the Guaranteed Obligations until the Termination Date shall have occurred, nor shall any Subsidiary Guarantor seek or be entitled to seek any contribution or reimbursement from the Borrower or any other Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of payments made by such Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder until the Termination Date shall have occurred. If any amount shall be paid to any Subsidiary Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time prior to the Termination Date of the Guaranteed Obligations, such amount shall be held by such Subsidiary Guarantor in trust for the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties, segregated from other funds of such Subsidiary Guarantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Subsidiary Guarantor, be paid to the Administrative Agent to be credited and applied against the Guaranteed Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of the First Lien Credit Agreement. No failure on the part of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor to make the payments required by Sections 6(a) and 6(b) (or any other payments required under applicable law or otherwise) shall in any respect limit the obligations and liabilities of the Borrower with respect to the Obligations or any Subsidiary Guarantor with respect to its obligations hereunder, and the Borrower shall remain liable for the full amount of the Obligations and each Subsidiary Guarantor shall remain liable for the full amount of the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder.
7.    GOVERNING LAW
THIS GUARANTY AND ANY CLAIMS, CONTROVERSY, DISPUTE OR CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE) BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY PRINCIPLE OF CONFLICTS OF LAW THAT COULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF ANY OTHER LAW.

8.    JURISDICTION; CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS
(a)    Each Subsidiary Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that it will not commence any action, litigation or proceeding of any kind or description, whether in law or equity, whether in contract or in tort or otherwise, against any Agent, any Secured Party, or any Affiliate of the foregoing, in any way relating to this Guaranty or the transactions relating hereto, in any forum other than the courts of the State of New York sitting in New York County, and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, and each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the jurisdiction of such courts and agrees that all claims in respect of any such action, litigation or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State court or, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in such federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action, litigation or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Guaranty shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Guaranty against any Subsidiary Guarantor or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
(b)    Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Guaranty in any New York State or federal court. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
(c)    Each party to this Guaranty irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 5(d). Nothing in this Guaranty will affect the right of any party to this Guaranty to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
9.    WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS GUARANTY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS GUARANTY BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 9.RIGHT OF SET-OFF
If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each Issuing Bank is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other Indebtedness at any time owing by such Lender or such Issuing Bank to or for the credit or the account of any Subsidiary Guarantor against any of and all the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor now or hereafter existing under this Guaranty owed to such Lender or such Issuing Bank, irrespective of whether or not such Lender or such Issuing Bank shall have made any demand under this Guaranty and although such obligations may be unmatured; provided, however, that any Defaulting Lender’s set-off right hereunder shall be subject to Section 9.06 of the First Lien Credit Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no Lender, no Issuing Bank nor or any of its respective Affiliates shall have a right to set off and apply any deposits held by, or other Indebtedness owing by, such Lender, such Issuing Bank or any of its Affiliates to or for the credit or the account of any subsidiary of a Loan Party that (i) is not a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code or (ii) is a subsidiary of a person described in clause (i), unless (in either case) such subsidiary is not a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower. Each Lender and each Issuing Bank agrees promptly to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent after any such set off and application made by such Lender or such Issuing Bank; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set off and application. The rights of each Lender and each Issuing Bank under this Section 10 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of set off) that such Lender or such Issuing Bank may have.
10.    ADDITIONAL SUBSIDIARIES
Upon execution and delivery by any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is required to become a party hereto by Section 5.10 of the First Lien Credit Agreement (or that is referred to in clause (b) of the definition of Subsidiary Loan Party) of an instrument substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (or another instrument reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower), such Subsidiary shall become a Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Subsidiary Guarantor herein. The execution and delivery of any such instrument shall not require the consent of any other party to this Guaranty. The rights and obligations of each party to this Guaranty shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new party to this Guaranty. Each reference to “Subsidiary Guarantor” or “Guarantor” in this Guaranty shall be deemed to include such Subsidiary.
11.    AGENCY OF BORROWER FOR SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS
Each of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby appoints the Borrower as its agent for all purposes relevant to this Guaranty and the other Loan Documents, including the giving and receipt of notices and the execution and delivery of all documents, instruments and certificates contemplated herein and therein and all modifications hereto and thereto.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Guaranty to be executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
CEC ENTERTAINMENT LEASING COMPANY
PETER PIPER HOLDINGS, INC.
PETER PIPER, INC.
SB HOSPITALITY CORPORATION
SPT DISTRIBUTION COMPANY, INC.
CEC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, LLC
CEC ENTERTAINMENT CONCEPTS, L.P., each as a Subsidiary Guarantor

By:
    /s/ Blake Huggins        
Name:
Blake Huggins
Title:
Treasurer
CEC LEASEHOLDER, LLC
CEC LEASEHOLDER #2, LLC
CEC ENTERTAINMENT
INTERNATIONAL, LLC
TEXAS PP BEVERAGE, INC., each
as a Subsidiary Guarantor


By:
    /s/ David A. Deck        
Name:
David A. Deck
Title:
Secretary
HOSPITALITY DISTRIBUTION INCORPORATED, as a Subsidiary Guarantor


By:
    /s/ David A. Deck        
Name:
David A. Deck
Title:
President

BHC ACQUISITION CORPORATION
SB HOSPITALITY CORPORATION, each
as a Subsidiary Guarantor



By:
    /s/ Maribel Alamillo        
Name:
Maribel Alamillo
Title:
President
PETER PIPER MEXICO, LLC, as a
Subsidiary Guarantor



By:     /s/ Thomas Leverton        
Name:
Thomas Leverton
Title:
Manager

PETER PIPER TEXAS, LLC, as a Subsidiary Guarantor



By:        /s/ David Schroedle        
Name:
David Schroedle
Title:
Manager

Accepted and Agreed to:
CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH,
as Administrative Agent


By:
/s/ John D. Toronto    
Name: John D. Toronto
Title: Authorized Signatory
By:
/s/ Emerson Almeida    
Name: Emerson Almeida
Title: Authorized Signatory
Exhibit A
to the Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement (First Lien)

SUPPLEMENT NO. __
TO SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE AGREEMENT (FIRST LIEN)

SUPPLEMENT NO. __, dated as of ______ __, ____ (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Supplement”), to the Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement (First Lien), dated as of August 30, 2019 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Guaranty”), among each Subsidiary listed on the signature page thereof and each other Subsidiary that became a party thereto after the date thereof (each an “Existing Guarantor” and collectively, the “Existing Guarantors”) and CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, as administrative agent (in such capacity, together with its successors and permitted assigns, the “Administrative Agent”) for the Secured Parties.
A.    Reference is made to the First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of August 30, 2019 (as amended, restated, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time, the “First Lien Credit Agreement”), among Queso Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), CEC Entertainment, Inc. (the “Borrower”), the Lenders party thereto from time to time and Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Administrative Agent.
B.    Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the First Lien Credit Agreement.
C.    Each Existing Guarantor has entered into the Guaranty in order to induce the Lenders to make Loans and each Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit. Section 11 of the Guaranty provides that additional Subsidiaries may become Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined in the Guaranty) under the Guaranty by execution and delivery of an instrument in the form of this Supplement. The undersigned Subsidiary of the Borrower (the “New Subsidiary”) is executing this Supplement in accordance with the requirements of the First Lien Credit Agreement to become a Subsidiary Guarantor under the Guaranty in order to induce the Lenders to maintain and/or make additional Loans and each Issuing Bank to maintain and/or issue additional Letters of Credit, and as consideration for Loans previously made and Letters of Credit previously issued.
Accordingly, the New Subsidiary agrees as follows:
SECTION 1. In accordance with Section 11 of the Guaranty, the New Subsidiary by its signature below becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor under the Guaranty with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Subsidiary Guarantor and the New Subsidiary hereby agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Guaranty applicable to it as a Subsidiary Guarantor thereunder. In furtherance of the foregoing, the New Subsidiary does hereby guarantee to the Administrative Agent the due and punctual payment of the Guaranteed Obligations (as defined in the Guaranty) as set forth in the Guaranty. Each reference to a “Subsidiary Guarantor” or a “Guarantor” in the Guaranty and in this Supplement shall be deemed to include the New Subsidiary. The Guaranty is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
SECTION 2. The New Subsidiary represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties that this Supplement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to (i) the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (iii) implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing.
SECTION 3. This Supplement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which, when taken together, shall constitute but one contract. This Supplement shall become effective when the Administrative Agent shall have received a counterpart of this Supplement that bears the signature of the New Subsidiary. Delivery of an executed counterpart to this Supplement by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed original.
SECTION 4. Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Guaranty shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 5. THIS SUPPLEMENT AND ANY CLAIMS, CONTROVERSY, DISPUTE OR CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE) BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SUPPLEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY PRINCIPLE OF CONFLICTS OF LAW THAT COULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF ANY OTHER LAW.
SECTION 6. In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Supplement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and in the Guaranty shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
SECTION 7. All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing and given as provided in Section 5(d) of the Guaranty.
SECTION 8. The New Subsidiary agrees to reimburse the Administrative Agent for its reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this Supplement, including the reasonable and documented fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Administrative Agent.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Subsidiary has duly executed this Supplement to the Guaranty as of the day and year first above written.
[Name of New Subsidiary]
By:

Name:
Title:

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EXHIBIT 31.1
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13a – 14(a)/15d-14(a)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
(Chief Executive Officer)
I, Thomas Leverton, certify that:
1.
I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 29, 2019 of CEC Entertainment, Inc.;
2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4.
The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
b)
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
c)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
d)
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5.
The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
a)
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
b)
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

November 12, 2019
 
/s/ Thomas Leverton
 
 
Thomas Leverton
 
 
Chief Executive Officer and Director




EXHIBIT 31.2
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13a – 14(a)/15d-14(a)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
(Chief Financial Officer)
I, James A. Howell, certify that:
1.
I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 29, 2019 of CEC Entertainment, Inc.;
2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4.
The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
b)
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
c)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
d)
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5.
The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
a)
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
b)
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

November 12, 2019
 
/s/ James A. Howell
 
 
James A. Howell
 
 
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer




EXHIBIT 32.1
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
(Chief Executive Officer)
In connection with the Quarterly Report of CEC Entertainment, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 29, 2019 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), the undersigned certifies, that to the best of my knowledge and belief:
(1)
The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2)
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
November 12, 2019
 
/s/ Thomas Leverton
 
 
Thomas Leverton
 
 
Chief Executive Officer and Director




EXHIBIT 32.2
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
(Chief Financial Officer)
In connection with the Quarterly Report of CEC Entertainment, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 29, 2019 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), the undersigned certifies, that to the best of my knowledge and belief:
(1)
The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2)
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
November 12, 2019
 
/s/ James A. Howell
 
 
James A. Howell
 
 
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer