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): November 1, 2016
LIBERTY EXPEDIA HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware |
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(State or other jurisdiction of
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12300 Liberty Blvd.
Englewood, Colorado 80112
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
Registrants telephone number, including area code: (720) 875-5800
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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Item 2.01. Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
On November 4, 2016 at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, Liberty Interactive Corporation (Liberty) completed its previously announced split-off (the Split-Off) of its former wholly-owned subsidiary Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc. (the Company).
The Split-Off was accomplished by the redemption (the Redemption) by Liberty on a per share basis of: (i) 0.4 of each outstanding share of Series A Liberty Ventures common stock, par value $0.01 per share, as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on November 4, 2016 (such date and time, the Redemption Date) for 0.4 of a share of new Series A common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company and (ii) 0.4 of each outstanding share of Series B Liberty Ventures common stock, par value $0.01 per share, as of the Redemption Date, for 0.4 of a share of new Series B common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company, with cash paid in lieu of fractional shares (after taking into account all of the shares of Liberty Ventures common stock and Company common stock owned by each holder thereof, as applicable). As a result of the Split-Off, the Company is an independent, publicly traded company and its assets and liabilities consist of Libertys former 15.7% ownership interest and 52.3% voting interest (as of September 30, 2016) in Expedia, Inc. (Expedia), Libertys former wholly owned subsidiary Bodybuilding.com, LLC, corporate level cash and cash equivalents of $50 million and $350 million in indebtedness. Prior to the Split-Off, the Company distributed $300 million in cash to Liberty (the source of which was proceeds from a margin loan entered into by the Company prior to the completion of the Split-Off, as described below). All of the businesses, assets and liabilities currently attributed to the Libertys Ventures Group that are not held by the Company will remain with Liberty and continue to be attributed to the Ventures Group.
Several agreements were entered into in connection with the Split-Off (the Split-Off Agreements) between the Company, Liberty, Liberty Media Corporation (Liberty Media) and/or certain of their subsidiaries:
· a Reorganization Agreement, dated as of October 26, 2016, between Liberty and the Company, which provides for, among other things, the principal corporate transactions required to effect the Split-Off, certain conditions to the Split-Off and provisions governing the relationship between the Liberty and the Company with respect to and resulting from the Split-Off;
· a Tax Sharing Agreement, dated as of November 4, 2016, between the Company and Liberty, which governs the Companys and Libertys respective rights, responsibilities and obligations with respect to taxes and tax benefits, the filing of tax returns, the control of audits and other tax matters;
· a Services Agreement, dated as of November 4, 2016, by and between Liberty Media and the Company, which governs the provision by Liberty Media to the Company of specified services and benefits following the Split-Off;
· a Facilities Sharing Agreement, dated as of November 4, 2016, by and among the Company, Liberty Media and Liberty Property Holdings, Inc. (a subsidiary of Liberty Media), pursuant to which the Company shares office facilities with Liberty Media; and
· three aircraft time sharing agreements, each dated as of November 4, 2016, with Liberty Media or one or more of its wholly owned subsidiaries and the Company, which govern the lease for each of three aircraft owned by Liberty or in which a wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty Media owns a fractional interest from Liberty Media to the Company and the provision of a fully qualified flight crew for all operations on a periodic, non-exclusive time sharing basis.
The section of the prospectus (the Prospectus) forming a part of Amendment No. 5 to the Companys Registration Statement on Form S-4, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 30, 2016 (File No. 333-210377), entitled Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions ¾ Relationships Between Splitco and Liberty Interactive and/or Liberty Media which
describes the material terms of the Split-Off Agreements, is incorporated herein by reference. These descriptions are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Split-Off Agreements, which are filed as Exhibits 2.1, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4 and 10.5, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
In addition, in connection with the Split-Off, the Company entered into a Transaction Agreement, as amended and restated, dated September 22, 2016 (the Transaction Agreement), with Liberty, John C. Malone (Malone), Leslie Malone (Mrs. Malone and together with Malone, the Malone Group) and Barry Diller (Diller), as well as a letter agreement with Expedia, and, prior to the completion of the Split-Off, the Company entered into certain agreements with Diller and Expedia regarding the governance of the Company and its interest in Expedia, and the Malone Group granted Diller a proxy over their Company shares for up to eighteen months, each of which became effective immediately following the completion of the Split-Off (collectively, the proxy arrangements). These agreements included the following:
· an Assignment and Assumption of Governance Agreement, dated November 4, 2016, among the Company, Liberty, Diller and Expedia to effect the assignment by Liberty and assumption by the Company of Libertys rights, benefits and obligations under the Governance Agreement, dated December 20, 2011, among Liberty, Diller and Expedia.
· an Assignment and Assumption of Stockholders Agreement, dated November 4, 2016, among the Company, Liberty and Diller to effect the assignment by Liberty and assumption by the Company of Libertys rights, benefits and obligations under the Stockholders Agreement, dated December 20, 2011, among Liberty and Diller.
· Amendment No. 1 to the Stockholders Agreement, dated November 4, 2016, between Diller and the Company, which provides for certain agreements relating to the voting of Dillers and the Companys shares Expedias common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and Expedias Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share.
· a Transaction Agreement, as amended and restated, dated September 22, 2016, among the Company, Liberty, Diller and the Malone Group, which sets forth various arrangements with respect to the Split-Off and the proxy arrangements with Diller.
· an Assignment Agreement, dated November 4, 2016 (the Diller Assignment), between Diller and the Company, pursuant to which Diller irrevocably assigned the irrevocable proxy granted to Diller by Liberty pursuant to the Stockholders Agreement to the Company until the Proxy Arrangement Termination Date (as such term is defined in the Prospectus).
The section of the Prospectus entitled Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions ¾ Relationships Among Splitco, the Malone Group, Diller and Expedia which describes the material terms of these agreements, is incorporated herein by reference. These descriptions are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of these agreements, which are filed as Exhibits 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, 10.9 and 10.10, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
On July 7, 2016, a bankruptcy remote wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (SPV) entered into a multi-draw margin loan credit facility (the Previous Margin Loan Facility and, the credit agreement governing such facility, the Previous Margin Loan Agreement) with Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent (the Administrative Agent) and calculation agent thereunder, and the lenders thereunder. The Previous Margin Loan Agreement provided for term loan commitments in an aggregate principal amount of up to $300 million. The lenders under the Previous Margin Loan Agreement were secured, on an equal and ratable, first priority basis by the shares of Expedia, Inc. (EXPE) owned by SPV. On October 27, 2016, the Previous Margin Loan Facility was terminated and the security interest in and liens on the shares of EXPE owned by SPV were released.
In connection with the Split-Off, on
November 1, 2016 (the Closing Date), SPV entered into a Multi-draw margin loan credit facility (the Margin Loan Facility and, the credit agreement governing such facility, the Margin Loan Agreement) with the Administrative Agent, as administrative agent and calculation agent thereunder, and the lenders thereunder. SPV is permitted to use the proceeds of the loans under the Margin Loan Facility for (i) distributions as a dividend or a return of capital to the equity or limited liability company interests of any person owning equity interest in SPV, (ii) the purchase of margin stock and (iii) other general corporate purposes.
The Margin Loan Agreement permits SPV, subject to certain funding conditions, to borrow term loans up to an aggregate principal amount equal to $400 million, with $350 million available to be funded not later than 5 business days after the Closing Date, and the remaining $50 million available to be funded at any time and from time to time, but not later than 5 business days prior to the twelve-month anniversary of the Closing Date. Prior to the Split-Off, $350 million was drawn on the Margin Loan Facility. The Margin Loan Facility will mature on the date that is the second anniversary of the Closing Date. On November 2, 2016, $350 million was drawn under the Margin Loan Facility.
SPVs obligations under the Margin Loan Facility are fully and unconditionally guaranteed solely by the Company. In addition, SPVs obligations are secured by first priority liens on SPVs ownership interest in EXPE sufficient for SPV to meet its loan to value requirement under the Margin Loan Agreement (the Pledged Stock). If SPV defaults on its obligations under the Margin Loan Agreement, each lender (subject to applicable cure periods) will have the right to terminate its commitments and declare the outstanding principal amount of its loans under the Margin Loan Facility, together with any accrued and unpaid interest thereon, the prepayment amount, if applicable, and all other amounts owing or payable under the Margin Loan Agreement and the other loan documents entered into in connection with the Margin Loan Facility to be immediately due and payable, and such lender will have the right to (i) foreclose on that portion of the Pledged Stock securing its respective portion of the Margin Loan Facility and any other collateral that then secures SPVs obligations to such lender, (ii) exercise any and all other rights such lender may have against SPV at law or in equity and (iii) pursue the rights of such lender under the guarantee of the Company.
Borrowings under the Margin Loan Agreement bear interest at a per annum rate equal to the 3-month (or lesser period if applicable in connection with a borrowing) LIBOR rate plus a per annum spread of 1.6%, unless it is unlawful for the applicable lender to fund or maintain loans based on LIBOR or there are material restrictions on the applicable lender to do so, in which case borrowings under the Margin Loan Agreement either (a) bear interest at 0.6% plus the higher of (i) the federal funds rate plus 1/2 of 1%, (ii) the prime rate and (iii) LIBOR plus 1%, for each day during such period or (b) be prepaid. Interest will be payable quarterly in arrears beginning on December 30, 2016.
The Margin Loan Agreement provides that SPV may prepay the loans under the Margin Loan Facility at any time, subject to certain notice requirements and a prepayment premium if SPV prepays all or any portion of such loans prior to the first business day following the first anniversary of the Closing Date. The Margin Loan Agreement also requires mandatory prepayments, together with the payment of the prepayment premium, if applicable, or, in some cases, the posting of additional collateral, upon the occurrence of certain events that are customary for margin loans of this type.
The Margin Loan Agreement contains various affirmative and negative covenants that restrict the activities of SPV (including, with limited exceptions, the incurrence of additional indebtedness by SPV) and, in some cases, the Company, as guarantor. The Margin Loan Agreement does not include any financial covenants. The Margin Loan Agreement also contains events of default that are customary for margin loans of this type, including the occurrence of the following events (and subject to customary cure periods and materiality thresholds):
· failure to pay principal, interest or other amounts due under the Margin Loan Agreement (including margin calls or other mandatory prepayments);
· failure to observe covenants or other agreements in the Margin Loan Agreement or inaccuracy of representations or warranties under the Margin Loan Agreement;
· insolvency and related occurrences or events of insolvency with respect to SPV or the Company;
· judgments entered against SPV or the Company above certain thresholds;
· failure of enforceability or invalidity of the Margin Loan Facility loan documents or the effectiveness of the liens created under the Margin Loan Facility loan documents;
· approval of amendments to the organizational documents of any issuer of the Pledged Stock that would further restrict the lenders ability to foreclose on and sell the Pledged Stock;
· default by the Company under the guarantee agreement it will enter into with respect to SPVs obligations under the Margin Loan Agreement; and
· default by SPV or the Company under other agreements governing material indebtedness.
The foregoing description of the Margin Loan Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Margin Loan Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 4.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 3.03. Material Modification to Rights of Securities Holders
Item 5.03. Amendment to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year
On November 4, 2016, the Company filed its Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the Restated Charter) with the Delaware Secretary of State, which was effective at 4:59 p.m., New York City time, on November 4, 2016 (the Charter Effective Time). The Restated Charter provided for the reclassification of the Companys former common stock, par value $0.01 per share, into the Companys Series A common stock and Series B common stock (together, the Company Common Stock). The Restated Charter sets forth the terms of the Company Common Stock and describes the rights of holders of the Company Common Stock. The Series A common stock and Series B common stock traded on a when-issued basis on November 4, 2016 under the temporary symbols LEXAV and LEXBV, respectively, and began trading in the regular way under the permanent symbols LEXEA and LEXEB, respectively, on November 7, 2016.
Also on November 4, 2016, effective as of the Charter Effective Time, the Company restated its bylaws (the Bylaws) to read as filed as Exhibit 3.2 this Current Report on Form 8-K.
The sections of the Prospectus entitled Description of Splitco Capital Stock and Comparison of Stockholder Rights and Description of Splitco Capital Stock and Comparison of Stockholder Rights ¾ Other Provisions of Splitcos Charter and Bylaws, as well as Item 1 of the Companys Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 3, 2016 (File No. 001-37938), which describe certain provisions of the Restated Charter and Bylaws, are incorporated herein by reference. These descriptions are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Restated Charter and the Bylaws, which are filed as Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
Resignation of Richard N. Baer from the Board of Directors
In connection with the closing of the Split-Off, Richard N. Baer resigned from the Companys board of directors, effective immediately upon the Charter Effective Time.
Appointment of New Directors
At the Charter Effective Time, the size of the Companys board of directors was increased to seven directors, with five of such directors being Common Stock Directors (as defined in the Charter) and
two of such directors being Series B Directors (as defined in the Charter), and to fill the vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from the resignation described above and the expansion of the board of directors, John C. Malone, Stephen M. Brett, Greg L. Engles, Scott W. Schoelzel, Christopher W. Shean, Robert Hammond, and Alexandre von Furstenberg were appointed to the board of directors of the Company. Following the appointments, the Company has a total of seven directors and John C. Malone serves as Chairman of the board of directors of the Company. Prior to the Series B Director Termination Time, the Series B Directors will be elected exclusively by the holders of the Companys Series B common stock, and upon completion of the Split-Off will serve until the earlier of (i) the termination of the Diller Assignment (the date and time of such termination the Series B Director Termination Time) and (ii) the second annual meeting of the Companys stockholders following the completion of the Split-Off. At the Series B Director Termination Time, the persons then serving as Series B Directors will cease to be directors of the Company and the total authorized number of directorships of the Company shall automatically be reduced by the total number of authorized Series B Director directorships. Prior to the Series B Director Termination Time, the Common Stock Directors will be elected by the holders of the Company Common Stock (with the holders of the Companys Series B common stock having two votes per share instead of ten votes per share in such election). At the Series B Director Termination Time, the Common Stock Directors then in office will constitute the entire board of directors and will be divided into three classes consisting, as nearly as possible, of a number of directors equal to one-third of the then authorized number of board members, other than any directors who may be elected by holders of any then-outstanding preferred stock. Each director of the Company will serve until such directors successor is duly elected and qualified or until such directors earlier resignation or removal .
Mr. Malone and Mr. Shean serve as members of the Executive Committee of the board of directors of the Company. Mr. Engles, Mr. Brett and Mr. Schoelzel serve as members of each of the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the board of directors of the Company. Mr. Engles serves as the chairman of the Audit Committee, and also serves as the audit committee financial expert. Mr. Brett serves as the chairman of the Compensation Committee and Mr. Schoelzel serves as the chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. A Common Stock Director Committee was established, and Mr. Malone, Mr. Brett, Mr. Engles, Mr. Schoelzel, and Mr. Shean will serve as members of the Common Stock Director Committee of the board of directors of the Company. A Series B Director Committee was also established, and Mr. Hammond and Mr. von Furstenberg will serve as members of the Series B Director Committee of the board of directors of the Company.
Officers of the Company
In connection with the Split-Off, the individuals listed below, who served as the executive officers of Liberty prior to the Split-Off, were elected and appointed to serve as executive officers of the Company.
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Chief Executive Officer, President and a director of the Company.
Professional Background: Mr. Shean served as Senior Vice President of Liberty Media and its predecessor from May 2007 to January 2016, the Chief Financial Officer from November 2011 to October 2016 and the Controller from May 2007 to October 2011. Mr. Shean served as a Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, Inc. (Liberty TripAdvisor) from July 2013 to January 2016. He also has served as a Vice President of Liberty from October 2000 to January 2002, a Senior Vice President from January 2002 to January 2016, the Controller from October 2000 to October 2011 and the Chief Financial Officer from November 2011 to October 2016. He has also served as a Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Liberty Broadband Corporation (Liberty Broadband) from June 2014 to October 2016. Mr. Shean has served as Senior Advisor to Liberty Media, Liberty and Liberty |
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Wade Haufschild
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Chief Financial Officer of the Company.
Professional Background: Mr. Haufschild has served as Vice President of Liberty Media since December 2011, Vice President of Liberty since January 2010, Vice President of Liberty Broadband since October 2014 and Vice President of Liberty TripAdvisor since August 2014. Prior thereto, Mr. Haufschild was an accountant in the accounting firm of KPMG LLP from January 1999 to December 2009, most recently serving as a Senior Manager in its Department of Professional Practice. |
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Richard N. Baer
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Chief Legal Officer of the Company.
Professional Background: Mr. Baer has served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Liberty and Liberty Media from January 2013 through December 2015 and Chief Legal Officer since January 2016, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Liberty Broadband from June 2014 through December 2015 and Chief Legal Officer since January 2016 and Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Liberty TripAdvisor from July 2013 through December 2015 and Chief Legal Officer since January 2016. He previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of UnitedHealth Group Incorporated from May 2011 to December 2012 and Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Qwest Communications International Inc. from December 2002 to April 2011 and Chief Administrative Officer from August 2008 to April 2011. |
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Albert E. Rosenthaler
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Chief Corporate Development Officer of the Company.
Professional Background: Mr. Rosenthaler has served as Senior Vice President of Liberty Media from May 2007 through December 2015 and Chief Tax Officer from January 2016 to October 2016, Senior Vice President of Liberty from April 2002 through December 2015 and Chief Tax Officer from January 2016 to October 2016, Senior Vice President of Liberty Broadband from June 2014 through December 2015 and Chief Tax Officer from January 2016 to October 2016, Senior Vice President of Liberty TripAdvisor from July 2013 through December 2015, Chief Tax Officer from January 2016 to October 2016 and a director since August 2014 and Chief Corporate Development Officer of Liberty Media, Liberty, Liberty Broadband and Liberty TripAdvisor since October 2016. |
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure
On November 7, 2016, the Company announced that it will webcast its annual Investor Meeting on Thursday, November 10, 2016 with presentations beginning at approximately 1:25 p.m. (E.S.T.). During these presentations, observations may be made regarding the Companys financial performance and outlook.
This Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and the press release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 are being furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission under Item 7.01 of Form 8-K in satisfaction of the public disclosure requirements of Regulation FD and shall not be deemed filed for any purpose.
Item 8.01. Other Events
On November 4, 2016, Liberty and the Company issued a joint press release (the Press Release) announcing the completion of the Split-Off. The full text of the Press Release is filed as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference into this Item 8.01.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(b) The information required to be filed pursuant to Items 2.01 and 9.01 and pursuant to Article 11 of Regulation S-X is incorporated by reference to the section of the Prospectus entitled Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Statements and the section of the Financial Statements included in the Prospectus entitled Selected Historical Financial Data of Splitco.
(d) Exhibits
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Reorganization Agreement, dated as of October 26, 2016, between Liberty Interactive Corporation and Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Companys Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on November 4, 2016 (File No. 333-210377)). |
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Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company. |
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Bylaws of the Company. |
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Margin Loan Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2016, among LEXE Marginco, LLC, as Borrower, the Company, as Guarantor, various lenders and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and Bank of America, N.A., as Calculation Agent. |
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Tax Sharing Agreement, dated as of November 4, 2016, by and between the Company and Liberty Interactive Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Liberty 8-K). |
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Services Agreement, dated as of November 4, 2016, by and between the Company and Liberty Media Corporation. |
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Facilities Sharing Agreement, dated as of November 4, 2016, by and between the Company, Liberty Media Corporation and Liberty Property Holdings, Inc. |
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Aircraft Time Sharing Agreements, dated as of November 4, 2016, by and between the Company and Liberty Media Corporation. |
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Aircraft Time Sharing Agreement, dated as of November 4, 2016, by and among the Company, Liberty Citation, Inc. and Liberty Denver Arena, LLC. |
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Assignment and Assumption of Governance Agreement, dated November 4, 2016, by and among the Company, LEXE Marginco, LLC, LEXEB, LLC, Liberty Interactive Corporation, Barry Diller and Expedia, Inc. |
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Assignment and Assumption of Stockholders Agreement, dated November 4, 2016, by and among the Company, LEXE Marginco, LLC, LEXEB, LLC, Liberty Interactive Corporation and Barry Diller. |
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Amendment No. 1 to Stockholders Agreement, dated November 4, 2016, by and between the Company and Barry Diller. |
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Amended and Restated Transaction Agreement, dated as of September 22, 2016, by and among Liberty Interactive Corporation, Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc., Barry Diller, John C. Malone and Leslie Malone (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to Amendment No. 4 to the Companys Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on September 23, 2016 (File No. 333-210377)). |
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Assignment Agreement, dated as of November 4, 2016, by and between Barry Diller and the Company. |
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Proxy and Voting Agreement, dated November 4, 2016, by and among Barry Diller, John C. Malone and Leslie Malone. |
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Press Release dated November 7, 2016. |
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Press Release dated November 4, 2016 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Liberty 8-K). |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: November 7, 2016 |
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LIBERTY EXPEDIA HOLDINGS, INC. |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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Reorganization Agreement, dated as of October 26, 2016, between Liberty Interactive Corporation and Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Companys Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on November 4, 2016 (File No. 333-210377)). |
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Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company. |
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Bylaws of the Company. |
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Margin Loan Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2016, among LEXE Marginco, LLC, as Borrower, the Company, as Guarantor, various lenders and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and Bank of America, N.A., as Calculation Agent. |
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Tax Sharing Agreement, dated as of November 4, 2016, by and between the Company and Liberty Interactive Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Liberty 8-K). |
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Services Agreement, dated as of November 4, 2016, by and between the Company and Liberty Media Corporation. |
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Facilities Sharing Agreement, dated as of November 4, 2016, by and between the Company, Liberty Media Corporation and Liberty Property Holdings, Inc. |
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Aircraft Time Sharing Agreements, dated as of November 4, 2016, by and between the Company and Liberty Media Corporation. |
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Aircraft Time Sharing Agreement, dated as of November 4, 2016, by and among the Company, Liberty Citation, Inc. and Liberty Denver Arena, LLC. |
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Assignment and Assumption of Governance Agreement, dated November 4, 2016, by and among the Company, LEXE Marginco, LLC, LEXEB, LLC, Liberty Interactive Corporation, Barry Diller and Expedia, Inc. |
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Assignment and Assumption of Stockholders Agreement, dated November 4, 2016, by and among the Company, LEXE Marginco, LLC, LEXEB, LLC, Liberty Interactive Corporation and Barry Diller. |
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Amendment No. 1 to Stockholders Agreement, dated November 4, 2016, by and between the Company and Barry Diller. |
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Amended and Restated Transaction Agreement, dated as of September 22, 2016, by and among Liberty Interactive Corporation, Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc., Barry Diller, John C. Malone and Leslie Malone (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to Amendment No. 4 to the Companys Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on September 23, 2016 (File No. 333-210377)). |
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Assignment Agreement, dated November 4, 2016, by and between Barry Diller and the Company. |
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Proxy and Voting Agreement, dated November 4, 2016, by and among Barry Diller, John C. Malone and Leslie Malone. |
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Press Release dated November 7, 2016. |
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Press Release dated November 4, 2016 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Liberty 8-K). |
Exhibit 3.1
RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
LIBERTY EXPEDIA HOLDINGS, INC.
LIBERTY EXPEDIA HOLDINGS, INC., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, hereby certifies as follows:
(1) The name of the Corporation is Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc. The original Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was filed on March 15, 2016.
(2) This Restated Certificate of Incorporation restates and amends the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation.
(3) This Restated Certificate of Incorporation has been duly adopted in accordance with Sections 228, 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
(4) This Restated Certificate of Incorporation will become effective on November 4, 2016 at 4:59 p.m., New York City time.
(5) Pursuant to Sections 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the text of the Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:
ARTICLE I
NAME
The name of the corporation is Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc. (the Corporation ).
ARTICLE II
REGISTERED OFFICE
The address of the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, 19808. The name of its registered agent at such address is the Corporation Service Company.
ARTICLE III
PURPOSE
The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (as the same may be amended from time to time, the DGCL ).
ARTICLE IV
AUTHORIZED STOCK
The total number of shares of capital stock which the Corporation will have authority to issue is three hundred seventy six million (376,000,000) shares, of which:
(1) three hundred twenty six million (326,000,000) shares will be of a class designated as Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share ( Common Stock ), and such class will be divided into series as follows:
a. one hundred sixty million (160,000,000) shares of Common Stock will be of a series designated as Series A Common Stock (the Series A Common Stock );
b. six million (6,000,000) shares of Common Stock will be of a series designated as Series B Common Stock (the Series B Common Stock );
c. one hundred sixty million (160,000,000) shares of Common Stock will be of a series designated as Series C Common Stock (the Series C Common Stock ); and
(2) fifty million (50,000,000) shares will be of a class designated as Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share ( Preferred Stock ), which are undesignated as to series and are issuable in accordance with the provisions of Article IV, Section C hereof and the DGCL.
Upon this Restated Certificate of Incorporation (as it may from time to time hereafter be amended or restated, this Restated Certificate ) becoming effective pursuant to the DGCL (the Effective Time ), the shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall automatically be reclassified as (i) X (as defined below) number of shares of the Series A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, (ii) Y (as defined below) number of shares of the Series B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, and (iii) Z (as defined below) number of shares of the Series C Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, in each case, without any action by the holder thereof. As used in this paragraph, X means the product, rounded down to the nearest whole share, of (i) the number of outstanding shares of Liberty Interactive Corporations Series A Liberty Ventures Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, and (ii) 0.4, Y means the product, rounded down to the nearest whole share, of (i) the number of outstanding shares of Liberty Interactive Corporations Series B Liberty Ventures Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, and (ii) 0.4, and Z means the product, rounded down to the nearest whole share, of (i) the number of outstanding shares of Liberty Interactive Corporations Series C Liberty Ventures Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, and (ii) 0.4, in each case, as of 4:59 p.m., New York City time, on November 4, 2016.
The description of the Common Stock and the Preferred Stock, and the powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, or the method of fixing and establishing the same, are as hereinafter set forth in this Article IV.
SECTION A
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS
Unless the context otherwise requires, the terms defined below will have, for all purposes of this Restated Certificate, the meanings herein specified:
Affiliate means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with such Person.
Board of Directors or Board means the Board of Directors of the Corporation and, unless the context indicates otherwise, also means, to the extent permitted by law, any committee thereof authorized, with respect to any particular matter, to exercise the power of the Board of Directors of the Corporation with respect to such matter. The term entire Board means the total number of directors that the Corporation would have if there were no vacancies.
Control means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement, or otherwise. The terms Controls, Controlled and Controlling will have corresponding meanings.
Convertible Securities means (x) any securities of the Corporation (other than any series of Common Stock) that are directly or indirectly convertible into or exchangeable for, or that evidence the right to purchase, directly or indirectly, securities of the Corporation or any other Person, whether upon conversion, exercise, exchange, pursuant to anti-dilution provisions of such securities or otherwise, and (y) any securities of any other Person that are directly or indirectly convertible into or exchangeable for, or that evidence the right to purchase, directly or indirectly, securities of such Person or any other Person (including the Corporation), whether upon conversion, exercise, exchange, pursuant to anti-dilution provisions of such securities or otherwise.
Diller Assignment means that certain Assignment Agreement, dated as of November 4, 2016, between Barry Diller and the Corporation, as such agreement may be amended from time to time.
Expedia means Expedia, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or any successor to all or substantially all of the assets of Expedia, whether by operation of law or otherwise.
Governance Agreement means that certain Amended and Restated Governance Agreement, dated as of December 20, 2011, among Expedia, Liberty Interactive Corporation and Barry Diller, as assigned to the Corporation pursuant to the Assignment and Assumption of
Governance Agreement, dated as of November 4, 2016, as such agreement may be further amended.
Person means a natural person, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated association or other legal entity.
Series A Convertible Securities means Convertible Securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Series A Common Stock.
Series B Convertible Securities means Convertible Securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Series B Common Stock.
Series C Convertible Securities means Convertible Securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Series C Common Stock.
Stockholders Agreement means that certain Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement, dated as of December 20, 2011, between Liberty Interactive Corporation and Barry Diller, as assigned to the Corporation pursuant to the Assignment and Assumption of Stockholders Agreement, dated as of November 4, 2016, and as amended pursuant to Amendment No. 1 to Stockholders Agreement, dated as of November 4, 2016, as such agreement may be further amended.
Subsidiary when used with respect to any Person, means any other Person (1) of which (x) in the case of a corporation, at least (A) 50% of the equity or (B) 50% of the voting interests are owned or Controlled, directly or indirectly, by such first Person, by any one or more of its Subsidiaries, or by such first Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries or (y) in the case of any Person other than a corporation, such first Person, one or more of its Subsidiaries, or such first Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries (A) owns at least 50% of the equity interests thereof or (B) has the power to elect or direct the election of at least 50% of the members of the governing body thereof or otherwise has Control over such organization or entity; or (2) that is required to be consolidated with such first Person for financial reporting purposes under U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, as in effect from to time.
Transaction Agreement means that certain Amended and Restated Transaction Agreement, dated as of September 22, 2016, by and among Liberty Interactive Corporation, the Corporation, Barry Diller, John C. Malone and Leslie Malone, as such agreement may be amended, restated or amended and restated from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
Underlying Securities means, with respect to any class or series of Convertible Securities, the class or series of securities into which such class or series of Convertible Securities are directly or indirectly convertible, or for which such Convertible Securities are directly or indirectly exchangeable, or that such Convertible Securities evidence the right to purchase or otherwise receive, directly or indirectly.
Voting Securities means the Series A Common Stock, the Series B Common Stock and any series of Preferred Stock which by the terms of its Preferred Stock Designation is designated
as a Voting Security; provided, that, each such series of Preferred Stock will be entitled to vote together with the other Voting Securities only as and to the extent expressly provided for in the applicable Preferred Stock Designation.
SECTION B
SERIES A COMMON STOCK, SERIES B COMMON STOCK AND
SERIES C COMMON STOCK
Each share of Series A Common Stock, each share of Series B Common Stock and each share of Series C Common Stock will, except as otherwise provided in this Restated Certificate, be identical in all respects and will have equal rights, powers and privileges.
1. Voting Rights . Holders of Series A Common Stock will be entitled to one (1) vote for each share of such stock held of record, and holders of Series B Common Stock will be entitled to ten (10) votes for each share of such stock held of record, in each case on all matters on which they are entitled to vote, that are submitted to a vote of stockholders of the Corporation (regardless of whether such holders are voting together with the holders of all Voting Securities, or as a separate class with the holders of one or more series of Common Stock or Preferred Stock, or as a separate series of Common Stock or Preferred Stock, or otherwise); provided , however , that notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any vote of stockholders with respect to the election or removal of Common Stock Directors (as defined below) occurring prior to the Series B Director Termination Time (as defined below), holders of Series A Common Stock will be entitled to one (1) vote for each share of such stock held of record, and holders of Series B Common Stock will be entitled to two (2) votes for each share of such stock held of record, with the holders of Series A Common Stock and Series B Common Stock voting together as a separate class. Holders of Series C Common Stock will not be entitled to any voting powers, except as (and then only to the extent) otherwise required by the laws of the State of Delaware. If a vote or consent of the holders of Series C Common Stock should at any time be required by the laws of the State of Delaware on any matter, the holders of Series C Common Stock will be entitled to one-hundredth (1/100) of a vote on such matter for each share of Series C Common Stock held of record.
Except (A) as may otherwise be required by the laws of the State of Delaware, (B) as may otherwise be provided in this Restated Certificate, or (C) as may otherwise be provided in any Preferred Stock Designation (as defined in Article IV, Section C hereof), the holders of outstanding shares of Series A Common Stock, the holders of outstanding shares of Series B Common Stock and the holders of outstanding shares of each series of Preferred Stock that is designated as a Voting Security and is entitled to vote thereon in accordance with the terms of the applicable Preferred Stock Designation, will vote as one class with respect to the election of directors and with respect to all other matters to be voted on by stockholders of the Corporation (including, without limitation, and irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL, any proposed amendment to this Restated Certificate required to be voted on by the stockholders of the Corporation that would (x) increase (i) the number of authorized shares of Common Stock or any series thereof, (ii) the number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock or any series thereof or (iii) the number of authorized shares of any other class or series of capital stock of the Corporation hereafter established or (y) decrease (i) the number of authorized shares of Common Stock or any series thereof, (ii) the number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock or any series thereof or (iii) the number of authorized shares of any other class or series of capital
stock of the Corporation hereafter established (but, in each case, not below the number of shares of such class or series of capital stock, as the case may be, then outstanding)) and no separate class or series vote or consent of the holders of shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation will be required for the approval of any such matter. In the event the holders of the Series C Common Stock are entitled to vote on any matter that may be submitted to a vote of stockholders of the Corporation, such holders will vote as one class with all other stockholders of the Corporation entitled to vote on such matter, unless otherwise required by this Restated Certificate, the laws of the State of Delaware or any Preferred Stock Designation.
2. Conversion Rights .
(a) Each share of Series B Common Stock will be convertible, at the option of the holder thereof, into one fully paid and non-assessable share of Series A Common Stock. Any such conversion may be effected by any holder of Series B Common Stock by (i) if such holders shares of Series B Common Stock are certificated, surrendering such holders certificate or certificates for the Series B Common Stock to be converted, duly endorsed, at the office of the Corporation or any transfer agent for the Series B Common Stock, and (ii) providing a written notice to the Corporation at the office of the Corporation or any transfer agent for the Series B Common Stock that such holder elects to convert all or a specified number of shares of Series B Common Stock, which shall state such holders name or the names of the nominees in which such holder desires the shares of Series A Common Stock to be issued and, shall, if required by the last sentence of Article IV, Section B.2(b) of this Restated Certificate, be accompanied by payment, or evidence of payment, of applicable issue or transfer taxes. If required by the Corporation, any certificate representing shares surrendered for conversion in accordance with this Article IV, Section B.2(a) will be accompanied by instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Corporation, duly executed by the holder of such shares or the duly authorized representative of such holder. Promptly thereafter, if the shares of Series A Common Stock will be represented by a certificate or certificates, the Corporation will issue and deliver to such holder or such holders nominee or nominees, a certificate or certificates representing the number of shares of Series A Common Stock to which such holder will be entitled as herein provided. If less than all of the shares of Series B Common Stock represented by any one certificate (if any) are to be converted, the Corporation will issue and deliver to such holder or such holders nominee or nominees a new certificate representing the shares of Series B Common Stock not converted. If the shares of Series A Common Stock to be issued upon the conversion of the Series B Common Stock are uncertificated, the Corporation shall promptly issue and deliver to such holder, or to his, her or its nominees, a notice of issuance of uncertificated shares or other evidence of shares held in book-entry form. Such conversion will be deemed to have been made at the close of business on the date of receipt by the Corporation or any such transfer agent of the certificate or certificates (if any), notice and, if required, instruments of transfer and payment or evidence of payment of taxes referred to above, and the Person or Persons entitled to receive the Series A Common Stock issuable on such conversion will be treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of such Series A Common Stock on that date. A number of shares of Series A Common Stock equal to the number of shares of Series B Common Stock outstanding
from time to time will be set aside and reserved for issuance upon conversion of shares of Series B Common Stock. Shares of Series A Common Stock and shares of Series C Common Stock are not convertible into shares of any other series of Common Stock.
(b) The Corporation will pay any and all documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of shares of Series A Common Stock on conversion of shares of Series B Common Stock pursuant to this Article IV, Section B.2. The Corporation will not, however, be required to pay any tax that may be payable in respect of any issue or delivery of any shares of Series A Common Stock in a name other than that in which the shares of Series B Common Stock so converted were registered and no such issue or delivery will be made unless and until the Person requesting the same has paid to the Corporation the amount of any such tax or has established to the satisfaction of the Corporation that such tax has been paid.
3. Dividends .
Whenever a dividend, other than a dividend that constitutes a Share Distribution, is paid to the holders of any series of Common Stock then outstanding, the Corporation will also pay to the holders of each other series of Common Stock then outstanding an equal dividend per share. Dividends will be payable only if, as and when declared by the Board of Directors out of assets of the Corporation legally available therefor. Whenever a Share Distribution is paid to the holders of any series of Common Stock then outstanding, the Corporation will also pay a Share Distribution to the holders of each other series of Common Stock then outstanding, as provided in Article IV, Section B.4 below. For purposes of this Article IV, Section B.3 and Article IV, Section B.4 below, a Share Distribution means a dividend or distribution (including a distribution made in connection with any stock-split, reclassification, recapitalization, dissolution, winding up or full or partial liquidation of the Corporation) payable in shares of any class or series of capital stock, Convertible Securities or other securities of the Corporation or any other Person.
4. Share Distributions .
If at any time a Share Distribution is to be made with respect to any series of Common Stock, such Share Distribution may be declared and paid only as follows:
(a) a Share Distribution (i) consisting solely of shares of Series C Common Stock or Series C Convertible Securities may be declared and paid to holders of Series A Common Stock, Series B Common Stock and Series C Common Stock, on an equal per share basis, or (ii) consisting of (x) shares of Series A Common Stock or Series A Convertible Securities may be declared and paid to holders of Series A Common Stock, on an equal per share basis, (y) shares of Series B Common Stock or Series B Convertible Securities may be declared and paid to holders of Series B Common Stock, on an equal per share basis, and (z) shares of Series C Common Stock or Series C Convertible Securities may be declared and paid to holders of Series C Common Stock, on an equal per share basis; or
(b) a Share Distribution consisting of any class or series of securities of the Corporation or any other Person, other than solely Series A Common Stock, Series B Common
Stock or Series C Common Stock (or Series A Convertible Securities, Series B Convertible Securities or Series C Convertible Securities), may be declared and paid on the basis of a distribution of (i) identical securities, on an equal per share basis, to holders of Series A Common Stock, Series B Common Stock and Series C Common Stock, (ii) separate classes or series of securities, on an equal per share basis, to the holders of each such series of Common Stock or (iii) a separate class or series of securities to the holders of one or more series of Common Stock and, on an equal per share basis, a different class or series of securities to the holders of all other series of Common Stock; provided , that , in connection with a Share Distribution pursuant to clause (ii) or clause (iii), (1) such separate classes or series of securities (and, if the distribution consists of Convertible Securities, the Underlying Securities) do not differ in any respect other than their relative voting rights (and any related differences in designation, conversion and share distribution provisions, as applicable), with holders of shares of Series B Common Stock receiving the class or series of securities having (or convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for securities having) the highest relative voting rights and the holders of shares of each other series of Common Stock receiving securities of a class or series having (or convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for securities having) lesser relative voting rights, in each case, without regard to whether such rights differ to a greater or lesser extent than the corresponding differences in voting rights (and any related differences in designation, conversion and share distribution, as applicable) among the Series A Common Stock, the Series B Common Stock and the Series C Common Stock, and (2) in the event the securities to be received by the holders of shares of Common Stock other than the Series B Common Stock consist of different classes or series of securities, with each such class or series of securities (or the Underlying Securities into which such class or series is convertible or for which such class or series is exercisable or exchangeable) differing only with respect to the relative voting rights of such class or series (and any related differences in designation, conversion and share distribution provisions, as applicable), then such classes or series of securities will be distributed to the holders of each series of Common Stock (other than the Series B Common Stock) (A) as the Board of Directors determines or (B) such that the relative voting rights (and any related differences in designation, conversion and share distribution provisions, as applicable) of the class or series of securities (or the Underlying Securities) to be received by the holders of each series of Common Stock (other than the Series B Common Stock) corresponds to the extent practicable to the relative voting rights (and any related differences in designation, conversion and share distribution provisions, as applicable) of such series of Common Stock, as compared to the other series of Common Stock (other than the Series B Common Stock).
5. Reclassification .
The Corporation will not reclassify, subdivide or combine one series of Common Stock without reclassifying, subdividing or combining each other series of Common Stock, on an equal per share basis. Any such reclassification, subdivision or combination is subject to Article IX of this Restated Certificate.
6. Liquidation and Dissolution .
In the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, after payment or provision for payment of the debts and liabilities of the Corporation and subject to the payment in full of the preferential or other amounts to which any series of Preferred Stock are entitled, the holders of shares of Series A Common Stock, the holders of shares of Series B Common Stock and the holders of shares of Series C Common Stock will share equally, on a share for share basis, in the assets of the Corporation remaining for distribution to the holders of Common Stock. Neither the consolidation or merger of the Corporation with or into any other Person or Persons nor the sale, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation will itself be deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation within the meaning of this Article IV, Section B.6.
7. Protective Covenants .
Notwithstanding the powers, designations, preferences, and relative, participating, optional or other rights and qualifications, limitations or restrictions of any class or series of Preferred Stock or Common Stock then outstanding, from and after the Effective Time until the Series B Director Termination Time, the Corporation shall not (and the Board shall not resolve to):
(a) issue any shares of Series B Common Stock, other than upon exercise in accordance with the terms of Series B Convertible Securities of the Corporation which are outstanding immediately following the Effective Time, without the approval of a majority of the Series B Directors then in office at such time as there is at least one (1) Series B Director in office, in addition to any other vote of the stockholders of the Corporation otherwise required by any applicable law or regulation;
(b) change the number of directors specified herein as constituting the entire Board, including the relative number of Series B Directors and Common Stock Directors constituting such entire Board; and
(c) authorize any merger or consolidation of this Corporation with or into any other corporation or other entity in which the entity surviving such merger or consolidation is not a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware.
SECTION C
PREFERRED STOCK
The Preferred Stock may be issued in one or more series from time to time, with such powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other rights and qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, as will be stated and expressed in a resolution or resolutions providing for the issue of each such series adopted by the Board of Directors, a copy of which will be filed as required by law (a Preferred Stock Designation ). The Board of Directors, in the Preferred Stock Designation with respect to a series of Preferred Stock, may,
without limitation of the foregoing, fix the following with respect to any such series of Preferred Stock:
(i) the distinctive serial designations and the number of authorized shares of such series, which may be increased or decreased, but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding, in the manner permitted by law (except where otherwise provided in a Preferred Stock Designation);
(ii) the dividend rate or amounts, if any, for such series, the date or dates from which dividends on all shares of such series will be cumulative, if dividends on stock of such series will be cumulative, and the relative preferences or rights of priority, if any, or participation, if any, with respect to payment of dividends on shares of such series;
(iii) the rights of the shares of such series in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, if any, and the relative preferences or rights of priority, if any, of payment of shares of such series;
(iv) the right, if any, of the holders of such series to convert or exchange such stock into or for other classes or series of a class of stock or indebtedness of the Corporation or of another Person, and the terms and conditions of such conversion or exchange, including provision for the adjustment of the conversion or exchange rate in such events as the Board of Directors may determine;
(v) the voting powers, if any, of the holders of such series, including whether such series will be a Voting Security and, if so designated, the terms and conditions on which the holders of such series may vote together with the holders of any other class or series of capital stock of the Corporation; provided , however , that no class or series of Preferred Stock which is issued and outstanding prior to the Series B Director Termination Time may be granted the right to vote in the election or removal of directors of the Corporation or to elect or appoint any directors;
(vi) the terms and conditions, if any, for the Corporation to purchase or redeem shares of such series; and
(vii) any other relative rights, powers, preferences and limitations, if any, of such series.
The Board of Directors is hereby expressly authorized to exercise its authority with respect to fixing, designating and issuing various series of the Preferred Stock and determining the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other rights of such series of Preferred Stock, if any, and the qualifications, restrictions or limitations thereof, if any, to the full extent permitted by applicable law, subject to any stockholder vote that may be required by this Restated Certificate or any Preferred Stock Designation. All shares of any one series of the Preferred Stock will be alike in every particular. Except to the extent otherwise expressly provided in the Preferred Stock
Designation for a series of Preferred Stock, the holders of shares of such series will have no voting rights except as may be required by the laws of the State of Delaware. Further, unless otherwise expressly provided in the Preferred Stock Designation for a series of Preferred Stock, no consent or vote of the holders of shares of Preferred Stock or any series thereof will be required for any amendment to this Restated Certificate that would increase the number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock or the number of authorized shares of any series thereof or decrease the number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock or the number of authorized shares of any series thereof (but not below the number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock or such series, as the case may be, then outstanding).
Except as may be provided by the Board of Directors in a Preferred Stock Designation or by law, shares of any series of Preferred Stock that have been redeemed (whether through the operation of a sinking fund or otherwise) or purchased by the Corporation, or which, if convertible or exchangeable, have been converted into or exchanged for shares of stock of any other class or classes will have the status of authorized and unissued shares of Preferred Stock and may be reissued as a part of the series of which they were originally a part or may be reissued as part of a new series of Preferred Stock to be created by a Preferred Stock Designation or as part of any other series of Preferred Stock.
ARTICLE V
DIRECTORS
SECTION A
NUMBER OF DIRECTORS
The governing body of the Corporation will be the Board of Directors. Prior to the Series B Director Termination Time, the number of directors constituting the entire Board will be fixed at seven (7), with two (2) directors being Series B Directors and five (5) directors being Common Stock Directors. Following the Series B Director Termination Time, subject to any rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect additional directors, the number of directors will not be less than three (3) and the exact number of directors will be fixed by the Board of Directors by resolution from time to time. Election of directors need not be by written ballot.
SECTION B
DESIGNATION OF DIRECTORS AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE BOARD
1. Series B Directors .
At all times prior to the Series B Director Termination Time, the holders of the outstanding shares of Series B Common Stock, voting or acting by written consent and as a separate class of Common Stock, will have the exclusive right to elect two (2) directors (such directors elected or to be elected by the holders of Series B Common Stock, the Series B Directors , which term includes those persons serving as the Series B Directors immediately following the Effective Time). The term of office of each of the Series B Directors will expire at the earlier of (x) the Proxy Swap Termination Date (as defined in the Transaction Agreement)
(the date and time of such Proxy Swap Termination Date, the Series B Director Termination Time ), and (y) the second (2 nd ) annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation following the election of each Series B Director or, with respect to each initial Series B Director, the second (2 nd ) annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation following the Effective Time. At the Series B Director Termination Time, the right of the holders of the Series B Common Stock to elect the Series B Directors and the term of office of all Series B Directors will immediately expire, and the persons then serving as Series B Directors will immediately cease to be directors of the Corporation. At the Series B Director Termination Time, the total authorized number of directorships of the Corporation shall be automatically reduced by the total number of authorized Series B Director directorships. Until the Series B Director Termination Time, each Series B Director will hold office until the earliest of the Series B Director Termination Time, the expiration of his or her term and until his or her respective successor is elected and qualified or until such Series B Directors earlier death, resignation or removal.
2. Common Stock Directors .
Prior to the Series B Director Termination Time, five (5) directors of the Corporation will be elected by the holders of the outstanding shares of Series A Common Stock and the holders of the outstanding shares of Series B Common Stock, voting together as a single class (such directors elected or to be elected in such manner, the Common Stock Directors , which term includes those persons serving as the Common Stock Directors immediately following the Effective Time). Commencing with the annual meeting of stockholders held in 2017, until the Series B Director Termination Time, the term of office of the Common Stock Directors will expire at each annual meeting of stockholders following the Effective Time. At the Series B Director Termination Time, the Common Stock Directors then in office will become the entire Board and will be classified in accordance with Section B.3(a) of Article V. Following the Series B Director Termination Time, the directors of the Corporation will hold office in accordance with this Section B of Article V for the applicable term set forth in Section B.3(a) of Article V. Each Common Stock Director will hold office until the expiration of his or her term and until his or her respective successor is elected and qualified or until such Common Stock Directors earlier death, resignation or removal.
3. Classified Board of Directors following the Series B Director Termination Time .
(a) Upon the Series B Director Termination Time, the Board shall become classified into three (3) classes: Class I, Class II and Class III; provided , that any directors elected after the Series B Director Termination Time solely by the holders of any series of Preferred Stock (any such directors, the Preferred Stock Directors ) will not be so classified unless so provided in the Preferred Stock Designation for such series of Preferred Stock. Each class of directors will consist, as nearly as possible, of a number of directors equal to one-third (1/3) of the then authorized number of members of the Board of Directors (other than any Preferred Stock Directors) authorized as provided in Section A of this Article V. The Board of Directors is authorized to assign those directors already in office to such classes upon the Series B Director Termination Time. The term of office of the initial Class I directors will expire at the first (1 st ) annual meeting of stockholders following the Series B Director Termination Time; the term of office of the initial Class II directors will expire at the second (2 nd ) annual meeting of
stockholders following the Series B Director Termination Time; and the term of office of the initial Class III directors will expire at the third (3 rd ) annual meeting of stockholders following the Series B Director Termination Time. At each annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation following the Series B Director Termination Time, the successors of that class of directors whose term expires at that meeting will be elected to hold office in accordance with this Section B of Article V for a term expiring at the third (3 rd ) annual meeting of stockholders following the year of their election. The directors of each class will hold office until the expiration of the term of such class and until their respective successors are elected and qualified or until such directors earlier death, resignation or removal.
(b) Following the Series B Director Termination Time, the directors of the Corporation, other than any Preferred Stock Directors, shall be elected by the holders of the outstanding Voting Securities, voting together as a single class.
SECTION C
DIRECTOR VOTING POWERS
Except (x) as otherwise required by law or (y) with respect to voting on any matter that is an Expedia Board Voting Determination (as defined below) or a Splitco Director Determination (as defined below), each director (regardless of whether such director is a Series B Director, a Common Stock Director or a Preferred Stock Director) shall be entitled to one (1) vote on each matter considered by the Board of Directors. In connection with an election occurring prior to the Series B Director Termination Time of persons (other than persons to be designated as Splitco Directors (as such term is defined in the Governance Agreement)) to serve on the board of directors of Expedia, the Corporation will vote the shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of Expedia and the shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of Expedia and any other Common Shares (as defined in the Stockholders Agreement), in each case, which are beneficially owned by the Corporation (and any other Common Shares with respect to which it has the power to vote, whether by proxy or otherwise) and which are entitled to vote in the election of the board of directors of Expedia (collectively, the Corporation Expedia Shares ), only in accordance with a resolution (x) approved by a majority of the votes cast by directors of the Corporation at a meeting at which at least one (1) Series B Director is present or (y) set forth in a unanimous written consent of the Board of Directors at a time when there is at least one (1) Series B Director in office (an Expedia Board Voting Determination ). For the avoidance of doubt, (x) an Expedia Board Voting Determination will not include the Splitco Director Determination, (y) the Corporation shall not have the power to vote the Corporation Expedia Shares if an Expedia Board Voting Determination has not been made or, if made, holders of Series B Common Stock have taken action subsequent to the making of such Expedia Board Voting Determination and prior to the applicable meeting of Expedia stockholders to remove any Series B Director, in which case the Corporation will not have the power to vote such Corporation Expedia Shares until such time as holders of Series B Common Stock have replaced such removed Series B Director(s) and the Board of Directors has taken action to amend, modify or ratify the Expedia Board Voting Determination and (z) any purported vote of Corporation Expedia Shares in any manner other than as set forth in the Expedia Board Voting Determination shall be null and void and of no force or effect. With respect to the votes
of directors with respect to an Expedia Board Voting Determination occurring prior to the Series B Director Termination Time, (i) each Common Stock Director will be entitled to cast one (1) vote and (ii) each Series B Director present at the meeting will be entitled to cast a number of votes equal to the quotient of (A) the total number of Common Stock Directors then authorized, plus one (1), divided by (B) the number of Series B Directors present at such meeting (rounded up to the next whole number of votes).
The Expedia Board Voting Determination (i) shall be made not less than twenty-four (24) business days prior to the date set by Expedia for any annual or special meeting of stockholders of Expedia at which directors are to be elected ( provided , that , in the event the proxy statement for the applicable Expedia stockholder meeting has not been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC ) on or prior to the thirtieth (30 th ) business day prior to the date set by Expedia for the applicable Expedia stockholder meeting, the Expedia Board Voting Determination shall be made as promptly as practical following the filing of such proxy statement with the SEC, and in any event not later than the close of business, New York City time, on the third (3 rd ) Business Day after such proxy statement is filed with the SEC), (ii) may not be made by or delegated to a committee of the Board, and (iii) will be reflected in a resolution or unanimous written consent of the Board as provided in the prior paragraph which, upon adoption, may only be modified, amended or otherwise changed (A) by a resolution approved either (x) unanimously by directors constituting the entire Board (and not by a committee of the Board) or (y) in the event holders of Series B Common Stock have taken action by written consent to fill any vacancy in the Series B Director directorships resulting from removal pursuant to Article V, Section D which action shall have become effective, by a majority of the votes entitled to be cast with respect to an Expedia Board Voting Determination as provided in the prior paragraph, or (B) in a unanimous written consent of the Board at a time when there is at least one (1) Series B Director in office (and not by a committee of the Board) and, in each of clause (A) and clause (B), which will instruct the officers of the Corporation to vote or cause to be voted all Corporation Expedia Shares in accordance with such resolution or unanimous written consent (subject to any action specified in the Splitco Director Determination with respect to the Splitco Directors); provided , that in the event that after the Expedia Board Voting Determination is so adopted, any candidate for election to the board of directors of Expedia for whom the Corporation Expedia Shares are to be voted as specified in the Expedia Board Voting Determination does not stand for election for any reason, then all Corporation Expedia Shares will be voted in favor of the replacement nominee proposed by the Person who nominated the person for whom the Corporation Expedia Shares were to be originally voted.
In connection with decisions relating to the selection of persons to stand for election as Splitco Directors pursuant to the Governance Agreement or the voting of Corporation Expedia Shares with respect to the election of such Splitco Directors to the board of directors of Expedia (each, a Splitco Director Determination ), the Corporation will designate the persons to stand for election as Splitco Directors and will vote the Corporation Expedia Shares for the election of such Splitco Directors only in accordance with a resolution (x) approved by a majority of the votes cast by directors of the Corporation at a meeting or (y) set forth in a unanimous written consent of the Board of Directors. With respect to the votes of directors with respect to a Splitco Director Determination occurring prior to the Series B Director Termination Time, (i) each
Common Stock Director will be entitled to cast three (3) votes and (ii) each Series B Director will be entitled to cast one (1) vote.
Splitco Director Determinations relating to the voting of Corporation Expedia Shares with respect to the election of Splitco Directors shall be made at the same meeting (or be set forth in a unanimous written consent on the same date) as the Expedia Board Voting Determination; provided , that in the event that after the Splitco Director Determination is so adopted, any candidate for election to the board of directors of Expedia for whom the Corporation Expedia Shares are to be voted as specified in the Splitco Director Determination does not stand for election for any reason, then all Corporation Expedia Shares will be voted in favor of the replacement nominee proposed by the Board in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section C with respect to the original candidate for election to the board of directors of Expedia.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to the Series B Director Termination Time, the Corporation will not have the power or authority to vote the Corporation Expedia Shares in the election of directors to serve on the board of directors of Expedia pursuant to the Expedia Board Voting Determination unless, if applicable, the Corporation simultaneously votes the Corporation Expedia Shares in favor of the Splitco Directors designated in accordance with the Governance Agreement and the Splitco Director Determination.
SECTION D
REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS
Prior to the Series B Director Termination Time, (i) any or all Series B Directors may be removed from office, with or without cause, only by the affirmative vote (or written consent) of the holders of at least a majority of the total voting power of the then outstanding shares of Series B Common Stock, voting as a separate class, and (ii) any and all Common Stock Directors may be removed from office, with or without cause, only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the total voting power of the outstanding shares of Series A Common Stock and Series B Common Stock (voting as provided in Article IV, Section B.1), voting together as a single class. Following the Series B Director Termination Time and subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, directors may be removed from office only for cause upon the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the total voting power of the then outstanding Voting Securities entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class.
SECTION E
NEWLY CREATED DIRECTORSHIPS AND VACANCIES
1. Common Stock Directors .
Prior to the Series B Director Termination Time, vacancies in the Common Stock Director directorships on the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, removal, disqualification or other cause will be filled only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Common Stock Directors then in office or, in the event only one (1) Common Stock Director
remains in office, by the sole remaining Common Stock Director. Any Common Stock Director appointed in accordance with the preceding sentence will hold office for the remainder of the term of his or her predecessor, and until such directors successor will have been elected and qualified or until such directors earlier death, resignation or removal.
2. Series B Directors .
Prior to the Series B Director Termination Time and subject to the right of holders of Series B Common Stock to remove and replace Series B Directors pursuant to this Restated Certificate, (a) vacancies in the Series B Director directorships on the Board of Directors resulting from removal pursuant to Article V, Section D will be filled only by the affirmative vote (or written consent) of the holders of at least a majority of the total voting power of the then outstanding shares of Series B Common Stock, voting as a separate class, and (b) vacancies in the Series B Director directorships on the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, disqualification or other cause (excluding removal) will be filled either (i) by the affirmative vote (or written consent) of the holders of at least a majority of the total voting power of the then outstanding shares of Series B Common Stock, voting as a separate class, or (ii) by a majority of the Series B Directors then in office or, in the event only one (1) Series B Director remains in office, by the sole remaining Series B Director. Any Series B Director elected or appointed in accordance with the preceding sentence will hold office for the remainder of the term of his or her predecessor, and until such directors successor will have been elected and qualified or until such directors earlier death, resignation or removal; provided , that , upon the Series B Director Termination Time, any such Series B Directors term of office shall immediately expire and such person will immediately cease to be a director of the Corporation.
3. Stockholder Meeting .
In the event that, at any time prior to the Series B Director Termination Time, (i) there remain on the Board of Directors no Series B Directors or no Common Stock Directors, or (ii) a Series B Director is removed pursuant to Article V, Section D, then the Corporation will promptly call and hold a special meeting of stockholders (of the series or series of Common Stock necessary to elect directors to fill such vacancies) for the purpose of electing Series B Directors or Common Stock Directors, as the case may be, to fill such vacancies; provided , however, that in the case of Series B Directors, such vacancies may be filled by written consent as provided in Article V, Section E.2 of this Restated Certificate in lieu of holding a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing Series B Directors.
4. Newly Created Directorships and Vacancies Following the Series B Director Termination Time .
Following the Series B Director Termination Time, subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock, vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, removal, disqualification or other cause, and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors on the Board of Directors, will be filled only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office (even though less than a quorum) or by the sole remaining director. Any director appointed in accordance with the
preceding sentence will hold office for the remainder of the full term of the class of directors in which the vacancy occurred or to which the new directorship is apportioned, and until such directors successor will have been elected and qualified or until such directors earlier death, resignation or removal. No decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors will shorten the term of any incumbent director, except as may be provided with respect to any additional director elected by the holders of the applicable series of Preferred Stock.
SECTION F
LIMITATION ON LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION
1. Limitation On Liability .
To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, a director of the Corporation will not be liable to the Corporation or any of its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. Any repeal or modification of this paragraph 1 will be prospective only and will not adversely affect any limitation, right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification.
2. Indemnification .
(a) Right to Indemnification . The Corporation will indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a proceeding ) by reason of the fact that he, or a person for whom he is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys fees) incurred by such person. Such right of indemnification will inure whether or not the claim asserted is based on matters which antedate the adoption of this Section F. The Corporation will be required to indemnify or make advances to a person in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if the proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors.
(b) Prepayment of Expenses . The Corporation will pay the expenses (including attorneys fees) incurred by a director or officer in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided , however , that the payment of expenses incurred by a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding will be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the director or officer to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this paragraph or otherwise.
(c) Claims . If a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses under this paragraph is not paid in full within sixty (60) days after a written claim therefor has been
received by the Corporation, the claimant may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful, will be entitled to be paid the expense (including attorneys fees) of prosecuting such claim to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law. In any such action the Corporation will have the burden of proving that the claimant was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law.
(d) Non-Exclusivity of Rights . The rights conferred on any person by this paragraph will not be exclusive of any other rights which such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of this Restated Certificate, the Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or resolution of disinterested directors or otherwise.
(e) Other Indemnification . The Corporations obligation, if any, to indemnify any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity will be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity.
3. Amendment or Repeal .
Any amendment, modification or repeal of the foregoing provisions of this Section F will not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such amendment, modification or repeal.
SECTION G
AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS
In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by the DGCL, the Board of Directors, by action taken by the affirmative vote of not less than, if prior to the Series B Director Termination Time, at least 80% of the members of the entire Board, or, if following the Series B Director Termination Time, at least 75% of the members of the entire Board (in either case, rounded up to the next whole number) (such percentage of the entire Board, the Applicable Percentage ), is hereby expressly authorized and empowered to adopt, amend or repeal any provision of the Bylaws of this Corporation; provided that p rior to the Series B Director Termination Time, the provisions of the third to the last paragraph of Article II, Section 2.8 of the Bylaws relating to the Series B Director Committee may not be amended without the approval of a majority of the Series B Directors then in office at such time as there is at least one (1) Series B Director in office.
ARTICLE VI
TERM
The term of existence of this Corporation shall be perpetual.
ARTICLE VII
STOCK NOT ASSESSABLE
The capital stock of this Corporation shall not be assessable. It shall be issued as fully paid, and the private property of the stockholders shall not be liable for the debts, obligations or liabilities of this Corporation. This Restated Certificate shall not be subject to amendment in this respect.
ARTICLE VIII
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
SECTION A
ANNUAL AND SPECIAL MEETINGS
Except as otherwise provided in a Preferred Stock Designation or unless otherwise prescribed by law or by another provision of this Restated Certificate, special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation, for any purpose or purposes, will only be called by the Secretary of the Corporation (i) upon the written request of the holders of not less than 70% of the total voting power of the then outstanding Voting Securities entitled to vote thereon or (ii) at the request of at least the Applicable Percentage of the members of the entire Board.
SECTION B
ACTION WITHOUT A MEETING
Except as provided in a Preferred Stock Designation, no action required to be taken or which may be taken at any annual meeting or special meeting of stockholders may be taken without a meeting, and the power of stockholders to consent in writing, without a meeting, to the taking of any action is specifically denied; provided , however , that notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to the Series B Director Termination Time, holders of Series B Common Stock may take action by written consent with respect to the election, appointment, or removal of any or all Series B Directors or the filling of any vacancy in a Series B Director directorship in accordance with this Restated Certificate.
ARTICLE IX
ACTIONS REQUIRING SUPERMAJORITY STOCKHOLDER VOTE
Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, in addition to any other vote of the stockholders of the Corporation (or the holders of any class or series) otherwise required by any applicable law or regulation or this Restated Certificate, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 70% of the total voting power of the then outstanding Voting Securities
entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class at a meeting specifically called for such purpose, will be required in order for the Corporation to take any action to authorize:
(i) the amendment, alteration or repeal of any provision of this Restated Certificate or the addition or insertion of other provisions herein, whether by amendment, merger, consolidation or otherwise; provided , however , that this clause (i) will not apply to any such amendment, alteration, repeal, addition or insertion (A) as to which the laws of the State of Delaware, as then in effect, do not require the consent of this Corporations stockholders, or (B) that at least the Applicable Percentage of the members of the entire Board has approved;
(ii) the adoption, amendment or repeal of any provision of the Bylaws of the Corporation; provided , however , that this clause (ii) will not apply to, and no vote of the stockholders of the Corporation will be required to authorize, the adoption, amendment or repeal of any provision of the Bylaws of the Corporation by the Board of Directors in accordance with the power conferred upon it pursuant to Section G of Article V of this Restated Certificate;
(iii) the merger or consolidation of this Corporation with or into any other corporation (including a merger consummated pursuant to Section 251(h) of the DGCL and notwithstanding the exception to a vote of the stockholders for such a merger set forth therein); provided , however , that this clause (iii) will not apply to any such merger or consolidation (A) as to which the laws of the State of Delaware, as then in effect, do not require the vote of this Corporations stockholders (other than Section 251(h) of the DGCL), or (B) that at least the Applicable Percentage of the members of the entire Board has approved;
(iv) the sale, lease or exchange of all, or substantially all, of the property or assets of the Corporation; provided , however , that this clause (iv) will not apply to any such sale, lease or exchange that at least the Applicable Percentage of the members of the entire Board has approved;
(v) the dissolution of the Corporation; provided , however , that this clause (v) will not apply to such dissolution if at least the Applicable Percentage of the members of the entire Board has approved such dissolution; or
(vi) until the Series B Director Termination Time, the sale, assignment, transfer or conveyance of all or any portion of the Class B common stock of Expedia held by the Corporation; provided , however , that a business combination in which a third party acquires control of the Corporation prior to the Series B Director Termination Time will not be deemed a sale, assignment, transfer or conveyance of the Class B common stock of Expedia only if (i) the business combination gives rise to (x) a right of Barry Diller to terminate the Diller Assignment which right he declines or fails to exercise within the required time period or (y) the automatic termination of the Diller Assignment which Barry Diller waives prior to such termination and (ii) Barry Dillers rights under the Stockholders Agreement and Governance Agreement are not diminished or impaired (other than in a de minimis manner).
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Article IX, the Corporation reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Restated Certificate, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at
the time in force may be added or inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law; and all rights, preferences and privileges of whatsoever nature conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other Persons whomsoever by and pursuant to this Restated Certificate in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the rights reserved in this Article IX.
ARTICLE X
CERTAIN BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
1. Certain Acknowledgements; Definitions .
In recognition and anticipation that:
(a) directors and officers of the Corporation may serve as directors, officers, employees and agents of any other corporation, company, partnership, association, firm or other entity, including, without limitation , Subsidiaries and Affiliates of the Corporation ( Other Entity ),
(b) the Corporation, directly or indirectly, may engage in the same, similar or related lines of business as those engaged in by any Other Entity and other business activities that overlap with or compete with those in which such Other Entity may engage,
(c) the Corporation may have an interest in the same areas of business opportunity as any Other Entity, and
(d) the Corporation may engage in material business transactions with any Other Entity and its Affiliates, including, without limitation, receiving services from, providing services to or being a significant customer or supplier to such Other Entity and its Affiliates, and that the Corporation and such Other Entity or one or more of their respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates may benefit from such transactions,
and as a consequence of the foregoing, it is in the best interests of the Corporation that the rights of the Corporation, and the duties of any directors or officers of the Corporation (including any such persons who are also directors, officers or employees of any Other Entity), be determined and delineated, as set forth herein, in respect of (x) any transactions between the Corporation and its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, on the one hand, and such Other Entity and its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, on the other hand, and (y) any potential transactions or matters that may be presented to officers or directors of the Corporation, or of which such officers or directors may otherwise become aware, which potential transactions or matters may constitute business opportunities of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates.
In recognition of the benefits to be derived by the Corporation through its continued contractual, corporate and business relations with any Other Entity and of the benefits to be derived by the Corporation by the possible service as directors or officers of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries of persons who may also serve from time to time as directors, officers or employees of any Other Entity, the provisions of this Article X will, to the fullest extent permitted by law, regulate and define the conduct of the business and affairs of the Corporation
in relation to such Other Entity and its Affiliates, and as such conduct and affairs may involve such Other Entitys respective directors, officers or employees, and the powers, rights, duties and liabilities of the Corporation and its officers and directors in connection therewith and in connection with any potential business opportunities of the Corporation.
Any Person purchasing, receiving, holding or otherwise becoming the owner of any shares of capital stock of the Corporation, or any interest therein, will be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to the provisions of this Article X. References in this Article X to directors, officers or employees of any Person will be deemed to include those Persons who hold similar positions or exercise similar powers and authority with respect to any Other Entity that is a limited liability company, partnership, joint venture or other non-corporate entity.
2. Duties of Directors and Officers Regarding Potential Business Opportunities; No Liability for Certain Acts or Omissions .
If a director or officer of the Corporation is offered, or otherwise acquires knowledge of, a potential transaction or matter that may constitute or present a business opportunity for the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, in which the Corporation could, but for the provisions of this Article X, have an interest or expectancy (any such transaction or matter, and any such actual or potential business opportunity, a Potential Business Opportunity ):
(a) such director or officer will, to the fullest extent permitted by law, have no duty or obligation to refer such Potential Business Opportunity to the Corporation, or to refrain from referring such Potential Business Opportunity to any Other Entity, or to give any notice to the Corporation regarding such Potential Business Opportunity (or any matter related thereto),
(b) such director or officer will, to the fullest extent permitted by law, not be liable to the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or any of its stockholders, as a director, officer, stockholder or otherwise, for any failure to refer such Potential Business Opportunity to the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, or for referring such Potential Business Opportunity to any Other Entity, or for any failure to give any notice to or otherwise inform the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries regarding such Potential Business Opportunity or any matter relating thereto,
(c) any Other Entity may engage or invest in, independently or with others, any such Potential Business Opportunity,
(d) the Corporation shall not have any right in or to such Potential Business Opportunity or to receive any income or proceeds derived therefrom, and
(e) the Corporation shall have no interest or expectancy, and hereby specifically renounces any interest or expectancy, in any such Potential Business Opportunity,
unless both the following conditions are satisfied: (A) such Potential Business Opportunity was expressly offered to a director or officer of the Corporation solely in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the Corporation or as a director or officer of any Subsidiary of the
Corporation and (B) such opportunity relates to a line of business in which the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries is then directly engaged.
3. Amendment of Article X .
No alteration, amendment or repeal, or adoption of any provision inconsistent with, any provision of this Article X will have any effect upon
(a) any agreement between the Corporation or an Affiliate thereof and any Other Entity or an Affiliate thereof, that was entered into before the time of such alteration, amendment or repeal or adoption of any such inconsistent provision (the Amendment Time ), or any transaction entered into in connection with the performance of any such agreement, whether such transaction is entered into before or after the Amendment Time,
(b) any transaction entered into between the Corporation or an Affiliate thereof and any Other Entity or an Affiliate thereof, before the Amendment Time,
(c) the allocation of any business opportunity between the Corporation or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof and any Other Entity before the Amendment Time, or
(d) any duty or obligation owed by any director or officer of the Corporation or any Subsidiary of the Corporation (or the absence of any such duty or obligation) with respect to any Potential Business Opportunity which such director or officer was offered, or of which such director or officer otherwise became aware, before the Amendment Time (regardless of whether any proceeding relating to any of the above is commenced before or after the Amendment Time).
IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the undersigned has executed this Restated Certificate of Incorporation this 4th day of November 2016.
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Exhibit 3.2
LIBERTY EXPEDIA HOLDINGS, INC.
A Delaware Corporation
(the Corporation )
BYLAWS
ARTICLE I
STOCKHOLDERS
Section 1.1 Annual Meeting .
An annual meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing directors and of transacting any other business properly brought before the meeting pursuant to these Bylaws shall be held each year at such date, time and place, either within or without the State of Delaware or, if so determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the Board of Directors ) in its sole discretion, at no place (but rather by means of remote communication), as may be specified by the Board of Directors in the notice of meeting.
Section 1.2 Special Meetings .
Except as otherwise provided in the terms of any series of preferred stock or unless otherwise provided by law or by the Corporations Certificate of Incorporation (the Certificate of Incorporation ), special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation, for the transaction of such business as may properly come before the meeting, may be called by the Secretary of the Corporation (the Secretary ) only (i) upon written request received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation by or on behalf of the holder or holders of record of outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation, representing collectively not less than 70% of the total voting power of the outstanding capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting or (ii) at the request of not less than, if prior to the Series B Director Termination Time (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation), 80% of the members of the entire Board (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation), or, if following the Series B Director Termination Time, 75% of the members of the entire Board (such percentage of the members of the entire Board, the Applicable Percentage ). Only such business may be transacted as is specified in the notice of the special meeting. The Board of Directors shall have the sole power to determine the time, date and place, either within or without the State of Delaware, or, if so determined by the Board of Directors in its sole discretion, at no place (but rather by means of remote communication), for any special meeting of stockholders (including those properly called by the Secretary in accordance with Section 1.2(i) hereof). Following such determination, it shall be the duty of the Secretary to cause notice to be given to the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting that a meeting will be held at the time, date and place, if any, and in accordance with the record date, if any, determined by the Board of Directors.
Section 1.3 Record Date .
In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) calendar days nor less than ten (10) calendar days before the date of such meeting. If the Board of Directors so fixes a record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of any meeting of stockholders, such date shall be the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting, unless the Board of Directors determines, at the time it fixes the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of such meeting, that a later date on or before the date of the meeting shall be the record date for determining stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) calendar days prior to such action. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors: (i) the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held, and (ii) the record date for determining stockholders for any other purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting in accordance with this Section 1.3.
Section 1.4 Notice of Meetings .
Notice of all stockholders meetings, stating the place, if any, date and hour thereof, as well as the record date for determining stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting (if such record date is different from the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting); the means of remote communication, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting; and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered by the Corporation in accordance with Section 5.4 of these Bylaws, applicable law and applicable stock exchange rules and regulations by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, to each stockholder entitled to notice of such meeting, unless otherwise provided by applicable law or the Certificate of Incorporation, at least ten (10) calendar days but not more than sixty (60) calendar days before the date of the meeting.
Section 1.5 Notice of Stockholder Business .
(a) Annual Meetings of Stockholders .
(1) At an annual meeting of the stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before the meeting. To be properly brought before an annual meeting, nominations for persons for election to the Board of Directors and the proposal of business to be considered by the stockholders must be (i) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof), (ii) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof), or (iii) otherwise properly be requested to be brought before the meeting by a stockholder (x) who complies with the procedures set forth in this Section 1.5 and (y) who was a stockholder of record of the Corporation (and, with respect to any beneficial owner, if different, on whose behalf such business is proposed or such nomination or nominations made, only if such beneficial owner was the beneficial owner of shares of the Corporation) both at the time the notice provided for in Section 1.5(a)(2) is delivered to the Secretary and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, and (z) who is entitled to vote at the meeting upon such election of directors or upon such business, as the case may be.
(2) In addition to any other requirements under applicable law and the Certificate of Incorporation, for a nomination for election to the Board of Directors or the proposal of business to be properly requested to be brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in proper written form to the Secretary and any such proposed business, other than the nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors, must constitute a proper matter for stockholder action pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, and applicable law. To be timely, a stockholders notice must be received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation (x) in the case of an annual meeting that is called for a date that is within thirty (30) calendar days before or after the anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual meeting of stockholders, not less than sixty (60) calendar days nor more than ninety (90) calendar days prior to the meeting and (y) in the case of an annual meeting that is called for a date that is not within thirty (30) calendar days before or after the anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual meeting, not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which notice of the date of the meeting was communicated to stockholders or public announcement (as defined below) of the date of the meeting was made, whichever occurs first. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of a meeting of stockholders commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder notice as described herein.
To be in proper written form, such stockholders notice to the Secretary must be submitted by a holder of record of stock entitled to vote on the nomination of directors of the Corporation and shall set forth in writing and describe in fair, accurate, and material detail (A) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election as a director (a nominee ) (i) all information relating to such nominee that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors in an election contest, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act ), and (ii) such nominees written
consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected; (B) as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting, (i) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting, (ii) the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and, in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend the Bylaws of the Corporation, the language of the proposed amendment), and (iii) any material interest of the stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made, in such business; and (C) as to such stockholder giving notice and the beneficial owner or owners, if different, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made, and any affiliates or associates (each within the meaning of Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act) of such stockholder or beneficial owner (each a Proposing Person ) (i) the name and address, as they appear on the Corporations books, of such stockholder and the name and address of each such Proposing Person, (ii) the class or series and number of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation that are owned beneficially and of record by such Proposing Person, (iii) a description of all arrangements or understandings between such Proposing Person and any other person or persons (including their names) pursuant to which the proposals are to be made by such stockholder, (iv) a representation by each Proposing Person who is a holder of record of stock of the Corporation (A) that the notice the Proposing Person is giving to the Secretary is being given on behalf of (x) such holder of record and/or (y) if different than such holder of record, one or more beneficial owners of stock of the Corporation held of record by such holder of record, (B) as to each such beneficial owner, the number of shares held of record by such holder of record that are beneficially owned by such beneficial owner, with documentary evidence of such beneficial ownership, and (C) that such holder of record is entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to propose such business or nomination set forth in its notice, (v) a representation (I) whether any such Proposing Person or nominee has received any financial assistance, funding or other consideration from any other person in respect of the nomination (and the details thereof) (a Stockholder Associated Person ) and (II) whether and the extent to which any hedging, derivative or other transaction has been entered into with respect to the Corporation within the past six (6) months by, or is in effect with respect to, such stockholder, any person to be nominated by such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person, the effect or intent of which transaction is to mitigate loss to or manage risk or benefit of share price changes for, or to increase or decrease the voting power of, such stockholder, nominee or any such Stockholder Associated Person, and (vi) a representation whether any Proposing Person intends or is part of a group that intends to (I) deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Corporations outstanding voting power required to approve or adopt the proposal or elect the nominee and/or (II) otherwise solicit proxies from stockholders in support of such proposal, and (vii) any other information relating to such Proposing Person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies in support of such proposal pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act, and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. The foregoing notice requirements of this Section 1.5 shall not apply to any proposal made pursuant to Rule 14a-8 (or any successor thereof) promulgated under the Exchange Act. A proposal to be made pursuant to Rule 14a-8 (or any successor thereof) promulgated under the Exchange Act shall be deemed satisfied if the stockholder making such proposal complies with the provisions of Rule 14a-8 and has notified the Corporation of his or her intention to present a proposal at an annual meeting in compliance with
Rule 14a-8 and such stockholders proposal has been included in a proxy statement that has been prepared by the Corporation to solicit proxies for such annual meeting. The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as it may reasonably require to determine (x) the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a director of the Corporation and (y) whether the nominee would qualify as an independent director or audit committee financial expert under applicable law, securities exchange rule or regulation, or any publicly disclosed corporate governance guideline or committee charter of the Corporation.
(3) Notwithstanding anything in paragraph (a)(2) of this Section 1.5 to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors of the Corporation at an annual meeting is increased and there is no public announcement by the Corporation naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors at least one hundred (100) calendar days prior to the first anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual meeting, a stockholders notice required by this Section 1.5 shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Corporation. For purposes of the foregoing determinations in Section 1.5(a)(2) and this Section 1.5(a)(3) with respect to the first annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation following the Effective Time, the date of the immediately preceding annual meeting will be the date of the Effective Time (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation).
(b) Special Meetings of Stockholders . Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporations notice of meeting. In the event the Corporation calls a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing one or more directors to the Board of Directors, any such stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting who was a stockholder of record of the Corporation (and, with respect to any beneficial owner, if different, on whose behalf such nomination or nominations are made, only if such beneficial owner was the beneficial owner of shares of the Corporation) both at the time the notice provided for in paragraph (a)(2) of this Section 1.5 is delivered to the Secretary and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the special meeting may nominate a person or persons (as the case may be) for election to such position(s) as specified in the Corporations notice of meeting, if the stockholders notice meeting the requirements of paragraph (a)(2) of this Section 1.5 (substituting special meeting for annual meeting as applicable) shall be received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the close of business on the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the sixtieth (60th) day prior to such special meeting or the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at such meeting; provided, however, that a stockholder may nominate persons for election at a special meeting only to such directorship(s) as specified in the Corporations notice of the meeting. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of a special meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholders notice as described above.
(c) Updating and Supplementing of Stockholder Information . A stockholder providing notice of nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors at an annual or special meeting of stockholders or notice of business proposed to be brought before an annual meeting of stockholders in accordance with this Section 1.5 shall further update and supplement such notice so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of this Section 1.5 shall be true and correct both as of the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting and as of the date that is ten (10) business days before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, and such updated and supplemental information shall be delivered to, or mailed and received by, the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation (a) in the case of information that is required to be updated and supplemented to be true and correct as of the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting, not later than the later of five (5) business days after such record date or five (5) business days after the public announcement of such record date, and (b) in the case of information that is required to be updated and supplemented to be true and correct as of ten (10) business days before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, not later than eight (8) business days before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof (or if not practicable to provide such updated and supplemental information not later than eight (8) business days before any adjournment or postponement, on the first practicable date before any such adjournment or postponement).
(d) General .
(1) Except as otherwise provided by law or in the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 1.5 shall be eligible to be elected at an annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to serve as directors and only such business shall be conducted at a meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 1.5. Except as otherwise provided by law, the chairman of the meeting shall have the power and duty (i) to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 1.5 (including whether the stockholder or beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made solicited (or is part of a group which solicited) or did not so solicit, as the case may be, proxies in support of such stockholders nominee or proposal in compliance with such stockholders representation as required by clause (a)(2)(C)(vi) of this Section 1.5) and (ii) if any proposed nomination or proposed business was not made or proposed in compliance with this Section 1.5, to declare that such nomination shall be disregarded or that such proposed business shall not be transacted. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.5, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at the annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to present the nomination to the Board of Directors or to present the proposed business, such nomination shall be disregarded and such proposed business shall not be transacted, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Corporation. For purposes of this Section 1.5, to be considered a qualified representative of the stockholder, a person must be authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such
stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting of stockholders.
(2) For purposes of this Section 1.5, (i) public announcement shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by a national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act, and (ii) business day shall mean any day, other than Saturday, Sunday and any day on which banks located in the State of New York are authorized or obligated by applicable law to close.
(3) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.5, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 1.5. Nothing in this Section 1.5 shall be deemed to affect any rights (i) of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporations proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act or (ii) of the holders of any series of preferred stock to elect directors pursuant to any applicable provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation.
(4) For purposes of nominations by stockholders pursuant to this Section 1.5, until the Series B Director Termination Time, (i) only holders of Series B common stock of the Corporation, par value $0.01 per share (the Series B Common Stock ), shall be entitled to nominate persons for election to the Board of Directors as Series B Directors (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation) in accordance with this Section 1.5, and (ii) only holders of Series A common stock of the Corporation, par value $0.01 per share (the Series A Common Stock ), and holders of Series B Common Stock shall be entitled to nominate persons for election to the Board of Directors as Common Stock Directors (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation) in accordance with this Section 1.5.
Section 1.6 Quorum .
Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of preferred stock and except as otherwise provided by law or in the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at any meeting of stockholders, the holders of a majority in total voting power of the outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting shall be present or represented by proxy in order to constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business; provided , that prior to the Series B Director Termination Time, at any meeting of stockholders, the holders of a majority in total voting power of the outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting and the holders of a majority in total voting power of the outstanding shares of Series B Common Stock entitled to vote at the meeting shall be present or represented by proxy in order to constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business. The chairman of the meeting shall have the power and duty to determine whether a quorum is present at any meeting of the stockholders. Shares of its own stock belonging to the Corporation or to another corporation, if a majority of the shares entitled to vote in the election of directors of such other corporation is held, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation, shall neither be entitled to vote nor be counted for quorum purposes; provided,
however, that the foregoing shall not limit the right of the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation to vote stock, including, but not limited to, its own stock, held by it in a fiduciary capacity. In the absence of a quorum, the chairman of the meeting may adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in Section 1.7 hereof until a quorum shall be present.
Section 1.7 Adjournment .
Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may be adjourned from time to time solely by the chairman of the meeting because of the absence of a quorum or for any other reason and to reconvene at the same or some other time, date and place, if any, or by means of remote communication. Unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, the chairman of the meeting shall have the exclusive power and authority to recess or adjourn a stockholder meeting in his or her sole and absolute discretion. The stockholders present at a meeting shall not have the authority to adjourn the meeting. If the time, date and place, if any, thereof, and the means of remote communication, if any, by which the stockholders and the proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such adjourned meeting are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken and the adjournment is for less than thirty (30) calendar days, no notice need be given of any such adjourned meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) calendar days or if after the adjournment a new record date for determining stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting is fixed for the adjourned meeting, then notice shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at the meeting. At the adjourned meeting, the stockholders may transact any business that might have been transacted at the original meeting.
Section 1.8 Organization .
The Chairman of the Board, or in his absence the Chief Executive Officer, or in their absence the President, or in their absence any Vice President, shall call to order meetings of stockholders and preside over and act as chairman of such meetings. The Board of Directors or, if the Board fails to act, the stockholders, may appoint any stockholder, director or officer of the Corporation to act as chairman of any meeting in the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President and all Vice Presidents. The date and time of the opening and closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at a meeting shall be determined by the chairman of the meeting and announced at the meeting. The Board of Directors may adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of the meeting of stockholders as it shall deem appropriate. Unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, the chairman of the meeting shall have the exclusive right and authority to determine the agenda and order of business and to prescribe other such rules, regulations and procedures and shall have the authority in his or her discretion to convene and regulate the conduct of any such meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board of Directors or prescribed by the chairman of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following: (i) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (ii) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders of record of the Corporation, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as the chairman of the meeting shall determine; (iii) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; and (iv) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by
participants. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board of Directors or the chairman of the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure.
The Secretary shall act as secretary of all meetings of stockholders, but, in the absence of the Secretary, the chairman of the meeting may appoint any other person to act as secretary of the meeting.
Section 1.9 Rescheduling, Postponement or Cancellation of Meeting .
Any previously scheduled annual or special meeting of the stockholders may be rescheduled, postponed or canceled by resolution of the Board of Directors upon public notice given prior to the time previously scheduled for such meeting of stockholders.
Section 1.10 Voting .
Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of preferred stock and except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws and except for the election of directors, at any meeting duly called and held at which a quorum is present, the affirmative vote of a majority of the combined voting power of the outstanding shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter shall be the act of the stockholders. Following the Series B Director Termination Time and subject to the rights of the holders of any series of preferred stock, at any meeting duly called and held for the election of directors at which a quorum is present, directors shall be elected by a plurality of the combined voting power of the outstanding shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, until the Series B Director Termination Time, at any meeting of stockholders of the Corporation duly called and held at which a quorum is present, and at which directors are to be elected, (1) Series B Directors shall be elected by a plurality of the voting power of the outstanding shares of Series B Common Stock, present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors, voting as a separate class, and (2) Common Stock Directors shall be elected by a plurality of the voting power of the outstanding shares of Series A Common Stock and the outstanding shares of Series B Common Stock, present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors, voting together as a single class.
Section 1.11 List of Stockholders .
It shall be the duty of the Secretary or other officer of the Corporation who shall have charge of the stock ledger to prepare and make, at least ten (10) calendar days before every meeting of the stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the stockholders name; provided, however, if the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting is fewer than ten (10) calendar days before the meeting date, the list shall reflect the stockholders entitled to vote as of the tenth (10th) calendar
day before the meeting date. Nothing contained in this Section 1.11 shall require the Corporation to include electronic mail addresses or other electronic contact information on such list. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting for a period of at least ten (10) calendar days prior to the meeting: (i) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting, or (ii) during ordinary business hours, at the principal place of business of the Corporation. If the Corporation determines to make the list available on an electronic network, the Corporation may take reasonable steps to ensure that such information is available only to stockholders of the Corporation. If the meeting is to be held at a place, then the list shall be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, then the list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting on a reasonably accessible network, and the information required to access such list shall be provided with the notice of the meeting. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence of the identity of the stockholders entitled to examine such list.
Section 1.12 Remote Communications .
For purposes of these Bylaws, if authorized by the Board of Directors in its sole discretion, and subject to such guidelines and procedures as the Board of Directors may adopt, stockholders and proxyholders may, by means of remote communication:
(a) participate in a meeting of stockholders; and
(b) be deemed present in person and vote at a meeting of stockholders whether such meeting is to be held at a designated place or solely by means of remote communication, provided that (i) the Corporation shall implement reasonable measures to verify that each person deemed present and permitted to vote at the meeting by means of remote communication is a stockholder or proxyholder, (ii) the Corporation shall implement reasonable measures to provide such stockholders and proxyholders a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting and to vote on matters submitted to the stockholders, including an opportunity to read or hear the proceedings of the meeting substantially concurrent with such proceedings, and (iii) if any stockholder or proxyholder votes or takes other action at the meeting by means of remote communication, a record of such vote or other action shall be maintained by the Corporation.
ARTICLE II
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 2.1 Number and Term of Office .
Subject to any limitations set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation and to any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law relating to the powers or rights conferred upon or reserved to the stockholders or the holders of any class or series of the issued and outstanding stock of the Corporation, the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed, and all corporate powers shall be exercised, by or under the direction of the Board of Directors. The number of directors shall be fixed as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation. Directors need not be stockholders of the Corporation. The Corporation shall nominate the persons serving as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer for election as directors at any meeting at which such persons are subject to election as directors.
Section 2.2 Resignations .
Any director of the Corporation, or any member of any committee, may resign at any time by giving notice in writing or by electronic transmission to the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President or Secretary. Any such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein or, if the time be not specified therein, then upon receipt thereof. The acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective unless otherwise stated therein.
Section 2.3 Removal of Directors .
Prior to the Series B Director Termination Time, (i) any or all Series B Directors may be removed from office, with or without cause, only by the affirmative vote (or written consent) of the holders of at least a majority of the total voting power of the then outstanding shares of Series B Common Stock, voting as a separate class, and (ii) any and all Common Stock Directors may be removed from office, with or without cause, only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the total voting power of the outstanding shares of Series A Common Stock and Series B Common Stock (voting as provided in Article IV, Section B.1 of the Certificate of Incorporation), voting together as a single class. Following the Series B Director Termination Time and subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, directors may be removed from office only for cause upon the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the total voting power of the then outstanding Voting Securities entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class.
Section 2.4 Newly Created Directorships and Vacancies .
Newly created directorships and vacancies on the Board shall be filled as provided in the Certificate of Incorporation.
Section 2.5 Meetings .
Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held on such dates and at such times and places, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors, such determination to constitute the only notice of such regular meetings to which any director shall be entitled. In the absence of any such
determination, such meeting shall be held, upon notice to each director in accordance with Section 2.6 of these Bylaws, at such times and places, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated in the notice of meeting.
Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such times and places, if any, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated in the notice of the meeting in accordance with Section 2.6 hereof. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board, and shall be called by the Chief Executive Officer, President or Secretary upon the written request of not less than the Applicable Percentage of the members of the entire Board of Directors. Notwithstanding (and not in limitation of) the foregoing, at any time prior to the Series B Director Termination Time, any Series B Director may call a special meeting of the Board of Directors for the purpose of voting on an Expedia Board Voting Determination (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation) or filling a vacancy in any Series B Director directorship, in each case as provided in the Certificate of Incorporation.
Section 2.6 Notice of Meetings .
The Secretary, or in his absence any other officer of the Corporation, shall give each director notice of the time and place of holding of any regular meetings (if required) or special meetings of the Board of Directors, in accordance with Section 5.4 of these Bylaws, by mail at least ten (10) calendar days before the meeting, or by courier service at least three (3) calendar days before the meeting, or by facsimile transmission, electronic mail or other electronic transmission, or personal service, in each case, at least twenty-four (24) hours before the meeting, unless notice is waived in accordance with Section 5.4 of these Bylaws. Unless otherwise stated in the notice thereof, any and all business may be transacted at any meeting without specification of such business in the notice.
Section 2.7 Meetings by Conference Telephone or Other Communications .
Members of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or such committee by means of telephone conference or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other and communicate with each other, and such participation in a meeting by such means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
Section 2.8 Quorum and Organization of Meetings ; Committees .
A majority of the total number of members of the Board of Directors as constituted from time to time shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but, if at any meeting of the Board of Directors (whether or not adjourned from a previous meeting) there shall be less than a quorum present, a majority of those present may adjourn the meeting to another time, date and place, and the meeting may be held as adjourned without further notice or waiver; provided , that at any meeting of the Board of Directors prior to the Series B Director Termination Time at which any Expedia Board Voting Determination or any Splitco Director Determination (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation) will be determined, directors representing a majority of the votes entitled to be cast on such Expedia Board Voting
Determination (provided that a quorum to act with respect to an Expedia Board Voting Determination may be constituted only at a time when there is at least one Series B Director in office) or Splitco Director Determination shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of such business but, if at any such meeting of the Board of Directors (whether or not adjourned from a previous meeting) there shall be less than a quorum present, those directors holding a majority of the votes to be cast on such matter may adjourn the meeting to another time, date and place, and the meeting may be held as adjourned without further notice or waiver. Meetings shall be presided over by the Chairman of the Board or in his absence by such other person as the directors may select. The Board of Directors shall keep written minutes of its meetings. The Secretary shall act as secretary of the meeting, but in his absence the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.
Except as otherwise required (x) by law or (y) by the Certificate of Incorporation (including, without limitation, with respect to voting on any matter that is an Expedia Board Voting Determination or a Splitco Director Determination) or these Bylaws, a majority of the directors (without regard to the classification of such directors as a Series B Director, a Common Stock Director or a Preferred Stock Director (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation)) present at any meeting at which a quorum is present may decide any question brought before such meeting. The taking of any board action relating to an Expedia Board Voting Determination or a Splitco Director Determination shall be subject to the requirements set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, which are incorporated by reference herein as if fully set forth herein.
In addition to the Series B Director Committee and the Common Stock Director Committee, the Board may designate one (1) or more committees, each committee to consist of one (1) or more of the directors of the Corporation. The Board may designate one (1) or more Directors as alternate members of any committee to replace absent or disqualified members at any meeting of such committee, provided that, prior to the Series B Director Termination Time, (i) only the Series B Director Committee shall have the power to designate one or more Directors as alternate members of such Series B Director Committee, and (ii) only the Common Stock Director Committee shall have the power to designate one (1) or more Directors as alternate members of such Common Stock Director Committee. If a member of a committee shall be absent from any meeting, or disqualified from voting thereat, the remaining member or members present and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may, by a unanimous vote, appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in place of any such absent or disqualified member. Any such committee, to the extent provided in a resolution of the Board of Directors passed as aforesaid, except as otherwise provided in Sections 2.9 and 2.10 of these Bylaws, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be impressed on all papers that may require it, but no such committee shall have the power or authority of the Board of Directors in reference to (i) approving or adopting, or recommending to the stockholders, any action or matter expressly required by the laws of the State of Delaware to be submitted to the stockholders for approval or (ii) adopting, amending or repealing any Bylaw of the Corporation. Such committee or committees shall have such name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors. Unless otherwise specified in the
resolution of the Board of Directors designating a committee (and in any case with respect to the Series B Director Committee), at all meetings of such committee a majority of the total number of members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the vote of a majority of the members of the committee present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the committee. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings. Unless the Board of Directors otherwise provides (and in any case with respect to the Series B Director Committee), each committee designated by the Board of Directors may make, alter and repeal rules for the conduct of its business. In the absence of such rules each committee shall conduct its business in the same manner as the Board of Directors conducts its business pursuant to Article II of these Bylaws.
Prior to the Series B Director Termination Time, there shall be a standing committee of the Board of Directors whose members shall be all of the Series B Directors then in office (the Series B Director Committee ). The Series B Director Committee shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law and the Certificate of Incorporation, have the power and authority to take all such actions as are specified in the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws as to be taken by the Series B Directors (or a committee consisting solely of Series B Directors) and such other powers as may be delegated to such committee from time to time by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors. In connection with each annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation from the Effective Time (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation) until the Series B Director Termination Time at which Common Stock Directors or Series B Directors are to be elected (each such annual or special meeting, an Election Meeting ), the Series B Director Committee shall have the power and authority to propose persons for nomination for election as Series B Directors to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee (and if the Series B Director Committee does not propose any nominees, such committee will be deemed to have proposed the incumbent Series B Directors for re-election).
Prior to the Series B Director Termination Time, there shall be a standing committee of the Board of Directors whose members shall be all of the Common Stock Directors then in office (the Common Stock Director Committee ). The Common Stock Director Committee shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, have the power and authority to take all such actions as are specified in the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws as to be taken by the Common Stock Directors (or a committee consisting solely of Common Stock Directors) and such other powers as may be delegated to such committee from time to time by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors. In connection with each Election Meeting from the Effective Time until the Series B Director Termination Time, the Common Stock Director Committee shall have the power and authority to propose persons for nomination for election as Common Stock Directors to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee (and if the Common Stock Director Committee does not propose any nominees, such committee will be deemed to have proposed the incumbent Common Stock Directors for re-election.)
The Series B Director Committee and the Common Stock Director Committee shall give written notice to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of each such proposed nominee no later than the date that is one hundred (100) calendar days prior to the anniversary of the date of the immediately preceding Election Meeting; provided , that with
respect to the Series B Directors, such directors will stand for election at every second (2 nd ) Election Meeting. For purposes of the foregoing determinations with respect to the first Election Meeting following the Effective Time, the date of the immediately preceding annual meeting will be the date of the Effective Time.
Section 2.9 Executive Committee of the Board of Directors .
The Board of Directors, by the affirmative vote of not less than the Applicable Percentage of the members of the entire Board, may designate an executive committee, all of whose members shall be directors, to manage and operate the affairs of the Corporation or particular properties or enterprises of the Corporation, provided that, prior to the Series B Director Termination Time, such executive committee shall not have the authority to take action with respect to any Expedia Board Voting Determination, any Splitco Director Determination or any action specified under these Bylaws or the Certificate of Incorporation to be taken by the Series B Directors or the Series B Director Committee. Subject to the limitations of the law of the State of Delaware and the Certificate of Incorporation and the proviso in the foregoing sentence, such executive committee shall exercise all powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation including, but not limited to, the power and authority to authorize the issuance of shares of common or preferred stock. The executive committee shall keep minutes of its meetings and report to the Board of Directors not less often than quarterly on its activities and shall be responsible to the Board of Directors for the conduct of the enterprises and affairs entrusted to it. Regular meetings of the executive committee, of which no notice shall be necessary, shall be held at such time, dates and places, if any, as shall be fixed by resolution adopted by the executive committee. Special meetings of the executive committee shall be called at the request of the Chief Executive Officer or of any member of the executive committee, and shall be held upon such notice as is required by these Bylaws for special meetings of the Board of Directors, provided that oral notice by telephone or otherwise, or notice by electronic transmission shall be sufficient if received not later than the day immediately preceding the day of the meeting.
Section 2.10 Other Committees of the Board of Directors .
The Board of Directors may by resolution establish committees other than an executive committee, the Common Stock Director Committee and the Series B Director Committee and shall specify with particularity the powers and duties of any such committee. Subject to the limitations of the laws of the State of Delaware and the Certificate of Incorporation, any such committee shall exercise all powers and authority specifically granted to it by the Board of Directors, which powers may include the authority to authorize the issuance of shares of common or preferred stock, provided that, prior to the Series B Director Termination Time, (i) no such committee other than a committee consisting solely of Series B Directors shall be authorized to take any action specified under these Bylaws or the Certificate of Incorporation to be taken by the Series B Directors or the Series B Director Committee, (ii) no such committee other than a committee consisting solely of Common Stock Directors shall be authorized to take any action specified under these Bylaws or the Certificate of Incorporation to be taken by the Common Stock Directors or the Common Stock Director Committee and (iii) no such committee shall be authorized to take any action with respect to any Expedia Board Voting Determination.
Such committees (other than the Series B Director Committee and the Common Stock Director Committee, as specified in the Certificate of Incorporation) shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors, and all such committees will keep minutes of their meetings and have such names as the Board of Directors by resolution may determine and shall be responsible to the Board of Directors for the conduct of the enterprises and affairs entrusted to them.
Section 2.11 Directors Compensation .
Directors shall receive such compensation for attendance at any meetings of the Board and any expenses incidental to the performance of their duties as the Board of Directors shall determine by resolution. Such compensation may be in addition to any compensation received by the members of the Board of Directors in any other capacity.
Section 2.12 Action Without Meeting .
Nothing contained in these Bylaws shall be deemed to restrict the power of members of the Board of Directors or any committee designated by the Board of Directors to take any action required or permitted to be taken by them without a meeting; provided , however , that if such action is taken without a meeting by consent by electronic transmission or transmissions, such electronic transmission or transmissions must either set forth or be submitted with information from which it can be determined that the electronic transmission or transmissions were authorized by the director.
Section 2.13 Chairman of the Board of Directors.
The Board of Directors shall elect a Chairman of the Board from among the members of the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors, at which he is present, and perform such other duties and exercise such other powers as from time to time may be assigned to him by these Bylaws or by the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE III
OFFICERS
Section 3.1 Executive Officers .
The Board of Directors shall elect a Chief Executive Officer and a President. The Board of Directors may also elect such Vice Presidents as in the opinion of the Board of Directors the business of the Corporation requires, a Treasurer and a Secretary, any of whom may or may not be directors. The Board of Directors may also elect, from time to time, such other or additional officers as in its opinion are desirable for the conduct of business of the Corporation and such officers shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors;
provided, however, that the Chief Executive Officer shall not hold any other office except that the Chief Executive Officer may serve as President.
Section 3.2 Powers and Duties of Officers .
The Chief Executive Officer shall have overall responsibility for the management and direction of the business and affairs of the Corporation and shall exercise such duties as customarily pertain to the office of chief executive officer and such other duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors. He shall be the senior officer of the Corporation and in case of the inability or failure of the President to perform his duties, he shall perform the duties of the President. In the absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Chairman of the Board. He may appoint and terminate the appointment or election of officers, agents or employees other than those appointed or elected by the Board of Directors. He may sign, execute and deliver, in the name of the Corporation, powers of attorney, contracts, bonds and other obligations. The Chief Executive Officer shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors or these Bylaws.
The President of the Corporation shall be under the direction of the Chief Executive Officer and shall exercise such powers and duties as may be delegated by the Chief Executive Officer and such other duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors or assigned to him or her by these Bylaws. The President may sign, execute and deliver, in the name of the Corporation, powers of attorney, contracts, bonds and other obligations.
Vice Presidents shall have such powers and perform such duties as may be assigned to them by the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the executive committee, if any, or the Board of Directors. A Vice President may sign and execute contracts and other obligations pertaining to the regular course of his duties which implement policies established by the Board of Directors.
Unless the Board of Directors otherwise declares by resolution, the Treasurer shall have general custody of all the funds and securities of the Corporation and general supervision of the collection and disbursement of funds of the Corporation. He shall endorse for collection on behalf of the Corporation checks, notes and other obligations, and shall deposit the same to the credit of the Corporation in such bank or banks or depository as the Board of Directors may designate. He may sign, with the Chief Executive Officer, President or such other person or persons as may be designated for the purpose by the Board of Directors, all bills of exchange or promissory notes of the Corporation. He shall enter or cause to be entered regularly in the books of the Corporation a full and accurate account of all moneys received and paid by him on account of the Corporation, shall at all reasonable times exhibit his books and accounts to any director of the Corporation upon application at the office of the Corporation during business hours and, whenever required by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President, shall render a statement of his accounts. He shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors or by these Bylaws. He may be required to give bond for the faithful performance of his duties in such sum and with such surety as shall
be approved by the Board of Directors. Any Assistant Treasurer shall, in the absence or disability of the Treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.
The Secretary shall keep the minutes of all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors. The Secretary shall cause notice to be given of meetings of stockholders, of the Board of Directors, and of any committee appointed by the Board of Directors. He shall have custody of the corporate seal, minutes and records relating to the conduct and acts of the stockholders and Board of Directors, which shall, at all reasonable times, be open to the examination of any director. The Secretary or any Assistant Secretary may certify the record of proceedings of the meetings of the stockholders or of the Board of Directors or resolutions adopted at such meetings, may sign or attest certificates, statements or reports required to be filed with governmental bodies or officials, may sign acknowledgments of instruments, may give notices of meetings and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.
Section 3.3 Bank Accounts .
In addition to such bank accounts as may be authorized in the usual manner by resolution of the Board of Directors, the Treasurer, with approval of the Chief Executive Officer or the President, may authorize such bank accounts to be opened or maintained in the name and on behalf of the Corporation as he may deem necessary or appropriate, provided payments from such bank accounts are to be made upon and according to the check of the Corporation, which may be signed jointly or singularly by either the manual or facsimile signature or signatures of such officers or bonded employees of the Corporation as shall be specified in the written instructions of the Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer of the Corporation with the approval of the Chief Executive Officer or the President of the Corporation.
Section 3.4 Proxies; Stock Transfers .
Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or directed by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the President or any Vice President or their designees shall have full power and authority on behalf of the Corporation to attend and to vote upon all matters and resolutions at any meeting of stockholders of any corporation in which this Corporation may hold stock, and may exercise on behalf of this Corporation any and all of the rights and powers incident to the ownership of such stock at any such meeting, whether regular or special, and at all adjournments thereof, and shall have power and authority to execute and deliver proxies and consents on behalf of this Corporation in connection with the exercise by this Corporation of the rights and powers incident to the ownership of such stock, with full power of substitution or revocation. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or directed by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the President or any Vice President or their designees shall have full power and authority on behalf of the Corporation to transfer, sell or dispose of stock of any corporation in which this Corporation may hold stock.
ARTICLE IV
CAPITAL STOCK
Section 4.1 Shares .
The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by a certificate or may be uncertificated. Certificates shall be signed by the Chief Executive Officer or the President and by the Secretary or the Treasurer, and may be sealed with the seal of the Corporation. Such seal may be a facsimile, engraved or printed. Within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of uncertificated shares, the Corporation shall send to the registered owner thereof a written notice containing the information required to be set forth or stated on certificates pursuant to Sections 151, 156, 202(a) or 218(a) of the Delaware General Corporation Law or a statement that the Corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualification, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.
Any of or all the signatures on a certificate may be facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such an officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such officer, transfer agent or registrar had not ceased to hold such position at the time of its issuance.
Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the rights and obligations of the holders of uncertificated shares and the rights and obligations of the holders of certificates representing stock of the same class and series shall be identical.
Section 4.2 Transfer of Shares .
(a) Upon surrender to the Corporation or the transfer agent of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignation or authority to transfer, it shall be the duty of the Corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books. Upon receipt of proper transfer instructions from the registered owner of uncertificated shares such uncertificated shares shall be cancelled, and the issuance of new equivalent uncertificated shares or certificated shares shall be made to the person entitled thereto and the transaction shall be recorded upon the books of the Corporation.
(b) The person in whose name shares of stock stand on the books of the Corporation shall be deemed by the Corporation to be the owner thereof for all purposes, and the Corporation shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of the State of Delaware.
Section 4.3 Lost Certificates .
The Board of Directors or any transfer agent of the Corporation may direct a new certificate or certificates or uncertificated shares representing stock of the Corporation to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the Corporation, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates or uncertificated shares, the Board of Directors (or any transfer agent of the Corporation authorized to do so by a resolution of the Board of Directors) may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond in such sum as the Board of Directors (or any transfer agent so authorized) shall direct to indemnify the Corporation and the transfer agent against any claim that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed or the issuance of such new certificates or uncertificated shares, and such requirement may be general or confined to specific instances.
Section 4.4 Transfer Agent and Registrar .
The Board of Directors may appoint one or more transfer agents and one or more registrars, and may require all certificates for shares to bear the manual or facsimile signature or signatures of any of them.
Section 4.5 Regulations .
The Board of Directors shall have power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as it may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer, registration, cancellation and replacement of certificates representing stock of the Corporation or uncertificated shares, which rules and regulations shall comply in all respects with applicable law and the rules and regulations of the transfer agent.
ARTICLE V
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 5.1 Offices .
The Corporation shall maintain a registered office in the State of Delaware as required by the laws of the State of Delaware. The Corporation may also have offices in such other places, either within or without the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate or as the business of the Corporation may require.
Section 5.2 Corporate Seal .
The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization, and the words Corporate Seal and Delaware.
Section 5.3 Fiscal Year .
The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors.
Section 5.4 Notices and Waivers Thereof .
Whenever any notice is required by the laws of the State of Delaware, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws to be given by the Corporation to any stockholder, director or officer, such notice, except as otherwise provided by law, may be given personally, or by mail, or, in the case of directors or officers, or stockholders who consent thereto, by electronic transmission in accordance with applicable law. Any notice given by electronic transmission shall be deemed to have been given when it shall have been transmitted and any notice given by mail shall be deemed to have been given when deposited in the United States mail with postage thereon prepaid directed to such stockholder, director, or officer, as the case may be, at such stockholders, directors, or officers, as the case may be, address as it appears in the records of the Corporation. An affidavit of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary or of the transfer agent or other agent of the Corporation that the notice has been given by personal delivery, by mail, or by a form of electronic transmission shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
Whenever any notice is required to be given by law, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these Bylaws to the person entitled to such notice, a waiver thereof, in writing signed by the person, or by electronic transmission, whether before or after the meeting or the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent in all respects to such notice to the full extent permitted by law. If such waiver is given by electronic transmission, the electronic transmission must either set forth or be submitted with information from which it can be determined that the electronic transmission was authorized by the person waiving notice. In addition, notice of any meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, need not be given to any director if such director shall sign the minutes of such meeting or attend the meeting, except that if such director attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened, then such director shall not be deemed to have waived notice of such meeting.
Section 5.5 Saving Clause .
These Bylaws are subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and applicable law. In the event any provision (or part thereof) of these Bylaws is inconsistent with the Certificate of Incorporation or the corporate laws of the State of Delaware, such provision (or part thereof) shall be invalid to the extent only of such conflict, and such conflict shall not affect the validity of any other provision of these Bylaws.
Section 5.6 Amendments .
In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by the laws of the State of Delaware, the Board of Directors, by action taken by the affirmative vote of not less than the Applicable Percentage of the members of the entire Board, is hereby expressly authorized and empowered to adopt, amend or repeal any provision of the Bylaws of this Corporation.
Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of preferred stock, these Bylaws may be adopted, amended or repealed by the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than 70% of the total voting power of the then outstanding capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon; provided, however, that this paragraph shall not apply to, and no vote of the stockholders of the Corporation shall be required to authorize, the adoption, amendment or repeal of any provision of the Bylaws by the Board of Directors in accordance with the preceding paragraph.
Prior to the Series B Director Termination Time, the provisions of Section 2.8 of these Bylaws relating to the Series B Director Committee may not be amended without the approval of a majority of the Series B Directors then in office at such time as there is at least one (1) Series B Director in office.
Section 5.7 Gender/Number .
As used in these Bylaws, the masculine, feminine, or neuter gender, and the singular and plural number, shall include the other whenever the context so indicates.
Section 5.8 Electronic Transmission .
For purposes of these Bylaws, electronic transmission means any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved, and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such recipient through an automated process.
Section 5.9 Forum Selection
Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or, if the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware does not have jurisdiction, any state or federal court located within the State of Delaware) shall, in all cases to the fullest extent permitted by law and subject to the courts having personal jurisdiction over the indispensable parties named as defendants, be the sole and exclusive forum for (1) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (2) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer, other employee or stockholder of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporations stockholders, (3) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or as to which the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware confers jurisdiction on the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, or (4) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine. Any person or entity
Exhibit 4.1
MARGIN LOAN AGREEMENT
Dated as of November 1, 2016
among
LEXE MARGINCO, LLC,
as Borrower,
LIBERTY EXPEDIA HOLDINGS, INC.
as Guarantor,
VARIOUS LENDERS
and
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent,
and
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Calculation Agent
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS |
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1.01 |
Defined Terms |
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1.02 |
Other Interpretive Provisions |
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1.03 |
Accounting Terms |
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1.04 |
Times of Day |
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ARTICLE II THE LOANS |
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2.01 |
The Loans |
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2.02 |
Funding of the Loans |
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2.03 |
Repayment of the Loans |
40 |
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2.04 |
Voluntary Prepayments |
40 |
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2.05 |
Mandatory Prepayments |
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2.06 |
Interest and Fees |
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2.07 |
Computations |
42 |
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2.08 |
Termination of Commitments |
42 |
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2.09 |
LTV Maintenance; LTV Notice |
43 |
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2.10 |
Evidence of Debt |
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2.11 |
Payments Generally |
47 |
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2.12 |
Sharing of Payments, Etc. |
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2.13 |
Defaulting Lender |
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2.14 |
Rebalancing |
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ARTICLE III TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY |
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3.01 |
Taxes |
51 |
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3.02 |
Illegality |
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3.03 |
Increased Costs; Reserves |
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3.04 |
Compensation for Losses |
56 |
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3.05 |
Mitigation Obligations |
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ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE LOAN |
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4.01 |
Conditions Precedent to Closing Date |
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4.02 |
Conditions Precedent to All Loans |
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ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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5.01 |
Existence, Qualification and Power |
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5.02 |
Authorization; No Contravention |
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5.03 |
Binding Effect |
60 |
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5.04 |
Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect |
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5.05 |
Disclosure |
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5.06 |
Litigation |
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5.07 |
No Default |
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5.08 |
Compliance with Laws |
61 |
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5.09 |
Taxes |
61 |
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5.10 |
Assets; Liens |
61 |
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5.11 |
Governmental Authorization; Other Consents |
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5.12 |
Governmental Regulation |
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5.13 |
ERISA and Related Matters |
62 |
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5.14 |
Organizational Documents |
62 |
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5.15 |
Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act |
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5.16 |
Subsidiaries; Equity Interests |
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5.17 |
Solvency |
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5.18 |
Trading and Other Restrictions |
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5.19 |
USA PATRIOT Act |
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5.20 |
No Material Non-public Information |
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5.21 |
Bulk Sale and Private Sale |
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5.22 |
Status of Shares |
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5.23 |
Special Purpose Entity/Separateness |
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5.24 |
Reporting Obligations |
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5.25 |
Restricted Transactions |
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5.26 |
Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions |
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ARTICLE VI AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS |
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6.01 |
Financial Statements |
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6.02 |
Certificates; Other Information |
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6.03 |
Notices |
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6.04 |
Preservation of Existence, Etc. |
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6.05 |
Special Purpose Entity/Separateness |
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6.06 |
Payment of Taxes and Claims |
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6.07 |
Compliance with Laws and Material Contracts |
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6.08 |
Books and Records |
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6.09 |
Use of Proceeds |
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6.10 |
Purpose Statement |
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6.11 |
Further Assurances |
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6.12 |
Post-Closing |
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ARTICLE VII NEGATIVE COVENANTS |
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7.01 |
Restricted Transaction |
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7.02 |
Liens |
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7.03 |
Indebtedness |
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7.04 |
Dispositions |
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7.05 |
Investments |
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7.06 |
Amendments or Waivers of Organizational Documents |
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7.07 |
Restricted Payments |
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7.08 |
No Impairment of Collateral |
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7.09 |
Fundamental Changes |
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7.10 |
Limitation on Borrowers Activities |
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7.11 |
Status of Shares |
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7.12 |
Investment Company |
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7.13 |
Transactions with Affiliates |
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7.14 |
No Subsidiaries |
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7.15 |
ERISA and Related Matters |
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7.16 |
Regulation of the Board of Governors |
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7.17 |
Certification of Public Information |
70 |
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7.18 |
Name, Form and Location |
70 |
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7.19 |
Limitation on Certain Sales |
70 |
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7.20 |
Anti-Terrorism Laws |
71 |
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7.21 |
Dispositions of Shares |
71 |
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ARTICLE VIII EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES |
71 |
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8.01 |
Events of Default |
71 |
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8.02 |
Remedies upon Event of Default |
73 |
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8.03 |
Application of Funds |
74 |
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8.04 |
Certain Provisions Related to Applicable Lenders |
75 |
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ARTICLE IX AGENTS |
76 |
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9.01 |
Authorization and Authority |
76 |
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9.02 |
Agent Individually |
76 |
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9.03 |
Duties of the Agents; Exculpatory Provisions |
77 |
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9.04 |
Reliance by Agent |
78 |
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9.05 |
Delegation of Duties |
79 |
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9.06 |
Resignation of an Agent |
79 |
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9.07 |
Non-Reliance on the Agents and Other Lenders |
80 |
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9.08 |
Lenders Rights with Respect to Collateral |
81 |
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9.09 |
Withholding Taxes |
81 |
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9.10 |
Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim |
82 |
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ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS |
82 |
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10.01 |
Amendments, Etc. |
82 |
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10.02 |
Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communications |
84 |
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10.03 |
No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies |
86 |
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10.04 |
Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver |
86 |
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10.05 |
Payments Set Aside |
87 |
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10.06 |
Successors and Assigns |
88 |
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10.07 |
Confidentiality |
90 |
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10.08 |
Right of Setoff |
91 |
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10.09 |
Interest Rate Limitation |
91 |
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10.10 |
Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness |
91 |
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10.11 |
Survival of Representations and Warranties |
92 |
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10.12 |
Severability |
92 |
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10.13 |
Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc. |
92 |
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10.14 |
Waiver of Jury Trial |
93 |
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10.15 |
USA PATRIOT Act Notice |
93 |
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10.16 |
Bankruptcy Code |
93 |
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10.17 |
No Recourse to Affiliates of Borrower |
93 |
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10.18 |
Conflicts |
94 |
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10.19 |
Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents |
94 |
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10.20 |
No Advisory or Fiduciary Relationship |
94 |
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10.21 |
Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions |
95 |
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE I TO MARGIN LOAN AGREEMENT
SCHEDULE 10.02 TO MARGIN LOAN AGREEMENT
EXHIBITS
Form of
A |
Collateral Account Control Agreement |
B-1 |
Initial Loan Note |
B-2 |
Delayed Draw Loan Note |
C |
Compliance Certificate |
D |
Security Agreement |
E |
Assignment and Assumption |
F |
Guarantee Agreement |
G |
Issuer Acknowledgement |
H |
Solvency Certificate |
I-1 |
Borrowing Request |
I-2 |
Prepayment Notice |
J-1 |
U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate |
J-2 |
U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate |
J-3 |
U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate |
J-4 |
U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate |
MARGIN LOAN AGREEMENT
This MARGIN LOAN AGREEMENT (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this Agreement ) is entered into as of November 1, 2016 by and among LEXE MARGINCO, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as Borrower (the Borrower ), LIBERTY EXPEDIA HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the Parent ), as Guarantor (in such capacity, the Guarantor ), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Administrative Agent ), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Calculation Agent (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Calculation Agent ), and the lenders from time to time party hereto.
The Borrower has requested that the Lenders extend credit in the form of (a) Initial Loans in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding the Initial Loan Commitment and (b) Delayed Draw Loans in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding the Delayed Draw Commitment, and the Lenders are willing to make such loans on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
1.01 Defined Terms . As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
Activities has the meaning specified in Section 9.02(b) .
Administrative Agent has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.
Affiliate means, with respect to any Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.
Affiliated Persons mean, with respect to any specified natural Person, (a) such specified Persons parents, spouse, siblings, descendants, step children, step grandchildren, nieces and nephews and their respective spouses, (b) the estate, legatees and devisees of such specified Person and each of the Persons referred to in clause (a) and (c) any company, partnership, trust or other entity or investment vehicle Controlled by any of the Persons referred to in clause (a) or (b) or the holdings of which are for the primary benefit of any of such Persons.
Agent means each of the Administrative Agent, and the Calculation Agent.
Agent Account means such account of the Administrative Agent in New York, New York as is designated in writing from time to time by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower and the Lenders for such purpose.
Agent Parties has the meaning specified in Section 10.02(e) .
Agents Group has the meaning specified in Section 9.02(b) .
Agented Lender means any Lender who has taken a Loan hereunder by assignment, but has not yet entered into a joinder to the Security Agreement and the Collateral Account Control Agreement with respect to its Ratable Share of the Collateral securing the Obligations. Any reference in the Loan Documents to an Applicable Lender with respect to an Agented Lender shall be to the Applicable Lender who assigned a Loan to such Agented Lender, and vice versa.
Agreement has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.
Anti-Corruption Laws means all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Borrower, the Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption, including, without limitation, the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.
Anti-Terrorism Laws has the meaning specified in Section 5.19 .
Applicable Lender means any Lender that has, or purports to have, control (other than a Lender that is an Agented Lender solely as it relates to that portion of the Collateral for which such Lender is an Agented Lender) over any portion of the Collateral pursuant to the Collateral Account Control Agreement (it being understood that the termination of the Collateral Account Control Agreement (or the termination of the Collateral Account Control Agreement with respect to such Lenders Ratable Share of the Collateral) without the written consent of the relevant Applicable Lender shall not result in such Lender ceasing to be an Applicable Lender).
Applicable Percentage means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) obtained by dividing (i) the aggregate principal amount of such Lenders Loans outstanding under this Agreement (or, in the case of Sections 2.11(c) and 2.06(d) , such Lenders aggregate principal amount of Initial Loan Commitments or Delayed Draw Commitments, as applicable, outstanding under this Agreement) over (ii) the sum of the aggregate principal amount of the Loans outstanding under this Agreement (or, in the case of Sections 2.11(c) and 2.06(d) , the aggregate principal amount of all Initial Loan Commitments or Delayed Draw Commitments, as applicable, outstanding under this Agreement). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Applicable Percentage of any Applicable Lender, when used with respect to any determination related to Collateral or payment or proceeds of Collateral, shall include the Applicable Percentage of each Agented Lender that such Applicable Lender holds Collateral for and the Applicable Percentage for such purpose of any Agented Lender with respect to such Collateral or payment or proceeds shall be zero (and if any Agented Lender has multiple Applicable Lenders, such Applicable Percentage shall be allocated proportionately among the Collateral held by such Applicable Lenders).
Approved Fund means any Fund that is (or will be) administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of any Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
Assignment and Assumption means an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit E .
Attributable Debt means, on any date, (a) in respect of any obligation of a Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, the amount thereof that would appear as a capital lease on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP, and (b) in respect of any Synthetic Lease Obligation, the capitalized amount of the remaining lease payments under the relevant lease that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP if such lease were accounted for as a capital lease.
Average Daily Trading Volume means, with respect to the relevant Shares, as of any date of determination at the close of business on such date, the arithmetic average, for the thirty (30) Scheduled Trading Days ending on and including such date (or, in the case of an Issuer Tender Offer, Issuer Merger Event or Spin-Off Event, such other period as is reasonably determined by the Calculation Agent), of the daily reported volume of trading in such Shares for each such Scheduled Trading Day (excluding elements of such average daily trading volume that may be attributed to any block trade that occurs on any such Scheduled Trading Day) as determined by the Calculation Agent by reference to Bloomberg L.P. (without regard to pre-opening or after hours trading outside of any regular trading session for any such Scheduled Trading Day) or, if not so reported, any successor reporting entity thereto selected by the Calculation Agent.
Bail-In Action means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.
Bail-In Legislation means, with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.
Bankruptcy Code means the United States Bankruptcy Code.
Base Rate means, for any day, a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1%, (b) the Prime Rate and (c) LIBOR plus 1%; provided that, if the Base Rate as otherwise determined pursuant to this definition shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed zero for purposes of this Agreement.
Base Rate Loan means any Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Base Rate.
Base Spread means 160 basis points per annum.
Borrower has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.
Borrower Financial Statements means financial statements of the Borrower, dated as of the Closing Date, which financial statements shall (a) demonstrate that, after giving effect to the transactions to be consummated on the Closing Date, the Borrower will have no other assets other than the Permitted Assets, and (b) contain a list of all Indebtedness, other liabilities and/or commitments of the Borrower that are individually in excess of $100,000 (other than under the Loan Documents and any contingent liabilities under the July 2016 Facility Documents as to which no claim has been asserted), a description of the material terms of each item on such list (including the amount of any liability thereunder, whether contingent, direct or otherwise, the due date for each such liability, the total unfunded commitment, if any and the rate of interest, if any, applicable thereto).
Borrower Materials has the meaning specified in Section 10.02(f) .
Borrower Sole Member means the Parent, or its successor (provided that such successor shall be a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Parent), in its capacity as sole member and manager of the Borrower.
Borrowing means, individually or collectively, as the context may require, an Initial Loan Borrowing or a Delayed Draw Borrowing.
Borrowing Request means a request by the Borrower in accordance with the terms of Section 2.02 and substantially in the form of Exhibit I-1 , or such other form as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent (including any form on an electronic platform or electronic transmission system as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent), appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.
Business Day means (a) any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are required or authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed, in New York and (b) additionally, with respect to all notices, determinations, fundings and payments in connection with the Loans (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any notices or determinations pursuant to Section 2.09 ), any day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market.
Calculation Agent has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto. All calculations and determinations made by the Calculation Agent shall be made in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner.
Cash means U.S. dollars in immediately available funds.
Cash Equivalents means any of the following: (a) readily marketable direct obligations of the government of the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof that are obligations unconditionally guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the government of the United States and have a maturity of not greater than 12 months from the date of issuance thereof or (b) insured certificates of deposit issued by, or time or demand deposits with, the Custodian (so long as the Custodian is a member of the Federal Reserve System, the Custodian or its parent issues commercial paper rated at least P-1 (or the then equivalent grade) by Moodys or A-1 (or the then equivalent grade) by S&P, and the long-term, unsecured debt of the Custodian is rated P-3 or better by Moodys and A-3 or better by S&P) having a remaining maturity of not longer than one year.
Change in Law means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any Law, (b) any change in any Law or in the administration, interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of Law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a Change in Law, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
Change of Control means (i) with respect to the Borrower, any event or transaction, or series of related events or transactions, as a result of which the Parent, directly or indirectly, is the owner of less than 100% of the Borrowers common equity and (ii) with respect to the Parent, (x) any event or transaction, or series of related events or transactions, as a result of which a person or group (other than a Permitted Holder) becomes the beneficial owner of sufficient shares of the Parent to entitle such person or group to exercise more than 30% of the total voting power of all such shares entitled to vote generally at elections of directors of the Parent, (all within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) and (y) the Permitted Holders do not beneficially own shares of the Parent having a percentage of the voting power of all shares entitled to vote generally at elections of directors of the Parent in excess of such voting power held by such person or group.
Closing Date means the first date on which all the conditions precedent in Section 4.01 are satisfied or waived by the Lenders in accordance with Section 10.01 .
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any successor.
Collateral means any and all Collateral as defined in any Collateral Document.
Collateral Account means each custody account of the Borrower established and maintained by the Custodian and subject to the control of an Applicable Lender as a Secured Party, including any subaccount, substitute, successor or replacement account for purposes of holding all Cash, Cash Equivalents, Shares and other property required or permitted to be pledged as Collateral hereunder or under the Security Agreement. Collateral Accounts shall mean, collectively, all such accounts.
Collateral Account Control Agreement means a Collateral Account Control Agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit A , by and among the Borrower, the Applicable Lenders party thereto, the Administrative Agent, the Calculation Agent, and the Custodian (as the same may be amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time).
Collateral Documents means the Security Agreement, the Collateral Account Control Agreement and any additional pledge or security agreements required to be delivered by the Borrower pursuant to the Loan Documents and any other instruments of assignment or other instruments, documents or agreements delivered by the Borrower pursuant to the foregoing as security for the Obligations.
Collateral Requirement means on any date the requirement that:
(a) the Administrative Agent and each Applicable Lender shall have received counterparts of the Security Agreement duly executed and delivered by the Borrower;
(b) all documents and instruments, including UCC financing statements, required by Law or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or any Applicable Lender to be filed, registered or recorded to create the Liens intended to be created by the Collateral Documents and perfect or record such Liens to the extent, and with the priority, required by the Security Agreement, shall have been filed, registered or recorded or delivered to the Administrative Agent or the relevant Applicable Lender, as applicable, for filing, registration or recording;
(c) the Borrower shall have obtained all consents and approvals required to be obtained by it in connection with the execution and delivery of all Collateral Documents to which it is a party, the performance of its obligations thereunder and the granting of the Liens granted by it thereunder;
(d) the Borrower shall have taken all other action required to be taken by the Borrower under the Collateral Documents to perfect, register and/or record the Liens granted by it thereunder; and
(e) the Borrower shall be in compliance with Section 3 of the Security Agreement.
Collateral Shortfall Notice has the meaning specified in Section 2.09(a) .
Collateral Shortfall Notice Day has the meaning specified in Section 2.09(a) .
Collateral Value means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the (i) sum of:
(a) with respect to any Common Shares (other than Merger Shares or Spin-Off Shares) constituting Eligible Pledged Shares, the product of the applicable Market Reference Price of the Common Shares for such date and the number of such Common Shares constituting Eligible Pledged Shares (if any);
(b) with respect to any Merger Shares constituting Eligible Pledged Shares, the product of the applicable Market Reference Price of such Merger Shares for such date, the applicable Valuation Percentage and the number of Merger Shares constituting Eligible Pledged Shares (if any); and
(c) with respect to any Spin-Off Shares constituting Eligible Pledged Shares, the product of the applicable Market Reference Price of such Spin-Off Shares for such date, the applicable Valuation Percentage and the number of Spin-Off Shares constituting Eligible Pledged Shares (if any);
minus (ii) the amount of any withholding Tax that, in the reasonable determination of the Calculation Agent, would be imposed on a prospective sale of Collateral on behalf of any Loan Party upon exercise by a Secured Party of any remedies available to it under the Loan Documents as a result of a Change in Law or change of jurisdiction of any Issuer ( provided that commercially reasonable steps were taken to designate another lending office in order to avoid or mitigate such imposition).
Commitment means, as to each Lender, such Lenders Initial Loan Commitment or Delayed Draw Commitment, as applicable.
Common Shares means the common stock of Expedia, par value $0.0001 per share; provided that following the occurrence of an Issuer 251(g) Merger Event, the shares of common stock issued by the resulting Delaware corporation shall be deemed to be the Common Shares (except for purposes of the definition of Issuer 251(g) Merger Event ). For the avoidance of doubt, Common Shares does not include the Class B common stock of Expedia, par value $0.0001 per share.
Communication has the meaning specified in Section 7.17 .
Compliance Certificate means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C .
Connection Income Taxes means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.
Constrictive Amendment has the meaning set forth in Section 8.01(j) .
Contractual Obligation means, as to any Person, any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.
Control means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management, investments or policies (including investment policies) of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. Controlling and Controlled have meanings correlative thereto.
Controlling Shareholder means, as of any date of determination, and without duplication, (a) the Borrower, (b) the Parent, (c) John C. Malone or Gregory B. Maffei, (d) any Affiliate of the Borrower, the Parent or John C. Malone or Gregory B. Maffei, that (i) is or may reasonably be considered to be a member of a group (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) or Section 13(g)(3) of the Exchange Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder) that includes the Borrower or any Affiliate that Controls the Borrower or the Parent or (ii) files a joint Schedule 13D or 13G under the Exchange Act with the
Borrower or the Parent or any Affiliate that Controls the Borrower or the Parent or (e) any other Person (including any Affiliate of the Borrower, the Parent, John C. Malone or Gregory B. Maffei to the extent not included in clause (d) above but excluding a Person that holds securities and other investment property as a custodian for others (but for the avoidance of doubt, any Merger Shares or Spin-Off Shares, as applicable, held by any such custodian for a Controlling Shareholder shall be included for purposes of this clause (e))) that beneficially owns within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 or 16a-1(a)(2) of the Exchange Act more than ten percent (10.0%) of the total number of Merger Shares or Spin-Off Shares, as applicable, issued and outstanding as determined by (i) any publicly available information issued by the applicable Issuer or (ii) any publicly available filings with, or order, decree, notice or other release or publication of, any Governmental Authority.
Custodian shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Security Agreement.
Debtor Relief Laws means the Bankruptcy Code, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.
Default means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that, with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.
Defaulting Lender means, subject to Section 2.13(d) , any Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of its Loans within two (2) Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be funded hereunder or (ii) pay to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within two (2) Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder or has made a public statement to that effect, (c) has failed, within three (3) Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder ( provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower) or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity; or (iii) become the subject of a Bail-in Action; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any Equity Interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (a) through (d) above, and of the effective date of such status, shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 2.13(d) ) as of the date established therefor by the Administrative Agent in a written notice of such determination, which shall be delivered by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower and each Lender promptly following such determination.
Delayed Draw Availability Period means the period from and including the Closing Date to and including the earlier of (a) the date that is five (5) Business Days prior to the twelve (12)-month
anniversary of the Closing Date, and (b) the date of termination of all of the Delayed Draw Commitments pursuant to Section 2.08 .
Delayed Draw Borrowing means a Borrowing comprised of Delayed Draw Loans.
Delayed Draw Commitment means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment, if any, of such Lender to make Delayed Draw Loans hereunder up to the amount set forth on Schedule I, or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender assumed its Delayed Draw Commitment, as applicable, as the same may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.08 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 10.06 . The aggregate amount of the Delayed Draw Commitments on the Closing Date is $50,000,000.
Delayed Draw Commitment Fee has the meaning specified in Section 2.06(d) .
Delayed Draw Lender means a Lender with a Delayed Draw Commitment.
Delayed Draw Loan means a Loan made by a Delayed Draw Lender to the Borrower pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 2.02 .
Delayed Draw Loan Note means a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of a Lender evidencing the Delayed Draw Loans held by such Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit B-2 .
Designated Exchange means any of The New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market, The NASDAQ Global Market, or any successor to any of the foregoing.
Designated Jurisdiction means any country or territory to the extent that such country or territory is the subject of any Sanctions.
Disclosures has the meaning specified in Section 5.05 .
Disposition and Dispose means (a) the sale, transfer, license, lease, dividend, distribution or other disposition (including any sale and leaseback transaction) of any property by any Person, including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith or any Equity Interests held by such Person and (b) with respect to any Indebtedness owed to a Person by another Person, forgiveness of any such Indebtedness by the Person to whom such Indebtedness is owed. For the avoidance of doubt, none of the following shall constitute a Disposition: (a) any pledge of Shares in connection with any transaction permitted by this Agreement and (b) any Restricted Transaction.
Disqualified Person has the meaning specified in the definition of Independent Manager.
Dollar and $ mean lawful money of the United States.
DTC means The Depository Trust Company or any of its successors.
Early Closure means the closure on any Exchange Day of the applicable Exchange prior to its scheduled closing time for such day unless such earlier closing time is announced by such Exchange at least one hour prior to the actual closing time for the regular trading session on such Exchange on such Exchange Day, as determined by the Calculation Agent.
EEA Financial Institution means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
EEA Member Country means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
EEA Resolution Authority means any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
Eligible Assignee means any Person (other than a natural person, a Defaulting Lender, a Subsidiary of a Defaulting Lender or any Person who, upon becoming a Lender hereunder, would constitute a Defaulting Lender or a Subsidiary of a Defaulting Lender) that is (a) a Lender; (b) an Affiliate of any Lender, (c) an Approved Fund or (d) a commercial bank, insurance company, investment or mutual fund or other entity that extends credit or makes loans in the ordinary course of its activities, and, in each case, that makes the Purchaser Representations; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, Eligible Assignee shall not include a Permitted Holder, the Borrower, the Borrower Sole Member, the Guarantor, the Issuer or any Affiliate of the Borrower, the Borrower Sole Member, the Guarantor or the Issuer.
Eligible Cash Collateral means Cash and Cash Equivalents held in a Collateral Account subject to a valid and perfected First Priority Lien in favor of an Applicable Lender, created under the Collateral Documents.
Eligible Pledged Shares means the Pledged Shares (a) held in a Collateral Account subject to a valid and perfected First Priority Lien in favor of an Applicable Lender, created under the Collateral Documents, (b) which are in book-entry format, (c) which are listed for trading on a Designated Exchange, and (d) which are not subject to Transfer Restrictions (other than the Permissible Transfer Restrictions); provided that the aggregate number of Common Shares that are pledged as Collateral hereunder shall not exceed the Maximum Share Number at any one time.
Equity Interests means with respect to any Person (including the Borrower), all of the shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other interests), and all of the other ownership or profit interests in such Person (including partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of determination.
ERISA means the United States Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
ERISA Affiliate means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with the Borrower within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Code).
EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.
Event of Default means, individually and collectively, the occurrence of any of the circumstances set forth in Section 8.01 .
Exchange means, with respect to the Common Shares, The NASDAQ Global Select Market (or its successor) and, with respect to Merger Shares or Spin-Off Shares, if any, the applicable Designated Exchange, in each case as such may be modified pursuant to the definition of Issuer Delisting.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Exchange Day means any day the applicable Exchange is open for trading during its regular trading session (it being understood and agreed that any day on which the Exchange is open for trading but is scheduled to close early in connection with a current or pending holiday shall constitute a regular trading session).
Exchange Disruption means any event that materially disrupts or impairs the ability of market participants in general to effect transactions in, or obtain market values for, any Shares on the applicable Exchange on any Exchange Day, as determined by the Calculation Agent.
Exchangeable Securities means exchangeable or convertible securities relating to a number of Shares owned by any of the Parent or its Subsidiaries (other than the Borrower) that (i) are sold in a broadly distributed registered offering or Rule 144A transaction and (ii) contain customary terms for such securities or terms that are comparable to those contained in exchangeable or convertible securities, as applicable, which reference shares of common stock of third party issuers, Liberty Interactive or one or more of its Affiliates that have previously been sold by Liberty Interactive or any one or more of its Affiliates.
Excluded Taxes means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the Laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a Law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower under Section 3.05 ) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 3.01 , amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lenders assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipients failure to comply with Section 3.01(g) , and (d) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.
Existing Transfer Restrictions means (a) Transfer Restrictions under or arising in connection with (i) the federal securities laws of the United States arising solely from (y) the fact that the Borrower (or, if applicable, a Lender or the Agent) is an affiliate (within the meaning of Rule 144) of the Issuer or (z) any lien routinely imposed on all securities by the Exchange, (ii) the Stockholders Agreement or (iii) the Governance Agreement (in the case of each clause (ii) and (iii), as in effect on the Closing Date) and (b) solely with respect to the Pre-emption Shares, any Transfer Restrictions arising under the Securities Act solely as a result of the Pre-emption Shares having been acquired by Liberty Interactive in
March 2013, October 2014 and April 2015 pursuant to the exercise by Liberty Interactive of its pre-emptive rights under the Governance Agreement.
Expedia means Expedia, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
FATCA shall mean Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code as of the date hereof (or any amended or successor version that is substantially comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future Treasury Regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b) of the Code and any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of such sections of the Code, and any fiscal or regulatory litigation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to such intergovernmental agreement.
FCPA has the meaning specified in Section 5.19 .
Federal Funds Rate means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided , that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is published on such next succeeding Business Day, the average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1.0%) of the quotations for such day for such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
Fee Letters means (i) that certain letter agreement, dated the Closing Date, between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and (ii) the Upfront Fee Letter.
First Priority means, with respect to any Lien purported to be created in any Collateral pursuant to any Collateral Document, that such Lien is the only Lien to which such Collateral is subject other than Permitted Liens.
Floating Rate means, with respect to an Interest Period, a per annum rate equal to the applicable LIBOR plus the Base Spread (or, if the Loans have been converted to Base Rate Loans pursuant to clause (i) of Section 3.02 , the Base Rate applicable to each day during such period plus the Base Spread less 1.0%).
Floating Rate Loan means any Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Floating Rate.
Foreign Lender means any Lender that is not a U.S. person within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
Form G-3 means the Statement of Purpose for an Extension of Credit Secured by Margin Stock by a Person Subject to Registration Under Regulation U FR G-3 form published by the FRB.
Form U-1 means the Statement of Purpose for an Extension of Credit Secured by Margin Stock FR U-1 form published by the FRB.
FRB means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.
Free Float means, as of any date of determination, the quotient, expressed as a percentage, obtained by dividing (a) the total number of Free Shares issued and outstanding by (b) the total number of Merger Shares or Spin-Off Shares, as applicable, issued and outstanding as determined by the applicable issuers most recent filings with the SEC.
Free Shares means, as of any date of determination, and without duplication, a number of Merger Shares or Spin-Off Shares, as applicable, equal to (a) the total number of Merger Shares or Spin-Off Shares, as applicable, then issued and outstanding as determined by the applicable Issuers most recent filings with the SEC minus (b) the total number of Merger Shares or Spin-Off Shares, as applicable, beneficially owned within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 or 16a-1(a)(2) of the Exchange Act by Controlling Shareholders as determined by the applicable Issuers or such Controlling Shareholders most recent filings with the SEC, to the extent such information is reported in such filings. For purposes of clause (b), with respect to a Long Position of a Controlling Shareholder, the total number of Merger Shares or Spin-Off Shares, as applicable, underlying such Long Position shall be used.
Fund means any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business.
Funding Date means the date on which the Initial Loans are made hereunder pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 2.02 ; provided that such date shall not be later than five (5) Business Days after the date hereof.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or such other principles as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession in the United States, that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination, consistently applied.
Governance Agreement means that certain Amended and Restated Governance Agreement, dated as of December 20, 2011, among Expedia, Liberty Interactive and Barry Diller, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, including pursuant to the Proxy Swap Arrangements.
Governmental Authority means, with respect to any Person, the government of the United States or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supranational bodies) having jurisdiction or authority over such Person.
Guarantee means, as to any Person, (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation payable or performable by another Person (the primary obligor) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance of such Indebtedness or other obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the
obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part); provided that the term Guarantee shall not include any endorsement of an instrument for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business, or (b) any Lien on any assets of such Person securing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by such Person (or any right, contingent or otherwise, of any holder of such Indebtedness or obligation to obtain any such Lien). The amount of the Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith. The term Guarantee as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
Guarantee Agreement means that certain Guarantee Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, executed by the Guarantor in favor of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto.
Guarantor has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.
Impacted Interest Period has the meaning specified in the definition of LIBOR.
Indebtedness means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:
(a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money and all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments;
(b) all direct or contingent obligations of such Person arising under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments;
(c) any Swap Contract under which such Person has a net payment obligation;
(d) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business and, in each case, not past due for more than thirty (30) days after the date on which such trade account payable was created);
(e) indebtedness secured by a Lien on property owned or purchased by such Person (including indebtedness arising under conditional sales or other title retention agreements), whether or not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or is limited in recourse;
(f) all obligations to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, and Synthetic Lease Obligations to which such Person is a party or it or its assets are subject;
(g) all obligations of such Person to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise make any payment in respect of any Equity Interest in such Person or any other Person, valued, in the case of a redeemable preferred interest, at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends; and
(h) all Guarantees of such Person in respect of Indebtedness of any other Person.
For all purposes hereof the Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to such Person. The amount of any net obligation under any Swap Contract on any date shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination Value thereof as of such date. The amount of Indebtedness under clause (f) as of any date shall be deemed to be the amount of Attributable Debt in respect thereof as of such date.
For the avoidance of doubt, any obligation to pay (x) reasonable fees and expenses related to the ownership, administration, management and Disposition of Permitted Assets (including reasonable Independent Manager fees), in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business or required pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents, and (y) any other accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business in an aggregate amount not to exceed $200,000 shall not constitute Indebtedness.
Indemnified Taxes means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Documents and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (a), Other Taxes.
Indemnitee has the meaning specified in Section 10.04(b) .
Independent Manager means an individual who has prior experience as an independent director, independent manager or independent member with at least three (3) years of employment experience (who may be provided by CT Corporation, Corporation Service Company, National Registered Agents, Inc., Wilmington Trust Corporation, Lord Securities Corporation or another nationally recognized company that is not an Affiliate of the Borrower, the Parent, any Permitted Holder or any Issuer and that provides independent managers and other corporate services in the ordinary course of its business) and which individual:
(a) is duly appointed as an independent manager pursuant to Section 18-101(10) of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act entitled to all the rights and privileges of such a manager on all Independent Manager Matters and is not, and has never been, and will not while serving as Independent Manager be, any of the following: (i) a Related Party of the Borrower, the Parent, any Permitted Holder or any Issuer, or (ii) a Permitted Holder (any of the foregoing, a Disqualified Person ), other than as an Independent Manager;
(b) to the fullest extent permitted by Law, including Section 18-1101(c) of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, shall consider only the interests of the Borrower (and not the Borrowers Affiliates) including its respective creditors, in acting or otherwise voting on Independent Manager Matters;
(c) is under no fiduciary duty to any Disqualified Person; and
(d) has been disclosed to the Lenders (together with a brief description of such Persons prior professional activities and other information as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request) prior to the effectiveness of such Persons appointment.
Independent Manager Matters means any act (a) instituting or consenting to the institution of any proceeding with respect to the Borrower under any Debtor Relief Law, (b) making a general assignment for the benefit of creditors with respect to the Borrower; or (c) applying for or consenting to the appointment of any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator, ad hoc manager or similar officer for the Borrower or for all or any material part of the Borrowers property.
Information has the meaning specified in Section 10.07 .
Initial Lender means a Lender with an Initial Loan Commitment or an outstanding Initial Loan.
Initial Loan means a Loan made by an Initial Lender to the Borrower pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 2.02 on the Funding Date.
Initial Loan Borrowing means a borrowing comprised of Initial Loans.
Initial Loan Commitment means with respect to each Lender, the commitment, if any, of such Lender to make an Initial Loan hereunder on the Funding Date in the amount set forth on Schedule I. The aggregate amount of the Lenders Initial Loan Commitments on the Closing Date is $350,000,000.
Initial Loan Note means a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of an Initial Lender evidencing the Initial Loans held by such Initial Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit B-1 .
Initial LTV Ratio means 50.0%.
Initial Pledged Shares has the meaning specified in the definition of Pledged Shares .
Interest Payment Date means (a) the last Business Day of each of March, June, September and December (commencing with the first such date to occur after the initial Funding Date) and (b) the Maturity Date.
Interest Period means (a) in the case of the initial Interest Period for the Initial Loans, the period commencing on the Funding Date and ending on but excluding the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, (b) in the case of the initial Interest Period for any Delayed Draw Loan, the period commencing on the date of the Delayed Draw Borrowing and ending on but excluding the next succeeding Interest Payment Date and (c) in the case of any subsequent Interest Period (after the initial Interest Period for the Initial Loans or any Delayed Draw Loans, as applicable), the period commencing on the last day of the next preceding Interest Period and ending on but excluding the next succeeding Interest Payment Date; provided , that, if any Interest Period would otherwise extend beyond the Maturity Date, such Interest Period shall end on the Maturity Date. For the avoidance of doubt, other than with respect to any Stub Period, all determinations hereunder of LIBOR shall be determined based on an Interest Period of three months, and, at the end of each Interest Period, subject to Section 3.02 , all outstanding Loans shall be continued as a Borrowing with an Interest Period of three (3) months.
Investment means, as to any Person, (a) the purchase or other acquisition by such Person of Equity Interests or securities of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution by such Person to, Guarantee by such Person or assumption of Indebtedness by such Person of, or purchase or other acquisition by such Person of any Indebtedness or equity participation or interest in, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person, or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) by such Person of assets of another Person that constitute a business unit.
IRS means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
Issuer means (i) Expedia, (ii) upon and after the occurrence of a Spin-Off Event, Spinco, and, (iii) upon and after an Issuer Merger Event, Newco, in each case, for so long as the Shares of such Issuer are Pledged Shares (it being understood that there may be multiple Issuers); provided that following the
occurrence of an Issuer 251(g) Merger Event, the resulting Delaware corporation shall be deemed to be the Issuer (except for purposes of the definition of Issuer 251(g) Merger Event).
Issuer 251(g) Merger Event means a merger of an Issuer pursuant to which such Issuer becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary of a holding company; provided that such merger satisfies each of the following conditions: (a) Persons that beneficially owned (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder) the voting stock of such Issuer immediately prior to such transaction beneficially own (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder) shares of voting stock representing 100% of the total voting power of all outstanding classes of voting stock of such holding company and such Persons proportional voting power immediately after such transaction, vis-à-vis each other, with respect to the securities they receive in such transaction will be in substantially the same proportions as their respective voting power, vis-à-vis each other, immediately prior to such transaction and (b) such transaction meets each of the requirements for a merger without a shareholder vote pursuant to Section 251(g) of the Delaware General Corporation Law. For purposes of this definition, voting stock means capital stock of any class or kind the holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, entitled to vote for the election of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of the applicable Issuer, even if the right to vote has been suspended by the happening of such a contingency.
Issuer Acknowledgement means the notification and acknowledgement from Expedia substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto, pursuant to which, among other provisions, the parties thereto provide certain acknowledgments in respect of the Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated thereunder.
Issuer Acquisition means, for any Issuer, the occurrence, effectiveness or consummation of any transaction or event pursuant to which (a) such Issuer directly or indirectly becomes a beneficial owner (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder) of (i) any Equity Interests in the Borrower or (ii) more than 5.0% of the Equity Interests issued by any of the following Persons: (x) the Parent or (y) the Borrower Sole Member or (b) any Pledged Shares are subject to Transfer Restrictions other than Permissible Transfer Restrictions.
Issuer Delisting means, for any Issuer, the public announcement that the Shares of such Issuer are no longer listed or admitted for trading on any Designated Exchange, for any reason (other than as a result of an Issuer Merger Event or an Issuer Tender Offer) and are not immediately re-listed, re-traded or re-quoted on any other Designated Exchange or quotation system ( provided that, if such Shares are so immediately re-listed, re-traded or re-quoted on any other Designated Exchange or quotation system, such exchange or quotation system shall thereafter be deemed to be the Exchange ).
Issuer Event means, for any Issuer, the Triggering of (a) a Share Price Event, (b) an Issuer Delisting, (c) an Issuer Trading Suspension, (d) an Issuer Tender Offer, (e) a Share Volume Event, (f) an Issuer Nationalization, or (g) an Issuer Acquisition.
Issuer Merger Event means, for any Issuer, as determined by the Calculation Agent, any (a) reclassification or change of the relevant Shares that results in a transfer of or an irrevocable commitment to transfer 100% of the outstanding Shares of such Issuer (without regard to any actions needed) to another Person, (b) consolidation, amalgamation, merger or binding share exchange of such Issuer with or into another Person (other than a consolidation, amalgamation, merger or binding share exchange in which such Issuer is the continuing entity and which does not result in a reclassification or change of 100% of the outstanding Shares of such Issuer), (c) takeover offer, tender offer, exchange offer, solicitation, proposal or other event by any Person to purchase or otherwise obtain 100% of the outstanding Shares of such Issuer that results in such Person purchasing, or otherwise obtaining or having
the right to obtain, by conversion or other means, 100% of the outstanding Shares of such Issuer or (d) consolidation, amalgamation, merger or binding share exchange of such Issuer with or into another entity in which such Issuer is the continuing entity and which does not result in a reclassification or change of 100% of the outstanding Shares of such Issuer but results in the enterprise value of such Issuer being less than 100% of the enterprise value of the Person or Persons being acquired (prior to such acquisition), in each case determined by the Calculation Agent as of the announcement date of any such transaction; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, an Issuer 251(g) Merger Event will not constitute an Issuer Merger Event.
Issuer Nationalization means, for any Issuer, that (i) all or substantially all of the Shares of such Issuer or the assets of such Issuer are nationalized, expropriated or are otherwise required to be transferred to any governmental agency, authority, entity or instrumentality thereof, or (ii) the adoption, promulgation, enactment, order or decree, or the announcement of any of the foregoing, by or with effect on any governmental agency, authority, entity or instrumentality thereof at any time, of any event or circumstance (whether or not subsequently amended or appealed) that, if completed, would lead to any event set forth in the immediately preceding clause (i).
Issuer Tender Offer means, for any Issuer, as determined by the Calculation Agent, a takeover offer, tender offer, exchange offer, solicitation, proposal or other event by any Person that results in such Person purchasing, or otherwise obtaining or having the right to obtain, by conversion or other means, greater than 30.0% and less than 100% of the outstanding Shares of such Issuer, as determined by the Calculation Agent, based upon the making of filings with governmental or self-regulatory agencies or such other information as the Calculation Agent deems relevant; provided that, no Issuer Tender Offer shall be deemed to occur if the Calculation Agent, after non-binding consultation with the Borrower for up to three (3) Business Days during the period immediately following the date of such takeover offer, tender offer, exchange offer, solicitation, proposal or other event or transaction (or such longer period of time as determined by the Calculation Agent), determines that the product of (a) the Average Daily Trading Volume with respect to such Issuer after such takeover offer, tender offer, exchange offer, solicitation, proposal or other event or transaction multiplied by (b) the volume-weighted average Market Reference Price of the Shares of such Issuer during the applicable period over which the Calculation Agent has elected to measure the Average Daily Trading Volume is not expected to be less than the Threshold ADTV Level with respect to the Shares of such Issuer; provided , further , that if, in the reasonable judgment of the Calculation Agent, the Average Daily Trading Volume cannot reasonably be determined at such time, then the Average Daily Trading Volume shall be a good faith estimate of the expected Average Daily Trading Volume following such takeover offer, tender offer, exchange offer, solicitation, proposal or other event or transaction as reasonably determined by the Calculation Agent which estimate may be adjusted by the Calculation Agent as soon as practicable following such time, after non-binding consultation with the Borrower for up to three (3) Business Days. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, based upon the making of public filings, such Issuer Tender Offer is in connection with a proposed Issuer Merger Event such that promptly following such Issuer Tender Offer (and in any event prior to the Maturity Date) an Issuer Merger Event will reasonably be likely to occur, as reasonably determined by the Calculation Agent, then such Issuer Tender Offer shall be deemed not to have occurred for purposes of the definition of Issuer Event (but, for the avoidance of doubt, the related Issuer Merger Event may still occur upon its effectiveness), unless the Calculation Agent later determines that an Issuer Merger Event will not reasonably be likely to occur promptly following such Issuer Tender Offer, in which case such Issuer Tender Offer shall be deemed to have occurred on the Business Day following such determination unless the such Issuer Tender Offer fails and the parties terminate the agreement that would have resulted in the Issuer Merger Event, in which case such Issuer Tender Offer shall be deemed not to have occurred for purposes of the definition of Issuer Event.
Issuer Trading Suspension means, for any Issuer, any suspension of trading of the Shares of such Issuer by the Exchange on any Scheduled Trading Day (whether by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the Exchange or otherwise) for more than (i) two (2) consecutive Scheduled Trading Days where other securities trade generally on the Exchange or (ii) five (5) consecutive Scheduled Trading Days where other securities do not trade generally on the Exchange, as determined by the Calculation Agent.
July 2016 Facility Documents means, collectively, the Loan Documents as defined in the July 2016 Loan Agreement.
July 2016 Loan Agreement means that certain Margin Loan Agreement, dated as of July 7, 2016, among the Borrower, the lenders party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, and Bank of America, N.A., as calculation agent.
July 2016 Pay-Off Letter means that certain Pay-Off and Collateral Release Letter, dated October 27, 2016, among the JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., London Branch, as applicable lender and applicable secured party, and Bank of America, N.A., as applicable lender, applicable secured party, administrative agent and calculation agent, and agreed to and acknowledged by the Borrower.
Laws means, with respect to any Person, collectively, all international, foreign, U.S. federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof applicable to such Person, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations, requirements and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law.
Lender means each Person set forth on Schedule I as a Lender on the date hereof and each other Person that becomes a party hereto as a Lender pursuant to Section 10.06 , in each case, from the time such Person is, or such Person becomes, as applicable, a party hereto, unless and until (a) such Person ceases to be a Lender hereunder as a result of an assignment pursuant to Section 10.06 or (b) the Commitments, if any, held by any such Person have been terminated and the Obligations (other than contingent obligations with respect to which no claim has been made), if any, owing to such Person have been paid in full; provided , however , the obligations of such Person as a Lender pursuant to Section 7(n) of the Security Agreement shall survive the termination of the Commitments held by such Person and the payment in full of the Obligations (other than contingent obligations with respect to which no claim has been made) owing to such Person.
Lender Appointment Period has the meaning specified in Section 9.06 .
Liberty Expedia Split-Off means the redemption of a portion of the shares of each of (i) the Series A Liberty Ventures common stock of Liberty Interactive (LVNTA) and (ii) the Series B Liberty Ventures common stock of Liberty Interactive (LVNTB) in exchange for 100% of the outstanding shares of the Parent, in each case, as contemplated in the Parent Form S-4.
Liberty Interactive means Liberty Interactive Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
Liberty Media means Liberty Media Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
LIBOR means, with respect to any Interest Period or other period determined by the Administrative Agent with respect to any overdue amount, the per annum rate as determined by the
Administrative Agent with such Interest Period (or other period) 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 U.S. Dollars for a period equal in length to such Interest Period (or other period) as displayed on pages LIBOR01 or LIBOR02 of the Reuters screen that displays such rate (or, in the event such rate does not appear on a Reuters page or screen, on any successor or substitute page on such screen that displays such rate, or on the appropriate page of such other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion; in each case the Screen Rate ) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period (or other period); provided that if the Screen Rate shall not be available at such time for such Interest Period (or other period) (an Impacted Interest Period ) then LIBOR shall mean the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) to be equal to the rate that results from interpolating on a linear basis between: (a) the Screen Rate for the longest period for which the Screen Rate is available that is shorter than the Impacted Interest Period; and (b) the Screen Rate for the shortest period (for which that Screen Rate is available) that exceeds the Impacted Interest Period, in each case, at such time; provided , however , that if adequate and reasonable means for ascertaining the Screen Rates are not available to the Administrative Agent, then the Administrative Agent shall promptly give notice thereof to the Borrower. If such notice is given and until such notice has been withdrawn by the Administrative Agent, then the applicable LIBOR shall be the rate notified to the Administrative Agent by each Lender as soon as practicable and in any event before interest is due to be paid in respect of that Interest Period, to be that which expresses as a percentage a rate per annum equal to the cost to that Lender of funding its Loan from whatever source it may reasonably select. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if LIBOR as otherwise determined pursuant to this definition shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed zero for purposes of this Agreement.
Lien means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or preference, priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement in the nature of a security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever.
Loan means, individually or collectively, as the context may require, the Initial Loans and the Delayed Draw Loans.
Loan Document means any of this Agreement, the Notes, if any, the Collateral Documents, the Guarantee Agreement, the Fee Letters, the Issuer Acknowledgement and all other documents, instruments or agreements executed and delivered by the Borrower for the benefit of any Agent or any Lender in connection herewith on or after the date hereof.
Loan Party means each of the Borrower and the Guarantor.
Lock-Up has the meaning specified in the definition of Permissible Transfer Restrictions.
Long Position means any option, warrant, convertible security, swap agreement or other security, contract right or derivative position, whether or not presently exercisable, in respect of the Merger Shares or Spin-Off Shares, as applicable, that is (i) a call equivalent position within the meaning of Rule 16a-1(b) of the Exchange Act, including any of the foregoing that would have been a call equivalent position but for the exclusion in Rule 16a-1(c)(6) of the Exchange Act, or (ii) otherwise constitutes an economic long position in respect of the Merger Shares or Spin-Off Shares, as applicable, in each case, as determined by the Calculation Agent by reference to the applicable Issuers or the relevant Persons most recent filings with the SEC, to the extent such information is reported in such filings; provided that options, warrants and securities granted by the applicable Issuer (or, as to Spin-Off
Shares, Spinco) which relate to securities that are not yet issued or outstanding shall not be deemed a Long Position, until such securities are actually issued and become outstanding.
LTV Event Amount has the meaning specified in Section 2.09(c) .
LTV Margin Call Level means 60.0%.
LTV Ratio means, as of any date of determination, the percentage determined by the Calculation Agent after the close of business on each Scheduled Trading Day by dividing (a)(i) the sum of (x) the then outstanding principal amount of the Loans and (y) all accrued and unpaid interest and fees thereon to and including such date minus (ii) the face amount of Eligible Cash Collateral consisting of Cash and 99.0% of the fair market value, as determined by the Calculation Agent, of the amount of Eligible Cash Collateral consisting of Cash Equivalents by (b) the Collateral Value.
LTV Release Level means 40.0%.
LTV Reset Level means 50.0%.
Mandatory Prepayment Event means the occurrence of (a) a Change of Control, (b) an Issuer Event or (c) the failure of the Liberty Expedia Split-Off to occur on or prior to the later of (i) December 30, 2016 and (ii) the date that is thirty (30) days after the Closing Date.
Mandatory Prepayment Notice has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a) .
Market Disruption Event means a Trading Disruption, an Exchange Disruption, an Early Closure or the applicable Exchange failing to open for trading during its regular trading session on any Scheduled Trading Day, in each case, related to any Shares.
Market Reference Price means, as of any date of determination, the closing sale price per share (or if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the last bid and ask prices or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average last bid and the average last ask prices) of the relevant Shares on the applicable Exchange as reported in composite transactions for the applicable Exchange on (x) such date of determination, if such date of determination is an Exchange Day and the relevant determination is made following the close of trading on the Exchange on such Exchange Day and (y) otherwise, the immediately preceding day (or if such date is not an Exchange Day for such Exchange, the immediately preceding Exchange Day for such Exchange); provided that if a Market Disruption Event has occurred on such date, the Market Reference Price shall be the Market Reference Price determined on the immediately preceding Exchange Day for such Exchange; provided , further , that if a Market Disruption Event has occurred and continues to occur for more than one consecutive Scheduled Trading Day, the Market Reference Price of one such Share shall be equal to the applicable Market Reference Price (determined without giving effect to this proviso) on the immediately preceding day (or if such date is not an Exchange Day for such Exchange, the immediately preceding Exchange Day for such Exchange) multiplied by a percentage (expressed as a fraction) equal to (A) 100% less the (B) the product of (i) 5% and (ii) the number of consecutive Scheduled Trading Days for which a Market Disruption Event has occurred less one, until a Market Reference Price is determined (without regard to this proviso) for an Exchange Day on which no Market Disruption Event occurs. The Market Reference Price shall be determined by the Calculation Agent.
Master Agreement has the meaning specified in the definition of Swap Contract.
Material Adverse Effect means (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, the operations, business, properties, liabilities (actual or contingent) or financial condition of the Borrower or the Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (b) a material adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against the Borrower or the Guarantor of any Loan Document to which it is a party; or (c) a material adverse effect on the ability of any Applicable Lender to exercise its remedies at the times and in the manner contemplated by the Collateral Documents (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the imposition of Transfer Restrictions on the Pledged Shares other than the Permissible Transfer Restrictions).
Material Contract means, with respect to any Person, any Contractual Obligation to which such Person is a party (other than the Loan Documents) for which breach thereof could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Maturity Date means November 1, 2018 (or, if such date is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day).
Maximum Rate has the meaning specified in Section 10.09 .
Maximum Share Number means 10,807,026 Common Shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of an Issuer Merger Event or Spin-Off Event, the Calculation Agent may adjust the Maximum Share Number and provide for a Maximum Share Number applicable to the Merger Shares or Spin-Off Shares, as applicable, as it deems reasonably necessary pursuant to Section 1.02(d) .
Merger Shares means shares of common stock into which the relevant Shares are reclassified, converted into or exchanged in connection with an Issuer Merger Event and are (or will be upon the consummation of such Issuer Merger Event) listed for trading on a Designated Exchange and issued by an entity incorporated or organized under the law of the United States or any state thereof.
Minimum ADTV Level means 1,231,593 ; provided that, in the event of an Issuer Merger Event or Spin-Off Event, the Calculation Agent may adjust the Minimum ADTV Level and provide for a Minimum ADTV Level applicable to the Merger Shares or Spin-Off Shares, as applicable, as it deems reasonably necessary pursuant to Section 1.02(d) .
Minimum Price means $64.615; provided that, in the event of an Issuer Merger Event or Spin-Off Event, the Calculation Agent may adjust the Minimum Price and provide for a Minimum Price applicable to the Merger Shares or Spin-Off Shares, as applicable, as it deems reasonably necessary pursuant to Section 1.02(d) .
Moodys means Moodys Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.
Newco means, in connection with an Issuer Merger Event, the issuer of the Merger Shares.
Non-public Information means information which has not been disseminated in a manner making it available to investors generally, within the meaning of Regulation FD.
Note means, individually or collectively, as the context may require, an Initial Loan Note or Delayed Draw Loan Note.
Obligations means all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, the Borrower arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to the Loans, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now
existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against the Borrower of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming the Borrower as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding.
Organizational Documents means (a) with respect to the Borrower, its certificate of formation adopted on March 3, 2016, and its limited liability company operating agreement adopted on March 3, 2016, as amended and restated on July 7, 2016, and as further amended and restated on the date hereof, and (b) with respect to the Parent, its certificate of incorporation adopted on March 15, 2016 and its bylaws adopted on March 15, 2016.
Original Shares means all of the Initial Pledged Shares, other than the Pre-emption Shares.
Original Shares Collateral Account has the meaning specified in the Security Agreement.
Other Connection Taxes means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).
Other Taxes means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 3.05 ).
Parent has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.
Parent Company has the meaning specified in Section 6.09(a) .
Parent Form S-4 means the Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed by the Parent with the SEC on March 24, 2016, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Form S-1 on Form S-4 filed by the Parent with the SEC on June 10, 2016, as amended by Amendment No. 2 to Form S-1 on Form S-4 filed by the Parent with the SEC on July 19, 2016, as amended by Amendment No. 3 to Form S-1 on Form S-4 filed by the Parent with the SEC on August 25, 2016, as amended by Amendment No. 4 to Form S-1 on Form S-4 filed with the SEC on September 23, 2016, as amended by Amendment No. 5 to Form S-1 on Form S-4 filed with the SEC on September 30, 2016 and as such Registration Statement may be further amended.
Parent Group Collateral Value means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the product of (i) the applicable Market Reference Price of the Shares for such date and (ii) the number of Shares (other than the Shares subject to transactions permitted under clauses (iii)(A) or (B) of the definition of Restricted Transaction to the extent such transactions are secured by such Shares) owned by the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries (if any).
Parent Group LTV Ratio means, as of any date of determination, the percentage determined by dividing (a)(i) the then outstanding principal amount of the Loans minus (ii) the face amount of Eligible Cash Collateral consisting of Cash, plus 99% of the fair market value, as determined by the Calculation Agent, of the Eligible Cash Collateral consisting of Cash Equivalents, in each case, on deposit in the Collateral Accounts by (b) the Parent Group Collateral Value.
Participant has the meaning specified in Section 10.06(c) .
Participant Register has the meaning specified in Section 10.06(c) .
Payoff means, the (a) termination of the aggregate commitments and any liens and (b) repayment in full of all obligations (other than contingent obligations with respect to which no claim has been made), in each case, existing under the July 2016 Facility Documents, all of which occurred on or prior to October 27, 2016.
Permissible Transfer Restrictions means (a) the Existing Transfer Restrictions, (b) Transfer Restrictions arising from Permitted Liens, (c) Transfer Restrictions arising under the Loan Documents, (d) Transfer Restrictions arising under the Proxy Swap Arrangements or (e) solely with respect to any Issuer 251(g) Merger Event, Spin-Off Shares or Merger Shares, any additional Transfer Restrictions that the Calculation Agent determines in its reasonable sole discretion are analogous to, and no more restrictive than, the Existing Transfer Restrictions. Permissible Transfer Restrictions shall not include, in the hands of the Borrower, any holding period restrictions under Rule 144 on such shares or upon any resale of such shares or, other than with respect to the Pre-emption Shares, such shares being restricted securities as defined in Rule 144. Any Transfer Restriction arising from a customary lock up imposed upon the Borrower or the Guarantor in connection with an Issuer Merger Event or an Issuer Tender Offer undertaken in connection with an Issuer Merger Event, an Issuer Tender Offer by a Permitted Holder or an Issuer Acquisition (any such customary lock up, a Lock-Up ), shall constitute a Permissible Transfer Restriction until the (a) consummation of the transaction constituting an Issuer Merger Event or an Issuer Tender Offer undertaken in connection with an Issuer Merger Event or (b) the Triggering of an Issuer Tender Offer by a Permitted Holder or of an Issuer Acquisition if, in the case of this clause (b), (i) the Borrower provides the Administrative Agent a copy of such Lock-Up at least five (5) Business Days prior to its execution and (ii) the Borrower provides evidence satisfactory to the Calculation Agent that a Person other than the Borrower or the Guarantor with a credit acceptable to the Calculation Agent, will be obligated to pay the Lenders all obligations of the Borrower following the consummation of such Issuer Tender Offer or Issuer Acquisition. For the avoidance of doubt, (a) a Lock-Up will not be permitted in any way to limit the grant of a Lien on any Pledged Shares or other Collateral or a Lenders ability to exercise its rights and remedies hereunder or under the other Loan Documents with respect to any Pledged Shares or other Collateral or otherwise, and (b) a Lock-Up shall not constitute a Permissible Transfer Restriction on and after the consummation of the related Issuer Merger Event, Issuer Tender Offer or Issuer Acquisition.
Permitted Assets means (a) Cash, Cash Equivalents, Permitted Securities, Shares and Collateral, (b) proceeds of the forgoing consisting of Cash, Cash Equivalents, Permitted Securities, Shares and Collateral and (c) dividends and distributions in respect of any Cash, Cash Equivalents, Permitted Securities, Shares and/or Collateral.
Permitted Holder means any one or more of (a) Liberty Interactive (or its successors), (b) Liberty Media (or its successors), (c) the Parent (or its successors), (d) John C. Malone, Gregory B. Maffei, Barry Diller or any other executive officer or director of Liberty Interactive (or its successors) or the Parent (or its successors), (e) each of the respective Affiliated Persons of the Persons referred to in clause (d) and (f) any Person of which a majority of the aggregate voting power of all the outstanding classes or series of the Equity Interests of which are beneficially owned by any one or more of the Persons referred to in clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e); provided that no Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries shall be, directly or indirectly, a Permitted Holder. For purposes of this definition, person and group have the meanings given to them for purposes of Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act or any successor provisions, and the term group includes any group acting for the purposes of acquiring, holding or
disposing of securities within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act, or any successor provision.
Permitted Liabilities means (a) all Contractual Obligations under the Loan Documents and the July 2016 Facility Documents, (b) all taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied upon the Borrower or upon its income, profits or property, (c) all costs and expenses of the Independent Manager, (d) any other liabilities or obligations of any nature expressly allowed to be incurred by the Borrower pursuant to the definition of Special Purpose Entity, (e) liabilities and obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business or in connection with transactions not prohibited under the Loan Documents (excluding Indebtedness for borrowed money and guarantees thereof) and (f) costs and expenses relating to the administration, ownership, management and Disposition of the Permitted Assets which (A) do not exceed, at the date of determination, a maximum amount equal to the lesser of (x) two percent (2%) of the aggregate amount of the Loans then outstanding and (y) $600,000 and (B) are paid within thirty (30) days of the date incurred or, if later, invoiced.
Permitted Liens means (a) Liens pursuant to any Loan Document, (b) Permissible Transfer Restrictions, (c) inchoate Liens in respect of Taxes and claims permitted not to be paid in accordance with Section 6.06 and (d) the Liens of the Custodian to the extent expressly permitted under the Collateral Account Control Agreement.
Permitted Securities means any of the following:
(a) readily marketable direct obligations of the government of the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof that are obligations unconditionally guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the government of the United States that have a maturity of not greater than five (5) years;
(b) short-term commercial paper issued by United States corporations and rated at least A-l by S&P or P-1 by Moodys; provided that the aggregate value of all commercial paper of any single issuer shall not exceed $10 million;
(c) indebtedness of any Person rated at least A by S&P or A2 by Moodys with a maturity of five (5) years or less; provided that the aggregate value of all such indebtedness of any single issuer shall not exceed $10 million; and
(d) money market mutual funds; provided that such funds invest only in Cash, Cash Equivalents or other Permitted Securities and/or repurchase agreements for securities described in clause (a) above.
Person means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
Plan means any employee benefit plan (as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) whether or not subject to ERISA or the Code, established by the Borrower or, with respect to any such plan that is subject to Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA or any substantially similar non-US law, any ERISA Affiliate.
Platform has the meaning specified in Section 7.17 .
Pledged Shares means (a) as of the date hereof, 10,807,026 Common Shares credited to any and all Collateral Accounts (the Initial Pledged Shares ) and (b) after the date hereof, all Shares credited to any and all Collateral Accounts.
Potential Adjustment Event means any of the following:
(a) a subdivision, consolidation or reclassification of Shares, unless resulting in an Issuer Merger Event, or a free distribution or dividend of any Shares to existing holders by way of bonus, capitalization or similar issue;
(b) a distribution, issuance or dividend to existing holders of Shares of (i) such Shares or any other shares, (ii) other share capital or securities granting the right to payment of dividends and/or the proceeds of liquidation of the relevant Issuer equally or proportionately with such payments to holders of any Shares, (iii) share capital or other securities of another issuer acquired or owned (directly or indirectly) by any Issuer as a result of a spin-off or other similar transaction, or (iv) any other type of securities, rights or warrants or other assets, in any case for payment (cash or other consideration) at less than the prevailing market price as determined by the Calculation Agent;
(c) an extraordinary dividend with respect to any class of shares of any Issuer;
(d) a call by any Issuer in respect of any class of shares of such Issuer that is not fully paid;
(e) a repurchase by any Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries of the Shares of such Issuer, whether out of profits or capital and whether the consideration for such repurchase is cash, securities or otherwise;
(f) in respect of any Issuer, an event that results in any shareholder rights being distributed or becoming separated from the Shares of such Issuer or other shares of the capital stock of such Issuer pursuant to a shareholder rights plan or arrangement directed against hostile takeovers that provides upon the occurrence of certain events for a distribution of preferred stock, warrants, debt instruments or stock rights at a price below their market value, as determined by the Calculation Agent; provided that any adjustment effected as a result of such an event shall be readjusted upon any redemption of such rights;
(g) a Disposition by the Guarantor or its Subsidiaries (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis (determined without giving effect to the value of the Borrower or the Pledged Shares and excluding Dispositions among the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries) unless the Guarantor receives fair value in respect thereof (for the avoidance of doubt, the entry into, termination of, or existence of the Proxy Swap Arrangements shall not result in a Potential Adjustment Event under this clause (g)); or
(h) any other event (other than an Issuer Event) that may have a diluting or concentrative effect on the theoretical value of the relevant Shares, as determined by the Calculation Agent.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (i) an Issuer 251(g) Merger Event shall not result in a Potential Adjustment Event and (ii) in the event an Issuer Spin-Off Event occurs, and the relevant Spin-Off Shares cease to constitute Collateral at any time thereafter, then the occurrence of any of the events set forth above shall not constitute a Potential Adjustment Event with respect to the Spin-Off Shares during such time that Spin-Off Shares do not constitute Collateral; provided that, if any such events occur during such time and subsequent to such time the Borrower desires to pledge Spin-Off Shares as Collateral in accordance with this Agreement, then prior to such pledge, the Calculation Agent (or the Lenders to the extent permitted under Sections 2.05(a) and 2.09(a) ) shall be permitted to make such adjustments as may be determined in accordance with Section 1.02(d) and such event will be deemed to
be a Potential Adjustment Event entitling the Calculation Agent (or the Lenders to the extent permitted under Sections 2.05(a) and 2.09(a) ) to make such adjustments in respect of the Spin-Off Shares.
Pre-emption Shares means 997,121 Initial Pledged Shares, which were acquired by Liberty Interactive in March 2013, October 2014 and April 2015 pursuant to its exercise of pre-emptive rights under the Governance Agreement.
Pre-emption Shares Collateral Account has the meaning specified in the Security Agreement.
Prepayment Amount means, with respect to any payment or prepayment of the Loans by the Borrower pursuant to (a) Section 2.04 (including as provided in Section 2.09(a) ), (b) Section 2.05 , (c) Section 7.04 in connection with a Disposition of Pledged Shares, or (d) upon or following an acceleration of the maturity of the Loans pursuant to Section 8.02 , (y) if such prepayment or payment upon or following an acceleration occurs prior to the Prepayment Date, an amount equal to the product of (i) the principal amount being prepaid, (ii) 0.75% (75 basis points) and (iii) the actual number of calendar days from the date of such prepayment or payment to the Prepayment Date divided by 360, or (z) if such prepayment or payment upon or following an acceleration occurs on or after the Prepayment Date, zero.
Prepayment Date means the first Business Day immediately following the date that is the first anniversary of the Closing Date.
Prime Rate means a rate set by the Administrative Agent based upon various factors including the Administrative Agents costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate. Any change in such prime rate announced by the Administrative Agent shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change.
Pro Rata Basis means in proportion to each Lenders Applicable Percentage relating to the Loans under this Agreement, subject, in each case, to rounding to the nearest Share, $0.01 or item or unit of other securities or property, as applicable.
Proxy Swap Arrangements means (i) the Amended and Restated Transaction Agreement, dated as of September 22, 2016, by and among Parent, Liberty Interactive, John C. Malone, Leslie Malone and Barry Diller, (ii) the Diller Assignment, to be dated as of the effective date of the Liberty Expedia Split-Off, by and among Parent and Barry Diller, (iii) the Assignment and Assumption of Stockholders Agreement, to be dated as of the effective date of the Liberty Expedia Split-Off, by and among Parent, Borrower, LEXEB, LLC, Liberty Interactive and Barry Diller, (iv) the Assignment and Assumption of Governance Agreement, to be dated as of the effective date of the Liberty Expedia Split-Off, by and among Parent, Borrower, LEXEB, LLC, Liberty Interactive, Barry Diller and Expedia, and (v) Amendment No. 1 to Stockholders Agreement, to be dated as of the effective date of the Liberty Expedia Split-Off, by and between Barry Diller and Parent, in each case, in substantially the form disclosed in the Parent Form S-4 as of the Closing Date.
Purchaser Representations means the following representations, warranties and agreements made by an assignee or participant, as applicable: (i) a representation and warranty that such assignee or participant is a QIB, a QP and an accredited investor as defined in Section 2(a)(15)(ii) of the Securities Act and is entering into such assignment or participation as principal and not for the benefit of any third party, (ii) a representation that such assignee or participant is not a Permitted Holder, a Defaulting Lender, the Borrower, the Guarantor, the Borrower Sole Member, any Issuer or an Affiliate of a Permitted Holder, a Defaulting Lender, the Borrower, the Guarantor, the Borrower Sole Member or any Issuer, (iii) an acknowledgment that such assignee or participant fully understands any restrictions on transfers,
sales and other dispositions in the Loan Documents or relating to any Collateral consisting of the Pledged Shares, (iv) an acknowledgment that such assignee or participant is able to bear the economic risk of its investment in the participation and is currently able to afford a complete loss of such investment, (v) a covenant that such assignee or participant will only assign its Loans or sell its participation or participations therein pursuant to documentation including such Purchaser Representations, (vi) an acknowledgment by such assignee or participant that the Pledged Shares forming part of the Collateral cannot be sold by the Borrower without registration under, or in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements under, the Securities Act, (vii) an acknowledgment that such assignee or participant is not entering into such assignment or participation on the basis of any material Non-public Information with respect to the Borrower, any Issuer, their Subsidiaries or their securities, and, if applicable, it has implemented reasonable policies and procedures, taking into consideration the nature of its business, to ensure that individuals making investment decisions would not violate the laws prohibiting trading on the basis of material Non-public Information (it being understood that such assignee or participant may have material Non-public Information on the private side of its information wall, sometimes referred to as a Chinese Wall, at the time of such assignment or participation); provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, material Non-public Information concerning the Borrower, any Issuer, their Subsidiaries or their securities shall not include any information made available to both the assignee and the assignor or both the participant and the seller of a participation interest, as the case may be, and (vii) an acknowledgment that it has made an independent decision to purchase its Loans or participation based on information available to it, which it has determined adequate for the purpose.
QIB means a qualified institutional buyer as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
QP means a qualified purchaser within the meaning of Section 2(a)(51) of the Investment Company Act.
Ratable Share (a) of any amount means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the product of (i) a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate principal amount of the Loans outstanding at such time owed to such Lender, and the denominator of which is the aggregate principal amount of the Loans outstanding at such time and (ii) such amount and (b) of any type of Collateral, means, with respect to any Applicable Lender at any time, the product of (i) a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate principal amount of the Loans outstanding at such time owed to such Applicable Lender, plus such portion of the Loans of each Agented Lender that such Applicable Lender is holding Collateral on behalf of, and the denominator of which is the aggregate principal amount of the Loans outstanding at such time and (ii) the aggregate amount of such type of Collateral, subject to rounding to the nearest Share, $0.01 or item or unit of other securities or property, as applicable.
Recipient means (a) any Agent and (b) any Lender.
Register has the meaning specified in Section 2.10(a) .
Regulation FD means Regulation FD as promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Related Parties means, with respect to any Person, such Persons Affiliates and the branches, partners, directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and of such Persons Affiliates.
Replacement Shares has the meaning specified in Section 2.09(f)(i) .
Required Delayed Draw Lenders means at any time Lenders holding at least a majority of the sum of the aggregate unused Delayed Draw Commitments; provided that the Delayed Draw Commitments of any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Delayed Draw Lenders.
Required Lenders means at any time Lenders holding at least a majority of the sum of (a) the then aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans and (b) the aggregate principal amount of the unused Commitments (if any); provided that the outstanding Loans held by, and unused Commitments of, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.
Responsible Officer means the president, the chief financial officer, the treasurer or any vice president of a Loan Party or the Borrower Sole Member, solely for purposes of delivery of certificates pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(iii) , the secretary or assistant secretary of a Loan Party or the Borrower Sole Member and, solely for purposes of notices given pursuant to Article II , any other person duly authorized to act for and on behalf of such Loan Party or the Borrower Sole Member, as applicable, so designated by any of the foregoing officers in a notice to the Administrative Agent or any other officer or employee of such Loan Party or the Borrower Sole Member, as applicable. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of the applicable Loan Party or the Borrower Sole Member, as applicable and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such applicable Loan Party or the Borrower Sole Member, as applicable.
Restricted Payment means, with respect to any Person, any dividend or other distribution (however denominated, including as yield and whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any capital stock or other Equity Interest of such Person, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such capital stock or other Equity Interest, or on account of any return of capital to such Persons stockholders, partners or members (or the equivalent Person thereof).
Restricted Transaction means, in respect of the Guarantor, the Borrower and any of their respective Subsidiaries,
(i) any financing transaction, secured by or referencing any Shares (other than the Loans and, for the avoidance of doubt, any transaction of the type described in clauses (iii)(A) or (iii)(B) of this definition),
(ii) any grant, occurrence or existence of any Lien on any Shares (other than (x) Liens securing the obligations under the Loan Documents, (y) Permitted Liens and (z) Liens on assets not constituting Collateral with respect to any swap, hedge or derivative transaction described in clauses (iii)(A) or (iii)(B) of this definition) or
(iii) any swap, hedge or derivative transaction (including by means of a physically- or cash-settled derivative or otherwise) related to any Shares other than:
(A) Exchangeable Securities; and
(B) a transaction relating to a number of Shares owned by any of the Guarantor or its Subsidiaries (other than the Borrower), in each case, which is a counterparty thereto, and which is not secured by Shares that constitute Collateral that consists of (a) (x) put options purchased by the Parent, or its Subsidiaries (other than the
Borrower) ( Put Options ) and/or (y) call options sold by such party (provided any such call options have a strike price greater than the strike price of the Put Options in the event that Put Options have been purchased in connection therewith), (b) forward transactions by the Guarantor or its Subsidiaries (other than the Borrower) as seller and/or (c) any other similar sale transaction that has the same economic effect (including associated trading activity), including any related loans customarily entered into in connection with such transactions described in the foregoing clauses (a), (b) and (c); provided that prior to the Guarantor or any such Subsidiary entering into any such derivative transaction as contemplated by this clause (iii)(B), the Guarantor shall have notified each Lender and provided such Lender with a reasonable opportunity to participate in such derivative transaction.
For the avoidance of doubt, any sale or other transfer of the Equity Interests of the Borrower or the Borrower Sole Member shall not constitute a Restricted Transaction.
Rule 144 means Rule 144 under the Securities Act, or any successor provision.
S&P means Standard & Poors Financial Services LLC, or any successor thereto.
Sanctioned Country means, at any time, a country or territory which is the subject or target of any Sanctions.
Sanctioned Person means, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State or by the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or Her Majestys Treasury of the United Kingdom, (b) any Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any Person Controlled by any such Person.
Sanctions means economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the U.S. government, including those administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State, or (b) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or Her Majestys Treasury of the United Kingdom.
Scheduled Trading Day means any day on which the applicable Exchange is scheduled to be open for trading during the regular trading session (it being understood and agreed that any day on which the Exchange is scheduled to be open for trading but is scheduled to close early in connection with a current or pending holiday shall constitute a regular trading session).
SEC means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.
Secured Parties means, collectively, each of the Applicable Lenders, as collateral agent for the benefit of each Lender and each Agent, and each such Applicable Lender, individually, being a Secured Party.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Security Agreement means the Security Agreement to be executed by the Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit D .
Share Price Event means the occurrence, as of the close of business on any Scheduled Trading Day, of the Market Reference Price of any Pledged Shares being equal to or less than the Minimum Price for such Shares.
Share Volume Event means the occurrence, as of the close of business on any Scheduled Trading Day, of the Average Daily Trading Volume being less than the Minimum ADTV Level, as determined by the Calculation Agent.
Shares means, collectively, (i) the Common Shares and (ii) following the occurrence of an Issuer Merger Event or Spin-Off Event, Merger Shares and/or Spin-Off Shares, as applicable; provided that following the occurrence of an Issuer 251(g) Merger Event, the shares of common stock issued by the resulting Delaware corporation shall be deemed to be Shares (except for purposes of the definition of Issuer 251(g) Merger Event).
Solvency Certificate means a solvency certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit H .
Solvent means, with respect to any Person, that as of any date of determination, (i) the present fair value of such Persons assets exceeds the total amount of such Persons liabilities (including contingent liabilities), (ii) such Person has capital and assets sufficient to carry on its businesses, (iii) such Person is not engaged and is not about to engage in a business or a transaction for which its remaining assets are unreasonably small in relation to such business or transaction and (iv) such Person does not intend to incur (or reasonably believe that it will incur) debts and/or liabilities beyond its ability to pay such debts or liabilities as they become due. The amount of contingent liabilities at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in the light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.
Special Purpose Entity means a limited liability company which, at all times since its formation and thereafter, shall be (i) organized solely for the following purposes set forth in clauses (a) through (e) below and (ii) operated in accordance with clauses (f) through (ff) below:
(a) to acquire, own, hold, vote, sell, transfer, exchange, assign, dispose of, manage, encumber, pledge and otherwise deal with and in the Permitted Assets in a manner not prohibited by the Loan Documents or, on or prior to the Payoff, the July 2016 Facility Documents;
(b) to enter into and perform its obligations under or with respect to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and all documents, instruments or agreements executed and delivered in connection therewith and the borrowings thereunder, the July 2016 Facility Documents and all Contractual Obligations not otherwise prohibited under this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or, on or prior to the Payoff, the July 2016 Facility Documents;
(c) to receive and distribute to the Borrower Sole Member, in the sole discretion of the Borrower Sole Member, as the sole member and a manager of the Borrower, (i) the proceeds of borrowings under this Agreement or the July 2016 Loan Agreement as a dividend or a return of capital, (ii) any Permitted Assets, other than Collateral (except to the extent such Collateral has been released pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement) and (iii) any proceeds of any of the foregoing, in each case to the extent not prohibited by the Loan Documents or, on or prior to the Payoff, the July 2016 Facility Documents;
(d) to incur, issue, pay or discharge Permitted Liabilities (which, in the case of Indebtedness for borrowed money, shall be limited to the Obligations);
(e) to engage in any lawful act or activity and to exercise any powers permitted to limited liability companies organized under the laws of the State of Delaware that are related or incidental to and necessary, convenient or advisable for the accomplishment of the above mentioned purposes, including the power to maintain its legal existence, the power to incur reasonable fees, costs and expenses related to the ownership, administration and management of the Permitted Assets and the power to discharge Permitted Liabilities incurred in the furtherance of the foregoing purposes, in each case, to the extent not expressly prohibited under the Loan Documents or, on or prior to the Payoff, the July 2016 Facility Documents;
(f) has not engaged and will not engage in any business unrelated to the purpose of such limited liability company as set forth in this definition;
(g) has not owned and will not own any asset or property other than Permitted Assets and incidental personal property necessary for the conduct of its business as permitted under this definition, the Loan Documents or, on or prior to the Payoff, the July 2016 Facility Documents;
(h) has not bought or held and will not buy or hold any evidence of indebtedness issued by any other Person, other than Permitted Assets;
(i) to the fullest extent permitted by law, has not engaged in, sought or consented to and will not engage in, seek or consent to any dissolution, winding up or liquidation, in whole or in part, and, to the extent prohibited under the Loan Documents, has not and will not engage in any consolidation, merger or asset sale or amendment of its certificate of formation or operating agreement;
(j) has not failed and will not fail to correct any known misunderstanding regarding the separate identity of such entity;
(k) has maintained and will maintain its own separate books, records and bank accounts;
(l) has maintained and will maintain its books, records, resolutions and agreements as official records at its offices at 12300 Liberty Boulevard, Englewood, Colorado 80112 and not change the location of such books, records, resolutions and agreements without first providing the Administrative Agent at least thirty (30) days (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent) prior written notice of such change in location;
(m) has maintained and will maintain a separate statement of assets and liabilities showing its assets and liabilities separate and apart from those of any other Person and not permit its assets and liabilities to be listed on the financial statements of any other Person; provided that the financial statements of an Issuer may be consolidated into the Borrowers financial statements to the extent required by GAAP; provided , further , that the Borrowers assets and liabilities may be included in the consolidated financial statements of the Guarantor and/or the Borrower Sole Member so long as (A) appropriate notations shall be made on such consolidated financial statements to indicate the separateness of the Borrower and the Guarantor and/or the Borrower Sole Member and to include that the Borrowers assets and credit are not available to satisfy the debt and other obligations of the Guarantor, the Borrower Sole Member or any other Person and (B) such assets shall also be listed on the Borrowers own separate balance sheet;
(n) has not commingled and will not commingle its funds or other assets with those of any other Person, except to the extent expressly permitted or required under the Loan Documents or, on or prior to the Payoff, the July 2016 Facility Documents;
(o) except as otherwise expressly required or permitted by this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or, on or prior to the Payoff, the July 2016 Facility Documents, has held and will hold its assets in its own name, and has maintained and will maintain its assets in such a manner that it will not be costly or difficult to segregate, ascertain or identify its individual assets from those of any other Person;
(p) [reserved];
(q) is and intends to remain Solvent, and has paid and will pay its own debts and liabilities out of its own funds and assets (to the extent of such funds and assets) as the same shall become due, and will give prompt written notice to the Administrative Agent of the insolvency or bankruptcy filing of the Borrower, the Guarantor or the Borrower Sole Member; provided that the foregoing shall not require the Guarantor, the Borrower Sole Member or any other Person to make any additional contributions to the Borrower;
(r) has done or caused to be done, and will do or cause to be done, all things necessary to observe all limited liability company formalities and preserve its existence and good standing, and will not amend, modify or otherwise change any of the single purpose, separateness or bankruptcy remote provisions or requirements of its operating agreement or other organizational documents, in each case as described in this definition (except as required by law or approved by the Required Lenders or pursuant to Section 7.06 );
(s) shall not enter into any transaction of any kind with any Affiliate of the Borrower whether or not in the ordinary course of business, other than on fair and reasonable terms substantially as favorable to the Borrower as would be obtainable by the Borrower at the time in a comparable arms length transaction with a Person other than an Affiliate; provided that (i) the Borrower may enter into any Contractual Obligation or any other transaction with an Affiliate expressly permitted under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (ii) the Guarantor or the Borrower Sole Member may make additional capital contributions of Permitted Assets to the Borrower at such times, in such amounts and on such terms as they may, in their sole discretion, deem appropriate or advisable, and the Borrower may receive and deal with same, (iii) the Borrower may distribute, dividend or otherwise transfer the proceeds of the Loans and any other Permitted Assets, other than Collateral (except to the extent such Collateral has been released pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement), to the Borrower Sole Member, the Guarantor or any of its other Affiliates and (iv) the Borrower may continue to acquire, own, hold, vote, sell, transfer, exchange, assign, dispose of, manage, encumber and otherwise deal with and in the Permitted Assets (and exercise the Borrowers rights with respect thereto), in each case in a manner that is not prohibited by any provision of the Loan Documents;
(t) has no and will have no (x) Indebtedness other than Permitted Assets and Permitted Liabilities or (y) Contractual Obligations other than Permitted Assets, Permitted Liabilities, the Proxy Swap Arrangements or Contractual Obligations ancillary or relating thereto or consisting of Lock-Ups or entered into in connection with asset sales permitted under this Agreement and containing customary obligations and undertakings customary for such asset sales;
(u) has not assumed and will not assume, guarantee, become obligated for or hold out its credit as being available to satisfy the debts or obligations of any other Person, including any Affiliate of the Borrower, or the decisions or actions respecting the daily business or affairs of any other Person, including any such Affiliate;
(v) has not acquired and will not acquire obligations or securities of the Borrower Sole Member;
(w) has conducted, and will at all times conduct, its business solely in its own name in a manner not misleading to other Persons as to its identity (including through the use of separate stationery, invoices and checks bearing its own name);
(x) other than in connection with the Loan Documents or, on or prior to the Payoff, the July 2016 Facility Documents, has not pledged and will not pledge its assets for the benefit of any other Person;
(y) has held itself out and identified itself and will hold itself out and identify itself to the public as a legal entity separate and distinct from any other Person and under its own name;
(z) has not made or permitted to remain and will not make or permit to remain outstanding any loan or advance to, or own or acquire any stock or securities of, any Person, except that the Borrower may invest in the Permitted Assets and may make any loan or advance required or expressly permitted to be made pursuant to any provisions of the Loan Documents and permit the same to remain outstanding in accordance with such provisions;
(aa) has maintained and intends to maintain adequate capital (to the extent there is adequate cash flow from Permitted Assets) for the normal obligations reasonably foreseeable in a business of its size and character and in light of its contemplated business operations; provided that the foregoing shall not require the Parent or the Borrower Sole Member to make any additional contributions to the Borrower;
(bb) has not permitted and will not permit any Affiliate of the Borrower independent access to its bank accounts except for the duly authorized officers, employees and agents of the Borrower Sole Member or the Parent, in each case acting on behalf of the Borrower Sole Member in its capacity as the sole member and a manager of the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the Organizational Documents of the Borrower;
(cc) has not identified and will not identify the Borrower Sole Member or other Affiliates of the Borrower as a division or a department of the Borrower, and has not identified and will not identify itself as a department or division or part of any other Person except, in each case, as required by applicable Law with respect to Taxes or as provided by clause (m) above;
(dd) has not formed, acquired or held and will not form, acquire or hold any Subsidiary (whether corporate, partnership, limited liability company or other);
(ee) has caused and will use its best efforts to cause its agents and other representatives to act at all times with respect to the business and affairs of such entity in compliance with the foregoing; and
(ff) has and will have an Independent Manager.
Spinco means, in connection with a Spin-Off Event, the issuer of the Spin-Off Shares.
Spin-Off Event means a distribution, whether as a dividend or otherwise, of the common stock of any Person (other than a Person that is then an Issuer) by an Issuer to the holders of the Shares of such Issuer, as determined by the Calculation Agent.
Spin-Off Shares means the shares of common stock of a Person (other than a Person that is then an Issuer) distributed to the holders of the Shares of such Issuer in connection with a Spin-Off Event and
are (or will be upon the consummation of such Spin-Off Event) listed for trading on a Designated Exchange and issued by an entity incorporated or organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof.
Stockholders Agreement means the Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement, dated as of December 20, 2011, between Liberty Interactive and Barry Diller, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, including pursuant to the Proxy Swap Arrangements.
Stub Period shall mean, (a) unless a Loan is made on an Interest Payment Date, the initial Interest Period with respect to such Loan and (b) unless the Maturity Date is on Interest Payment Date, the Interest Period ending on the Maturity Date.
Subsidiary of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares of securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise Controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person; provided that no Issuer shall be included as a Subsidiary of the Borrower or the Guarantor for any purposes under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.
Substituted Shares has the meaning specified in Section 2.09(f)(i) .
Swap Contract means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms, and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a Master Agreement ), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.
Swap Termination Value means, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Contract(s), (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contract(s) have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a) above, the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined in accordance with the methodology for determining termination value in such Swap Contract.
Synthetic Lease Obligation means the monetary obligation of a Person under (a) a so-called synthetic or off-balance sheet lease, or (b) an agreement for the use or possession of property creating obligations that do not appear on the balance sheet of such Person but which, upon the insolvency or bankruptcy of such Person, would be characterized as the indebtedness of such Person (without regard to accounting treatment).
Taxes means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
Threshold ADTV Level means $150,000,000; provided that, in the event of an Issuer Merger Event or Spin-Off Event, the Calculation Agent may adjust the Threshold ADTV Level and provide for a Threshold ADTV Level applicable to the Merger Shares or Spin-Off Shares, as applicable, as it deems reasonably necessary pursuant to Section 1.02(d) .
Threshold Amount means (a) with respect to the Borrower, $500,000 and (b) with respect to the Guarantor, $5,000,000.
Threshold Market Capitalization means, with respect to a surviving or successor entity to the Issuer as of the date of this Agreement, $8.0 billion.
Trading Disruption means the occurrence or existence during the one-half hour period ending on the scheduled close of trading on any Exchange Day of any material suspension of or limitation imposed on trading by the relevant Exchange (whether by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by such Exchange or otherwise) in any Shares, as determined by the Calculation Agent, other than as a result of an Early Closure.
Trading with the Enemy Act has the meaning specified in Section 5.19 .
Transfer Restrictions means, with respect to any property (including, in the case of securities, security entitlements in respect thereof), any condition to or restriction on the ability of the holder thereof to sell, assign, pledge or otherwise transfer such property or to enforce the provisions thereof or of any document related thereto whether set forth in such property itself or in any document related thereto, including (i) any requirement that any sale, assignment, pledge or other transfer or enforcement of such property be subject to any volume limitations or be consented to or approved by any person, including the issuer thereof or any other obligor thereon, (ii) any limitations on the type or status, financial or otherwise, of any purchaser, pledgee, assignee or transferee of such property, (iii) any requirement of the delivery of any certificate, consent, agreement, opinion of counsel, notice or any other document of any person to the issuer of, any other obligor on or any registrar or transfer agent for, such property, prior to the sale, pledge, assignment or other transfer or enforcement of such property, (iv) any registration or qualification requirement or prospectus delivery requirement for such property pursuant to any federal, state or foreign securities law (including any such requirement arising under the Securities Act of 1933), (v) any condition to or restriction on the ability of a potential purchaser, assignee, pledgee or transferee to acquire such property from the holder thereof and (vi) any legend or other notification appearing on any certificate representing such property to the effect that any such condition or restriction exists; except that the required delivery of any assignment, instruction or entitlement order from the Borrower or any pledgor, assignor or transferor of such property or item of collateral, together with any evidence of the corporate or other authority of such Person, shall not constitute such a condition or restriction.
Treasury Regulations means the final or temporary regulations that have been issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury pursuant to its authority under the Code, and any successor regulations.
Triggering means with respect to an Issuer Event:
(a) that is an Issuer Nationalization, Issuer Trading Suspension, Share Price Event or Share Volume Event, the occurrence or effectiveness thereof; provided that if a Share Price Event or Share Volume Event occurs following a Potential Adjustment Event, Issuer Merger Event or Spin-Off Event, as
applicable, the Triggering shall not occur until such time as the Calculation Agent has made its determination as to the appropriate adjustments, if any, to be made to the Minimum Price, the Maximum Share Number and the Minimum ADTV Level; provided , further , that no Triggering of an Issuer Nationalization, Issuer Trading Suspension, Share Price Event or Share Volume Event, in each case that relates to Spin-Off Shares, shall be deemed to have occurred (x) to the extent that such Spin-Off Shares are not included in the Collateral or (y) if such Spin-Off Shares are included in the Collateral, to the extent that at the time of such Issuer Nationalization, Issuer Trading Suspension, Share Price Event or Share Volume Event with respect such Spin-Off Shares, the LTV Ratio (calculated without giving any Collateral Value to such Spin-Off Shares) does not exceed the LTV Margin Call Level, as determined by the Calculation Agent;
(b) that is an Issuer Acquisition or Issuer Tender Offer, the announcement or public filing of any event or transaction that if consummated or completed would, in the reasonable judgment of the Calculation Agent, result in an Issuer Acquisition or Issuer Tender Offer; provided that the Triggering shall be the occurrence or effectiveness of such Issuer Acquisition or an Issuer Tender Offer by a Permitted Holder, if Borrower provides evidence satisfactory to the Calculation Agent that a Person other than the Borrower or the Guarantor with a credit acceptable to the Calculation Agent will be obligated to pay the Lenders all obligations of the Borrower following such Issuer Event; and
(c) the effectiveness, consummation or occurrence of such Issuer Event if no Triggering of such Issuer Event occurred pursuant to the previous clauses; provided that in the case of an Issuer Acquisition set forth under clause (i) of the definition thereof as to which a Triggering occurred without a public announcement, public filing or notice by the Borrower, the Calculation Agent shall give the Borrower reasonable evidence of the occurrence of such Triggering and the Triggering shall occur five (5) Business Days thereafter, unless otherwise cured.
UCC means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York.
United States and U.S. mean the United States of America.
Upfront Fee Letter means that certain letter agreement, dated the Closing Date, among the Borrower and the Initial Lenders.
U.S. Person means any Person who is a U.S. person within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(g)(ii)(B)(III) .
USA PATRIOT Act has the meaning specified in Section 10.15 .
Valuation Percentage means, with respect to any Merger Shares or Spin-Off Shares, as the case may be, the applicable percentage reasonably determined by the Calculation Agent, after non-binding consultation with the Borrower for up to three (3) Business Days during the period prior to the effectiveness of the related Issuer Merger Event or Spin-Off Event, as applicable (or such longer period of time as determined by the Calculation Agent), for purposes of determining the Collateral Value with respect to such Merger Shares or Spin-Off Shares, as the case may be; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt (i) the Valuation Percentage may be a percentage between 0% and 100%, inclusive, and (ii) the Calculation Agent may, but is not required to, determine the Valuation Percentage by reference to, among other factors and without limitation, applicable Transfer Restrictions other than Permissible Transfer Restrictions (whether in the hands of the Borrower or any Lender or Agent exercising its rights with
respect thereto under the Loan Documents) and the liquidity of the relevant securities; provided , further, that if, in the reasonable judgment of the Calculation Agent, the Valuation Percentage cannot reasonably be determined prior to or upon the effectiveness of the related Issuer Merger Event or Spin-Off Event, then the Valuation Percentage shall be a good faith estimate as reasonably determined by the Calculation Agent which may be adjusted by the Calculation Agent as soon as practicable following such effectiveness and after non-binding consultation with the Borrower for up to three (3) Business Days. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, with respect to such Merger Shares or Spin-Off Shares, as applicable, no Transfer Restrictions other than Permissible Transfer Restrictions (whether in the hands of the Borrower or any Lender or Agent exercising its rights with respect thereto under the Loan Documents) apply and such Merger Shares or Spin-Off Shares, as applicable, are (or upon consummation of the relevant Issuer Merger Event or Spin-Off Event will be (it being understood and agreed that such Shares shall not constitute Eligible Pledged Shares until such time as such Shares are listed for trading on a Designated Exchange)) listed for trading on a Designated Exchange, the Valuation Percentage shall be 100% with respect to such Merger Shares or Spin-Off Shares, as applicable, if the Calculation Agent determines that each of the following conditions is satisfied: (A) the Issuer of such Merger Shares or Spin-Off Shares, as applicable, (i) has filed all required reports under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, as applicable, for at least twelve (12) months (or for such shorter period that such Issuer was required to file such reports) and (ii) has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate web site, if any, every Interactive Data File (as defined in Rule 11 of SEC Regulation S-T) required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of SEC Regulation S-T, for at least twelve (12) months (or for such shorter period that such Issuer was required to submit and post such files), (B) the market capitalization of the issuer of such Merger Shares or Spin-Off Shares, as applicable, is greater than the Threshold Market Capitalization, (C) the Average Daily Trading Volume of such Merger Shares or Spin-Off Shares, as applicable, as determined by the Calculation Agent in a commercially reasonable manner, is no worse than the Average Daily Trading Volume of the relevant Shares immediately prior to the time of the applicable Issuer Merger Event or Spin-Off Event, in each case, as determined on the Scheduled Trading Day immediately following the applicable Issuer Merger Event or Spin-Off Event and is greater than the Minimum ADTV Level; provided , further , that if, in the reasonable judgment of the Calculation Agent, the Average Daily Trading Volume cannot reasonably be determined at such time, then the Average Daily Trading Volume shall be a good faith estimate of the expected Average Daily Trading Volume following such Issuer Merger Event or Spin-Off Event as reasonably determined by the Calculation Agent which estimate may be adjusted by the Calculation Agent as soon as practicable following such time, after non-binding consultation with the Borrower for up to three (3) Business Days, and (D) the Free Float of such Merger Shares or Spin-Off Shares, as applicable, as determined by the Calculation Agent in a commercially reasonable manner is at least equal to 70.0%. Upon receipt of written request from the Borrower following any determination of a Valuation Percentage, the Calculation Agent shall reasonably promptly provide Borrower with a written explanation describing in reasonable detail any calculation or determination made by it in determining such Valuation Percentage (including any quotations, market data or information from internal sources used in making such calculations, but without disclosing Calculation Agents proprietary models or confidential information).
Voluntary Prepayment has the meaning set forth in Section 2.04 .
Voluntary Prepayment Notice has the meaning set forth in Section 2.04 .
Withholding Agent means any Loan Party or the Administrative Agent.
Write-Down and Conversion Powers means, 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.
1.02 Other Interpretive Provisions . With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document:
(a) The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words include , includes and including shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase without limitation . The word shall shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word will . Unless the context requires otherwise, (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document (including any Organizational Document) shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof (subject to any restrictions on, or an Event of Default resulting from, such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein or in any other Loan Document), (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Persons successors and permitted assigns, (iii) the words herein , hereof and hereunder , and words of similar import, when used in any Loan Document, shall be construed to refer to such Loan Document in its entirety and not to any particular provision thereof, (iv) all references in a Loan Document to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, the Loan Document in which such references appear, (v) any reference to any Law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing or interpreting such Law and any reference to any Law shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such Law as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, and (vi) the words asset and property shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.
(b) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word from means from and including ; the words to and until each mean to but excluding ; and the word through means to and including .
(c) Section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
(d) Following the occurrence of an Issuer Merger Event, Spin-Off Event or Potential Adjustment Event, the Calculation Agent shall adjust one or more terms of any Loan Document, as applicable (including the definitions of Minimum Price, Maximum Share Number, Minimum ADTV Level, Issuer Delisting, Issuer Event, Issuer Merger Event, Issuer Nationalization, Issuer Tender Offer, Issuer Trading Suspension, Share Price Event, Share Volume Event, LTV Margin Call Level, LTV Reset Level, LTV Release Level, or any other term or provision), in an equitable manner as the Calculation Agent determines necessary to preserve for the Lenders and the Borrower the intent of the parties (including the intention expressed through definitions) and the fair value and risks in the Loans and determine the effective date(s) of the adjustment(s), after non-binding consultation with the Borrower. Upon receipt of written request from Borrower following any such determination by the Calculation Agent, the Calculation Agent shall reasonably promptly provide Borrower with a written explanation describing in reasonable detail any calculation or determination made by it in making such determination (including any quotations, market data or information from internal sources used in making such calculations, but without disclosing Calculation Agents proprietary models or confidential information). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Calculation Agent may not adjust the determination of Valuation Percentage of Merger Shares or Spin-Off Shares if, pursuant to the definition thereof, such Valuation Percentage would be 100%. It is understood and agreed that (i) all determinations made by the Calculation Agent or the Lenders pursuant to this Agreement (whether under this Section 1.02(d) or otherwise) or the other Loan Documents will be made in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner (and, if made
in accordance with such standard will be conclusive), (ii) the Calculation Agent may consult with one or more Lenders in making such determinations and (iii) in the event any Lender that is not the Calculation Agent or an Affiliate thereof holds an aggregate principal amount of the Loans equal to at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the aggregate principal amount of the Loans then outstanding, the Calculation Agent shall offer to consult with any such Lender in making such determinations.
(e) Each of the Loan Parties hereby acknowledges that (i) it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement, (ii) no Agent or Lender has any fiduciary relationship with or duty to such Loan Party arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, and the relationship between such Loan Party, on the one hand, and the Agents and the Lenders, on the other hand, in connection herewith, is solely that of debtor and creditor; and (iii) no joint venture is created hereby or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the parties hereto.
1.03 Accounting Terms .
(a) Generally . All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP, as in effect from time to time, except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein.
(b) Changes in GAAP . If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders shall so request, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP; provided that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent and/or the Lenders, as applicable, financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.
1.04 Times of Day .
Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable) in the United States.
ARTICLE II
THE LOANS
2.01 The Loans . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender severally agrees (a) to make an Initial Loan on the Funding Date to the Borrower, in an amount equal to its Initial Loan Commitment and (b) to make one or more Delayed Draw Loans to the Borrower, at any time and from time to time, during the Delayed Draw Availability Period in accordance with the terms hereof, in an amount that will not exceed such Lenders then outstanding Delayed Draw Commitment. Each Loan, or any portion thereof, once repaid may not be reborrowed.
2.02 Funding of the Loans .
(a) Each Initial Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Initial Loans made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their applicable Initial Loan Commitments, and each Delayed Draw Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Delayed Draw Loans made by the
Lenders ratably in accordance with their applicable Delayed Draw Commitments; provided that, in each case, the failure of any Lender to make its Loan shall not in itself relieve any other Lender of its obligation to lend hereunder (it being understood, however, that no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make any Loan required to be made by such other Lender). Loans comprising any Borrowing shall be in an aggregate principal amount that is (i) an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000 or (ii) equal to the remaining available balance of the Initial Loan Commitments or Delayed Draw Commitments, as applicable.
(b) Each Lender shall make the proceeds of the Loans to be funded by it available to the Administrative Agent, who shall either (i) promptly credit the account of the Borrower on the books of the Administrative Agent with the amount of such proceeds or (ii) promptly transfer by wire transfer such proceeds, in each case, in accordance with instructions provided to (and reasonably acceptable to) the Administrative Agent by the Borrower.
(c) To request a Borrowing, the Borrower shall deliver a duly completed and executed Borrowing Request to the Administrative Agent and each Initial Lender or Delayed Draw Lender, as applicable, not later than 2:00 p.m. at least three (3) Business Days (or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent and such Lenders may agree to) prior to the date of the proposed Borrowing; provided that with respect to the delivery of a Borrowing Request in connection with the Initial Loans, such Borrowing Request may be delivered at least one (1) Business Day prior to the date of the proposed Borrowing. Each Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall specify the following information in compliance with this Section 2.02 :
(i) whether the requested Borrowing is to be a Borrowing of Initial Loans or Delayed Draw Loans;
(ii) the aggregate amount of such Borrowing;
(iii) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
(iv) the location and number of the applicable Borrowers account to which funds are to be disbursed; and
(v) that the conditions set forth in Section 4.01 (solely for the Borrowing of Initial Loans) and Sections 4.02(b) through (e) have been satisfied as of the date of the notice.
2.03 Repayment of the Loans . The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent on the Maturity Date, for the ratable account of the Lenders, the aggregate principal amount of the Loans outstanding on such date together with all accrued interest thereon. The Administrative Agent shall forward to each Lender its Ratable Share of such payment.
2.04 Voluntary Prepayments . The Borrower may, upon notice (which notice may be in the form attached as Exhibit I-2 hereto or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent (including any form on an electronic platform or electronic transmission system as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower) to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, at any time or from time to time, voluntarily prepay the Loans in whole or in part (a Voluntary Prepayment ) in an amount equal to the sum of (x) the aggregate principal amount of the Loans being prepaid, (y) the applicable Prepayment Amount and (z) all accrued interest on the amount prepaid, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.04 ; provided that (i) such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lenders not later than 12:00 p.m.,
two (2) Business Days prior to any date of prepayment and (ii) any prepayment shall be in an aggregate principal amount of at least the lesser of (A) $5,000,000 and (B) the entire principal amount of the Loans then outstanding. Each such notice (a Voluntary Prepayment Notice ) shall specify the date of such prepayment, the amount of principal being prepaid and the applicable Prepayment Amount determined as set forth in the definition thereof. The Borrower shall make such prepayment, together with all accrued interest thereon and the related Prepayment Amount and any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.04 on the date specified in such Voluntary Prepayment Notice, and all such amounts shall be due and payable on such date; provided that a Voluntary Prepayment Notice delivered by Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of certain events, including the closing of other credit facilities, in which case such notice may be revoked by Borrower (by notice to Administrative Agent and the Initial Lenders on or prior to the specified effective date) if such conditions are not satisfied. Any Voluntary Prepayment described in this Section 2.04 shall be made to the Administrative Agent for the ratable accounts of the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall forward such Voluntary Prepayment Notices to the Lenders and shall promptly forward to each Lender its Ratable Share of each such payment.
2.05 Mandatory Prepayments .
(a) The Borrower shall prepay on the first Business Day following notice by Calculation Agent (a Mandatory Prepayment Notice ) of the occurrence of a Mandatory Prepayment Event (which need not be continuing) the aggregate principal amount of the Loans outstanding on such date together with all accrued interest thereon, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.04 and any applicable Prepayment Amount ( provided that, if the Calculation Agent fails to deliver such Mandatory Prepayment Notice by 6:00 p.m. on the date the relevant Mandatory Prepayment Event occurs, any Lender may deliver or cause to be delivered the Mandatory Prepayment Notice in respect of such Mandatory Prepayment Event to the Borrower (with a copy thereof to each other Lender and Agent) with the same effect as if such Mandatory Prepayment Notice was delivered by the Calculation Agent; provided , further , that any failure to so deliver a copy of a Mandatory Prepayment Notice to any Lender or Agent shall not invalidate the effectiveness of such Mandatory Prepayment Notice). For purposes of the delivery and receipt of any Mandatory Prepayment Notice and Section 10.02 with respect to any such Mandatory Prepayment Notice, (i) Borrower consents to the delivery of such Mandatory Prepayment Notice by electronic communications and (ii) Borrowers normal business hours shall be 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. each Business Day. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in the event that a Mandatory Prepayment Event occurs following any Potential Adjustment Event, Issuer Merger Event or Spin-Off Event, then the Calculation Agent and the Lenders agree not to send a Mandatory Prepayment Notice until such time as Calculation Agent has made its determination as to the appropriate adjustments, if any, to be made to (i) the Minimum Price, (ii) the Maximum Share Number, (iii) the Minimum ADTV Level, (iv) the LTV Margin Call Level, (v) the LTV Release Level and/or (vi) the Threshold ADTV Level, in each case, in accordance with and subject to the provisions of Section 1.02(d) ; provided that if the Calculation Agent fails to make its determination with respect to such adjustments by 6:00 p.m. on the date the relevant Mandatory Prepayment Event occurs, the Required Lenders ( provided that the outstanding Loans held by, and unused Commitments of, the Calculation Agent and its Affiliates shall be excluded for purposes of making such determination of Required Lenders) may make such adjustments, if any, with the same effect as if they were made by the Calculation Agent.
(b) Any prepayment described in this Section 2.05 shall be made to the Administrative Agent for the ratable accounts of the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall forward to each Lender its Ratable Share of each such payment.
2.06 Interest and Fees .
(a) Ordinary Interest . The Loans shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest Period from the first day of such period to the last day thereof at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Floating Rate for such Interest Period. Accrued interest shall be payable by the Borrower in arrears on each Interest Payment Date. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the interest rate applicable to any Interest Period for the Loans upon determination of such interest rate.
(b) (i) If any amount due and payable by the Borrower under any Loan Document is not paid when due (without regard to any applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws, such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the sum of (x) the Floating Rate applicable to such amount and (y) 2.0% for each day until such amount and any interest thereon is paid in full.
(ii) Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including interest on past due interest) shall be due and payable upon demand.
(c) Except as expressly provided herein, interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before and after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law.
(d) Delayed Draw Commitment Fee . The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of each Delayed Draw Lender a commitment fee (the Delayed Draw Commitment Fee ) equal to 0.75% (75 basis points) per annum on the daily unused amount of the Delayed Draw Commitments of such Delayed Draw Lenders during the period from and including the date hereof to but excluding the date on which the Delayed Draw Availability Period expires or terminates. Accrued Delayed Draw Commitment Fees shall be payable in arrears (i) on the last Business Day of March, June, September and December of each year, commencing on December 31, 2016 and (ii) on the date on which such Delayed Draw Commitment terminates. Delayed Draw Commitment Fees shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed (including on the first day but excluding the last day). The Administrative Agent shall forward to each Delayed Draw Lender its Applicable Percentage of such payment.
(e) Other Fees . The Borrower agrees to pay the fees set forth in the Fee Letters at the times and in the amounts set forth therein.
2.07 Computations . All computations of interest shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed (which results in more interest being paid than if computed on the basis of a 365-day year); provided that all computations of interest for Base Rate Loans (including Base Rate Loans determined by reference to LIBOR) shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed. Interest shall accrue on the Loans for the day on which the Loans are made, and shall not accrue on the Loans, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the Loan or such portion is paid; provided that if the Loans are repaid on the same day on which it is made, the Loans shall, subject to Section 2.11(a) , bear interest for one day. Each determination by the Administrative Agent of an interest rate hereunder and any other calculation or determination made hereunder by an Agent, after consultation with the Lenders (if applicable), shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error. Any Interest Period stated to end on a day numerically corresponding to a given day in a specified month thereafter shall, if there is no corresponding day, end on the last Business Day of such month.
2.08 Termination of Commitments . The aggregate Initial Loan Commitments shall be automatically and permanently reduced to zero on the earlier to occur of (i) the borrowing of the Initial
Loans and (ii) 5:00 p.m. on the date that is five (5) Business Days after the date hereof. The Delayed Draw Commitments of each Lender shall automatically terminate at 5:00 p.m. on the last Business Day of the Delayed Draw Availability Period. The Delayed Draw Commitments of each Lender shall be reduced, dollar-for-dollar, by the amount of each Delayed Draw Loan made by such Lender. The Delayed Draw Commitments of each Lender shall automatically and permanently be reduced to zero upon the occurrence of a Mandatory Prepayment Event. The Borrower may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent and each Delayed Draw Lender, terminate the unused Delayed Draw Commitments, or from time to time permanently reduce the unused Delayed Draw Commitments; provided that (i) any such notice shall be received by the Administrative Agent and each Delayed Draw Lender not later than Noon two (2) Business Days prior to the date of termination or partial reduction, and (ii) any such partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount of $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof. Any reduction of Delayed Draw Commitments shall be applied to the Delayed Draw Commitments of each Delayed Draw Lender ratably, according to the Delayed Draw Commitments held by each Lender. All fees accrued with respect thereto until the effective date of any termination or reduction of the Delayed Draw Commitments shall be paid on the effective date of such termination or reduction.
2.09 LTV Maintenance; LTV Notice .
(a) If, upon the close of business on any Scheduled Trading Day, the Calculation Agent determines that the LTV Ratio exceeds the LTV Margin Call Level, the Calculation Agent shall notify the Borrower thereof (a Collateral Shortfall Notice ); provided that, if the Calculation Agent has failed to deliver such Collateral Shortfall Notice by 6:00 p.m. on the date on which the LTV Ratio exceeds the LTV Margin Call Level, if any Lender determines that the LTV Ratio exceeds the LTV Margin Call Level, such Lender may (subject to the last sentence of this Section 2.09(a) ) deliver or cause to be delivered a Collateral Shortfall Notice to the Borrower (with a copy thereof to each other Lender and Agent) with the same effect as if such Collateral Shortfall Notice had been delivered by the Calculation Agent; provided , further , that any failure to so deliver a copy of a Collateral Shortfall Notice to any Lender or Agent shall not invalidate the effectiveness of such Collateral Shortfall Notice. The Borrower shall, (i) no later than 10:00 a.m. on the first Business Day following its receipt of a Collateral Shortfall Notice (the day of such receipt, a Collateral Shortfall Notice Day ) inform the Calculation Agent (or such Lender as applicable) that it intends to satisfy such Collateral Shortfall Notice; (ii) no later than Noon on the second Business Day following a Collateral Shortfall Notice Day, provide the Calculation Agent (or such Lender as applicable) with SWIFT or Fedwire instructions for such delivery contemplated in the following clause (iii) and (iii) no later than 4:00 p.m. on the second Business Day following the relevant Collateral Shortfall Notice Day voluntarily prepay the Loans in accordance with Section 2.04 and/or cause Cash, Cash Equivalents and/or Shares that will constitute Eligible Cash Collateral or Eligible Pledged Shares, as applicable, upon such delivery, to be delivered to the Applicable Lenders in accordance with Section 3 of the Security Agreement, in an amount sufficient to reduce the LTV Ratio to be equal to or less than the LTV Reset Level as of such Collateral Shortfall Notice Day, all as determined by the Calculation Agent (or such Lender as applicable). For purposes of the delivery and receipt of any Collateral Shortfall Notice and Section 10.02 with respect to any such Collateral Shortfall Notice, (i) the Borrower consents to the delivery of such notice by electronic communications and (ii) the Borrowers normal business hours shall be 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. each Business Day. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in the event that the LTV Ratio exceeds the LTV Margin Call Level, as determined by the Calculation Agent, following a Potential Adjustment Event, a Spin-Off Event or an Issuer Merger Event, then the Calculation Agent and the Lenders agree not to send a Collateral Shortfall Notice until such time as the Calculation Agent (or the Required Lenders, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the proviso below, if applicable) has made its determination as to the appropriate adjustments, if any, to be made to (i) the Minimum Price, (ii) the Maximum Share Number, (iii) the Minimum ADTV Level, (iv) the LTV Margin Call Level, (v) the LTV Reset Level and/or (vi) the LTV Release Level, in each case, in accordance with and subject to the provisions of Section 1.02(d) ; provided that, if the Calculation Agent
fails to make its determination with respect to such adjustments by 6:00 p.m. on such Collateral Shortfall Notice Day, the Required Lenders ( provided that the outstanding Loans held by, and unused Commitments of, the Calculation Agent and its Affiliates shall be excluded for purposes of making such determination of Required Lenders) may make such adjustments, if any, in each case, in accordance with and subject to the provisions of Section 1.02(d) with the same effect as if they were made by the Calculation Agent.
(b) Upon the reasonable request of the Borrower, the Calculation Agent shall notify the Borrower of the LTV Ratio as determined on the Business Day immediately preceding the date of such request, and such LTV Ratio as notified by the Calculation Agent to the Borrower shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, absent manifest error.
(c) If, following the announcement (whether by an Issuer or any relevant third party) of (i) a Spin-Off Event or (ii) a firm intention to engage in a transaction (whether or not subsequently amended) that, if completed, would reasonably be expected to lead to an Issuer Merger Event, the Calculation Agent reasonably determines, following non-binding consultation with the Borrower during the same consultation period described in the definition of Valuation Percentage , that the securities or any other property that would be distributed to the holders of shares constituting the Pledged Shares, in connection with such Issuer Merger Event or Spin-Off Event, as the case may be, would not meet the criteria for a Valuation Percentage of 100% set forth in the proviso to the definition of Valuation Percentage , and in connection with the completion of such distribution, the Borrower would be required, pursuant to Section 2.09(a) , to deliver any Eligible Cash Collateral and/or Eligible Pledged Shares (based on the applicable Valuation Percentage reasonably determined by the Calculation Agent for purposes of determining the Collateral Value with respect to such Merger Shares or Spin-Off Shares, as the case may be, as set forth in the definition of Valuation Percentage and any other adjustments to be made pursuant to Section 1.02(d) ), then the Calculation Agent shall determine the amount of Cash, Cash Equivalents and/or Shares that will constitute Eligible Cash Collateral or Eligible Pledged Shares, as applicable, upon such delivery to be delivered to each Applicable Lender in accordance with Section 3 of the Security Agreement for the LTV Ratio not to exceed the LTV Margin Call Level as a result of such distribution (the LTV Event Amount ).
Within one (1) Business Day after the Calculation Agent determines the LTV Event Amount, which determination shall occur not more than eight (8) Business Days prior to the date on which such a distribution is scheduled to occur (or such shorter period of time if the scheduled distribution is less than eight (8) Business Days following the public announcement), the Calculation Agent shall deliver a notice to the Borrower setting forth the LTV Event Amount. No later than 4:00 p.m. on the earlier to occur of the (i) third Business Day after delivery of such notice and (ii) the date of such distribution, the Borrower shall cause Cash, Cash Equivalents and/or Shares that will constitute Eligible Cash Collateral and/or Eligible Pledged Shares, as applicable, upon such delivery to be delivered to each Applicable Lender in accordance with Section 3 of the Security Agreement, in an amount equal to the LTV Event Amount. With effect from such delivery of the LTV Event Amount, the Calculation Agent shall adjust the Collateral Value in its commercially reasonable sole discretion to give effect to the foregoing determinations, with such adjustment terminating upon the earliest to occur of (i) the determination of a Valuation Percentage with respect to such securities upon their distribution, and (ii) the announcement by any Issuer or relevant third party of the withdrawal or abandonment of such Issuer Merger Event or Spin-Off Event, as the case may be (it being understood that the withdrawal or abandonment of any such Issuer Merger Event or Spin-Off Event, as the case may be, does not preclude the occurrence of another Issuer Merger Event or Spin-Off Event).
If, following the delivery of Eligible Cash Collateral and/or Eligible Pledged Shares in the requisite LTV Event Amount, any Issuer or relevant third party announces the withdrawal or abandonment of such Issuer Merger Event or Spin-Off Event, or the Calculation Agent determines
following consummation of the such Issuer Merger Event or Spin-Off Event that the Valuation Percentage is greater than initially determined for purposes of calculating the LTV Event Amount, then each Applicable Lender shall cause such portion of the LTV Event Amount to be released from the Collateral Account such that the LTV Ratio does not exceed the LTV Margin Call Level as calculated by the Calculation Agent to correspond to the revised Valuation Percentage ( provided that the Borrower may elect to maintain in the Collateral Account all or any portion of such LTV Event Amount permitted to be so released). Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to the Calculation Agent sending notice of an LTV Event Amount, the Calculation Agent shall make all other adjustments pursuant to Section 1.02(d) hereof and any LTV Event Amount shall be calculated based on such adjustments. Upon receipt of written request from the Borrower following any such determination of adjustments pursuant to Section 1.02(d) hereof, the Calculation Agent shall reasonably promptly provide the Borrower with a written explanation describing in reasonable detail any calculation or determination made by it in determining such adjustments pursuant to Section 1.02(d) hereof (including any quotations, market data or information from internal sources used in making such calculations, but without disclosing the Calculation Agents proprietary models or confidential information).
(d) The Borrower may not withdraw any Collateral from the Collateral Accounts, except (i) in accordance with the immediately following subsections (e) or (f) , (ii) with the prior written consent of each Lender or (iii) in connection with a disposition of Pledged Shares held in the Collateral Accounts as permitted under Section 7.04 and Section 7.07 ; provided that, at the time of any such withdrawal, in the event the Collateral consists of Common Shares and Spin-Off Shares, the Calculation Agent may, in an equitable manner as the Calculation Agent determines necessary to preserve for the Lenders and the Borrower the intent of the parties and the fair value and risks in the Loans before giving effect to the Spin-Off Event relating to such Spin-Off Shares, after non-binding consultation with the Borrower, determine the required ratio of the value (determined based on the Market Reference Price) of the Shares of the relevant Issuer relating to such Spin-Off Event constituting Collateral to the value (determined based on the Market Reference Price) of the Spin-Off Shares relating to such Spin-Off Event constituting Collateral, in each case, after giving effect to such withdrawal, to be withdrawn; provided , further , that, in the event such ratio results in the value (determined based on the Market Reference Price) of the Shares issued by a particular Issuer constituting 75.0% or more of the value (determined based on the Market Reference Price) of the Collateral consisting of Pledged Shares remaining after giving effect to such withdrawal, then the Borrower may elect to include Shares issued by such Issuer in the Collateral in a percentage in excess of 75.0% of the value (determined based on the Market Reference Price) of the Collateral consisting of Pledged Shares, and other Shares not issued by such Issuer shall be permitted to be released to the extent otherwise permitted under clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above.
(e) Collateral may be released from the Liens created under the Collateral Documents as follows:
(i) the Calculation Agent and each Applicable Lender shall have received a written notice from the Borrower requesting a release of such Collateral on the date specified therein (which date shall be no earlier than the Business Day immediately following the first Business Day on which the Calculation Agent and each Applicable Lender has received such notice by 1:00 p.m.), including the amount and type of Collateral requested to be released;
(ii) (x) the LTV Ratio has been equal to or less than the LTV Release Level for at least fifteen (15) of the most recent twenty (20) Business Days immediately preceding the date of such written notice (and including the last day of such period); and (y) after giving effect to such release and any other release or substitution otherwise requested or effected pursuant to this Section 2.09 and any Disposition pursuant to Section 7.04 , the LTV Ratio would be equal to or less than the LTV Release Level;
(iii) no Event of Default shall exist or would occur immediately after giving effect to such release; and
(iv) on the date of such release, no Mandatory Prepayment Event shall have occurred (and no Mandatory Prepayment Event shall occur as a result of the proposed release).
Any such notice delivered pursuant to the immediately preceding clause (i) shall contain a representation and warranty by the Borrower to the items set forth in the immediately preceding clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv). Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in this Section 2.09(e) , but subject to Section 2.09(d) , Collateral of the type requested to be released by the Borrower shall be released from any Lien created under the Collateral Documents (A) on a ratable basis among the Applicable Lenders in accordance with their respective Ratable Shares of the amount and type of Collateral being released and (B) in an aggregate amount equal to the lowest of (I) the amount of Collateral requested to be released by the Borrower in such written notice, (II) an amount of Collateral with a value such that, after giving effect to such release and any other release or substitution otherwise requested or effected pursuant to this Section 2.09 and any Disposition pursuant to Section 7.04 , the LTV Ratio would not be greater than the LTV Release Level and (III) the aggregate amount of such type of Collateral requested to be released by the Borrower held in the Collateral Accounts.
(f) Pledged Shares may be released from the Liens created under the Collateral Documents for the sole purpose of substituting such Collateral as follows:
(i) the Calculation Agent and each Applicable Lender shall have received a written notice from the Borrower requesting a release of Pledged Shares on the date specified therein (which date shall be no earlier than the Business Day immediately following the first Business Day on which the Calculation Agent and each Applicable Lender has received such notice by 1:00 p.m.), including the amount and type of Pledged Shares requested to be released (the Substituted Shares for such substitution), and identifying the Shares (the Replacement Shares for such substitution) to be transferred to the Collateral Accounts in replacement of and substitution for the released Pledged Shares;
(ii) no Event of Default shall exist or would occur immediately after giving effect to such release; and
(iii) on the date of such release, no Mandatory Prepayment Event shall have occurred (and no Mandatory Prepayment Event shall occur as a result of the proposed release).
Any such notice delivered pursuant to the immediately preceding clause (i) shall contain a representation and warranty by the Borrower to the items set forth in the immediately preceding clauses (ii) and (iii). Upon (x) satisfaction of the conditions set forth in this Section 2.09(f) and (y) transfer of the Replacement Shares to the Collateral Accounts, subject to Section 2.09(d) , so long as such Replacement Shares constitute Eligible Pledged Shares issued by the same Issuer which is the Issuer of the Substituted Shares, upon such transfer, then Substituted Shares shall be released from any Lien created under the Collateral Documents (A) on a ratable basis among the Applicable Lenders in accordance with their respective Ratable Shares of the amount and type of Collateral being released and (B) in an aggregate number equal to the lowest of (I) the number of Substituted Shares requested to be released by the Borrower in such written notice, (II) a number of Substituted Shares with a value such that, after giving effect to such release, the transfer of the Replacement Shares specified in the immediately preceding clause (y) and any other release or substitution otherwise requested or effected pursuant to this Section 2.09 and any Disposition pursuant to Section 7.04 , the LTV Ratio would not be greater than the lower of the Initial LTV Ratio and the LTV Ratio that would then be in effect if no such release, replacement,
substitution or Disposition had occurred and (III) the aggregate amount of such Substituted Shares held in the Collateral Accounts.
(g) In addition to transfers pursuant to Sections 2.09(a) and (c) , the Borrower may transfer Cash, Cash Equivalents and/or Shares that will constitute Eligible Cash Collateral and/or Eligible Pledged Shares, as applicable, upon such transfer, on any Business Day and the Calculation Agent shall adjust the LTV Ratio accordingly which shall become effective one (1) Business Day after the posting of such additional Eligible Cash Collateral and/or Eligible Pledged Shares (except to the extent otherwise provided in Sections 2.09(a) or (c) ); provided that, except in the case of Sections 2.09(a) or (c) , the Calculation Agent shall only be required to make such adjustment with respect to a transfer by the Borrower having a Collateral Value of at least $1,000,000.
(h) Upon the later to occur of (x) satisfaction of the applicable requirements set forth in subsections (d) , (e) or (f) of this Section 2.09 , and (y) one (1) Business Day of its receipt of such applicable request for release, each Applicable Lender shall originate an instruction or entitlement order to the Custodian directing the transfer of the applicable Collateral from such Applicable Lenders Collateral Account to the Borrower, subject to receipt of all amounts required to be paid by or on behalf of the Borrower to the Lenders in connection with such sale.
(i) To the extent that the Borrower elects or is required to transfer or deposit Shares, Cash, Cash Equivalents and/or any other item of Collateral into any Collateral Accounts, the Borrower shall effect such transfer or deposit by transferring or depositing into each Applicable Lenders Collateral Account, such Shares, Cash, Cash Equivalents and/or any other item of Collateral in accordance with their Ratable Shares of such item of Collateral.
2.10 Evidence of Debt .
(a) Register . The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of Lenders and each Lenders Ratable Share of the Loans from time to time (the Register ). The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower or any Lender (with respect to such Lenders portion of any Loan) at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. The Administrative Agent shall record in the Register the initial principal amount of each Loan, stated interest thereon, and each repayment or prepayment in respect of the principal amount thereof, and any assignment thereof, and any such recordation shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower and each Lender, absent manifest error; provided that, failure to make any such recordation, or any error in such recordation, shall not affect any Obligations.
(b) Notes . No promissory note shall be required to evidence the Loans by the Lenders to the Borrower. Upon the request of a Lender, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to the Lender a Note (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), which shall evidence such Lenders Ratable Share of the applicable Loans in addition to the foregoing accounts or records. A Lender may attach schedules to a Note and endorse thereon the date, amount and maturity of its Ratable Share of such Loans and payments with respect thereto.
2.11 Payments Generally .
(a) All payments to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder shall be made without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff, except with respect to Taxes as provided in Section 3.01 . Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder shall be made to the
Administrative Agent at the Agent Account in Dollars and in immediately available funds not later than 3:00 p.m. on the date specified herein. All payments received by the Administrative Agent after 3:00 p.m. shall be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest shall continue to accrue.
(b) Except to the extent otherwise provided herein, the Loans, each payment or prepayment of principal of the Loans, each payment of interest on the Loans, each payment of the Prepayment Amount and each other payment hereunder shall be allocated among the Lenders pro rata in accordance with their Ratable Shares of the Loans. The Administrative Agent agrees to forward to the Lenders such principal, interest and other payments on the same Business Day as such amounts are received, collected or applied by the Administrative Agent from the Borrower, unless the Administrative Agent receives such amounts after 11:00 a.m., in which case such payments may be forwarded by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders on the next Business Day.
(c) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Loan that such Lender will not make available to Administrative Agent such Lenders Applicable Percentage of such Loan, Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such Applicable Percentage of such Loan available on such date in accordance with Section 2.02 and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its Applicable Percentage of such Loan available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of a payment to be made by such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation and (ii) in the case of a payment to be made by Borrower, the Floating Rate. If Borrower and such Lender shall pay such interest to Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the Borrower the amount of such interest paid by the Borrower for such period. If such Lender pays its Applicable Percentage of the applicable Loan to Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lenders Loan included in such borrowing. Any payment by the Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim the Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to Administrative Agent.
(d) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Lenders hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment in full, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment in full to the Administrative Agent on such date and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, cause to be distributed to each Lender on such due date an amount equal to the amount then due such Lender. If and to the extent the Borrower shall not have so made such payment in full to the Administrative Agent, each Lender shall repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such amount distributed to such Lender together with interest thereon at the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to such Lender to but excluding the date such Lender or the Borrower repays such amount to the Administrative Agent. A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender with respect to any amount owing under this subsection (d) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(e) Except as expressly set forth herein, if any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower or the date for the performance of any covenant shall come due on a day
other than a Business Day, payment or performance, as applicable, shall be made on the next following Business Day, and for payments such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest.
(f) Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate a Lender to obtain the funds for its Ratable Share of the Loans in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for its Ratable Share of the Loans in any particular place or manner.
(g) If any Lender makes available to the Administrative Agent funds for any Loan to be made by such Lender as provided in the foregoing provisions of this Article II , and such funds are not made available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent because the conditions to the applicable credit extension set forth in Article IV are not satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof, the Administrative Agent shall return such funds (in like funds as received from such Lender) to such Lender, without interest.
(h) The obligations of Lenders hereunder to make Loans and to make payments pursuant to Section 10.04(c) are several and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan or to make any payment under Section 10.04(c) on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its Loan, to purchase its participation or to make its payment under Section 10.04(c) .
2.12 Sharing of Payments, Etc. Each Lender agrees that, in the event that any Lender shall obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on the Loans owing to such Lender under this Agreement through the exercise of a right of setoff, bankers lien, counterclaim or otherwise (including pursuant to a Debtor Relief Law) in excess of its Ratable Share of the amounts owed to it hereunder, such Lender shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent of such fact and purchase (for cash at face value) from the other Lenders a participation in their portion of the Loans, in such amounts and with such other adjustments from time to time, as shall be equitable in order that all Lenders share such payment in accordance with their respective ratable portion as provided for in this Agreement. Each Lender further agrees that if a payment to a Lender (which is obtained by such Lender through the exercise of a right of setoff, bankers lien, counterclaim or otherwise) shall be rescinded or must otherwise be restored, each Lender which shall have shared the benefit of such payment shall, by repurchase of a participation theretofore sold, return its share of that benefit to each Lender whose payment shall have been rescinded or otherwise restored. The Borrower agrees that any Lender so purchasing such a participation may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, exercise all rights of payment, including setoff, bankers lien or counterclaim, with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were the direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation. For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.12 shall not apply to any exercise by an Applicable Lender of remedies against the Collateral controlled by such Applicable Lender or the assignment or participation of Loans or Commitments otherwise permitted hereunder.
2.13 Defaulting Lender . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then until such time as such Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable Law:
(a) Waivers and Amendments . Such Defaulting Lenders right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver, consent or adjustment with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in the definitions of Required Lenders and Required Delayed Draw Lenders or in Section 8.01 .
(b) Reallocation of Payments . Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of a Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, or otherwise, and including any amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by that 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 that Defaulting Lender to any Agent hereunder; second , as the Borrower may request (so long as no Event of Default has occurred), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; third , if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a non-interest bearing deposit account and released in order to satisfy obligations of that Defaulting Lender to fund future Loans under this Agreement; fourth , to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lenders breach of its obligations under this Agreement; fifth , so long as no Event of Default has occurred, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lenders breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and sixth , to that Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loan in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its Ratable Share and (y) such Loan were made 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 all non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of that Defaulting Lender. 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 pursuant to this Section 2.13(b) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by that Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.
(c) Delayed Draw Commitment Fees . No Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive any fee payable under Section 2.06(d) for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and the Borrower shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender).
(d) Defaulting Lender Cure . If the Borrower and the Administrative Agent 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, 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 to be held on a pro rata basis by the Lenders in accordance with their Ratable Share of the Loans, whereupon such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; provided , further , that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lenders having been a Defaulting Lender.
2.14 Rebalancing . If, on any date, any Applicable Lender gives written notice to the Calculation Agent, or the Calculation Agent otherwise becomes aware, that any posting or release of Collateral did not occur on a Pro Rata Basis (other than in connection with any distribution of Collateral in connection with an assignment pursuant to Section 10.06 ) or the Collateral is not held on a Pro Rata Basis for any other reason (other than as a result of a Lender exercising remedies in accordance with the Loan Documents) (including with respect to the types of Collateral held by each Applicable Lender), then on, or as promptly as practicable following, such date, the Calculation Agent shall notify the Applicable Lenders of such circumstances and, on, or as promptly as practicable following the date of such notice,
t he Applicable Lenders shall cause any transfers of Collateral from any Collateral Accounts that they control to any Collateral Accounts controlled by other Applicable Lenders as may be necessary, as determined by the Calculation Agent, to ensure that the Collateral is held on a Pro Rata Basis (including through Applicable Lenders, if applicable). Each Lender agrees to cooperate in good faith with the Calculation Agent to effect such rebalancing, including, for the avoidance of doubt, by submitting written instructions to the Custodian to effect such transfers. The Borrower hereby consents to, and to the extent necessary will cooperate in good faith with, such transfers.
ARTICLE III
TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY
3.01 Taxes .
(a) Defined Terms . For purposes of this Section 3.01 , the term applicable Law includes FATCA.
(b) Payments Free of Taxes . Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable Law. If any applicable Law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable Withholding Agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a Withholding Agent, then the applicable Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 3.01 ) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.
(c) Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrower . The Loan Parties shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.
(d) Indemnification by the Borrower . The Loan Parties shall indemnify each Recipient, within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 3.01(d) ) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each of the Loan Parties shall also, and does hereby, jointly and severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, and shall make payment in respect thereof within 10 days after demand therefor, for any amount which a Lender for any reason fails to pay to the Administrative Agent as required pursuant to Section 3.01(e) below, net of any amounts the Administrative Agent has received as a setoff against such Lender pursuant to Section 3.01(e) below; provided that if a Loan Party is required to directly indemnify the Administrative Agent pursuant to this sentence, the Administrative Agent shall take all steps reasonably requested by such Loan Party in order to ensure that such Loan Party is subrogated to the Administrative Agents right to collect from the applicable Lender.
(e) Indemnification by the Lenders . Each Lender shall severally indemnify (i) the Administrative Agent, within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for any Indemnified Taxes attributable
to such Lender (but only to the extent that any Loan Party has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Loan Parties to do so), (ii) the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, as applicable, against any Taxes attributable to such Lenders failure to comply with the provisions of Section 10.06(c) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, as applicable, against any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this subsection (e).
(f) Evidence of Payments . As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by any Loan Party to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 3.01 , such Loan Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(g) Status of Lenders .
(i) Any Lender or Agent that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender or Agent, if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable Law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender or Agent is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Section 3.01(g)(ii)(A) , (ii)(B) and (ii)(D) below) shall not be required if in the Lenders or Agents reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender or Agent to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender or Agent.
(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:
(A) any Lender or Agent that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender or Agent becomes a Lender or Agent under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed copies of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender or Agent is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding tax;
(B) any Foreign Lender or Agent that is not a U.S. Person shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the 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 or such Agent becomes a Lender or Agent under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:
(I) in the case of a Foreign Lender or Agent claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the interest article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document, IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the business profits or other income article of such tax treaty;
(II) executed copies of IRS Form W-8ECI;
(III) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit J-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a 10 percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or a controlled foreign corporation described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate ) and (y) executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E; or
(IV) to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed copies of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit J-2 or Exhibit J-3 , IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit J-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;
(C) any Foreign Lender and any Agent which is not a U.S. Person shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the 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 or Agent becomes a Lender or Agent under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed copies of any other form prescribed by applicable Law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable Law to permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and
(D) if a payment made to a Lender or Agent under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender or Agent were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as
applicable), such Lender or Agent shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by Law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable Law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender or Agent has complied with such Lenders or Agents obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (D), FATCA shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
Each Lender and Agent agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.
(h) Treatment of Certain Refunds . If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 3.01 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 3.01 ), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section 3.01 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this subsection (h) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this subsection (h), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this subsection (h) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This subsection (h) shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.
(i) Tax Documentation by Loan Parties . To the extent it is legally entitled to do so, each Loan Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent, at the time or times prescribed by applicable Laws, when reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent and promptly upon the obsolescence, invalidity or expiration of any form previously provided by such Loan Party, such properly completed and executed documentation or certification prescribed by applicable Laws and such other reasonably requested information, certification or documentation as will permit the Administrative Agent to determine that a sale of the Collateral would not be subject to any withholding with respect to Taxes.
(j) Survival . Each partys obligations under this Section 3.01 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.
3.02 Illegality . If a Lender determines (after consultation with the Administrative Agent) that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for the Lender to make, maintain or fund any Loan, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the
LIBOR component of the Floating Rate, or any Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions on the authority of a Lender to purchase or sell, or to take deposits of, Dollars in the London interbank market, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, any obligation of such Lender to make or continue its portion of the Loans as Floating Rate Loans, as applicable, shall be suspended until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower shall, upon demand from the Lender, either (i) convert such Lenders portion of the Loans to a Base Rate Loan, either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain its portion of the Loans as Floating Rate Loans to such day or, immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain its portion of the Loans or (ii) prepay such Lenders portion of the Loans, either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain its portion of the Loans to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain its portion of the Loans as Floating Rate Loans. Upon any such prepayment, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid.
3.03 Increased Costs; Reserves .
(a) Increased Costs Generally . If any Change in Law shall:
(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve (including reserves with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or including eurocurrency funds or deposits (currently known as eurocurrency liabilities)), special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, a Lender;
(ii) subject any Lender or Agent to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of Excluded Taxes and (C) Connection Income Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto; or
(iii) impose on a Lender or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense affecting this Agreement or the portion of the Loans made by such Lender;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender or Agent of making, continuing or maintaining its portion of the Loans (or of maintaining its obligation to make its portion of the Loan) or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or Agent hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon request of such Lender or Agent, the Borrower will pay to such Lender or Agent such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
(b) Capital Requirements . If a Lender determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or its holding company, if any, regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lenders capital or on the capital of its holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or such Lenders portion of the Loans to a level below that which such Lender or its holding company could have achieved on such Lenders portion of the Loans but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lenders policies and the policies of its holding company with respect to capital adequacy or liquidity), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or its holding company for any such reduction suffered.
(c) Certificates for Reimbursement . A certificate of an Agent or Lender setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Agent or Lender or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in subsection (a) or (b) of this Section 3.03 and delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Agent or Lender, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) days after receipt thereof.
(d) Delay in Requests . Failure or delay on the part of an Agent or Lender to demand compensation pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.03 shall not constitute a waiver of such Agents or such Lenders, as the case may be, right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate an Agent or Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.03 for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than 180 days prior to the date that such Agent or Lender, as the case may be, notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lenders intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).
3.04 Compensation for Losses . Upon demand of a Lender from time to time, the Borrower shall promptly compensate such Lender for and hold such Lender harmless from any loss, cost or expense incurred by it as a result of:
(a) any payment or prepayment of the Loans on a day other than an Interest Payment Date (whether voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by reason of acceleration, or otherwise); or
(b) any failure by the Borrower (for a reason other than the failure of such Lender to make available on any date specified herein its portion of the Loans) to prepay or borrow the Loans on any date or in the amount specified herein;
including any loss of anticipated profits (other than Base Spread) and any loss or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain its portion of the Loans or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained. The Borrower shall also pay any customary administrative fees charged by such Lender in connection with the foregoing.
Such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be deemed to include an 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 Floating Rate that would have been applicable to such Loan, for the period from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor, over (ii) the amount of interest which would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate which such Lender would receive were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for dollar deposits of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the eurodollar market.
3.05 Mitigation Obligations . If a Lender requests compensation under Section 3.03 , or the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to a Lender, an Agent or any Governmental Authority for the account of such Lender or Agent pursuant to Section 3.01 , or if a Lender gives a notice pursuant to Section 3.02 , then such Lender or Agent, as the case may be, at the request of the Borrower, shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking the Loans, or its portion thereof, hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates and to take any other actions reasonable in the sole judgment of such Lender or Agent, if, in the sole judgment of such Lender or Agent, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.03 , as the case may be, in the future, or eliminate the need for the notice pursuant to Section 3.02 , as applicable, and (ii) in each case, would not subject such Lender
or Agent to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender or Agent. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by a Lender or Agent in connection with any such designation, assignment or action.
ARTICLE IV
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE LOAN
4.01 Conditions Precedent to Closing Date and Funding Date . The effectiveness of this Agreement and the obligation of the Initial Lenders to make the extension of the Initial Loans on the Funding Date hereunder is subject to satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
(a) Receipt by the Administrative Agent of the following, each of which shall be originals or electronic image scans (e.g., pdf) (followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise specified, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer, if applicable, each dated the Closing Date or the Funding Date, as applicable (or, in the case of certificates of governmental officials, a recent date before the Closing Date) and each in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:
(i) executed counterparts of the following Loan Documents, sufficient in number for distribution to each Lender, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower: (A) this Agreement, (B) the Security Agreement, (C) the Collateral Account Control Agreement, (D) the Guarantee Agreement, (E) the Issuer Acknowledgement and (F) the Fee Letter;
(ii) such certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or other certificates of Responsible Officers as the Administrative Agent may require evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible Officer authorized to act as a Responsible Officer in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;
(iii) such documents and certifications as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require to evidence that each of the Borrower, the Borrower Sole Member and the Guarantor is duly organized or formed under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and is validly existing, in good standing and qualified to engage in business in its jurisdiction of formation and each other jurisdiction where it is conducting business;
(iv) copies of the Borrower Financial Statements and a Compliance Certificate;
(v) the legal opinion of each of (x) Baker Botts L.L.P., counsel to the Borrower and the Guarantor and (y) Sidley Austin LLP, counsel to the Borrower and the Guarantor, in each case, addressed to the Lenders and the Agents, as to such matters as the Lenders and the Agents may reasonably request;
(vi) a certificate of a Responsible Officer either (A) attaching copies of all consents, licenses and approvals required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower and the Guarantor, as applicable, and the validity against the Borrower and the Guarantor, as applicable, of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and such consents, licenses and approvals shall be in full force and effect, or (B) stating that no such consents, licenses or approvals are so required;
(vii) a Solvency Certificate from the Guarantor and the Borrower executed by a Responsible Officer thereof;
(viii) evidence of the results of searches for Liens and judgments against the Borrower and the Guarantor satisfactory to the Lenders;
(ix) all applicable know your customer and other account opening documentation required by the USA PATRIOT Act to be provided by the Borrower; and
(x) evidence that any notices required to be delivered and other actions required to be taken on or prior to the date hereof pursuant to the Stockholders Agreement and the Governance Agreement in connection with the transactions contemplated herein have been delivered or taken, as applicable.
(b) In order to meet certain requirements under the Security Agreement relating to the Collateral and to create in favor of each Applicable Lender a valid, perfected First Priority security interest in such Applicable Lenders Ratable Share of the Collateral, the Borrower shall have:
(i) delivered or transferred the Initial Pledged Shares to the Custodian (and such Initial Pledged Shares shall be held in or credited to the Pre-Emption Share Collateral Account and the Original Share Collateral Account of each Applicable Lender, as applicable, based on its Ratable Share of the Collateral); and
(ii) satisfied the Collateral Requirement.
(c) The Common Shares shall be listed on The NASDAQ Global Select Market, no Issuer Event shall have occurred, and no event or transaction shall have been announced that if consummated or completed would constitute an Issuer Event.
(d) Subject to Section 10.04(a) , the Borrower shall have paid all reasonable, documented and out-of-pocket fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Lenders and the Agents to the extent invoiced two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, plus such additional amounts of such reasonable, documented and out-of-pocket fees, charges and disbursements as shall constitute a reasonable estimate of such reasonable, documented and out-of-pocket fees, charges and disbursements incurred or to be incurred by the Agents and such Lenders through the closing proceedings ( provided that such estimate shall not thereafter preclude a final settling of accounts between the Borrower, such Lenders and the Agents).
(e) The Organizational Documents of the Borrower and the Guarantor shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to each Initial Lender, and the Independent Manager shall have been duly appointed.
(f) The fees payable to the Administrative Agent and the Initial Lenders pursuant to Section 2.06 shall have been paid.
(g) The Payoff shall have occurred.
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 of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent 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 hereunder 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.
4.02 Conditions Precedent to All Loans . The obligation of each Lender to make any Loan (including the Initial Loans) shall be subject to satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
(a) The Borrower shall have delivered a Borrowing Request to the Administrative Agent signed by the Borrower in accordance wi