UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 12, 2023 |
CSG SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware |
0-27512 |
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169 Inverness Dr W Suite 300 |
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Englewood, Colorado |
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Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: 303 200-2000 |
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(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Trading |
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Common Stock, Par Value $0.01 Per Share |
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CSGS |
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The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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. ☐
Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On April 12, 2023, CSG Systems International, Inc. (“CSG” or the “Company”) entered into the First Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “First Amendment”) to its $600 million Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated September 13, 2021 (the “2021 Credit Agreement”) by and among the Company, the Lenders party thereto, and Bank of America, N.A., as the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Swingline Lender, and an Issuing Bank. The First Amendment replaces the interest rate benchmark, from the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”), as all references to “Eurodollar Borrowing(s)” or “Eurodollar Loans” have been replaced with “Term SOFR Borrowing(s)” or “Term SOFR Loans”. All of the other material terms, provisions, and conditions of the 2021 Credit Agreement remain unchanged.
The foregoing summary of the terms of the First Amendment and the 2021 Credit Agreement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of such document, copies of which are filed as Exhibit 10.60A hereto (such Exhibit consisting of the First Amendment and through its Annex A, the 2021 Credit Agreement) and are hereby incorporated by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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4.60A |
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Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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CSG SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC. |
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Date: |
April 14, 2023 |
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/s/ David N. Schaaf |
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David N. Schaaf |
EXHIBIT 4.60A
EXECUTION VERSION
FIRST AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of April 12, 2023 (the “First Amendment Effective Date”), is entered into among CSG SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the Subsidiary Guarantors party hereto, the Lenders party hereto, and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Swingline Lender, and an Issuing Bank. All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Existing Credit Agreement (as defined below) or the Amended Credit Agreement (as defined below), as applicable.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Swingline Lender, and an Issuing Bank, and the other Issuing Banks party thereto, entered into that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of September 13, 2021 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the First Amendment Effective Date, the “Existing Credit Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the parties hereto amend the Existing Credit Agreement as set forth below, subject to the terms and conditions specified in this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
2. Condition Precedent. This Agreement shall be effective as of the First Amendment Effective Date upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of counterparts of this Agreement duly executed by the Borrower, the Subsidiary Guarantors, each Lender, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Swingline Lender, and each Issuing Bank.
3. Payment of Expenses. The Borrower agree to reimburse the Agents for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agents in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Moore & Van Allen PLLC.
4. Miscellaneous.
(a) The Loan Documents, and the obligations of the Loan Parties under the Loan Documents, are hereby ratified and confirmed and shall remain in full force and effect according to their terms. This Agreement is a Loan Document.
(b) Each Loan Party (i) agrees that the Security Documents continue to be in full force and effect and are not impaired or adversely affected in any manner whatsoever, (ii) confirms its grant of security interests pursuant to the Security Documents to which it is a party as Collateral for the Secured Obligations, and (iii) acknowledges that all Liens granted (or purported to be granted) pursuant to the Security Documents remain and continue in full force and effect in respect of, and to secure, the Secured Obligations.
(c) Each Loan Party (i) acknowledges and consents to all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, (ii) affirms all of its obligations under the Loan Documents, and (iii) agrees that this Agreement and all documents executed in connection herewith do not operate to reduce or discharge its obligations under the Loan Documents.
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(d) Each Loan Party represents and warrants that:
(i) This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such Loan Party and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
(ii) The execution, delivery and performance by such Loan Party of this Agreement, (A) does not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except (1) such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect and (2) consents, approvals, registrations, filings, permits or actions the failure to obtain or perform which could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (B) will not violate the Organizational Documents of such Loan Party, (C) will not violate any Requirement of Law, except for violations that could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (D) will not violate or result in a default or require any consent or approval under any indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon such Loan Party or its property, or (other than the Loan Documents) give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by any Loan Party, except for violations, defaults or the creation of such rights that could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and (E) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any property of any Loan Party, except Liens created by the Loan Documents and Permitted Liens.
(iii) After giving effect to this Agreement, (A) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and (B) each of the representations and warranties made by such Loan Party set forth in this Agreement, Article III of the Amended Credit Agreement or in any other Loan Document shall be true and correct in all material respects (except that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect” shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of the First Amendment Effective 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 (except that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect” shall be true and correct in all respects) as of such earlier date.
(iv) The parties executing this Agreement as Subsidiary Guarantors include each Subsidiary that is required pursuant to Section 5.10 of the Existing Credit Agreement to become a Loan Party as of the First Amendment Effective Date.
(e) This Agreement may be in the form of an Electronic Record and may be executed using Electronic Signatures, including facsimile or .pdf, and shall be considered an original, and shall have the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a paper record. This Agreement may be executed in as many counterparts as necessary or convenient, including both paper and electronic counterparts, but all such counterparts shall be one and the same Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, subject to Section 10.22 of the Amended Credit Agreement, the authorization under this Section 4(e) may include use or acceptance by the Administrative Agent of a manually signed counterpart of this Agreement which has been converted into electronic form (such as scanned into .pdf), or an electronically signed counterpart of this Agreement converted into another format, for transmission, delivery and/or retention.
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(f) If any provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (i) the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall not be affected or impaired thereby and (ii) the parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions. The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
(g) THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIMS, CONTROVERSY, DISPUTE OR CAUSE OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE) BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(h) The terms of Sections 10.09 and 10.10 of the Amended Credit Agreement with respect to submission to jurisdiction, waiver of venue and waiver of jury trial are incorporated herein by reference, mutatis mutandis, and the parties hereto agree to such terms.
[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
BORROWER: CSG SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By: /s/ Brian A. Shepherd
Name: Brian A. Shepherd
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS: CSG SYSTEMS, INC.
By: /s/ Brian A. Shepherd
Name: Brian A. Shepherd
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
VOLUBILL, INC.
By: /s/ David N. Schaaf
Name: David N. Schaaf
Title: President
INTEC BILLING, INC.
By: /s/ David N. Schaaf
Name: David N. Schaaf
Title: Secretary
CSG FORTE PAYMENTS, INC.
By: /s/ David N. Schaaf
Name: David N. Schaaf
Title: Assistant Secretary
CSG FORTE PAYMENTS HOLDING, INC.
By: /s/ David N. Schaaf
Name: David N. Schaaf
Title: Treasurer
KITEWHEEL, LLC
By: /s/ David N. Schaaf
Name: David N. Schaaf
Title: President
CSG SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
FIRST AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
MOBILECARD HOLDINGS, LLC
By: /s/ David N. Schaaf
Name: David N. Schaaf
Title: Secretary
CSG MOBILECARD INVESTMENT LLC
By: /s/ David N. Schaaf
Name: David N. Schaaf
Title: President
CSG SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
FIRST AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as the Administrative Agent
By: /s/ Kyle D. Harding
Name: Kyle D Harding
Title: Vice President
COLLATERAL AGENT: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as the Collateral Agent
By: /s/ Kyle D. Harding
Name: Kyle D Harding
Title: Vice President
CSG SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
FIRST AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
LENDERS: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as a Lender, the Swingline Lender, and an Issuing Bank
By: /s/ John Sletten
Name: John Sletten
Title: Senior Vice President
CSG SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
FIRST AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as a Lender
By: /s/ Faraj Elmagbari
Name: Faraj Elmagbari
Title: Director
CSG SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
FIRST AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as a Lender
By: /s/ Jake Wesley
Name: Jake Wesley
Title: Vice President
CSG SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
FIRST AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as a Lender
By: /s/ Alexander Wilson
Name: Alexander Wilson
Title: Vice President
CSG SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
FIRST AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as a Lender
By: /s/ David Sanders
Name: David Sanders
Title: Global Relationship Manager
CSG SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
FIRST AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
FIRST CITIZENS BANK & TRUST COMPANY (successor by purchase to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as Receiver for Silicon Valley Bridge Bank, N.A. (as successor to Silicon Valley Bank)),
as a Lender
By: /s/ Peter Madden
Name: Peter Madden
Title: Vice President
CSG SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
FIRST AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
BOKF, N.A., d/b/a BOK FINANCIAL,
as a Lender
By: /s/ Matthew J. Mason
Name: Mathew J. Mason
Title: Senior Vice President
CSG SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
FIRST AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
Annex A
Amended Credit Agreement
See attached.
Execution VersionANNEX A
Published CUSIP Numbers:
Deal: 12635BAK9
Revolving Loans: 12635BAL7
Term Loans: 12635BAM5
$600.0 MILLION
AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of September 13, 2021,
among
CSG SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC.,
as Borrower,
THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO,
Bank of America, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Swingline Lender and an Issuing Bank,
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Syndication Agent,
BBVA, USA
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
and
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Co-Documentation Agents,
THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO,
and
THE OTHER ISSUING BANKS PARTY HERETO
BofA SECURITIES, INC.
and
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Article I DEFINITIONS |
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SECTION 1.01 |
Defined Terms. |
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SECTION 1.02 |
Classification of Loans and Borrowings. |
8583 |
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SECTION 1.03 |
Terms Generally. |
8683 |
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SECTION 1.04 |
Accounting Terms; GAAP; Pro Forma Basis. |
8684 |
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SECTION 1.05 |
Resolution of Drafting Ambiguities. |
8785 |
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SECTION 1.06 |
Rounding. |
8785 |
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SECTION 1.07 |
Times of Day. |
8885 |
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SECTION 1.08 |
Letter of Credit Amounts. |
8885 |
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SECTION 1.09 |
Additional Alternate Currencies. |
8885 |
Article II THE CREDITS |
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SECTION 2.01 |
Loans. |
8986 |
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SECTION 2.02 |
Minimum Amounts; Type; Funding by Lenders; Presumption by Administrative Agent; Cashless Settlement Mechanism. |
9087 |
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SECTION 2.03 |
Borrowing Procedure. |
9290 |
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SECTION 2.04 |
Evidence of Debt; Repayment of Loans. |
9391 |
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SECTION 2.05 |
Fees. |
9492 |
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SECTION 2.06 |
Interest on Loans. |
9593 |
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SECTION 2.07 |
Termination and Reduction of Commitments. |
9794 |
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SECTION 2.08 |
Interest Elections. |
9895 |
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SECTION 2.09 |
Amortization of Term Loans. |
9997 |
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SECTION 2.10 |
Optional and Mandatory Prepayments of Loans. |
10097 |
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SECTION 2.11 |
Alternate Rate of Interest; Successor Rates; Term SOFR Successor Rates. |
103101 |
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SECTION 2.12 |
Yield Protection. |
106104 |
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SECTION 2.13 |
Breakage Payments. |
108106 |
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SECTION 2.14 |
Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs. |
109106 |
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SECTION 2.15 |
Taxes. |
111108 |
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SECTION 2.16 |
Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders. |
115112 |
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SECTION 2.17 |
Illegality. |
116114 |
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SECTION 2.18 |
Swingline Loans. |
117114 |
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SECTION 2.19 |
Letters of Credit. |
120117 |
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SECTION 2.20 |
Defaulting Lenders. |
128125 |
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SECTION 2.21 |
Cash Collateral. |
130127 |
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SECTION 2.22 |
Increase in Commitments. |
131128 |
Article III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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SECTION 3.01 |
Organization; Powers. |
134132 |
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SECTION 3.02 |
Authorization; Enforceability. |
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SECTION 3.03 |
No Conflicts. |
135132 |
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SECTION 3.04 |
Financial Statements; Projections; No Default. |
135132 |
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SECTION 3.05 |
Properties. |
136133 |
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SECTION 3.06 |
Intellectual Property. |
136134 |
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SECTION 3.07 |
Equity Interests and Subsidiaries. |
137134 |
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SECTION 3.08 |
Litigation; Compliance with Requirements of Law. |
137134 |
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SECTION 3.09 |
Agreements. |
137135 |
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SECTION 3.10 |
Federal Reserve Regulations. |
138135 |
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SECTION 3.11 |
Investment Company Act. |
138135 |
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SECTION 3.12 |
Use of Proceeds. |
138135 |
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SECTION 3.13 |
Taxes. |
138135 |
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SECTION 3.14 |
No Material Misstatements. |
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SECTION 3.15 |
Solvency. |
139136 |
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SECTION 3.16 |
Employee Benefit Plans. |
139136 |
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SECTION 3.17 |
Environmental Matters. |
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SECTION 3.18 |
Insurance. |
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SECTION 3.19 |
Security Documents. |
140138 |
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SECTION 3.20 |
Anti-Terrorism Laws; Sanctions; Anti-Corruption Laws |
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SECTION 3.21 |
Designation of Senior Indebtedness. |
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SECTION 3.22 |
Affected Financial Institutions. |
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SECTION 3.23 |
Covered Entities. |
142140 |
Article IV CONDITIONS PRECEDENT |
142140 |
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SECTION 4.01 |
Conditions to Effectiveness. |
142140 |
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SECTION 4.02 |
Conditions to All Credit Extensions. |
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Article V AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS |
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SECTION 5.01 |
Financial Statements, Reports, etc. |
146143 |
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SECTION 5.02 |
Litigation and Other Notices. |
148145 |
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SECTION 5.03 |
Existence; Businesses and Properties. |
148145 |
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SECTION 5.04 |
Insurance. |
149146 |
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SECTION 5.05 |
Taxes. |
149146 |
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SECTION 5.06 |
Employee Benefits. |
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SECTION 5.07 |
Maintaining Records; Access to Properties and Inspections; Annual Meetings. |
151148 |
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SECTION 5.08 |
Use of Proceeds. |
151148 |
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SECTION 5.09 |
Compliance with Environmental Laws. |
151148 |
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SECTION 5.10 |
Additional Collateral; Additional Subsidiary Guarantors. |
151148 |
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SECTION 5.11 |
Security Interests; Further Assurances. |
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SECTION 5.12 |
Information Regarding Collateral. |
153150 |
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SECTION 5.13 |
[Reserved]. |
154151 |
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SECTION 5.14 |
Anti-Corruption Laws; Sanctions. |
154151 |
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SECTION 5.15 |
Post-Closing Date Matters. |
154151 |
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Article VI NEGATIVE COVENANTS |
154151 |
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SECTION 6.01 |
Indebtedness. |
154151 |
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SECTION 6.02 |
Liens. |
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SECTION 6.03 |
Sale and Leaseback Transactions. |
158156 |
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SECTION 6.04 |
Investment, Loan, Advances and Acquisition. |
159156 |
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SECTION 6.05 |
Mergers and Consolidations. |
160158 |
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SECTION 6.06 |
Asset Sales. |
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SECTION 6.07 |
Dividends. |
162160 |
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SECTION 6.08 |
Transactions with Affiliates. |
164161 |
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SECTION 6.09 |
Financial Covenants. |
164162 |
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SECTION 6.10 |
Prepayments of Other Indebtedness; Modifications of Organizational Documents and Other Documents, etc. |
165162 |
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SECTION 6.11 |
Limitation on Certain Restrictions on Subsidiaries. |
165163 |
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SECTION 6.12 |
Limitation on Issuance of Equity Interests. |
166163 |
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SECTION 6.13 |
Business. |
166164 |
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SECTION 6.14 |
Fiscal Year. |
166164 |
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SECTION 6.15 |
No Further Negative Pledge. |
166164 |
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SECTION 6.16 |
Compliance with Anti-Terrorism Laws, Sanctions and Anti-Corruption Laws. |
167164 |
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SECTION 6.17 |
Use of Proceeds. |
168165 |
Article VII GUARANTEE |
168165 |
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SECTION 7.01 |
The Guarantee. |
168165 |
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SECTION 7.02 |
Obligations Unconditional. |
168166 |
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SECTION 7.03 |
Reinstatement. |
170167 |
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SECTION 7.04 |
Subrogation; Subordination. |
170168 |
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SECTION 7.05 |
Remedies. |
170168 |
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SECTION 7.06 |
Instrument for the Payment of Money. |
170168 |
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SECTION 7.07 |
Continuing Guarantee; Obligations Independent. |
171168 |
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SECTION 7.08 |
General Limitation on Guarantee Obligations. |
171168 |
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SECTION 7.09 |
Release of Subsidiary Guarantors. |
171169 |
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SECTION 7.10 |
Right of Contribution. |
171169 |
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SECTION 7.11 |
Condition of Borrower; Appointment of Borrower. |
172169 |
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SECTION 7.12 |
Keepwell. |
172170 |
Article VIII EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
172170 |
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SECTION 8.01 |
Events of Default. |
172170 |
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SECTION 8.02 |
Remedies upon Event of Default. |
174172 |
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SECTION 8.03 |
Application of Proceeds. |
175173 |
Article IX THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE COLLATERAL AGENT |
176174 |
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SECTION 9.01 |
Appointment and Authority. |
176174 |
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SECTION 9.02 |
Rights as a Lender. |
177175 |
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SECTION 9.03 |
Exculpatory Provisions. |
177175 |
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SECTION 9.04 |
Reliance by Agent. |
178176 |
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SECTION 9.05 |
Delegation of Duties. |
179177 |
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SECTION 9.06 |
Resignation of Agent. |
179177 |
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SECTION 9.07 |
Non-Reliance on Agent, Lead Arrangers and Other Lenders. |
180178 |
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SECTION 9.08 |
Withholding Tax. |
181179 |
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SECTION 9.09 |
No Other Duties, etc. |
181179 |
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SECTION 9.10 |
Agent May File Proofs of Claim; Credit Bidding. |
182179 |
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SECTION 9.11 |
Collateral and Guarantee Matters. |
183180 |
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SECTION 9.12 |
Hedging Agreements and Treasury Services Agreements. |
183181 |
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SECTION 9.13 |
Lender ERISA Matters. |
184181 |
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SECTION 9.14 |
Recovery of Erroneous Payments. |
185182 |
Article X MISCELLANEOUS |
185183 |
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SECTION 10.01 |
Notices. |
185183 |
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SECTION 10.02 |
Waivers; Amendment. |
188185 |
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SECTION 10.03 |
Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver. |
193190 |
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SECTION 10.04 |
Successors and Assigns. |
195192 |
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SECTION 10.05 |
Survival of Agreement. |
201199 |
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SECTION 10.06 |
Integration; Effectiveness. |
202199 |
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SECTION 10.07 |
Severability. |
202199 |
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SECTION 10.08 |
Right of Setoff. |
202200 |
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SECTION 10.09 |
Governing Law; SUBMISSION TO Jurisdiction; WAIVER OF VENUE; Service of Process. |
203200 |
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SECTION 10.10 |
Waiver of Jury Trial. |
204201 |
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SECTION 10.11 |
Headings. |
204201 |
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SECTION 10.12 |
Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality. |
204202 |
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SECTION 10.13 |
USA PATRIOT Act Notice and Customer Verification. |
205203 |
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SECTION 10.14 |
Interest Rate Limitation. |
205203 |
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SECTION 10.15 |
Obligations Absolute. |
206203 |
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SECTION 10.16 |
Enforcement. |
206204 |
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SECTION 10.17 |
Judgment Currency. |
207204 |
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SECTION 10.18 |
Change of Currency. |
207205 |
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SECTION 10.19 |
Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents. |
208205 |
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SECTION 10.20 |
Payments Set Aside. |
208206 |
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SECTION 10.21 |
No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility |
209207 |
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SECTION 10.22 |
Electronic Execution; Electronic Records; Counterparts. |
209207 |
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SECTION 10.23 |
Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions. |
210208 |
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SECTION 10.24 |
Amendment and Restatement. |
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SECTION 10.25 |
Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs. |
211209 |
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SECTION 10.26 |
ENTIRE AGREEMENT. |
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ANNEXES |
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Annex I |
Applicable Margin |
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SCHEDULES |
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Schedule 1.01(a) |
Subsidiary Guarantors |
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Schedule 1.01(b) |
Commitments and Pro Rata Percentages |
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Schedule 1.01(c) |
Investment Guidelines |
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Schedule 1.01(d) |
Issuing Bank Commitments; Swingline Lender Commitment |
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Schedule 3.03 |
Governmental Approvals; Compliance with Laws |
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Schedule 3.07(a) |
Equity Interests |
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Schedule 5.15 |
Post-Closing Date Matters |
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Schedule 6.01(b) |
Existing Indebtedness |
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Schedule 6.02(c) |
Existing Liens |
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Schedule 6.04(a) |
Existing Investments |
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Schedule 10.01 |
Address for Notices; Administrative Agent’s Office |
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EXHIBITS |
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Exhibit A |
Form of Prepayment Notice |
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Exhibit B |
Form of Assignment and Assumption |
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Exhibit C |
Form of Borrowing Request |
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Exhibit D |
Form of Compliance Certificate |
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Exhibit E |
Form of Interest Election Request |
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Exhibit F |
Form of Joinder Agreement |
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Exhibit G |
Form of Letter of Credit Report |
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Exhibit H-1 |
Form of Term Note |
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Exhibit H-2 |
Form of Revolving Note |
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Exhibit H-3 |
Form of Swingline Note |
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Exhibit I-1 |
Form of Perfection Certificate |
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Exhibit I-2 |
Form of Perfection Certificate Supplement |
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Exhibit J |
Form of Solvency Certificate |
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Exhibit K-1 |
Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Lenders that Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) |
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Exhibit K-2 |
Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Participants That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) |
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Exhibit K-3 |
Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Participants That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) |
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Exhibit K-4 |
Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Lenders That Are Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) |
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Exhibit L |
Form of Notice of Additional Issuing Bank |
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AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
This AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of September 13, 2021, among CSG SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Borrower”), the Subsidiary Guarantors (such term and each other capitalized term used but not defined herein having the meaning given to it in Article I) party hereto, the Lenders party hereto, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) for the Lenders, as collateral agent (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”) for the Secured Parties, as Swingline Lender and as an Issuing Bank, and the other Issuing Banks party hereto.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Loan Parties, the lenders from time to time party thereto, and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, collateral agent, swingline lender and an issuing bank, are parties to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of March 5, 2018 (as amended or modified from time to time, the “Existing Credit Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, the Loan Parties wish to amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement to provide for loans and other financial accommodations to the Loan Parties in an aggregate principal amount of up to $600.0 million and to make certain other amendments and modifications to the Existing Credit Agreement, all as more fully set forth herein, on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings specified below:
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provided, that, if any Alternate Currency Daily Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed zero for purposes of this Agreement. Any change in an Alternate Currency Daily Rate shall be effective from and including the date of such change without further notice.
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“Alternate Currency Term Rate” shall mean, for any Interest Period, with respect to any Credit Extension:
provided, that, if any Alternate Currency Term Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed zero for purposes of this Agreement.
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Net Secured Total Leverage Ratio |
Commitment Fee Rate |
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> 2.00:1.0 |
0.325% |
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< 2.00:1.0 but > 1.50:1.0 |
0.275% |
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< 1.50:1.0 but > 1.00:1.0 |
0.200% |
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< 1.00:1.0 |
0.150% |
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“Available Tenor” shall mean, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark, as applicable, (a) if the then-current Benchmark is a term rate, any tenor for such Benchmark that is or may be used for determining the length of an Interest Period, or (b) otherwise, any payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark, as applicable, pursuant to this Agreement as of such date.
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“Benchmark” shall mean, initially, LIBOR; provided, that, if a replacement of the Benchmark has occurred pursuant to Section 2.11(c) then “Benchmark” shall mean the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate. Any reference to “Benchmark” shall include, as applicable, the published component used in the calculation thereof.
“Benchmark Replacement” shall mean:
(a) For purposes of Section 2.11(c)(i), the first alternative set forth below that can be determined by the Administrative Agent:
(i) the sum of: (A) Term SOFR; plus (B) 0.11448% (11.448 basis points) for an Available Tenor of one-month’s duration, 0.26161% (26.161 basis points) for an Available Tenor of three-months’ duration, 0.42826% (42.826 basis points) for an Available Tenor of six-months’ duration, and 0.71513% (71.513 basis points) for an Available Tenor of twelve-months’ duration; or
(ii) the sum of: (A) Daily Simple SOFR; plus (B) 0.11448% (11.448 basis points);
provided, that, if initially LIBOR is replaced with the rate contained in clause (a)(ii) above and subsequent to such replacement, the Administrative Agent determines that Term SOFR has become available and is administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, and the Administrative Agent notifies Borrower and each Lender of such availability, then from and after the beginning of the Interest Period, relevant interest payment date or payment period for interest calculated, in each case, commencing no less than thirty (30) days after the date of such notice, the Benchmark Replacement shall be as set forth in clause (a)(i) above; and
(b) for purposes of Section 2.11(c)(ii), the sum of (i) the alternate benchmark rate, plus (ii) an adjustment (which may be a positive or negative value or zero), in each case, that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and Borrower as the replacement Benchmark giving due consideration to any evolving or then-prevailing market convention, including any applicable recommendations made by a Relevant Governmental Body, for dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time;
provided, that, if any Benchmark Replacement as determined pursuant to clause (a) or (b) above would be less than zero, such Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Any Benchmark Replacement shall be applied in a manner consistent with market practice; provided, that, to the extent such market practice is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, such Benchmark Replacement shall be applied in a manner as otherwise reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent.
“Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes” shall mean, with respect to any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Alternate Base Rate,” the definition of “Business Day,” the definition of “Interest Period,” the timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, the timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, the applicability and length of lookback periods, the applicability of breakage provisions, and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Administrative Agent decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of such Benchmark Replacement and to permit the administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Administrative Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of such Benchmark Replacement exists, in such other manner
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of administration as the Administrative Agent decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents).
“Benchmark Transition Event” shall mean, with respect to any then-current Benchmark other than LIBOR, the occurrence of a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of the then-current Benchmark or a Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over such administrator announcing or stating that all Available Tenors are or will no longer be representative, or made available, or used for determining the interest rate of loans, or shall or will otherwise cease; provided, that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that is satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that will continue to provide any representative tenors of such Benchmark after such specific date.
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(a) if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Eurodollar Loan, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in dollars in respect of any such Eurodollar Loan, or any other dealings in dollars to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Eurodollar Loan, means any such day on which dealings in deposits in dollars are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market;
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For purposes of this definition, a person shall not be deemed to have beneficial ownership of Equity Interests subject to a stock purchase agreement, merger agreement or similar agreement until the consummation of the transactions contemplated by such agreement.
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and (y) subtracting therefrom, in each case only to the extent (and in the same proportion) included in determining such Consolidated Net Income and without duplication:
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Consolidated Interest Expense shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis to give effect to any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness incurred for ordinary course working capital needs under ordinary course revolving credit facilities) incurred, assumed or permanently repaid or extinguished at any time on or after the first day of the applicable Test Period and prior to the applicable date of determination in connection with any Permitted Acquisition or any Asset Sale as if such incurrence, assumption, repayment or extinguishment had been effected on the first day of such period (with the interest expense on any such Indebtedness bearing interest at a floating rate being determined for periods prior to the date when actually incurred based upon the interest rate thereon in effect on the date of such incurrence).
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“Corresponding Tenor” with respect to any Available Tenor means, as applicable, either a tenor (including overnight) or an interest payment period having approximately the same length (disregarding business day adjustment) as such Available Tenor.
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“Early Opt-in Effective Date” shall mean, with respect to any Early Opt-in Election, the sixth (6th) Business Day after the date notice of such Early Opt-in Election is provided to the Lenders, so long as the Administrative Agent has not received, by 5:00 p.m. on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the date notice
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of such Early Opt-in Election is provided to the Lenders, written notice of objection to such Early Opt-in Election from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders.
“Early Opt-in Election” shall mean the occurrence of: (a) a determination by the Administrative Agent, or a notification by Borrower to the Administrative Agent that Borrower has made a determination, that dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities currently being executed, or that include language similar to that contained in Section 2.11(c), are being executed or amended (as applicable) to incorporate or adopt a new benchmark interest rate to replace LIBOR; and (b) the joint election by the Administrative Agent and Borrower to replace LIBOR with a Benchmark Replacement and the provision by the Administrative Agent of written notice of such election to the Lenders.
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“Eurodollar Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Eurodollar Loans.
“Eurodollar Incremental Term Loan” shall mean any Incremental Term Loan bearing interest at a rate based on clause (a) of the definition of “LIBOR Rate” in accordance with the provisions of Article II.
“Eurodollar Loan” shall mean any Eurodollar Revolving Loan, any Eurodollar Term Loan, any Eurodollar Incremental Term Loan or any Eurodollar Replacement Term Loan.
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“Eurodollar Replacement Term Loan” shall mean any Replacement Term Loan bearing interest at a rate based on clause (a) of the definition of “LIBOR Rate”.
“Eurodollar Revolving Loan” shall mean any Revolving Loan bearing interest at a rate based on clause (a) of the definition of “LIBOR Rate” in accordance with the provisions of Article II.
“Eurodollar Term Loan” shall mean any Term Loan bearing interest at a rate based on clause (a) of the definition of “LIBOR Rate” in accordance with the provisions of Article II.
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“LIBOR” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “LIBOR Rate.”
“LIBOR Rate” shall mean: (a) for any Interest Period with respect to a Eurodollar Loan, the rate per annum equal to the London Interbank Offered Rate as administered by ICE Benchmark Administration (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate for dollars for a period equal in length to such Interest Period) (“LIBOR”), as published on the applicable Bloomberg screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) (in such case, the “Eurodollar Rate”) at or about 11:00 a.m., London time, two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, for dollar deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period; and (b) for any interest calculation with respect to an ABR Loan on any date, the rate per annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate, at or about 11:00 a.m., London time, two (2) Business Days prior to such date for dollar deposits with a term of one (1) month commencing that day; provided, that, if the LIBOR Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed zero for purposes of this Agreement.
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“Other Rate Early Opt-in” shall mean the Administrative Agent and Borrower have elected to replace LIBOR with a Benchmark Replacement other than a SOFR-based rate pursuant to (a) an Early Opt-in Election, and (b) Section 2.11(c)(ii) and clause (b) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement.”
“Overnight Rate” shall mean, for any day, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in dollars, the greater of (i) the Federal Funds Rate and (ii) an overnight rate determined by the Administrative Agent, the applicable Issuing Bank, or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be, in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in an Alternate Currency, an overnight rate determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable Issuing Bank, as the case may be, in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
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provided, further, that, in connection with any Limited Condition Acquisition, (1) the condition set forth in clause (i) above shall mean (x) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of execution of the definitive documentation for such Limited Condition Acquisition, and (y) no Event of Default pursuant to Section 8.01(a), (b), (g) or (h) shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of consummation of such Limited Condition Acquisition (it being understood and agreed that this clause (1) shall not limit the condition set forth in Section 4.02(b) with respect to any proposed Credit Extension to be made in connection with such Limited Condition Acquisition except as set forth in Section 4.02); and (2) for purposes of determining whether the conditions set forth in clause (ii) above have been satisfied in connection with such Limited Condition Acquisition, at the option of Borrower (Borrower’s election to exercise such option in connection with any Limited Condition Acquisition, a “LCA Election”), the date of determination of whether any such condition has been satisfied shall be deemed to be the date the definitive documentation governing such Limited Condition Acquisition is executed (the “LCA Test Date”), and if, for the Limited Condition Acquisition, such condition would have been satisfied on the relevant LCA Test Date, such condition shall be deemed to have been satisfied.
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“Relevant Governmental Body” shall mean the Federal Reserve Board and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve Board and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
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“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” shall mean, (a) 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, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that Person or any other Person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers.
For purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Revolving Loan”) or by Type (e.g., a “EurodollarTerm SOFR Loan”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “EurodollarTerm SOFR Revolving Loan”). Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Revolving Borrowing,” “Borrowing of Term Loans”) or by Type (e.g., a “EurodollarTerm SOFR Borrowing”) or by Class and Type (e.g., a “EurodollarTerm SOFR Revolving Borrowing”).
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Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all financial statements to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared, and all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed and interpreted, in accordance with GAAP as in effect from time to time, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the Audited Financial Statements; provided, that, (a) notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, all accounting or financial terms used herein shall be construed, and all financial computations pursuant hereto shall be made, without giving effect to any election under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 159 (or any other Financial Accounting Standard having a similar effect) to value any Indebtedness or other liabilities of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries at “fair value”, as defined therein and (b) if Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that Borrower requests an amendment of any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the Closing Date in GAAP, in the application thereof or in the accounting policies or reporting practices of Borrower (or if the Administrative Agent notifies Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment of any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP, in the application thereof or in any such policies or practices, then such provision shall be applied 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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining compliance with any covenant (including the computation of any financial covenant) contained herein, all liability amounts shall be determined excluding any liability relating to any operating lease, all asset amounts shall be determined excluding any right-of-use assets relating to any
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operating lease, all amortization amounts shall be determined excluding any amortization of a right-of-use asset relating to any operating lease, and all interest amounts shall be determined excluding any deemed interest comprising a portion of fixed rent payable under any operating lease, in each case to the extent that such liability, asset, amortization or interest pertains to an operating lease under which the covenantor or a member of its consolidated group is the lessee and would not have been accounted for as such under GAAP as in effect on December 31, 2015.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, with respect to determining the permissibility of the incurrence of any Indebtedness for borrowed money (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Incremental Facility) and the calculation of the Net Secured Total Leverage Ratio and the financial covenants set forth in Section 6.09, in each case, on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, (i) the proceeds thereof shall not be counted as unrestricted and unencumbered cash and Cash Equivalents of Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the purposes of clause (a)(ii) of the definition of Net Secured Total Leverage Ratio and (ii) all Incremental Term Loans shall be deemed to constitute Consolidated Indebtedness secured by a Lien on any property of Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
If Borrower has made a LCA Election for any Limited Condition Acquisition, then in connection with any calculation on a Pro Forma Basis required pursuant to this Agreement following the relevant LCA Test Date and prior to the earlier of the date on which such Limited Condition Acquisition is consummated and the date that the definitive documentation governing such Limited Condition Acquisition is terminated or expires without consummation of such Limited Condition Acquisition, for purposes of determining whether any transaction (any such transaction, a “Subsequent Transaction”) is permitted pursuant to this Agreement, such calculation shall be tested both on (i) a Pro Forma Basis assuming such Limited Condition Acquisition and the other transactions in connection therewith have been consummated, and (ii) a Pro Forma Basis without giving effect to such Limited Condition Acquisition and the other transactions in connection therewith, and, for such Subsequent Transaction to be permitted pursuant to this Agreement, each calculation must demonstrate compliance on a Pro Forma Basis.
Each Loan Party acknowledges and agrees that it was represented by counsel in connection with the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, that it and its counsel reviewed and participated in the preparation and negotiation hereof and thereof and that any rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed in the interpretation hereof or thereof.
Any financial ratios required to be maintained by Borrower pursuant to this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).
Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).
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Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the Dollar Equivalent of the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided, that, with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any Issuer Document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the Dollar Equivalent of the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.
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(ii) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or any Issuing Bank hereunder that Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the appropriate Lenders or the applicable Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount due. With respect to any payment that the Administrative Agent makes for the account of any Lender or any Issuing Bank hereunder as to which the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that any of the following applies (such payment referred to as the “Rescindable Amount”): (A) Borrower has not in fact made such payment; (B) the Administrative Agent has made a payment in excess of the amount so paid by Borrower (whether or not then owed); or (C) the Administrative
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Agent has for any reason otherwise erroneously made such payment; then each of the appropriate Lenders or the applicable Issuing Bank, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the Rescindable Amount so distributed to such Lender or such Issuing Bank, in Same Day Funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the Overnight Rate.
A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender or Borrower with respect to any amount owing under this Section 2.02(d) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
To request Loans (other than Swingline Loans), Borrower shall deliver a duly completed and executed Borrowing Request to the Administrative Agent (a)(i) in the case of Eurodollar Loans to be made on the Closing Date, not later than 11:00 a.m., one Business Day before the date of the proposed Borrowing[reserved] and (ii) in the case of EurodollarTerm SOFR Loans to be made after the Closing Date, not later than 11:00 a.m., threetwo Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing (provided, that, with respect to clauses (a)(i) and (a)(ii) above, if Borrower wishes to request an Interest Period for such Eurodollar Loans having a duration other than one, three or six months as provided in the definition of “Interest Period,” the applicable Borrowing Request must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. four Business Days prior to the requested date of such Borrowing), (b) in the case of
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Alternate Currency Revolving Loans (other than any Special Notice Currency), not later than 11:00 a.m., four Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing (provided, that, if Borrower wishes to request an Interest Period for Alternate Currency Term Rate Loans having a duration other than one, three or six months as provided in the definition of “Interest Period,” the applicable Borrowing Request must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. five Business Days prior to the requested date of such Borrowing), (c) in the case of Alternate Currency Revolving Loans in an Alternate Currency that is a Special Notice Currency, not later than 11:00 a.m., five Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing (provided, that, if Borrower wishes to request an Interest Period for Alternate Currency Term Rate Loans having a duration other than one, three or six months as provided in the definition of “Interest Period,” the applicable Borrowing Request must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. six Business Days prior to the requested date of such Borrowing), or (d) in the case of ABR Loans, not later than 10:00 a.m. (i) on the date of the proposed Borrowing if the proposed Borrowing is in an aggregate amount equal to or less than $20.0 million and (ii) one Business Day before the date of the proposed Borrowing if the proposed Borrowing is in an aggregate amount in excess of $20.0 million. Each Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02: (A) whether the requested Borrowing is to be a Revolving Borrowing, a Term Borrowing, an Incremental Term Borrowing or a Replacement Term Borrowing; (B) the aggregate amount of such Borrowing; (C) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day; (D) whether such Borrowing is to be a ABR Borrowing, EurodollarTerm SOFR Borrowing, Alternate Currency Daily Rate Borrowing or Alternate Currency Term Rate Borrowing; (E) in the case of a EurodollarTerm SOFR Borrowing or an Alternate Currency Term Rate Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period” (it being understood and agreed that, with respect to any Alternative Currency Term Rate Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to the appropriate Lenders of any request for an Interest Period having a duration other than one, three or six months as provided in the definition of “Interest Period,” and, not later than 11:00 a.m., (x) three Business Days before the requested date of such Borrowing denominated in dollars, or (y) four Business Days (or five Business Days in the case of a Special Notice Currency) prior to the requested date of such Borrowing denominated in an Alternate Currency, the Administrative Agent shall notify Borrower (which notice may be by telephone) whether or not the requested Interest Period has been consented to by all the appropriate Lenders); (F) the location and number of Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed; (G) that the conditions set forth in Sections 4.02(b), (d) and (f) have been satisfied as of the date of the notice; and (H) in the case of Alternate Currency Daily Rate Borrowing or an Alternate Currency Term Rate Borrowing, the Alternate Currency for such Borrowing.
If no election as to the Type of Loans is specified for Borrowings in dollars, then the requested Borrowing shall be for ABR Loans. If no election as to the currency of Loans is specified, then the requested Borrowing shall be in dollars. If no Interest Period is specified in the applicable Borrowing Request with respect to any requested EurodollarTerm SOFR Borrowing or an Alternate Currency Term Rate Borrowing, then Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of (x) three months, in the case of a EurodollarTerm SOFR Term Borrowing, a EurodollarTerm SOFR Incremental Term Borrowing, or a EurodollarTerm SOFR Replacement Term Borrowing, and (y) one month, in the case of a EurodollarTerm SOFR Revolving Borrowing or an Alternate Currency Term Rate Borrowing. During the existence of a Default, no new Loans may be requested as EurodollarTerm SOFR Loans or Alternate Currency Revolving Loans without the consent of the Required Lenders. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section 2.03, the Administrative Agent shall advise each applicable Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.
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If any such Interest Election Request requests a EurodollarTerm SOFR Borrowing or an Alternate Currency Term Rate Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, or if Borrower fails to timely deliver an applicable Interest Election Request, then Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of (x) three months’ duration, in the case of any EurodollarTerm SOFR Term Borrowing, any EurodollarTerm SOFR Incremental Term Borrowing, or any EurodollarTerm SOFR Replacement Term Borrowing, and (y) one month duration, in the case of any EurodollarTerm SOFR Revolving Borrowing or any Alternate Currency Term Rate Borrowing. No Loan may be converted into or continued as a Loan denominated in a different currency, but instead must be repaid in the original currency of such Loan and reborrowed in the other currency. Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing.
The Term Loan of each Term Loan Lender shall be repaid by Borrower in installments on each Amortization Date, each of which installments shall be in an amount equal to such Term Loan Lender’s Pro Rata Term Percentage multiplied by the amount (as the same may be reduced on account of prepayments pursuant to Section 2.10(f)) set forth below opposite the date set forth below that is nearest to such Amortization Date, with all outstanding Term Loans being repaid in full on the Term Loan Maturity Date.
Payment Date |
Principal Amortization Payment |
December 31, 2021 |
$1,875,000.00 |
March 31, 2022 |
$1,875,000.00 |
June 30, 2022 |
$1,875,000.00 |
September 30, 2022 |
$1,875,000.00 |
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December 31, 2022 |
$1,875,000.00 |
March 31, 2023 |
$1,875,000.00 |
June 30, 2023 |
$1,875,000.00 |
September 30, 2023 |
$1,875,000.00 |
December 31, 2023 |
$1,875,000.00 |
March 31, 2024 |
$1,875,000.00 |
June 30, 2024 |
$1,875,000.00 |
September 30, 2024 |
$1,875,000.00 |
December 31, 2024 |
$1,875,000.00 |
March 31, 2025 |
$1,875,000.00 |
June 30, 2025 |
$1,875,000.00 |
September 30, 2025 |
$1,875,000.00 |
December 31, 2025 |
$1,875,000.00 |
March 31, 2026 |
$1,875,000.00 |
June 30, 2026 |
$1,875,000.00 |
Term Loan Maturity Date |
Aggregate Outstanding Amount of Term Loans |
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Thereafter, (i) the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain Loans in the affected currency or currencies or to convert ABR Loans to EurodollarTerm SOFR Loans shall be suspended (to the extent of the affected Loans or Interest Periods or determination dates, as applicable), and (ii) in the event of a determination described in the preceding paragraph with respect to the Eurodollar RateTerm SOFR component of the Alternate Base Rate, the utilization of the Eurodollar RateTerm SOFR component in determining the Alternate Base Rate shall be suspended, in each case until the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of a determination by the Required Lenders described in clause (a)(ii) of the preceding paragraph, until the Administrative Agent upon instruction of the Required Lenders) revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, (A) Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of, or conversion to, EurodollarTerm SOFR Loans, or any pending request for a Borrowing of, or a continuation of Alternate Currency Revolving Loans, in each case to the extent of the affected Loans or Interest Period or determination date(s), as applicable, or, failing that, in the case of a request for Loans, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a Borrowing of ABR Loans in the Dollar Equivalent of the amount specified therein and (B) any outstanding affected Alternate Currency Revolving Loans, at Borrower’s election, shall either (1) be converted into a Borrowing of ABR Loans in the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of such outstanding Alternate Currency Revolving Loan immediately, in the case of an Alternate Currency Daily Rate Loan or at the end of the applicable Interest Period, in the case of an Alternate Currency Term Rate Loan, or (2) be prepaid in full immediately, in the case of an Alternate Currency Daily Rate Loan, or at the end of the applicable Interest Period, in the case of an Alternate Currency Term Rate Loan (provided, that, if no election is made by Borrower (x) in the case of an Alternate Currency Daily Rate Loan, by the date that is three (3) Business Days after receipt by Borrower of such notice, or (y) in the case of an Alternate Currency Term Rate Loan, by the last day of the current Interest Period for the applicable Alternate Currency Term Rate Loan, Borrower shall be deemed to have elected clause (1) above).
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or if the events or circumstances of the type described in Section 2.11(b)(i), (ii) or (iii) have occurred with respect to any Successor Rate then in effect, then, the Administrative Agent and Borrower may amend this Agreement solely for the purpose of replacing the Relevant Rate for an Alternate Currency or any then-current Successor Rate for an Alternate Currency in accordance with this Section 2.11(b) with an alternative benchmark rate giving due consideration to any evolving or then-existing convention for similar credit facilities syndicated and agented in the United States and denominated in such Alternate Currency for such alternative benchmarks, and, in each case, including any mathematical or other adjustments to such benchmark giving due consideration to any evolving or then-existing convention for similar credit facilities syndicated and agented in the United States and denominated in such Alternate Currency for such benchmarks, which adjustment or method for calculating such adjustment shall be published on an information service as selected by the Administrative Agent from time to time in its reasonable discretion and may be periodically updated (and any such proposed rate, including for the avoidance of doubt, any adjustment thereto, a “Successor Rate”), and any such amendment shall become effective at 5:00 p.m. on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the Administrative Agent shall have posted such proposed amendment to all Lenders and Borrower unless, prior to such time, Lenders comprising the Required Lenders have delivered to the Administrative Agent written notice that such Required Lenders object to such amendment.
The Administrative Agent will promptly (in one or more notices) notify Borrower and each Lender of the implementation of any Successor Rate. Any Successor Rate shall be applied in a manner consistent with market practice; provided, that, to the extent such market practice is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, such Successor Rate shall be applied in a manner as otherwise reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding anything else herein, if at any time any Successor Rate as so determined would otherwise be less than zero, such Successor Rate will be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
In connection with the implementation of a Successor Rate, the Administrative Agent will have the right to make Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement; provided, that, with respect to any such amendment effected, the Administrative Agent shall post each such amendment implementing such Conforming Changes to Borrower and the Lenders reasonably promptly after such amendment becomes effective.
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (A) if the Administrative Agent determines that Daily Simple SOFR is not available on or prior to the Term SOFR Replacement Date, or (B) if the events or circumstances of the type described in Section 2.11(c)(i) or Section 2.11(c)(ii) have occurred with respect to the Term SOFR Successor Rate then in effect, then in each case, the Administrative Agent and Borrower may amend this Agreement solely for the purpose of replacing Term SOFR or any then current Term SOFR Successor Rate in accordance with this Section 2.11(c) at the end of any Interest Period, relevant interest payment date or payment period for interest calculated, as applicable, with an alternative benchmark rate giving due consideration to any evolving or then-existing convention for similar dollar-denominated credit facilities syndicated and agented in the United States for such alternative benchmark and, in each case, including any mathematical or other adjustments to such benchmark giving due consideration to any evolving or then-existing convention for similar dollar-denominated credit facilities syndicated and agented in the United States for such benchmark. For the avoidance of doubt, any such proposed rate and adjustments, shall constitute a “Term SOFR Successor Rate”. Any such amendment shall become effective at 5:00 p.m. on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the Administrative Agent shall have posted such proposed amendment to all Lenders and Borrower unless, prior to such time, Lenders comprising the Required Lenders have delivered to the Administrative Agent written notice that such Required Lenders object to such amendment.
The Administrative Agent will promptly (in one or more notices) notify Borrower and each Lender of the implementation of any Term SOFR Successor Rate. Any Term SOFR Successor Rate shall be applied in a manner consistent with market practice; provided, that, to the extent such
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market practice is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, such Term SOFR Successor Rate shall be applied in a manner as otherwise reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding anything else herein, if at any time any Term SOFR Successor Rate as so determined would otherwise be less than zero, the Term SOFR Successor Rate will be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Document:
(i) On March 5, 2021 the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”), the regulatory supervisor of LIBOR’s administrator (“IBA”), announced in a public statement the future cessation or loss of representativeness of overnight/Spot Next, 1-week, 1-month, 2-month, 3-month, 6-month and 12- month dollar LIBOR tenor settings. On the earliest of (A) the date that all Available Tenors of dollar LIBOR have permanently or indefinitely ceased to be provided by IBA or have been announced by the FCA pursuant to public statement or publication of information to be no longer representative, (B) June 30, 2023, and (C) the Early Opt-in Effective Date in respect of a SOFR Early Opt-in, if the then-current Benchmark is LIBOR, the Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in respect of any setting of such Benchmark on such day and all subsequent settings without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document. If the Benchmark Replacement is Daily Simple SOFR, all interest payments will be payable on a quarterly basis.
(ii) (A) Upon (1) the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, or (2) a determination by the Administrative Agent that neither of the alternatives under clause (a) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement” are available, the Benchmark Replacement will replace the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in respect of any Benchmark setting at or after 5:00 p.m. on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the date notice of such Benchmark Replacement is provided to the Lenders without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document so long as the Administrative Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such Benchmark Replacement from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders (and any such objection shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error); provided, that, solely in the event that the then-current Benchmark at the time of such Benchmark Transition Event is not a SOFR-based rate, the Benchmark Replacement therefor shall be determined in accordance with clause (a) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement” unless the Administrative Agent determines that neither of such alternative rates is available.
(B) On the Early Opt-in Effective Date in respect of an Other Rate Early Opt-in, the Benchmark Replacement will replace LIBOR for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in respect of any setting of such Benchmark on such day and all subsequent settings without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
(iii) At any time that the administrator of the then-current Benchmark has permanently or indefinitely ceased to provide such Benchmark or such Benchmark has been announced by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark
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pursuant to public statement or publication of information to be no longer representative of the underlying market and economic reality that such Benchmark is intended to measure and that representativeness will not be restored, Borrower may revoke any request for a borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Loans to be made, converted or continued that would bear interest by reference to such Benchmark until Borrower’s receipt of notice from the Administrative Agent that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced such Benchmark, and, failing that, Borrower will be deemed to have converted any such request into a request for a borrowing of, or conversion to, ABR Loans. During the period referenced in the foregoing sentence, the component of Alternate Base Rate based upon the Benchmark will not be used in any determination of the Alternate Base Rate.
(iv) In connection with the implementation and administration of a Benchmark Replacementof a Term SOFR Successor Rate, the Administrative Agent will have the right to make Benchmark ReplacementTerm SOFR Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Benchmark ReplacementTerm SOFR Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement.; provided, that, with respect to any such amendment effected, the Administrative Agent shall post each such amendment implementing such Term SOFR Conforming Changes to Borrower and the Lenders reasonably promptly after such amendment becomes effective.
For purposes of this Section 2.11(c), those Lenders that either have not made, or do not have an obligation under this Agreement to make, the relevant Loans in dollars shall be excluded from any determination of Required Lenders.
(v) The Administrative Agent will promptly notify Borrower and the Lenders of (A) the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, and (B) the effectiveness of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.11(c), including any determination with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error and may be made in its sole discretion and without consent from any other party hereto, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Section 2.11(c).
(vi) At any time (including in connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement), (A) if the then-current Benchmark is a term rate (including Term SOFR or LIBOR), then the Administrative Agent may remove any tenor of such Benchmark that is unavailable or non-representative for Benchmark (including Benchmark Replacement) settings, and (B) the Administrative Agent may reinstate any such previously removed tenor for Benchmark (including Benchmark Replacement) settings.
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and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender, the Administrative Agent or such Issuing Bank of making, converting to, continuing or maintaining any Loan, or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan, or to increase the cost to such Lender, the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any, of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (or of maintaining its obligation to participate in or to issue any Letter of Credit), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender, the Administrative Agent or such Issuing Bank hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon request of such Lender, the Administrative Agent or such Issuing Bank, Borrower will pay to such Lender, the Administrative Agent or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender, the Administrative Agent or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, for all purposes under this Agreement, (x) all requests, rules, guidelines requirements and directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or by United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III and (y) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements and directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith or in implementation thereof, shall in each case be deemed to be a Change in Law, regardless of the date enacted, adopted, issued or implemented.
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(f) Reserves. Borrower shall pay to each Lender, (i) as long as such Lender shall be required to maintain reserves with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or including eurocurrency funds or deposits (currently known as “Eurocurrency liabilities”), additional interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Eurodollar Loan equal to the actual costs of such reserves allocated to such Loan by such Lender (as determined by such Lender in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive), and (ii) as long as such Lender shall be required to comply with any reserve ratio requirement or analogous requirement of any central banking or financial regulatory authority imposed in respect of the maintenance of the Commitments or the funding of the Loans, such additional costs (expressed as a percentage per annum and rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest five decimal places) equal to the actual costs allocated to such Commitment or Loan by such Lender (as determined by such Lender in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive), which in each case shall be due and payable on each date on which interest is payable on such Loan; provided, that, Borrower shall have received at least ten (10) days’ prior notice (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of such additional interest or costs from such Lender. If a Lender fails to give notice ten (10) days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date, such additional interest shall be due and payable ten (10) days from receipt of such notice.
In the event of (a) the payment or prepayment, whether optional or mandatory, of any principal of any EurodollarTerm SOFR Loan or Alternate Currency Revolving Loan earlier than the last day of an Interest Period or payment period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the conversion of any EurodollarTerm SOFR Loan or Alternate Currency Revolving Loan earlier than the last day of the Interest Period or payment period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any EurodollarTerm SOFR Loan or Alternate Currency Revolving Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto, (d) the assignment of any EurodollarTerm SOFR Loan or Alternate Currency Revolving Loan earlier than the last day of the Interest Period or payment period applicable thereto as a result of a request by Borrower pursuant to Section 2.16(b), or (e) any failure by Borrower to make payment of any Loan or drawing under any Letter of Credit (or interest due thereon) denominated in an Alternate Currency on its scheduled due date or any payment thereof in a different currency, then, in any such event, upon demand of any Lender, Borrower shall compensate such Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event. Such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be deemed to include an
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amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest which would have accrued on the principal amount of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the LIBOR RateTerm SOFR, Alternate Currency Daily Rate or Alternate Currency Term 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 or payment period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, for the period that would have been the Interest Period or payment period for such Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest which would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate which such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for dollar deposits of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the applicable interbank market. A certificate of any Lender setting forth in reasonable detail any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section 2.13 shall be delivered to Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) and shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error. Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.
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Each Loan Party consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable Requirements of Law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against such Loan Party rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Loan Party in the amount of such participation. If under applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or any similar law any Secured Party receives a secured claim in lieu of a setoff or counterclaim to which this
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Section 2.14(d) applies, such Secured Party shall to the extent practicable, exercise its rights in respect of such secured claim in a manner consistent with the rights to which the Secured Party is entitled under this Section 2.14(d) to share in the benefits of the recovery of such secured claim.
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Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that any Loan Party is resident for tax purposes in the United States, any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it may lawfully do so, deliver to Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the request of Borrower or the Administrative Agent, but only if such Foreign Lender is legally entitled to do so), whichever of the following is applicable:
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Each Foreign Lender shall, from time to time after the initial delivery by such Foreign Lender of the forms described in this Section 2.15(e), whenever a lapse in time or change in such Foreign Lender’s circumstances renders such forms, certificates or other evidence so delivered obsolete or inaccurate, promptly (1) deliver to Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) renewals, amendments or additional or successor forms, properly completed and duly executed by such Foreign Lender, together with any other certificate or statement of exemption required in order to confirm or establish such Foreign Lender’s status or that such Foreign Lender is entitled to an exemption from or reduction in U.S. federal withholding Tax or (2) notify Administrative Agent and Borrower of its legal inability to deliver any such forms, certificates or other evidence.
Any Lender that is not a Foreign Lender shall deliver to Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter as prescribed by applicable law or upon the request of Borrower or the Administrative Agent), duly executed and properly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 certifying that it is not subject to backup withholding.
If a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Sections 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Withholding Agent, at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Withholding 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 Withholding Agent
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as may be necessary for the Withholding Agent to comply with its obligations under FATCA, to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this paragraph, “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the Closing Date.
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Each party hereto agrees that (i) an assignment required pursuant to this Section 2.16(b) may be effected pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption executed by Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the assignee and (ii) the Lender required to make such assignment need
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not be a party thereto in order for such assignment to be effective and shall be deemed to have consented to and be bound by the terms thereof; provided, that, following the effectiveness of any such assignment, the other parties to such assignment agree to execute and deliver such documents necessary to evidence such assignment as reasonably requested by the applicable Lender; provided, further, that any such documents shall be without recourse to or warranty by the parties thereto.
Notwithstanding anything in this Section 2.16(b) to the contrary, (A) a Lender that acts as an Issuing Bank may not be replaced hereunder at any time it has any Letter of Credit outstanding hereunder unless arrangements satisfactory to such Lender (including the furnishing of a backstop standby letter of credit in form and substance, and issued by an issuer, reasonably satisfactory to such Issuing Bank or the depositing of Cash Collateral into a Cash Collateral account in amounts and pursuant to arrangements reasonably satisfactory to such Issuing Bank) have been made with respect to such outstanding Letter of Credit and (B) the Lender that acts as the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent may not be replaced hereunder except in accordance with the terms of Section 9.06.
Each Lender agrees that, if Borrower elects to replace such Lender in accordance with this Section 2.16(b), it shall promptly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption to evidence the assignment and shall deliver to the Administrative Agent any Note (if Notes have been issued in respect of such Lender’s Loans) subject to such Assignment and Assumption; provided, that, the failure of any such Lender to execute an Assignment and Assumption shall not render such assignment invalid and such assignment shall be recorded in the Register.
If any Lender determines in good faith that any Requirement of Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable Lending Office to perform any of its obligations hereunder or to make, maintain or fund or charge interest with respect to any Credit Extension or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the LIBOR RateSOFR, Term SOFR, the Alternate Currency Term Rate or the Alternate Currency Daily Rate or any Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions on the authority of such Lender to purchase or sell, or to take deposits of, dollars or any Alternate Currency in the applicable interbank market, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to Borrower through the Administrative Agent, (a) any obligation of such Lender to issue, make, maintain, fund or charge interest with respect to any such Credit Extension or continue EurodollarTerm SOFR Loans or Alternate Currency Revolving Loans in the affected currency or currencies or, in the case of EurodollarTerm SOFR Loans, to convert ABR Loans to EurodollarTerm SOFR Loans shall be suspended, and (b) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender making or maintaining ABR Loans the interest rate on which is determined by reference to the LIBOR RateTerm SOFR component of the Alternate Base Rate, the interest rate on which ABR Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the LIBOR RateTerm SOFR component of the Alternate Base Rate, in each case until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, (i) Borrower shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), (A) prepay all Alternate Currency Revolving Loans in the affected currency or currencies or all EurodollarTerm SOFR Loans, as applicable, or (B) if applicable, convert all EurodollarTerm SOFR Loans of such Lender to ABR Loans (the interest rate on which ABR Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the LIBOR RateTerm SOFR component of the Alternate Base Rate), in each case, immediately, or, in the case of EurodollarTerm SOFR Loans or Alternate Currency Term Rate Loans, as applicable, on the last day of the Interest Period therefor if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such EurodollarTerm SOFR Loans or Alternate
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Currency Term Rate Loans, as applicable, to such day, and (ii) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender determining or charging interest rates based upon the LIBOR RateSOFR or Term SOFR, the Administrative Agent shall during the period of such suspension compute the Alternate Base Rate applicable to such Lender without reference to the LIBOR RateTerm SOFR component thereof until the Administrative Agent is advised in writing by such Lender that it is no longer illegal for such Lender to determine or charge interest rates based upon the LIBOR RateSOFR and Term SOFR. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 2.13.
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() At any time after any Revolving Lender has purchased and funded a risk participation in a Swingline Loan, if the Swingline Lender receives any payment on account of such Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lender will distribute to such Revolving Lender its Pro Rata Revolving Percentage thereof in the same funds as those received by the Swingline Lender.
() If any payment received by the Swingline Lender in respect of principal or interest on any Swingline Loan is required to be returned by the Swingline Lender for any reason (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Swingline Lender in its discretion), each Revolving Lender shall pay to the Swingline Lender its Pro Rata Revolving Percentage thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate. The Administrative Agent will make such demand upon the request of the Swingline Lender. The obligations of the Lenders under this clause shall survive the Facility Termination Date and the termination of this Agreement.
(a) The Letter of Credit Commitment.
(i) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (A) each Issuing Bank agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the Revolving Lenders set forth in this Section, (1) from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, to issue Letters of Credit for the account of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and to amend or extend Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with Section 2.19(b), and (2) to honor drawings under the Letters of Credit; and (B) the Revolving Lenders severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued for
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the account of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and any drawings thereunder; provided, that, after giving effect to any LC Credit Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit, (x) the Total Revolving Outstandings shall not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, (y) the Revolving Exposure of any Revolving Lender shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Commitment, and (z) the outstanding amount of the LC Obligations shall not exceed the LC Commitment; provided, further, that, after giving effect to all LC Credit Extensions, the aggregate outstanding amount of all LC Obligations of any Issuing Bank shall not exceed such Issuing Bank’s Issuing Bank Commitment. Each request by Borrower for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a representation by Borrower that the LC Credit Extension so requested complies with the conditions set forth in the proviso to the preceding sentence. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, Borrower’s ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly Borrower may, during the foregoing period, obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed.
(ii) No Issuing Bank shall issue any Letter of Credit if: (A) subject to Section 2.19(b)(iv), the expiry date of the requested Letter of Credit would occur more than twelve (12) months after the date of issuance or last extension, unless the Required Revolving Lenders have approved such expiry date; or (B) the expiry date of the requested Letter of Credit would occur after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, unless all the Revolving Lenders have approved such expiry date.
(iii) No Issuing Bank shall be under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if: (A) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain such Issuing Bank from issuing the Letter of Credit, or any Requirement of Law applicable to such Issuing Bank or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over such Issuing Bank shall prohibit, or request that such Issuing Bank refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or the Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon such Issuing Bank with respect to the Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which such Issuing Bank is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon such Issuing Bank any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which such Issuing Bank in good faith deems material to it; (B) the issuance of the Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of such Issuing Bank applicable to letters of credit generally; (C) except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and such Issuing Bank, the Letter of Credit is in an initial stated amount less than $500,000; (D) except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and such Issuing Bank, the Letter of Credit is to be denominated in a currency other than an Approved Currency; (E) any Revolving Lender is at that time a Defaulting Lender, unless such Issuing Bank has entered into arrangements, including the delivery of Cash Collateral, satisfactory to such Issuing Bank (in its sole discretion) with Borrower or such Revolving Lender to eliminate such Issuing Bank’s actual or potential Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.20(a)(iv)) with respect to the Defaulting Lender arising from either the Letter of Credit then proposed to be issued or that Letter of Credit and all other LC Obligations as to which such Issuing Bank has actual or potential Fronting Exposure, as it may elect in its sole discretion; (F) the Letter of Credit contains any provisions for automatic reinstatement of the stated amount after any drawing thereunder; or (G) such Issuing Bank does not as of the issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit issue Letters of Credit in the requested currency.
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(iv) No Issuing Bank shall amend any Letter of Credit if such Issuing Bank would not be permitted at such time to issue the Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof.
(v) No Issuing Bank shall be under any obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A) such Issuing Bank would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to the Letter of Credit.
(vi) Each Issuing Bank shall act on behalf of the Revolving Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and each Issuing Bank shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Administrative Agent in Article IX with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by any Issuing Bank in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and Issuer Documents pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent” as used in Article IX included such Issuing Bank with respect to such acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to each Issuing Bank.
(b) Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit; Auto-Extension Letters of Credit.
(i) Each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the request of Borrower delivered to an Issuing Bank (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit Application, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of Borrower and/or the Subsidiary for which such Letter of Credit is being issued, as required by such Issuing Bank. Such Letter of Credit Application may be sent by fax transmission, by United States mail, by overnight courier, by electronic transmission using the system provided by the applicable Issuing Bank, by personal delivery or by any other means acceptable to such Issuing Bank. Such Letter of Credit Application must be received by the applicable Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. at least five Business Days (or such later date and time as the Administrative Agent and such Issuing Bank may agree in a particular instance in their sole discretion) prior to the proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may be. In the case of a request for an initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Bank: (A) the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (B) the amount and currency thereof (and in the absence of specification of currency shall be deemed a request for a Letter of Credit denominated in dollars); (C) the expiry date thereof; (D) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (E) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (G) the purpose and nature of the requested Letter of Credit; and (H) such other matters as such Issuing Bank may require. In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Bank: (1) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (2) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (3) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (4) such other matters as such Issuing Bank may require. Additionally, Borrower shall furnish to the applicable Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent such other documents and information pertaining to such requested Letter of Credit
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issuance or amendment, including any Issuer Documents, as such Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent may require.
(ii) Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the applicable Issuing Bank will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Application from Borrower and, if not, such Issuing Bank will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Unless the applicable Issuing Bank has received written notice from any Revolving Lender, the Administrative Agent or any Loan Party, at least one (1) Business Day prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment of the applicable Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions contained in Article IV shall not then be satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, such Issuing Bank shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of Borrower (or the applicable Subsidiary) or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with such Issuing Bank’s usual and customary business practices. Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Revolving Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the applicable Issuing Bank a risk participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the product of such Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Revolving Percentage times the amount of such Letter of Credit.
(iii) Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, the applicable Issuing Bank will also deliver to Borrower and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.
(iv) If Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, an Issuing Bank may, in its sole discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions (each, an “Auto-Extension Letter of Credit”); provided, that, any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit such Issuing Bank to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve (12) month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a day (the “Non-Extension Notice Date”) in each such twelve (12) month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued. Unless otherwise directed by the applicable Issuing Bank, Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to such Issuing Bank for any such extension. Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Revolving Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the applicable Issuing Bank to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the Letter of Credit Expiration Date; provided, that, such Issuing Bank shall not permit any such extension if (A) such Issuing Bank has determined that it would not be permitted, or would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its revised form (as extended) under the terms hereof, or (B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is seven (7) Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date (1) from the Administrative Agent that the Required Revolving Lenders have elected not to permit such extension or (2) from the Administrative Agent, any Revolving Lender or Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.02 is not then satisfied, and in each such case directing such Issuing Bank not to permit such extension.
(c) Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations.
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(i) Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing under such Letter of Credit, the applicable Issuing Bank shall notify Borrower and the Administrative Agent thereof. In the case of a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternate Currency, Borrower shall reimburse the applicable Issuing Bank in such Alternate Currency, unless (A) such Issuing Bank (at its option) shall have specified in such notice that it will require reimbursement in dollars, or (B) in the absence of any such requirement for reimbursement in dollars, Borrower shall have notified such Issuing Bank promptly following receipt of the notice of drawing that Borrower will reimburse such Issuing Bank in dollars. In the case of any such reimbursement in dollars of a drawing under a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternate Currency, the applicable Issuing Bank shall notify Borrower of the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of the drawing promptly following the determination thereof. Not later than 11:00 a.m. on the date of any payment by the applicable Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit to be reimbursed in dollars, or the Applicable Time on the date of any payment by the applicable Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit to be reimbursed in an Alternate Currency (each such date, an “Honor Date”), Borrower shall reimburse such Issuing Bank through the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing and in the applicable currency. In the event that (1) a drawing denominated in an Alternate Currency is to be reimbursed in dollars pursuant to the second sentence in this Section 2.19(c)(i) and (2) the dollar amount paid by Borrower, whether on or after the Honor Date, shall not be adequate on the date of that payment to purchase in accordance with normal banking procedures a sum denominated in the Alternate Currency equal to the drawing, Borrower agrees, as a separate and independent obligation, to indemnify the applicable Issuing Bank for the loss resulting from its inability on that date to purchase the Alternate Currency in the full amount of the drawing. If Borrower fails to so reimburse the applicable Issuing Bank by such time, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Lender of the Honor Date, the amount of the unreimbursed drawing (expressed in dollars in the amount of the Dollar Equivalent thereof in the case of a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternate Currency) (the “Unreimbursed Amount”), and the amount of such Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Revolving Percentage thereof. In such event, Borrower shall be deemed to have requested an ABR Revolving Borrowing to be disbursed on the Honor Date in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified in Section 2.02 for the principal amount of ABR Loans, but subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than the delivery of a Borrowing Request). Any notice given by an Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.19(c)(i) may be given by telephone if immediately confirmed in writing; provided, that, the lack of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice.
(ii) Each Revolving Lender shall upon any notice pursuant to Section 2.19(c)(i) make funds available (and the Administrative Agent may apply Cash Collateral provided for this purpose) for the account of the applicable Issuing Bank, in dollars, at the Administrative Agent’s Office for dollar-denominated payments in an amount equal to its Pro Rata Revolving Percentage of the Unreimbursed Amount not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in such notice by the Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions of Section 2.19(c)(iii), each Revolving Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made an ABR Revolving Loan to Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the applicable Issuing Bank in dollars.
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(iii) With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully refinanced by ABR Revolving Loans because the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 cannot be satisfied or for any other reason, Borrower shall be deemed to have incurred from the applicable Issuing Bank an LC Borrowing in the amount of the Unreimbursed Amount that is not so refinanced, which LC Borrowing shall be due and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at the Default Rate. In such event, each Revolving Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.19(c)(ii) shall be deemed payment in respect of its participation in such LC Borrowing and shall constitute an LC Advance from such Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation under this Section.
(iv) Until each Revolving Lender funds its ABR Revolving Loan or LC Advance pursuant to this Section 2.19(c) to reimburse an Issuing Bank for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of such Lender’s Pro Rata Revolving Percentage of such amount shall be solely for the account of such Issuing Bank.
(v) Each Revolving Lender’s obligation to make ABR Revolving Loans or LC Advances to reimburse an Issuing Bank for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, as contemplated by this Section 2.19(c), shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against such Issuing Bank, Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default; or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided, that, each Revolving Lender’s obligation to make ABR Revolving Loans pursuant to this Section 2.19(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than delivery of a Borrowing Request). No such making of an LC Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of Borrower to reimburse an Issuing Bank for the amount of any payment made by such Issuing Bank under any Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided herein.
(vi) If any Revolving Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of an Issuing Bank any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.19(c) by the time specified in Section 2.19(c)(ii), then, without limiting the other provisions of this Agreement, such Issuing Bank shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to such Issuing Bank at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by such Issuing Bank in connection with the foregoing. If such Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s ABR Revolving Loan included in the relevant ABR Revolving Borrowing or LC Advance in respect of the relevant LC Borrowing, as the case may be. A certificate of an Issuing Bank submitted to any Revolving Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this Section 2.19(c)(vi) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(d) Repayment of Participations.
(i) At any time after an Issuing Bank has made a payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any Revolving Lender such Lender’s LC Advance in respect of such payment in accordance with Section 2.19(c), if the Administrative Agent receives
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for the account of such Issuing Bank any payment in respect of the related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon (whether directly from Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of Cash Collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), the Administrative Agent will distribute to such Lender its Pro Rata Revolving Percentage thereof in dollars and in the same funds as those received by the Administrative Agent.
(ii) If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of an Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.19(c)(i) is required to be returned under any circumstances (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by such Issuing Bank in its discretion), each Revolving Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Issuing Bank its Pro Rata Revolving Percentage thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned by such Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the Lenders under this clause shall survive the Facility Termination Date and the termination of this Agreement.
(e) Obligations Absolute. The obligation of Borrower to reimburse each Issuing Bank for each drawing under each Letter of Credit and to repay each LC Borrowing shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including the following: (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Agreement, or any other Loan Document; (ii) the existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or other right that Borrower or any Subsidiary may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), such Issuing Bank or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement or by such Letter of Credit, the transactions contemplated hereby or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction; (iii) any draft, demand, endorsement, certificate or other document presented under or in connection with such Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, or any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under such Letter of Credit; (iv) waiver by such Issuing Bank of any requirement that exists for such Issuing Bank’s protection and not the protection of Borrower or any waiver by such Issuing Bank which does not in fact materially prejudice Borrower; (v) honor of a demand for payment presented electronically even if such Letter of Credit requires that demand be in the form of a draft; (vi) any payment made by such Issuing Bank in respect of an otherwise complying item presented after the date specified as the expiration date of, or the date by which documents must be received under, such Letter of Credit if presentation after such date is authorized by the UCC or the ISP, as applicable; (vii) any payment by such Issuing Bank under such Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; or any payment made by such Issuing Bank under such Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law; (viii) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; or (ix) any adverse change in the relevant exchange rates or in the availability of the relevant Alternate Currency to Borrower or any Subsidiary or in the relevant currency markets generally.
Borrower shall promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and each amendment thereto that is delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of noncompliance with Borrower’s
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instructions or other irregularity, Borrower will immediately notify the applicable Issuing Bank. Borrower shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against the applicable Issuing Bank and its correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.
(f) Role of Issuing Bank. Each Lender and Borrower agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, no Issuing Bank shall have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight or time draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document. None of any Issuing Bank, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of any Issuing Bank shall be liable to any Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Revolving Lenders or the Required Revolving Lenders, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Issuer Document. Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided, that, this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude Borrower’s pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of any Issuing Bank, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of any Issuing Bank shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in Section 2.19(e); provided, that, anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, Borrower may have a claim against an Issuing Bank, and an Issuing Bank may be liable to Borrower, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by Borrower which Borrower proves, as determined by a final nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, were caused by such Issuing Bank’s willful misconduct or gross negligence or such Issuing Bank’s willful failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight or time draft and certificate(s) strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, each 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, and no Issuing Bank shall be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring, endorsing or assigning or purporting to transfer, endorse or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason. Each Issuing Bank may send a Letter of Credit or conduct any communication to or from the beneficiary via the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (“SWIFT”) message or overnight courier, or any other commercially reasonable means of communicating with a beneficiary.
(g) Applicability of ISP; Limitation of Liability. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the applicable Issuing Bank and Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued, the rules of the ISP shall apply to each Letter of Credit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Issuing Bank shall be responsible to Borrower for, and each Issuing Bank’s rights and remedies against Borrower shall not be impaired by, any action or inaction of such Issuing Bank required or permitted under any law, order, or practice that is required or permitted to be applied to any Letter of Credit or this Agreement, including the Requirement(s) of Law or any order of a jurisdiction where such Issuing Bank or the beneficiary is located, the practice stated in the ISP, or in the decisions, opinions, practice statements, or official commentary of the ICC Banking Commission, the Bankers Association for Finance and Trade - International Financial Services Association (BAFT-IFSA), or the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, whether or not any Letter of Credit chooses such law or practice.
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(h) Conflict with Issuer Documents. In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Issuer Document, the terms hereof shall control.
(i) Issuing Bank Reports to the Administrative Agent. Unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank shall, in addition to its notification obligations set forth elsewhere in this Section 2.19, provide the Administrative Agent a Letter of Credit Report, as set forth below: (i) reasonably prior to the time that such Issuing Bank issues, amends, renews, increases or extends a Letter of Credit, the date of such issuance, amendment, renewal, increase or extension and the stated amount of the applicable Letters of Credit after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (and whether the amounts thereof shall have changed); (ii) on each Business Day on which such Issuing Bank makes a payment pursuant to a Letter of Credit, the date and amount of such payment; (iii) on any Business Day on which Borrower fails to reimburse a payment made pursuant to a Letter of Credit required to be reimbursed to such Issuing Bank on such day, the date of such failure and the amount of such payment; (iv) on any other Business Day, such other information as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request as to the Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank; and (v) for so long as any Letter of Credit issued by an Issuing Bank is outstanding, such Issuing Bank shall deliver to the Administrative Agent (A) on the last Business Day of each calendar month, (B) at all other times a Letter of Credit Report is required to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement, and (C) on each date that (1) an LC Credit Extension occurs or (2) there is any expiration, cancellation and/or disbursement, in each case, with respect to any such Letter of Credit, a Letter of Credit Report appropriately completed with the information for every outstanding Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank.
(j) Additional Issuing Banks. Any Revolving Lender hereunder may become an Issuing Bank upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of a fully executed Notice of Additional Issuing Bank which shall be signed by Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Issuing Bank. Such new Issuing Bank shall provide its Issuing Bank Commitment in such Notice of Additional Issuing Bank and upon the receipt by the Administrative Agent of the fully executed Notice of Additional Issuing Bank, Schedule 1.01(d) shall be deemed amended to incorporate the Issuing Bank Commitment of such new Issuing Bank.
(k) Letters of Credit Issued for Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is for the account of, a Subsidiary, Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the applicable Issuing Bank hereunder for any and all drawings under such Letter of Credit. Borrower hereby acknowledges that the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of Subsidiaries inures to the benefit of Borrower, and that Borrower’s business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of such Subsidiaries.
() Adjustments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as that Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable Requirements of Law:
() 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 definition of “Required Class Lenders,” “Required Lenders,” “Required Revolving Lenders” and Section 10.02.
() Defaulting Lender Waterfall. Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender
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(whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Article VIII or otherwise) or received by the Administrative Agent from a Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 10.08 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 or the Swingline Lender hereunder; third, to Cash Collateralize any Issuing Bank’s Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender in accordance with Section 2.21; fourth, as 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 Borrower, to be held in a deposit account and released pro rata in order to () satisfy such Defaulting Lender’s potential future funding obligations with respect to Loans under this Agreement and () Cash Collateralize any Issuing Bank’s future Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender with respect to future Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement, in accordance with Section 2.21; sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks or the Swingline Lender as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, any Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender 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 Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by 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 may be required under the Loan Documents in connection with any Lien conferred thereunder or directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided, that, if (1) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans or LC Borrowings in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share, and (2) such Loans were made or the related Letters of Credit were issued at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of, and LC Obligations owed to, all Non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of, or LC Obligations owed to, such Defaulting Lender until such time as all Loans and funded and unfunded participations in LC Obligations and Swingline Loans are held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the Commitments hereunder without giving effect to Section 2.20(a)(v). 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 2.20(a)(ii) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.
() Certain Fees.
() Commitment Fees. No Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive any Commitment Fee for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and Borrower shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender).
() LC Participation Fees. Each Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive LC Participation Fees for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender only to the extent allocable to its Pro Rata Revolving Percentage
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of the stated amount of Letters of Credit for which it has provided Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 2.21.
() Defaulting Lender Fees. With respect to any LC Participation Fee not required to be paid to any Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.20(a)(iii)(B), Borrower shall (1) 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 LC Obligations that has been reallocated to such Non-Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.20(a)(iv), (2) pay to the applicable 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 (3) not be required to pay the remaining amount of any such fee.
() Reallocation of Pro Rata Revolving Percentages to Reduce Fronting Exposure. All or any part of such Defaulting Lender’s participation in LC Obligations and Swingline Loans shall be reallocated among the Non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Revolving Percentages (calculated without regard to such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Commitment) but only to the extent that such reallocation does not cause the aggregate Revolving Exposure of any Non-Defaulting Lender to exceed such Non-Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Commitment. Subject to Section 10.23, 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.
() Cash Collateral, Repayment of Swingline Loans. If the reallocation described in Section 2.20(a)(iv) cannot, or can only partially, be effected, Borrower shall, without prejudice to any right or remedy available to it hereunder or under applicable Requirement(s) of Law, () first, prepay Swingline Loans in an amount equal to the Swingline Lender’s Fronting Exposure and () second, Cash Collateralize any Issuing Bank’s Fronting Exposure in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.21.
() Defaulting Lender Cure. If Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender 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 Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans to be held on a pro rata basis by the Lenders in accordance with their Pro Rata Percentages (without giving effect to Section 2.20(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 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.
() Replacement of Defaulting Lenders. If any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, then Borrower may replace such Lender in accordance with Section 2.16(b).
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(d) New Swingline Loans/Letters of Credit. So long as any Revolving Lender is a Defaulting Lender, (i) the Swingline Lender shall not be required to fund any Swingline Loans unless it is satisfied that it will have no Fronting Exposure after giving effect to such Swingline Loan and (ii) no Issuing Bank shall be required to issue, extend, increase, reinstate or renew any Letter of Credit unless it is satisfied that it will have no Fronting Exposure after giving effect thereto.
() Certain Credit Support Events. If () an Issuing Bank has honored any full or partial drawing request under any Letter of Credit and such drawing has resulted in an LC Borrowing, () as of the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, any LC Obligation for any reason remains outstanding, () Borrower shall be required to provide Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 2.10 or Section 8.02, or () there shall exist a Defaulting Lender, Borrower shall immediately (in the case of clause (iii) above) or within one Business Day (in all other cases) following any request by the Administrative Agent or the applicable Issuing Bank, provide Cash Collateral in an amount not less than the applicable Minimum Collateral Amount (determined in the case of Cash Collateral provided pursuant to clause (iv) above, after giving effect to Section 2.20(a)(iv) and any Cash Collateral provided by the Defaulting Lender). Additionally, if the Administrative Agent notifies Borrower at any time that the outstanding amount of all LC Obligations at such time exceeds 105% of the LC Commitment then in effect, then within two Business Days after receipt of such notice, Borrower shall provide Cash Collateral for the outstanding amount of the LC Obligations in an amount not less than the amount by which the outstanding amount of all LC Obligations exceeds the LC Commitment.
() Grant of Security Interest. Borrower, and to the extent provided by any Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting Lender, hereby grants to (and subjects to the control of) the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Collateral Agent, the applicable Issuing Banks and the Lenders, and agrees to maintain, a first priority security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein, and all other property so provided as collateral pursuant hereto, and in all proceeds of the foregoing, all as security for the obligations to which such Cash Collateral may be applied pursuant to Section 2.21(c). If at any time the Collateral Agent determines that Cash Collateral is subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Collateral Agent, the applicable Issuing Banks or the Lenders as herein provided, or that the total amount of such Cash Collateral is less than the Minimum Collateral Amount, Borrower will, promptly upon demand by the Collateral Agent, pay or provide to the Collateral Agent additional Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to eliminate such deficiency. All Cash Collateral (other than credit support not constituting funds subject to deposit) shall be maintained in one or more blocked, non-interest bearing deposit accounts at Bank of America. Borrower shall pay on demand therefor from time to time all customary account opening, activity and other administrative fees and charges in connection with the maintenance and disbursement of Cash Collateral.
() Application. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Cash Collateral provided under any of this Section 2.21 or Section 2.10(b), Section 2.19, Section 2.20 or Section 8.02 in respect of Letters of Credit shall be held and applied to the satisfaction of the specific LC Obligations, obligations to fund participations therein (including, as to Cash Collateral provided by a Revolving Lender that is a Defaulting Lender, any interest accrued on such obligation) and other obligations for which the Cash Collateral was so provided, prior to any other application of such property as may be provided for herein.
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() Release. Cash Collateral (or the appropriate portion thereof) provided to reduce Fronting Exposure or to secure other obligations shall be released promptly following () the elimination of the applicable Fronting Exposure or other obligations giving rise thereto (including by the termination of Defaulting Lender status of the applicable Revolving Lender (or, as appropriate, its assignee) following compliance with Section 10.04)) or () the determination by the Collateral Agent and the applicable Issuing Banks that there exists excess Cash Collateral; provided, that, () any such release shall be without prejudice to, and any disbursement or other transfer of Cash Collateral shall be and remain subject to, any other Lien conferred under the Loan Documents and the other applicable provisions of the Loan Documents, and () the Person providing Cash Collateral and the applicable Issuing Banks may agree that Cash Collateral shall not be released but instead held to support future anticipated Fronting Exposure or other obligations.
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provided, further, that, to the extent the proceeds of any Incremental Facility are used to finance all or a portion of the purchase price of a Permitted Acquisition whose consummation is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third party financing (any such Permitted Acquisition, a “Limited Condition Acquisition”), and Borrower has obtained commitments from lenders to fund such Incremental Facility (such commitments for such Incremental Facility, the “Incremental Financing Commitments”), then (1) if and to the extent the lenders providing the Incremental Financing Commitments for such Incremental Facility so agree, (x) the condition set forth in Section 4.02(c) shall be limited such that the only representations and warranties the accuracy of which shall be a condition to the availability of such Incremental Facility shall be (I) the Specified Representations, and (II) such representations and warranties under the definitive documentation for such Limited Condition Acquisition as entitle the applicable Loan Party and/or the applicable Subsidiary to terminate its obligations under such definitive documentation or decline to consummate such Limited Condition Acquisition, in each case, without paying any penalty or compensation to any party or incurring liability for breach if such representations and warranties fail to be true and correct, and (y) the condition set forth in Section 4.02(b) shall mean (I) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of execution of the definitive documentation for such Limited Condition Acquisition, and (II) no Specified Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of the funding of such Incremental Facility in connection with the consummation of such Limited Condition Acquisition, and (2) for purposes of determining whether the conditions set forth in clause (b)(ii) above have been satisfied in connection with such Limited Condition Acquisition, upon an LCA Election, the date of determination of whether any such condition has been satisfied shall be deemed to be the LCA Test Date, and if, for such Limited Condition Acquisition, such condition would have been satisfied on the relevant LCA Test Date, such condition shall be deemed to have been satisfied.
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Any Incremental Facility shall be effected pursuant to a joinder agreement (an “Increase Joinder”) executed by Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each lender providing any portion of such Incremental Facility, such Increase Joinder to be satisfactory to each such Person. An Increase Joinder may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, to effect the provisions of this Section 2.22 (including any such changes to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents as may be necessary to the extent any Incremental Term Loans are subordinated in right of payment to the Term Loans or any other then-existing Incremental Term Loans or the Liens securing any Incremental Term Loans are subordinated to the Secured Obligations, in each case, as contemplated by Section 2.22(f)).
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Each Loan Party represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, each of the Issuing Banks and each of the Lenders that:
Each Company (a) is duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (b) has all requisite power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted and to own and lease its property, except where the failure to have any such power or authority could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect and (c) is qualified and in good standing (to the extent such concept is applicable in the applicable jurisdiction) to do business in every jurisdiction where such qualification is required, except in such jurisdictions where the failure to so qualify or be in good standing, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party and constitutes, and each other Loan Document to which any Loan Party is to be a party, when executed and delivered by such Loan Party, will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
Except as set forth on Schedule 3.03, the execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each Loan Document to which it is a party, (a) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except (i) such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, (ii) filings and recordings necessary to perfect Liens created by the
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Loan Documents and (iii) consents, approvals, registrations, filings, permits or actions the failure to obtain or perform which could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (b) will not violate the Organizational Documents of such Loan Party, (c) will not violate any Requirement of Law, except for violations that could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (d) will not violate or result in a default or require any consent or approval under any indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon such Loan Party or its property, or (other than the Loan Documents) give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by any Loan Party, except for violations, defaults or the creation of such rights that could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and (e) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any property of any Loan Party, except Liens created by the Loan Documents and Permitted Liens.
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None of the Companies is a party to any agreement or instrument or subject to any corporate or other constitutional restriction that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
No Company is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of buying or carrying Margin Stock. No part of the proceeds of any Loan or any Letter of Credit will be used, whether directly or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, for any purpose that entails a violation of Regulation U or Regulation X. The pledge of the Securities Collateral pursuant to the Security Agreement does not violate such regulations.
No Loan Party is an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
Borrower will use the proceeds of (a) the Term Loans to refinance Borrower’s Existing Credit Agreement and all other Indebtedness required to be repaid pursuant to Section 4.01(i), and to pay related costs and expenses, (b) the Revolving Loans, the Swingline Loans and the Letters of Credit on and after the
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Closing Date for working capital and general corporate purposes, (c) Incremental Term Loans for general corporate purposes pursuant to Section 2.22, and (d) Replacement Term Loans to refinance Refinanced Term Loans pursuant to Section 10.02(e), and to pay related costs and expenses.
Each Company has (a) timely filed or caused to be timely filed all federal Tax Returns and all material state, local and foreign Tax Returns required to have been filed by it, except for failure that could not be reasonably expected to, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect, (b) duly and timely paid, collected or remitted or caused to be duly and timely paid, collected or remitted all Taxes (whether or not shown on any Tax Return) due and payable, collectible or remittable by it and all assessments received by it, except Taxes (i) that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which such Company has set aside on its books adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP or (ii) which could not be reasonably expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect and (c) satisfied all of its withholding Tax obligations except for failures that could not be reasonably expected to, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. Each Company is unaware of any proposed or pending Tax assessments, deficiencies or audits that could be reasonably expected to, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as could not be reasonably expected to, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect, none of the Companies has ever “participated” in a “listed transaction” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4.
The information that has been or will be made available to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders by any Loan Party in connection with the Loan Documents, taken as a whole, does not or will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein not materially misleading in light of the circumstances under which such statements are made; provided, that, to the extent any such information was based upon or constitutes a forecast or projection, each Loan Party represents only that such forecasts and projections have been prepared in good faith upon reasonable assumptions. The Form 10-K and Form 10-Q most recently filed by Borrower with the Securities and Exchange Commission, taken as a whole, did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein not materially misleading in the light of the circumstances under which such statements are made as of the date such information is dated; provided, that, to the extent any such information was based upon or constitutes a forecast or projection, each Loan Party represents only that such forecasts and projections have been prepared in good faith upon reasonable assumptions. As of the Closing Date, the information included in the Beneficial Ownership Certification, if applicable, is true and correct in all respects.
As of the Closing Date, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the making of the Loans to occur on the Closing Date, (a) the fair value of the properties of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, will exceed their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise; (b) the present fair saleable value of the property of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, will be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of their debts and other liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured; (c) Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, will be able to pay their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured; (d) Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, do not intend to, and do not believe that they will, incur debts or liabilities beyond their
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ability to pay such debts and liabilities as they mature; and (e) Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, will not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the business in which they are engaged as such business is now conducted and is proposed to be conducted following the Closing Date.
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Each Company has insurance in such amounts and covering such risks and liabilities as are customary for companies of a similar size engaged in similar businesses in similar locations.
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The principal of and accrued but unpaid interest on the Secured Obligations are “Senior Indebtedness,” and are “Designated Senior Indebtedness” (or any similar designation with respect to indebtedness having maximum rights as “senior debt”) under and as defined in any agreement governing subordinated Indebtedness of the type permitted pursuant to Section 6.01(m)(ii).
No Loan Party is an Affected Financial Institution.
No Loan Party is a Covered Entity.
The effectiveness of this Agreement and the obligations of each Issuing Bank and each Lender to make its initial Credit Extensions hereunder is subject to prior or concurrent satisfaction of each of the following conditions:
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Without limiting the generality of the provisions of Section 9.03(c), for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 4.01, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto.
The obligation of each Lender and each Issuing Bank to make any Credit Extension shall be subject to the satisfaction (or waiver pursuant to Section 10.02) of each of the conditions precedent set forth below:
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Each of the delivery of a Borrowing Request or a Letter of Credit Application and the acceptance by Borrower of the proceeds of such Credit Extension shall constitute a representation and warranty by Borrower and each other Loan Party that on the date of such Credit Extension (both immediately before and after giving effect to such Credit Extension and the application of the proceeds thereof) the conditions contained in Sections 4.02(b) and (c) have been satisfied. Borrower shall provide such information as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request to confirm that the conditions in Sections 4.02(b) and (c) have been satisfied. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.02, in the case of a Borrowing of an Incremental Facility the proceeds of which are to be used to finance all or a portion of the purchase price of a Limited Condition Acquisition, (x) Section 4.02(b) shall be subject to clause (2) of the last proviso in Section 2.22(b), and (y) Section 4.02(c) shall be subject to clause (1) of the last proviso in Section 2.22(b).
Each Loan Party warrants, covenants and agrees that on the Closing Date and thereafter until the Facility Termination Date, such Loan Party will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to:
Furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender:
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Financial statements and other documents required to be delivered pursuant to clauses (a), (b) or (e) of this Section 5.01 (to the extent any such financial statements or other documents are included in reports or other materials otherwise filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date on which (i) Borrower posts such financial statements or other documents, or provides a link thereto, on Borrower’s website on the Internet or (ii) such financial statements or other documents are posted on Borrower’s behalf on an Internet or intranet website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent); provided that: (A) Borrower shall deliver paper copies of such financial statements and other documents to the Administrative Agent or any Lender that requests Borrower to deliver such paper copies until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, and (B) Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of the posting of any such financial statements and other documents and provide to the Administrative Agent electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) thereof. The Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery of or to maintain paper copies of the documents referred to above, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by Borrower with any such request by a Lender for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such documents.
Furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender written notice of the following promptly (and, in any event, within five Business Days after any Financial Officer of Borrower becomes aware thereof):
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Use the proceeds of the Credit Extensions only for the purposes set forth in Section 3.12.
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Except to the extent that the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect, (a) comply, and use reasonable efforts to cause all of its lessees and other Persons occupying any Real Property owned, operated or leased by any Company to comply, with all Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits applicable to its operations and its Real Property, (b) obtain and renew all Environmental Permits applicable to its operations and any of its Real Property, and (c) conduct all Responses required of the Company by, and in accordance with, Environmental Laws (provided, that, no Company shall be required to undertake any Response to the extent that its obligation to do so is being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings and appropriate reserves are being maintained with respect to such circumstances in accordance with GAAP).
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Except as otherwise expressly contemplated by the Security Documents, promptly, upon the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent at Borrower’s expense, execute, acknowledge and deliver, or cause the execution, acknowledgment and delivery of, and thereafter register, file or record, or cause to be registered, filed or recorded, in an appropriate governmental office, any document or instrument supplemental to or confirmatory of the Security Documents or otherwise deemed by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent reasonably necessary for the continued validity, perfection and priority of the Liens on the Collateral covered thereby subject to no other Liens except as permitted by the applicable Security Document, or obtain any consents or waivers as may be necessary or appropriate in connection therewith. Except as expressly contemplated by the Security Documents, deliver or cause to be delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent from time to time such other documentation, consents, authorizations, approvals and orders in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent as the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall reasonably deem necessary to perfect or maintain the Liens on the Collateral pursuant to the Security Documents. Upon the exercise by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent of any power, right, privilege or remedy pursuant to any Loan Document which requires any consent, approval, registration, qualification or authorization of any Governmental Authority, execute and deliver all applications, certifications, instruments and other documents and papers that the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent may reasonably require.
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Conduct its business in compliance in all material respects with the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the UK Bribery Act 2010 and other similar anti-corruption legislation in other jurisdictions and with OFAC and all applicable Anti-Terrorism Laws and maintain policies and procedures reasonably designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws, OFAC and Anti-Terrorism Laws.
Satisfy each covenant set forth on Schedule 5.15 on or before the date set forth with respect thereto.
Each Loan Party warrants, covenants and agrees that on the Closing Date and thereafter until the Facility Termination Date, no Loan Party will, nor will it cause or permit any of its Subsidiaries to:
Incur, create, assume or permit to exist, directly or indirectly, any Indebtedness, except:
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Create, incur, assume or permit to exist, directly or indirectly, any Lien on any property now owned or hereafter acquired by it or on any income or revenues or rights in respect of any thereof, except the following (collectively, the “Permitted Liens”):
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provided, that, no consensual Liens shall be permitted to exist, directly or indirectly, on any Collateral, other than Liens granted pursuant to the Security Documents and as permitted in Section 6.02(o).
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 rent or lease such property or other property which it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold or transferred (a “Sale and Leaseback Transaction”) unless (i) the sale of such property is permitted by Section 6.06 and (ii) any Liens arising in connection with its use of such property are permitted by Section 6.02.
Directly or indirectly, lend money or credit (by way of guarantee or otherwise) or make advances to any Person, or purchase or acquire any Equity Interests, bonds, notes, debentures, guarantees or other obligations or securities of, or any other interest in, or make any capital contribution to, any other Person, or purchase or own a futures contract or otherwise become liable for the purchase or sale of currency or other commodities at a future date in the nature of a futures contract, or purchase or acquire (in one transaction or a series of transactions) any assets (all of the foregoing, collectively, “Investments”), except that the following shall be permitted:
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An Investment shall be deemed to be outstanding to the extent not returned in the same form as the original Investment to the Person making or holding such Investment.
Wind up, liquidate or dissolve its affairs or enter into any transaction of merger or consolidation (or agree to do any of the foregoing at any future time), except that the following shall be permitted:
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To the extent the Required Lenders or all the Lenders, as applicable, waive the provisions of this Section 6.05 with respect to the sale or other transfer of any Collateral, or any Collateral is sold or otherwise transferred as permitted by this Section 6.05 (other than, in either case, a sale or transfer to Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor), such Collateral shall be sold, free and clear of the Liens created by the Security Documents, and, so long as Borrower shall have provided the Agents such certifications or documents as any Agent shall reasonably request in order to demonstrate compliance with this Section 6.05, the Agents shall take all actions as are reasonably requested by Borrower in order to evidence or effect the foregoing.
Effect any Asset Sale, or agree to effect any Asset Sale, except that the following shall be permitted:
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To the extent the Required Lenders or all the Lenders, as applicable, waive the provisions of this Section 6.06 with respect to the sale or other transfer of any Collateral, or any Collateral is sold or otherwise transferred as permitted by this Section 6.06 (other than, in either case, a sale or transfer to Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor) such Collateral shall be sold free and clear of the Liens created by the Security Documents, and, so long as Borrower shall have provided the Agents such certifications or documents as any Agent shall reasonably request in order to demonstrate compliance with this Section 6.06, the Agents shall take all actions that are reasonably requested by Borrower in order to evidence or effect the foregoing. For purposes of Section 6.06(b)(ii), the following shall be deemed to be cash: (a) the assumption of any liabilities of Borrower or any Subsidiary with respect to, and the release of Borrower or such Subsidiary from all liability in respect of, any Indebtedness of Borrower or the Subsidiaries permitted hereunder (in the amount of such Indebtedness) that is due and payable within one year of the consummation of such Asset Sale and (b) securities received by Borrower or any Subsidiary from the transferee that are immediately convertible into cash without breach of their terms or the agreement pursuant to which they were purchased and that are promptly converted by Borrower or such Subsidiary into cash.
Authorize, declare or pay, directly or indirectly, any Dividends with respect to any Company, except that the following shall be permitted:
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Enter into, directly or indirectly, any transaction or series of related transactions, whether or not in the ordinary course of business, with any Affiliate of any Company (other than between or among Borrower and one or more Subsidiaries), other than any transaction or series of related transactions in excess of $10.0 million on terms and conditions at least as favorable to such Company as would reasonably be obtained by such Company at that time in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person other than an Affiliate, except that the following shall be permitted:
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Directly or indirectly:
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, (x) the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries shall be permitted to (1) make (or give any notice in respect thereof) any optional payment, payment at maturity or prepayment of or optional redemption or acquisition for value of the 2016
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Convertible Notes or any refinancing thereof permitted by Section 6.01(b), and (2) any cash settlement of any conversion by the holders thereof of any 2016 Convertible Notes or any refinancing thereof permitted by Section 6.01(b); in each case so long as after giving effect to any payment, prepayment, redemption, acquisition for value or cash settlement contemplated pursuant to the foregoing clauses (1) and (2) on a Pro Forma Basis, Borrower is in compliance with Sections 6.09(a), (b) and (c) as of the most recent fiscal quarter end for which financial statements were delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b) (or, with respect to any calculation to be made prior to the delivery of the first financial statements pursuant to Section 5.01(b) after the Closing Date, as of June 30, 2021 and with reference to the Interim Financial Statements) and (y) the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries shall be permitted to (1) make (or give any notice in respect thereof) any optional payment, payment at maturity or prepayment of or optional redemption or acquisition for value of the Specified Unsecured Indebtedness or any refinancing thereof permitted by Section 6.01, and (2) any cash settlement of any conversion by the holders thereof of any 2016 Convertible Notes or any refinancing thereof permitted by Section 6.01; in each case so long as after giving effect to any payment, prepayment, redemption, acquisition for value or cash settlement contemplated pursuant to the foregoing clauses (1) and (2) on a Pro Forma Basis, Borrower is in compliance with Sections 6.09(a), (b) and (c) as of the most recent fiscal quarter end for which financial statements were delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b) (or, with respect to any calculation to be made prior to the delivery of the first financial statements pursuant to Section 5.01(b) after the Closing Date, as of June 30, 2021 and with reference to the Interim Financial Statements).
Directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Subsidiary to (a) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its capital stock or any other interest or participation in its profits owned by Borrower or any Subsidiary, or pay any Indebtedness owed to Borrower or a Subsidiary, (b) make loans or advances to Borrower or any Subsidiary or (c) transfer any of its properties to Borrower or any Subsidiary, except for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of (i) applicable Requirements of Law; (ii) this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; (iii) the 2016 Convertible Notes; (iv) the Specified Unsecured Indebtedness; (v) customary provisions restricting subletting or assignment of any lease governing a leasehold interest of a Subsidiary; (vi) customary provisions restricting assignment of any agreement entered into by a Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business; (vii) any holder of a Lien permitted by Section 6.02 restricting the transfer of the property subject thereto; (viii) customary restrictions and conditions contained in any agreement relating to the sale of any property permitted under Section 6.06 pending the consummation of such sale; (ix) any agreement in effect at the time such Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary of Borrower, so long as such agreement was not entered into in connection with or in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary of Borrower; (x) without affecting the Loan Parties’ obligations under Section 5.10, customary provisions in partnership agreements, limited liability company organizational governance documents, asset sale and stock sale agreements and other similar agreements that restrict the transfer of ownership interests in such partnership, limited liability company or similar Person; (xi) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by suppliers or landlords under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business; (xii) any instrument governing Indebtedness assumed in connection with any Permitted Acquisition, which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person or the properties or assets of the Person so acquired; (xiii) in the case of any joint venture which is not a Loan Party, restrictions in such Person’s Organizational Documents or pursuant to any joint venture agreement or stockholders agreements solely to the extent of the Equity Interests of or property held in the subject joint venture or other entity; (xiv) any customary restrictions imposed by any document or instrument evidencing, governing or securing any Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(f) or (k) reasonably believed by Borrower to be necessary in connection with the incurrence thereof; (xv) any encumbrances or restrictions imposed by any amendments or refinancings that are otherwise permitted by the Loan Documents of the contracts, instruments or
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obligations referred to in clauses (iii) or (ix) above; provided, that, such amendments or refinancings are no more materially restrictive with respect to such encumbrances and restrictions than those prior to such amendment or refinancing; (xvi) the South Africa Transactions; and (xvii) any restrictions in Entity 1’s Organizational Documents to the extent necessary or desirable to consummate any issuance of Equity Interests permitted pursuant to Section 6.12.
With respect to any Subsidiary, issue any Equity Interest (including by way of sales of treasury stock) or any options or warrants to purchase, or securities convertible into, any Equity Interest, except (a) for stock splits, stock dividends and additional issuances of Equity Interests which do not decrease the percentage ownership of Borrower or any Subsidiaries in any class of the Equity Interest of such Subsidiary; (b) Subsidiaries of Borrower formed after the Closing Date in accordance with Section 6.13 may issue Equity Interests to Borrower or the Subsidiary of Borrower which is to own such Equity Interests; (c) Intec South Africa may issue additional Equity Interests in connection with the South Africa Transactions; and (d) Entity 1 may issue additional Equity Interests (i) to third parties in connection with any investment in Entity 1 by such third parties and (ii) in connection with any employee stock purchase plan, employee benefit or equity-based employee, management or director compensation plan or similar arrangement in an aggregate amount, with respect to this clause (ii) not to exceed 15% of the aggregate Equity Interests of the Entity 1. All Equity Interests issued in accordance with Section 6.12(b) shall, to the extent required by Sections 5.10 and 5.11 or any Security Document, be delivered to the Collateral Agent for pledge pursuant to the applicable Security Document.
Engage (directly or indirectly) in any business other than those businesses in which Borrower and its Subsidiaries are engaged on the Closing Date, and businesses that are related, ancillary or synergistic thereto or extensions thereof.
Change the fiscal year-end of Borrower to a date other than December 31.
Enter into any agreement, instrument, deed or lease which prohibits or limits the ability of any Loan Party to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of their respective properties or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, securing the Secured Obligations or which requires the grant of any security for an obligation if security is granted for the Secured Obligations, except the following: (a) covenants in documents creating Liens permitted by Section 6.02 (other than Section 6.02(o)) prohibiting further Liens on the properties encumbered thereby, (b) covenants in documents evidencing, governing or securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(k) to the extent that such covenants do not restrict in any manner (directly or indirectly) prior Liens created pursuant to the Loan Documents on any Collateral securing the Secured Obligations; and (c) any prohibition or limitation that (i) exists pursuant to applicable Requirements of Law, (ii) consists of customary restrictions and conditions contained in any agreement relating to the sale of any property permitted under Section 6.06 pending the consummation of such sale, (iii) restricts subletting or assignment of leasehold interests contained in any lease governing a leasehold interest of Borrower or a Subsidiary, (iv) exists in any agreement in effect at the time such Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary of Borrower, so long as such agreement was not entered into in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary, (v) is imposed by any amendments or refinancings that are otherwise permitted by the Loan Documents of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clause (c)(iv);
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provided, that, such amendments and refinancings are no more materially restrictive with respect to such prohibitions and limitations than those prior to such amendment or refinancing or (vi) is imposed in connection with Investments permitted pursuant to Section 6.04(r).
Use the proceeds of any Credit Extension, whether directly or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, to purchase or carry Margin Stock, or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock or to refund indebtedness originally incurred for such purpose.
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The Subsidiary Guarantors, hereby jointly and severally guarantee, as a primary obligor and not merely as surety to each Secured Party and their respective successors and assigns, the prompt payment in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, demand, by acceleration or otherwise) of the principal of and interest on (including any interest, fees, costs or charges that would accrue but for the provisions of the Title 11 of the United States Code after any bankruptcy or insolvency petition under Title 11 of the United States Code) the Loans made by the Lenders to, and the Notes held by each Lender of, Borrower, and all other Secured Obligations from time to time owing to the Secured Parties under any Loan Document or any Hedging Agreement entered into by a Loan Party with a Hedging Bank or any Treasury Services Agreement entered into by a Loan Party with a Treasury Services Bank, in each case strictly in accordance with the terms thereof (such obligations being herein collectively called the “Guaranteed Obligations”). The Subsidiary Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agree that if Borrower or any other Subsidiary Guarantor(s) shall fail to pay in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) any of the Guaranteed Obligations, the Subsidiary Guarantors will promptly pay the same in cash, without any demand or notice whatsoever, and that in the case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, the same will be promptly paid in full when due (whether at extended maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of such extension or renewal. The Administrative Agent’s books and records showing the amount of the Secured Obligations shall be admissible in evidence in any action or proceeding, and shall be binding upon each Subsidiary Guarantor, and conclusive for the purpose of establishing the amount of the Secured Obligations absent manifest error. The Guaranteed Obligations of a Subsidiary Guarantor shall exclude any Excluded Swap Obligations with respect to such Subsidiary Guarantor.
The obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors under Section 7.01 shall constitute a guaranty of payment and performance and not merely as a guaranty of collection and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Requirements of Law, are absolute, irrevocable and unconditional, joint and several, irrespective of the value, genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations under this Agreement, the Notes, if any, or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein or therein, or any substitution, release or exchange of any other guarantee of or security for any of the Guaranteed Obligations, and, irrespective of any other circumstance whatsoever that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or Subsidiary Guarantor (except for payment in full). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is agreed that the occurrence of any one or more of the following shall not alter or impair the liability of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereunder which shall remain absolute, irrevocable and unconditional under any and all circumstances as described above:
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The Subsidiary Guarantors hereby expressly waive diligence, presentment, demand of payment, protest and all notices whatsoever, and any requirement that any Secured Party exhaust any right, power or remedy or proceed against Borrower under this Agreement or the Notes, if any, or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein or therein, or against any other Person under any other guarantee of, or security for, any of the Guaranteed Obligations. The Subsidiary Guarantors waive any and all notice of the creation, renewal, extension, waiver, termination or accrual of any of the Guaranteed Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by any Secured Party upon this Guarantee or acceptance of this Guarantee, and the Guaranteed Obligations, and any of them, shall conclusively be deemed to have been created, contracted or incurred in reliance upon this Guarantee, and all dealings between Borrower and the Secured Parties shall likewise be conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance upon this Guarantee. This Guarantee shall be construed as a continuing, absolute, irrevocable and unconditional guarantee of payment without regard to any right of offset with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations at any time or from time to time held by Secured Parties, and the obligations and liabilities of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereunder shall not be conditioned or contingent upon the pursuit by the Secured Parties or any other Person at any time of any right or remedy against Borrower or against any other Person which may be or become liable in respect of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations or against any collateral security or guarantee therefor or right of offset with respect thereto. This Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and be binding in accordance with and to the extent of its terms upon the Subsidiary Guarantors and the successors and assigns thereof, and shall inure to the benefit of the Lenders, and their respective successors and assigns, notwithstanding that from time to time during the term of this Agreement there may be no Guaranteed Obligations outstanding.
This Guarantee is a continuing and irrevocable guaranty of all Secured Obligations now or hereafter existing and shall remain in full force and effect until the Facility Termination Date; provided, that, (a) the obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors under this Article VII shall be automatically reinstated if and to the extent that for any reason any payment by or on behalf of Borrower or other Loan Party in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or must be otherwise restored by any holder of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, whether as a result of any proceedings in bankruptcy or reorganization or otherwise, and (b) the obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor upon any such reinstatement under this paragraph shall survive termination of this Guarantee. Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that it will
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indemnify the Secured Parties on demand for all reasonable costs and expenses (including the fees, charges, and disbursements of counsel) incurred by any Secured Party in connection with any such rescission or restoration, including any costs incurred in defending against any claim alleging that any such payment constituted a preference or fraudulent transfer or other similar avoidable payment under any applicable state, federal or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization proceeding.
Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that until the Facility Termination Date it shall waive any claim and shall not exercise any right or remedy, direct or indirect, arising by reason of any performance by it of its guarantee in Section 7.01, whether by subrogation or otherwise, against Borrower or any other Subsidiary Guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any security for any of the Guaranteed Obligations. Each Loan Party (a “Subordinating Loan Party”) hereby subordinates the payment of all obligations and indebtedness of any other Loan Party owing to it, whether now existing or hereafter arising, including but not limited to any obligation of any such other Loan Party to the Subordinating Loan Party as subrogee of the Secured Parties or resulting from such Subordinating Loan Party’s performance under this Guarantee, to the indefeasible payment in full in cash of all Secured Obligations. If the Secured Parties so request, any such obligation or indebtedness of any such other Loan Party to the Subordinating Loan Party shall be enforced and performance received by the Subordinating Loan Party as trustee for the Secured Parties and the proceeds thereof shall be paid over to the Secured Parties on account of the Secured Obligations, but without reducing or affecting in any manner the liability of the Subordinating Loan Party under this Agreement. Without limitation of the foregoing, so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing, the Loan Parties may make and receive payments with respect to Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(d). If any amounts are paid to a Subsidiary Guarantor in violation of this Section 7.04, then such amounts shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Secured Parties and shall forthwith be paid to the Secured Parties to reduce the amount of the Secured Obligations, whether matured or unmatured.
The Subsidiary Guarantors jointly and severally agree that, as between the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Secured Parties, the Guaranteed Obligations may be declared to be forthwith due and payable as provided in Section 8.01 (and shall be deemed to have become automatically due and payable in the circumstances provided in Section 8.01) for purposes of Section 7.01, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such declaration (or such obligations from becoming automatically due and payable) as against Borrower and that, in the event of such declaration (or such obligations being deemed to have become automatically due and payable), such obligations (whether or not due and payable by Borrower) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Subsidiary Guarantors for purposes of Section 7.01.
Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby acknowledges that the guarantee in this Article VII constitutes an instrument for the payment of money, and consents and agrees that any Secured Party, at its sole option, in the event of a dispute by such Subsidiary Guarantor in the payment of any moneys due hereunder, shall have the right to bring a motion or an action under New York CPLR Section 3213.
The guarantee in this Article VII is a continuing guarantee of payment, and shall apply to all Guaranteed Obligations whenever arising. The obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder are independent of the Secured Obligations and the obligations of any other guarantor, and a separate action
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may be brought against each Subsidiary Guarantor to enforce this Guarantee whether or not Borrower or any other Person or entity is joined as a party.
In any action or proceeding involving any state corporate limited partnership or limited liability company law, or any applicable state, federal or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other law affecting the rights of creditors generally, if the obligations of any Subsidiary Guarantor under Section 7.01 would otherwise be held or determined to be void, voidable, invalid or unenforceable, or subordinated to the claims of any other creditors, on account of the amount of its liability under Section 7.01, then, notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, the amount of such liability shall, without any further action by such Subsidiary Guarantor, any Loan Party or any other Person, be automatically limited and reduced to the highest amount (after giving effect to the right of contribution established in Section 7.10) that is valid and enforceable and not subordinated to the claims of other creditors as determined in such action or proceeding.
If, in compliance with the terms and provisions of the Loan Documents, any Subsidiary Guarantor (a “Released Guarantor”) shall cease to be a Subsidiary of Borrower pursuant to a transaction permitted hereunder, (a) such Released Guarantor shall, upon its so ceasing to be a Subsidiary of Borrower, be automatically released from its obligations (i) under this Agreement (including under Section 10.03 hereof), and (ii) to pledge and grant any Collateral owned by it pursuant to any Security Document, and (b) the obligation of any Loan Party to pledge the Equity Interests in such Released Guarantor shall automatically terminate upon such Released Guarantor ceasing to be a Subsidiary of Borrower. So long as Borrower shall have provided the Agents such certifications or documents as any Agent shall reasonably request, the Collateral Agent shall take such actions as are reasonably requested by Borrower to evidence or effect each releases described in this Section 7.09 in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Security Documents.
Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that to the extent that a Subsidiary Guarantor shall have paid more than its proportionate share of any payment made hereunder, such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be entitled to seek and receive contribution from and against any other Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder which has not paid its proportionate share of such payment. Each Subsidiary Guarantor’s right of contribution shall be subject to the terms and conditions of Section 7.04. The provisions of this Section 7.10 shall in no respect limit the obligations and liabilities of any Subsidiary Guarantor to the Secured Parties, and each Subsidiary Guarantor shall remain liable to the Secured Parties for the full amount guaranteed by such Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder.
(a) Each Subsidiary Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that it has the sole responsibility for, and has adequate means of, obtaining from Borrower and any other guarantor such information concerning the financial condition, business and operations of Borrower and any such other guarantor as such Subsidiary Guarantor requires, and that none of the Secured Parties has any duty, and such Subsidiary Guarantor is not relying on the Secured Parties at any time, to disclose to it any information relating to the business, operations or financial condition of Borrower or any other guarantor (each Subsidiary Guarantor waiving any duty on the part of the Secured Parties to disclose such information and any defense relating to the failure to provide the same).
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(b) Each of the Loan Parties hereby appoints Borrower to act as its agent for all purposes of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and all other documents and electronic platforms entered into in connection herewith and agrees that (i) Borrower may execute such documents and provide such authorizations on behalf of such Loan Parties as Borrower deems appropriate in its sole discretion and each Loan Party shall be obligated by all of the terms of any such document and/or authorization executed on its behalf, (ii) any notice or communication delivered by an Agent, an Issuing Bank or a Lender to Borrower shall be deemed delivered to each Loan Party and (iii) any Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender may accept, and be permitted to rely on, any document, authorization, instrument or agreement executed by Borrower on behalf of each of the Loan Parties.
Each Loan Party that is a Qualified ECP Guarantor at the time the Guarantee or the grant of a Lien under the Loan Documents, in each case, by any Specified Loan Party becomes effective with respect to any Swap Obligation, hereby jointly and severally, absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably undertakes to provide such funds or other support to each Specified Loan Party with respect to such Swap Obligation as may be needed by such Specified Loan Party from time to time to honor all of its obligations under the Loan Documents in respect of such Swap Obligation (but, in each case, only up to the maximum amount of such liability that can be hereby incurred without rendering such Qualified ECP Guarantor’s obligations and undertakings under this Article VII voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer, and not for any greater amount). The obligations and undertakings of each Qualified ECP Guarantor under this Section 7.12 shall remain in full force and effect until the Secured Obligations have been indefeasibly paid and performed in full. Each Loan Party intends this Section 7.12 to constitute, and this Section 7.12 shall be deemed to constitute, a guarantee of the obligations of, and a “keepwell, support, or other agreement” for the benefit of, each Specified Loan Party for all purposes of the Commodity Exchange Act.
Each of the following events shall be an “Event of Default”:
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If any Event of Default (other than an event with respect to Borrower described in Section 8.01(g) or (h)) occurs and is continuing, the Administrative Agent may and, at the request of the Required Lenders, shall, by notice to Borrower, take any or all of following actions, at the same or different times: (a) terminate forthwith the Commitments, (b) terminate forthwith the obligation of the Issuing Banks to make LC Credit Extensions, (c) declare the Loans and LC Obligations then outstanding to be forthwith due and payable in whole or in part, whereupon the principal of the Loans and LC Obligations so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and any unpaid accrued Fees and all other Obligations 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 Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors, anything contained herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding, (d) require that Borrower Cash Collateralize the LC Obligations (in an amount equal to the Minimum Collateral Amount with respect thereto), and (e) exercise on behalf of itself, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks all rights and remedies available to it, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks under the Loan Documents or applicable law or equity; and if an Event of Default with respect to Borrower described in Section 8.01(g) or (h) occurs, (i) the Commitments shall automatically terminate, (ii) the obligation of the Issuing Banks to make LC Credit Extensions shall automatically terminate, (iii) the principal of the Loans and LC Obligations then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and any unpaid accrued Fees and all other Obligations accrued hereunder and under any other Loan Document, shall automatically become due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any
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kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors, anything contained herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding, and (iv) the obligation of Borrower to Cash Collateralize the LC Obligations as aforesaid shall automatically become effective.
After the exercise of remedies provided for in Section 8.02 (or after the Loans have automatically become immediately due and payable and the LC Obligations have automatically been required to be Cash Collateralized as set forth in Section 8.02) or if at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent to pay fully all Secured Obligations then due hereunder, any amounts received on account of the Secured Obligations shall, subject to the provisions of Sections 2.20 and 2.21, be applied by the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent in the following order:
In the event that any such proceeds are insufficient to pay in full the items described in clauses (a) through (e) of this Section 8.03, the Loan Parties shall remain liable, jointly and severally, for any deficiency.
Subject to Sections 2.19(c) and 2.21, amounts used to Cash Collateralize the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit pursuant to clause (d) above shall be applied to satisfy drawings under such
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Letters of Credit as they occur. If any amount remains on deposit as Cash Collateral after all Letters of Credit have either been fully drawn or expired, such remaining amount shall be applied to the other Secured Obligations, if any, in the order set forth above. Excluded Swap Obligations with respect to any Subsidiary Guarantor shall not be paid with amounts received from such Subsidiary Guarantor or its assets, but appropriate adjustments shall be made with respect to payments from other Loan Parties to preserve the allocation to Secured Obligations otherwise set forth above in this Section 8.03.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, obligations arising under Hedging Agreements entered into by a Loan Party and any Treasury Services Agreement entered into by a Loan Party shall be excluded from the application described above if the Administrative Agent has not received a letter agreement (which shall be in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent), together with such supporting documentation as the Administrative Agent may request, from the applicable counterparty to such Hedging Agreement or Treasury Services Agreement pursuant to which such counterparty (x) appoints the Collateral Agent as its agent under the applicable Loan Documents and (y) agrees to be bound by the provisions of Sections 9.01, 9.03, 10.03 and 10.09 as if it were a Lender. Each counterparty that has delivered the letter agreement contemplated by the preceding sentence shall, but such letter agreement, be deemed to have acknowledged and accepted the appointment of each Agent pursuant to the terms of Article IX for itself and its Affiliates as if a “Lender” party hereto.
(a) Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints, designates and authorizes Bank of America to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, and neither Borrower nor any other Loan Party shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead such term is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties. In addition, to the extent required under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States, each of the Secured Parties hereby grants to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent any required powers of attorney to execute any Security Document or other Loan Document governed by the laws of such jurisdiction on such Secured Party’s behalf.
(b) Bank of America shall also act as Collateral Agent under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as Hedging Bank or Treasury Services Bank) and each of the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Collateral Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and such Issuing Bank 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 Secured Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Collateral Agent, together with any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact
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appointed by the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 9.05 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 and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Collateral Agent, shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Article IX and Article X (including Section 10.03(c), as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the Collateral Agent under the Loan Documents) as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto.
Each Person serving as an Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as an Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial, advisory, underwriting or other business with any Loan Party or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not an Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders or to provide notice to or consent of the Lenders with respect thereto.
(a) No Agent nor any Lead Arranger, as applicable, shall have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, and their duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, neither any Agent nor any Lead Arranger, as applicable, nor any of their Related Parties:
(b) Neither any Agent nor any of its Related Parties shall be liable for any action taken or not taken by it under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the
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transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as such Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Section 10.02 or Section 8.02) or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment. No Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge of any Default unless and until notice describing such Default is given to such Agent by Borrower, a Lender or an Issuing Bank.
(c) Neither any Agent nor any of its Related Parties shall have any duty or obligation to any Lender or participant or any other Person to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien purported to be created by the Security Documents, (v) the value or 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 such Agent.
(d) Each party to this Agreement acknowledges and agrees that any Agent may use an outside service provider for the tracking of all UCC financing statements required to be filed pursuant to the Loan Documents and notification to such Agent of, among other things, the upcoming lapse or expiration thereof, and that any such service provider will be deemed to be acting at the request and on behalf of Borrower and the other Loan Parties. No Agent shall be liable for any action taken or not taken by any such service provider.
(e) Neither any Agent nor any of its Related Parties shall be responsible or have any liability for, or have any duty to ascertain, inquire into, monitor or enforce, compliance with the provisions of this Agreement relating to Disqualified Institutions. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, no Agent shall (i) be obligated to ascertain, monitor or inquire as to whether any Lender or Participant or prospective Lender or prospective Participant is a Disqualified Institution or (ii) have any liability with respect to or arising out of any assignment or participation of Loans, or disclosure of confidential information, to any Disqualified Institution.
Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, communication, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. Each Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall be fully protected in relying and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to any Credit Extension that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or an Issuing Bank, each Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or such Issuing Bank unless such Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or such Issuing Bank prior to the making of such Credit Extension. Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for 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, accounts or experts. For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in Section 4.01, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have
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consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objections.
Each Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Agent. Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Agent. No Agent shall be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and nonappealable judgment that such Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents.
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Each Lender and each Issuing Bank expressly acknowledges that none of no Agent nor any Lead Arranger has made any representation or warranty to it, and that no act by any Agent or any Lead Arranger hereafter taken, including any consent to, and acceptance of any assignment or review of the affairs of any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by any Agent or any Lead Arranger to any Lender or any Issuing Bank as to any matter, including whether any Agent or any Lead Arranger has disclosed material information in their (or their Related Parties’) possession. Each Lender and each Issuing Bank represents to the each Agent and each Arranger that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent, any Arranger, any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis of, appraisal of, and investigation into, the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, and all applicable bank or other regulatory Laws relating to the transactions contemplated hereby, and made its own decision to enter into this Agreement and to extend credit to Borrower hereunder. Each Lender and each Issuing Bank also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent, any Lead Arranger, any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder, and to make such investigations as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties. Each Lender and each Issuing Bank represents and warrants that (i) the Loan Documents set forth the terms of a commercial lending facility and (ii) it is engaged in making,
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acquiring or holding commercial loans in the ordinary course and is entering into this Agreement as a Lender or Issuing Bank for the purpose of making, acquiring or holding commercial loans and providing other facilities set forth herein as may be applicable to such Lender or such Issuing Bank, and not for the purpose of purchasing, acquiring or holding any other type of financial instrument, and each Lender and each Issuing Bank agrees not to assert a claim in contravention of the foregoing. Each Lender and each Issuing Bank represents and warrants that it is sophisticated with respect to decisions to make, acquire and/or hold commercial loans and to provide other facilities set forth herein, as may be applicable to such Lender or such Issuing Bank, and either it, or the Person exercising discretion in making its decision to make, acquire and/or hold such commercial loans or to provide such other facilities, is experienced in making, acquiring or holding such commercial loans or providing such other facilities.
To the extent required by any applicable law, the Administrative Agent may withhold from any payment to any Lender an amount equivalent to any applicable withholding Tax. Without limiting the provisions of Section 2.15(a) or (c), each Lender and each Issuing Bank shall, and does hereby, indemnify the Administrative Agent, and shall make payable in respect thereof within 30 days after demand therefor, against any and all Taxes and any and all related losses, claims, liabilities and expenses (including fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent) incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent by the Internal Revenue Service or any other Governmental Authority as a result of the failure of the Administrative Agent to properly withhold Tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender or any Issuing Bank for any reason (including because the appropriate form was not delivered or not property executed, or because such Lender failed to notify the Administrative Agent of a change in circumstance that rendered the exemption from, or reduction of withholding Tax ineffective). A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender or any Issuing Bank by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender and each Issuing Bank hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender or such Issuing Bank under this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any amount due the Administrative Agent under this Section 9.08. The agreements in this Section 9.08 shall survive the resignation and/or replacement of the Administrative Agent, any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender or an Issuing Bank, the Facility Termination Date and the termination of this Agreement.
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the Lead Arrangers, syndication agents or documentation agents listed on the cover page hereof shall have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, except (a) in its capacity, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, a Lender or an Issuing Bank hereunder or (b) in the case of the Lead Arrangers, the powers expressly set forth herein.
In case of the pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or any other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party, each Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or LC Obligation shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether such Agent shall have made any demand on Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, (a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans, LC Obligations and all other Secured 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 Agents (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the
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Agents and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Agents hereunder) 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 any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender and each Issuing Bank to make such payments to such Agent and, in the event that such Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, to pay to such Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of such Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent hereunder.
Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize any Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender or any Issuing Bank any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Secured Obligations or the rights of any Lender or any Issuing Bank to authorize any Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender or any Issuing Bank or in any such proceeding.
The Secured Parties hereby irrevocably authorize each Agent, at the direction of the Required Lenders, to credit bid all or any portion of the Secured Obligations (including accepting some or all of the Collateral in satisfaction of some or all of the Secured Obligations pursuant to a deed in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise) and in such manner purchase (either directly or through one or more acquisition vehicles) all or any portion of the Collateral (i) at any sale thereof conducted under the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, including under Sections 363, 1123 or 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, or any similar Laws in any other jurisdictions to which a Loan Party is subject, (ii) at any other sale or foreclosure or acceptance of collateral in lieu of debt conducted by (or with the consent or at the direction of) such Agent (whether by judicial action or otherwise) in accordance with any applicable law. In connection with any such credit bid and purchase, the Secured Obligations owed to the Secured Parties shall be entitled to be, and shall be, credit bid on a ratable basis (with Secured Obligations with respect to contingent or unliquidated claims receiving contingent interests in the acquired assets on a ratable basis that would vest upon the liquidation of such claims in an amount proportional to the liquidated portion of the contingent claim amount used in allocating the contingent interests) in the asset or assets so purchased (or in the Equity Interests or debt instruments of the acquisition vehicle or vehicles that are used to consummate such purchase). In connection with any such bid, (A) each Agent shall be authorized to form one or more acquisition vehicles to make a bid, (B) each Agent shall be authorized to adopt documents providing for the governance of the acquisition vehicle or vehicles (provided, that, any actions by such Agent with respect to such acquisition vehicle or vehicles, including any disposition of the assets or Equity Interests thereof shall be governed, directly or indirectly, by the vote of the Required Lenders, irrespective of the termination of this Agreement and without giving effect to the limitations on actions by the Required Lenders contained in Section 10.02), (C) each Agent shall be authorized to assign the relevant Secured Obligations to any such acquisition vehicle pro rata by the Lenders, as a result of which each of the Lenders shall be deemed to have received a pro rata portion of any Equity Interests and/or debt instruments issued by such an acquisition vehicle on account of the assignment of the Secured Obligations to be credit bid, all without the need for any Secured Party or acquisition vehicle to take any further action, and (D) to the extent that Secured Obligations that are assigned to an acquisition vehicle are not used to acquire Collateral for any reason (as a result of another bid being higher or better, because the amount of Secured Obligations assigned to the acquisition vehicle exceeds the amount of debt credit bid by the acquisition vehicle or otherwise), such Secured Obligations shall automatically be reassigned to the Lenders pro rata and the Equity Interests and/or debt instruments issued by any acquisition vehicle on account of the Secured Obligations that had been assigned to the acquisition vehicle shall automatically be cancelled, without the need for any Secured Party or any acquisition vehicle to take any further action.
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Each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as Hedging Bank or Treasury Services Bank) and each of the Issuing Banks irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, at its option and in its discretion,
(a) to execute and deliver any release or other document contemplated to be delivered by any Agent pursuant to the last sentence of Section 6.05, the second to last sentence of Section 6.06 or Section 7.09;
(b) to release any Lien on any property granted to or held by any Agent under any Loan Document (i) upon the Facility Termination Date, or (ii) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders in accordance with Section 10.02; and
(c) to subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by any Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on such property that is permitted by Section 6.02(h).
Upon request by any Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in writing such Agent’s authority to release or subordinate its interest in particular types or items of property, or to release any Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under the Guarantee pursuant to this Section 9.11. No Agent shall be responsible for or have a duty to ascertain or inquire into any representation or warranty regarding the existence, value or collectability of the Collateral, the existence, priority or perfection of the Collateral Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall any Agent be responsible or liable to the Lenders for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral.
Except as otherwise expressly set forth herein, no Hedging Bank or Treasury Services Bank that obtains the benefit of the provisions of Section 8.03, the Guarantee or any Collateral by virtue of the provisions hereof or any Security Document shall have any right to notice of any action or to consent to, direct or object to any action hereunder or under any other Loan Document or otherwise in respect of the Collateral (including the release or impairment of any Collateral) (or to notice of or to consent to any amendment, waiver or modification of the provisions hereof or of the Guarantee or any Security Document) other than in its capacity as a Lender and, in such case, only to the extent expressly provided in the Loan Documents. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article IX to the contrary, no Agent shall be required to verify the payment of, or that other satisfactory arrangements have been made with respect to, Secured Obligations arising under Hedging Agreements with Hedging Banks or Treasury Services Agreements with Treasury Services Banks except to the extent expressly provided herein and unless the Administrative Agent has received the letter agreement and supporting documentation contemplated pursuant to the last paragraph of Section 8.03 with respect to such Secured Obligations, from the applicable Hedging Bank or Treasury Services Bank, as the case may be. No Agent shall be required to verify the payment of, or that other satisfactory arrangements have been made with respect to, Secured Obligations arising under Hedging Agreements with Hedging Banks or Treasury Services Agreements with Treasury Services Banks in the case of a Facility Termination Date.
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Without limitation of any other provision in this Agreement, if at any time any Agent makes a payment hereunder in error to any Lender Recipient Party, whether or not in respect of an Obligation due and owing by any Borrower at such time, where such payment is a Rescindable Amount, then in any such event, each Lender Recipient Party receiving a Rescindable Amount severally agrees to repay to such Agent forthwith on demand the Rescindable Amount received by such Lender Recipient Party in Same Day Funds in the currency so received, with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such Rescindable Amount is received by it to but excluding the date of payment to such Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate
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determined by such Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation. Each Lender Recipient Party irrevocably waives any and all defenses, including any “discharge for value” (under which a creditor might otherwise claim a right to retain funds mistakenly paid by a third party in respect of a debt owed by another) or similar defense to its obligation to return any Rescindable Amount. The applicable Agent shall inform each Lender Recipient Party promptly upon determining that any payment made to such Lender Recipient Party comprised, in whole or in part, a Rescindable Amount.
Notices and other communications sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices and other communications sent by fax transmission shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient). Notices and other communications delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in paragraph (b) below, shall be effective as provided in said paragraph (b).
Each Loan Party, each Agent, each Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender may change its address, fax number, e-mail address or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by written notice to Borrower, the Agents, the Issuing Banks and the Swingline Lender. Any Lender may change its address, fax number, e-mail address or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to Borrower, the Agents, the Issuing Banks and the Swingline Lender. In addition, each Lender agrees to notify the Administrative Agent from time to time to ensure that the Administrative Agent has on record (A) an effective address, contact name, telephone number, fax number and e-mail address to which notices and other communications may be sent and (B) accurate wire instructions for such Lender. Furthermore, each Public Lender agrees to cause at least one individual at or on behalf of such Public Lender to at all times have selected the “Private Side Information” or similar designation on the content
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declaration screen of the Platform in order to enable such Public Lender or its delegate, in accordance with such Public Lender’s compliance procedures and applicable law, including United States federal and state securities laws, to make reference to Borrower Materials that are not made available through the “Public Side Information” portion of the Platform and that may contain material non-public information with respect to Borrower or its securities for purposes of United States federal or state securities laws.
Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received by the intended recipient upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail address or other written acknowledgement) indicating that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor; provided, that, for both clauses (i) and (ii), if such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient.
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THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” THE AGENT PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE BORROWER MATERIALS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY ANY AGENT PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM. In no event shall any Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the “Agent Parties”) have any liability to Borrower, any Lender, any Issuing Bank or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of Borrower’s, any Loan Party’s or any Agent’s transmission of Borrower Materials or notices through the Platform, any other electronic platform or electronic messaging service, or through the Internet.
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein: (1) no Defaulting Lender shall have any 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, or all Lenders or each affected Lender of a particular Class, may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except to the extent the consent of such Lender would be required under clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of the first proviso to the first sentence of this Section 10.02(b); (2) if following the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent and Borrower shall have jointly identified an obvious error or any error or omission of a technical or immaterial nature, in each case, in any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, then in each case the Administrative Agent and Borrower shall be permitted to amend such provision and such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document if the same is not objected to in writing by the Required
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Lenders within five Business Days following receipt of notice thereof (it being understood that posting such amendment electronically on the Platform or another relevant website with notice of such posting by the Administrative Agent to the Required Lenders shall be deemed adequate receipt of notice of such amendment); (3) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto; (4) to the extent permitted pursuant to Section 1.09, this Agreement may be amended to amend the definition of “Alternate Currency”, “Alternate Currency Term Rate” or “Alternate Currency Daily Rate” solely to add additional currency options and the applicable interest rate with respect thereto with the written consent of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks (if such change relates to the currency or currencies in which Letters of Credit can be issued under this Agreement), Borrower and the Revolving Lenders (if such change relates to the currency or currencies in which Revolving Loans can be made under this Agreement); (5) each Lender is entitled to vote as such Lender sees fit on any bankruptcy reorganization plan that affects the Loans, and each Lender acknowledges that the provisions of Section 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code of the United States supersedes the unanimous consent provisions set forth herein; (6) the Required Lenders shall determine whether or not to allow a Loan Party to use cash collateral in the context of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding and such determination shall be binding on all of the Lenders; (7) in order to implement any Incremental Facility pursuant to Section 2.22, this Agreement may be amended for such purpose (but solely to the extent necessary to implement such Incremental Facility and otherwise in accordance with Section 2.22) by Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Lender providing a portion of such Incremental Facility; (8) this Agreement may be amended (or amended and restated) with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent, Borrower, the other Loan Parties and the relevant Lenders providing such additional credit facilities (x) to add one or more additional credit facilities to this Agreement, to permit the extensions of credit from time to time outstanding hereunder and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof to share ratably in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the existing Loans and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof and to include appropriately the Lenders holding such credit facilities in any determination of the Required Lenders, Required Class Lenders and/or Required Revolving Lenders, as applicable, and (y) to change, modify or alter the pro rata sharing of payments among the Lenders to the extent necessary to effectuate any of the amendments (or amendments and restatements) enumerated in this clause (8); (9) [reserved]; (10)(x) Schedule 1.01(d) shall be deemed automatically amended to reflect the Issuing Bank Commitment of any Issuing Bank upon the execution and delivery by such Issuing Bank of a Notice of Additional Issuing Bank, and (y) Schedule 1.01(d) may be amended from time to time by Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Issuing Bank to reflect the Issuing Bank Commitments of the Issuing Banks in effect from time to time; and (11) as to any amendment, amendment and restatement or other modifications otherwise approved in accordance with this Section 10.02, it shall not be necessary to obtain the consent or approval of any Lender that, upon giving effect to such amendment, amendment and restatement or other modification, would have no Commitment or outstanding Loans so long as such Lender receives payment in full of the principal of and interest accrued on each Loan made by, and all other amounts owing to, such Lender or accrued for the account of such Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents at the time such amendment, amendment and restatement or other modification becomes effective.
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In connection with the establishment of any Replacement Term Loan Facility, each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that this Agreement and the other Loan Documents may be amended pursuant to the Replacement Term Loan Facility Amendment applicable to such Replacement Term Loan Facility to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to (A) reflect the existence and terms of such Replacement Term Loan Facility being established pursuant to such Replacement Term Loan Facility Amendment, (B) make such other changes to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents consistent with the provisions and intent of such Replacement Term Loan Facility, and (C) effect such other amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and Borrower, to effect the provisions of this Section 10.02(e), and the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent to enter into any such Replacement Term Loan Facility Amendment.
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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
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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 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 (I) pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon) and (II) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full pro rata share of all Loans and participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans in accordance with its Pro Rata Percentage. 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.
Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section 10.04, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the Eligible Assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning 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 2.12, 2.13, 2.15 and 10.03 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment); provided, that, except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no assignment by a Defaulting Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender. Upon request, Borrower (at its expense) shall execute and deliver a Note to the assignee Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this paragraph shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with Section 10.04(d).
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Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce the Loan Documents and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of the Loan Documents; provided, that, such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of the first proviso to Section 10.02(b) that affects such Participant. Subject to paragraph (e) of this Section, Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.12, 2.13 and 2.15 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements under Section 2.15(e) (it being understood that the documentation required under Section 2.15(e) shall be delivered to the Lender who sells the participation)) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.08 as though it were a Lender; provided, that, such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.14 as though it were a Lender.
Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under this Agreement (the “Participant Register”); provided, that, no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register to any Person (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any Commitments, Loans, Letters of Credit or its other obligations under any Loan Document) except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Commitment, Loan, Letter of Credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender 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. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.
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All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Loan Parties in the Loan Documents and in the certificates or other instruments delivered pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the making of any Loans and issuance of any Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that any Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement (other than obligations for tax gross-up, yield protection, indemnification or expense reimbursement for which no claim has been made) is outstanding and unpaid or any Letter of Credit is outstanding and so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated. The provisions of Sections 2.11, 2.12, 2.13, 2.14, 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and Article X (but with respect to Section 10.12, only for a period of one year from the date upon which this Agreement is terminated) shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the removal or replacement of the Administrative Agent, the removal or replacement of the Collateral Agent, the occurrence of the Facility Termination Date or the termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof.
This Agreement, the other Loan Documents, and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lead Arranger, constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in Section 4.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, 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 the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.
If any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (a) the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby and (b) the parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions. The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. Without limiting the foregoing provisions of this Section 10.07, if and to the extent that the enforceability of any provisions in this Agreement relating to
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Defaulting Lenders shall be limited by Debtor Relief Laws, as determined in good faith by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Issuing Banks or the Swingline Lender, as applicable, then such provisions shall be deemed to be in effect only to the extent not so limited.
If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender, each Issuing Bank, and each of their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Requirements of Law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) at any time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such Lender, such Issuing Bank or any such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of Borrower or any other Loan Party against any and all of the obligations of Borrower or such Loan Party now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document 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 Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such obligations of Borrower or such Loan Party may be contingent or unmatured, secured or unsecured, or are owed to a branch, office or Affiliate of such Lender or such Issuing Bank different from the branch, office or Affiliate holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness; provided, that, if any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff, (a) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.20 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, each Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender and the Lenders and (b) 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 set off. The rights of each Lender, each Issuing Bank and their respective Affiliates under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender, such Issuing Bank or their respective Affiliates may have. Each Lender and each Issuing Bank agrees to notify Borrower and the Administrative Agent promptly after any such setoff and application; provided, that, the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.
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EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS OF LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO () CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND () ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
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Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
(a) Each of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (i) to its Affiliates, its auditors and its Related Parties (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (ii) to the extent required or requested by any Governmental Authority or required or requested by any regulatory authority (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (iii) to the extent required by applicable Requirements of Law or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (iv) to any other party hereto, (v) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (vi) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section 10.12, to (A) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement (including any Person invited to participate in any Incremental Facility pursuant to Section 2.22) (it being understood that the DQ List may be disclosed in reliance on this clause (vi)(A)), (B) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its Related Parties) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to Borrower and its obligations, or (C) any rating agency for the purpose of obtaining a credit rating applicable to any Lender, (vii) on a confidential basis to (A) the provider of any Platform or other electronic delivery service used by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Issuing Bank and/or the Swingline Lender to deliver Borrower Materials or notices to the Lenders, or (B) the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection with the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP numbers or other market identifiers with respect to the credit facilities provided hereunder, (viii) with the consent of Borrower or (ix) to the extent such Information (A) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (B) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Lender, any Issuing Bank or any of their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than Borrower. For purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries relating to Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries unless such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as not including any confidential information. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information. In addition, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders may disclose the existence of this Agreement and information about this Agreement to market data collectors, similar service providers to the lending industry and service providers to the Agents and the Lenders in connection with the administration of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the Commitments.
(b) Each of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks acknowledges that () the Information may include material non-public information concerning a Loan Party or a Subsidiary, as the case may be, () it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of material non-public information and () it will handle such material
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non-public information in accordance with applicable Law, including United States federal and state securities Laws.
(c) The Loan Parties and their Affiliates agree that they will not in the future issue any press releases or other public disclosure using the name of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender or their respective Affiliates or referring to this Agreement or any of the Loan Documents without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, unless (and only to the extent that) the Loan Parties or such Affiliate is required to do so under law and then, in any event the Loan Parties or such Affiliate will consult with such Person before issuing such press release or other public disclosure.
(d) The Loan Parties consent to the publication by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender of customary advertising material relating to the transactions contemplated hereby using the name, product photographs, logo or trademark of the Loan Parties.
Each Lender that is subject to the USA PATRIOT Act and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies Borrower that pursuant to the “know your customer” regulations and the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act, each such Person is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Loan Party, which information includes the name, address and tax identification number (and other identifying information in the event this information is insufficient to complete verification) that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to verify the identity of each Loan Party in accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act. Borrower and the other Loan Parties agree to, promptly following a request by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, provide all such other documentation and information that the Administrative Agent or such Lender reasonably requests in order to comply with its ongoing obligations under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Loan Document, the interest paid or agreed to be paid under the Loan Documents shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted by applicable Law (the “Maximum Rate”). If the Administrative Agent or any Lender shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the principal of the Loans or, if it exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to Borrower. In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged, or received by the Administrative Agent or a Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, () characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest, () exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and () amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the Obligations hereunder.
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Requirements of Law, all obligations of the Loan Parties hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of:
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, the authority to enforce rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Loan Documents against the Loan Parties or any of them shall be vested exclusively in, and all actions and proceedings at law in connection with such enforcement shall be instituted and maintained exclusively by, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent in accordance with Section 8.02 for the benefit of all the Lenders and the Issuing Banks; provided, that, the foregoing shall not prohibit () any Agent from exercising on its own behalf the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as an Agent) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, () any Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender from exercising the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as an Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender, as the case may be) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, () any Lender from exercising setoff rights in accordance with Section 10.08 (subject to the other applicable provisions of this Agreement), or () any Lender from filing proofs of claim or appearing and filing pleadings on its own behalf during the pendency of a proceeding relative to any Loan Party under any Debtor Relief Law; provided, further, that, if at any time there is no Person acting as Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, then () the Required Lenders shall have the rights otherwise ascribed to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, pursuant to Section 8.02 and () in addition to the matters set forth in clauses (b), (c) and (d) of the preceding proviso and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, any Lender may, with the consent of the Required Lenders, enforce any rights and remedies available to it and as authorized by the Required Lenders.
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To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of Borrower is made to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender, or the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, such Issuing Bank or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred, and (b) each Lender and each Issuing Bank severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, upon demand its applicable share (without duplication) of any amount so recovered from or repaid by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the applicable
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Overnight Rate from time to time in effect, in the applicable currency of such recovery or payment. The obligations of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks under clause (b) of the preceding sentence shall survive the Facility Termination Date and the termination of this Agreement.
In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document), each Loan Party acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Affiliates’ understanding, that: ()() the arranging and other services regarding this Agreement provided by any Agent and any Affiliate thereof, the Lead Arrangers and the Lenders are arm’s-length commercial transactions between each Loan Party and their respective Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Agents and, as applicable, their respective Affiliates (including BofA Securities) and the Lenders and their Affiliates (collectively, solely for purposes of this Section, the “Lenders”), on the other hand, () each Loan Party has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate, and () each Loan Party is capable of evaluating, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents; ()() each Agent and its Affiliates (including BofA Securities) and each Lender is and has been acting solely as a principal and, except as expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not, and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary, for any Loan Party or any of their respective Affiliates, or any other Person and () no Agent nor any of its Affiliates (including BofA Securities) nor any Lender has any obligation to any Loan Party or any of their respective Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; and () each Agent and its Affiliates (including BofA Securities) and the Lenders may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of Borrower, the other Loan Parties and their respective Affiliates, and none of any Agent, any of their respective Affiliates (including BofA Securities) nor any Lender has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by law, each Loan Party hereby waives and releases any claims that it may have against any Agent, any of its Affiliates (including BofA Securities) or any Lender with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transactions contemplated hereby.
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Solely to the extent any Lender or any Issuing Bank that is an Affected 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 any Issuing Bank that is an Affected 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 any Issuing Bank that is an Affected 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
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Affected 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.
The parties hereto agree that, on the Closing Date, the following transactions shall be deemed to occur automatically, without further action by any party hereto: (a) the Existing Credit Agreement shall be deemed to be amended and restated in its entirety pursuant to this Agreement; (b) all obligations under the Existing Credit Agreement outstanding on the Closing Date shall in all respects be continuing and shall be deemed to be Obligations outstanding hereunder; (c) the guarantees made to the lenders, the letter of credit issuers, the administrative agent and each other holder of the obligations under the Existing Credit Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect with respect to the Secured Obligations and are hereby reaffirmed; and (d) the security interests and liens in favor of Bank of America, as administrative agent for the benefit of the holders of the obligations under the Existing Credit Agreement, created under the collateral documents entered into in connection with the Existing Credit Agreement shall remain in full force and effect with respect to the Secured Obligations and are hereby reaffirmed. On the Closing Date, (i) Borrower shall prepay any revolving loans outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement to the extent necessary to keep the outstanding Revolving Loans ratable with the revised Revolving Commitments as of the Closing Date, and (ii) the revolving credit extensions and revolving commitments made by the lenders under the Existing Credit Agreement shall be re-allocated and restated among the Lenders so that, as of the Closing Date, the respective Revolving Commitments of the Lenders shall be as set forth on Schedule 1.01(b) as in effect on the Closing Date. The parties hereto further acknowledge and agree that this Agreement constitutes an amendment to the Existing Credit Agreement made under and in accordance with the terms of Section 10.02 of the Existing Credit Agreement. This Agreement is not a novation of the Existing Credit Agreement.
To the extent that the Loan Documents provide support, through a guarantee or otherwise, for any Swap Contract 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): 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
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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.
THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS REPRESENT THE FINAL AGREEMENT AMONG THE PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS, OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS AMONG THE PARTIES.
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ANNEX I
Applicable Margin
For purposes of clause (a) of the definition of “Applicable Margin,” the Applicable Margin shall be the following percentages per annum, based upon the Net Secured Total Leverage Ratio as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 5.01(c):
Level |
Net Secured Total Leverage Ratio |
EurodollarTerm SOFR Loans and Alternate Currency Revolving Loans |
ABR Loans |
I |
> 2.00:1.0 |
2.125% |
1.125% |
II |
< 2.00:1.0 but > 1.50:1.0 |
1.875% |
0.875% |
III |
< 1.50:1.0 but > 1.00:1.0 |
1.625% |
0.625% |
IV |
< 1.00:1.0 |
1.375% |
0.375% |
Each change in the Applicable Margin resulting from a change in the Net Secured Total Leverage Ratio shall be effective with respect to all outstanding Loans and Letters of Credit on and after the fifth Business Day after the date of delivery to the Administrative Agent of the financial statements and certificates required by Section 5.01(a) or (b) and Section 5.01(c), respectively, indicating such change until the fifth Business Day after the next date of delivery of such financial statements and certificates indicating another such change. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Applicable Margin shall be determined by reference to Level I (a) at any time during which Borrower has failed to deliver the financial statements and certificates required by Section 5.01(a) or (b) and Section 5.01(c), respectively, and (b) at any time during the existence of an Event of Default. The Applicable Margin in effect from the Closing Date through the fifth Business Day immediately following the date that financial statements and certificates required by Section 5.01(a) or (b) and Section 5.01(c), respectively, are delivered for the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2021 shall be determined based on Level IV.
In the event that any financial statement or Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 is shown to be inaccurate (regardless of whether this Agreement or the Commitments are in effect when such inaccuracy is discovered), and such inaccuracy, if corrected, would have led to a higher Applicable Margin and higher Applicable Commitment Fee Rate for any period (an “Applicable Period”) than the Applicable Margin and the Applicable Commitment Fee Rate applied for such Applicable Period, then (i) Borrower shall immediately deliver to the Administrative Agent a correct Compliance Certificate for such Applicable Period, (ii) the Applicable Margin and the Applicable Commitment Fee Rate shall be determined by reference to the corrected Compliance Certificate (but in no event shall the Lenders owe any amounts to Borrower), and (iii) Borrower shall immediately pay to the Administrative Agent the additional interest and fees owing as a result of such increased Applicable Margin and increased Applicable Commitment Fee Rate for such Applicable Period, which payment shall be promptly applied by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms hereof. This paragraph shall not limit the rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereunder. Borrower’s obligation under this paragraph shall survive the Facility Termination Date and the termination of the Loan Documents.